{"data": [{"title": "Mystic Mile", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Mile is an electric blues album by Robben Ford and the Blue Line, released in 1993. In this second record for Stretch Records, Ford shows a notorious growth as songwriter besides his outstanding virtuosity as a guitarist. The album featured the collaboration of Chick Corea as executive producer. All tracks composed by Robben Ford; except where indicated [*] Bonus track on European CD release."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Miner Ski Resort", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Miner Ski Resort is a ski resort, in the Black Hills, just outside Lead, South Dakota, in the United States. Deer Mountain has a vertical drop of 699 feet. The summit of Deer Mountain is at 6,850 feet."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Moods Orchestra", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic Moods Orchestra was a group known for mixing orchestral pop, environmental sounds, and pioneering recording techniques. It was created by audiophile Brad Miller. The first Mystic Moods Orchestra album, \"One Stormy Night\", was released in 1965 through the label Philips. Throughout the rest of the 1960s and 1970s, the group continued to release similar styled recordings and their recordings continued to be reissued throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Brad Miller was born in Burbank, California, and had developed an interest in railroading in his teens. After a few years of hanging around railyards and learning all the lore of steam and diesel engines, he decided to record the sounds of some of the last steam locomotives operating on a major rail line. Eventually, around 1958, he and his friend, Jim Connella, formed a company called Mobile Fidelity Records and started cutting records from these field recordings, which they released through railroading magazines and model train shows. Sound effects recording was quite the rage at the dawn of stereo, and one of these albums of train sounds was even reviewed favorably in \"High Fidelity\" magazine. A few years later, Ernie McDaniel of San Francisco radio station KFOG decided to put one of Miller's albums, \"Steam Railroading Under Thundering Skies\", and an easy listening album, on separate turntables and broadcast them together. His late-night stunt produced a barrage of listener phone calls (most of which were positive), much to his surprise. He later related the episode to Miller, who was inspired by the idea."}, {"context": " While working with arranger Don Ralke, Miller recorded a series of tunes, most of them Ralke originals, played by a string-laden orchestra, then mixed in a variety of environmental sounds he had collected. He took several months fine-tuning the blend, then cut a deal with Philips to release it under the title of \"One Stormy Night\", credited to the Mystic Moods Orchestra. With the help of producer Leo Kulka, Miller quickly developed a series of albums similar to \"One Stormy Night\": \"Nighttide\", \"More Than Music\", \"Mexican Trip\", and \"Mystic Moods of Love\", among others. Don Ralke wrote most of the material and did all the arrangements for the first few albums. John Tartalgia did a few more, then Larry Fotine became the primary arranger when Miller and Kulka moved to the Warner label. The musical content shifted to mellow covers of current hits (\"Love the One You're With\"), and Warners modified the packaging of the albums to make sure there was no mystery that these were records to serve as the preamble or accompaniment to sexual intercourse. The 1974 release \"Erogenous\" came with an inner sleeve that, when pulled out, showed a nude couple in soft focus.  In 1974, Miller founded his own label, called Sound Bird Records, and reissued many of the Mystic Moods Orchestra albums, as well as albums of environmental sounds without music and more train recordings. The backing track to the song \"The First Day Of Forever\" off the album \"Awakening\" was used for the theme song of the American version of the Japanese superhero television show \"Spectreman\"."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Motel", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Motel is a homemade dark ride based on an abandoned motel, found in Southern California, USA. It was built by game designer Scott D'Avanzo and his family in their garage and courtyard, and is notable for the media attention it received between 2013 and 2015. Construction of the dark ride began in August 2013 with no plan to open it for Halloween the same year. The first version of the ride had no walkthrough component but after a second Kickstarter campaign, the walkthrough motel was added."}, {"context": " A Kickstarter campaign was launched in 2013 aiming for $1000. It was successfully funded, with $1,355 by October 31, 2013. A second campaign was launched on October 7, 2014 for another $1000. It was also successfully funded by October 17, 2014. Most recently, a third campaign in 2015 also raised a further $1000. The ride uses the following text as its backstory: \"Mystic Motel was a motel built in 1955 located in the sun bathed and cactus infested desert along US Route 66. A hot spot through the 1970s, the motel was eventually abandoned and forgotten until Jack Turner (fictional character) purchased it for its mysterious activities. Jack knew he could make a buck off folks daring enough to take a ride through its mysterious basement. With parts of the motel actually caving through the basement ceiling, some of the motel's visitors have never left. Jack kept one of the original maintenance workers (Charlie) on staff to scare off any vandals. Only riders of Mystic Motel will figure out why Charlie has gone so crazy! \""}, {"context": " The ride is divided up into two sections: a walkthrough of the motel and the ride itself, set in the motel's basement. In front of the queue, there is a mock newscast video with Jack Turner explaining the backstory. There are two queues: a normal speed queue and a queue reserved for sponsors only. The ride starts in a darkened room with a voice over explaining the backstory. A light turns on, illuminating a door handle. Walking through the door, the rider comes in front of the motel receptionist. They invite you to look at an old woman through a hole in a wall. The rider is warned not to disturb any of the motel's guests. Continuing on through the corridor, the rider comes to a casino, seen through a hole in the wall. There are various shouts. A face in the wall peers through at the rider. Going past two room doors, the rider come to a third, which is ajar. Going in, a woman in bed asks the rider to get her husband out of the shower. In the bathroom, the husband jumps out at, shouting at the rider to get out. The receptionist comes to calm the guests and chase the rider along. The rider is shouted at by other guests. They then come to the ride loading area"}, {"context": " As the ride starts, the rider first comes to the room of Charlie, the maintenance worker, where his TV turns on suddenly, displaying static. Continuing on, the rider comes in front of the furnace, and a large simulated fireball explodes in front of the rider. In the next section, various different faces hang down. Finally, a face comes up on a screen in front of the rider and vomits up blood. The rider then comes back into the loading area. The original version of the ride in 2013 had no walkthrough section. In front of the queue, there was a mock newscast video with Jack Turner explaining the backstory. There were two queues: a normal speed queue and a FastPass queue. Coming in through the double doors, the rider first came to the maintenance worker Charlie, whose vicious dog jumped up at the rider. An old woman above the rider rocked back and forth seen through a caved in ceiling. Various faces hung down. Finally, a large simulated fireball blasted at the rider. The rider then came back into the loading area."}, {"context": " The ride is currently being updated for 2015; in the Mystic Motel Twitter feed, D'Avanzo has stated that they are currently shooting short teasers for Mystic Motel for release in the summer of 2015. On the 27th of June, behind-the-scenes photos were released of these teasers. D'Avanzo has stated that the ride itself will be significantly longer, and that three ride vehicles have been constructed, to cut the previous two hour long waiting times. He's also said that 2015 will be Mystic Motel's last year as a home haunt, and will hopefully become commercial afterwards.  The track is approximately 60 feet long. The single remotely controlled ride vehicle is based on a mobility scooter. Motion sensors trigger props. Mystic Motel has been featured in various different publications, online and offline, as well as podcast CoasterRadio. ABC News also shot footage there for Good Morning America, but it was never aired. D'Avanzo has stated that in future he would like to build a larger scale version of Mystic Motel for commercial use."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Mountain", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Mountain is a photograph and a term for a region in the Carina Nebula imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The view was captured by the then-new Wide Field Camera 3, though the region was also viewed by the previous generation instrument. The new view celebrated the telescope's 20th anniversary of being in space in 2010. Mystic Mountain contains multiple Herbig-Haro objects where nascent stars are firing off jets of gas which interact with surrounding clouds of gas and dust. This region is about away from Earth. The pillar measures around ."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Mountain (Montana)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Mountain () is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Custer National Forest and approximately west of Granite Peak."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Mountain (film)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Mountain is a 2015 Tibetan-language film written and directed by Tsering Dhundup. This is a psychological thriller set in a mysterious Himalayan village. The protagonist is a young Tibetan who goes on a quest for his father's missing body."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Museum of Art", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Museum of Art is a museum of American art at 9 Water Street in Mystic, Connecticut. The Mystic Art Association, an organization of artists who painted in the seacoast town, was founded by Charles Harold Davis in 1913. It opened the Mystic Arts Center in 1931 as an exhibition space and museum. Mystic Arts Center was renamed Mystic Museum of Art in 2016. Its permanent collection features works by Davis, Robert Brackman, Yngve Edward Soderberg, J. Alden Weir, Charles Herbert Woodbury, and many others.  Official website"}]}, {"title": "Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, also known as M.O.V.P.E.R. or The Grotto, after its lodge equivalent, is an appendant body in Freemasonry. It is a social organization for Master Masons, and as such, all Master Masons are welcome to join. It encourages renewed interest in the Blue Lodges, though it makes no claim to be a part of Symbolic Craft Masonry. Members are distinguished by a black fez with a red tassel and a Mokanna head in the middle. The members Hamilton Lodge No. 120, Free and Accepted Masons, of Hamilton, NY, were planning a Royal Arch Degree that would be held under the auspices of Cyrus Chapter No. 50, Royal Arch Masons. The group found that they got along splendidly and continued to meet, even after the degree had been conferred. Soon, the men began playing friendly pranks on each other, which only heightened their fellowship. With this kind of jollity taking hold, it wasn\u2019t long before other nearby Brothers wished to join the group which, by that time, had taken on the name of \u201cThe Fairchild Deviltry Committee,\u201d in honor of the ringleader, Bro. Leroy Fairchild, who was a local merchant and business man."}, {"context": " With interest growing, the members decided that it was time to formalize the group and scheduled a meeting for September 10, 1889. Seventeen men showed up for this first official gathering, which resulted in the election of Brother Fairchild as leader of the group. The office he assumed was dubbed \u201cKing Devil,\u201d in honor of the moniker the brotherhood had earned. Brother Sidney D. Smith was elected Secretary on the same day and the basics began to take shape. They immediately decided to limit membership to Master Masons for obvious reasons. It was also voted that Brothers R.R. Riddell and H.P. Tompkins would be the first candidates for the Order and an initiation date was set."}, {"context": " The Grotto took shape during the first \u201cGolden Age of Fraternalism.\u201d During this time there were hundreds of fraternal groups in the United States and a significant portion of the country\u2019s population belonged to at least one of them. The men knew that they\u2019d have to have a ritual and ceremony unlike any other, as well as one that encompassed the ideals and values the group believed in. With this in mind, Brother George Beal and Brother Adon Smith worked together to create a ritual for the order. This work was brought before a ritual committee which was pleased with the result. This version of the ceremony would be used to initiate Riddell and Tompkins as the first new members."}, {"context": " Immediately upon joining, Riddell knew that he could assist in improving the ritual. He was appointed to a ritual committee consisting of himself, LeRoy Fairchild, George Beal, Adon Smith, and William West. The first revision was undertaken with earnest. Riddell would bring his sense of showmanship to the ritual, adding in many flashy and fanciful Persian portions. Beal, on the other hand, had more interest in classical mythology and wanted those elements incorporated into the work. A compromise was found that incorporated Beal\u2019s desires, but also included the theatrical elements proposed by Riddell, not to mention the devilish motif that was still intact from the early days. From then on, only Beal would have any real say in changes to the ritual, which remains his legacy to this day. In 1917, Beal would be officially lauded by the Supreme Council for his work, cementing his place in Grotto history."}, {"context": " Come May 1890, interest in the group had spread at a rapid pace and it was realized that methods for widening the membership of the Order was needed. This marks the early formation of what is today known as the Supreme Council. It was on May 28 that the Fairchild Deviltry Committee met and formally adopted new provisions for governance, better enabling them to expand the organization. The final preparations were made and on June 13, 1890, the men met and took the name \u201cThe Mystic Order of the Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm.\u201d The name was chosen based on the story that had been laid out in the ritual and it was thought to be suitably mysterious and grandiose for the time period. LeRoy Fairchild presided at this meeting, with Sidney Smith acting as Secretary. The group was composed of fourteen men, hailing from several different areas that were interested in forming the first local Grottos."}, {"context": " They adopted a Constitution and set of Statues to form the Supreme Council, after which elections were held based upon the rules outlined therein. The following were elected (all of whom are from Hamilton, NY, unless otherwise noted:) The Grand Monarch then made appointments as permitted by the Constitution. These consisted of the following (again, all from Hamilton, NY, unless otherwise noted): It is interesting to note that all but one of the original elected Grand Officer positions have survived to this day, with Grand Keeper of the Archives being the notable exception. However, the Appointed Grand Officer positions have changed significantly through the years. Today, the Grand Marshal and the Grand Captain of the Guard are elected positions in the Supreme Council line, which leads to being elected Grand Monarch. The two Appointed Grand Office positions that exist today were not even part of the original list \u2013 those being Grand Sentinel and Grand Chaplain."}, {"context": " The officers were installed by the Grand Chief Justice, which then empowered them to create subordinate bodies. They immediately granted a dispensation to Druid Grotto No. 1 of Hamilton, NY (which would change its name to Mokanna Grotto No. 1 before its chartering.) Other business to be brought before the new Supreme Council included the approval of an obligation, written by Brother W.C. Eaton, and the appointment of officers to oversee committees. The group adjourned to observe the dinner hour, reconvening the next day (July 14, 1890.) The men approved the seal and badge of the order, as well as the official head covering, which was to be a turban. Originally, the color of the turban was limited by the Supreme Council, but by the end of 1890, a local Grotto could choose any color for their turbans as long as the entire Grotto used the same color; all veils were required to be silver. Veils of purple were reserved for members of the Supreme Council."}, {"context": " The Supreme Council meeting of June 11, 1891, would prove to be the true launching point of the organization. On this day a report was made of the granting of a dispensation for the second Grotto to be formed \u2013 Khorassan Grotto No. 2, of Ilion, NY. Later that year dispensations were also granted to Lalla Rookh Grotto No. 3 of Rochester, NY, and Zeba Grotto No. 4 of Rome, NY. On June 9, 1892, Khorassan Grotto No. 2 was officially chartered, making it the second operational Grotto in the Enchanted Realm."}, {"context": " In 1893, the Supreme Council held its first meeting outside of Hamilton, NY. They would meet in New York City, which proved to be an easier travel destination for members outside of the Hamilton area. On June 27, 1893, the Supreme Council issued another charter and its first large batch of dispensations. It formally chartered Mirzola Grotto No. 5 at Amsterdam, NY, and provided dispensations to three other Grottoes \u2013 Hiawatha Grotto No. 6 of Anoka, MN (the first Grotto located outside of New York); Azim Grotto No. 7 of New York City; and Shiras Grotto No. 8 of Antwerp, NY."}, {"context": " At the meeting of the Supreme Council of June 14, 1894, the body issued final charters to Hiawatha No. 6, Azim No. 7, and Shiras No. 8, along with Zelica No. 9 (of Kinderhoook, NY), which had been granted a dispensation in between meetings. It was also at this meeting that Brother Thomas L. James relinquished the title of Grand Monarch, being replaced by Brother Adon Smith, who would serve until 1899. Smith would die one year later, at the age of 65, on June 13, 1900 \u2013 ten years to the day of the forming of the Enchanted Realm and the institution of the modern Supreme Council."}, {"context": " From 1902 on, the Supreme Council would elect and transition power to officers on a yearly basis. The name of the organization, as well as its principle female auxiliary were derived from \"Lalla-Rookh\" by Thomas Moore. For a few years the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm had no official emblem to wear. Word got around that the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets were permitted to wear an emblem that set them apart from others and a black Fez head covering was selected with a Mokanna Head in the center, giving the name of the Grotto. Naturally, this attracted attention. The minutes of a February 26, 1903 stated meeting of Azim Grotto, Bronx, New York states: \"Prophet Charles E. Lansing, Past Potent Monarch, after some preliminary remarks, descriptive thereto, presented to those present, a drawing in color of a headgear appropriate for the Order. The same was received with favor and by motion, regularly made and seconded and carried, it was unanimously decided to adopt and wear them on serious and other appropriate occasions.\" In the minutes of October 29, 1903, it is recorded: \"The Potent Monarch reported that the Fez worn by our members was, at the Annual Session of the Supreme Council held at Hamilton, New York on October 20, adopted as the official headgear for all Prophets of the Realm.\""}, {"context": " Sometime prior to 1917, the Mysterious Order Witches of Salem was founded as a female auxiliary to the Grotto. The first \u201cCaldron,\u201d the term used for a local chapter of the Mysterious Order Witches of Salem was founded in Chicago, IL, and was known as Aryan Caldron No. 1. On January 15, 1918, Amoo Caldron No. 2 was constituted in Rock Island, IL. In 1918, the Supreme Caldron was formed, consisting of Aryan No. 1 and Amoo No. 2, with officers coming from both groups. Later, Koom Caldron No. 3 was opened in Rockford, IL."}, {"context": " On or about Wednesday, March 5, 1919, Amoo Caldron No. 2 seceded from the \u201cSupreme Caldron,\u201d which was mostly being operated out of Chicago. The ladies in Rock Island promptly declared themselves the new Supreme Caldron and Amoo Caldron became No. 1. On November 18, 1920, Mrs. Vashti H. Bollman, acting Supreme Enchantress of the \"new\" Supreme Caldron notes that Mrs. Josephine Mace, Mysterious Enchantress of Amoo No. 2, withdrew Amoo from the parent organization in Chicago. It is reported that she was brought up on fraternal charges, to which she pled guilty, surrendering the charter of Amoo No. 2 in the process. However, she refused to give up the name \u201cAmoo Caldron\u201d and used it to \u201cusurp the name Supreme Caldron from the parent organization.\u201d The Amoo group began opening new Caldrons, getting up to at least five with the institution of Hapac Caldron No. 5 in 1920."}, {"context": " According to the history published by Omala Caldron on its website, the Daughters of Mokanna formed in 1919, in Rock Island, Illinois. This coincides with the secession of Amoo from Chicago and the founding of their own Supreme Caldron. They go one to describe how the ritual was decided upon and list the first four Daughters of Mokanna Caldrons \u2013 Amoo No. 1, Mohassan No. 2, Ankara, No. 3, and Zal No. 4. This would lead one to believe that Hapac was No. 5 as listed in the newspaper accounts. However, no account is given as to what happened to Koom Caldron No. 3, except that it shows up as participating in the Daughters of Mokanna national Convention in 1922. What remains unclear is when the Illinois group officially dropped the Witches and became Daughters; this has to be somewhere between 1920 and 1922."}, {"context": " It appears that there was either a schism of the Daughters or an attempt to revitalize the Mysterious Order Witches of Salem in New England. There exists a petition from Hejaz Caldron No. 1, of the Original Mysterious Order Witches of Salem, in New Haven, CT. The form is undated, but the addition of \u201cOriginal\u201d leads one to believe it was a resurrection attempt of some sort. Today, the organization remains named the \"Daughters of Mokanna.\" Chapters were referred to as \"Caldrons,\" with the national governing body being called the \"Supreme Caldron.\" The head of the organization is the \"Supreme Mighty Chosen One\"."}, {"context": " Like its male counterpart, the group was involved in charitable activities directed toward cerebral palsy and dentistry for the handicapped. Membership in this auxiliary dropped dramatically in the late 20th century. From 8,000 members in the mid-1960s to 4,822 in 1994 At the June 1949 Grottoes of North America meeting, the delegates adopted a resolution to establish a 501(c)3 national charitable program, which was to be named the Humanitarian Foundation. Its first project was \"Aid for the Cerebral Palsy Child\". Since its inception over $1,000,000 has been contributed to UCP Research."}, {"context": " In 1953 the Enchanted Lantern was adopted as their emblem to represent each contribution of $50 or more that was made, although contributions of any size are gratefully accepted. In 1969, The Humanitarian Foundation Trustees expanded the scope of the program by adopting the Dental Care for Children with Special Needs program in conjunction with the Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. In 1973, The Extension Program was developed to treat children locally to remove the burden of travel and housing for the parent and child. The Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and Children's Medical Center in Dallas, Texas are two of our National Treatment Centers.  Today the Humanitarian Foundation, not only remembers the child with Cerebral Palsy with their annual contribution to research, but adds to it the unique partnership with qualified dentists throughout the United States and Canada. Since 1985 the foundation has paid out $6,734,373 for dentistry alone. Growth in the program and in donations has allowed the majority of those funds, $4,394,729, to be paid out in just the last ten years."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Park", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Park is a rural locality in the Australian state of Victoria. It straddles the Murray Valley Highway between Kerang and Swan Hill, and falls within the Shire of Gannawarra local government area. Mystic Park had a population of 181 people at the time of the 2016 Australian census. Mystic Park contains Lake Tutchewop, part of the Kerang Wetlands, and also includes the northern and western shores of Kangaroo Lake (the lake itself falls within the Lake Charm locality). It also takes in the Tutchewop Wildlife Reserve, the Mystic Park Bushland Reserve, and part of the Koorangie Wildlife Reserve. Agriculture has historically been the main occupation in Mystic Park, although in recent years tourism has become more important \u2013 notably the Kangaroo Lake Caravan Park and the Mystic Park Vineyard (owned by Brown Brothers)."}, {"context": " The origins of Mystic Park's name are unknown, but the locality takes its name from the Mystic Park Hotel, which was established in 1879 on the stagecoach run to Swan Hill. A station on the Piangil railway line was opened in 1890, and a township was gazetted in 1893. At one point, the locality supported a church, a school, a mechanics' institute, and a football club (which competed in the Kerang and District Football League). John Gorton, the Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971, lived in Mystic Park for much of his life. His father, John Rose Gorton, headed a syndicate called Lake Kangaroo Estates, which bought land in the area in 1920 and developed citrus orchards. His son took over the management of the property in 1936."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Pizza", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Pizza is a 1988 American coming-of-age film directed by Donald Petrie and starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, and Lili Taylor. The film has gained a large cult following since its release and has received relatively positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances by the three lead actresses. It marked Matt Damon's film debut. The film is about the coming of age of two sisters and their friend through the romantic lives of the three main characters: Kat Ara\u00fajo (Annabeth Gish), Daisy Ara\u00fajo (Julia Roberts), and Jojo Barbosa (Lili Taylor), who are waitresses at Mystic Pizza owned by Leona (Conchata Ferrell) in Mystic, Connecticut. In the film, Mystic is represented as a fishing town with a large Portuguese-American population. The film also touches on an Old World work ethic."}, {"context": " Kat and Daisy are sisters and total opposites. Kat studies astronomy, works at the planetarium in the famous Whaling Museum of The Mystic Seaport, and having been accepted to attend Yale University on a partial scholarship, works at the restaurant at night and as a nanny by day to obtain the rest of the money for school. Daisy just wants to find lust while trying to get out of Mystic. Kat is the apple of her Portuguese mother's eye, while Daisy is not because her mother feels she is more wild and is not as goal-oriented as her younger sister."}, {"context": " Daisy meets a handsome young man named Charles (Adam Storke) at a bar. The two are immediately attracted to each other and begin a relationship, much to her mother's dismay believing that the relationship will prevent her from becoming like Kat. However, at a family dinner, his relatives unintentionally make insensitive comments about her ethnicity, and Charles overreacts. Daisy breaks up with him, believing that his family's remarks were harmless and that he was simply using her to show up his parents."}, {"context": " There is chemistry between Kat and her Anglo-American employer, Tim (William R. Moses), a father who has hired her to look after his young daughter, Phoebe, while his wife is away. A relationship develops between them that consummates in sex she believes is love. However, it results in heartache for Kat when the wife returns and her illusion of love with Tim is shattered. Daisy and Kat bond when Kat is devastated after Tim's and her evening together and Daisy comforts her baby sister. Jojo wants to have sex with her boyfriend Bill (Vincent D'Onofrio), whom she attempted to marry at the beginning of the movie, but fainted after deciding she couldn't go through with it. However, Bill refuses to have sex with her until they are married, which is something she still isn't ready for. Seeing how she tries to look for every chance to have sex with him, Bill believes that Jojo doesn't love him like he does her, and is only after him for sex, and breaks up with her."}, {"context": " Later, a famous TV food critic nicknamed \"The Fireside Gourmet\" (Louis Turenne) visits to the pizzeria to sample a pizza. Not showing any emotion towards the pizza that he eats, he leaves after eating only a few bites, leaving the girls in suspense since his approval can do wonders for the restaurant. However, a few days later the critic gives the pizzeria his highest rating, calling it \"superb.\" In the end, Kat receives her last paycheck from Tim which covers the money necessary for her tuition. She tears it up and accepts a check from Leona instead. Jojo finally agrees to marry Bill and at their wedding, Daisy and Charles reconcile. The film ends with the three girls together overlooking the water from the balcony of the restaurant, reminiscing about their time together."}, {"context": " The title of the film was inspired by a pizza shop that caught the eye of Hollywood screenwriter Amy Holden Jones: \"Mystic Pizza\" restaurant located in Mystic, Connecticut, which has been popular among both locals and tourists since 1973. The film's plot is set in Mystic, but most of the filming locations were in neighboring towns. The building used for the pizza restaurant was a converted home in Stonington Borough at 70 Water St. After the film's release, the real-life Mystic Pizza building in downtown Mystic was renovated to resemble the movie set. The Windsor family home, the wedding reception restaurant, the Peg Leg Pub pool hall, and the fishing docks were also filmed in Stonington Borough. The hitchhiking incident takes place on North Main Street in Stonington Town. The Ara\u00fajo home is in Pawcatuck, Connecticut; the lobster business and the wedding church are in Noank, Connecticut. Tim Travers' home and the Windsors' country club are in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The most notable scenes that take place in Mystic were filmed at the Mystic Seaport planetarium and at the Mystic River Bascule Bridge."}, {"context": " The film opened on October 21, 1988, to mostly favorable reviews, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 77% for its VHS release. The film received \"two thumbs up\" from popular film critics Siskel and Ebert, giving particular praise to the three female leads, including Gish, whom Ebert likened to a \"young Katharine Hepburn\". He also noted that the film \"may someday become known for the movie stars it showcased back before they became stars.\" On January 13, 2009, \"Mystic Pizza\" and \"Say Anything...\" were released as a double feature on DVD. On April 5, 2011, \"Mystic Pizza\" was released on Blu-ray."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Places of Dawn", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Places of Dawn is the first album by Septic Flesh, released in 1994. The album was reissued in 2002 with the \"Temple of the Lost Race\" EP as bonus tracks and then again in 2013 by Seasons of Mist. Though someone named \"Jim\" is credited for drums, in fact all drums were programmed, with the exception of \"Morpheus (the Dreamlord)\", which features drumming by Nick Adams (who also performed session work for the Greek black metal act Necromantia. All lyrics written by Sotiris V."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Point", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Point () is a section of Hong Kong Disneyland that officially opened to the public on 17 May 2013. Prior to that it had a soft opening for a selected audience. It is set in a dense, uncharted rain forest surrounded by mysterious forces and supernatural events. The site features Mystic Manor, a Haunted Mansion style attraction with the same trackless ride system developed at Pooh's Hunny Hunt in Tokyo Disneyland. Mystic Point, along with Grizzly Gulch and Toy Story Land has been exclusive to Hong Kong Disneyland among all Disney theme parks for 5 years from opening. Composer Danny Elfman scored the music for the Mystic Manor dark ride attraction. It is the final land to open in Hong Kong Disneyland's three land expansion plan approved in July 2009."}, {"context": " Opened to the public on January 1, 1896, Mystic Point is the site of mysterious forces and supernatural events in the heart of a dense, uncharted rain forest in Papua New Guinea. It is the home of Lord Henry Mystic, a member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers and his traveling companion, a monkey named Albert. As Imagineer Mark Schrimer tells the story in an interview at Inside the Magic.net: \"\"On one of his expeditions he basically fell in love with this location - this uncharted tropical wilderness - and wanted to stake his claim, make his home there. So he cleared out part of the jungle along the river bank and built this Victorian manor. He\u2019s obviously a well to-do British gentleman and he wanted a little bit of home in this tropical wilderness. He started with the essence of a Victorian manor but of course wanted to embellish it with all the different places that he\u2019s been. So it\u2019s this eclectic Victorian manor sitting in this cleared out jungle along the river.\""}, {"context": " \"While he was there, that\u2019s where he met and actually rescued his traveling companion, a young monkey that he named Albert, after one of his beloved uncles. Between finding this location and meeting his now lifelong pal and companion Albert, this is really the essence of Mystic Point.\" \"Continuing that idea through, we wanted to tell the story about his collection. Anyone willing to make this hard journey and stumble on or find Mystic Point, he - being kind of a philanthropic character - wanted to open the doors of his home to showcase his collection. And that\u2019s what guests are coming to Mystic Point for, to showcase and be able to view the collection and also meet Lord Henry and Albert.\"\""}]}, {"title": "Mystic Power (album)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Power is a 2013 reggae album by the Ivorian artist Alpha Blondy."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Production", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Production is one of the largest Polish independent record labels. It was founded by Barbara Miku\u0142a in 1995 in Ska\u0142a near Cracow. The company was initially releasing and distributing heavy metal music, including early albums by artists such as Sceptic, Asgaard and Virgin Snatch. It has since expanded and has been releasing rock, punk rock, alternative rock, progressive rock and pop artists, and its roster currently includes names such as Behemoth, Acid Drinkers, Coma, Czes\u0142aw \u015apiewa, Grzegorz Turnau, Gaba Kulka, Happysad and KSU, among others.  Mystic Production operates also in Czech Republic and Slovakia with office in Horn\u00ed Such\u00e1. Since 1996 label owns and runs \"Mystic Art\" music magazine (ISSN 1427-5538)."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Prophecy", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Prophecy is a power metal band from Bad Gr\u00f6nenbach, Germany. Their sound is described as hard and melodic, similar to American power metal bands such as Iced Earth, due to the melodic riffing and powerful use of drumming. The band was formed in 2000 by Valley's Eve bandmates R.D. Liapakis and Martin Albrecht. Gus G was recommended to them by David T. Chastain and played all guitars on the three first albums, but left in 2005 in order to spend more time on his own band Firewind. Since then the band had several changes in its line-up with singer R.D. Liapakis and guitarist Markus Pohl who has joined the band in 2005, being the only long-time members."}, {"context": " The band's latest line-up includes bass player Joey Roxx and drummer Hanno Kerstan. In August 2017 the band announced new guitar player Evan K. Since 2001 the band has released 10 albums. Their 9th album \"War Brigade\", released in 2016 with Massacre Records was the best selling album of the band, containing some of their best known songs like 'Metal Brigade', 'The Crucifix', 'Burning Out' and 'War Panzer'. Finally, in January 2018 the band released \"Monuments Uncovered\", an album containing metal covers of famus rock hits of the 70s & 80s like 'You keep me hanging on' (Kim Wilde/The Supremes), 'Shadow on the Wall' (Mike Oldfield), 'I'm Still Standing' (Elton John), 'Because The Night' (Patti Smith) etc."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Puzzle", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Puzzle () is a South Korean project group consisting of Mr. Sync and Asher. They debuted with the album \"Mystic Puzzle Land\" on January 16, 2008."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Records", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Records is an American record label and music production company specializing in hardcore punk, crossover thrash, underground music, vingtage and cult records. It is owned and operated by Doug Moody. The label was first established in Hollywood, California and subsequently moved its operations to Oceanside, California. Mystic Records is an independent label and not a member of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Mystic Records is closely associated with the personality of its founder, Doug Moody, regarded as a pioneer of the independent Rock and Roll industry. Moody's father, Walter Moody, was himself an influential figure in the music industry, running EMI Studios (Abbey Road) in London during the 1930s. In 1953 the family moved to the United States."}, {"context": " Moody decided to himself become involved in the music business, first working in the A&R department of Silvertone Records in New Jersey. A series of music industry jobs followed throughout the decades of the 1960s and 1970s, including stints in various capacities at Kama Sutra Records, 20th Century Fox, and A&M Records. Seeking another place in the music industry outside of the major record labels, Moody opened a recording studio in Hollywood, California at the location of the old Mustang Studios, made famous as a facility used by the Bobby Fuller Four. Moody changed out the studio's superannuated 2 track mono recording gear and replaced it with state of the art 8-track stereo gear, leaving the recording rooms otherwise largely unaltered."}, {"context": " In tandem with the studio was launched the Mystic Records label. During the label's peak period of activity, from 1982 through 1990, Mystic released over 200 records, many of which were multi-band compilations, involving the work of several hundred artists. Emerging as a prominent force in the Southern California punk rock music scene, Mystic put out an array of alternative bands, with an emphasis on the hardcore punk, crossover thrash, and speed metal styles in vogue during this period. Moody claimed to have invested $70,000 in the label in 1983 alone, but taking into account recording costs and sales figures averaging about 2,000 copies per record, found the operation with about $40,000 left to recover at the end of that year. Bands would purchase studio time, with Mystic recouping its investment against royalties due, which in 1984 Moody claimed was approximately 40 cents per record."}, {"context": " In conjunction with the label, Moody and Mystic established its own wholesale record distribution branch, MD Distributing. This distributorship handled not only Mystic releases but those of other labels as well. Some of the best known artists on Mystic Records include NOFX, RKL, Battalion of Saints, Ill Repute, Agression, and The Mentors. Mystic Records has also released vinyl compilations featuring Suicidal Tendencies, Love Canal, New Regime, Black Flag, Duct Tape Hostage, SIN 34, Government Issue, The Minutemen, Habeas Corpus, The Instigators,Screaming Bloody Marys and Bad Religion."}, {"context": " Mystic Records has been credited with several innovations in the independent record industry of the 1980s. It introduced Super Sevens (7-inch 33rpm extended play records featuring seven songs) and helped popularize the manufacture of limited edition records on colored vinyl. The label was also influential through its release of multi-band compilation albums, such as its \"The Sound of Hollywood\" series, and promotional label samplers making use of album tracks, typified by its \"Mystic Sampler\" series.  Moody's key collaborators on the Mystic Records project included producer and engineer Phillip \"Philco\" Raves, sales and distribution manager Bill Karras, and \"Mystic Mark\" Wilkins, coordinator of record and tour promotion."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Revealers", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic Revealers are a reggae band formed in the late 1970s in the seaside town of Bull Bay east of Kingston, Jamaica. Originally, the band was known as just the Revealers, but when another group with that name popped up, it was decided the word \"Mystic\" would help convey their Rastafari-inspired message of truth, justice, honor and unity. The band\u2019s four founding members form the heart of the group and include Kingston-born vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Billy \"Mystic\" Wilmot; former Jalan and Earth Disciples drummer and record producer Nicholas \"Drummie\" Henry, bass guitarist Leroy \"Lion\" Edwards and guitarist and vocalist Steve Davis. They draw upon Jamaica\u2019s rich, established reggae tradition of outspoken political awareness when writing and performing their original material."}, {"context": " The Mystic Revealers\u2019 first recording, \"Winner,\" was released on their own Negus Beat label in 1982. In 1985, the band scored their first hit with \"Mash Up Apartheid.\" While it wasn\u2019t their first single, the track, produced by reggae pioneer and The Harder They Come star Jimmy Cliff for his Oneness record label, was the first to win the attention of Jamaica\u2019s demanding public, with its rallying cry against racist practices in South Africa. In an unusual move for a new act, the group donated proceeds from the sale of \"Mash Up Apartheid\" to the African National Congress."}, {"context": " At the time of the Mystic Revealers\u2019 emergence, Jamaican music was moving away from roots reggae and live bands, and into the era of dancehall deejays and computerized production. Defying the trends of the day, the Mystic Revealers instead followed the path of Bob Marley and the Wailers and Third World, blending roots reggae and Rastafarian principles with rock, folk and pop. A 1988 appearance at Jamaica\u2019s world-famous Reggae Sunsplash helped spread the Mystic Revealers\u2019 reputation further, leading to international tours in Japan, the U.K. and Europe."}, {"context": " In 1992, nearly 15 years after the band\u2019s formation, the Mystic Revealers released their debut album, \"Young Revolutionaries\". By this time the band\u2019s membership had grown to include keyboardist/guitarist Winston \"Metal\" Stewart and percussionist William \"Willigan\" Cocking. Initially issued by the Sonic Sounds label in Jamaica, the album was picked up for US release by Gong Sounds. The album would later be issued by several different US labels including Washington DC-based RAS Records, which signed the band to a multi-album deal, as well as MCA and Atlantic. That year 1992 saw the Mystic Revealers tour the USA for the first time, traveling to 17 American cities as they promoted singles \"Religion\" and \"Remember Romeo\"."}, {"context": " The Mystic Revealers second album, \"Jah Works\", followed in 1993, as did a spot alongside Freddie McGregor, Marcia Griffiths and Big Mountain on that year's edition of the Reggae Sunsplash tour across the U.S.A. In 1995, the Mystic Revealers were selected to appear at Jamaica's 50th birthday celebration for Bob Marley, alongside the Wailers, Rita Marley, Ziggy Marley, Vanessa Williams, Toots, the Wailing Souls and others. The band's performance of Marley's \"Natural Mystic\" and \"We and Dem\" (along with their own \"Religion\") was \"the most solid and satisfying performance of the evening,\" according to Billboard magazine."}, {"context": " The mid-to-late 1990s marked the Mystic Revealers' period of greatest productivity. Beginning with \"Space and Time\" in 1995, the band released an album each year through 1998. \"Space and Dub\", featuring dub versions of \"Space and Time\" tracks; appeared in 1996, followed by \"This One's For Jah\" (1997) and \"Crossing the Atlantic\" (1998). After nearly two decades of recording and touring, the band opted to go on hiatus in the 2000s. Wilmot's focus turned to surfing, a sport he has helped to legitimize and grow within Jamaica over the last 20 years (while also starring as \"CC\" in Royal Palm Estate, one of Jamaica's most popular TV series). He formed the Jamaican Surfing Association, one of the Caribbean\u2019s first pro surfing bodies, and established the Makka Pro tournament, Jamaica's first international surfing competition, while guiding the professional surf careers of his son, Icah, and daughter, Imani. (His other sons, Inilek and Ivah are also active in the sport).  The band reformed in 2012. In 2015 they released the album \"Crucial Cuts\", gathering tracks from the band's back-catalog. In 2016 they set up the Jamaica Authentic Herb Company, a business aimed at creating Jamaica's first legal ganja producer. Original members Later members"}]}, {"title": "Mystic Rhythms", "paragraphs": [{"context": " \"Mystic Rhythms\" is a single featured on the Rush album \"Power Windows\". The single charted at #21 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart. The song was featured on several compilation albums and was performed live by the band on their Power Windows, Counterparts and R30 tours, appearing on the live album \"A Show of Hands\" and the live DVD \"\". For this song, drummer Neil Peart utilized his electronic drum kit, playing it on the album and in concert during live performances of the track. It was released as a single in Japan and was used as the opening song of the NBC news program \"1986\".  The music video for the single was directed by Gerald Casale, who is a member of Devo."}]}, {"title": "Mystic River", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic River is a river in Massachusetts, in the United States. Its name derives from the Wampanoag word \"muhs-uhtuq,\" which translates to \"big river.\" In an Algonquian language, \"missi-tuk\" means \"a great river whose waters are driven by waves,\" alluding to the original tidal nature of the Mystic. The resemblance to the English word \"mystic\" is a coincidence. The Mystic River lies to the north of Boston and flows approximately parallel to the lower portions of the Charles River. Encompassing of watershed, the river flows from the Lower Mystic Lake and travels through the Boston-area communities of Arlington, Medford, Somerville, Everett, Charlestown, Chelsea, and East Boston. The river joins the Charles River to form inner Boston Harbor. Its watershed contains 44 lakes and ponds, the largest of which is Spot Pond in the Middlesex Fells, with an area of . Significant portions of the river's shores are within the Mystic River Reservation and are administered by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, which include a variety of recreation areas."}, {"context": " The Mystic River has a long history of industrial use and a continuing water quality problem. It is undergoing an extensive cleanup as part of the construction of Everett's new Wynn Boston Harbor casino. Before recorded history, Native Americans and then later colonists used weirs to catch alewives and fertilize their crops. In 1631, after the arrival of the English, the first ship built by Europeans in Massachusetts, the \"Blessing of the Bay\", was launched from the river's shores. A few years later (1637) the first bridge was built; neighboring towns squabbled about the costs for more than a hundred years."}, {"context": " Over one hundred years later, the Mystic River played a role in the American Revolution when on September 1, 1774, a force of roughly 260 British regulars rowed from Boston up the Mystic River to a landing point near Winter Hill in today's Somerville. From there, they marched about a mile (1.6\u00a0km) to the Powder House where a large supply of provincial gunpowder was kept, and after sunrise they removed all the gunpowder, sparking a popular uprising known as the Powder Alarm. In 1775, the Battle of Chelsea Creek took place in the river's watershed in May, and the British attacked via the river's beach in the Battle of Bunker Hill in June."}, {"context": " In 1805 the Middlesex Canal linked the Charles and Mystic Rivers to the Merrimack River in Lowell, and during the 19th century, 10 shipyards along the Mystic River built more than 500 clipper ships. Shipbuilding peaked in the 1840s as schooners and sloops transported timber and molasses for rum distilleries between Medford and the West Indies. By 1865, overfishing and pollution all but eliminated commercial fishing. Extensive salt marshes lined the banks of the Mystic until 1909, when the first dam (Craddock Locks) was built across the river, converting salt marsh to freshwater marsh and enabling development. A dam named for Amelia Earhart, was built in 1966. It has three locks to allow the passage of boats, and is equipped with pumps to push fresh water out to the harbor even during high tide. Dam operators leave the locks open at times to allow the passage of fish. There is a fish ladder, but it has never been functional. The dam is closed to the public."}, {"context": " In 1950, construction was completed on the Maurice J. Tobin Bridge which spans the Mystic River, joining Charlestown and Chelsea. At one time, the Mystic River was home to many species of fish, including salmon, alewife, blueback herring, striped bass, bluefish, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, bluegill, carp and more. Although most of these species still live in the Mystic River, pollution and dam building have severely damaged the populations. Pollution came from various mills and a small ship building yard in the past. The main source of pollution in the 20th century and into the present is from drainage from cities and towns in the watershed. Many of the records of nearby drainage pipes have been lost, or have undocumented changes and diversions. Once described as having so many herring that one could cross the river on their backs, the Mystic River herring run is much smaller than it was in historic times. Pollution has raised bacteria levels and turbidity, making it unfavorable for fish to live in."}, {"context": " In 1844, Medford abolitionist and writer Lydia Maria Child described her journey across the Mystic to her grandfather's house in the poem \"Over the River and Through the Wood.\" (Grandfather's House, restored by Tufts University in 1976, still stands near the river on South Street in Medford.) John Townsend Trowbridge's popular 1882 novel, \"The Tinkham Brothers' Tide-Mill\", had its setting along the river at a time when saltwater still reached the Mystic Lakes. In the 1861 poem \"Paul Revere's Ride\" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Paul Revere rides along the banks of the Mystic River."}]}, {"title": "Mystic River (Connecticut)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic River is a estuary in the southeast corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. Its main tributary is Whitford Brook. It empties into Fishers Island Sound, dividing the village of Mystic, Connecticut between the towns of Groton and Stonington. Much of the river is tidal. The Mystic River was the location of three large shipbuilding firms during the 19th-century, and it is now the home of the Mystic Seaport maritime museum. The name Mystic is derived from the Pequot term \"missi-tuk\", describing a large river whose waters are driven into waves by tides or wind, according to the Mystic River Historical Society.  The Pequot Indians built a village called Siccanemos overlooking the western bank of the Mystic River, but it was destroyed during the Pequot War on May 26, 1637, the day of the Mystic massacre."}]}, {"title": "Mystic River (film)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic River is a 2003 American mystery drama film directed and scored by Clint Eastwood. It stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. The screenplay, written by Brian Helgeland, was based on the novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. The film was produced by Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, and Eastwood. It is the first film on which Eastwood was credited as composer of the score. The film opened to widespread critical acclaim. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. Penn won Best Actor and Robbins won Best Supporting Actor, making \"Mystic River\" the first film to win both awards since \"Ben-Hur\" in 1959."}, {"context": " Three boys, Jimmy Markum, Sean Devine, and Dave Boyle, play hockey in a Boston street in 1975. Spotting wet concrete, they start writing their names into it when a car pulls up with two men, one pretending to be a police officer and the other a priest. One gets out and berates the boys for their actions, and tells Dave to get into the car. The men hold Dave captive and sexually abuse him for four days, until he escapes. Twenty-five years later, the boys are grown and, while they still live in Boston, have drifted apart. Jimmy is an ex-con running a neighborhood store, while Dave is a blue-collar worker, still haunted by his abduction. The two are still neighbors and related by marriage. Jimmy's 19-year-old daughter Katie is secretly dating Brendan Harris, a boy Jimmy despises. She and Brendan are planning to run away together to Las Vegas."}, {"context": " Katie goes out for the night with her girlfriends and Dave sees her at a local bar. That night, Katie is murdered, and Dave comes home with an injured hand and blood on his clothes, which his wife Celeste helps him clean up. Dave claims he fought off a mugger, \"bashed his head on the parking lot\", and possibly killed him. Sean, now a detective with the Massachusetts State Police, investigates Katie's murder. His pregnant wife, Lauren, has recently left him. Over the course of the film, Sean and his partner, Sergeant Whitey Powers, track down leads while Jimmy conducts his own investigation using his neighborhood connections. Sean discovers that the gun used to kill Katie was also used in a liquor store robbery during the 1980s by \"Just Ray\" Harris, the father of Katie's boyfriend. Harris has been missing since 1989, but Brendan claims he still sends his family $500 every month. Brendan also feigns ignorance about Ray's gun but Sean believes it was still in the house. Sergeant Powers suspects Dave as a possible perpetrator because he was one of the last people to see Katie alive. He also has a wounded hand and, although he continues to tell his wife he got it while being mugged, he tells the police a different story\u2014soon Jimmy becomes suspicious of it. Dave continues to behave strangely, which upsets his wife to the point she is afraid he will hurt her. While Jimmy and his associates conduct their investigation, Dave's wife eventually tells Jimmy about Dave's behavior, the bloody clothing, and her suspicions."}, {"context": " Jimmy and his friends get Dave drunk at a local bar. When Dave leaves the bar, the men follow him out. Jimmy tells Dave that he shot \"Just Ray\" Harris at that same location for ratting him out and sending him to jail. Jimmy informs Dave that his wife thinks he murdered Katie and tells Dave he will let him live if he confesses. Dave repeatedly tells Jimmy that he did kill someone but it was not Katie: he beat a child molester to death after finding him having sex with a child prostitute in a car. Jimmy does not believe Dave's claim and threatens him with a knife. When Dave falsely admits to killing Katie thinking he can escape with his life, Jimmy kills him and disposes of his body in the adjacent Mystic River."}, {"context": " While Dave is being killed, Brendan (having found out about his father's gun during questioning) confronts his younger brother Ray Jr. and his brother's friend John about Katie's murder. He beats the two boys and threatens to kill them if they do not admit their guilt, but when John takes the gun and is about to shoot him, Sean and Powers arrive just in time to stop it. The next morning, Sean tells Jimmy the police have Katie's murderers\u2014who have confessed. She was killed by Brendan's brother, \"Silent Ray\" Harris, and his friend John O'Shea in a violent prank gone wrong: The kids got hold of Just Ray's gun and saw a car coming which happened to be Katie's. John aimed the gun just to scare her but the gun went off by accident. The car veered onto the curb and Katie got out and ran into the park. Silent Ray and John pursued her so she wouldn't tell anyone. The beating Katie received was from Silent Ray, who had a hockey stick. Once she was beaten, John shot her again, killing her. Sean asks Jimmy if he has seen Dave, because he is wanted for questioning in another case, the murder of a known child molester. A distraught Jimmy thanks Sean for finding his daughter's killers, but says, \"if only you had been a little faster.\" Sean asks Jimmy if he's going to \"send Celeste Boyle $500 a month too?\""}, {"context": " Sean reunites with his wife and his daughter Nora, after apologizing for \"pushing her away\". Jimmy goes to his wife, Annabeth, and confesses. She comforts him and tells him he is a king and kings always make the right decision. At a town parade, Sean sees Jimmy, and mimics shooting him, to let Jimmy know he is watching. Principal photography took place on location in Boston. Eastwood stated that the three lead actors were his first choices for the roles. \"Mystic River\" was well received by critics, with the performances and direction receiving widespread acclaim. The film has an 87% approval rating based on 195 reviews from critics at the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. At the website Metacritic, which utilizes a normalized rating system, the film earned a rating of 84/100 (\"universal acclaim\") based on 42 reviews. Peter Travers of \"Rolling Stone\" wrote \"Clint Eastwood pours everything he knows about directing into \"Mystic River\". His film sneaks up, messes with your head, and then floors you. You can't shake it. It's that haunting, that hypnotic.\" \"The Sun\" wrote that the film was \"a haunting masterpiece and probably [Eastwood's] best film to date\".  The film earned $156,822,020 worldwide with $90,135,191 in the United States and $66,686,829 in the international box office, which is significantly higher than the film's $30 million budget."}]}, {"title": "Mystic River (novel)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic River is a novel by Dennis Lehane that was published in 2001. It won the 2002 Dilys Award and was made into an Academy Award-winning film in 2003. The novel revolves around three boys who grow up as friends in Boston \u2014 Dave Boyle, Sean Devine, and Jimmy Marcus. When the story opens, we see Dave abducted by child molesters while he, Sean, and Jimmy are horsing around on a neighborhood street. Dave escapes and returns home days later, emotionally shattered by his experience. The book then moves forward 25 years: Sean has become a homicide detective, Jimmy is an ex-convict who currently owns a convenience store, and Dave is a shell of a man. Jimmy's daughter disappears and is found brutally murdered in a city park, and that same night, Dave comes home to his wife, covered in blood. Sean is assigned to investigate the murder, and the three childhood friends are caught up in each other's lives again."}, {"context": " \"Mystic River\", the Academy Award-winning adaptation of the novel, was released in 2003. The film was directed by Clint Eastwood and starred Sean Penn as Jimmy Markum (the character's last name was changed from Marcus to Markum for the film), Tim Robbins as Dave, and Kevin Bacon as Sean. Sean Penn won the Best Actor in a Leading Role and Tim Robbins won the Best Supporting Actor for their respective performances. It was also nominated for four other Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Eastwood), Best Supporting Actress (Marcia Gay Harden), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Brian Helgeland).  \"Mystic River\" won the 2002 Dilys Award presented by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. The same year, it also won the Massachusetts Book Award."}]}, {"title": "Mystic River Bascule Bridge", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic River Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge spanning the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut in the United States. It carries vehicle and foot traffic directly into the tourist district of town via Main Street (U.S. Route 1). The Strauss Heel-trunnion type bridge was designed by former Otis Elevator Company Chief Engineer Thomas Ellis Brown of New York and built in 1920 by the J. E. FitzGerald Construction Company of New London, Connecticut, according to its historical marker. Its movable span is wide, long, weighs , and employs two concrete-filled counterweights. Until 1928, the bridge carried streetcars of the Groton and Stonington Street Railway.  It is operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation and opens for approximately five minutes around 2,200 times per year, carrying an average daily traffic of 11,800. It is driven by two direct current motors, and its span is greased and inspected every 100 openings or two weeks during the winter. From May 1 to October 31, the bridge opens hourly during daylight at 40 minutes past the hour and on demand."}]}, {"title": "Mystic River Historic District", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic River Historic District encompasses the part of the village of Mystic, Connecticut that is on the Groton side of the Mystic River. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1979, approximately that includes much of the village now known as West Mystic and many buildings from the 19th century. The historic district includes properties along Route 1, West Mystic Avenue, Route 215, High Street, Pearl Street, and Cliff Street. Mystic Pizza is located in the district, made famous by the movie of the same name."}, {"context": " According to the 1979 National Register nomination, the importance of the district is derived \"from the completeness of the 19th-century community here preserved. Seldom are houses, public buildings, stores, and factories of a 19th century town \"all\" in place, in good condition, and still in use, as they are in Mystic. The variety of architectural styles that the prosperous seafaring citizens employed in building up their community provide fine examples of the ongoing, 19th-century development of taste and design.\""}, {"context": " The district's boundaries are similar to those of a local historic district that was designated in 1974, but it includes some more modern structures than were included in the local designation, and its boundary lines are less irregular. It includes the former train depot of West Mystic. In 1978, the district included about 470 sites and structures, of which 265 were houses built in Greek Revival, Italianate, or Queen Anne architectural styles that were popular during the 19th century. Two historic sites in the district are:"}]}, {"title": "Mystic River Jewish Communities Project", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic River Jewish Communities Project is a non profit organization dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Mystic River Jewish communities of Chelsea, East Boston, Everett, Malden, Medford, Revere, Somerville, and Winthrop, Massachusetts. The project is working on the restoration of the 1903 Gothic revival chapel of the Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery, located at Wordsworth & Horace Streets in East Boston, Massachusetts, for use as a museum."}]}, {"title": "Mystic River Railroad Bridge (Connecticut)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic River Railroad Bridge is a railroad bridge carrying Amtrak's Northeast Corridor over the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut, between the towns of Groton and Stonington. There have been three bridges at this location. The first bridge was a single-tracked, wooden drawbridge in 1819, which was replaced with a steel swing bridge in 1875. The current bridge was built in 1984, and is a truss-style swing bridge, providing of vertical clearance when closed. The two tracks running over the bridge are owned by Amtrak, are part of its Northeast Corridor route, and are used to operate its Northeast Regional and Acela Express services. There is a proposal, however, to extend Shore Line East Commuter Rail Service from its current terminus in New London to Mystic, which would require crossing this bridge.  The bridge is the easternmost drawbridge on the Amtrak-owned Northeast Corridor in Connecticut."}]}, {"title": "Mystic River Reservation", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic River Reservation is a publicly owned nature preserve with recreational features located along the Mystic River in the towns of Winchester, Arlington, Medford, Somerville, Everett, and Chelsea in eastern Massachusetts. The reserve is part of the nearly Mystic River watershed. It is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The reservation was established in 1893 by the newly formed Metropolitan Parks Commission (later renamed the Metropolitan District Commission), making it one of the first official nature preserves in Massachusetts, and one of five designed by the commission in that year. Of these five, three were planned as woodland river reservations: the Mystic River Reservation, Charles River Reservation, and Neponset River Reservation. The Mystic River Reservation originally comprised a little over of land. By the early 20th century, most of the land along the Mystic River in Medford, Arlington, and Somerville had become public (i.e. state-owned) land."}, {"context": " In 2010, the DCR unveiled a plan for restoring and preserving the reservation, called the Mystic River Master Plan. Proposed projects included a partnership between the DCR and the City of Medford to restore the Condon Shell (an outdoor amphitheater located just outside Medford Square); restoration of the Amelia Earhart Dam basin parklands; and a $3.6 million federally funded link between the reservation, the Minuteman Bikeway, and the Alewife \"T\" Station. The lower parkland is being redeveloped as part of Assembly Square construction.  Facilities for field sports, picnicking, cycling, and sailing are found at four riverside parks: Draw Seven Park in Somerville, Torbert MacDonald Park in Medford, the Mystic Lakes in Winchester, Arlington, and Medford, and Mary O'Malley Waterfront Park in Chelsea."}]}, {"title": "Mystic River Rugby Club", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic River Rugby Club is a New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) club, founded in 1974, located in Malden, Massachusetts and Melrose, Massachusetts, who field teams in Division 1 American Rugby Premiership and Division 2 Rugby Union in the United States and are the current 2018 USA Rugby D1 National Champions. Their home field is located at Pine Banks Park. Their primary sponsor is Coors Light. The Mystic River Rugby Club was founded in 1974 by 32 members of the Boston Rugby Club, who in true revolutionary spirit, took a great step forward in exercising their independence. These men had long since functioned as a \u2018club within a club\u2019 and had developed a distinct style of play both on and off the field. These members were experienced rugby players and immediately the Mystics established a schedule within the first division of New England. They soon became a sought after fixture by teams from all over based on a reputation for hard, fast rugby and an aggressive \u201cjoie de vie\u201d."}, {"context": " The club evolved throughout the 1970s with the influx of younger players and Tours to Wales and the former Soviet Union highlighted these years. In 1978, the Mystics became the first American rugby team to be invited to play rugby in the Soviet Union. In the early 1980s the club saw a major turnover, a somewhat generational change, when several new players were attracted from local colleges. Old Boys rugby began to take shape and several of the original Mystics began playing a schedule of \"over 30s\" rugby. In 1986 the Mystics returned to Malden, Massachusetts where they were originally incorporated in 1976."}, {"context": " With several of the club\u2019s players regularly representing New England and the East Coast in representative side play, the Mystics were committed to championship level rugby. Their reputation earned them respect overseas as well, with touring sides, such as the Glamorgan County RFC, seeking a challenge at top level rugby. In 1989, Mystic River defeated their parent club Boston to win the first of seven straight New England championships. They would go on to win the Northeast Championship that same year. In 1992 the Mystic finished second in the US, losing to the Old Blues from California in the National Finals. The Mystics had established themselves as a force within the national rugby community."}, {"context": " In 2000 and 2001, Mystic River competed in the short lived Major League Rugby (a former amateur club competition not to be confused with the current professional MLR competition). Set up in the manner of the European Rugby Champions Cup, the MLR was designed to provide an additional competition structure for top division teams outside of their usual geographical unions and complement their USA Rugby competition schedule, however, it was never sanctioned by USA Rugby and the Mystics returned to competing solely in USA Rugby competition in the fall of 2001."}, {"context": " The 2007 season saw the Mystics win their first New England title after twelve years, moving on to take the Northeast Championship in 2008 and a spot in the National Division 1 Sweet 16. In their 2009-2010 season, Mystic River again took both the New England and Northeast Championships, making it through to the quarter-final round of the USA Rugby DI National Championship Series as well as making their first ever appearance in the National Sweet 16 in 7s competition. 2010 also marked the expansion of the Mystic River Youth Rugby Program and the addition of the U-19 Mystic Eagles, who saw success in both 15s and 7s tournaments in their inaugural season."}, {"context": " In 2014, Mystic River merged with cross-town rivals, the Middlesex Barbarians, in an effort to develop the game of rugby in the area. While the details of the merger allowed the forty-year-old rugby club to retain their name, Middlesex coach Josh Smith took over head coaching duties for the combined club, with former Eagle prop Jake Sprague as forwards coach, and Glen Mannering directing the backs, with the club now competing in both Division 1 and Division 2. As the 2014-2015 season came to a close, the newly formed Mystics went undefeated at the top of the Division 1 table going into the playoffs. Post season wins against White Plains RFC and Kansas City earned them their first trip to the USA Rugby D1 Final Four tournament since 1992, while in D2 the Mystic Barbarians took the NERFU D2 Championship against division rival New Haven, eventually losing to New York Rugby Club in the USA Rugby D2 Round of 16 beginning a new era for Mystic Rugby."}, {"context": " The Mystics also saw success in 7s, qualifying for the 2015 USA Rugby Club 7s (USARC7) Championship Series for the second time in club history, losing in the Semifinal round to eventual tournament winners Seattle Saracens, but coming away with the bronze medal. Beginning in the 2015-2016 season, Mystic River became a \"de facto\" member of the American Rugby Premiership (ARP), joining Life Running Eagles and fellow Atlantic North D1 clubs Boston RFC, NYAC, Old Blue and the Boston Irish Wolfhounds in the reformatted elite competition."}, {"context": " Though officially a member of the Atlantic North Division 1 Conference, the Mystics competed in the ARP and played all teams but Life. They finished their regular season with a record of 6 wins and 2 losses in their inaugural year in the elite competition, automatically securing a berth in the USA Rugby Championships quarter-final round as the number two seed in the Atlantic North Conference. A win over the Midwest Conference's number one seeded team would put the Mystics in the Final Four for the second year in a row, against ARP rivals Old Blue. In the final match of the Eastern Championship Series, a 10\u20145 win put Mystic River in the Division 1 National Championship for the first time since 1992. The Mystics would go to play the Western Conference Champions, the Austin Blacks in the USA Rugby Emirates Airline Club Men's Division I National Championship. After a hard fought match, Mystic River won their first ever National Title by a score of 45\u201433."}, {"context": " At the beginning of the 2016\u20142017 season Mystic River became a full member of the ARP, making it through to the Eastern Division finals. However, they were knocked out by NYAC 14\u201424. The following season the Mystics were able shock the favored Norfolk Blues 36\u201422 to set up a revenge match with their New York rivals, beating NYAC 26\u201425 and earning a trip to the 2018 national championship game. In the final match, Mystic River were able to stay ahead of their Western conference counterparts, Belmont Shore RFC and win their second national title by a score of 25\u201424."}, {"context": " This is a list of players who currently or have at one time played for the Mystics and have represented their country with the United States national rugby union team, also known as the Eagles, in rugby fifteens or sevens. Not represented in this list are the many Mystics who have been named to the Eagles' player pools or Junior sides over the years. For Rugby sevens players, (*) denotes tournament appearances such as World Rugby Sevens Series. Below is a list of players who have received Rugby All-American honors. The Collegiate All-Americans rugby team is considered the USA's U23 national team, while the Junior All-Americans are the USA's U20 national team."}, {"context": " This is a list of Mystic River players who have represented other nations in rugby fifteens or sevens. Mystic River founded their Youth Rugby program in 2005. It was originally aimed more at introducing local children in the surrounding community to the sport of rugby, via American Flag Rugby (AFL) and later USA Rugby's newly developed \"Rookie Rugby\", a non-contact flag variant of the sport for younger children. In 2010, the Mystics expanded the program to include competitive U-17 and U-19 teams. Both levels saw immediate success, quickly becoming perennial contenders and medalists in such competitions as the Bay State Games."}, {"context": " The Mystics also field a Collegiate Select Side which selects stand out local collegiate rugby talent and plays teams both in the United States and abroad. In 2015, several former members of the Mystic Youth program would go on to receive collegiate All Conference honors. After an undefeated season in 2017, the Mystic River U19 7s team accepted an invitation to the National High School Invitational 7s tournament held in Minneapolis, MN, marking the first time any Mystic youth program was invited to play in a national championship. The Mystics continued their undefeated record throughout the tournament and claimed their first ever national championship title."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Rock", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Rock is a public golf course at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, Pennsylvania. \"Golf Digest\" named it #75 \"America\u2019s 100 Greatest Public Courses\"; #14 \"Public Course in Pennsylvania\"; and #22 \"American\u2019s Top 50 Courses for Women.\" \"Golfweek\" named it #55 \"America\u2019s 100 Best Resort Golf Courses\"; #1 \"Public Course in Pennsylvania\"; and #2 \"Best Courses You Can Play in Pennsylvania.\" \"Golf Range Magazine\" named it to the list of \"Top 50 Public Ranges.\""}]}, {"title": "Mystic Rose", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Rose or The Mystic Rose may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Mystic Schooners", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic Schooners are a collegiate summer baseball team that operates in the Mystic, Connecticut region. The franchise is one of the two oldest franchises in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Originally known as the Eastern Tides, and later the Thread City Tides, playing in Willimantic, Connecticut, the franchise was purchased by former Boston Red Sox General Manager Dan Duquette in 2004. Duquette's club was first known as the Berkshire Dukes, playing their home games at the Dan Duquette Sports Academy in Hinsdale, Massachusetts. Duquette moved the team to nearby Pittsfield in 2005 after reaching a lease agreement with the city that brought the Dukes to historic Wahconah Park. In November 2008 the team changed its name to the Pittsfield American Defenders after the ownership group that owned the American Defenders of New Hampshire, which included Duquette, bought into the team."}, {"context": " The team had struggled to compete in the NECBL since moving to Berkshire County, and did not enjoy a winning season or a playoff berth until 2008. The team's level of play has rebounded greatly since the disastrous summer of 2005, where the Dukes finished at a league-worst 11-31, the fourth fewest wins in NECBL history. The Defenders' fan base has continued to grow despite the team's struggles on the field, with a reported home attendance of 28,955 in 2007, the fourth-highest in the league. In December 2009, the Defenders were sold to the Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club which moved the original franchise back to its beginning state of Connecticut."}, {"context": " On January 14, 2009 it was announced that the team's nickname would be the Bristol Nine, and team general manager Dan Kennedy unveiled a logo featuring \"...the old looking player and the old style hat and the man with the mustache and the whole nine yards.\" The logo's design was credited to Bristol resident Brian Rooney. Shortly thereafter, it was revealed that the logo in question was actually the trademarked property of Top of the Third, Incorporated, owners of a minor-professional baseball team in Visalia, California. The logo, the creation of graphic designer Dan Simon, had originally been used by the California League's Mudville Nine. The Bristol Nine name was then abandoned, with team management adopting the Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club brand."}, {"context": " Following a one-year stint in Bristol, the team moved to Mystic, Connecticut for the 2011 season and was rebranded as the Mystic Schooners. The only remaining charter franchise in the NECBL, the Schooners began play as the Eastern Tides in 1994 in Willimantic, Connecticut. The team originally played home games at Eastern Connecticut State University. The NCAA Division III ballpark would remain the home of the Tides throughout their history in Connecticut. The New England Collegiate Baseball League was founded in 1993 as a five-team Connecticut league, where the Tides were the easternmost team, hence the name. Eastern was the only charter franchise to not take the name of its host community, Willimantic, which itself is a census-designated place in the town of Windham."}, {"context": " The first season for the Tides would result in the franchise's first and only league championship. 1994 was the first (and last) season in league history that used a point system to determine the league playoff contenders, modeled after the system used by the Cape Cod Baseball League. Eastern finished the first round in third place at 10-10, 5 games back of the first place Bristol Nighthawks. However, the second half of the season saw Eastern rebound to a 14-5 record (not including one tied ballgame that was never finished), good enough for first place, a game and a half ahead of the Middletown Giants. Overall, the Tides ended the regular season with a record of 27-17-1."}, {"context": " Eastern went on to defeat Bristol in the only best-of-five championship series in NECBL history. After falling in Game 1 3-2 at Bristol's Muzzy Field, Eastern rebounded to win the next two games at home, 3-2 and 3-1. The Tides traveled back to Bristol for Game 4, dropping the contest 4-3, before returning home to Eastern Connecticut State University's baseball field for a decisive Game 5, where the team crushed Bristol 11-2. University of New Haven catcher Bill Buscetto was the championship series MVP, batting .409 with 4 RBI. The win would crown the Eastern Tides as the first champions in NECBL history."}, {"context": " In 2016, the Mystic Schooners posted the best regular season record in the league (29-15) and won the Southern Division Championship by sweeping the Newport Gulls for the second year in a row. This set up a league championship series against the Sanford Mainers. Mystic swept the series behind all league players Nick Mascelli (Wagner College), Chase Lunceford (Louisiana Tech), Rich Slenker (Yale), Martin Figueroa (Rhode Island) and Toby Handley (Stony Brook) to win its second NECBL Championship."}, {"context": " In 1995, the Tides again had a successful season, finishing in third place, at 19-21. Eastern fell in the first-ever league semi-finals, however, to the Waterbury Barons, two games to none. Tides player John Ellis, son of former Major League Baseball player John Charles Ellis was named to the NECBL All-League team, while fellow team member and Player of the Week Steven Hine went on to found the Steven Hine School of Baseball . Both members of the Tides later had minor league baseball careers. The 1996 season began a long stretch of troubles for the Tides, as they finished in fifth place at 13-26, not qualifying for the postseason. In 1997, Eastern finished in sixth and last place, at 17-23. In those two seasons, Vermont assistant and future Manhattan and Maine head coach Steve Trimper served as the team's head coach. In 1998, at 15-27, the Tides again finished in sixth, though not in last place in the league."}, {"context": " The team's struggles fielding a competitive club continued in 1999, however, as the team once again finished in last - this time in eighth place in the NECBL. At 9-30, the Tides' 1999 season would stand as an embarrassing worst record in the league's history, 17 games back of first place. The Tides would finish seventh in 2000, with just 14 wins and 25 losses. As the franchise continued to falter on the field, so did the team's attendance. Before long, it became apparent that the team would not be able to support itself financially if things continued to progress as they were."}, {"context": " The 2001 saw renewed success for the Tides, and their first playoff appearance since 1995. After an 8-2 performance during the last 10 games of the regular season, the Tides finished at 14-16, good enough for second place in the NECBL's newly created American Division, just one game back of the Newport Gulls. Despite having the league's seventh ranked offense and facing the number one offense in Newport, Eastern fought the Gulls to 3 games in the American Division Finals, losing the first 8 to 7 at Newport but winning Game 2 at ECSU in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the 9th, 4-3, but in front of only 187 fans, many of whom traveled from Newport, Rhode Island. Eastern dropped Game 3 at Cardines Field after losing an early lead, 12-2 the final. The Gulls went on to defeat the Keene Swamp Bats in the finals for their franchise's first NECBL Championship."}, {"context": " In 2002, the Eastern Tides ownership changed the name to the Thread City Tides, both in an attempt to attract more fans and to honor the local thread industry that once produced the red stitching for baseballs.[https://www.webcitation.org/5mVgr2dq0?url=http://www.necbl.com/about.htm%5d The Tides suffered a losing season once again, however, finishing in last place in the reorganized Southern Division at 10-32, 15 games behind first place Newport. Furthermore, home attendance was only one-third what it was on the road, averaging only 201 fans per game and totaling just 4226 for the season."}, {"context": " Average attendance dropped to just 183 fans for the 2003 season, where the Thread City Tides would complete their final year in Connecticut at 16-25 and again eliminated from playoff competition. In the spring of 2008, the Dukes' lease of Wahconah Park was jeopardized when the city demanded thousands of dollars in back maintenance fees owed by the franchise. The situation was corrected, and the Dukes' lease of the park continued through the 2008 season. Following the 2008 season, Duquette joined forces with Buddy Lewis and Jerry O'Connor, executives of Nocona Athletic Goods Company (also known as Nokona), and retired U.S. Navy Commander Terry Allvord, founder of the U.S. Military All-Stars \"Red, White and Blue Tour\", to create a new ownership group dedicated to providing opportunities for members of the United States' armed forces and military academies. The group changed the name to the Pittsfield American Defenders, which has a double meaning for the U.S. military (as defenders of America), and a new glove made by Nokona, called the American Defender. The new alignment of the ownership group featured instant growth to five teams, which included the American Defenders of New Hampshire of the Can-Am League, managed by former Red Sox Brian Daubach; the U.S. Military All-Stars \"Red, White and Blue Tour\" (Domestic); the U.S. Military All-Stars \"Red, White and Blue Diplomacy Tour\" (International); and the newly minted Latin Stars. The U.S. Military All-Stars continued their reputation as a patriotic force with impressive winning credentials. They posted a record of 31-6-1 against professional and summer collegiate programs. Over 20 tour players were offered professional contracts in 2009, making it an ideal source for future talent."}, {"context": " In their inaugural season, the Defenders were led by former ABCA Chairman and collegiate baseball legends Dr. Carroll Land and Coach Bob Warn assisted by Coach Ron Swen. Due to the timing of the new partnership and the desire to hold as many spots as possible for players from military schools and service academies, the roster was extremely late in taking shape. The military academies had a hard time believing a premier NECBL team was interested in dedicating their efforts to provide an opportunity for their players. Add to that a stadium under construction and at one point submerged under two feet of water, and Pittsfield faced every challenge imaginable. The overmatched roster posted a 13-25 record in the West Division."}, {"context": " In 2010, the New England Collegiate Baseball League Board of Directors approved the sale of the Pittsfield American Defenders to the Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club. The new ownership group moved the team to Bristol, Connecticut and played their inaugural games in Bristol at Muzzy Field as the Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club. The stay in Bristol was short lived, however, as after the first season in Bristol, the owners decided to move the team to the Mystic, CT market where the team was rebranded the Mystic Schooners. In six seasons, the team has qualified for the playoffs four times, won the Southern Division title twice (2015,2016) and the NECBL Championship (2016). The team plays its home games at Fitch Senior High School in Groton, CT.  <nowiki>*</nowiki>The NECBL did not separate into divisions until 2001. In 1994, a points system was used. From 1995 - 2000, the top four teams played each other in a league semi-final. In 2001, only 2 teams from each division qualified for the playoffs."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Seaport", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Seaport or Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea in Mystic, Connecticut is the largest maritime museum in the United States. It is notable for its collection of sailing ships and boats and for the re-creation of the crafts and fabric of an entire 19th-century seafaring village. It consists of more than 60 historic buildings, most of them rare commercial structures moved to the site and meticulously restored. The museum was established in 1929 as the \"Marine Historical Association\". Its fame came with the acquisition of the \"Charles W. Morgan\" in 1941, the only surviving wooden sailing whaler. The Seaport was one of the first living history museums in the United States, with a collection of buildings and craftsmen to show how people lived; it now receives about 250,000 visitors each year."}, {"context": " The Seaport supports research via an extensive library and runs the Frank C. Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies, a summer graduate-level academic program established in 1955 by maritime historian Professor Robert G. Albion of Harvard University. The museum also hosts Williams\u2013Mystic in conjunction with Williams College, an undergraduate program in maritime studies. Outreach includes sailing and history classes for area children. Four vessels at Mystic Seaport have been recognized by the United States Government as National Historic Landmarks"}, {"context": " The Preservation Shipyard is an important part of the museum, where traditional tools and techniques are used to preserve the Museum's collection of historic vessels, including the 1841 whaleship \"Charles W. Morgan.\" A replica of the slave ship \"La Amistad\" was constructed in the shipyard and launched in 2000. \"Amistad\" departed from New Haven on June 21, 2007 on a transatlantic voyage to Great Britain, Lisbon, West Africa, and the Caribbean, marking the Atlantic trade and slave route to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the end of slavery in Great Britain."}, {"context": " The 19th-century seafaring village contains nearly all the types of general and specialized trades associated with building and operating a sailing fleet. They include a chandlery, sail loft, ropewalk, cooperage, shipping agent's office, printing office, bank, and others. Also included is The Spouter Tavern, open seasonally and serving \"travelers' fare\". Each building is used both to show the original activity and to display examples of what was sold or constructed; the nautical instrument shop, for example, displays sextants, nautical timepieces, and so forth, while demonstrations at the cooperage show how casks are assembled."}, {"context": " Additional buildings house more exhibits. One is a scale model of the entire Mystic River area as it appeared around 1870, complete down to the outhouse behind every residence; the model is long. Another contains a collection of carved ship figureheads. Also among the museum's buildings is a planetarium which demonstrates how seamen used stars for navigation. Sailing instruction is also offered, as well as tourist rides in various historical small craft. Such tours give a good overview of historic ships at their moorings. Mystic Seaport's music program is unusual, as it prominently features sea shanties in their original contexts as work songs. The Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival is held annually in June and is among the oldest and largest in the United States.  Notes Bibliography"}]}, {"title": "Mystic Seaport Light", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Seaport Light is a lighthouse at the south end of Mystic Seaport, upriver from Noank, Connecticut. The light is a two-story white shingled structured topped with a glass-enclosed lantern and is a replica of the 1901 Brant Point Light. The Mystic Seaport Light was designed by William F. Herman Jr. and constructed in 1966. It was formally dedicated in August 31, 1967, but remained unlit due to active navigational regulations imposed by the United States Coast Guard. The Mystic Seaport light is now an active light, but not an official aid to navigation."}, {"context": " The structure was used as an example of a lighthouse for Mystic Seaport visitors, but was not part of an exhibit until a 2008 renovation. The interior of the lighthouse was equipped with five LCD televisions to display two short educational films that highlight the history and architectural diversity of American lighthouses. The Mystic Seaport Light was designed by William F. Herman Jr. and constructed by Engineered Building in 1966. Funds for the project were donated by Mr. and Mrs. John P. Blair. Mr. Blair was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Marine Historical Association since 1963. The Marine Historical Association was the original name for the Mystic Seaport. Prior to the construction of the light, a total of $5,000 was donated by Coast Guard Auxiliary members from Maine and Delaware to build the keeper's cottage."}, {"context": " The original artist's conception called for a generic lighthouse that was designed to be representative of all lighthouses, but the actual design of the lighthouse was later changed to a replica of the 1901 Brant Point Light located on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. Constructed on the tip of Shipyard Point, it is a two-story white shingled structure topped with a glass-enclosed lantern. The light measures by by . The lighthouse houses a fourth order Fresnel lens. The design of the keeper's house did not change much from the original artist's conception, though Tim Harrison notes that \"it does not resemble a typical lighthouse keeper's house.\" The dedication of the lighthouse was held on August 31, 1967, which was described as \"another quiet[,] but proud ceremony\" by Mystic Seaport. Care and maintenance of the lighthouse is performed by the Mystic Seaport."}, {"context": " The Mystic Seaport Light is subject to United States Coast Guard regulations to become operational, and because it is a full-sized replica of a lighthouse, requirements include supervisory schedules and installation of an emergency, backup light. This was not a financial priority for Mystic Seaport in 1967 and it was not made a fully functional lighthouse. In 1979, Brierley noted that the present use of the lighthouse remained as \"[a]n example of a lighthouse used as a navigational aid.\" Regardless of its intended function, the lighthouse was used as the starting mark for the Mystic River Day seine boat race in 1981. By 2014, it is active, using a fourth order Fresnel lens on loan from the Coast Guard, but is not an official aid to navigation."}, {"context": " In late 2007, the Mystic Seaport asked Oudens Ello Architecture to develop a design proposal for the light. Oudens Ello Architecture developed a \"multilayered system of open wood slats and sound absorptive material creating an interior environment evocative of a Nantucket basket.\" The task called for an \"audio-visual display in a single, conical room of little more than 100 square feet.\" The renovated exhibit was also made wheelchair accessible via a ramp. In July 2008, the Mystic Seaport Light became part of the visitor experience when the interior was opened as part of the \"Sentinels of the Sea\" exhibit. The exhibit displays two short educational films, \"The Heyday of Lighthouses\" and \"How to Look at a Lighthouse\", on five LCD screens. The two films highlight the history and architectural diversity of American lighthouses.  <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival, held annually in June since 1979 at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut, is among the oldest, and is the largest sea music festival in the United States. It reportedly attracts \"the highest caliber of sea music performers, scholars, and fans.\" The Festival was first organized by Dr. Stuart M. Frank as a place to perform and hear sea music as well as a symposium for ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, and historians. 1989 Source: Source: Source:  Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Source:"}]}, {"title": "Mystic Stamp Company", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic Stamp Company, based in Camden, New York, since 1923, is a mail-order postage stamp dealer, one of the largest in operation and notable for both its promotion of stamp collecting as a hobby and for its acquisition of the Z Grill, the rarest United States stamp. The company deals primarily in US stamps and supplies, with some supplies of stamps and supplies made by foreign postal authorities and the United Nations Postal Administration. Like most stamp dealers, sales of stamps and postal products are made through printed catalogs as well as an online catalog that have the details of all the current stamps on offer."}, {"context": " In 1974 Mystic Stamp Co. was acquired by Maynard and Fannie Sundman, owners of Littleton Coin Company. The couple's youngest son, Donald Sundman, was named head of the Mystic operation and all of Littleton's philatelic operations were moved from Littleton, New Hampshire, to Camden. At the Siegel auction of the Robert Zoellner collection in 1998, Mystic president Donald Sundman acquired one of two known specimens of the Franklin Z Grill for $935,000, at the time the highest price ever paid for a single US stamp. Subsequently Mystic featured it in company advertising and listing it for sale in the catalogs.  In late October 2005 Sundman traded the Z Grill for the unique Inverted Jenny plate block, worth slightly over $3 million, from U.S. financier Bill Gross, thus giving Gross the only complete collection of 19th century US stamps."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Stylez", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Stylez is the 1995 debut album by the American hip hop group Three 6 Mafia. Produced completely by founding members DJ Paul and Juicy J, the album was published through Prophet Entertainment, an independent record label of Three 6 Mafia. In 2001, the album was released by DJ Paul, Juicy J & Hypnotize Mindz, under the title \"More Mystic Stylez: The First Album\" this version features a new spoken intro from DJ Paul, as well as 2 new songs \"War With Us\" & \"We Got Da Dope.\" Three 6 Mafia formed in 1991 in Memphis, Tennessee. Originally known as \"Backyard Posse\", the group consisted of DJ Paul, Juicy J, and Lord Infamous. The group formed through the release of numerous EPs from their own record company with Nick Scarfo, Prophet Entertainment, which were sold around Memphis and the Mid-West. More members joined the group over the years including Koopsta Knicca, Gangsta Boo, and Crunchy Black."}, {"context": " Recording sessions for \"Mystic Stylez\" took place in a studio in northern Memphis, Tennessee. The album was recorded on 16 track reel-to-reel tape. As Juicy J recalled, \"We went in the studio and just made records, man. Go in there, got high, drank, and just made records. That's all I remember doing. I can't remember 'I came up with\u2026 Who did\u2026' We just made the beats. We all just came in and contributed, and the shit came out hard.\" During the recording of \"Mystic Stylez\", Three 6 Mafia were listening to music by artists and groups such as N.W.A., Geto Boys, Willie Hutch, and Isaac Hayes."}, {"context": " Described as horrorcore, the overall soundscape of the album \"Mystic Stylez\" is considerably more foreboding than succeeding releases. \"Mystic Stylez\" includes topics such as extremely graphic violence, murder, drugs, sexual practice, the occult, Satan and Theistic Satanism. These subjects are mostly underscored by dark, menacing beats. Juicy J says that Three 6 Mafia called the album \"Mystic Stylez\" because \"everybody [in Three 6 Mafia] had their own style.\" According to author Roni Sarig, \"\"Mystic Stylez\" clearly sounds like the expression of rappers who haven't so much made a deal with the devil as spent some time partying with him\"."}, {"context": " During the recording and creation of their album \"Mystic Stylez\", Three 6 Mafia were having a feud with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Three 6 Mafia accused Bone Thugs-n-Harmony of copying their style and dissed them with the song \"Live By Yo Rep (B.O.N.E. Dis)\". Juicy J spoke about the feud years after the album was released saying \"Man when we did that we was young and stupid\u2014being real. We was young and stupid. Just some old stupid \u2026 It wasn't ever no beef, man. We cool with them, they good people, just some stupid shit back in the day, man. They good dudes, man. We did some music with one of them, Krayzie Bone...something back in the late 90s, something on Project Pat's album.\""}, {"context": " Three 6 Mafia member DJ Paul spoke about the feud saying \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a real beef,\u201d DJ Paul says. \u201cIt was more of a misunderstanding because we was rapping about triple six, devil shit, and tongue twisting over slow beats. We had been doing that since 1989 and then all of a sudden when Bone came out\u2014I think it was 1993\u2026 We didn\u2019t know the Faces Of Death album because it was their underground stuff. Just like they probably didn\u2019t know our underground stuff. When they came out with \u201cThuggish Ruggish Bone\u201d and all of that stuff and we hear somebody kind of on our same style: Faces Of Death, redrum, murder, 6-6-6, tongue twisting. We were like, \u2018Damn these dudes done stole our style!\u2019 [Laughs] That\u2019s why we got mad about it. We ran into each other a couple of times and there was a push or something. But there was never no fight or nothing like that.\u201d DJ Paul continued \u201cAfter a while we became cool,\u201d he says. \u201cOur first song was with Krayzie Bone on Project Pat\u2019s Ghetty Green album maybe in 1997 [or] 1998 or something like that. We\u2019ve been cool ever since then. We\u2019re actually talking about doing a tour together soon. We did some shows together. They was fun as fuck. We had a blast with Bone.\u201d"}, {"context": " Local radio refused to play Three 6 Mafia's music. However, when people who worked for local radio heard \"Da Summa\", they decided to play it. This made 's song \"Da Summa\" the group's first song that was played on radio. Regarded as \"one of the essential southern hip-hop albums\", Mystic Stylez has been described as a defining example of horrorcore. The album led the way for a whole subset of Memphis rap and would influence other artists for decades to come. Despite not getting popularity and instead being an underground album, \"Mystic Stylez\" has been praised by critics and was put at number 74 on \"Complex's\" list \"\"The 90 Best Rap Albums of the '90s\"\". \"Mystic Stylez\" is cited as one of the forerunners of crunk and trap.  Performing artists Production"}]}, {"title": "Mystic Theatre (Marmarth, North Dakota)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Theatre is a historic theatre in Marmarth in Slope County, North Dakota. It was built in 1914 and has also been known as Marmarth Theatre. The theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is a frame building, stuccoed, with 187 seats. It was unusual for its time, as it was specifically designed for showing \"motion pictures\". It was a project of professional baseball player Guy Johnson (1891-1971), who moved to Marmarth and built the theatre in 1914. It opened April 22, 1914 and was packed."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Theatre (album)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Theatre is the sixth album by Mark Olson, Victoria Williams and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, released in 2004. Uncut magazine gave the album a score of 4 and called it \"Their best record since 1999\u2019s Zola And The Tulip Tree; Mark Olson and Victoria Williams\u2019 rustic marriages of rural folk, western swing and bluegrass still bubble with contentment.\" The magazine praised Williams' composition and called her voice a \"helium chirp sounding like something forever teetering on stilts\"  All songs by Mark Olson except where noted."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Timbers", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Timbers is a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. Constructed by Great Coasters International, the roller coaster opened in the park's Rivertown section on April 15, 2017. Mystic Timbers is the park's fourth wooden coaster, and its opening allowed Kings Island to reclaim the title of having the most wooden roller coaster track of any amusement park in the world with . During its marketing campaign, the ride's finale element in an enclosed shed was kept secret until the ride's debut. In the annual Golden Ticket Awards by \"Amusement Today\", it was awarded \"Best New Ride\" in 2017."}, {"context": " Kings Island officials began dropping hints during the 2016 operating season, which teased the possibility of a new, future attraction. In the park's Rivertown section, a construction wall was built displaying signs that stated, \"Caution - Watch For Falling Trees\". In June 2016, a set of plans labeled \"Kings Island Project 2017\" was submitted to the local planning board with designs for a new roller coaster. Until then, early speculation from enthusiasts believed that another possibility was a larger log flume ride to complement the nearby \"Race For Your Life Charlie Brown\" attraction. Later that month, media outlets in the area received a toy axe with an attached note hinting about activity in Rivertown. The following month, another clue surfaced, consisting of a blue toy pickup truck with a bundle of logs in the back. It contained a note stating that an official announcement would occur in the park on the evening of July 28, 2016."}, {"context": " On the night of the announcement, more than 1,000 park guests lined up two hours in advance to attend the evening event inside the park. It was revealed that the new attraction would be a roller coaster named Mystic Timbers. The new ride would mark the park's sixteenth roller coaster and fourth wooden roller coaster overall. Upon completion, Kings Island would reclaim the title of having the longest collection of wooden roller coaster track in the world at , when combined with the other three wooden coasters in the park \u2013 The Beast, both tracks on The Racer, and Woodstock Express."}, {"context": " The ride's logo was unveiled as well, along with a simulated POV video of the ride. However, the simulation stopped short of revealing what happens when the train enters an enclosed shed near the end of the ride. Park officials indicated that the finale's details would not be revealed until opening day. The level of anticipation surrounding its debut put Mystic Timbers on \"USA Today\"'s top nine list for most anticipated roller coasters of 2017. The attraction opened unofficially for the press on April 13, 2017, allowing roller coaster enthusiasts and members of the media to ride early."}, {"context": " Mystic Timbers is themed around a fictional logging company, Miami River Lumber, that purchased the surrounding land for its timber. The company planned to use the adjacent Kings Island & Miami Valley Railroad \u2013 the park's steam locomotive attraction \u2013 for shipping the timber out. However, an unexplained series of events led to the shutdown of the company, as the land was taken over by rampant natural growth. The attraction was designed and built by Great Coasters International, a Pennsylvania-based company that specializes in the construction and restoration of wooden roller coasters. The Mystic Timbers is in length and reaches a maximum speed of . It features a drop and sixteen airtime hills. Its three trains each carry 24 passengers, resulting in a total capacity of approximately 1200 riders per hour. The roller coaster's track layout utilizes the terrain and interacts with both the Kings Island & Miami Valley Railroad and White Water Canyon attractions during its roughly two-minute ride cycle."}, {"context": " The ride begins with the train leaving the station, upon which it makes an S-turn to the right, crossing over the railroad, then to the left, before climbing the lift hill. Upon latching on to the lift hill chain, a pre-recorded voice chastises the riders saying, \"Hey! Hey! I see you up there! What do you think you're doing? This is security. Seriously, guys, you need to take that truck, and go home to your video games. This place is not safe.\" Cresting the 109 foot lift hill, the chain slows again so that another pre-recorded voice can tell the riders over loudspeakers, \"Whatever you do, don't go in the shed!\" At the top, the train makes a swooping 98 foot drop to the left, before rising over another hill. At the crest of this second hill, the train makes another left turn and crosses over the lift hill, before diving close to the ground and traveling over a series of airtime hills, crossing over White Water Canyon on the way. The track briefly enters a covered tunnel as it makes a left-hand turn to change directions and return towards the station. The return track runs mostly parallel to the outbound track until near the second drop, where it veers away to hit a brake run, coming to a stop outside the entrance to the shed."}, {"context": " Upon stopping on the brake run, a pre-recorded audio segment is heard. A security guard is heard saying, \"Don't go in the shed. This is a restricted area.\" The audio loops several times and begins to glitch and skip, eventually changing to, \"Go in the shed.\" The train proceeds slowly into the shed, which is only dimly-illuminated by flickering overhead lamps and fluorescent lights. The train comes to a stop where saws, vines, leaves, a Coca-Cola vending machine, and other items left behind by workers are visible. A cassette player starts playing music from the 1980s until a loud screeching sound is heard. Projection screens show one of three random creatures in the finale, followed by a 90\u00b0 turn to the right as the train re-enters the station.  In 2017, Mystic Timbers was awarded \"Best New Ride\" by \"Amusement Today\" in their annual Golden Ticket Awards publication. Overall, it was ranked eleventh among all wooden roller coasters."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Towers", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Towers is a video game created by Australian developer Animation F/X and published by Manaccom domestically and Apogee Software internationally. Originally exclusive to DOS, it was re-released on Steam in 2015 with Windows and Mac OS support. It stars Baron Baldric, an old wizard with a magic staff and an array of amusing mannerisms, who must quest through twelve towers and rid them of monsters. \"Mystic Towers\" is a sequel to \"Baron Baldric: A Grave Adventure\", a platform game in which Baron Baldric battled an evil sorcerous ancestor. The earlier game, originally written for the Amiga and later ported to the PC, was published by Manaccom and not released outside of Australia."}, {"context": " Each tower consists of 45 rooms (5 floors with 9 rooms), 15 monsters, and 1 monster generator. In each tower, Baldric must defeat all the monsters, destroy the monster generator, and obtain the Large Red Tower Key that opens the main door at the start of the level. Baron Baldric has a health bar showing his hit points, which decrease as Baron takes damage from monsters, is poisoned, or steps on traps. When his health meter runs out, Baldric loses a life. He begins with nine lives in reserve (One life in Practice Mode), but when these lives are gone, the game is over."}, {"context": " The food and drink bars show Baron's hunger and thirst, and they slowly decrease over the course of gameplay. Along his quest, Baldic must consume enough food and drink to avoid starvation and thirst. If at any time, one or more of these two bars run out, Baron Baldric will slowly lose life until food or drink is consumed, and neither meters are empty. As long as both the food and drink bars are not empty, Baldric's health slowly recharges (as long as he is not poisoned). Food can be found in a variety of places, and some monsters will drop them when killed. Drinks can be found in bottles and flasks, as well as in water fountains in towers. Note that some bottles contain wine, which will make Baron Baldric tipsy (characterized by spinning and hiccuping) for a short while."}, {"context": " Coins can be collected to purchase spells. The higher the floor of the tower in which a spell is purchased, the more powerful the spell generally is. Note that spell \"vending machines\" may break after a few uses. Treasure can also be collected to increase the player's points. Every 10,000 points is worth an extra life; Baldric can have up to 9 lives in hand at once. There a total of ten spells in the game. The first five are damage spells (Ice, Sulfur, Venom Cloud, Fireball and Lightning) for killing monsters and only the Ice has infinite ammo. Damage spells with greater power are rare and must be utilized strategically. The other five spells (Reveal, Heal, Teleport, Levitate, and Bomb) are utility spells each with a unique purpose. The Reveal spell lights up dark rooms, reveals hidden doors, treasure, and poison tiles. The Heal Spell restores Baldric's health and cures poison. Teleport can only be used on a teleport pad, which transports him to the floor indicated by the number on the pad. Levitate makes Baldric float one level above the floor and the spell can be cast many times to float even higher. Baron Baldric can return to the ground by jumping. Finally, Bomb can be cast only on a monster generator, as part of the criteria of completing the level. Although all the spells are collectible, only the damage spells are purchasable."}, {"context": " Several monsters can cast spells, with seemingly no limits, the Venom Cloud having the ability to poison Baron Baldric, and Lightning being able to kill in two hits. There are three types of powerups that Baron Baldric can collect in a tower. These are invisibility, meta-power and shields. These powerups only last a limited amount of time. There are 30 unique monsters spanning the 12 levels, with 5 monster types occupying each tower. Note that each monster type will show up in 2 of the 12 towers. Monsters have a specific domain of rooms that they will wander around in, and will not leave that domain. A monster's domain is indicated by a portrait of a monster (and its life bar) in the upper right corner of the screen."}, {"context": " Generally, monsters attack by biting or clawing Baron Baldric, but some monsters are also capable of shooting projectiles, like ice shots, venom clouds, fireballs and lightnings. These projectiles are extremely harmful, and should be avoided at all costs, especially the venom cloud variant of shooting monsters, which are found in the higher level of the towers. To defeat them, use any one of Baron Baldric's spells, lure them toward a Bomb Trap, or jump on top of them (if possible). However, keep in mind that monsters will have more health, and are generally more dangerous and more aggressive in the higher levels of a tower. Also, a monster may move faster when it is damaged enough, giving a would-player a hard time."}, {"context": " Below is a short description of each monster, and where they would appear: Rimm Tower and Rimm Fortress Tor Karad Keep and Tor Karad Castle Nortscar Needle and Nortscar Spire Wolf's Fang and Wolf's Claw Ebonscarp and Ebonscarp II Marchwall Hold and MarchWall Fort Aside from monsters, the towers themselves are far from harmless. There are a variety of traps that the player should be aware off, so that they do not trigger them inadvertently. There are a few types of traps the play should be aware of:"}, {"context": " Baron Baldric can become poisoned in a variety of ways, such as stepping on a poison tile, drinking slime, or getting hit by a venom cloud. Baron Baldric slowly loses health and the health bar flashes when Baron Baldric is poisoned, and he turns green. In order to cure poison, the player can use a heal spell, drink slime from outlets, or eat a mushroom (the only instance where eating a mushroom is beneficial. If Baron Baldric eats a mushroom when he's not poisoned, he will die instantly). These helpful runes, carved into the walls of a particular room, can tell Baron Baldric what he should expect in the room."}, {"context": " As the name implies, the game takes place inside of towers. There are 12 towers in the game. Each tower has an \"Apprentice\" version, which Baldric visits on the first half of his quest, and a \"Wizard\" version, which he visits on the second. Apprentice towers are significantly easier than Wizard towers. In Wizard towers, Baldric does not start with maps of each floor, the monsters are significantly stronger and faster, teleporters do not link in a ring but direct, the Red Tower Key is not in the starting room, and there are new classes of obstacles to overcome."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Vale", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Vale is a forested ravine that was acquired by the University of Victoria in 1993 and is located outside the ring road to the southeast of campus. Its tree canopy is dominated by large specimens of Douglas-fir and grand fir. A few western red cedar also occur. Scattered among these conifers are deciduous trees such as bigleaf maple, black cottonwood, and willow. Some Garry oak is present at the forest edge. Canada's only native broadleaf evergreen tree, the arbutus, is also present. Mystic Vale proves to be one of the most popular green spaces on campus as thousands of students and community members use the area each year for recreation. The University is committed to the preservation of Mystic Vale and the surrounding Haro Woods to ensure the long-term health of the area as habitat for local flora and fauna. Several ecoaction groups and sustainability projects have been implemented to preserve the conditions of the ravine, including creating detention ponds to minimize stream bank erosion and removing invasive species like ivy, daphne and holly."}, {"context": " From https://www.uvic.ca/anniversary/history/stories/icons/index.php Mystic Vale, 4.7 hectares (11.6 acres) of natural coniferous woodland, can be found in the southeast area of University of Victoria\u2019s campus. Much of Mystic Vale comprises a steep-sided gully with slopes of 20\u201330\u00b0 and belongs to the Hobbs Creek Watershed. The university campus is part of the Straits Coast Salish peoples\u2019 traditional homeland. For thousands of years, Mystic Vale was utilized for harvesting plants, hunting and fishing."}, {"context": " The \u201csensitive eco-system\u201d of Mystic Vale features over 75 native plant and wildlife species including oceanspray, snowberry, Indian plum and sword fern. In fact, some species, such as rattlesnake plantain, stink currant and vanilla-leaf, are seldom found anywhere else around Victoria. The oldest verified trees in Mystic Vale are approximately 100 to 150 years old but some trees are likely between 350 and 500 years old. A wide-array of mammals inhabit the ravine including black-tailed deer, raccoons, eastern cottontail rabbits and bats. River otter tracks have been spotted along the creek bed and there was a rare cougar sighting in 2005. Birds found in Mystic Vale include the bald eagle, Cooper\u2019s hawk, the great horned owl and five species of woodpeckers."}, {"context": " People often wonder where the name \u201cMystic Vale\u201d came from. One suggestion is that the name originates from the legend of the mystic spring. In 1904, local author D.W. Higgins gave his version of the mystic spring legend, relating how the Vale was once home to a huge maple tree beside a spring of pure water; the maple tree was a god that guarded the spirit of the spring. The following quote is from Higgins\u2019 version of this tale: \u2018If a woman should look into the water when the moon is at its full she\u2019ll see reflected in it the face of the man who loves her. If a man looks into the water he will see the woman who loves him and will marry him should he ask her. If a woman is childless this water will give her plenty. The tree is a god. It guards the spirit of the spring, and as long as the tree stands the water will creep to its foot for protection and shade; cut down the tree and the spring will be seen no more.\u201d"}, {"context": " It is worthwhile to note that Higgins\u2019 tale romanticizes the indigenous peoples\u2019 ancestral use of Mystic Vale as a sacred site, as Mavis Henry explains, \u201cthe \u2026 mythology and legend attached [to Mystic Vale] goes beyond fable and represents real use and real belief systems at work.\u201d In 1993, during University of Victoria\u2019s 30th anniversary celebrations, University of Victoria purchased Mystic Vale for $2.7 million with help from the provincial government and the Municipality of Saanich. For thirty years, University of Victoria sought to buy Mystic Vale from shareholders. In the early 1990s, when residential development threatened the land, University of Victoria utilized local support for the conservation of Mystic Vale."}, {"context": " Mystic Vale\u2019s protection was achieved through many people\u2019s help, such as the Friends of Mystic Vale; the Mystic Vale Action Committee, whose membership included former University of Victoria Chancellor Dr. Bill Gibson; Saanich Mayor Murray Coell and Saanich council and Hon. Tom Perry, Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology. UVic is committed to protecting Mystic Vale for the entire community and the land is secured from development in perpetuity. The beautiful, serene area remains a popular community spot for walkers, joggers and anyone with an appreciation of nature.  Mystic Vale adds significantly to the campus with its natural beauty and UVic frequently utilizes Mystic Vale for teaching and research. As Mystic Vale is extensively used, UVic\u2019s Facilities Management has developed long term plans for environmental protection, streamside remediation, and community education about the area."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Valley Parkway", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic Valley Parkway is a parkway in Arlington, Medford, Somerville, and Winchester, Massachusetts. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and forms part of Route 16. The parkway runs roughly north\u2013south from the Middlesex Fells in Winchester, down the Aberjona River valley, and along the east side of the Mystic Lakes into Medford. This section follows the path of the old Middlesex Canal. It then crosses the Mystic River into Arlington (sharing a bridge with Massachusetts Route 60), and curves to follow the river as it runs east\u2013west through Arlington. A short branch also runs along the southern shore of the Lower Mystic Lake from Route 60 where it ends at a junction with U.S. Route 3 and Massachusetts Route 2A. It meets the Alewife Brook Parkway (and joins with Massachusetts Route 16) at a rotary near where Alewife Brook empties into the Mystic, and then continues to generally follow the course of the Mystic River downstream, crossing it several times before ending at the Revere Beach Parkway where both meet Massachusetts Route 28."}, {"context": " The parkway, with surrounding landscape, forms part of Boston's Metropolitan Park District, established in 1893. The parkway itself was designed in 1894-1895 by the Olmsted Brothers, the noted landscape architects, with Charles Eliot taking a lead role. It was originally created as one section of a web of pleasure roads designed for their aesthetics, as part of a comprehensive plan for green spaces in and around Boston. Lantern slides in the Library of Congress collection, Courtesy of the Frances Loeb Library, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, offer views of the Parkways in published in 1895.  It now forms part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston, and on January 18, 2006, was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Voyage", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Voyage is a studio album by Roy Ayers Ubiquity. It was released in 1975 through Polydor Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Kaye-Smith/Van Ackeren Studios in Seattle, Washington and at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, New York. This album is dedicated to the memory of Julian \"Cannonball\" Adderley. The album peaked at number 90 on the \"Billboard\" 200 albums chart and at number 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Its lead single, \"Mystic Voyage\", reached peak position #70 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Warriors", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The game's controls consists of an eight-way joystick and two buttons for attacking and jumping. Like in \"Sunset Riders\", the player can jump between higher or lower levels, as well as slide. The player character attacks primarily by shooting an unlimited supply of shurikens/daggers, or using his/her weapon at close range. The game includes some improvements that were not included in \"Sunset Riders\", such as the ability for players to change characters after they lose a credit as well as a life gauge that allows the player to sustain up to four hits from enemy attacks before losing a life."}, {"context": " The player must defeat box-carrying enemies in order to obtain power-up items. These include a shuriken power-up that can increase the player's shooting power by up to two levels (which differ between characters), food (sushi, tempura, udon, sukiyaki) that will replenish the player's life gauge, a blue orb with the kanji that will surround the player with a barrier for a limited period, a yellow orb with the kanji that will destroy all on-screen enemies, and various kinds of jewelry for extra points and temporary invincibility."}, {"context": " There are a total of nine stages in the game, in which its own boss awaiting to challenge the player. Like in \"Sunset Riders\", each player will be graded at the end of stage by how much they shot the boss; the player with the highest hit percentage will receive bonus points. \"Mystic Warriors\" is set in a dystopian future in New York (this is notable due to the World Trade Center being seen in some stages), where an evil organization known as the Skull Enterprise has taken over the nation and are now plotting a worldwide takeover. The player takes control of one of five young ninja who are being targeted by Skull forces: Spyros, Keima, Kojiro, Brad, and Yuri."}, {"context": " The game can be played by up to two or four players (depending on the game's configuration); after each player chooses their character, one of the remaining members of the group will get kidnapped (if four of the five are chosen instead, the last remaining character will be captured), prompting the remaining four to begin their mission. During their journey across several regions of Japan, the four ninja eventually find and rescue their kidnapped friend. However, their reunion is short lived, and the rescued ninja soon performs a sacrificial move to free them from an electric trap, killing himself/herself in the process. The rest of the game is spent with the remaining ninja avenging the death of their fallen comrade.  After defeating the Skull forces, the four remaining ninja mourn for the loss of their companion before returning home. The complete soundtrack to \"Mystic Warriors\" is featured in the two-CD album \"Konami Amusement Sounds '93: Summer Edition\", which was released on August 21, 1993, with the catalog number KICA-7616-7. Tracks 23-46 on Disc 2 are from the game."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Warriors-based hardware", "paragraphs": [{"context": " \"Mystic Warriors\"-based hardware is an arcade system board used by Konami on several of its 1993 fighting games. Since Konami did not use the word \"system\" on most of its arcade hardware, its arcade games are usually classified by the type of video and sound chips used (in this case, the hardware is named after Konami's ninja-themed run-and-gun game, \"Mystic Warriors\"). CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 16 MHz. Note: The chips are followed by their corresponding game(s) in parentheses."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Water Works", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic Water Works, also called the Mystic Pumping Station, is a historic water works at Alewife Brook Parkway and Capen Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. Built in 1862-65 by the city of Charlestown (since annexed to Boston), it is a significant example of a mid-19th century waterworks facility. The building has been listed twice on the National Register of Historic Places. The first, in 1989, is part of the city of Somerville's listings, and was made under the name \"Mystic Water Works\". The second is part of an umbrella listing covering the entire historic water works system of Greater Boston, and was made in 1990, listed as the \"Mystic Pumping Station\"."}, {"context": " The Mystic Water Works is located on the south side of the Mystic Valley Parkway, just east of its junction with the Alewife Brook Parkway, and just east of the mouth of Alewife Brook where it empties into the Mystic River. It is a large 1-1/2 story building, built out of load-bearing brick in a Romanesque Revival style with a mansard roof. Its original main block is nine bays wide, with a two bay addition made in 1870 to the east, and a five bay addition to the west in 1895, both stylistically similar to the original."}, {"context": " The building was built by the city of Charlestown as part of its initiative to dam the Mystic Lakes to provide it with water. Somerville was also allowed to tap into the lines, and the building thus became part of Somerville's first municipal water supply. When Charlestown became part of Boston in 1874 the building was taken over by that city's water authority, later known as the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC). When first built, it housed two steam-powered engines with a combined capability of moving 13 million gallons of water per day. The additions were built to provide space for addition pumps as the system was expanded to include Everett in 1870, and again in 1895. The facility was abandoned by the MDC in 1912, and its machinery scrapped. During World War I it housed offices, and in 1921 it was adapted for use as a machine shop. At the time of its listing on the National Register it was still in this use by the MDC. The building is now vacant, and belongs to the city of Somerville.  In 2016, the city of Somerville began conversion of the property into affordable senior housing units. The exterior will be restored, and some interior features will be retained."}]}, {"title": "Mystic Your Heart", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic Your Heart is the second album by Japanese, melodic death metal band Blood Stain Child. It was released on June 18, 2003 on the M&I Company label. This album took on a more European metal sound along the lines of In Flames and Norther than their previous album. Finnish producer Anssi Kippo was hired to give the album that European sound the band was aiming for."}]}, {"title": "Mystic chord", "paragraphs": [{"context": " In music, the mystic chord or Prometheus chord is a six-note synthetic chord and its associated scale, or pitch collection; which loosely serves as the harmonic and melodic basis for some of the later pieces by Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. Scriabin, however, did not use the chord directly but rather derived material from its transpositions. The mystic chord consists of the pitch classes: C, F, B, E, A, D. \\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \\relative c' { </score> This is often interpreted as a quartal hexachord consisting of an augmented fourth, diminished fourth, augmented fourth, and two perfect fourths. However, the chord may be spelled in a variety of ways, and it is related to other pitch collections, such as being a hexatonic subset of the overtone scale, lacking the perfect fifth."}, {"context": " The term \"mystic chord\", appears to derive from Scriabin's intense interest in Theosophy, and the chord is imagined to reflect this mysticism. It was coined by Arthur Eaglefield Hull in 1916. It is also known as the \"Prometheus chord\", after its extensive use in his work \"\". The term was invented by Leonid Sabaneyev. Scriabin himself called it the \"chord of the pleroma\" (\u0430\u043a\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0434 \u043f\u043b\u0435\u0440\u043e\u043c\u044b \"akkord pleromy\"), which \"was designed to afford instant apprehension of -that is, to \"reveal\"- what was in essence beyond the mind of man to conceptualize. Its preternatural stillness was a gnostic intimation of a hidden otherness.\""}, {"context": " Jim Samson points out that it fits in well with Scriabin's mainly dominant quality sonorities and harmony as it may take on a dominant quality on C or F. This tritone relationship between possible resolutions is important to Scriabin's harmonic language, and it is a property shared by the French sixth (also prominent in his work) of which the synthetic chord can be seen as an extension. The example below shows the mystic chord rewritten as a French sixth with notes A and D as extensions: \\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f"}, {"context": " \\relative c' { \\new PianoStaff \u00ab </score> The pitch collection is related to the octatonic scale, the whole tone scale, and the French sixth, all of which are capable of a different number of transpositions. For example, the chord is a whole tone scale with one note raised a semitone (the \"almost whole-tone\" hexachord, sometimes identified as \"whole tone-plus\"), and this alteration allows for a greater variety of resources through transposition. Leonid Sabaneev interpreted the Prometheus chord as harmonics 8 through 14, without 12 (1, 9, 5, 11, 13, 7 = C, D, E, F, A, B), but the 11th harmonic is 48.68 cents away from the tritone (F), the 13th harmonic is 59.47 cents away from a major sixth (A)."}, {"context": " \\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \\relative c' { </score> However, to quote Carl Dahlhaus, \"the interval-distance of the natural-tone-row [overtones] [...], counting up to 20, includes everything from the octave to the quarter tone, (and) useful and useless musical tones. The natural-tone-row [harmonic series] justifies everything, that means, nothing.\" Elliott Antokoletz says the, \"so-called 'mystic chord',\" approximates harmonics 7 through 13 (7, 8, 9, 10, (11,) 12, 13 = C, D, E, F, (G,) A, B)."}, {"context": " The notes of the chord also conform to a Lydian dominant quality, the fourth mode of the melodic minor scale. Some sources suggest that much of Scriabin's music is entirely based on the chord to the extent that whole passages are little more than long sequences of this chord, unaltered, at different pitches; but this is rarely the case. More often than not, the notes are reordered so as to supply a variety of harmonic or melodic material. Certain of Scriabin's late pieces are based on other synthetic chords or scales that do not rely on the mystic chord."}, {"context": " Other sources suggest that Scriabin's method of pitch organization is based on ordered scales that feature scale degrees. Since the mystic chord is a synthetic chord, the scale from which it derives, sometimes called the \"Prometheus scale\", is an example of a synthetic scale. \\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \\relative c' { </score> For example, a group of piano miniatures (Op.58, Op.59/2, Op.61, Op.63, Op.67/1 and Op.69/1) are governed by the acoustic and/or the octatonic scales. Contrary to many textbook descriptions of the chord, which present the sonority as a series of superposed fourths, Scriabin most often manipulated the voicings to produce a variety of melodic and harmonic intervals. A rare example of purely quartal spacing can be found in the Fifth Piano Sonata (mm. 264 and 268). Measures 263\u2013264 are shown below."}, {"context": " </score> Incomplete versions of the chord spaced entirely in fourths are considerably more common, for example, in Deux Morceaux, Op.57. According to George Perle, Scriabin used this chord in what he calls a pre-serial manner, producing harmonies, chords, and melodies. However, unlike the twelve tone technique to which Perle refers, Scriabin, like Perle, did not use his Mystic chord as an ordered set and did not worry about repeating or omitting notes or aggregate combinatoriality. With the increasing use of more dissonant sonorities, some composers of the 20th and 21st centuries have used this chord in various ways."}]}, {"title": "Mystic massacre", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystic massacre took place on May 26, 1637 during the Pequot War, when Connecticut colonists under Captain John Mason and their Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to the Pequot Fort near the Mystic River. They shot anyone who tried to escape the wooden palisade fortress and killed most of the village in retaliation for previous Pequot attacks. The only Pequot survivors were warriors who had been with their sachem Sassacus in a raiding party outside the village. The Pequots were the dominant Indian tribe in the southeastern portion of Connecticut Colony, and they had long competed with the neighboring Mohegan and Narragansett tribes. The English and Dutch Colonists established trade with all three tribes, exchanging European goods for wampum and furs. The Pequots eventually allied with the Dutch Colonists, while the Mohegans and others allied with the English Colonists."}, {"context": " A trader named John Oldham was murdered and his trading ship looted by Pequots, and retaliation raids ensued by Colonists and their Indian allies; the Pequots responded in kind, erupting into the Pequot War. According to Katherine Grandjean, the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 damaged the corn and other crop harvests of that year, making food supplies scarce and creating competition for winter food supplies. This in turn increased the tensions between the Pequots and Colonists who were ill-prepared to face periods of famine."}, {"context": " The Connecticut towns raised a militia commanded by Captain John Mason consisting of 90 men, plus 70 Mohegans under sachems Uncas and Wequash. Twenty more men under Captain John Underhill joined him from Fort Saybrook. Pequot sachem Sassacus, meanwhile, gathered a few hundred warriors and set out to make another raid on Hartford, Connecticut. At the same time, Captain Mason recruited more than 200 Narragansett and Niantic warriors to join his force. On the night of May 26, 1637, the Colonial and Indian forces arrived outside the Pequot village near the Mystic River. The palisade surrounding the village had only two exits. The Colonial forces attempted a surprise attack but met stiff Pequot resistance. Mason gave the order to set the village on fire and block off the two exits, trapping the Pequots inside. Those who tried climbing over the palisade were shot; anyone who succeeded in getting over was killed by the Narragansett fighters."}, {"context": " John Underhill described the scene and his participation: \"Captaine Mason entring into a Wigwam, brought out a fire-brand, after hee had wounded many in the house, then he set fire on the West-side where he entred, my selfe set fire on the South end with a traine of Powder, the fires of both meeting in the center of the Fort blazed most terribly, and burnt all in the space of halfe an houre; many couragious fellowes were unwilling to come out, and fought most desperately through the Palisadoes, so as they were scorched and burnt with the very flame, and were deprived of their armes, in regard the fire burnt their very bowstrings, and so perished valiantly: mercy they did deserve for their valour, could we have had opportunitie to have bestowed it; many were burnt in the Fort, both men, women, and children, others forced out, and came in troopes to the Indians, twentie, and thirtie at a time, which our souldiers received and entertained with the point of the sword; downe fell men, women, and children, those that scaped us, fell into the hands of the Indians, that were in the reere of us; it is reported by themselves, that there were about foure hundred soules in this Fort, and not above five of them escaped out of our hands.\""}, {"context": " Stephen Katz and Michael Freeman argued in \"The New England Quarterly\" during the emergence of the modern Pequot tribe in the 1990s as to whether or not the incident constituted genocide, with Katz arguing that it did not and Freeman arguing that it did. The book \"Genocide and International Justice\" by Rebecca Joyce Frey lists the incident as genocide, as does the book \"An American Trilogy: Death, Slavery, and Dominion on the Banks of the Cape\", by Steven M. Wise. Wise notes that Captain John Underhill justified the killing of the elderly, women, children, and the infirm by stating that \"sometimes the Scripture declareth women and children must perish with their parents... We had sufficient light from the Word of God for our proceedings.\""}, {"context": " Estimates of Pequot deaths range from 400 to 700, including women, children, and the elderly. The Narragansetts were shocked and returned home in disgust. The massacre effectively broke the Pequots, and Sassacus and many of his followers were surrounded in a swamp near a Mattabesset village called Sasqua. The battle which followed is known as the \"Fairfield Swamp Fight\", in which nearly 180 warriors were killed, wounded, or captured. Sassacus escaped with about 80 of his men, but he was killed by the Mohawks, who sent his scalp to the colonists as a symbol of friendship.  The Pequot numbers were so diminished that they ceased to be a tribe in most senses. The treaty mandated that the remaining Pequots were to be absorbed into the Mohegan and Narragansett tribes, nor were they allowed to refer to themselves as Pequots. In the later 20th century, alleged Pequot descendants revived the tribe, achieving federal recognition and settlement of some land claims. The massacre was featured in the History Channel series \"10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America\"."}]}, {"title": "Mystic society", "paragraphs": [{"context": " A mystic society is a Mardi Gras social organization in Mobile, Alabama, that presents parades and/or balls for the enjoyment of its members, guests, and the public. The New Orleans Krewe is patterned after Mobile's Mystics. The societies have been based in class, economic and racial groups. Mobile's parading mystic societies build colorful Carnival floats and create costumes around each year's themes. During the Carnival season, the mystic societies parade in costume on their floats throughout downtown Mobile. Masked society members toss small gifts, known as \"throws\", to the parade spectators. The \"throws\" can take the form of trinkets, candy, cookies, peanuts, panties, artificial roses, stuffed animals, doubloons, cups, hats, can coolers, Frisbees, medallion necklaces, bead necklaces of every variety, and Moon Pies."}, {"context": " Mystic societies in Mobile give formal masquerade balls, known as bal masqu\u00e9s, which are almost always invitation only and are oriented to adults. Attendance at a ball requires that a strict dress code be followed that usually involves full-length evening gowns and white tie with tails for invited guests, and masked costumes for society members. The bal masqu\u00e9s feature dramatic entertainment, music, dancing, food, and drinks. Bal masqu\u00e9s are normally based on a theme which is carried out through scenery, decorations, and costumes. Some society balls also include a tableau vivant. Much of the memorabilia from these occasions can be viewed at the Mobile Carnival Museum."}, {"context": " Mobile first celebrated Carnival in 1703 when French settlers began the festivities at the Old Mobile Site. Mobile's first informal Carnival society was organized in 1711 with the \"Boeuf Gras Society\" (Fatted Ox Society). Mobile's \"Cowbellion de Rakin Society\" was the first formally organized and masked mystic society in the United States to celebrate with a parade in 1830. The \"Cowbellions\" got their start when a cotton factor from Pennsylvania, Michael Krafft began a parade with rakes, hoes, and cowbells. The \"Cowbellions\" introduced horse-drawn floats to the parades in 1840 with a parade entitled, \"Heathen Gods and Goddesses. The \"Striker's Independent Society\" was formed in 1842 and is the oldest surviving mystic society in the United States. The idea of mystic societies was exported to New Orleans in 1856 when six businessmen, three who were formerly of Mobile, gathered at a club room in New Orlean's French Quarter to organize a secret society, inspired by the \"Cowbellion de Rakin Society\", that would observe Mardi Gras with a formal parade. They founded New Orleans' first and oldest krewe, the \"Mistick Krewe of Comus\". Carnival celebrations in Mobile were cancelled during the American Civil War."}, {"context": " Mardi Gras parades were revived in Mobile after the Civil War by Joe Cain in 1867, when he paraded through the city streets on Fat Tuesday while costumed as a fictional Chickasaw chief named \"Slacabamorinico\". He irreverently celebrated the day in front of occupation Union Army troops. The \"Order of Myths\", Mobile's oldest mystic society which continues to parade, was founded in 1867 and held its first parade on Mardi Gras night in 1868. The \"Infant Mystics\" also begin to parade on Mardi Gras night in 1868, but later moved its parade to Lundi Gras (Fat Monday)."}, {"context": " The Mobile Carnival Association (MCA) was formed in 1871 to coordinate the events of Mardi Gras; this year also saw the first Royal Court held with the first king of Carnival, Emperor Felix I. The \"Comic Cowboys of Wragg Swamp\" were established in 1884, along with their mission of satire and free expression. The \"Continental Mystic Crew\" mystic society was founded in 1890, it was Mobile's first Jewish mystic society. The \"Order of Doves\" mystic society was founded in 1894 and held its first Mardi Gras ball. It was the first organized African-American mystic society in Mobile. The first mystic of women was the M.W.M who held its first and likely only ball in 1890 and the first women's society to parade in the streets of Mobile was the Order of Polka Dots who rolled in 1950 just one night before its friendly rivals, the Maids of Mirth (MOMs)."}, {"context": " The \"Infant Mystics\", the second oldest society that continues to parade, introduced the first electric floats to Mobile in 1929. The Colored Carnival Association was founded and had its first parade of societies in 1939; it was later named the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association (MAMGA). The Mobile Colored Carnival Association (now called the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association or MAMGA) installed the first African-American Mardi Gras court in 1940 with the coronation of King Elexis I and his queen. It coordinates events of African-American mystic societies."}, {"context": " Founded in 1961, \"Le Krewe De Bienville\" (LKDB) exists as Mobile's only civic and charitable organization with a mission statement to promote Mobile and its Mardi Gras. Following the lead of the little-known \"Krewe of Pan\" and \"Apostles of Apollo\", societies comprising members of the city's gay and lesbian community, the \"Order of Osiris\" held its first ball in 1980. It is now one of the Carnival season's most anticipated balls and sought-after invitation. The Mobile International Carnival Ball was first held in 1995, with every known Mobile mystic society in attendance. The \"Order of Outowners\" mystic society was founded in 2001 with the mission of being a more modern and inclusive society than the traditional ones, and offers ball tickets for sale to the general public. The \"Conde Explorers\" were founded as a parading mystic society in 2004, with the express mission of being open to all races and both genders. The \"Conde Explorers\" were one of several mystic societies featured in the 2008 documentary film, \"The Order of Myths\". It reveals Mobile's Carnival preparations and celebrations, the beauties and joys, as well as the complex racial history of the city and its mystic societies.  Some of the mystic societies in Mobile (not all-inclusive):"}]}, {"title": "Mystic square", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The square array of the integers 1 through \"n\" that is generated when a method for constructing a 4\u00a0\u00d7\u00a04 magic square is generalized was called a mystic square by Joel B. Wolowelsky and David Shakow in their article describing a method for constructing a magic square whose order is a multiple of 4. A 4\u00a0\u00d7\u00a04 magic square can be constructed by writing out the numbers from 1 to 16 consecutively in a 4\u00a0\u00d7\u00a04 matrix and then interchanging those numbers on the diagonals that are equidistant from the center. (Figure 1). The sum of each row, column and diagonal is 34, the \u201cmagic number\u201d for a 4\u00a0\u00d7\u00a04 magic square. In general, the \u201cmagic number\u201d for an \"n\"\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0\"n\" magic square is \"n\"(\"n\"^2\u00a0+\u00a01)/2."}, {"context": " As seen in the example for a 6\u00a0\u00d7\u00a06 square (Figure 2), the properties of the mystic square are related to those of a 6\u00a0\u00d7\u00a06 magic square. The sum of the diagonals is 111, the magic number for a 6\u00a0\u00d7\u00a06 magic square. The sums of the rows increase arithmetically with a common difference of 12 and an average of 111. The columns also increase arithmetically with a common difference of 2 and an average of 111. The quotient of the two common differences is 6. This pattern proves true for all values of n. For the special case of \"n\"\u00a0=\u00a04 (where the mystic square is already a magic square), the quotient of the common differences is the indeterminate 0/0, which may be assigned the value 4 for consistency."}, {"context": " As illustrated in the case where \"n\"\u00a0=\u00a08, the method consists of changing the position of the numbers that lie of the sides of the square that is formed by joining the midpoints of the sides of the mystic square (Figure 3). Each of these lines is first \u201creflected\u201d with the number on the opposite end of the same line (Figure 4). These numbers are in turn reflected \u201cacross the board\u201d (Figure 5). This produces an 8x8 Magic Square. In general, (\"n\"/4)\u00a0\u2212\u00a01 reflection lines are required to convert an \"n\"\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0\"n\" mystic square into a magic square. When applying this method to a 12\u00a0\u00d7\u00a012 mystic square, two reflection lines are necessary (Figure 6). Note that each reflection line must contain \"n\" terms. In the case of the 12\u00a0\u00d7\u00a012 illustrated here, each second set (4, 15, 26, 37) contains only 4 terms, and so must be completed by adding two terms (54, 65). (In the case of a 4\u00a0\u00d7\u00a04 mystic square, 0 reflection lines are required.)"}]}, {"title": "Mystic station (Connecticut)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic is an intercity train station on the Northeast Corridor, located off Roosevelt Avenue (US 1) east of downtown Mystic, Connecticut. It is served by a limited number of trains on Amtrak's \"Northeast Regional\" service, with three to five daily trains in each direction. Mystic is one of only three stations on the Northeast Corridor (along with adjacent stations Westerly and Kingston to the north) to be served exclusively by Amtrak, with no commuter rail service. The current station building was built in 1905-07, replacing a station built half a century before. A classic small American train station, it was used as the model for American Flyer model stations for over 50 years. The station only has low platforms, unlike most Amtrak stations on the Northeast Corridor; however, a wheelchair lift is available for handicapped accessibility. The station building is used as a coffee shop and passenger waiting area."}, {"context": " The New Haven, New London and Stonington Railroad opened from Stonington to Groton in on December 30, 1858, and was shortly thereafter acquired by the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad. A wooden depot was built at Mystic; it may have been replaced later in the century. A new station was built in 1905-07 by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. The station is primarily wood on a brown brick base, with Georgian Revival architectural elements such as Palladian windows on the east and west facades. It is clad in wood shingles, which had become popular in New England in the late 19th century as a result of interest in colonial history. The eastern half of the station was a waiting room for passengers, while the western half was a baggage room with few windows."}, {"context": " The station was built with a lengthy gabled canopy with which stretched both directions along the platform. The canopy was destroyed in September 1938 by the 1938 New England hurricane; the station was damaged but repaired. The station was used as a model for the American Flyer toy train station beginning in the mid-20th century and lasting over 50 years. The New Haven Railroad folded into Penn Central in 1969, and passenger operations transferred to Amtrak on May 1, 1971. The station was in poor shape and closed to passengers; although ownership was uncertain, the property was claimed by Amtrak. It was resumed as a station stop in 1974, but no passenger facilities were available."}, {"context": " In 1976, a group of local residents formed Mystic Depot, Inc. to renovate and reopen the building. They received $40,000 from Amtrak, $15,000 from the state, and raised $36,000 from donations and memorabilia sales. Work began in late 1977 and the station was finished in April 1978. The Mystic Garden Club landscaped the station grounds. Amtrak leased the station to Mystic Depot, Inc. for $1.00 annually. A wooden shelter was built around 1986 for eastbound passengers. In 2001, the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce began operating a tourist center in the station. The waiting room and a ticket machine were available to passengers, and the station was staffed by volunteers. After the Chamber's lease expired, the station building was closed on March 15, 2015, though Amtrak service continued. Three proposals were submitted for reuse; a Rhode Island-based company won the lease in June 2015 to use the building as a cafe and gift shop. The new leasees began renovating the exterior in late 2015; the Mystic Planning and Zoning Commission approved the interior plan in December 2015. The shop, Mystic Depot Roasters, has seating and a ticket machine for Amtrak passengers; it opened on September 30, 2016."}]}, {"title": "Mystic, California", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California. It lies at an elevation of 5154 feet (1571 m). Mystic is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, northeast of Truckee."}]}, {"title": "Mystic, Colorado", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic is an extinct town in Routt County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. A post office called Mystic was established in 1910, and remained in operation until 1942. The community took its name from Mystic, Iowa, the former home of a pioneer settler."}]}, {"title": "Mystic, Connecticut", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in Groton and Stonington, Connecticut; it has no independent government because it is not a municipality in the state of Connecticut. Historically, Mystic was a leading seaport of the area, and the story of Mystic's nautical connection is told at Mystic Seaport, the nation's largest maritime museum which has preserved a number of sailing ships, most notably the whaling ship \"Charles W. Morgan\". The village is located on the Mystic River, which flows into Long Island Sound, providing access to the sea. The Mystic River Bascule Bridge crosses the river in the center of the village. According to the Mystic River Historical Society, the name \"Mystic\" is derived from the Pequot term \"missi-tuk\", describing a large river whose waters are driven into waves by tides or wind. The population was 4,205 at the 2010 census."}, {"context": " Before the 17th century, the Pequot people lived in this portion of southeastern Connecticut. They were in control of a considerable amount of territory, extending toward the Pawcatuck River to the east and the Connecticut River to the west. To the northwest, the Five Nations of the Iroquois dominated the land linked by the Great Lakes and the Hudson River, allowing trading to occur between the Iroquois and the Dutch. The Pequots were settled just distant enough to be secure from any danger that the Iroquois posed. The Pequot War profoundly affected the Mystic area between 1636 and 1638. In May 1637, captains John Underhill and John Mason led a mission through Narragansett land, along with their allies the Narragansetts and Mohegans, and struck the Pequot Indian settlement in Mystic in the event which came to be known as the Mystic massacre. On September 21, 1638, the colonists signed the Treaty of Hartford, officially ending the Pequot War."}, {"context": " As a result of the Pequot War, Pequot control of the Mystic area ended and English settlements increased in the area. By the 1640s, Connecticut Colony began to grant land to the Pequot War veterans. John Winthrop the Younger, the son of the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was among those to receive property, much of which was in southeastern Connecticut. Other early settlers in the Mystic area included Robert Burrows and George Denison, who held land in the Mystic River Valley. Settlement grew slowly. The Connecticut government and Massachusetts Bay government began to quarrel over boundaries, thus causing some conflicting claims concerning governmental authority between the Mystic River and the Pawcatuck River. In the 1640s and 1650s, \"Connecticut\" referred to settlements located along the Connecticut River, as well as its claims in other parts of the region. Massachusetts Bay, however, claimed to have authority over Stonington and even into Rhode Island."}, {"context": " Connecticut did not have a royal charter that separated it from the Massachusetts Bay Colony; the Connecticut General Court was formed by leaders of the settlements. The General Court claimed rule of the area by right of conquest, but the Massachusetts Bay Colony saw matters differently. The Bay Colony had contributed to the war by sending a militia under captains John Underhill and Thomas Stoughton, which they argued gave territorial rights and authority to the Massachusetts Bay Colony rather than the Connecticut Court."}, {"context": " With conflicting views, both colonies turned to the United Colonies of New England to resolve the dispute. The United Colonies of New England was formed in 1643, established to settle disputes such as this one. They voted to establish the boundary between the claims of the Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut at the Thames River. As a result, Connecticut would be positioned west of the river, and Massachusetts Bay could have the land to the east, including the Mystic River. Throughout the next decade, colonists were beginning to settle around the Mystic River. John Mason, one of the captains who led the colonists against the Pequots, had previously been granted on the eastern banks of the Mystic River. He also received the island that now bears his name, though he never lived on the property. In 1653, John Gallup, Jr. was given approximately midway up the east part of the Mystic River."}, {"context": " Within the same year, others joined John Gallup and began to settle around the Mystic River. George Denison, a veteran of Oliver Cromwell's army, was given his own strip of , just south of Gallup's land in 1654. Thomas Miner had immigrated to Massachusetts with John Winthrop and was granted many land plots, the main one lying on Quiambaug Cove, just east of the Mystic River. Other families granted land at their arrival were Reverend Robert Blinman, the Beebe brothers, Thomas Parke, and Connecticut Governor John Hayne."}, {"context": " Like Captain John Mason, not all these men actually lived on their land. Many sold it to profit from or employed an overseer to cultivate their property. Many men, however, actually brought their wives and children, which indicated their plans on forming a community in the Mystic River Valley. There was one recorded case of a woman who did not come to the Mystic River Valley as a wife. Widow Margaret Lake received a grant from the Massachusetts Bay authority and was the only woman to receive a land grant in her own name. She also did not live on her land but hired other people to maintain it. She took up residence in what is now called Lakes Pond. Her daughter was married to John Gallup, while her sister was married to Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop."}, {"context": " By 1675, settlement had grown tremendously in the Mystic River Valley, and infrastructure was beginning to appear as well as an economy. The Pequot Trail was used as a main highway to get around the Mystic River and played a vital role in the settlers' lives, allowing them to transport livestock, crops, furs, and other equipment to and from their farm lands. However, those families living on the east side of the Mystic River were unable to make any use of the Pequot Trail. As early as 1660, Robert Burrows was authorized to institute a ferry somewhere along the middle of the river's length. This earned his home the name of \"Half-way House\"."}, {"context": " The Pequot Trail also connected the settlers to their church. Stonington residents found it difficult to attend church in Mystic or Groton, and this led to the creation of their own church. The town of Stonington was then established as separate from Mystic in regards to church attendance and was granted leave to build a church of their own. The building became known as the Road Church. Colonists began public schools in this area around 1679, and John Fish became the first schoolmaster in Stonington, conducting classes and lessons in his home. Education was a very important thing to the New England colonists, enabling boys, girls, African Americans, Indians, and servants to learn literacy skills. Most families throughout New England had six or more children in each household, giving Fish plenty of students."}, {"context": " Fish also gave lectures and insights about marriage and maintenance of a solid family. Divorce was very uncommon in those days; however, John Fish's wife ran off with Samuel Culver. In the case of a runaway spouse, the abandoned spouse was not allowed to file for divorce until six years had passed. This law ensured that the spouse was actually gone and not intending to come back. Fish was eventually allowed to divorce in 1680, but this had no impact on his reputation as a school teacher, and parents continued to allow their children to attend his classes."}, {"context": " By the first decade of the 18th century, three villages had begun to develop along the Mystic River. The largest village was called Mystic (now Old Mystic), also known as the Head of the River because it lay where several creeks united into the Mystic River estuary. Two villages lay farther down the river. One was called Stonington and was considered to be Lower Mystic, consisting of twelve houses by the early 19th century. These twelve houses lay along Willow Street, which ended at the ferry landing. On the opposite bank of the river in the town of Groton stood the village that became known as Portersville."}, {"context": " Through the 18th century, Mystic's economy was composed of manufacturing, road building, and maritime trades. Agriculture was the main component of their economy, since most of the citizens were farmers. In turn, the colonists provided their mother country with raw material resources that led to the emergence of a colonial manufacturing system. Land remained an essential source of wealth, though some land was very rocky and prevented early farmers from producing crops. This, however, did not necessarily lead to poverty. They grew corn, wheat, peas, potatoes, and a variety of fruits. They raised cattle, chicken, pigs, and sheep. They were hunters and fishermen and were generally able to sustain themselves. With an average household of about nine children, labor was easily provided in the fields."}, {"context": " Mystic has three historic districts: the Mystic Bridge Historic District around U.S. Route 1 and Route 27, Rossie Velvet Mill Historic District between Pleasant Street and Bruggerman Place, and the Mystic River Historic District around U.S. Route 1 and Route 215. Other historic sites in Mystic are: According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 11.61%, is water. The village is on the east and west bank of the estuary of the Mystic River. Mason's Island (Pequot language: \"Chippachaug\") fills the south end of the estuary. Most of the bedrock of Mystic is \"gneissic, crystalline terrane extending from eastern Massachusetts through western Rhode Island and across southeastern Connecticut north of Long Island Sound,\" according to geologist Richard Goldsmith."}, {"context": " As of the census of 2000, there were 4,001 people, 1,797 households, and 995 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,192.7 people per square mile (461.1/km). There were 1,988 housing units at an average density of 592.6 per square\u00a0mile (229.1/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.8% White, 0.8% African American, 0.4% American Indian, 1.3% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander (i.e. 1 person), 0.3% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races. There were 1,797 households out of which 20.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.6% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.6% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.76."}, {"context": " In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 16.7% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $62,236, and the median income for a family was $70,625. Males had a median income of $50,036 versus $32,400 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $33,376. About 1.6% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over."}, {"context": " The village is a major New England tourist destination. It is home to the Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration, known for its research department, concern with marine life rehabilitation, and its popular beluga whales. The business district contains many restaurants on either side of the bascule bridge where U.S. Route 1 crosses the Mystic River. Local sailing cruises are available on the traditional sailing ship \"Argia\". Short day tours and longer evening cruises are available on the 1908 steamer \"Sabino\" departing Mystic Seaport."}, {"context": " Mystic Seaport is the nation's leading maritime museum and one of the premier maritime museums in the world, founded in 1929. It is the home of four National Historic Landmark vessels, including the 1841 whaleship \"Charles W. Morgan\", the oldest merchant vessel in the country. The museum's collections and exhibits include over 500 historic watercraft, a major research library, a large gallery of maritime art, a unique diorama displaying the town of Mystic as it was in the 19th century, a working ship restoration shipyard, the Treworgy Planetarium, and a recreation of a 19th-century seafaring village."}, {"context": " Mystic Museum of Art at 9 Water Street features works by members of the Mystic Art Colony along with other contemporary American art. The 2013 Moondance International Film Festival was held in Mystic. Amtrak stops at the Mystic station. Bus service is provided by Southeast Area Transit. The Mystic Pizza restaurant inspired the name of the 1988 film, though it was not the location of the restaurant in the film. Scenes in \"Mystic Pizza\" were shot in Mystic, the planetarium at Mystic Seaport, Stonington, Noank, and Watch Hill, Rhode Island. In 1997, Steven Spielberg shot various scenes for the film \"Amistad\" at Mystic Seaport. One commercial was filmed in 2005 at Mystic Seaport for FedEx. It was based on the lobstering business in New England. The commercial was aired in the Orange Bowl."}]}, {"title": "Mystic, Georgia", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic is an unincorporated community in Irwin County, Georgia, United States. The community is located on Georgia State Route 32, west-northwest of Ocilla. Mystic has a post office with ZIP code 31769, which opened on July 6, 1896. The community was named after Mystic, Connecticut, the former home of an early settler."}]}, {"title": "Mystic, Iowa", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic is a city in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. The population was 425 at the 2010 census. At the end of the 19th century, \"the valley of Walnut Creek was one continuous mining camp, known under different names, Jerome, Diamond, Mystic, Clarkdale, Rathbun and Darby\" (later known as Darbyville). The present name is derived from Mystic, Connecticut. A. M. Elgin opened the first coal mine in the Mystic area in 1857, about 1.5 miles north of Mystic on Little Walnut Creek. The Mystic coal seam was exposed on the surface there, and drifts were opened and abandoned over the next few decades until the hills were honeycombed with mines."}, {"context": " In 1858, Isaac Fuller opened a large mine in Mystic, shipping coal for domestic use in nearby Centerville. In 1887, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway built a line through Mystic, leading to an explosive growth in mining. By 1893, there were 14 mines in Mystic and 2 in Brazil, just to the south. It is noteworthy that the terms \"brass\", \"brazzle\" and \"brazil\" are English dialect terms for pyrite or to coal seams with significant pyrite content and that a shale layer not far above the Mystic coal seam in Mystic and Brazil contains significant pyrite."}, {"context": " Local Assembly 3335 of the Knights of Labor was based in Brazil and had a membership of 75 in 1884. The miners of Mystic and Brazil joined the United Mine Workers in 1898. By 1902, Local 201 in Brazil had 220 members and Local 634 in Mystic had 569 members. By 1912, Local 201 had 370 members and Locals 239 and 634 in Mystic had a combined membership of 851. The total UMWA membership in 1912 represents about 1/4 of the entire population. In 1914, the Lodwick Brothers Coal Company of Mystic produced over 100,000 tons of coal, ranking among the top 24 coal producers in the state."}, {"context": " Mystic's longitude and latitude coordinates<br>in decimal form are 40.778616, \u221292.944933.<br>Mystic is located in the valley of Walnut Creek, about 4 miles southwest of its confluence with the Chariton River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. As of the census of 2010, there were 425 people, 181 households, and 112 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 210 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.8% White, 0.2% African American, 0.7% from other races, and 0.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.9% of the population."}, {"context": " There were 181 households of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 10.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.1% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.93. The median age in the city was 39.9 years. 23.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.8% were from 25 to 44; 28.2% were from 45 to 64; and 14.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.1% male and 48.9% female."}, {"context": " As of the census of 2000, there were 588 people, 236 households, and 159 families residing in the city. The population density was 200.7 people per square mile (77.5/km\u00b2). There were 273 housing units at an average density of 93.2 per square mile (36.0/km\u00b2). The racial makeup of the city was 99.15% White, 0.17% Native American, and 0.68% from two or more races. There were 236 households out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.99."}, {"context": " In the city, the population was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $25,568, and the median income for a family was $29,063. Males had a median income of $26,964 versus $18,500 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,846. About 22.3% of families and 22.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.2% of those under age 18 and 15.7% of those age 65 or over."}]}, {"title": "Mystic, Kansas", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic was a small settlement in Sheridan County, Kansas, United States. Mystic was issued a post office in 1887. The post office was discontinued in 1889."}]}, {"title": "Mystic, Kentucky", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic is an unincorporated community within Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States. Limestone rock is the resource that a town coalesced at Mystic. Mystic's original named was \"Pierce\". Dry Valley Baptist Church is located in Mystic."}]}, {"title": "Mystic, South Dakota", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystic is an unincorporated community in Pennington County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. A post office called Mystic was established in 1895, and remained in operation until 1954. It was supposed that the local Indians believed the surrounding area to be full of mystery, hence the name. A former variant name was Sitting Bull."}]}, {"title": "Mystic-class deep-submergence rescue vehicle", "paragraphs": [{"context": " \"Mystic\" class is a class of Deep-Submergence Rescue Vehicles (DSRVs), designed for rescue operations on submerged, disabled submarines of the United States Navy or foreign navies. The two submarines of the class were never used for this purpose, and were replaced by the Submarine Rescue Diving Recompression System. DSRVs are designed for quick deployment in the event of a submarine accident. DSRVs are transportable by truck, aircraft, ship, or by specially configured attack submarine. At the accident site, the DSRV works with either a \"mother ship\" or \"mother submarine\". The DSRV dives, conducts a sonar search, and attaches to the disabled submarine's hatch. DSRVs can embark up to 24 persons for transfer to the mother vessel."}, {"context": " The DSRV also has an arm to clear hatches on a disabled submarine and a combined gripper and cable cutter. The gripper is able to lift 1,000 pounds (450\u00a0kg). The Deep Submergence System Project was established in June 1965 in the aftermath of the loss of USS \"Thresher\" in 1963. At the time, submarine operating depths greatly exceeded the capabilities of rescue vessels. Lockheed Missiles and Space Company was contracted to produce a deep diving rescue submarine. In an effort to win the design and construction contracts for a DSRV, the company built Deep Quest. She was launched in June 1967."}, {"context": " The first DSRV was launched in 1970. While it has been alleged that the stated goal of the DSRV project was unrealistic, and that it was a front for research on undersea espionage, including cable tapping, the DSRVs have a demonstrated rescue capability, and have conducted numerous practice rescue missions. DSRV-1 was launched in San Diego, California, on 24 January 1970. Testing culminated in an operational evaluation that saw a complete, simulated submarine rescue mission. DSRV-1 was named \"Mystic\" during Fleet Acceptance Ceremonies in 1977.  The second, and final, vessel in the class, DSRV-2, was subsequently launched and named \"Avalon\". The DSRV was portrayed in the 1978 movie \"Gray Lady Down\", where it was used to rescue the crew of a sunken submarine. The DSRV Mystic was prominently portrayed in the movie \"The Hunt For Red October\"; she is shown using the Los Angeles-class attack submarine Dallas as her mothership, and is used to transport personnel from the Dallas to the Russian ballistic missile submarine Red October."}]}, {"title": "Mystica (Axel Rudi Pell album)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystica is the eleventh album by German melodic hard rock and power metal guitarist Axel Rudi Pell, released in 2006. The final artwork was done by Colombian illustrator Felipe Machado Franco, Axel explained the artwork: \"The 5 knights are on their way home now since they released their crown back from the evil breed during their visit at the \"Kings and Queens\" castle. Their way will lead them back passing the \"Shadow Zone\" and sailing on through the \"Oceans Of Time\".Of course it is a rather mystical travel and they are attacked by various creatures... I included some of this lyrical content in a few of the new songs, but not in all of em.\""}]}, {"title": "Mystica (The Blood Divine album)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystica is the second and final studio album by the British Gothic metal band The Blood Divine."}]}, {"title": "Mystica (band)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystica is a Goa trance project from Israel, and consists of Avi Peer, Joseph Master and Charlie Ben-moha. The members of Mystica are all over the age of 30 and have been working together making trance music since 1996. They come from the town of Ashdod in the south of Israel. On Israeli Independence Day in 1997, Paul Oakenfold arrived in Israel with the \"Perfecto Fluoro\" tour, and played Mystica's song \"Ever Rest\" twice that night in the Cinerama Club, and several days later Perfecto contacted BNE. In February 1998, \"Ever Rest\" was released on a single on Perfecto with two remixes (by Brainbug and Tour De-Force). The single was a big success and entered the charts in Britain. Following that success the group started to work on a second single and in May that year Perfecto released a second single from them, \"African Horizon\". The single featured two mixes by X-Cabs and another track \"Bliss\", which became a big hit. The single again entered the UK chart, peaking higher than \"Ever Rest\". The group also released an album on Purple Trance/Planet Music in 1997 under the name One Man Game: Total Trance."}, {"context": " Mystica's tracks have been included on a number of compilations, including: Paul Oakenfold's \"2 Years of Cream\", Pete Tong's \"Essential Collection\", \"Global Clubbing\" (mixed by DJ Ti\u00ebsto), Paul Oakenfold's \"\", \"Israel's Psychedelic Trance Vol. 1\", \"Israel's Psychedelic Trance Vol. 2\", \"Future Trax\", \"Destination Israel\", \"Trance Mix 7\" and \"Spiritual Moves\". For more than a year Mystica worked on their album with BNE and the resulting album, \"Age of Innocence\", was released in July 1999 on BNE/Dragonfly/Cosmophilia and also as a double LP. They also released a single from the album titled \"China\". Their second album, \"Second Dive\" was released in 2009.  The sound that Mystica pioneered, a combination of psychedelic and classic trance with elements of folk and rock, has been credited with helping to bring the genre of Goa trance to worldwide attention."}]}, {"title": "Mystical Adventures", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Adventures is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1982. All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty unless otherwise noted."}]}, {"title": "Mystical Anarchism", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Anarchism was a tendency within the Russian Symbolist movement after 1906, especially between 1906 and late 1908. It was created and popularized by Georgy Chulkov. In 1906, Chulkov edited \"Fakely\" (\"Torches\"), an anthology of Symbolist writing, which called on Russian writers to: Later in the year Chulkov followed up with a \"Mystical Anarchism\" manifesto. The doctrine has been described as: Alexander Blok and especially Vyacheslav Ivanov were supportive of the new doctrine while Valery Bryusov, the editor of the leading Symbolist magazine \"The Balance\", and Andrei Bely were opposed to it. The resulting controversy raged on the pages of Russian Symbolist magazines until late 1908."}]}, {"title": "Mystical City of God", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystical City of God is a book written in the 17th century by the Franciscan nun Venerable Mary of Jesus of \u00c1greda. According to Mar\u00eda de \u00c1greda, the book was to a considerable extent dictated to her by the Blessed Virgin Mary and regarded the life of the Virgin Mary and the divine plan for creation and the salvation of souls. The work alternates between descriptions of the Trinity, the Virgin Mary's life, and the spiritual guidance she provides to the author, by whom her words were reproduced for the spiritual benefit and growth of the reader. The book describes at length the various virtues, and how the reader should live in order to see them reflected in their own life, with the Virgin Mary as their model for sanctity. The work has the Imprimatur of several Popes and Bishops and appeals primarily to those who believe in private revelation and the sanctity of Mary. Non-Catholic Christians generally do not accept the teaching of the Catholic Church and are consequently skeptical of works of this nature."}, {"context": " Various misinterpretations of her writings led to the extent that \"Mystical City of God\" was temporarily placed on the Church's Index Librorum Prohibitorum in August 1681. By the order of Blessed Innocent XI, however, the decree of condemnation was removed three months later, after it was shown that a faulty French translation was at the basis for the censure. The book was subsequently criticized by Jansenists and Gallicans in the 18th century, while the Church continued to defend its orthodoxy."}, {"context": " In 1673, Mar\u00eda de \u00c1greda was declared venerable soon after her death, but the process of her beatification has yet to be completed. Beatification and canonization do not authenticate revelations, however. \"My daughter, one of the misfortunes, which deprive souls of happiness, or at least diminish it, is that they content themselves with performing good works negligently or without fervor, as if they were engaged in things unimportant or merely accidental. On account of this ignorance and meanness of heart few of them arrive at an intimate friendship of God, which they can attain only by fervent love. This is called fervent precisely because of its similarity to boiling water. For just as water is made to boil and foam by the fire, so the soul, by the sweet violence of the divine conflagration of love, is raised above itself and above all created things as well as above its own doings. In loving, it is more and more inflamed, and from this very love springs an unquenchable affection, which makes the soul despise and forget all earthly things while at the same time it becomes dissatisfied with all temporal goodness. And as the human heart, when it does not attain what it dearly loves (if that attainment is possible) is inflamed with ever greater desire of reaching it by other means; therefore, the loving soul, finds ever new things to strive after for the sake of the Beloved and all service will seem to it but little. Thus it will pass from good will to a perfect will, and from this to what will please the Lord still more, until it arrives at the most intimate union with Him and at a perfect conformation with the will of God.\" (The Mystical City of God, volume II, 594)  Chapter 3 of Book 8 claims Mark the Evangelist wrote his Gospel in Hebrew while in Palestine, then translated his Gospel into Latin while in Rome, whereas it was the opinion of several of the Church Fathers that Mark wrote his Gospel in Greek while in Rome."}]}, {"title": "Mystical Fighter (video game)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Fighter, originally released in Japan as is a beat 'em up game for the Sega Mega Drive. The story, designs, and characters are based on Japanese mythology. Like in most games of the genre, the player (who controls a kabuki) can use combos, flips and swings to fight against tough opponents, fighting them in groups from three to five. Surprinsingly, boss fights are often easier than regular enemies. There is also a time limit, usually about forty seconds, for the player to finish the stage. If the time reaches zero before the player passes the stage, the player will automatically lose the game as it will be declared a defeat. Similar to Golden Axe, the player can use a special magic power, but instead of bottles the player must manually pick up scrolls. The more scrolls the player has, the stronger the magic attack will be; if the player chooses to use this attack, all the scrolls will be consumed.  There are also hidden \"bonus\" stages that can be accessed if the player approaches certain doors or rooms. These bonus stages contain magic scrolls, items to refill the character's health bar, or weapons. There are also traps and holes that both the player or the enemies can fall into. The traps and pits do not always hinder the player, and in fact can be beneficial if the player throws an enemy directly into the pit."}]}, {"title": "Mystical Horizons", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Horizons, located near Carbury, North Dakota on the Scenic Byway on North Dakota Highway 43 near the North Dakota and Manitoba border, is intended to represent a 21st-century Stonehenge. It consists of six pink granite walls of varying heights that also function as a working solar calendar. The structure was built in 2005. A plaque (photo 1 in external links) reads \"Dedicated to Jack Olson's vision of a Century 21 Stonehenge\" and lists the building partnerships."}]}, {"title": "Mystical Lady", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Lady is an album by organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1971 and released on the Cadet label. The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars."}]}, {"title": "Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine (Michelino da Besozzo)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine is a painting by the medieval Italian painter Michelino da Besozzo. The painting dates from c. 1420 and is housed in the Pinacoteca Nazionale of Siena, Italy. It is the only signed work by the Gothic painter. The only other painting attributed to him with some certainty is \"Marriage of the Virgin\" in the Metropolitan Museum of New York City. The painting shows the virgin Mary holding the Christ child on her knees while the child celebrates the symbolic mystical marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria by offering her a ring. St. Catherine, kneeling before the Christ child, wears a wide fur-lined rose cloak and gilt crown; her long, blond hair is an attribute of aristocratic women of the time. At the sides are Saint John the Baptist and Saint Anthony the Great, with his typical attribute, a pig, at his feet.  The artist's signature, \"Michelinus feci\", is located below the Virgin's mantle. The saints' names are written next to them."}]}, {"title": "Mystical Marriage of St Catherine and Saints (Lotto)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Marriage of St Catherine and Saints is an oil painting by Lorenzo Lotto, signed, now in the Collections of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (Palazzo Barberini), Rome, Italy. The work was commissioned by the merchant Felice Cassotti from Lotto while the latter was working in Bergamo. The painting hung in the nuptial bedroom of Cassotti's son. The work is signed on the Madonna's throne. The painting once hung in the Palazzo Quirinale. Lotto in 1523 had painted a portrait of the married couple, Marsilio Cassotti and Faustina Assonica, a work now on display in the Prado Museum. In this depiction of the mystical marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, the saint kneeling accepts from the child Jesus a rose, the latter symbol of love and martyrdom; in her left hand is a marital ring. Hanging from a sash is a purse with the name of Christ; the sash has a medallion with an angel holding a balance. Around these figures are St Jerome paging his bible, with lion at the feet (left lower corner); St George dressed as a knight with his lance (left upper corner); beside him hovering behind the Virgin is St Sebastian with an arrow; Saint Nicholas of Myra with a bishop's crozier with three gold spheres, conversing with St Anthony Abbot with bells (right upper corner). Like many other Lotto paintings, the figures seem engaged in movement."}]}, {"title": "Mystical Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria with Niccolo\u0301 Bonghi", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria and Niccol\u00f3 Bonghi is an oil painting by Lorenzo Lotto in the Collections of the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy. The work was commissioned in 1523 by the Bergamese merchant Niccol\u00f3 Bonghi, who is depicted on the left, behind the Virgin. The painting depicts the Mystical marriage of Saint Catherine, a vision of a chaste union with Jesus, in which the saint has forsaken terrestrial marriage in order to live a consecrated life. Jesus is depicted as an infant or child in the ceremony. The mystical marriage of St Catherine was echoed in the sacrament of consecration of nuns into a religious order."}, {"context": " The scene depicts the toddler Jesus placing a ring on the finger of a kneeling St Catherine. In her hair, Catherine wears an apparent crown with wheel-like spokes, recalling the instrument (wheel) used in her execution. Behind her an angel kneels. A palm frond of a martyr protrudes from her gown below. The work is signed on the Virgin Mary's foot stool. Behind the Virgin is an oriental rug. Unfortunately, the landscape from the window in the right corner was vandalized from the painting in 1528-1529 by French troops.  Lotto would use the event in another painting, \"Mystical Marriage of St Catherine and Saints\", now in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (Palazzo Barberini) in Rome."}]}, {"title": "Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, known as in Japan, is a platform action-adventure video game released by Konami for the Nintendo 64 on August 7, 1997 in Japan and April 16, 1998 in North America as the fifth entry in the \"Ganbare Goemon\" series. The second \"Goemon\" game released in North America, it follows \"The Legend of the Mystical Ninja\" and features hybrid elements of platform games and action-adventure games. The story follows Goemon's struggles to prevent the Peach Mountain Shoguns gang from turning Japan into a Westernized fine arts theater. The plot calls for three cinematic musical features and battles between giant robots; like other \"Ganbare Goemon\" games, it is peppered with surrealist humor and anachronisms."}, {"context": " \"Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon\" sold nearly 200,000 copies worldwide. Reviewers praised its graphics, gameplay, and humorous plot. Players navigate Goemon through forests, fields, dungeons, and other three-dimensional models of feudal Japanese places. Goemon and his friends can walk or run, jump, attack, and use special abilities to cross terrain, pick up money, and defeat adversaries. Players control only one of four characters at a time but can cycle through them with the press of a button. Hearts at the bottom of the screen show a character's health. If hit by an enemy and damage is taken, a character loses a heart. Some items and acts replenish strength, and a Maneki-neko (Luck Cat) adds a heart to the overall health. If all hearts are lost, the player restarts at the entrance to the field map they died in and the player's number of lives declines by one. If the player loses all lives, the game restarts at the last point saved or at the beginning of the game if a Controller Pak is not used."}, {"context": " Traveling through Japan, players visit towns and coffeehouses safe from enemies, where they can eat in restaurants or sleep in inns to refill strength and buy armor or riceballs\u2014a self-acting item that refills health by itself. Many interactive non-player characters populate cities and talk with other characters to uncover plot devices or idle gossip. Players save their progress in towns with a Controller Pak at the inns or at the entrance to some dungeons. Some places are impassable barring the use of special abilities unlocked by completing minigames. For example, Ebisumaru must hide in a giant's cupboard to learn self-shrinking magic, an art that allows passing through small holes. The player has two wayfaring tools: a status screen shows found items, weapons, and player characters and a map screen shows where they are in Japan. In dungeons, the map screen shows the building's floorplan if they have the item \"Mr. Elly Fant\". At the end of each dungeon is a boss, a harder than normal enemy with hearts of its own."}, {"context": " Beating a boss can trigger a cut scene, after which Goemon appears outside the dungeon or helms his giant robot friend Impact to thwart an enemy robot (although not mentioned in the manual, these segments of gameplay support the Rumble Pak accessory). These sequences begin with a music video and a high-speed minigame in which Impact must smash structures and avoid hazards while racing across the countryside. The points gained by destroying buildings determine how many health points (measured in oil) Impact will have in the coming battle. Players control Impact from a cockpit behind his eyes where gauges show enemy and player health and ammunition. Impact can punch, kick, defend, reel in opponents with the chain pipe, and use projectile weaponry, including nasal bullets and a laser. Once a boss is defeated, a cut scene of the enemy exploding shows, and the game returns to normal exploration-based play. At the very end is the last boss whose defeat unlocks the ending. Collecting all the fortune cats and beating the game enables an Impact tournament mode with a special image of the robots as the prize for winning."}, {"context": " The protagonist of \"Mystical Ninja\" is Goemon, a hot-blooded, kiseru-wielding ninja with blue, bushy hair based loosely on the legendary thief Ishikawa Goemon. The lord of Oedo asks him to find those who maimed Oedo Castle. Goemon lives in Oedo Town and is friends with Ebisumaru, a strange, gluttonous fat man who wears a blue bandana. Ebisumaru is defined as lazy and perverted. Their kunai-throwing friend Sasuke is a mechanical ninja (made by the Wise Man of Iga) who enjoys hot baths and Japanese tea. Rounding out the heroes is Yae, a fierce sword-wielding kunoichi, who happens upon Goemon's band in Zazen Town. The villains of the game hail from the organization \"Peach Mountain Shoguns\" and include a gang of four \"weirdos\" led by Spring Breeze Dancin' (Danshin Harukaze) and Kitty Lily (Margaret Ranko). They intend to transform Japan into a stage for their talents."}, {"context": " While shopping in Oedo Town, Goemon and Ebisumaru feel the ground quake as a peach-shaped flying object sails overhead. The vessel fires a laser at Oedo Castle, turning it into a European-style castle with spires and flags. Worried for the safety of the Lord of Oedo and his daughter, Goemon and Ebisumaru retrieve a chain pipe from Mt. Fuji and assault the castle. Inside is Baron, a member of the fashion-loving Gang of Four who reveals he was sent to turn the castle into a stage. Goemon shrugs him off and defeats the King Robot Congo to free the Lord and find a \"miracle item\". The Lord asks Goemon to catch them and gives a Super Pass for access to the roads of Japan."}, {"context": " Goemon sets out to the Wise Man's house for assistance, but the house explodes as he approaches. A fuming Baron comes forth and mans his kabuki robot. Goemon finds a Triton shell in the rubble that can call Impact, who lays ruin to the kabuki robot. In Zazen Town, Goemon finds Yae, who claims the troublemakers responsible are Flake Gang members named the \"Peach Mountain Shoguns.\" Yae joins Goemon, and they learn that children with dancing talent have been kidnapped around the region. Goemon and his friends must also fight against Benkei, a gatekeeper blocking the Gojo Ohashi Bridge leading out of Zazen Town. In order to defeat him, Goemon needs help from a young fisherman named Ushiwaka. It is hinted that Benkei and Ushiwaka are kind of rivals. Ashamed at his loss against Goemon and his friends, the man offers Goemon the mechanical robot Sasuke, thrown there by the explosion of the Wise Man's house. Goemon accepts the unconscious, powerless Sasuke and walks to Kii-Awaji island, where the dragon-powered passenger ferry has been stopped by the dragon's sudden craze. Goemon teleports to the dragon and finds a Gang of Four member named Colon who used the dragon to kidnap children; he then breaks Colon's mind-control device. The dragon turns back to human and crashes near a shrine."}, {"context": " The human calls himself Koryuta, son of the Dragon God, and apologizes for the kidnappings. He pledges help in transporting the heroes across Japan, and claims the kids are at the Dogo Hot Springs. Goemon travels to Iyo but finds the Hot Springs closed; the only entrance is a mouse hole. He learns from travelers that sweets in the Zazen Town shrine can make a person smaller. Ebisumaru offers to steal the sweets. With the dwarf power the group infiltrate the Ghost Toys Castle, a dark house of traps, toys, and a giant pool table. Colon faces Goemon with the robot Dharmanyo, but is crushed and lets go his miracle item. The hidden man aboard the peach ship at Oedo comes out calling himself \"Spring Breeze Dancin<nowiki>'</nowiki>\". He pokes fun at the group with nicknames and instructs Colon to retreat. With the children liberated, Goemon follows Colon to the Chu-goku Region, where he revives Sasuke with two batteries. They enter the Festival Temple, a Peach Mountain base."}, {"context": " They destroy a guard robot, prompting Gang of Four member Sharon to appear with Kitty Lily, the second leader of the Peach Mountain Shoguns. Lily boasts that Kyushu is a stage and asks Sharon to return to base after buying some foundation. Alarmed, Goemon and friends rush off to the bridge to Kyushu and find Omitsu on her way to deliver dumplings. Stunned by Omitsu's seeming ruggedness, Goemon forgets to warn her of danger, and the island rises into odd thunder clouds in the sky. A fortune teller instructs the group to set out north to Mount Fear to find a way to Kyushu. After necessary weight training to remove obstacles, Goemon finds the northeast Festival Village and learns of a psychic witch. The witch summons Wise Man, who tells Goemon to gather the fourth miracle items at the Stone Circle near Festival Village for passage into outer space and Kyushu. Goemon investigates reports of stolen food in the village while Yae undergoes training to become a mermaid. The two paths converge when Yae finds the Gourmet Submarine, a \"Peach Mountain\" vessel containing hordes of food. After sidestepping grills and swimming through gallons of soup, Goemon confronts Poron, the final weirdo, who jokes that he lost the last miracle item in Zazen Town."}, {"context": " Lily enters by hologram to ridicule the party, but is rudely interrupted by Dancin', who continues to call Goemon \"Fernandez\". Dancin' instructs Poron to activate the ship's self-destruct sequence. Goemon escapes by calling Impact and defeats a mermaid giant robot. In Zazen Town, a kappa named Kihachi desires to trade the miracle item for cucumber made by the priest's son. The son sits on a precipice inaccessible save through jumping training; Sasuke volunteers in the Chu-goku Region and acquires the miracle item. At the Stone Circle, the Pemopemo God awakens and asks the heroes if they have the courage to venture to outer space. Goemon affirms their decision and the group enters Kyushu through the Gorgeous Music Castle. They discover Sogen Town has been converted to a garden city with European architecture. Goemon locates Omitsu and learns that Dancin' and Lily can be found past a rigid gate\u2014accessible only with the help of Wise Man."}, {"context": " Stunned to find him alive, Goemon learns that in exchange for building the Instant Stage Beam and mechanical robots, the Peach Mountain Shoguns gave Wise Man five car magazines and a muscle car poster. Enraged to learn of his home's demise, Wise Man helps Goemon enter the castle. Kitty Lily and Dancin' confront the heroes with the elaborate musical number \"Gorgeous My Stage\" before a self-destruct sequence begins. Goemon summons Impact to fly into outer space, where he thwarts the giant peach ship Balberra and duels Lily and Dancin' in their personal battle robot. Dancin' mocks Goemon in defeat, and Impact sends their robot's head far into outer space to reveal a picture of Dancin' and Lily smiling among the stars. Goemon returns to Japan to find a horde of girls rushing towards him, and awaits their praise for saving Japan. The group is shocked to find the girls angry over the apparent death of their idol, Spring Breeze Dancin'."}, {"context": " The story of \"Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon\", a quest to thwart dancers in a peach-shaped spaceship from using laser weaponry to convert Japan to a giant stage and its citizens to loyal dancers, is steeped in surrealist and Japanese humor. Many reviewers and writers commented on the humor in the plot and dialogue. The game's dialogue is peppered with offbeat humor, and a few instances of sexual innuendo. In the Japanese game, Wise Man collected hentai magazines and pornographic posters rather than automotive publications. A laugh track punctuates certain jokes."}, {"context": " \"Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon\" was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka. It was first titled \"Ganbare Goemon 5\", then \"Legend of the Mystical Ninja\". The Japanese producers wished to break the series' numerical naming pattern to stress that \"Mystical Ninja\" differed from its forefathers. Originally made with a two-player mode, this feature was scrapped months before the Japanese release. Early development pictures showed Impact battling in a modern city against a handgun-wielding foe. Later images touted the battle against the Wartime Kabuki Robot Kashiwagi taking place over a forest and village. Konami released many renders of Goemon posing and making faces for magazine previews. A 60\u201370% complete build of the game was featured at E3 in June 1997, suffering from graphical clipping and camera issues. Konami later presented a mostly finished build at the Tokyo Game Show in September 1997. Developers aimed to make the game \"very visual\" with new content, and the game's marketers echoed this by using large, colorful advertisements. Konami targeted children, among whom the series is popular in Japan, by scheduling appearances of a Goemon mascot at some elementary school gymnastics sessions. The game's later success prompted the production of an animated television show. The series followed Goemon as he struggled against evil after being transported to modern society, where he befriended an elementary school student. Its release in the United States was planned for winter 1997, then February 1998, but was ultimately delayed two more months."}, {"context": " \"Mystical Ninja\" featured a cartridge size of 128 megabits, designed much larger than most of its peers and predecessor games to allow high quality musical numbers and voice samples. In total, there are three musical numbers\u2014\"Theme of Ganbare Goemon\", \"I Am Impact\", and \"Gorgeous My Stage\". They feature the talents of Hironobu Kageyama, Ichirou Mizuki, and Toshihiro Tachibana and Etsuyo Ota respectively. The song's main soundtrack is composed of a mix of traditional Japanese and modern instruments integrated in original arrangements. The dungeons feature minimalistic songs which grow in complexity and length as the player proceeds deeper into the lair. The soundtrack on whole is a collaborative effort by four composers. The musical numbers, with forty tunes from the game and one remix of \"I Am Impact\", were released October 3, 1997 on CD. The soundtrack was later extracted from Read-only memory and presented in Nintendo Ultra 64 Sound Format on May 9, 2005; it is one of the most downloaded releases at USF Central."}, {"context": " \"Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon\" sold 55,000 units in America and 141,000 units in Japan. American reviewers praised the game's story and setting for its quirky, unique flavor; \"Nintendo Power\" called \"Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon\" a \"blend of history, fantasy, and science fiction,\" writing that the game \"never failed to enchant or intrigue.\" Dialogue was considered likably memorable, whether relying on clever puns or surrealist humor. The Japanese songs in \"Mystical Ninja\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s title and Impact sequences, unusual to Western audiences, augmented the bizarre humor. One Japanese reviewer claimed the Impact song cultivated a heroic atmosphere for ensuing battles. Gameplay was similar to that of \"Super Mario 64\" and \"The Legend of Zelda\" series, offering responsive play control and ability-driven progression. \"Mystical Ninja\" featured a simple controller setup and easy learning curve to this end. The minigames, Impact sequences, and secret tournament mode bolstered replay value, and reviewers praised the game's graphical finesse in animating characters creating the Japanese countryside in three dimensions. A reviewer for The News Tribune considered the presentation \"a terrific upgrade from the Super Nintendo version\". However, the game was found to be prone to slow-downs in detail-heavy areas, and one reviewer decried the inability to pause the game during Impact battles. Another found play control \"not as fluid as it is in \"Super Mario 64\"\"."}, {"context": " Critics enjoyed the soundtrack's integration of pop and shamisen-laden traditional Japanese music. A writer for IGN declared that the songs would \"permanently burn themselves into your brain...something that can't be said for most N64 titles\"\u2014echoed by Japanese reviewers who noted that the music would not grow tiresome. \"Mystical Ninja\" was also commended for high-quality voice samples and sound effects. Reviewers were divided concerning the efficiency of the camera system\u2014most considered it inferior to \"Super Mario 64\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s, citing instances of clipping issues and resulting \"extremely difficult\" platform jumping sequences. The game features a few sequences of long travel between towns, regarded as dull and unenjoyable. Reviewers disapproved of the game's short play time, estimating that \"Mystical Ninja\" could be completed in only ten to fifteen hours. The objections came in spite of the developers anticipating the problem and trying to mitigate it by requiring players to return to certain locations. \"Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon\" requires a Controller Pak to save\u2014a rarity in early Nintendo 64 titles which garnered negative attention from both American and Japanese critics. One reviewer decried not being able to save his progress inside castles, which become \"harder and more complex\" with time. Reviewers fluent with past \"Ganbare Goemon\" games argued that the absence of the series' usually intuitive minigames and a two-player mode hampered \"Mystical Ninja\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s replay value, and a Japanese reviewer felt that the transition to three dimensions had deprived the game of the traditional Goemon feel."}, {"context": " \"Mystical Ninja\"'s localization was criticized often. The plot and poorly translated jokes tended to confuse players. A critic for The Tampa Tribune wrote, \"upon popping in the...cartridge and listening to the opening theme song, you'll realize something about this game. It's Japanese.\" He added, \"attempts at humor often come across as rather inane. Early conversations with village residents only add to the confusion.\" Others countered that the strange localization often compounded the surrealist humor through the use of weird, unusual English and grammar. One critic stressed, \"talk to everyone you meet... Everybody has something interesting to say.\" A writer from GameSpot remarked that the game was translated surprisingly well given the sheer number of Japanese jokes and amount of innuendo. \"Next Generation\" lamented that Konami had not polished it more, holding that it otherwise might have been the \"best N64 action/RPG\". IGN's reviewer cautioned that though \"Mystical Ninja\" was billed as a role-playing game, it would differ from the expectations of Western fans. Critics noted that it would hold over gamers until the release of \"\"\u2014provided they played it with an open mind to avoid culture shock. A contributor for The Dallas Morning News concluded that the game \"will please N64 owners starving for a decent adventure game... But players should rent it before they buy.\" A reviewer for the Sentinel & Enterprise wrote in 2001 that while considered a \"flawed 3D platformer\", \"Mystical Ninja\" offered \"quirky\" fun \"following the heels of \"Super Mario 64\"\" by inviting players to \"scale mountains, invade pagodas, and pilot giant robots in all-out fisticuffs to the rhythm of Japanese lyrics and pop tunes.\" The game is rated 73.8% at GameRankings and receives an 8.4 out of 10 rating by players at GameSpot."}, {"context": " \"Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon\" was followed by a Game Boy game of the same name. Featuring gameplay similar to the Super Famicom title \"\", the game presented a story in which Yae had been kidnapped by the Black Ship Gang. In 1999, Konami released \"Goemon's Great Adventure\" on the Nintendo 64\u2014a 2.5D side-scroller with multiplayer support. Reviewers gave it high marks for recreating the feel of the older, 16-bit \"Goemon\" games and considered it the best side-scroller for the Nintendo 64. The final \"Goemon\" title for the Nintendo 64 was \"Goemon Mononoke Sugoroku\", released in Japan on December 25, 1999. In \"Mononoke Sugoroku\", players must collect Ofuda cards while navigating a board game. After a spate of sequels on the PlayStation line of consoles, Konami returned to the medieval, quirky Japanese themes of \"Mystical Ninja\" and its brethren on June 23, 2005 with \"\" for the Nintendo DS."}]}, {"title": "Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (Game Boy)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " \"Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon\" featured three characters\u2014Goemon, Sasuke, and Ebisumaru\u2014who can walk, jump, attack, and throw weapons throughout five stages of play. Goemon enjoyed average abilities; Ebisumaru could throw farther but suffered athletically, while Sasuke could jump high but could not throw as well as the others. Players control one character at a time to move through each stage and defeat enemies, who attack with close-range and projectile weapons. If a player's character is hit by an enemy, his hit points are decreased; if all are exhausted, the character loses a life and the stage is restarted from the beginning. Hit points can be replenished via hearts scattered throughout the game. At maximum hit points, characters are capable of long-range special attacks. At the end of each stage is a boss enemy with higher health and stronger attacks than other foes. \"Mystical Ninja\" features some puzzle elements and mini games, such as fetch quests producing items needed to cross inhospitable terrain or quizzes for bonus items. The game's music kept with the style of other \"Ganbare Goemon\" games by employing an \"oriental sound\". It is compatible with the Super Game Boy and contains a special decorative border for play in this fashion."}, {"context": " After Yae is kidnapped, Goemon, Ebisumaru, and Sasuke set out to find the Black Ship Gang and rescue her. They first assault Karakuri Castle, the pirates' hideout, where they learn that Baron Skull\u2014the captain of the group\u2014lured Yae to his hideout. They pursue Baron to the Demon Cave, where Goemon discovers clues left behind by the female ninja. They take him to the Black Ship Skull, the flagship of the pirates moored in Gull Harbor. Goemon and his friends destroy the ship without locating Yae, and are aghast to see a second Black Ship Gang vessel sail into harbor. They board it and continue the quest, eventually wresting Yae from Baron Skull's hold."}, {"context": " Nintendo Power gave \"Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon\" a 6.7 rating on a scale of 1 to 10. The magazine's editors enjoyed the expansive world, but criticized the quality of certain graphical elements, noting that certain hazards and features were \"hard to distinguish\". The play control received average marks, with Nintendo Power's reviewers decrying the difficulty of dodging due to the high speed of enemy projectiles and movement problems with boss battles. Writers compared the game to \"The Legend of Zelda\" series in design, but criticized the automatic regeneration of enemies in each stage\u2014a tenet which made retracing one's steps tedious. The magazine's reviewers noted that \"Mystical Ninja\" would provide a challenging experience despite not being as detailed as \"Zelda\" games. Nintendo Power's spotlight on the game concluded with the remarks that players should not \"expect to get a smaller version of the N64 game\"\u2014and that though the mini games were 'a blast', the main game is sort of a drag.\""}]}, {"title": "Mystical Scent (He Xutian)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Scent \"( \u795e\u9999 )\" is a music work for the original soundtrack of the feature film \"Prince of Himalayas\", composed by He Xuntian in 2007. \"Mystical Scent\" has eleven movements:"}]}, {"title": "Mystical Seven (Missouri)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Seven (M7) is one of the secret societies of the University of Missouri. Mystical Seven chooses seven outstanding seniors for membership based on their good deeds and selfless leadership and service to the campus and community. Mystical Seven is the second oldest of the secret honor societies at the university. It has a rivalry with QEBH. Other secret societies on campus include LSV, Rollins Society, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Mortar Board. The origins of the society were made plain by its founder, Harold Spencer Williams. \"I conceived the idea of a new and different Senior Society, [and] picked out six outstanding members of the Junior Class in 1907. I asked each one to come by the President's office for a chat. Each one was enthusiastic. We met and organized and would announce the society in the Spring of 1907. This was done.\" Williams was also a member of Delta Tau Delta and Phi Mu Alpha."}, {"context": " There is no relationship with the society of the same name at Wesleyan University, and although a relationship is often suggested between Missouri's Mystical Seven and a similar secret honor society at the University of Virginia known as the Seven Society, no direct evidence has ever been shown that any type of relationship exists between the two societies. Although the society was historically all-male, it had initiated its first female member in 1920. Mary Chorn Hazard was admitted due to her exceptional record of student activities and stout sponsorship by J. Craig Ruby, who was also a member of M7 as well as Phi Kappa Psi."}, {"context": " In 1929, Mizzou athletic director Chester M. Brewer, along with the Mystical Seven, began the tradition of smoking the Tiger\u2013Sooner Peace Pipe at halftime of the annual Missouri\u2013Oklahoma football game. The peace pipe became a traveling trophy in 1940, when a pipe was donated by John S. Knight, the former president of the MU\u2019s Men\u2019s Alumni Association. The pipe had belonged to Chief White Eagle of the Pawnee tribe, and it was believed to be at least 100 years old at the time it was donated. The tradition of the peace pipe as a traveling trophy was entrusted to MU's Mystical Seven and OU's PE-ET, who would share the peace pipe in the end zone at halftime to celebrate the two universities. The society of the winning university would return the peace pipe to its university until the next meeting of the two teams."}, {"context": " For unknown reasons, the exchange of the peace pipe stopped after the 1974 football season, with the pipe in possession of the University of Oklahoma. Following the 1998 victory over Oklahoma by Missouri, the \"Missouri Alumnus\" magazine published an article in 1999 regarding the former tradition that brought new interest in its revival. Oklahoma\u2019s athletic director, Joe Castiglione, was quoted as promising to look for the missing peace pipe. While the two schools regularly played in all sports when both were members of the Big Eight Conference, annual football games ended after the 1995 season, when the Big 12 Conference began play. They continued to play annually in other sports, most notably men's basketball, until Missouri left the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference in 2012; since then, the men's basketball teams have played only once, in the 2014\u201315 season as part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge. The exchange now occurs during halftime of the men's basketball game. With the pipe still missing, the traditional exchange was replaced by a piece of slate from MU\u2019s Memorial Union, as both Missouri and Oklahoma have a Memorial Union."}]}, {"title": "Mystical Seven (Wesleyan)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystical Seven is a society founded in 1837 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. There are two separate groups. Members are called Mystics. The Mystical Seven was founded in 1837, just six years after the founding of Wesleyan University. It was recognized by the university on October 16, 1837. It was Wesleyan's first society, founded a half year before Eclectic (May 1838). Of the seven founding members, senior Hamilton Brewer was recognized as \"primus inter pares\" behind the establishment of the society. The members met each week at their meeting space in the furnished attic of Wesleyan's North College. The society began Wesleyan's first student publication, \"The Classic\", in 1840."}, {"context": " The Mystical Seven is always referred to as a society, but it is one of the early college fraternities. Through the 1840s and 1850s it was a peer organization with Wesleyan's Eclectic Society, Psi Upsilon, Alpha Delta Phi and Chi Psi. However, instead of Greek references, it chose Hebraic. I.K.A. at Trinity (1829), and Skull and Bones at Yale (1832), were other nearby non-Greek inspired college fraternities. From about 1856 to 1865 the Mystical Seven was partners in the Alpha Eating Club with the Eclectic Society."}, {"context": " The society was especially known for the quality of its arcana. \"Never have I seen anything so original, so quaint, so completely unique, or irresistible in its solemn humor, as the Mystical Seven initiation and the ceremonies of its meetings.\" A similar commentator noted that the Mystical Seven, \"in some respects [was] among the most ambitious efforts at creating a college secret society with a good ritual.\" The Mystical Seven also had a serious academic and philosophical aspect, including public events like bringing Ralph Waldo Emerson to speak at the campus, or later Orestes Brownson, whose address to the society was later published as \"Social Reform: An Address Before the Society of the Mystical Seven\"."}, {"context": " The Mystical Seven was the first college fraternal organization to admit women, and initiated several during the 1840s. Later a law was enacted in the society that allowed the wife of a member to become initiated at that member's discretion. The Mystical Seven expanded to several other universities. The chapters of the society were recognized as \"temples\", with the \"Temple of the Wand\" being the parent chapter at Wesleyan. In 1841, the first temple was founded outside of Wesleyan, when Mystical Seven was established at Emory University. Henry Branham brought the society from Wesleyan to Emory, and there interested in membership the president of the university, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, the humorist author of \"Georgia Scenes\". Branham later became Longstreet's son-in-law. Longstreet, his two daughters, and his two sons-in-law were all eventually made Mystics. When Longstreet moved his family to Oxford, Mississippi to become president of the University of Mississippi, they created the Temple of the Star at Mississippi. Historical accounts conflict as to whether or not the Temple of the Wand recognized the legitimacy of any of the other temples founded throughout southern universities. Most were established by one another, with Emory being the only one that may have had a direct tie back to the Wesleyan temple."}, {"context": " The Transylvania temple was destroyed in the Mexican War. The Wesleyan, Emory, Centenary, and Georgia temples did not survive the Civil War. The Genesee temple did not survive the closing of the college. The Mississippi temple did not survive campus politics. The Mississippi temple did create the Virginia temple, but did not pass to it the traditions of the society. Since the Mystical Seven introduced the idea of the college fraternity into the South, it had considerable influence on the development of organizations in the Antebellum South. All private college societies were, for a time, called 'Mystic Associations' in Georgia. A competitor society called W.W.W. was designed on principles more similar to the Mystical Seven than to Northern college fraternities. It has also been assumed that a society for adult men, not connected to colleges and universities, called the Order of Heptasophs, was at least organized on principles parallel to the Mystical Seven, if not by alumni of the Mystical Seven themselves. The resemblances of the ceremonies of the two societies \"cannot be given at length; but they leave little room for doubt that...the Heptasophs or Seven Wise Men...is an indirect descendent of the Mystical Seven college fraternity.\""}, {"context": " In the early 1880s, the Virginia temple was virtually alone. In 1884, it created chapters at North Carolina and Davidson. In the following year, it reconstituted itself as the Mystic Seven Fraternity, and also used the name Phi Theta Alpha. This new society was led by Cooper D. Schmidt. The fraternity had lost almost all the traditions of the older society. It also had a publication, \"The Mystic Messenger\", which published articles including annual reports and history of the society, and some questioned why the society even had such a distinctive, non-Greek letter name. This three-chapter organization began negotiations with Beta Theta Pi in 1888, and merged with Beta Theta Pi in 1889."}, {"context": " The Mystical Seven society became dormant at Wesleyan in 1861; it had not been meeting as a society since 1858. In 1867, a petitioning group for a Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter claimed initiation into the Mystical Seven for the purposes of securing a DKE charter, which was successful. In 1868, the DKE members formed a new society called Owl & Wand, which was to be a senior society and use the premises of the old Mystical Seven (the attic of North College). As a senior society, it took as members individuals who were already members of four-year college fraternities, and was considered an 'honorary'. In 1890, the Owl & Wand group, without any knowledge of the workings of the Mystical Seven or an intent to restore them, claimed to be the older society. The senior society died off in the 1960s. In 1970-71, some Mystical Seven alumni restarted the society, and at a time when historically single-sex student groups were pressured to become coed, the new Mystical Seven embraced this change, which helped it to survive a decade that was detrimental to many other student societies and fraternities. The society as it was rebuilt in the 1970s has continued successfully to the present day."}, {"context": " During the 1980s, a group of students also decided to re-establish the original society. Much work was employed in reconstructing the practices of the original society including the addition of much written material from several sources. The two Mystical Seven groups clashed during 1990, (and again in 2001), in a dispute over which group was legitimate. Today, the two groups co-exist with little interaction with one another. The meeting place of the senior society Mystical Seven on Wyllys Avenue, known as the Mystic Templum, was gutted by fire in 1995. The building remained boarded up until it was razed in the summer of 2007. The seven-sided building, with seven-sashed windows and a seven-paneled door, had been dedicated in 1912.  Wesleyan Alumni: Other a:"}]}, {"title": "Mystical Shit", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Shit is the third album by avant-garde band King Missile and the first of their albums to be released after the dissolution of the King Missile (Dog Fly Religion) incarnation of the band. The album was first released in 1990 and was later included on the compilation album \"Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump.\" All lyrics by John S. Hall (except \"Love You More,\" a Buzzcocks cover)."}]}, {"title": "Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump is a compilation of avant-garde band King Missile's third album, \"Mystical Shit,\" and first album, \"Fluting on the Hump.\" The package was first released in 1990 and rereleased on September 7, 2004. \"Fluting on the Hump\" was initially released exclusively in LP format. This compilation constitutes its only release on CD. All lyrics by John S. Hall (except \"Love You More,\" a Buzzcocks cover). Mystical Shit Fluting on the Hump Mystical Shit Fluting on the Hump"}]}, {"title": "Mystical Truth", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical Truth is a studio album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. It was released in 1993 through Mesa Recordings. The album peaked at number 6 on the US \"Billboard\" World Albums chart and was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at 36th Annual Grammy Awards."}]}, {"title": "Mystical marriage of Saint Catherine", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The mystical marriage of Saint Catherine (or \"Mystic\") covers two different subjects in Christian art arising from visions received by either Catherine of Alexandria or Catherine of Siena (1347\u20131380), in which these virgin saints went through a mystical marriage wedding ceremony with Christ, in the presence of the Virgin Mary, consecrating themselves and their virginity to him. The \"Catholic Encyclopaedia\" notes that such a wedding ceremony \"is but the accompaniment and symbol of a purely spiritual grace\", and that \"as a wife should share in the life of her husband, and as Christ suffered for the redemption of mankind, the mystical spouse enters into a more intimate participation in His sufferings.\" Catherine of Alexandria was martyred, while Catherine of Siena received the stigmata."}, {"context": " Both subjects are frequent subjects in Christian art; the scene usually includes one of the Saint Catherines and either the infant Jesus held by his mother or an adult Jesus. Very rarely both saints are shown in a double ceremony (as at right). Saint Catherine of Alexandria is invariably dressed as a princess in rich clothes, often with a crown, and normally with loose long blonde hair and carrying a martyr's palm, sometimes with her attribute of a wheel; Saint Catherine of Siena is shown as a Dominican nun in white with a black over-robe open at the front, so it is usually easy to tell which saint is depicted."}, {"context": " Although Saint Catherine of Alexandria was supposed to have lived in the third and fourth centuries, the story of her vision appears first to be found in literature after 1337, over a thousand years after the traditional dating of her death, and ten years before Catherine of Siena was born. It appears in later versions of the popular Golden Legend, but the earliest version of the account there seems to be in an English translation of 1438. The Barna da Siena panel at right was painted within a few years of the first literary mentions. Although she is a very popular saint in Eastern Orthodoxy, the marriage is not a traditional subject in Orthodox icons. In Western art the vision of Saint Catherine of Alexandria usually shows the Infant Christ, held by the Virgin, placing a ring (one of her attributes) on her finger, following some literary accounts, although in the version in the \"Golden Legend\" he appears to be adult, and the marriage takes place among a great crowd of angels and \"all the celestial court\", and these may also be shown."}, {"context": " Saint Catherine of Siena would have been familiar with this story \u2013 the Barna da Siena panel shown was painted in Siena a few years before she was born \u2013 and she is recorded as praying as a child that she would have a similar experience, which she eventually did. She never learned to read, and was \"a devout woman whose imagination was stimulated unconsciously by religious images she had seen previously\", as was also clear from the form of her \"stigmata\" as described by her. Christ may be depicted as either an infant or adult in her scenes."}, {"context": " She was canonized in 1461, though the Giovanni di Paolo picture below may predate this; it is also Sienese. The fresco by Spinello Aretino or a follower in the Cialli-Sernigi chapel of Santa Trinita in Florence certainly predates the canonization by several decades. However, unlike the \"Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria\", there were no large monumental images, such as the main panel of an altarpiece, of the \"Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena\" until 1528, when the Siennese painter Domenico Beccafumi painted one for the church of Santo Spirito in Siena.  A mystical marriage to Christ is also an attribute of Saint Rosa of Lima (died 1617), and many other saints have reported such visions."}]}, {"title": "Mystical psychosis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical psychosis is a term coined by Arthur J. Deikman in the early 1970s to characterize first-person accounts of psychotic experiences that are strikingly similar to reports of mystical experiences. According to Deikman, and authors from a number of disciplines, psychotic experience need not be considered pathological, especially if consideration is given to the values and beliefs of the individual concerned. Deikman thought the mystical experience was brought about through a \"deautomatization\" or undoing of habitual psychological structures that organize, limit, select, and interpret perceptual stimuli. There may be several causes of deautomatization\u2014exposure to severe stress, substance abuse or withdrawal, and mood disorders."}, {"context": " A first episode of mystical psychosis is often very frightening, confusing and distressing, particularly because it is an unfamiliar experience. For example, researchers have found that people experiencing paranormal and mystical phenomena report many of the symptoms of panic attacks. On the basis of comparison of mystical experience and psychotic experience Deikman came to a conclusion that mystical experience can be caused by \"deautomatization\" or transformation of habitual psychological structures which organize, limit, select and interpret perceptional incentives that is interfaced to heavy stresses and emotional shocks. He described usual symptoms of mystical psychosis which consist in strengthening of a receptive mode and weakening of a mode of action."}, {"context": " People susceptible to mystical psychosis become much more impressible. They feel a unification with society, with the world, God, and also feel washing out the perceptive and conceptual borders. Similarity of mystical psychosis to mystical experience is expressed in sudden, distinct and very strong transition to a receptive mode. It is characterized with easing the subject\u2014object distinction, sensitivity increase and nonverbal, lateral, intuitive thought processes. Deikman's opinion that experience of mystical experience in itself can't be a sign to psychopathology, even in case of this experience at the persons susceptible to neurophysiological and psychiatric frustration, in many respects defined the relation to mystical experiences in modern psychology and psychiatry.  Deikman considered that all-encompassing unity opened in mysticism can be all-encompassing unity of reality."}]}, {"title": "Mystical realism", "paragraphs": [{"context": " In philosophy, mystical realism is a view concerning the nature of the divine. The philosophical use of the term originated with the Russian philosopher Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev in his published article, titled \"Decadentism and Mystical Realism\". It has two components: a metaphysical and an epistemological. The metaphysical component rests on a distinction between the concepts \"real\" and \"exist\". Something exists if it: Mystical realism holds that divine entities are not accurately described in terms of space, matter, time, or causation, and so they, despite being real by the philosophy, do not exist."}]}, {"title": "Mystical theology", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystical theology is the branch of theology that explains mystical practices and states, as induced by contemplative practices such as contemplative prayer. According to Origen (184/185\u2013253/254AD) and the Alexandrian theology, theoria is the knowledge of God in creation and of sensible things, and thus their contemplation \"intellectually\" (150\u2013400AD) (see Clement of Alexandria, and Evagrius Ponticus). This knowledge and contemplation leads to communion with God akin to Divine Providence. In the theological tradition of St. Macarius of Egypt (ca. 300\u2013391AD), theoria is the point of interaction between God and the human in the heart of the person, manifesting spiritual gifts to the human heart."}, {"context": " The highest form of contemplation originates in the heart (see agape), a higher form of contemplation than that of the intellect. The concept that theoria is allotted to each unique individual by their capacity to comprehend God is consistent. This is also the tradition of theoria, as taught by St. Symeon the New Theologian (949\u20131022AD), that one cannot be a theologian unless one sees the hypostases of God or the uncreated light. This experience cultivates humility, meekness and the love of the human race that the Triune God has created. This invisible fire in the heart for humanity is manifest in absolute kindness and love for one's neighbor akin to selfless humility, agape or love, growing from mortification, kenosis, or epiclesis. This agape, or holy fire, is the essence of Orthodoxy."}, {"context": " In the Cappadocian school of thought (Saint Basil, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, and Saint Gregory Nazianzus) (350\u2013400AD), theoria is the experience of the highest or absolute truth, realized by complete union with God. It is entering the 'Cloud of Unknowing', which is beyond rational understanding, and can be embraced only in love of God (Agape or Awe). The Cappadocian fathers went beyond the intellectual contemplation of the Alexandrian fathers. This was to begin with the seminal work Philokalia, which, through hesychasm, leads to Phronema and finally theosis, which is validated by theoria. One must move beyond gnosis to faith (meta-gnosis). Through ignorance, one moves beyond knowledge and being, this contemplation being theoria. In this tradition, theoria means understanding that the Uncreated cannot be grasped by the logical or rational mind, but only by the whole person (unity of heart and mind); this perception is that of the nous. God was knowable in his manifestations, but ultimately, one must transcend knowledge or gnosis, since knowledge is based on reflection, and because gnosis is limited and can become a barrier between man and God (as an idolatry). If one wishes to commune with God, one must enter into the Divine filial relation with God the Father through Jesus Christ, one in ousia with the Father, which results in pure faith without any preconceived notions of God. At this point, one can commune with God just as Moses did. Gregory of Nyssa presented as the culmination of the Christian religion the contemplation of the divine Being and its eternal Will."}, {"context": " Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (5th to early 6th century; writing before 532), himself influenced by the Neoplatonic philosopher Proclus, had a strong impact on Christian thought and practice, both east and west. Theoria is the main theme of Dionysius\u2019 work called \"The Mystical Theology\". In chapter 1, Dionysius says that God dwells in divine darkness i.e. God is unknowable through sense and reason. Therefore, a person must leave behind the activity of sense and reason and enter into spiritual union with God. Through spiritual union with God (theosis), the mystic is granted theoria and through this vision is ultimately given knowledge of God. In the tradition of Dionysus the Areopagite, theoria is the lifting up of the individual out of time, space and created being, while the Triune God reaches down, or descends, to the hesychast. This process is also known as \"ekstasis\" (\"mystical ecstasy\")."}, {"context": " While theoria is possible through prayer, it is attained in a perfect way through the Eucharist. Perfect vision of the deity, perceptible in its uncreated light, is the \"mystery of the eighth day\". The eighth day is the day of the Eucharist but it also has an eschatological dimension as it is the day outside of the week i.e. beyond time. It is the start of a new eon in human history. Through the Eucharist people experience the eternity of God who transcends time and space. The Dionysian writings and their mystical teaching were universally accepted throughout the East, amongst both Chalcedonians and non-Chalcedonians. St. Gregory Palamas, for example, in referring to these writings, calls the author, \"an unerring beholder of divine things\"."}, {"context": " In western Christianity Dionysius's \"via negativa\" was particularly influential in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, on western mystics such as Marguerite Porete, Meister Eckhart, John Tauler, Jan van Ruusbroec, the author of \"The Cloud of Unknowing\" (who made an expanded Middle English translation of Dionysius' \"Mystical Theology\"), Jean Gerson, Nicholas of Cusa, Denys the Carthusian, Julian of Norwich and Harphius Herp. His influence can also be traced in the Spanish Carmelite thought of the sixteenth century among Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross."}, {"context": " Symeon the New Theologian (sometimes spelled \"Simeon\") (; 949\u20131022 AD) was a Byzantine Christian monk and poet who was the last of three saints canonized by the Eastern Orthodox church and given the title of \"Theologian\" (along with John the Apostle and Gregory of Nazianzus). \"Theologian\" was not applied to Symeon in the modern academic sense of theological study; the title was designed only to recognize someone who spoke from personal experience of the vision of God. One of his principal teachings was that humans could and should experience \"theoria\" (literally \"contemplation,\" or direct experience of God)."}, {"context": " Symeon repeatedly describes the experience of divine light in his writings, as both an inward and outward mystical experience. These experiences began in his youth, and continued all during his life. They came to him during inward prayer and contemplation, and were associated with a feeling of indescribable joy, as well as the intellectual understanding that the light was a vision of God. In his writings, he spoke directly to God about the experience variously as \"the pure Light of your face\" and \"You deigned to reveal Your face to me like a formless sun.\" He also described the light as the grace of God, and taught that its experience was associated with a mind that was completely still and had transcended itself. At times he described the light speaking to him with kindness, and explaining who it was."}, {"context": " A central theme throughout Symeon's teachings and writings is that all Christians should aspire to have actual direct experience of God in deep contemplation, or \"theoria\". Regarding his own mystical experiences, he presented them not as unique to himself, but as the norm for all Christians. He taught that the experience came after purification through prayer, repentance, and asceticism. He especially called on his monks to take on the traditional charismatic and prophetic role in the Church. In his writings, Symeon emphasized the power of the Holy Spirit to transform, and the profound mystical union with God that is the end result of a holy life. Symeon referred to this as the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, compared to the more ritualistic Baptism of water. Symeon believed that Christianity had descended into formulae and church ritual, which for many people replaced the earlier emphasis on actual and direct experience of God. The \"Discourses\" express Symeon's strong conviction that the life of a Christian must be much more than mere observance of rules, and must include personal experience of the presence of the living Christ. Symeon describes his own conversion and mystical experience of the divine light."}, {"context": " Under St. Gregory Palamas (1296\u20131359AD), the different traditions of theoria were synthesized into an understanding of theoria that, through baptism, one receives the Holy Spirit. Through participation in the sacraments of the Church and the performance of works of faith, one cultivates a relationship with God. If one then, through willful submission to God, is devotional and becomes humble, akin to the Theotokos and the saints, and proceeds in faith past the point of rational contemplation, one can experience God. Palamas stated that this is not a mechanized process because each person is unique, but that the apodictic way that one experiences the uncreated light, or God, is through contemplative prayer called hesychasm. Theoria is cultivated through each of the steps of the growing process of theosis."}, {"context": " Gregory was initially asked by his fellow monks on Mount Athos to defend them from the charges of Barlaam of Calabria. Barlaam believed that philosophers had a greater knowledge of God than did the prophets, and valued education and learning more than contemplative prayer. Palamas taught that the truth is a person, Jesus Christ, a form of objective reality. In order for a Christian to be authentic, he or she must experience the Truth (i.e. Christ) as a real person (see hypostasis). Gregory further asserted that when Peter, James and John witnessed the transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Tabor, they were seeing the uncreated light of God, and that it is possible for others to be granted to see it, using spiritual disciplines (ascetic practices) and contemplative prayer."}, {"context": " The only true way to experience Christ, according to Palamas, was the Eastern Orthodox faith. Once a person discovers Christ (through the Orthodox church), they begin the process of theosis, which is the gradual submission to the Truth (i.e. God) in order to be deified (theosis). Theoria is seen to be the experience of God hypostatically in person. However, since the essence of God is unknowable, it also cannot be experienced. Palamas expressed theoria as an experience of God as it happens to the whole person (soul or nous), not just the mind or body, in contrast to an experience of God that is drawn from memory, the mind, or in time. Gnosis and all knowledge are created, as they are derived or created from experience, self-awareness and spiritual knowledge. Theoria, here, is the experience of the uncreated in various degrees, i.e. the vision of God or to see God. The experience of God in the eighth day or outside of time therefore transcends the self and experiential knowledge or gnosis. Gnosis is most importantly understood as a knowledge of oneself; theoria is the experience of God, transcending the knowledge of oneself. St. Gregory Palamas died on November 14, 1359; his last words were, \"To the heights! To the heights!\" He is commemorated on the Second Sunday of Great Lent because Gregory's victory over Barlaam is seen as a continuation of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, i.e., the victory of the Church over heresy."}, {"context": " John Romanides (1927-2001) was an Orthodox Christian priest, author and professor. According to Kalaitzidis, Romanides had a strong influence on contemporary Greek Orthodoxy, to such an extent that some speak about \"pre- and post-Romanidian theology.\" According to Romanides, Eastern and Western Christianity diverged due to the influences of the Franks, who were culturally very different from the Romans. Romanides belonged to the \"theological generation of the 1960s,\" which pleaded for a \"return to the Fathers,\" and led to \"the acute polarization of the East-West divide and the cultivation of an anti-Western, anti-eucumenical sentiment.\""}, {"context": " His theological works emphasize the empirical (experiential) basis of theology called \"theoria\" or vision of God, (as opposed to a rational or reasoned understanding of theory) as the essence of Orthodox theology, setting it \"apart from all other religions and traditions,\" especially the Frankish-dominated western Church which distorted this true spiritual path. He identified hesychasm as the core of Christian practice and studied extensively the works of 14th-century Byzantine theologian St. Gregory Palamas."}, {"context": " According to Saint Gregory the Great there are people by whom, \"while still living in this corruptible flesh, yet growing in incalculable power by a certain piercingness of contemplation, the Eternal Brightness is able to be seen.\" While the direct vision of God (the Beatific Vision) can be reached only in the next life, God does give to some a very special grace, by which he becomes intimately present to the created mind even before death, enabling it to contemplate him with ineffable joy and be mystically united with him even while still alive, true mystical contemplation. Saint Augustine said that, in contemplation, man meets God face-to-face."}, {"context": " The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes contemplation as \"a gaze of faith, fixed on Jesus. 'I look at him and he looks at me': this is what a certain peasant of Ars used to say to his holy cur\u00e9 about his prayer before the tabernacle. This focus on Jesus is a renunciation of self. His gaze purifies our heart; the light of the countenance of Jesus illumines the eyes of our heart and teaches us to see everything in the light of his truth and his compassion for all men. Contemplation also turns its gaze on the mysteries of the life of Christ. Thus it learns the 'interior knowledge of our Lord', the more to love him and follow him.\""}, {"context": " Contemplative prayer is \"a communion in which the Holy Trinity conforms man, the image of God, 'to his likeness'\" and in it \"the Father strengthens our inner being with power through his Spirit 'that Christ may dwell in (our) hearts through faith' and we may be 'grounded in love' ().\" Saint John Cassian the Roman, whose writings influenced the whole of Western monasticism, interpreted the Gospel episode of Martha and Mary as indicating that Jesus declared \"the chief good to reside in \"theoria\" alone \u2013 that is, in divine contemplation\", which is initiated by reflecting on a few holy persons and advances to being fed on the beauty and knowledge of God alone."}, {"context": " Saint Augustine has been cited as proving magnificently that man can only find God in the depths of his own soul: \"Too late loved I Thee, O Beauty so old, yet ever new! Too late loved I Thee. And behold, Thou wert within, and I abroad, and there I searched for Thee. Thou wert with me, but I was not with Thee.\" The Dismissal Hymn sung in the Byzantine Rite feast of Saint Augustine, 15 June, describes him as \"a wise hierarch who has received God\": He is celebrated not only as a contemplative but also as a theologian and Father of the Church, a title given to him in a document of the Fifth Ecumenical Council, held in Constantinople in 553, which declared that it followed his teaching on the true faith \"in every way\". Another document of the same ecumenical council speaks of Augustine as \"of most religious memory, who shone forth resplendent among the African bishops\"."}, {"context": " Contemplation may sometimes reach a level that has been described as religious ecstasy, and non-essential phenomena, such as visions and stigmata, may sometimes though very rarely accompany it. The writings attributed to Saint Dionysius the Areopagite were highly influential in the West, and their theses and arguments were adopted by Peter Lombard, Alexander of Hales, Saint Albert the Great, Saint Thomas Aquinas and Saint Bonaventure. According to these writings, mystical knowledge must be distinguished from the rational knowledge by which we know God, not in his nature, but through the wonderful order of the universe, which is a participation in the divine ideas. Through the more perfect mystical knowledge of God, a knowledge beyond the attainments of reason (even when enlightened by faith), the soul contemplates directly the mysteries of divine light."}, {"context": " \"Theoria\" or contemplation of God is of far higher value than reasoning about God or speculative theology, its illumination prized much more than the intellectual capacity of a theologian. \"Prayer cannot be reduced to the level of a means to improved understanding\". Instead, contemplation is \"the normal perfection of theology\". The rational exposition and explanation of Christian doctrine is the humbler task of the theologian, while the experience of contemplatives is often of a more lofty level, beyond the power of human words to express, so that \"they have had to resort to metaphors, similes, and symbols to convey the inexpressible.\"  Theology indeed can only focus on what God is not, for instance considering God a spirit by removing from our conception anything pertaining to the body, while mysticism, instead of trying to comprehend what God is, is able to intuit it."}]}, {"title": "Mysticarion", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mysticarion is a genus of air-breathing, tree-dwelling land snails, terrestrial arboreal pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicarionidae. Species within the genus \"Mysticarion\" include:"}]}, {"title": "Mysticarion porrectus", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mysticarion porrectus, also known as Helicarion porrectus, is a tree-dwelling snail in the family Helicarionidae. It is endemic to Australia. This species occurs in and near rainforests at high altitude in eastern Australia. It is associated with Gondwana cool temperate rainforests, with trees such as Antarctic Beech, Sassafras and Pinkwood. \"Mysticarion porrectus\" is found between Mount Dromedary in south east New South Wales up the Great Dividing Range to Mount Superbus, 150\u00a0km south west of Brisbane, Queensland"}, {"context": " The shell of this snail species is very thin and transparent, so the brightly coloured internal organs are visible through it. The animal has a gland at the end of its tail which is thought to emit pheromones during courtship. The shell of this \"Mysticarion\" species is too small for the soft parts to completely retract into. This gastropod is what is referred to as a \"semi-slug\": through the course of evolution, the shell has become reduced in size and thickness so that now it mainly offers some protection to the visceral organs. This phenomenon of shell reduction has occurred independently across a number of different families. In some families such as the Athoracophoridae, Cystopeltidae and Limacidae the shell has either completely disappeared or has been so reduced in size as to become a small internal plate \u2013 these animals are known as slugs, which are simply snails that have lost their external shell through the course of evolution. It is thought that shell reduction in some families has occurred because of a shortage in calcium carbonate in the local rocks or soil; this calcium carbonate is needed by snails to manufacture their shells."}, {"context": " In the Helicarionidae, shell types range across almost the whole spectrum, from species with large, fully formed shells they can withdraw back into, to those with very reduced ear-shaped or plate-like shells that are partly or almost completely internal, and which sit on their backs like a saddle. This species is thought to be a herbivore which scrapes biofilm such as algae and sooty mould off the surface of living leaves. The snail often rests on leaves of shrubs and saplings, and also on the trunks of larger trees. It usually rests on its side, with the end part of its tail curved back. This tail area can act as a suction cup and because of the snail's habit of resting on leaves, these animals can be accidentally and unknowingly picked up by other animals, or even by cars and human beings, that brush against the foliage. Most arboreal snails have very sticky mucus, and this \"hitchhiking\" capability may account for the very extensive distributions of some of the smaller species, as they could easily travel on the feet or legs of birds or bats.  The Helicarionidae are thought to be a Gondwanan family because they are restricted mainly to parts of the southern hemisphere and Southeast Asia, including Oceania and South Africa. In Australia, most helicarionids are found along the eastern coast and ranges, particularly in the Border Ranges and Wet Tropics bioregions. A few species occur in South Australia, one species occurs in the high rainfall area in the south west of Western Australia and two species are found in the Kimberley region."}]}, {"title": "Mystichlora", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystichlora is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae."}]}, {"title": "Mystici corporis Christi", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystici corporis Christi (29 June 1943) is a papal encyclical issued by Pope Pius XII during World War II, on the Church as the Mystical Body of Christ. It is one of the more important encyclicals of Pope Pius XII, because of its topic, the Church, and because its Church concept was fully included in \"Lumen gentium\" but also strongly debated during and after Vatican II. The Church is called body, because it is a living entity; it is called the body of Christ, because Christ is its Head and Founder; it is called mystical body, because it is neither a purely physical nor a purely spiritual unity, but supernatural."}, {"context": " The encyclical followed the commencement of Nazi Germany's programs of \"euthanasia\" of the disabled, and race-based murders of Jews and other minorities, and is therefore significant for its reiteration of Church teachings against racism and the killings of people with disabilities. The encyclical builds on a theological development in the 1920s and 1930s in Italy, France, Germany and England, which all re-discovered the ancient Pauline concept of the Mystical Body of Christ. Pius XII utilized these new discoveries and authoritatively added his directions to them, as the Dutch Jesuit Sebastian Tromp documented. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Raimondo Spiazzi and Mariano Cordovani, all professors at the \"Pontificium Athenaeum Internationale Angelicum\", the future Dominican Order-affiliated Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, had a great influence on the drafting of the encyclical."}, {"context": " According to the encyclical, the Church has two aspects: one visible and one invisible. Those who live under the visible representative of Christ have full membership. Further, the relationship of the faithful and Christ is mystical, not physical. The faithful, through their faith, hope, and love, are united with Christ in the Church. Christ loves and lives in the faithful. Christ and the Church as the whole Church is made alive by the Holy Spirit, which also guides each of the faithful, and as such is an important element of the body of Christ. The unification with Christ takes place in the Holy Eucharist. Within the Church, there does not exist a bifurcated active and passive element (e.g. leadership and lay people), but rather all members of the Church are called to work on the perfection of the body of Christ."}, {"context": " The encyclical teaches, that while lay people animate human society, the Successors of the Apostles (the Catholic Bishops) are to be responsible in matters of religion and morals. Until this encyclical of Pius XII, Church was considered as \"societas perfecta\", a perfect society, consisting primarily of Pope, bishops, clergy and the religious. \"Mystici Corporis\" includes lay people as equal and important elements of the body of Christ. The faithful are united with Christ in the Church. Christ loves and lives in them. Christ is alive through the Holy Spirit."}, {"context": " The encyclical states that Christ, while still on earth, instructed by precept, counsel and warnings \"in words that shall never pass away, and will be spirit and life\" to all men of all times. He conferred a triple power on His Apostles and their successors, to teach, to govern, to lead men to holiness, making this power, defined by special ordinances, rights and obligations, the fundamental law of the whole Church. God governs directly and guides personally the Church which He founded. Pius quoted Proverbs 21:1 noting that God reigns within the minds and hearts of men, and bends and subjects their wills to His good pleasure, even when rebellious."}, {"context": " \"Mystici corporis\" requests the faithful to love their Church and to always see Christ in her, especially in the old and sick members. They must accustom themselves to see Christ Himself in the Church. For it is Christ who lives in His Church, and through her, teaches, governs, and sanctifies; it is Christ also who manifests Himself differently in different members of His society. If the faithful strive to live in a spirit of lively faith, they will not only pay due honor and reverence \"to the more exalted members\" of this Mystical Body, especially those who according to Christ\u2019s mandate will have to render an account of our souls, but they will take to their hearts those members who are the object of our Savior\u2019s special love: the weak, the wounded, and the sick who are in need of material or spiritual assistance; children whose innocence is so easily exposed to danger in these days; and finally the poor, in helping whom is recognized the very person of Jesus Himself as a perfect model of love for the Church."}, {"context": " In brief, this document which sees the Church as the one and only means of salvation, has been challenged by the Documents of Vatican II, especially Lumen Gentium, where we read in 1,8, that the true Church of Christ subsists in this church, but elements can also be found in other Christian Churches. As a result, the view of the Roman Catholic Church as the ONLY means of salvation has been challenged and people seem to more and more identify with the latter rather than the former. Pope Pius XII condemns forced conversions in strong terms. These had been opposed by previous Popes such as Leo XIII, and are in violation of existing Canon Law, the law of the Church. Church membership and conversions must be voluntary. Regarding conversions, \"We recognize that this must be done of their own free will; for no one believes unless he wills to believe.\" Hence they are most certainly not genuine Christians who against their belief are forced to go into a church, to approach the altar and to receive the Sacraments; for the \"faith without which it is impossible to please God\" [200] is an entirely free \"submission of intellect and will.\""}, {"context": " The encyclical concludes with a summary of the mariology of the Pope. The 1854 dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Pius IX defined the Virgin conceived without sin, as the mother of God and our mother. Pope Pius XII built on this in \"Mystici corporis\": Mary, whose sinless soul was filled with the divine spirit of Jesus Christ above all other created souls, \"\"in the name of the whole human race\"\" gave her consent \"for a spiritual marriage between the Son of God and human nature\", thus elevating human nature beyond the realm of the purely material. She who, according to the flesh, was the mother of our Head, became mother of all His members. Through her powerful prayers, she obtained that the spirit of our Divine Redeemer, should be bestowed on the newly founded Church at Pentecost."}, {"context": " While the Early Fathers of the Church tended to contrast Eve's disobedience with Mary's \"fiat\" at the Annunciation, Pius looked rather to her presence at Calvary where \"...she, the second Eve, who, free from all sin, original or personal, and always more intimately united with her Son, offered Him on Golgotha to the Eternal Father for all the children of Adam, sin-stained by his unhappy fall.\" Pius viewed her compassion there as the basis for her role in redemption. She is Most Holy Mother of all the members of Christ, and reigns in heaven with her Son, her body and soul refulgent with heavenly glory."}, {"context": " \"Mystici corporis\" did not receive much attention during the war years but became influential after World War II. It had rejected two extreme views of the Church. Pius' statement of \"profound grief\" at the murder of the deformed, the insane, and those suffering from hereditary disease... as though they were a useless burden to Society\" is a condemnation of the ongoing Nazi euthanasia program, under which disabled Germans were being removed from care facilities and murdered by the state as \"life unworthy of life\". It built upon the high-profile condemnations offered by the Archbishop of Munster, August von Galen and others. It was followed, on 26 September 1943, by an open condemnation by the German Bishops which, from every German pulpit, denounced the killing of \"innocent and defenceless mentally handicapped, incurably infirm and fatally wounded, innocent hostages, and disarmed prisoners of war and criminal offenders, people of a foreign race or descent\"."}, {"context": " The new role of the laity resulted in the foundation of numerous secular institutes with faithful members of all walks of life. Against significant difficulties and opposition from established religious orders, Pius XII issued in 1947 the Apostolic Constitution \"Provida Mater Ecclesia\", which, for the first time in Church history, allowed lay people to form their own secular communities, and establish them within a newly established Canon Law framework. The Pope himself used the encyclical to encourage active participation of the laity by addressing a wide variety of groups and professional associations throughout the world."}, {"context": " For many years, it was thought that Vatican II had made one significant exception to \"Mystici corporis.\" The encyclical of Pope Pius stated that the Body of Christ \"is\" the Catholic Church. Pope Paul VI quoted \"Mystici corporis\" from Pius XII verbatim in his first encyclical \"Ecclesiam suam\": \"Consider, then, this splendid utterance of Our predecessor: 'The doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ, which \"is\" the Church, a doctrine revealed originally from the lips of the Redeemer Himself...'\" Pope Paul VI continues: \"We wish to take up this invitation and to repeat it in this encyclical, for We consider it timely and urgent and relevant to the needs of the Church in our day.\""}, {"context": " The Council defined that the Church subsists in (\"subsistit in\") the Body of Christ. This seemed to some theologians to relativize the identity of the one Catholic Church with the Body of Christ. Pope Paul VI, Pope Pius XII and all popes before him have taught complete identity. After some confusion over what \"subsistit in\" meant, the Vatican in 2007 clarified its position as being identical with Pope Pius XII. Leading Council theologians like Joseph Ratzinger and Henri de Lubac expanded on this."}, {"context": " Protestant theology since Martin Luther always rejected the Catholic view of the Church as one Church with both visible and invisible aspects, and with a Pope as the Successor of St. Peter. It employs instead the interpretation of the Bible as the sole source of orthodox theology (\"Sola Scriptura\"), yet its biblical interpretation of the mystical Body is different from the Catholic Church's doctrine as stated in \"Mystici corporis Christi\": The Church receives all the graces from Christ its singular head prior to active participation. The doctrines of the mystical unity of the Catholic Church through engagement with the sacraments is thus rejected by most Protestants. However, \"Mystici corporis\" uses a biblical base for its teaching, and thus contributed to ecumenical dialogue with Protestantism, while still reaffirming that the Catholic Church is the one true Church. As well, in recent years, some Protestant theologians have returned to the doctrine of the \"mystical body of Christ\" afresh, often following the thought of Henri de Lubac in sympathetic fashion (Milbank, \"Suspended Middle\", 2005; Boersma, \"Sacramental Ontology\", 2009), and others have embraced the doctrine in a way which examines its development over time, and the call to ecclesiastical unity that it issues (Pecknold, \"Christianity and Politics\", 2010)."}, {"context": " The Eastern Orthodox churches share a tradition-based sacramental theology with the Catholic Church. \"Mystici corporis\", establishing equality of all apostles under the Successor of Peter, instead of a supposed \u201cpapalist\u201d \"Societas Perfecta\", was viewed quite positively; even so, not all aspects were shared by all. Pope Pius recognized, and often criticized, an over-centralized papacy and related Church laws and regulations, as an obstacle to relations with the Eastern Orthodox churches. After issuing \"Mystici corporis\", the Pope ordered a reform of the CIC Orientalis, the Canon Law for the Eastern Catholic Churches united with Rome. In its new constitutions, Eastern Patriarchs were made much more autonomous with regard to Eastern marriage law, civil law, laws governing religious associations, property law and other laws. These reforms were intended to provide for more independence to the Eastern Catholic Churches, establishing them as equal within the mystical body of Christ and supplying a model for Eastern Orthodox churches if they decide to reunite with the Catholic Church."}]}, {"title": "Mysticism", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mysticism is the practice of religious ecstasies (religious experiences during alternate states of consciousness), together with whatever ideologies, ethics, rites, myths, legends, and magic may be related to them. It may also refer to the attainment of insight in ultimate or hidden truths, and to human transformation supported by various practices and experiences. The term \"mysticism\" has Ancient Greek origins with various historically determined meanings. Derived from the Greek word \u03bc\u03c5\u03c9, meaning \"to conceal\", mysticism referred to the biblical liturgical, spiritual, and contemplative dimensions of early and medieval Christianity. During the early modern period, the definition of mysticism grew to include a broad range of beliefs and ideologies related to \"extraordinary experiences and states of mind\"."}, {"context": " In modern times, \"mysticism\" has acquired a limited definition, with broad applications, as meaning the aim at the \"union with the Absolute, the Infinite, or God\". This limited definition has been applied to a wide range of religious traditions and practices, valuing \"mystical experience\" as a key element of mysticism. Broadly defined, mysticism can be found in all religious traditions, from indigenous religions and folk religions like shamanism, to organised religions like the Abrahamic faiths and Indian religions, and modern spirituality, New Age and New Religious Movements."}, {"context": " Since the 1960s scholars have debated the merits of perennial and constructionist approaches in the scientific research of \"mystical experiences\". The perennial position is now \"largely dismissed by scholars\", most scholars using a contextual approach, which takes the cultural and historical context into consideration. \"Mysticism\" is derived from the Greek , meaning \"I conceal\", and its derivative , \"\", meaning 'an initiate'. The verb has received a quite different meaning in the Greek language, where it is still in use. The primary meanings it has are \"induct\" and \"initiate\". Secondary meanings include \"introduce\", \"make someone aware of something\", \"train\", \"familiarize\", \"give first experience of something\"."}, {"context": " The related form of the verb (mue\u00f3 or my\u00e9\u014d) appears in the New Testament. As explained in \"Strong's Concordance\", it properly means shutting the eyes and mouth to experience mystery. Its figurative meaning is to be initiated into the \"mystery revelation\". The meaning derives from the initiatory rites of the pagan mysteries. Also appearing in the New Testament is the related noun (must\u00e9rion or myst\u1e17rion), the root word of the English term \"mystery\". The term means \"anything hidden\", a mystery or secret, of which initiation is necessary. In the New Testament it reportedly takes the meaning of the counsels of God, once hidden but now revealed in the Gospel or some fact thereof, the Christian revelation generally, and/or particular truths or details of the Christian revelation."}, {"context": " According to Thayer's Greek Lexicon, the term in classical Greek meant \"a hidden thing\", \"secret\". A particular meaning it took in Classical antiquity was a religious secret or religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to be communicated by them to ordinary mortals. In the Septuagint and the New Testament the meaning it took was that of a hidden purpose or counsel, a secret will. It is sometimes used for the hidden wills of humans, but is more often used for the hidden will of God. Elsewhere in the Bible it takes the meaning of the mystic or hidden sense of things. It is used for the secrets behind sayings, names, or behind images seen in visions and dreams. The Vulgate often translates the Greek term to the Latin (sacrament)."}, {"context": " The related noun (mustis or mystis, singular) means the initiate, the person initiated to the mysteries. According to Ana Jim\u00e9nez San Cristobal in her study of Greco-Roman mysteries and Orphism, the singular form and the plural form are used in ancient Greek texts to mean the person or persons initiated to religious mysteries. These followers of mystery religions belonged to a select group, where access was only gained through an initiation. She finds that the terms were associated with the term (Bacchus), which was used for a special class of initiates of the Orphic mysteries. The terms are first found connected in the writings of Heraclitus. Such initiates are identified in texts with the persons who have been purified and have performed certain rites. A passage of the \"Cretans\" by Euripides seems to explain that the (initiate) who devotes himself to an ascetic life, renounces sexual activities, and avoids contact with the dead becomes known as . Such initiates were believers in the god Dionysus Bacchus who took on the name of their god and sought an identification with their deity."}, {"context": " Until the sixth century the practice of what is now called mysticism was referred to by the term \"contemplatio\", c.q. \"theoria\". According to Johnson, \"[b]oth contemplation and mysticism speak of the eye of love which is looking at, gazing at, aware of divine realities.\" According to Peter Moore, the term \"mysticism\" is \"problematic but indispensable.\" It is a generic term which joins together into one concept separate practices and ideas which developed separately, According to Dupr\u00e9, \"mysticism\" has been defined in many ways, and Merkur notes that the definition, or meaning, of the term \"mysticism\" has changed through the ages. Moore further notes that the term \"mysticism\" has become a popular label for \"anything nebulous, esoteric, occult, or supernatural.\""}, {"context": " Parsons warns that \"what might at times seem to be a straightforward phenomenon exhibiting an unambiguous commonality has become, at least within the academic study of religion, opaque and controversial on multiple levels\". Because of its Christian overtones, and the lack of similar terms in other cultures, some scholars regard the term \"mysticism\" to be inadequate as a useful descriptive term. Other scholars regard the term to be an inauthentic fabrication, the \"product of post-Enlightenment universalism.\""}, {"context": " Deriving from Neo-Platonism and Henosis, mysticism is popularly known as union with God or the Absolute. In the 13th century the term \"unio mystica\" came to be used to refer to the \"spiritual marriage,\" the ecstasy, or rapture, that was experienced when prayer was used \"to contemplate both God\u2019s omnipresence in the world and God in his essence.\" In the 19th century, under the influence of Romanticism, this \"union\" was interpreted as a \"religious experience,\" which provides certainty about God or a transcendental reality."}, {"context": " An influential proponent of this understanding was William James (1842\u20131910), who stated that \"in mystic states we both become one with the Absolute and we become aware of our oneness.\" William James popularized this use of the term \"religious experience\" in his \"The Varieties of Religious Experience\", contributing to the interpretation of mysticism as a distinctive experience, comparable to sensory experiences. Religious experiences belonged to the \"personal religion,\" which he considered to be \"more fundamental than either theology or ecclesiasticism\". He gave a Perennialist interpretation to religious experience, stating that this kind of experience is ultimately uniform in various traditions."}, {"context": " McGinn notes that the term \"unio mystica\", although it has Christian origins, is primarily a modern expression. McGinn argues that \"presence\" is more accurate than \"union\", since not all mystics spoke of union with God, and since many visions and miracles were not necessarily related to union. He also argues that we should speak of \"consciousness\" of God's presence, rather than of \"experience\", since mystical activity is not simply about the sensation of God as an external object, but more broadly about \"new ways of knowing and loving based on states of awareness in which God becomes present in our inner acts.\""}, {"context": " However, the idea of \"union\" does not work in all contexts. For example, in Advaita Vedanta, there is only one reality (Brahman) and therefore nothing other than reality to unite with it\u2014Brahman in each person (\"atman\") has always in fact been identical to Brahman all along. Dan Merkur also notes that union with God or the Absolute is a too limited definition, since there are also traditions which aim not at a sense of unity, but of nothingness, such as Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Meister Eckhart. According to Merkur, Kabbala and Buddhism also emphasize nothingness. Blakemore and Jennett note that \"definitions of mysticism [...] are often imprecise.\" They further note that this kind of interpretation and definition is a recent development which has become the standard definition and understanding."}, {"context": " According to Gelman, \"A unitive experience involves a phenomenological de-emphasis, blurring, or eradication of multiplicity, where the cognitive significance of the experience is deemed to lie precisely in that phenomenological feature\". Mysticism involves an explanatory context, which provides meaning for so-called mystical and visionary experiences, and related experiences like trances. According to Dan Merkur, mysticism may relate to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness, and the ideas and explanations related to them. Parsons stresses the importance of distinguishing between temporary experiences and mysticism as a process, which is embodied within a \"religious matrix\" of texts and practices. Richard Jones does the same. Peter Moore notes that mystical experience may also happen in a spontaneous and natural way, to people who are not committed to any religious tradition. These experiences are not necessarily interpreted in a religious framework. Ann Taves asks by which processes experiences are set apart and deemed religious or mystical."}, {"context": " Some authors emphasize that mystical experience involves intuitive understanding of the meaning of existence and of hidden truths, and the resolution of life problems. According to Larson, \"mystical experience is an intuitive understanding and realization of the meaning of existence.\" According to McClenon, mysticism is \"the doctrine that special mental states or events allow an understanding of ultimate truths.\" According to James R. Horne, mystical illumination \"a central visionary experience [...] that results in the resolution of a personal or religious problem."}, {"context": " According to Evelyn Underhill, \"illumination\" is a generic English term for the phenomenon of mysticism. The term \"illumination\" is derived from the Latin \"\", applied to Christian prayer in the 15th century. Comparable Asian terms are bodhi, kensho and satori in Buddhism, commonly translated as \"enlightenment\", and vipassana, which all point to cognitive processes of intuition and comprehension. According to Wright, the use of the western word \"enlightenment\" is based on the supposed resemblance of \"bodhi\" with \"Aufkl\u00e4rung\", the independent use of reason to gain insight into the true nature of our world, and there are more resemblances with Romanticism than with the Enlightenment: the emphasis on feeling, on intuitive insight, on a true essence beyond the world of appearances."}, {"context": " Other authors point out that mysticism involves more than \"mystical experience.\" According to Gellmann, the ultimate goal of mysticism is human transformation, not just experiencing mystical or visionary states. According to McGinn, personal transformation is the essential criterion to determine the authenticity of Christian mysticism. In the Hellenistic world, 'mystical' referred to \"secret\" religious rituals The use of the word lacked any direct references to the transcendental. A \"mystikos\" was an initiate of a mystery religion."}, {"context": " In early Christianity the term \"mystikos\" referred to three dimensions, which soon became intertwined, namely the biblical, the liturgical and the spiritual or contemplative. The biblical dimension refers to \"hidden\" or allegorical interpretations of Scriptures. The liturgical dimension refers to the liturgical mystery of the Eucharist, the presence of Christ at the Eucharist. The third dimension is the contemplative or experiential knowledge of God. Until the sixth century, the Greek term \"theoria,\" meaning \"contemplation\" in Latin, was used for the mystical interpretation of the Bible. The link between mysticism and the vision of the Divine was introduced by the early Church Fathers, who used the term as an adjective, as in mystical theology and mystical contemplation. Under the influence of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite the mystical theology came to denote the investigation of the allegorical truth of the Bible, and \"the spiritual awareness of the ineffable Absolute beyond the theology of divine names.\" Pseudo-Dionysius' Apophatic theology, or \"negative theology\", exerted a great influence on medieval monastic religiosity. It was influenced by Neo-Platonism, and very influential in Eastern Orthodox Christian theology. In western Christianity it was a counter-current to the prevailing Cataphatic theology or \"positive theology\"."}, {"context": " \"Theoria\" enabled the Fathers to perceive depths of meaning in the biblical writings that escape a purely scientific or empirical approach to interpretation. The Antiochene Fathers, in particular, saw in every passage of Scripture a double meaning, both literal and spiritual. Later, \"theoria\" or contemplation came to be distinguished from intellectual life, leading to the identification of \u03b8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 or \"contemplatio\" with a form of prayer distinguished from discursive meditation in both East and West."}, {"context": " This threefold meaning of \"mystical\" continued in the Middle Ages. According to Dan Merkur, the term \"unio mystica\" came into use in the 13th century as a synonym for the \"spiritual marriage,\" the ecstasy, or rapture, that was experienced when prayer was used \"to contemplate both God\u2019s omnipresence in the world and God in his essence.\" Under the influence of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite the mystical theology came to denote the investigation of the allegorical truth of the Bible, and \"the spiritual awareness of the ineffable Absolute beyond the theology of divine names.\" Pseudo-Dionysius' Apophatic theology, or \"negative theology\", exerted a great influence on medieval monastic religiosity, although it was mostly a male religiosity, since women were not allowed to study. It was influenced by Neo-Platonism, and very influential in Eastern Orthodox Christian theology. In western Christianity it was a counter-current to the prevailing Cataphatic theology or \"positive theology\". It is best known nowadays in the western world from Meister Eckhart and John of the Cross."}, {"context": " In the sixteenth and seventeenth century \"mysticism\" came to be used as a substantive. This shift was linked to a new discourse, in which science and religion were separated. Luther dismissed the allegorical interpretation of the bible, and condemned Mystical theology, which he saw as more Platonic than Christian. \"The mystical\", as the search for the hidden meaning of texts, became secularised, and also associated with literature, as opposed to science and prose. Science was also distinguished from religion. By the middle of the 17th century, \"the mystical\" is increasingly applied exclusively to the religious realm, separating religion and \"natural philosophy\" as two distinct approaches to the discovery of the hidden meaning of the universe. The traditional hagiographies and writings of the saints became designated as \"mystical\", shifting from the virtues and miracles to extraordinary experiences and states of mind, thereby creating a newly coined \"mystical tradition\". A new understanding developed of the Divine as residing within human, an essence beyond the varieties of religious expressions."}, {"context": " The 19th century saw a growing emphasis on individual experience, as a defense against the growing rationalism of western society. The meaning of mysticism was considerably narrowed: Under the influence of Perennialism, which was popularised in both the west and the east by Unitarianism, Transcendentalists and Theosophy, mysticism has been applied to a broad spectrum of religious traditions, in which all sorts of esotericism and religious traditions and practices are joined together. The term mysticism was extended to comparable phenomena in non-Christian religions, where it influenced Hindu and Buddhist responses to colonialism, resulting in Neo-Vedanta and Buddhist modernism."}, {"context": " In the contemporary usage \"mysticism\" has become an umbrella term for all sorts of non-rational world views. William Harmless even states that mysticism has become \"a catch-all for religious weirdness\". Within the academic study of religion the apparent \"unambiguous commonality\" has become \"opaque and controversial\". The term \"mysticism\" is being used in different ways in different traditions. Some call to attention the conflation of mysticism and linked terms, such as spirituality and esotericism, and point at the differences between various traditions."}, {"context": " Based on various definitions of mysticism, namely mysticism as an experience of union or nothingness, mysticism as any kind of an altered state of consciousness which is attributed in a religious way, mysticism as \"enlightenment\" or insight, and mysticism as a way of transformation, \"mysticism\" can be found in many cultures and religious traditions, both in folk religion and organized religion. These traditions include practices to induce religious or mystical experiences, but also ethical standards and practices to enhance self-control and integrate the mystical experience into daily life."}, {"context": " Dan Merkur notes, though, that mystical practices are often separated from daily religious practices, and restricted to \"religious specialists like monastics, priests, and other renunciates. According to Dan Merkur, shamanism may be regarded as a form of mysticism, in which the world of spirits is accessed through religious ecstasy. According to Mircea Eliade shamanism is a \"technique of religious ecstasy.\" Shamanism is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world. A shaman is a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of benevolent and malevolent spirits, who typically enters into a trance state during a ritual, and practices divination and healing."}, {"context": " The term \"shamanism\" was first applied by western anthropologists to the ancient religion of the Turks and Mongols, as well as those of the neighboring Tungusic and Samoyedic-speaking peoples. The term is also used to describe similar magico-religious practices found within the ethnic religions of other parts of Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas. For instance, Louisiana Voodoo, Haitian Vodou, West African Vodun, Dominican Vud\u00fa and Hoodoo are related folk-religions with ecstatic elements."}, {"context": " Neoshamanism refers to \"new\"' forms of shamanism, or methods of seeking visions or healing, typically practiced in Western countries. Neoshamanism comprises an eclectic range of beliefs and practices that involve attempts to attain altered states and communicate with a spirit world, and is associated with New Age practices. The Eleusinian Mysteries, (Greek: ) were annual initiation ceremonies in the cults of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone, held in secret at Eleusis (near Athens) in ancient Greece. The mysteries began in about 1600 B.C. in the Mycenean period and continued for two thousand years, becoming a major festival during the Hellenic era, and later spreading to Rome."}, {"context": " The apophatic theology, or \"negative theology\", of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (6th c.) exerted a great influence on medieval monastic religiosity, both in the East and (by Latin translation) in the West. Pseudo-Dionysius applied Neoplatonic thought, particularly that of Proclus, to Christian theology. The Orthodox Church has a long tradition of \"theoria\" (intimate experience) and \"hesychia\" (inner stillness), in which contemplative prayer silences the mind to progress along the path of \"theosis\" (deification)."}, {"context": " \"Theosis\", practical unity with and conformity to God, is obtained by engaging in contemplative prayer, the first stage of \"theoria\", which results from the cultivation of watchfulness (\"nepsis\"). In \"theoria\", one comes to behold the \"divisibly indivisible\" divine operations (\"energeia\") of God as the \"uncreated light\" of transfiguration, a grace which is eternal and proceeds naturally from the blinding darkness of the incomprehensible divine essence. It is the main aim of hesychasm, which was developed in the thought St. Symeon the New Theologian, embraced by the monastic communities on Mount Athos, and most notably defended by St. Gregory Palamas against the Greek humanist philosopher Barlaam of Calabria. According to Roman Catholic critics, hesychastic practice has its roots to the introduction of a systematic practical approach to quietism by Symeon the New Theologian."}, {"context": " Symeon believed that direct experience gave monks the authority to preach and give absolution of sins, without the need for formal ordination. While Church authorities also taught from a speculative and philosophical perspective, Symeon taught from his own direct mystical experience, and met with strong resistance for his charismatic approach, and his support of individual direct experience of God's grace. The High Middle Ages saw a flourishing of mystical practice and theorization in western Roman Catholicism, corresponding to the flourishing of new monastic orders, with such figures as Guigo II, Hildegard of Bingen, Bernard of Clairvaux, the Victorines, all coming from different orders, as well as the first real flowering of popular piety among the laypeople."}, {"context": " The Late Middle Ages saw the clash between the Dominican and Franciscan schools of thought, which was also a conflict between two different mystical theologies: on the one hand that of Dominic de Guzm\u00e1n and on the other that of Francis of Assisi, Anthony of Padua, Bonaventure, and Angela of Foligno. This period also saw such individuals as John of Ruysbroeck, Catherine of Siena and Catherine of Genoa, the Devotio Moderna, and such books as the \"Theologia Germanica\", \"The Cloud of Unknowing\" and \"The Imitation of Christ\"."}, {"context": " Moreover, there was the growth of groups of mystics centered around geographic regions: the Beguines, such as Mechthild of Magdeburg and Hadewijch (among others); the Rhineland mystics Meister Eckhart, Johannes Tauler and Henry Suso; and the English mystics Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton and Julian of Norwich. The Spanish mystics included Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross and Ignatius Loyola. The later post-reformation period also saw the writings of lay visionaries such as Emanuel Swedenborg and William Blake, and the foundation of mystical movements such as the Quakers. Catholic mysticism continued into the modern period with such figures as Padre Pio and Thomas Merton."}, {"context": " The philokalia, an ancient method of Eastern Orthodox mysticism, was promoted by the twentieth century Traditionalist School. The allegedly inspired or \"channeled\" work \"A Course in Miracles\" represents a blending of non-denominational Christian and New Age ideas. Many western esoteric traditions and elements of modern spirituality have been regarded as \"mysticism,\" such as Gnosticism, Transcendentalism, Theosophy, the Fourth Way, and Neo-Paganism. Modern western spiritually and transpersonal psychology combine western psycho-therapeutic practices with religious practices like meditation to attain a lasting transformation. Nature mysticism is an intense experience of unification with nature or the cosmic totality, which was popular with Romantic writers."}, {"context": " In the common era, Judaism has had two main kinds of mysticism: Merkabah mysticism and Kabbalah. The former predated the latter, and was focused on visions, particularly those mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel. It gets its name from the Hebrew word meaning \"chariot\", a reference to Ezekiel's vision of a fiery chariot composed of heavenly beings. Kabbalah is a set of esoteric teachings meant to explain the relationship between an unchanging, eternal and mysterious Ein Sof (no end) and the mortal and finite universe (his creation). Inside Judaism, it forms the foundations of mystical religious interpretation."}, {"context": " Kabbalah originally developed entirely within the realm of Jewish thought. Kabbalists often use classical Jewish sources to explain and demonstrate its esoteric teachings. These teachings are thus held by followers in Judaism to define the inner meaning of both the Hebrew Bible and traditional Rabbinic literature, their formerly concealed transmitted dimension, as well as to explain the significance of Jewish religious observances. Kabbalah emerged, after earlier forms of Jewish mysticism, in 12th to 13th century Southern France and Spain, becoming reinterpreted in the Jewish mystical renaissance of 16th-century Ottoman Palestine. It was popularised in the form of Hasidic Judaism from the 18th century forward. 20th-century interest in Kabbalah has inspired cross-denominational Jewish renewal and contributed to wider non-Jewish contemporary spirituality, as well as engaging its flourishing emergence and historical re-emphasis through newly established academic investigation."}, {"context": " Sufism is said to be Islam's inner and mystical dimension. Classical Sufi scholars have defined Sufism as A practitioner of this tradition is nowadays known as a \"\" (), or, in earlier usage, a dervish. The origin of the word \"Sufi\" is ambiguous. One understanding is that Sufi means wool-wearer; wool wearers during early Islam were pious ascetics who withdrew from urban life. Another explanation of the word \"Sufi\" is that it means 'purity'. Sufis generally belong to a \"khalqa\", a circle or group, led by a Sheikh or \"Murshid\". Sufi circles usually belong to a \"Tariqa\" which is the Sufi order and each has a \"Silsila\", which is the spiritual lineage, which traces its succession back to notable Sufis of the past, and often ultimately to the last prophet Muhammed or one of his close associates. The \"turuq\" (plural of \"tariqa\") are not enclosed like Christian monastic orders; rather the members retain an outside life. Membership of a Sufi group often passes down family lines. Meetings may or may not be segregated according to the prevailing custom of the wider society. An existing Muslim faith is not always a requirement for entry, particularly in Western countries."}, {"context": " Sufi practice includes The aims of Sufism include: the experience of ecstatic states (\"hal\"), purification of the heart (\"qalb\"), overcoming the lower self (\"nafs\"), extinction of the individual personality (\"fana\"), communion with God (\"haqiqa\"), and higher knowledge (\"marifat\"). Some sufic beliefs and practices have been found unorthodox by other Muslims; for instance Mansur al-Hallaj was put to death for blasphemy after uttering the phrase \"Ana'l Haqq\", \"I am the Truth\" (i.e. God) in a trance."}, {"context": " Notable classical Sufis include Jalaluddin Rumi, Fariduddin Attar, Sultan Bahoo, Sayyed Sadique Ali Husaini, Saadi Shirazi and Hafez, all major poets in the Persian language. Omar Khayyam, Al-Ghazzali and Ibn Arabi were renowned scholars. Abdul Qadir Jilani, Moinuddin Chishti, and Bahauddin Naqshband founded major orders, as did Rumi. Rabia Basri was the most prominent female Sufi. Sufism first came into contact with the Judeo-Christian world during the Moorish occupation of Spain. An interest in Sufism revived in non-Muslim countries during the modern era, led by such figures as Inayat Khan and Idries Shah (both in the UK), Rene Guenon (France) and Ivan Agu\u00e9li (Sweden). Sufism has also long been present in Asian countries that do not have a Muslim majority, such as India and China."}, {"context": " In Hinduism, various sadhanas aim at overcoming ignorance (\"avidhya\") and transcending the limited identification with body, mind and ego to attain \"moksha\". Hinduism has a number of interlinked ascetic traditions and philosophical schools which aim at moksha and the acquisition of higher powers. With the onset of the British colonisation of India, those traditions came to be interpreted in western terms such as \"mysticism\", drawing equivalents with western terms and practices. Yoga is the physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which aim to attain a state of permanent peace. Various traditions of yoga are found in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The \"Yoga S\u016btras of Pata\u00f1jali\" defines yoga as \"the stilling of the changing states of the mind,\" which is attained in samadhi."}, {"context": " Classical Vedanta gives philosophical interpretations and commentaries of the Upanishads, a vast collection of ancient hymns. At least ten schools of Vedanta are known, of which Advaita Vedanta, Vishishtadvaita, and Dvaita are the best known. Advaita Vedanta, as expounded by Adi Shankara, states that there is no difference between Atman and Brahman. The best-known subschool is Kevala Vedanta or \"mayavada\" as expounded by Adi Shankara. Advaita Vedanta has acquired a broad acceptance in Indian culture and beyond as the paradigmatic example of Hindu spirituality. In contrast Bhedabheda-Vedanta emphasizes that Atman and Brahman are both the same and \"not\" the same, while Dvaita Vedanta states that Atman and God are fundamentally different. In modern times, the Upanishads have been interpreted by Neo-Vedanta as being \"mystical\"."}, {"context": " Various Shaivist traditions are strongly nondualistic, such as Kashmir Shaivism and Shaiva Siddhanta. Tantra is the name given by scholars to a style of meditation and ritual which arose in India no later than the fifth century AD. Tantra has influenced the Hindu, B\u00f6n, Buddhist, and Jain traditions and spread with Buddhism to East and Southeast Asia. Tantric ritual seeks to access the supra-mundane through the mundane, identifying the microcosm with the macrocosm. The Tantric aim is to sublimate (rather than negate) reality. The Tantric practitioner seeks to use \"prana\" (energy flowing through the universe, including one's body) to attain goals which may be spiritual, material or both. Tantric practice includes visualisation of deities, mantras and mandalas. It can also include sexual and other (antinomian) practices."}, {"context": " Mysticism in the Sikh dharm began with its founder, Guru Nanak, who as a child had profound mystical experiences. Guru Nanak stressed that God must be seen with 'the inward eye', or the 'heart', of a human being. Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru, added religious mystics belonging to other religions into the holy scriptures that would eventually become the Guru Granth Sahib. The goal of Sikhism is to be one with God. Sikhs meditate as a means to progress towards enlightenment; it is devoted meditation simran that enables a sort of communication between the Infinite and finite human consciousness. There is no concentration on the breath but chiefly the remembrance of God through the recitation of the name of God and surrender themselves to Gods presence often metaphorized as surrendering themselves to the Lord's feet."}, {"context": " According to Oliver, Buddhism is mystical in the sense that it aims at the identification of the true nature of our self, and live according to it. Buddhism originated in India, sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, but is now mostly practiced in other countries, where it developed into a number of traditions, the main ones being Therevada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. Buddhism aims at liberation from the cycle of rebirth by self-control through meditation and morally just behaviour. Some Buddhist paths aim at a gradual development and transformation of the personality toward Nirvana, like the Theravada stages of enlightenment. Others, like the Japanese Rinzai Zen tradition, emphasize sudden insight, but nevertheless also prescribe intensive training, including meditation and self-restraint."}, {"context": " Although Theravada does not acknowledge the existence of a theistic Absolute, it does postulate Nirvana as a transcendent reality which may be attained. It further stresses transformation of the personality through meditative practice, self-restraint, and morally just behaviour. According to Richard H. Jones, Theravada is a form of mindful extrovertive and introvertive mysticism, in which the conceptual structuring of experiences is weakened, and the ordinary sense of self is weakened. It is best known in the west from the Vipassana movement, a number of branches of modern Therav\u0101da Buddhism from Burma, Laos, Thailand and Sri Lanka, and includes contemporary American Buddhist teachers such as Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield."}, {"context": " The Yogacara school of Mahayana investigates the workings of the mind, stating that only the mind (\"citta-m\u0101tra\") or the representations we cognize (\"vij\u00f1apti-m\u0101tra\"), really exist. In later Buddhist Mahayana thought, which took an idealistic turn, the unmodified mind came to be seen as a pure consciousness, from which everything arises. \"Vij\u00f1apti-m\u0101tra\", coupled with \"Buddha-nature\" or \"tathagatagarba\", has been an influential concept in the subsequent development of Mahayana Buddhism, not only in India, but also in China and Tibet, most notable in the Ch\u00e1n (Zen) and Dzogchen traditions."}, {"context": " Chinese and Japanese Zen is grounded on the Chinese understanding of the Buddha-nature as one true's essence, and the Two truths doctrine as a polarity between relative and Absolute reality. Zen aims at insight one's true nature, or Buddha-nature, thereby manifesting Absolute reality in the relative reality. In Soto, this Buddha-nature is regarded to be ever-present, and shikan-taza, sitting meditation, is the expression of the already existing Buddhahood. Rinzai-zen emphasises the need for a break-through insight in this Buddha-nature, but also stresses that further practice is needed to deepen the insight and to express it in daily life, as expressed in the Three mysterious Gates, the Four Ways of Knowing of Hakuin, and the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures. The Japanese Zen-scholar D.T. Suzuki noted similarities between Zen-Buddhism and Christian mysticism, especially meister Eckhart."}, {"context": " The Tibetan Vajrayana tradition is based on Madhyamaka philosophy and Tantra. In deity yoga, visualizations of deities are eventually dissolved, to realize the inherent emptiness of every-'thing' that exists. Dzogchen, which is being taught in both the Tibetan buddhist Nyingma school and the B\u00f6n tradition, focuses on direct insight into our real nature. It holds that \"mind-nature\" is manifested when one is enlightened, being nonconceptually aware (\"rigpa\", \"open presence\") of one's nature, \"a recognition of one's beginningless nature.\" Mahamudra has similarities with Dzogchen, emphasizing the meditational approach to insight and liberation."}, {"context": " Taoist philosophy is centered on the \"Tao\", usually translated \"Way\", an ineffable cosmic principle. The contrasting yet interdependent concepts of \"yin\" and \"yang\" also symbolise harmony, with Taoist scriptures often emphasing the \"Yin\" virtues of femininity, passivity and yieldingness. Taoist practice includes exercises and rituals aimed at manipulating the life force \"Qi\", and obtaining health and longevity. These have been elaborated into practices such as \"Tai chi\", which are well known in the west."}, {"context": " Today there is also occurring in the West what Richard Jones calls \"the secularization of mysticism\". That is the separation of meditation and other mystical practices from their traditional use in religious ways of life to only secular ends of purported psychological and physiological benefits. R. C. Zaehner distinguishes three fundamental types of mysticism, namely theistic, monistic and panenhenic (\"all-in-one\") or natural mysticism. The theistic category includes most forms of Jewish, Christian and Islamic mysticism and occasional Hindu examples such as Ramanuja and the Bhagavad Gita. The monistic type, which according to Zaehner is based upon an experience of the unity of one's soul, includes Buddhism and Hindu schools such as Samhya and Advaita vedanta. Nature mysticism seems to refer to examples that do not fit into one of these two categories."}, {"context": " Walter Terence Stace, in his book \"Mysticism and Philosophy\" (1960), distinguished two types of mystical experience, namely extrovertive and introvertive mysticism. Extrovertive mysticism is an experience of the unity of the external world, whereas introvertive mysticism is \"an experience of unity devoid of perceptual objects; it is literally an experience of 'no-thing-ness'.\" The unity in extrovertive mysticism is with the totality of objects of perception. While perception stays continuous, \u201cunity shines through the same world\u201d; the unity in introvertive mysticism is with a pure consciousness, devoid of objects of perception, \u201cpure unitary consciousness, wherein awareness of the world and of multiplicity is completely obliterated.\u201d According to Stace such experiences are nonsensous and nonintellectual, under a total \u201csuppression of the whole empirical content.\u201d"}, {"context": " Stace argues that doctrinal differences between religious traditions are inappropriate criteria when making cross-cultural comparisons of mystical experiences. Stace argues that mysticism is part of the process of perception, not interpretation, that is to say that the unity of mystical experiences is perceived, and only afterwards interpreted according to the perceiver\u2019s background. This may result in different accounts of the same phenomenon. While an atheist describes the unity as \u201cfreed from empirical filling\u201d, a religious person might describe it as \u201cGod\u201d or \u201cthe Divine\u201d."}, {"context": " Since the 19th century, mystical experience has evolved as a distinctive concept. It is closely related to \"mysticism\" but lays sole emphasis on the experiential aspect, be it spontaneous or induced by human behavior, whereas mysticism encompasses a broad range of practices aiming at a transformation of the person, not just inducing mystical experiences. William James' \"The Varieties of Religious Experience\" is the classic study on religious or mystical experience, which influenced deeply both the academic and popular understanding of \"religious experience\". He popularized the use of the term \"religious experience\" in his \"Varieties\", and influenced the understanding of mysticism as a distinctive experience which supplies knowledge of the transcendental:"}, {"context": " Yet, Gelman notes that so-called mystical experience is not a transitional event, as William James claimed, but an \"abiding consciousness, accompanying a person throughout the day, or parts of it. For that reason, it might be better to speak of mystical consciousness, which can be either fleeting or abiding.\" Most mystical traditions warn against an attachment to mystical experiences, and offer a \"protective and hermeneutic framework\" to accommodate these experiences. These same traditions offer the means to induce mystical experiences, which may have several origins:"}, {"context": " The theoretical study of mystical experience has shifted from an experiential, privatized and perennialist approach to a contextual and empirical approach. The experientalist approach sees mystical experience as a private expression of perennial truths, separate from its historical and cultural context. The contextual approach, which also includes constructionism and attribution theory, takes into account the historical and cultural context. Neurological research takes an empirical approach, relating mystical experiences to neurological processes."}, {"context": " The term \"mystical experience\" evolved as a distinctive concept since the 19th century, laying sole emphasis on the experiential aspect, be it spontaneous or induced by human behavior. Perennialists regard those various experience traditions as pointing to one universal transcendental reality, for which those experiences offer the proof. In this approach, mystical experiences are privatised, separated from the context in which they emerge. Well-known representatives are William James, R.C. Zaehner, William Stace and Robert Forman. The perennial position is \"largely dismissed by scholars\", but \"has lost none of its popularity.\""}, {"context": " In contrast, for the past decades most scholars have favored a constructionist approach, which states that mystical experiences are fully constructed by the ideas, symbols and practices that mystics are familiar with. Critics of the term \"religious experience\" note that the notion of \"religious experience\" or \"mystical experience\" as marking insight into religious truth is a modern development, and contemporary researchers of mysticism note that mystical experiences are shaped by the concepts \"which the mystic brings to, and which shape, his experience\". What is being experienced is being determined by the expectations and the conceptual background of the mystic."}, {"context": " Richard Jones draws a distinction between \"anticonstructivism\" and \"perennialism\": constructivism can be rejected with respect to a certain class of mystical experiences without ascribing to a perennialist philosophy on the relation of mystical doctrines. One can reject constructivism without claiming that mystical experiences reveal a cross-cultural \"perennial truth\". For example, a Christian can reject both constructivism and perennialism in arguing that there is a union with God free of cultural construction. Constructivism versus anticonstructivism is a matter of the nature of \"mystical experiences\" while perennialism is a matter of \"mystical traditions and the doctrines they espouse\"."}, {"context": " The contextual approach has become the common approach. Contextualism takes into account the historical and cultural context of mystical experiences. The attribution approach views \"mystical experience\" as non-ordinary states of consciousness which are explained in a religious framework. According to Proudfoot, mystics unconsciously merely attribute a doctrinal content to ordinary experiences. That is, mystics project cognitive content onto otherwise ordinary experiences having a strong emotional impact. This approach has been further elaborated by Ann Taves, in her \"Religious Experience Reconsidered\". She incorporates both neurological and cultural approaches in the study of mystical experience."}, {"context": " Neurological research takes an empirical approach, relating mystical experiences to neurological processes. This leads to a central philosophical issue: does the identification of neural triggers or neural correlates of mystical experiences prove that mystical experiences are no more than brain events or does it merely identify the brain activity occurring during a genuine cognitive event? The most common positions are that neurology reduces mystical experiences or that neurology is neutral to the issue of mystical cognitivity."}, {"context": " Interest in mystical experiences and psychedelic drugs has also recently seen a resurgence. The temporal lobe seems to be involved in mystical experiences, and in the change in personality that may result from such experiences. It generates the feeling of \"I,\" and gives a feeling of familiarity or strangeness to the perceptions of the senses. There is a long-standing notion that epilepsy and religion are linked, and some religious figures may have had temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). The anterior insula may be involved in ineffability, a strong feeling of certainty which cannot be expressed in words, which is a common quality in mystical experiences. According to Picard, this feeling of certainty may be caused by a dysfunction of the anterior insula, a part of the brain which is involved in interoception, self-reflection, and in avoiding uncertainty about the internal representations of the world by \"anticipation of resolution of uncertainty or risk\"."}, {"context": " A philosophical issue in the study of mysticism is the relation of mysticism to morality. Albert Schweitzer presented the classic account of mysticism and morality being incompatible. Arthur Danto also argued that morality is at least incompatible with Indian mystical beliefs. Walter Stace, on the other hand, argued not only are mysticism and morality compatible, but that mysticism is the source and justification of morality. Others studying multiple mystical traditions have concluded that the relation of mysticism and morality is not as simple as that.  Richard King also points to disjunction between \"mystical experience\" and social justice: Encyclopedias Specific"}]}, {"title": "Mysticoncha", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mysticoncha is a genus of small sea snails that resemble sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Velutinidae. Species within the genus \"Mysticoncha\" include:"}]}, {"title": "Mysticoncha harrisonae", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mysticoncha harrisonae is a species of small sea snail that resembles a sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Velutinidae. This species is known only from the vicinity of South Island and Stewart Island in New Zealand."}]}, {"title": "Mysticons", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mysticons is an American-Canadian animated television series that premiered on August 28, 2017. The show is a collaboration between companies Nelvana Limited, Playmates Toys, and The Topps Company. The show was created by Sean Jara, who is also the executive story editor and producer. It was originally aimed at boys but switched its focus to girls aged 6 to 11, as per Nickelodeon's preference during the development process. In August 2018, Jara confirmed on Twitter that \"Mysticons\" was not renewed for any episodes beyond its initial 40-episode production order. The final episode of the series aired on September 15, 2018 in the United States and September 23, 2018 in Canada."}, {"context": " An ongoing series of comic books (graphic novels) and chapter books had been first released on August, 28, 2018. Volume 2 being released on March, 2019 and Volume 3 in the spring of 2019. The chapter books depict dozens of original adventures that never occurred in the animated series; each featuring each Mysticon as the central character; each set within a particular season of the television show. In the mystical world of Gemina, in a place called Drake City, four teenage girls are chosen by the all-powerful Dragon Disk to become legendary heroes known as the Mysticons. Arkayna, Emerald, Zarya and Piper undertake an arduous quest to find four spellbooks and animal-themed bracers of mystical power to form the Codex. This will grant them their full strength and abilities necessary to save their world from Dreadbane, who seeks to release Necrafa, the leader of the Spectral Hand and Queen of the Undead. When Necrafa is freed she betrays Dreadbane and throws him into where she was once banished this happens in the 13th episode."}, {"context": " While fulfilling various quests to bring harmony and order to the realm, the Mysticons encounter several trusty allies and devious adversaries. A startling revelation is that Arkayna has a fraternal twin sister. Unfortunately, as their sisterly union would result in the imminent release of the dangerous Spectral Dragon, Nova Terron had been ordered to send the younger princess twin to an alternate dimension on the astral plane. Unable to bring himself to do so, he sent her to a fairy orphanage hidden from mortal eyes."}, {"context": " The Mysticons succeed in finding a blue-green birth gem in the vault of the Dragon, which is revealed to belong to the mysterious and immensely powerful Astromancer Proxima Starfall, who had stayed at the orphanage until taken in by the Astromancers at a young age. It is later revealed that Arkayna's real fraternal twin sister is the second Mysticon Ranger, Zarya Moonwolf. Proxima's blue-green birth gem had been purposefully switched with Zarya's as a cover-up to protect her true identity, thus making Proxima's family history nothing but a complete fabrication."}, {"context": " Having had a vision, Arkayna and Zarya head to Mount Tryanus to obtain two yellow rings which transform them into the Twin Dragon, enabling them to obliterate both the Spectral Dragon and Necrafa in one single strike; an act that leaves half of her mysterious mask behind. With Queen Necrafa and the Spectral Dragon destroyed, Arkayna, Zarya, Emerald and Piper are enjoying their lives. However, they are needed once again to destroy a surviving fragment of Necrafa's mask by tossing it into the fiery core of the Rift of Ruin, a volcanic trench in the depths of the sea. Proxima accompanies them as an Astromancer, but is secretly lonely and bitter; she deceives them into believing that she had destroyed the mask fragment while keeping it to seek vengeance against those who had deceived her about her family history, mistrusted her judgement and underestimated her powerful magical abilities. Meanwhile, Nova Terron and the other Astromancers enlist Malvaron, Doug, and Choko on a special mission to get Tazma out of Necrafa's old lair before they destroy it. To save Tazma they use a shrinking potion and imprison her in a snow-globe which she escapes twice. Though Necrafa's lair and Necrafa herself are destroyed, Tazma still uses the dark magic and knowledge from both in later episodes while reminiscing from time to time. After the lair's destruction it is never seen again so, the, turned evil, Proxima uses Astromancer Academy for her dark magic doings. Proxima turns her former master, Nova Terron, and fellow top-level Astromancers into her mindless, masked minions: Spectromancers. She snatches the Dragon Disk and fully corrupts the ancient and all-powerful artifact with evil magic. After succeeding in creating her very own Dark Codex, she calls upon four female warriors called the Vexicons, from its dark and sinister pages to combat the Mysticons. This leaves her free to achieve the necessary steps for her ultimate revenge on Arkayna, for making her believe that she had a family and was loved in the realm, and for Zarya getting everything she would have had."}, {"context": " Things have escalated further, as Proxima has now been fully possessed by the evil within the half Necrafa's mask; having worn it for so long it had caused its intense dark power to become deeply attached to Proxima and chose her as its rightful host. To help remove the mask off of Proxima who is out cold before the Vexicons arrive at the Stronghold to take the mask, Tazma tells Arkayna a spell that traps the Mysticons inside Proxima's subconscious mind, in which they see Proxima\u2019s memories and learn of her troubled and lonely childhood since leaving Mrs. Sparklebottom's sanctuary, to the point of choosing the dark powers of the mask fragment because of an oblivious Princess Arkayna never being truly there for her as a sister and for breaking her heart so badly. After freeing Proxima of the evil, stronger hold the mask's fragment had on her, Arkayna apologizes for her non sister-like actions and welcomes Proxima back as her honorary twin sister."}, {"context": " Proxima explains all she had learned while under the evil influence of the mask; how the Spectral Hand has tempted and manipulated many over the millennia; such as Necrafa (who was, in fact, a powerful elven sorceress), Captain Kaos, and finally Mallory. With the piece of the mask having taken over her as it did Proxima, Mallory takes charge and has her three Vexicon sisters help her in releasing the ravenous wrath of the Spectral Hand's beast upon Drake City. Proxima reverses the dark spell on the mindless Spectromancers, turning them all back into top Astromancers- Nova Terron, Gandobi and Quasarla- who fend off the tentacles of the ancient ruins, from which the Spectral Hand is imprisoned."}, {"context": " Running out options, the Mysticons turn to Dreadbane, as he is the only one who can return Queen Goodfey and King Darius to life. He initially refuses but comes his senses when a human boy he saved asks him his name, to which he says it is \"General Bane.\" He rises to the occasion as an unexpected ally and prevents the bone statues of the queen and king from being destroyed. However, he is gravely wounded when taking a fatal blow for Arkayna, from Mallory's greater snowy blast. He uses the last of his strength, before turning into stardust, to undo the spell he himself had cast to fully restore Princess Arkayna and Zarya's mother and stepfather to living flesh and blood, after being frozen in time for so many months. Arkayna reunites with her mother, and introduces her to Zarya Moonwolf who addresses her as \"Mom\", to the Queen's confusion. Her brief memories of the newborn Zarya are returned to her by Nova Terron (off-screen) and she provides the blueprints for the four mystical Lances of Justice which were hidden in her necklace for safekeeping. She accompanies her twin daughters (riding Zarya on Archer, much to Arkayna's resentment and envy), Emerald and Piper on their ultimate quest to stop to Vexicons and finally eradicate the Spectral Hand. Zarya finally comes to the realization that the Spectral Hand does have a great weakness: the Dragons of Light."}, {"context": " They all go to the sacred realm of Dragonhenge and see King Valmuk and his baby daughter Stormy again. They see the hidden, remaining yellow dragon eggs. King Valmuk explains that by only being given a boost from the ancient time magic of the Ever Realm can dragons be strong enough by reaching full adulthood more quickly. This plan works but, the Vexicons trap the Mysticons before they can strike the demon of the Spectral Hand. Em & the others beg for the help of Eartha, who they saved from crumbling in the episode, \"Heart Of Stone.\" Eartha frees the Mysticons before the other Vexicons banish the girls and she destroys Mallory's hair making the Ice Witch lose all confidence and surrender (Unseen). The Mysticons ride the dragons to the Spectral Hand demon and use their enhanced bracers, powered by lancers, to strike the Spectral Hand demon thus, sending it into oblivion and returning peace to the land forever. Some loose ends are also tied up such as, the Vexicons are imprisoned (possibly in the Necrafa prison dimension). Eartha remains unpunished for helping the Mysticons restore peace to all of Gemina. Nova Terron steps down as leader of the Astromancers and announces Proxima, his second-in-command, as the new leader/Star Mistress of the Academy, as he leaves on adventures across the astral plane with his longtime girlfriend/starmate Geraldine Yaga. The mask's remains are thrown into the Rift of Ruin and destroyed forever."}, {"context": " The Mysticons are four teenage girls whose destiny it is to use unique mystical powers and weaponry to defend the world of Gemina and its inhabitants from evil forces, namely the Spectral Hand. A generation of Mysticons is chosen once every thousand years by the ancient and powerful Dragon Disk. Their unique Mysticon abilities and weaponry become a hundred times greater and more effective when the Codex is combined into one larger spellbook, which happened to have been drained dry of its magic by Queen Necrafa herself. The second generation of legendary Mysticons are:"}, {"context": " Four, dark female warriors called from the pages of Proxima's Dark Codex. They debut as shadowed cameos at the end of \"Happily Never After\", but make their full debut in \"The Lost Scepter\" where they race the Mysticons to find an ancient and immensely powerful mind-controlling scepter that belonged to one of Gemina's centuries-old king. They are considered the dark counterparts of the Mysticons. They each have their own dark animal bracer, to combat those of light wielded by the Mysticons: The Astromancers are an ancient league of mages (sorcerers and sorceresses) who have protected Gemina. They reside at the Astromancer Academy. Those of the top level have a deep purple magical aura while mid-level Astromancers have a light orange magical aura."}, {"context": " A group of sky pirates who plunder and pillage whatever they find. They were founded several years ago when Zarya was a young orphan girl in Drake City. Fierce and brave mermaid/mermen warriors who possess the ancient and very powerful silver tridents of myth. According to Emerald, children's tales of them have been famous for many, many years: Millennium ago, the ancient and mighty Dragons of Light had fought a fiercely violent final battle in their sacred homeland of Dragonhenge. Unfortunately, thousands had fallen and were thought to be extinct at the hand of one of the Spectral Dragons. Until a dragon egg was discovered by the second generation of Mysticons, which hatched an infant storm dragon whom Arkayna decided to christen \"Stormy.\""}, {"context": " They seem to have replaced the everlasting faithful griffin mounts- Izzie, Archer, Miss Paisley and Topaz- as the Mysticons are seen on the dragons backs in the last scene of the show. In addition to its four spellbooks, each Mysticon dons a jeweled bracer that represents their own animal which can also be used underwater: These are the four immensely powerful magic-infused weaponry belonging to the Mysticons, four legendary heroes who defend the realm of Gemina and its people from any evil. They were created by the ancient, all-powerful Dragon Disk which had chosen the original Mysticons a millennia ago. They are used constantly rather than the special power each Mysticon possesses:"}, {"context": " These are the magic-infused weapons of the Vexicons, the four evil counterparts of the Mysticons. Each is somewhat similar to the weapons of light wielded by the Mysticons. Only Willa does not display any actual weapon, but prefers her Vexicon abilities; her \"\"Doom Boom\"\" attack and teleporting via purple smoke. These are the unique superpowers and abilities each of the four Mysticons possess, but for some reason are never used or relied upon as constantly as their weapons are. Some are psionic/psychic/extrasensory, while others are what fairies and pixies possess. Only the special abilities of Zarya Moonwolf and Emerald Goldenbraid were never revealed in the show:"}, {"context": " In the United States, \"Mysticons\" premiered on Nickelodeon through a 5-day event over the week starting August 28, 2017, before moving to its regular Sunday morning timeslot. \"Mysticons\" began airing on Nicktoons on August 30. Premieres moved to that network with the show's second broadcast season on January 13, 2018. Reruns also aired on Nick Jr. and TeenNick. In Canada, the series debuted on YTV through a similar 5-day event on August 28, 2017 before moving to its Sunday timeslot on September 3, 2017. Reruns began airing on Nickelodeon and Teletoon on September 9. In French Canada, a 5-day preview aired on T\u00e9l\u00e9toon between September 4 and 8, before moving to its regular slot on September 9."}, {"context": " In Arabia, it debuted on Nicktoons. In the UK and Ireland, it was broadcast on Nicktoons on February 12, 2018. and also on CITV in the UK. Prior to the show's debut, Nelvana launched a YouTube channel for \"Mysticons\" on July 19, 2017. The web content was produced by Blue Ant Media. In October 2017, Nelvana launched the \"Piper Parkour\" browser game and the free-to-play iOS and Android \"Mysticons: Secrets of Gemina\" mobile game. In December 2017, a second browser game, \"Arkayna Attack\" was launched, followed by \"Em's Mayhem\" in February 2018 and \"Cover of Night\" in March 2018. All five were developed by Relish Interactive."}, {"context": " Playmates Toys released a \"Mysticons\" toyline in late 2017. The Topps Company published a trading card game concurrently. A Burger King kids meal promotion ran in the United States and Canada in February and March 2018. Macmillan Publishers launched a \"Mysticons\" graphic novel/comic series on June 19, 2018, with the first two titles being the show adaptation \"Quest for the Codex\" and the original story \"The Secret of the Fifth Mysticon\". The second set, the novelization \"Prophecy of Evil\" and the original story \"The Stolen Magic\" were released on August 28, 2018. A third original novel, titled \"The Diamond Curse\" is scheduled to be released on January 8, 2019. Alongside the text versions, Macmillan is also releasing audiobooks of their original stories narrated by members of the show's voice cast. Dark Horse Comics launched a series of graphic novels by Kate Leth and Megan Levens on August 15, 2018.  Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Elevation Pictures released the first DVD volume in Canada containing episodes 1-6 on June 19, 2018, under the name \"New Heroes Rise.\""}]}, {"title": "Mystics (film)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystics is a 2003 film starring Milo O'Shea and David Kelly, and directed by David Blair."}]}, {"title": "Mystics in Bali", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystics in Bali (originally released as Le\u00e1k) is a 1981 Indonesian supernatural horror film directed by H. Tjut Djalil. Based on the novel \"Le\u00e1k Ngakak\" by Putra Mada, the film stars Ilona Agathe Bastian, Yos Santo, Sofia W.D., and W.D. Mochtar. The film focuses on black magic and borrows from Southeast Asian folklore and Balinese mythology, specifically the Leyak and the Penanggalan, spirits that appear in the form of a flying head with organs and entrails still attached. The film has been considered to be a cult classic and a landmark of Indonesian horror cinema, and is in the public domain."}, {"context": " Catherine \"Cathy\" Kean is an American (or, depending on the dub, Australian) woman who travels to Bali to write a book about voodoo and black magic. She learns of Le\u00e1k magic from her lover Mahendra, who says that it is the most powerful form of black magic and that it can be used to kill. After attending a ceremonial ritual, Mahendra agrees to help Cathy study magic, and they share a kiss as an unknown woman watches from afar. The next night, after a brief thunderstorm, the two meet the cackling leader of the Le\u00e1k cult, an old witch with long fingernails known as the Queen of the Le\u00e1k."}, {"context": " The Queen of the Le\u00e1k shows the two her face, but says that her face changes every time she makes an appearance. Before departing, the Queen shakes hands with Cathy, and her severed arm is left in Cathy's grip. She drops it in fright, and the arm crawls a short distance and stops. The following night, Cathy and Mahendra bring bottles of blood to quench the Queen's thirst. The Queen, revealing herself only as a prehensile tongue, orders Cathy to take off her skirt, and carves a spell into Cathy's upper thigh. The Queen demands that Cathy return the next night, and that Mahendra is not to join her."}, {"context": " The next day, Cathy asks Mahendra to read the spell on her thigh, but he can only decipher the word \"Le\u00e1k\". At midnight, wearing a tapis, Cathy ventures into the graveyard. The Queen appears, cackling, and Cathy laughs maniacally and dances with her, and they transform into pigs. Later, Mahendra's uncle, Machesse, teaches him mantras which can counteract Le\u00e1k magic. Cathy tells Mahendra that she and the Queen could communicate telepathically, and that she envisioned destroying a wall of fire, which Mahendra says means that she killed someone somewhere. Cathy feels ill, but tells Mahendra that the Queen will cure her illness that night. In her meeting with the Queen that night, Cathy's head, organs, and entrails detach from her body. Now a floating vampiric head under the control of the Queen, Cathy's head flies into the home of a pregnant woman and sucks out the unborn baby from the mother's womb."}, {"context": " Cathy's head returns to her body, her illness is cured, and the blood she devoured invigorates the Queen's youthfulness and power. They transform into snakes, and Cathy awakens as a human and vomits mice. During the night, in the form of fireballs, the Queen and Cathy defeat one of the Queen's enemies. The unknown woman witnesses Cathy's head flying, and she tells Machesse, who informs his colleagues of the evil and retreats to meditate. The Queen appears to Cathy as a young woman and detaches her head again. Machesse finds Cathy's headless body, and the townspeople attempt to ward off the flying head. Machesse tells Mahendra that Cathy is no longer the woman he loves, and they bury her body to prevent the head from reattaching. Mahendra dreams of Cathy, who pleads for her body to be exhumed."}, {"context": " That night, the Queen and the flying head appear to Machesse and Mahendra in the graveyard. The Queen, revealed to be an old rival of Machesse, uses her powers to disinter Cathy's body. The head reattaches, and the Queen electrocutes Machesse and slices his neck, killing him. The unknown woman, revealed to be Mahendra's former lover, tries to attack the Queen but is killed. Mahendra's uncle Oka appears and attacks the Queen. The Queen transforms into a humanoid pig, which Oka stabs in the heart with a dagger. Becoming a masked figure, the Queen shoots energy at Oka, who projects energy in return, causing an explosion. The Queen and Cathy are killed by the sunrise."}, {"context": " In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Indonesian government saw films as a possible source for foreign revenue. As a result, low-budget Indonesian exploitation films were produced and exported to international markets. The most successful films in overseas markets were generally produced by any one of three studios\u2014Rapi Films, Parkit, or Soraya Intercine Films. \"Mystics in Bali\" was directed by H. Tjut Djalil, who would go on to direct the 1989 film \"Lady Terminator\". The film draws from elements of Southeast Asian folklore and Balinese mythology, incorporating the mythological Leyak, which takes the form of a flying, disembodied head with entrails and internal organs still connected and hanging down from the neck. There are variations of this legend among different cultures, with it being known as a Penanggalan in the Malay Peninsula and a Krasue in various Indonesian countries, including Cambodia and Laos."}, {"context": " The film's lead, Ilona Agathe Bastian, was not an actress prior to the film's production. Rather, she was a German tourist visiting Bali who was chosen by the wife of one of the film's producers to portray the female protagonist. Filming took place on the Indonesian island of Java rather than on location in Bali, as Hindu locals were too superstitious to allow the black magic rituals shown in the film to be performed there. The film was not widely released on VHS, being distributed only to Indonesian and Japanese markets, yet it has achieved a minor cult status among horror fans. The film was released on DVD in 2003 by the label Mondo Macabro, though this version has since gone out of print. In October 2007, Mondo Macabro re-released the film with a new high-definition transfer from the film's original negative."}, {"context": " The film garnered online attention after being featured in an episode of James Rolfe's \"Monster Madness\" horror film review series in 2010, and in an episode of RedLetterMedia's \"Best of the Worst\" series in 2015. In 2016, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in South Lamar, Austin, Texas offered a free double feature screening of \"Day of Wrath\" (1943) and \"Mystics in Bali\", in preparation for the release of \"The VVitch\". Stuart Galbraith IV of DVD Talk called the film \"a landmark of Indonesian horror\", but noted that the film \"isn't as daffily entertaining as Mondo's other Indonesian titles, notably \"Lady Terminator\" and \"Virgins from Hell\", though it has its moments\". Madelyn Sutton of Silver Screen Riot called the film \"a raw horror romp that embraces its supposed unbelievability to playful, gory effect\". In their \"Best of the Worst\" webseries, Jay Bauman, Jack Packard, Mike Stoklasa, and Rich Evans of RedLetterMedia all selected \"Mystics in Bali\" as being superior to the films \"Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park\" and \"Killer Workout\", with Bauman stating \"it's not a great movie, but it's incredibly entertaining\"."}]}, {"title": "Mystics of the Pillar II", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystics of the Pillar II is an EP by the black metal band Melechesh."}]}, {"title": "Mysticum", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mysticum is a Norwegian industrial black metal band from Asker, Norway. They formed in 1992 under the name Sabazios, but changed shortly after with the demo release of \"Medusa's Tears\" in 1993. They are known as pioneers of the industrial black metal subgenre."}]}, {"title": "Mysticwars", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mysticwars is an internet role-playing game. In this text based game, players fight with their characters, earn experience and gold, and buy equipment. In the context of Mysticwars, the \"Mystics\" are the gods of Evermore, where the battles take place. When a player wins a battle, the character sacrifices to the Mystics. The game is played in tournaments. The Beta Tournament is free, while the Pay Tournament has to be paid for, but there is a cash prize for the winner. The tournaments usually last about a month, then all of the characters go back to level 0."}, {"context": " Battles: Each player takes turns attacking. The harder the character hits depends on weapons and certain skills. Every weapon has a certain number that equals to the numeral amount of damage it can inflict if the character has their stats at 0. Equipping two weapons (instead of a weapon and a shield) will result in two attacks per round. Players can create characters that are either Wizards (magic), Warriors (weapons), and Clerics (balance of both) Mages equip staffs, Warriors equip knife/sword type weapons and/or shields, and clerics equip both kinds.  The following types of weapons are available for warriors and clerics: Each weapon type has different grades: The game was relaunched in an alpha testing mode recently after a 5-year absence from the market. It appears that the game is being relaunched with the help of crowd funding organization Patreon."}]}, {"title": "Mystification (Diderot)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystification or l'Histoire des portraits is an unfinished work from 1768 by Denis Diderot. It was published in 1951. A second edition in 1954 by Pierre Daix, annotated by Yves Benot was illustrated with four sketches by Pablo Picasso, for Les \u00c9diteurs fran\u00e7ais r\u00e9unis. A was directed by in 2005. The story is based on a true story in which Diderot was also involved. The Russian Ambassador to France, Prince Dmitri Alekseyevich Gallitzin, wanted to marry the 19-year-old Amalie von Schmettau, but had given his former mistress Mlle d'Ornet (in Diderot spelled \"Mlle Dornet\") several portraits, which he wanted to retrieve before his marriage. The scene takes place in the Paris studio of the Prussian painter Anna Dorothea Therbusch (in Diderot spelled \"Mme Therbouche\"), where present are the painter, then Miss Dornet, who reclines ill on a sofa, a certain Bonvalet-Desbrosses, allegedly a Turkish doctor, and Diderot himself. The Prince, who is not present, has made use of the artist, the author and the doctor to diagnose to his former mistress that she can only be healthy when she separates herself from the mementos of her lover. The narrative is deliberately unfinished, according to the author, because of the interruption of the project due to the death of Bonvalet-Desbrosses."}]}, {"title": "Mystification (album)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystification is the sixth album released by the band Manilla Road. It was first issued in 1987 on Black Dragon Records, then re-released in 2000 on Sentinel Steel Records. The works of Edgar Allan Poe, and the Poe story \"Mystification\", were the main inspiration for the lyrics of this album."}]}, {"title": "Mystified (EP)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystified is the debut EP by Joe Scarborough (credited as \"Scarborough\"), released on June 23, 2017."}]}, {"title": "Mystifly", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystifly is an airfare distribution and payments settlement marketplace platform that consolidates global consolidators and airlines. It allows travel businesses to source airfares from global distribution systems (GDS), airlines and other airfare suppliers. Mystifly is headquartered in Singapore, with offices in USA (New Jersey), Brazil (S\u00e3o Paulo), UK (Middlesex), India (Bangalore) and Australia (Sydney). Mystifly was founded in 2009 by Rajeev Kumar. He first got into global airfare consolidation as an idea in 2006 while he was looking for a London-India fare. The fare that Indian travel agencies quoted was much higher than it would be if he had bought it in London, and that\u2019s when he realised how the industry worked. Further research and a few months of technology and process consulting helped solidify the idea, and gave birth to Mystifly."}, {"context": " Mystifly launched its application programming interface (API) at the WIT Conference in 2011. Mystifly raised $5 million in Series A funding round led by RSI I Fund LLC, operated by Japanese private equity firm Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. With this, the Japanese investor has a minority stake in the company. MyFareBox: A web-based travel technology that provides access to global airfares on a single platform. OnePoint: An XML web service solution that helps travel companies ticket through an API integration.  Xclusive: It is a technology that helps Sabre GDS users access GDS and non-GDS airfare content."}]}, {"title": "Mystify", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystify may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Mystify (Saving Abel song)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " \"Mystify\" is the only single by the hard rock band Saving Abel from their extended play album \"Crackin' the Safe\"."}]}, {"title": "Mystify (song)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " \"Mystify\" is a song by Australian rock band INXS and is the fifth (and last) single from their 1987 album \"Kick\". The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence as part of the first sessions for \"Kick\". The song was first previewed to Australian audiences on the Australian Made tour in January 1987. The B-sides include remixes and LP versions of previous INXS songs, that following the trend of previous \"Kick\" releases, showcase the band's previous work. The German edition of the CD single included the 12\" vinyl versions of \"Shine Like It Does\" and \"Never Tear Us Apart\" from the 1988 US Tour."}, {"context": " The video is a performance-style video shot in black and white, showing the writers of the song, Hutchence and Farriss, starting with part of a piano instrumental version of \"Never Tear Us Apart\" and seemingly \"composing\" the song in the studio on a piano. The video then cuts to the band recording and then performing the track to a live audience. It was directed by Richard Lowenstein and produced by Hamish \"Hulk\" Cameron. In 2004, German DJ Mellow Trax remixed the song. His version peaked at no. 74 in Germany."}]}, {"title": "Mystik", "paragraphs": [{"context": " \"Mystik\" is a song by Australian alternative rock artist Tash Sultana. It was released on 6 October 2017 as the second single from Sultana's debut studio album \"Flow State\" (2018). The song peaked at number 77 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold in 2018. Sultana told Triple J she wrote the song \"..about the death of my ego, really. [I] Tried to just come back down and connect to myself and just be present, because when you're busy all the time you kind of get caught up in this whole mist and you forget to stop and be still and you get carried away thinking that you have to do all these things all the time when you probably just should \"be\" instead of \"do\"."}]}, {"title": "Mystik Belle", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystik Belle, is an independent platform video game by American developer Andrew Bado and released on the Steam storefront on May 15, 2015. Ports for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 were released on October 3, 2017, published by WayForward Technologies, known for their similar Shantae series. WayForward has also expressed interested in porting the game for Nintendo Switch once GameMaker Studio integration is implemented on the console. The game is focused around the struggles of Belle MacFae, a freshman student at the Hagmore School of Magic who ends up being blamed for something she didn't do while staying up late to practice her magic. The game features pixel-art graphics and gameplay ranging between a Metroidvania and a point and click Adventure game, with a sprawling academy to explore and plenty of characters to interact with along the way."}]}, {"title": "Mystikal", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Michael Lawrence Tyler (born September 22, 1970), known professionally as Mystikal, is an American rapper and actor from New Orleans, Louisiana. Mystikal's family moved to New Orleans when he was young. His father, who ran a small neighborhood store, died when he was seven. As a teenager he got caught up in the fads of the breakdancing and toyed around with rudimentary rhyming and rapping calling himself \"Mystikal Mike\". He attended Cohen High School, and was an average student fond of science, especially astronomy. LL Cool J became one of his idols as he grew more into rapping. After graduation, Mystikal joined the United States Armed Forces enlisted as a Combat engineer where he served in the Gulf War during combat. While in the Army, he took psychology and business classes, but spent more time performing raps in NCO clubs. After being discharged, he came home to New Orleans and was hired as an undercover security guard at the Woolworth's in the Carrollton Shopping Center. Before going into the service, he had laid down some vocal tracks with his friends in 3-9 Posse, which turned up on one of the group's albums on a small local label. Because of his 3-9 Posse association, he was invited to be one of the local acts who opened for Run-D.M.C. and Doug E. Fresh at an outdoor concert at the Theme Center. Leroy \"Precise\" Edwards, the house producer for Big Boy Records, was in the audience, and was blown away by Mystikal's one-song performance of \"Not That Nigga.\" After the performance Mystikal was granted a contract."}, {"context": " Mystikal's debut album, \"Mystikal\", was released on New Orleans-based independent record label Big Boy Records in 1994. The album was one of Big Boy's most successful and gained major success for Mystikal. In 1995, he found himself involved in conflict with fellow New Orleans rappers signed to rival Cash Money Records, including U.N.L.V., Lil Wayne & B.G.. They dissed him on tracks like \"Drag 'Em in Tha River\" by U.N.L.V. and \"Fuck Big Boy\" by The B.G.'z. He struck back with the diss \"Beware\" which was on his second album, \"Mind of Mystikal\". Mystikal's sister, Michelle Tyler (with whom he had close ties), sang the chorus on \"Not That Nigga\" and her fate became a major influence on Mystikal's music after her untimely death. The songs \"Dedicated To Michelle Tyler\", \"Murder\" (both on \"Mind of Mystikal\"), \"Murder 2\", \"Shine\" (both on \"Unpredictable\") and \"Murder III\" (on \"Let's Get Ready\") refer to her murder. It wasn't long after their beef that Mystikal and Lil Wayne decided to squash it and become collaborators."}, {"context": " Mystikal signed to Jive Records and released \"Mind of Mystikal\" in 1995. He signed to No Limit Records in 1996 and released \"Unpredictable\" in November 1997. He appeared on many of the No Limit albums released from 1997 through a chunk of 2000. In late 1998, he released \"Ghetto Fabulous\". That was his last album with the label, and he left later in 2000 to go on his own. In 1999 he had begun recording his fourth album before leaving No Limit. \"Let's Get Ready\" was released in 2000 and contained \"Danger (Been So Long)\", which featured rising pop star Nivea, and was the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one single in June 2001. \"Let's Get Ready\" debuted at number one on the \"Billboard\" 200, making it Mystikal's only chart-topping album to date. The album also featured the popular, Neptunes-produced hit \"Shake Ya Ass\". The song attained cult-like popularity and can be heard in the background of numerous movies."}, {"context": " Mystikal's most recent solo release was the 2001 album \"Tarantula\", which contained the hit single, \"Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against The Wall)\". Though it presented Mystikal's typical and funky flow style, which had the distinction of drawing comparison to legendary R&B soul screamers Little Richard and James Brown, the song also saw a blending of jazz and swing elements with hip-hop. The well received album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 2003, and Mystikal was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance that same year. Mystikal was also featured prominently in the single, \"Move Bitch\" by Ludacris as well as \"I Don't Give a Fuck\" by Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz along with Krayzie Bone, both in 2002. In 2003 he starred in the film \"13 Dead Men\". In 2003, Mystikal was indicted on charges of sexual battery and extortion. On January 15, 2004, he was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to forcing his hairstylist to perform sex acts. He served the full six years and was released on January 14, 2010."}, {"context": " Mystikal headlined a concert at the Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts on Mardi Gras, February 16, 2010. Mystikal's first song after being released from prison was an underground track with former No Limit labelmate Fiend entitled \"I Don't Like You\". A few weeks later, Atlanta-based, New Orleans-born R&B artist Lloyd released \"Set Me Free\" featuring Mystikal. The music video for \"Set Me Free\" was released on May 18, 2010 and was shot in New Orleans, primarily from the Calliope Projects."}, {"context": " In an interview in May 2010, he stated that he was still obligated to Jive Records for one more album and would be taking the necessary time to ensure the album would be his best to date. He made a promo song called \"Papercuts\" featuring Fiend and Lil Wayne. In 2011, he performed at the Gathering of the Juggalos. Mystikal and Busta Rhymes were signed to Cash Money Records by Birdman on November 16 the same year. His first single for the label, \"Original\", was released shortly thereafter and featured new label-mates Birdman and Lil Wayne."}, {"context": " In 2014, Mystikal recorded \"Feel Right\" for Mark Ronson's Uptown Special. The song and video were released in 2015. Also in 2015, Mystikal appeared on Stevie Stone's Single \"Rain Dance\" with Tech N9ne from the 2015 release \"Malta Bend\". As of February 2016, Mystikal was touring the United States. In January 2016, he performed in shows in Bahrain and Bulgaria with Danny! In April 2016, Mystikal was featured on Just a Lil' Thick (She Juicy) by Trinidad James along with Lil Dicky. On June 26, 2003, Mystikal pleaded guilty to sexual battery and extortion. On January 15, 2004, Mystikal was sentenced to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to forcing his hairstylist to perform sex acts. The rapper and two bodyguards forced the woman to perform oral sex, and accused her of stealing $80,000 in checks. As part of a plea bargain, all three pleaded guilty. Mystikal initially claimed that the incident was consensual, but a videotape of the incident was later found at his home shortly after the charges were made. Negotiations during the trial held the videotape from being entered as evidence and Mystikal agreed to the plea bargain offered by the prosecution, avoiding the mandatory life sentence for sexual battery in Louisiana and expecting to receive probation. However, the case took a twist when the judge viewed the videotape at the sentencing, took into account Mystikal's two prior arrests (for drug and gun possession), and had him remanded into custody to begin serving a six-year sentence immediately. Mystikal's bodyguards, Leland Ellis and Vercy Carter, also pleaded guilty to sexual battery."}, {"context": " In August 2005, while incarcerated on the state sexual battery and extortion charges, Mystikal was charged federally with two misdemeanor counts of failing to file tax returns for 1998 and 1999. On January 12, 2006, he was convicted in federal court of the tax offenses, but was allowed to serve the one-year federal sentence concurrent with his six-year state sentence. Mystikal was incarcerated at Louisiana's Elayn Hunt Correctional Center. On January 19, 2006, Mystikal was denied parole at a parole board hearing. On January 11, 2007, Mystikal was released from custody on the federal misdemeanor tax convictions (as his one-year sentence had expired), but he remained in custody on the six-year sentence for the Louisiana state felony convictions. The news of his release caused confusion among fans who heard the news and mistakenly thought he had been released on parole. He was released January 14, 2010. After his release, Mystikal was registered as a sex offender."}, {"context": " After his release Mystikal stated: On February 22, 2012, Mystikal was arrested again following a dispute with his domestic partner and was later given a misdemeanor charge of domestic abuse battery. He was detained for nine days and then released on bail. On April 16, he was given a three-month jail sentence for violating the terms of his probation he was given following his release from prison in January 2010. He was given credit for the nine days already served, reducing his confinement to 81 days. He began serving his sentence on May 14 at the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail. During his incarceration, he appeared in court to be heard on the domestic battery charges as well as for a hearing to determine child support payments for his two youngest children. Mystikal was released from jail in August 2012.  On August 21, 2017, Mystikal turned himself into the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Department after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was subsequently charged with rape. He has been held at the Caddo Correctional Center on a $3 million bond ever since he turned himself in."}]}, {"title": "Mystikal (album)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystikal is the eponymous self-titled debut studio album by American rapper Mystikal. It was independently self-released on June 14, 1994, by Big Boy Records. The album was produced by Precise, written by Leroy Edwards. Mystikal's re-release version of his eponymous debut album, titled \"Mind of Mystikal\" was released on October 10, 1995, by Jive Records. The re-release version added several new tracks. The re-release version debuted at number one on the US \"Billboard\" Top Heatseekers Chart."}]}, {"title": "Mystikal Ebony", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystikal Ebony is a South African based, DJ, poet, journalist, script-writer and film director. She is popularly known in the Afro Beat, Reggae, dancehall, Dub Drum and bass and Jungle music circles in South Africa. Her style of music is not genre specific as she comfortably moves between music from different countries and eras. Ebony was born and raised in South Africa to a Ndebele mother and Tsonga father whose roots are from Mozambique. She has an older brother were both raised by her their single mother. Ebony grew up in a small town called Nelspruit, nestled in the sleepy mountains of the Mpumalanga Province. There she attended her primary school and high school before moving to Johannesburg and enrolling at The University of the Witwatersrand where she obtained her Master's degree in Film and Media Studies."}, {"context": " Her DJ career kicked off in University where she hosted her own radio show on the campus station Voice of Wits (VOW) for two years. While at Wits in 2005, she entered a DJ competition hosted by a local Reggae sound system, Flames of fire, and she won 2nd prize. That was her foot in the industry, and she took advantage of that opportunity and left her radio show to pursue a career as a club DJ and film-maker. She has written and directed documentaries and films for local television stations such as SABC and Mzansi Magic as well as worked on international sets as an assistant director on movies shot in South Africa such as starring Samuel L Jackson. As a poet her poem \"'A Chant For My Sisters'\" was published in one of the POWA (People Opposing Women Abuse), anthologies of Breaking the Silence."}, {"context": " Mystikal Ebony has opened up for many notable acts including Jamaican stars Lucianio, and Sizzla. In 2015 her mixes featured monthly on one of South Africa's national radio station 5FM. For two consecutive years, she was nominated for Best Female Selktor / DJ on the local reggae music awards Mzansi Reggae Music Awards. 2015 saw her move from club djing to international festivals which lead to her own tours. 2016 she commenced her West African tour in Ghana and 2017 saw her sitting as Ambassador for a clothing brand in South Africa as well as the first ever Africa Reggae Music Awards (ARMA) taking place in South Africa."}]}, {"title": "Mystikal discography", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The discography of American rapper Mystikal consists of five studio albums, one independent album, two compilation albums, twenty-five singles and fifteen music videos. In 1994, Mystikal released a self-titled album on the independent record label Big Boy. Following his signing to Jive Records in 1995, the album was re-released under the title \"Mind of Mystikal\" as his debut studio album. \"Mind of Mystikal\" peaked at number 103 on the US \"Billboard\" 200 and at number 13 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album featured the single \"Y'all Ain't Ready Yet\", which peaked at number 41 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Mystikal's following two studio albums, \"Unpredictable\" and \"Ghetto Fabulous\", were both released on the record label No Limit Records; Jive distributed the albums rather than No Limit's parent label, Priority Records. Both peaked in the top five of the \"Billboard\" 200 and were later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Each of the albums featured one single, \"Ain't No Limit\" and \"That's the Nigga\", respectively. Both songs peaked in the top 65 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart."}, {"context": " Following his departure from No Limit, Mystikal released his fourth album, \"Let's Get Ready\", on September\u00a026,\u00a02000. The album became his most commercially successful release in the United States, peaking at number one on the \"Billboard\" 200, also charting in the Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. It was later certified double platinum by the RIAA. \"Let's Get Ready\" spawned two singles, \"Shake Ya Ass\" and \"Danger (Been So Long)\" with singer Nivea, which both charted within the top 15 in the United States and also achieved success in several other countries. In 2001, Mystikal collaborated with singer Joe on the single \"Stutter\", which became Mystikal's first and only song to top the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, and also appeared on several national singles charts worldwide. Mystikal's fifth album, \"Tarantula\", featured the singles \"Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against the Wall)\" and \"Tarantula\" \u2013 the latter a collaboration with rapper Butch Cassidy. \"Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against the Wall)\" became Mystikal's third and final song to appear on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It peaked at number 37 and also charted in the United Kingdom."}, {"context": " While Mystikal served a prison term in 2004 on a battery charge, Jive released two compilations of Mystikal's music, \"Prince of the South... The Hits\" and \"Chopped & Screwed\", although neither appeared in the top 100 on the \"Billboard\" 200. Following his release from prison in 2010, Mystikal's upcoming sixth studio album, \"Original\", is to be released on Cash Money Records, and has so far been preceded by the single \"Original\", released in 2011, which features fellow rappers Birdman and Lil Wayne; the song peaked at number 80 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart."}]}, {"title": "Mystiko", "paragraphs": [{"context": " \"Mystiko\" (; \"Secret\") is a single by the Greek singer Peggy Zina. It was released on July 9, 2007 by Minos EMI. It has also been repackaged with Zina's album \"Ena\" and sold as \"Ena New Edition\". The song \"Mystiko\" was written for her wedding, where she sang the song to her husband at the reception."}]}, {"title": "Mystiko (horse)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystiko (foaled 1988) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from July 1990 to October 1992 he ran thirteen times and won four races, all of them at Newmarket. After taking the European Free Handicap on his first appearance as a three-year-old he recorded his most important success when winning the 2000 Guineas seventeen days later. His subsequent form was disappointing, although he did win the Challenge Stakes that autumn. In 1993 he was retired to stud, but had little success."}, {"context": " Mystiko was a grey horse with a clearly defined white blaze and four white socks. He was bred by the Australian Kingston Park Stud, who sent a small number of mares to the United States to be bred to leading American stallions. Mystiko was sired by the Northern Dancer stallion Secreto, whose win in the 1984 Epsom Derby was the highlight of a brief racing career. He was acquired as a yearling by the Dowager Lady Beaverbrook. Lady Beaverbrook was considered an eccentric character who gave most of her horses names consisting of one word with seven letters (Bustino, Terimon, Boldboy, Niniski, Petoski), as this was the most common form for Derby winners. Mystiko (Greek for \"secret\") was trained throughout his career by Clive Brittain at Newmarket, Suffolk. His most regular jockey was Michael Roberts who rode him in eleven of his thirteen starts."}, {"context": " Mystiko made his first appearance in a six furlong maiden race at Newmarket in July in which he finished second to Act of Diplomacy after briefly taking the lead a furlong from the finish. Three weeks later he ran in another maiden race over the same course and distance. On this occasion he was allowed to lead from the start and was never seriously challenged, winning by two lengths from Wolf Hall who in turn finished eight lengths clear of the other nine runners. On his next start at the end of August he was moved up in class for the Group Two Gimcrack Stakes at York and finished third to the odds-on favourite Mujtahid."}, {"context": " Mystiko began his three-year-old season on 17 April in the European Free Handicap over seven furlongs at Newmarket, in which he carried 128 pounds. He disputed the lead with Anjiz for the first five furlongs and then pulled steadily clear to win by three and a half lengths from the filly Zigaura. On 4 May, Mystiko returned to Newmarket to run against thirteen other colts in the 2000 Guineas over one mile. The undefeated Craven Stakes winner Marju was made 6/4 favourite with Mystiko the second choice in the betting at 13/2. Mystiko was among the front-runners from the start and went into a clear lead three furlongs from the finish. In the final furlong he was strongly challenged by the French-trained colt Lycius, but maintained a narrow advantage to win the Classic by a head. The first two pulled six lengths clear of Ganges in third, with Generous in fourth. Brittain later admitted that Mystiko's win was rather fortunate as the colt did not really stay one mile but that he and Roberts had decided that the best tactic was stay close to the rail on the side of the course nearest the stands: \"if I am honest it was the plan and jockeyship that won us that race.\""}, {"context": " As a result of his Newmarket win, Mystiko became regarded as one of the main contenders for the Derby a month later. At Epsom on 5 June he was the third choice in the betting at odds of 5/1 behind the 4/1 joint-favourites Corrupt and Toulon. Mystiko took the lead from the start and was still in front turning into the straight. Two and a half furlongs from the finish however, he was overtaken and dropped away quickly to finish tenth of the thirteen runners behind Generous, beaten more than thirty lengths. The race was his first and only attempt to run a distance further than one mile. On his first run after the Derby he finished last of the eight runners in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood in July."}, {"context": " In September, Mystiko was tried over six furlongs for the first time in more than a year when he contested the Ladbroke Sprint Cup at Haydock. He appeared to be outpaced by the specialist sprinters and finished fourth behind Polar Falcon and Sheikh Albadou. Mystiko's final race of the year came in the Group Two Challenge Stakes over seven furlongs at Newmarket in October. Carrying top weight of 126 pounds he made all the running and drew clear of his opponents in the closing stages to win by two lengths from the filly Only Yours. All three of Mystiko's wins in 1991, like his maiden win the previous year, came on his home track at Newmarket: he appeared to have a distinct dislike of travel.  Mystiko stayed in training as a four-year-old but made no impact. He finished unplaced in the Lockinge Stakes, the Celebration Mile, the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and the Challenge Stakes. Mystiko had a poor record as a stallion, siring the winners of fewer than a hundred races, none of them at Group level."}]}, {"title": "Mystikos", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The mystikos (, \"the secret one\") was an important Byzantine office of the imperial chancery from the 9th through to the 15th centuries. Its initial role is unclear; he was probably the Byzantine emperor's private secretary. In time, the office also exercised judicial duties. It became an important fiscal official in the Komnenian period, and remained one of the highest-ranking state offices into the Palaiologan period as well. The office first appears in the reign of Emperor Basil I the Macedonian (r. 867\u2013886), when it was held by Leo Choirosphaktes. The original function of the office is unclear. Franz D\u00f6lger regarded the \"mystikos\" as the emperor's private secretary, while Nicolas Oikonomides considered him already at that stage as a judicial official."}, {"context": " Due to their proximity to the emperor, the holders of the office had considerable power. Already under Emperor Leo VI the Wise (r. 886\u2013912), a \"mystikos\" became Patriarch of Constantinople: Nicholas I Mystikos. Trusted by the emperors, the \"mystikoi\" are thus attested as occupying various important offices: at times they exercised the duties of a \"protasekretis\", various judicial duties, or served as heads of the establishment of the imperial bedchamber (\"koit\u014dn\"). The office rose to particular prominence under Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143\u20131180), when the \"mystikos\" was given charge of the imperial palace and the emperor's treasury, thus controlling not only the flow of salaries to the various imperial officials, but also the patronage and donations from the imperial purse to the Church. The office remained important in the 13th century, when at least one of its holders held the rank of \"pansebastos\". The title's functions at this time, however, are again unclear. The office remains attested up to the end of the Byzantine Empire in the 15th century."}, {"context": " In the 10th and 11th centuries, a number of offices were based on the term \"mystikos\". The pr\u014dtomystikos (\u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03bc\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2, \"first \"mystikos\"\") is attested in 1057 as a senior judicial official. Furthermore, the posts of mystographos (\u03bc\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03bf\u03c2) and mystolekt\u0113s (\u03bc\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u03ad\u03ba\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2) are frequently attested in seals. The former is first attested in 911/2 and was extant until ca. 1100, when it was probably abolished by Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081\u20131118). He was possibly the assistant of the \"mystikos\", since he follows right after him in the list of offices of the \"Escorial Taktikon\", written ca. 975, and its holders' seals pair the title with positions as notaries and judicial officials. The office of \"mystolekt\u0113s\" is chiefly attested in seals of the 11th and 12th centuries. Along with notarial and judicial posts, its holders are also linked in seals with positions within the court itself."}]}, {"title": "Mystim", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystim is a German manufacturer of sex toys. Its main focus is a range of toys and devices for erotic electrostimulation complemented by non-e-stim toys such as vibrators, dildos or cock rings. The company is based in M\u00f6mbris and distributes worldwide. \"Mystim GmbH\" was founded in 2005 by Christoph Hofmann. According to him, the founding was a direct reaction to the increasing demand he noted during his work for a medical engineering company that produces electric current devices and applications for therapeutical and medical use. The brand Mystim was to manufacture specialized products that allow electric current to be used safely and risk free in an erotic context. The e-stim devices for instance conform to the German law and secondary legislation for medical devices.  The design of Mystim's toys and devices as well as the packaging of their products and overall appearance of the brand is marked by a notable absence of profane images and blatant eroticism. In 2013, Mystim received the Venus Award for the best new toy line for their series of vibrators with built-in electrostimulation at the Venus Berlin erotic fair as well as the \"ErotiX Award for the most innovative product line\" of the b2b erotic fair Erofame in Hanover."}]}, {"title": "Mystiornis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystiornis is an extinct genus of bird which existed in what is now western Siberia, Russia during the early Cretaceous period (Barremian/Aptian age). It is known from an isolated metatarsus found in the Shestakovo-1 locality of southern Western Siberia. It was named by Evgeny N. Kurochkin, Nikita V. Zelenkov, Alexandr O. Averianov and Sergei V. Leshchinskiy in 2011, and the type species is \"Mystiornis cyrili\". While originally described as a very primitive bird only distantly related to well-known groups, it is more likely to be an enantiornithine, specifically an avisaurid."}]}, {"title": "Mystique (Blackpool Pleasure Beach)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystique was a long running illusion show at Blackpool Pleasure Beach featuring many different types of illusions, comedy and dance. The show ran until 2006 and featured illusionist Richard De Vere and his canine companion Schnorbitz for many years. 2006 Cast 2005 Cast List 2004 Cast List 2003 Cast List 2002 Cast List 2001 Cast List 2000 Cast List 1999 Cast List 1997 Cast List 1996 Cast List 1995 Cast List"}]}, {"title": "Mystique (comics)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystique (Raven Darkh\u00f6lme) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by artist David Cockrum and writer Chris Claremont, she first appeared in the comic book \"Ms. Marvel\" #16, published in 1978. Mystique is a member of a subspecies of humanity known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. Mystique is a shapeshifter who can mimic the appearance and voice of any person with exquisite precision, and her natural appearance includes blue skin and yellow eyes. She is typically portrayed as a foe of the X-Men."}, {"context": " Throughout most of her history, Mystique has been a supervillain, founding her own Brotherhood of Mutants and assassinating several important people involved in mutant affairs. She has commented that she is over 100 years old. Mystique is the mother of the villain Graydon Creed, the \"X-Men\" hero Nightcrawler, and adoptive mother of the heroine Rogue. She is forced to abandon Nightcrawler, but raises Rogue for a number of years, and the two women have mixed feelings towards one another. Mystique appears in six of the \"X-Men\" films: she was portrayed by actress Rebecca Romijn in \"X-Men\", \"X2\" and \"\", while Jennifer Lawrence portrayed a younger version of the character in \"\", \"\", \"\", and the upcoming \"Dark Phoenix\". In 2009, Mystique was ranked as IGN's 18th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time."}, {"context": " Mystique was created by artist David Cockrum. Chris Claremont saw Cockrum's design, dubbed the character \"Mystique\", and, with Cockrum's permission, set her in \"Ms. Marvel\" #16 (May 1978). Claremont, a former \"X-Men\" writer, has said that he originally intended Mystique and Destiny to be Nightcrawler's biological parents (with Mystique having morphed into a male body for the act of conception), but Marvel didn't agree, because at that time the Comics Code Authority prohibited the explicit portrayal of gay or bisexual characters."}, {"context": " Mystique's exact age remains unknown. Her earliest meeting with her lover, Destiny (Irene Adler), occurred around \"the dawn of the 20th century\". While in her Raven persona, Mystique adopts the identity of deceased German secret agent Leni Zauber. Both Leni and Victor Creed, a.k.a. Sabretooth, had been assigned with the assassination of a scientist in East Berlin. Mystique completes the mission in place of Leni, and then she and Victor have to hide in a safe location for a while. They become lovers, but she soon fakes her death in order to leave him."}, {"context": " The result of this short-lived affair is reportedly the birth of Graydon Creed. A number of stories report that soon after his birth, Mystique gives him up for adoption. Others depict Mystique making arrangements for him from a distance. Raven keeps track of his activities until he reaches adolescence. Despite being the child of two mutants, Graydon is not a mutant himself. Mystique is disappointed and soon abandons him. Graydon grows to hate his parents, and eventually extends his hatred to all mutants. He becomes leader of the mutant-hating organization Friends of Humanity, and then a politician. At the height of his political ascension, Graydon is assassinated by an unknown shooter. The shooter is later revealed to be a time traveling version of Mystique as part of a convoluted time paradox involving Jean Grey, Iceman, Toad, and Juggernaut."}, {"context": " Still masquerading as Raven, Mystique is married to Baron Christian Wagner; older sources give his name as Count Eric Wagner, an affluent member of the German nobility. He proves to be a loving husband, but disappointing as a lover. His infertility adds to their marital problems. Mystique starts using her shapeshifting powers in order to secretly have sexual encounters with others. She is eventually seduced by fellow mutant Azazel. Azazel states that he is ruler of \"an island nation off the coast of Bermuda: La Isla des Demonas\", The Island of Demons. He is later revealed to also have the power of immortality and to be the father of an ancient race of mutants known as the Neyaphem, active since at least 2000 BC."}, {"context": " Mystique becomes pregnant, but her husband becomes suspicious and his own father suggests a blood test to verify whether the child is his. Mystique uses a dagger to murder him and then buries him. She gives birth to a baby with black hair, yellow eyes, blue skin, and a pointed tail. The locals consider the mother and child to be demons and attempt to kill them. Mystique escapes but abandons her son. He is found and raised by Gypsy sorceress Margali Szardos and named Kurt Wagner. Mystique becomes the adoptive mother of the four-year-old girl Rogue. Rogue had run away from her home in rural Caldecott County, Mississippi. The girl was living alone in a wooded area, brandishing a shotgun and trusting no one, when Mystique found her. Destiny foresees that Rogue will be important to them and Mystique seeks her out, gains her trust, and takes her in. She and Destiny raise the girl, and Mystique grows to be very protective of her."}, {"context": " Mystique, as Raven Darkh\u00f6lme, rises rapidly through the United States Civil Service to the trusted position of Deputy Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the United States Department of Defense. This position gives her access to military secrets and advanced weaponry, both of which she uses for her own criminal and subversive purposes. In this position, she attempts the theft of the Centurion weaponry from S.H.I.E.L.D. She also beat Ms. Marvel's lover Michael Barnett to death, and sought to kill Ms. Marvel."}, {"context": " To help her in her criminal activities, Mystique organizes her own incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, consisting of herself, Avalanche, the Blob, Destiny, and Pyro. The Brotherhood attempts to assassinate Senator Robert Kelly, a notoriously anti-mutant politician. The X-Men thwart the assassination attempt, and all of the Brotherhood save Mystique herself are incarcerated. Rogue is trained by Mystique and eventually joins the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Her mutant power is the ability to absorb the memories, personality, and skills or powers of whomever she touches. To free the other members of the Brotherhood, Mystique concocts a plan involving Rogue absorbing the powers of Ms. Marvel and the Avengers. Though the plan is successful, the Avengers ultimately defeat the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, capturing all of them except Rogue and Mystique. Moreover, Rogue finds that she has absorbed Ms. Marvel's memories, personality, and powers permanently. In a further humiliation, a confrontation at the Pentagon ends with Mystique being defeated and turned over to the authorities by a powerless Ms. Marvel."}, {"context": " The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants eventually escape, and battle against Dazzler. In an act of revenge against Mystique, Mastermind unbalances Rogue's psyche with the one she absorbed from Ms. Marvel, which prompts her to defect to the X-Men. Because Rogue left without a word, Mystique assumes that Professor X, the X-Men's mentor, brainwashed her. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants accordingly launches an attempt to kill Professor X. Rogue stops Mystique, and explains that she joined the X-Men because Professor X, as the world's most powerful telepath, is her best hope of healing for her fragmented psyche. Mystique reluctantly relinquishes her guardianship of Rogue."}, {"context": " Anti-mutant sentiment rises and the federal government launches its own covert anti-mutant program, Project Wideawake. Believing that the times have become too dangerous for the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to continue, Mystique goes to Doctor Valerie Cooper, special assistant to the head of the National Security Council, and offers the Brotherhood's services to the government. In return for entering government service, Mystique and her team receive a presidential pardon for all criminal charges, to be revoked if any member of Freedom Force is found committing a crime. Cooper agrees to convey the offer to the President on the condition that the Brotherhood arrests their founder, Magneto. The Brotherhood, now reincarnated as Freedom Force, are defeated by Magneto and the X-Men. When Magneto learns that Freedom Force are official federal agents, he voluntarily surrenders to them."}, {"context": " Mystique leads Freedom Force in capturing the Avengers on behalf of the federal government. She clashes with X-Factor in seeking to arrest Rusty Collins. With Freedom Force, she fights the X-Men in Dallas, and witnesses her foster daughter's apparent demise. With Freedom Force, she battles Cyclops and Marvel Girl. With Freedom Force she seeks to arrest Rusty Collins again, and battles the New Mutants. She finally succeeds in capturing Collins as well as Skids. She leads Freedom Force against the Reavers on Muir Island. On this particularly disastrous mission, Freedom Force loses two of its members, Stonewall and Mystique's lover Destiny. The death of her lover leaves Mystique psychologically scarred."}, {"context": " Mystique is later nearly killed by Dr. Valerie Cooper, who is under the Shadow King's mental control. She then impersonates Dr. Valerie Cooper. Mystique is eventually discovered impersonating Dr. Cooper, and saves Xavier's life by killing the Shadow King's human host, Jacob Reisz. She finally reconciles with Rogue. In time, she comes to terms with Destiny's death. She teams with Spiral and Wolverine in thwarting Mojo's near-destruction of the universe. Mystique later briefly stays as a guest at Xavier's mansion. She begins going insane, and leaves the mansion under the care of Forge."}, {"context": " Mystique resurfaces several months later, in a failed attempt to kill Legion for his murdering of Destiny. Mystique has an implant put in her skull by Forge in order for the government to be able to keep track of her. She is then forced to become a member of the government-sponsored team X-Factor after being arrested for trying to blow up a dam. In truth, Mystique had been trying to save the dam, which the U.S. Government wanted to destroy so that they could blame it on mutants. Her membership leads to tension with her teammates when Sabretooth is added to the team months later as a sleeper agent, for the main purpose of killing Mystique before she can uncover the truth about the conspiracy. She slowly develops a romantic relationship with team-leader Forge (though he later thought that she was just using him)."}, {"context": " Part of the conspiracy involves Mystique's son Graydon Creed running for President, under an anti-mutant platform. At the same time, both Graydon and Mystique learn that Destiny married and had children during one of the couple's separations. Destiny/Irene's children are now adults with their own children, one of which is a mutant. Graydon has the mutant teen savagely beaten by members of the Friends of Humanity, as a warning towards his mother. Mystique is furious and wants to kill her son, but stops when she is given a message that Graydon's backers want her to kill him and turn her son into a martyr."}, {"context": " Mystique then seeks to save her son from being betrayed by his backers, but fails. Graydon's death ushers in a new wave of anti-mutant violence. Sabretooth acts on his orders to kill the members of X-Factor as \"Operation Zero Tolerance\" is activated. Mystique distracts Sabretooth long enough to keep him from finishing off the team. Mystique then flees the scene after arranging for X-Factor to receive medical treatment for the wounds Sabretooth inflicted. Mystique goes into hiding, taking the identity of the senator's wife Mallory Brickman, using her husband's influence to set the FBI on Sabretooth. She prevents Rogue from giving up her mutant powers and continues her investigation of the U.S. Government over her son's death, leading to her aiding Toad and his most recent incarnation of the Brotherhood of Mutants on a mission to raid a government base. The mission fails thanks to Machine Man, who fights the Brotherhood and forces the team to flee. Mystique flees to Europe. While taking the form of a blonde haired woman, Mystique is confronted by a famous photographer who proposes to make her a big fashion model."}, {"context": " Amused, Mystique accepts and quickly becomes the fashion industry's newest top model. Using her money, Mystique moves back to New York and into an expensive penthouse apartment. There, Skrulls staying in a nearby building frame Mystique for the murder of a Japanese diplomat. With help from Shadowcat and Rogue, Mystique is cleared and leaves town. Before she leaves, Shadowcat finds one of Destiny's diaries, left there by Destiny herself before she died. While gaining critical intelligence on the identity of those who were involved in her son's death and the attempt to kill her using Sabretooth, Mystique suddenly loses her powers while pretending to be a man in a busy office workplace."}, {"context": " Mystique is arrested. The U.S. Government acts on their intelligence regarding Mystique, and destroys all of the alternate identities that she established over the years and confiscate the money she and Destiny had hidden away. The loss of her powers and her freedom causes her to lash out at everyone around her. Rogue has no sympathy for Mystique's plight. The relationship sours when Rogue refuses to tell Mystique that the X-Men are going to fight the High Evolutionary, who was responsible for depowering all mutants, in order to restore everyone's powers. The X-Men defeat the High Evolutionary and restore everyone's powers, allowing Mystique to escape jail."}, {"context": " Mystique is sent back in time by the original X-Factor's sentient ship. Raven finds that she is destined to be part of a great time paradox, where she finds herself with a time delay weapon, which she is about to program to kill Graydon. After some deliberation, she decides to activate the weapon to kill Graydon. Mystique's sanity is further damaged by the revelation that Destiny was one of the founding members of the anti-mutant conspiracy Mystique had dedicated countless years to fighting, and had willfully withheld medical treatment to mutant children that would have resulted in them not growing up deformed due to their mutations."}, {"context": " This leads to Raven again going mad. She reforms the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants for another assassination attempt on Senator Kelly, and kidnaps Moira MacTaggert and impersonates her in order to access her research on the Legacy Virus. Mystique uses samples of the Legacy Virus to create a biological weapon that would infect humans and not mutants, and develops a cure for the Legacy Virus. The assassination attempt on Kelly ends in failure when Pyro betrays his teammates. Mystique blows up MacTaggert's research facility, fatally injuring the doctor. Mystique then shoots Moira's foster daughter Wolfsbane with a prototype of Forge's neutralizer gun, depowering her. The X-Men confront Mystique and she is seriously wounded. She tells the X-Men that Destiny had predicted a dark future for mutant-kind, and that the future Destiny foretold kept on unfolding despite all that Mystique had done to prevent it. She believes that the only way to save them is to eradicate all humans."}, {"context": " Mystique is sent to prison, but quickly escapes. She allies herself with Martinique Jason in an attempt to wrest control of the X-Corps from its founder, Banshee. Outfitted with a device that gives her the ability to generate an electrical charge, Mystique creates the identity of a supervillain named Surge and joins the X-Corps. While Jason mind-controls the other members of the organization, Mystique brings Banshee's organization down and slits his throat, leaving him in critical condition. Professor X is forced to make Mystique his secret agent, as his previous one, Prudence Leighton, has died and Mystique is the only one suitable to complete the missions. Xavier poses as Magneto to rescue Mystique from the Department of Homeland Security and from execution at the hands of Johny Kitano, Special Magistrate for Homo Superior crimes against humanity, and a mutant himself. At this time, Mystique claims that there is an imposter out to frame her, taking control over the Brotherhood and sending them on their recent missions (the assassination of Moira and the infiltration of X-Corps). As long as Mystique completes the missions without killing anybody, Xavier, working with Forge, keeps her safe from the authorities, who are out to execute her."}, {"context": " One of Xavier's enemies, the Quiet Man, who is actually Prudence Leighton inhabiting the body of her assassin, contacts Mystique and offers to give her an interference transmitter which would keep her safe from the authorities if she kills Xavier. Creating a plan that would free her from both men, Mystique pretends to try killing Xavier while secretly working with the mutant thief Fantomex, after alerting Forge to stop her at the last moment. Her plan is to have the Quiet Man see this and believe that she really has attempted to kill Xavier and is still working for him. The other X-Men believe that Mystique has tried killing Xavier and seek her out."}, {"context": " Rogue tracks her down. Distraught with rage, she attacks her foster mother. Mystique escapes by blowing up the house and going through the window, changing her form to shield her fall. Mystique goes to the Quiet Man, who is planning on having her killed. After a battle, Mystique kills the Quiet Man, saves her former field-handler Shortpack, and discovers the Quiet Man's interference transmitter was a fake. She tries to steal Forge's interference transmitter but is caught. After some angry words, he smashes it and tells her he never wants to see her again. The two share a sad goodbye kiss and Mystique leaves. After Mystique is gone, Forge realizes that she had already switched his transmitter for the fake one."}, {"context": " Mystique later infiltrates the X-Men, posing as a young girl named Foxx and joining Gambit's training squad, the Chevaliers. She attempts to seduce Rogue's boyfriend Gambit to break them up so she can set her daughter up with a young mutant named Augustus, but Gambit resists. Mystique ultimately reveals herself to him, telling him that she is trying to relieve the tension between him and Rogue (because of the two being unable to touch due to her ability to absorb someone's essence upon skin-to-skin contact). Mystique then metamorphoses into Rogue and tells Gambit that he would not be cheating on Rogue if he had sex with her in Rogue's form."}, {"context": " When the telepath Emma Frost discovers who Foxx really is, the X-Men confront Mystique. Mystique tells them that she had been lonely and wants to join the X-Men. Mystique uses Rogue's doubts about what happened between her and Gambit to sow further discord in Rogue's relationship with Gambit. The X-Men vote and decide to have Mystique join them on a probationary status (though Rogue is one of the ones who vote against her joining). Nightcrawler asks her to leave for a while regardless of the vote, saying that he needs more time adjusting to the idea of her being a member. Mystique agrees and leaves. After M-Day, she joins the X-Men and brings Augustus (Pulse) along with her. Both have been crucial in the downfall of Apocalypse."}, {"context": " After the Hecatomb battle on Providence, returns to Rogue's childhood home in Caldecott County, Mississippi, which Mystique owns for some downtime. Mystique alerts the X-Men, who come to treat Rogue's illness, that there are intruders in the area. Only after Lady Mastermind drops her illusions do the X-Men realize that it is an all-out attack, and that both Lady Mastermind and Omega Sentinel (the latter being possessed by Malice) have defected sides. During the Marauders' initial ambush, Mystique prevents Scalphunter from shooting Rogue. She then reveals herself as a traitor as well, shoots her adopted daughter, and orders the remaining Marauders to kill the X-Men."}, {"context": " Mystique remains with the Marauders during the hunt for the first new mutant baby, but is revealed to have murdered Mister Sinister in a plot involving the baby and Rogue's killing touch. She also appears to be working with Gambit, who, like her, has ulterior motives to want to betray Mister Sinister. When Sinister approaches Mystique as she is with the comatose Rogue, Mystique shoves Sinister onto Rogue, killing him through fatal skin-to-skin contact. Then, in keeping with the words of the Destiny Diaries, she touches the baby's face to Rogue's. The baby's touch purges her of the Strain 88 virus and all the residual psyches she had absorbed over her life, including Hecatomb. Rogue is sickened by Mystique's manipulations, and leaves."}, {"context": " Wolverine tracks Mystique to the Middle East and then into Afghanistan. It is hinted at that Mystique's recent betrayal is not the only reason Logan is out to kill her, as they have a common history of friendship, love, and ultimately, betrayal. After a heated fight, Wolverine wounds Mystique, but denies her the Coup de gr\u00e2ce. Mystique shows up again, posing as Bobby Drake's ex-girlfriend Opal Tanaka. She sets off a bomb inside of Bobby's Blackbird before shooting him and kicking him out of the plane. Later, she follows Iceman to the hospital and injects him with a fatal dose of a toxin created by Mister Sinister. Hospital staff try to get to Iceman, but they are held back by Mystique while Iceman expels the toxin from his system. Afterward, Mystique attacks Iceman in a truck and sets the truck ablaze with Iceman in it. Iceman steps out of the fire unharmed and disarms and immobilizes Mystique, but she escapes after turning her body into her child form. Mystique impersonates Iceman and stands on top of the Golden Gate bridge threatening to blow it up. Iceman arrives and discovers the reason for Mystique doing this is Wolverine telling her that she will die alone. After a heated conversation, Iceman freezes the bomb. Mystique jumps off the bridge into the water. Iceman tells Cyclops and Hank McCoy that he knows that she is not dead and thanks her for what she did for him."}, {"context": " Mystique joins Norman Osborn's Dark X-Men, posing as Professor Charles Xavier for P.R. purposes. Osborn has her injected with nanites and kept on a short leash; should she try anything, Osborn would turn her into a human bomb. After the defection of Emma Frost, Namor, and Cloak and Dagger, Mystique leads the remaining members of the team under the public guise of Jean Grey, as no one could prove Jean had actually died, but mainly to hurt those who had caused her great harm. Wolverine, having returned from hell and retrieved his possessed body from a demonic force, targets Mystique after finding out she was responsible for sending his soul there at the behest of The Red Right Hand. Mystique is shot by a hit-man named Lord Deathstrike. Badly wounded, Mystique patches herself and escapes on a motorcycle. Wolverine and Lord Deathstrike are in hot pursuit of Mystique throughout the San Francisco streets simultaneously. Mystique ultimately confronts Wolverine, who stabs her with his claws, killing her. Lord Deathstrike collects Mystique's body and auctions it off. Her corpse is sold for 5 million to group of ninjas. It is implied these are agents of The Hand."}, {"context": " Mystique is seen alive again posing as Sabretooth at Los Angeles International Airport. In the form of Sabretooth she has agreed to assist the Hellfire Club in their destruction of the Jean Grey School. Mystique, as Sabretooth, was a faculty member of The Hellfire Academy. When the Hand revived Mystique, her powers were enhanced and she is now capable of changing her scent to match the forms she takes. Receiving word that the original X-Men are in the present day, Mystique seeks out young Scott Summers to manipulate him into thinking she has his and mutantkind's best interests at heart. She uses Lady Mastermind and Sabretooth to commit robberies and frame the X-Men. Viper shows up. Mystique explains to her that she wants to buy Madripoor from HYDRA and control the crime in the area. Before this transaction is completed, the X-Men raid the place. Lady Mastermind and Mystique are captured, but Mystique escapes in a S.H.I.E.L.D. helicopter."}, {"context": " Mystique is attacked by Iceman, who is possessed by the Apocalypse fragment. After Iceman is shattered into pieces by Thor, Mystique takes the Apocalypse fragment and swallows it to inherit its powers. In order to help move her plans along, Mystique drugs and replaces Dazzler, who's now became SHIELD's mutant liaison, allowing her to set up her New Brotherhood under Maria Hill's nose. She sets up operations in Madripoor, allowing her to regularly visit to 'investigate' the mutant uprising there, while secretly being the one in charge of it. She offers Magneto a place in her New Brotherhood after he leaves the Uncanny X-Men team, but he rejects it on the grounds of her financing her operation via drug money from Mutant Growth Hormone sales, attacking and defeating her Brotherhood and stealing her chopper in order to find his own place in the new world."}, {"context": " Mystique appears as a member of Magneto's unnamed supervillain group during the fight against Red Skull's Red Onslaught form. When the heroes and villains present undergo a moral inversion due to a flawed spell cast by the Scarlet Witch and Doctor Doom, Mystique joins the other inverted villains in the 'Astonishing Avengers' as they go up against the inverted X-Men and Avengers, also working to prevent the inverted Nightcrawler from killing those who were involved in the riot that nearly killed him before his first meeting with Professor X. During the final fight, Mystique briefly poses as Professor X to try to get through to the 'reborn' Apocalypse (Actually the now-adult clone of Apocalypse known as Evan Sabahnur that the X-Men had been trying to raise away from his template's influence), but is converted back to her usual villainous attitude at the conclusion of the storyline."}, {"context": " Mystique is a mutant shapeshifter with the ability to psionically shift the formation of her biological cells at will to change her appearance and thereby assume the form of other humans and animals. She can also alter her voice to duplicate exactly that of another person. Originally, it was clearly stated that Mystique's powers were limited to appearances only; she could not assume the powers of the people she morphed into or alter her body to adapt to different situations. Additionally she could not change her overall body mass when taking on the appearance of a person larger or smaller, but due to subsequent enhancements she has stated that her body mass is not fixed and can change when she does."}, {"context": " Her body is not limited to purely organic appearances: She also has the ability to create the appearance of clothes and other materials out of her own body, including items such as glasses, zippers, identity cards, handbags and even test tubes. Mystique is shown in at least one instance transforming a metallic part of her costume into a functioning blaster pistol. Whether this is a function of her powers or the costume piece itself, is unclear. As a shape-shifter, Mystique is able to constantly alter and rejuvenate her body's cells and thereby retain her youthful appearance despite being alive for over one hundred years."}, {"context": " Mystique received her first power enhancement in the \"X-Men Forever\" miniseries, in which she was exposed to dangerous levels of radiation in order to save the life of Toad. The process boosted her powers so that she can now morph her body into taking certain desired physical traits depending on her situation at the time. Examples of these new abilities include night vision, wings on her back, talons in her fingers, and natural body armor. She can compress into nearly two-dimensional like a sheet of paper to glide on air currents, similar to Mister Fantastic, which she uses to survive an explosion. She has moved her vital organs out of place in order to survive gunshots to her torso and head, and can make herself virtually invisible via camouflage. She has even, with strain, given herself two heads and four arms to facilitate a gun fight on two fronts, as well as shapeshifted into herself as a small child. She is also now able to hold a shape when knocked unconscious and can conceal items in shapeshifted pouches under her skin."}, {"context": " Following her death and resurrection by the Hand, her powers have been further enhanced. She can now alter and conceal her scent from those with enhanced senses, and is capable of changing her shape to a greater degree, including altering her limbs to form tentacles and bladed weapons, and compressing herself into a dog. Damage to her biological tissue is known to heal at a relatively fast rate and she can form a resistance to poisons upon contacting them. Her enhancements have allowed her to rapidly regrow severed limbs, and rapidly recover from near fatal injury. Her powers grant her immunity to diseases, enhanced agility and strength, and agelessness."}, {"context": " Mystique is a cunning strategist in terrorist and commando operations, and adept at martial arts and information technology. She has a talent for finding, stealing, and understanding cutting edge weaponry. She is a talented actress and a polyglot, being fluent in over fourteen languages. Her mind is naturally unreadable owing to changing grey matter and she wears devices to prevent telepathic intrusion. Furthermore, with over a century's experience in posing as other people she has picked up the unusual skill of being able to identify people posing as others based on body language and changes in behavioral cues."}, {"context": " Having been alive a for at least a century, Mystique has built up considerable resources, one of her aliases being the billionaire B Byron Biggs who owns a number of safehouses around the world which are often protected by sophisticated security systems. She also controls a variety of weaponry and gadgets, including the \"Changeling\", a highly advanced stealth ship capable of cloaking and flying at very high speed. The ship had sophisticated weapons and surveillance systems, with an on-board analysis computer and power-suppressing containment cells. The ship was destroyed."}, {"context": " A copy of Mystique's mind, including her memories and personality, exists within the mind of Rogue ever since the events of \"\". She converses with Rogue. She also requests that Rogue turn over control of their body. Eventually she is erased by Professor Xavier. In the Age of Apocalypse timeline, she gave up her adopted daughter Rogue to Magneto and his X-Men. Years later, Mystique is the ferrywoman to Avalon. It is her task to meet the refugees and make sure they meet the guide to Avalon, Cain. Though she works against Apocalypse, she is not much of a hero. She charges a heavy tariff to ferry the refugees to Avalon, taking all of their valuables. This plagues her conscience and she is reluctant to go to Avalon, as she feels that she is not fit to enter. Ultimately, she gets past her guilt to guide her son, Nightcrawler, to Avalon and find Destiny. She and her son form X-Calibre to defeat Apocalypse's agents, the Pale Riders and the Shadow King."}, {"context": " Mystique's future is shown, where she is revealed to be the mother of Charlie Xavier II, the son of Charles Xavier, possessing his father's powers and appearance. While disguised as Moira MacTaggert she gives birth to Charlie, but upon birth she tearfully abandons her child. Later she raised her son Raze (conceived by Wolverine, with his mother's shape-shifting skills and his father's healing ability), who eventually killed her and took her appearance to rule Madripoor. Mystique inquires of Cable \"How does [history] judge the part we play here and now in protecting the remnants of mutant-kind?\" He says \"History is short on specifics\" and that it only remembers broad movements, not individuals. She hints at wanting to know how she is remembered, and he comments that her name did survive in a database of his time. Her name is synonymous with traitor, comparing her name to Judas Iscariot. He adds that the information from his time is part of his history, as it was 2,000 years old."}, {"context": " In the Earth-797 reality, Mystique is apparently a man and goes by the name of Raphael-Raven Darkholme (and his alias is Mystiq). Much like the main Mystique, he has a relationship with Destiny but due to his gender has a child with her (Claremont's original plan for Nightcrawler's origin). They are both killed in unknown circumstances and Raphael often goes to their grave sites. On such an occasion, he is about to be attacked by soldiers when the Exiles' Sabretooth, who had been stranded on this Earth, saves his life. Saying he is in his debt, he joins the Exiles when they come to pick up their teammate."}, {"context": " In the House of M, Mystique is an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and a member of its elite unit, the Red Guard, alongside Jessica Drew, Toad, and her children Rogue and Nightcrawler. She's also involved in an affair with Wolverine, the Red Guard's leader. When this unit, in pursuit of their former leader, attacks the heroes 'awakened' by Layla Miller, the entire squad is restored. With all of reality against them, any personal history is set aside, and Mystique fights alongside the rest of the 'awakened' without incident."}, {"context": " In X-Men Mangaverse, Mystique teams up with Nightcrawler and other Brotherhood members. Storm later kills her with a lightning bolt. Mystique appears as a zombie twice in the Marvel Zombies universe. She is first shown disguised as Scarlet Witch, in order to get close to and bite Quicksilver, thus becoming directly responsible for the fast spread of the zombie virus throughout the world. She is also shown fighting alongside zombie versions of Avalanche, Blob, and Pyro taking a direct blast from Cyclops right to the face."}, {"context": " In the Ultimate Marvel Universe, Mystique is the former lover of Charles Xavier. During their stay in the Savage Land with Magneto, the young Emma Frost comes under the tutelage of Xavier, and shortly thereafter he dumps Mystique for Frost. Ever since then, Mystique has held great resentment toward Xavier, which in turn makes her loyal to Magneto. She teams up with Forge and helps Magneto escape the Triskelion by taking his place in the prison cell, before she is replaced by Mastermind and Stacy X and given a new assignment. She is hinted to be one of the few who actually knows how Xavier's darker side operates, stating \"\"We all bought into Xavier's dream until we got a look at the sick brain behind it.\"\" It is later revealed that Emma Frost named Xavier's cat after Mystique, after the feline partially destroyed the decor of his office. She briefly appears in \"Ultimates 3\", impersonating the Black Widow to distract Tony Stark until knocked out by the Wasp. She is later seen with the few surviving Brotherhood members still stationed in Wundagore."}, {"context": " In the trilogy book series \"\" Mystique is posing as Dark Beast and pretending to work with Mister Sinister. When Sinister murders Rogue she kills him. Gambit later asks her to look after his and Rogue's children when he goes off into space. Mystique appears briefly in the \"X-Men Fairy Tales\" limited series' first issue. She is leading a group of thieves who attack the old monk/Professor X. They are scared away by Hitome/. The other thieves are Avalanche and Pyro. In the fourth issue, she appears as Anna/Rogue's mother, a voodoo priestess."}]}, {"title": "Mystique (company)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystique was a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as \"Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em\", \"Bachelor Party\" and \"Custer's Revenge\". It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games. Mystique was an offshoot of Caballero Control Corporation, who produced pornographic films, and American Multiple Industries. The company's games were sold under the \"Swedish Erotica\" banner, although they were programmed in the United States, and manufactured in Hong Kong."}, {"context": " \"I just don't believe adults want to shoot down rocket ships\", American Multiple Industries' president said. According to industry watchers and critics, Mystique's game designs were generally simple, with crude graphics and unexceptional gameplay. Mystique's game \"Custer's Revenge\" gained particular notoriety for its plot. In the game, the player controls the character of \"Custer,\" a naked man sporting a cowboy hat and a visible erection, obviously inspired by George Armstrong Custer. Custer has to overcome various obstacles in order to have sex with a crudely depicted, large-breasted Native American woman who is tied to a cactus. The game prompted complaints from a number of groups - women's rights, anti-pornography, Native American, and video game critics all made complaints.  Mystique went out of business during the video game crash of 1983. The rights to Mystique's games were sold to the Playaround spin-off company, which continued the pornographic game line."}]}, {"title": "Mystique Ice Center", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystique Community Ice Center (MCIC) is a 3,079-seat ice arena in Dubuque, Iowa that opened to the public on September 18, 2010. It was funded through a combination of private (mostly) and public funds, led by Dubuque Community Ice and Recreation Center, Inc. (DICE). It is open year round (except a few holidays) and has a 200'x85' NHL-size sheet of ice. It features 7 locker rooms (1 dedicated to the junior team, 6 others of various sizes for youth and adult hockey). It is a top-loading facility with additional amenities including concessions on both the concourse and ground levels, luxury boxes on one side, three press boxes on the other, 8 restrooms, a lounge with full bar, conference room and lower level meeting room. Skates are available for rental for public skate sessions, there is a skate sharpener on site, and small skating accessories concession. Parking is available next to the building (125 spaces) and another 1500 spaces are across the street near the baseball fields. Additional parking is available at the Q Casino."}, {"context": " The facility can accommodate a second sheet of ice if desired later, as both refrigeration and dehumidification are sized for additional capacity. As of summer 2017 it was retro-fitted with LED-lighting over the ice and stands. The arena is home to the 5-time Clark Cup Champion Dubuque Fighting Saints of the USHL. Owned by the City of Dubuque and operated by the non-profit Dubuque Community Ice and Recreation Center, Inc. (DICE) developers and managers, the facility is Dubuque's first dedicated ice arena. The center plays host to youth and adult hockey, public skate, figure skating, and other ice activities. It is home to Dubuque Youth Hockey, the Dubuque Devils (High School Hockey), Dubuque She-Devils, Mystique Maulers and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Hockey Team (ACHA)."}]}, {"title": "Mystique Valley", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystique Valley is a Malaysian period drama television series produced by Double Vision and ntv7. The series premiered on 9 November 2010 on Malaysian television and currently airs every Monday to Thursday at 10:00pm on Malaysia's ntv7. In this 30 episode drama, Jess Teong plays He Can Qing, a woman who returns to her hometown after spending years abroad in Australia. Her brother, He Zhong Xiong, the only son in the family, struggles to keep up with his mother's (Zhang Jin Yan, portrayed by Susan Leong) high expectations. Can Qing's uncle, He Xin Quan, plans to cheat the He family out of their fortune. Meanwhile, Auntie Tao wants her daughter, Shu Mei, to marry Zhong Xiong so they can enjoy a better life. Lin Ke Qiu, Zhong Xiong's lover, appears mysteriously after having disappeared for 20 years. As the plot unravels, Can Qing discovers some truths that change everyone's life. Now, Can Qing must think of a way to save the He family from the clutches of her uncle. Making matters worse, Auntie Tao is seeking revenge from the family for causing her daughter's death. Will Can Qing succeed in saving the He family?"}]}, {"title": "Mystki Palace", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystki Palace - built in the 1880s probably design by Stanis\u0142aw Hebanowski. Mansion-villa built in the French Renaissance style with a large bay on the axis of the input. Indoor hip roof. The main part of the building is ground floor. Very run-down mansion, on the verge of ruin. Before building the palace, Charles Kar\u015bnicki Mystki owner and the host of the court at the same time tried to keep in touch with artists, writers. Louis Gomolec in his work on \u015bredzki Earth wrote: \"secluded lounges, an old Polish manor house in Mystki were open for poets and writers. In Mystki lived poet and writer Lucian Siemienski (1807\u20131877) and J\u00f3zef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812\u20131877). Thrice (1862.1865, 1867) guest in Mystki was the Tekla half-brother, also Arrigo Boito, one of the leading European composers of opera librettos and authors of the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. After Charles's death (November 11, 1870), thanks to the efforts of his wife Tekla in 1877 a new mansion was built in the French Renaissance style, designed by the architect Stanislaw Hebanowski. After Tekla Kar\u015bnicka death in 1885 passed Mystki into the handsof Kar\u0142owskis family who farmed here until 1939. After the war, the property belonged to the State Farms. Currently mansion with a park administered by the ARWSP (Agricultural Property Agency of the State Treasury) and waiting for a new buyer who would restore his former glory."}]}, {"title": "Mystki, Greater Poland Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nekla, within Wrze\u015bnia County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Nekla, south-west of Wrze\u015bnia, and east of the regional capital Pozna\u0144. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mystki, Lubusz Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystki () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubiszyn, within Gorz\u00f3w County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Lubiszyn and west of Gorz\u00f3w Wielkopolski. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see \"Territorial changes of Poland after World War II\"). <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mystki-Rzym", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystki-Rzym is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wysokie Mazowieckie, within Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Wysokie Mazowieckie and south-west of the regional capital Bia\u0142ystok. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mystkowice", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina \u0141owicz, within \u0141owicz County, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately west of \u0141owicz and north-east of the regional capital \u0141\u00f3d\u017a. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mystkowiec-Kalino\u0301wka", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystkowiec-Kalin\u00f3wka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zatory, within Pu\u0142tusk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mystkowiec-Szczucin", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystkowiec-Szczucin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zatory, within Pu\u0142tusk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mystkowo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Baboszewo, within P\u0142o\u0144sk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Baboszewo, north-west of P\u0142o\u0144sk, and north-west of Warsaw. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mystkowski", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mystkowski family \u2013 was one of several noble families using the Clan Jastrz\u0119biec coat-of-arms during the time of the Polish\u2013Lithuanian Commonwealth. Following the Commonwealth's breakup, the family's nobility status has been officially recognized until the early 1900s, when too many family members either emigrated or were lost in World War I to continue the line in Poland. The Russian Revolution of 1917 erased all hopes of regaining the territory and the heirs to the title now live in the United States. They belonged to the poorer part of the noble class ruling the town of Mystki-Rzym, a small town near Bia\u0142ystok.  Unfortunately for the Polish nobility, during both world wars and the conquest of Poland by the USSR, most documents and other artifacts were destroyed."}]}, {"title": "Mystko\u0301w", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystk\u00f3w is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamionka Wielka, within Nowy S\u0105cz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Kamionka Wielka, east of Nowy S\u0105cz, and south-east of the regional capital Krak\u00f3w. The village has a population of 1,600. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mysto", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mysto, Magician Detective is a fictional character in the DC Universe. He first appeared in \"Detective Comics #203\" (January 1954). Mysto was a regular back-up feature in \"Detective Comics\" from his appearance in issue #203 to #212 (October 1954). He was dropped when \"Detective Comics\" went from 44 pages to 36. Mysto's only modern age appearance was in \"Detective Comics\" #500 (March 1981), in a special anniversary story featuring Slam Bradley, Roy Raymond, and many other detectives that had once appeared in the previous issues."}, {"context": " Rick Carter is a Wildcat flier piloting a small single-engine plane over the Tibetan plains when he spots three bandits chasing a lone old man. In gratitude for Carter saving the old man's life, Carter is taught ancient mysticism as well as tricks of the marketplace. Carter and his man-servant Sikhi return to the United States to fight crime using his skills as a stage magician. Mysto is a skilled stage illusionist, who uses his powers to confuse criminals. He is also an above average detective."}]}, {"title": "Mysto and Pizzi", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Yaroslav Vynnytsky and Marc Joseph, also known as Mysto & Pizzi, are two electronic music producers from Queens, NY. They are notable for their remix of the Rockwell/Michael Jackson song \"Somebody's Watching Me\" which was used as the theme for GEICO's \"Kash\" campaign. They also established a name for themselves through their YouTube channel which has over 48 million views. The duo have produced records for Kelly Rowland and R. Kelly as well as official remixes for acts such as Justin Timberlake, Ti\u00ebsto, Kaskade, Avicii, Steve Aoki, EDX, and Adrian Lux."}, {"context": " Yaroslav Vynnytsky and Marc Joseph started working together in 2006 sharing a common interest in music production. Soon after, they started a YouTube channel showcasing their in-studio performances and documenting their life in the music industry. Their first production placement was on R. Kelly's \"Double Up\" Album titled \"Get Dirty\" featuring Chamillionaire. The album debuted at no.1 on the Billboard 200 earning the team their first platinum plaque. They followed up with their second production placement on Kelly Rowland's \"Ms. Kelly\" album with a track titled \"Love\". In 2009, Mysto and Pizzi produced a remix of the Rockwell/Michael Jackson song \"Somebody's Watching Me\" which was used as the theme music for GEICO's \"Kash\" campaign. In 2010, the R&B Group Brutha released their single \"One Day on This Earth\" which was a track produced by Mysto & Pizzi and written by R. Kelly. The record peaked at no.94 on the US R&B charts."}, {"context": " In 2011, Mysto & Pizzi came in at no.15 on the Next Big Sound chart after releasing music under their own imprint. They released 5 singles on Sony Music/Ultra Records including \"Galax\" and \"Flight to Paris\". They later released a track called \"1UP\" which was a Hip-Hop/Trap collaboration with American music producer Just Blaze. Wynter Gordon also collaborated with Mysto & Pizzi for her EP titled \"\". They produced 4 tracks on her project including \"Nervous\" featuring Travis Scott. In May 2014, Mysto & Pizzi developed their first indie-project with singer-songwriter Rachel Rabin called \"RAIGN\". Their first solo track titled \"Don't Let Me Go\", debuted on episode 110 of \"The Vampire Diaries\". She performed the song on \"The X Factor\" shortly after, which led to the song peaking at No. 11 on the official UK indie breakers chart and no.38 on UK Alternative Charts."}, {"context": " Mysto & Pizzi were invited to the TED (conference) in Brussels, Belgium to create a workshop showing kids between the ages of 11 to 13 the basic fundamentals of music production. They also collaborated with The American Cancer Society to create a viral campaign featuring Usher and Justin Bieber to help promote more birthdays. 2011 2013 2014 List of songs as producer or co-producer, with performing artists and other credited writers, showing year released and album/EP name 2007 2010 2011 2012 2016"}]}, {"title": "Mystogenes", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystogenes is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae. This genus presently only contains one species Mystogenes astatopa described from Mauritius that has a wingspan of 12mm."}]}, {"title": "Mystomemia", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystomemia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae."}]}, {"title": "Mystra (Forgotten Realms)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystra ( ) is a fictional goddess in the \"Forgotten Realms\" campaign setting for the \"Dungeons & Dragons\" fantasy role-playing game. She is the Mistress of Magic and Mother of Mysteries who guides the Weave of magic that envelops the world. She tends to the weave constantly, making possible all the miracles and mysteries wrought by magic and users of magic. She is believed to be the embodiment of the Weave and of magic herself, her veins the ley lines, her breath the mists and her body the pulsing, thrumming earth."}, {"context": " She is a Neutral Good (previously, and still also, Lawful Neutral) Greater Power. Since the ascension of Midnight, her symbol is a ring of eight stars surrounding a red mist, which flows from the center to the bottom of the ring; however, her older and still commonly seen symbol is a simple seven-pointed star. Her divine realm is Dweomerheart, and her Third Edition \"D&D\" domains are Good, Illusion, Knowledge, Magic, Rune, and Spell. Ed Greenwood created Mystra for his home \"Dungeons & Dragons\" game, set in Greenwood's Forgotten Realms world."}, {"context": " Mystra first appeared within \"Dungeons & Dragons\" as one of the deities featured in Ed Greenwood's article \"Down-to-earth Divinity\" in \"Dragon\" #54 (October 1981). Mystra is introduced as the Lady of Mysteries, the goddess of magic, a lawful neutral greater goddess from the plane of Nirvana. The article notes that Mystra is a manifestation of the Cosmic Balance, \"the natural workings of the multiverse ... a \"Great Mystery\" ... or a known higher force\", and states that as such she \"appears to right great inequalities or goings-awry in the magical balance of things. She appears as a source of light (like a prismatic will-o'-the-wisp to ethereal and astral view, some say) which uses all spells at maximum level ... Mystra is constantly Shape Changing as far as an observer on any Prime Material plane is concerned. She is said to have given the first teachings that unlocked the forces termed \u201cmagic\u201d to the races of the Prime Material plane (and, some say, has forever after regretted the deed). Mystra was made lawful neutral on the premise that magic is inherently neutral, and exhibits internal order and laws. Many mages believe that Mystra determines success in the creation of new spells, potions, and magic items.\" Mystra's role in the cosmology of the Forgotten Realms is detailed: \"Azuth serves Mystra. Mystra and Sel\u00fbne have a mysterious connection ... and Mystra often works with Oghma and his gods.\" Mystra is most commonly worshipped by magic-users of any alignment, and characters working as sages."}, {"context": " Mystra later officially appeared as one of the major deities for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, in the \"Forgotten Realms Campaign Set\"s \"Cyclopedia of the Realms\" booklet (1987). Mystra was described in the hardback \"Forgotten Realms Adventures\" (1990), the revised \"Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting\" (1993) in the \"Running the Realms\" booklet, and \"Faiths & Avatars\" (1996). Her clergy was further detailed in \"Warriors and Priests of the Realms\" (1996), and \"Prayers from the Faithful\" (1997)."}, {"context": " Her role in the cosmology of the Planescape campaign setting was described in \"On Hallowed Ground\" (1996). Her relationships with the nonhuman deities in the Forgotten Realms was covered in \"Demihuman Deities\" (1998). Mystra is described as one of the good deities that celestials can serve in the supplement \"Warriors of Heaven\" (1999). Mystra appears as one of the major deities of the Forgotten Realms setting again, in \"Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting\" (2001), and is further detailed in \"Faiths and Pantheons\" (2002)."}, {"context": " According to the \"Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide\", Mystra has been murdered by Cyric, and is no longer part of the Pantheon. Her death initiated the Spellplague, which is the direct cause of most of the changes Toril has undergone between editions. Originally called \"Mystryl\", the goddess of magic was a CN greater power of Limbo within the domain \"Dweomertor\", born during the battle between Shar and Sel\u00fbne in the dawn of time. Being the goddess of magic, spells, creativity, invention, and knowledge, she was said to have taught the first"}, {"context": " spellcaster of the Realms. All spells of all types were known to her when their creators constructed them, and her spirit was said to imbue all inventors, authors, songwriters, and artists. She was most venerated by wizards and those who used magic or magical items. She provided and tended the Weave, the conduit that enabled mortals to safely access the raw magic force. Mystryl was depicted as a beautiful human female with rainbow-colored hair, radiant skin, and burning blue eyes. She wore simple, but elegant, blue-white robes of the finest heavy silk. At other times she was depicted as a vaguely female humanoid form composed entirely of prismatic-hued will-o\u2019-wisps."}, {"context": " According to Ao, Mystryl had ultimate control over all magic and could shape it to her will, and she could withdraw a being\u2019s access to the Weave and prevent it from using spells of any sort, and in an even harsher restriction she could also prevent a being from using any sort of magic whatsoever if she so decreed. These conditions persisted until she removed them. Mystryl could even deny deities access to the Weave, but she couldn\u2019t deny other gods the ability to grant their worshipers spells through prayer."}, {"context": " True to her chaotic nature, Mystryl was flirtatious and profound, flighty and persistent, light-hearted and deadly serious. Her moods and state-of-mind varied from moment to moment, but she generally tried to do what she thought was right. She seemed too trusting and innocent at times, and tended to overreact when she felt she had been tricked. She distrusted but didn\u2019t hate Shar, who had sought to seize control over her for centuries, and she also rebelled occasionally against the good-intentioned suggestions of Selune, who she regarded as smotheringly maternal at times. Kozah and Moander, who always seemed intent on ruining that which she created or inspired, were her mortal enemies. Mystryl died when Karsus, wanting to take her place as god of Magic created the most powerful spell ever (12th level spell) and nearly destroyed the Weave. Mystryl sacrificed herself to save the Weave before it was too late."}, {"context": " Mystra came into being after Mystryl sacrificed herself to save Faer\u00fbn from the destruction of Netheril caused by Karsus in . Mystryl sacrificed herself to save the weave before the damage became irreparable. When reincarnated as Mystra, she used the form of a peasant girl learning the basics of cantra magic but with the capacities for archwizardry. She recreated the weave of magic with a few more rules, and no spell above 9th level would function. Priests and priestesses of the new goddess of magic were told the story of Karsus in dreams and visions when they prayed for"}, {"context": " spells. It was Mystra\u2019s attempt to make sure that nothing like this ever happened again. Yet Karsus was accredited as being the only human to have ever achieved godhood through spellcasting, even if it was only for a fleeting moment. Mystra installed the mortal Azuth as the first magister, a position created specifically to recognize her most promising mortal pupil. With the help of Mystra, who had become his lover, Azuth finally ascended to divine status, and also enslaved Savras and Velsharoon. Mystra told Azuth at about the time of the Year of the Rising Flame (0 DR) that some of her divine power must be given into mortals, which would slumber within them, so that Mystra could call on it only with their permission. It would serve to help them heal quickly and would stretch their years into virtual immortality, but otherwise it would avail them little. The Chosen might gain some special powers, but these would still be far less than those of a deity."}, {"context": " The Goddess of All Magic accordingly appeared to a few mortals she considered suitable, first in dream visions and then directly, and ultimately invested part of her divine power (known as the Silver Fire) in them. Elminster (who was trained by Mystra personally in the form of one of her own priestess named Myrjala), and Khelben Blackstaff, were two of the first. It soon became clear to Mystra that most mortals were not tough enough to carry divine power. They either soon withered and died, burnt out by the load they carried, like the elfqueen Aloevan of Ardeepor, or they thrived but were twisted and corrupted by their power, like the mage Sammaster, who began to think of himself as a god and set about building himself a cult of worshippers (which survives today as the Cult of the Dragon). Thus Mystra proceeded to breed her own children, known as the Seven Sisters through the possessing of the Half-Elf Elu\u00e9 Shundar and mating with Dornal Silverhand. Elu\u00e9/Mystra and Dornal were wed in the Year of Drifting Stars (760 DR)."}, {"context": " The happy couple had a daughter, Anastra Sylun\u00e9, the following winter (the Year of Laughter, 761 DR), and six other daughters followed one per winter: Endue Alustriel in the Year of the Snow Sword (762 DR); Ambara Dove in the Year of the Sharp Edge (763 DR); Ethena Astorma (later known as Storm Silverhand) in the Year of Mistmaidens (764 DR); Anamanu\u00e9 Laeral in the Year of the Cowl (765 DR); Alassra Shentrantra, who is known today only as \"the Simbul\" in the Year of the Yearning (766 DR), and Qilu\u00e9 Er\u00e9sseae in the Year of the Awakening Wyrm (767 DR)."}, {"context": " (However, it was written in p.\u00a07 that Sammaster's year of birth was \"on or near 800 DR\", which was after the seven, and in p.\u00a08 \"He then became the first mage to become one of the Chosen of Mystra since the Seven Sisters many years before.\" These could mean that her failed relationship/mentorship with Sammaster had nothing to do with her decision to breed the Seven.) At the end of the Time of Troubles, Midnight was bestowed Mystra's godhood and portfolio by Ao. Midnight adopted Mystra's name in order to make peace with her worshippers, and named her mortal friend Adon, a former cleric of Sune, as her head of church. At this time Mystra's stated alignment shifted from Lawful Neutral, maintaining the balance in use of magic, to Neutral Good, reflecting the mortal's attitudes towards the uses and purpose of magic. Midnight/Mystra retained her home among the clockwork planes of Mechanus. She remained aided in her work by Azuth and Elminster."}, {"context": " In the \"Avatar Series\", Mystra was revealed to be a uniquely powerful being. In \"Shadows of the Avatar\", she is described as more powerful than any god (save Ao). The major catch is that roughly half of Mystra's power lies in her Chosen and in the Lesser Power Azuth; Ao arranged things this way so that Mystra would not rule all Realmspace. While Mystra might be the most powerful god, that doesn't save her from Cyric and Shar, in the year 1385, when the two group together to kill her in her own realm of Dweomerheart, destroying it utterly, and ruining several smaller realms and lesser deities, as said in the final entry in \"The Grand History of the Realms\"."}, {"context": " Murdered by Cyric in the Year of Blue Flame (1385 DR), Mystra is no longer a part of the Forgotten Realms pantheon. The weave that she controlled and oversaw from her plane, Dweomerheart, burst - as did its counterpart the Shadow Weave. This resulted in the Spellplague spreading across the cosmos. Mystra returned to the Forgotten Realms in 1479 DR. A vestige of Mystra had survived her death in 1385 DR, and was guiding her Chosen to aid in her renewal. The Simbul was tasked to close multiple rifts in the Weave and between realms. In doing this task, she absorbed much Silverfire and Blue Flame. The Simbul gifted all of that energy to Elminster, who in turn freely returned it to Mystra in a cave within the King's Forest of Cormyr. This new Mystra was a combination of the memories of Mystra and Midnight/Mystra, and presumably of Mystryl as she had drawn her memories from the Weave rather than from personal experience."}, {"context": " Mystra's return was highlighted as part of the \"Dungeons & Dragons\" Encounters adventure \"War of Everlasting Darkness\" by Wizards of the Coast in 2012. She assisted the adventurers in defeating Lolth and her efforts to plunge Faerun into everlasting darkness, which would have allowed the drow to invade and conquer the surface realms. Mystra's greatest enemies are Shar, who created the Shadow Weave in response to Sel\u00fbne's creation of Mystryl and the birth of the Weave, and Cyric, who was a mortal along with Mystra and Kelemvor (with whom Mystra had a cold friendship). She was served directly by the Lesser Power Azuth (who was killed during the Spellplague), and indirectly by demipowers Savras and Velsharoon. Mystra also had powerful mortal servants in her Chosen including Elminster, Khelben Arunsun and the Seven Sisters."}, {"context": " The Starry Quill is an order of Mystran bards who often work as information gatherers and rumormongers for the church or spend part of their time in designated libraries unearthing magical knowledge and then preserving it for posterity. The Church of Mystra sponsors an order of rangers, known as the Order of the Shooting Star. These rangers receive their spells from Mystra. They serve as long-range scouts and spies for the church and also deal with magical threats that threaten the natural order of things, such as unloosed tanar'ri and baatezu and creatures born of irresponsible wizardly experimentation.  The Church of Mystra sponsors a knightly order of paladins, the Knights of the Mystic Fire, who are granted their spells by Mystra. They often accompany members of the clergy on quests to locate lost hoards of ancient magic and also form the cadre from which the leadership for the small groups of armed forces who guard Mystra's larger temples and workshops is drawn."}]}, {"title": "Mystras", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystras or Mistras (), also known as Myzithras (\u039c\u03c5\u03b6\u03b7\u03b8\u03c1\u1fb6\u03c2) in the \"Chronicle of the Morea\", is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Situated on Mt. Taygetos, near ancient Sparta, it served as the capital of the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea in the 14th and 15th centuries, experiencing a period of prosperity and cultural flowering. The site remained inhabited throughout the Ottoman period, when it was mistaken by Western travellers for ancient Sparta. In the 1830s, it was abandoned and the new town of Sparti was built, approximately eight kilometres to the east."}, {"context": " Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sparti, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 131.948 km. In late 1248, William II of Villehardouin, ruler of the Frankish Principality of Achaea, captured Monemvasia, the last remaining Byzantine outpost on the Morea. This success was soon followed by the submission of the restive Tsakones on Mount Parnon, the Slavic Melingoi tribe of Mount Taygetos, and the inhabitants of the Mani peninsula, therebmy extending his sway over all of Laconia and completing the conquest of the peninsula, which had begun in 1205, in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade. Laconia was incorporated into the princely domain, and the young prince passed the winter of 1248\u201349 there, touring the country and selecting sites for new fortifications such as Grand Magne and Leuktron; finally, near his residence of Lacedaemon (ancient Sparta), on a spur of Mount Taygetos, he built the fortress that came to be known as Mystras."}, {"context": " In September 1259, William of Villehardouin was defeated and captured, along with many of his nobles, at the Battle of Pelagonia, by the forces of the Nicaean emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. Two years later, the Nicaeans recaptured Constantinople, putting an end to the Latin Empire and restoring the Byzantine Empire. At this point, the emperor concluded an agreement with the captive prince: William and his men would be set free in exchange for an oath of fealty, and for the cession of Monemvasia, Grand Magne, and Mystras. The handover was effected in 1262, and henceforth Mystras was the seat of the governor of the Byzantine territories in the Morea. Initially this governor (\"kephale\") was changed every year, but after 1308 they started being appointed for longer terms. Almost immediately on his return to the Morea, William of Villehardouin renounced his oath to the emperor, and warfare broke out between Byzantines and Franks. The first Byzantine attempts to subdue the Principality of Achaea were beaten back in the battles of Prinitsa and Makryplagi, but the Byzantines were firmly ensconced in Laconia. Warfare became endemic, and the Byzantines slowly pushed the Franks back. The insecurity engendered by the raids and counter-raids caused the inhabitants of Lacedaemon to abandon their exposed city and settle at Mystras, in a new town built under the shadow of the fortress."}, {"context": " From 1348 until its surrender to the Ottoman Turks on 31 May 1460, Mystras was the residence of a Despot who ruled over the Byzantine Morea, known as the \"Despotate of the Morea\". This was the city's golden age; according to the \"Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium\", Mystras \"witnessed a remarkable cultural renaissance, including the teaching of Plethon [..], and attracted artists and architects of the highest quality\". The frescos in the Peribleptos Monastery Church, dating between 1348 and 1380, are a very rare surviving late Byzantine cycle, crucial for the understanding of Byzantine art."}, {"context": " Mystras was also the last centre of Byzantine scholarship; the Neoplatonist philosopher George Gemistos Plethon lived there until his death in 1452. He and other scholars based in Mystras influenced the Italian Renaissance, especially after he accompanied the emperor John VIII Palaiologos to Florence in 1439. The last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, was despot at Mystras before he came to the throne. Demetrius Palaeologus the last despot of Morea, surrendered the city to the Ottoman emperor Mehmed II in 1460. As Mezistre, it was the seat of a Turkish sanjak. The Venetians occupied it from 1687 to 1715, but otherwise the Ottomans held it until 1821 and the beginning of the Greek War of Independence. It was abandoned under King Otto for the newly rebuilt town of Sparta."}, {"context": " In 1989 the ruins, including the fortress, palace, churches, and monasteries, were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mystras is situated on the slopes of Taygetos Mountain. The archaeological site stands above the modern village of Mystras and the city of Sparta. The greenery surrounding the area is composed mainly by pine trees and cypresses. Some small rivers and lakes are found in the region. The municipal unit Mystras is subdivided into the following communities: The municipality seat of Mystras is in Magoula."}]}, {"title": "Mystriophis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystriophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:"}]}, {"title": "Mystriophis crosnieri", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystriophis crosnieri, known commonly as the Spoon-nose eel in the United Kingdom, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Jacques Blache in 1971. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including Senegal, Angola, and the western Mediterranean. It dwells at a depth range of , and forms burrows in sand and mud sediments on the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of . The diet of \"M. crosnieri\" consists of benthic crustaceans."}]}, {"title": "Mystriosuchini", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystriosuchini is an extinct tribe of derived phytosaurs in the clade Leptosuchomorpha. As with all other phytosaurs, mystriosuchins lived during Late Triassic. The name is derived from the genus \"Mystriosuchus\". Genera classified in Mystriosuchini include \"Coburgosuchus\", \"Machaeroprosopus\", \"Mystriosuchus\", \"Nicrosaurus\" and \"Redondasaurus\". It includes the most ecologically divergent phytosaurs, the terrestrial \"Nicrosaurus\" and the fully aquatic \"Mystriosuchus\". Below is a cladogram from Stocker (2012):"}]}, {"title": "Mystriosuchus", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystriosuchus (meaning \"spoon-crocodile\") is an extinct genus of phytosaur that lived in the Late Triassic (middle Norian) in Europe. It was first named by Eberhard Fraas in 1896, and includes two species: \"M. westphali\" and the type species, \"M. planirostris\". \"Mystriosuchus planirostris\" measured about , according to a complete skeleton which was found in 1995. The postcranial anatomy of the skeleton suggests that \"Mystriosuchus\" was more adapted to aquatic life than other known phytosaurs, possessing shorter and more paddle-like limbs. Cranial morphology is suggestive of a primarily fish eating diet, having long jaws like those of the modern gharials."}, {"context": " \"M. planirostris\", as the name implies, has a rather \"plain\" snout, without osseous ornamentation or crests. \"M. westphali\", on the other hand, has multiple bony crests along the upper jaw, most prominently at the base and tip of the snout. As keratinous crests are known in phytosaurs, it is possible that \"M. planirostris\" had soft tissue ornamentation. \"Mystriosuchus\" possesses many vertebrae, with 25 in the neck and torso, two in the pelvis, and 74 in the tail. The vertebral column is complete and nearly all articulated, although a portion of the tail can only be seen from top view. The vertebrae behind the axis vertebra are platycoelous(one surface flat and one concave), and are approximately rectangular in shape. Because of incomplete preservation, it can't be distinguished where the neck meets the torso, although at least 17 of the 25 vertebrae come from the latter. The trunk vertebrae are lower and wider than the neck vertebrae, but are still lightly built. The pelvic vertebrae have wide ribs which attach to the ilium (largest pelvis bone). The tail is longer than the rest of the body, being 51% of the total length of the taxon. The first 17 vertebrae of the tail are similar to those of the neck and trunk, being platycoelous and subrectangular. Chevrons are present after the fourth vertebra, but are only loosely attached for the beginning of the tail. At the end of the tail the vertebrae become more slanted, and the chevrons form an inverted 'T' shape, which is not seen in other phytosaurs but in sauropterygians or some crocodilians. A complete specimen also has adapted tail bones which may show the presence of an expansion of the flesh to form a \"fin\"."}, {"context": " \"Mystriosuchus\" used to be placed in its own subfamily, Mystriosuchidae, but subsequent cladistic analysis grouped it with other members of Pseudopalatinae, despite having several physical differences from most of the genera in this group. Originally considered to be a freshwater genus, a recent specimen from Northern Italy has shown that some \"Mystriosuchus\" specimens lived a completely marine life. In their paper on \"Parasuchus\", Christian Kammerer and colleagues noted that Mystriosuchini has priority over Pseudopalatinae, so synonymized Pseudopalatinae with Mystriosuchini.  Below is a cladogram from Stocker (2012):"}]}, {"title": "Mystrium", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrium is a rare genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. First described by Roger (1862) with the description of the queen of \"M. mysticum\", the genus contains 14 species, all of which occur in the rainforests of the Old World with over half of the species endemic to the Malagasy region. The snapping jaw of one species, \"Mystrium camillae,\" is the fastest animal movement on record. All species occur in the rainforests of the Old World, with most found in tropical Africa: ten of them are restricted to Madagascar (and its adjacent islands) and one is recorded from continental Africa (\"M. silvestrii\"). \"M. camillae\" is widespread in the Indo-Australian region, and \"M. leonie\" and \"M. maren\" are known from Indonesia."}, {"context": " After Roger (1862) established \"Mystrium\" with a single species from Madagascar, \"Mystrium mysticum\", Forel described five additional species in the Malagasy region between 1895 and 1899. The first record of \"Mystrium\" outside the Malagasy region was \"Mystrium camillae\" from Myanmar, and the second was \"Mystrium silvestrii\" from Cameroon. A subspecies was later established under \"Mystrium camillae\", \"Mystrium camillae javana\"; however, this subspecies was synonymized with \"Mystrium camillae\" by Brown (1960). Outside the Malagasy region, \"Mystrium oculatum\", was described from China, and \"Mystrium leonie\" and \"Mystrium maren\" from West Papua, Indonesia. \"Mystrium oculatum\" was synonymized with \"Mystrium camillae\" by Bihn and Verhaagh (2007). Yoshimura and Fisher (2014) described six new Malagasy species and synonymized two existing names, \"Mystrium fallax\" and \"M. stadelmanni\" with \"M. voeltzkowi\" and \"M. mysticum\", respectively."}, {"context": " The genus is morphologically very peculiar within the poneromorph subfamily group and has the following combination of characteristics: the very wide head; spatulate or squamate hairs on the head; and long, narrow mandibles with a double row of teeth on the inner margins. Monophyly of the genus is strongly supported by a recent molecular phylogenetic study by Saux \"et al\". (2004). In December 2018, researchers from the University of Illinois, North Carolina State University and the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History conducted studies which found that ants of the species \"Mystrium camillae\" (also known as Dracula ants) can snap their jaws at speeds of up to 200 mph, making it the fastest recorded animal movement. Their research, published in the peer-reviewed Royal Society Open Science journal, noted that the jaw structure was different from other strong-jawed ants in that \"instead of using three different parts for the spring, latch and lever arm, all three are combined in the mandible.\" They achieve this speed by pressing the tips of their mandibles together, in a spring-loading action (thereby continuously increasing tension), until one slides over the other in a snapping motion, similar to a human finger snap."}, {"context": " Besides their bizarre morphology \"Mystrium\" ants have also evolved some unique biological traits. They have a unique defense mechanism in which they snap their mandibles to generate a powerful strike (Gronenberg \"et al\". 1998; Moffett 1986). Molet \"et al\". (2006) demonstrated that, in some species of \"Mystrium\" known from Madagascar, normal queens are replaced by wingless reproductives which are smaller than workers. Because \"Mystrium\" are rarely encountered, information on their general biology, ecology and behavior remains sparse. They are presumably predaceous like other species of the subfamily Amblyoponinae, although no direct evidence is available. Species in Madagascar show two distinct reproductive strategies and relevant colony structures. In some species each colony has a single dealate queen with a larger thorax than workers but with mandibles similar to those of the workers. In colonies of other species winged queens are missing and half of the female adults belong to wingless reproductives which are smaller and allometrically distinct from workers."}]}, {"title": "Mystro Clark", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystro Clark (born December 29, 1966 in Dayton, Ohio) was the American host of the syndicated version of the series \"Soul Train\" from 1997 until 1999. From there, he went on to become a film (such as Storm Catcher) and television actor, and a writer for the show \"Cousin Skeeter\". He starred in TV series such as \"The Newz\", \"The Show\", \"Off Limits\", and starred in \"Lovespring International\". He made several guest appearances in television shows, and also has starred in the movies \"Chairman of the Board\" and \"Storm Catcher\", the 2006 film \"Out at the Wedding\"."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocephala", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocephala is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae."}]}, {"title": "Mystroceridius", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystroceridius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:"}]}, {"title": "Mystrocneme", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocneme is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocneme albicorpus", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocneme albicorpus is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Kaye in 1911. It is found in Guyana."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocneme atavia", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocneme atavia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in the upper Amazon region."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocneme sectum", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocneme sectum is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Kaye in 1911. It is found in Guyana."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocneme varipes", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocneme varipes is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Par\u00e1, Brazil."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocnemis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocnemis is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:"}]}, {"title": "Mystrocnemis allardi", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocnemis allardi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1961."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocnemis analis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocnemis analis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Fahraeus in 1872."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocnemis apicalis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocnemis apicalis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1915."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocnemis atricollis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocnemis atricollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1953."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocnemis bicolor", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocnemis bicolor is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1914."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocnemis flavoapicalis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocnemis flavoapicalis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1950."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocnemis flavovittata", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocnemis flavovittata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Quedenfeldt in 1882. It is known from Angola."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocnemis fossulata", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocnemis fossulata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1956."}]}, {"title": "Mystrocnemis stictica", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystrocnemis stictica is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1914."}]}, {"title": "Mystropomus", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystropomus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:"}]}, {"title": "Mystus", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystus is a genus of fish in the family Bagridae native to Asia. Phylogenetic relationships within this genus are poorly understood, though it has been suggested that there are two major lineages. There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus:"}]}, {"title": "Mystus albolineatus", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystus albolineatus (known locally as trey kanchos bay) is a species of catfish endemic to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, known from Chao Phraya River, Bang Pakong River, Mekong River and Tonl\u00e9 Sap. It is found in flowing and standing waters especially near submerged woody vegetation; it feeds on zooplankton, fishes and insect larvae such as chironomidae. It spawns before or during the rainy season and the young were first caught in July and August. It occurs in both the market and aquarium trade and is fished with seines, gillnets and traps. It is not considered threatened thus listed Least Concern, however, further research about this fish is needed."}]}, {"title": "Mystus ankutta", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystus ankutta (dwarf catfish) is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae that is endemic to Sri Lanka. In the wild it is found in freshwater bodies from Kelani river to Nilwala river in Sri Lanka. It grows to a length of 7.9\u00a0cm. This fish is classified as endangered by the IUCN. It is widely used as an aquarium fish within the country."}]}, {"title": "Mystus atrifasciatus", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystus atrifasciatus (known locally as trey kanchos chhnoht) is a species of catfish endemic to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, known from Mekong River, Chao Phraya River and Mae Klong River and was described from Phitsanulok, Thailand. It inhabits rivers, streams and reservoirs and moves to floodplains when the water level increases and can also be found near submerged woody vegetation. It feeds on crustaceans and zooplankton along with some algae and fish scales. It is commonly fished and marketed and is also found in the aquarium trade. It may be threatened by pollution and overfishing and more research is needed about the species."}]}, {"title": "Mystus bocourti", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystus bocourti is a species of catfish endemic to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, known only from Chao Phraya River and Mekong River. It was formerly listed as \"Heterobagrus bocourti\" until the genus \"Heterobagrus\" became \"Mystus\". It is demersal and potamodromus and occurs in medium to large rivers. The fish considered rare and declining throughout its range and is threatened by pollution, present and future dams and water extraction for agriculture and human settlements. Considering this and no present conservation measures, the fish is listed as Vulnerable."}]}, {"title": "Mystus cavasius", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystus cavasius, the Gangetic mystus, is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae. In the wild it is found in Indian Subcontinent countries such as, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Myanmar. Reports of this species from the Mekong basins, Malaysia, and Indonesia are misidentifications of the species \"Mystus albolineatus\" or \"Mystus singaringan\". Few populations are occur in Thailand, but only in the Salween basin. It grows to a length of 40\u00a0cm. The pectoral spine of the species may give painful wounds and sometimes can be venomous.  The population is known to be decreasing in recent past, due to catching, pet trading and habitat destruction."}]}, {"title": "Mystus falcarius", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystus falcarius is a species of catfish endemic to India and Myanmar and is known only from Irrawaddy River, Great Tenasserim River and Chindwin River. The exact population is not known but is thought to be abundant and no exact threats are known thus Least Concern by the IUCN; it is fished for food."}]}, {"title": "Mystus gulio", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystus gulio, the Long Whiskers Catfish, is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae. The generic name is probably derived from the Latin \"mystax\", meaning \"moustache\", due to the long barbels. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and Vietnam. It is primarily a brackish water fish that enters and lives in fresh water. The population is known to be decreasing in recent past, due to catching, pet trading and habitat destruction."}]}, {"title": "Mystus keletius", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystus keletius, is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. This species grows to a maximum length of 18 centimetres. It lives in rivers and ponds, often amidst vegetation in muddy waters. It is considered to be a rare species, but it has a wide distribution, so it is listed as a least-concern species on the IUCN Red List."}]}, {"title": "Mystus leucophasis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystus leucophasis is an Asian species of upside-down catfish belonging to the family Bagridae. Mystus Leucophasis originate in the Sittang and other rivers of Myanmar. These catfish can grow to more than in length. They are commercially fished for human consumption as well as being found in the aquarium trade. When kept in the aquarium they cannot be kept with smaller \"community\" fish as they will eat them."}]}, {"title": "Mystus nigriceps", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystus nigriceps, the two-spot catfish, is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae. The species was available in aquarium circles without a scientific name until a connection was made to a description of \"Mystus micracanthus\" by the ichthyologist Bleeker, in 1846. The artist's impression at that time showed a catfish without any obvious markings, although another researcher in the early 1940s described it with two body spots. \"M. micracanthus\" is a junior synonym of \"M. nigriceps\". In the wild it is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.  It grows to a length of 19.8\u00a0cm and feeds on zooplankton and insect larvae in the wild, and most prepared foods in aquariums. It is not safe to keep them with smaller fish in the aquarium as they will eat them."}]}, {"title": "Mystus vittatus", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mystus vittatus, the striped dwarf catfish, is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae. It is found in brackish water systems with marginal vegetation in lakes and swamps with a mud substrate of Asian countries Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and probably Myanmar. Populations of Southeast Asian countries is in debate, due to close morphological similarities among \"Mystus\" species in that region. It grows to a length of 21\u00a0cm in maximum. The population is known to be decreasing in recent past, due to catching, pet trading and habitat destruction. In reproduction, they are known to makes sounds during spawning."}]}, {"title": "Mysuru Warriors", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mysuru Warriors\u2014formerly known as the Mysure Warriors\u2014are one-time champions of the Karnataka Premier League Cricket League, a Karnataka-based T-20 competition. Mysuru Warriors, with a tagline of \"Ditta Nade, Spashta Guri\" translating to \"Strong steps towards a clear goal\". The team is owned by N Ranga Rao & Sons Pvt. Ltd, the makers of Cycle Pure Agarbathies. The team is captained by J Suchith."}]}, {"title": "Mysus", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mysus (Ancient Greek: \u039c\u03c5\u03c3\u03cc\u03c2) was the brother of Car and Lydus in Greek mythology according to Herodotus."}]}, {"title": "Myszad\u0142a", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszad\u0142a is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jad\u00f3w, within Wo\u0142omin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Jad\u00f3w, north-east of Wo\u0142omin, and north-east of Warsaw. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszad\u0142o", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszad\u0142o () is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina \u015awi\u0119tajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszaki", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszaki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Be\u0142chat\u00f3w, within Be\u0142chat\u00f3w County, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Be\u0142chat\u00f3w and south of the regional capital \u0141\u00f3d\u017a. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszako\u0301w", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszak\u00f3w is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zag\u00f3r\u00f3w, within S\u0142upca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zag\u00f3r\u00f3w, south of S\u0142upca, and south-east of the regional capital Pozna\u0144. The village has a population of 150. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszako\u0301wek", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszak\u00f3wek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zag\u00f3r\u00f3w, within S\u0142upca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zag\u00f3r\u00f3w, south of S\u0142upca, and south-east of the regional capital Pozna\u0144. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszczyn", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina O\u017car\u00f3w Mazowiecki, within Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of O\u017car\u00f3w Mazowiecki and west of Warsaw. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszewko", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszewko () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dw\u00f3r Gda\u0144ski, within Nowy Dw\u00f3r Gda\u0144ski County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Nowy Dw\u00f3r Gda\u0144ski and south-east of the regional capital Gda\u0144sk. Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1919 Prussia and Germany, 1920-1939 Free City of Danzig, 1939 - February 1945 Nazi Germany. For the history of the region, see \"History of Pomerania\". The village has a population of 320.  <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszewo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszewo () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Staw, within Malbork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Nowy Staw, north-east of Malbork, and south-east of the regional capital Gda\u0144sk. Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1919 Prussia and Germany, 1920-1939 Free City of Danzig, September 1939 - February 1945 Nazi Germany. In 1945 returned to Poland. For the history of the region, see \"History of Pomerania\". The village has a population of 180.  <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mysze\u0328cin", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mysz\u0119cin () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczaniec, within \u015awiebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Szczaniec, north-east of \u015awiebodzin, north of Zielona G\u00f3ra, and south-east of Gorz\u00f3w Wielkopolski. The village has a population of 632. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszki", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszki may refer to the following places:"}]}, {"title": "Myszki, Greater Poland Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kiszkowo, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Kiszkowo, west of Gniezno, and north-east of the regional capital Pozna\u0144. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszki, Masovian Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mochowo, within Sierpc County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszki () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bia\u0142a Piska, within Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Bia\u0142a Piska, east of Pisz, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). The village has a population of 60. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszkowice", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszkowice may refer to the following places in Poland:"}]}, {"title": "Myszkowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzelin, within Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately south-west of Strzelin, and south of the regional capital Wroc\u0142aw."}]}, {"title": "Myszkowice, Masovian Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Plater\u00f3w, within \u0141osice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Plater\u00f3w, north of \u0141osice, and east of Warsaw. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszkowice, Silesian Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bobrowniki, within B\u0119dzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of B\u0119dzin and north of the regional capital Katowice. The village has a population of 384. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszkowiec", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszkowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dorohusk, within Che\u0142m County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszkowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szamotu\u0142y, within Szamotu\u0142y County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Szamotu\u0142y and north-west of the regional capital Pozna\u0144. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszkowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dw\u00f3r Gda\u0144ski, within Nowy Dw\u00f3r Gda\u0144ski County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Nowy Dw\u00f3r Gda\u0144ski and south-east of the regional capital Gda\u0144sk. Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1919 Prussia and Germany, 1920-1939 Free City of Danzig, 1939 - February 1945 Nazi Germany. For the history of the region, see \"History of Pomerania\". The village has a population of 320. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszkowskie", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszkowskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dukla, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north of Dukla, south-west of Krosno, and south-west of the regional capital Rzesz\u00f3w. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszko\u0301w", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszk\u00f3w is a town in Poland, with 33,016 inhabitants (2004). Situated on the Warta river in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Cz\u0119stochowa Voivodeship (1975-1998), it is the capital of Myszk\u00f3w County. Myszk\u00f3w historically belongs to Lesser Poland, and the area where the town is now located, until the Partitions of Poland was part of Krak\u00f3w Voivodeship\u2019s County of Lel\u00f3w. Myszk\u00f3w is located along one of the oldest Polish rail lines - the Warsaw\u2013Vienna railway, also, near the town goes another important rail line - the Central Rail Line"}, {"context": " Myszk\u00f3w occupies the area of , of which 56% is arable land, and 22% forests. Since 1925 it has been the seat of a gmina, but Myszk\u00f3w officially remained a village until 1950, when it received town charter. Today\u2019s Myszk\u00f3w is made of a number of former villages, towns and settlements (\"Mrzyg\u0142\u00f3d, Nowa Wie\u015b, Pohulanka, B\u0119dusz, Helen\u00f3wka, Myszk\u00f3w, Mijacz\u00f3w, Cisz\u00f3wka\"), which had existed here for centuries. Myszk\u00f3w is home to a sports club \"MKS Myszk\u00f3w\", which was founded in 1947, and whose name changed several times (\"Jedno\u015b\u0107\", \"Stal\", \"Papiernik\", \"Krisbut\", \"M\u017bKS\"). The town is located on the elevation of 280 meters above sea level, in a valley between Silesian Highlands and Polish Jura, and some of its districts are part of the Jura Landscape Parks. Myszk\u00f3w is characteristic for its settlement type of architecture, which is the result of mergers of numerous villages into its borders."}, {"context": " The history of the town called Myszk\u00f3w is very short, and goes back to 1925, when the commune (gmina) of Myszk\u00f3w was created, part of Kielce Voivodeship. It was incorporated as a town in 1950, and the Myszk\u00f3w County was created in 1956. After World War II (August 1945), Lesser Poland\u2019s Myszk\u00f3w was transferred to \"Silesian - D\u0105browa Voivodeship\", which in 1950 changed name to Katowice Voivodeship. In 1975 Myszk\u00f3w became part of Cz\u0119stochowa Voivodeship, and in 1983 the town expanded, when the villages of Potasznia, Mrzyg\u0142\u00f3d, Mrzyg\u0142\u00f3dka, Nierada, Krwciwilk, R\u0119by, \u0141abry' and \"Smudz\u00f3wka were annexed. As a result, currently Myszk\u00f3w covers a large area - it is the 139th most populated town of Poland, but the 50th in terms of territory.  Myszk\u00f3w has for years been a center of heavy industry, which is reflected in the town\u2019s coat of arms. Created in 1969, it shows four black smokestacks, with fumes coming from the two in the middle. Above the smokestacks is the White Eagle, on the sides are two heads of corn, and the blue ribbon symbolizes the Warta river. Among points of interest are the 19th-century rail station, the Palace of August Schmelzer (1880s), and neogothic Church of St. Stanislaus (1908\u20131936). <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszko\u0301w County", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszk\u00f3w County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Myszk\u00f3w, which lies north-east of the regional capital Katowice. The county also contains the towns of \u017barki, lying north-east of Myszk\u00f3w, and Kozieg\u0142owy, west of Myszk\u00f3w. The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 71,619, out of which the population of Myszk\u00f3w is 32,830, that of \u017barki is 4,419, that of Kozieg\u0142owy is 2,505, and the rural population is 31,865.  Myszk\u00f3w County is bordered by Cz\u0119stochowa County to the north, Zawiercie County to the south-east, B\u0119dzin County to the south, and Tarnowskie G\u00f3ry County and Lubliniec County to the west. The county is subdivided into five gminas (one urban, two urban-rural and two rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population."}]}, {"title": "Myszko\u0301w mine", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Myszk\u00f3w mine is a large mine in the centre of Poland in Myszk\u00f3w, Myszk\u00f3w County, 258\u00a0km south-west of the capital, Warsaw. Myszk\u00f3w represents one of the largest copper and silver reserve in Poland having estimated reserves of 1,334 million tonnes of ore grading 0.15% copper and 2.37 g/tonnes silver. The 1.334 billion tonnes of ore contains 2 million tonnes of copper metal and around 3,200 tonnes of silver but the deposit also grades 0.07% molybdenum that contains 934,000 tonnes of molybdenum metal and 0.05% tungsten that contains 667,000 tonnes of tungsten metal."}]}, {"title": "Myszowice", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszowice () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Korfant\u00f3w, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Korfant\u00f3w, east of Nysa, and south-west of the regional capital Opole. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see \"Territorial changes of Poland after World War II\"). <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszyniec", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszyniec is a town in Ostro\u0142\u0119ka County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,032 inhabitants (2004). <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszyniec, Lubusz Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszyniec is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina S\u0142awa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately west of S\u0142awa, west of Wschowa, and east of Zielona G\u00f3ra. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Myszyniec-Koryta", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Myszyniec-Koryta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Myszyniec, within Ostro\u0142\u0119ka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142aki", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142aki () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mi\u0142akowo, within Ostr\u00f3da County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Mi\u0142akowo, north of Ostr\u00f3da, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142akowice", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142akowice () is a village in Jelenia G\u00f3ra County (Hirschberg), Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Mys\u0142akowice. It lies approximately south-east of Jelenia G\u00f3ra (Hirschberg) and west of the regional capital Wroc\u0142aw (Breslau). The village has a population of 5,100. The Prussian field marshal August von Gneisenau owned an estate here, where he lived during his retirement. King Frederick William III of Prussia visited him several times when staying with his brother Prince Wilhelm at Fischbach (today Karpniki), also located in the Jelenia G\u00f3ra Valley, where the prince had acquired a castle in 1822. After Gneisenau's death the king purchased Erdmannsdorf estate in 1831 and had the manor house redecorated and a new church built by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The church portico is supported by two marble columns from Pompeii, a gift from Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples, to Frederick William III. In 1838 the king distributed large parts of his farmland to protestant refugees from the Austrian Zillertal who built Tyrolian style farmhouses that can still be seen. The valley became a royal hideaway, and in 1838 the king purchased nearby Schildau Castle (today Wojan\u00f3w) for his daughter Princess Louise. His son Frederick William IV bought Erdmannsdorf from his stepmother Auguste, Princess of Liegnitz, and had it enlarged and redecorated in Tudor Revival architecture by Friedrich August St\u00fcler from 1840. Next to the palace a Swiss style farmhouse was built for the Princess of Liegnitz. The park had been designed by Peter Joseph Lenn\u00e9, offering wide views onto the Giant Mountains; both castle and park do still exist, however used by a school and in rather neglected condition. The famous views are concealed behind trees."}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142akowo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142akowo () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina T\u0142uchowo, within Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of T\u0142uchowo, east of Lipno, and south-east of Toru\u0144. The village has an approximate population of 110. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142ako\u0301w", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142ak\u00f3w may refer to the following places in Poland:"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142ako\u0301w, Lower Silesian Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142ak\u00f3w is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Marcinowice, within \u015awidnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately east of Marcinowice, east of \u015awidnica, and south-west of the regional capital Wroc\u0142aw."}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142ako\u0301w, \u0141o\u0301dz\u0301 Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142ak\u00f3w is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niebor\u00f3w, within \u0141owicz County, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of \u0141owicz and north-east of the regional capital \u0141\u00f3d\u017a. The village has a population of 1,040. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142ako\u0301wko", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142ak\u00f3wko () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina T\u0142uchowo, within Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of T\u0142uchowo, east of Lipno, and south-east of Toru\u0144. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142awczyce", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142awczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Proszowice, within Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142owice", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142owice () is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The population of the city is 74,912. It is located in the south district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union in the Silesian Highlands, on the Przemsza and Brynica rivers (tributaries of the Vistula). It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in the Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Mys\u0142owice is one of the cities comprising the 2.7 million conurbation - Katowice urban area and within the greater Silesian metropolitan area with a population of about 5,294,000."}, {"context": " Mys\u0142owice is one of the oldest towns in Upper Silesia. Located at the confluence of the White and Black Przemsza rivers, it is situated on an important trading route from Wroc\u0142aw to Krak\u00f3w. The earliest traces of the modern settlement date back to the 12th and 13th century. The first mention of a parish priest is found in a document from 1306. In 1360, Mys\u0142owice was already referred to as a town. Over the centuries the ownership of the town changed frequently, as did the borders between different countries. After the foundation of the German Empire in 1871 the area became known as \"Dreikaisereck\" (\"triangle of the three emperors\"), as it was situated at the point where the Austrian, German and Russian Empires adjoined. After World War I and a plebiscite in 1922 Mys\u0142owice and a part of Upper Silesia became part of the newly restored Poland."}, {"context": " Mys\u0142owice is subdivided into 14 districts: Mys\u0142owice is home to a university-level institution called G\u00f3rno\u015bl\u0105ska Wy\u017csza Szko\u0142a Pedagogiczna im. Kard. Augusta Hlonda (August Hlond College of Pedagogy) located at ul. Piast\u00f3w \u015al\u0105skich 10. Mys\u0142owice has eight Junior High Schools and five Secondary and vocational schools. There are at least 20 kindergartens located in Mys\u0142owice, residing at location with greater density of children. On top of that, there are also 17 primary schools operating in the city."}, {"context": " There are some buildings in Mys\u0142owice which prove the medieval origin of the town. Farna Church, located near the market square, is the oldest and probably the only brick church in Mys\u0142owice. Saint Cross Church is another brick building, maintained in baroque and classicistic style; according to Catholic tradition, it is the oldest place of religious worship in the town. There is also a Jewish cemetery in the town. The origins of the place trace back to the 18th century, when Jews decided to buy a tract in order to create their own graveyard.  The Off Festival is an annual music festival started in 2006 by musician Artur Rojek (however, in 2010 it was moved to Katowice). Bands from Mys\u0142owice include Myslovitz formed 1992 (named after their hometown), as well as Lenny Valentino (1998\u20132001). Mys\u0142owice is twinned with these cities:"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142owice, West Pomeranian Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142owice () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina S\u0142awoborze, within \u015awidwin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately west of S\u0142awoborze, north-west of \u015awidwin, and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142owice-Weso\u0142a Coal Mine", "paragraphs": [{"context": " The Mys\u0142owice-Weso\u0142a coal mine is a large mine in the south of Poland in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, 260\u00a0km south-west of the capital, Warsaw. Mys\u0142owice-Weso\u0142a represents one of the largest coal reserve in Poland having estimated reserves of 232 million tonnes of coal. The annual coal production is around 3 million tonnes."}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142ownia Nowa", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142ownia Nowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gostynin, within Gostynin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Gostynin and west of Warsaw. The village has a population of 160. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142o\u0301w", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142\u00f3w may refer to the following places in Poland:"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142o\u0301w, Lower Silesian Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142\u00f3w () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bolk\u00f3w, within Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately west of Bolk\u00f3w, south-west of Jawor, and west of the regional capital Wroc\u0142aw. The village has a population of 623."}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142o\u0301w, Lublin Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142\u00f3w is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wola Mys\u0142owska, within \u0141uk\u00f3w County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wola Mys\u0142owska, west of \u0141uk\u00f3w, and north-west of the regional capital Lublin. The village has a population of 470. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142o\u0301w, Silesian Voivodeship", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142\u00f3w is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kozieg\u0142owy, within Myszk\u00f3w County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kozieg\u0142owy, west of Myszk\u00f3w, and north of the regional capital Katowice. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0142o\u0301wka", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Mys\u0142\u00f3wka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pi\u0105tek, within \u0141\u0119czyca County, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Pi\u0105tek, east of \u0141\u0119czyca, and north of the regional capital \u0141\u00f3d\u017a. <br>"}]}, {"title": "Mys\u0301l.pl", "paragraphs": [{"context": " My\u015bl.pl (Polish for \"Idea.pl\") is a Polish right-wing journal founded by Ireneusz Fryszkowski in 2006."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bowditch", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Bowditch (born 9 August 1955) is a former Australian professional squash player. Bowditch was born in Darwin, Australia on 9 August 1955. He started playing squash in 1966 and turned professional in 1977. He was a world's top ten player and represented Australia in the 1981 World Team Squash Championships."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bower", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Robert Bower is an English football commentator, one of the main voices for BBC TV's Match of the Day, culminating in being part of the commentary teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Bower commentated on New Zealand's historic draw with Italy and Argentina's 4-1 win over South Korea amongst others. He can also be heard on ESPN UK covering the Europa League, NBCSN covering the Premier League in the US, Serie A and the Bundesliga. Previous work includes Setanta Sports up until the UK operation of the broadcaster ceased in June 2009."}, {"context": " Educated at Calday Grange Grammar School, Bower began his career in 1991 at Radio City (Liverpool), where he presented sports bulletins on the weekday breakfast show. He then began providing commentary and presenting on the stations coverage of local football teams Liverpool F.C., Everton F.C. and Tranmere Rovers matches In May 1996, Bower was appointed Head of Sport at Piccadilly Radio in Manchester, at the time the youngest Sports Editor in UK Independent Radio. He also presented various sports programme, and match commentary on Manchester United, Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers. In addition, he gave coverage of Euro96 for Independent Radio news, while in 1998, he gave full match commentary on all England and Scotland matches during the World Cup for the entire EMAP radio network."}, {"context": " From September 1998 to July 2007, Bower was senior commentator and presenter at Manchester United Television (MUTV) where he provided commentary on Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup matches for the full 90 minute delayed broadcast with a co-commentator (including the historic treble winning season of '98-99). He also gave commentary and on-location presentation on pre-season tour matches live around the world in places such as Australia, United States, China, Japan and South Africa, not to mention Reserve and Youth Cup matches (live). He conducted after-match interviews at every game with players and manager, plus special exclusive sit-downs such as with David Beckham on signing in Madrid, Sir Alex Ferguson on announcing his retirement and Roy Keane on 'prawn sandwich' fans. The Roy Keane interview was recorded as part of the series, \"Roy Keane Plays The Pundit\", but was never broadcast due to Keane\u2019s reported stinging attack on his fellow Manchester United players."}, {"context": " Bower's role also comprised studio presentation, which included fans' phone-ins and special shows such as with Joel Glazer on his family buying Manchester United. His work as Head of Presentation made him responsible for all presenters and the overall look of the channel. In the Autumn of 2000, he and long time co-commentator from his days at Piccadilly, 1968 European Cup winner, Paddy Crerand were given their own show by MUTV entitled \"Crerand and Bower...in Extra Time\". During this time, Bower was the England reporter for talkSPORT radio during Euro 2000 which saw him conduct daily interviews with manager and players, and offer on-location studio presentation. He also provided studio presentation throughout Euro 2004 for talkSPORT radio in addition to full match commentaries on England qualifiers and Champions League matches. Bower\u2019s MUTV commentary work, alongside Paddy Crerand, can be heard in the 2004 film \"The Day After Tomorrow\"."}, {"context": " In July 2007, Bower made the move to Setanta Sports where he was a commentator and presenter. His work included live Premier League games, live FA Cup matches, live UEFA Cup matches, live World Cup qualifiers, commentary and presentation of live Blue Square Premier (conference) games, including play-off games and a final at Wembley. He also worked on FA Cup matches including build-up to the final, as well as coverage of live England under-21 and under-19 matches, and coverage of the FA Youth Cup (including the Final)."}, {"context": " Following Setanta Sports' UK division entering administration in June 2009, Bower began working for ESPN in August 2009, mainly focusing on European football including Portuguese Liga and Eredivise, but also domestic competitions from time to time. His first commentary for the network was the pre-season friendly between S.L. Benfica and A.C. Milan He has been heard commentating for Sky Sports and on Match of the Day for the BBC. He also lends his voice for ITV Sport's highlights of the UEFA Europa League on ITV4.  In the 2013-14 season he has commentated on live Conference Premier coverage for BT Sport. He has also worked for NBC Sports as a play-by-play commentator for Premier League matches as an alternate to Arlo White, and has also hosted studio coverage for the network during the absences of primary host Rebecca Lowe, as well as various on-location segments. He has also hosted the network's \"Match of the Day\" and \"Premier League Download\" programs."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bowey", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Bowey (born 10 July 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen of the South and Ayr United. He is currently manager of Ashington. Born in Durham, County Durham, Bowey started his career at Forest Green Rovers and then played for Bristol Rovers, where he made no appearances, before moving on to Gateshead where he played approximately 200 times. After a significant spell at Gateshead, Bowey joined Scottish side Queen of the South. His tenacious midfield play and consistently high form quickly made him into a fans' favourite playing alongside Jim Thomson, Andy Aitken, John O'Neill, Sean O'Connor and Peter Weatherson."}, {"context": " Bowey signed for Conference National team York City from Queen of the South on 25 June 2006, becoming the first player aged 30 or over to join the club in 16 months under Billy McEwan. He scored his first goal for York against Stevenage Borough on 15 August 2006 in a 2\u20131 victory, which turned out to be the winning goal. He was released by York at the end of the 2006\u201307 season on 16 May 2007. Bowey rejoined Gateshead on 17 May 2007 following his release by York. After captaining Gateshead to promotion from the Northern Premier League Premier Division via the play-offs, he failed to agree terms for the following season and was released. He joined Newcastle Blue Star for the 2008\u201309 season in May 2008. He was appointed as the club's player-manager in August after player-coaches Dean Gordon and Mark Birch left the club. In February 2010, Bowey joined Scottish First Division side Ayr United from Bedlington Terriers to help their relegation battle."}, {"context": " In May 2010 he signed for Conference North side Harrogate Town. Bowey's debut against Corby Town saw him substituted at half time with a leg injury that would keep him out of action for 10 matches. On his return he was handed the captain's armband from Martin Foster. Bowey's first goal for Harrogate Town came on 30 October 2010 against Redditch United. On 13 May 2011, Bowey was released from Harrogate Town after his contract was not renewed for the new season. He joined Newcastle Benfield, becoming player/manager in October 2012. Although he left to become a coach at Consett in May 2014, he returned to the post of Newcastle Benfield Manager in October the same year. In 2015 he left and became player/assistant manager at Dunston UTS, a post he held until July 2017. In October 2017 he was appointed manager of Ashington."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bowkett", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bowkett is a writer and hypnotherapist. Born and raised in South Wales he moved to Leicestershire with his family in the Sixties. He writes children's fiction and poetry and wrote three adult horror novels under the pseudonym of Ben Leech. He has also published a number of educational books in the areas of creativity, thinking skills, creative writing, emotional resourcefulness and spirituality. To date Steve has published over fifty-five titles plus numerous short stories and poems. Steve is also the Editor of The National Association of Writers' Group's Link Magazine (http://www.nawg.co.uk/link/link-our-bi-monthly-magazine/)"}]}, {"title": "Steve Bowling", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Shaddon Bowling (born June 26, 1952) is a former Major League Baseball player. Bowling played for the Milwaukee Brewers in and the Toronto Blue Jays in . He batted and threw right-handed. Bowling played football and baseball at Webster High School in Tulsa and then at the University of Tulsa, where he was selected to the all-tournament team of the 1971 College World Series. Bowling was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the seventh round of the 1974 MLB Draft, and made his debut with the club on September 7, 1976, as he went 3 for 3 with a double, and RBI and a run scored in the Brewers 17-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians. He recorded his first career hit off pitcher Don Hood. Bowling finished the season with a .167 batting average with 0 HR and 2 RBI in 14 games. On November 5, Bowling was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1976 MLB expansion draft."}, {"context": " Bowling was the Toronto Blue Jays opening day right fielder in their first ever game on April 7, as he went 0 for 2 in the Jays 9-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox. On August 26, Bowling hit his first career home run off Rick Langford of the Oakland Athletics. Overall, Bowling appeared in 89 games with Toronto, batting .206 with 1 HR and 13 RBI. Bowling would not play in Major League Baseball after the 1977 season, as in 1978, he split time with the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League and Iowa Oaks of the American Association, then in 1979, he played for the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association before retiring.  Bowling appeared in 103 games in his career, batting .199 with 1 HR and 15 RBI. He collected 47 career hits."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bowman", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bowman (born January 14, 1967) is an American rock drummer and songwriter. He was a founding member and drummer for the Counting Crows during the recording and period of time following their debut album, \"August and Everything After\". The band's unexpected success led them to performances on \"Late Night with David Letterman\", and \"Saturday Night Live\". They toured with The Rolling Stones, were nominated for two Grammy Awards, and won an American Music Award. By 1994 they were also on the cover of \"Rolling Stone\" magazine."}, {"context": " Bowman left the band in late 1994. In the next few years he went on to play with Third Eye Blind, John Wesley Harding, and Penelope Houston. In 1998 Bowman and his new band Luce recorded the song \"Good Day\", which was featured in the films \"How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days\" and \"13 Going On 30\". Bowman also played on Luce's second record which produced the hit single, \"Buy a Dog.\" Bowman is active as a session musician, released a book on drumming called \"Groove Control\", maintains a drumming blog, and contributes freelance articles to various music magazines. He currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bowman (American football)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Ellis Bowman (born November 30, 1944) is a former American football halfback who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the 15th round of the 1966 NFL Draft. He was also drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 20th round of the 1966 AFL Draft. Bowman played college football at the University of Alabama and attended Pascagoula High School in Pascagoula, Mississippi."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bowtell", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John Bowtell (born 2 December 1950 in Bethnal Green, London) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He initially played in The Football League with Orient, but spent most of his career in non-league football, mainly with Margate. Bowtell was a product of Orient's youth system, and had featured in the England schoolboy and youth teams. Turning professional on 1 January 1968, he made his first team debut aged 17 in a 4\u20130 defeat at home to Gillingham on 7 May 1968. He featured only occasionally during the following seasons, due to the strong performances of first-choice goalkeeper Ray Goddard. Of the eight matches that Orient played with Bowtell in goal, they won one, drew five and lost two. He kept one clean sheet, in a 2\u20130 win over Bristol City on 12 February 1972."}, {"context": " After he was not selected at all during the 1970\u201371 or 1972\u201373 seasons, he moved into non-league football with Southern League club Margate in July 1973, making his debut in a 3\u20132 defeat at home to Romford. During his six seasons at Margate, he missed very few matches, making 291 senior appearances in all. He was voted Margate's Player of the Year in 1974\u201375, keeping seven consecutive clean sheets during February and March 1975. At the beginning of the 1976\u201377 season, he went on trial with First Division side Derby County, playing in six reserve matches and only conceding once. However, Derby declined to sign Bowtell and he returned to Margate.  In early 1979 he joined Dulwich Hamlet, making 164 senior appearances, and later moved on to other non-league clubs before retiring in 1987. He subsequently became a coach at his last club, Southern League Fisher Athletic, and also caretaker manager there for a time during 1988\u201389, while they were in the Conference National. Bowtell's son Stacey also played as a goalkeeper for various non-league clubs, and is a prominent local DJ."}]}, {"title": "Steve Box", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven \"Steve\" Box (born 23 January 1967) is an English animator and director who works for Aardman Animations. His early work in animation included the popular British claymation television series \"The Trap Door\" for Bristol-based animation studio CMTB Animation. Box joined Aardman Animations in 1990. He directed the video for the Spice Girls' \"Viva Forever\" in 1998. He won a BAFTA Award in 1998 for his 11-minute animated film \"Stage Fright\" which he wrote, directed and produced. He also provided the voice for the character of Vince in the TV series \"Rex the Runt\"."}, {"context": " He was the key animator for Aardman's film \"Chicken Run\" and was an animator for the Wallace and Gromit films \"The Wrong Trousers\" and \"A Close Shave\", before co-writing and co-directing the feature film \"\" with Nick Park. The film scooped his second BAFTA and his first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film has also collected another 22 international awards and 12 other nominations for other awards. The film was a massive success at the Annie Awards where it won 10 Annie awards out of its 16 nominations.  Box was most recently announced as the director behind the upcoming TV series, \"Moominvalley\", based on the Moomins series. After a successful crowdfunding campaign, the series was announced to debut in 2019."}]}, {"title": "Steve Boxall", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Shane (Steve) Boxall (born 16 May 1987 in Canterbury, Kent) is a speedway rider in the United Kingdom. He rode with the Belle Vue Aces in the Elite League. Boxall won the Conference League Riders Championship in 2005. Also in 2005 he won the Premier League Championship with the Rye House Rockets and again in 2007."}]}, {"title": "Steve Boyett", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven R. Boyett, also known as DJ Steve Boyett, is a writer and disc jockey based in Northern California. Boyett sold his first novel, \"Ariel\", at the age of 21, and went on to publish \"The Architect of Sleep\", \"The Gnole\" (with illustrator Alan Aldridge), \"Elegy Beach\" (sequel to \"Ariel\"), as well as numerous short stories and novellas. He has written \"Ren and Stimpy\" comics for Marvel and wrote the (uncredited) second draft of \"Toy Story 2\". In the early 1990s his small-press imprint called Sneaker Press published chapbooks by poets Carrie Etter and the late Nancy Lambert."}, {"context": " Boyett had short work in the seminal splatterpunk anthologies \"Book of the Dead\" (ed. John Skipp and Craig Spector) and \"Silver Scream\" (ed. David Schow), and the foundational novella in the influential \"Borderland\" shared-world fantasy anthology (ed. Terri Windling). Boyett has taught fiction at UCLA Extension, Santa Monica Community College, and various workshops, including the annual La Jolla Writers Workshop. He posts and lectures frequently about New Media and the changing role of the writer in the digital age."}, {"context": " An expanded reprint of \"Ariel\" was published by Ace Books in August 2009, followed by a sequel, \"Elegy Beach\", in November 2009. \"Mortality Bridge,\" was published in July 2011 from Subterranean Press, and won the 2011 Emperor Norton Award for best novel by a San Francisco Bay area writer. \"Fata Morgana,\" a collaborative novel director and artist Ken Mitchroney, was published by Blackstone in July 2017. According to his blog, Boyett is completing \"Avalon Burning,\" a new novel in the Change series that includes \"Ariel\" and \"Elegy Beach\"."}, {"context": " Boyett is also an electronic dance music DJ known for his Podrunner podcast of dance music mixed either at constant BPM for exercise, or at varied BPM timed for training using High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). Podrunner was arguably the first online music series intended for exercise, and was one of the world's most popular podcasts for nearly a decade following its debut in February 2006. It won awards on iTunes four years in a row (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), and has been a Top 100 Podcast since its debut.  Groovelectric, Boyett's dance music podcast of what he calls \"New Old Funk,\" features various styles of modern electronic dance music, including House, Progressive House, Tech House, Drum & Bass, and themed mixes. It has been an iTunes Top 100 Music podcast since its debut in February 2006. As a DJ, Boyett has played clubs and events in many North American cities, as well as the annual Burning Man festival."}]}, {"title": "Steve Boyland", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Boyland is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. Boyland made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 0-0 draw with Iran on 12 August 1973."}]}, {"title": "Steve Boyle (boxer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Boyle (born 28 November 1962) is a Scottish former boxer who was British lightweight champion between 1988 and 1990. Steve Boyle was born in Glasgow and made his professional d\u00e9but in May 1983. In June 1985 he beat Dave Savage to win the BBBofC Scottish Area lightweight title. After winning his next three fights he challenged Tony Willis in May 1986 for the British title, losing via a ninth round stoppage. In March 1987 he beat Mike Durvan on points in a British title eliminator, setting up a challenge in February 1988 for Alex Dickson's title; Boyle knocked Dickson out in the second round to become British champion. He made a successful defence in November against Joey Jacobs."}, {"context": " In January 1989 he beat Pedro Armando Gutierrez to take the WBC International lightweight title, and in November 1989 met Antonio Renzo for the vacant European title, losing after retiring in the seventh round. In December 1989 he was ordered to defend his British title against Peter Till but the fight never happened and Boyle relinquished his title in 1990. He also moved from Tommy Gilmour to be managed by London-based Frank Warren. In May 1992 he challenged again for the British title, with the Commonwealth title also at stake, but was stopped in the seventh round by Carl Crook. His final fight came a year later, a points win over journeyman Mark Antony."}]}, {"title": "Steve Boyle (rugby union)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Brent Boyle (born 9 August 1953) is a former international rugby union player. In 1983 he toured with the British and Irish Lions on their tour to New Zealand and at the time played club rugby for Gloucester."}]}, {"title": "Steve Boyum", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Boyum (born September 9, 1952) is a long time Hollywood stunt performer, television director and film director. He has appeared in over 60 films as a stunt performer. He has lived in Malibu, California since 1974."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bozek", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Michael Bozek (born November 26, 1960 in Kelowna, British Columbia) is a retired professional ice hockey left wing who spent 11 seasons in the NHL with four clubs. Noted for his hard shot, he was a reliable two-way forward and strong penalty killer. Bozek was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 3rd round, 52nd overall in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft while playing for Northern Michigan University. Bozek was named a CCHA First-Team All-Star twice in his three years at Northern Michigan, leading the CCHA in scoring during the 1980\u20131981 season. In 1981, he was named a First-Team All-American - the first hockey All-American ever for Northern Michigan - after dominating college hockey with 90 points in just 44 games, and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award."}, {"context": " Bozek turned pro after his junior year, breaking straight into the Kings lineup for the 1981\u201382 season. As a rookie, he received an opportunity to spend a large portion of the season on the famed Triple Crown Line with Marcel Dionne and Dave Taylor due to an injury to Charlie Simmer, and he set a Kings rookie record (since broken) with 33 goals. In the playoffs, he secured a place in Kings lore by scoring the tying goal with 5 seconds left in the famed Miracle on Manchester game against the Edmonton Oilers, which was the greatest playoff comeback in NHL history as Los Angeles rallied from a 5\u20130 deficit to win 6\u20135 in overtime."}, {"context": " 1982\u201383 would be a difficult year for Bozek, as he struggled with injuries and the sophomore jinx, finishing with 13 goals and 26 points in 53 games. At the conclusion of the season, he was dealt to the Calgary Flames. Always a primarily offensive player to that point in his career, in Calgary he began to develop the defensive side of his game and became a strong checker and penalty killer. However, his five seasons in Calgary would be blighted by nagging knee problems, and he was only able to play more than 70 games in a season once. His best year as a Flame was 1985\u201386, as he scored 21 goals and 22 assists for 43 points in 64 games, including a club-leading 4 shorthanded goals. He added 8 points in 14 games in the playoffs as Calgary reached the Stanley Cup finals."}, {"context": " After missing most of the 1987\u201388 season with a knee injury, Bozek was traded to the St. Louis Blues at the trade deadline along with Brett Hull in a deal for Rob Ramage and Rick Wamsley. Another knee injury limited him to 7 regular season games with the Blues, and he finished the season with just 3 goals and 10 points in 33 games between Calgary and St. Louis. Bozek's time in St. Louis would be brief, as he was dealt to the Vancouver Canucks in a three-way deal prior to the 1988\u201389 campaign. He would have a strong bounce-back season in Vancouver, finishing with 17 goals and 35 points, and his defensive play was a factor in Vancouver improving to 3rd in the league defensively from 17th the previous season. He spent two more seasons in Vancouver, recording solid totals of 14 and 15 goals, although as usual he was slowed down by injuries which caused him to miss 40 games over that stretch. Due to his enthusiastic and scrappy style of play, he earned the nickname Steve \"Boom-Boom\" Bozek, a nickname coined by CKNW commentator Tom Larschied. He was selected to play for Canada at the 1991 World Championships, winning a silver medal.  In 1991, Bozek signed as a free agent with the expansion San Jose Sharks, and was a member of their inaugural team during the 1991\u201392 season, finishing with 8 goals and 16 points in 58 games. He then played for a season in Italy before retiring in 1993. Bozek finished his career with totals of 164 goals and 167 assists for 331 points in 641 games, along with 309 penalty minutes. He never played a game in the minor leagues."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brace", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen \"Steve\" Brace (born 7 July 1961 in Bridgend) is a former long-distance runner from Wales, who represented Great Britain in the men's marathon at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He finished in 27th (2:17:49) and in 60th (2:23.28) place respectively. Brace triumphed at the Paris Marathon in 1989 and 1990 and at the Berlin Marathon in 1991. His personal best is 2:10:35 (second place at the Houston Marathon 1996). Brace is currently the Director of Welsh Athletics"}]}, {"title": "Steve Bracey", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Henry Bracey (August 1, 1950 \u2013 February 14, 2006) was an American basketball player. A 6' 1\" guard from the University of Tulsa, Bracey played three seasons (1972\u20131975) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Atlanta Hawks and Golden State Warriors. He averaged 6.1 points per game and won an NBA Championship with Golden State in 1975. Bracey died from diabetes-related complications in 2006."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brackenridge", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen James Brackenridge (born 31 July 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for New Mills. He played for Macclesfield Town in the Football League."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bracks", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Phillip Bracks AC (born 15 October 1954) is a former Australian politician and the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Labor Party and was party leader and premier from 1999 to 2007. Bracks led Labor in Victoria to minority government at the 1999 election, defeating the incumbent Jeff Kennett Liberal and National coalition government. Labor was returned with a majority government after a landslide win at the 2002 election. Labor was elected for a third term at the 2006 election with a substantial but reduced majority. Bracks is the second-longest-serving Labor premier in Victorian history, only John Cain Jr. served for a longer period. The treasurer, John Brumby, became Labor leader and premier in 2007 when Bracks retired from politics."}, {"context": " Steve Bracks was born in Ballarat, where his family owns a fashion business. He is a Lebanese Australian; his paternal grandfather came to Australia as a child from Zahl\u00e9 in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon in the 1890s. His family were Melkites before immigrating and converting to Roman Catholicism. Bracks was educated in Ballarat at St Patrick's College and the Ballarat College of Advanced Education (now the Federation University), where he graduated in business studies and education. He became a keen follower of Australian rules football, supporting the Geelong Football Club."}, {"context": " From 1976 to 1981 Bracks was a school commerce teacher at Sacred Heart College, Ballarat. During the 1980s he worked in local government in Ballarat and then as Executive Director of the Ballarat Education Centre. While in these positions he twice (1985 and 1988) contested the seat of Ballarat North in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party. In 1989 Bracks was appointed statewide manager of Victorian state government employment programs, under the Labor government of John Cain Jr. He then became an adviser to both Cain and Cain's successor as Premier, Joan Kirner. Here he was able to witness from the inside the collapse of the Labor government following the economic and budgetary crisis which began in 1988. This experience gave Bracks a very conservative and cautious view of economic management in government."}, {"context": " Following the defeat of the Kirner government by the Liberal leader Jeff Kennett in late 1992, Bracks became Executive Director of the Victorian Printing Industry Training Board. He quit this post in 1994 when Kirner resigned from Parliament and Bracks was elected for Kirner's seat of Williamstown in the western suburbs of Melbourne, where he lived with his wife Terry and their three children. One of his children is Nick Bracks, Australian model. Bracks was immediately elected to Labor's front bench, as Shadow Minister for Employment, Industrial Relations and Tourism. In 1996, after Labor under John Brumby was again defeated, he became Shadow Treasurer. In March 1999, when it became apparent that Labor was headed for another defeat under Brumby's leadership, Brumby resigned and Bracks was elected Opposition Leader."}, {"context": " Political observers were almost unanimous that Bracks had no chance of defeating Liberal premier Jeff Kennett at the September 1999 election: polls gave Kennett a 60% popularity rating. Bracks and his senior colleagues (particularly Brumby, who comes from Bendigo) campaigned heavily in regional areas, accusing Kennett of ignoring regional communities. In response, voters in regional areas deserted the Kennett government. On election night, much to its own surprise, Labor increased its seat count from 29 to 41, with the Liberals and their National Party allies retaining 43, and three falling to rural independents. With the Coalition one seat short of government, the election was to be decided in Frankston East, when the death of incumbent Peter McLellan forced a supplementary election. That supplementary election was won by Labor on a large swing, resulting in a hung parliament. The independents agreed to support a minority Labor government, making Bracks the first Catholic Labor Premier of Victoria since 1932."}, {"context": " Former leader Brumby, appointed Treasurer, was regarded as a major part of the government's success. He and the Deputy Premier and Minister for Health, John Thwaites, and the Attorney-General, Rob Hulls, were regarded as the key ministers in the Bracks government. Following a pre-1999 election commitment to consider the feasibility of introducing fast rail services to regional centres, in 2000 the government approved funding for the Regional Fast Rail project, upgrading rail lines between Melbourne and Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Traralgon. However, in 2006 the Victorian Auditor General noted that in spite of $750 million spent, \"We found that the delivery of more frequent fast rail services in the Geelong, Ballarat, and Bendigo corridors by the agreed dates was not achieved. In total, the journey time outcomes will be more modest than we would have expected with only a minority of travellers likely to benefit from significant journey time improvements. These outcomes occur because giving some passengers full express services means bypassing often large numbers of passengers at intermediate stations along the corridors.\""}, {"context": " On 14 December 2000, Steve Bracks released a document outlining his government's intent to introduce the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001. The major criticism of Bracks's first government was that their insistence on consultation stood in the way of effective, proactive government. Bracks, according to critics, achieved little, and lost the excitement of constant change that was characteristic of the Kennett years. The talents of some of the more junior ministers in the government were also questioned. Nevertheless, Bracks got through his first term without major mishaps, and his popularity undiminished."}, {"context": " Labor won the 2002 election in a landslide, taking 62 seats out of 88 in the Legislative Assembly\u2014only the third time in Victoria's history that a Labor government had been reelected. In another first, Labor won a slim but clear majority in the Legislative Council as well. While this was the greatest victory Labor had ever had in a Victorian state election, it brought with it considerable risks. With majorities in both houses Bracks could no longer cite his weak parliamentary position as an excuse for inaction."}, {"context": " On 28 August 2002, Bracks, in conjunction with his then New South Wales counterpart, Bob Carr, opened the Mowamba aqueduct between Jindabyne and Dalgety, to divert 38 gigalitres of water a year from Lake Eucumbene to the Snowy and Murray rivers. The ten-year plan cost A$300 million with Victoria and NSW splitting the costs. Melbourne Water has stated that within 50 years there will be 20 per cent less water going into Victorian reservoirs. In May 2003 Bracks broke an election promise and announced that the proposed Scoresby Freeway in Melbourne's eastern suburbs would be a tollway rather than a freeway, as promised at the 2002 elections. As well as risking a loss of support in marginal seats in eastern Melbourne, this decision brought about a strong response from the Howard Federal government, which cut off federal funding for the project on the grounds that the Bracks government had reneged on the terms of the federal-state funding agreement. The decision seems to have been on the recommendation of Brumby, who was concerned with the state's budgetary position. Also opposing the decision was the Federal Labor Opposition, which feared anti-Labor reaction at the 2004 Federal election. The then Opposition Leader Mark Latham described a meeting with Bracks and federal shadow ministers, writing:"}, {"context": " This backflip, while seen by many as an opportunity for the Liberals to make ground, saw the then leader of the Liberals, Robert Doyle, adopt a much-criticised policy of half tolls, which was later overturned by his successor, Ted Baillieu. In 2005, following extensive independent studies it was found that cattle had created extensive damage to the high country National Park and their continued presence in the Park was incompatible with the values of National Parks. Bracks backed the environment and his environment minister, John Thwaites and announced that Victoria would follow the NSW example and cattlemen would be banned from using the \"High Plains\" in Victoria's National Parks to graze cattle. Some said this ended a 170-year tradition, the reality was the ban was only in the National Parks. Stockmen had been fearing this decision since 1984, when a Labor government excised land to create the Alpine National Park. Some estimated three hundred cattlemen rode horses down Bourke street in protest while police said it was closer to 100. Colourful Victorian National Party leader Peter Ryan was quoted as saying that Bracks had \"killed the man from Snowy River\", a reference to the Banjo Paterson poem \"The Man from Snowy River\"... which was a bit strange because the Poem was about mustering horses not cattle - a practice which was stopped in the high country just after World War 2."}, {"context": " Bracks' second government achieved one of Victorian Labor's longest-held goals with a complete reform of the state's system for electing its upper house. It saw the introduction of proportional representation, with eight five-member regions replacing the current single-member constituencies. This system increases the opportunity for minor parties such as the Greens and DLP to win seats in the Legislative Council, giving them a greater chance of holding the balance of power. Illustrating the historic importance Labor assigns to the changes, in a speech to a conference celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade, Bracks said it was \"another victory for the aspirations of Eureka\", and has described the changes as \"his proudest achievement\"."}, {"context": " The staging of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, generally viewed as a success (albeit an expensive one), was viewed as a plus for Bracks and the government. With times reasonably good, a perception arguably reinforced by an extensive government advertising campaign selling the virtues of Victoria to Victorians, polls indicated little interest in change, although towards the end of the election campaign polling indicated that the Liberals under Baillieu were closing the gap. The election campaign was a relatively low-key affair, with the Government and Bracks largely running on their record, as well as their plans to tackle infrastructure issues in their third term. Bracks' image loomed large in Labor's election advertising. Liberal attacks concentrated on the slow process of infrastructure development under Bracks (notably on water supply issues relating to the severe drought affecting Victoria in the election leadup), and new Liberal leader Ted Baillieu promised to start construction on a range of new infrastructure initiatives, including a new dam on the Maribyrnong River and a desalination plant. Labor's broken election promise on Eastlink was also expected to be a factor in some seats in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne."}, {"context": " On 25 November 2006, Steve Bracks won his third election, comfortably defeating Baillieu to secure a third term, with a slightly reduced majority in the Lower House. This marked only the second time that the Victorian Labor Party had won a third term in office. His third term Cabinet was sworn in on 1 December 2006 with Bracks also holding the portfolio of Veterans' Affairs and Multicultural Affairs. Bracks announced his resignation as Premier on 27 July 2007, saying this was in order to spend more time with his family. He stepped down on 30 July 2007. According to the ABC, Bracks had been under political and personal pressure in the weeks before his resignation. Alone among State Premiers, he had refused to agree to the Federal Government's $10 billion Murray-Darling Basin water conservation plan, and his son had been involved in an accident involving a charge of drink driving. Bracks told a media conference he could no longer give a 100 per cent commitment to politics:"}, {"context": " Bracks' deputy John Thwaites announced his resignation on the same day. News of the resignations caused surprise to the general community as well as to politicians. It was revealed that then Federal Labor Leader Kevin Rudd was informed only minutes before the announcement, and tried to talk Bracks out of his decision. Bracks' Treasurer John Brumby was elected unopposed by the Victorian Labor Caucus as Premier, while Attorney-General Rob Hulls was elected Deputy Premier. One consequence of Bracks leaving politics may have been the introduction of abortion law reform in Victoria. It has been suggested that the resignation of Premier Bracks sowed the seeds for abortion law reform by legislation that parliamentarians previously had refused to support, fearing a backlash from anti-abortion groups led by veteran campaigner Margaret Tighe. Bracks, as a Catholic of Lebanese descent, almost certainly would not have allowed abortion legislation into the parliament, but his successor John Brumby did not share this view, and the Abortion Law Reform Bill introduced by upper house member Candy Broad was passed by the Parliament in 2008."}, {"context": " In August 2007, following his resignation as Premier, Bracks announced he would provide a short-term pro bono advising role in East Timor working alongside the newly elected Prime Minister Xanana Gusm\u00e3o. Bracks was to spend a year travelling between Melbourne and Dili helping with the establishment of Gusm\u00e3o's administration, the key departments that would need to be involved, and advising on how they would be accountable and reportable to the legislature. During 2008 Bracks indicated his support for Victorian abortion law reform in Victoria."}, {"context": " In addition to his role advising Gusm\u00e3o, Bracks also joined several company advisory boards: KPMG, insurance firm Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, the AIMS Financial Group and the NAB. The KPMG appointment was controversial, as the Victorian government had awarded the firm over 100 contracts during Bracks' time as Premier. On 14 February 2008, the Federal Labor Government appointed Bracks to head an inquiry into the ongoing viability of the Australian car industry. In 2010, Bracks was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for services to the community and the Parliament of Victoria. In recognition of his distinguished services to the Victorian community, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) \u2013 LL.D \"(h.c.)\" by Deakin University on 27 April 2010. He was also appointed to the Honorary Chair of the Deakin University Foundation."}, {"context": " In February 2013 after the announcement that Nicola Roxon would retire from federal politics, Bracks was cited as a possible candidate for her safe Labor seat of Gellibrand, but he ruled out running for the seat. Bracks was appointed to the role of Australian Consul-General in New York in May 2013, by the Federal ALP Government of Julia Gillard. At the time, the shadow Foreign Minister, the Coalition's Julie Bishop, described the appointment as \"inappropriate\" because of the proximity to the upcoming election and \"arrogant\" because of a lack of consultation with the then-opposition. Following the defeat of the ALP at the 7 September election, incoming foreign minister Julie Bishop reversed the appointment in a decision described as 'petty and vindictive' by acting ALP foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bradley", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven James Bisson (December 10, 1975 \u2013 December 4, 2008) was an American professional wrestler who wrestled under the ring name Steve Bradley. He competed in various North American independent promotions as well as spending over three years in World Wrestling Entertainment developmental territories including Power Pro Wrestling, Heartland Wrestling Association, Memphis Championship Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling. He was also the owner and head trainer of the Top Rope Wrestling Academy, a wrestling school in the New England area whose graduates include Alex Arion, Antonio Thomas, Brandon Locke, Brian Fury, Matt Spectro, Scott Reed and Nicole Raczynski."}, {"context": " At the age of 15, Bradley made his professional debut in 1991 becoming a mainstay of various East Coast promotions during the 1990s. In 1998, Bradley signed a 3-year developmental contract with the World Wrestling Federation and began training under Tom Prichard at WWF Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut with Kurt Angle. Assigned to Memphis-based Power Pro Wrestling, both he and Angle began feuding with each other over the PPW Heavyweight title eventually defeating Angle for the title on August 7, 1999"}, {"context": " and becoming the first man to pin Angle in his professional career. Their feud would be voted \"Underrated Feud of the Year\" by \"Pro Wrestling Illustrated\" that same year. In March 1999, he won the third annual ECWA Super 8 Tournament defeating Ace Darling and Devon Storm, before beating Christopher Daniels in the finals. He later feuded with Vic Grimes, defeating him for the PPW Young Guns Championship on July 19. He lost the PPW Heavyweight title to Grimes on September 18 before regaining it a week later on September 25, 1999."}, {"context": " After the WWF ended their developmental agreement with Power Pro Wrestling, Bradley was brought into IWA Puerto Rico where he feuded with Savio Vega and won the IWA World Tag Team Championship twice with Andy Anderson as Club WWF. He was eventually assigned to Memphis Championship Wrestling, a new developmental territory, in early 2001 and began wrestling with Essa R\u00edos and Lita on WWF house shows and dark matches on television tapings throughout the United States. He appeared at WrestleMania X-Seven to take part in WrestleMania Axxess. He also participated in a spot at Wrestlemania X-Seven as a golf cart driver thrown from his cart."}, {"context": " Spending the next two years in Ohio Valley Wrestling and the Heartland Wrestling Association, Bradley would win the HWA Tag Team Championship three times with Val Venis and Lance Cade. and eventually became involved in booking for the promotion before being released from his developmental contract in July 2002. Bradley was found dead on December 4, 2008 in a parking lot across the street from where he once operated a pro wrestling school in Manchester, New Hampshire. Bradley's cause of death was not determined. In trying to determine whether drugs could have played a factor in his death, autopsy results were inconclusive. Bradley was indicted on possession of heroin charges only a month before his death. Police do not believe any foul play was involved however.  In 2017, Bradley was mentioned by Kurt Angle in his WWE Hall of Fame speech, and thanked him for being an \"unsung hero\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bradley (American football)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Carl Bradley (born July 16, 1963) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bradshaw", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bradshaw is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and the North American Soccer League. In 1980, the Memphis Rogues drafted Bradshaw out of Wooddale High School. At the end of the season the team moved to Calgary, Canada to become the Calgary Boomers. Bradshaw played during the 1980-1981 indoor NASL season with the Boomers, but saw no game time during the 1981 outdoor season. In 1982, he returned to Memphis to join the Memphis Americans of the Major Indoor Soccer League draft."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brady", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven \"Steve\" Brady is a recurring fictional character on HBO series, \"Sex and The City\", played by David Eigenberg. Introduced in the second season, Steve is a bartender who has an unconventional on-again, off-again relationship with Miranda Hobbes throughout the remainder of the series. Miranda meets Steve when she spends a long time at a bar waiting for Carrie, who ultimately stands her up. Steve is the bartender and flirts with her\u2014the two go to Miranda's place and have sex. She sees the encounter as a one-night stand, but Steve is smitten. Miranda reacts callously to Steve's suggestion that they see each other in the future, with Miranda insisting that no man can be faithful and dependable. Finally Steve wins her over and she takes a leap of faith and starts dating him. Their differences in income, aspirations and status, as well as their attitudes about living together and having kids, are the catalysts for their eventual breakup, followed by several reconciliations and subsequent breakups. Over the course of the show Miranda puts Steve through a fair amount of emotional tumult. However, he looks beneath her cynical exterior and finds her softer side while at the same time choosing his battles carefully, and manages to get Miranda to relax and feel comfortable in a relationship."}, {"context": " In season four Steve opens his own bar, called Scout (after his dog), with Aidan Shaw as a silent partner. He is also diagnosed with testicular cancer. Miranda finds out about it, through Aidan, and she takes charge and urges Steve to take the cancer seriously. She takes him to a doctor who is an expert. Initially Steve is uncomfortable with Miranda's involvement; however, he realizes that Miranda is right and changes doctors. He undergoes an operation to remove one testicle, which is all of the treatment he needs. However, he feels like less of a man with only one ball, and opts to get a faux testicle made of silicone. Miranda is against the idea, but Steve says nobody will sleep with him if he only has one ball. Miranda says she will, and the then platonic exes have sex. This encounter results in an accidental pregnancy (despite his losing a testicle and Miranda having only one functioning ovary). Steve proposes to Miranda because he feels that's what she wants. However, she laughs it off, saying it's a bad idea and they shouldn't get married, and surely that's not what he wants, either. Steve then tells Miranda that he agrees, but they decide to raise the child (Brady Hobbes) together. They see each other a great deal after the child is born, and Miranda concludes she loves Steve. Finally she picks up the courage to tell him, and he reciprocates. They get back together and marry in season six. Miranda hates weddings, but they agree on a small intimate wedding ceremony with Carrie, Charlotte and Samantha present, and a few close relatives and friends. At the end of season six, Steve convinces Miranda to move to a house in Brooklyn. In the final episode of the series, Steve and Miranda invite Steve's aging mother Mary (Anne Meara) to stay with them, after they learn that she's suffered a stroke, and is experiencing cognitive decline."}, {"context": " While Steve and Miranda do have a happy marriage, they hit a bump in the road which leads him to having sex with another woman. He begs Miranda to forgive him, but she moves out. But at the end, after six months of marriage therapy, they renew their marriage. Steve isn't much featured in the second film, however their relationship is as strong as ever. When Miranda is struggling with her new boss at her firm, he inadvertently convinces her to quit. He greets her with Brady when she returns from Abu Dhabi."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brady (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen A. Brady (July 4, 1851 in Worcester, Massachusetts \u2013 November 1, 1917 in Hartford, Connecticut) was a Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from to . He would play for the Hartford Dark Blues, Washington Nationals, and New York Metropolitans."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brain", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brain (born 11 November 1954) is a retired rugby union player who played hooker for Coventry R.F.C. and represented England in over a dozen international matches, including three Five Nations, now the Six Nations Championship, between 1984 and 1986. Career Record P13, W4, D1, L8 Test Points: 0 (R) = Replacement"}]}, {"title": "Steve Brantley Spence", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brantley Spence (born August 18, 1989) is a former college football linebacker at and graduate of East Carolina University and an alleged would-be spree killer. Spence is accused of strangling a woman in Virginia Beach, Virginia and stealing her SUV, which he drove to Ben L. Smith High School in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was tased and taken into custody by Greensboro Police Department units on the edge of school property while brandishing two handguns. Spence faces two charges of attempted first degree murder along with additional charges from both states."}, {"context": " Spence grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, where he attended Ruffner Middle School and Maury High School and played varsity football all four years, earning all-district honors as a junior and senior. He was recruited by East Carolina, Delaware, and James Madison, and became interested in playing for ECU after attending football camps there. Spence was enrolled in East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina from 2007-2010, where he graduated with degrees in Business Management and Marketing. He signed for ECU in February 2007, and was redshirted that year."}, {"context": " After obtaining his degrees from ECU, Spence worked in Muncie, IN and Fort Worth, TX before returning to Virginia in February 2013. In 2012, he sat and passed the Series 6 and 63 securities licensure exams from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. He was arrested on January 11, 2018 on felony unlawful possession of firearm charges in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Office Robert Bonino of the Philadelphia Police Department. According to FINRA filings, Spence admitted to the substance of the allegations, which arose from an 9mm handgun found in his car after a traffic collision; the charges were dismissed in 2016 following the completion of a diversion program. Those filings also show that he was terminated from employment in September 2017 at MML Investors Services, LLC \"in connection with sales practice of traditional life insurance products,\" in the words of the firm."}, {"context": " Spence worked as an assistant football coach for Norfolk County Schools, coaching varsity football teams at Norview and Oscar Smith High Schools in Hampton Roads; he also served as a substitute teacher for the system. According to an arrest warrant filed in Guilford County, Spence allegedly handwrote a one-page plan of action, including at least six planned murders across three states. The document included time to rest and calculated travel times. Police in the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia allege that Spence was responsible for \"brutally beating his current girlfriend,\" and stealing her automobile on the morning of Monday, December 3, 2018 near the 4700 block of Alicia drive, . Spence was nowhere to be found when officers responded. At the time that he was arrested in North Carolina, he was wanted by the Virginia Beach Police Department for several charges regarding the morning's incident, including grand larceny (regarding an iPhone X), grand larceny of a motor vehicle (a Mercedes-Benz ML350 SUV), strangling another causing wound or injury, and assault on a family member."}, {"context": " At 12:40 PM on the same day, Patrick Jordan, a behavior intervention specialist employed at Ben L. Smith High School, a public high school in Southern Greensboro, North Carolina, observed a suspicious man moving towards the cafeteria, where students were eating lunch. Noting that the man had was not a badged visitor (as is required for all visitors) or a staff member, Jordan followed the man into the B building and into its cafeteria, calling out to him. After Jordan \"sped up my steps and increased the volume of my voice,\" the man brandished a handgun while widely grinning."}, {"context": " Jordan recalls the man threatening to \"let off,\" which he interpreted as an intention to indiscriminately fire into the occupied cafeteria. The man ordered Jordan to radio the two persons listed on the planning document to report to the cafeteria. Knowing that the individuals were not assigned radios, Jordan complied. Hearing Jordan's voice on the radio, Assistant Principal Lashonti Hines arrived at the cafeteria to determine what he needed. Hines walked between Jordan and the armed man, who had moved into the hallway; the man drew his handgun and yelled \"Get back!,\" according to Hines."}, {"context": " Hines immediately ran into the courtyard and radioed for a lockdown while Jordan evacuated students from the cafeteria into a classroom, which could be locked; Hines credits the successful evacuation to students reading her and Jordan's body language, she claims that \"they saw my face, they saw my movement and they could tell something was serious . . . when we made that call our kids were moving.\" After the cafeteria was evacuated, Hines reports that the man was walking about the courtyard between the school's buildings."}, {"context": " Officer D.K. Evans, an eight-year veteran officer at the Greensboro Police Department, had been serving as the School Resource Officer for Smith High School for the past few months. According to court testimony from a Greensboro Police Detective, Evans heard the call for lockdown over the radio and responded in less than a minute. Evans called for backup units and raced to the courtyard. Evans unholstered his weapon and chased the man, who was attempted to escape with two hanguns drawn, toward the school property line near Vanstory Street, where he was met by responding patrol units and arrested following the deployment of a taser; no shots were fired at any time by any person during the entire incident. Greensboro Police Chief Wayne Scott identified the man as Spence in a televised speech, and reported that Spence had a loaded 9mm and .45 ACP handgun drawn, one in each hand, with several boxes of bullets in his backpack."}, {"context": " Subsequent to Spence's arrest, Greensboro Police units searching the area recovered ML350 SUV at 3717 W Gate City Boulevard, the location of a nearby shopping mall, according to an incident report. A long gun and more ammunition was found inside the vehicle. Spence was arraigned in Guilford County District Court on charges of attempted first degree murder (two counts), going armed to the terror of the people, possession of a firearm on educational property, resisting or obstructing a law enforcement officer, possessing or receiving a stolen motor vehicle, and second-degree tresspass. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole, according to the judge. A total secured bond of $5.5 million was set and a mental health evaluation was ordered after he claimed that, \"Jeremiah is screaming in my head,\" during the hearing.  The planning document included in Spence's warrant included a plan to murder one person in Durham along with their family, to rest, and then to proceed to Maryland and kill at least one other person; the bottom of the document is largely unreadable."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bratt", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Richard Bratt (pronounced: 'braht') (born February 10, 1957) serves as Chief Technology Officer and President, Standards Development for GS1. He previously served as the founding Chief Executive Officer of the World Wide Web Foundation and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Steve Bratt is the first of son Richard Wiegand and Janet Lewis Bratt. He has a brother, Carl Bratt. Born in New York City while his father was in the Navy, the family moved shortly thereafter to Syracuse, New York. He attended Walberta Park and Cherry Road Elementary Schools and Westhill High School."}, {"context": " Bratt received a B.S. in Geological Sciences from Pennsylvania State University in 1979. He received his Ph.D. in Geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1985. Starting in 1985, Bratt led research initiatives at Science Applications International Corporation and later served as the program manager at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency developing advanced concepts for real-time global sensor monitoring, intelligent data analysis, and international telecommunications. By 1993, Bratt was integrating Web technologies into monitoring systems as a means of data sharing and collaboration. Bratt was a scientific advisor to the U.S. delegation to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland from their start in 1993 through their conclusion in 1996. In 1997, he was named the first Coordinator of the International Data Centre in Vienna, Austria of the preparatory commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization."}, {"context": " In 2002, Bratt became the Chief Executive Officer for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) while also holding the position of Research Scientist within the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Founded in 1994 by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, the W3C is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web. The W3C recommends the technical standards that underpin the Web, and that aim to make the Web accessible for all people. Bratt was responsible for strategic and budget planning, coordinating the standards process, annual meetings, legal matters, relations with W3C's member organizations and liaisons with other standards bodies."}, {"context": " In 2008 Bratt collaborated once again with Tim Berners-Lee to develop the concept for a new World Wide Web Foundation\u2014an international, not-for-profit organization to advance the Web as a medium that empowers people to bring about positive change. Later that year, they secured a $5 million grant over a 5-year period from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to seed the launch of the Web Foundation. Bratt became Chief Executive Office of the Web Foundation at the end of 2008 and left W3C in July 2009 to lead the Web Foundation on a full-time basis."}, {"context": " Bratt joined GS1 in December 2012. GS1 is the international, non-profit organization that develops and coordinates the identification system that drives global business. This system is manifested through the ubiquitous barcodes, RFID tags, and other standards for identifying and sharing data about entities, assets, products, services, locations and people. Bratt is responsible for the GS1's Global Standards Management Process (GSMP), exploration of new technologies for possible future standardization, design and operation of the information technology systems supporting the GS1 global operations and management of the Princeton, New Jersey office.  Bratt is the Chief Running Officer of Winchester Highlanders Road Running Club and the keyboardist of a band called SIX."}]}, {"title": "Steve Braun", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Braun may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Braun (actor)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Braun (born August 14, 1976) is a Canadian television and movie actor from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Braun's credits include \"The Immortal\", a TV show in which he and co-star Lorenzo Lamas hunted demons; \"The Trip\", an independent film about coming of age in the HIV era; and \"Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle\" (2004), a major motion picture release in which he plays the lead villain. In addition he starred as Brian Kelly in the 2004 thriller \"The Skulls III\". He also played the role of \"Jonesy\" in the 2007 thriller movie \"\". He also co-starred in the 2005 horror movie \"Pterodactyl\" as Willis Bradbury.  Braun was cast in a recurring guest role in The WB show \"Twins\", as Jordan, the unrequited love interest of Mitchee Arnold, played by Sara Gilbert. The series, which debuted on September 16, 2005, was cancelled in May, 2006."}]}, {"title": "Steve Braun (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Russell Braun (born May 8, 1948) is an American former professional baseball left fielder, third baseman, and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays, and St. Louis Cardinals. Braun was drafted by the Twins in the 10th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft. He did not play baseball in 1968 or 1969 as he was on baseball's military list from September 6, 1967, until September 23, 1969. Braun made his Major League Baseball debut with the Minnesota Twins on April 6, . He appeared in his final regular season game on October 6, .  Braun was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals team that defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1982 World Series. He is one of the few players with over 100 pinch hits. After his playing career, Braun became a hitting coach, working on the Cardinals' Major League staff in and then spending 12 years (1991\u20132002) as a minor league coach and hitting coordinator for the Boston Red Sox. , or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League) <br>"}]}, {"title": "Steve Braun (politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven James Braun is an American businessman and politician from the state of Indiana. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 2012 to 2014. In 1990, Braun founded Braun Technology Group which was later renamed to Braun Consulting. In 2004, he sold it to Fair Isaac Group. Braun is the former Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Then Governor Mike Pence appointed Braun in 2014. In 2017, Braun resigned as Commissioner. He ran unsuccessfully for Indiana's 4th congressional district in 2018. The seat is currently held by Todd Rokita who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate, against Braun's brother, Mike, in the Republican primary.  Braun has 5 children."}]}, {"title": "Steve Braunias", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Braunias (born New Zealand in June 1960 to an Austrian immigrant father and a New Zealand-born mother) is a New Zealand author, columnist, journalist and editor. He has won 30 national awards for writing, including the 2009 Buddle Findlay Sargeson Literary fellowship, the 2010 CLL Non-Fiction Award, the supreme award as the 2006 Qantas Fellowship at the New Zealand Qantas Media Award (Print), and is a three-time winner of the Cathay Pacific Travel Writer of the Year Award (2002, 2010, 2011). He has also won awards as a sports writer, crime writer, food writer, and humourist."}, {"context": " Braunias grew up in Mount Maunganui reading \"Roy of the Rovers\", a comic book that would come to influence his later columns through its characters' names. He has worked as editor of \"Capital Times\", feature writer at \"Metro magazine\", deputy editor of the \"New Zealand Listener\" and senior writer at \"The Sunday Star-Times\". He was also staff writer at \"Metro\" magazine, and syndicated a weekly satirical diary to six Fairfax newspapers. He currently works one day a week as Editor in Residence at Wintec in Hamilton, as well as writing for \"The New Zealand Herald\".  He is the author of a number of books, and has written for satirical TV series \"Eating Media Lunch\" and \"The Unauthorised History of New Zealand\". The $35,000 Braunias received from the 2010 CLNZ Writers' Award enabled him to work on Civilisation: 20 Places at the Edge of the World, an affectionate travel book about 20 small towns, published in November 2012 by Awa Press."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bravo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bravo (26 May 1912 \u2013 6 October 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bray (activist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bray is a political activist from Port Talbot in South Wales, who makes daily protests against Brexit in College Green, Westminster. He is known as Mr. Stop Brexit. He is seen quietly walking into the background of live TV interviews, wearing a colourful blue outfit and carrying placards with a simple 'Stop Brexit' or 'anti government' message. In March 2017, the prime minister Theresa May announced she was to apply for Article 50, to withdraw Britain from the European Union using the disputed 2016 advisory referendum as justification. She would negotiate the exit and Parliament would have a vote to endorse her decision. There would be no final peoples vote to ratify the terms."}, {"context": " Steve Bray was incensed. He left Port Talbot and travelled to London so he could protest. He told the Mirror: \"I'm patriotic. I'm Welsh, I'm British, I'm European. We are all better together. History has taught us that.\" Steve Bray was born in 1970, and for a living deals in rare coins. Bray wears a European Blue jacket, with a blue top-hat with a yellow hat-band. He has a cape made up from a Union Jack sewn into a EU flag. He carrys two double sided, burgundy coloured, A2 sized, placards with the messages \"Stop the BREXIT mess\", We want a peoples' vote\", \"Things have changed it is time to reassess\""}, {"context": " Camera teams from all news sources interview politicians on College Green, outside the Houses of Parliament as the Palace provides an iconic background. This is public open space. When Bray spots a team arriving he walks over, and as the live interview begins he quietly walks into the background of the shot displaying his posters. As the camera moves so does he, remaining in the frame. He walks off before the team can ask the police to remove him. With a two camera interview he knows which camera is live and moves from one to the other as needed.In an incident on 14 November 2018 with Georgina Wright and Annita McVeigh the camera hopping lasted over two minutes."}, {"context": " When the camera team chooses to film against the door of the Palace, Bray uses another tactic. He stands close by and shouts 'Stop Brexit' over a loudhailer. This ruins the sound track. Jacob Rees-Mogg, a right-wing dissident in the governing Conservative Party attempted to do such an interview on the same day, 14 November 2018, the audience heard \"Save Britain, Shame on You\". The BBC tried to circumvent Bray's disruption by building a five metre high platform on which to conduct interviews. Bray was not detered and raised the EU flag on a 5m high pole, which can be seem waving behing the presenter."}, {"context": " Every evening at around 6pm, he performs another ritual. He approaches the Palace and shouts 'Stop Brexit its not a done deal' and goes. He is back at 11 the following morning and states he will continue to do so until a People's Vote (referendum) is called. SODEM was a one man political movement founded by Steve Bray in September 2017. It is an acronym for Stand of Defiance European Movement, and propriately the colours are yellow on blue. A previous action was to replace the European flag on its flagpole outside the Neath Port Talbot council offices on 19 August 2018. It was removed so SODEM, in the person of Steve Bray just replaced it.  SODEM now has many supporters who are dedicated to keeping the European Union together, and communicate through social media and a website. The ITV call him a notable figure; for the length of his protest, and for the technique he uses to disrupt multi-camera interviews. Ben Bradshaw MP calls him a international celebrity."}]}, {"title": "Steve Breaston", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven William Breaston (born August 20, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan. Breaston also played for the Kansas City Chiefs. Breaston grew up in North Braddock, Pennsylvania and attended Woodland Hills High School in suburban Pittsburgh, PA. Breaston lettered three times in football at Woodland Hills High School, where he led the team to a 14-1 record and to a berth in the Pennsylvania 4-A state championship game. He helped Woodland Hills win the WPIAL Class AAAA title, gaining 219 yards on 15 carries during a 41-6 victory. The Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year in 2001, Breaston was rated the third-best skill athlete and was named Northeast Offensive Player of the Year by Super Prep. He received a four-star rating and was ranked as the nation's eighth-best \"athlete\" by Rivals100.com."}, {"context": " Breaston was selected as Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's co-Player of the Year (with quarterback Tyler Palko) and named an All-American running quarterback by Max Emfinger. The versatile athlete gained 2,545 career rushing yards and 37 touchdowns as a quarterback. As a senior, he carried 151 times for 1,718 yards (11.4-yard average) and 24 touchdowns, completed 33 of 79 passes for 600 yards and was involved in 34 scores overall, including 10 touchdown runs of more than 50 yards. Breaston returned two punts for touchdowns as a senior, including a 93-yarder vs. McKeesport Area High School, and accounted for more than 5,000 all-purpose yards during his last two seasons combined. Breaston lettered twice in basketball and track, winning the district title in the 300-meter hurdles as a junior."}, {"context": " Breaston played for the Michigan Wolverines for four seasons (2003\u20132006). He is the most prolific return man in school history and his 156 career receptions are fifth most in Michigan history. Breaston is Michigan's all-time leading punt returner (127 returns for 1,599 yards) and kickoff returner (81 returns for 1,993 yards). He returned four punts for touchdowns, which ties him with Gene Derricotte and Derrick Alexander for the school record, and one kickoff for a score. His combined total of five returns for touchdowns is a Michigan record. Breaston's punt returns and punt return yardage marks are also Big Ten Conference records. Breaston ranks seventh in conference annals in kickoff returns and kickoff return yardage. On January 1, 2005, Breaston set a Rose Bowl record with 315 all-purpose yards."}, {"context": " Breaston had ten games in his U-M career in which he had more than 200 all-purpose yards, as follows: Breaston was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals with the 142nd pick in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. In the fourth game of the 2007 season against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Breaston took a punt back 73 yards for a touchdown, which proved to be the key score, as the Cardinals went on to win the game. Through week 13 of the 2007 season, Breaston had 1,462 return yards for the Cardinals. Breaston had a breakout year in 2008. Following a serious injury to perennial Pro Bowl receiver Anquan Boldin, Breaston was inserted into the Cardinals' starting line-up at wide receiver. Breaston notably refused to participate in pre-game introductions at home games due to his opinion that he was still a backup, keeping a seat warm for the usual starter Anquan Boldin. Breaston finished the year with 1,006 yards, and he, Boldin, and Larry Fitzgerald became the fifth 1,000 yard receiving trio in NFL history."}, {"context": " Breaston's final stats with the Cardinals were 140 receptions, 1810 yards (12.9 avg), and 6 touchdowns On July 29, 2011 Breaston signed a five-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs. In a week 5 game against the Colts, Breaston played an important role by catching 2 touchdowns to lead the Chiefs to a 28-24 comeback victory. Breaston finished the year with 785 receiving yards and two touchdowns. In 2012, he only had 74 yards. He was released by the Chiefs on February 19, 2013. On August 5, 2013, Breaston signed a one-year deal with the New Orleans Saints. On August 19, 2013, he was released by the Saints."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brecher", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brecher (born 1945) is an American professional poker player. In 1999, Brecher placed 8th in the World Series of Poker $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event for $15,000. In 2004, he reached the final table of the World Poker Tour $25,000 No Limit Championship, finishing in 6th place and winning $232,000. In 2005, he finished 3rd in the $9,700 No Limit Hold'em event at the United States Poker Championship, pocketing $218,000. In 2009, Brecher took his first major tournament title by winning the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament. He beat over 300 other players to win more than $1 Million, defeating Kathy Liebert heads up after the longest final table in WPT history. He finished 31st in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event, winning $242,636."}, {"context": " As of November 2015, his career cashes were $3.0 million. Before turning his hand to professional poker, Brecher was a computer programmer and writer who was instrumental in creating some of the earliest popular programs (and their product categories) for the Macintosh platform. He wrote \"Suitcase\", the font management program for the Mac, which was originally self-published under the brand Software Supply, later distributed by Fifth Generation Systems, and eventually acquired by Extensis, which still publishes a (greatly improved and rewritten) version of the program more than 20 years after Brecher's original release. He also, together with Billy Steinberg, wrote \"Pyro\", the original Mac screen saver application. In addition to application software, Brecher was a contributor to the FreePPP project, which brought Macintosh computers onto the Internet, and developed low-level driver software for some of the earliest Macintosh hard disk drives."}, {"context": " In the 1980s and early 1990s, Brecher was regarded in technology circles as a \"programmer's programmer\", and was a Contributing Editor of MacTech magazine, for which he wrote the \"Ask Professor Mac\" column, and answered technical questions from readers. His later interest in professional gambling was foreshadowed by his 1980 book, \"Beating the Races with a Computer\". Brecher holds an FAA Airline Transport Pilot certificate, and during 2009\u20132012 flew himself to poker tournaments around the country from his plane's bases in Reno, Nevada and Carson City, Nevada."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bredhauer", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Dominic Bredhauer (born 15 February 1958) is a former Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he was a teacher before entering politics. He joined the Labor Party in 1980. In 1989, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Cook. When Labor won government in 1998, he was appointed Minister for Transport and Main Roads, a position he held until his retirement from politics in 2004. He was succeeded by his electorate officer, Jason O'Brien."}]}, {"title": "Steve Breedlove", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Breedlove is an American bishop of the Anglican Church in North America. He was born in Tyler, Texas. He attended Washington and Lee University and has the Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary. He served in parishes in the United States and Canada. He was the founding rector of All Saints Church, Chapel Hill - Durham, in North Carolina. He was also the founder and director of the Anglican Missional Pastor leadership program development. He has been married to Sally since 1972 and they have five children and nine grandchildren."}, {"context": " After the withdrawal of the Anglican Mission in the Americas, Breedlove was unanimously elected the first Presider Bishop \"pro term\" of the PEARUSA, the new missionary district of the Anglican Church of Rwanda in the United States, a dual church body of the Anglican Church of Rwanda and the Anglican Church in North America, being installed on 11 June 2012. Bishop Breedlove's consecration took place on 29 October 2012, in Denver, Colorado, by Archbishop Robert Duncan. He became the first diocesan bishop of the newly constituted Anglican Diocese of Christ Our Hope on 21 June 2016 upon the dissolution of PEARUSA resulting from its transfer from the Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda to the Anglican Church in North America.  He is the co-writer, with his wife, Sally Breedlove, and Ralph and Jennifer Ennis, of \"The Shame Exchange - Trading Shame for God's Mercy and Freedom\" (2009), on the subjects of shame and guilt."}]}, {"title": "Steve Breen", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Paul Breen (born April 26, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is a nationally syndicated cartoonist. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1998 and 2009. He graduated from Huntington Beach High School in 1988 and attended the University of California, Riverside, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science. It was at UCR that he started drawing editorial cartoons for his school paper, \"The Highlander\". In 1991, Breen won the Scripps Howard Charles M. Schulz Award as the top college cartoonist and the John Locher Memorial Award for Outstanding College Editorial Cartoonist. He was influenced by cartoonists such as Jeff MacNelly, Paul Conrad, Pat Oliphant and Don Wright."}, {"context": " Breen was about to become a high school history teacher when the \"Asbury Park Press\" offered him a job in the art department in July 1994. He became the full-time editorial cartoonist there in 1996. Breen's comic strip \"Grand Avenue\", which is syndicated by United Feature Syndicate and appears in more than 150 newspapers across the country, was launched in 1999. In 2005, Breen's colleague Mike Thompson came on board to help write the strip, and in 2009 became official co-creator. In 2014 Thompson took over most writing & art duties; as of 2016 the strip is entirely by Thompson."}, {"context": " In July 2001, Breen returned to his home state to join the staff of \"The San Diego Union-Tribune\". His editorial cartoons are nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate (which acquired former syndicate Copley News Service in 2008). They regularly appear in \"The New York Times\", \"USA Today\", \"Newsweek\" and \"US News and World Report\". Breen is the author and illustrator of several children's books: \"Stick\", \"Violet the Pilot\", \"The Secret of Santa's Island\", and \"Woodpecker Wants a Waffle\", for which he won the 2017 New Hampshire State Library Ladybug Picture Book Award."}]}, {"title": "Steve Breheny", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Breheny (born 21 June 1954) is an Australian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics."}]}, {"title": "Steve Breitkreuz", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Breitkreuz (born 18 January 1992) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Erzgebirge Aue. He is the twin brother of fellow footballer Patrick Breitkreuz. Breitkreuz joined Erzgebirge Aue from Hertha BSC II in 2015. On 1 June 2017, Eintracht Braunschweig announced the signing of Breitkreuz on a three-year contract. A year later, he returned to Aue for the 2018\u201319 season having signed a three-year contract."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bren", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bren (born July 29, 1960) is a former American racing driver from Newport Beach, Calif ornia. Bren is the son of Diane and Donald Bren, billionaire and chairman of the US-based real estate investment company, the Irvine Company. His paternal grandfather was Hollywood movie producer Milton H. Bren. After a fairly successful stint in US Formula Super Vee in 1985, Bren moved to the new American Racing Series in 1986. While he only participated in four races, he was competitive in all his ARS starts. That year he also completed rookie orientation for the Indianapolis 500 but could not find a ride to make a qualification attempt. He made two one-off starts in the CART Championship Car series in 1988 at Laguna Seca Raceway and 1990 at Long Beach, however he failed to finish either race. Steve's brother Cary also drove in Super Vee and Indy Lights.  Bren later became a property developer and art collector. Bren has been married twice: In 2017, Bren was in trouble with the law for stalking Spangler in Idaho and also held in contempt of court for failing to appear at a civil case where he allegedly owes creditors over $5 million as part of his real estate developments. Bren said he could not pay because he was in rehab for drug and alcohol addiction."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brennan", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Edward \"Steve\" Brennan (born 2nd November 1951) is a retired Northern Irish professional darts player who competed in the 1980s. He was a civil engineer from Leiston and began playing county darts for Suffolk in 1979-80. He was eligible to play for Northern Ireland because his father Pat was born in Derry. He made his World Darts Championship debut in 1982 and caused one of the great upsets in darts history by beating defending champion Eric Bristow in the first round. He also knocked out Dave Whitcombe in the second round before losing 0-4 to Stefan Lord in the quarter-finals.  He appeared at the next four World Championships, but only won two more matches \u2013 both first round victories in 1984 and 1985. His last appearance came in 1986 when he lost in the first round to Paul Lim. After another surprise victory over Bristow in the 1986 MFI World Matchplay tournament, \"The Crafty Cockney\" famously declared that \"he kept losing to wallies.\" Steve has 3 brothers, (Nigel, Kevin and Trevor) and 1 sister, (Teresa)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brennan (American reporter)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brennan (c. 1952 \u2013 July 2, 2009) was an Irish-born American reporter, journalist and editor of \"The Hollywood Reporter\", a major entertainment industry trade publication. Brennan's career began far from Hollywood and the entertainment industry. His career began as a reporter for Independent Newspapers, now called Independent News & Media, based in Dublin, Ireland. He initially covered a broad range of the news beats, ranging from entertainment to the violence which plagued Northern Ireland at the time. Brennan received a National Press Award for investigative reporting while at the newspaper."}, {"context": " He later became involved primarily in entertainment news both in Ireland and abroad. Brennan began working as a consultant with the Irish government and the Irish film industry concerning the global film and television industries. He consulted while continuing to report for Independent Newspapers. Brennan became working as the Irish correspondent for \"The Hollywood Reporter\" while still living in Ireland. He would ultimately spend more than 20 years at \"The Hollywood Reporter\". He moved to Los Angeles in 1989 to join the newspaper's main headquarters. Brennan was first hired at \"The Hollywood Reporter\" as a freelance reporter. He was later promoted as a full reporter and covered international television and U.S. domestic syndication news. Brennan became the international editor of The Hollywood Reporter during his last years with the publication.  In 2007, Brennan published his book, \"Emeralds in Tinseltown: The Irish in Hollywood\", which he co-published with his wife, Bernadette. Brennan died of cancer on July 2, 2009, at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 57. He was survived by his wife, Bernadette O'Neill."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brennan (footballer, born 1958)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brennan (3 September 1958 \u2013 13 August 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Crystal Palace and Plymouth Argyle before moving into non-league football with Leatherhead. Brennan was born in Mile End, Greater London, and began his youth career at Crystal Palace where he was part of the successful youth squad which won the FA Youth Cup in 1977 and 1978. He signed professional terms in February 1976 and made his senior debut on 31 August 1976, in an away 1\u20133 defeat to Watford in the League Cup. His first Football League appearance was on 2 March 1977, in an away 2\u20133 defeat to Lincoln City, when he scored one of Palace's goals. Brennan made only one further appearance that season and one in 1977\u20138 before signing for Plymouth Argyle on 1 August 1978. At Plymouth, Brennan made only six appearances and moved into non-league football with Leatherhead in 1979.  Brennan died on 13 August 2015, aged 56."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bridges", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bridges (May 22, 1963 \u2013 March 3, 2012) was an American comedian, impressionist, and actor who was known for his impressions of politicians, television characters and broadcasters including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barney Fife, Homer Simpson, Tom Brokaw, Paul Harvey, and Rush Limbaugh. Bridges graduated from Biola University in 1986. His accurate portrayal of Bush led to Bridges being cast as the president in episodes of both \"JAG\" and its spin-off, \"\"."}, {"context": " In 2006, he appeared alongside President George W. Bush at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, mimicking the president by voicing the president's \"inner thoughts\" during Bush's presidential speech. On March 3, 2012, Bridges was found dead by his maid in his Los Angeles home after he failed to return a call the day before. According to his agent, Bridges had just returned from performing in Hong Kong and went to bed complaining that he felt \"super-jetlagged\". His death was ruled an accident, with the probable cause \u201cupper airway anaphylaxis\u201d from a severe allergic reaction."}]}, {"title": "Steve Briggs", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Briggs (born 2 December 1946) is a former footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers and Yeovil Town as centre forward. Briggs signed for high flying 1st Division side Leeds United straight from school, though never managed to get beyond playing for the reserves. He moved to English Division 4 club Doncaster Rovers in February 1969, scoring on his debut in a 7\u20130 victory over Aldershot on 23 February. He went on to play in all the subsequent 17 League games that season, and score 4 goals in what was Doncaster's title winning year as they gained promotion to Division 3."}, {"context": " The following season he made 31 League appearances, scoring 8 goals, occasionally being replaced by Laurie Sheffield. He also played in 3 cup games and scored in the League Cup against Blackburn of Division 2. The 1970-71 season was less successful for Doncaster as they were relegated, though Briggs managed 10 goals in 31 League and Cup games, sometimes playing inside right and right wing. After making a total of 127 League and Cup appearances, scoring 36 goals, it was at the end of the 1972\u201373 season that he was released on a free transfer with Yeovil Town picking him up.  Briggs was released after just one season as Yeovil finished 6th in the Southern League. Doncaster Rovers"}]}, {"title": "Steve Brignall", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brignall (born 12 June 1960) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Arsenal."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brill", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve \"Wildman\" Brill is an American naturalist, environmental educator and author. He gained notoriety in 1986, when he was arrested in New York City's Central Park for eating a dandelion. Brill was a pre-med student at George Washington University. He later changed his major to psychology, but learned botany, foraging, and gourmet vegan cooking on his own, after college. Brill has been taking people on nature walks in New York's Central Park, and parks throughout the Greater NY area, since 1982. Brill says his tours had the approval of the parks department until they began refusing to issue him a weed-picking permit in 1983. He gained notoriety in 1986 when he was arrested by two undercover park rangers and charged with criminal mischief after allegedly eating a dandelion he had picked in New York's Central Park. Brill was released with a \"desk-appearance ticket\" pending trial. According to Brill, the New York City Parks Department \"dropped the charges and hired me to lead the same tours I was busted for\" until a change in park administration in 1990."}, {"context": " In 1994, Brill published his book: \"Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places\" which explains how to identify and forage for edible or medicinal plants. In 2001, Brill published \"The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook: A Forager's Culinary Guide\"; a 500 recipe wild and natural foods cookbook. In 2008, he released his self-published \"Shoots and Greens of Early Spring in Northeastern North America, and in 2014, he released his self-published \"Foraging with Kids.\""}, {"context": " In 2011, Brill released an iPhone app called \"Wild Edibles Forage\" with Winterroot, which gives information on \"250 common North American plants\". They also created an Android version. Both applications feature Brill's edible plant photos, his botanical illustrations, and hundreds of his vegan whole-foods recipes. Brill is reported to be the foremost expert in The Northeast foraging and works with nature centers, schools, day camps, libraries, parks departments, land trusts, nature centers, museums, health food stores, farmer's markets, teaching farms, and other organizations, to educate the public on foraging in the Northeastern US. Many of his tours are co-led by his foraging expert daughter, Violet Brill (born 2004)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brimacombe", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brimacombe (born 7 May 1971) is an Australian athletics coach and former runner. Under the tutelage of renowned Scottish coach Jim Bradley, Brimacombe won the 1991 Stawell Gift after only 8 months of training. At the time he was only 19 and the second youngest winner in Stawell Gift history. In December 1991, Brimacombe won the prestigious Bay Sheffield off 3.75m. On 28 December 1992, Brimacombe set a Colley Reserve track record of 12.28secs off scratch in his semi-final of the prestigious Bay Sheffield."}, {"context": " In 1994, Brimacombe caused a huge upset when he won the Australian 200m title beating Dean Capobianco and Damien Marsh who had both run in the 200m world championship final in 1993. A fortnight after winning the Australian 200m title, Brimacombe finished 2nd in the 1994 Stawell Gift off scratch, recording 12.18secs - this equalled the Stawell track record by an Australian for 120m. In July 1994, Brimacombe was a finalist in the Commonwealth Games 200m. Brimacombe moved to Queensland in October 1994 and competed over 200 metres in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta where he finished 9th overall, just missing the final. He was an integral member of Australia's 4 \u00d7 100 m relay team from 1995 to 1999, winning a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg and a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur."}, {"context": " Brimacombe was a three times national 200m champion (1994, 1995, 1997) and won the 100m title in 1997. His personal best for the 100m was 10.28 secs and for the 200m was 20.30 secs. He returned to Victoria in 2001 and continued to compete until he retired in 2004. Brimacombe became only the fourth Stawell Gift winner in history to have later coached a winner, when his charge Adrian Mott stormed home in 2006. He was an inaugural inductee into the Bay Sheffield Hall of Fame. Steve's mother Dianne has also competed in Victorian Athletics in longer distance events and has been very competitive in her age group with Coburg Harriers."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brine", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Charles Brine (born 28 January 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester. At the 2010 general election, he had a majority of 3,048 over the Liberal Democrat candidate. He was re-elected to the House of Commons at the 2015 general election, with an increased majority of 16,914, and again at the 2017 general election, with a reduced majority of 9,999. Brine was educated at Bohunt School, Highbury College and Liverpool Hope University where he read History. He served a sabbatical year as President of the Students' Union. While in Liverpool he created a new company called Liverpool Student Media. In his youth, Brine also joined Friends of the Earth, which he cited as one of the reasons he went into politics."}, {"context": " Brine worked as a radio journalist, and when 18 years old was one of the BBC's youngest reporters and producers on BBC Local Radio, before working with BBC Radio Surrey and BBC Southern Counties Radio as well as contributing as a freelance reporter to Radio Five Live. He also spent a year working in Chicago with the Tribune Media Group's WGN Radio. He also worked as a business development consultant, and for a golf marketing and publishing business. Brine assisted Conservative Central Office when William Hague was leader of the party and again during the 2005\u201310 Parliament when he worked with Conservative MPs and Parliamentary Candidates across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight."}, {"context": " Formerly the party's area campaign director for Hampshire, Brine was selected in November 2006 for Winchester, where he has served a deputy chairman (political) of the local Conservative association. On 5 February 2013, Brine opposed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, which aimed to introduce same-sex marriage in England and Wales, asking a question of Rt Hon Tim Loughton positing that the progressive outcome would be to meet the perception that \"civil partnerships are somehow not enough...without redefining marriage and mortally offending so many of my\u2014and I am sure his\u2014constituents?\""}, {"context": " Speaking to a local newspaper about his vote, Brine said: \"This was a free vote as matters of conscience traditionally are. As I said in Parliament, if there is a feeling out there that civil partnerships, which I strongly support, are now somehow not enough the coalition should have produced a green paper to explore options for change. That could have been done in a collegiate way instead of a non-consultation last year leading to a rushed Bill that has horribly divided the entire country and the Government."}, {"context": " \"That said, I have received more contact from constituents on this, mostly opposed to the Bill for what it's worth, than any other subject in almost three years and many said to me the coalition should not be spending any time on this and has no mandate for such a major constitutional change. I will be following the Bill extremely closely as it moves into committee.\" In 2013, Brine was made a PPS (Parliamentary Private Secretary) to Mike Penning, Minister of State at the Department for Work & Pensions and Minister for Disabled People. As a result, he worked closely with colleagues including Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative) and Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)."}, {"context": " In July 2014, Brine followed Penning to a new Government role, within the Home Office and Ministry of Justice. This followed a number of years spent on the House of Commons Justice Select Committee, chaired by veteran Liberal Democrat MP Sir Alan Beith, where much of Mr Brine's work was centred on rehabilitation. As part of this, Brine took part in a Reducing Reoffending conference which was held in Winchester in early 2014. Brine was re-adopted by the Winchester Conservatives to contest the seat at the General Election held on 7 May 2015 and was re-elected with a majority of almost 17,000."}, {"context": " In May 2015, Brine was made Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health. Brine was opposed to \"Brexit\" prior to the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the EU. After the change of Prime Minister in July 2016, Brine became a Minister after being appointed by Theresa May as an Assistant Government Whip. Following the 2017 General Election he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health with special responsibility for public health and GPs."}, {"context": " Steve Brine's voting history can be viewed online, as can his speeches. He has attended 92% of voting divisions. Brine, unlike the vast majority of his conservative colleagues, voted against investigation into the UK's involvement in the Iraq War in November 2016. He has voted twice against equal gay rights, including same sex marriage. He voted against allowing terminally ill people to be allowed to have assisted suicide. He has previously voted in support of airstrikes against ISIL in Syria and continued deployment in Afghanistan."}, {"context": " He voted to allow Theresa May to trigger Article 50 and since 7 December 2016 has voted against continued membership of the EU. The Winchester constituency voted \"remain\" by a majority of around 8.9%. He almost always supported policies in the 2010 Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement. Brine is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur, his sports include skiing, tennis, golf and boules and enjoys live music such as at The Glastonbury Festival. Brine is married with two children, and has a dog, Dr Popcorn."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brinster", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brinster (born 1980) is an American professional disc golfer from Warwick, New York. He joined the Professional Disc Golf Association in 1996 and became a professional in 1997. He won his first tournament as a professional in 1999, taking first at the Warwick Animalfest PDGA C-Tier event. Brinster won the United States Disc Golf Championship in 2013, his first and only PDGA Major win. He won the Dogwood Crosstown Classic in 2004, his first and only PDGA National Tour Series win. He is sponsored by Innova Champion Discs and has amassed 90 wins and $189,927 in earnings in his twenty years as a professional disc golfer."}]}, {"title": "Steve Broad", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Broad (born 1986) is a New Zealand singer from Invercargill, who came 5th on the second season of \"The X Factor\" (New Zealand). He is mostly known for placing third on the second series of \"NZ Idol\". Broad was born in Invercargill in 1986. In the second season of \"NZ Idol\", Steve was voted 3rd place. Broad competed on \"Pop's Ultimate Star\", where he came in 8th place. Broad attended the pre-auditions in Dunedin in October 2014 and advanced though to the judges auditions. Broad performed \"Mirrors\" by Justin Timberlake at his audition and received positive feedback from all four judges. Broad performed Nick Jonas' \"Jealous\" at Judges Retreats. His mentor Melanie Blatt picked Broad as one of her final three acts which advanced to the live shows. With the elimination of Sarah Spicer in week 4 and Joe Irvine in week 5, Broad was the last act in the Over 25's category mentored by Melanie Blatt. After his week 8 performance of Tiki Taane's \"Always On My Mind\", Broad found himself for the first time in the bottom two against Stevie Tonks. Broad sang \"I Lived\" by OneRepublic in the final showdown against Tonks, but lost the judges vote with three of the four judges choosing to send Broad home. Broad came 5th overall."}]}, {"title": "Steve Broderick", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Broderick (born January 1, 1981) was a vocalist for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra from 2000 to 2009. He was a backup singer in the band's 2009 album, \"Night Castle\", and the band's 2015 album, \"Letters from the Labyrinth\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brodie", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brodie may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Brodie (actor)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brodie (born John Stevenson; November 21, 1919\u00a0\u2013 January 9, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor from El Dorado in Butler County in south central Kansas. Born John Stevenson, he took his screen name from Steve Brodie, a daredevil who claimed to have jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886 and survived. Brodie appeared in 79 feature films during his career (1944-1988), plus a profusion of appearances on episodic TV. He worked at various studios, including MGM, RKO and Republic Pictures, appearing mostly in westerns and B-movies. He played supporting roles in the majority of his films, including the 1947 film noir classic \"Out of the Past\" and 1950's \"Armored Car Robbery\"."}, {"context": " An exception was 1947's \"Desperate\", where he had a starring role. Later appearances included roles in two Elvis Presley films: 1961's \"Blue Hawaii\" and 1964's \"Roustabout\". Beginning in the mid-1950s, he appeared mostly on television, with guest- starring roles in such series as \"Stories of the Century\" (as the outlaw Harry Tracy), \"Crossroads\", \"Sugarfoot\", \"Colt .45\", \"Stagecoach West\", \"Richard Diamond, Private Detective\", \"The Public Defender\", \"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\", \"The Alaskans\", \"Pony Express\", \"The Brothers Brannagan\", \"Going My Way\", \"The Asphalt Jungle\", \"\", and \"The Dakotas\". Brodie made three guest appearances on \"Perry Mason\"."}, {"context": " Brodie and Lash La Rue appeared nine and five times, respectively, as Sheriff Johnny Behan of Cochise County, Arizona, an historical person, in the ABC western series, \"The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp\", starring Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp. Brodie appeared on stage in the 1950s as Maryk in a national company production of \"The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial\", co-starring with Paul Douglas as Queeg and Wendell Corey as Greenwald. Brodie was married to actress Lois Andrews from 1946-1948. He married Barbara Ann Savitt in 1950. Their son, Kevin Brodie, was a child actor who later became a film writer and director.  Brodie died of cancer in 1992 in West Hills, California, at the age of 72. At the time of his death, \"The Los Angeles Times\" erroneously stated in his obituary that Brodie had been nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for 1949's \"Home of the Brave\". In truth, Brodie was actually not among the five nominees in that category that year."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brodie (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Walter Scott Brodie (September 11, 1868 \u2013 October 30, 1935) was a professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball from 1890 to 1902 for the Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Orioles (NL), Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles (AL) and New York Giants."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brodie (bridge jumper)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brodie (December 25, 1861 \u2013 January 31, 1901) was an American from Manhattan, New York City who on July 23, 1886, jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived. The supposed jump, of which the veracity was disputed, gave Brodie publicity, a thriving saloon and a career as a performer. Brodie's fame persisted long past his death, with Brodie portrayed in films and with the slang term \"Brodie\"\u2014as in to \"do a Brodie\"\u2014entering the language, meaning to take a chance or a leap, specifically a suicidal one."}, {"context": " The bridge, then known as the East River Bridge, had opened just three years before Brodie's claimed jump. A swimming instructor from Washington, D.C. named Robert Emmet Odlum, the brother of women's rights activist Charlotte Odlum Smith, was killed while attempting the same stunt in May 1885. The jump supposedly made by Brodie on July 23, 1886, was from a height of , the same as a 14-story building. The contemporary \"New York Times\" account said the jump was from a height of about . The \"New York Times\" backed his account of the jump and said that Brodie practiced for the leap by making shorter jumps from other bridges and ships' masts, and that it was witnessed by two reporters. He leaped into the East River, feet first, and emerged uninjured, though with pain on his right side. He was jailed after the jump. \"The Times\" described Brodie as a \"newsboy and long-distance pedestrian\" who jumped from the bridge to win a $200 bet, equal to $ today. In other accounts he is described as a bookmaker and gambler."}, {"context": " A Bowery storekeeper named Isaac Meyers claimed that he encouraged Brodie to jump off the Brooklyn bridge after Brodie said that he wanted to be famous. Another account holds that Moritz Herzber, a liquor dealer, offered to back a saloon for Brodie if he made the jump and lived. If true, he would have been the first person to have jumped off the bridge and survived, but his claim was disputed. It was subsequently claimed that a dummy was thrown from the bridge and that Brodie fell out of a row boat."}, {"context": " After the jump, Brodie opened a saloon at 114 Bowery near Grand Street, which also became a museum for his bridge-jumping stunt. Among the decorations was an affidavit from the boat captain who claimed to have pulled him from the water. He became an actor capitalizing on his reputation, appearing in the vaudeville musicals \"Mad Money\" and \"On the Bowery\", and opened a saloon in Buffalo, New York. Brodie died in San Antonio, Texas in 1901. The cause of death has been variously described as diabetes and tuberculosis."}, {"context": " Doubt whether Brodie actually made the claimed jump arose immediately, and has lingered to this day. Brodie, who was unemployed and aware of the publicity generated by Odlum's fatal jump, bragged to his pals on the Bowery that he would take the jump. Wagers were made for and against, but Brodie never announced when he would make the attempt. The \"Brooklyn Eagle\" reported in 1930 that a retired police sergeant and friend of Brodie, Thomas K. Hastings, said that Brodie had told him that he didn't make the leap and never said he did."}, {"context": " In his book \"The Great Bridge\", historian David McCullough said that he probably did not make the jump. McCullough said that it was commonly believed by skeptics that a dummy was dropped from the bridge, and that Brodie merely swam out from shore and surfaced beside a passing barge. The NYPD said in 1986, the 100th anniversary of the supposed jump, that two or three people jump from the bridge every year and some live. Brodie became a popular symbol of the Bowery, appeared personally in musical shows, and his character was used many times in film depictions of old New York. He starred in a three-act play titled \"On the Bowery\" by Robert Neilson Stephens, which opened in 1894. A facsimile of Brodie's saloon was the setting for the second act, and Brodie sang a song, \"My Poil is a Bowery Goil\". Valerie Bergere played Blanche Livingstone, the girl he rescues and then falls in love with. The play culminated with Brodie jumping off the bridge."}, {"context": " Years later, an actor named John Stevenson used Brodie's name for his movie stage name. In the 1946 noir film \"The Dark Corner\" starring Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens, a Taxi Driver when being questioned about gangster William Bendix character falling to his death says he \"Never saw anyone ever pull a Brodie and bounce.\" In 1949, Warner Brothers released the Merrie Melodies cartoon, \"Bowery Bugs\", in which Bugs Bunny tells an old man the story of the Steve Brodie jump (in typical Looney Tunes fashion, of course; in the episode Brodie's name is spelled \"BRODY\" on a plaque on the bridge in the spot where \"Brody\" supposedly jumped from). It's never mentioned in the episode as to whether or not Bugs was trying to sell the old man the Brooklyn Bridge, or simply the story of \"Brody's\" jump. At the end of the episode Bugs says to the old man \"\"And that's why Steve Brody jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge. Anything more you want to know?\"\", and the old man replies, \"\"Nope. That's enough, son. I'll buy it\"\", and Bugs breaks the fourth wall with a wink as the old man starts counting money into Bugs' hand.  The phrase \"taken a Brody\" is used in Thomas Pynchon's 1963 novel V.\u2014\"And next day she would read in the paper where Esther Harvitz, twenty-two, honors graduate of CCNY, had taken a Brody off some bridge, overpass or high building.\" It also appears in David Foster Wallace's 1996 novel \"Infinite Jest\"\u2014\"McDade bitched at the meeting that if he had to watch \"Nightmare on Elm Street XXII: The Senescence\" one more time he was going to take a brody off the House's roof.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Brodie (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Eric \"Steve\" Brodie (born 14 January 1973 in Sunderland, England) is an English footballer, who plays for Witton Albion."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brodner", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brodner (born October 19, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York) is a satirical illustrator and caricaturist working for publications in the US since the 1970s. He is accepted in the fields of journalism and the graphic arts as a master of the editorial idiom. Currently a regular contributor to \"GQ, The Nation, Newsweek, The Washington Post\", and \"The Los Angeles Times\", Brodner's art journalism has appeared in most major magazines and newspapers in the United States, such as \"Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Esquire, Time, Playboy, Mother Jones, Harper's\", and \"The Atlantic\". His work, first widely seen exposing and attacking Reagan-era scandals, is credited with helping spearhead the 1980s revival of pointed and entertaining graphic commentary in the US. He is currently working on a book about the presidents of the United States."}, {"context": " Brodner attended Cooper Union, in New York City and graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Brodner went on to work briefly for the \"Hudson Dispatch\" in Hudson County, NJ after leaving college. Between 1979 and 1982 he self-published the \"New York Illustrated News\", which featured his work as well as those of colleagues. In 1977, he began his freelance career with \"The New York Times Book Review\", working with Steven Heller, art director. Soon he was working with Lewis Lapham and Sheila Wolfe at Harper's on a monthly page of commentary entitled Ars Politica."}, {"context": " In the following year he became a regular contributor to magazines across the US, eventually becoming house artist as well as writer and artist of monthly back pages for \"Esquire\" under the editorships of Lee Eisenberg (author), David Hirshey and the designer, Rip Georges. During and after \"Esquire\" it was on to \"Spy Magazine\" and then to \"The New Yorker\", under Tina Brown and then David Remnick, Chris Curry, Caroline Maihot and Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, art directors. At \"Rolling Stone\", under Jann Wenner and Amid Capesi, art director, Brodner was the film review artist, working with Peter Travers, and later a series for National Affairs page with Matt Taibbi and others."}, {"context": " In visual essays, Steve Brodner has covered eight national political conventions for \"Esquire\", \"The Progressive\", \"The Village Voice\" and others. His article \"Plowed Under,\" a series of portraits and interviews with beleaguered farm families in the Midwest, ran in \"The Progressive\", which, at that time was a modern mecca for political art, thanks to Patrick J. B. Flynn, crusading art director. \"Shots From Guns\", an art documentary about the Colt Firearms strike in Hartford, Connecticut, appeared in \"Northeast\" magazine in 1989. For \"The New Yorker\" he covered Oliver North and the 1994 Virginia Senate race, the Patrick Buchanan presidential campaign, the Million Man March (1995) and an advance story on the 1996 Democratic Convention in Chicago. That same year, \"The Washington Post\" asked him to profile the Bob Dole presidential campaign. In spring of 1997 he wrote and drew a ten-page article on the South by Southwest Music Festival for \"Texas Monthly\". That summer, Brodner climbed Mount Fuji with author Susan Orlean as an art-journalist for \"Outside Magazine\" and later that year he did a piece on the New York City mayoral campaign for \"New York Magazine\". His eight-page profile of George W. Bush appeared in \"Esquire\" in October 1998, in which Bush said to him, \u201cMaybe I\u2019ll see you in national politics next year, maybe not. Either way, I have a cool life.\u201d In 2000, he dealt with the difficult issue of guns in Pennsylvania for \"Philadelphia Magazine\". \"Texas Monthly\" published his 10-page story on Colonias (Mexican Americans along the Texas border), called \"In America,\" in May 2005 and in 2007 he traversed the Texas State House at Austin in a freewheeling story for \"Texas Monthly\"."}, {"context": " In the fall of 1996, Brodner was featured in PBS Fronline's The Choice, as artist and commentator on the Clinton/Dole race. In December 2007, Brodner began a series of online videos, The Naked Campaign, at The New Yorker website, offering his take on the 2008 Presidential campaign. Since 2010 he has been producing videos for PBS' Need to Know, with \"An Editorial by Steve Brodner,\" a semi-regular commentary feature. In the spring of 2010, his series of short political videos, \"Smashing Crayons\", ran on Slate.com."}]}, {"title": "Steve Broidy", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Samuel \u201cSteve\u201d Broidy (June 14, 1905 \u2013 April 28, 1991) was an American executive in the U.S. motion picture industry. Samuel Broidy was born on June 14, 1905 in Malden, Massachusetts. He attended Boston University, but he was forced to drop out because of the Great Depression. Broidy entered the film industry as a salesman for Universal Studios in 1926. In 1931, he began working for Warner Bros. Studios. He joined Monogram Pictures in 1933 as Boston sales manager and in 1940 was elected to the board of directors and named vice president and general sales manager. As V.P., Broidy took charge of operations early in 1945 and later that year was named president. In 1946 Broidy formed Allied Arists Productions and Monogram changed to that name in 1953."}, {"context": " He remained president of Allied Artists until 1965, when he left to form his own company, Motion Pictures International. As an independent, Broidy produced \"Good Times\" (Columbia), \"The Fox\" (Claridge Pictures, 1967), and \"80 Steps to Jonah\" (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, 1969). He also produced, uncredited, \"The Poseidon Adventure\" in 1972. An active philanthropist, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1962, and was Founding Life Chairman of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Broidy served on the MPAA Board of Governors from June 1960 through May 1969, and was their Second Vice President from 1967 to 1968.  Broidy had two sons, Arthur and Steven Broidy, and a daughter, Eleanor Sattinger. Broidy died in 1991 in Los Angeles, California, aged 85."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brook", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brook (1 August 1934 \u2013 13 August 2014),was born in London, England and trained as a compositor in Sydney, Australia, was a Melbourne based satirical writer with a history of involvement in progressive causes, following a period as a journalist with Polish Radio in Warsaw. Owing to his literary and historical talents, his writing, journalism, and biographical reflection is a significant source of documentation of the Jewish left in Australia and its international connections from outside academia and from the point of view of a non-ideological, humanist insider."}, {"context": " He had a Master of Arts from Monash University in Melbourne. His account of time spent with the English language service of Polish Radio (1966-1974) is a sympathetic, but not uncritical look at Poland under Soviet hegemony where there were attempts to have 'socialism with a human face', as well as the Polish cultural scene in the 1960s and 1970s and the political use of anti-Semitism in Poland. Additionally, he was a journalist at 3CR radio in Melbourne in the 1970s when there were strong political differences between left factions, including the influence of local Maoists."}, {"context": " He was also a key member of the Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS), a progressive Australian organisation with roots going back to the pre-World War 2 left. His published writing, journalism, and frequent letters to the editor are an important source of otherwise undocumented political and social history of the Melbourne Left. In addition, he wrote frequent letters to the editor to the Australian Jewish News and the Newsletter of AJDS on Israel/Palestine issues. In all his work he expressed a deep mistrust of official propaganda whether from the Left or the Right."}, {"context": " In \"Strawberries with Everything\" he said that this was why he went to live in Warsaw, \"behind the Iron Curtain\", to discover for himself the degree of truth in anticommunism and its accompanying propaganda, which painted life in those parts as a kind of hell on earth. Communist propaganda was, of course, a mirror image of this. He says the reality was a bit of both\u2014neither devils nor angels, but real people scarred and traumatised by the most horrific war in modern history which led to their political choices in the face of crisis, including communism in preference to the perception of continuing Fascism and Nazism during the Cold War. This factor, said Brook, is almost deliberately ignored in studies of the Soviet bloc."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brooker", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Michael Lord Brooker (born 21 May 1981) is an English former football striker. He began his career with Watford in 1999, before moving on to Port Vale in 2001, following a short loan spell. With Vale he won the Football League Trophy in 2001. He transferred to Bristol City in 2004, where he would spend the next five years. In 2008, he spent time on loan at both Cheltenham Town and Doncaster Rovers, before he joined Doncaster permanently in 2009. He spent two years with the club before he was released due to injury concerns. He signed with Buxton in October 2012."}, {"context": " Brooker came through the youth system at Watford before joining Port Vale, initially on loan, in January 2001. He signed permanently the following month for \u00a315,000. He helped the \"Valiants\" to lift the 2001 Football League Trophy, after he scored past Brentford in the final. Forced to undergo a hernia operation at the start of the 2002\u201303 season, he recovered to score five goals in thirty games. After he recovered from a hamstring injury that caused him to miss a month at the start of the 2003\u201304 season, he went on to finish the campaign with eight goals in 34 games."}, {"context": " He started the 2004\u201305 season in tremendous form, scoring for four successive league games in August, including a brace past Hull City. With his contract up in the summer, the next month he was sold to Bristol City for a fee of \u00a3225,000. This came days after fans were told he was not for sale and would not be moving by Vale chairman Bill Bratt \u2013 a statement that convinced City chairman Stephen Lansdown that \"we must now look elsewhere.\" He went on to have a highly successful season with City, scoring sixteen goals for the club, despite suffering from a broken toe. This gave him a total of 21 goals for both Vale and City in 2004\u201305, and won him another year on his contract with City. This extended deal quashed rumours of a move to Norwich City."}, {"context": " He was both the club's player of the season and top scorer in the 2005\u201306 season with sixteen league goals, one of these goals came against former club Port Vale after the player claimed that the boo-boys at Vale Park inspired him to find the net. His form helped the club go from bottom of the league in December, to finish just six points shy of the play-offs. He was rewarded with a new deal with the club, despite having two years remaining on his existing contract. He scored three goals in 27 games during City's 2006\u201307 promotion-winning campaign. However, on his release from prison in September he found himself battling a catalogue of injuries, that would go on to plague him for a number of years. He missed the start of the campaign with hamstring and knee injuries, and picked up a further knee injury in April, which caused him to miss the club's pre-season tour of Latvia."}, {"context": " He missed much of the 2007\u201308 season after being forced to undergo two knee operations. In January Brooker was made available for a loan spell so as to regain fitness, and twenty clubs put in offers. After recovering from illness and a further back injury, he joined Keith Downing's League One side Cheltenham Town on a one-month loan. This deal was later extended by another month. Playing fourteen games with the \"Robins\", he scored his five goals for the club in the space of six matches, helping the club to avoid relegation into League Two. His form persuaded manager Gary Johnson to re-call him to Bristol. On his return to City he scored an emotional late goal against Norwich to send his club top of the table; however the \"Reds\" would have to settle with a play-off place. Overall, he played just four games of the club's march to the play-off Final with Hull City, and was not named on the teamsheet in the final itself. Cheltenham were hopeful of signing the striker in the summer, but were denied the chance to have him back on loan, despite City having six strikers on the books."}, {"context": " He started the 2008\u201309 season well by coming off the bench to get the late winners at Blackpool, Peterborough United, and Coventry City. However he was then struck down by an Achilles injury. On the November loan window deadline day, he joined Doncaster Rovers on a one-month loan with a view to a permanent deal. He came on as a substitute for his Rovers debut against Watford and scored with his first touch to give his new team a 1\u20131 draw. However, he suffered a torn calf muscle in training and returned to Ashton Gate. He returned to Rovers permanently for an undisclosed fee in January 2009, penning a two and a half year deal despite not being fully fit. He was initially expected to be rested for two weeks, but soon found himself out of action on a long-term basis after requiring an operation to fix an ankle injury."}, {"context": " He missed the entirety of the 2009\u201310 campaign with his injury problems. In the 2010\u201311 campaign he finally made his second appearance for the club, and on 30 April, Brooker scored his second goal for \"Donny\" when he blasted a 25 half-volley into the net to earn his club a 1\u20131 draw with Leicester City \u2013 the point ensured his club safety from relegation. However he was still released from the club at the end of the season. In October 2012 he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Buxton, after training with the \"Bucks\" for several weeks trying to build his fitness up. The club finished seventh in 2012\u201313.  On 1 September 2006, Brooker was sentenced to prison for 28 days for his part in a 2005 nightclub brawl, which also saw his Bristol City teammates Bradley Orr and David Partridge imprisoned. Two weeks later, he and Orr were released on licence, having served half of their original sentence in custody. The sentence was described by City chairman Stephen Lansdown as 'harsh'."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brooks", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen, Steve, or Steven Brooks may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Brooks (entomologist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen J. Brooks FRES (born before 1976) is a British entomologist working at the Natural History Museum, London. He attended the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, by whom he was awarded BSc in zoology (1976) and MSc in public health engineering (1977). In 1979, he was appointed Assistant Scientific Officer in the Department of Entomology at the Natural History Museum. He was subsequently promoted to Scientific Officer (1985), Higher Scientific Officer (1989), Senior Scientific Officer (1995), and to Research Entomologist (2001) in the Life Sciences Department (Insects).  His research interests include freshwater biology, palaeoecology, environmental change, \"Chironomidae\" (nonbiting midges) and \"Odonata\" (dragonflies and damselflies). The 2002 edition of his book \"Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland\" was shortlisted for the Natural World Book Prize. He is a member of the British Dragonfly Society (BDS), and has been editor of the BDS Journal and a member of the BDS Conservation Group."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brooks (jockey)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brooks (August 12, 1922 \u2013 September 23, 1979) was an American Hall of Fame jockey. The son of a horse dealer, he was born in rural Nebraska near the village of Culbertson. He began riding horses as a boy of ten and at age sixteen in 1938 won his first race at an accredited race track. Steve Brooks skills led him to move to Chicago, Illinois to race at one of the United States' major venues, Arlington Park. There, in 1941 he won the Arlington Matron Stakes and in 1942 rode the Hal Price Headley-owned Lotopoise to victory in the first running of the Modesty Stakes. Brooks later rode the prestigious Calumet Farm horses when they raced at Arlington Park and for three straight years from 1947 through 1949 won Arlington's riding title."}, {"context": " In 1948 Steve Brooks won six races in a single day at Churchill Downs then at the same track the following year won the Kentucky Derby's Diamond Jubilee aboard Calumet Farm's colt, Ponder. Sent off by bettors at 16:1 odds, Brooks brought the colt from last in the field of fourteen horses to win going away over the Greentree Stable colt, Capot. Brooks went on to become the 1949 Champion Jockey by total earnings and runnerup in total wins. Steve Brooks set a world record for the mile aboard the U.S. Triple Crown Champion Citation in winning the 1950 Golden Gate Mile at Golden Gate Fields. He also rode Citation to victory in the 1951 Hollywood Gold Cup, a win that made Citation the first horse in history to earn more than $1 million. In the 1959 Citation Handicap, an exhibition race at Washington Park Racetrack to honor the great horse, Brooks rode Round Table to victory. In 1952, he rode Charles T. Fisher's Sub Fleet to a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby and to fifth in the Preakness Stakes.  At age forty in 1961, Steve Brooks was the leading jockey at Monmouth Park and on April 8, 1963 became only the fifth jockey in American Thoroughbred racing history to win 4,000 races. He retired in 1970, but continued working with racehorses. He made a comeback in 1975 but rode for only a short time. In 1979, while exercising a horse, Brooks was thrown to the ground and died as a result of his injuries."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brooks (rower)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brooks (born December 29, 1948) is an American rower. He competed in the men's coxed eight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brooks (statistician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Peter \"Steve\" Brooks is Executive Director of Select Statistical Services Ltd, a statistical research consultancy company based in Exeter, and former professor of statistics at the Statistical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. He received a degree in mathematics from Bristol University in 1991, and a master's degree in statistics from the University of Kent. He received his PhD at Cambridge; his supervisor was Gareth Roberts. Post-graduation he then returned to Bristol as a lecturer in the Statistics Group and then Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey. In 2000 Brooks returned to Cambridge first as a fellow of Kings College, Cambridge. and then of Wolfson College.  He is a specialist in Markov chain Monte Carlo and applied statistical methods. He is one of the founding directors of the National Centre for Statistical Ecology which was set up in 2005. He left Cambridge in 2006 to become Director of Research for ATASS Sports and is now executive director of Select Statistical Services Ltd a statistical consultancy firm based in Exeter and the Director of the Exeter Initiative for Statistics and its Applications"}]}, {"title": "Steve Brookstein", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Desmond \"Steve\" Brookstein (born 10 November 1968) is an English jazz and soul singer who enjoyed fleeting success in the United Kingdom in 2004 after winning the first series of \"The X Factor\". He is originally from Mitcham, South London. Brookstein was born in Dulwich, London, England, the son of Malle, a council worker, and Errol Brookstein, a lorry driver. His father is South African and his mother is of Estonian descent. He is a supporter of Crystal Palace F.C.. In 1997, seven years before his breakthrough on \"The X Factor\", Brookstein was a finalist on the ITV series \"The Big Big Talent Show\", hosted by Jonathan Ross."}, {"context": " In early 2004, Brookstein auditioned for the first series of \"The X Factor\", a new television talent show that aimed to discover a star recording artist in the UK (effectively replacing \"Pop Idol\"). His audition failed to impress two of the judges, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh, who thought he lacked the motivation and confidence to succeed but the third, Simon Cowell, asked Brookstein to return the following day and sing again. At the second audition, Brookstein managed to impress the other judges and was put through to the next stage of the competition. He went on to reach the live shows, where contestants are put to the public vote, as one of three contestants in the Over 25s category mentored by Cowell. He reached the grand final on 11 December 2004 alongside G4 and won, despite him mixing up words and lines in his winner's song and a controversial outburst against him from Osbourne. However, according to Osbourne's subsequent autobiography, he had gained the most votes in every single one of the live shows. For five years, he held the record for the greatest number of votes ever received in the final - 6 million, but this is now held by series 6 winner Joe McElderry, who received over 6.1 million votes."}, {"context": " After winning \"The X Factor\", Brookstein was immediately signed to the Sony BMG record label through which he released his first single, a cover of Phil Collins' 1984 power ballad \"Against All Odds\", on 20 December 2004. The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number two and then climbed to number one on 2 January 2005, going one better than Collins' original and staying there for one week. In Ireland, the song peaked at number 11. The music video for the song was a montage of clips from his time on \"The X Factor\", from his initial audition to his final performance after being declared the winner."}, {"context": " Brookstein released his debut album \"Heart and Soul\" on 9 May 2005 through Sony BMG. Although Brookstein continued to perform tracks from the album on television shows such as \"\", a second single failed to materialise. In August 2005 it was announced that Sony BMG had dropped him from their line-up only eight months after his \"X Factor\" victory and despite the success of his debut single and album. Brookstein maintains that the decision to drop him reportedly came after he was offered a second album and to come back on the show, which he declined as it was to be another album of covers and he preferred a mix of old and new. In August 2005, eight months after being dropped from his record label, Brookstein publicly attacked \"The X Factor\", claiming the show was \"one big theatre... turning music into the WWE\" and that it was \"killing music\"."}, {"context": " Brookstein has been vocal in his public feud with Simon Cowell and \"The X Factor\", claiming \"there is absolutely no way he would want me within 100 miles of him\" and admitting spending years feeling bitter about the way he was treated on the show. Although Brookstein enjoyed fleeting success with both his debut album and single both reaching number one - \"Heart and Soul\" and \"Against All Odds\" respectively - he was dropped by Cowell's management after the latter was accused of refusing Brookstein creative freedom."}, {"context": " In June 2007, Brookstein appeared on the P&O Portsmouth to Bilbao car ferry, alongside \"The X Factor\" series 2 alumni Chico Slimani and Journey South. In 2008, he played 'the father' in a touring production of the award-winning musical \"Our House\". In December 2009, when a Facebook campaign was launched to stop \"The X Factor\" winner from achieving the coveted Christmas number 1 spot, Brookstein backed the campaign to see Rage Against the Machine's \"Killing in the Name\" reach the top of the chart, blasting Cowell in an online rant. He further attacked Cowell, claiming the latter \"ruined Christmas\" and that he was dropped from his record label because he \"wouldn't play the game\". Brookstein also claimed the show was staged and the winner was fixed, and was subsequently removed from the official \"The X Factor\" website following those comments. Despite Brookstein's bitterness towards \"The X Factor\", he signed up to critique the show weekly on \"London 24\" in 2010, where he labelled the judges \"ridiculous\" and questioned the standards of several of the finalists, including One Direction band member, Louis Tomlinson, and the vocal coach."}, {"context": " In 2013, Brookstein announced that his new album would be called \"Forgotten Man\" and would be released on 23 March 2014. He released a book on 21 November 2014, \"Getting over the X\", that describes his journey from winning \"The X Factor\" to having the press and industry turn their backs on him. Brookstein has been at the centre of several controversies for his opinions on the Twitter social network. On 23 May 2017, after the Manchester Arena bombing, he sparked outrage by suggesting that Theresa May could have been behind the terror attack as a distraction after a difficult day of Tory campaigning. On 29 August 2018, responding to a news story about the increase of self-harm amongst teenaged girls, he suggested that bullying \"stupid kids\" was an alternative to self-harm. Brookstein temporally deactivated his Twitter account following this incident."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brotherstone", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brotherstone (born 16 April 1971) is a former professional rugby union player who won eight caps for Scotland 1999-2002. He played at hooker and his career included appearances for Edinburgh Reivers, Brive, Newcastle Falcons, Northampton Saints and Gloucester Rugby. Brotherstone was born 16 April 1971 in Duns. In 1998 when the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) formed super-districts, Brotherstone signed for Edinburgh Reivers. In 2000 appeared in French Cup final for Brive. In 2002 he joined Newcastle Falcons on loan.  In 2002 he was signed by Gloucester Rugby. Brotherstone made his debut for Scotland against Ireland at Murrayfield on 20 March 1999. He played on the 2000 tour of New Zealand. In November 2000, after playing in seven tests, he was dropped to the Scotland A side. He returned for a final appearance for Scotland on a tour of North America as a substitute against Canada at Vancouver on 15 June 2002. In 2004 he retired from his playing career."}]}, {"title": "Steve Broussard", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Nelson Broussard (born February 22, 1967) is a former NFL player, having played running back for Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Seattle. He has also served as a former assistant coach for several college football teams. Broussard starred at Washington State from 1985 to 1989. He led the Pac-10 in receiving as a sophomore and rushing as a junior, senior year led [Pac-10] in All-Purpose yards and MVP Offensive . He ranked #9 in the nation in rushing yards per game that year. He completed his college career ranked third on WSU's all-time rushing list, fifth on the career receiving list, and owned two of the top three single-season rushing marks. He was named to the 2015 Cougar"}, {"context": " Hall of Fame. Broussard was the 20th overall pick in the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. He played for Atlanta from 1990 to 1993, played one season in Cincinnati, then four more for the Seattle Seahawks before retiring after the 1998 season. \"Note: G = Games played; Att = Rushing attempts; Yds = Rushing yards; Avg = Average yards per carry; Long = Longest rush; Rush TD = Rushing touchdowns; Rec = Receptions; Yds = Receiving yards; Avg = Average yards per reception; Long = Longest reception; Rec TD = Receiving touchdowns\""}, {"context": " After his nine-year NFL career, Broussard spent a total of four years coaching high school football. He was the offensive coordinator at Don Lugo High School in Chino, CA before going to Diamond Ranch High School as offensive coordinator in 2001. He became head coach at Diamond Ranch in 2002 and coached until 2003. His first season as head coach resulted in success with the Diamond Ranch Panthers taking the Mt. Baldy League Title. For the 2003 season, the Diamond Ranch Panthers were the heavy favorites (ranked #1 in preseason Mt. Baldy League) to take the league title once again with several returning seniors on offense & defense, and a talented junior class that featured three division I prospects. The Panthers finished 1-4 in Mt. Baldy League play for the 2003 season."}, {"context": " Prior to the 2004 season, Portland State head coach Tim Walsh hired Broussard as a running backs coach. During the 2004 season, Broussard coached a first team All-Big Sky fullback in Allen Kennett, while running backs Joe Rubin and Ryan Fuqua combined to lead the Vikings to a Big Sky Conference best rushing average of 204.4 yards per game. Broussard coached the receivers his last 2 years at PSU until he was hired by Washington State prior to the 2007 season. On February 8, 2007, Washington State head coach Bill Doba announced that Broussard would be returning to WSU to serve as the Cougars' running backs coach and special teams coordinator."}, {"context": " In 2011, Broussard moved to Arizona State University to coach receivers. ASU ranked 10th in the nation in passing offense (316.7 yds/g) and receiver Gerell Robinson ranked ninth in the nation with 107. 5 receiving yards per game. During the 2010 season, Broussard's receiving corps ranked 15th in the nation (286.4) and totaled 279 receptions for 3,437 yards and 23 touchdowns. In his first season with the UCLA Bruins, Broussard directed a running back group headed by senior Johnathan Franklin, who set new school season (1,734 yards) and career (4,403) rushing marks on his way to earning All-America honors. Franklin, a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, also set a school record with nine 100-yard rushing games in 2012 and established new marks for both career (4,925) and season (2,062) all-purpose yardage. He went on to be selected by the Green Bay Packers in the 2013 NFL Draft."}, {"context": " In his second season with the Bruins, Broussard directed a running back group headed by Myles Jack, who won Pac-12 Freshman of the Year in 2013-14 season. Jack set a UCLA single game scoring record with 4 touchdowns in a win over Washington on 15 November 2013. Broussard reconnected with SMU head coach June Jones, the coach that had a part in drafting him in Atlanta, on the Mustangs where he coached the running backs for one season in 2014. During the 2015 season Broussard was the offensive coordinator at Pasadena City College.  In April 2017 Broussard was hired as the new head coach at Fort Vancouver High School in Vancouver, Washington. In February 2018, Broussard was reported to be taking the head football coaching job at St. Monica Catholic High School in California."}]}, {"title": "Steve Broussard (punter)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Broussard is a former punter in the National Football League. Broussard was born John Steven Broussard on July 19, 1947 in McComb, Mississippi. Broussard played four games with the Green Bay Packers during the 1975 NFL season. Three of his punts were blocked in the 21 September 1975 game versus Detroit, setting an NFL record for most punts blocked in a game. He played at the collegiate level at Auburn University and the University of Southern Mississippi."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brown may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (American football)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Douglas Brown (born March 20, 1960) is a former American football cornerback who is currently the defensive backs coach for East Tennessee State University. Brown played his entire pro football career with the Houston Oilers from 1983 to 1990. He played college football at Oregon. Born and raised in Sacramento, California, Brown graduated from C. K. McClatchy High School in 1978. Brown played defensive back and kick returner for four seasons on the University of Oregon Ducks football team from 1979 to 1982 under coach Rich Brooks. Brown graduated in 1983 with a degree in English literature and was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Brown returned 78 kickoffs for 1,868 yards and a touchdown and 18 punts for 185 yards and a touchdown. He also had 8 interceptions returned for 139 yards and a touchdown."}, {"context": " From 1983 to 1990, Brown played at left cornerback for the Houston Oilers. He had 18 interceptions returned for 264 yards and a touchdown and also had 5 sacks. Brown was also a kick returner from 1983 to 1985, with 36 returns for 857 yards and a touchdown. In 1995, Brown reunited with Rich Brooks, his former coach at Oregon, to become a defensive assistant coach for the St. Louis Rams under Brooks. Brown moved to coaching cornerbacks in 1996 and remained cornerbacks coach in 1997 under new coach Dick Vermeil. From 1998 to 2000, including the 1999 Super Bowl XXXIV championship season, Brown coached the defensive backs at St. Louis. Brown coached under Mike Martz in the 2000 season. Among Rams players coached by Brown include Dre' Bly, Kevin Carter, London Fletcher, and Todd Lyght."}, {"context": " In 2003, Brown joined Rich Brooks's staff at the University of Kentucky as defensive backs coach. Brown remained in that position until 2006 and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2007. Brown remained defensive coordinator in Joker Phillips's inaugural 2010 staff and became co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach in 2011. Brown coached in Kentucky teams with three straight bowl wins (2006 Music City Bowl, 2007 Music City Bowl, and 2009 Liberty Bowl) as well as two runner-up bowl appearances (2009 Music City Bowl, 2011 BBVA Compass Bowl).  In 2012, Brown joined Mike Munchak's staff at the Tennessee Titans as assistant secondary coach; he remained at this position under new coach Ken Whisenhunt in 2014.After the 2015 season, Brown left the Tennessee Titans. He returned to coaching in 2018, accepting the position of defensive backs coach at ETSU. Brown is the older brother of actress Olivia Brown, who co-starred in the hit 1980's NBC TV show \"Miami Vice\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (English darts player)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brown (born 25 January 1981 in Bristol) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He has competed on the PDC Pro Tour since 2006, regularly reaching the last 64 of events. His best performances came in the 2007 Windy City Open in Chicago and the 2007 UK Open Irish Regional where he reached the quarter-finals. He also made it to the last 16 of the 2007 Peachtree Open and 2007 Hayling Island PDPA Players Championship. His consistency on the Pro Tour during 2007 saw him qualify for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship for the first time. He was the fifth highest ranked player on the Pro Tour of those who had not sealed an automatic place in the tournament. Having started the year at 613 in the world rankings\u2014he had climbed to 76th by November. He lost to Chris Mason in the first round."}, {"context": " Brown next qualified for the World Championship in 2010, losing 1-3 to James Wade in the first round. 2010 was a breakthrough year for Brown, as he reached the second round of both the World Matchplay and the World Grand Prix. He also reached the second round of the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship, defeating Jelle Klaasen to secure a second-round match with Terry Jenkins, which he lost 4-1. Brown won his first PDC Pro Tour event in February 2011, defeating Ian White 6-3 in the final of UK Open Qualifier 1. In April, he climbed into the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit for the first time."}, {"context": " At the 2012 World Championship Brown lost in the first round to South Africa's preliminary qualifier Devon Petersen 3\u20132 in sets, having led 2\u20131 and had a dart at the bullseye to win the match. In the rest of 2012, Brown performed well in the five new European Tour events by qualifying for four of them. He lost in the last 64 once, the last 32 twice and saved his best run for the final event, the Dutch Darts Masters where he defeated Dick van Dijk 6\u20135 and Wes Newton 6\u20132, before losing to Mark Walsh 6\u20133 in the last 16."}, {"context": " It was largely thanks to these results that he reached the 2013 World Championship by finishing 41st on the ProTour Order of Merit, taking the 11th of 16 spots that were awarded to the highest non-qualified players. Brown lost to Terry Jenkins 0\u20133 in the first round. After the tournament, Brown was ranked world number 36. He lost 5\u20134 to Adrian Gray in the first round of the 2013 UK Open. At the fifth Players Championship of the year, Brown threw a nine-dart finish during a 6\u20132 second round win over Connie Finnan, but lost 6\u20130 to Joe Cullen in the next round. At the Gibraltar Darts Trophy he hit six doubles from eight attempts to defeat Brendan Dolan 6\u20134 and then beat Paul Nicholson 6\u20133, before being whitewashed 6\u20130 by youngster Jamie Lewis in the third round. He reached the same stage of the German Darts Championship with impressive 6\u20132 wins over both Gary Anderson and Ian White, but lost by a reverse of this scoreline to Richie Burnett. These two results made up almost half of Brown's prize money in 2013 and he earned the final spot for the 2014 World Championship through the ProTour Order of Merit. Brown played 27th seed Andy Smith in the opening round and missed one dart to take a 2\u20130 set lead. In the third set Brown wired a dart at double 12 to fall agonisingly close to hitting the third nine-dart finish of the event. He did get the double in his next visit to take the leg in 10 darts but this was the last leg he could win in the match as he was beaten 3\u20131. He dropped 10 places over the course of the year to begin 2014 ranked world number 46."}, {"context": " Brown lost 5\u20134 to Ewan Hyslop in the first round of the 2014 UK Open and had to wait until the penultimate Players Championship of the year to reach the last 16 for the only time this season. He knocked out Dave Ladley, James Wade and Jelle Klaasen, before Adrian Lewis defeated him 6\u20133. In 2015 he missed out on qualifying for the UK Open for the first time since 2006. He won the Southern Counties Open with a 6\u20135 victory over Andy Jenkins. Brown had a poor year on the Pro Tour as he only reached the last 32 on two occasions."}, {"context": " Brown had to enter Q School in 2016 as he had dropped out of the top 64 on the Order of Merit. He reached the last 16 on the second day but overall did not do enough to secure a tour card, giving him a limited selection of events for the year ahead. He didn't qualify for the UK Open, but at the sixth Players Championship he beat Joe Cullen, James Richardson, Antonio Alcinas, James Wilson and Simon Whitlock to reach the semi-finals of an event for the first time in nearly five years. He was defeated 6\u20133 by Josh Payne. Brown also got to the last 32 and last 16 in two other events to qualify for the Players Championship Finals, where he will play Mensur Suljovi\u0107.  Brown began taking up darts around 1995, and prior to becoming a full-time professional, he made his living as a plasterer. He is a fan of Bristol City and is married with four children. The darts that Steve Brown is now using are 22\u00a0gram custom-made Laserdarts. Horizon Darts, Inc (USA), makers of Laserdarts, is one of Steve's sponsors. In 2010 Brown also founded the Steve Brown Darts Academy for kids between the ages of 8 and 16 with multiple venues across the UK."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (athlete)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen \"Steve\" Brown (born January 6, 1969 in Washington DC) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 110 metres hurdles. He represented his birth country United States until 1997. He attended the Wake Forest University, North Carolina, US. While at Wake Forest, Brown was a member of both the football and track teams. He won four ACC track titles, including two in the 110 meter outdoor hurdles, and was a four-year starter in football, recording 122 career receptions. Brown was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame in 2009, and was also named to the ACC's 50th Anniversary Men's Outdoor Track and Field team."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (author)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brown is an American Christian author, a radio broadcaster, and a seminary professor at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He describes himself as a Calvinist, and is ordained in the Presbyterian Church in America. Steve was born near Asheville, North Carolina, and was raised a Methodist. He attended High Point College, where he earned a BA in philosophy, and Boston University, where he earned the Bachelor of Sacred Theology. After pastoring a church on Cape Cod, he assumed the role of senior pastor at First United Presbyterian Church in Quincy, Massachusetts. He pastored there, wrote his first book, and hosted the \"Sounds of Praise\" radio ministry until 1974, when he moved to Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church. In Key Biscayne, Florida, he pastored for seventeen years and started Key Life Network. After he had written several books, King College awarded him a Litt.D. During this time he was part of a television show called \"Hashing It Out\", where he and his friend Tony Campolo would debate current events and theological issues. He is a teetotaller."}, {"context": " Upon retiring from the pulpit, Brown accepted a position at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida, to become professor of communication and practical theology/homiletics. He also hosts \"Steve Brown Etc.\", a Saturday-night Christian talk show on the Radio America Network. He often preaches during weekend services at his home church in Winter Springs, Florida. Steve also serves on the teaching staff of Perimeter Church in Johns Creek, GA. In November 2009, Brown, along with several dozen other prominent Christian leaders in the U.S., signed an ecumenical statement known as the \"\", calling on evangelicals, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians not to comply with rules and laws permitting abortion, same-sex marriage, and other matters that go against their religious consciences.  Brown teaches on \"Key Life\", a fifteen-minute syndicated radio show heard around the country on around 300 radio stations and on the Internet, on which Brown teaches about grace and the Christian life. The show often ends with Brown's tag line, \"You think about that. Amen.\" \"Key Life\" also distributes audio recordings and writings by Brown and is based in Maitland, Florida."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Elbert Brown (born February 12, 1957) is a retired professional baseball player who played 2 seasons for the California Angels of Major League Baseball. Brown is a graduate of the University of California, Davis.he now teaches at Gray Avenue Middle School in Yuba City, California"}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (bass player)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Theodore \"Steve\" Brown (January 13, 1890 - September 15, 1965) was a jazz musician best known for his work on string bass. Like many New Orleans bassists, he played both string bass and tuba professionally. Brown was the younger brother of trombonist Tom Brown. In his youth he played with his brother's band in New Orleans. Because of his devil-may-care personality he was nicknamed \"Steve\" after Steve Brodie, a man who became famous for jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge on a dare. Few musicians knew Brown's real name."}, {"context": " Brown went north to Chicago in 1915 with his brother Tom in the first wave of jazz musicians to go to the city. He was a member of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings in the early 1920s, where his slap style on bass attracted attention. In 1924 he joined Jean Goldkette's Orchestra, with whom he remained until 1927, creating the first recordings of the style. In 1927, he joined the top-paying band in the United States, Paul Whiteman's Orchestra. Around 1930 he settled in Detroit, Michigan, which would be his home for the rest of his life. He led his own band and continued playing with traditional jazz and Dixieland bands into the 1950s.  Wellman Braud, bass player with the Duke Ellington orchestra, once called Brown the greatest of all bass players."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (composer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brown is a British composer, lyricist, record producer and arranger. He co-wrote book and lyrics and composed the score for the West End musical \"Spend Spend Spend\" , starring Barbara Dickson, which chronicled Viv Nicholson's rise and fall after winning a fortune in the football pools in the early 1960s. The show won Best Musical in the 2000 Evening Standard and Critics Circle awards and subsequently toured the UK. With comedian Harry Hill he co-wrote \"I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical\", which premiered at the London Palladium on 5 March 2013. It was jointly produced by Stage Entertainment and Simon Cowell\u2019s company Syco. The show starred Nigel Harman as Simon Cowell and Cynthia Erivo as the main contestant. His musical adaptation of \"It\u2019s A Wonderful Life\", co-written with Francis Matthews, was staged at the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich in 2009. In 2017 the two began work on a new commission, \"Champion\", for the same theatre."}, {"context": " In March 2018 Brown completed filming the new ITV panel game, \"The Imitation Game\", scheduled for broadcast in autumn of that year, appearing with his own six-piece band. He had previously written many of the songs for the satirical comedy show \"Spitting Image\" in the late 1980s and the entirety of the 1990s, originally providing just lyrics and eventually taking over permanently from Philip Pope as house composer/musical director as well as providing many of the sung impressions. He has worked and appeared extensively with Rory Bremner in the 80s and 90s, completing UK tours and the BBC series, \"The Rory Bremner Show\". Brown wrote a number of songs for BBC 2\u2019s \"Dead Ringers\", even appearing briefly as Noel Gallagher with Jon Culshaw singing as Liam Gallagher. He has also acted as MD for impressionists Alistair Mcgowan and Ronni Ancona."}, {"context": " In 1995 he composed the music for \"The Ant & Dec Show\" on Children's BBC, and later worked on their \"SMTV Live\" programme, for which he wrote the \"Wonky Donkey\" jingle, amongst other themes. He continued to work extensively as a jingle writer for their ITV show \"Saturday Night Takeaway\". He played the fictional bandleader Glen Ponder in the Steve Coogan TV show \"Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge\", and has worked extensively with Coogan since, writing material and appearing as MD on two major UK tours including a West End run at The Lyceum in \"The Man Who Thinks He Is It\", a further UK tour in 2008, \"The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon\" special and album and the song \u201cRaped In The Face\u201d for the film \"Hamlet 2\". In April 2018 he worked again with Coogan on the BBC revival of the Alan Partridge character."}, {"context": " Other TV shows include Lee Mack\u2019s \"Not Going Out\", \"The Brian Conley Show\", BBC1 series \"New Tricks\" and \"Lenny Henry Goes to Town\". He has written songs for classic BBC Children\u2019s TV shows, \"Playaway\" and \"Play School\", and also the long-running ITV show \"My Parents Are Aliens\". CITV\u2019s \"Scrambled!\" for which Brown provided theme song and numerous jingles, is now in its fifth series. In 2018 transmission began of the adventure game show \"Spyschool\" for which he provided theme music and the entire underscore."}, {"context": " As a performer Brown has featured on several radio series including the radio show \"Jammin\"' with Roland Rivron and \"The Lee Mack Show\" for BBC Radio 2 in which he took part in many of the sketches. He has provided all the music and arrangements for British comedian Harry Hill\u2019s TV, radio, live, recording and film work since 1997, and worked on his ITV \"TV Burp\" show as musical director and jingle composer, and more recently providing the same for \"Harry Hill\u2019s Tea Time\" on Sky and \"Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule\" for ITV. In 2013 he wrote the orchestral score and all original songs for \"The Harry Hill Movie\". Brown arranged and recorded all the music for Hill\u2019s 2015 revival of ITV's \"Stars In Their Eyes\"."}, {"context": " As a record producer Brown has worked on the triple platinum selling album \"Seasons of My Soul\" by Rumer for Atlantic as well as the critically acclaimed and MOBO winning debut by Brit-nominated artist Laura Mvula, \"Sing To The Moon,\" for RCA records, both of which were top ten records on the UK album chart. He also produced Harry Hill\u2019s \"Funny Times\" for Universal and most recently \"Little Black Book\" by Sarah Walk for One Little Indian Records. In 2014 Brown produced four tracks for Italian singer Noemi on her album \"Made in London\" which peaked at number 2 in the Italian album chart.  He has two sons, stand up comedian Alfie Brown and musician Lenny Brown, from his first marriage to comedy actress and impressionist Jan Ravens, for whom he still writes material. In 2010 he remarried, to actress Deborah Cornelius; they live in west London with Cornelius's daughter Manon."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (cricketer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brown (born 12 October 1963) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played 53 first-class and 35 List A matches for Auckland between 1987 and 1995."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (darts player)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brown (born July 15, 1962) is a former English-born American professional darts player who had the majority of his success during the 1990s when he finished third at the inaugural Professional Darts Corporation's version of the World Championship in 1994 - after the majority of top players decided to separate from the British Darts Organisation. During that successful run in the 1994 PDC World Darts Championship Brown beat Kevin Spiolek, Keith Deller and Alan Warriner to reach the last four before losing heavily 0-5 to Phil Taylor. He then beat Peter Evison 5-1 in the third/fourth place play-off, a feature which is no longer staged in the event. Later in 1994, Brown also reached the semi-finals of the PDC Greene King U.K. Masters in Bury St. Edmunds."}, {"context": " Having played league darts from the age of 13, Brown made his debut for the Surrey County 'B' Team (in the British Inter-Counties League) in September 1978. After three years struggling to hold down a team place, he joined the London County squad in 1981, and by 1983, had become established in the London 'A' Team. In 1989 Brown received the great honour of being appointed London Team Captain, following in the footsteps of such illustrious names as Eric Bristow, Cliff Lazarenko, and Clive Pearce."}, {"context": " His first World-Ranked titles came in 1988 with wins at the Dutch Open and North American Open (which he retained the following year). Another particularly successful year was 1991, when he won the Swiss Open and Darts America, and also reached the final of the French Open, Malta Open and German Open. He was also a semi-finalist at the Belgium Open and a quarter-finalist in the Dutch Open. Despite this success, he never competed at the World Championship until the devastating split in the game. That was when the PDC (then known as the World Darts Council) field was boosted by a number of North American players who qualified for events alongside the 16 players who had left the BDO to form their own organisation."}, {"context": " He competed at the PDC World Championship each year between 1994 and 2004, but was unable to repeat the form he showed at that first event in 1994 - only reaching the last 16 in 1999 and 2000. His best performance at the World Matchplay came in 2000 when he made it to the quarter-finals but lost heavily to Ronnie Baxter. Brown has also had success on the North American darts circuit reaching several World-Ranked finals including the 1998 Calgary Golden Harvest (losing to Rod Harrington), the 1999 Cleveland Darts Extravaganza (losing to Alan Warriner), the 2001 Blueberry Hill Open (losing to John Part), and the 2006 U.S.A. Darts Classic (losing to David Marienthal). He won the 2004 Windy City Open and was runner-up the following year, and most recently won the 2009 Houston Open. In fact, Brown is one of a very small handful of players to have won World-Ranked events in three different decades, and was also the first player to hold all three ADO National Championships simultaneously."}, {"context": " He is also the only American male to be inducted into both the US National Darts Hall of Fame, and the Golden Harvest International Darts Hall of Fame. Brown lost out controversially on a place at the 2008 Lakeside World Championship. He made it to the semi-finals of the qualifiers in Bridlington - only to lose to Michael Rosenauer who then beat Swedish player Kenneth Hogwall to qualify for Lakeside. Rosenauer had also achieved qualification status for the PDC World Championship and elected to choose that championship instead - thus upsetting those players who he had knocked out of the qualifiers for the BDO version."}, {"context": " After a somewhat disappointing 2008, Brown returned to form the following year. In addition to finishing the year as ADO #1, he claimed a spot on the US World Cup team for the 2009 WDF World Cup which was held in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. This was Brown's third time on a US World Cup Team, following South Africa (1999) and Malaysia (2001). Brown also came close to qualifying for the 2010 BDO World Darts Championship by way of the BDO Invitational Table, and had he done so, would have been the first American ever to qualify for Lakeside via the rankings."}, {"context": " He competed at the 2010 World Masters, where he lost to Scotland's John Henderson in the third round, and again reached the semi-finals of the BDO World Championship playoffs, losing to eventual qualifier Jan Dekker. Brown finished 2010 ranked as US #1 (for the fourth time) by the ADO. In 2012, Brown was forced to miss a number of major US tournaments, but still finished 11th in the ADO National Rankings. This means that, since Brown's first full year on the ADO circuit (1993), he has never been outside the Top 12 - a run of 20 consecutive years. Also in 2012, he won the Men's Singles at the Blueberry Hill Open for a record sixth time."}, {"context": " Steve Brown lives in Loveland, Ohio, with his wife Missy. His favorite sports are speedway and football (soccer) - he supports AFC Wimbledon - and he also enjoys fishing, particularly catfishing. Other hobbies include cooking, classical music, and visiting cemeteries and graves of the famous. In addition to playing darts professionally, Brown is also involved in darts administration, currently serving as Communications Officer for the American Darts Organization. He had previously served five terms as Area 6 Manager."}, {"context": " Steve's father, Ken was also a noted darts player during the 1970s, and was the first player ever to play in an official international match. In March 1974, Ken represented a Great Britain (BDO) team which played against the USA in New York. He was first on, beating Nicky Virachkul 2-1. Ken Brown's best tournament result came in reaching the last 16 of the Winmau World Masters in 1976. He also represented England six times (winning five) including a Man-of-the Match performance against Wales in 1978 (his last England appearance), and partnered Sandra Gibb to victory in the Mixed Doubles event in Yorkshire TV's Indoor League."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (footballer, born 1961)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brown (born 21 October 1961) is a Scottish former professional footballer, father of mel, who made 18 appearances in the Scottish Football League for Hibernian. Brown was a Scottish youth international at the under-15 and under-18 levels. He appeared in both of the 1979 Scottish Cup Final replays, but did not hold down a regular place in the Hibs first team. Brown subsequently moved into junior football with Whitehill Welfare."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (footballer, born 1966)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Ferold \"Steve\" Brown (born 6 July 1966 in Northampton) is an English former professional footballer who made nearly 550 appearances as a midfielder for Northampton Town and Wycombe Wanderers. He is currently Head of Academy Coaching at League One club Milton Keynes Dons. Brown started his career at Northampton Town, but left in December 1985 to join Irthlingborough Diamonds. He rejoined Northampton in July 1989 and was signed for Wycombe Wanderers in February 1994 by Martin O'Neill. A fan favourite at the club, Brown featured in 443 games and scored 43 goals for the club in a ten-year career, and was part of the Wycombe Wanderers team that reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 2001."}, {"context": " Brown retired as a player in May 2004 but was appointed as assistant to Wycombe manager John Gorman along with fellow Blues legend Keith Ryan in November 2004. After Gorman's switch to Northampton, there was speculation that Brown would follow as he had strong links to the club. However, Wycombe confirmed that Brown would be staying on to work with new manager Paul Lambert. In June 2007, Brown and Ryan left the club for what the club described as \"financial reasons\". In July 2007, Brown was appointed by John Gregory, his former manager at Wycombe, as youth team manager at Queens Park Rangers, a post he held until 2009.  After leaving Queens Park Rangers, Brown become involved in developing football in South-east Asia and worked as a coach on Vietnamese reality TV show Soccer Prince aiming to find a future star, with a prize of a place at the Liverpool Academy. In October 2014, Brown joined the FA as Head of Regional Talent ID. On 8 January 2018, following redundancy from his previous role with the FA, Brown joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons as Head of Academy Coaching."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (footballer, born 1972)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Byron \"Steve\" Brown (born 13 May 1972) is an English former football player and current manager of Margate. Born in Brighton, Brown played youth football with Whitehawk, where his Father Gary Brown was first team coach. He made his first team debut as a 15-year old in 1988 before being spotted playing for Brighton Boys by Charlton Athletic. He began with Charlton Athletic in 1988-89 as a 16-year old, before turning professional at the club where he spent most of his career as a defender. Brown's spell at Charlton saw the club twice gain promotion to the Premier League, once as champions and the other in their dramatic win over Sunderland in the 1998 play-off final, winning 7-6 on penalties after a 4-4 draw, with Brown scoring one of the penalties. An extremely popular player with supporters, he also acquired the reputation of a versatile player; indeed, he played in goal four times for Charlton without conceding. This memorably happened in the Premier League against Aston Villa when Andy Petterson was sent off. He also captained the side on numerous occasions and played in the team that equalled the league record of 12 straight wins whilst in the First Division (now Championship). He was an integral part of the squad that retained Premier League status in 2001 and he helped Charlton secure their highest-ever finish in the Premier League before his departure in December 2002."}, {"context": " After over twelve years with Charlton, he was signed by former Charlton teammate Alan Pardew for Reading in late 2002. After two-and-a-half years, scoring once against Crystal Palace, he retired from the game with a recurrence of an anterior cruciate ligament injury which had ruptured earlier in his career. Brown became a youth coach at Charlton Athletic before moving to West Ham United (by then managed by Pardew) to become reserve-team coach. He ended his role in July 2007 after Alan Pardew's dismissal led to changes in the back room staff. Brown then worked as head of football at Ardingly College whilst attaining his UEFA A Licence and led the school's first XI to the quarter-finals of the national cup. Whilst at Ardingly, Brown scouted for Charlton Athletic and was often heard commentating on the radio for BBC London."}, {"context": " After attaining his UEFA A Licence in 2008, Brown agreed to become the Brighton youth team manager. During his spell at Brighton his team finished second and fifth in the league and progressed through to the fourth and third rounds of the FA Youth Cup. In his two-year spell at Brighton, 11 youth players signed professional contracts, five of which made first-team appearances. In 2011 Brown became Nicky Forster's assistant at Dover Athletic in the Conference South. Dover made the play off final in their second year in charge narrowly losing to Salisbury."}, {"context": " On 3 June 2013, Brown was appointed manager of Ebbsfleet United, succeeding Liam Daish. He appointed former Charlton player Steve Gritt as his assistant. On 26 November 2014, Ebbsfleet United announced Brown's departure from the club, Brown left with a 52% win ratio and the club sat in fourth position in the league. The previous season saw Ebbsfleet win the Kent senior cup and make the playoff final in his first year as a manager.Ebbsfleet On 4 March 2015, Brown was announced as the new interim manager of Isthmian Premier Division side Lewes until the end of this season. After ensuring the Sussex club's survival from relegation after winning 5 of the last 11 games, Brown was appointed Lewes manager on a permanent basis ahead of the 2015\u201316 season. On 24 September 2015, Brown's resignation was accepted by the Lewes board after a poor start to the season, Brown cited a 33% budget cut as the reason for his resignation.  Brown is currently manager of Margate FC where he has worked since November 2016, he is head coach for the 1st Eleven at Lancing College, an independent school in West Sussex. Brown is also a regional scout for Stoke City\u2019s Academy and summarises for BBC London, a job he\u2019s held since 2004."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (footballer, born 1973)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Robert \"Steve\" Brown (born 6 December 1973) is an English former professional footballer. Born in Southend-on-Sea, he played for Southend United, Colchester United, Gillingham, Lincoln City and Macclesfield Town between 1992 and 1999 and made over 150 appearances in The Football League. He started his career at his home town club Southend United but he was released in May 1993 and moved to their Essex rivals Colchester United, where he became the club's top scorer in the 1993-94 season. In March 1995 he moved to Gillingham in a swap with Robbie Reinelt. He did not get to play regularly for the club, however, and in 1995 he moved to Lincoln City where he stayed till 1998. After a brief stay at Macclesfield Town, he moved to Dover Athletic in 1999, helping the club to a 6th-place finish in the Conference."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (ice hockey)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brown (born March 31, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey and roller hockey player. Brown played professional roller hockey with the Vancouver Voodoo of Roller Hockey International during the 1995 season."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (musician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brown (born Stephen Charles Brown, Rockville Centre, New York, 1942, but grew up in Freeport, New York) is a jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, and educator. He was the Director of Jazz Studies at Ithaca College, a position he held for 40 years until his retirement in 2008. Brown has played with Jimmy Smith, Paquito D'Rivera, Chuck Mangione, Phil Woods, and Ray Charles. He was a member of Chuck Israels' National Jazz Ensemble and toured the United States and Europe. He married Barbara Diane Katz on July 11, 1976, Jamesburgh, New York."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (wheelchair rugby)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brown is a television presenter, public speaker and athlete mentor as well as a former member and captain of the Great Britain wheelchair rugby squad. Sport was integral to Steve Brown's life from an early age. Raised in a family that supported Crystal Palace Football Club, he remembers being taken to watch the team play. \"\"At the time, Iain Dowie was playing for Crystal Palace and was a real role model, but as a small boy I found it amazing that there were thousands of people cheering for a player and chanting his name. It certainly made me feel that I wanted that, too.\"\" Brown attended Borden Grammar School in Sittingbourne, Kent. Sport was the focus of his enthusiasm and he demonstrated a broad sporting ability, representing the school in football, cricket and cross-country."}, {"context": " Alongside his sport, Brown's greatest pleasure was in exploring the countryside around his home. His interest was so great that we wanted to be a wildlife presenter. \"\"If I wasn\u2019t playing football with my mates I was catching tadpoles and slowworms, and I loved programmes like The Really Wild Show and everything with David Attenborough. So that\u2019s what I wanted to be. But the careers master just told me I wouldn\u2019t be able to do that and to forget it.\"\" Brown was 23 years old when he experienced the accident that changed, completely and irrevocably, the course of his life. It was 2005 and he was working in Europe as an area manager for a holiday company. He recounts: \"\"I tripped and fell from a first-floor balcony. I was looking up when I landed, so when my body stopped my head went back over my shoulders, like a severe whiplash. It snapped my neck, dislocating the C7 [one of the cervical vertebra, below the skull] and trapping my spinal cord.\"\""}, {"context": " Brown was taken to hospital for emergency surgery to stabilise his neck. \"\"The only parts of my body that I could move were my shoulders, my neck and my elbows.\"\" Three weeks later Brown was flown to England in order to begin his rehabilitation at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Very soon after arriving at Stoke Mandeville, Steve was taken to watch wheelchair rugby. That moment was one that he would come to think of as transitional. \"\u201cThere were people trying to knock each other out of their wheelchairs, shouting, swearing and arguing. There was a canyon between where I was mentally and physically and where they were. A lot of them had similar injuries to me, some had worse, and I thought: 'If they can be that confident, why can\u2019t I?\u2019 It was a turning point.\u201d\""}, {"context": " Steve Brown left hospital in October 2005. In the same month he took part in his first wheelchair rugby training session, at the Aspire National Training Centre with London Wheelchair Rugby Club. Brown's potential in the sport was quickly noted by the head coach of the Great Britain squad. In 2006 he was awarded a place in that squad and in 2007 he was part of the team that won gold in the IWRF European Championships. Despite such precocious progress, Brown narrowly missed selection for the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games - but was honoured to lead the Olympic and Paralympic Parade of the Heroes through London on the team\u2019s return."}, {"context": " Omission from the squad for Beijing only maximised Brown's determination to play at Great Britain's home Paralympics in 2012. He regained his place and, despite breaking his sternum while playing in Germany in 2010, was awarded the captaincy in 2011. At the London 2012 Paralympics Brown led his team to a 5th-place finish. He has since commented that \"\u201cBeing captain at your home Games is the biggest thing that you could do. I was incredibly proud.\u201d\" Although Brown retired from international sport after the London 2012 games, he remains heavily involved in wheelchair rugby as a player and the head coach for Canterbury Hellfire Wheelchair Rugby Club. He is one of the most recognised faces in the sport, having featured in multiple national newspapers and television broadcasts including Channel 4\u2019s \"Inside Incredible Athletes\"."}, {"context": " Since 2012, Steve Brown has become increasingly present on television for a variety of channels and in a variety of roles. He has presented for the BBC's \"Truth or Scare\", \"The One Show\" and \"Springwatch\". He has also been a roving reporter for \"Game Changers\" on Sky Sports. From 12-16 October 2015 he joined the ITV team for the live broadcast of the BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge at the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. He co-presented from the courtside studio as a pundit alongside Martin Bayfield, the former England and British & Irish Lions rugby union player."}, {"context": " Brown worked as a reporter and commentator for the BBC's coverage of the Invictus Games in 2014, 2016 and 2017. He has described this work as \"\"the privilege of watching people bond and go from being individuals with things in common to being part of a team.\"\" In September 2016 he was a member of the Channel 4 team that brought coverage of the Rio 2016 Paralympics. In April 2017 Steve became the latest member of the BBC's \"Countryfile\" team. For him this was the realisation of a long held ambition and a refutation of the careers advisor at school who told him that he would never be a wildlife presenter. He remarked that \"\u201cit is worth every flat tyre, every muddy set of hands, every wet lap\u2026 I want to be judged on my performance. I\u2019m hoping people will see it\u2019s about ability, not disability.\"\u201d  Steve Brown is a Sky Sports Scholar and a Sky Sports 'Living for Sport' mentor,as well as a public speaker who has spoken for organisations including Allianz and Sky. His charitable work includes being an ambassador for Wooden Spoon, a patron of Panathlon and a trustee for the Swale Youth Development Fund."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown (yo-yo player)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brown (born 1976 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an award-winning competitive yo-yo player, competition judge, yo-yo designer, and yoyo blogger currently based out of North Olmsted, Ohio. He is currently the editor for YoYoNews.com and a co-producer of the Triple Crown of YoYo events. In 2001, the National Yo-Yo League named him as one of eight National Yo-Yo masters. He has designed multiple yo-yos, including the \"Cherry Bomb\" for Team Losi. While employed by Duncan Toys Company as marketing and promotions coordinator, Brown invented and patented freehand yo-yo play where instead of being attached to the finger, the string is actually attached to a counterweight, and designed a line of yo-yos for the new style. He also authored a book called \"Duncan Yo-Yo Trick Book\" while employed by the company."}, {"context": " A regular competitor in the 1990s, he has moved out of competing in most venues and has shifted his focus to judging. His skill with yo-yos also landed him a job as a stuntman on the 2001 movie \"Zoolander\", work as a consultant on \"The Lone Ranger (2013 film)\" where he developed and taught several of the actors the pocket watch trick that features prominently in the film, and led to an appearance on \"The Best Damn Sports Show Period\". Steve Brown was young when he first held a yo-yo, but as a child, took little interest in the few tricks he learned. It was not until his later years and after some instability in his life that he got serious about yo-yoing. Brown was looking for a job at the time when came back to the yo-yo trade. Finding himself in a job of assembling yo-yo\u2019s for a mall cart, he was thrown into retail one day, making a huge impression on his customers and his boss. He impressed everyone with not only his ability to yo-yo, but also to juggle, showing his multitude of talents."}, {"context": " After working the next two years with his independent cart, fine-tuning his yo-yo skills through hours of practice, Brown joined with Duncan Toys Company. Working as Duncan\u2019s marketing and promotions coordinator, Steve created a following with his creative designs and yo-yo tricks. Brown worked for Duncan Toys for the start of his career. He worked for Duncan for seven years (1999-2006). Here is where his unique style and flare created a name for himself. Brown was, and is, known for his punk rocker sense of style that he has brought to the yo-yo world. With his tattoo covered arms and past Mohawk hairstyles, he\u2019s keeping the hobby of the yo-yo alive in the youth. At contests early in his career, his unique style and accompanying punk rock music helped him to stand out among the other competitors who were either significantly older or significantly younger."}, {"context": " After leaving Duncan Toys in 2006, and finding less time to spend yo-yoing with age and a newly established family, Brown kept himself active in the yo-yo community by creating his website 365yoyotricks.com, on which he recorded and posted one original yo-yo trick every day for an entire year in 2011. The following year, Steve outsourced some of the tricks from a few of his favorite yo-yoers, but continued to contribute tricks of his own alongside them. He continued this system in 2013 with a different group of players, but this is no longer an active sight, since Brown stopped posts to the site in 2013. Currently, he works as an editor on another website called yoyonews.com. Here he works to keep the yo-yo community alive, and persisting towards creativity. Alongside the creation of his websites, Brown was also sponsored by the Yo-Yo Factory, where they created four specific yo-yo models inspired by / for Brown."}, {"context": " Now, Brown resides in Cleveland, Ohio with his three kids. He currently works on Yoyonews, keeping up on current yo-yo trends and events all over. In addition to this, he works on the Triple Crown of Yo-yo event, which occurs every year, except in 2015, due to the birth of Brown\u2019s youngest child. He also works at the Caribou Lodge Yo-yo Works. There he serves as the team and marketing manager, creating yo-yo\u2019s with creative, abstract designs. He has obtained a patent for his yo-yo design involving counterweights. Since Steve himself started off using plain wood yo-yo\u2019s, he dedicates this site and company to creating a unique image for the yo-yo community while maintaining a signature old school style that Brown has been recognized for throughout his career. Along with hand crafted yo-yo's, they also produce a limited clothing line and offer video tutorials on their website.  Steve Brown has won many awards throughout his career in competitive yo-yoing. He has participated in many different contests and championships, and currently holds various titles and placed in several yo-yo competitions. To current date, Steve Brown\u2019s competitive records include: Steve Brown has now retired from being a competitive yo-yo player, but has continued on to be a judge in numerous different competitions around the world."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brown Sports Complex", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brown Sports Complex is a multi-purpose outdoor sports facility in Brantford, Ontario and located at Lions Park on 20 Edge Street. Built original in 1972 as Lions Park arena, which included a banquet hall for community purposes. Later expanded to include a track field with several baseball and soccer fields with a seating capacity of 2000. In 2002, the exterior part of the facility was renamed in honor of community leader and organizer Steve Brown. In 2010, the facility was upgraded in order to serve as the home venue to the Canadian Soccer League's newest franchise the Brantford Galaxy."}]}, {"title": "Steve Browning", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Browning is a retired American college baseball coach, currently serving as Athletic Director of the Southern Arkansas Muleriders. He was named to that position in the fall of 2012. A native of Sheridan, AR, Browning played two seasons at Crowder College in Neosha, MO before completing his eligibility at Southern Arkansas. Browning was a starter in the outfield during both his seasons at SAU and was a co-captain during his senior year. Browning hit .314 with 17 doubles, four home runs and 52 RBI in his two seasons for the Muleriders. Following his successful baseball playing career, Browning began his coaching career as a student assistant at SAU."}, {"context": " Browning spent ten seasons serving as a student assistant, graduate assistant, and assistant coach before being named head coach following the 2010 season. During his time at SAU, he has been a part of nine NCAA Regional teams and help guide the Muleriders to four regular season championships and six conference tournament titles. As the head coach, Browning has led all four of his teams to the conference tournament title with each receiving a bid to the NCAA Division II Baseball Tournament. Browning has had five players drafted into Major League Baseball. He has coached 18 first-team all-conference players, 16 second-team & honorable mention All-Conference players, nine All-Region players, three All-American selections, three Conference Freshmen of the Year, one Conference Pitcher of the Year, and one Conference Player of the Year.  Following the conclusion of the 2016 baseball season, SAU president Dr. Trey Berry announced that Browning would assume the full-time Athletic Director position."}]}, {"title": "Steve Broy", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Broy (also known by the stage names Dr. Heathen Scum and Pope Heathen Scum) is an American musician, best known as a founding member and current bassist of the heavy metal band the Mentors. Broy has also collaborated in related bands and released solo records under the Dr. Heathen Scum moniker. As a teenager, Broy co-founded The Mentors in Seattle, Washington in 1976 with two classmates at Roosevelt High School, guitarist Eric Carlson (Sickie Wifebeater), and drummer/vocalist Eldon Hoke (El Duce.) The band later relocated to Los Angeles, California and gained extensive notoriety for their extreme shock rock aesthetic."}, {"context": " Broy was in and out of the Mentors during their early career due to his preoccupation while pursuing degrees in engineering. His replacement, Mike Dewey, also used the Dr. Heathen Scum moniker during his time with the band, causing confusion regarding contribution credits. Broy returned to the bass in 1985 when The Mentors signed to Death Records, a subsidiary of Metal Blade, and released their debut studio LP, \"You Axed For It!\". Thereafter, Broy was briefly replaced by bassists Ed Danky (\"Poppa Sneaky Spermshooter\") and Zippy, but returned to the group in 1989. The band continued after Hoke's 1997 death and presently remain active, with Broy often acting as the group's unofficial spokesman.  Broy has also performed as Dr. Heathen Scum with Hoke on his solo albums, collaborated with many groups, and has made solo albums as Dr. Heathen Scum and Pope Heathen Scum. According to Broy, his band Church of El Duce was formed \"immediately after the resurrection of our Lord, El Duce\" and Hoke came to him in a dream, telling him to \"keep rockin'\". Full Metal Messiah"}]}, {"title": "Steve Brozak", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brozak (born 1961) is the Managing Partner and President of WBB Securities, LLC, a Democratic congressional candidate in the 2004 American election cycle, and was the Chairman and CEO of StormBio, Inc. Brozak was named a 2013 StarMine \"Top Stock Picker\" among Pharmaceutical Analysts by the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence, and was recognized by \"The Wall Street Journal\" as \"Best on the Street\" among Medical Equipment and Supplies financial analysts. Brozak is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps. He served a three-year appointment to the Secretary of Navy's Navy and Marine Corps Retiree Council. He also is a Fellow of Foreign Policy Association."}, {"context": " Brozak received his BA from Columbia University (1982), MBA from Columbia Business School (1994) and Doctor of Medical Humanities (DMH) from Drew University (2016). Brozak is the President and Co-founder of WBB Securities, LLC, an independent broker dealer, investment bank and sell-side research firm. WBB Securities focuses on healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device research and banking. WBB Securities and its analysts are ranked consistently as top performers in research accuracy. In September 2016, WBB Securities added an asset management arm to the firm, which subsequently launched a long/short equity healthcare fund named WBB Life Sciences l/s."}, {"context": " As president of WBB Securities, Brozak is responsible for the research and investment banking division. He raises funds for public offerings in various healthcare sectors. He has been ranked one of the top analysts of all First Call submitting analysts in all healthcare sectors over the past five years by the StarMine ranking system. In 2010, he was named one of the Top Analysts in the Healthcare Sector for the United States by the \"Financial Times\" and StarMine. As being named 2013 StarMine \"top stock picker\" among Pharmaceutical Analysts, Brozak has achieved top-ranking recognition in all healthcare fields including Biotechnology, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals over the last five years by the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence and \"The Wall Street Journal\" Best on the Street Survey. He is a Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association."}, {"context": " Brozak has specific expertise and interest in human stem cell therapies, biothreat countermeasures, bacterium, and viruses such as highly pathogenic influenza, Marburg, and Ebola. He is a contributor to \"Forbes\", \"Businessweek\", STAT, CNN, and ABCNews.com while regularly authoring articles in peer-reviewed and news publications. Among articles are: Brozak is frequently interviewed and quoted by such media sources as the Associated Press, ABC, \"Barron's\", Bloomberg, CNN, \"Financial Times\", \"Forbes\", Dow Jones, Reuters, \"USA Today\", TheStreet.com, and \"The Wall Street Journal\". He is featured in the \"British Medical Journal\" raising awareness among the cleanliness of endoscopic procedures within the United States. He is co-author of three commentaries about the failure of the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plants and the potential impact on the world, published by ABCNews.com. They include: Fukushima Joins Titanic, Katrina as a Single Word for Disaster, March 16, 2011, Fukushima: A Nuclear Threat to Japan, the U.S. and the World, April 6, 2011 and Fukushima and Nuclear Power: Playing with Fire, April 25, 2011. He also is the author of twelve analytical reports about the threat of pandemic influenza, has written guest editorials and been asked to speak about several issues, including the challenges facing large pharmaceutical companies, the need to restructure the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and difficulties facing the U.S. healthcare system."}, {"context": " Brozak participated in the production of two films- as an Associate Producer of \"\" (2013) and as Executive Producer of \"American Veteran\" (2017). Brozak was Chairman and CEO of StormBio, Inc, a development stage biotechnology company focused on the attenuation of Cytokine Storm, specifically in influenza. StormBio was developing therapeutics to minimize the mortality and morbidity resulting from Highly Pathogenic Influenza infections, such as H5N1 and H1N1 influenza strains. StormBio's approach was to modulate runaway inflammation. Many of the deaths and much of the permanent damage from influenza is caused by a runaway inflammatory process called cytokine storm. It was anticipated that StormBio's therapeutics also could be used to treat a variety of other inflammatory conditions. StormBio was affiliated with leading scientists in the field of inflammation and had in-licensed intellectual property and novel therapeutics directed at treating people in the event of an influenza pandemic."}, {"context": " Campaigning for Congress during the 2004 election, Brozak kicked off his campaign with a front-page feature story, \"A Marine Jumps Party Lines to Join Democrats in Trenches\", in \"The Wall Street Journal\", where he gave early warning of the nearly insurmountable challenges faced by the shortage of U.S. troops in Iraq and the need for a modified strategy to subdue insurgency and create a secure nation in Iraq. His campaign focused on the lack of planning for the Iraq war, the strain it placed on our military, and the severe economic repercussions that would ensue\u2014specifically the rise in energy prices. He also stressed the need for unfettered research in stem cells and the need for a fair trade policy with other countries. Brozak was featured in an article in the magazine Salon, which described his campaign as \"a referendum on Bush's military folly.\""}, {"context": " During his Congressional campaign, Brozak was invited to speak during prime time at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, where he criticized the Bush administration for lack of planning prior to the war in Iraq. He was later criticized by bloggers in the Internet publication, \"The Weekly Standard\" for his strong position against administration partisanship in political appointments at the Pentagon. Brozak was defeated by incumbent Mike Ferguson (Republican) for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District."}, {"context": " Brozak is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps, having served in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Caribbean. He has been attached to units within the United Nations, specifically as a Foreign area officer at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and as a Public Information Officer in the United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH). Brozak was also attached to units within NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and has worked with the Inter-American Defense Board."}, {"context": " Brozak resumed active duty service in the Marine Corps immediately after the September 11 attacks in 2001 as Officer in Charge of Mobilization Training Unit NY- 17 in New York City. He later served as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, leading a team to the Middle East to evaluate National Guard and Reserve mobilization. Upon returning from Iraq, his team wrote a report that criticized the lack of troop strength and drain on the reserves caused by the Iraq/Afghanistan deployments. His subsequent active duty assignment before retiring was Chief Spokesperson for OSD's National Committee for the Employer support of the Guard and Reserve in Washington D.C. Brozak participated as a Marine Corps officer representing the Department of Navy and Marine Corps retirees on the SECNAV Retiree Council. Brozak was twice awarded the Navy/Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medal, his last one for his efforts in Washington.  Born in 1961, Brozak is married and has two children. Brozak has been a resident of Westfield, New Jersey."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bruce", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Roger Bruce (born 31 December 1960) is an English professional football manager and former player. Born in Corbridge, Northumberland, he was a promising schoolboy footballer but was rejected by several professional clubs. He was on the verge of quitting the game altogether when he was offered a trial with Gillingham. Bruce was offered an apprenticeship and went on to play more than 200\u00a0games for the club before joining Norwich City in 1984, winning the Football League Cup in 1985. In 1987, he moved to Manchester United, with whom he achieved great success, winning twelve trophies including three Premier League titles, three FA Cups, one Football League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup. He also became the first English player of the 20th century to captain a team to the Double. Despite his success on the field, he was never selected to play for the England national team. Commentators and contemporaries have described him as one of the best English players of the 1980s and 1990s never to play for his country at full international level."}, {"context": " Bruce began his managerial career with Sheffield United, and spent short periods of time managing Huddersfield Town, Wigan Athletic and Crystal Palace before joining Birmingham City in 2001. He twice led Birmingham to promotion to the Premier League during his tenure of nearly six years, but resigned in 2007 to begin a second spell as manager of Wigan. At the end of the 2008\u201309 season he resigned to take over as manager of Sunderland, a post he held until he was dismissed in November 2011. Seven months later, he was appointed manager of Hull City and led the club to two promotions to the Premier League, as well as the 2014 FA Cup Final, before leaving in July 2016. He took over at Aston Villa four months later but was sacked in October 2018."}, {"context": " Bruce was born in Corbridge in Northumberland, the elder of two sons of Joe and Sheenagh Bruce. His father was local, and his mother had been born in Bangor in Northern Ireland. The family lived in Daisy Hill near Wallsend, and Bruce attended Benfield School. Bruce, a boyhood fan of Newcastle United, claims to have sneaked into St James' Park without paying to watch the team play, saying \"I have always been a Newcastle lad and when I was a kid, I crawled under the turnstiles to get in to try and save a bob or whatever it was. They were my team, I went to support them as a boy and being a Geordie it's in-bred, you follow the club still the same today.\" Like several other future professionals from the area, he played football for Wallsend Boys Club. He was also selected for the Newcastle Schools representative team, and at the age of 13 was among a group of players from the team selected to serve as ball boys at the 1974 Football League Cup Final at Wembley Stadium."}, {"context": " Having been turned down by several professional clubs, including Newcastle United, Sunderland, Derby County and Southport, Bruce was about to start work as an apprentice plumber at the Swan Hunter dockyard when he was offered a trial by Third Division club Gillingham, whose manager Gerry Summers had seen him playing for Wallsend in an international youth tournament. He travelled down to Kent with another player from the Wallsend club, Peter Beardsley, but although Gillingham signed Bruce as an apprentice, they turned Beardsley away. At the time Bruce was playing as a midfielder, but he was switched to the centre of defence by the head of Gillingham's youth scheme, Bill Collins, whom Bruce cites as the single biggest influence on his career."}, {"context": " Bruce spent the 1978\u201379 season in Gillingham's reserve team and, despite playing in defence, scored 18\u00a0goals to finish the season as top scorer. In January 1979, he was selected to represent the England Youth team, and he went on to gain eight caps, participating in the 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship. He came close to making his debut for the club's senior team in May 1979, but Summers decided at the last minute that, as Gillingham were chasing promotion from the Third Division, Bruce was not yet ready to handle the pressure of the occasion. He eventually made his senior debut in a Football League Cup tie against Luton Town on 11 August 1979, and made an immediate impact in the team, winning the club's Player of the Year award at the end of the 1979\u201380 season. He went on to make more than 200\u00a0appearances for the club, and was twice voted into the Professional Footballers' Association's Third Division Team of the Year."}, {"context": " Confident that he was being targeted by clubs from higher divisions, Bruce resolved not to sign a new contract with Gillingham when his existing deal expired at the end of the 1983\u201384 season. In an April 1983 match against Newport County, he attempted, in a moment of anger, to deliberately injure opposition player Tommy Tynan, but connected awkwardly and succeeded only in breaking his own leg, leaving him unable to play again for six months. He returned in time to play a key role in Gillingham achieving two draws against Everton in the FA Cup in 1984, attracting the attention once again of scouts from First Division clubs. Arthur Cox, manager of Bruce's beloved Newcastle United, expressed an interest in signing the player, but resigned from his job before any further action could be taken. Bruce eventually opted to sign for Norwich City in August 1984 for a fee variously reported as \u00a3125,000 or \u00a3135,000. In 2009, he was voted into Gillingham's Hall of Fame."}, {"context": " Bruce began the 1984\u201385 season by scoring an own goal in the first minute of his debut for Norwich against Liverpool, but went on to score the team's winning goal in the semi-final of the Football League Cup against local rivals Ipswich Town, and was named man of the match in Norwich's victory in the final. Bruce was voted Norwich City Player of the Year, but the team was relegated to the Second Division. Bruce played in every match as Norwich won promotion back to the top division at the first time of asking in the 1985\u201386 season, after which he was chosen to replace the departing Dave Watson as club captain. The following season he helped the club to its highest ever league finish of fifth position."}, {"context": " In 1987, he was chosen to captain the England B team in a match against the full national team of Malta, but it was to be his only appearance in an England shirt, and he has subsequently been described as one of the best defenders of his era never to be selected for the full England team. Bruce later stated, \"I bumped into former England manager Bobby Robson in Benfica\" (sic)\". He came up to me and said 'I should have capped you'. It was nice to hear but it still didn't get me one ... I'll always be a little disappointed I didn't get one.\""}, {"context": " Bruce began to attract the attention of big-name clubs in late 1987, with Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Rangers all reported to be interested in signing him. Manchester United quickly emerged as the front runners for his signature, and Bruce publicly expressed his desire to sign for the club. The deal came close to collapsing when Norwich asked for a transfer fee of \u00a3900,000 after initially agreeing to accept \u00a3800,000, leading to Bruce refusing to play any further matches for the club, which he felt was jeopardising his dream move. On 17 December 1987, shortly before his 27th birthday, the deal was concluded and Bruce officially left Carrow Road, for a fee reported as \u00a3800,000 or \u00a3825,000. Norwich fans remembered his contribution, and in 2002 voted him into the Norwich City Hall of Fame."}, {"context": " Bruce made his Manchester United debut in a 2\u20131 win over Portsmouth on 19 December 1987, and played in 21 of United's remaining 22\u00a0league fixtures, helping the club to a top two place in the First Division for the first time since 1980. The team only finished in mid-table in the following season, prompting manager Alex Ferguson to bring in several new players, including Gary Pallister, who joined the club in August 1989 from Middlesbrough. His partnership with Bruce in the centre of defence was described in 2006 by the then-United captain, Gary Neville, as the best in the club's history. \"Dolly and Daisy\", as the pair were affectionately known, are described as \"arguably the best\" on the official Manchester United website. Bruce and Pallister were part of the team that won the 1990 FA Cup final against Crystal Palace in a replay."}, {"context": " Following the lifting of the five-year ban on English clubs from European competitions, which had been imposed after the Heysel Stadium disaster, United became England's first entrants into the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the 1990\u201391 season. Bruce played regularly, and scored three goals, in the team's progress to the final against FC Barcelona. He came close to scoring the first goal, only for Mark Hughes to deflect the ball over the line and claim the goal, and United went on to win the game 2\u20131. This was a particularly high-scoring season for Bruce, who found the net 13\u00a0times in the First Division and 19\u00a0times in total in all competitions. He also played again at Wembley, in the Football League Cup final, in which United were defeated by Sheffield Wednesday of the Second Division."}, {"context": " Bruce missed several weeks of the 1991\u201392 season when he underwent an operation on a longstanding hernia problem, in which Leeds United, after a season-long tussle, beat Manchester United to the championship by four points. Bruce helped United win their first-ever League Cup in April 1992, captaining the team in the final in place of the injured Bryan Robson. Injuries continued to take their toll upon Robson during the 1992\u201393 season, leading to Bruce captaining the team in the majority of United's matches during the first season of the new Premier League. Bruce scored two late goals in a win over Sheffield Wednesday which proved decisive in United winning the inaugural Premier League title, the first time the club had won the championship of English football since 1967, and he and Robson received the trophy jointly after the home victory over Blackburn Rovers on 3 May."}, {"context": " At the height of his success with United, Bruce was contacted by Jack Charlton, manager of the Republic of Ireland national team, who had discovered that, due to his mother's place of birth, Bruce was eligible to play for Ireland. Bruce states in his autobiography that further investigation revealed that, while his earlier appearance for England B in a friendly match was not an issue, his appearances for the England Youth team in a UEFA-sanctioned tournament prohibited him from playing for the senior team of another country. He has subsequently claimed that he chose not to play for Ireland as it would have caused problems for his club at a time when UEFA restricted the number of foreign players that a club could have in their squad in its competitions."}, {"context": " United dominated English football in the 1993\u201394 season, winning a second consecutive Premier League title and then defeating Chelsea in the FA Cup final to become only the fourth team, and Bruce the first English captain, to win The Double in the 20th century, The 1994\u201395 season was a disappointing one for Bruce and United, as the club failed in its bid to win a third consecutive Premier League title and lost to Everton in the FA Cup final. During the following season Bruce was offered the job of manager by three clubs, but Ferguson refused to allow him to pursue the opportunities as he felt the player still had a role to play in the United team. Bruce made a further 30\u00a0Premier League appearances, as United managed to overcome a 12-point deficit to Newcastle United to win the championship once again. A week later he was left out of United's squad for the FA Cup final due to a slight injury. At the end of the match Eric Cantona, who had captained the team and scored the only goal in a 1\u20130 win over Liverpool, attempted to persuade Bruce to be the one to receive the trophy, but Bruce declined. Ferguson denied that Bruce's omission was a sign that his time at the club was nearing an end, but Bruce, then 35\u00a0years old, believed that"}, {"context": " he would be unlikely to be selected for the team during the year remaining on his contract. He opted instead to join First Division club Birmingham City on a free transfer, having signed a contract valued at nearly \u00a32\u00a0million over two years, which made him one of the highest-paid players in the country. Bruce was among five former Premier League players signed by Birmingham manager Trevor Francis to add experience to a squad expected to challenge for promotion. He was made captain of the team, but his Birmingham career was dogged by a series of disagreements with Francis. Director David Sullivan felt the need to publicly deny rumours that Bruce was lined up to replace Francis as manager after the club's stock market flotation. While playing for Birmingham, Bruce was the subject of several bids from his old Manchester United colleague Bryan Robson to sign for Middlesbrough, but the transfer never happened."}, {"context": " The 1997\u201398 season saw Bruce dropped for the first time in his career, for a match against former club Gillingham, and he described himself as \"hurt and unhappy\" at being left out. By November 1997 he was being left out more frequently, and his omission against Nottingham Forest provoked a public war of words, which fuelled rumours that the manager was to be dismissed and that Bruce would take over as caretaker until the end of the season. At the end of the season he accepted the post of player-manager of Sheffield United. Though the deal was delayed while Birmingham attempted to negotiate a transfer fee for his playing contract, he took up his new position on 2 July 1998. He played 11 matches for the club before retiring as a player, his final appearance being in a home match against Sunderland on 28 November 1998."}, {"context": " During the early part of his career, Bruce's sometimes over-enthusiastic playing style, which he later described as \"rampaging\", caused him disciplinary problems. He later developed into a solid and dependable all-round player, characterised as \"an honest trier who made the absolute most of limited natural ability\". In his prime, he was particularly noted for his calm and deliberate passing of the ball, and his ability to control it under pressure, often with his chest. At the time, Mark Wright of Liverpool was said to be the only other centre-back able to match Bruce's level of skill in these areas."}, {"context": " Bruce was also known for his unusually high goalscoring rate for a centre-back, resulting from a combination of his ability to powerfully head the ball and his effectiveness in taking penalty kicks. Although lacking poise and grace, and often criticised for his lack of pace, his bravery and willingness to take knocks from opposition players made him the \"heart\" of the defence during his time with Manchester United. He was well known for continuing to play even when injured, including returning to the United team at short notice in 1992 even though he was awaiting an operation on a hernia. His indomitable spirit and motivational abilities were deemed vital to the United team, and Alex Ferguson has commented on his \"determination and heart\"."}, {"context": " In his first season as a manager, Bruce guided Sheffield United to eighth place in the First Division, nine points away from a place in the play-offs. He caused controversy when he attempted to take his team off the pitch during an FA Cup match against Arsenal. Bruce felt that the Gunners had broken an unwritten rule of sportsmanship by scoring the winning goal from a throw-in instead of returning the ball to United, who had intentionally kicked it out of play to allow an injured player to be attended to. Although the game eventually continued to a finish, following a gesture by Arsenal the match was declared void and replayed. In May 1999, Bruce resigned from his post after just one season in charge, citing turmoil in the club's boardroom and a shortage of funds for transfers. He contemplated leaving football for a job in television but was persuaded by Huddersfield Town owner Barry Rubery to become the club's manager."}, {"context": " Huddersfield were early promotion contenders in the 1999\u20132000 season, winning six consecutive matches to rise to third place in the First Division table by late November, but lost form and failed to reach the play-offs. The team continued to struggle at the start of the 2000\u201301 season, gaining just six points from 11 matches, and Bruce was sacked in October 2000. He then became involved in a dispute with Rubery, who accused him of \"wasting\" \u00a33m on players and having \"an ego to feed\". Although he was linked with the manager's job at Queens Park Rangers, Bruce remained out of the game until he was appointed manager of Wigan Athletic in April 2001. The team reached the Second Division play-offs but lost in the semi-finals, and Bruce almost immediately left the club, where he had been in charge for less than two months, to take over as manager of Crystal Palace."}, {"context": " Although his new club began the 2001\u201302 season strongly, topping the First Division table and looking well placed for regaining the Premier League place that the club had last held in the 1997\u201398 season, Bruce tendered his resignation less than three months into the season in order to return to Birmingham City as manager. Although he was initially prevented from doing so by an injunction taken out by Crystal Palace, he was eventually allowed to join the Midlands-based club after a compensation package was agreed. By now he had acquired a reputation as a manager who rarely held down a job for a significant length of time."}, {"context": " Upon his arrival, the Blues were in a mid-table position in the First Division, but a lengthy unbeaten run saw the team qualify for the play-offs. The team went on to beat Bruce's former club Norwich City in the final after a penalty shoot-out to gain promotion to the Premier League, ending a 16-year absence from the top level of English football. Birmingham spent the early part of the 2002\u201303 season struggling near the foot of the Premier League table, but Bruce's signing of Christophe Dugarry revitalised the team, who ended the season in 13th place and finished higher than local rivals Aston Villa for the first time since the 1970s."}, {"context": " The following season began well for Birmingham, who climbed as high as fourth in the table, but the team's fortunes declined and they could only finish in tenth place at the end of the season. Despite this disappointment, Bruce signed a new contract in June 2004 designed to keep him at St Andrew's for a further five years, but just two months later Freddy Shepherd, chairman of Newcastle United, was reported to have made Bruce his main target in the search for a new manager to replace Bobby Robson. The club was reportedly prepared to pay Birmingham more than \u00a33\u00a0million in compensation, and Bruce himself was said to be keen to take over at St James' Park, but he ultimately remained at Birmingham. He stated that \"as far as I'm concerned, I've got a job to do [at Birmingham City] and I'm determined to get on with it\", but it was also reported that Newcastle would have been required to pay a much larger compensation fee or face legal action had he been persuaded to switch clubs. Initial expectations were high for the 2004\u201305 season, but the club once again finished in a mid-table position, ending the season in 12th\u00a0place."}, {"context": " Following the sacking of Graeme Souness as Newcastle manager in February 2006, Bruce was again linked with the job, which ultimately went to Glenn Roeder. By this stage of the 2005\u201306 season, Birmingham were struggling in the league, and on 21 March 2006 were beaten 7\u20130 at home by Liverpool in the FA Cup quarter-finals. Some supporters of the club began to call for his resignation, but Bruce insisted that he would fight on as manager. The team managed to climb out of the relegation zone for the first time in nearly six months after a win over Bolton Wanderers in early April 2006. However, they were soon overtaken by Portsmouth, whose victory over Wigan Athletic on 29 April left Birmingham mathematically unable to match their points total and therefore relegated."}, {"context": " Although Bruce had the largest transfer budget in the division made available to him, Birmingham made a slow start to the 2006\u201307 season in the Championship and, after a 1\u20130 defeat at home to Norwich City, the team's fifth consecutive match without a win, there were calls from fans and local journalists for the manager to be sacked. Bruce publicly accepted responsibility for the team's poor run and admitted that he feared for his job, but the team responded with a 1\u20130 victory over Derby County, and then recorded a further five consecutive league victories to be joint leaders of the league table by late November. On 29 April 2007, Birmingham secured promotion to the Premier League, with one match to play, by virtue of Derby County's 2\u20130 defeat at Crystal Palace. Chairman David Gold told the press \"There have been some dark days but Steve has been outstanding. He was determined to bounce back. He has rebuilt the team and now we are all back where we want to be.\""}, {"context": " In May 2007, Birmingham's board agreed a new contract for Bruce, but the unwillingness of the club's prospective purchaser Carson Yeung to ratify it left his future uncertain. In October 2007, Bolton Wanderers were refused permission to speak to him about their managerial vacancy. Later that month, Bruce and Yeung held a meeting which reportedly had positive results. Bruce later claimed that Birmingham's managing director Karren Brady had \"shafted\" him on a new contract with the club, and when Wigan Athletic requested permission to speak to Bruce about their managerial vacancy, he was receptive to their approach. As required under the terms of his contract, Wigan agreed to pay Birmingham a then-world record compensation for the loss of his services of around \u00a33m, and they were then allowed to speak to him. On 19 November, Wigan announced the signing of Bruce for a second time."}, {"context": " On 21 November, during a press conference which was intended to formally present Bruce as the new manager of Wigan, the club's chief executive Brenda Spencer informed the media that the deal had been put on hold by \"unknown issues\" between Bruce and Birmingham City, reported to centre on the advance payment of the image rights element of Bruce's contract at St Andrew's. On 23 November 2007 Wigan announced that Bruce had now signed his contract and would officially rejoin the Latics. His first game in charge was a 1\u20131 home draw with Manchester City on 1 December 2007. Wigan spent the remainder of the season struggling against relegation, but the club secured Premier League survival with victory over Aston Villa in the penultimate game of the season. In September 2008, Bruce was once again linked with the manager's job at Newcastle United following the departure of Kevin Keegan."}, {"context": " Bruce led Wigan to an 11th-place finish in the 2008\u201309 season, despite the loss of midfielder Wilson Palacios to Tottenham Hotspur in the January transfer window. On 27 May 2009, Bruce was reported to have been given permission to talk to Sunderland about succeeding Ricky Sbragia, who resigned as manager after the last match of the season. Bruce was confirmed as the new manager of Sunderland on 3 June after signing a three-year contract. He was joined at Sunderland by three of his former Wigan Athletic coaching staff, assistant Eric Black, goalkeeping coach Nigel Spink, and reserve team coach Keith Bertschin. In his first season at Sunderland, despite a run of 14 games without a win, Bruce led the Black Cats to a 13th-place finish in the Premier League."}, {"context": " Bruce made wholesale changes to Sunderland's squad, signing 13 players and selling 15 in his first 18 months at the club. On 25 February 2011, Bruce signed an extension to his contract, keeping him at Sunderland until 2014, with chairman Niall Quinn stating that \"In only 18 months he has reshaped our squad beyond recognition, bringing in some fantastically talented players. He embodies the ethos of teamwork and the importance of camaraderie in creating a wonderful spirit of togetherness amongst the players and staff\"."}, {"context": " Bruce was dismissed as manager on 30 November 2011, with Sunderland in 16th position following a poor run of form which culminated with a 2\u20131 home defeat to bottom club Wigan four days earlier. He later linked his dismissal from the managerial post with the fact that he is a fan of Newcastle United, Sunderland's bitter rivals. On 8 June 2012, Bruce was appointed as manager at Championship side Hull City on a three-year contract. In his first season with the club, he led them to promotion to the Premier League, clinching second place in the Championship on the final day of the season. The following season, the \"Tigers\" came 16th with a club record tally of 37 points, and reached the final of the FA Cup for the first time. They took a two-goal lead in the first ten minutes of the final, but opponents Arsenal scored a goal in each half to take the game into extra-time and then scored a third to win the trophy. Reaching the final qualified Hull for the 2014\u201315 UEFA Europa League, their first European campaign."}, {"context": " In March 2015, Bruce signed a three-year contract extension. A run of poor form left Hull near the bottom of the table going into the final game of the 2014\u201315 season and needing to defeat Bruce's former club Manchester United to stand any chance of avoiding relegation. They could only manage a 0\u20130 draw and were relegated to the Championship. The poor performances of a number of players signed by Bruce, including club record signing Abel Hern\u00e1ndez, were identified as key factors in the club's failure to remain in the Premier League."}, {"context": " In January 2016, Bruce won the Football League Championship Manager of the Month after leading Hull to four victories; Hern\u00e1ndez, who scored six times, got the players' equivalent. Hull finished the season in fourth, qualifying for the play-offs, where they defeated Derby County in the semi-finals. In the final on 28 May, a 25-yard goal from Mohamed Diam\u00e9 against Sheffield Wednesday won Hull promotion to the Premier League for the second time during Bruce's spell in charge. Bruce said after the game that he had considered resignation following the team's relegation, and would hold talks with the prospective new owners to be assured of his future. In July 2016, with his future at Hull seemingly still uncertain, he was interviewed by officials of The Football Association concerning the vacant position of manager of England. Three days later, Bruce met with Hull City officials and announced his resignation later that day amid claims he became frustrated by a lack of transfer activity at the club."}, {"context": " On 12 October 2016, Bruce was appointed manager of EFL Championship club Aston Villa. In his second match in charge, Villa defeated Reading, the club's first win in 11 games and the first away win for 14 months. He brought in Colin Calderwood as assistant manager from Brighton & Hove Albion and Stephen Clemence from old club Hull City as first team coach. In the 2017\u201318 season, Villa secured a play-off place and defeated Middlesbrough to reach the final, but lost 1\u20130 to Fulham in the final and thus missed out on promotion to the Premier League. On 2 October 2018, Villa surrendered a two-goal lead, drawing 3\u20133 at home to bottom club Preston North End. One spectator threw a cabbage at Bruce and there were calls from home fans on the Holte End for Bruce to go. The following day, he was sacked by Villa after a poor run of form."}, {"context": " Norwich City Manchester United Individual Birmingham City Hull City Individual Bruce has been married since February 1983 to Janet (n\u00e9e Smith), who is also from the Hexham area, and went to the same school as Bruce. The couple have two children, Alex (born 1984) and Amy (born 1987). Alex is also a footballer, and was signed by his father for Hull City in July 2012. He had previously played under his father's management at Birmingham City, but left the club in 2006, in part due to accusations of nepotism levelled at his father. Amy was linked romantically with Aston Villa player Lee Hendrie in tabloid newspaper stories in 2004, which provoked an angry response from her father, who described the reports as \"lies\", and claimed that journalists had gone so far as to contact his doctor and examine his household waste in an attempt to uncover gossip. In September 2004, Bruce was involved in an altercation outside his home with two men who were attempting to steal his daughter's car. The affray left him with facial injuries but did not prevent him from travelling to a Premier League match the same day. After the incident one newspaper attempted to connect it with the allegations concerning Hendrie, leading Bruce to contemplate legal action.  Bruce's autobiography, \"Heading for Victory\", was published in 1994. In 1999, while manager of Huddersfield, he wrote a trio of novels: \"Striker!\", \"Sweeper!\" and \"Defender!\". The books centred on fictional football manager Steve Barnes, based on Bruce, who solved murder mysteries and thwarted terrorists. Bruce later expressed his embarrassment at the books, which have become sought-after collectables. Bibliography Footnotes"}]}, {"title": "Steve Brudniak", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brudniak (Born April 9, 1961, Topeka, Kansas) is an American artist, actor, filmmaker and musician. Known for highly crafted and unusual assemblage sculpture, his visual art career spans nearly four decades. His music, acting and filmmaking endeavors emerged during childhood escalating professionally in recent years. Brudniak spent his elementary and high school years in Houston, Texas eventually moving to Austin, Texas, where he currently lives. Brudniak's art incorporates, often pioneering, unconventional media and scientific elements such as high voltage electricity, Tesla coil technology, magnetic ferrofluid, gyro mechanics, biological preservations, fiber optics, and lasers."}, {"context": " He integrates disparate found objects in the construction of his art, however the finished pieces do not resemble collage. The assemblages generally give the appearance of being functional machines or ritualistic objects that are indivisibly \"of a piece,\" albeit of indiscernible origin and purpose. Spirituality, psychology, and biology are common themes in his work. In 2008 his \"Astrogeneris Mementos\" became the first assemblage sculptures exhibited in outer space, taken aboard the International Space Station by entrepreneur and astronaut Richard Garriott."}, {"context": " During the 1980s Brudniak was an active member of the Houston Alternative Art scene, working from several studios in the historical Heights neighborhood and represented by four different galleries during this time . In 1988 he moved to his Bouldin Creek, Austin, Texas art studio in Austin, Texas continuing to produce art that has been exhibited in over 100 gallery and museum exhibitions. Brudniak's work is included in the collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The San Antonio Museum of Art, the El Paso Museum of Art , and The Art Museum of South Texas at Corpus Christi . He is currently represented by the Davis Gallery in Austin, Texas."}, {"context": " His Treatise, \"Saving Beauty: The Painful Rebirthing of Visual Aesthetic in Contemporary Art\", is a scolding commentary on the diminishing importance of visual beauty and craft in postmodern, contemporary art. The monograph, \"The Science of Surrealism - Assemblage Sculpture of Steve Brudniak\" was published in 2013 documenting thirty years of the artist's career in photos, essays and commentary. It was edited by Anjali Gupta, with a forward by Guillermo Del Toro. Books and documentaries featuring Brudniak's work are listed in the bibliography below."}, {"context": " Brudniak began acting in and directing his own short films at the age of 13 and has appeared in dozens of films, notably Richard Linklater's Waking Life and Robert Rodriguez \"Red 11\"; in video production and television shows including the Reelz Channels \"Murder Made Me Famous\", AMC's \"The Son\" and El Rey Network's \"Rebel Without a Crew\". In 2009 he produced, acted in and co-directed Eric Frodsham's \"Moments The Go\" feature film . He has appeared in advertising for Texas Tourism, Capital One, Indian Motorcycle, Cox Business and others. (Filmography Below)"}, {"context": " In 1976 he and guitar player Gerry Diaz formed the psychedelic rock group Spiny Normen and recorded an album at the Alvin Community College which was released decades later on RidingEasy Records in 2018. In 1981 he opened the Victorian Recording Studio in Houston, recording many of Houston's alternative, metal, folk, skate and punk groups. He also recorded and performed in several bands there and later in Austin. He continues to record with Diaz in an experimental effort called Psylobison, playing theremin and Wavetech sound wave generator. (Discography Below)"}, {"context": " Bunch, Robert Craig, \"The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists\". College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2016. Chemeketa College Art Faculty. \"Art for Everyone\", Salem, Oregon: Chemeketa Press, 2016. Gupta, Anjali ed., \"The Science of Surrealism - Assemblage Sculpture of Steve Brudniak.\" Austin TX: Merrid Zone, 2013 Brenner, Wayne Alan. Minerva\u2019s Wreck: \"Austin Arts Anthology\", Austin TX: Caf\u00e9 Armageddon, 2010. Branwyn, Gareth. \"Device Volume 2: Reconstructed\", San Diego, CA: IDW Publishing, July 2009."}, {"context": " Reese, Becky Duval. \"Texas 100: Selections from the El Paso Museum of Art\", El Paso, TX: El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, 2006. Otten, William G. and Michelle W. Locke. \"The Legacy Continues\", Corpus Christi, TX: Art Museum of South Texas, 2006. Morton, Jennifer. \"Belong: A TV Journalist's Search for Urban Culture: from Beirut to Bamako, from Havana to Ho Chi Minh City: Stories and Photos.\" Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Insomniac Press, 2004. Greene, Alison de Lima. \"Texas: 150 Works from the Museum of Fine Arts\". NY, NY: Harry N. Abrams, October 1, 2000."}, {"context": " Hendricks, Patricia D. and Becky Duval Reese. \"A Century of Sculpture in Texas 1889-1989.\" Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1989. McEvilley, Thomas. \"Another Reality\". Houston, TX: Hooks-Epstein Galleries, June 1989. Ulteriaphobia: The Art of Steve Brudniak. Dir. Luke Savisky. Austin, TX: Klaus und Hans Productions, 1995, Video documentary. Indie Live Austin. \u201cSteve Brudniak: Interview with Diana Brochin.\u201d Austin, TX: ACTV, January 2010. Steve Brudniak \u2013 Noumenon. Dir. Wiley Wiggins. Austin, TX: 2008, Video documentary.  Steve Brudniak. Dir. Andrew Nourse. Austin, TX: Andy Nourse Productions, 1998 Video documentary. Film Television Voice Over Albums Spiny Normen. Spiny Normen. RidingEasy Records. 2018 (Recorded 1979) Singles Spiny Normen. The Sound of Younger Times. Brining It All Back Again (Compilation). Shroom Angel Records. 2010 (Recorded 1979) Spiny Normen. The Bell Park Loon. Brown Acid: The Second Trip (Compilation). RidingEasy Records. 2016 (Recorded 1979)"}]}, {"title": "Steve Bruno", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bruno is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2001, Bruno has formerly competed for the UFC, the IFL, and the MFC. Bruno started his mixed martial arts career in May 2001, when he faced Opie Barr at Rumble in Chula Vista 1. He won the fight via armbar submission. Following this, Bruno would compile a professional record of 11\u20133 before signing with the UFC in mid-2008. With a record of 11\u20133, Bruno signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was expected to face Chad Reiner in his debut at UFC Fight Night 10 on June 12, 2007. However, Bruno was forced out of the bout due to injury and was replaced by Anthony Johnson."}, {"context": " Bruno was then scheduled to face Chris Wilson at UFC 86 on July 5, 2008. However, the fight would be postponed and instead took place at UFC 87 on August 9, 2008. Bruno lost the fight via unanimous decision. Bruno was expected to face Luke Cummo at on December 10, 2008. However, Cummo was forced out of the bout due to injury and was replaced by Johnny Rees. He won the bout via second round rear-naked choke. In his third fight in the promotion, Bruno faced Matthew Riddle at on February 7, 2009. He lost the fight via unanimous decision, and was subsequently released from the promotion after dropping to 1\u20132."}, {"context": " Fighting outside of the UFC, Bruno faced Clayton McKinney at AFL: Rumble on the Rock on September 25, 2009. He won the fight via D'arce choke. He then faced Robert Thompson at MFA: New Generation 3 on September 18, 2010. He won the fight via submission (punches). Bruno moved to 3\u20130 since his UFC release, when he won a unanimous decision over Anderson Melo at Fight Time 10 on June 22, 2012. In his latest fight, Bruno faced Keith Johnson at Fight Time 12 on November 2, 2012. He lost the fight via TKO, snapping his three fight winning streak.  Bruno is currently a striking coach at American Top Team. Before starting his mixed martial arts career, Bruno was a Naval Air Crewman and Rescue Swimmer in the United States Navy."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bru\u0302le\u0301", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Br\u00fbl\u00e9 (born January 15, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He last played competitively with Jonqui\u00e8re Marquis of the Ligue Nord-Am\u00e9ricaine de Hockey. He played in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils and Colorado Avalanche. Brule was drafted 143rd overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils. He was drafted from St. Jean Lynx of the QMJHL where he was a prolific scorer as a junior winning the Michel Bergeron Trophy in 1992\u201393. Brule made his professional debut at the end of the 1994\u201395 season with Devils affiliate, the Albany River Rats of the AHL, helping the Rats capture the Calder Cup with 14 points in 14 playoff games."}, {"context": " Due to a strong Devils outfit, Brule spent the next five years with the River Rats, where he was a dependable scoring force. At the end of the 1999\u20132000 season with the River Rats, Brule was among a handful of players that made up their taxi squad of the Devils in case of injury or slump. When the Devils played against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Brule joined the Devils for a single game in place of Sergei Brylin. However, when the Devils defeated the defending champion Dallas Stars, Brule, without a regular season game in his career, had his name engraved on the Stanley Cup."}, {"context": " Brule then signed with the Detroit Red Wings on July 20, 2000, and failing to make the team was assigned to the Manitoba Moose of the IHL. Brule then spent the 2001\u201302 season with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the AHL before he signed with the Colorado Avalanche on July 22, 2002. Steve made the Avlanche's opening night roster for the 2002\u201303 season and made his NHL regular season debut, but was subsequently sent to affiliate the Hershey Bears. Brule re-signed with the Avalanche on August 26, 2003, but again spent the year with the Bears, placing 2nd on the team in points with 58. During the 2004 NHL Lockout Brule left for Europe signing with German team Krefeld Pinguine of the DEL on July 22, 2004. After the Lockout Brule opted to stay in Europe spending time in the Austrian, and Swiss leagues.  After seven years abroad on June 23, 2011, Brule signed a one-year contract returning to play in Canada with the Saguenay Marquis of the LNAH."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bryan", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bryan (born August 10, 1970) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Competing for The University of Texas, Bryan was the NCAA Men's Division I Singles Champion in 1990. He was the first sophomore to win the NCAA singles title since 1983, when Greg Holmes was victorious. It wasn't until his ninth Grand Slam singles match that he made it past the first round, breaking the drought at the 1994 US Open, with a comfortable win over Franco Dav\u00edn, dropping just two games. His tournament came to an end when he lost in the second round to fourth seed Michael Stich. His best run came in the 1996 Australian Open, where he defeated local players Heath Denman and Sandon Stolle, to reach the third round. He then met Andre Agassi and took the first set, but won just three more games for the rest of the match. The American also competed in the men's doubles on one occasion, at the 1990 US Open, with countryman Todd Martin. They won their opening round match over Nick Brown and Libor Pimek but were then eliminated by Guy Forget and Jakob Hlasek.  Bryan had his best performance on the ATP Tour at the 1993 Thriftway ATP Championships, an ATP Super 9 event (now Masters). He lost to Pete Sampras in the quarter-finals, but not before he had posted wins over world number eight Richard Krajicek and world number 12 Andrei Medvedev."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bryant", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bryant may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Bryant (American football)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Bryant (born October 10, 1959 in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for five seasons for the Houston Oilers and Indianapolis Colts. In 1985, Bryant appeared as a contestant on the game show Press Your Luck, where he won $16,655 in cash and prizes."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bryant (English footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Paul Bryant (born 5 September 1953) is an English former professional footballer born in Islington, London, who played as a winger or left back. He made more than 250 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Sheffield Wednesday (on loan), Northampton Town (in two spells) and Portsmouth, before moving to Australia, where he played for Canberra City in the National Soccer League. He won Northampton Town's Player of the Year award in 1978."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brye", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Robert Brye (born February 4, 1949) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1970 through 1978. He played for the Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates. On June 6, 1967, Brye was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the first round of the amateur draft. He signed to play in the minor leagues in the Twins organization. Brye made his major league debut on September 3, 1970, with the Twins at age 21. He was hitless in his only at bat in his debut. That year, Brye had a batting average of .182 in 11 at-bats. In 1971, he hit .224 in 107 at-bats. The next year, he hit .241 in 253 at-bats. Brye hit .263 in 278 at-bats in 1973. In 1974 he was given the chance to be a starter, and he hit .283 in 488 at-bats. Brye was also the Twins leader in doubles in his only season as a starter. The next year, however, he hit .252 in 246 at-bats. The next year, he hit .264 in 258 at-bats. On March 21, 1977, Brye was purchased by from the Twins by the Brewers. In 1977, he hit .249 in 241 at-bats. On March 30, 1978, Brye was released by the Brewers. Five days later, he signed with the Pirates, only to be released a few months later. In 1978, he hit .235 in 115 at-bats. On February 7, 1979, he was signed by the San Diego Padres. However, he retired before he could play with the Padres."}, {"context": " Brye had a career batting average of .258, and finished with 1,997 at-bats in 697 games. He drove in 193 runs during his career. Brye hit 30 home runs over the course of his career. His lifetime fielding percentage was .991. Brye was involved in one of the biggest controversies in baseball on the final day of the 1976 season. Kansas City's George Brett and Hal McRae were in a near deadlock for the American League batting championship. In his final at-bat, Brett hit a routine fly-ball to left field, that Brye failed to catch, and it fell for a hit. There were accusations that Brye played it badly, to deny McRae, an African American, the batting championship. It was never conclusively established that Brye intentionally failed to retire Brett.  Career Statistics: , or Retrosheet, or Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)"}]}, {"title": "Steve Bryles", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Mark Bryles (September 17, 1957 - December 28, 2012) was an American politician and businessman. He was a member of the Arkansas Senate from 2001 to 2011, and a member of the Democratic Party. Steve Bryles represented Senate District 15, which includes Mississippi and Poinsett counties, in the Arkansas Senate 2001-2011. Elected in 2000 in his first venture into politics, Bryles defeated state representative Joe Harris. His committee memberships included Public Education; Agriculture, Economic Development and Forestry; Joint Budget, and Legislative Council. Bryles worked to establish the Great River Economic Development Foundation."}, {"context": " In 2011, Bryles was appointed deputy director of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and then became director of the commission. Born in Piggott, Arkansas, Bryles attended public schools in Star City, Osceola and Blytheville and majored in agricultural economics at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He had more than 27 years of experience in the cotton industry. A member of the First Presbyterian Church in Blytheville, Bryles was married to Pamela and had one son and two daughters.  Bryles died of cancer in 2012 aged 55."}]}, {"title": "Steve Brzezicki", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Brzezicki is a British session bass guitarist and younger brother of drummer Mark Brzezicki who he often forms a rhythm section with (\"The Brzezicki Brothers\"). Among others, he and Mark worked together on the Ultravox album \"U-Vox\" (1986), Midge Ure's solo albums \"Answers to Nothing\" (1988) and \"Pure\" (1991), and Nik Kershaw's album \"Radio Musicola\" (1986). They also played live with ex-Marillion singer Fish on his first solo tour in 1989/1990 and Procol Harum in 2000. Steve also features on Scatman John's debut album \"Scatman's World\" (1995). Between 1999 and 2003, he and Mark played in Damon Hill's band \"The Conrods\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buccellato", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Buccellato (born May 1968) is a freelance artist and self-publisher who has worked in the comics industry as a colorist, writer, penciller, and editor. Buccellato's work has been published by Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, and Tokyopop among others. He has also published his own work in the magazine \"Comiculture\". His creations include \"Weasel Guy\", which was published by Image Comics in 1999 and \"Joey Berserk and Claire,\" which was featured in Comiculture. He is one of the founding members of Mad Science Media, a collective of comic book professionals.  Comics work includes: He won the Wizard Fan Award for favorite colorist in 1995 (with the firm Electric Crayon)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buckhantz", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Buckhantz (born June 19, 1955) is a television play-by-play announcer for the Washington Wizards. Buckhantz began his television announcing career as Sports Director at WTTG, a Fox affiliate in Washington, D.C. as well as NFL games for Fox. A District native, he grew up in Arlington, Virginia, where his father owned a construction company. He attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. One of his earlier jobs in sports was with WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, where he covered the Braves and the Hawks and eventually became the night-time sports anchor."}, {"context": " Buckhantz currently resides in Washington, D.C. He married Shelley Lawrence on May 8, 2011. Shelley has two children from a previous marriage, Jake and Olivia Lawrence. As of 2017, Buckhantz has spent 21 years as the Wizards' play by play announcer, alongside Phil Chenier and Kara Lawson on Comcast Sports Network and NBC Sports Washington. Buckhantz began has garnered a reputation for his emphatic expressions, such as \"\"Dagger\"\", \"\"Blocked by [player]!\"\", \"\"Backbreaker\"\", \"\"How good is he, Phil?\"\", \"\"How do you like that?\"\", \"\"Tough shot!\"\", \"\"It's good if it goes!...And it nearly did!\"\", \"\"Score the field goal, he'll go to the line!\"\", \"\"For the win!\"\", \"\"The refs have swallowed/put away their whistles!\"\", \"\"That's gotta be five seconds!\"\", \"\"That's hard to believe\"\",\"\"And [player/coach] is Livid!/Incensed\"\", \"\"Oh My!\"\", \"\"Follows it up twice!\" \", and \"\"NO, it's not possible!\"\""}, {"context": " His catchphrases have seeped into the lexicon of Washington, D.C. area sports fans, who revel in using them to describe a myriad of non-sports related events (ex. males observing a friend attempting to ask a woman for her phone number exclaim \"\"Dagger!\"\" or \"\"Backbreaker!\"\" when she can be seen rejecting the friend's advances) as well as debating the subtle and compelling distinction between a \"\"Backbreaker\"\" (a made basket at a critical juncture in a game that breaks any chance that the opposing team will win) and a \"\"Dagger\"\" (a made basket at a critical juncture in a game that stabs like a dagger at the opposing team's chance of victory).  In 2009, Buckhantz was featured in the ESPN 30 for 30 film \"Without Bias\" about the days leading up to the Len Bias death in the summer of 1986 after being chosen number 2 overall by the Boston Celtics after a stellar career at the University of Maryland. He was featured as a reporter for WTTG-TV as the sports director at the time of Bias' death in 1986."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buckingham", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven or Steve Buckingham may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Buckingham (record producer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Buckingham (born Stephen Craig Buckingham) is an American record producer and musician working in Nashville, Tennessee. Buckingham is a music producer and guitarist whose work has generated at least 20 gold and 12 platinum record albums and earned him four Grammy Awards. Working as a young studio guitarist in 1977 he was given his first chance to produce a recording for an artist\u2014it was called \"I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)\", by Alicia Bridges. The song became an enduring world-wide hit and a signature song of the disco era, giving Buckingham virtually instant stature in the recording industry. As his career took off, he produced records by Dionne Warwick, Melissa Manchester, Ricky Van Shelton, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Shania Twain, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, Garth Brooks and Linda Ronstadt, and is credited on over 350 albums during his career. Buckingham has produced music for four feature films, including a Grammy win for the Muppets recording \"Follow That Bird (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)\" He was vice-president of A&R (artists and repertory) at Columbia Records for ten years, and Senior Vice-President of Vanguard Records and Sugar Hill Records. Later in his career, he became an adjunct instructor of Music History at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music in Nashville."}, {"context": " Buckingham was born and raised in the Lakeside area of Henrico County, Virginia, which is a suburb of Richmond. At age 15, while attending Brookland Junior High School, he helped form a band called \"Ron Moody and the Centaurs\". At that time, beach music was becoming popular and Buckingham's band specialized in it. He stated, \"We were a band of white boys who could play black music\". Buckingham's musicianship sharpened through Hermitage High School and on to the University of Richmond, where he continued playing in this same band while majoring in sociology and psychology."}, {"context": " In 1969 his band went to Baltimore to record at a studio owned by engineer/producer and inventor George Massenburg. Massenburg and Buckingham hit it off musically, and Buckingham spent weekends in the studio learning how to make records. He stated, \"(it was then) I knew this is what I wanted to do\". He moved to Muscle Shoals, Alabama and worked as a session guitarist, performing on records by Billy Joe Royal, Johnny Nash and Joe South among others. Buckingham was a natural facilitator between the technical people and the musicians and was often in the control room arranging and writing charts. He said, \"It was just just something I did, just my nature\". After Muscle Shoals, he moved to Atlanta, working as a studio guitarist there as well as Los Angeles, Toronto and other cities."}, {"context": " In Atlanta in 1977, while working for music publisher Bill Lowery at Doraville's Studio One, Buckingham got a chance to produce his first song. It was called \"I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)\", by Alicia Bridges. He also played guitar on it. At first, no record company wanted to put the song out. The publisher was turned down several times before Polydor Records agreed to release it. \"I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)\" became a worldwide hit in 1978. This song endured and became a party anthem, and it was on the playlist for clubs across North America and Europe and became one of the signature songs of the disco era. Buckingham's successful production of this song got him noticed in the music industry, namely by Clive Davis, chairman of Arista Records. Buckingham was invited to New York to meet with Davis. Buckingham stated, \"He grilled me ... he kept me there for what seemed like hours, playing me things \u2014 'Is this a hit? What do you think of this demo?' ... it was like taking college boards\"."}, {"context": " Clive Davis then hired Buckingham to produce an album for Melissa Manchester which was successful, and was followed by two more albums for her\u2014 then three albums for Dionne Warwick. With Columbia, Buckingham also signed and produced Mary Chapin Carpenter, who at the time was working as an office clerk. He worked for Columbia for about ten years as Vice President of A&R. In 1984, he was asked by Rick Blackburn, head of country music at CBS Records, to try a change from pop music to country music by producing Tammy Wynette. Success on this project resulted in Buckingham being hired by CBS as an A&R man. In this new role, Buckingham discovered and produced Ricky Van Shelton who won the CMA's \"Male Vocalist of the Year\" in 1987, with number one songs including \"Wild-Eyed Dream\", \"Life Turned Her That Way\" and \"Somebody Lied\". He produced Van Shelton's song, \"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck\" which was featured in the 1992 film, \"Honeymoon in Vegas\". Buckingham produced five albums for Sweethearts of the Rodeo resulting in seven top ten hits."}, {"context": " In the 1990s, Dolly Parton was unceremoniously dropped from her label MCA/Universal. She was looking for another label. Simultaneously, Larry Welk (Lawrence Welk's son) had acquired Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records, and offered Buckingham a chance to try new things to revive the labels. In June 1999 Parton and Buckingham happened to be on the same airplane. They were old friends since Buckingham had previously produced 18 of her albums. They switched seats to be able to talk. Buckingham asked her if she would ever consider doing a bluegrass album. This resulted in the album \"The Grass Is Blue\" which won a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album and was named Album of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) A subsequent Buckingham-produced Parton hit was \"Shine\" (with Nickel Creek), from the album \"Little Sparrow\" which won a Grammy for Best Female Country Performance."}, {"context": " Buckingham's fourth Grammy award was for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel album, called \"All Out\" by The Winans Family in 1994. The specialized sub-category winners are not broadcast live and often don't receive a lot of publicity. Buckingham recalls receiving a package in the mail. In it, he was surprised to find a Grammy statue. He had been so busy in the studio that he was unaware he had won it. A friend told him, \"That should tell you something\". In 1978, Rick Nelson came to Memphis and made the only album he ever made anywhere but Los Angeles, produced by Larry Rogers. For unknown reasons, the CBS executives never released the material, and referred to it only as \"the Memphis Sessions\". Then in December 1985, Nelson was tragically killed in a plane crash. After Nelson's death, CBS wanted to release the album but decided to turn it over to Steve Buckingham in Nashville for re-vamping rather than its original supervisor, Larry Rogers. Buckingham's reconstruction of the album involved transferring the material from 16 track analog to 48 track digital tape, replacing the old drum parts with \"hotter\" drums, and replacing the guitar parts with a cleaner Fender Telecaster sound. Nevertheless, a controversy arose as to whether hard-to-please Nelson himself would have allowed the release. John Beland, Nelson's guitarist on the original work, said, \"I'll tell you right from the outset Rick wouldn't have wanted anybody touching those tapes\". Beland granted that Buckingham was one of Nashville's best producers and was glad that he was given the task if it had to be given to somebody else. Buckingham replied, \"I knew it was a delicate line. I didn't want to intrude on the things that had already been done, but we couldn't leave it like it was...CBS wanted the project to be of the highest possible quality\". Jack Hurst of \"The Chicago Tribune\" said \"Buckingham's technique brings Nelson's voice out front as never before\"."}, {"context": " All Music Guide lists over 350 albums to Buckingham's credit. Buckingham produced Jim Henson's Muppets who appeared with the Sesame Street cast in the recording \"Follow That Bird (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)\" for RCA that won a Grammy in 1986. He was the music producer for a CBS network television special in 1996 entitled \"Dolly Parton: Treasures\" which featured Parton in concert as she saluted her favorite songs and the writers and performers who popularized them. This included Kenny Rogers, Merle Haggard, Neil Young, Kris Kristofferson, Alison Krauss and others. He produced songs for the feature film \"Nadine\" and also a song in the feature film \"The Beverly Hillbillies\" based on the classic television series. \"Annabelle's Wish\" is an animated Christmas film for which Buckingham produced two songs.  Buckingham gave the commencement address at his Virginia alma mater, the University of Richmond in 2007. He cited the many changes in the recording industry in recent years and advised the graduates, whatever their chosen profession, to stay on the cutting edge of developing technology. He became an adjunct instructor of Music History for the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. One of his most popular lectures is \"Rhythm and Blues Tore Down the Walls of Segregation\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buckingham (rugby league)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Buckingham is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former player. His position of preference was at Halfback. He is currently the head coach of the Mount Albert Lions. Buckingham started his career playing for the Glenora Bears. Here he won his first two Fox Memorial titles. A longtime Warriors scholarship player, who playing in the 1995 Lion Red Cup Grand Final loss, he played two Super League first grade games under coach John Monie in early 1997. However Monie was fired halfway through the season and Buckingham did not play for the Warriors again."}, {"context": " In the late 1990s Buckingham left Glenora after a dispute over match payments. He then joined the Mt Albert Lions, a club he was to enjoy great success with. In the seven years of the national Bartercard Cup competition Buckingham played in four Cup-winning sides, winning with Mt Albert three times and once with the Auckland Lions. He also captained the 2004 winning side. During this time he played for several National Residents selections, including the 2003 New Zealand 'A' tour of Great Britain and captaining New Zealand 'A' in 2004."}, {"context": " With the launch of the Auckland Lions in the NSWRL Premier League competition in 2007 Buckingham once again became involved in a Trans-Tasman competition. In 2008 he returned to playing in the local Auckland competition and was a part of Mt Albert's Fox Memorial winning side. He also received the club's best half award. Buckingham continued to play for Mt Albert in 2009 and came out of retirement as player-coach in 2011. While still playing in 2009 Buckingham served as an assistant coach under Brett Gemmell. In 2010 Buckingham became the Lions head coach when Gemmell was appointed the coach of the Auckland Vulcans. In 2013, 2014 and 2015 he coached the Akarana Falcons in the National Competition."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buckley", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Buckley may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Buckley (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Buckley (born 16 October 1953) is an English former footballer. His brother Alan Buckley and nephew Adam Buckley also played professionally. In 1974, he was snapped up by Luton Town where he spent four seasons before moving to Derby County. At Derby he was twice voted player-of-the-season, winning the award for the 1979-1980 and 1981-1982 seasons. Buckley joined Lincoln City for the 1986\u201387 season and he made a total of 72 appearances for them in two seasons. After his time at Lincoln he moved on to Boston United."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buckley (journalist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Buckley (born 1956) is an American journalist. He has been a regular columnist with the \"Boston Herald\" since 1995, contributing to the paper's Sports section. His columns often use historical perspective drawn from a diverse variety of sources. He joined Boston Sports radio station WEEI in 1993 and has been a regular on the station's The Big Show since its debut in 1995. He also makes regular appearances on New England Sports Tonight on CSN New England and on WBZ-TV's \"Sports Final\". Prior to joining the \"Herald\", he was a columnist with the National Sports Daily. Buckley is a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America."}, {"context": " In 1999 he wrote and produced \"I'll be Seeing You: An American Story of World War II\", a one-hour documentary, for NECN. He received a New England Emmy for best sports feature in 1998. He has been a frequent guest on \"SportsDesk\" on NESN. In addition to his regular columns, he has written numerous articles for \"Boston Magazine\", \"Yankee Magazine\" and other periodicals and several books. \"Red Sox: Where Have You Gone?\" appeared in 2005. With Jim Caple, he authored \"The Best Boston Sports Arguments\" (2006). His book \"Wicked Good Year\" (2009) chronicled the Celtics, Red Sox, and Patriots during the 2007 season."}, {"context": " Buckley organizes a yearly event: The Old Time Baseball Game, played at St. Peter's Field in Cambridge, MA. The game celebrates the U.S. national pastime as it was played around the turn of the century. The game is noted for the collection of authentic wool uniforms. A native of Cambridge, Buckley is a 1978 graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and started his newspaper career at the Westfield Evening News. He currently lives in Somerville, MA. In a column that appeared in the January 6, 2011 edition of the \"Boston Herald\", Buckley came out as gay. He spent the afternoon as a guest host on WEEI's \"The Big Show\" addressing callers and explaining his column from that morning."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buckley (musician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Buckley is a British jazz musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist and most often plays alto and soprano saxophones, penny whistle and bass clarinet. Buckley was a key member of Loose Tubes. He has also been an important side man in many bands including, Human Chain, Ashley Slater's Microgroove and Django Bates' Delightful Precipice. A close connection with African and Latin American musicians led him to play and record with such bands as Bosco D'Olivera's Grupo Folia (UK), The Pan-African Orchestra (Ghana), Kakatsitsi (Ghana) and Massukos (Mozambique). One of his closest musical associations is with trumpet player Chris Batchelor. Together, they released three albums, \"The Whole and the Half\" (1995), \"Life As We Know It\" (1999) and \"Big Air\" (2008), the latter featuring Oren Marshall, Jim Black and Myra Melford. In 2006 they received the BBC \"Jazz on 3\" award for Best New Work with \"Ten Tall Tales\".  Buckley's main area of work has always been within the contemporary jazz scene, playing and recording with artists such as John Taylor, Julian Arguelles, Eddie Parker, Steve Noble, Billy Jenkins, Huw Warren, Christine Tobin, Colin Towns, Seb Rochford, Mike Outram, Joseph Jarman, Jonathon Joseph and Leroy Jenkins. With Django Bates"}]}, {"title": "Steve Buckley (soccer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Buckley is a former American soccer defender who played one season in the North American Soccer League and two in the American Soccer League. Buckley attended St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley, playing on the school's soccer team in 1968 and 1969. The Flo Valley Fury won the 1969 NJCAA soccer championship. In 1971, he entered University of Missouri\u2013St. Louis where he was a 1971 and 1972 Second Team All American soccer player. From 1970 to 1975, Buckley played for the Busch Soccer Club. In 1977, he signed with the St. Louis Stars of the North American Soccer League. In 1978 and 1979, he played for the Indianapolis Daredevils of the American Soccer League.  Buckley was inducted into St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 2010."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bucknall", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Lee Bucknall (born 17 March 1966 in London, England) is a retired English professional basketball player, and former head coach of British Basketball League expansion franchise London Capital. A 1.98 m (6'6\") and 97.5\u00a0kg (215\u00a0lbs.) shooting guard, Bucknall was the third English-born player in the United States' NBA. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he had a brief stint after graduating from the University of North Carolina. Prior to matriculation at the University of North Carolina, he played high school basketball for Governor Dummer Academy, now known as The Governor's Academy, which is part of the ISL (Independent School League).  He subsequently went on to play in a number of European countries including Greece, France, Italy as well as his native UK. Prior to his retirement, Bucknall played for the bronze medal-winning English basketball team in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006. He also has a son Marcus Bucknall who plays for Mandoulides Thessaloniki. He follows his father's footsteps, playing for the All-Thassaloniki team."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bucknor", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Anthony \"Steve\" Bucknor, OJ (born 31 May 1946 in Montego Bay, Jamaica) is a former international cricket umpire. Bucknor umpired in a record 128 Test matches between 1989 and 2009, and also umpired in 181 One Day Internationals during this period, including five consecutive Cricket World Cup finals from 1992 to 2007. He was widely known for his long deliberations before making decisions, for which he earned the nickname \"Slow Death\". Before becoming an umpire, he was a football player and referee, a high school mathematics teacher and a sports coach."}, {"context": " In October 2007, he was awarded the Order of Jamaica, Commander Class, for \"outstanding services in the field of sports\". Bucknor played as a goalkeeper in Jamaican parish leagues in the 1960s. In 1964 he played in goal for Jamaica in a schoolboy international versus Brazil, which Jamaica drew 1\u20131. Bucknor was a FIFA referee in a CONCACAF and World Cup qualifier between El Salvador and the Netherlands Antilles in 1988. Bucknor's first international cricket fixture was a One Day International (ODI) between the West Indies and India at Antigua on 18 March 1989. His first Test match was at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, between 28 April and 3 May 1989, with the competing teams again being the West Indies and India. After umpiring in a few international matches, he was selected to umpire at the 1992 Cricket World Cup in Australia, and went on to stand in the final despite being quite inexperienced. Bucknor also stood in the next four World Cup finals in 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007, with the 2007 World Cup taking place in his native West Indies."}, {"context": " In 1994 the ICC introduced a policy whereby one of the umpires in each Test match would be independent of the competing nations, selected from the International Panel of Umpires. Bucknor was a member of this panel from its foundation until the ICC changed its policy on umpires again in 2002. Since then both umpires in Test matches, and one of the umpires in ODI's have been independent of the competing countries. The officials are now chosen from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, whom the ICC consider to be the world's best umpires. Bucknor maintained a place on the Elite Panel from its foundation until his retirement."}, {"context": " In May 2006, he accused TV companies of doctoring their images to make umpires look bad and key players look good. He was one of five officials, responsible for the wrong decision in the 2007 World Cup final, resulting in play continuing in poor light. Consequently, all five officials were suspended from the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa. Dave Richardson, the general manager of cricket at the ICC, has said Bucknor's umpiring accuracy was at 96% during 2005\u201306, above the average of 94.8% for the Elite Panel. In 2007, he was short-listed for the Umpire of the Year award, which was ultimately won by Simon Taufel."}, {"context": " Things turned progressively worse in the following months, when he was removed by the ICC from officiating in the third Test between Australia and India in Perth after his several incorrect decisions contributed to India's defeat in the second Test in Sydney in January 2008 & he was replaced by Billy Bowden for the third Test match. Former umpire Dickie Bird suggested that Bucknor had \"gone on too long\", while Bucknor blamed Indian cricket board BCCI's financial power for his ouster. The ICC confirmed on 23 February 2009 that Bucknor had decided to retire from umpiring in March 2009. His final Test match was the 3rd Test between South Africa and Australia at Cape Town on 19\u201323 March, and his last One Day International match was the 4th ODI between his native West Indies and England at Barbados on 29 March, bringing his 20-year career as an official to an end."}, {"context": " Bucknor has stood as an onfield umpire in five World Cup tournaments, during which he has officiated 44 matches including five finals. Bucknor holds the record for the most Test matches umpired, and was the first umpire to have officiated in over 100 Test matches (he was later joined in this distinction by Rudi Koertzen and Aleem Dar). He has stood in 14 Ashes Test matches and officiated in Bangladesh's first ever Test match. Bucknor has officiated in the fourth highest number of ODIs, with Rudi Koertzen, Billy Bowden and Aleem Dar the only umpires to have stood in more.  Bucknor has received the ICC's Bronze Bails Awards for umpiring in 100 ODIs, as well as the Golden Bails Award for umpiring 100 Test matches."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buechele", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Bernard Buechele (born September 26, 1961) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman, coach, and current front office executive for the Texas Rangers. Buechele played from to for the Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs. He joined the Rangers in after he was named the Tom Grieve Minor League Player of the Year. He was traded from the Rangers to the Pirates in following the emergence of Dean Palmer. He returned to the Rangers for an eighth season in . Buechele was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 1979 but did not sign. He was drafted again in 1982 by the Texas Rangers and spent several years in the minor leagues before breaking into the majors in 1985 with the Rangers. He had a career year in when he had a batting average of .267 along with 18 home runs and 66 RBI while only committing three errors for an MLB-record .991 fielding percentage at third base. Although he did not fare as well in 31 games with the Pirates, hitting just .246, he still finished the year with career highs in hits, home runs, slugging percentage, RBI, and runs scored. He also made his only postseason appearances, hitting .304 for Pittsburgh in the 1991 National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves."}, {"context": " Buechele's career stats include 137 home runs, 547 RBI, and a .971 fielding percentage. Throughout his career, Buechele was known for hitting solo home runs. Buechele ranks 12th in Rangers' club history for total games with 889 games played and 16th for at-bats (2723). Additionally, the 25 times he was hit by a pitch is the 13th highest in Rangers' franchise history and his 73 grounded into double plays is the 14th highest. In Rangers' fielding stats, he is 21st (2476) in total chances, 7th (1675) in assists, 15th (66) in errors, and 33rd (165) in double plays. He was a candidate for the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005 and 2006."}, {"context": " Buechele continues to be a part of the professional baseball world, including serving as one of the hosts and coaches for the Texas Rangers 2006 Media Spring Training. In August 2008, Buechele began to serve as a studio commentator for the Ranger's pre and post-game shows on Fox Sports Southwest. He was the first base coach for the Texas Rangers from 2015 to 2018. On November 14, 2018, it was announced that Buechele would be moving from his role as the first base coach, to be a special assistant in the baseball operations department of the Texas Rangers front office."}, {"context": " Steve and his wife Nancy currently reside in Arlington, Texas. They have five children. His eldest son Garrett played baseball for the University of Oklahoma and was drafted by the San Francisco Giants 14th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft, and his middle son Tanner played baseball for Fullerton College. Steve has two daughters, Jordan and Amber, both of whom attend the University of Oklahoma. His youngest son, Shane, currently attends the University of Texas, where he plays quarterback for the Texas Longhorns.  At Stanford, his roommate was Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway. He is a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buehrer", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen P. Buehrer (born January 1, 1967, Toledo, Ohio) is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate who represented the 1st district, and was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Congress in the special election for Ohio's 5th congressional district to replace the late Paul Gillmor. Buehrer served as director of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation until April 2016. Buehrer earned his Bachelor of Science in Social Studies Education from Bowling Green State University, and graduated Summa Cum Laude. He later attended Capital University Law School, where he earned his Juris Doctor and graduated Cum Laude. Buehrer lives in Delta, Ohio, with his wife, Cathy, and three sons."}, {"context": " Buehrer served as State Representative from 1998 to 2007. While Representative he was elected Assistant Majority Floor Leader for both the 124th and 125th General Assembly. He has also served as an intern for former Congressman Paul Gillmor, as an aide to former State Representative Jo Ann Davidson, and served in the administration of Governor George V. Voinovich. Buehrer serves as the state co-chair of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). In 2006, Senator Lynn Wachtmann was unable to run for reelection for the 1st district due to term limits, as a result, Buehrer, who was also term limited, sought the seat. In the primary election, he faced Jim Hoops, who was also an incumbent member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Buehrer easily won the Republican nomination against Hoops, securing 60.75% of the electorate. With the district being one of the most Republican in Ohio, Buehrer easily won the general election with 60.08% of the vote. He took a seat in the Senate on January 2, 2007, and served as Chairman of the Highways and Transportation Committee in his freshman term."}, {"context": " When Congressman Paul Gillmor died unexpectedly, Buehrer entered the special election to replace him. However, he failed to secure the Republican nomination, losing to Bob Latta 43.66% to 40.23%. Returning to the Senate, Buehrer served as chairman of the Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee for the 128th Ohio General Assembly. He won reelection to his seat in 2010, securing exactly 74% of the vote against Democrat Eric Cramner. In late November 2010, Governor-elect John Kasich announced that Buehrer would serve as the next director of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation. Although he had just won a second term, he resigned from his Senate seat to take the post, and was succeeded by Cliff Hite."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bulen", "paragraphs": [{"context": " James Steven Bulen (born August 1, 1949), better known as Steve Bulen, is an American voice actor. He has been doing voices for many animated films and television shows for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Hanna-Barbera as well several video games and anime titles such as \"Doomed Megalopolis\", \"Giant Robo\", \"Outlaw Star\", \"Perfect Blue\", \"Street Fighter II V\" and \"Rave Master\". He has also worked as looping director on several feature films and wrote several episodes of \"Bob in a Bottle\", \"Maya the Bee\", \"Jungle Tales\", \"Bumpety Boo\", \"Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio\", \"The Littl' Bits\" and \"Samurai Pizza Cats\".  He also goes under the names Steve Buelen, Steve Bulin, Stevie Beeline, and Scott Ponsov."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bull", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen George Bull, (born 28 March 1965 in Tipton, Staffordshire) is an English former professional footballer who is best remembered for his 13-year spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers. He played there from 1986 until his retirement from playing in 1999, and holds the club's goalscoring record with 306 goals, which included 18 hat-tricks for the club. He was capped 13 times for the England team between 1989 and 1990, scoring four goals. Bull was born in Tipton and started school in September 1969 at Wednesbury Oak Primary School and moved up to Willingsworth High School in September 1976, by which time he was excelling in school football teams. The junior teams he played for included Ocker Hill infants, Red Lion and Newey Goodman. He left school in 1981 to join non-league Tipton Town. During this time he also held down a succession of factory jobs in addition to playing local league games."}, {"context": " He began his professional career, aged 19, after being recommended to West Bromwich Albion in 1984 by his Tipton Town manager Sid Day, who also worked as a scout for the Baggies. After initially having to train with the club's youth ranks, he was quickly offered a pro contract and moved into first team contention. He made his senior debut on 23 October 1985, replacing Garth Crooks in a 2\u20131 Full Members Cup win against Crystal Palace. He made his league debut as a substitute against QPR, away, on 12 April 1986 (lost 1-0), and his full debut at home to Sheffield Wednesday on 22 April (drew 1-1); they were his only league appearances that season and only appearances in top flight football."}, {"context": " Bull played three Second Division games for Albion after they were relegated in 1986, scoring twice, and also scored one goal in two League Cup appearances for the club. In November 1986, he was sold to local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers, along with Andy Thompson, for \u00a365,000 where he remained until the end of his professional career in 1999. Bull's debut for Wolves, then languishing in the Fourth Division, was against Wrexham on 22 November 1986. His first goal for the club came on 2 December 1986 in the Freight Rover Trophy as Wolves beat Cardiff City 1\u20130 at Ninian Park."}, {"context": " In over 13 years at Wolves, Bull broke no less than four of the club's goalscoring records. He became their all-time leading goalscorer with 306 goals in competitive games (250 of them in the Football League, also a club record) and became their highest goalscorer in a single season when he scored 52 goals in competitive games during the 1987\u201388 season. Bull also scored a club record of 18 hat-tricks - the first of them against Hartlepool United in a 4-1 Fourth Division home win on 9 May 1987, the last on 17 August 1996 in a 3-0 Division One away win over Grimsby Town."}, {"context": " Bull's first season at the club saw him score a total of 19 goals for Wolves - 15 of them in the Fourth Division, in which they finished fourth - although they lost out on promotion after being beaten by Aldershot in the playoffs. In the 1987\u201388 season, Wolves won the Fourth Division championship and became the first of only five teams (later matched by Burnley, Preston North End, Portsmouth and Sheffield United) to have been champions of all four divisions in the English league. Bull's impressive total of 52 goals in all competitions during the season included 34 goals in the league, with league hat-tricks against Exeter City and Darlington. He also scored hat-tricks in cup competitions against Cheltenham Town and Brentford. His 50th goal came just 15 months after signing for Wolves, when he found the net twice in a 4-0 home win against Peterborough United on 9 February 1988."}, {"context": " On 24 January 1989, after just over two years at the club, he surpassed the 100-goal margin for Wolves when scoring a hat-trick in a Third Division game against Bristol City at Molineux, which Wolves won 3-0. In the 1988\u201389 season, Bull inspired Wolves to a second successive promotion, this time as Third Division champions, with 50 goals - marking a tally of 102 goals in two seasons. While still playing in the Third Division, he was selected for the England team and scored on his debut against Scotland at Hampden Park. 37 of his goals that season came in the league for Wolves. He achieved his first four-goal haul on 26 November 1988 in a 6-0 home win over Preston North End, scoring a hat-trick the following month in a 6-2 home victory over Mansfield Town. He managed a third league hat-trick that season in a 5\u20132 February home win over Fulham. He also scored freely in the cups, scoring four against Port Vale in the Sherpa Van Trophy and then against Bristol City in the same competition."}, {"context": " In 1989\u201390, he finally played Second Division football for Wolves, his first goal at this level coming on 26 August 1989 in a 1-1 home draw with Bradford City. On Boxing Day, he reached the 10-goal margin in the league, before impressively grabbing all four goals for Wolves in their 4-1 win at Newcastle United on New Year's Day 1990. On 20 March, in the Black Country derby at Molineux, as Wolves beat struggling Albion 2-1 to boost their promotion hopes, Bull scored his 20th league goal of the campaign. A hat-trick against Leicester City followed a month later, and he finished that campaign with 24 league goals and 26 in all competitions, although Wolves missed out on the playoffs and the chance of a third successive promotion."}, {"context": " He started the 1990\u201391 season in style with both goals at home to promotion favourites Oldham Athletic, who came away from the Molineux with a 3\u20132 victory. These goals took his tally in all competitions to 150 goals in just under four years with Wolves. A hat-trick in a 4\u20130 home win over Bristol City saw him reach the 11-goal mark in the league by 6 October, and he reached the 20-goal margin (for the fourth reason running) on 26 February as they beat Port Vale 3-1 at home. A hat-trick at home to Oxford United in a thrilling 3\u20133 draw came the following month, and Bull finished the season with 25 goals in the league and 26 in all competitions."}, {"context": " Late in the 1991-92 season, he scored his 195th competitive goal for Wolves after just over five years at the club, breaking the club's decade-old goalscoring record set by John Richards. Early in the following season he scored his 200th goal for the club, less than six years after signing. It came on 18 August 1992 in a 3\u20130 home win over Leicester City in the new Division One, as the Second Division was renamed that year with the creation of the new FA Premier League as the top division of English football."}, {"context": " Bull remained a prolific goalscorer in the second tier of the English league, and stayed loyal to his Midlands roots despite interest from the likes of Coventry City and Newcastle United. In 1995, when former England manager Graham Taylor was manager at Molineux, he agreed with then Coventry City boss, Ron Atkinson, the sale of Bull to the Highfield Road club. There was an outcry from the gold and black sector of the Black Country and the local Express and Star newspaper launched a campaign to keep him at Wolves. Ultimately, Bull backed out of the opportunity to play Premier League football with Coventry and decided to stay at Wolves."}, {"context": " He scored his 250th goal for Wolves in a 1\u20131 league draw with Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park on 3 May 1995. More than three years earlier, during the 1991-92 season, it had been reported that Bull was a transfer target for Leeds United, the team who won the top division title that season. Bull played only one game in the English top flight\u00a0\u2014 coming on as a substitute, replacing Andy Thompson, for West Bromwich Albion in 1986\u00a0\u2014 the rest of his career was spent in the lower divisions. He came close to achieving his ambition of reaching the Premier League in 1995 and 1997, but Wolves lost in the play-offs both times."}, {"context": " During his final two seasons at Molineux, his chances of first-team football were reduced by a series of knee injuries. He reached the 300-goal milestone on 18 February 1998, scoring in a 2-0 home win over Bradford City in the league. It was the last of nine goals he would score for Wolves that season, as he missed many games due to injuries. He scored his last hat-trick in all competitions, two years after his final league hat-trick, on 18 August 1998 in a 5-0 home win over Barnet in the Football League Cup first round first leg."}, {"context": " Bull's final goal for the club came against Bury on 26 September 1998 and his final competitive appearance for the club came on the last day of the 1998-99 season against Bradford City. By January 1999, however, reports were circulating that Bull would soon be retiring as a player due to an ongoing knee problem. On 13 July 1999, at the age of 34, Bull finally admitted defeat in his battle to fully regain fitness and announced his retirement after 13 years with Wolves. However, he soon returned to playing as player-coach of Hereford United for a season in the Conference, working with Graham Turner, the manager who had signed him for Wolves."}, {"context": " Known by his fans as 'Bully' for his club loyalty, rapport with supporters and passion for the game and also known as the \"Tipton Skin\" for his trademark closely cropped haircut, he received an MBE for services to Association Football in December 1999, shortly after retiring as a first class player. Bull is regarded as a legend at Wolves and one of the main stands at their home ground, Molineux, is named after him. This commemoration was made in June 2003, with the stand having previously being known as the \"John Ireland Stand\"."}, {"context": " On 29 July 2006, Bull made one final appearance for Wolves in his 20th anniversary testimonial game against Aston Villa at Molineux, playing the first seven minutes of the match. Bull was capped 13 times by England, and scored 4 goals, all coming in the buildup to Italia 90. He scored his first goal on his debut after replacing an injured John Fashanu against Scotland on 27 May 1989, a low right footed shot to the net. Two more goals came in a friendly against Czechoslovakia on April 25, 1990. His final England goal came against Tunisia, which earned him a place in Bobby Robson's World Cup squad."}, {"context": " Despite starting his international career well, he did not score another goal for England after this. He played four times during Italia 90 - three times as a substitute against Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium and once as a starter against Egypt. His final match for England was on 17 October 1990 against Poland, but he was not picked again by his future Wolves manager, Graham Taylor. Bull was still technically a Third Division player when he won his first cap, at the end of the 1988-89 season, as Wolves had not yet played in Division Two after their promotion that season. He remains the last player to be capped by England from outside the top two tiers, and one of only five post-war players so honoured."}, {"context": " In total he scored nine goals in 23 appearances for his country at full, U-21 and \"B\" team levels. On 21 February 2008, Bull entered management with Conference National side Stafford Rangers. He had previously worked as a coach at this level with Hereford United in the 2000\u201301 season and had completed his UEFA Pro B coaching licence in the years in between. The team were in the relegation zone at the time of his appointment and he was unable to prevent relegation. He parted company with the club on 12 December 2008.  He is the cousin of West Bromwich born former footballer Gary Bull, who played for clubs including Barnet, Nottingham Forest and Birmingham City. Wolverhampton Wanderers"}]}, {"title": "Steve Bullen", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Frank Gregory Bullen (born 12 July 1992) is an English cricketer. He made his first-class debut on 7 April 2015 for Leeds/Bradford MCCU against Yorkshire as part of the 2015 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches. He has also played minor counties cricket for Wiltshire."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bullock", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve, Steven, or Stephen Bullock may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Bullock (American politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Clark Bullock (born April 11, 1966) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 24th and current Governor of Montana since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been Chairman of the National Governors Association since 2018, a bipartisan organization created to develop policy to improve state governments. Born in Missoula, Montana, Bullock is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and Columbia Law School. Bullock began his career working as the legal counsel to the Secretary of State of Montana before becoming the Executive Assistant Attorney General and acting Chief Deputy Attorney General of Montana. Bullock then entered private practice as an attorney for Steptoe & Johnson. He was also an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School before opening his own private law firm upon returning to Montana. In 2008, Bullock was elected Attorney General of Montana, where he served one term from 2009-13."}, {"context": " After incumbent Governor Brian Schweitzer was term-limited, Bullock declared his candidacy for the Governorship on September 7, 2011. He won with 87% of the vote in the Democratic primary election, and defeated the Republican nominee, former U.S. Representative Rick Hill, in the general election, with 48% of the vote. In 2016, Bullock won re-election with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Republican nominee Greg Gianforte. He is a potential candidate for President of the United States in 2020. Bullock was born in Missoula, Montana and raised in Helena, the state capital. He is the son of Penny Clark, a school board trustee, and Mike Bullock, a teacher and administrator. He graduated from Helena High School in 1984. His parents divorced when he was in grade school. Bullock received his undergraduate degree from Claremont McKenna College and his law degree with honors from Columbia Law School in New York."}, {"context": " Bullock served as chief legal counsel to Montana Secretary of State Mike Cooney. He went on to work for four years with the Montana Department of Justice under Attorney General Joe Mazurek, first as executive assistant attorney general, and later as acting chief deputy (1997\u20132001). During this time, he also served as legislative director, coordinating the Attorney General's legislative efforts. As an Assistant Attorney General, Bullock wrote the landmark opinion that guaranteed public access to streams and rivers."}, {"context": " He was unsuccessful in his first race for Montana Attorney General, losing in the 2000 Democratic primary to Mike McGrath, who went on to be elected Attorney General that year and currently serves as Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court. From 2001-04, Bullock practiced law in Washington, D.C. with Steptoe & Johnson, where he served as an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School. He returned to Montana in 2004, working in private practice in Helena where he represented individuals, consumer organizations, labor unions, peace officers, associations of political subdivisions, and small and large businesses. He ran successfully for Attorney General in 2008."}, {"context": " Bullock was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General in 2008, defeating two other candidates in the primary election in June. He went on to win the contested general election race with 52.64% of the vote against Republican Tim Fox. Bullock received 245,669 votes, more than either presidential candidate. He pushed for tougher drunken driving laws and a crackdown on prescription drug abuse. He introduced the 24/7 Sobriety Program for repeat DUI offenders statewide. This program requires repeat drunk drivers to take breath tests twice a day. The program is aimed at keeping highways and communities free of drunk drivers, and keeping non-violent offenders out of jail and off the public rolls. The program has had success in dropping DUI offenses."}, {"context": " The Attorney General's office also pursued the railroad industry for monopolistic business practices, and led the way in stopping an anti-competitive merger between two the largest meat packers in the country. Bullock focused on the misclassification of employees as independent contractors and allowing FedEx to avoid paying millions in state taxes and fees. Bullock's efforts resulted in changes by FedEx to comply with federal and state laws. Bullock attracted national attention by challenging the \"Citizens United\" decision through his defense of Montana's 100-year-old ban on corporate campaign expenditures. After winning in the Montana Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the State of Montana in a 5-4 decision."}, {"context": " Bullock, who authored the state's opinion guaranteeing access to rivers, streams, and public lands, worked with the legislature and Governor Brian Schweitzer to codify the access opinion into law. Bullock announced on September 7, 2011 that he would be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Montana in 2012. In the Democratic primary, Bullock faced off against Helena resident Heather Margolis. Bullock won with 87% of the vote. Bullock and his running mate, then Adjutant General of Montana John Walsh, proposed a jobs plan that focuses on small and medium-sized Montana businesses as the engines of job creation. Bullock and General Walsh support:"}, {"context": " Bullock proposed a $400 property tax rebate for homeowners in Montana to spur job creation and refund a portion of the state's $400 million budget surplus. John Walsh, Bullock's running mate, is the former Adjutant General of the Montana National Guard. Bullock won the election, held on November 6, 2012, defeating Republican ex-US Representative Rick Hill. Bullock came out on top by 7,571 votes, or 48.9%, to Hill's 47.3%. Libertarian candidate Ron Vandevender pulled 3.8% of the vote. In September 2014, Bullock signed an executive order creating a habitat conservation plan for sage grouse in a bid to keep management of the imperiled bird in state hands rather than see it come under strict federal Endangered Species Act protections. The government said to the press: \"Montanans recognize that it is in the best interest of our state, its economy and our quality of life to maintain state management of the greater sage-grouse.\""}, {"context": " Governor Bullock and his lieutenant governor, John Walsh, were sworn in on January 7, 2013. Bullock later appointed Walsh to become the new Senator from Montana to replace Max Baucus, who had been appointed Ambassador to China. Bullock then appointed Angela McLean to replace Walsh as lieutenant governor. In November 2015, McLean announced her resignation as lieutenant governor, effective upon the appointment of her successor, in order to accept the position of director of American Indian and minority achievement in the office of the state commissioner of higher education."}, {"context": " In December 2015, Bullock announced the appointment of Mike Cooney as McLean's replacement. Cooney was sworn in on January 4, 2016. According to a September 20, 2016, survey by \"Morning Consult\", Bullock, with a 66% approval rating and a 19% disapproval rating, was the most popular Democratic governor in the United States, as well as the fourth-most popular overall, behind Republicans Dennis Daugaard of South Dakota, Larry Hogan of Maryland, and Charlie Baker of Massachusetts. Bullock began his second term on January 2, 2017 alongside Montana Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney. Bullock and Cooney were the only two Democrats to retain statewide offices in the 2016 elections as the Republicans captured the offices of Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction, Montana State Auditor, and Montana Secretary of State and held onto the offices of Montana Attorney General and U.S. Representative for Montana's at-large congressional district. Following the 2016 elections, Bullock faced large Republican majorities in the Montana Legislature because the Republicans gained three State Senate seats and widened their Senate majority over the Democrats to 32-18 while maintaining a 59-41 majority in the Montana House of Representatives, the same as in 2015."}, {"context": " Governor Steve Bullock has been described by \"The Washington Post\" and \"ABC News\" as a moderate Democrat. \"The New York Times\" referred to Bullock as being among centrist Democratic Governors. The non-partisan organization, On The Issues, which tracks candidates' positions and records, considers Bullock to be a \"Moderate Libertarian Liberal.\" Bullock is pro-choice. During the 2017 state legislative session, Bullock vetoed two bills that restricted the constitutionally-upheld right of Montana's women to determine whether or not they wish to have an abortion. Bullock received a 100 percent rating from NARAL in 2013 and was endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Montana in his successful 2016 reelection bid."}, {"context": " Bullock was one of 14 Democratic governors to write a letter to Alex Azar, President Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services, on March 31, 2018 demanding that Title X funding for women's reproductive health care and family planning remain in effect. The 14 governors threatened legal action if the Trump administration were to undermine women's access to reproductive health care. During his tenure as Attorney General of Montana, Bullock advocated for maintaining Montana's century-old ban on corporate expenditures in elections and challenged the Citizens United decision in the 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case \"American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock.\" Although the U.S. Supreme Court summarily disposed of Bullock's case in a 5-4 decision, Bullock has advocated for campaign finance reform throughout his time as Governor of Montana."}, {"context": " In 2015, Bullock steered the DISCLOSE Act, a bipartisan campaign finance reform bill that bolstered disclosure requirements in Montana elections, through a GOP-controlled state legislature. In June 2018, Bullock signed an executive order that required the recipients of major government contracts in Montana to disclose \"dark money spending\" in elections, including spending disclosure that is not explicitly required by federal law. On July 24, 2018, Bullock decided to sue the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury over a recent decision to dispense with donor requirements for nonprofit organizations."}, {"context": " Bullock endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election, but expressed disagreement with Clinton's opposition to coal mining because it is an important industry in Montana and did not attend the 2016 Democratic National Convention, citing his duties as Governor of Montana. Bullock appears to have stayed neutral during the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Bullock was chairman of the Democratic Governors Association in 2015, overseeing the election of Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana, a pro-life Southern Democrat who expanded Medicaid to more than 471,000 Louisianans and reformed his state's criminal justice system after winning the governorship of a heavily Republican state. In 2015, Bullock expressed that there are \"roles for all of us [Democrats]\" within the party, referring to liberal, moderate, and conservative Democrats alike."}, {"context": " Bullock was one of just three Democrats to win gubernatorial elections (one of whom, Jim Justice, is now a Republican), in states that President Trump carried in 2016, and the only incumbent Democratic governor to win re-election in a state that Trump carried. He was also one of the only Democratic incumbents besides North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood, North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, West Virginia State Treasurer John Perdue, and Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale to win re-election to statewide offices in states that President Trump won in the 2016 presidential election."}, {"context": " After the 2016 elections, in which Democrats lost the presidency, ceded control of several governorships, and came short of winning majorities in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, Bullock has publicly argued that the Democratic Party needs to expand its reach beyond urban areas and the nation's two coasts. He has encouraged Democrats to engage with and attempt to persuade voters in suburban and rural areas rather than relying solely on base turnout. He has visited Iowa, Wisconsin, and Colorado to campaign for and speak in support of Democratic candidates during the 2018 election cycle. With visits to Iowa and New Hampshire in August 2018, Bullock is believed to be testing the waters for a presidential run in 2020."}, {"context": " Then-Attorney General Steve Bullock opposed a 2012 voter-approved law in the State of Montana, Legislative Referendum 121, that would have required state agencies to verify through a federal database whether individuals requesting certain services were U.S. citizens. The law, which had been intended to deny government jobs and assistance to undocumented immigrants, was ruled unconstitutional and legally unenforceable. Despite pushback from Republican state legislators, Governor Bullock supported allowing Syrian refugees to resettle in the State of Montana in 2015, but promised that ensuring the safety of Montanans would be his \"top priority\" during the resettlement process. At least 31 other governors at the time opposed the resettlement of Syrian refugees."}, {"context": " Bullock supports the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and signed a letter on Sept. 7, 2017 alongside 10 other governors to congressional leaders in support of legislation that would protect DACA recipients and \"take immediate action to ensure that these young people can continue to live, work, and contribute to the country they have called home for most of their lives.\" On April 5, 2018, Bullock refused to deploy National Guard troops from Montana to the Mexican border \"based simply on the whim of the President's morning Twitter habit.\" In June 2018, Bullock voiced strong opposition to the Trump administration's policy of family separations at the Mexican border, and said in a statement: \"As a governor and a father, I'm disgusted. I don't care if it's the President or Congress - these atrocities must end immediately.\""}, {"context": " Steve Bullock supports same-sex marriage, and praised a federal judge for striking down Montana's same-sex marriage ban in 2014, which made Montana the 34th U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. He also supported the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in \"Obergefell v. Hodges\", which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, and said in a statement on June 26, 2015: \u201cThis ruling protects the right of all Montanans to marry the person they love, and moves our state and nation closer to the promise of freedom, dignity, and equality that they were founded upon. All people, regardless of their sexual orientation, should have the opportunity to make a good life for themselves and their families.\u201d Bullock has also spoken at Pride rallies in Montana, and, in 2015, became the first sitting governor in Montana history to officiate a same-sex wedding."}, {"context": " In 2016, Bullock enacted an executive order that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity for state employees, state contractors, and subcontractors. The executive order expanded upon a previous executive order signed by former Governor Brian Schweitzer in 2008, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation but did not include protections for gender identity and did not apply to contractors or subcontractors. Bullock supports net neutrality and opposed the Federal Communication Commission's decision to repeal net neutrality. On Jan. 22, 2018, Bullock signed an executive order that any internet service provider with a state government contract cannot legally block or charge additional fees for faster delivery of websites, two major principles of net neutrality. Through this executive order, Montana became the first state to implement and enforce net neutrality after the FCC repeal. The governors of New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Hawaii, and Rhode Island eventually followed suit."}, {"context": " Bullock has been recognized and endorsed by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and by the Montana Education Association - Montana Federation of Teachers for his support of worker's rights and public education. Bullock opposes right-to-work legislation, which allows workers to forgo paying union dues while still benefitting from union-negotiated labor contracts. Montana is the only state in the Upper Rocky Mountain region of the U.S. that does not have right-to-work legislation in place, and all of its neighboring states do not provide the same level of protection for labor unions.  On January 18, 2018, Bullock filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of allowing labor unions to make \"agency fees\" mandatory. Bullock opposed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in \"Janus v. AFSCME\", and said in a statement: \"The US Supreme Court just overturned 40 years of settled law that workers, employers and unions across the country rely on. All the more ironic, the 5-4 decision cited Citizens United as a reason to do so.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Bullock (British politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Sir Steve Bullock (born 1953) is a British politician who served as the first directly elected mayor of the London Borough of Lewisham from 2002 to 2018. Born in Redcar, North Riding of Yorkshire, Bullock began his career as a van driver for Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea Urban District Council in 1972. He later worked as a policy adviser for Ken Livingstone at the Greater London Council, as Chief Executive of Greenwich Community Health Council and as Head of the Labour Group Office at the Local Government Association. Having served on the independent Commission for Local Democracy, Bullock was a founder member of the New Local Government Network. Elected to the London Borough of Lewisham council in 1982, Bullock then went on to serve as Chair of Finance, Chair of Leisure, Deputy Leader, and Leader of the Council prior to standing down from the council in 1998. Following this, he served as Chair of University Hospital Lewisham NHS Trust. Bullock's partner is Kris Hibbert, a former fellow councillor."}, {"context": " In 2001 Bullock was elected back to Lewisham council in a by-election before seeking the Labour nomination for the new post of elected mayor, having publicly supported the proposal (as chair of the hospital trust) in the October referendum campaign. He was subsequently elected in the first mayoral election. Bullock was re-elected in the May 2006 Lewisham mayoral poll and became the Labour vice-chair of the Association of London Government later that year. He also served as Deputy Leader of the Local Government Association Labour Group. Bullock was re-elected as Mayor of Lewisham in the May 2010 election and again in the election of May 2014. He was the London Council's Executive lead for Housing and Vice-chair of Homes for London."}, {"context": " Bullock became involved in a controversy in January 2017 regarding his links to former colleagues (Dave Sullivan and others) who set up a company called Renewal, which bought land near Millwall FC's football stadium, The New Den. In 2016 the company asked Lewisham for a CPO (Compulsory Purchase Order) for Lewisham to buy up land leased by the football club. There was a suggestion that the club would have to leave the area. The plan was eventually withdrawn, and an Enquiry set up to examine the issue by Lord Dyson a former Master of the Rolls.  Lord Dyson's report in late 2017 ruled that there had been \u201cno impropriety, lack of due diligence or breach of a code of practice on the part of any Council officer or member\u201d. Bullock was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2007 Birthday Honours for services to local government. Following his retirement as mayor he was commissioned by the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE to serve as the Representative Deputy Lieutenant for Lewisham. Greater London Lieutenancy"}]}, {"title": "Steve Bunce", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bunce (born 3 December 1962 in Camden Town, London), nicknamed \"Buncey\", is a British freelance television and radio sport pundit and newspaper columnist. He has regularly appeared as a pundit on the BBC sports programme \"Inside Sport\" and on BBC Radio Five Live's \"Fighting Talk\". Bunce was the face of boxing on Setanta Sports and headlined his own show, \"Steve Bunce's Boxing Hour\", until June 2009 when the organisation ceased broadcasting in Britain. Despite calls for the popular boxing show to reappear, it failed to materialise until the introduction of Britain's first dedicated boxing channel BoxNation. Once again Bunce became the face of boxing on BoxNation, and the long awaited return of \"Bunce's Boxing Hour\" started broadcasting 17 October 2011."}, {"context": " He has a regular column in the magazine \"Boxing Monthly\". In 2010, he published his debut work of fiction \"The Fixer\". He currently presents the ESPN UK version of the American sports talk show \"Pardon the Interruption\". Bunce regularly appears on BBC Radio 5 Live's \"Fighting Talk\" and the \"Steve Bunce Boxing Show\" on BBC Radio London. Bunce won the FT Champion of Champions final on 19 May 2012, defeating Martin Kelner, Dougie Anderson, and Greg Brady in the process. Born in Camden Town, Bunce currently resides in the North of England with his wife, a former Midlands lacrosse captain, and two children. Apart from sport media, Bunce has been a supporter of fire safety since 2010 because of an incident in his teenage years when his home was set alight because of a carelessly extinguished cigarette in an ashtray. The phrase \"put it out, right out\" has since become a part of Bunce's intro on \"Fighting Talk\"."}, {"context": " Bunce's eldest son, as of 2013, attends Denstone College and plays in its rugby union first XV squad. The elder Bunce was involved in an incident during the \"Daily Mail\" Schools rugby tournament when a Northampton School for Boys player called him \"a stupid tit\" and then allegedly spat on his wife. However, the Northants school headmaster Rod Goldswain spoke with 5 Live and while he was able to confirm the first part of Bunce's story, he went on to say that the player in question actually spat on the ground and not on Mrs. Bunce, and that said student was given a \"dressing down\" as a result. Goldswain later apologised for these remarks; Bunce, after generating a minor controversy, admitted that this was \"a private matter\" that shouldn't have been aired on the 5 January 2013 episode of \"Fighting Talk\" and that he should have written to the school about the incident."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bunin", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bunin (born in Seattle, Washington) is a morning news anchor for Seattle NBC station KING-TV. One of the most versatile and well-liked anchors during his nine-year (2003-2012) run at ESPN, Bunin hosted a variety of shows there, most frequently \"Outside The Lines\", \"SportsCenter\" and \"College Football Live\". He also hosted \"Baseball Tonight\", \"NFL Live\", \"Sports Reporters\", \"ESPN Radio\" and numerous NCAA and pro sports events on ESPN and ESPN2. In 2010, Bunin became the first anchor at ESPN to win the company\u2019s prestigious \u201cGame Ball\u201d award for character. In 2012, he received the President's Volunteer Service Award from Barack Obama, for his volunteer efforts, primarily with at-risk teens."}, {"context": " In 2011, Sports Illustrated\u2019s media critic Richard Deitsch called Bunin \"one of the most underrated talents in sports journalism.\" In SI's 2011 Media Awards, Bunin was declared one of the \"Twelve Broadcasters Viewers Deserve More Of In 2012.\" From 2012-2014, he was the lead anchor for Comcast SportsNet Houston before the network went bankrupt. In those two years, Bunin was nominated for four Texas Emmy Awards (including twice for Best Sports Anchor), winning for his groundbreaking interview with Carl Lewis."}, {"context": " From 2015-2016, he was the host of the midday show on ESPN Radio KFNC Houston and the prime-time national show on SB Nation Radio. Prior to ESPN, Bunin served as sports anchor/director at five different local news stations: WOTV-TV in Battle Creek, Michigan, from 2002-2003, WLAJ-TV in Lansing, Michigan, from 2000-2001, KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Arizona, from 1998-2000, WICZ-TV in Binghamton, New York, in 1997 and WTVH-TV in Syracuse, New York, in 1995-1996, where he worked alongside future ABC anchor David Muir."}, {"context": " In 1998, the Arizona Associated Press named him \"Best TV Sportscaster\" and awarded him \"Best TV Sports Coverage\". Also, in 2000 the Michigan Associated Press awarded him \"Best TV Sportscast\". Bunin is a graduate of Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism in 1996. While at Syracuse he joined Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. During this time he worked at the campus TV studio UUTV, now known as CitrusTV. He graduated from Mercer Island High School in 1992. He is on the Notable Alumni list."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buratto", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Buratto (born c. 1943) is a Canadian football coach and former offensive lineman. He is the offensive coordinator for the UBC Thunderbirds football team. He is also a former head coach in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders and BC Lions, the latter of which he won the 88th Grey Cup with. Buratto graduated from Clarkston High School in Clarkston, Washington, in 1961. A late bloomer, he did not make the varsity team until his senior year. He attended junior college at Columbia Basin College for a year in Pasco, Washington, then transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow, recruited by Bud Riley to play for head coach Dee Andros. He redshirted in 1962 and then was a center for the Vandals for three seasons, and played with Jerry Campbell and Don Matthews."}, {"context": " Not selected in the 1966 NFL Draft, Buratto tried out with the Green Bay Packers, then taught at Sandpoint High School for a year, and was invited to try again with Green Bay in 1967. After losing due to an intestinal virus, Buratto arrived at camp weakened and underweight, so it was back to Idaho as a graduate assistant. In 1968, Buratto left for Twin Falls High School in southern Idaho, where he was an assistant football coach and the wrestling coach. In 1973, he joined the staff at Boise State under head coach Tony Knap, a fellow former Vandal. He followed Knap to UNLV in 1976 for four seasons, before he left for Saskatchewan of the CFL."}, {"context": " Buratto\u2019s pro coaching career started in 1980 as the Offensive Line Coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In 1983, he became the Defensive Coordinator for the B.C. Lions, where his team lost to the Argonauts in the Grey Cup final. He was named Head Coach of the Calgary Stampeders in 1984. After a 6\u201310 record and last place finish in the West Division in 1984, followed by a poor start the following year, he was fired and replaced by Bud Riley. In 1986 he returned to B.C. as their Co-Offensive Coordinator/Defensive Coordinator. After a 7-year hiatus, he returned to coaching in 1993 as the Offensive Line Coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He then helped build one of the greatest offences in league history as Offensive Coordinator of the Baltimore Stallions. In 1994 and 1995 the team made back-to-back Grey Cup appearances."}, {"context": " In 2000 he became receivers coach for the Lions, however only held the job for a few weeks as he was promoted to head coach after head coach Greg Mohns resigned to join the XFL. Over the team's final 11 games he led the Lions to a 5\u20136 record, good enough for a spot in the playoffs. In the Division Semifinals B.C. upset the Edmonton Eskimos 34\u201332 at Commonwealth Stadium. In the Division Finals, the Lions traveled to McMahon Stadium where they defeated the 12\u20135 Calgary Stampeders 37\u201323. In the 88th Grey Cup, the Lions faced the 12\u20136 Montreal Alouettes. Despite being an underdog, the Lions held the lead throughout the game and won 28\u201326. The Lions, who finished with an 8\u201310 record during the regular season, became the first team ever to finish with a regular season record below .500 and win the Grey Cup."}, {"context": " Buratto was retained by the Lions for the 2001 season, going 8\u201310 and losing to Calgary in the Division Semifinals. After a 1\u20135 start in 2002, Buratto was replaced by General Manager Adam Rita. Buratto became the Lions\u2019 Offensive Coordinator in 2003 and in 2004, helped guide his team to the Grey Cup. In 2005 he joined Tom Higgins staff in Calgary as Offensive Coordinator. After being let go by the Stampeders, the Argonauts hired Buratto to replace the fired Kent Austin as Offensive Coordinator. In 2009, he was reassigned to Special Teams Coordinator and running backs coach. In 2010, he was hired as the offensive line coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. After spending one season with the Tiger-Cats, Buratto joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders to assume the offensive line coach position.  Steve is married to Judy and they make Boise, Idaho, their off-season home. Steve has three children from a previous marriage, Steve Jr., Dina, and Jill."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burdick", "paragraphs": [{"context": " \"Steve Burdick\" is an episode of the 1990 NBC television series \"Lifestories\", an anthology drama that each week followed a new set of characters dealing with a medical issue. The episode revolves around Burdick (D. W. Moffett), a gay television newsman with AIDS. When his lover dies of the disease, Burdick reveals his own diagnosis on the air to the displeasure of his station manager. The episode was loosely based on Paul Wynne, a newscaster out of San Francisco who died of AIDS in 1990. The episode was originally scheduled for December 2, 1990. However, NBC pulled the episode, sparking criticism from gay and AIDS activists. By failing to run this episode, NBC was the only major network not to broadcast a show around World AIDS day. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) met with NBC on December 6 to discuss this and other issues. NBC told GLAAD that the cancellation was prompted by \"Lifestories\" low ratings and that the feeling about a boy requiring a bone marrow transplant would have more appeal at the show's 8pm Sunday time slot. GLAAD asked that the \"Lifestories\" AIDS episode be rescheduled immediately. They also requested a mother meeting to discuss programming, to which NBC agreed. (GLAAD/LA Reports Vol. 2,No. 12 December 1990 page 3)"}, {"context": " The network rescheduled it for December 18, when \"Lifestories\" was changed from being a weekly series to a monthly special. The episode was critically acclaimed, winning a GLAAD Media Award, but financially unsuccessful for the network. Steve Burdick is a local television news anchor who keeps his homosexuality private. He and his lover are tested for HIV and both test positive. Burdick struggles to keep himself together as his lover's health declines. When his lover dies, Burdick breaks down on the air and announces the death and that he too is HIV-positive. Station managers want to fire him, but his producer, Barbara Hudson, convinces the station that AIDS reportage is newsworthy and socially responsible. Burdick's pieces are tagged with a viewer discretion advisory. He continues to report until he begins to show symptoms of AIDS, at which time the station managers pull him off the air."}, {"context": " \"Steve Burdick\" was originally scheduled to air on December 2, 1990. Had it aired on that date it would have been one of several programs relating to AIDS airing in early December, which is designated World AIDS Month, with December 1 being World AIDS Day. Gay and AIDS activists accused NBC of pulling the episode out of fear of advertiser backlash, a charge that NBC denied. A network spokesperson also denied that network schedulers were aware of World AIDS Month and, in a perhaps unfortunate choice of phrase, characterized the decision to pull the episode as a \"straight programming decision\". Series producer Jeffrey Lewis also believed there was an economic motive, saying \"I suspect a show about AIDS would not be popular with advertisers \u2014 particularly (when it focused on) a gay person with AIDS.\" NBC changed \"Lifestories\" from a weekly series to a monthly one in December and on December 5 confirmed that \"Steve Burdick\" would be the first of the monthly episodes aired."}, {"context": " \"Steve Burdick\" was well received by critics. The \"Seattle Times\" described the episode as \"as honest an exploration of AIDS as anything seen on commercial network TV\". Moffett's performance was singled out for praise, as was Richard Gollance's script, for \"look[ing] at a number of aspects of the AIDS problem, exploring a variety of attitudes about it\". The \"Times\" marks this as the best episode of the series. The \"Hartford Courant\" concurred in this assessment, citing the episode as the most memorable of one of the season's most daring new series. Gollance's script was also praised by critic Jon Burlingame, writing for United Features Syndicate, for delivering accurate information on AIDS and HIV. Burlingame called the episode \"as much an indictment of commercial television for its skittishness in dealing with the AIDS crisis as it is a show about AIDS patients\" and speculated that this may have been the reason NBC initially pulled it. He cited this episode, along with two AIDS-themed episodes of NBC's \"Midnight Caller\" (themselves the subject of protests from gay and AIDS activists), as \"network series TV's finest AIDS-related dramas to date\". Right-wing activists criticized dialogue from the episode in which Burdick overhears his hospital roommate in prayer and admonishes him that he didn't pay attention well enough in church to learn that God ignores the prayers of \"faggots\"."}, {"context": " \"Steve Burdick\" scored a Nielsen rating of 9.7, equating to approximately 9.5 million viewers, and a 17 share, meaning that 17% of all television sets in use during its time period were tuned to the episode. NBC reported losing $500,000 in advertising revenue. Speaking of this loss, then-NBC president Warren Littlefield said, at odds with NBC's earlier denial of possible revenue loss being a factor in its scheduling decision, \"There are few things in broadcasting that we know for sure, and one of those is that when you do an episode of any series that deals with AIDS, there is going to be advertiser sensitivity to it. And if you choose to do it anyway, you better count on losing money.\"  \"Steve Burdick\" won a GLAAD Media Award as the best television drama episode of 1990."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burguiere", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Burguiere, known better as \"Stu,\" (born February 9, 1976) is an American radio producer and personality, and executive producer and the head writer of \"The Glenn Beck Program\" on TheBlaze. Burguiere hosts \"The Wonderful World of Stu\" on TheBlaze and previously co-hosted \"Pat & Stu\", which has been cancelled. Burguiere was born in Tarrytown, New York, and grew up in the state of Connecticut. He became an intern at the New Haven radio station KC101. He started in the promotions department, working his way up to producer of the \"Glenn Beck Morning Show\". He also did voice-over work and recorded commercials for the Metabolife company. While working at KC101, Burguiere met his future wife, Lisa Paige."}, {"context": " Glenn Beck left KC101 to work in talk radio at WFLA in Tampa. Soon after, Burguiere took his job as co-host of the morning show with Vinnie Penn. After a year, he moved to Tampa to produce the \"Glenn Beck Program\", and host \"The Stu Show\" Saturdays on WFLA. Burguiere introduced sophomoric humor to the Glenn Beck show, posing as celebrity callers (such as the Obama advisor \"Honkey Whitesville\", a parody of real-life Obama advisor Jason Furman) and generally provided a friendly counterpoint to Beck. Burguiere and fellow staff member Dan Andros occasionally hosted after-show shows on Beck's \"Insider\" audio stream. Burguiere also filled in as host for Beck since the show became nationally syndicated.  Burguiere used to co-host \"Pat & Stu\" with Pat Gray, a 2-hour program airing on TheBlaze weekdays at 12:00 Noon ET. He is also the host of \"The Wonderful World of Stu\", which airs Friday at 8:00 PM ET."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burke", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Burke may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Burke (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Michael Burke (born March 5, 1955) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Seattle Mariners from -."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burke (businessman)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen B. Burke (born August 14, 1958) is an American businessman. He serves as the executive vice president of Comcast, and as president and chief executive officer of NBCUniversal. Steve Burke is an Irish Catholic. His father, Daniel B. Burke was a former president of Capital Cities Communications, former owner of the ABC network. He graduated from Colgate University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Burke joined The Walt Disney Company in January 1986, where he helped to develop and found The Disney Stores. In 1992, he moved to Euro Disney S.A., where, as President and CEO, he helped to lead a comprehensive restructuring effort. He later served as President of ABC Broadcasting."}, {"context": " In 1998, Burke joined Comcast as President of Comcast Cable. Since then, Comcast has become the largest cable company, largest residential internet service provider, third largest phone company in America and launched a wireless business. He led Comcast to leadership in multi-platform video entertainment distribution, including the Company's industry changing video on demand platform and online video offerings. Burke currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of NBCUniversal. He oversees the company's valuable portfolio of news, sports, and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and theme parks. Burke assumed this role in January 2011, upon the closing of Comcast and General Electric\u2019s joint venture merging the assets of NBCUniversal with Comcast's programming assets. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Comcast Corporation, where he was a driving force in its growth from a cable industry leader to one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services.  Burke serves on the Boards of Directors of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Burke lives in New York with his wife and five children."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burke (composer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Burke (born 1974) is a British video game composer, sound designer and voice actor. He is mostly known for his work at the British video game developer Rare. Burke was involved with music from early age. At home his family had a piano, which Burke played nearly every day. He also was playing the clarinet at Manx Youth Orchestra. At age of 20, Burke moved to London and studied at music branch of King's College London. Then, he graduated from Royal College of Music with a master's degree. At college, Burke often went to film recording sessions where he met such the masters of orchestra such as John Williams and Michael Kamen."}, {"context": " After college he was composing for films about a year before he was recruited by video game giant Rare in early 2001. He firstly provided additional music for \"Star Fox Adventures\", but his first major and most successful work at the studio was the soundtrack for 2005 game \"\". The soundtrack was scored with Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The game's music was well received and was nominated for several awards. He also scored \"Viva Pi\u00f1ata\" (with Grant Kirkhope), \"Jetpac Refuelled\", \"\" (with David Wise) and \"\" (again with Kirkhope). Aside from soundtracks, Burke also made sound effects for \"Perfect Dark Zero\", \"\" and \"\". He also had done additional voice acting for all games above.  In August 2009, Burke left Rare. In November 2010, Burke created all sound and music for Xbox Live Avatars. The work was done as a part of his former relationship with Rare, who were bought out by Microsoft in 2002. Most recently Burke co-composed music for ex-Rare developers Playtonic Games in \"Yooka-Laylee\", along with David Wise and Grant Kirkhope."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burke (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven James Burke (born 29 September 1960) is an English former footballer who played 156 games in the Football League. He played as a left winger. Burke was born in Nottingham, and came through the ranks at Nottingham Forest. His only first-team appearance was on 20 October 1976, while still a schoolboy aged 16 years 22 days, as a substitute in the Anglo-Scottish Cup against Ayr United. He moved on to Second Division club Queens Park Rangers in September 1979 for a fee of \u00a3125,000, and made his debut in the Football League on 7 September in a 3\u20130 win at home to Fulham. He played quite frequently at the beginning of his QPR career, and came on as substitute in the 1982 FA Cup Final replay, which QPR lost to Tottenham Hotspur. He had several loan spells towards the end of his QPR career \u2013 at Millwall from October to December 1983, at Notts County from October to December 1984, at Lincoln City from August to September 1985, and at Brentford from March to May 1986 \u2013 before leaving the club at the end of the 1985\u201396 season on a free transfer to Doncaster Rovers. He finished his League career with two seasons at Doncaster, including a loan spell at Stockport County."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burkholder", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Burkholder was the Republican mayor of Lakewood, Colorado from 1999 to 2007. He was re-elected to a second term as mayor in November 2003 after serving a previous term on City Council. In 2007 he was term limited. He is the owner of the A&S Group, a marketing and consulting organization. He was succeeded as mayor by Bob Murphy."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burney", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Burney is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. He played at club level for Whitehaven (twice), and lower grades for Western Suburbs Magpies, as a , i.e. number 11, or 12, during the era of contested scrums."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burns", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Michael Burns (born October 9, 1973) is an American actor, television host, guitarist, musician, and singer. He is known as the original host of the long-running children's preschool television program \"Blue's Clues\" from 1996 to 2002, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2001. Burns was born in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. He attended Boyertown Area Senior High School in Berks County and graduated from there in 1991. Burns played in bands called Sudden Impact US, Nine Pound Truck, and the Ivys (which he has called a \"Morrissey rip-off band\") while in high school and college. He studied theatre under an acting scholarship at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley. He dropped out of school and moved to New York City to then become a professional actor. He lived in a basement apartment near Times Square, finding his first success as a voice-over artist for ads and making appearances on \"\" and \"Law & Order\"."}, {"context": " In 1995, Burns auditioned for \"Blue's Clues\", thinking it was another voice-over role. He had long hair and an earring. \"I was a bit of a skate rat,\" he said. Initially, the Nickelodeon executives were not supportive of Burns hosting their new show; in subsequent auditions the show's creators requested that he dress more conservatively. (Burns reported that the creators, in a call-back phone conversation, asked him, \"Could you not look like yourself tomorrow morning?\") It became apparent, however, that he was the favorite with preschool test audiences. Executive producer and co-creator Traci Paige Johnson reported that of the 100 people they auditioned, Burns was \"the realest\". As Dr. Alice Wilder, Nickelodeon's Director of Research and Development said, \"[T]here was just something about this kid, who was fresh out of Pennsylvania, who just knew where to look in the camera to really talk to kids. He was just right.\""}, {"context": " \"Blue's Clues\" was an instant hit, due to Burns's performances as much as the show's format. He became \"a superstar\" among his audience and their parents, but unknown to everyone else, and enjoyed what he called being a \"micro-celebrity, about as small a celebrity as you can be.\" As the \"New York Times\" reported, he \"developed an avid following among both preteen girls and mothers. The former send torrents of e-mail; the latter scrutinize the show with an intensity that might make even Elmo, the red Muppet, blush.\" In 2000, \"People\" magazine included Burns in their annual list of America's most eligible bachelors. According to writer Diane Tracy, Burns was \"destined for the part\". Also according to Tracy, Burns was not the typical children's television host: \"There is nothing syrupy about him\u2014his humor is sometimes borderline offbeat, but never inappropriate for preschoolers.\""}, {"context": " Burns became \"very involved\" with the production of \"Blue's Clues\" from the beginning. One of the most challenging aspects of being the host of the show was performing in front of the \"blue screen\" before the animation was added. Burns called it \"maddening\" and likened it to \"acting at the bottom of a swimming pool.\" After nearly six years and nearly 100 episodes, Burns departed \"Blue's Clues\" in 2002. According to Johnson, Burns never wanted to become a \"children's host\". He loved kids, but stated \"he could not make a life-long career out of it\". Burns went on by saying \"I knew I wasn't going to be doing children's television all my life, mostly because I refused to lose my hair on a kid's TV show, and it was happening, fast\". The day following the filming of his final episode for the show, he shaved his head. This was something he wanted to do for many years, but the show's producers would not allow it. On the FAQ section of his webpage, when asked why he shaved his head, and if he had been trying to make a statement, Burns replied, \"Yes, the statement is, 'We have male pattern baldness.'\""}, {"context": " Burns's departure caused a resurface of the rumors that had circulated about him since 1998. Burns replied, \"The rumor mill surrounding me has always been really strange.\" Some of these \"specious claims\" included: death from a heroin overdose, being killed in a car accident, and, like what was rumored to have happened to Paul McCartney in 1966, him having been replaced with a look-alike. After Burns' departure, the \"Blue's Clues\" actor was then replaced by Donovan Patton as Steve's younger brother \"Joe\". Burns made an appearance on \"The Rosie O'Donnell Show\" to dispute these rumors, and he and co-creator Angela Santomero appeared on \"The Today Show\" to help concerned parents extinguish the fears of kids who may have heard these rumors."}, {"context": " In an interview with The Huffington Post in 2016, Burns addresses the rumors about his departure: \"People think I left the show to pursue a music career. That didn\u2019t happen at all. I left the show because it was just simply time to go. I was pretty much playing a boyish, older-brotherish kind of character on the show. I was getting older; I was losing my hair; a lot of the original people on the show, like the people who created it, were all moving on to other careers. It just felt like time. I just had a gut feeling like it was time to go.\" Burns still owns the original Thinking Chair, which his non-animated dog Mickey reportedly loves to sit on."}, {"context": " Burns consulted on the casting process for the upcoming revival of \"Blue's Clues\", titled \"Blue's Clues & You\", and helped pick the new host, Joshua Dela Cruz. Burns worked on material for his first album, \"Songs for Dustmites\", for two and a half years at a small studio in his home in Brooklyn before it was produced by PIAS Records in late 2002. He started work on the album after he left \"Blue's Clues\" in 2002, and it was later released in 2003. He posted eleven songs on his webpage, and then realizing he needed help with drums and arrangements went to Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips for advice. Drozd assisted Burns with six tracks, Lips bassist Michael Ivins engineered the album, and longtime Lips producer David Fridmann produced it. One of the songs from the album, \"Mighty Little Man,\" is used as the opening theme for the CBS series \"Young Sheldon.\""}, {"context": " Burns started a band, Steve Burns and the Struggle, and completed his second album, \"Deep Sea Recovery Efforts\", which was released in 2009. Members of the Struggle include Drozd and Ryan Smith of A Million Billion. Burns acted in the 2007 horror-comedy film \"Netherbeast Incorporated\" with Darrell Hammond and Dave Foley, playing the part of a vampire. In 2008, he played an astronaut in \"Christmas on Mars\", a science fiction film from The Flaming Lips. In March 2012, he appeared in the YouTube comedy series \"The Professionals\".  In late 2016, Burns released a children's album with Drozd, titled \"Foreverywhere\". They released a video of the album's first song, \"The Unicorn and Princess Rainbow\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burr", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Burr (born 12 January 1960) is a Scottish former footballer and is the first team manager at Stafford Rangers. Steve Burr began his football career as a player with Stafford Rangers but it was with a summer 1984 move to Macclesfield Town that he really started to make a name for himself. He was the Silkmen's leading goal scorer as they finished runners-up to Rangers in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and also scored their first ever goal in the Football Conference after helping them to promotion up to non-league's top tier."}, {"context": " Burr is still highly thought of at Macclesfield, where he was part of one of their most successful periods as a club. His spell went on to include two FA Trophy Final appearances. In 1990 Sir Alex Ferguson brought a Manchester United team to Moss Rose to celebrate Burr's testimonial year. He began his managerial career at Nuneaton Borough, where he was originally assistant to Brendan Phillips before taking over as manager when Phillips was sacked in 2000. He left Nuneaton after their relegation from the Football Conference at the end of the 2002\u201303 season, and moved on to become manager of Hucknall Town. He achieved virtually instant success, cruising to the Northern Premier League Premier Division title in his sole season at the club in 2003/04."}, {"context": " The lure of management higher up the pyramid took Burr into the Conference with Northwich Victoria at that stage, and once again he made a serious impact - although this time on a different scale. Almost immediately, he was dealt a huge blow with a ten-point deduction, which threatened the Vics' survival. Against all odds, the side achieved what was considered the impossible by battling to survival on the pitch - only for 'non football' issues to heartbreakingly see them relegated once again. That would have been enough of a hammer blow to anyone's managerial career and progress, but Burr hardly let the demotion affect him, as he swiftly led Northwich straight back to the Conference by winning the Conference North Championship. Along the way, he took his side to the Third Round of the FA Cup and a dream date with Premier League side Sunderland A.F.C, and was voted Manager of the Season. The season had begun well with Alex Ferguson yet again playing a part in Burr's career by bringing a Manchester United side to Northwich to celebrate the opening of their new ground, the Victoria Stadium."}, {"context": " As Northwich found themselves submerged with off-field problems, Burr still managed to work wonders with Northwich in the Conference in 2006/07 - leading them to a safe, mid-table position as well as leading them to the FA Trophy semi-final, a run that was ended by Harriers who themselves went on to make Wembley. In November 2005, Burr was appointed Assistant Manager to Paul Fairclough as part of the England C managerial team. His first game resulted in a 2-0 victory over Belgium. Since 2006, under Fairclough's and Burr's guidance, England C have recorded 19 wins, 7 draws and have only suffered 4 defeats."}, {"context": " Burr finally left troubled Vics that summer, but understandably he was not out of work for long, as he was quickly unveiled as manager of Stalybridge Celtic. His somewhat magical touch continued to rub off - Burr took his new side all the way to the Conference North play-off Final in 2008, only to be beaten by a single goal as Barrow went on to claim promotion to the Conference National. His appointment as Kidderminster Harriers manager on a two-and-a-half year contract in January 2010 saw him once again have the opportunity to have a crack at management in the Conference National. He had a magnificent start at Aggborough with a 4-1 thrashing of Grays Athletic on his home d\u00e9but. This was the first game of an 8-game unbeaten streak as his side made an unlikely bid for the play-offs and progressed to the semi-finals of the FA Trophy. This earned him the division's Manager of the Month title for February 2010 but this was to be the last accolade of the season for Burr and the Harriers as they went out of the FA Trophy to eventual finalists and Conference champions, Stevenage Borough, and a drop in form saw them finish 13th in the league."}, {"context": " In March 2011 Kidderminster refused fellow Conference side Grimsby Town permission to talk to Burr about the possibility of him becoming the next Mariners manager. Burr followed this up by stating that he was happy to stay at Kidderminster. This was clarified when Burr and assistant Gary Whild both signed contract extensions to the end of the 2013-14 season. The Harriers went on to finish sixth in the Conference, one place outside the play-offs, after slipping to defeats late in the season at home to Darlington and away to Rushden & Diamonds and suffering a points deduction after financial problems off the field."}, {"context": " In 2013, Burr received the Conference Premier Manager of the Month award for February after steering his side to five straight wins in five matches. Kidderminster conceded just three goals in the month and found the net no less than 12 times. The award was Burr's second of the season having previously been named the Manager of the Month for December 2012. February's award was the culmination of a run 15 wins in 17 league games. After a thrilling last day of the season that saw Kiddy miss out on automatic promotion by two points the club failed to get past Wrexham in the Play-offs. Despite this Burr was named the Conference Premier Manager of the Season after recording a better away record than title-winning manager Mansfield's Paul Cox."}, {"context": " On 1 November 2013 it was announced that Steve had been given permission to speak with Forest Green Rovers in relation to the vacant managerial role at that club. He turned down the offer, and elected to stay at the Harriers. On 7 January 2014 it became public knowledge that Steve Burr had been removed from his post as manager of Kidderminster Harriers. Just two days later the club announced he was to be replaced by Andy Thorn formerly manager of Coventry City. On 18 January 2014, Chester announced Burr as their new full-time manager until the end of the season with an option to extend the deal into the following season.  Burr was sacked by Chester on 7 April 2016. Burr was announced as the new manager of Southport on 8 September 2016. A club statement on 30 January 2017 stated that Burr had been relieved of his duties."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burrage", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Burrage (born July 7, 1952) is an American politician from Oklahoma and the Chairman of the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Burrage served as Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector upon appointment by Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry on July 10, 2008, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of former state auditor, Jeff McMahan. Burrage served until his defeat in the 2010 general election by Republican Gary Jones. Steve Burrage was born in Durant, Oklahoma. A member of the Choctaw Nation, he is the brother of former U.S. District Court judge, Michael Burrage, and the uncle of former Oklahoma state senator, Sean Burrage. In 1975, he earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Oklahoma. Following his graduation from college, he attained licensure as a certified public accountant in Oklahoma. He began his professional career as a partner in the C.P.A. firm of Burgess and Burrage from 1977 to 1982. In 1982, he joined FirstBank of Antlers, Oklahoma, serving as president and CEO from then until 1984, when he assumed additional duties as chairman of the board. He served as president until 1990, as CEO until 2005, and as chairman of the board until 2008."}, {"context": " Upon accepting his appointment as state auditor and inspector, he announced that he would seek a full term in the 2010 election if he felt he had had success. In that election, he was defeated by Republican Gary Jones. Burrage's office audited the Wagoner, Oklahoma school district and identified $270,000 missing from the district's child nutrition program from 2005 to 2009. Following completion of his service as state auditor and inspector in January, 2011, he re-joined FirstBank as chairman of the board, and is a former board member of the Oklahoma Policy Institute. In June, 2012, he was appointed to the Oklahoma Board of Corrections by Governor Mary Fallin.  In January 2015, Governor Mary Fallin named Burrage to serve on the Oklahoma Tax Commission to succeed Jerry Johnson, who was retiring. Fallin also named Burrage as the Chairman of the Commission in July 2015."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burrows", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Burrows is an award-winning Canadian mystery writer, journalist, and past recipient of a \u201cNature Writer of the Year\u201d award from BBC Wildlife. His 2014 novel, \"A Siege of Bitterns\", received widespread critical acclaim upon its release and was named one of the top 100 books of 2014 by \"The Globe and Mail\" before going on to win the 2015 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Burrows moved to Ontario with his family following grammar school. After completing an English degree at York University, Burrows moved to Hong Kong where he served as editor of the \"Hong Kong Bird Watching Society magazine\" and contributing field editor for \"Asian Geographic\". He currently lives in Oshawa, Ontario."}, {"context": " In 2014, Burrows published his debut novel, \"A Siege of Bitterns\". The novel was well received upon its release, with Joan Barfoot of the \"London Free Press\" praising the way it \"tucks some ominous environmental alarms and information into its criminal investigations.\". \"The Globe and Mail\" called the novel \"a debut of a major new Canadian talent\" and named it one of top 100 books of 2014. The novel won the 2015 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burtenshaw", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Burtenshaw (born 23 November 1935) is an English former footballer and manager. Burtenshaw played as a wing half for Brighton & Hove Albion. As a manager, he was at the helm of clubs Sheffield Wednesday, Everton, Queens Park Rangers and Arsenal. Burtenshaw started off his playing days in 1952 whilst featuring as a wing half for Brighton & Hove Albion. At Albion, he won the Third Division (South) title in 1957-58. As well with the Seagulls he lifted the Fourth Division title in 1964-65. Altogether he was capped within the Football League a sum of 237 times by Brighton & Hove."}, {"context": " After his playing days came to an end Burtenshaw became a coach at Brighton. Amongst the players he took under his wing was Howard Wilkinson, the future First Division winning manager of Leeds United. Burtenshaw joined Arsenal as a coach in 1971, succeeding Don Howe after his departure to West Bromwich Albion. Burtenshaw stayed for two years before resigning, despite the club reaching an FA Cup final and coming second in the First Division. Soon after, he moved to Sheffield Wednesday and spent two years there as manager. He later became a coach at Everton, managing the side in a caretaker capacity for three games in January 1977 after the club sacked Billy Bingham. He also went on to be at the helm of club Queens Park Rangers from 1978 to 1979."}, {"context": " Burtenshaw later returned to Arsenal as a coach and scout, and was caretaker manager of the club between March and May 1986, after the resignation of Don Howe as manager; Arsenal finished seventh in the First Division that season. He returned to his coaching role after the club appointed George Graham that summer. Burtenshaw's time at the club was overshadowed when he admitted taking \"bungs\" for signing John Jensen, in the scandal that led to Graham's sacking as Arsenal manager. He was fined \u00a37,500 with \u00a32,500 costs by the Football Association.  After leaving Arsenal along with Bruce Rioch in 1996, Burtenshaw became chief scout under Stewart Houston at Queens Park Rangers. Despite suffering a stroke in 2001 he later joined Kevin Keegan as scout at Manchester City, before retiring from football altogether."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burton", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Burton may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Burton (actor)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Jack Stephen Burton (born June 28, 1970) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Jason Morgan on \"General Hospital\" from 1991 to 2012 and 2017 to present, and Dylan McAvoy on \"The Young and the Restless\" from 2013 to 2017. He also voiced the character Cloud Strife in a wide range of Square Enix products, including \"\" and the \"Kingdom Hearts\" series. In 2017, Burton returned to \"General Hospital\" in the role of Jason Morgan, under the alias of \"Patient 6.\" Burton got his break as surfer boy Chris Fuller on \"Out of This World\" in 1987, and later appeared as Harris Michaels on \"Days of Our Lives\" in 1988. In the 1990s he studied acting at Theater Theater in Hollywood, California, coached by Chris Aable. Burton began playing Jason Morgan on \"General Hospital\" in 1991, and won a Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1998. In 2007, Burton also appeared as Jason in the first season of \"\"."}, {"context": " Burton appeared in the science fiction miniseries \"Taken\" and in the movie \"The Last Castle\" in 2001 with Robert Redford and James Gandolfini. Burton is also the voice actor of Cloud Strife in the \"Kingdom Hearts\" series and the \"Compilation of Final Fantasy VII\" (excluding \"Final Fantasy VII\" itself, since it had no voice acting). He has voiced Cloud in the game \"Kingdom Hearts\" and its sequel, \"Kingdom Hearts II\", as well as in the CGI movie \"\" and the video games \"\", \"\", \"\" and \"Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy\"."}, {"context": " On August 28, 2012, Burton confirmed that he would exit \"General Hospital\" in October; he last appeared on-air on October 26, 2012. On January 29, 2013, he joined the cast of \"The Young and the Restless\" as Dylan McAvoy. On October 6, 2016, Burton announced via social media that he would not renew his deal with the soap, and would exit the role of Dylan. He was subsequently awarded another Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor for his \"The Young and the Restless\" role in 2017. In June 2017, ABC Daytime announced that Burton would be returning to \"General Hospital\"."}, {"context": " Burton was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Tory Burton, an optician, and father Jack Burton (after whom he is named), now divorced. He was raised in a suburb of Cleveland called Richmond Heights, before moving to Hollywood. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. Burton married Sheree Gustin on January 16, 1999. They have three children, two daughters and a son. Burton appeared on \"High Stakes Poker\" season three, and donated his earnings to his fan club for the building of a clubhouse."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burton (footballer, born 1982)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Peter Graham Burton (born 10 October 1982) is an English footballer who last played for \u00d6stersunds FK. Born in Hull, Burton, a left footed defender, worked his way through the Hull City Academy and was taken on as a Youth Trainee within the School of Excellence. He was given his first start by youth coach Billy Russell (now caretaker manager), in an evening match against Rochdale on 12 October 2000. There he was seen by Peter Taylor, who gave Burton a further year's contract. Unable to maintain a first team place with Hull, Burton was sent on loan to various clubs including Kidderminster Harriers, where Hull City's former manager, Jan Molby, was in charge. Molby eventually managed to lure Burton away from Hull and to agree permanent terms at Kidderminster. Following one successful season at Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster started to flounder and Molby was released. His replacement, Stuart Watkiss, left Burton out of his first team plans and, with fewer matches for Burton, he left to pursue a career in football in Melbourne, Australia with Richmond. After one season with Richmond, Burton joined Green Gully. In October 2010 he returned to England and signed for North Ferriby United. After five months in England with North Ferriby United signed in March 2011 for \u00d6stersunds FK.(Sweden)"}]}, {"title": "Steve Burton (footballer, born 1983)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Paul Burton (born 9 October 1983) is an English footballer. Burtons former teams include Boston United, Doncaster Rovers, Scarborough, Crawley Town and Harrogate Town. On 28 June 2007, local newspaper Tamworth Herald confirmed that Tamworth manager Gary Mills had said that Burton hadn't been offered a new deal at the club and was unlikely to receive one along with fellow striker Jon Stevenson. It was confirmed on 2 July 2007 that Burton had teamed up with his former manager Mark Cooper, who he played under at Tamworth, by signing a one-year deal with Kettering Town."}, {"context": " He has however been allowed to leave the club and was given a trial with Cambridge United. On 11 December 2007, Burton left Kettering Town to join Harrogate Town. Steve made his Harrogate Town debut on 22 December 2008 against Worcester City however Harrogate Town lost 1-0. Steve scored his first goal for Harrogate Town in the 2-2 draw against Hyde United on 29 December 2007 in the last minute of the game. Throughout the remainder of the season Steve suffered from an abdominal injury that limited his starting chances. At the end of the season, Steve found himself on the released list at Harrogate Town and joined Guiseley AFC. In September 2010 he signed for Bradford Park Avenue.  In February 2011 Burton signed for Football West Premier League side Balcatta SC - he made his debut for the club on 20 March scoring a hat-trick in their 5-1 win at Bayswater City. In July 2012 he joined South Melbourne FC. In January 2013 he joined Football West Premier League side Bayswater City Soccer Club."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burton (sports journalist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Burton is a television sports reporter for WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV in Boston. The son of former Boston Patriots player Ron Burton, Steve Burton grew up in Framingham, Massachusetts and is a graduate of Northwestern University holding a bachelor of science degree in Communications and a master's degree in Broadcast journalism. He lives in the Boston area with his wife and four children. Starting in 1993, Burton worked as a sports anchor and reporter for New England Sports Network (NESN), hosting the pre and post game shows for the Boston Red Sox."}, {"context": " In 1994, Burton joined WBZ-TV where he has worked as a sports reporter and sports anchor. He also appears on the weekly program Sports Final and fills in as host when Bob Lobel is away. He also appears on the stations Patriots 5th Quarter show. Burton is also a frequent guest on WEEI's The Big Show certain times of the year. Nicknamed \"vest\" for his sharp dress, Burton is occasionally criticized for showing up late on the radio and is also ribbed for his appetite, as he ate nine large slices of pizza on the air during a 2009 broadcast."}, {"context": " Burton is a friend of controversial former baseball player Jose Canseco and has featured Canseco on an occasional weekend show he hosts on WEEI, most famously on October 14, 2007 during the New England Patriots' game against the Dallas Cowboys, though the football game was never mentioned as the subject was baseball's continuing steroids controversy. Burton also has arranged interviews with Canseco for WEEI. Burton is also known to play golf with his good friend David Weinberg. Burton became WBZ's sports director following Bob Lobel's firing in early April 2008."}, {"context": " Burton's daughters graduated division I athletes from Lehigh University and Villanova where they played basketball. Burton's daughter Veronica will be joining Northwestern University in 2018 where she will be playing basketball. Burton\u2019s son, Austin, is currently a quarterback for UCLA. Karin Weinberg is also known to frequently laugh when Steve Burton beats Dave 1 or Dave 2 in golf. Burton spends time working at the Ron Burton Training Village, a 5-week sports camp for inner city youths. That organization awarded him the MIAA/Ron Burton Community Service Award in 2003. He also serves as a board member on several children's charities including the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burtt Jr.", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Dwayne Burtt Jr. (; born March 7, 1984) is an American-born naturalized Ukrainian professional basketball player for the Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek Basket League. After four years at Iona, Burtt entered the 2006 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds. Burtt Jr. played high school basketball at Rice High School, in New York City, New York. As of April 2015 Burtt Jr. is Iona\u2019s second all-time leader in scoring with 2,034 points, behind his father Steve Burtt Sr.. They are one of just two father-son duos to score 2,000 points each in NCAA Division I basketball, the other being Dell Curry and Steph Curry. In 2012, he was inducted in Iona basketball Hall of Fame. Burtt Jr. was named first team All-MAAC in 2006, second team All-MAAC in 2005 and third team All-MAAC (2004)."}, {"context": " On March 5, 2009, Burtt signed with Vive Menorca of Spain. On April 28, 2009, he was released by Menorca. In the summer of 2009, he signed with Apollon Limassol of Cyprus. In January 2010, he moved to Ukraine and signed with BC Ferro-ZNTU for the remainder of the season. In August 2010, he signed with BC Dnipro of Ukraine. In July 2011, he re-signed with Dnipro for one more season. In July 2012, he signed a 1+1 contract with Tofa\u015f of Turkey. In January 2013, he parted ways with Tofa\u015f. In March 2013, he moved to Russia and signed with Avtodor Saratov for the rest of the season."}, {"context": " On September 26, 2013, he signed with Spartak Saint Petersburg of Russia for the 2013\u201314 season. On July 31, 2014, Burtt signed with Stelmet Zielona G\u00f3ra of Poland. On December 5, 2014, he left Zielona G\u00f3ra and signed a two-year deal with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada of Spain. On April 13, 2015, he left Fuenlabrada and signed with Atl\u00e9ticos de San Germ\u00e1n of Puerto Rico for the rest of the 2015 BSN season. On August 21, 2015, he signed with Byblos Club of Lebanon. In May 2016, he signed in China with the Guizhou White Tigers for the 2016 NBL season."}, {"context": " On February 10, 2017, Burtt signed with the Greek club Apollon Patras. On March 31, 2018, Burtt moved to Faros Larissas, after stints in Lebanon, Puerto Rico and Iran. On May 10, 2018 Burtt signed with Ionikos Nikaias B.C., but the deal never came through. On September 26, 2018, he joined another Greek team, the Rethymno Cretan Kings. In 2011, he acquired Ukrainian citizenship and represented the Ukrainian national team in EuroBasket 2011. Burtt is the son of former Iona College and NBA player Steve Burtt Sr. He received a degree from Iona in Marketing."}]}, {"title": "Steve Burtt Sr.", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Dwayne Burtt (born November 5, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'2\" point guard played in the NBA sporadically from 1984 until 1993. He also had an established playing career overseas. Born in New York, Burtt played high school basketball for Charles Evans Hughes before enrolling to Iona to play for the Gaels. Burtt now teaches at Bronx Collegiate Academy (Bronx, Ny) In his 4 season with Iona Burtt played in 121 games averaging 20.9 points per game, 3.5 rebounds per game and 1.7 steals per game. He is the all-time leader of Iona in total points scored for the school with 2,534. He also has several other school records including career field goals made and attempted and season field goals made. Burtt also held the single-season scoring record with 732, a record broken in 2006 by his son Steve Burtt Jr.. During his college career he was named three times in the All-MAAC first team (1982\u20131984) and twice All-MAAC Player of the Year (1983\u20131984). They are one of just two father-son duos to score 2,000 points each in NCAA Division I basketball, the other being Dell Curry and Steph Curry."}, {"context": " Burtt was selected 30th overall in the 1984 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors. In his rookie season injuries shortened his playing to 47 games, averaging 4.2 points per game on .383 shooting. He played professionally in Greece in 1992 before being banned for life from its basketball league for drug violations, consisting of cocaine and hashish found in his luggage returning from a visit to the US. In Italy Burtt changed teams annually in Serie A and, in a timespan of six years, he contested in 155 games averaging 28.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. In 2007, Burtt was named by Maccabi Rishon LeZion B.C. as the \"Best Foreigner Player\" of the last 20 years.  Burtt is the father of former Iona College basketball player Steve Burtt Jr., who shares his name, and played for the senior Ukrainian national team."}]}, {"title": "Steve Busby", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Lee \"Buzz\" Busby (born September 29, 1949) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Kansas City Royals. He batted and threw right-handed. A bright prospect, Busby won 56 games in his first three full seasons, only to have his career derailed by a rotator cuff tear. Drafted by the Royals in in the second round, the University of Southern California graduate made his debut the following season and stuck in the major leagues for good in , when he won 16 games and on April 27 pitched the first no-hitter in Kansas City Royals history, defeating the Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium 3-0 on April 27. Busby became the first no-hit pitcher who did not come to bat during the entire game, with the American League having adopted the designated hitter rule that year."}, {"context": " In a game against the California Angels on September 20, 1972, Busby hit a grand slam only to have it taken back by the first base umpire John Rice who said time out had been called to eject Jerry May. Nonetheless, Busby went on to hit a double and two singles in the game, while also earning the victory on the mound. In , Busby enjoyed his best season, winning 22 games and making the American League All-Star team. He also pitched a second no-hitter on June 19, this one against the Milwaukee Brewers at County Stadium. Yielding only a second-inning walk to George Scott, Busby defeated the Brewers 2-0, besting Clyde Wright\u2014himself a no-hit pitcher in 1970. With this no-hitter, Busby became the first pitcher in major-league history to throw no-hitters in each of his first two complete seasons. In he won 18 games and made the All-Star team again."}, {"context": " Busby had struggled with his control early in his career, but his problems returned to a greater degree in when he was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff; an injury that at the time ended a pitcher's career. Busby subsequently became the first baseball player to undergo rotator cuff surgery. In an effort to help his arm recover from the surgery, his doctor recommended that Busby be placed on a pitch count. He is often believed to be the first baseball player to be placed on a pitch count, something that Busby has stated is a myth. Before his injury, he is alleged to have thrown close to 200 pitches in a game, which Busby also says is untrue."}, {"context": " Unfortunately for Busby, the surgery did not save his career. After missing the entire season and most of , he pitched in 22 games (including 12 starts) the next year, compiling a respectable 6-6 record with a 3.63 ERA, but his walks outnumbered his strikeouts (64-to-45). In he even pitched a one-hitter, but otherwise pitched ineffectively, compiling a 6.17 ERA and allowing 80 baserunners in 42.1 innings. He pitched his final game on August 26 and the Royals released him three days later. Busby signed a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals before the season, but never pitched in the major leagues again."}, {"context": " In an eight-year career, Busby posted a 70-54 record with 659 strikeouts and a 3.72 in 1060.2 innings. Despite the brevity of his career, Busby was among the first two players elected to the Royals Hall of Fame. Outfielder Amos Otis was the other. In 2009 he was elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. His 70 career victories ranks him ninth on the Royals' all-time list. Following the end of his playing career, Busby became a sportscaster, primarily for the Texas Rangers, and has also worked as an instructor at a baseball school. Unlike most former players, Busby acts as both a play-by-play man and a color commentator, and traded positions with Eric Nadel on radio broadcasts. After replacing Dave Barnett as television play-by-play announcer in the middle of the 2012 season, Busby had been working exclusively on play-by-play, with Tom Grieve on color. However, in October 2016, the Rangers announced that Busby would not be returning for the 2017 season. Dave Raymond has replaced Busby for the 2017 season."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buscemi", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Vincent Buscemi (; ; born December 13, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, director, and former firefighter. Buscemi has starred and supported in numerous successful Hollywood and indie films, including \"Parting Glances\", \"New York Stories\", \"Mystery Train\", \"Reservoir Dogs\", \"Desperado\", \"Con Air\", \"Armageddon\", \"The Grey Zone\", \"Ghost World\", \"Big Fish\", and \"The Death of Stalin\". He is also known for his appearances in the Coen brothers films \"Miller's Crossing\", \"Barton Fink\", \"The Hudsucker Proxy\", \"Fargo\", and \"The Big Lebowski\". Buscemi provides the voice of Randall Boggs in the \"Monsters, Inc.\" franchise."}, {"context": " From 2010 to 2014 he portrayed Enoch \"Nucky\" Thompson in the critically acclaimed series \"Boardwalk Empire\", which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe, and two nominations for an Emmy Award. He made his directorial debut in 1996 with \"Trees Lounge\", in which he also starred. Other works include \"Animal Factory\" (2000), \"Lonesome Jim\" (2005), and \"Interview\" (2007). He has also directed numerous episodes of TV shows, including \"\", \"The Sopranos\", \"Oz\", \"30 Rock\", and \"Nurse Jackie\". He currently hosts the Emmy Award-winning AOL On comedy talk-show \"Park Bench\"."}, {"context": " Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to John Buscemi, a sanitation worker and Korean War veteran, and Dorothy (n\u00e9e Wilson) Buscemi, a hostess at Howard Johnson's. Buscemi's father was of Italian descent; his ancestors were from the town of Menfi in Sicily. Buscemi's mother was of Irish, English, and Dutch ancestry. He has three brothers\u2014Jon, Ken, and Michael. Michael is also an actor. Buscemi was raised Roman Catholic. The family moved to Valley Stream in Nassau County and Buscemi graduated in 1975 from Valley Stream Central High School, along with classmate and future actress Patricia Charbonneau. In high school Buscemi wrestled for the varsity squad and participated in the drama troupe. Buscemi's 1996 film \"Trees Lounge\", in which he starred and served as screenwriter and director, is set in and was largely shot in his childhood village of Valley Stream. Buscemi briefly attended Nassau Community College before moving to Manhattan to enroll in the Lee Strasberg Institute."}, {"context": " Having taken a civil service test in 1976, Buscemi became a firefighter in New York City in 1980. He served in the FDNY's Engine Co. 55 in Manhattan's Little Italy for four years. After 9/11, Buscemi returned to Engine 55 and for several days worked 12-hour shifts alongside other firefighters to sift through the rubble of the World Trade Center. In 2003, at a union rally, he gave a speech supporting higher wages for firefighters. In 2014 he was appointed an Honorary Battalion Chief of the FDNY."}, {"context": " Steve Buscemi made his film debut in the 1985 \"The Way It Is\", directed by Eric Mitchell and produced by No Wave Cinema. His other early films include \"Parting Glances\" (1986), \"Slaves of New York\" (1988), and \"\", a 1990 film in three segments. Buscemi starred in the first segment, playing Bellingham, a college student who orders a mummy and unleashes it on fellow college students (played by Christian Slater and Julianne Moore). In 1990 Buscemi had additional crime roles. He played the henchman of Laurence Fishburne named Test Tube in Abel Ferrara's \"King of New York.\""}, {"context": " He also played Mink in the Coen Brothers' \"Millers Crossing.\" Although he had to audition twice for this role, it marked the first of five of the Coen Brothers' films in which Buscemi performed. Before his work with the Coen Brothers, he appeared in Jim Jarmusch's anthology film \"Mystery Train,\" released in 1989, for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male. In 1991, he played the bellboy, Chet, in the Coen Brothers film \"Barton Fink\". His first lead role was as Adolpho Rollo in Alexandre Rockwell's \"In the Soup\" (1992). He gained wider attention as Mr. Pink in Quentin Tarantino's film \"Reservoir Dogs\" (1992), a role that Tarantino wrote for himself. He also appeared in Tarantino's next film, \"Pulp Fiction\", in which he acts as a waiter at the 1950s-themed restaurant patronized by Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega. In 1995, Buscemi played suspected cop-shooter Gordon Pratt in the episode \"End Game\" at the end of a three-episode arc of \"\". He also had a role as Phil Hickle, Ellen's father and older Pete's guidance counselor, in \"The Adventures of Pete and Pete\", as well as guest-starring in \"Miami Vice\" in 1986. Buscemi was rumored to be considered for the role of The Scarecrow in Joel Schumacher's proposed fifth installment of the first \"Batman\" franchise, \"Batman Unchained\", before Warner Bros. cancelled the project."}, {"context": " Buscemi's other most notable character roles include Carl Showalter in \"Fargo\", Garland Greene in \"Con Air\", Donny in \"The Big Lebowski\", Rockhound in \"Armageddon\", Seymour in \"Ghost World\" (for which he won several awards), Randall Boggs in \"Monsters, Inc.\" and \"Monsters University\", Romero in \"\", Norther Winslow in \"Big Fish\", Mr. Wesley in \"Home on the Range\", Mr. Horace Nebbercracker in \"Monster House\", Templeton the Rat in \"Charlotte's Web\", Scamper in \"Igor\" and Wayne in \"Hotel Transylvania\" and \"Hotel Transylvania 2\"."}, {"context": " Buscemi often plays characters who are neurotic and paranoid. He has frequently appeared in Adam Sandler films, such as \"Airheads\", \"Billy Madison\", \"The Wedding Singer\", \"Big Daddy\", \"Mr. Deeds\", \"I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry\", \"Grown Ups\", \"Grown Ups 2\", and \"The Cobbler\" and has regularly worked with Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Jim Jarmusch, Robert Rodriguez, and Michael Bay. He has said of his work, \"I don't think of myself as having a career. I think of having jobs. When I work, I want to have good jobs. I want to do interesting films. I also want to make a living. You don't always work on the things that you can put your heart into, so it's good to work on things that you can get into one hundred percent.\""}, {"context": " In 2002 Buscemi contributed to Lou Reed's concept album \"The Raven\" with the song \"Broadway Song\", and poems \"Old Poe\" and \"The Cask\". In 2003 Buscemi made a brief celebrity guest appearance as himself on the long-running Fox animated television show \"The Simpsons\", in the episode \"Brake My Wife, Please\". Most recently, Buscemi provided the voice for Dwight, a bank robber whom Marge Simpson befriends, in \"I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\", which originally aired on October 14, 2007. In 2004 Buscemi joined the cast of \"The Sopranos\" as Tony Soprano's cousin and childhood friend, Tony Blundetto, a role that earned him an Emmy Award nomination. Buscemi had previously contributed to the show as director of the third-season episode \"Pine Barrens\", which was one of the most critically acclaimed episodes of the series, and the fourth-season episode \"Everybody Hurts\". He appeared in episode three of season 6 as a doorman in the afterlife, which is portrayed as a country club in Tony Soprano's dream. He also directed the episodes \"In Camelot\", the seventh episode of season 5, and \"Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...\", the fifth episode of season 6. As well, he appeared in the music video for Joe Strummer's cover version of Bob Marley's \"Redemption Song\"."}, {"context": " Buscemi starred in the HBO series \"Boardwalk Empire\", as Enoch \"Nucky\" Thompson (based on Enoch L. Johnson), a corrupt Atlantic City politician who rules the town during the Prohibition era. He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor \u2013 Television Series Drama for the role. In 2011 he hosted NBC's \"Saturday Night Live\". He hosts, directs, and produces his own web series talk show, \"Park Bench\", which debuted in May 2014. In January 2016, Buscemi began co-starring alongside Louis C.K. in C.K.'s comedy-drama web series \"Horace and Pete\"."}, {"context": " Buscemi has also worked as a director, making his directing debut in the 1990s. His directorial credits include: In addition to feature films, he directed episodes of the television shows \"\"; four episodes of \"The Sopranos\", including one of the most critically acclaimed episodes: \"Pine Barrens\"; as well as two episodes of HBO's prison-drama series \"Oz\", entitled \"U.S. Male\" and \"Cuts Like a Knife\". He has also directed two episodes of \"30 Rock\" (\"Retreat to Move Forward\" and \"Leap Day\"), and six episodes of Showtime's \"Nurse Jackie\". In the latter, his brother Michael played the character \"God\" in several episodes. While scouting a location for a film, Buscemi visited the Philadelphia Eastern State Penitentiary and found the building so interesting that he later provided the majority of the narration for the audio tour there."}, {"context": " In an interview with \"The Hollywood Reporter\", Buscemi was adamant about not altering his misaligned teeth, saying, \"I've had dentists who have wanted to help me out, but I say, 'You know, I won't work again if you fix my teeth.'\" Buscemi is noted for wrinkles around his eyes, giving them an aged appearance. \"Buscemi eyes\" describes the result when his eyes are photoshopped onto others' faces. He does not find it amusing, while his wife does. Buscemi guest-starred in season 6 episode 7 of \"30 Rock\" as a private investigator. Playing against his image, during a flashback he appears to be disguised as a teenager as he says that he was \"part of a special task force of very young-looking cops who infiltrated high schools\"."}, {"context": " Buscemi grew up pronouncing his name as , in an anglicized way. In Sicily, where his people are from, it is pronounced as . He once remarked, \"I had to go to Sicily to find out I pronounce my name wrong.\" Buscemi was a New York City firefighter from 1980 to 1984, with Engine Company No. 55, in the Little Italy section of New York. The day after the 9/11 attacks in New York, he returned to his old firehouse to volunteer: he worked twelve-hour shifts for a week, and dug through rubble looking for missing firefighters. On May 25, 2003, Buscemi was arrested with nineteen other people, while protesting the closing of a number of firehouses, including Engine 55."}, {"context": " Buscemi married Jo Andres in 1987; they have one son. In April 2001, Buscemi was in Wilmington, North Carolina, shooting the film \"Domestic Disturbance\". He was stabbed multiple times after intervening in a bar fight between Vince Vaughn, Scott Rosenberg, and two local men, and was released from hospital after treatment. A guest in episode 13 of the genealogy series \"Who Do You Think You Are?\", he was helped to trace his maternal ancestry to Julia Vanderhoof and Ralph B. Montgomery (1834\u20131878), individuals of Dutch and English descent. The program aired March 25, 2011."}, {"context": " In the middle of 2011, he joined rallies against the threat of the closing of eight Brooklyn firehouses during the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, saying \"Closing [these firehouses] is no way to protect New York.\" In 2014, Buscemi starred in and narrated the HBO documentary \"A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY\", in which he revisited his work with fellow firefighters. He shares their stories, including those from September 11. Buscemi's acting career began in the mid-1980s, with roles in \"Not Necessarily the News\", \"Parting Glances\" and \"Kiss Daddy Goodnight\", among others. His supporting work in Jim Jarmusch's 1989 film \"Mystery Train \"earned him a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award. A few years later, he won that award, for his work in Quentin Tarantino's film \"Reservoir Dogs\". He has received other forms of recognition in subsequent films such as \"Fargo\" (1996), \"Trees Lounge\" (1996, as writer and director), and \"Ghost World\" (2001). In television, his work on \"The Sopranos\", \"Boardwalk Empire\", and \"Portlandia\" has received recognition."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buscemi filmography", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Buscemi is an American character actor, director and writer known for his role in \"Boardwalk Empire\", which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe, and two nominations for an Emmy Award."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bush", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bush (born July 4, 1974 in Paradise Valley, Arizona) is a former tight end and fullback in the NFL. He went to Arizona State University. Bush was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1997. After several years with the team playing mostly on special teams, he was signed by the St. Louis Rams during the 2001 offseason, but was cut before the end of training camp. He was then picked up by the Arizona Cardinals, where he played at both tight end and special teams. After being released by the Cardinals before the start of the 2004 season, he was signed by the 49ers in December 2004. As a member of the 49ers, he has seen starting time as both fullback and tight end, and has been a boost on special teams, providing key blocks for the return men."}]}, {"title": "Steve Bushell", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Paul Bushell (born 28 December 1972) is a former English footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Manchester, Greater Manchester, Bushell began his career at York City as a trainee in their youth system in the summer of 1989 and signed his first professional contract in February 1991. He spent seven years with the club, making 175 appearances and scoring 10 goals. In 1998, he joined Nigel Worthington's Blackpool. In three years at the club, Bushell made 78 appearances and scored six goals."}, {"context": " After a decade in the professional game, Bushell made the step down to non-league in 2001 when he joined Stalybridge Celtic. His stay at the club was short; he made just eighteen appearances in less than a year with Celtic. Bushell joined Halifax Town later in 2001, and he spent five years with them. He went on loan to Altrincham in late 2005, and was recalled by Halifax in January 2006. He moved there permanently in July 2006. Bushell agreed to stay with Altrincham in May 2007 following their relegation to the Conference North, but left a month later, despite the club being reprieved from relegation. He returned to Halifax Town on 18 June. He joined Hyde United in January 2008 and made six appearances for them in all competitions. Bushell signed for Bradford Park Avenue on a one-month contract in October and he made his debut in a 3\u20132 victory over Matlock Town."}]}, {"title": "Steve Busick", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Ray Busick (born December 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the seventh round of the 1981 NFL Draft. He graduated from Temple City High School in 1977, then played college football at USC. Busick also played for the Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers."}]}, {"title": "Steve Butland", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Butland (born March 26, 1941) is a Canadian politician. He represented the Sault Ste. Marie electoral district in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993 as a member of the New Democratic Party. Butland was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Before entering politics, served as principal at St. Hubert's (Catholic) elementary school from 1984 to 1988. Following his federal defeat, Butland ran for mayor of the city of Sault Ste. Marie in a special byelection in 1996, following the controversial resignation of Joe Fratesi. He was elected, succeeding Fratesi's appointed interim replacement Michael Sanzosti, and served until 2000, when he was defeated by John Rowswell. He subsequently ran for the city council as a ward councillor in the 2003 municipal election, and was elected."}]}, {"title": "Steve Butler", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Butler (born September 26, 1956, in Amarillo, Texas) won six national driving championships in USAC Sprint Car and Silver Crown open-wheel racing. Butler was highly regarded for his technical skills and performed chief mechanic duties on several of his winning race cars. He also communicated his view of racing to fans both as author and television commentator. Despite a relatively brief racing career (1981\u20131993), Butler is an inductee into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, the USAC Hall of Fame, and the Hoosier Auto Racing Fan's Hall of Fame. He retired at age 37 to pursue both an engineering career and more time with his growing family. Butler currently resides in Kokomo, IN."}, {"context": " In 1990, Butler became the first four-time Sprint Car National Champion in the 34-year history of the United States Automobile Club. USAC Butler won USAC sprint car races on pavement, dirt, and on dirt with wings. He is the only driver to win in all of these categories during a single USAC season. In addition to his Sprint Car championships, Butler won two championships in USAC's Silver Crown division. Winning six national championships places Butler in the top-tier of all-time USAC driving champions. This distinction includes all championships in any of USAC's national championship racing divisions including Indy Car, Silver Crown Car, Sprint Car, Midget, and Stock Car. In this category A. J. Foyt is first with 9 titles; Levi Jones, Mel Kenyon and the late Rich Vogler share second (7 titles each). Butler earned his six championships in just 10 seasons of USAC competition, the highest percentage of championships won vs. seasons raced of this group."}, {"context": " Steve was born to parents Bruce and Sharon Butler and has three sisters Linda, Laura, and Melanie. Due to Bruce's career as an USAF pilot, the family lived in England for four years shortly after Steve's birth. Bruce loved all things mechanical\u2014especially those that involve speed. He repaired and modified cars in his free time and also owned a go-kart that he drove on remote parts of the British aircraft parking ramps, often allowing young Steve to ride in his lap. Shortly after the family returned from England, Bruce was killed in an airplane crash. At the time, Steve was six years old but had already caught his father's enthusiasm for cars and airplanes. Steve set out to learn as much as possible about these mechanical wonders without benefit of his father's tutelage. By age 14, he had disassembled and rebuilt the family car and became known as the neighborhood \u201cmotor-head.\""}, {"context": " By age 20, Steve was a full-time student in the Flight Technology school at Vincennes University. Planning to become a pilot, he had earned his commercial pilot license and had distinguished himself by winning the school's \u201cTop Aerobatic Pilot\u201d award. However, he left school early to launch his professional motorcycle racing career. He was anxious to get serious about racing and was concerned that he was already 4 years older than most of his professional motorcycle racing peers. AMA Pro Racing Min. Age Requirements."}, {"context": " Butler launched his amateur bike racing career upon graduating from high school. His first opportunity came when a buddy agreed to let him race an old bike under a lease/purchase agreement. This involved Steve paying $25/week for the machine with earnings from flipping hamburgers after school. Realizing that his meager budget was insufficient to race competitively, Butler prevailed upon a friend to provide (free) transport to/from the races. This allowed Steve to buy tires and other racing essentials. The strategy worked and allowed Butler to begin winning races."}, {"context": " In 1976, Butler was able to win the AMA District 15 (Indiana) \u00bd Mile Flat Track Championship which convinced him to advance to professional motorcycle racing. However, in his first pro season Butler was severely injured during a race at the Onekama, MI \u00bd mile dirt track. He remained in the hospital for 30 days and spent nine months recovering from his injuries. This was the fourth time in four years that he found himself recovering from fractured bones resulting from motorcycle racing. In 1978, Butler rebounded from his injuries by winning a pro race at Beaver Dam, WI\u2014his very first event after recovering from the Onekama crash. More than 20 years later, Butler's exploits are recalled in a 2001 Cycle News article featuring racers successful in both motorcycle and automobile racing. This piece placed Butler on a short-list of motorcycle/car racers that included legends such as Joe Leonard, Swede Savage, and Steve Morehead."}, {"context": " Butler began 1979 aboard a Harley-Davidson XR-750\u2014famous for both its performance and high maintenance costs. Unfortunately, these costs became prohibitive and Butler had to stop racing mid-season due to insufficient finances. At this point, he began attending local sprint car races and became inspired to abandon the unreliable Harley for a new kind of racer. If Butler's motorcycle racing was conducted on a \u201cshoe-string\u201d budget, his entry into Sprint Car racing was seemingly hopeless\u2014he was attempting to enter an advanced class of auto racing with no money and no prior auto racing experience. He was also nearly 25 years old and the sport was tilting towards very young drivers; in just a few years Jeff Gordon would begin his own sprint car career at age 13. Undaunted, Butler jumped in with both feet by selling all of his race bikes and his transport van (his only personal transportation). When liquidating his assets was insufficient to buy a sprint car, he convinced his future wife, Thomasa Brock, to help him obtain a loan using her own home as collateral. This provided enough money to buy a beat-up old Sprint Car."}, {"context": " Butler spent the winter of 1980\u201381 rebuilding the crashed and worn-out car in his mom's garage, using only hand tools and a gas-welding rig. The lack of sophisticated tools made this work very labor-intensive. Butler relied on a dedicated group of friends who volunteered to provide the labor and skills necessary to get the fabrication work done. Steve planned the overall design, performed the engine building, and participated in the fabrication work. As the 1981 season opened, Butler was pouring all available money into the race car and was still without street wheels of any sort. Once again, a friend came to the rescue by offering to tow the race car. Despite these financial problems, Butler was able to win his very first (heat) race. This quick success led to Butler's first big break when Ezra Beachy, a local engine shop owner, offered Butler an engine sponsorship"}, {"context": " Although the Beachy engine sponsorship was very exciting, Butler's immediate problem was that he was rapidly running out of the money needed for essentials such as race tires and fuel. After only three weeks of racing, it was now uncertain if the team could even make the next race, let alone a full season. The atmosphere was gloomy, within Mom Butler's garage/race shop, when a newspaper delivery kid mentioned that one of his customers was a race fan. Butler immediately followed-up on this tip by arranging to meet with Bud Whitacre, a local supermarket owner. This led to $500 for a new set of tires and the beginning of a lifelong relationship."}, {"context": " In January 1983, Butler began the year by marrying Thomasa. Unfortunately, the couple could not yet afford a honey-moon. This problem was solved, later that year, when Butler won the 1983 Paragon Speedway track championship. Instead of a trophy, track promoter Mike Johnson supplied the couple with a trip to the Bahamas which became their belated honey-moon trip. In 1982, Butler's first USAC appearance was dramatic. On his first qualifying lap, still driving his original home-built race car, Butler set a new track record at Bloomington, IN; on the second lap he flipped out of the track. Steve did return to race six USAC races in 1983, posting top-three finishes in half of these. However, his primary focus was on winning the 1983 Paragon track championship."}, {"context": " Butler mounted his first effort to campaign the full USAC Sprint Car series in 1984. He quickly seized national attention by winning his first USAC race on live television. The Jud Larson/Don Branson memorial, held on the high-banked \u00bd mile at Eldora Speedway, was broadcast on ABC's Wide World of Sports. The win was unexpected, as Butler started 10th behind formidable veterans such as Jack Hewitt, Sheldon Kinser, and Rickey Hood. However, Butler quickly moved through the field to take the lead from Hewitt on the 16th lap to claim his first USAC victory."}, {"context": " In June, Steve and Thomasa became parents with the birth of Jennifer. Just two days later, Butler won the annual Kokomo Classic race with both his wife and newborn daughter in attendance. By the end of the year, Butler had won 5 USAC sprint races, one less than eventual series champion Rickey Hood. The most impressive of these was at the flat Terre Haute Action Track \u00bd mile; Butler started 7th and then drove past visiting champions Ken Schrader (defending USAC champ) and Steve Kinser (defending World of Outlaws champ) to earn the win. Butler went on to finish the season 3rd in USAC points."}, {"context": " In February, Butler started the 1985 season driving in Phoenix (AZ) in a locally owned car. In April, as the Midwest Spring began, he was back in the Whitacre/Beachy sprint car. However, by the end of the year, he had driven for at least 9 different race teams and had advanced to 2nd in the USAC sprint championship standings. In August, Butler hooked-up with Phil Poor, who had just purchased his first sprint car by way of a bargain-priced package. This deal included the car, engine, spares, transport trailer, and even a rusted out Chevy Suburban tow vehicle. Butler and Poor began to win races with the old sprint car even though it had been cast aside\u2014as uncompetitive\u2014by its previous owner. In response, Poor named the under-appreciated car \u201cOl\u2019 Whitey.\u201d This little team was the genesis for many years of racing success, as Butler and Poor went on to win four USAC titles together."}, {"context": " Late in the season, Butler joined with the Jarrett racing team to compete in the Springfield Silver Crown race, finishing in the top ten. The new team then finished 2nd in the annual Hoosier Hundred at Indianapolis, nearly winning the race. These performances earned Butler the title of 1985 USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year. In 1986, Ol' Whitey returned as the centerpiece of Phil Poor's small race team. With new sponsorship from Jeff Stoops, Butler drove the faithful car to a very successful racing season. They won USAC races, AllStar Circuit of Champions races and posted some top-five World of Outlaws finishes. The team also won many non-sanctioned \u201cspecial\u201d races including the Indiana Sprint Week championship. In September, Butler capped-off the year by winning the USAC Sprint Championship."}, {"context": " Butler continued to improve in the Silver Crown series and advanced to 2nd in the 1986 championship standings. At Indianapolis Raceway Park, Steve impressed the racing fraternity by nearly winning in his very first attempt to race on pavement. Butler started in 16th and then proceeded to drive into the lead, passing NASCAR and Indy 500 competitors such as Ken Schrader, Gary Bettenhausen, and Rich Vogler. Although tire problems dropped him to 2nd at the finish, Butler's race-leading performance had grabbed attention."}, {"context": " Butler finished the season with a win at Gas City, IN. This win came the day after Austin, his new son, was born. As with Jennifer's birth, the Butler's celebrated their new child with a race win. In 1987, the team debuted with brand new equipment as Jeff Stoops supplied the resources to create a truly professional class race team. The team continued its practice of running a variety of races, while concentrating on the USAC Sprint series. A highlight of the year was winning the Tony Hulman classic at Terre Haute Action Track Butler went on to claim his 2nd straight USAC Sprint Championship and was awarded \u201cDriver of the Year\u201d by the Hoosier Auto Racing Fan club."}, {"context": " In the Silver Crown series standings Butler had a strong run and scored top-five finishes in over half the races. He also continued to show potential as a pavement racer, by finishing top-three at both Indianapolis Raceway Park and Phoenix International Raceway. However, in the point standings he was, for the second year in a row, 2nd behind the tough Jack Hewitt. In 1988, Butler became the first driver to win three consecutive USAC sprint championships. Two of these were during a brief period (1987\u20131990) in which USAC added winged dirt races to the traditional mix of pavement and dirt non-winged races. This new challenge provided Steve a chance to demonstrate his versatility by winning all three types of races during the 1988 season."}, {"context": " Eldora Speedway, always a Butler favorite, was the site of great dirt wins. In July, Butler won a USAC winged-sprint race at the track. Visiting World of Outlaws stars such as Jac Haudenschild, Jimmy Sills, and Brad Doty made this an especially tough win. These drivers were using the USAC race to prepare for Eldora's King's Royal, the track's premier winged-sprint car race, scheduled the following weekend. A few months later, Butler also won Eldora's most prestigious non-wing sprint race\u2014the annual USAC Four-Crown National."}, {"context": " The highlight of Butler's season was his dominance of the new pavement races at Indianapolis Raceway Park where he won on ESPN television and was fastest at the races that he didn\u2019t win outright (due to mechanical misfortune). In the process, Butler pioneered a new style of passing on the banked oval. His spectacular maneuver was dubbed \u201cThe Butler Grass-Cutter Move\u201d by ESPN announcers Larry Nuber and Steve Chassey. Twenty years later, this technique was cited as an influence by NASCAR star Jason Leffler after his win in the 2007 Kroger 200 at ORP."}, {"context": " In the Silver Crown series, Butler finally defeated Jack Hewitt to win the championship. This achievement highlighted Butler's technical capabilities as he was \"chief mechanic\", as well as driver, on the winning Jarrett Farms race car. Butler did not defend his USAC titles in 1989 due to his bid to enter Indy Car racing and compete in the Indianapolis 500. Driving a Jeff Stoops-owned Lola/Cosworth, Butler established himself as a top rookie contender by posting the fastest speed (214.246\u00a0mph) achieved during the mandatory rookie orientation testing. At the conclusion of the 2nd day of official race practice, Steve was surprised to find himself with speeds among the top veteran drivers. This performance generated considerable excitement, given that Butler had never before raced an Indy Car and was considered a \u201cdirt track\u201d racer. Unfortunately, Butler's fortunes reversed quickly when he crashed heavily, destroyed the car, and suffered a broken right shoulder."}, {"context": " In June, after recovering from the broken shoulder, Butler returned to sprint car racing and soon resumed winning races. Unfortunately, in August he was again injured, this time breaking his left shoulder in a sprint car accident. However, Butler missed only one race weekend during his recovery. He made good use of the break by joining Larry Nuber, in the ESPN TV announcer's booth, to call the USAC sprint car action at Indianapolis Raceway Park. In 1990, Steve returned to USAC racing full-time trying for a record 4th USAC Sprint Car championship. He began the season driving the Aristocrat #2 and won two races, including another ESPN television race at Winchester Speedway. At mid-season he changed rides to the Hoffman #69. The team enjoyed quick success, setting fast qualifying time six-times and setting track records and winning races. This performance secured the USAC Sprint Car championship."}, {"context": " The highlight of Butler's Silver Crown season was a dramatic win at Eldora Speedway, where he narrowly defeated Jack Hewitt. The pair battled the entire race, exchanging the lead many times. Their duel set a blistering pace and forced Butler to establish a new 50-lap track record that stood for many years after his retirement The 1991 season was bittersweet for the Hoffman/Butler alliance. The team continued to excel at raw speed; it set the most fast qualifying times and won the most USAC sprint car races. The team also won the majority of the live-television races on ESPN, including wins on the notorious hi-banks at Salem Speedway and at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Despite being the winningest team on the USAC circuit, they finished third in the series point standings after a string of mechanical problems caused inconsistent finishes."}, {"context": " The highlight of Butler's 1992 USAC season was winning his 2nd Silver Crown championship. This championship run was the most dramatic of Butler's career. Coming into the season's final race, at Eldora Speedway, Butler was well behind point-leader Jeff Swindell. With only a slim chance at the championship, Butler had to win; 2nd place had no mathematical chance. He improved his chances by setting the fastest qualifying speed and earning the pole starting position. During the race, Butler and points-leader Jeff Swindell traded the lead and battled for advantage. In the final laps, Butler was able to prevail for the win, but did not know the championship outcome. Only after points were tallied, did he learn that he had won the championship. Butler attributes much of this success to the return of Phil Poor, his former mechanic on the Stoops sprint car team. Although the pair had not worked together since 1989, winning the Silver Crown championship proved that they still had the right \u201cchemistry.\u201d"}, {"context": " In the sprint car division, the Butler/Hoffman team struggled through a difficult season marred by crashes and mechanical problems. In between these problems, Butler won at Winchester Speedway after battling with future NASCAR star Tony Stewart. Steve would eventually finish the year second in the championship standings. This was Butler's eighth, and final, season to run the full USAC sprint schedule, during these years, he won four championships and was never below the top-three in championship points."}, {"context": " Butler was known primarily for his success in non-winged USAC racing, however he also performed well in the winged-sprint cars. Steve occasionally raced with winged-sprint specialists such as the AllStar Circuit of Champions(Allstars) and World of Outlaws and was very competitive. He won six races with the Allstars and, in 1987, finished top-ten 87 Allstar Point Standings in the AllStar point standings, despite running a limited schedule due to conflicts with his USAC commitments. When USAC briefly experimented with winged-sprint races, Butler won several of these against competition that included regulars from the AllStar Circuit of Champions and World of Outlaws."}, {"context": " For 1993, Butler changed to the Chrisman Racing team hoping to find a new chemistry that could lead to another sprint championship. Butler was consistently running well and, at mid-season, was again leading the point standings in both the Sprint and Silver Crown divisions. Butler scored an early Silver Crown win at the Hulman 100 (Indianapolis). This race was Steve's final USAC victory and included a special twist: Butler was forced to perform in-cockpit diagnosis and repair of a problem that was causing the engine to misfire. At mid-race, the rough-running engine was causing Butler to fade back into the pack and was threatening his ability to even finish. However, during a caution period, Butler was able to identify the problem as a faulty ignition switch. He then disconnected the switch and secured the bare wire by tying it off around a hydraulic hose, thereby preventing the exposed strands from shorting out. All this was accomplished on the race track, while driving with one hand and repairing with the other. With full power restored, Butler charged into the lead and defeated Ron Shuman by 10 seconds at the checkered flag."}, {"context": " Unfortunately, Butler's hopes for additional USAC titles were destroyed in July when he was involved in racing accidents in two consecutive races. Officials levied a rare one-month driving suspension against him, effectively eliminated his championship hopes. USAC's actions created significant controversy: the club had little precedent for such harsh action against a current champion and points leader; on the other hand Butler had a history of driving aggressively and some thought his risk-taking style needed to be reigned in. In spite of this controversy\u2014or perhaps because of it\u2014the Hoosier Auto Racing Fan club immediately inducted Butler into its Hall of Fame."}, {"context": " At the end of the season, Butler decided to conclude his racing career and focus on pursuing his future career in electronic systems engineering. After retiring from racing, Butler focused on a career at Delphi Automotive Systems. In two years, he earned a BSBA from Indiana Wesleyan University and was recognized with the \u201cOutstanding Professional\u201d award in his graduating class. Despite lacking a technical degree, Butler then set out to become an engineer by relying on technical skills he had honed as a racer. This determination eventually paid off as Butler became a senior systems engineer and received many company awards for his technical contributions. On one occasion, Butler received a $20,000 bonus for cost-saving electrical diagnostic procedures he developed. These accomplishments allowed Butler to receive increasingly challenging technical assignments, such as:"}, {"context": " Butler was a regular contributor to \"Open Wheel Magazine\" during the last four years of his racing career. He authored a wide range of monthly opinion columns and technical articles until his retirement from racing. In 1992, Butler's writing caught the attention of Motor Trend magazine who asked him to author an engine technology article. Pleased with the result, Motor Trend later offered Steve a full-time technical editor job. Butler declined, wishing to stay in Indiana rather than move to the west coast."}, {"context": " Butler also performed as television on-camera commentator for several ESPN broadcasts of USAC races, from 1988 to 1996. His role was to add color and racing insight in order to help fans better understand the sport. He was successful and offered other broadcast opportunities. However, Butler had left racing to pursue an engineering career and time with his family, not to continue to travel to race tracks in a non-driving role. He was also concerned that being at the races would tempt him to get back into the cockpit."}, {"context": " Butler retired from racing determined to make a clean break from the sport to focus on the new challenges of his engineering career, while also devoting more time to his family. In 1993, Steve Butler was inducted into the Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Hall of Fame and joined AJ Foyt, Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart in receiving this honor. In 2005, Steve Butler was honored to be inducted into National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville, IA. Fellow 2005 inductees include Steve Kinser and Robbie Stanley."}, {"context": " In 2016, Butler was honored with induction into the USAC Hall of Fame in Indianapolis, IN. Tony Stewart and Rick Mears are fellow 2016 inductees. In 2018, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum honored Steve Butler\u2019s racing career by featuring his accomplishments as part of the Hoosier Thunder exhibit. Focusing on short track open wheel racing champions, Hoosier Thunder honored dirt track championships won by Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Steve Kinser, Levi Jones, Pancho Carter, Tom Bigelow, Dave Darland and other great drivers.  2018 IMS Museum Hoosier Thunder Ft. Steve Butler Sprint car racing video, Steve Butler career highlights Flat track motorcycle racing video, Steve Butler career highlights"}]}, {"title": "Steve Butler (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Butler (born 27 January 1962 in Birmingham) is an English former footballer. During his professional career he played over 400 matches and scored over 150 goals for Brentford, Maidstone United, Watford, Bournemouth, Cambridge United, Gillingham and Peterborough United, including eight goals in two consecutive games that were only two days apart. In 2000, at the age of 38, Butler scored his last professional goal for Gillingham in the Football League Second Division play-off final at Wembley Stadium as the Kent club secured its first ever promotion to the second tier of English football."}]}, {"title": "Steve Butler (mathematician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Kay Butler (born May 16, 1977) is an American mathematician specializing in graph theory and combinatorics. He is an associate professor of mathematics and Barbara J. Janson Professor in Mathematics at Iowa State University. Butler earned his master's degree at Brigham Young University in 2003. His master's thesis was titled \"Bounding the Number of Graphs Containing Very Long Induced Paths\". He completed a doctorate at the University of California, San Diego in 2008, authoring the dissertation \"Eigenvalues and Structures of Graphs\", advised by Fan Chung. Upon completing his postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, Butler joined the Iowa State University faculty in 2011, and was named the Barbara J. Janson Professor in Mathematics in 2017. Butler's Erd\u0151s number is one. In 2015, Butler published the paper \"Egyptian Fractions With Each Denominator Having Three Distinct Prime Divisors\" with coauthors Paul Erd\u0151s and Ronald Graham."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buttle", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen A. Buttle (1 January 1953 \u2013 5 June 2012) was an English professional midfielder who spent six seasons in England, six in the North American Soccer League and at least three in the Major Indoor Soccer League. Buttle was born in Norwich. In 1971, he began his professional career with Ipswich Town, but never played a first team game before being sent to AFC Bournemouth in 1973. In 1977, Buttle signed with the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League. In the summer of 1981, he rejected an overture from Norwich FC to sign him in order to remain with the Sounders. Ironically, the Sounders released him in 1982. By then he had already spent at least one season with the Pittsburgh Spirit in the Major Indoor Soccer League. During the 1979-1980 MISL season, he scored 35 goals in 28 games. Buttle injured his knee at the beginning of the 1984-1985 season. He spent most of the season on injured reserve. On 9 January 1985, the Pittsburgh Spirit hired Buttle as an assistant coach to replace Mickey Cave, the previous assistant who had died in November 1984. In October 1985, the Spirit released Buttle. In September 1986, the Tacoma Stars hired Buttle as an assistant coach. The Stars fired Buttle, along with head coach Alan Hinton, on 22 February 1988. The Stars were sold to new ownership following the season. The new owners rehired Hinton as head coach and in August 1988 brought Buttle back in as assistant. Hinton and Buttle lasted until December 1989 when they were fired permanently. Buttle died on 5 June 2012 at his home in Norwich, England after a long battle with cancer."}]}, {"title": "Steve Butz", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Butz is a Democratic member-elect of the Missouri General Assembly representing the State's 81st House district. Butz was elected unopposed on 6 November 2018 from the platform of Democratic Party."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buxton", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Buxton may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Buxton (footballer, born 1888)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen \"Steve\" Buxton (3 February 1888 \u2013 21 April 1953) was an English professional football left back who played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic and Ashington."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buxton (footballer, born 1960)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Christopher Buxton (born 13 Match 1960) is an English former footballer, who played as a forward. He made over 200 appearances over two spells for Wrexham in the football league and also made football league appearances for Stockport County. Buxton started his career at Wrexham, coming up from the youth team in 1977 to make 109 appearances for the club. After his initial spell at Wrexham, he had brief spells with Stockport County and Altrincham before returning to Wrexham to make a further 121 appearances for the club.  Upon leaving Wrexham, Buxton would play for a further 7 clubs in England and Wales."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buyer", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Earle Buyer ( ; born November 26, 1958) is the former U.S. Representative for , and previously the , serving from 1993 until 2011. In 2012, Buyer started working for R.J. Reynolds, promoting the use of smokeless tobacco. He is a member of the Republican Party. Buyer holds the rank of Colonel in the United States Army Reserve. On January 29, 2010, Buyer announced he would not seek a tenth term to the House to spend more time with his wife, who has an incurable autoimmune disease. In January 2011, Buyer became a lobbyist for McKesson Corp."}, {"context": " Buyer was born in Rensselaer, Indiana. In 1976 he graduated from North White High School, where he had been class president. In 1980 he received a B.S. degree from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and in 1984 he received a J.D. degree from the Valparaiso University School of Law. Buyer served three years on active duty in the Army between 1984 and 1987. His first civilian job, from 1987 to 1998, was as an Indiana state deputy attorney general; he then started his own private law practice. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representative in November 1992, at age 33."}, {"context": " Buyer, as an Army reserve officer, had three years of active duty after graduating from law school in 1984. During the Gulf War (1990\u20131991), Buyer, then a captain, spent five months on active duty giving legal counsel to commanders and interrogating Iraqi P.O.W.s. On March 20, 2003, Buyer said to The United States Congress that \"I have been called to active duty in the United States Army. Pending further orders, I request immediate indefinite leave of the United States House of Representatives to accommodate my military duties.\" He also said that \"a need was identified, of which Congressman Buyer has the unique skill and experience to meet the requirements,\" to serve in Iraq. Claiming to be called to active duty, he took a leave of absence from Congress."}, {"context": " Buyer spent his paid absence from Congress in his home in Monticello Indiana. Ten days later, he said he had not been activated, contradicting his previous statement and that he was returning to Congress. Defense Department rules prevent those on active duty from campaigning for and holding elective office. Thus in June 2003, the \"Indianapolis Star\" reported that the Army, in a March 31 letter to Buyer signed by Army Secretary Thomas White, had rejected Buyer's offer to serve in the Iraq War because \"we are able to meet the need without your participation,\" and \"we are concerned that your presence would put in jeopardy the safety of those serving around you.\""}, {"context": " In April 2004, Buyer was promoted to Colonel in the United States Army Reserve In 1998, Buyer served one of the House managers (prosecutors) in the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. In his 1992 campaign, Buyer supported bringing to a vote on the House floor a Congressional amendment for term limits on members of Congress. He voted for the measure and it received a majority of vote but not the 2/3 votes needed to pass. Buyer, who interrogated captured Iraqis during the Gulf War, voted against the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, specifically the no torture amendment offered by Senator John McCain. He reasoned that torture was already unlawful. He stated, \"I think the people of Indiana need to know that there's a lot of grandstanding going on here, there's a lot of self-projection.\""}, {"context": " In June 2009, Buyer became the subject of some prime-time TV news attention when he likened the physical effects of smoking tobacco to those of smoking dried, rolled lettuce or grass when taking the floor against the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. He stated: [Y]ou could have smoked that lettuce and you would still end up with the same problems. You could cut the grass in your yard, dry it and roll it up in a cigarette and smoke it, and you're still going to have a lot of problems. It is the smoke that kills, not the nicotine. It's the smoke."}, {"context": " In working to improve America's health care system Buyer believes Congress should be focusing on what is broken with the current health care system and keep what is working and leave alone what Americans like about their health care and insurance, \"So, when we talk about health care reform, we want to preserve that which is right, and we want to work on that which is wrong. When my Democrat colleagues of the leadership talk about health care reform, it's about a government-run, socialized health system. Let's reject that and let's work together.\""}, {"context": " When Buyer first ran for Congress, in 1992, he faced three-term Democratic incumbent Jim Jontz in what was then the 5th District, comprising twenty mostly rural counties in north central Indiana. Republican Bud Hillis had represented the district for 16 years until his retirement in 1986. Jontz, then a state senator, was elected in the face of divided Republican opposition. Buyer defeated Jontz by just over 5,000 votes. He would never face another contest nearly that close, and was reelected four times from this district with an average of 62 percent of the vote."}, {"context": " In 2002, Buyer's district was renumbered as the 4th District, made up of 12 counties in west central Indiana, after the state lost a district in the 2000s round of redistricting. Buyer had five opponents in the Republican primary, including fellow Republican congressman Brian Kerns. Buyer won with 55 percent of the primary vote. He easily won this heavily Republican district in November with 71 percent of the vote, and was reelected three more times after that with an average of 63 percent of the vote."}, {"context": " In November 2008, Buyer defeated Democrat Nels Ackerson, spending $895,000 compared to $845,000 by Ackerson. Buyer won with 60 percent of the vote. On January 29, 2010, Buyer announced his retirement from Congress. In the following January, Buyer became a lobbyist for McKesson Corp.; as he was prohibited from lobbying Congress due to a one-year \"cooling off\" period mandated for all retired Congressmen by federal law, he stated that his lobbying would be restricted to the executive branch. in 2012 Buyer started working for R.J. Reynolds, promoting the use of smokeless tobacco."}, {"context": " Between January 2006 and October 2009, the largest combined donations to Buyer's campaigns came from the pharmaceutical industry ($263,000), and the healthcare professional industry ($214,000). In recent years, his largest corporate donors have included Eli Lilly and Company, AT&T Inc. and Reynolds American. In 2003, Buyer created The Frontier Education Foundation, whose stated purpose is educational funding for college students. The initial $25,000 to start the foundation came from the pharmaceutical lobbying organization PhRMA. The foundation was located in Buyer's campaign office until 2009, when after a complaint was filed, it moved to an office 3 blocks away. In addition, weeks before that interview, Buyer's campaign chairman, who had also managed the Foundation, ceased operating as the Foundation's director. She was receiving a salary from the foundation ranging $12,000-$17,000 a year. Buyer's daughter Colleen was the president of the foundation until August 1, 2009. His son Ryan, in 2009, was director of the foundation, according to filings with the Indiana Secretary of State"}, {"context": " In early October 2009, Buyer's press secretary referred questions to the foundation, saying \"It's not Congressman Buyer's foundation,\" although the foundation shared an office with Buyer's campaign office in Monticello. Several days later, Buyer said he had created the foundation, with the goal of creating a sustainable organization to award scholarships to high school seniors. As of the end of 2008, annual fundraising golf outings had raised more than $880,000 for the foundation. Almost all the contributions were from 20 companies and trade organizations that had interests before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, of which Buyer is a member. As of October 2009, the foundation had not awarded any scholarships, and had given out only $10,500 in charitable grants, almost half of which went to a cancer fund run by the chief Washington lobbyist for Eli Lilly and Company. Buyer said the foundation would need to raise at least $1 million to become self-sustaining; it would then begin awarding scholarships."}, {"context": " In June 2009, Buyer said \"there is no connection\" between his legislative actions and donations to the foundation. \"I'm not an officer. I'm not a board director,\" he said of his role in the non-profit. \"Do I help the foundation? Yes, I do. Do I help other charity groups? Yes, I do.\" On January 25, 2010, CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) filed complaints against Rep. Buyer with the Office of Congressional Ethics and the IRS regarding possible ethics and federal tax law violations referencing The Frontier Education Foundation."}, {"context": " The complaint was later dismissed. In 2008, in \"Golf Digest's\" list of the top 200 golfers among political power brokers in Washington, Buyer was ranked 32nd, with a handicap of 5.6. Buyer's daughter Colleen was the president of the Frontier Foundation until August 1, 2009. In 2007, she graduated from Purdue University with a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Buyer's son Ryan received a business administration degree from Ball State University in 2008, and was hired in June 2008 as a federal affairs manager for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), a major lobbying organization in Washington, D.C., and the largest donor to the foundation. His position is just one step above an entry-level position, according to Ken Johnson, a senior vice president with PhRMA. \"He's not a lobbyist. He researches legislation and writes reports,\" Johnson said. He first worked for PhRMA as an intern while in college. Johnson said that Ryan \"went through the formal interview process, and he was brought on at the lowest rung of the organization as an intern and demonstrated a lot of willingness to learn and a great work ethic.\"  Buyer's wife Joni works as a Business System Analyst at Purdue University, in West Lafayette. Spending more time with his wife, due to her incurable autoimmune disease, was cited as the reason Buyer left Congress."}]}, {"title": "Steve Buzinski", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Rudolph Buzinski (October 15, 1917 \u2013 February 20, 1992) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who briefly played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League in 1942. Born in Dunblane, Saskatchewan, Buzinski was brought to Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1938 to play goal for the senior league Swift Current Indians where they competed for Allan Cup berths in the 1940s, winning the western Canadian senior championship in 1940 and 1941, and making it to the regional finals in 1942."}, {"context": " Ravaged by wartime enlistments - the Rangers, during the 1943 season, fielded two 17-year-olds at various points, along with several other teenagers and minor leaguers. New York lost its starting goaltender from the previous season because of the enlistment of regular goaltender Sugar Jim Henry. To replace him, Rangers' manager Lester Patrick hoped to obtain the services of minor-leaguer Omer Kelly, but he was fixed in a wartime manufacturing job in Baltimore. Buzinski was invited to try out for the team in training camp, and did well enough to be named the starter going into the regular season."}, {"context": " Behind a notably weak Rangers lineup which had only Ott Heller from its previous lineup on defense, and which spent most of the season in last place, Buzinski fared poorly, allowing 55 goals in his nine games as the team's starting goaltender. He provoked several colorful anecdotes, among which was in making his first save in a game, to the glove side, and telling Heller \"Nothing like it, Ott, just like picking apples off a tree\" before going on to surrender ten goals in that match. While his worst record came in the season's first four games - in which he allowed 33 goals, including a 10-4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on November 8, otherwise notable for surrendering Maurice Richard's first NHL goal, and a 12-5 loss to Detroit in which Red Wings star Carl Liscombe set the then-NHL record for points in a game with 7 - after an 8-6 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 28, Rangers' management had had enough. Replaced with Jimmy Franks, Buzinski was demoted to the Rangers' AHL New Haven Eagles farm team on December 3 to practice with the club, with coach Frank Boucher saying, \"If they think enough of him, he will get a chance to show what he can do in a regular game.\" Buzinski subsequently enlisted, never playing another professional game, and after the war returned to the Swift Current Indians senior team, where he played until retiring from organized hockey in 1953."}, {"context": " Buzinzki finished his NHL career with a record of 2-6-1 and a 6.10 goals against average. His second and final win, a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks on November 10, was noteworthy in that it was the last regular-season overtime game played for over 40 years. League president Frank Calder eliminated them 11 days later as part of wartime cutbacks. They were restored in 1983. In civilian life, Buzinski worked for 41 years as a plant breeder for Agriculture Canada during and after his hockey career, as well as coaching hockey at the intermediate level. The nickname \"The Puck Goes Inski\" is associated with Buzinski, but there are no contemporaneous uses of the moniker, which appears to have been invented by hockey writer Stan Fischler sometime in the 1970s. Buzinski's own comment on the origin of the nickname was \"I have no idea at all. A lot of this is a figment of somebody's imagination.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Byers", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Byers (born December 31, 1979) is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles on \"Falcon Beach\" and \"Slasher\". Byers was born in Scarborough, Ontario. He graduated 1993 with the top award for Excellence in Drama from the Arts program at Unionville High School and enrolled in the University of Western Ontario's Film Program. Among Byers' first professional roles were guest parts on \"La Femme Nikita\" and \"A Simple Wish\". He moved to Vancouver and took a recurring role on MTV's comedy series \"2gether\", then Byers returned to his home town of Toronto to appear with Rachel McAdams in MTV's \"Shotgun Love Dolls\". Byers has since worked on many network television series including \"Kevin Hill\", \"Glory Days\", and the \"Dresden Files\". One of Byers' most notable roles is Jason Tanner on TV show \"Falcon Beach\". Byers appeared in \"Left for Dead\" with Danielle Harris, and in the film \"My Daughter's Secret\"."}, {"context": " In January 2009 he acted in CBC's short-lived drama \"Wild Roses\" as Will McGregor. He guest-starred in the eighth, fourteenth, and last episode of the tenth and final season of \"Smallville\", playing Desaad, one of Darkseid's minions. He played Heracles in Tarsem Singh's fantasy epic \"Immortals\". He also appeared in Lifetime's series \"Against The Wall\" as Officer Steve Kowalski and in \"Alphas\" as John Bennett. He had a lead role in \"Catch a Christmas Star\", a 2013 Hallmark movie and a supporting role in \"Gridlocked\". In 2016, Byers was cast in the main role of Cam Henry in the television series \"Slasher\".  Byers is married to actress Jennifer Steede, and has two children."}]}, {"title": "Steve Byrd", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John \"Steve\" Byrd (25 September 1955 \u2013 2 October 2016) was a British guitarist and session musician who has worked with artists including Kim Wilde (from 1982\u201395), Ian Gillan, ZZebra and many others. Initially a self-taught guitarist born in Sheffield, England, Byrd joined the band Zzebra for their second album \"Panic\", after his old friend Tommy Eyre had recommended him for the job. With Zzebra he played the Reading Festival in 1975 and recorded another album, \"Take It Or Leave It\" In 1978 he replaced Paul Simon in Ian North's band Neo, a new wave band formed in 1977. Neo recorded an album in Ian Gillan's studio, and after Gillan had heard them he hired Byrd and bassist John McCoy for his own band, which was also called Gillan."}, {"context": " The band recorded their first album \"Gillan\" in September 1978. It was not released in the UK but sold well as an import. In 1982, Byrd auditioned for pop singer Kim Wilde and became a long-term member of Kim's backing band. With Kim, he co-wrote \"Another Step (Closer to You)\", \"Hey Mister Heartache\" and many other songs as well as played on some of her albums. He toured with Kim Wilde until the mid-1990s In the 1990s, he was also a member of 4 Bills And A Ben, a band with flexible line-up formed by Johnny Warman which also included Jeff Rich and John Edwards from Status Quo."}, {"context": " In 2001, he played in 'The Mods' at the Steve Marriott tribute. Other acts Byrd toured with were The Buggles, Martha and the Muffins, Billy Ocean, Ruby Turner, Samantha Fox, A Flock of Seagulls, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Bonnie Tyler, Alec Mansion, Shakin' Stevens, Heartbeat UK and Kim Appleby. He was the MD of the Byrdsongs record label. In 2014 he formed \"Steve Byrds Ethnic Soup\" along with drummer Dave Layton and singer Rosanna J Eastman Steve Byrd died of a heart attack in Munich, Germany on 2 October 2016 aged 61.  Both remaining members of Steve Byrds Ethnic Soup, Dave Layton and Rosanna J Eastman carried on with the band in his honour shortening the name to \"Ethnic Soup\" (the name came from an instrumental of the same name which is the accompanying music on the Far Cry 4 game.) The pair also named the band's first album \"Byrdsongs Jukebox\" as a tribute to Steve, \"Byrdsongs\" being his record label.Two tracks \"Legacy\" and \"Broken\" from the album feature Steve on instruments and backing vocals."}]}, {"title": "Steve Byrne", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Byrne (born July 21, 1974) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for creating and starring in Sullivan & Son. Steve Byrne was born in Freehold, New Jersey. Byrne grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and went to Hampton High School. He graduated from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, as a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He is of Irish and Korean descent. Steve has a younger brother, William Byrne. Steve lives in Los Angeles. Steve is a huge fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Byrne is a hockey fan and has been playing since the age of six. Favorite players are Mario Lemieux, Sidney Crosby, Ron Francis and Dave Bolland. His boyhood idol is Dean Martin. His favorite films are \"Superman\", \"Swingers\", \"Made\", \"A Christmas Story\", \"Couples Retreat\" and \"MacGruber\". His favorite television shows are \"Lost\", \"The Twilight Zone\" and \"Saturday Night Live\"."}, {"context": " Byrne studied theatre at Kent State University. He was exposed to stand up comedy by working at the comedy club Caroline's in New York City. The first time he ever got on stage was at Stand Up New York on September 30, 1997. Steve spent the first seven years of his stand up career cutting his teeth as a stand up in NYC. He was notorious for being absolutely obsessed with getting up on stage as much as he could. He's been cited as saying he spent those seven years working seven days a week, working every single night he could, including New Years, Christmas, etc., doing as many sets as possible. In 2003, he filmed the documentary film, \"13 or Bust\" where he did 13 shows in one night at every comedy club in Manhattan, breaking the record for most sets in one night by a comedian. It is available on iTunes as a podcast for free. In 2006 Comedy Central aired Steve's first half-hour special, \"Comedy Central Presents Steve Byrne\". Byrne had a one-hour special on Comedy Central in 2008 titled \"Steve Byrne's Happy Hour\". On Sunday, July 25, 2010, he had another one-hour special on Comedy Central titled \"The Byrne Identity\". Byrne was also featured on the NBC series \"The Real Wedding Crashers\" and a featured comedian on \"The Tonight Show\". He has made appearances on \"Chappelle's Show\", \"Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn\", \"@midnight\", The History Channel's \"History of the Joke,\" Mad TV's 300th episode and Super Bowl promos on CBS with Prince and again with Bill Cowher. His stand-up has been featured on \"The Late Late Show\", \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\", \"Last Call with Carson Daly\", BET's \"ComicView\", ABC\u2019s \"Good Morning America\" as well as Comedy Central's \"Premium Blend\". He has been a featured comic in \"The Just For Laughs Festival\" in Montreal, the HBO \"US Comedy Arts Festival\" in Las Vegas the TBS Very Funny Festival in Chicago, the TBS Very Funny Festival in Toronto and \"The CanWest Comedy Fest\" in Vancouver. He has appeared on the Showtime comedy series \"Live Nude Comedy\" and shot a pilot for the G4 Network based on a Japanese Game Show called \"Drunken Businessman\"."}, {"context": " His \"Comedy Central Presents\" Half Hour Special premiered in 2006 and was voted the seventeenth most popular \"Comedy Central Presents\" by fans as part of the Standup Showdown on comedycentral.com. He also was the winner of the MySpace Standup Or Sitdown competition on TBS. He has had small parts in several films: \"\", starring Jeremy Piven and was produced by Will Ferrell; \"Four Christmases\", starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon; and \"Couples Retreat\", starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau. On July 16, he appeared on Conan. He became a regular on \"The Tonight Show\" with Jay Leno and has done it 9 times. He filmed his third hour special Feb. 8th in New York City in 2014 called \"Champion\" and it's currently streaming on Netflix. He's currently touring and working on the material for his fourth hour special, which will be entitled, \"Tell the Damn Joke.\""}, {"context": " Byrne created with Rob Long and is starring in the comedy \"Sullivan & Son\" on TBS that premiered in the summer of 2012. After a very successful summer run with Season One, TBS gave the go ahead for a second season that aired in summer of 2013. The show proved to be a hit with an average of 2.4 million viewers per episode and was brought back for a third season with 13 episodes slated for summer of 2014. The show averaged 2 million viewers. Byrne once again hit the road with the other comedians and co-stars of the show Owen Benjamin, Ahmed Ahmed and Roy Wood Jr. in support of \"Sullivan & Son\" thin 2005. He did a show for Comedy Central and the troops at Ft. Irwin in 2006. Byrne embarked on his own USO tour of Afghanistan in June 2008, Japan and Guam in July 2009 and Afghanistan again in 2010. He went back on a USO tour with the other comedians from Sullivan and Son to thank the troops in 2013. He has been part of several national comedy tours including The Jameson Comedy Tour, Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Tour, and The Camel Cigarettes Sin City Tour, and his own national MySpace tour. He has opened for musical acts Kanye West, Mariah Carey on her Charmbracelet Tour, Modest Mouse, Puddle of Mudd, Spoon, Rev. Horton Heat, Kings of Leon and many more. Byrne has toured with The Kims of Comedy with Bobby Lee of Mad TV and Ken Jeong of NBC's \"Community\" and \"The Hangover\". In early 2011, he toured nationwide on The Comedy Road Show with Vince Vaughn and Kevin James to promote the film \"The Dilemma\". In the summer of 2011, he toured on The New Majority Tour with Lisa Lampanelli, Gabriel Iglesias and Russell Peters. Since 2005, Byrne has been headlining comedy clubs across the country. He is currently touring to prepare for his fourth one-hour special.  On the May 2, 2017 episode of Getting Doug with High, host Doug Benson called out Steve Byrne for being the only guest to never participate in the marijuana smoking festivities as a guest on his October 1, 2014 appearance of the show alongside with other guest Chris Porter. In October 2017, Steve was the supporting act for The Tenderloins in their \"Impractical Jokers: Where's Larry? Tour\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Byrnes", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Patrick \"Steve\" Byrnes (April 14, 1959 \u2013 April 21, 2015) was an American television announcer and producer. After graduating from college, he began his career as a sports producer, covering several NFL teams. In 1985, he began his involvement with auto racing, including most prominently NASCAR. In 2001, he began working with \"Fox NASCAR\" as a pit reporter, and later became the host of Speed/Fox Sports 1's studio show \"NASCAR Race Hub\". In October 2014, Byrnes took a medical leave from Fox Sports after being diagnosed with a reoccurrence of head and neck cancer. He later died on April 21, 2015 at the age of 56 in Fort Mill, South Carolina."}, {"context": " Steven Patrick \"Steve\" Byrnes was born on April 14, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in New Carrolton, Maryland. He was the eldest of five siblings. He graduated from Largo High School in 1977, where he was a quarterback on the football team and pitcher on the baseball team, and from the University of Maryland in 1981. As a senior, he served as an intern for WJLA in nearby Washington. Byrnes began his television career shortly after graduating college. He was first hired as a weekend sports producer where he covered the Washington Redskins, Washington Bullets, Maryland, Georgetown, the Baltimore Orioles, and other sports. In November 1982, he had his first opportunity to be an on-air personality, when he was hired at Sullivan\u2019s Island, South Carolina-based WCIV. While employed there he was a sports reporter and weekend anchor for the NBC affiliate until January 1985."}, {"context": " Afterward, Sunbelt Video hired him, in which he hosted the NASCAR newsmagazine \"Inside Winston Cup\" with Ned Jarrett, which marked the beginning of producing and hosting NASCAR segments. He announced what was happening on pit road for World Sports Enterprises, and later worked for TBS, TNN (now Spike) and CBS. He was a backup pit commentator for Monster Jam on TNN. In 2006, he was given an extra assignment as one of the network's available play-by-play broadcasters for Fox's NFL broadcasts, joining Bill Maas for selected games when Fox had seven or eight games in a given week."}, {"context": " From 2001 until 2014, he was a pit reporter for \"NASCAR on Fox\". He also served as a fill-in studio host and lap-by-lap announcer whenever Chris Myers or Mike Joy, respectively, were not available. From 2001-03 he also served as host of \u201cTotally NASCAR\u201d on Fox Sports Net, earning a Sports Emmy nomination for best daily studio show in 2002. As of 2014, Byrnes was the co-host of \"NASCAR Race Hub\" on Fox Sports 1 and was expected to be the lead announcer for the Camping World Truck Series in 2015."}, {"context": " In late-August 2013, Byrnes was diagnosed with an early stage of head and neck cancer. After chemotherapy for the rest of the year, Byrnes was deemed cancer-free in early 2014. However, later that year in September, he was diagnosed with a recurrence of stage 4 head and neck cancer; on October 9, Fox Sports announced that he had decided to take an indefinite leave of absence from work in order to focus on his treatment. On April 10, 2015, it was announced that, in coordination with Bristol Motor Speedway, Fox, and Stand Up to Cancer, the 2015 Food City 500 would be renamed the Food City 500 In Support Of Steve Byrnes And Stand Up To Cancer; the race would feature tributes to his legacy as a NASCAR broadcaster, along with his 56th birthday, which fell during the week prior to the race."}, {"context": " Two days after the tribute race, Byrnes died early on April 21, 2015 of complications from his cancer in Fort Mill, South Carolina, and was survived by his wife Karen and son Bryson. In tribute, drivers Josh Wise and Clint Bowyer added photos of Byrnes and his son Bryson to their cars' hoods for the Toyota Owners 400. After Byrnes was invited to become part of the voting panel for the 2016 NASCAR Hall of Fame; on May 20, 2015, Bryson delivered his father's completed ballot to the accountants that tally the votes, completing Steve's final duties."}]}, {"title": "Steve C. Jones", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve CarMichael Jones (born January 26, 1957) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and a former Georgia Superior Court judge. Jones graduated from Cedar Shoals High School in Athens, Georgia. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from University of Georgia in 1978. He then ran the Child Support Recovery Office for the local District Attorney for six years. Jones attended the University of Georgia School of Law and earned his Juris Doctor in 1987. He went to work as an assistant district attorney."}, {"context": " Jones served as a Municipal Court judge in Athens-Clarke County from 1993 to 1995. In 1995, Governor Zell Miller appointed Jones to be a Georgia Superior Court judge for the Western Judicial Circuit, which includes Clarke and Oconee counties. In April 2009, Jones was one of three candidates recommended by Democratic members of the Georgia House delegation to replace judge Hugh Lawson on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Jones did not receive the nomination, which went to Macon attorney Marc Treadwell in February 2010."}, {"context": " After Jones was passed over for the Middle District of Georgia, which serves his hometown of Athens, Jones received consideration for a judgeship on the Atlanta-based United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. On July 14, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Jones to replace Orinda D. Evans on the Northern District of Georgia. His nomination was confirmed by the Senate on February 28, 2011 by a vote of 90 ayes to 0 nays. He received his commission March 3, 2011. Jones is married to Lillian Kincey, a teacher."}]}, {"title": "Steve Caballero", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Caballero (born November 8, 1964 in San Jose, California) is an American professional skateboarder and musician. Caballero is known for the difficult tricks and air variations he invented for vertical skating and for setting the long-standing record for the highest air achieved on a halfpipe. In 1999, \"Thrasher Magazine\" named Caballero the \"Skater of the Century\". Caballero was born with scoliosis, a condition which causes a curvature of the spine, although he has stated that the condition \"really hasn't affected me too much.\""}, {"context": " Caballero began skating in 1976 at the age of 12 and started his career at age 14. His first sponsor was Campbell Skate Park. In 1979, Caballero entered a national skate contest in Escondido. After finishing fifth place, he was approached by Stacy Peralta who offered him sponsorship with Powell Peralta. He turned pro in 1980 during the Gold Cup series at the Oasis Skatepark, Southern California. By this time, Caballero had invented the 'Caballerial' (also known as 'Cab'), a skateboarding trick also known as the fakie 360 aerial. Caballero is also credited with inventing the frontside boardslide."}, {"context": " In 1987, Caballero won both street and vert titles at the World Championships in Munster, Germany. The same year, he set the one-time world record for highest air achieved on a half pipe, which was 11 feet. Caballero's record was beaten by Danny Way in 1997. In 1999, Caballero set another record for the longest board slide on a 44 step handrail. Caballero is a member of the Bones Brigade, and has appeared in many of their videos, including \"The Search For Animal Chin\". His current sponsors include Powell Peralta, Bones Bearings, Independent Truck Company, Bones Wheels, Vans Skate Shoes, Skull Candy headphones, Ohana Boardshop, and Protec Helmets. His past sponsors included Tracker Trucks, Standard Trucks, and Red Dragon Apparel."}, {"context": " During the first half of the 1980s, Caballero was arguably the best professional skater and featured on the cover of \"Thrasher Magazine\" several times. He also features as a character in five of the Tony Hawk video games, from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 to Tony Hawk's Underground, and as a downloadable skater in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD. Caballero featured in Stacy Peralta's 2012 documentary film, \"Bones Brigade: An Autobiography\", which chronicles the life stories of members of the Bones Brigade skate team such as Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain and Tommy Guerrero."}, {"context": " He has been a member of several punk bands including The Faction, Odd Man Out, Shovelhead, and Soda, and released a compilation CD of the various bands he has appeared in, titled \"Bandology\", through Sessions Records. The Faction's song \"Skate And Destroy\" featured on the soundtrack of Powell Peralta's eponymous Bones Brigade Video Show. He also had an acting role as Juan in the 1984 Jimmy McNichol action movie \"Escape from El Diablo\", together with fellow skateboarder Mike McGill. Caballero also paints, collects toys and comic books, rides motocross, and is a hot rod enthusiast.  Caballero is of Japanese and Mexican descent. He took his mother's surname. Caballero divorced from his first wife Susan, with whom he had a daughter, Kayla Leslie. He married his second wife, Rachael, on July 15, 2006 and together they have a son, Caleb Bela, and daughter, Clover Lavie. Caballero was raised Catholic and has also studied Zen Buddhism and Pentecostalism. All contest results are covered in \"Thrasher Magazine\" and can be checked at the Thrasher Magazine Archives."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cacciatore", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cacciatore is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in the American Soccer League and the North American Soccer League. Cacciatore grew up on \"The Hill\" (an Italian neighborhood) in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from St. Louis University High School. He then attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where he played on the men's soccer team from 1972 to 1975. He, along with the rest of the 1972 team, was inducted into the SIUE Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005. On January 14, 1976, the Rochester Lancers selected Cacciatore in the third round of the North American Soccer League draft. The Los Angeles Skyhawks of the American Soccer League drafted him a week later. Cacciatore signed with the Skyhawks for the 1976 season. In 1977, he played one game for the St. Louis Stars in the North American Soccer League. The St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame inducted Cacciatore in 2005. His brothers, Chris & Jeff also played professionally."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cadro", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cadro (died March 21, 2000) was a Hungarian pornographic director. Steve Cadro, real name Istvan Korda, worked for Antenna-Hungaria, which is the Hungarian national broadcasting system, and for the State Privatization Board. He was related to movie producer Alexander Korda and art director Vincent Korda. Steve's dead body was found at his apartment. He was working in the adult film industry from 1998 until 2000. Steve Cadro died violently on March 21, 2000; he was beaten and stabbed before he died."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cain", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cain (born 12 December 1958) is a New Zealand professional soccer coach. In 2002, he was a head coach of the Papua New Guinea national football team. Also he coached the Waitakere United and New Zealand U17."}]}, {"title": "Steve Callaghan", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Callaghan is an American screenwriter, producer and voice actor, best known for his work on \"Family Guy\". He is a graduate of the Department of Public Policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs. Callaghan started his career in 1999 as a writers' assistant for \"Family Guy\", and has since worked as a writer and producer on a variety of televisions shows such as \"3 South\", \"Yes, Dear\" and \"American Dad!\". Callaghan was offered a job as a writers' assistant on the animated series \"Family Guy\" in 1999, and became one of the first members of the original writing staff of the show. He served as co-executive producer during the show's fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons, and as executive producer during the show's eighth season. During the show's cancellation from 2003 to 2005, Callaghan wrote for the CBS television sitcom \"Yes, Dear\" and the animated television series \"3 South\" on MTV."}, {"context": " In 2009, it was announced that Callaghan would begin serving as executive producer and showrunner for \"Family Guy\" and would oversee the show's transition to high definition, beginning in the ninth season and ending in the fifteenth season. Callaghan has authored two publications about the series, including \"\" and a guide to the first three seasons of the show. In 2013, in addition to his duties on \"Family Guy\", Callaghan was also named executive producer and showrunner for the eighth season of \"American Dad!\".  Callaghan continues as the current executive producer of \"Family Guy. He has twice been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award (including a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2009)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Callaway", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Callaway is an American politician who is the 42nd mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon, a position he has held since January 2017. Callaway went to high school at Oroville High School in Oroville, California, before earning his bachelor's degree at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. He then moved to Oregon where he earned a master's degree from Lewis & Clark College, and settled in Hillsboro in 1995 where he later served as the principal at Tobias Elementary School in the Hillsboro School District.  Callaway served on the Hillsboro City Council from 2010 until he was sworn in as mayor on January 3, 2017. Callaway was elected mayor in November 2016."}]}, {"title": "Steve Calvert", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Calvert (born William Seeger; June 28, 1916, Peoria, Illinois \u2013 died March 5, 1991, Los Angeles County, California) was a prolific gorilla suit performer in many Hollywood films and television shows from the late 1940s through the 1950s. He took the stage name Calvert from Calvert Whisky. Calvert knew many film stars from his career as head bartender at Ciro's, a Sunset Boulevard nightclub, and worked occasionally as a stand in and stunt performer. When he got to know Robert Lowery as the actor's stand-in in 1948, Lowery was able to get Calvert into the Screen Actor's Guild. That same year, Ray Corrigan whom Calvert knew and admired, sold Calvert his gorilla suits, which he had used in a multitude of Hollywood films, for a down payment of $1800, also providing some acting pointers. He began to follow in Corrigan's paw prints in lesser Hollywood fare making his debut in a \"Jungle Jim\" film, earning the amount of the down payment."}, {"context": " Calvert appeared in \"Bride of the Gorilla\", \"The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters\", the serial \"Panther Girl of the Kongo\", Ed Wood's \"The Bride and the Beast\", in \"Road to Bali\" with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby and appeared in the second part of the title role of \"Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla\". Subsequently, Calvert appeared again with Lugosi at the 1953 Hollywood premiere of \"House of Wax\", at which Lugosi arrived in his Dracula costume, leading the furry-suited Calvert on a leash. Among his television work is at least one appearance with Buster Keaton which Calvert called \"the best thing I ever did. He was a pure pantomime artist.\") and an episode of \"Adventures of Superman\", \"Jungle Devil.\" In the tradition of other gorilla men playing space monsters, Calvert played a robot that was meant to be an entire army of robots in \"Target Earth\" as well as the robot in \"The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters\" in scenes which did not involve the ape. Circus clown Billy Small frequently came aboard when Calvert needed a second \"ape,\" such as in \"Bride and the Beast.\""}, {"context": " Dismayed by a lack of steady work and suffering a heart attack, Calvert retired from film work in 1960. That year, Target Earth producer Herman Cohen approached Calvert about playing the title role in \"Konga\";, but as Calvert had sold his costumes to Western Costume, Cohen was forced to rent an alternate ape suit from stuntman/actor George Barrows, though Barrows himself did not appear in the suit in the film. Calvert had two daughters and a son. A widower, Calvert was a carpenter in his later years, and an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous. He died in Los Angeles, aged 74, in 1991."}]}, {"title": "Steve Camacho", "paragraphs": [{"context": " George Stephen (Steve) Camacho (October 15, 1945 \u2013 October 2, 2015) was a West Indian cricketer who played in eleven Tests from 1968 to 1971 as an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler. Camacho was part of the West Indian Test side for four series: 1967\u201368, 1968\u201369, 1969, 1970\u201371. His final tour was to England in 1973: in only the second game, his cheekbone was fractured by a bouncer from Hampshire's Andy Roberts and he left the side, never to play another Test. After retirement in 1979, Camacho served West Indies cricket as selector then secretary and later as chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board. He was the author of a book \"Cricket at Bourda: Celebrating the Georgetown Cricket Club\" (2007, ; ). He died on October 2, 2015."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cammack", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Richard Cammack (born 20 March 1954) is an English former footballer. A forward, he scored 143 goals in 419 league appearances in a 15-year career in the Football League. He began his career at Sheffield United in 1971, before transferring to Chesterfield four years later. After over 100 appearances in four years he moved onto Scunthorpe United. He spent seven seasons with the \"Iron\" in two spells around a spell with Lincoln City in 1981\u201382. His goals fired Scunthorpe out of the Fourth Division in 1982\u201383. In all he scored 110 goals for the club in 245 league appearances. He was loaned out to Port Vale and Stockport County, before entering non-league football with Scarborough and Worksop Town."}, {"context": " Cammack began his career at Sheffield United. The \"Blades\" finished tenth in the First Division in 1971\u201372 and 14th in 1972\u201373 under the stewardship of John Harris. Following the appointment of Ken Furphy, United finished 13th in 1973\u201374 and then sixth in 1974\u201375. Cammack made 36 league appearances during his four years at Bramall Lane, before he signed with Joe Shaw's Chesterfield. The \"Spireites\" finished 14th in the Third Division in 1975\u201376. Under the stewardship of Arthur Cox, Chesterfield finished 18th in 1976\u201377 and ninth in 1977\u201378, before narrowly avoiding relegation by one place and four points in 1978\u201379. Cammack scored 21 goals in 113 league games in his four years at Saltergate."}, {"context": " His next move was to Scunthorpe United. Ron Ashman led the \"Iron\" to 14th in the Fourth Division in 1979\u201380 and then 16th in 1980\u201381. Cammack spent the 1981\u201382 season with Colin Murphy's Lincoln City, who finished one place and one point outside of the Third Division promotion places. He left Sincil Bank and returned to Scunthorpe, now managed by John Duncan, and scored 25 goals in 1982\u201383 to become the division's top scorer, and help \"Scunny\" to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in third place. They failed to survive in the league above under new boss Allan Clarke, and were relegated in 1983\u201384 after failing to win away from the Old Showground all season. After Frank Barlow took charge, they finished ninth in 1984\u201385. Cammack was given the club's Player of the Year award in 1985 after scoring 25 goals in 39 appearances. Over his two spells at the club, Cammack made 245 league appearances, scoring 110 goals."}, {"context": " He was loaned out to John Rudge's Port Vale in December 1985, but returned to his club the next month after failing to impress in his one start and two substitute appearances. At the end of the 1985\u201386 season, the \"Valiants\" won promotion out of the Fourth Division. After a loan spell with Stockport County in which he featured just four times at Edgeley Park, he moved on to Kevin Blackwell's Alliance Premier League side Scarborough. After leaving the McCain Stadium, he later played for Worksop Town in the Northern Premier League.  Source:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Camp", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven J. Camp (born April 13, 1955) is an American contemporary Christian music artist with an adult contemporary pop sound. He sold more than a million albums. He also has written or co-written 21 number one singles since his debut in 1978 as a solo artist. Today his popularity continues mostly in his Christian writing addressing current trends and matters of Reformed Theology. He started Audience One Ministries and has a blog covering Christian music, biblical study, reformation, and revival."}, {"context": " He is well known for his strong view that Christian musicians are called to make direct, uncompromising music that confronts the world with the message of the Scriptures. In the tradition of Martin Luther's 95 theses, Camp sent out his own 107 theses on Reformation Day (October 31), 1998, calling for a reformation in contemporary Christian music. Born in Wheaton, Illinois, Camp was raised by Christian parents and by five years of age, he had confessed faith in Jesus. This greatly influenced his desire to serve God through his teenage years. As a young Christian, he created a close bond with legendary Christian singer/songwriter Larry Norman, who gave him advice concerning Camp's own singing and songwriting. In addition, he met the late Keith Green, who encouraged him to make a stronger commitment to Jesus and the ministry of music. Camp was divorced from his first wife prior to 2002. He remarried on June 19, 2009. He is unrelated to Jeremy Camp, a fellow Christian rock musician. Camp is now the senior pastor of The Cross Church in Palm City, Florida."}, {"context": " Camp attended Roosevelt University, where he majored in Musical Composition and Theory. He studied under Professor Dodds, a protegee of George Gershwin. He also studied Business Law/Music at the College of DuPage. Camp is theologically Reformed, in the tradition of John Owen, Jeremiah Burroughs, Thomas Watson, Dr. John F. MacArthur, Dr. D.A. Carson, Dr. R.C. Sproul and the late Dr. Stephen Olford. In the late 1970's, he began a longtime relationship with a then-unknown Rob Frazier, a one-time \"Petra\" member, who co-wrote songs for Camp's own albums. Camp was reunited with Frazier on Frazier's 1992 compilation \"Retrospect\", on which Frazier and Camp sang duet vocals for the song \"Why, Why Why?\" Camp also had a long-term friendship with Scott Wesley Brown, and he played acoustic guitar and sang backups on Brown's 1977 album, \"I'm Not Religious, I Just Love The Lord\", one year before he went on his own. Five of Camp's albums \"Sayin' It With Love (1978), \"Start Believin'\" (1980), \"For Every Man\" (1981), \"Only The Very Best\" (1983), and \"It's A Dying World\" (1984) have never been released on CD."}, {"context": " Prior to becoming a conference speaker and lecturer, Camp was a popular Contemporary Christian Music singer-songwriter. In 1977, he signed a recording contract with Myrrh Records, releasing several songs as a solo artist. In 1983, Camp signed a contract with Sparrow Records, with whom he released nine successful albums. On his first album, \"Fire and Ice\", Camp paired up with Michele Pillar to sing \"Love's Not A Feeling\". In 1989, Camp released his 10th studio album, \"Justice\", on which he recorded a duet with BeBe Winans, entitled \"Do You Feel Their Pain?\" After Camp's contract with Sparrow ended in 1992, he signed with Warner Alliance, with whom he released 2 albums. On his 1993 release \"Taking Heaven By Storm\", Camp teamed up with veteran keyboardist and songwriter Michael Omartian, and together they produced a series of No. 1 hits in a single year (1994), including a contemporary remake of \"The Lord's Prayer\". Later that same year, he released a worship-themed project titled \"Mercy in the Wilderness\"."}, {"context": " Along with other popular contemporary Christian artists of the 1980s, Camp made several front covers of \"CCM Magazine\", \"World Magazine\", and \"Christianity Today\", among many others. At the same time, he also wrote several articles for leading Christian publications, in addition to giving numerous interviews on Christian radio. After recording several albums, Camp began attending Christian conferences and making frequent guest appearances at Christian colleges. In 1996, he was an honorable invitee at the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals Conference, where the Cambridge Document was drafted. One year later, he was spotted in 1997 at the Summit on Church Music Ministry held at Cedarville College in Ohio, contending for sound Biblical theology in Christian music. In the fall of 1998 he once again appeared in Ohio, this time in Celina at a benefit for Harbor House Maternity Home, a Christian home for pregnant teens. 440 people were present to hear Steve do four songs, including Keith Green's \"Asleep in the Light\" and Camp's own \"He's All You Need.\" He followed up his first set of songs with an even more passionate exhortation, possibly causing some in attendance to be a bit uncomfortable with Camp's straightforward approach to his messages: they must do everything possible to save the unborn and be seen as proactively pro-life."}, {"context": " In the mid-1990s, Camp was a frequent guest on radio stations all across the country. Between 1995 and 1997, he also hosted his own radio talk show, No Compromise with Steve Camp. He also made guest appearances on \"The Bible Answer Man\" with Hank Hanegraaff, \"The Janet Parshall Show\", \"The Dick Staub Show\", \"Prime Time America with Jim Warren\", \"Iron Sharpens Iron\", and many more. He is also a well-known writer for the AudienceONE ministries website. As of 2010, Camp continues to make numerous guest appearances on other radio shows."}]}, {"title": "Steve Campbell (American football)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Campbell (born April 11, 1966) is an American football coach and former player. Campbell was named head football coach for the University of South Alabama Jaguars on December 7, 2017. Mostly recently he was the head football coach at the University of Central Arkansas, a position he has held from December 2013 until December 2017. Campbell has previously served in the same capacity at Delta State University from 1999 to 2001, as well as at two National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) institutions \u2014 Southwest Mississippi Community College (1997\u20131998) and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (2004\u20132013). He has been involved with three National Championship winning teams \u2014 first as a NCAA Division II player in 1987, then as a D-II head coach in 2000 and lastly as a junior college head coach in 2007."}, {"context": " Campbell was a football player in college, starting at center in 43 straight games for Southeastern Louisiana and Troy State University. In 1987, he was a member of the NCAA Division II National Championship team at Troy, and was named an All-Gulf South Conference first team selection. Campbell was named Academic All-Conference three times and graduated Cum Laude from Troy State with a bachelor's degree in Economics. He also earned a Master's in Business Administration from Auburn University. Campbell's coaching career started as a graduate assistant at Auburn University under head coach Pat Dye, where he helped the Tigers win back-to-back SEC titles. While on the Plains, Campbell got experience coaching in two bowl games, including the 1990 Hall of Fame Bowl where they defeated Ohio State 31\u201314."}, {"context": " His first full-time position was as offensive line coach and strength and conditioning coach at Delta State University in 1990. He spent his final season as the offensive coordinator for DSU before taking the position of offensive coordinator and backfield coach under Rick Rhoades at Nicholls State University in 1993 (Rhoades was Campbell's coach at Troy). In 1997, Cambell received his first head coaching position, taking over at Southwest Mississippi Community College where he had spent the previous season coaching the running backs. During his two seasons with the Bears, Campbell's teams went 12\u20138 including the school's first winning season in 12 years."}, {"context": " Campbell returned to Delta State University as head coach in 1999, compiling a 27\u20138 record over three seasons which is a school record .771 winning percentage. His no-huddle offense shattered 12 Gulf South Conference Records and six NCAA Division II records. DSU also won the 2000 NCAA Division II Championship, with Campbell earning National Coach of the Year honors by three different organizations. In 2002, Campbell became the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Middle Tennessee State University. At Middle Tennessee, Campbell's offense produced a 1,000-yard rusher and scored more than 20 points against three of the four SEC teams faced, including a win at in-state rival Vanderbilt."}, {"context": " He then served as offensive line coach for Jackie Sherrill in his last season at Mississippi State before taking the head coaching position at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in March 2004. At MGCCC, he went 87\u201322 (.798) over ten seasons at the helm despite his predecessor going only 6\u201312 in his two seasons in charge. Campbell coached Gulf Coast to a NJCAA Junior College co-National Championship in 2007. Several players on that team went on to play in the Southeastern Conference including Eltoro Freeman and Demond Washington at Auburn, Terrence Cody at Alabama and Chris White and Sean Brauchle at Mississippi State. Prior to Campbell's arrival, the Bulldogs football team had not made it to the state playoffs since 1986."}, {"context": " In December 2008, Campbell was a finalist for the head coaching position at Northwestern State University. Other finalists included Bradley Dale Peveto, co-defensive coordinator at Louisiana State University and a former Northwestern State assistant, who eventually got the job. On January 12, 2009, Campbell interviewed with new head coach Gene Chizik to fill the vacant position coaching the offensive line at Auburn University, but the job was filled by Colorado assistant head coach Jeff Grimes."}, {"context": " Campbell led his 2009 MGCCC Bulldogs team to a 9\u20132 record after losing 75\u201371 in the MACJC State Championship game, ending Gulf Coast's bid for three straight MACJC titles. In 2010, Campbell led Gulf Coast to a 10\u20132 record (the two losses were a combined six points) including a 31-17 win over Co-Lin in the MACJC Championship game and a 62\u201353 win versus #3 ranked Grand Rapids (10\u20131) in the Mississippi Bowl. The combined 115 points set a Mississippi Bowl record. A member of that team, Don Jones went on to be drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 2013 NFL draft and made the team as a safety.  Under Campbell's leadership, Gulf Coast consistently ranked in the NJCAA National Poll, finishing #13 in 2005, #8 in 2006, #1 in 2007, #4 in 2008, #8 in 2009, #3 in 2010. and #6 in 2011."}]}, {"title": "Steve Campbell (snooker player)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Campbell (born 7 March 1966) is an English former professional snooker player. Campbell turned professional through the 1988 Professional Play-offs, where he won his qualifying match 10\u20131 against Canadian Paul Thornley. His first match as a professional was a 4\u20135 International Open defeat to seventy-five-year-old Fred Davis, but he reached the last 64 at the 1988 Canadian Masters - losing 2\u20135 to Stephen Hendry - and the same stage of the 1989 Classic, where Cliff Wilson beat him 5\u20133. The following season, Campbell lost 5\u20130 to Jimmy White in the Grand Prix, but came within one round of qualifying for the main stages of the World Championship, at the Crucible Theatre, for the first time. He beat Glen Wilkinson of Australia 10\u20132, Steve Longworth 10\u20136 and Les Dodd 10\u20137, but lost 7\u201310 to Neal Foulds in the last 48."}, {"context": " Campbell recorded his first run to the last 32 at a ranking event in 1990, at the Asian Open; there, he beat Gary Natale, Jim Chambers and Gary Wilkinson before losing 1\u20135 to Mike Hallett. He bettered this with a last-16 finish in the 1992 edition, where he overcame Jason Ferguson, John Campbell, Wilkinson and Stuart Reardon, but lost 2\u20135 to Dene O'Kane. Having reached a career-high ranking of 65th for the 1992/1993 season, Campbell's form dipped sharply thereafter; his most profitable performance was a last-64 finish at the 1993 UK Championship, where David Roe defeated him 9\u20136.  Following a 3\u20135 loss to Malaysian Sam Chong in the 1995 British Open, Campbell did not enter that year's World Championship. Having begun 1994/1995 ranked 106th, he was relegated from the tour at its conclusion, aged 29."}]}, {"title": "Steve Campbell (tennis)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Campbell (born October 22, 1970) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Campbell, a New Yorker by birth, grew up in Michigan where he attended Detroit Catholic Central High School winning individual state championships all four years along with back to back team state championships.He was an All-American while at Rice University. He made his Grand Slam debut at the 1995 Australian Open and defeated countryman Chuck Adams in the opening encounter, before losing his second round match to Patrick Rafter. The American pushed veteran Mats Wilander to five sets in the US Open but he would have to wait until the 1998 Australian Open for his second win. In that tournament he beat both Justin Gimelstob and Alex O'Brien to make it into the third round, his best ever showing in a Grand Slam."}, {"context": " Although predominantly a singles player, Campbell's only ATP Tour final was in the doubles, at Bogota, where he and MaliVai Washington finished runners-up in 1995. He made the singles semi-finals of the 1997 International Tennis Championships but had by far his best performances in 1998. After starting the year well at the Australian Open, Campbell won three matches at the Lipton Championships in Miami (an ATP Super 9 event), reaching the quarter-finals. He was also a quarter-finalist at Atlanta and again in the Heineken Trophy, where he upset world number seven Yevgeny Kafelnikov."}]}, {"title": "Steve Canal", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Canal (born 17 January 1980) is an American author, public speaker, branding expert and basketball player based in New York City. Canal was born in New York in 1980. His parents were born in Haiti and came to United States in late 1970s. Canal received his early education in New York City and attended Fordham University where he received his graduation degree in Sociology, in 2002. Canal represented the Fordham Rams in Atlantic 10 Conference basketball games between 1998 and 2002. Canal began his basketball career in 1998 while attending Fordham University in New York City. Canal represented Fordham Rams in 92 games, spreading over four seasons of Atlantic 10 Conference between 1998 and 2002. He played at forward position and scored over 340 points."}, {"context": " After basketball, Canal started his professional career as an Operational Manager at Vital Marketing, New York, in 2003. In 2011, Canal joined MillerCoors, a beer brewing company based in Chicago. Canal is currently serving as a National Community Affairs Lead at MillerCoors in New York. He is accountable for the growth and execution of community investment and outreach strategies at the organization. In 2017, Canal authored his debut book, \"The Mind of a Winner\". The book was published in July with contributions from Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Enitan Bereola II, Grammy award winner 2 Chainz and Kenny Smith.\"The Mind of a Winner\" focuses on personal growth of an individual. The book rose to #1 on the Amazon bestseller list in August, 2017. Canal is also the founder and CEO at \"The Brand Executive\", a personal development firm based in New York.  In 2015, Canal married his long-term girlfriend, Swin Cash, in Atlanta, Georgia. Cash is a former professional basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cangialosi", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Donato Cangialosi (born October 28, 1963) is the primary television play-by-play announcer for the New Jersey Devils on MSG Plus and the New York Red Bulls on the MSG Network and 98.7 ESPN New York. Cangialosi replaced Mike \"Doc\" Emrick after he stepped down from the play-by-play role after 21 seasons in 2011. He currently serves with color analyst and former NHL defensemen, Ken Daneyko after working for 3 seasons with Chico Resch, former NHL goaltender. Previous to this, Cangialosi served as the backup play-by-play announcer to Emrick and the primary studio host for pre/post and intermission studio shows. He has also had other various jobs in television and radio including a three-year run as a sports talk-show host on ESPN radio in New York City. Steve Cangialosi worked on his first Olympic Games at the London 2012 event, broadcasting several soccer matches."}, {"context": " Cangialosi works on Red Bulls games with color analyst and former New York Cosmos goalkeeper Shep Messing and also occasionally works on international soccer matches for BeIn Sport, Fox Sports and NBC Sports, where he has broadcast several Olympic, Gold Cup and Europa League soccer matches.. Cangialosi began his broadcasting career at Sports Phone, a dial-in sports score service, while he was still attending college in 1984. After he spent a year as the sports editor at WNEW-FM, he worked in a similar capacity from 1987 to 1992 at WINS, where he was the station's youngest on-air reporter. He joined NY1 in August 1992 as one of the channel's original on-air personalities. He was the host of \"New York Sports on 1\" during his eight years at NY1 until 2000. He concurrently was a talk-show host and sportscaster at ESPN Radio from 1997 to 2000. Also calls soccer matches for Bein Sport. Cangialosi broadcasts hockey and soccer for ONE World Sports.  A Queens native, Cangialosi was raised in South Ozone Park. He is the second of Victor and Rose Cangialosi's three sons. His father was a photographic technician at Authentic Color in New York City. After graduating from John Adams High School, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from New York University in 1985. He was the son-in-law of Robert Ivers."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cannane", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Paul Cannane (born 1970) is a news journalist and current affairs reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Steve Cannane is a reporter with the ABC's Investigations Unit. From 2016-2018 he was the ABC's Europe Correspondent, based in London. Prior to his positing, Steve was the host of The Drum and a reporter at Lateline. He started as a reporter for radio station Triple J's current affairs programme, \"The Morning Show\". In 2003, after Francis Leach left the station, Cannane took on the position of host of the show. As a journalist, Cannane has an interest in exposing unscrupulous behaviour, having reported on child abuse within the Church of Scientology, the harassment of the parents of a deceased child by the anti-vaccination lobby and the failure of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to protect consumers from dodgy products."}, {"context": " He temporarily presented breakfast on ABC Radio National while the regular presenter pursued other projects. Cannane was the founding presenter of Triple j\u2019s current affairs program, Hack, beginning in 2004. In 2006 he won the Walkley Award for Broadcast Interviewing for a series of three interviews - Petrol Sniffing, Pilltesting and The Cost of War. He was also commended in the same category of the Walkleys in 2005. In 2006 Cannane won the Excellence in Alcohol and Drug Media Reporting Award at the National Drug and Alcohol Awards and visited the US as the Australian representative on the US Department of State's Edward R Murrow program for journalists."}, {"context": " In 2008, Cannane presented The Hack Half Hour on ABC2. In 2009, he fronted the ABC1 documentary series \"Whatever! The Science of Teenagers\" and published a book, \"First Tests: Great Australian Cricketers and the Backyards That Made Them. In July 2010, Cannane was appointed presenter of ABC News 24's \"The Drum\", a panel discussion program providing news and analysis on issues of the day. Also in July 2010, Cannane broke the story of harassment of the parents of a child who died of whooping cough by the anti-vaccination lobby, the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) on Lateline. His story was the first to expose the lobby group as callous and cruel, with revelations that their President Meryl Dorey, had sought to access medical records of the child as evidence she had died from a pertussis infection. The story also described a complaint about the AVN which was under investigation by the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission, alleging the group disseminated misleading and dangerous health information regarding vaccination. The complaint was eventually upheld, resulting in revocation of the group's charity licence and the issuing of a public warning by the HCCC. Both these actions were overturned following a successful Supreme Court challenge by the AVN in 2011."}, {"context": " Cannane has continued to follow the AVN, most recently on \"The Drum,\" discussing the appearance of Dorey at the Woodford Folk Festival. In November 2010 he was recognised for \"...his honest and diligent approach to journalism and the pursuit of truth in all of its aspects and wherever it may lead\" at the Australian Skeptics National Convention where he was also a speaker. He has worked as a reporter and fill in presenter on ABC1's late night news and current affairs program, \"Lateline\", presenter of \"The Drum\" on ABC News 24 and has appeared on Ten's \"The 7pm Project\".  From April 2016 until July 2018, Cannane was ABC's Europe Correspondent, based in London. In September 2016, he published \"Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia\". In July 2018, Cannane joined the ABC's Investigations Unit as a reporter."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cannon", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cannon may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cannon (radio)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve (Bernard) Cannon (1927\u20132009) was an American radio personality who spent 1964-1971 broadcasting from KSTP-AM, then a longer stretch hosting a drive time talk show in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the \"Cannon Mess\", on WCCO Radio - 830 AM from 3pm-6pm and 3pm-7pm. from \"the basement studio.\" Both on KSTP and WCCO Cannon had a regular cast of self-voiced characters known as his \"Lil Cannons\" that included Ma Linger, Backlash Larue and Morgan Mundane (not to mention Contemporary Collins) through which he provided comedic relief as well as commentary on the topics of the day. He often made jokes about what he called \"the crack management staff at 'CCO\".  Cannon spent 26 years at WCCO, before he retired in 1997. He was inducted into the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2002. Early in his broadcast career Cannon was a TV host as children's show character \"Wrangler Steve\" on WMIN-TV 11 and later during newscasts on KSTP 5. Previous to WCCO, he had been heard in Minneapolis-St. Paul on KSTP-AM and WLOL, and in San Francisco on KGO. Steve Cannon died, aged 81, on April 6, 2009, from cancer."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cannon (writer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cannon (born 1935) is an American writer and the founder of the cultural organization \"A Gathering of the Tribes\". Cannon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and moved to New York City in 1962. During the civil rights era, he was a member of the Society of Umbra, a collective of Black writers. Cannon taught humanities at Medgar Evers College, helping to integrate the public school system in New York. In 1969 Cannon penned the novel \"Groove, Bang, and Jive Around\", which author Ismael Reed called the precursor to rap and author Darius James called in the New York Press \"an underground classic of such legendary stature that New York's black cognoscenti have transformed the work into an urban myth.\""}, {"context": " Cannon, along with Joe Johnson and Ismael Reed, began an independent publishing house that focused on multicultural literature in the 1970s called \"Reed, Cannon and Johnson.\" In 1973 he also collaborated with Reed to interview the first Black sci-fi writer, George S. Schuyler, for \"Yardbird II\", Reed's own publication. Cannon met his friend, artist David Hammons on a park bench in the 1970s. The two have collaborated on certain works including Invisible Paintings where he traced Cannon's painting collection with pencil and then removed the physical works. Hammons once bottled Cannon's voice speaking poems. Cannon has written poems about Hammons work and made public appearances for him."}, {"context": " Cannon was mentor to many writers including Eileen Myles and Paul Beatty. In 2013 he was featured with curator Lydia Y. Nichols in an artist talk about Black bodies and migration for Curator's International. In 1990 Cannon was visiting the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe with Hammons when he was inspired to create \"A Gathering of the Tribes\" first as a literary magazine to document the vibrant culture that was happening in the Lower East Side. The first issue was published with less than 1000 copies in 1991 on a Xerox machine."}, {"context": " By 1993 Tribes quickly grew into a salon and non-profit multi-cultural interdisciplinary arts organization run from his home in the New York City borough of Manhattan's East Village neighborhood. Cannon wanted it to be a multicultural, multigenerational space for both local and traveling art lovers. The collective also hosted a gallery and performance space where numerous exhibitions and concerts have taken place, supporting and inspiring many notable artists and musicians such as the Sun Ra Arkestra (1995), David Henderson, Chavisa Woods, John Farris, Bob Holman, Ishmael Reed, Billy Bang, Max Blagg and David Hammons."}, {"context": " One of Cannon's exhibitions at Tribes Gallery he titled \"Exquisite Poop\" was inspired by his own relationship with visual art as a blind person. A painter included in the exhibition would describe a piece to participating writers, who would then describe the painting for a different painter who would in turn paint it. In April 2014 both the organization and Cannon were forced to relocate and the gallery permanently shut when the occupancy agreement they had with the woman to whom the building had previously been sold, Lorraine Zhang, ended. Simultaneously a wall which retained some of an art-piece by David Hammons (which had previously been sold to an art collector after having been reproduced and the originality of the object transferred) was removed and relocated by the organization and replaced by another minus the pedigree adornment.  Tribes magazine began publishing online and Cannon published an anthology in hard copy in 2017. Cannon's signature look became wearing sunglasses indoors. He became completely blind in 1989 from glaucoma."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cansdell", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Rhett Cansdell (born 23 September 1950 in Dubbo) is a former Australian politician and former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was Australian professional light heavyweight boxing champion in 1973/1974 and Queensland professional heavyweight boxing champion from 1978 to 1981. Cansdell became champion with a sixth-round knockout over Johnny Gorkom; he lost to Greg Mcnamara over ten rounds in a non-title fight. Cansdell later trained future light heavyweight world champion Jeff Harding.  He is married with four adult children. He was elected as a member of the Grafton City Council in 1993 Cansdell represented Clarence for the National Party from 2003 to 2011. He resigned from parliament on 16 September 2011 over a false declaration related to a traffic offence."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cantamessa", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cantamessa is an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film \"Ray\". He has worked on over 75 films and television shows since 1978."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cantwell", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Francis Cantwell (born August 12th, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2005, Cantwell was the last reigning WEC Light Heavyweight Champion. Cantwell was born in Long Beach, California and moved to Pahrump, Nevada at the age of 10. After being expelled middle school and high school because of fighting, Cantwell began training in kickboxing at the age of 16, under the tutelage of Nick Blumgren at One Kick's Gym."}, {"context": " After acquiring a 3\u20130 record in smaller shows, Cantwell made his WEC debut at \"\" in 2007 against Brian Stann, where he suffered a quick TKO loss. After two subsequent victories, Cantwell again faced Stann, WEC Light Heavyweight Champion at \"WEC 35\" and won by TKO in the second round. Shortly after Cantwell took the title, the WEC dropped both its Light Heavyweight and Middleweight divisions, making Cantwell the final WEC Light Heavyweight Champion. Later that year, Cantwell signed with the UFC, which is owned by the WEC's parent company Zuffa. Cantwell faced fellow UFC newcomer Razak Al-Hassan at \"\" an earned a technical submission victory by dislocating Al-Hassan's elbow in an armbar, causing referee Mario Yamasaki to stop the fight. Cantwell's celebration of the victory and post-fight comments sparked some criticism when he said, \"I've been waiting so long to do that, you have no idea\". He later apologized for his behavior."}, {"context": " He fought Luiz Can\u00e9 at UFC 97, but lost the fight via unanimous decision. He rematched Brian Stann, the man he defeated to become the last reigning WEC Light Heavyweight Champion for the second time at UFC Fight Night 19, Cantwell lost the rubber match via unanimous decision. Cantwell was expected to face Vladimir Matyushenko on January 2, 2010 at UFC 108, but pulled out of the bout for undisclosed reasons. Since there was no time to find a suitable replacement to face Matyushenko, the bout was called off. UFC President Dana White mentioned at the UFC 108 Pre-Fight Press Conference that Cantwell may never fight again, but refused to disclose what Cantwell's medical issues were."}, {"context": " With the questions surrounding his medical condition apparently cleared, Cantwell was expected to face UFC newcomer Ricardo Romero on July 3, 2010 at UFC 116. However, for unknown reasons, Cantwell was replaced by Seth Petruzelli. Cantwell was expected to face Stanislav Nedkov on October 16, 2010 at UFC 120. However less than 48 hours before the event, Cantwell was forced off the card after suffering a knee injury during a pre-fight workout. With no time to find a suitable opponent for Nedkov, the bout was cancelled.  Cantwell faced Cyrille Diabat\u00e9 on March 3, 2011 at and lost the fight via unanimous decision. Cantwell dropped to Middleweight for his next fight and faced Mike Massenzio on October 8, 2011 at UFC 136. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Cantwell faced Riki Fukuda on February 26, 2012 at UFC 144. He lost the fight via unanimous decision and was subsequently released from the promotion."}]}, {"title": "Steve Canyon", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Canyon was an American adventure comic strip by writer-artist Milton Caniff. Launched shortly after Caniff retired from his previous strip, \"Terry and the Pirates\", \"Steve Canyon\" ran from January 13, 1947, until June 4, 1988, shortly after Caniff's death. Caniff won the Reuben Award for the strip in 1971. By 1946, Caniff had developed a worldwide reputation for his syndicated \"Terry and the Pirates\". However, the rights for the strip he had created, written and drawn (for \"Chicago Tribune\" newspaper syndicate editor Captain Joseph Patterson) were entirely owned by the syndicate. Seeking creative control, Caniff negotiated with Field Enterprises for a new strip on which he could retain ownership. \"Steve Canyon\" was \"marketed and distributed by King Features, which was subcontracted as Field's selling agent\". Caniff's popularity meant that sixty clients agreed to run \"Steve Canyon\" before publication. The last Caniff episode of \"Terry and the Pirates\" appeared in December 1946, and then George Wunder took over the strip. Caniff's new strip, \"Steve Canyon\", debuted in 168 newspapers. In the 1950s, the strip was enormously popular, and Caniff and \"Steve Canyon\" appeared on the covers of both \"Time\" (1947) and \"Newsweek\" (1950)."}, {"context": " Many strip creators before and since employ uncredited assistants or ghost artists, and Caniff was no exception. In 1952, he hired comic book artist Dick Rockwell (nephew of famed illustrator Norman Rockwell) as his assistant. While Caniff scripted and drew the main characters, Rockwell penciled and inked secondary characters and backgrounds. Rockwell continued on \"Canyon\" until Caniff's death on May 3, 1988. The last syndicated \"Steve Canyon\" strip was a tribute to Caniff in two panels, one drawn by cartoonist Bill Mauldin, the other containing the signatures of 78 fellow cartoonists."}, {"context": " On June 23, 1997, an authorized 50th anniversary \"Steve Canyon\" strip was published by the \"Air Force Times\", a civilian weekly newspaper covering the United States Air Force. \"Steve Canyon\" and the U.S. Air Force having been created the same year, the shared anniversary was celebrated with \"Steve Canyon\" appearing as part of a 96-page insert, \"The First Fifty Years: U.S. Air Force 1947\u20131997\". Drawn in the style of a Sunday strip, the story and art for this commemorative were provided by Air Force Master Sergeant Russ Maheras, with coloring by Carl Gafford. On Monday, September 24, 2007, \"Air Force Times\" published a 60th anniversary \"Steve Canyon\" strip by Maheras. The color, Sunday-style strip depicts Brigadier General Steve Canyon in Afghanistan, investigating Taliban activity."}, {"context": " Steve Canyon was an easygoing adventurer with a soft heart. Originally a veteran running his own air-transport business, the character returned to the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and stayed in the military for the remainder of the strip's run. Initially, his buddies were fellow veterans, and romantic interest was provided by Copper Calhoon, a kind of capitalist version of the popular Dragon Lady character Caniff had created for \"Terry and the Pirates\". Eventually, Canyon developed a sometime-sidekick in crotchety millionaire adventurer Happy Easter, along with a permanent love interest in Summer Olson, Calhoon's private secretary. (Canyon and Olson were pronounced \"man and wife\" in the first panel of the April 25, 1970, daily strip.) General Philerie was based on legendary World War II hero Phil Cochran, who came from Erie, as noted in the character's name (\"Phil-Erie\"). Cochran had been the model for Flip Corkin from \"Terry and the Pirates\" and \"Canyon\" included a Terry-like major character called Reed Kimberley."}, {"context": " Caniff was intensely patriotic, and with Canyon's return to the military, the story began to revolve around Cold War intrigue and the responsibilities of American citizens. Despite this shift in tone, Caniff was able to maintain the picaresque quality of his globally-set stories. During Christmas time, in \"Steve Canyon\", as he did in \"Terry\", Caniff made a special effort to remind readers of servicemen's sacrifices. Caniff was famous for colorful villains and intriguing female characters, such as Madame Lynx and the lovely exiled ruler, Princess Snowflower. Madame Lynx was based on Madame Egelichi, the femme fatale spy played by Ilona Massey in the Marx Brothers movie \"Love Happy\" (1949). The character stirred Caniff's imagination so much that he hired Ilona Massey personally to pose for him. Besides casting Ilona Massey as Lynx, Caniff patterned Pipper the Piper after John Kennedy, and Miss Mizzou after either Marilyn Monroe or actress Bek Nelson-Gordon. The character of Charlie Vanilla (who would frequently appear with an ice cream cone in hand) was based on Caniff's longtime friend Charles Russhon, a former photographer and U.S. Air Force lieutenant who became a technical advisor on five James Bond films."}, {"context": " In the late 1940s producer David O. Selznick considered a \"Steve Canyon\" film series starring Guy Madison, but Madison's agent Henry Willson talked Selznick out of it. The strip was adapted into a filmed, half-hour television series of 34 episodes on NBC in 1958\u201359 (with reruns on ABC in 1960). Dean Fredericks (1924\u201399), formerly the Hindu manservant on Johnny Weissmuller's 1955\u201356 \"Jungle Jim\" series, played Canyon\u2014a troubleshooter for the United States Air Force, spending half the season traveling from base to base before becoming the commanding officer stationed at the strip's fictitious Big Thunder Air Force Base in California. With the exception of General \"Shanty\" Towne (in the pilot episode), none of the other supporting characters from the newspaper strip appeared in the series."}, {"context": " From 2008 to 2009, the first 24 episodes were released on DVD; the remaining episodes were released on July 28, 2015. A series of novels was published by Grosset & Dunlap in the 1950s. They were all written by Caniff, with illustrations by himself. A statue of Steve Canyon was erected in Idaho Springs, Colorado, and a nearby mountain canyon was renamed \"Steve Canyon.\" A mosaic of Steve Canyon's ward, Poteet Canyon, stands in front of the city fire station in the town of Poteet, Texas. The CIA/US Air Force covert air war in Laos during the Vietnam War was unofficially called the \"Steve Canyon Program\""}, {"context": " Harvey Comics reprinted the strip in a half-dozen 1948 comic books, and Dell Comics published seven issues of original stories (1953\u201359) by former Caniff assistant (who had anticipated \"Steve Canyon\" with his own \"Bruce Gentry\" about a charter pilot) in their \"Four Color\" series (#519, 578, 641, 737, 804, 939, 1033). \"Steve Canyon\" was reprinted by \"The Menomonee Falls Gazette\", Kitchen Sink Press and \"Comics Revue\", with Hermes Press reprinting the comic book in 2011. Kitchen Sink Press published \"Steve Canyon Magazine\" for 21 issues, until replacing it with trade paperback collections using the same numbering:  Kitchen Sink Press also published a one-shot \"Steve Canyon 3-D\" comic in June 1986 featuring an anaglyph 3D process by Ray Zone. In 2006, Checker Book Publishing Group began releasing a year-by-year collection of \"Steve Canyon\": In 2012, IDW Publishing began a new hardcover reprint series under their \"The Library of American Comics\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cappiello", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cappiello (May 20, 1923 - April 17, 2013) was a police officer and American Democratic Party politician who served as the 35th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey from 1973 until 1985. Cappiello served as a city councilman from 1963 until his election as mayor, and again after completing his three terms. He also served on the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1981 to 1984, when he lost his re-election bid to Republican Roger Dorian. He was born on May 20, 1923 in Hoboken, New Jersey. He attended the local public schools, graduated from the Demarest High School. He served in the United States Navy."}, {"context": " He served for 13 years in the Hoboken police department, where he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. He founded and was the treasurer of the Hoboken Municipal Employees Credit Union. In 1963 he served as a councilman for the Hoboken third ward for 10 years before being elected mayor in 1973. Capiello was elected in May 1973 defeating incumbent mayor DePascale and avoiding a runoff by 84 votes. Capiello was the mayor who laid the groundwork for the development along the Hoboken waterfront, and was credited with helping to turn Hoboken around."}, {"context": " In 1977 his nephew was kidnapped and murdered. He was a Hudson County freeholder from 1981 to 1984. In 1985, Cappiello narrowly lost the mayoral election to Thomas Vezzetti. Capiello's support for gentrification and his attribution of several arsons to a purported tradition of Puerto Rican revenge burnings resulted in many Puerto Rican residents voting for Vezetti. On February 17, 2009 Cappiello announced his intention to run for mayor again. He never filed and later endorsed Peter Cammarano. After Cammarano's resignation, Cappiello endorsed Frank Raia in the special election to complete the unfinished term.  He died on April 17, 2013 at Hoboken University Medical Center."}]}, {"title": "Steve Capps", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Capps is an American computer programmer, who was one of the designers of the original Apple Macintosh computer. Capps started working at the Xerox Corporation while still a computer science student at the Rochester Institute of Technology. In 1981, Capps started working for Apple on the Lisa project and he continued his work on the Macintosh, principally writing the Finder (along with Bruce Horn) and Macintosh system utilities\u2014such as ResEdit. During a break in 1986, he wrote three music programs including Jam Session, SoundEdit, and Super Studio Session; SoundEdit was eventually sold to Macromedia. From 1987 to 1996, he was the chief architect and Apple Fellow for the Apple Newton, where he led the specification and development of the user interface of Newton, shepherded the team of software developers, and wrote many portions of the built-in application software. From 1996 until 2001, he was a user interface architect at Microsoft. His early work at Microsoft resulted in the Internet Explorer Search, History, and Favorites panes. He was also a co-founder of the MSN Explorer project.  As of 2010, he was working at Silicon Valley start-up Kwedit, now called PayNearMe, focusing on online payment systems. At that time he was married to lawyer Marie D'Amico and had one child, Emma T Capps, who was born in 1997."}]}, {"title": "Steve Capus", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Allan \"Steve\" Capus (born October 4, 1963) is an Executive Editor of CBS News. He is the former president of NBC News. Steve Capus was born in 1963, the son of Jean and Paul Capus. His mother is a teacher's aide; his father is a district manager for a dental supply company. He graduated from William Tennent High School in Warminster, Pennsylvania, and went on to attend Temple University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 1986. Capus began his journalism career in radio and print, working at several stations and daily newspapers in the Philadelphia area. Capus was a director at WCSD-FM, a nonprofit community radio station in Warminster, in the early 1980s. He worked at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia in 1986, and became an executive producer with KYW-TV in Philadelphia in 1990."}, {"context": " Capus moved to Charlotte, N.C. in 1993, joining the NBC News team as the senior producer of \"NBC Nightside\", an overnight news program. Capus then continued his career with NBC in Manhattan. During this time, he was the broadcast producer of \"NBC News Sunrise\" and then the supervising producer for Today. From 1997 to May 2001, Capus was the executive producer of MSNBC\u2019s The News with Brian Williams. He was also the executive producer of numerous NBC News breaking reports and MSNBC special broadcasts. Among them were the 2000 presidential primaries and election, the \u201cSummit in Silicon Valley\u201d with Tom Brokaw and the political series 100 Days, 1000 Voices."}, {"context": " Capus was the executive producer of NBC Nightly News from May 2001 to June 2005. During this time, Capus was the executive producer for NBC News' coverage of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, the war in Iraq, and the \"Decision 2002-2004\" political coverage. Capus was then promoted to senior vice president of NBC News, where he led the network news division, was executive in charge of MSNBC, MSNBC and NBCNEWS.com digital and mobile properties, and NBC News radio. Capus served as a member of the following boards: NBC/Microsoft Joint Venture, The Weather Channel and weather.com, and The Newseum in Washington, DC."}, {"context": " In November 2005, Capus was named president of NBC News. Capus has served as the arbiter of issues involving ethics, style, standards, safety and other matters that affected the Division\u2019s journalistic bearing. Capus reported to Steve Burke, chief executive officer of NBC Universal. Capus announced February 1, 2013 that he was leaving the network. Steve Capus joined IESE Business School as Executive in Residence, to share his expertise. Steve Capus started a blog in January 2014 with stories and analysis about entrepreneurs, leadership, communications, journalism, politics, transformation, innovation, The Digital Revolution and big ideas."}, {"context": " On May 6, 2014, CBS News announced that Capus would join the Network as Executive Editor of CBS News and Executive Producer of the \"CBS Evening News\". In his role as Executive Editor of CBS News, Capus' multi-platform expertise, as well as his decades of newsgathering and production experience, provides a key resource to the entire news division. Capus also brings his extensive management and award-winning journalism experience to the \"CBS Evening News\" as Executive Producer. He was dismissed of those duties on January 23, 2018, and replaced in that capacity by Mosheh Oinounou."}, {"context": " CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager lauded Capus as a successful journalist and news manager and said that \u201che is a real pro with an extraordinary record, and we are fortunate to have him joining us at CBS News.\u201d In the announcement, CBS News President David Rhodes said that \u201cSteve will make the \"Evening News\" more competitive than ever and will make our management team stronger than ever.\u201d In January 2018, it was announced that he would be replaced by Mosheh Oinounou as executive producer of \"CBS Evening News\".  In 1996, he married former NBC News producer Sophia Faskianos in a Greek Orthodox ceremony in Dover, New Hampshire. He has three children."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cardenas", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Antonio Cardenas (born May 29, 1974) is an American martial artist, musician, and semi retired actor. Cardenas is best known for playing the character Rocky DeSantos, which was the second Red Power Ranger in \"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers\" and eventually became the Blue Zeo Ranger in \"Power Rangers Zeo\", two seasons later. Cardenas was born Stephen Antonio Cardenas on May 29, 1974 in Hampton, Virginia, at the Langley Air Force Base. Spending his early childhood as a military brat, Cardenas was raised in San Antonio, Texas. He is of half Mexican descent. He started training in martial arts when he was about 12 years old and reached black belt in Taekwondo at age 16. Steve Cardenas has been in martial arts for 28 years. He earned 5th degree black belt in Taekwondo and a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu."}, {"context": " At age 20, Cardenas left his native Texas and settled in Los Angeles to audition for a \"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers\" role that would change his life. His character, Rocky DeSantos, replaced Jason Lee Scott (played by Austin St. John) as the Red Ranger in the \"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers\" TV series (eventually the Gold Ranger in \"Zeo\"), and he later became the Blue Ranger for \"Power Rangers Zeo\". He had no previous acting experience and had to learn on the job. Cardenas left the \"Power Rangers\" series and retired from acting during \"Power Rangers Turbo\", due to contract disagreements, and possibly to focus on his martial artist career. Many years later, starting at the 2007 Power Morphicon convention, he began making convention appearances with other former cast members."}, {"context": " After \"Power Rangers\", he owns a martial arts studio in Burbank, California and one in his hometown of San Antonio. In 2009, he started a kids-specific program at Hollywood Brazilian jiu-jitsu studio in West Hollywood, and in 2011 he opened the Force/Balance Brazilian jiu-jitsu & Yoga school. Cardenas had become interested in Brazilian jiu-jitsu after losing a friendly match against \"a blue belt in BJJ... [he] choked me out in 10 seconds! He was only training for a year and a half at that time and I had been training for 10 yrs. It was an immediate eye opener.\" The style was more difficult for him to learn than other martial arts disciplines."}, {"context": " He holds multiple awards from martial arts contests, including two Silver Medals at Copa Pacifica (2009 and 2011), Gold Medal winner of the 2009 American National Championship, Gold Medal in the 2010 Jujitsu Pro Gear Open, and Silver Medal in the 2010 No-Gi World Championships. In 2017, he starred in the short movie \"The Order\" alongside : Austin St. John, Catherine Sutherland, David Yost, Johnny Yong Bosch, Paul Schrier, Karan Ashley, Walter Emanuel Jones, Erin Cahill, Blake Foster, Nakia Burrise, Hilary Shepard Turner, Dan Southworth, Alyson Sullivan, Deborah Estelle Phillips and Azim Rizk.  For the first time since \"Power Rangers Turbo\", Cardenas returned to the Power Rangers Franchise in \"Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel\" for the 25th anniversary Episode reprising his role as Rocky DeSantos."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cardenas (musician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cardenas is a guitarist who began his career in Kansas City, Missouri and has been part of the New York City jazz community since 1995. Cardenas was a longstanding member of the Paul Motian Electric Bebop Band (which later became the Paul Motian Octet), and Joey Baron's band, Killer Joey. He is a member of the Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, Steve Swallow Quintet, Ben Allison Band, John Patitucci Electric Guitar Quartet and Jon Cowherd Mercy Project. He has toured extensively throughout Europe, North and South America and Asia, performing at international music festivals, theaters and clubs. He also leads his own trio and has released several recordings as a leader featuring many of his own compositions."}, {"context": " He has also worked with Mark Isham, Marc Johnson, Norah Jones, Paul McCandless, Maria Muldaur, Madeleine Peyroux, and Jenny Scheinman. Cardenas is on faculty at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City. He has previously been on faculty at the California Institute of the Arts, Siena Summer Jazz Workshop, Stanford Jazz Workshop, Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music and Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony. Cardenas is co-author, with editor Don Sickler, of the \"Thelonious Monk Fakebook\", released by Hal Leonard Publishing. The \"Thelonious Monk Fakebook\" marks the first time all of Monk's compositions have appeared in one volume, many of them appearing for the first time.  With Ben Allison With Jeff Beal With Jim Campilongo With Brandon Fields With Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra With Rebecca Martin With Kate McGarry With Paul Motian With others"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cardiff", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cardiff (August 10, 1957 \u2013 July 6, 2011) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Mount Lorne in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. He was first elected to the Yukon legislature in the 2002 general election and re-elected in 2006. He won convincingly both times. He was the NDP caucus critic for the Department of Community Services, the Department of Education, the Department of Highways and Public Works, the Department of Justice, the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board, the Yukon Housing Corporation and the Yukon Liquor Corporation. Cardiff shared critic responsibilities for the Department of Economic Development with party leader Todd Hardy, and was the Third Party House Leader."}, {"context": " Prior to becoming Mount Lorne\u2019s MLA Cardiff worked as a certified sheet metal journeyman on industrial, commercial and residential projects in every Yukon community. For 16 of his 20 years in the sheet metal trade, he volunteered as the local president of the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters. He volunteered on the executive of the Yukon Federation of Labour for two years at the same time. He also served on Yukon College\u2019s board of governors, which he did for nine years, acting as chair for his final three. He is an active volunteer with the Mount Lorne Community Association."}, {"context": " In February 2009, Cardiff declared his candidacy for the leadership of the New Democrats, following Hardy's resignation as party leader. However, he withdrew from the race later in the year for unspecified personal reasons. Cardiff was killed in a two-vehicle road accident, one kilometre north of Lewes Lake on the South Klondike Highway, involving a tractor trailer and a small vehicle. ! align=left colspan=3|Total ! align=right|828 ! align=right|100.0% ! align=right| \u2013 ! align=left colspan=3|Total  ! align=right|841 ! align=right|100.0% ! align=right| \u2013"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cardownie", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cardownie is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and former Deputy Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh Council where he was a councillor for the Forth ward. Cardownie was a Scottish Socialist Party member before he joined the Scottish Labour Party in 1983. He was first elected as a Labour councillor in 1988. He held a number of positions within the party in Edinburgh including Group Secretary, Whip and Deputy Lord Provost. He was also involved in the trade union movement serving on the national executive of the Civil and Public Services Association (CPSA)."}, {"context": " In late October 2005 he resigned from the Labour Party and joined the SNP. He said he had come to the conclusion that independence was in Scotland's interests and that Tony Blair's policies no longer represented the Labour Party he had joined. He found himself ostracised by his former colleagues. He would be the sole SNP councillor on City of Edinburgh Council until the Scottish local elections, 2007. He was elected in the Forth ward under the new proportional representation system topping the poll with 2,472 first preferences and exceeding the quota. After the elections the Scottish Liberal Democrats formed a coalition with the SNP to run the Council and Cardownie became Deputy Leader."}, {"context": " He was re-selected as a candidate for the Scottish local elections, 2012 again in the Forth ward this time with a running-mate. He polled 1,377 first preferences and took the third seat in the ward exceeding the quota. After the elections he was re-elected Leader of an enlarged SNP group and he again became Deputy Leader of the City of Edinburgh Council as the Scottish Labour Party and the SNP formed a grand-coalition after the election. In March 2015 he stood down as leader of the SNP group. In May 2015 he became the Deputy Lord Provost. In September 2016 he announced that he would not seek re-election to the council in 2017."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cardwell", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Michael Cardwell (born August 18, 1950) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey forward who played 53 games in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He would also play 152 games in the World Hockey Association with the Minnesota Fighting Saints and Cleveland Crusaders. Cardwell was born in Toronto, Ontario and played his junior ice hockey in Oshawa for the Oshawa Generals."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carell", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven John Carell (; born August 16, 1962) is an American actor, writer and director. He is best known for his portrayal of gaffe-prone boss Michael Scott on the American version of \"The Office\" (2005\u20132013), on which he also worked as an occasional producer, writer and director. Carell was a correspondent on \"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\" from 1999 to 2005. He has starred in \"\" (2004), \"The 40-Year-Old Virgin\" (2005), \"Evan Almighty\" (2007), \"Get Smart\" (2008), \"Crazy, Stupid, Love\" (2011), \"The Incredible Burt Wonderstone\" and \"The Way, Way Back\" (both 2013). He has also voice acted in \"Over the Hedge\" (2006), \"Horton Hears a Who!\" (2008) and the \"Despicable Me\" franchise (2010\u20132017). In 2016, Carell co-created the TBS comedy series \"Angie Tribeca\" with his wife, Nancy Carell."}, {"context": " Carell was nominated as \"America's funniest man\" in \"Life\" magazine, and received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor \u2013 Television Series Musical or Comedy for his work on the first season of \"The Office\". His role as wrestling coach and convicted murderer John Eleuth\u00e8re du Pont in the drama film \"Foxcatcher\" (2014) earned him, among various honors, nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor \u2013 Motion Picture Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He also received acclaim for his roles in \"Little Miss Sunshine\" (2006), \"The Big Short\" (2015), and \"Battle of the Sexes\" (2017), the latter two earning him his eighth and ninth Golden Globe Award nominations, respectively."}, {"context": " The youngest of four brothers, Carell was born at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, and raised in nearby Acton, Massachusetts. His father, Edwin A. Carell, was an electrical engineer, and his mother, Harriet Theresa (\"n\u00e9e\" Koch) (1925\u20132016), was a psychiatric nurse. His maternal uncle, Stanley Koch, worked with scientist Allen B. DuMont to create cathode ray tubes. His father is of Italian descent and his mother was of German and Polish ancestry. Carell was raised Roman Catholic, and was educated at Nashoba Brooks School, The Fenn School, and Middlesex School. He played ice hockey and lacrosse while in high school. He played the fife, performing with other members of his family, and later joined a reenacting group portraying the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot. He attributed his interest in history to this, earning a degree in the subject from Denison University in Granville, Ohio, in 1984."}, {"context": " While at Denison, Carell was a member of Burpee's Seedy Theatrical Company, a student-run improvisational comedy troupe and was a goalie on the school's Big Red hockey team for four years. He also spent time as a disc jockey under the name \"Sapphire Steve Carell\" at WDUB, the campus radio station. Carell states that he worked as a mail carrier in Littleton, Massachusetts. He later recounted that he quit after seven months because his boss told him he was not very good at being a mail carrier and needed to be faster. Early in his performing career, Carell acted on the stage in a touring children's theater company, later in the comedy musical \"Knat Scatt Private Eye\" and in a television commercial for the restaurant chain Brown's Chicken in 1989."}, {"context": " In 1991, Carell performed with Chicago troupe The Second City where Stephen Colbert was his understudy for a time. Carell made his film debut in a minor role in \"Curly Sue\". In spring 1996, he was a cast member of \"The Dana Carvey Show\", a short-lived sketch comedy program on ABC. Along with fellow cast member Colbert, Carell provided the voice of Gary, half of \"The Ambiguously Gay Duo\", the Robert Smigel-produced animated short which continued on \"Saturday Night Live\" later that year. While the program lasted only seven episodes, \"The Dana Carvey Show\" has since been credited with forging Carell's career. He starred in a few short-lived television series, including \"Come to Papa\" and \"Over the Top\". He has made numerous guest appearances, including in \"Funny Girl\", an episode of \"Just Shoot Me!\". Additional screen credits include Brad Hall's short-lived situation comedy \"Watching Ellie\" (20022003) and Woody Allen's \"Melinda and Melinda\". Carell was a correspondent for \"The Daily Show\" from 1999 to 2005, with a number of regular segments including \"Even Stevphen\" with Stephen Colbert and"}, {"context": " \"Produce Pete\". In 2005, Carell signed a deal with NBC to star in \"The Office\", a remake of the British TV series of the same name. In the series, a mockumentary about life at a mid-sized paper supply company, Carell played the role of Michael Scott, the idiosyncratic regional manager of Dunder Mifflin, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Although the first season of the adaptation suffered mediocre ratings, NBC renewed it for another season due to the anticipated success of Carell's film \"The 40-Year-Old Virgin\", and the series subsequently became a ratings success. Carell won a Golden Globe Award and Television Critics Association Award during 2006 for his role in \"The Office\". He received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work in the series (20062011). Carell earned approximately per episode of the third season of \"The Office\", twice his salary for the previous two seasons. In an \"Entertainment Weekly\" interview, he commented on his salary, saying, \"You don't want people to think you're a pampered jerk. Salaries can be ridiculous. On the other hand, a lot of people are making a lot of money off of these shows.\""}, {"context": " Carell was allowed \"flex time\" during filming to work on theatrical films. Carell worked on \"Evan Almighty\" during a production hiatus during the second season of \"The Office\". Production ended during the middle of the fourth season of \"The Office\" because of Carell's and others' refusal to cross the picket line of the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike. Carell, a WGA member, has written two episodes of \"The Office\": \"Casino Night\" and \"Survivor Man\". Both episodes were praised, and Carell won a Writers Guild of America Award for \"Casino Night\". On April 29, 2010, Carell stated he would be leaving the show when his contract expired at the conclusion of the 20102011 season because he wanted to focus on his film career. His last episode as a main character, \"Goodbye, Michael\", aired April 28, 2011, with his final shot showing Carell walking to a Colorado-bound plane to join his fianc\u00e9e, Holly Flax, in Boulder, Colorado. Although he was invited back for the series finale in 2013, Carell originally declined believing that it would go against his character's arc. Ultimately in the final version of the finale Carell reprised the role."}, {"context": " Carell's first major film role was as weatherman Brick Tamland in the 2004 hit comedy \"\". Struck by Carell's performance in the film, \"Anchorman\" producer Judd Apatow approached Carell about creating a film together, and Carell told him about an idea he had involving a middle-aged man who is still a virgin. The result was the 2005 film \"The 40-Year-Old Virgin\", which Carell and Apatow developed and wrote together, starring Carell as the title character. The film made $109\u00a0million in domestic box office sales and established him as a leading man. It also earned Carell an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance and a WGA Award nomination, along with Apatow, for Best Original Screenplay."}, {"context": " Carell played Uncle Arthur, imitating the camp mannerisms of Paul Lynde's original character, in \"Bewitched\", a TV adaptation co-starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. He also voiced Hammy the Squirrel in the 2006 computer-animated film, \"Over the Hedge\" and Ned McDodd, the mayor of Whoville, in the 2008 animated film \"Horton Hears a Who!\". He starred in \"Little Miss Sunshine\" during 2006, as Uncle Frank. His work in the films \"Anchorman\", \"The 40-Year-Old Virgin\", and \"Bewitched\" established Carell as a member of Hollywood's so-called \"Frat Pack\", a group of actors who often appear in films together, that also includes Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, and Luke Wilson. Carell acted as the title character of \"Evan Almighty\", a sequel to \"Bruce Almighty\", reprising his role as Evan Baxter, now a U.S. Congressman. The film received mostly negative reviews. Carell starred in the 2007 film \"Dan in Real Life\", co-starring Dane Cook and Juliette Binoche."}, {"context": " Carell played Maxwell Smart in the 2008 film \"Get Smart\", an adaptation of the TV series starring Don Adams. It was successful, grossing over $230\u00a0million worldwide. During 2007, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Carell starred with Tina Fey in \"Date Night\" during late 2008 and was released on April 9, 2010 in the U.S. He voiced Gru, the main character in the Universal CGI film \"Despicable Me\" along with Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove, and Kristen Wiig. He reprised the role in the 2013 sequel \"Despicable Me 2\" and in the third installment of the film franchise \"Despicable Me 3\" in 2017. He has several other projects in the works, including a remake of the 1967 Peter Sellers film \"The Bobo\". He is doing voice-over work in commercials for Wrigley's Extra gum. Carell has launched a television division of his production company, Carousel Productions, which has contracted a three-year overall deal with Universal Media Studios, the studio behind his NBC comedy series. Thom Hinkle and Campbell Smith of North South Prods., former producers on Comedy Central's \"The Daily Show\", were hired to manage Carousel's TV operations."}, {"context": " Carell played millionaire E.I. du Pont family heir and convicted murderer John Eleuth\u00e8re du Pont in the 2014 true crime drama film \"Foxcatcher\". It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and it has received widespread acclaim. Carell was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture \u2013 Drama and for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Carell played activist Steven Goldstein in the gay rights drama \"Freeheld\", replacing Zach Galifianakis, who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. The film co-stars Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, and Michael Shannon, and was released in October 2015. He followed this with another biographical drama, \"The Big Short\", in which he portrayed banker Steve Eisman, whose name was changed in the film to Mark Baum. Directed by Adam McKay, the film stars Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt, and it was released in December 2015. The film also received widespread critical acclaim, earning Carell a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, making it the second film starring Carell to be nominated for the award, with \"Little Miss Sunshine\" being the first. He next starred in Woody Allen's \"Caf\u00e9 Society\" (2016), alongside Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg."}, {"context": " In 2017, Carell headlined the biographical comedy-drama \"Battle of the Sexes\", portraying tennis star Bobby Riggs, with Emma Stone co-starring as Billie Jean King. In 2018, Carell starred as father David Sheff whose son Nic (played by Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet) struggles with addiction in \"Beautiful Boy\". Carrell will return to television by starring in \"The Morning Show\" for Apple opposite Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston. On August 5, 1995, Carell married \"Saturday Night Live\" alumna Nancy Carell (n\u00e9e Walls), whom he met when she was a student in an improvisation class he was teaching at Second City. They have two children, Elisabeth Anne \"Annie\" (born May 2001) and John \"Johnny\" (born June 2004)."}, {"context": " In addition to working with Carell as a fellow correspondent on \"The Daily Show\", Nancy acted with him on \"The Office\" as his realtor and short-lived girlfriend Carol Stills. She also cameoed as a sex therapist in \"The 40-Year-Old Virgin\" and played Linda in \"Seeking a Friend for the End of the World\". They also created the TBS comedy series \"Angie Tribeca\" starring Rashida Jones, which premiered on January 17, 2016. In February 2009, Carell bought the Marshfield Hills General Store in Marshfield, Massachusetts. During 2011, Carell earned $17.5million, making him the 31st highest-paid actor (excluding television-related projects).  In an interview with \"60 Minutes\", Carell stated that his inspirations for acting and comedy are Steve Martin, Peter Sellers, John Cleese, Bill Cosby, and George Carlin. For his contributions to the film industry, Carell received the 2,570th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carfino", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Carfino (born August 28, 1962) is a former basketball player, who played for the University of Iowa in college basketball and later in the Australian National Basketball League. After retiring he became a television commentator, focusing on basketball, occasionally covering other sports. He is the younger brother of former University of Southern California player Don Carfino. Carfino attended St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California. He was a High School All-American selection."}, {"context": " Carfino is a patron of CBC (Cammeray Book Club) which helps in men's mental health awareness. Carfino attended the University of Iowa, as a guard, recruited by Lute Olson and finishing his last season under George Raveling. The Hawkeyes played in 3 NCAA Tournaments in Carfino's four seasons. In his final year at Iowa, he was named in the All Big Ten, and was also named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Hawkeyes for that season. As a Senior, Carfino averaged 11.7 points, 1.8 Rebounds and 2.4 assists. For his career he scored 1007 points on .489 shooting from the floor and .716 from the free throw line."}, {"context": " After this, Carfino was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the NBA in the last selection of the 6th round. He was cut by the Celtics in August 1984. After leaving the Celtics Carfino stepped away from basketball, operating a sports store in Cedar Rapids, Iowa between September 1984 and July 1985. Steve played five seasons in the NBL between 1986 and 1991. He was forced to retire from playing after the 1991 NBL season at the age of 29 due to ongoing back problems. Carfino was invited to play pro ball in Australia. He took the opportunity to follow in the foot-steps of other great 'import' players that had made a big impact on the game down-under, and elevated the league to new levels through the 70s and 80s. His Australian career (and life) started when he moved to Hobart and played with the Hobart Devils. He was named in the All-NBL first team in his debut season. He was ranked fourth in scoring in his debut season averaging 32.7 per game, and came second in the category of assists (7 per game), and steals (3.4 per game). He was also named the runner-up for the Most Valuable Player award in 1986. He was then named in the 1987 All-NBL first team, and was ranked second in steals averaging 3.4 a game."}, {"context": " He joined the Sydney Kings in 1988 after playing two seasons and 51 games at the Hobart Devils. In 1988 and 1989 he was named in the All-NBL second team, and continued to rank high in the steals and assists on an annual basis. During his NBL career, Carfino amassed 3,089 points at an average of 23.4 points, as well as having 750 assists, 501 rebounds and 378 steals. His highest score in his NBL career was 52 which he achieved twice, as well as scoring over 40 points five times more. On October 10, 2013, Carfino was named in the Sydney Kings 25th Anniversary Team."}, {"context": " Homenetmen Antranig He was appointed as Senior Men's coach for local Sydney domestic basketball club Homenetmen Antranig on April 13, 2016. Fans were elated with the Carfino hiring, heard chanting \"Yalla Stepan!\" from the sidelines during his first session with the playing group. On April 13, 2016, an hour after being appointed Carfino was inducted into the Antranig Basketball Hall of Fame. Steve Carfino was inducted into the NBL Hall of Fame as a player in 2004. His selection caused some angst among some of the press (most notably Adelaide's leading basketball journalist Boti Nagy) who accused him and fellow Fox Sports television commentator John Casey of shamelessly pushing for his inclusion in the HoF during their commentary of NBL games."}, {"context": " After retiring from the NBL, Carfino joined Network Ten and provided color commentary for broadcasts of Sydney Kings home games. In 1996 Steve joined Fox Sports to provide commentary of televised NBL games alongside play-by-play commentator John Casey. He also hosted FOX SPORTS Central, The Afternoon Rush, Inside Basketball, and NBL Wrap. In 2005, he added both acting and voice-overs to his r\u00e9sum\u00e9. In 2010, the NBL moved from Fox Sports back to Network Ten, on its HD sports channel One. Carfino was signed as a play-by-play commentator where he usually partners other former NBL players Andrew Gaze and Brett Maher as well as Perth based Lachy Reid."}, {"context": " February 2010 saw Carfino launch his new television show called MVP on One, though the show lasted only one season. MVP provided weekly highlights of American sports. On 7 December 2014, Carfino resigned from Channel Ten, ending his 22 years as a commentator. Steve is also active providing private basketball clinics for amateur teams looking to take that next step and achieve their full potential, ignites corporate events as MC or guest speaker with a focus on how to take winning teamwork strategies from pro-sports and applying them to pro-business, and is a consulting partner in a Sydney-based Sports Marketing agency focused on delivering marketing strategy, brand and production services to professional sports teams across all codes. Early in August 2014, Steve signed a deal with high school team St Patrick's college Strathfield as the head coach of the 1st V basketball team."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cargile", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Glenn Cargile (born June 2, 1982) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns and New York Giants. He played college football at Columbia University. Cargile attended St. Peter Chanel High School, where he practiced football, basketball, track and baseball. As a senior in football, he was an All-state selection at wide receiver and All-conference at safety, while helping his team achieve a 13-1 record. He was named all-county in basketball, while helping hid team win the Division III state championship."}, {"context": " He accepted a football scholarship from Columbia University, where he played as a wide receiver in his first three years. As a sophomore, he appeared in 7 games a backup, tallying 14 receptions for 184 yards and 3 touchdowns. As a junior, he started 7 out of 10 games at wide receiver, making 24 receptions (fourth on the team) for 320 yards and 4 touchdowns. As a senior, he was converted into a strong safety, registering 10 starts, 99 tackles (led the team), 3 passes defensed, 2 interceptions and one forced fumble, while receiving Second-team All-Ivy League recognition."}, {"context": " Cargile was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the 2004 NFL Draft. He was waived on September 5 and signed to the practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster on December 5, but was declared inactive for the game against the New York Giants. He was released on May 3, 2005. After being out of football for a year, he was signed as a free agent by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 10, 2006. He was cut on September 2. On November 13, 2006, the Denver Broncos signed him to their practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster and played in three games, after safety Nick Ferguson was placed on the injured reserve list."}, {"context": " In 2007, he was tried at outside linebacker before being released on September 1 and later signed to the practice squad. On September 29, he was promoted to the active roster. He was cut on April 28, 2008, after playing mainly on special teams for the Broncos. On April 30, 2008, he was claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Browns. He was released on August 10. On January 16, 2009, he signed with the New York Giants as a free agent. He was waived on August 1. On August 19, 2009, he was signed as a free agent by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was released on September 5. He was re-signed on September 19 and cut 3 days later.  Since 2011, he has worked as a professional scout for the New England Patriots."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carl", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Joseph \"Steve\" Carl (born December 20, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Carl previously competed for Bellator from 2010 to 2011 and currently competes in the Welterweight division for the World Series of Fighting. He is the former WSOF Welterweight Champion. Carl was a 2003 graduate of Belle Plaine High School, in Belle Plaine, Iowa. While there he enjoyed a successful wrestling career where he qualified for the state tournament in 2001. He was also a S.I.C.L (South Iowa Cedar League) and Sectional Champion in 2003. He graduated from Kirkwood Community College with the class of 2009."}, {"context": " While in the Army Carl started training at the Grapplers Lair, after two months of training and no amateur fights Carl made his professional debut on November 5, 2005 against Andrew Perkins, winning the fight via submission (strikes). Carl went undefeated at 5-0 before taking his first loss to future UFC fighter, Brian Foster. Carl rattled off seven consecutive wins, six of which were finishes, before being signed by Bellator. Carl made his debut for the promotion on April 22, 2010 at Bellator 15 in the . He was matched against Brett Cooper and after three close rounds, Carl won the fight via split decision."}, {"context": " In the semi-final round Carl was matched against Sengoku veteran, Dan Hornbuckle, at Bellator 19. Carl lost the fight midway into the first round via submission, eliminating him from the tournament. Carl took an off-tournament fight against Tyler Stinson at Bellator 26. Midway into the first round Carl applied a guillotine choke and choked Stinson unconscious. The impressive win earned him entry into the next season Welterweight Tournament. However, Carl injured his foot and was unable to compete in the tournament."}, {"context": " Carl entered into the , and was matched against the tournament favorite Douglas Lima. The fight took place at Bellator 49. Carl lost the fight via unanimous decision. Carl was released from the promotion after the loss. In December 2011 Carl made his post-Bellator debut fighting for Far Eastern Federation of Modern Pankration in Russia. He defeated Rustam Bogatirev via submission in the first round. On March 2, 2012 Carl fought Mason Temiquel, taking the fight on only one day's notice, winning via submission and then on July 28, 2012 later defeated Vic Hall via submission, both in the first round. Carl defeated Andrew Trace via first round submission at Madtown Throwdown on August 11, 2012."}, {"context": " In late 2012, Carl signed with upstart Las Vegas promotion World Series of Fighting. His debut came at the promotion's first event, World Series of Fighting 1, held on November 3, 2012 against Ramico Blackmon. Steve Carl won the fight via rear naked choke submission in the first round. Steve Carl defeated Tyson Steele on June 14, 2013 at via rear-naked choke submission in round one. Steve Carl fought Josh Burkman and won via triangle choke submission in the fourth round at to become the first WSOF Welterweight Championship.  Carl made his first title defense at WSOF 9 on March 29, 2014 against UFC vet Rousimar Palhares. He lost the bout due to submission in the first round. Steve Carl was confirmed as a cast member for representing American Top Team."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carlip", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Jonathan Carlip (born 1953) is an American professor of physics at the University of California, Davis. He is known for his work on (2+1)-dimensional quantum gravity, the quantum gravitational basis of black hole thermodynamics, and causal dynamical triangulations. Carlip graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in physics in 1975. In 1987, he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, with a Doctor of Philosophy under the direction of Bryce DeWitt. After a post-doctoral period at Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, he has been teaching \u2014 since 1990 \u2014 at University of California, Davis.  Carlip was one of the recipients of the Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in the year 1991."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carlson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Edward Carlson (born August 26, 1955) is a retired American ice hockey forward and a former minor league hockey coach. Carlson was born in Virginia, Minnesota. He appeared in the movie \"Slap Shot\" as one of the Hanson Brothers. Carlson played in the World Hockey Association with the New England Whalers, Edmonton Oilers and Minnesota Fighting Saints and in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings, scoring nine goals for the Kings. While playing for the Edmonton Oilers in the WHA, he was the roommate of Wayne Gretzky during his rookie season. Carlson and Al McLeod are the only players to ever be on a team with Gordie Howe and on a team with Wayne Gretzky.  Since retiring from hockey, Carlson runs a power skating school and returned \u201cBack to where we started from\u201d in Johnstown, PA. Carlson, his brother Jeff and Dave Hanson also make numerous public appearances, primarily at hockey-related events and charities, as their Hanson Brothers characters. The trio also appeared in two sequels to \"Slap Shot\", \"\", 2002 and \"\", 2008."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carlton", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Norman Carlton (born December 22, 1944), nicknamed \"Lefty\", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965 to 1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994. Carlton has the second-most lifetime strikeouts of any left-handed pitcher (4th overall), and the second-most lifetime wins of any left-handed pitcher (11th overall). He was the first pitcher to win four Cy Young Awards in a career. He held the lifetime strikeout record several times between and , before his contemporary Nolan Ryan passed him. One of his most remarkable records was accounting for nearly half (46%) of his team's wins, when he won 27 games for the last-place (59-97) Phillies. He is the last National League pitcher to win 25 or more games in one season, as well as the last pitcher from any team to throw more than 300 innings in a season. He also holds the record with the most career balks of any pitcher, with 90 (double the second on the all-time list, Bob Welch)."}, {"context": " Carlton was born and raised in Miami, Florida, where he played Little League and American Legion Baseball during his youth. He attended North Miami High School, and later Miami Dade College. In 1963, while a student at Miami-Dade, he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals for a $5,000 bonus. Carlton debuted with the St. Louis Cardinals as a 20-year-old in 1965 and by was a regular in the Cardinals rotation. An imposing man (6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m)) with a hard fastball and slider, Carlton was soon known as an intimidating and dominant pitcher. Carlton enjoyed immediate success in St. Louis, posting winning records and reaching the World Series in 1967 and 1968. On September 15, , Carlton struck out 19 New York Mets, while losing to the Mets, 4\u20133, setting the modern-day record at that time for strikeouts in a nine-inning game. That season, he finished with a 17\u201311 record with a 2.17 ERA, second lowest in the NL, and 210 strikeouts. A contract dispute with the Cardinals (he had made $26,000 in 1969 and was holding out for $50,000, as opposed to the Cardinals' contract offer for $31,000)made Carlton a no-show at spring training in . He proceeded to go 10\u201319 with a 3.73 ERA, leading the NL in losses. In , he became a 20-game winner for the first time, going 20\u20139 with a 3.56 ERA."}, {"context": " Following a salary dispute, Cardinals owner Gussie Busch ordered Carlton traded. Eventually, he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies before the season for pitcher Rick Wise. The trade is now considered one of the most lopsided deals in baseball history. However, at the time, the trade appeared to make sense from the Cardinals' perspective. Carlton had won 77 games to Wise's 75, and both were considered among the game's best pitchers. Tim McCarver, who had caught for Carlton in St. Louis and for Wise in Philadelphia, described the trade as \"a real good one for a real good one.\" He felt Carlton had more raw talent, but Wise had better command on the mound. Although Wise stayed in the majors for another 11 years (though only two of them were with the Cardinals), the trade is reckoned as an epoch-making deal for the Phillies, as well as one of the worst trades in Cardinals history."}, {"context": " In Carlton's first season with Philadelphia, he led the league in wins (27), complete games (30), strikeouts (310), and ERA (1.97), despite playing for a team whose final record was 59\u201397. His 1972 performance earned him his first Cy Young Award and the Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of the year. His winning percentage of 46% of his team's victories that season is a record in modern major league history. Carlton attributed his success to his grueling training regimen, which included Eastern martial arts techniques, the most famous of which was twisting his fist to the bottom of a 5-gallon bucket of rice."}, {"context": " Some highlights of Carlton's 1972 season included starting the season with 5 wins and 1 loss, then losing 5 games in a row, during which period the Phillies scored only 10 runs. At this point he began a 15-game winning streak. After it ended at a 20\u20136 record, he finished the final third of the year with 7 more wins and 4 losses, ending with 27 wins and 10 losses. Carlton also completed 30 of 41 starts. During the 18 games of the winning streak (3 were no-decisions), Carlton pitched 155 innings, allowed 103 hits and 28 runs (only 17 in the 15 winning games), allowed 39 walks, and had 140 strikeouts. From July 23, 1972 to August 13, 1972 he pitched five complete game victories, allowed only 1 unearned run while only giving up 22 hits in 45 innings, and threw four shutouts. He had a fastball, a legendary slider, and a long looping curve ball; and later a change-up, then a screwball. Baseball commentators during 1972 regularly remarked that Carlton's slider was basically unhittable, while Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Willie Stargell once remarked, \"Hitting Steve Carlton's slider is like trying to drink coffee with a fork\". He was also a good hitter for a pitcher; at times he pinch-hit for the Phillies during 1972."}, {"context": " Carlton slumped in , losing 20 games. The media's questioning of his unusual training techniques led to an acrimonious relationship between them and Carlton. In 1976, upon the advice of his lawyer Edward L. Wolf, he decided to sever all ties with the media, and refused to answer press questions for the rest of his career with the Phillies. When approached unbeknownst he was on live air in the early 1980s he hurled a sponsor\u2019s watch at commentator\u2019s head in the pregame show. This reached a point where, in , while the Mexican rookie Fernando Valenzuela was achieving stardom with the Los Angeles Dodgers, a reporter remarked, \"\"The two best pitchers in the National League don't speak English: Fernando Valenzuela and Steve Carlton.\""}, {"context": " Media charges of bigotry and anti-Semitism In 1994 he agreed to an interview with writer Pat Jordan at his home in Durango, Colorado. The result was the story \"Thin Mountain Air\" in the April 1994 issue of \"Philadelphia\". The article was noted by \"The New York Times\" as being the source of numerous claims about Steve Carlton's political and social beliefs: \"According to Pat Jordan, the writer of the article, Carlton alternately said that the world is ruled or controlled by the Russian and United States Governments, which fill the air with low-frequency sound waves, the Elders of Zion, British intelligence agencies, 12 Jewish bankers meeting in Switzerland and a committee of 300 which meets at a roundtable in Rome. Not only that, but Carlton also charges, according to Jordan, that President Clinton has a black son he won't acknowledge and that the AIDS virus was created at a secret Maryland biological warfare laboratory to get rid of gays and blacks. The same \"New York Times\" article notes that teammate Tim McCarver defended Carlton against charges of being a bigot and an anti-Semite, though he acknowledged \"If he's guilty of anything, it's believing some of the material he reads. Does he become confused with his reading about radical things? Yes. I've told him that. Does that translate into him being anti-Semitic? No.\""}, {"context": " Carlton continued to enjoy many years of success with the Phillies, winning the Cy Young Award in , , , and , and pitching the Phillies to the best string of post-season appearances in club history. Carlton was the first pitcher to win four Cy Young Awards, a mark later matched by Greg Maddux, and exceeded by Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson. His Cy Young Award in 1972 was by unanimous vote, and he finished fifth in balloting for the National League MVP. Gradually the Phillies improved their team, and won the National League East Division three consecutive times from 1976 to 1978. In 1980, Carlton helped the Phillies win their first World Series; he won the series' final game."}, {"context": " Carlton won a Gold Glove Award for his fielding in . He helped the Phillies to another pennant in 1983, but they lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. On September 13, 1982, for the fourth time in his career, Carlton hit a home run and tossed a complete game shutout in the same game. He is the only pitcher to have done so in three different decades. On September 23, 1983, in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Carlton won the 300th game of his career, becoming the 16th pitcher to accomplish the feat."}, {"context": " Over a three-year period between \u2013, Carlton was involved in an interesting pitching duel with Nolan Ryan and Gaylord Perry, in which they often traded places at the top of the all-time strikeout list. At the start of the 1983 season, the 55-year-old mark of Walter Johnson was 3,508 strikeouts, but there were three pitchers who were within 100 strikeouts of Johnson: Ryan (3,494), Perry (3,452), and Carlton (3,434). Ryan was the first to surpass Johnson on April 22, 1983 against the Montreal Expos. However a stint on the disabled list shortly after he set the record, combined with a spectacular season by Carlton, allowed Carlton to make up ground and on June 7, 1983, Carlton passed Ryan as the all-time strikeout king with 3,526 to Ryan's 3,524. There were be 14 lead changes and one tie that season, often after each of their respective starts, before the season ended with Carlton leading 3,709 to 3,677. Perry, aging and in his final season passed Johnson later to finish his career with 3,534 strikeouts. Since then, five other pitchers have surpassed Johnson's mark and Johnson has fallen to ninth place on the all-time strikeout list."}, {"context": " There were five more lead changes and a tie in before Carlton ran out of gas. His last-ever lead in the all-time strikeout race was after his start on September 4, 1984, when he struck out four Cubs to lead Ryan by three (3,857 to 3,854). Although the season ended with a mere two-strikeout lead for Ryan (3,874 to 3,872), Carlton had an injury-riddled season in 1985 and an even worse season in 1986 before being released by the Phillies just 18 strikeouts short of 4,000. After being released by the Phillies, Carlton joined the San Francisco Giants; he also broke his self-imposed boycott of the media, giving a press conference after signing with the team. Unfortunately, Carlton mostly pitched ineffectively \u2014 except for seven shutout innings in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, in which he also hit a 3-run homer, for his only win as a Giant. Overall, he went 1\u20133 with a 5.10 ERA in six games for the Giants, hanging around just long enough to collect his 4,000th strikeout (against Eric Davis), before announcing his retirement."}, {"context": " Carlton's retirement was brief: he almost immediately signed with the Chicago White Sox for the remainder of the season. He was surprisingly effective, going 4\u20133 with a respectable 3.69 ERA, but was not offered a contract for 1987. Overall, Carlton's 1986 numbers (with three teams) were a 9-14 win-loss record, with a 5.10 ERA. In 1987, Carlton joined the Cleveland Indians, where his most notable achievement was teaming up with Phil Niekro in a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, where they became the first teammates and 300-game winners to appear in the same game. Both were ineffective in a 10\u20136 Yankee victory. It was Carlton's first and only pitching appearance in Yankee Stadium, having spent the majority of his career in the National League before the inception of interleague play. (He was selected to the 1977 National League All-Star team which was held in Yankee Stadium, but he did not appear in the game.)"}, {"context": " Carlton was traded to the Minnesota Twins in late July 1987, where he was yet again ineffective. He went a combined 6\u201314 with a 5.74 ERA for both the Indians and Twins. However, the Twins, who had been a bad team for most of the 1980s, won the 1987 World Series, albeit without Carlton on the postseason roster, to earn him a third World Series ring and a trip to the White House to meet President Reagan along with his teammates. When Carlton was photographed with his teammates at the White House, newspapers listed each member of the team with the notable exception of Carlton. Instead, Carlton was listed as an \"unidentified Secret Service agent.\" The Twins brought him back in but he lasted only a month (0-1 with a 16.76 ERA in four games) before being released."}, {"context": " He attempted to find work in but found no takers. The closest thing to an offer was the New York Yankees offering him the use of their facilities for training purposes but no spot on the spring training team. Nolan Ryan pitched until and extended his strikeout lead over Carlton to almost 1,600 before retiring. Carlton eventually fell to third and then fourth place on the all-time strikeout list after Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson passed him. A ten-time All-Star, Carlton led the league in many pitching categories. He struck out 4,136 batters in his career, setting a record for a left-handed pitcher (since surpassed by Randy Johnson), and holds many other records for both left-handed and Phillies pitchers. His 329 career wins are the eleventh most in baseball history, behind Greg Maddux, Roger Clemens, and Warren Spahn among pitchers of the live-ball era (post-). He is also second (behind Bob Gibson) in major league history for the most consecutive starts with at least six innings pitched (69), which was snapped in April 1982."}, {"context": " Carlton picked 144 runners off base, by far the most in Major League Baseball since pickoff records began being collected in 1957. Jerry Koosman is second with 82. He never threw a no-hitter, but pitched six one-hitters. Carlton was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in with 96% of the vote, one of the highest percentages ever. The Phillies retired his number 32 in 1989, and honored him with a statue outside Citizens Bank Park in 2004. In 1998, \"The Sporting News\" ranked him number 30 on its list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players. In 1999, he was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team."}, {"context": " Despite his career-long rivalry with Ryan, Carlton maintains his greatest rival was Tom Seaver. His losing 19-strikeout effort against the Mets was a microcosm of his career against them. While he posted 30 wins against them during his career, they bested him 36 times. Carlton appeared in an episode of \"Married... with Children\", playing himself in an episode where former athletes humiliate Al Bundy while filming a shoe commercial. In the episode, Bud asks him for an autograph and he is shown writing with his right hand."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carlyle", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Carlyle (born March 10, 1950 in Lacombe, Alberta) is a former professional ice hockey defenceman and current coach. He was selected in the third round of the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft, 31st overall, by the Montreal Canadiens, but never played in the NHL. Carlyle did, however, play four seasons with the Edmonton Oilers of the WHA, including during the league's inaugural year. Prior to being drafted, Carlyle played for the Edmonton Movers and Red Deer Rustlers of the AJHL and for the University of Alberta. Carlyle played for the Canadian National Team between 1970 and 1972. He made his WHA debut after being named Edmonton Athlete of the Year in 1972. On February 2, 1976, Carlyle and Kerry Ketter were traded to the New England Whalers for Paul Hurley and future considerations. Rather than report, Carlyle retired.  Following his professional career, Carlyle was an assistant coach with the Calgary Oval X-Treme of the Western Women's Hockey League, and is currently the head coach of the women's Chinese National Team. Carlyle was also the principal of Jasper Elementary School."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carney", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Carney (22 September 1957 \u2013 6 May 2013) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a defender for Newcastle United, Carlisle United, Darlington, Rochdale and Hartlepool United. Carney joined Newcastle United in October 1979 from Blyth Spartans for a \u00a31,000 fee, made his debut on 1 December in a 2\u20130 win against Fulham in the Second Division, and left the club in 1985 for \u00a320.000. transfer to Darlington. He died in 2013, aged 55, of pancreatic cancer."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carpenter", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Carpenter (born March 30, 1971 in Prince George, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. Between 1995 and 1997 he played in the ECHL and the West Coast Hockey League before moving to the United Kingdom, where he played until he retired from ice hockey in 2005. Carpenter attended Northern Michigan University between 1990 and 1994. Whilst there he played for the ice hockey team, the Wildcats, and was honoured by both the league and the team. After university, Carpenter joined the Richmond Renegades in the ECHL for the 1995\u201396 season. The following season he went to the United Kingdom where he joined the Solihull Blaze in the British National League (BNL), before he returned to the United States to finish the season with the Fresno Falcons in the West Coast Hockey League."}, {"context": " For the 1997\u201398 season Carpenter returned to the United Kingdom to join the Nottingham Panthers in the Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL). He stayed with the Panthers for the next three seasons helping them to win the Benson & Hedges Cup in 1998 and to get to three other major trophy finals. For the 2000\u201301 season he joined the Panthers rivals, the Sheffield Steelers, who he helped to win the of all four major competitions that season. He joined the Coventry Blaze in the second tier BNL in 2001\u201302. In the 2002\u201303 season he helped them to win the league and the playoffs and was himself named to the BNL All Star First Team. Coventry joined the new first tier Elite Ice Hockey League for 2003\u201304 season where Carpenter played. He then joined the Milton Keynes Lightning in the second tier English Premier Ice Hockey League for the 2004\u201305 season and helped them to win the league and playoffs before he retired from playing in May 2005."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carr", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Carr is an American film director, music video director and film producer. Shortly after graduating from SVA, Carr convinced Russell Simmons to let him design all the album covers at Def Jam Records. Carr began directing music videos including Jay-Z's Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem). After having directed a number of music videos, Ice Cube hired Carr to direct the sequel to his hit film \"Friday\". The film, the R-rated comedy \"Next Friday\", was Carr's first feature film. He subsequently directed the films \"Dr. Dolittle 2\", \"Daddy Day Care\", \"Are We Done Yet?\", \"Rebound\", and \"\". He also directed a segment in \"Movie 43\" and executive produced the 2006 TV Movie \"Santa Baby\" starring Jenny McCarthy, its sequel \"\", and was at one time attached to direct \"National Security\" starring Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carroll", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Carroll is an American professional sports broadcaster currently serving as the play-by-play announcer for the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks. Other hockey teams that Carroll has announced for include the Des Moines Buccaneers, Nashville Knights, New Haven Nighthawks, New Orleans Brass, and Philadelphia Flyers. He began his career in 1976 as the play-by-play man for the Mineral Area Junior College men's basketball team in Flat River, Missouri. Not being limited to hockey, Carroll has broadcast for a number of minor league baseball teams including the Huntsville Stars, Iowa Cubs, Nashville Sounds, and New Orleans Zephyrs. He was also the voice of the United Soccer Leagues' New Orleans Storm and Vanderbilt University basketball."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Carson (born 1968 in Belfast) is an Irish director and producer of television. He is the editor of current affairs at Raidi\u00f3 Teilif\u00eds \u00c9ireann (RT\u00c9) as of November 2011 and was appointed Director of Television in January 2009. With his wife, the RT\u00c9 presenter Miriam O'Callaghan, he is co-owner of the successful television production company Mint Productions, whose work has been amongst the nominees and winners at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs). Carson was born in Belfast and trained as a producer/director with the BBC on flagship current affairs programmes such as \"Newsnight\" and \"Panorama\" before setting up his Mint Productions company in 2000. He continues to direct documentaries alongside his overseeal of Mint's output. Carson has won a number of awards including a Royal Television Society award, two Irish National Media awards and the Jury Prize at the 2008 Celtic Media Festival."}, {"context": " In 2008, he acted as co-executive producer\u2014alongside his wife\u2014on the genealogy series \"Who Do You Think You Are?\". On 30 January 2009, Carson was named by RT\u00c9 as its new Director of Television. In 2011, he was made RT\u00c9's editor of current affairs following RT\u00c9's defamation of Fr. Kevin Reynolds in \"Mission to Prey\". Carson is married to Miriam O'Callaghan and is her second husband following her split from fellow RT\u00c9 host, Tom McGurk, a poet and journalist who is presently the main anchor of live rugby union coverage on the channel."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carter", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve or Steven Carter may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Carter (American football)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Edward Carter (born 1962-09-12 in New York City) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1987 at the age of 25. The 5'10\" 170 pounds receiver played college football at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carter (Indiana politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Carter (born 1954) is an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Indiana from 2000 to 2009. Carter was succeeded by his chief deputy in 2009. Carter was elected as President of the National Association of Attorneys General in 2005. Carter is most noted for championing and enforcing the nation's strongest Do Not Call Law that protects more than 4 million consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls. Carter has testified before Congress about Indiana's law and has spoken to the Federal Communications Commission to protect Indiana's law from national preemption.  As a native of Lake County, Indiana, public corruption was a major focus during Carter's tenure in office."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carter (Louisiana politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Frank Carter, known as Steve Carter (born October 29, 1942), is a retired tennis coach from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 68 in East Baton Rouge Parish. Carter began his political career in 2007. Three Republicans entered the House District 68 race in 2007 to succeed the Democrat-turned-Republican incumbent William Daniel, a petroleum engineer. Lobbyist Kyle Ardoin, a Republican-turned-Democrat-returned-Republican, led the field with 5,531 votes (41 percent) to Carter's 5,242 (38.9 percent). The remaining 2,705 votes (20 percent) were received by Jay Lyles. In the second balloting on November 17, which had a lower turnout because of the lack of a gubernatorial contest, Carter prevailed by 87 votes, 4,967 (50.4 percent) to Ardoin's 4,880 (49.6 percent)."}, {"context": " In the House, Carter has served on these committees: (1) Education, (2) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs, (3) Ways and Means, and (4) Joint House and Senate Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay. Prior to his election to the House, Carter had not previously sought office. His neighboring district colleague is fellow Republican Franklin Foil. Carter ran unopposed for his second term in the legislature in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011, and he won his third term outright in the October 24, 2015 primary with 6,095 votes (54.7 percent).  Carter is the former men's tennis coach and assistant athletic director at LSU. He was men's tennis coach from 1975 to 1978 and compiled a record of 76\u201319. Carter, a Baton Rouge native, graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He is Presbyterian. Carter is married to the former Gloria Marjorie Solomon, and their children include Solomon Stephen Carter and Doris Amelia Carter Hunt."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carter (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Jerome Carter (born December 3, 1964) is an American former Major League Baseball player from Charlottesville, Virginia who appeared in 14 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1989 to 1990. A 1983 graduate of Albemarle High School, Carter was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 17th round of the 1987 amateur draft out of the University of Georgia. Carter is now is the Acting Executive Director of the Parks and Recreation Foundation for Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission.  http://www.pgparks.com/About-Parks-and-Recreation/Leadership.htm"}]}, {"title": "Steve Carter (footballer, born 1953)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Charles Carter (born 23 April 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Manchester City, Notts County, Derby County, A.F.C. Bournemouth and Torquay United. He played as a winger. Carter was born in Great Yarmouth and began his career as an apprentice with Manchester City, turning professional in August 1970. After a promising start to his City career, he made his league debut at St James\u2019s Park against Newcastle Utd at the age 18, he was sold to Notts County in February 1972 for \u00a318,000. He had scored twice in six league games for City, scoring at Huddersfield and a penalty against Liverpool FC at Main Road. He joined a County side who were newly promoted to the Second Division, and finished in fourth place at the end of that season. His right-wing trickery, and expertise from the penalty spot helped County consolidate and establish themselves in the Second Division after a long spell out of the top two divisions."}, {"context": " In August 1978, after 21 goals in 188 league appearances for County, Carter joined Derby County, with Scotland international Don Masson going in the opposite direction. He immediately settled into the Derby side, making his debut on 2 September in a 2-0 home defeat to Coventry City. Carter made 33 league appearances for Derby, scoring just once. Whilst at Derby County Steve suffered a major injury to his Achilles\u2018 tendon which resulted in two operations and almost two seasons missed of his Derby career."}, {"context": " He rejoined Notts County, by now in the First Division, on a non-contract basis, before joining Bournemouth on a free transfer in March 1982. He made 46 league appearances for Bournemouth, scoring once, before joining Torquay United, again on a free transfer, in July 1984. He played only 16 times for the Gulls league side before leaving league football, joining non-league Lymington F.C. While with Derby, Carter was on the books of North American Soccer League team Minnesota Kicks. Now living in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk. Married to Gail 12 Jan 2001"}]}, {"title": "Steve Carter (footballer, born 1972)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen George Carter (born 13 April 1972) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Scarborough. Born in Sunderland, Carter began his football career with Manchester United, signing a trainee contract as a 16-year-old in July 1988. However, he was released the next month in order to join Scarborough. He spent two years in the Scarborough youth team, before making his first team debut in 1990. Over the next two years, Carter played in 37 league matches for Scarborough, scoring three goals. Nevertheless, by 1992, he had become surplus to requirements at Scarborough and joined non-league North Shields.  He left Chester-le-Street Town in July 2000 to join Guisborough Town."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carter (playwright)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Horace E. \"Steve\" Carter, Jr. (born November 7, 1929) is an American playwright, best known for his plays involving Caribbean immigrants living in the United States. Born Horace E. Carter, Jr. in New York City to Horace, Sr., an African-American longshoreman from Richmond, Virginia, and Carmen, who is from Trinidad, he is professionally known as steve carter (spelled in all lowercase letters). Carter's first interest in the theatre was to be a set designer. As a youngster, he would make models of sets inspired by motion pictures and the occasional play he would see with his mother. Soon he would populate these models with cutout figures. This led to him creating dialog for the figures as he moved them around the set."}, {"context": " In 1948, he graduated from the High School of Music and Art in New York City. His professional career as a playwright began in 1965 at the American Community Theater with the production of the short play \"Terraced Apartment\". This work would evolve years later into an expanded version entitled \"Terraces\". On November 13, 1967, \"One Last Look\" premiered off-off-Broadway at the Old Reliable Theatre Tavern under the direction of Arthur French. It is a dark comedy set during the funeral of a family patriarch. It features the character of Eustace Baylor, that would later be found in his play, \"Eden\", the first of a trilogy of plays featuring Caribbean families in New York City."}, {"context": " In 1968, he joined the staff of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) where he would become director of the NEC Playwrights Workshop. One of his best known students was Samm-Art Williams, who once said \"that no single individual has influenced my writing to the degree that Steve Carter has.\" While at NEC, several of Carter's plays were produced including the first two of his Caribbean trilogy. All three plays in the series deal with Caribbean immigrant families living in New York City at various periods during the 20th century. While each family is different, each play features a patriarch that has become incapacitated in one way or another. The plays in the trilogy are as follows:"}, {"context": " Set in the San Juan Hill section of New York City in the late 1920s, \"Eden\" tells a story somewhat reminiscent of \"Romeo and Juliet\" about a young Caribbean woman who falls in love with a black man from the rural American South. Her strict father does not approve of the relationship, because he feels that American blacks, especially those from the rural South, are vastly inferior to Caribbean blacks. The play was produced by NEC in 1976, then transferred to Theatre de Lys to continue its run for a total of 181 performances. The production garnered Carter recognition from the Outer Critics Circle as the season's most promising new playwright. In 1986, his feature film adaptation, \"A Time Called Eden\", was set to go into production, but has yet to be produced."}, {"context": " \"Nevis Mountain Dew\", the second play in the series, deals with the effects of the patriarch being crippled by paralysis in the Queens section of New York City in the 1950s. Like \"Whose Life Is It Anyway?\", it deals with euthanasia. Both were among the ten productions selected by the \"Burns Mantle Yearbook\" as \"The Best Plays of 1978-1979.\" In 1981, Carter left NEC to become the first playwright-in-residence at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago. His first play produced there was \"Dame Lorraine\", the final play of his Caribbean trilogy. Set in modern times, the play tells the story of an elderly couple living in Harlem that anxiously await the return of their last surviving son who has just been released from prison.  Other plays produced at the Victory Gardens Theater include \"House of Shadows\", \"Pecong\" and the musical, \"Shoot Me While I'm Happy\". \"Spiele '36: Or the Fourth Medal\" had its world premiere at Theater of the First Amendment at George Mason University in 1991. Carter currently lives in Houston, TX. Carter has also received recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carter (rugby league)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Carter (born 22 July 1970) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. A New South Wales State of Origin representative five-eighth, in Australia he played for and captained the Penrith Panthers, with whom he won the 1991 NSWRL Premiership. He ended his career with a season in England with the Widnes Vikings. While attending Jamieson High School, Carter played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1987. A Wyong junior, Carter was graded by the Panthers in 1988. He primarily played in the position. Carter was on the interchange bench for the Panthers first and unsuccessful Grand Final attempt in season 1990. He was the regular five-eighth in the 1991 Panthers outfit that clinched the club's first premiership. Following the grand final victory he travelled with the Panthers to England for the 1991 World Club Challenge which was lost to Wigan."}, {"context": " After the turmoil at the club which upset the 1992 season and saw a number of senior players leave, Carter took over as captain, a role he maintained throughout the 1990s. In spite of career threatening injuries and poor form he played out the 2001 series in a successful attempt to beat Royce Simmons' record of club appearances for the Panthers. Carter holds the standing club record of 242 first grade appearances. After fourteen seasons with the Panthers, Carter spent one season (2002) in the European Super League with Widnes Vikings.  Carter enjoyed one year of representative football - in 1992 he was selected for Country Origin and made one appearance off the interchange bench. New South Wales in game II of the 1992 State of Origin series."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cartwright", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cartwright is an American computer and video game designer. He is best known as one of the original Activision game designers, credited with such games as \"Barnstorming\", \"Megamania\", \"Seaquest\" and \"Hacker\". In 1982, Cartwright joined college classmate David Crane as the fifth game designer/programmer at Activision where he developed the following games: In 1988, Cartwright joined Activision founders Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead at Accolade. Among his products were the Sierra-style graphic adventures \"Search for The King\" and \"\"\u2014the first game to use live actors captured in front of a blue screen."}, {"context": " In 1993, Cartwright joined Electronic Arts. He soon took over producer responsibility on the fledgling PGA TOUR line and helped redesign the \"NBA Live\" product line. Among the many innovations to the golf line were the first use of digitized golfers, the first EA golf product with 3D terrain, and the first use of a targeting arc and putting guides in a golf product. In 1999, Cartwright designed and producer \"Tiger Woods '99\". Additionally, Cartwright designed the product to include 1-button access to a game server and match server\u2014making this EA's first online multiplayer sports game. Later, with the addition of the \"Play Against The Pros\" feature, Cartwright was awarded co-patent holder rights to the technology that eventually became the basis of the PGA TOUR's Shotlink technology."}, {"context": " In 2002, Cartwright joined Scott Orr as an internal developer at Glu Mobile, originally known as Sorrent. After a 10-year hiatus from programming, Cartwright developed six of Sorrent's first eight products. During the 2004 presidential election, Cartwright took his previous product \"FOX Sports Boxing\" and turned it into \"Bush vs. Kerry Boxing\". He was later named Director of Production where products he designed, produced, or otherwise developed accounted for up to 70% of Glu Mobile revenue. In 2006, Cartwright joined TV Head\u2014later known as TAG Networks\u2014as Executive Producer. TAG was a games-on-demand television network."}, {"context": " In 2008, Cartwright spent several months developing and pursuing VC funding for a Kid's MMO in the vein of Club Penguin. This endeavor was abandoned when he joined Slipgate Ironworks The company later became Gazillion Entertainment. In 2009, Cartwright joined former colleagues Adam Bellin and Sam Nelson in project design to make sports statistics fun and entertaining. The first project, Streakwise Draft Tracker 2011, reached #2 on the App Store. In 2010, Cartwright joined RockYou as GM of the Redwood City Games Studio. In his first few weeks, he recruited John Yoo, lead designer on Zynga's \"CityVille\", and helped RockYou establish a relationship with John Romero and his new company, Loot Drop. After managing through a difficult transition period following the layoff of nearly 1/3 of the company, Cartwright became Sr. Director of Design. He then worked closely with Executive Producer Jennifer Gee on the launch of RockYou's \"Zoo World 2\" Facebook project.  More recently, Cartwright lead the design of Bluescape's real-time cloud-based collaboration system. The Bluescape \"wall\" is currently being used by Lucas Film to plan and storyboard future Star Wars films."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cartwright (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Raymond Cartwright (born 8 January 1965) is an English former footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Colchester United. Born in Tamworth, Cartwright played for his hometown club, Tamworth, in two stints, both coming either side of a brief spell with Colchester United. Cartwright joined Colchester in the summer of 1988, making his debut on 27 August of the same year in a 1\u20130 home victory over York City. He made ten league appearances in total for the U's and appeared in his final game just under two months later, in a record Football League defeat for Colchester as they were defeated 8\u20130 at Leyton Orient. The result cost manager Roger Brown his job and Cartwright never appeared for Colchester again, returning to Tamworth for the remained of the 1988\u201389 season."}, {"context": " On his return to Tamworth, he aided the club to the final of the FA Vase, playing Sudbury Town at Wembley on 7 May 1989. The match ended in a 1\u20131 draw, with Tamworth winning the replay the following Wednesday by 3\u20130 at London Road, Peterborough. Following his second spell with Tamworth, he later joined Atherstone United. Steve 'The Cat' Cartwright is due to dust off his old size nines, to be the star performer in a charity match organised by Miller Construction. Captaining his PCE team, Steve (ex Tamworth, played at Wembley) is expected to shine at the back in his newly designed hi-vis kit.  Cartwright remained in Tamworth after retiring, spending time watching his son Alfie play football for Coton Green juniors."}]}, {"title": "Steve Carver", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Carver (born April 5, 1945) is an American film director and producer from Brooklyn, New York. Carver attended Manhattan's High School of Music and Art and received his BA from Cornell University and his MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He was originally interested in cartooning, commercial art and animation. He was cameraman for the Wide World of Sports for the St. Louis Cardinals and made 30 documentaries in two years while teaching in St Louis area colleges. In 1970, a documentary he shot in grad school got him admitted to the American Film Institute, then in its second year of taking in fellows in Hollywood. While at the AFI he studied under such filmmakers as George Stevens, George Seaton, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck. He worked as an assistant director on Dalton Trumbo's sole effort as director, \"Johnny Got His Gun\" (1971)."}, {"context": " Carver's final AFI project was a short film based on Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s \"The Tell-Tale Heart\" starring Alex Cord and Sam Jaffe. The \"Los Angeles Times\" described it as \"an effective mood piece, a beautiful work in ominous life and shadow\". \"I loved AFI,\" said Carver. \"It was an opportunity to use some very talented people.\" \"The Tell-Tale Heart\" was widely screened and attracted the attention of Roger Corman who had made a number of adaptations of Poe's works. Corman hired Carver to work at New World Pictures."}, {"context": " Carver spent his first year at New World cutting trailers. He later estimated he cut 100-150 trailers in that time. He also wrote a number of scripts for Corman, including one on Admiral Byrd that floundered when they could not secure rights from Byrd's estate. He was working on a script about a black female private eye when Corman gave him the chance to direct with \"The Arena\" (1974), a film about female gladiators shot in Italy. Corman was pleased with \"The Arena\" and gave Carver another directing job, a gangster film starring Angie Dickinson, \"Big Bad Mama\" (1974). Paul Bartel, who directed second unit on the film, described Carver as \"very well organised\" and \"having great control of the medium\". It was a big success at the box office."}, {"context": " Corman used Carver on another gangster film he made over at 20th Century Fox, \"Capone\" (1975), starring Ben Gazzara and John Cassavetes. In a 1975 interview Carver said \"All I want to do for now is a string of good commercial pictures but in my own style. I'm not looking for a multi-million-dollar picture; $1 to $2 million will do for now.\" The same interview described him \"as intense and dynamic as his films... an aggressive achiever who has already accomplished enough for three people.\" Carver was mentioned as a possible director for the third film in the \"Billy Jack\" series, \"Billy Jack Goes to Washington\", but in the end Tom Laughlin decided to do it. Instead Dino De Laurentiis hired Carver to replace Burt Kennedy as director on \"Drum\" (1976). Although the movie was completed successfully and proved profitable, Carver described the experience of taking over another director as \"horrible\"."}, {"context": " Carver was going to make a film for Ray Stark with Susan Blakely, \"Freestyle\", about a hotdog skier at the end of her career. However it was never made. Neither was another film Carver was attached to, \"Summer Camp\" from a script by Barry Schneider. Instead Carver directed \"Steel\" with Lee Majors, then made another for Roger Corman, \"Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider\" (1979), starring David Carradine. He did some uncredited work on a TV movie, \"Angel City\" (1980). Carver made two highly successful films with Chuck Norris, \"An Eye for an Eye\" and \"Lone Wolf McQuade\"."}, {"context": " His late-'80s movies tended to be less distinguished - \"Oceans of Fire\" (1986), a TV movie; \"Jocks\" (1987), a teen comedy with a young Mariska Hargitay; \"Bulletproof\" (1988), an action film with Gary Busey; \"River of Death\" (1989); \"Dead Center\" (1993); \"The Wolves\" (1996). Eventually Carver left directing and went into photography. \"Roger spoiled me,\u201d Carver reflected later, saying other producers \u201cwore me down and chased me back to doing photography.\u201d He is featured in the documuentary film That Guy Dick Miller, over the acting and life of Dick Miller."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cascione", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cascione was born in Providence, Rhode Island on November 12, 1954. After graduating from Classical High School in Providence, Cascione attended the University of Rhode Island where he graduated in 1977 with a BA degree in Geography and Meteorology. Cascione attended MIT, where he took graduate courses in weather forecasting. In 1978, he went on to become a forecast meteorologist for AccuWeather in State College, Pennsylvania. In 1980, Cascione returned to Rhode Island, worked at WLNE-TV ABC6, and he created a weather consulting business called Ocean State Weather. During his first stint at WLNE, he hosted the self-titled cooking segment \"Steve's Cooking Up a Storm\"."}, {"context": " After twenty-two years at WLNE, Cascione left to begin employment at WPRI-TV12, where he served for five years as meteorologist for the station's weekday morning and Noon newscasts, later their weekend morning newscasts. He received the Silver Circle Award from the National Television Academy's Boston/New England Chapter in 2006. In 2008, Cascione returned to WLNE-TV. He first served as meteorologist for \"Good Morning Providence\" and the Noon newscasts on weekdays, and he later served as co-anchor of the newscasts until 2009. He also hosted the cooking segment \"Cooking Fresh with Dave's Marketplace\" with Chef Walter Potenza. In 2009, he became meteorologist for the station's weekend evening newscasts (briefly doubling as news anchor) and a features reporter. In May 2011, he was moved back to the weekday morning and noon newscasts. Beginning in the summer of 2011, Cascione took part in a weekly cooking segment on \"ABC6 News This Morning\" with anchors Mark Curtis and Doreen Scanlon, entitled the \"Curtis/Cascione Cook-Off\". He returned to the weekend evening newscasts in 2015 and resigned in October 2016. He now works for the State of Rhode Island Department of Transportation.  Steve holds the \"AMS Seal of Approval\". He also teaches aviation meteorology at the New England Institute of Technology as a part-time professor. He has two sons and an adopted daughter from Russia."}]}, {"title": "Steve Case", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen McConnell Case (born August 21, 1958) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and businessman best known as the former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online (AOL). Case joined AOL's predecessor company, Quantum Computer Services, as a marketing vice-president and became CEO of the company (renamed AOL) in 1991. Since his retirement as chairman of AOL Time Warner in 2003, he has gone on to invest in early and growth-stage startups through his Washington, D.C. based venture capital firm Revolution LLC. Case authored \"The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future\" which became a New York Times bestselling book in 2016. Case recently gave a fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC, on May 16, 2017, titled \"Building Silicon Valley Outside of the Valley.\""}, {"context": " He supports inclusive entrepreneurship and innovation through the Rise of the Rest road trips and the Case Foundation. Case also served as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) and was a member of Barack Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. He also served on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE). Case was chairman of UP Global, a non-profit organization focused on fostering strong entrepreneurial communities, recently acquired by Techstars."}, {"context": " Steve Case was born and grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of Carol and Daniel Case. He graduated from the private Punahou School (Class of 1976) and attended Central Union Church. Case graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1980 with a degree in political science. For the next two years he worked as an assistant brand manager at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1982 he joined Pizza Hut Inc. in Wichita, Kansas, serving as manager of new pizza marketing. In January 1983, his older brother Dan, an investment banker, introduced him to Bill von Meister, CEO of Control Video Corporation. The company was marketing a service called GameLine for the Atari 2600 video game console that allowed users to download games via a phone line and modem. After that meeting, von Meister hired Case as a marketing consultant. Later that year, the company nearly went bankrupt and one of its investors, Frank Caufield, brought in his friend Jim Kimsey as a manufacturing consultant. Case later joined the company as a full-time marketing employee."}, {"context": " In 1985 Quantum Computer Services, an online services company, was founded by Jim Kimsey from the remnants of Control Video. Kimsey became CEO of the newly renamed Quantum Computer Services and hired Case as vice president of marketing. In 1987 he promoted him again to executive vice president. Kimsey groomed Case to become chairman and CEO when Kimsey retired, and the transition formally took place in 1991 (CEO) and 1995 (chairman). As part of the changes that gave birth to Quantum, Case changed the company's strategy, creating an online service called Quantum Link (Q-Link for short) for the Commodore 64 in 1985 with programmer (and AOL co-founder) Marc Seriff. In 1988, Quantum began offering the AppleLink online service for Apple and PC Link for IBM compatible computers. In 1991 he changed the company name to America Online and merged the Apple and PC services under the AOL name; the new service reached 1 million subscribers by 1994, and Q-Link was terminated October 21 of that year."}, {"context": " AOL pioneered the concept of social media, as its focus from day one was on communication features such as chatrooms, instant messaging and forums. Case believed that the \"killer app\" was community \u2014 people interacting with each other \u2014 and that was the driver of much of AOL's early success. By contrast, competitive services of the time such as Prodigy funded by IBM and Sears, focused on shopping, and CompuServe focused on being an information utility. AOL's strategy was to make online services available and accessible to the mass market by making them affordable, easy to use, useful and fun. At a time when competing services like CompuServe were charging for each minute of access (which varied based on modem speeds and added extra charges for premium services), AOL priced its service at $19.95 per month for unlimited use of basic tier services beginning in 1996. Within three years, AOL's userbase grew to 10 million, ultimately reaching 26.7 million subscribers at its peak in 2002."}, {"context": " Among many initiatives in the early years of AOL, Case personally championed many innovative online interactive titles and games, including graphical chat environments Habitat (1986) and Club Caribe (1989), the first online interactive fiction series QuantumLink Serial by Tracy Reed (1988), Quantum Space, the first fully automated Play by email game (1989), and the original Dungeons & Dragons title \"Neverwinter Nights\", the first Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) to depict the adventure with graphics instead of text (1991)."}, {"context": " After a decade of quick growth, AOL merged with media giant Time Warner in 2001, creating one of the world's largest media, entertainment and communications companies. The $164 billion acquisition was completed in January 2001 but quickly ran into trouble as part of the dot-com recession, compounded by accounting scandals. Case announced his resignation as chairman in January 2003, although he remained on the company's board of directors for almost three more years. The failure of the AOL-Time Warner merger is the subject of a book by Nina Munk entitled \"Fools Rush In: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner\" (2005). A photo of Case and Time Warner's Jerry Levin embracing at the announcement of the merger appears on the cover."}, {"context": " In 2005, Case wrote in \"The Washington Post\" that \"It's now my view that it would be best to 'undo' the merger by splitting Time Warner into several independent companies and allowing AOL to set off on its own path.\" Case resigned from the Time-Warner board of directors in October 2005, to spend more time working on Revolution LLC, an investment firm he founded in April 2005. Revolution and its related funds have invested in more than 40 companies. Revolution has committed to investing a majority of its capital outside Silicon Valley"}, {"context": " He is also chairman of the Case Foundation, which he and his wife Jean Case created in 1997. In 2011, Steve and Jean Case, were honored as Citizens of the Year by the National Conference on Citizenship and interviewed by Stephanie Strom of \"The New York Times\" about their record of service and philanthropic endeavors. Case was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2011, he was appointed as a Citizen Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. Case was a co-chair of the Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center. In May 2014, Case received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Georgetown University."}, {"context": " Following his departure from AOL, Case founded Revolution LLC in 2005 with Donn Davis and Tige Savage. Early investments include Revolution Money, HelloWallet, AddThis, Zipcar, Living Social, and luxury travel club Exclusive Resorts. These last three were considered early bets on the new Web economy, and were early examples of what is now referred to as the 'sharing economy.' Zipcar went public in April 2011, earning a market valuation of more than $1 billion before being acquired by Avis Budget Group in January 2013."}, {"context": " Other exits include the purchase of Revolution Money by American Express in 2009 for $300 million, and on May 29, 2014 MorningStar announced plans to acquire HelloWallet for an undisclosed amount. In 2011, Case, along with Ted Leonsis and Donn Davis, launched the $450 million Revolution Growth fund. The fund's investments to date include Bigcommerce, CustomInk, Echo360, FedBid, Handy, Lolly Wolly Doodle, Optoro, Resonate, Revolution Foods, Sweetgreen, Sparefoot, Bedrock Manufacturing, LDiscovery, Interactions, Cava, DraftKings and Sportradar. In 2013, he launched the Revolution Ventures fund with Tige Savage and David Golden. Revolution Ventures has invested in BenchPrep, Booker, Busbud, Framebridge, Homesnap, Insikt, OrderUp, RunKeeper, MemberSuite, and PolicyGenius."}, {"context": " Case controls tens of thousands of acres of land in Hawaii, including a controlling interest in Maui Land & Pineapple Company, and Grove Farm, obtained in a highly controversial transaction which led to years of litigation by the farm's previous owners. Case is also an avid advocate for comprehensive immigration reform, arguing the easing restraints on immigration is necessary for America's future entrepreneurial economy. He particularly emphasizes the impact reform would have on recent engineering graduates and the tech sector."}, {"context": " Case contends that making it easier for foreign students educated in America to stay post graduation is vital to winning the war for talent, given the sheer high demand for engineers and entrepreneurs and current visa rules preventing tech companies from hiring the best foreign talent. He argues not only for reforming the H-1B visa program, but additionally implementing a Startup Visa program that welcomes immigrant entrepreneurs with proven ideas to launch their startups in the United States. Case traditionally stays out of politics, quietly building relationships with both Democrats and Republicans."}, {"context": " Fueled by concern that Donald Trump's strict immigration policies would result in loss of jobs as many Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children he made an exception to remaining non-partisan by endorsing Hillary Clinton for the 2016 presidency. His father, Daniel H. Case, is the founding partner of the Hawaiian law firm of Case Lombardi & Pettit. His mother Carol was an elementary school teacher. His parents had three other children: Carin, Dan and Jeff. His brother Dan died from brain cancer at the age of 44 in June 2002.  Case is a cousin of Ed Case, who served as a Hawaii congressman from 2002 through 2007. In 1985, Case married Joanne Barker whom he had met while attending Williams College. The couple had three children and divorced in 1996. Two years later, in 1998, he married former AOL executive Jean Villanueva in a ceremony officiated by the Rev. Billy Graham. Case donated $10 million to Punahou School for a new middle school building named after his parents. He is a Christian."}]}, {"title": "Steve Casey", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Casey (4 December 1908 \u2013 10 January 1987) was an Irish sport rower and world champion professional wrestler. He was the second Irish wrestler, after Danno O'Mahoney, to become a world champion. Casey was the eldest of seven sons of Mike Casey, a bare-knuckle boxer. Steve Casey rowed in the Sneem senior crew with his father and the O'Connor Brothers. The Sneem/Casey Team won the Tug-O-War Munster Championship in 1932. Casey went on to win the Salter Challenge Cup with his brothers during 1930 to 1933. In 1936, he became the All-England Rowing Champion with his brothers Paddy, Tom and Mick. In the same year, the Caseys qualified for the Olympics in rowing but were disqualified for Steve and Paddy being professional wrestlers because Steve had wrestled two professional matches before the Olympics."}, {"context": " In 1935, Steve and his brother Paddy Casey joined the British Amateur Wrestling Team. Steve Casey debuted as a professional wrestler on 3 March 1936 by beating the Irish Canadian Heavyweight Champion Paul Duveen in a non-title match. In October 1936, Boston promoter Paul Bowser brought Casey to the United States. On 11 February 1938, he received the biggest victory of his career when he defeated the legendary Lou Thesz to win the American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Championship. On 26 August, he wrestled Danno O'Mahony to a draw after ten five-minute rounds in the European style. In September 1938, Casey was stripped of the NWA title, officially for being out of the country. He continued to be recognized as champion by the Boston-based American Wrestling Association. On 18 September, he beat O'Mahony in Munster in a finish match in 18 rounds and 97 minutes."}, {"context": " On 2 March 1939, Casey lost the AWA World Championship to Marvin Westenberg in Boston. On 29 March, he beat Gus Sonnenberg to start his second reign as AWA champion, losing the title to Ed Don George on 18 April in Albany, New York. He defeated George to win his start his third reign as AWA World Champion on 29 November 1939, dropping the title to The French Angel on 13 May 1940. In the same year, he beat Richard Codman for the Governor's Cup in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He defeated the U.S. boxing champion Tiger Warrenton and issued a challenge to Joe Louis which went unanswered. On 12 November 1941, he challenged Earl McCready for the British Empire Heavyweight Championship but the match was fought to no contest."}, {"context": " On 13 May 1942, Casey beat French Angel for his fourth reign as AWA champion. While still champion, Casey joined the United States Army during World War II, serving from 1942 to 1944. On 6 June 1945 in Boston, he defeated Frank Sexton to start his sixth reign as AWA champion and re-lost the title to Sexton three weeks later. In 1947, he announced his retirement at age 38. He opened a liquor store near Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts. He also owned a bar on Massachusetts Ave., Boston in the 1950s.  In 1983, the Casey family organized a family reunion in Sneem, Ireland. On 10 January 1987, he died at age 78. In 1982, Casey was awarded the Irish Hall of Fame award by 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist Ronnie Delaney."}]}, {"title": "Steve Casey (All Black)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Timothy \"Steve\" Casey (24 December 1882 \u2013 10 August 1960) was a New Zealand international rugby player. He was a member of the All Blacks in 1905\u20131908 (an \"original\" All Black), playing in the hooker position. Casey was born in Dunedin, New Zealand and was educated at Christian Brothers School where he played rugby. Casey played for the Southern Rugby Football Club from 1900, captaining the seniors in 1906 and 1913, and was assistant coach of the seniors that won the championship in 1915 and coach in 1922. He represented Otago in 57 matches between 1903\u201304 and from 1906 until 1913. He played four matches for the South Island Team in the years 1904\u201307.  Casey was selected for the 1905\u201306 Original All Blacks tour. He played against Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales. He also played against Australia in 1907 and in the first test against the Anglo-Welsh team in 1908. He played 38 matches (including 8 tests) for the All Blacks but never scored a point for them."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cash", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Douglas Douglas Cash (born 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and author, most notable as a founding and continuing member of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. Steve Cash received his undergraduate education at the University of Missouri, where he was a member of the Zeta Phi chapter of Beta Theta Pi. He was a founding member of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils and, with the exception of a brief period away from the band in the early 1980s, has remained an active member of the band for nearly forty years.  In later years, Cash became a published author with his Meq trilogy (\"The Meq\", \"Time Dancers\" and \"The Remembering\"). The trilogy may be categorized as science fiction."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cash (sledge hockey)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven \"Steve\" Cash (born May 9, 1989) is an ice sledge hockey player from the United States. Cash is in his 13th season with the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team since making his debut in the 2005-06 season. Cash plays goalie and was a member of the U.S. teams that won gold in the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver, 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi, and 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang. He was also part of the team that won the bronze medal in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino."}, {"context": " Cash's right leg was amputated when he was 3 years old as a result of a form of bone cancer called osteosarcoma. Cash was a 2007 graduate of Ritenour High School in Saint Louis, Missouri, where he played goalie for the full-sided ice hockey team. From 2004 to 2011, he was a member of the Disabled Athlete Sports Association Junior Blues Sled Hockey club. In 2010 he was awarded an ESPY for Best Male Athlete with a Disability. During the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver, Cash set a Paralympic record for registering five shutouts and not allowing a single goal."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cass", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven P. Cass is a retired warrant officer class 1 of the Royal Navy. From 2013 to 2017, he was the Warrant Officer of the Naval Service and therefore the most senior rating of the Royal Navy. He is the first person from the Fleet Air Arm and the second person overall to hold the appointment. Cass is from Porthleven, Cornwall. He was educated at the comprehensive school in Helston, Cornwall. He left school at 17 to join the Royal Navy. In 1986, Cass joined the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, as an Air Engineering Mechanic Second Class. He spent his early years with 820 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Culdrose. In 1988, he undertook a six-month tour of the Far East on board HMS Ark Royal. He completed the Artificer Course in 1991. In 1994, he was serving with 771 Naval Air Squadron."}, {"context": " In 2005, he was promoted to Warrant Officer Class Two and appointed Senior Maintenance Rating of 700M Naval Air Squadron. In 2008, he was promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer Class One. From 2009 to 2011, he was attached to AgustaWestland as the 'structural integrity engineering authority responsible for the safety and airworthiness of all Merlin\u2019s across the MOD and around the world'. From 2011 to 2013, he served as Base Warrant Officer of RNAS Culdrose. During that time, he was also President of the station's Warrant Officers and Senior Rates mess. In December 2013, he was appointed Warrant Officer of the Naval Service.  In July 2013, Cass was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. He received the medal from Vice Admiral David Steel in a ceremony in September 2013."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cassano", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cassano (born March 7, 1942) is an American politician and Deputy President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut State Senate, having first been elected as a member in 2010. He previously served as mayor of Manchester, Connecticut, from 1991 to 2005. Cassano is an alumnus of Manchester Community College, Boston State College (BA), the University at Albany, SUNY (MA) and the University of Connecticut (MSW). In 2011, Cassano was co-sponsor of the HB6308, the bill that established the Connecticut Healthcare Partnership in accordance with the Affordable Care Act. The next year, within days of one each other, he co-sponsored bills to repeal the death penalty and legalize the use of medical marijuana. Other co-sponsored bills increased the minimum wage, authorized driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and created stricter requirements for vaccine exemptions.  He is Co-Chair of the Planning & Development Committee, a Vice Chair of the Government Administration & Elections and Transportation committees, and a member of the Finance, Revenue & Bonding Committee."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cassidy", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cassidy is an English singer. He started his singing career at the age of 14, opening a Cliff Richard concert. Cassidy has recorded with Joe Meek and later with the film composer John Barry. He worked with The Escorts in the 1960s performing around the British Isles. Cassidy has appeared on television, most notably as three time winner of New Faces. He wrote the song which welcomed Pope John Paul II on his visit to York. Steve has composed songs for musical concerts including Little Poppy of Flanders for Remembrance Day. He has written three musical plays. He has performed Fagin in the musical Oliver! and appeared in and directed Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams. He is a member of Equity, the actors and performers union."}]}, {"title": "Steve Castillo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Castillo is a fictional expatriate in the dramatic miniseries Noh Matta Wat! He is played by Belizean actor Curtis Gillett. Not much is known about Castillo other than what has been revealed on the series. At some point before the story's timeline, Castillo was romantically involved with Margaret Diego. Castillo conceived a child with Margaret, daughter Lisani, but left Belize before he got to know his daughter properly. He settled in the United States and acquired a modest fortune, though how he got it and whether it was legal remains unknown. Eventually, Castillo sets his sights on returning to Belize."}, {"context": " In the first episode, Castillo is seen driving around a greatly changed Belize City, marveling at how much the tiny city has grown and changed since he left. Eventually, he drives near BTL Park on Princess Margaret Drive and spots two beautiful young women, revealed to be Lisani Diego and best friend Rosanna Ramirez. Rosanna, who apparently knows Steve, begins to converse with him while Lisani hangs back. They get into his car and end up at a local nightclub. Steve does not know Lisani is his daughter and begins flirting with her, though she is not impressed by him. Eventually they go home and Margaret stands ready at the door-only to be shocked at the sight of Steve standing there with her daughter!"}, {"context": " Things happen fast after that. Margaret admits tearfully to her daughter that Steve is her father and that their relationship was covered up to save Margaret embarrassment. Lisani is thoroughly angry and becomes even angrier when she finds that her grandmother put Margaret up to it. She vows not to associate with Steve, and Rosanna loyally breaks up with Steve too. After Randy is imprisoned falsely, Steve attempts to reconcile with his daughter, unsuccessfully, and informs her he has to leave. Apparently, elements in the United States want Castillo dead and have hired local thugs to kill him. Castillo survives a fight with the hired hands in the last episode and heads south for Honduras with no explanation to the Diegos."}, {"context": " He is not seen in Season Two, though one of Lisani's coworkers claims she spent time with him and conceived a child by him (later retracted). A news cast in the last episode claims Steve's attackers have escaped jail. He may likely return for the new season, based on teaser footage aired during Season 2 reruns. He also is known to love puppies and he likes all the hoes. Steve is in every way a man of the world. He is fascinated by material things and lives to impress others. His ambitions often get him into hot water with other characters. His is one of two characters universally distrusted by the Diego family, the other being Clifford Rowland. Margaret clearly regrets her relationship with Steve and more so regrets conceiving Lisani with him, though not the child herself."}]}, {"title": "Steve Castle", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Castle (born 17 May 1966 in Barking) is an English former football Midfielder who played in the Football League between 1984 and 2001. He played for Leyton Orient in three separate spells, amassing a total of 322 appearances for them. Castle's combative style attracted the attention of Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish and Wimbledon manager Bobby Gould. Castle was named in the PFA Third division team of the year for the 1990/91 season. A Twitter poll in 2014 saw Castle voted as Orient's greatest ever captain."}, {"context": " He also played League football with Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City, Gillingham and Peterborough United. Plymouth Argyle boss Peter Shilton was seeking a midfield general to rally his new-look squad following relegation from the second tier in 1992. On the advice of a scout, he took in a game at Brisbane Road and left at half-time, instructing Argyle director Denis Angilley to start negotiations as he had \"seen enough\" of his target. A \u00a3225,000 transfer fee duly paid, Castle headed to Home Park and was promptly injured in a pre-season friendly. Argyle fans would have to wait until late October to see their new midfield marvel in meaningful action, but it turned out to be well worth the wait. He scored on his debut in a 2-0 victory against Wigan Athletic, and by season's end had notched up 12 more. He continued in a similar vein the following season as Argyle marched to the playoffs, bagging 16 goals by Christmas and eventually ending the campaign with 22. The undisputed highlight of his Argyle career (and one of his own personal highlights, incidentally) was a record-breaking hat-trick in a fine 3-2 win at Stockport County in December 1993. His three goals in six second-half minutes were an astonishing feat and one that confirmed his place as a firm favourite of the fans. Indeed, 'Super Stevie Castle' became Home Park's undisputed golden boy thanks to his barnstorming, all-action style and a left foot that developed an intimate relationship with the back of the net. Castle was named alongside his midfield partner Steve McCall in the all-time Argyle XI in a poll taken on the club's website in 2011. He was named in the PFA Second division team of the year for the 1993/94 season before transferring to Birmingham City in 1995."}, {"context": " Castle joined Peterborough United on a free transfer as player-coach for the 1997\u201398 season, and over the next three seasons he played 122 senior matches and scored 20 goals winning the play-off final at Wembley in his final game. He moved to Leyton Orient on a free for 2000/01. In his final season at Orient Castle gained his UEFA 'A' coaching licence. Castle retired due to a persistent knee injury. In September 2006 he became assistant manager to Jimmy Quinn at Cambridge United. On 13 December 2013 he became Royston Town manager with his first game in charge being the Boxing Day home fixture against top of the table Dunstable Town."}]}, {"title": "Steve Caton", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Caton is a professional guitarist/singer, song writer, producer, and visual artist, whose career has spanned almost three decades. Catons first time in a band was in Tedd Armstrongs' band \"PEGASUS\" in the late 1970s into the early 1980s. Even as a beginner, Caton's talent as a lead guitarist was apparent. Songs like \"California Girl\" and \"At First Sight\" and the cover or J. Kidds \"Shakin All Over\" with Armstrong as lead vocal rhythm guitar and composer, Matt Rydell keyboards, Jim Bender bass and Van Harter drums. Can be heard at Teddarmstrong.com."}, {"context": " Caton came to wider public attention while playing in a band called \"Y Kant Tori Read\" with then-unknown singer Tori Amos. He played with various bands and artists throughout the 80's including Human Drama, The Boxboys, Al Kooper, Sandra Bernhard, Francis X and the Bushman, Mercury 5, and Sphinx In Cairo. Eventually Caton worked on many of Amos's subsequent albums, including \"Little Earthquakes\" and \"Under The Pink\", and toured with her from 1996 to 1999. His last collaboration with Amos was \"To Venus and Back\"."}, {"context": " He was signed to a publishing agreement with Famous Music (Paramount Pictures) from the late 1980s through the 1990s and has written songs for movies and TV productions such as the big-screen hit \"Point Break\" starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze and the well-known TV series' \"Beverly Hills, 90210\" and \"21 Jump Street\" featuring Johnny Depp. Called \"Caton\" by friends, he started the band \"Binge\" in 1997 with drummer Matt Sorum of Guns N' Roses fame, and eventually parted ways with Amos at the end of 2000.  He continues to work on various musical projects including the \"Lisa Marie Presley\" CD released in 2002 and is deeply involved with print and video work, often collaborating with others such as David Letinsky on projects for various surf industry leaders including Sexwax, Matt Moore Surfboards and Surfclass.com. Caton spends much of his free time surfing and snow skiing. He married long time girlfriend Jennifer Osborne in December 2010. They both reside in Studio City, CA."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cauthen", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cauthen (born May 1, 1960) is an American jockey who is now retired. In 1977 he became the first jockey to win over $6 million in a year, and in 1978 he became the youngest jockey to win the U. S. Triple Crown. Cauthen is the only jockey ever named \"Sports Illustrated\" Sportsman of the Year. After riding for a few years in the United States, he began racing in Europe. He is the only jockey to have won both the Kentucky Derby and the Epsom Derby. Cauthen, the son of a trainer and a farrier, grew up in Walton, Kentucky around horses, which (along with his small size) made race-riding a logical career choice."}, {"context": " He rode his first race on May 12, 1976 at Churchill Downs; he finished last, riding King of Swat. He rode his first winner (Red Pipe) less than a week later, at River Downs. He was the nation's leader in race wins in 1977 with 487. In only his second year of riding, he became the first jockey to win $6 million in a single season, passing that mark in December 1977. In 1978 he became the youngest jockey to ever win the U. S. Triple Crown, riding Affirmed, and he was named \"Sports Illustrated\" Sportsman of the Year."}, {"context": " He had increasing problems making the weight and moved to the UK, where jockey weights were higher. In his first race in the UK in April 1979 he rode Marquee Universal to victory at Salisbury. Cauthen was British Champion Jockey three times, and won English classic races ten times, including the 2,000 Guineas, the Derby twice, and the St Leger three times. In 1985 he won three Classics riding Oh So Sharp. In 1989 he rode European Horse of the Year Old Vic to victory in the French Derby and the Irish Derby. In 1991 he won the Italian Derby on Hailsham.  After he finished his riding career, he returned to Kentucky and bought a stud farm. In 1999, the Racing Post ranked Cauthen as eighth in their list of the Top 50 jockeys of the 20th century. He is married to Amy and they have three daughters. Great Britain France Ireland Italy United States"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cedorchuk", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cedorchuk is a former American ice hockey player and coach. He spent more than 20 years affiliated with Boston College"}]}, {"title": "Steve Centanni", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven James \"Steve\" Centanni is a former American news reporter for Fox News Channel. Centanni joined FNC in 1996. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, he served as an embedded journalist with the Navy SEALs and provided numerous first reports for the network, including a report that the U.S. had captured two main offshore oil terminals located off Iraq's southern coast, preventing them from being blown up by Iraqi forces. Previous to Fox, Centanni had worked for KRON-TV in San Francisco, California."}, {"context": " Centanni retired in August 2014. Centanni attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and earned a Bachelor's degree in broadcasting from San Francisco State University. On August 14, 2006, he was kidnapped by Palestinian gunmen while on assignment in Gaza City, along with Olaf Wiig, a cameraman from New Zealand. A witness saw two vehicles blocking the journalist's transmission truck and a masked man put a gun to their bodyguard's head, forcing him to the ground. An internal message by Fox News Channel Senior Vice President John Moody confirmed the abduction and instructed employees not to comment on it."}, {"context": " On August 19, Fox News Channel broadcast a video by Centanni's brother pleading for the reporter's immediate release. On August 23, the Holy Jihad Brigades claimed responsibility for the kidnappings of both Centanni and Wiig. They demanded the release of all \"Muslim prisoners\" by the United States within 72 hours. A video was broadcast by Al-Jazeera. No armed men were in the video, and the captives appeared to be in good health. On August 26, the three-day deadline passed uneventfully at 9:00 GMT. Hours earlier, Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas official, said there were promises that the journalists \"will not be harmed\" and that he expected the situation to resolve in the \"coming hours\"."}, {"context": " On August 27, the Palestinian news service Ramattan and FOX News reported that Centanni and Wiig were released unharmed, shortly after a new video was released. In the video, both journalists, wearing beige robes, read statements saying that they had converted to Islam, with Centanni stating \"Islam is not just meant for some people; it is the true religion for all people at all times.\" After being freed, Centanni stated \"We were forced to convert to Islam at gunpoint, and don't get me wrong here, I have the highest respect for Islam, and learned a lot of very good things about it, but it was something we felt we had to do, because they had the guns, and we didn't know what the hell was going on.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Chabot", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Joseph Chabot (born January 22, 1953) is an United States politician and lawyer who has been the United States Representative for since 2011. Chabot, a member of the Republican Party, previously represented the district from 1995 to 2009. Chabot was born in 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Gerard Joseph and Doris Leona (n\u00e9e Tilley) Chabot; paternally, he is of French-Canadian descent. He graduated from La Salle High School in Cincinnati in 1971, and then from the College of William and Mary in 1975, earning a B.A. in history. He went on to obtain a Juris Doctor degree from Northern Kentucky University's Salmon P. Chase College of Law, in Highland Heights, Kentucky, in 1978. He worked as an elementary school teacher in 1975\u20131976 while taking law classes at night."}, {"context": " As a practicing attorney from 1978 to 1994, Chabot handled domestic disputes and the drafting of wills as a sole practitioner. He operated out of a small law office in Westwood. Chabot ran unsuccessfully for the Cincinnati City Council as an independent candidate in 1979 and as a Republican in 1983. Then, running as a Republican, he won a seat in 1985 and was re-elected in 1987 and 1989. In 1988, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives against seven-term incumbent Democrat Tom Luken, who defeated Chabot 56\u201344%. After that, he was appointed a Commissioner of Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1990, and was elected later that year and again in 1992, staying until 1994."}, {"context": " In 1994, Chabot ran for the U.S. House again and defeated Democratic incumbent David S. Mann of Ohio's 1st congressional district, 56%\u201344%. In 1996, he defeated Democrat Mark Longabaugh, a member of the Cincinnati City Council, 54%\u201343%. In 1998, he defeated Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls, 53% to 47%. In the series of debates during that campaign, Qualls criticized Chabot for not funneling enough federal spending back to his home district. Chabot countered that he would not support \"wasteful or unnecessary\" federal programs. In 2000, he defeated City Councilman and Harvard graduate John Cranley 53\u201344%. In 2002, he defeated Greg Harris, with 65% of the vote. In 2004, he defeated Greg Harris again, with 60% of the vote."}, {"context": " He defeated Democratic challenger John Cranley again, this time by a narrower margin of 52\u201348%. Chabot was defeated by State Representative Steve Driehaus 52%\u201348%. In a rematch, Chabot defeated Democratic incumbent Steve Driehaus, Libertarian Jim Berns, and Green Party nominee Richard Stevenson. Chabot won by a margin of 51%\u201346%. Steve Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Jeff Sinnard 58%\u201338%, with Green nominee Rich Stevenson, and Libertarian nominee Jim Berns picking up the balance. He was helped by the 2010 round of redistricting, which shifted most of heavily Republican Warren County to the 1st."}, {"context": " <nowiki>*</nowiki>Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2004, Rich Stevenson received 198 votes. In 2008, Eric Wilson received 85 votes and Rich Stevenson received 67 votes. As of January 2018, Chabot had voted with his party in 98.2% of votes in the 115th United States Congress and voted in line with President Trump's position in 94.9% of votes. Chabot authored a bill prohibiting a form of late-term abortion called partial-birth abortion, referred to in some medical literature by its less common name of intact dilation and extraction. President George W. Bush signed the bill into law on November 5, 2003."}, {"context": " Chabot favors repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). He supported the March 2017 version of the American Health Care Act, the GOP's replacement bill for Obamacare. On May 4, 2017, Chabot voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and pass the American Health Care Act. The Concord Coalition and anti-tax advocacy groups such as Citizens Against Government Waste and the National Taxpayers Union consistently rated Chabot as one of the most anti-tax members of Congress. Chabot has advocated for a repeal or modification of the Dodd-Frank Act, which was passed as a response to the financial crisis of 2007\u20132008."}, {"context": " On the topic of man-made climate change, Chabot said \"the evidence concerning man-made climate change is far from conclusive\". Chabot said cap-and-trade was an \"extreme proposal\" that would harm the economy. The environmental advocacy group the League of Conservation Voters gave Chabot a grade of 10% for the 109th Congress, noting that he voted \"anti-environment\" on 11 out of 12 issues selected by that organization as crucial; his lifetime grade from the LCV is 23%. On August 22, 2011, Chabot asked Cincinnati police to confiscate cameras being used by private citizens to record a town-hall meeting, even as media television cameras recorded the incident. YouTube videos of the incident provided wide awareness of the incident, and the participating police officer was later disciplined."}, {"context": " On March 25, 2014, Chabot introduced the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (H.R. 4292; 113th Congress) into the House. According to a legislative digest provided by House Republicans, the bill \"narrowly amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) to make it easier for U.S. cultural and educational institutions to borrow art and other culturally significant objects from foreign countries.\" However, the changes made by the bill would not provide any immunity to art or objects that were \"taken in violation of international law by Nazi Germany between January 30, 1933 and May 8, 1945.\""}, {"context": " In 2002, Chabot advocated teaching intelligent design alongside the theory of evolution by natural selection in Ohio high schools. Chabot has called for ending logging subsidies in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, and promoted relations with Taiwan. In 2002, Chabot helped spearhead the local campaign against building a light rail system in Hamilton County. As of 2016, Chabot had traveled on congressional fact-finding missions to 46 countries at a cost of $200,000. Chabot and his wife Donna have two children."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chadwick", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephanie Anne \"Steve\" Chadwick (n\u00e9e Frizzell, born 15 December 1948) is a New Zealand politician. She became the Mayor of Rotorua after her election victory in the 2013 local body elections. She previously held the positions of Minister of Conservation, Women's Affairs, and Associate Health in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand. Born Stephanie Frizzell in Hastings, New Zealand, Chadwick is the sister of painter Dick Frizzell. She attended Karamu High School, then did nursing training in Wellington. She married lawyer John Te Manihera Chadwick in 1968, and the couple went on to have three children. After holding many roles in the health sector, including a term from 1976 to 1986 as union representative for the New Zealand Nurses Association, Steve Chadwick was elected to the Rotorua District Council in 1996."}, {"context": " In the 1999 election, Chadwick stood as the Labour Party candidate for the Rotorua seat, and defeated incumbent National Party MP Max Bradford. At the 2005 election she was narrowly returned to Parliament by 662 or 2.2% more votes than her opponent. In 2006, Chadwick's Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Easter Trading) Amendment Bill was drawn from the member's ballot. The bill passed its first reading and was sent to select committee, but was narrowly defeated at the second reading, 64 to 57. In 2007, she was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Conservation and Women's Affairs, as well as becoming an Associate Minister of Health."}, {"context": " In the 2008 general election, Chadwick lost her seat to National's Todd McClay, whose margin was over 5000. Chadwick's loss was predicted by some commentators due to boundary changes which incorporated more rural areas into the electorate. However, due to Chadwick's list place of 30 she was able to return to parliament. In 2010, Chadwick attempted to introduce a bill to Parliament to partially liberalise abortion law. This bill was defeated at the caucus stage and was not brought before Parliament."}, {"context": " Chadwick failed to regain her seat in the 2011 election, losing to Todd McClay by a margin of more than 7,000 votes. On 27 November 2011 she announced that she would be retiring from politics. As a cabinet minister, Chadwick was entitled to the title of The Honourable and became The Hon. Mrs Stephanie (Steve) Chadwick which is a title she was granted for the rest of her life after leaving parliament. Chadwick announced in 2013 that she would be running for Mayor of Rotorua in the local elections of that year, challenging sitting mayor Kevin Winters. Chadwick defeated Winters and three other candidates, receiving more than 11,000 votes of a total 19,596 votes cast.  At the 2016 Rotorua Local Body Elections, Chadwick again ran for mayor, defeating six other candidates, receiving 8,990 of a total 21,408 votes cast Chadwick's husband, John Chadwick, died in Rotorua on 26 May 2017."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chainel", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Chainel (born 6 September 1983 in Remiremont) is a French racing cyclist for French amateur team Chazal\u2013Canyon. Chainel has previously competed for the , , and professional teams. Chainel left at the end of the 2012 season, and signed a two-year contract with for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Subsequently, announced that they had signed Chainel for 2015."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chalke", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John \"Steve\" Chalke, (born 17 November 1955) is a British Baptist minister, the founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust - now one of the UK's largest charities, a former United Nations' Special Adviser on Human Trafficking and a sometimes outspoken Christian leader, popular public speaker, entrepreneur and social activist. Chalke, who is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, is also the author of a large number of books and articles as well as a former presenter and now regular contributor and commentator on television, radio and other media."}, {"context": " In the 2004 New Year Honours, Chalke was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) \"for services to social exclusion through the charities Oasis Trust and Parentalk\". In 2005 he was made an Honorary Fellow of Sarum College, Salisbury. In 2012 Chalke was chosen as one of the Olympic torchbearers for London 2012. In 2015 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Staffordshire University. In 2017 Chalke was installed as a Ecumenical Canon of Southwark Cathedral. In 2018 Chalke was given the 'Spirit of London' award by the London Marathon."}, {"context": " Chalke was born in Croydon, South London, in 1955. As a teenager he became a Christian and decided to dedicate his life working to end poverty. He graduated from Spurgeon's College, was ordained a Baptist minister in 1981, and served as a local minister for four years. In 1985 he founded the Oasis Trust to set up housing, healthcare and educational projects. Oasis has since developed into a group of charities working in 11 countries over four continents (Europe, Asia, Africa and North America) to deliver housing, training, youthwork, healthcare, family support and primary, secondary and higher education. It has grown into a significant voluntary sector provider, delivering services for local authorities and national governments as well as self-funded initiatives. In the UK, Oasis\u2019 family of charities now includes Oasis Community Learning, Oasis Aquila Housing, Oasis Community Partnerships, the Oasis Foundation and Stop the Traffik as well as a growing network of Oasis churches. In the UK alone Oasis now employs over 5,000 staff as well as working with thousands more volunteers."}, {"context": " In the late 1980s Chalke set up Oasis\u2019 first housing project, developed to accommodate homeless young people living in South London and to support them on their journey to independent housing. In the late 1990s Chalke began working with a group of churches in his home town of Croydon, Surrey, as well as in partnership with Croydon Council to establish what is now known as the Oasis Aquila Foyer. The Foyer, which opened in 2000, and is an accredited Foyer through the Foyer Federation, provides housing and training for homeless people aged 18 to 25."}, {"context": " Since the turn of the millennium the provision of housing for vulnerable people has continued to be a priority for Chalke and Oasis. As a result, in April 2014 Oasis Housing formally merged with another homelessness charity known as Aquila Way to become Oasis Aquila Housing, one of the Oasis UK subsidiary charities. It now helps around 1,000 vulnerable young people into housing each year. From its early days Oasis has been involved in the provision of education not only in the UK but also in Asia and Africa."}, {"context": " In the UK early in the 1990s, Oasis began to develop professional training for youth workers. By 2009, this had grown into a range of academically and professionally validated short courses, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of study and the Oasis College for Higher Education was established in central London. Oasis College specialises in studies in children's work, youth work, family practice and community and now offers courses to over 250 students a year. In 2004 Chalke set up Oasis Community Learning as part of the Oasis Group of charities in order to deliver secondary education through the UK Government\u2019s Academies programme. The first three Oasis academies, at Enfield Lock, Grimsby and Immingham, opened in September 2007. Oasis\u2019 involvement with secondary education has since grown and, from 2009, it has also began to develop a focus on primary education. As of September 2018, Oasis is responsible for 51 primary, secondary or all-through academies across England."}, {"context": " Oasis Community Learning aims to serve its academy students as well as to provide a centre of lifelong learning for the entire community, including; adult learning courses, community workers, healthy living programmes, sports courts and out-of-hours children's, youth and adult activities. In September 1993, an earthquake devastated the Latur district in Maharashtra, India. Chalke, who was working as a news correspondent and presenter for GMTV (Good Morning Television), suggested to Peter McHugh, the Director of Programmes, that the station should run an appeal to build a hospital as a response to the crisis."}, {"context": " McHugh agreed, and commissioned Chalke to travel to India to make a series of inserts to be played into a week's special programming to raise the funds to build the hospital. Over \u00a31m was donated: in 1996, the GM Priya Hospital, built by Oasis, opened in Dapegaon, one of the villages affected by the earthquake. It was named after the TV station and a young girl, Priya, who survived the earthquake. Priya had been buried for five days underneath rubble but was protected by her iron cot. Chalke, who was only just beginning the work of Oasis in India, suggested that the completed hospital be given to the Emmanuel Hospital Association. The Association was already running a series of hospitals in the north of the country and Chalke believed it had the capacity and infrastructure to sustain the work that Oasis and GMTV had begun. The GM Priya hospital has subsequently grown and now specialises in AIDS and Cancer Care as well as Neurological diseases and chronic illnesses."}, {"context": " Although Oasis has not built another hospital, it is now engaged in a variety of health care initiatives both in the UK and beyond. In 2010 Oasis Youth Support, a youth violence intervention service, embedded into St Thomas\u2019 Emergency Department, was set up under Chalke\u2019s leadership in partnership with senior hospital staff. OYS addresses the underlying issues surrounding the presentation of young people at the ED with violence-related injuries. It is designed to address psychosocial and environmental factors associated with the young people\u2019s attendance due to violence. The service provides a unique opportunity to engage vulnerable young people at a critical moment for change, often those who would not otherwise come to the attention of statutory services. It serves two London boroughs \u2013 Lambeth and Southwark - which have high levels of deprivation. It aims to reduce the number of young people returning to the Emergency Department as a result of violence, and to increase the ED's contribution towards a public health approach to violence in these areas."}, {"context": " In recent years Chalke\u2019s involvement in grassroots healthcare has naturally grown out of the wider work of community development Oasis is now doing in local communities around the UK and beyond. Following the 70th anniversary of the NHS in July 2018 he was asked to deliver a speech to senior NHS staff on the way forward in the development of community health and wellbeing, where he stated his view that, \u201cOur problem is that we have medicalised health care, focusing our thinking, energy and funding too narrowly. What we call the National Health Service would be better labelled a National Sickness Service. It\u2019s time to think differently and invest in the other pillars on which real health and wellbeing are built. Health is 3D \u2013 it is about body, mind and spirit. The NHS cannot solve the health problems of the UK alone. It is time to think more radically.\u201c Oasis has subsequently launched Oasis Community Heath as a new element of its work in partnership with Guy\u2019s and St.Thomas\u2019 Charitable Trust and Frimley Park NHS Trust."}, {"context": " Chalke was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1981, after studying at Spurgeon's College in London. He was minister of Tonbridge Baptist Church in Kent for four years before setting up the Oasis Trust. He later formed a developing network of community churches around the UK which began with the foundation of Oasis Church Waterloo, London SE1, in 2003 and now includes churches in Salford, Enfield, Southampton, Croydon and Bristol as well as a growing number of other locations. Chalke remains senior minister of Oasis Church Waterloo, in the London Borough of Lambeth where Oasis currently also serves its local community through the delivery of a children\u2019s centre, a primary school, a secondary school, various adult education opportunities, a foodbank, a debt advice centre, a community farm, a coffee house, the local public library, a higher education college, a range of youth work schemes and a breadth of other community building programmes including football teams, choirs, yoga classes and circuit training, reading groups and language courses and more."}, {"context": " Through the various aspects of his work Chalke has pioneered what he refers to as the \"Oasis Hub\" model of community development. Oasis has now created hubs in 62 local neighbourhoods around the world, 36 of them in the UK. In its hubs Oasis works to bring together and integrate the resources, expertise and infrastructure of the different charities Chalke originally founded, whilst seeking through local partnerships to respond to the specific assets and needs of its local setting and creating local ownership."}, {"context": " Chalke has been a regular broadcaster for over 25 years. He hosted various shows for ITV during the 1990s as well as being part of their GMTV morning breakfast show team from 1993 to 1999. He also presented BBC1's Songs of Praise during that period, as well as hosting a regular show on BBC Radio 4 about community development, \"Changing Places\". He currently contributes to \"Pause for Thought\" on BBC Radio 2 and 'Prayer For The Day' on BBC Radio 4. In 2005 Chalke became the holder of the Guinness World Record for the largest amount of sponsorship money ever raised by an individual through a single event. He broke this record by raising \u00a31.25 million for Oasis' work with schools in disadvantaged communities, through running the London Marathon. His record was beaten at the following year's marathon by Sir Steve Redgrave who raised over \u00a31.785 million. In April 2007 Chalke recaptured the title as well as becoming the fastest money-generating sports person in history, by raising over \u00a31.855 million in 3 hours 58 minutes 40 seconds. When he crossed the finishing line at the 2011 London Marathon, after 4 hours 31 minutes, Chalke broke this record for a third time by raising \u00a32.32 million."}, {"context": " Chalke has taken on many causes in his career, from working with vulnerable children on the African continent, to community learning through his \"Oasis Academies\", to helping churches to realize their potential for helping people in their communities with such issues as poverty and homelessness, to stopping human trafficking, and a myriad of other things. In 2001 Chalke founded \"The Faithworks Movement,\" along with a companion magazine, to raise awareness of the role the Church can play within local communities. Faithworks's resources support churches of all denominations across the UK. Chalke has become a spokesman for the church in the national debate about the provision of public services by faith-based groups. Over 20,000 members\u2014including individuals, churches and other not-for-profit organizations\u2014count themselves as part of the Faithworks movement."}, {"context": " Chalke is the founder and chair of Stop the Traffik, a global coalition of over 1600 charities in 97 countries, which works to raise awareness of human trafficking in all countries and communities and to stop the buying and selling of people. In 2008 he was appointed Special Advisor on Community Action to the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT), following the coalition's delivery of 1.5 million signatures in support of a global declaration against human trafficking at a UN conference in Vienna in February of that year. He held this position until 2015."}, {"context": " March 2009 saw the publication of \"Stop The Traffick: People should not be Bought and Sold\", co-authored by Chalke and Cherie Blair, which looks worldwide at the issue and responses to it. Chalke continues to work with Stop the Traffick campaigns, including \"Start Freedom\" and a Traffick-free chocolate campaign. As a result of the latter, in: In 2003 Chalke co-authored \"The Lost Message of Jesus\" with Alan Mann (Zondervan). This book provoked considerable controversy in evangelical Christian circles. The debate arose mostly because of Chalke's rejection of a fundamental evangelical theological understanding of the atonement known as penal substitution. Chalke's views drew much criticism as well as support, with numerous articles, blogs and books being written on both sides of the debate."}, {"context": " The continuing controversy led to the Evangelical Alliance organising a symposium in July 2005 to discuss the issue. A record of this symposium includes a chapter by Chalke, and his views are also contained in \"the atonement debate\". A group of three conservative evangelical theologians responded to Chalke with their book, \"Pierced for our Transgressions\" (Crossway Publishing, 2007), which strongly criticised Chalke's position as inconsistent with some evangelical confessions of faith. However, the prominent Anglican Open Evangelical theologian and former Bishop of Durham, Tom Wright, endorsed Chalke as a leading evangelical and spoke out against the latter book, commenting, for instance, that 'despite the ringing endorsements of famous men, it [\"Pierced For Our Transgressions\"] is deeply, profoundly, and disturbingly unbiblical'."}, {"context": " Chalke is a prominent social activist and leading advocate of the role of Christian faith in public life and the delivery of public services including education, health care, youth services, etc. He has drawn strong criticism from leading atheists and secularists such as Polly Toynbee and Keith Porteous Wood, with whom he has publicly debated, as well as Terry Sanderson and others for his stance. \"Most dangerous are the Christian global corporations such as Oasis headed up by Steve Chalke who have snatched growing numbers of academy contracts, also have ambitions to run hospitals too.\""}, {"context": " However, Chalke maintains that though Christian faith is personal, it is never private, and has written extensively about Public Theology (see \"Intelligent Church\"). \"There is a widespread, popular myth that unless faith is restricted to the private sphere, it will inevitably lead to intolerance and . But the reality could not be more different. Beneath the headlines of religious fanaticism and intolerance are the untold stories of countless individuals who, motivated by their personal faith, choose to work for the betterment of our society. For them, faith may be personal, but it is never private. Like the thousands of churches and other faith groups up and down the country that commit to improving the lives of society's most vulnerable - running homeless hostels, alcohol recovery programmes and youth mentoring schemes in response to the needs they see around them.\""}, {"context": " Chalke claims that; \"Intolerance and are more to do with fundamentalism, than faith. Indeed, the memory of the 20th century is forever scarred by the fundamentalism and intolerance of communism, whose regimes not only left millions dead, but impoverished and excluded many more.\" He maintains that, \"Without public faith, there would not have been a civil rights movement in the US or a Jubilee debt cancellation in the UK. Both these movements were inspired and led by people of faith who decided that what they believed about God and humanity should impact on the world around them.\""}, {"context": " Chalke contends that there are two elements to healthy democracy; representative and participatory. He has suggested: \"Democracy used to be focused around participation as much as representation, two ideas which together created a balance.\" Whilst Chalke believes that the hallmark of any healthy democracy is that it gives expression to these two types of democracy, he suggests that, \"In our modern society, the democratic process has become far more passive and is now dominated by the idea of representation, where elected representatives (e.g. MP's) are held responsible for delivering the needs of those who voted, or who did not vote, for them. Westminster is the seat of representative democracy. Our society needs to invent new forms and practices that combine representative with participative democracy. The two can and indeed must meet. And the crucial point regarding the relationship between the two - between representative and participative democracy - is that the activity of the second the quality of the first. Representative democracy needs to be held accountable by participative democracy. /about-us].\""}, {"context": " Chalke developed the Charities Parliament, now known as the People's Parliament, in order to establish a stronger voice for third-sector organisations in public life. It is intended to enable debate and dialogue between churches, charities, faith groups and government and aims to increase participation by these groups in public life. The People's Parliament has received support from many parliamentarians and church leaders, including the now former Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Revd James Jones, who endorsed it, saying: \"This new initiative is based on the well established principles of Christ-centred vision, rigorous thinking, a depth of community engagement and a clear articulation of a biblical worldview, which are the foundations on which Oasis' work has been built.\""}, {"context": " In early 2013, Chalke sent what \"The Independent\" said would be \"shockwaves through Britain\u2019s evangelical community\", of which he is a leader, by stating, both on the Oasis Trust website and in an article in \"Christianity\" magazine, that he supports monogamous same-sex relationships and marriage. Chalke had been reflecting on the matter for a long time and his January 2013 declaration represented what some regarded as a completely opposite position to the one he had earlier expressed when, in 2001, he wrote an article for \"Christianity\" (then known as \"Christianity and Renewal\") entitled \"What might Jesus say to Roy Clements about the Church and the Homosexual debate?\" Clements had been a leader among Britain's evangelicals for many years when he suddenly revealed that he was gay, left his wife and began a relationship with a man."}, {"context": " After performing his first same-sex couple blessing ceremony in his church in September 2012, and now offering both a same-sex couple blessing liturgy as well as an order of service and vows for a same-sex marriage service on the Oasis website, Chalke explained that he was torn about the January 2013 declaration, writing that he was \"[c]ompelled because, in my understanding, the principles of justice, reconciliation and inclusion sit at the heart of Jesus\u2019s message. Afraid because I recognise the Bible is understood by many to teach that the practice of homosexuality, in any circumstance, is a sin or \u2018less than God\u2019s best\u2019.\""}, {"context": " Because evangelical communities tend to place enormous importance on Biblical literalism, inerrancy and infallibility, the approximately 5,000-word extended version of Chalke's declaration provided theological and scriptural justifications for his new acceptance of committed homosexual relationships. Acknowledging that many of his fellow evangelicals would be upset by it, Chalke wrote that some would think that he strayed from scripture and was no longer an evangelical. \"I have formed my view, however, not out of any disregard for the Bible's authority, but by way of grappling with it and, through prayerful reflection, seeking to take it seriously.\" Chalke insisted that it is only by scriptural misinterpretation that those who claim the Bible condemns all forms of homosexuality have arrived at such a position; and that this position will eventually become the minority view in the same way that those who cited Biblical justifications for slavery and a secondary role for women have also become minority views."}, {"context": " Chalke criticised traditional Christianity's rejection of \"faithful gay relationships\", saying that it has left far too many people feeling \"vulnerable and isolated\". He also wrote that it has done genuine physical harm. \"People\u2019s lives are at stake\", he wrote. \"Numerous studies show that suicide rates among gay people, especially young people, are comparatively high. Church leaders sometimes use this data to argue that homosexuality is unhealthy when tragically it's anti-gay stigma, propped up by Church attitudes, which, all too often, drives these statistics.\""}, {"context": " \"When we refuse to make room for gay people to live in loving, stable relationships\", he wrote, \"we consign them to lives of loneness, secrecy and fear. It's one thing to be critical of a promiscuous lifestyle, but shouldn't the Church consider nurturing positive models for permanent and monogamous homosexual relationships?\" Chalke is a member of Accepting Evangelicals which describes itself as an \"open network of Evangelical Christians who believe the time has come to move towards the acceptance of faithful, loving same-sex partnerships at every level of church life, and the development of a positive Christian ethic for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.\""}, {"context": " In a 2017 interview with HuffPost Chalke explained that he believes the writings of the Apostle Paul in the New Testament are warning the early Christian Church against engaging in human relationships that are based on exploitation, abuse, and corruption. On the other hand, he claims, the New Testament has nothing to say about genuine, compassionate love between people of the same gender, as it is understood in today\u2019s world. \u201cEvery Christian believes God to be a God of love. It is no wonder that these abusive practices are condemned by inspired scripture. But it is a disingenuous misreading of the text to conclude that what Paul describes in Romans 1 can be used to prevent people forming loving, faithful, and nurturing relationships with people of the same-sex.\u201d"}, {"context": " He continued; \u201cOur poor understanding of the New Testament has brought misery, persecution, oppression and rejection to countless hundreds of thousands and millions of LGBT people. It\u2019s time to apologize for the mistakes we\u2019ve made and move on.\u201d Chalke has officiated at a number of services celebrating and welcoming transgender people into Oasis Church Waterloo. He and others have developed a liturgy which affirms trans people. In March 2018 Chalke published 'The Gender Agenda', a short study exploring the theology of gender identity, reassignment and confirmation."}, {"context": " In February 2014 Chalke published a paper on the Oasis UK website entitled \"Restoring Confidence in the Bible: Can we use the Bible as a reliable moral and spiritual guide in our twenty-first century globalised world?\" in which he states his rejection of the evangelical teaching that the bible is inerrant or infallible. In his paper Chalke argues, 'Throughout my life, the Bible has been a constant reference point and source of personal inspiration. Because of this, I feel deep sorrow that, on one hand, vast numbers of people around the world consider our sacred text to be, at best, confusing and, at worst, intolerant and violent. On the other, I am frustrated that our responses, as the Church, to their questions are so often ill thought through, poorly articulated and laden with in-house, inhospitable and inaccessible language...Developing a consistent and honest methodology for interpreting the Bible is a pivotal issue for the Church around the world. Only as we adopt an open, humble, discursive and transparent approach to this task will we be in a strong position to respond with integrity to the moral, social and political issues which face us as individuals, as local and national communities and as a global society as a whole.'  Chalke enjoys going to the gym and running. He married Cornelia Reeves in 1980 and they have four adult children; Emily, Daniel, Abigail and Joshua and four young grandsons. Chalke is the author of more than 40 books. He has also written monthly columns for \"Prima Baby\" on fatherhood and for \"Christianity\" magazine on church leadership. His writings include:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Chan", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Chan (; born 9 July 1948) is a Taiwanese physician and politician. He served as health minister from 1997 to 2000, and as vice chairman of the Kuomintang from 2016 to 2017. Born in Yuanlin Township, Changhua County in 1948, Chan attended high school alongside Jason Hu and graduated from Chungshan Medical and Dental College in 1972. Chan left Taiwan for the United States to begin his medical career. He was surgical resident at the Hospital of Saint Raphael from 1975 to 1977, when he moved to Mercy Catholic Medical Center, which was affiliated with Jefferson Medical College. In 1980, Chan began working at the Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, returning to Taiwan in 1989 for a position at Feng Chia Hospital. After one year, Chan joined Chi Mei Medical Center until he was named the minister of the Department of Health in 1997. Though a member of the Kuomintang, Chan took the position as an independent. As health minister, Chan repeatedly addressed the World Health Assembly and asked for Taiwan to be granted observer status. Chan stepped down three years later, and returned to Chi Mei. During Chan's second stint at Chi Mei, President Chen Shui-bian was shot and taken there for treatment. In 2007, Chan was named Ma Ying-jeou's campaign manager, taking him out of consideration for election to the Legislative Yuan via party-list proportional representation. Ma won the 2008 presidential election, and named Chan an adviser."}, {"context": " While a presidential adviser, Chan was also a Kuomintang deputy secretary-general and president of Adimmune Corporation. Chan stepped down from his party position in December 2009. Under Chan's leadership since 2008, Adimmune secured a government contract to produce an H1N1 vaccination, was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, and expanded vaccination distribution to mainland China. Chan was appointed a Kuomintang vice chairman in June 2016, and resigned the post in January 2017. Later that month, Chan announced his candidacy for the top party position. He placed fifth in the election held on 20 May."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chandra Savale", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Chandra Savale originally from London, United Kingdom, also known by his stage names Chandrasonic and Chandra Blunt, is a British musician of Asian descent, best known as the lead guitarist of the British electronica band Asian Dub Foundation. He was also part of the Birmingham-based bands Higher Intelligence Agency and the Atom Spies in which he was an early collaborator, and lead guitarist / vocalist respectively. He also composed and co-wrote the musical \"Gaddafi: A Living Myth\" with the Asian Dub Foundation and has presented a series of documentaries for Al-Jazeera English called \"Music of Resistance\"."}, {"context": " Amongst other early projects Savale played guitar with Birmingham band the Davidsons (as Efrem Zitblaster (Jnr)), both live, and on their 1987 12\" EP release \"Muscle Jerks\" (Cake Records - 12 Piece 4), and with Dog Food (as Imperial Bulbhead) on their 1986 cassette only self-release \"More Frantic Than...\" Savale earned the nickname Chandrasonic because he used to tune all of the strings on his guitar to one note and play it with a knife. He uses the alias Chandra Blunt when performing with the Atomic Spies."}, {"context": " Savale plays guitar for the Asian Dub Foundation, which is where he has made his claim to fame as a musician. Savale has interviewed prominent leftist intellectual, historian, political campaigner, author, and filmmaker Tariq Ali about the War on Terrorism, Pakistan, 1960s musicians and their activism, and health care in the United States. The \"Music of Resistance\" is a six-part documentary series that tells the stories of musicians who fight repression and sing about injustices. They are unique musical personalities from some of the world's most troubled areas - what makes them different is their need to communicate their politics through music. They are all ambitious and talented but for them 'making it' is not about diamonds and sports cars - it is about radical political change. They come from Nigeria, Mozambique, the favelas of Brazil, Cape Verde, the desert of the Sahara and London."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chao", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Chao is a Canadian journalist and the senior Asia correspondent for Al Jazeera English. He was the Far East and Asia Bureau Chief for CTV News. He is currently a reporter for Al Jazeera English. He is based in Beijing. Chao was raised in Toronto where he attended Dr Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute high school. He began his career in Ottawa, reporting for CJOH before moving to Vancouver to help CTV's Vancouver station. His work earned him The British Columbia Association of Broadcasters ' award for Excellence in News Reporting. Chao is fluent in Mandarin."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chapin", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Chapin (born 30 Dec 1946) is an American singer/songwriter. He is best known as the youngest of the four Chapin brothers, which include Harry Chapin and Tom Chapin and is son of drummer Jim Chapin and Elspeth Burke Chapin Hart, editor, artist and matriarch of the Burke, Leacock, Chapin clan. He is the father of Christina Chapin, Frankie Chapin, and Jonathan Chapin. He is the uncle of Jen Chapin and The Chapin Sisters. He has toured nationally and Internationally, with his own band; The Harry Chapin Band; and with his late brother Harry Chapin as his band leader, musical director, arranger, producer, piano player/multi instrumentalist and singer. He continues to perform concerts all over the world with his band The Harry Chapin Band which includes the original members of the band: Steve Chapin, Big John Wallace, and Howard Fields, and new members since 2005, Clark Wallace (Big John's son) and Jonathan Chapin (Steve's son). Steve has also produced many albums including \"The Chapin Family Christmas album\", and has worked as a teacher, arranger, recording artist, commercial producer, performer, singer, and songwriter. He has appeared on all Harry Chapin albums, and arranged and produced most of them. Most notably, Harry Chapin's \"Greatest Stories Live\" album which includes his performance of one of his songs \"Let Time Go Lightly\".  The Harry Chapin Band includes Chapin and former Harry Chapin band members \"Big John\" Wallace and Howard Fields. Steve and Big John have been making music together since 1955/ choir-boy days at Grace Church Brooklyn Heights, through the doo-wop days, folk and early rock eras, and the Harry Chapin years. It was during the mid-'70s that they teamed up with Howard to forge the musical bonds that forge the heart of their music. He is also the fifth cousin of country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chapman (chemist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Kenneth Chapman (born 1959) is Vice-Chancellor of Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. Previously he was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Steve Chapman was born on 12 May 1959 in South Shields, County Durham. Chapman studied at Newcastle University, where he received a First Class BSc (Hons) degree in Chemistry (1980) and completed a PhD in Chemistry (1983). Steve Chapman carried out his postdoctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a NATO Research Fellowship from 1983 to 1985."}, {"context": " Chapman returned to the UK in 1985 and was a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh from 1985\u20131995, and Professor of Biological Chemistry from 1996. In 2000, he became Head of the University's School of Chemistry, and in August 2006, was appointed as Vice-Principal of Planning, Resources and Research Policy at the University. Externally, Chapman's roles have included the HEFCE TRAC(T) Steering Group, the Research and Knowledge Transfer Committee of the Scottish Funding Council, and as a representative on LERU and Universitas 21. He was a member of the Board of UCEA and was a previous member of the Board of Directors of Edinburgh Research and Innovation Limited. He has published over 200 research publications and in 2001 received the Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Award for major contributions to science at the Chemistry/Biology interface. In 2005 Chapman became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Society of Chemistry.  Chapman was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to higher education as Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt. Chapman commenced his current position as Vice-Chancellor of Edith Cowan University in Western Australia in April 2015. Professor Chapman is married and has three children. His interests include being a supporter of Newcastle United. Since moving to Australia he has chosen to support the West Coast Eagles as his AFL team."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chapman (ice hockey)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Chapman is an ice hockey executive. From 2002 to 2015, he served as the president and general manager of the Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL after serving in the same capacity with the Mobile Mysticks from 1995 to 2001. He also served nine terms as the ECHL's Chairman of the Board of Governors from 2006 until 2015. In 2015, he was hired by the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League as group vice president of brand, community and partnership development. Chapman was the first person to be named the ECHL Executive of the Year twice, receiving the award for both the 2004\u201305 and 2005\u201306 ECHL seasons. He was elected into the ECHL Hall of Fame in 2018."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chappell", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Patrick Chappell (born 1969/1970) is an American aerospace engineer. He is a Technical Lead & Research Specialist for Wyle Integrated Science & Engineering at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. He is helping to define and execute the research needed to optimize human performance in next-generation spacesuits and extra-vehicular activity (EVA) systems. Chappell served as an aquanaut on the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 14 () crew. Chappell grew up in Lake Orion, MI and dreamed of space travel as a child. After graduating from Lake Orion High School in 1987, he attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, graduating in 1991. After graduating, he used his newly gained expertise to help design and develop aircraft and missile simulations to assist pilots with real-time combat decision making, but still had a strong desire to be a part of human spaceflight. This drove Chappell to move to Colorado to further his education and be closer to the mountains to develop his growing passion for rock climbing and mountaineering."}, {"context": " Chappell\u2019s intent upon returning to college was to become a medical doctor specializing in aerospace medicine and he began taking classes to make that possible, but being a climber led him to learn about Rocky Mountain Rescue Group based in Boulder, CO. He became a member of the all-volunteer team, one of the busiest in the country, and quickly became active performing technical rock, snow, and ice rescue missions. Over time, his involvement on the mountain rescue team fed his interest in helping people while doing something he loved and he changed his educational course to pursue bioastronautics-related graduate degrees, studying how humans perform in the harsh environment of space."}, {"context": " Chappell earned masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder (M.S., Aerospace Engineering, 2003; PhD, 2006), studying human performance in simulated Moon and Mars gravity. His PhD thesis was on \"Analysis of Planetary Exploration Spacesuit Systems and Evaluation of a Modified Partial-Gravity Simulation Technique\". While he was performing his graduate research, he worked as one of the lead systems engineers developing and launching a satellite to study cloud formation in the upper atmosphere. Also during this time, his passion for rescue led him to become the operational leader of his mountain rescue team. He has taken part in more than 350 rescue missions and also climbed many high peaks in Colorado and on international expeditions. Along the way, he attained multiple SCUBA certifications and made dives in exotic locations around the world."}, {"context": " Chappell worked for FAAC Incorporated as a simulation engineer from 1992 to 1996, for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company as a systems engineer from 1997 to 2000, and for Global Commerce Systems as an engineering manager from 2000 to 2001. From 2002 to 2008 he was a mission systems engineer for the Laboratory for Atmospheric & Space Physics. Chappell\u2019s diverse background and experience led him to work for Wyle Integrated Science & Engineering at NASA JSC, where he has been employed since 2008. He is helping to define and execute the research needed to optimize human performance in the next-generation spacesuits and EVA systems. As part of his job, he has led and taken part in studies in different exploration analog environments including the high Arctic, parabolic flight aircraft, and partial gravity simulators at JSC. He was a major contributor to the design of the mockups and procedures to be used during NEEMO 14."}, {"context": " Chappell was a NASA astronaut candidate interviewee in 2009. In May 2010, Chappell became an aquanaut through his participation in the joint NASA-NOAA, (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations) project, an exploration research mission held in Aquarius, the world's only undersea research laboratory. Prior to the mission, Chappell was quoted as saying that he \"is looking forward to working as a team with the other crewmembers during NEEMO 14 to help NASA take the next steps to push forward the frontier of space exploration.\""}, {"context": " Although Chappell works at JSC, much of his time is spent working remotely from near Boulder. He remains active with Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, having served as its operations director from 2006 to 2008 and as the president of its executive board from 2010 to 2012, and again as operations director from 2013 to the present. Chappell also enjoys running, canyoneering, reading, and painting. Chappell served as deputy mission manager for the mission in October 2011. During the mission in June 2012, Chappell served as the technical director for the near-Earth asteroid exploration EVA objectives, as an In-Water Test Director, and piloted a DeepWorker submersible."}, {"context": " In addition to Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, Chappell's memberships include the International Council on Systems Engineering, the Society for Human Performance in Extreme Environments, the Mountain Rescue Association, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). His honors include the NASA Silver Snoopy Award (2011), the AIAA Foundation Graduate Award for \"Planetary EVA Operations \u2013 Research & Design\" (2006), and awards from Wyle Integrated Science & Engineering, Rocky Mountain Rescue, and Lockheed Martin."}]}, {"title": "Steve Charbonneau", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Charbonneau (born May 30, 1973) was a Canadian Football League defensive tackle who played eleven seasons for two teams."}]}, {"title": "Steve Charles", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Charles (born 10 May 1960) is a former professional footballer who played in The Football League as a midfielder for five different clubs, and was until recently manager of Conference North side Gainsborough Trinity. He is also a graduate of Sheffield University, where he gained a degree in mathematics, and a Master's degree in sports science. Charles attended Columbia University in the United States where he was the 1979 Ivy League MVP and a 1979 First Team All American. an English former schoolboy international, Sheffield-born Steve Charles began his football career at Sheffield United while still a university student. He signed a professional contract with the Blades in January 1980, and went on to make over a hundred appearances for the Blades, helping the team gain promotion from Division Four in 1982. In November 1984, he moved to Wrexham where he spent two-and-a-half years and lifted the Welsh Cup in 1986."}, {"context": " In the summer of 1987, Charles moved to Mansfield Town for a \u00a315,000 transfer fee, making his debut on 15 August 1987 against Bristol City. In his first season at Field Mill, he was ever-present in the side and scored 12 goals, many of them from free kicks. He spent six seasons at Mansfield, playing 278 games for the club in all competitions, scoring 47 goals. He is a member of the Mansfield Town Hall of Fame. He left to join Scarborough in February 1993, and also had a short loan spell at Scunthorpe United near the end of his time in Mansfield.  Charles played nearly 150 games for Scarborough during a three-year spell, and then continued his career in the non-league game, where he played for Stalybridge Celtic and Boston United until he was 40 years old. From 2007 until August 2009, he was manager of Gainsborough Trinity."}]}, {"title": "Steve Charles (musician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Patrick Charles (born May 30, 1966), is an American musician, best known as a member of Western Flyer, and for his contributions to the Nashville recording industry. Born in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, United States, Charles has lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Aurora, Illinois; Stow, Ohio; Bloomington, Indiana and currently resides in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Learning to play guitar at the age of nine, Charles grew up mostly in Ohio learning to play folk, country and bluegrass. Although obtaining a scholarship in Musical Theater at Kent State University, Charles's interest in guitar/vocal and the recording industry led him to Indiana University (IU) where he majored in Audio Engineering."}, {"context": " After graduating from IU, Charles moved to Nashville and began a career in the music industry. Gaining engineering credits on independent and major label recordings, Charles also worked as a technician at notable recording studios including OmniSound and Quad Recording. Charles also designed and manufactured the Room Mic Footswitch, a device that allows musicians to control turning on a studio room mic during a recording session. In 1990, Charles auditioned for Steven Curtis Chapman's upcoming \"For The Sake Of The Call\" tour. After touring as lead guitarist and vocalist with Chapman, Charles met Chris Marion who invited Charles to team up with him and four other musicians (Danny Myrick, TJ Klay, Roger Helton, Bruce Gust) in a band later to become Step One Recording artist Western Flyer. Charles recorded two CDs with Western Flyer and left the group in June, 1996. The remaining members of Western Flyer disbanded at the end of 1996 to pursue other musical opportunities.  Today, Charles resides with his family in the Nashville area where he writes songs, continues to play a wide variety of instruments and musical styles, and works in computer software development. The following is a list of some of the more notable credits acquire by Charles in the music industry:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Charles (surgeon)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Charles is a vitreoretinal surgeon who has developed many of the techniques and devices used by vitreoretinal surgeons worldwide. He is a board certified ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon, a mechanical/electrical engineer who has 48 patents or patents applied for, and has developed many of the techniques and devices used by vitreoretinal surgeons worldwide. He has performed over 38,000 vitreoretinal surgeries, lectured in 50 countries and operated in 25, delivered 17 named lectures, and over 1000 speaking trips. He authored a leading textbook in the field which is now in the 5th edition and in 6 languages and authored over 174 articles in the medical literature and over 50 book chapters."}, {"context": " After four years in engineering school, he completed medical school at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He did research all four medical school years at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. After a medical internship at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami he completed a residency at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute followed by a two-year Clinical Associate appointment at the National Eye Institute (NIH); focused on vitreoretinal surgery, angiogenesis research, and medical device engineering."}, {"context": " Charles has performed a large number of vitreoretinal surgeries, as well as lectured extensively in the field. He is the author of one of the leading textbooks in the field along with nearly 200 scholarly publications. He is the founder of the Charles Retina Institute, located in Memphis, Tennessee, which is an eye clinic specializing in the treatment of retina, macula, and vitreous diseases. He is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons and International College of Surgeons and a member of the Retina Society, Macular Society, American Society of Retinal Specialists, Club Jules Gonin, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American-European College of Ophthalmic Surgery, Euro-Lam, and the Dowling Society. He is on the Board of Governors of the ARVO Foundation for Eye Research. He is on the editorial board of Retina and a reviewer for Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, and British Journal of Ophthalmology, writes a column for Retina Physician and is an editor for eMedicine."}, {"context": " He has received the Wacker Medal at the Club Jules Gonin (2002), the first Founders Medal of American Society of Vitreoretinal Surgeons (ASRS), The Award of Merit in Retina Research Presented in Conjunction with the Charles L. Schepens Lecture (2016), the Charles D. Kelman, MD Innovator\u2019s Lecture at American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) (2018), and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Laureate honoree (2018). Dr. Charles was inducted into the University of Miami School of Medicine Medical Alumni Association Hall of Fame and was named by Ocular Surgery News as one of the top ten innovators in the past 25 years. He is consistently listed in Best Doctors in America and Becker\u2019s \"Top 34 Ophthalmologists in America\". He is a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee."}, {"context": " He is a mechanical and electrical engineer and has 150 issued or pending patents. He is a consultant for Alcon Laboratories and the principal architect of the Alcon Accurus and Alcon Constellation vitreoretinal surgical systems. He is the Founder of MicroDexterity Systems, developing robots for dexterity enhancement for minimally invasive knee and hip replacement, spine surgery, and skull base neurosurgery. He is the President of Infinity Research, Inc; a medical device and avionics consulting company. He is a cofounder of CamPlex LLC, developing advanced visualization technology for surgery. He is on the board of Zeroto510 a medical device venture capital firm.  Dr. Charles is an Airline Transport Pilot with five jet type ratings, currently owning and flying a Falcon 50. He is the father of three daughters, and has two grandchildren."}]}, {"title": "Steve Charnovitz", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Charnovitz (born 1953) is a scholar of public international law, living in the United States. He teaches at The George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC, and is best known for his writings on the linkages between trade and environment and trade and labor rights. Charnovitz is a native of Savannah, Georgia. He was an early advocate for improving bicycle transportation in the United States where he worked in the Office of Environmental Affairs of the U.S. Department of Transportation. He was an analyst in the U.S. Department of Labor from 1975 to 1986 in international labor issues. During 1984\u20131985, he was an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator Carl Levin and House Majority Leader Jim Wright. From 1987\u20131989, he was a legislative assistant to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Jim Wright, and served once again in 1989\u20131991 for Speaker Tom Foley. In 1991, Charnovitz became Policy Director of the newly established Competitiveness Policy Council. In 1995, he co-founded and directed the Global Environment and Trade Study (GETS) located at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. After several years in private practice at the law firm now known as Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Charnovitz joined the faculty of The George Washington University Law School in 2004."}, {"context": " Charnovitz serves or has served on several editorial boards in scholarly journals including the \"American Journal of International Law\", the \"Journal of Environment & Development\", the \"Journal of International Economic Law\", and the \"World Trade Review\". He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is affiliated with the Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown University. He has been a forceful advocate of free trade combined with pro-competitiveness policies by governments to assist workers who are hurt by economic change and globalization. He was also an early proponent of giving each student an individual computer in the classroom."}, {"context": " He is a member of the American Law Institute. He received a B.A. degree from Yale College in 1975, an M.P.P. degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1983, and a J.D. degree from the Yale Law School in 1998. Charnovitz is the author of \"Trade Law and Global Governance\", which was launched in June 1992 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is also the author of over 100 articles in edited volumes and scholarly journals, and the co-editor of \"Law in Service of Human Dignity\". In 2009, he coauthored \"Global Warming and the World Trading System\", published by the Peterson Institute for International Economics. (The coauthors are Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Jisun Kim.) In the 1990s and 2000s, he has written extensively on the history of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In 1997, he proposed the thesis that the impact of non-governmental organization on international policymaking was cylical rather than upwardly sloping.  He is known for his neologisms on international policy issues. For example, he coined the term \"ecolonomy\" to signify that Earth's ecology and economy were two sides of the same coin. He also coined the term \"SCOO\" as an acronym for the trade sanction in the World Trade Organization called \"suspension of concessions or other obligations.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Chase", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Dr. Steve Chase is the director of the Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability program in the department of Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England. He is an activist, organizer, Quaker, lecturer, and editor. Steve Chase attended the Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis. He participated in a program of self-designed study, focusing on writing, publishing, social and ecological issues, and non-profit organizational management. Chase earned an MS in Environmental Studies came from Antioch University New England in May 1996. He became the Director of Antioch's Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability program (Formerly called the Environmental Advocacy And Organizing program), which he helped found, and used as the subject of his Ph.D. dissertation, in July 2002. The dissertation is entitled \"Activist Training In The Academy:\" Developing a Master\u2019s Program in Environmental Advocacy and Organizing.\" Chase completed his Ph.D. at Antioch in November 2006."}, {"context": " In 2002-2003, The Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation awarded Chase with the Switzer Environmental Leadership Grant, which covered his salary for the first year of the new program. In 2003-2004 Chase received the Ella Baker Fellowship to support and promote dialog between leaders in the business, academic, and non-profit arenas in the interest of positive social change. Chase has taught courses in Organizing Social Movements and Campaigns; Corporate Power, Globalization, and Democracy; Organizational Leadership in the Nonprofit World; and Environmental Justice in the Mississippi Delta."}, {"context": " Steve Chase was the guest editor for Orion magazine's Autumn 1996 issue on the theme of \"Nature and Justice\". He has been published in The Trumpeter, Whole Terrain, Z Magazine, Terra Nova, Race, Poverty, and Environment, Environment, Place, and Ethics, and The Journal of Multicultural Environmental Education. \"The Environmental Justice Reader: Politics, Poetics, & Pedagogy\" (University of Arizona Press, 2002 ) included his essay \"Changing the Nature of Environmental Studies: Teaching Environmental Justice to 'Mainstream' Students.' \""}, {"context": " Chase is a member of the National Organizers Alliance, and United for a Fair Economy's National Trainers Network. He coordinates the Pacifica Radio Programming Committee at WKNH Radio in Keene and moderates a listserve for the annual National Training for Trainers in Human Rights Education. He has previously served on the editorial boards of Orion magazine, Terra Nova, South End Press, and More Than Money Journal. From 1985 to 1988, Chase worked as the business and marketing manager at Milkweed Editions. He has served on the boards of the Underground Railway Theater, and Bookslinger, Inc. He worked for the Green Party from 1984 to 1986, helped co-found Men Against Rape and Sexism (MARS) in 1980, and was a shop steward for the International Typographical Union, Local 9, in 1984."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chassey", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Chassey (born February 27, 1945 in Brockton, Massachusetts), is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in 9 seasons (1981, 1983\u20131989, and 1992), with 44 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1983, 1987, and 1988. He finished in the top ten 4 times, with his best finish in 5th position in 1981 at Watkins Glen International. He raced his last Indy 500 in 1988 for Gary Trout Motorsports finishing 24th. Chassey was also a regular competitor in the USAC Silver Crown Series championship, racing from 1975 to 1992. He was runner-up in the 1980 season, and had two career wins, at the 1984 Hoosier Hundred and 1988 Tony Bettenhausen 100. After retiring from driving, he also worked for ESPN, commentating on Thursday night \"Thunder\" USAC events."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cheek", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Andrew Cheek (born April 18, 1977) is a former punter in the National Football League who has played for the Kansas City Chiefs. Steve is currently the head coach of the head coach of the senior elite division of the Argonautes of Aix-en-Provence. The Argonautes are a well-known American football league located in southern France. Born and raised in Westfield, Cheek played his high school football at Westfield High School, where he was an all-conference quarterback. Cheek was signed in 2001 by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent out of Humboldt State University, where he also played quarterback in addition to performing punting duties."}, {"context": " He has spent time in training camps with the 49ers, the Philadelphia Eagles, the New York Giants, and the Houston Texans (who traded him to the Chiefs for a 7th round pick after the preseason), and the Carolina Panthers. He also participated in NFL Europa with the Berlin Thunder in 2003 and Cologne Centurions in 2004. The Chiefs were the first NFL team that he saw regular season action with. Recently he has been signed by French football team Argonautes d'Aix-en-Provence as offensive assistant coach and special teams coach."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chen", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Shih Chen (; born August 18, 1978) is an American Internet entrepreneur. He is one of the co-founders and previous chief technology officer of the video-sharing website YouTube. After having co-founded the company \"AVOS Systems, Inc.\" and built the video-sharing app MixBit, he joined Google Ventures in 2014. Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan. When he was fifteen, he and his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Prospect Heights, Illinois. He went to River Trails Middle School in Mount Prospect for his middle school education and John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights for his freshman year of high school. For his final three years of high school, he attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois. At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he studied computer science. He graduated in 2002."}, {"context": " Chen was an employee at the industry financial company PayPal, where he first met Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. Chen was also an early employee at Facebook, although he left after several months to start YouTube. In 2005, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim and Chen founded YouTube, with Chen having the position of chief technology officer. In June 2006, Chen was named by Business 2.0 as one of \"The 50 people who matter now\" in business. On October 16, 2006, Chen and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion. Chen received 625,366 shares of Google and an additional 68,721 in a trust as part of the sale. As of 2018, the Google shares are valued at $729 million."}, {"context": " He and Hurley started AVOS Systems which acquired Delicious from Yahoo! Inc. Chen was listed as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine on 15 May 2011. Chen started the live streaming food network called Nom.com in 2016 along with Vijay Karunamurthy. It was noted in 2017 that the live streaming food network was stealthily shut down, with its Twitter feed switched to private and Facebook account left idle since March, 2017. Chen was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State\u2019s highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2018.  Chen married Park Ji-hyun, who is now Jamie Chen, a Google Korea product marketing manager, in 2009. They live in San Francisco with their two children. One son was born in July 2010. The Chens are major supporters of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco where Jamie was appointed a trustee in July 2012."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chen (computer engineer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Chen (; pinyin: Ch\u00e9n Sh\u00ecq\u012bng) (born 1944 in Taiwan) is a Taiwanese computer engineer and internet entrepreneur. Chen earned a BS from National Taiwan University in 1966. MS from Villanova University in 1971 and a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1975. From 1975 through 1978 he worked for Burroughs Corporation on the design of the Burroughs large systems line of supercomputers. He is best known as the principal designer of the Cray X-MP and Cray Y-MP multiprocessor supercomputers. Chen left Cray Research in September 1987 after it dropped the MP line."}, {"context": " With IBM's financial support, Chen founded Supercomputer Systems Incorporated (SSI) in January 1988. SSI was devoted to development of the SS-1 supercomputer, which was nearly completed before the estimated $150 million investment ran out. The Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based company went bankrupt in early 1993, leaving more than 300 employees jobless. An attempt to salvage the work was made by forming a new company, SuperComputer International (SCI), later that year. SCI was renamed Chen Systems in 1995. It was acquired by Sequent Computer Systems the following year. John Markoff, a technology journalist, wrote in the \"New York Times\" that Chen was considered \"one of the nation's most brilliant supercomputer designers while working in this country for the technology pioneer Seymour Cray in the 1980s.\""}, {"context": " In 1999, Chen became founder and CEO of Galactic Computing, a developer of supercomputing blade systems, based in Shenzhen, China. By 2005 he started to focus on grid computing to model a human brain instead. By 2010 he was reported to be working on technology to use cloud computing to improve health care in rural China. In 2011 he founded Information Supergrid Technologies USA. According to Chinese media reports, during 2012, Chen failed to make salary payments to the employees of his company in Beijing, which later went bankrupt. The employees later sued Chen, trying to get their salary.  Chen was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 1991."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chen (politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Chen (; born 15 June 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. Chen began his career at the Minister of Economic Affairs in 1973, with the Bureau of Foreign Trade upon graduation from National Chung Hsing University, where he had studied economics. As a deputy minister of economic affairs, Chen explored free trade agreements with Paraguay and the United States. He led negotiations with Nicaragua, which began in 2004 and continued until signing of an FTA in June 2006. Chen was named Minister of Economic Affairs in August 2006, and aided by deputy ministers Shih Yen-shiang, Hou Ho-shong, and Hsieh Fa-dah. Chen took office on 9 August and shortly thereafter commented on Cross-Strait economic ties, stating that moving manufacturing lines to China and other countries was not a bad thing, as long as research, development and design were based in Taiwan. As head of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Chen continued to sign free trade agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.  Chen left the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2008, and was succeeded by Yiin Chii-ming. Chen assumed the chairmanship of Powerchip Technology Corporation in 2012, after company founder Frank Huang resigned. Chen visited the United States in 2015 to solicit American support for Taiwanese participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. By 2016, Chen had become the secretary-general of Cross-Strait CEO Summit Taiwan."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cheredaryk", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cheredaryk (born November 20, 1975) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. Cheredaryk was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the 4th round (82nd overall) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. A native of Calgary, Alberta, Cheredaryk played major junior hockey with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League. Drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in 1994, he went on to play 126 games in the American Hockey League and 371 games in the ECHL before retiring from professional hockey during the 2004\u201305 season."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cherelle", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cherelle (born February 1970) is an English country/folk music singer and songwriter. He was raised in Essex, England. Best known for his John Denver tribute act, Cherelle appeared on \"Stars in Their Eyes\" in 1996 as Denver performing \"Annie's Song\". This is what launched his music career and he joined the \"Forever In Blues Jeans\" cast in 1998, alongside Garry Dorsey and toured the whole of the UK. He released his first album \"Wonderful Today's\" which won album of the year and its title track, written by Cherelle himself, won song of the year at the UK Country Radio Awards in 1999; and Cherelle repeated this same feat with \"Fallin' In, Fallin' Out\" in 2000. Cherelle completed the hat-trick when the song \"You're My True North\", inspired by the film \"Message In A Bottle\", also won best song at the 2001 awards. The show is now hosted by Cherelle each year at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green in [[Surrey, England"}, {"context": " Cherelle says his favourite male country singer is [[Randy Travis]] and his favourite female country singer is [[Emmylou Harris]] and he counts John Denver, [[Neil Diamond]], [[The Eagles]], and [[Paul Overstreet]] among his influences. Aside from his love of music, Cherelle is also a movie buff and is a fan of \"[[The Apprentice (UK TV series)|The Apprentice]]\". [[Category:1970 births]] [[Category:English radio DJs]] [[Category:English country singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:21st-century English singers]]"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cherry", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Richard Cherry (born 5 August 1960) is an English former footballer. A goalkeeper, he made 542 league appearances in a 24-year career in the Football League, playing in all four divisions of the league. He began his career at Derby County in 1979. Loaned out to Port Vale in November 1980, he won the first team jersey at Derby, and was voted Player of the Year in 1983. Sold on to Walsall for a \u00a325,000 fee in August 1984, he was moved on to Plymouth Argyle for a \u00a317,000 fee in October 1986. He was voted Plymouth's Player of the Year in 1988, before he was sold on to Notts County in February 1989 for a \u00a370,000 fee, following a short loan spell with Chesterfield. He helped Neil Warnock's County to win successive promotions from the Third Division to the First Division via the play-offs in 1990 and 1991, and was named as the club's Player of the Year in 1992. He moved on to Watford in July 1995, before rejoining Plymouth Argyle in February 1996. He helped the club win the Third Division play-offs in 1996, his third such success with Neil Warnock. He then saw out his career with brief stays at Rotherham United, Rushden & Diamonds, Mansfield Town, Stalybridge Celtic, Oldham Athletic, Lincoln City, Kidsgrove Athletic, and Belper Town. He later coached at Lincoln City and Macclesfield Town."}, {"context": " Cherry started his career with Derby County, who lost their First Division status at the end of the 1979\u201380 season. He joined Port Vale on loan in November 1980. Manager John McGrath had sold regular custodian Trevor Dance, and was forced to enter the loan market after Mark Harrison was struck down with injury. Cherry was in goal for four Fourth Division and four FA Cup games. In his final game for the \"Valiants\" he conceded 'a comic goal' in a devastating 3\u20130 defeat at non-league Enfield in a Third Round FA Cup Replay on 6 January 1981. He managed to put his experience at Vale Park behind him though, and played 77 league games for Derby. The \"Rams\" finished sixth and 16th in the Second Division in 1980\u201381 and 1981\u201382 under Colin Addison's stewardship. Despite Peter Taylor's best efforts, the almost bankrupt club finished 13th in 1982\u201383 before suffering relegation in 20th place in 1983\u201384. Cherry was voted the club's Player of the Year in 1983."}, {"context": " Cherry left the Baseball Ground in August 1984, after new boss Arthur Cox sold him on to Walsall for a \u00a325,000 fee. The \"Saddlers\" finished 11th in the Third Division in 1984\u201385. Alan Buckley took the Fellows Park club up to sixth in 1985\u201386, before he sold Cherry on to Plymouth Argyle for a \u00a317,000 fee in October 1986. The \"Pilgrims\" missed out on the Second Division play-offs by three points in 1986\u201387. However they dropped down to 16th in 1987\u201388, and manager Dave Smith left Home Park at the end of the campaign. Despite having been voted Player of the Year, new boss Ken Brown loaned Cherry out to Chesterfield midway through the 1988\u201389 campaign. He played ten Third Division games for the \"Spireites\", before he was sold on to Notts County in February 1989 for a \u00a370,000 fee."}, {"context": " County narrowly missed out on the Third Division play-offs at the end of the season before qualifying for the play-offs after finishing third in 1989\u201390. They won the play-off final with a 2\u20130 victory over Tranmere Rovers at Wembley. Manager Neil Warnock then took the club to a second successive promotion, as County finished fourth in the Second Division in 1990\u201391, before beating Brighton & Hove Albion 3\u20131 in the play-off final. County also reached the Sixth Round of the FA Cup, beating top-flight Manchester City 1\u20130 in the previous round in a game where Cherry was remembered for a \"heroic performance\". Cherry was named as the club's Player of the Year in 1991\u201392, as the \"Magpies\" were relegated out of the top-flight in 21st place. They finished 17th in the second tier in 1992\u201393, before new boss Mick Walker took the club to three points outside the play-offs in 1993\u201394. Cherry's last season at Meadow Lane, 1994\u201395, saw a managerial merry-go-round as Walker begat Russell Slade, who begat Howard Kendall, who begat Steve Nicol \u2013 County were relegated in last place at the end of the campaign."}, {"context": " He signed for Glenn Roeder's Watford in July 1995, but featured in just four First Division matches in 1995\u201396 as Kevin Miller was the club's regular custodian. Graham Taylor replaced Roeder as manager in February 1996, and Cherry left Vicarage Road to return to former club Plymouth Argyle, in a move that reunited him with former boss Neil Warnock. He kept a clean sheet for Plymouth in the Third Division play-off final at Wembley, as his team won promotion with a 1\u20130 victory over Darlington. Cherry then moved on to Rotherham United, after being offered a first team contract at the Don Valley Stadium by management duo Archie Gemmill and John McGovern. He played 23 league and cup games for the \"Millers\", who went on to suffer relegation out of the Second Division at the end of the 1996\u201397 season. He joined Rushden & Diamonds in March 1997, and played 18 Conference games under manager Brian Talbot in 1997\u201398 and 1998\u201399. He left Nene Park in September 1997, and had brief non-contract spells at Mansfield Town, Stalybridge Celtic (on loan), Oldham Athletic, and Lincoln City. Cherry later played for non-league sides Kidsgrove Athletic, and Belper Town.  Cherry spent some time as Lincoln City's goalkeeping coach. He was appointed as goalkeeping coach at Macclesfield Town in July 2008, but left the job in May 2010 after an illness required that he undergo heart surgery. Source:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cherundolo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Emil \"Steve\" Cherundolo (born February 19, 1979, in Rockford, Illinois) is an American former soccer defender and current assistant coach of VfB Stuttgart. He was the captain of Hannover 96 of the German Bundesliga, where he spent his entire club career. He played for the United States men's national soccer team at the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups. Cherundolo grew up in San Diego, California, and attended Mt. Carmel High School in Rancho Pe\u00f1asquitos. As a youth he played for the La Jolla Nomads club team, which won the California State Championship six times with him on the roster."}, {"context": " Before joining Hannover, Cherundolo enrolled at the University of Portland and played for the Pilots soccer team from 1997 to 1998. In his freshman season, he was named the West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year. Cherundolo joined Hannover 96, then playing in the 2. Bundesliga, for the end of the 1998\u20131999 season and quickly received first-team action, playing in four games his first year. Coming into the 1999\u20132000 season, Cherundolo established himself at the right back position, starting consistently before suffering a knee injury that kept him out until the end of the season and ended his chances of playing for the U.S. Olympic team. He continued to establish his place in the team during the 2000\u20132001 season, earning playing time in eighteen games, including ten starts. In the 2001\u201302 season, he started thirty of thirty-four games for the team as he helped the team gain promotion to the Bundesliga. Cherundolo maintained his position in the 2002\u201303 season, starting thirty-three games for the team, while collecting three assists. In the 2003\u201304 season, he continued his consistent play, appearing in thirty-three games for the club. Premier League side Bolton Wanderers agreed to a deal with Hannover for Cherundolo in 2005, but he declined, opting to remain in Germany. He signed another contract extension with Hannover in the summer of 2007."}, {"context": " Cherundolo established himself as a leader at Hannover and was appointed team captain shortly before the start of the 2010\u201311 season. He set the team record for Bundesliga appearances in the second to last game of the 2012\u201313 season. As of 2013, Cherundolo was the longest serving player in the Bundesliga. On March 19, 2014, Cherundolo announced his retirement from soccer citing failure to recover from a long term knee injury as the main reason he left the game. Cherundolo parlayed his success in the Bundesliga into a role with the United States national team. Cherundolo made his debut against Jamaica on September 8, 1999. Although he was on the roster for the 2002 FIFA World Cup (a late injury replacement for Chris Armas), Cherundolo himself was injured in training shortly before the event began and was unable to play. In the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Cherundolo sustained a knee injury from a tackle that prematurely ended his participation in the tournament. On March 22, 2006, Cherundolo played in a friendly match with the national team against Germany, whose roster included some teammates from Hannover 96. He scored his first international goal in the 4\u20131 loss."}, {"context": " On May 2, 2006, Cherundolo was named to the U.S. roster for the FIFA World Cup in Germany. On June 12, 2006, for the first time, aged 26, Cherundolo made his debut in a FIFA World Cup match against the Czech Republic, playing in the first half for the U.S., who started the tournament with a 3\u20130 loss. Five days later, in the second match against Italy (who later won the tournament), Cherundolo played the full 90 minutes, helping the team to a 1\u20131 draw at Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern. After a loss against Ghana in the final match in the group, the U.S. was eliminated from the tournament, finishing the group in last place with just one point."}, {"context": " Cherundolo missed the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup due to an injury. He also missed out on the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup due to another injury, but returned to captain the U.S. during the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Cherundolo was one of seven defenders named to the U.S. squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was given the number 6. In the first match of Group C against England, Cherundolo was in the starting lineup and played the full 90 minutes in a 1\u20131 draw at Royal Bafokeng Stadium. On June 18, he retained his position for the second match, playing in the entire game against Slovenia, which finished in a 2\u20132 draw, with the U.S. coming back from 2\u20130 down. In the 48th minute of the match, Cherundolo assisted Landon Donovan who beat Slovenian goalkeeper Samir Handanovi\u0107 with a powerful shot. In the final match of the group, Cherundolo again started at right back as the U.S. beat Algeria with a last-minute winner, scored by Donovan, to finish the group in first place with five points. U.S. would lose in the Round of 16 against Ghana, 2\u20131 after extra time. Cherundolo was an ever-present figure in this competition for the United States, playing the entire 390 minutes."}, {"context": " Following his retirement announcement, Cherundolo remained with Hannover 96 as an assistant coach for Hannover's amateur team. On April 20, 2015, he was officially promoted to assistant coach of Hannover 96's first team. After the end of the 2014\u20132015 season, Cherundolo became the head coach of Hannover's U\u201317 academy team. In January 2018 Cherundolo moved to VfB Stuttgart and became assistant of the new head coach Tayfun Korkut. In November 2018 Cherundolo was named to the coaching staff of the US Men's National Team by interim coach Dave Sarachan."}, {"context": " Cherundolo speaks English and fluent German, having spent his entire professional career in the Bundesliga. A popular figure with Hannover fans, he is known as \"Dolo\" and affectionately nicknamed \"Mayor of Hannover\". Cherundolo married Mandy Rosier on New Year's Eve 2009 at the local Catholic parish church St. Joseph. After his retirement from soccer, he continues to reside with his family in Gro\u00dfburgwedel, near Hanover. \"Statistics accurate as of December 21, 2013.\" \"Statistics accurate as of December 17, 2014.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Chettle", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Chettle (born 27 September 1968) is an English former professional footballer and caretaker manager of Notts County. As a player, he was a defender from 1986 to 2005 and was best known for his time as a player at Nottingham Forest where he made 415 league appearances and played numerous seasons in the Premier League, won the League Cup and was a runner-up in the FA Cup. Despite playing most of his career in the top level of English football, Chettle never made the England squad, but came close in 1992, despite this Chettle played 12 games for the England Under-21s, captaining them in his final appearance. He went on to play for Barnsley, Walsall and Grimsby Town before ending his career in Non-League football with stints at Burton Albion and Ilkeston Town."}, {"context": " Since his retirement, Chettle had coached at former club Forest at academy level, before joining Ilkeston in 2014. As a result of his relatively high-profile career, his name has entered use as a rhyming slang alternative to \"kettle\". Chettle was promoted from the youth team setup at his hometown club of Nottingham Forest. His first senior season was the 1986\u20131987 campaign. He went on to become a talisman in the Forest side of the late eighties and late nineties, and was ever present in each of the sides he played in, and managers he worked under. Steve is held in high regard by the Forest faithful after spending 13 years at the City Ground where he is considered a hero. He was initially part of a young crop of players that came into life at Forest under the famous Brian Clough, and was part of the Forest side that lost the 1991 FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium against Tottenham Hotspur, as well as being part of the triumphant 1990 League Cup winning side. Chettle went on to play 527 times for Forest in all competitions, scoring 11 goals between 1986 and 1999."}, {"context": " Each of Chettle's seasons at Forest were played in the top flight of English football, bar 1993-94 and 1997-99. In the 1994\u201395 season, he was part of the side that finished a notable 3rd in the Premier League. As players and managers came and left, Chettle stayed with the club, and notably played alongside such Forest greats as Des Walker, Stuart Pearce, Nigel Clough, Ian Woan, Steve Stone, Mark Crossley, Stan Collymore and Pierre Van Hooijdonk. In 1999, Forest manager David Platt made Chettle available for loan, and eventually sent him on loan to Barnsley, who like Forest, were struggling in First Division at the time. The two clubs eventually struck a permanent deal after impressing in the two games played during his loan spell. This would then spell the end for Chettle's 13-year Forest career, as he signed for the Oakwell club in December 1999. Chettle went on to play out the rest of the 1999\u20132000 season for the club, as well as competing in the 2000\u201301 and 2001\u201302 seasons. His final game for the club was a 5\u20131 thumping away at Manchester City on the final day of the season. Chettle was released by Barnsley in the summer of 2002."}, {"context": " In July 2002, two months after his release from Barnsley, Chettle and fellow Tykes defender Darren Barnard joined league rivals Grimsby Town on one-year contracts. Chettle was seen as an ideal candidate to step in the centre of defence and started the season alongside the club's player-manager Paul Groves and Jamaican youngster Simon Ford. After a slow start to the season for Grimsby, Steve saw his season blighted by injury, and through this, it pushed manager Groves into signing Sheffield United centre half Georges Santos and Middlesbrough's Jason Gavin as cover. Steve eventually returned from injury in early 2003, and went on to score his only goal for The Mariners in a 4\u20131 home defeat against Crystal Palace. Grimsby were relegated at the end of the 2002\u201303 season, Groves decided against offering Chettle a fresh contract, thus sealing his departure from the Lincolnshire club."}, {"context": " Several months after his departure from Blundell Park, Chettle acted upon an offer to work with Nigel Clough, the son of his former Forest manager, and sign with Conference National side Burton Albion. Clough at the time was the player/manager of the non-league club. Chettle signed a one-year contract with Burton, and he would remain with the club for the 2003\u201304 season. This would be Chettle's only year at the Pirelli Stadium and he departed in the summer of 2004. Following one season with Burton, Chettle moved down the non-league footballing ladder, signing for Ilkeston Town in July 2004. Chettle featured at centre back that season with notably forming a formidable partnership with long serving ex Grimsby defender Mark Lever. This would eventually be both players' final season, and Chettle decided to retire from competitive football at the end of the 2004\u201305 season."}, {"context": " Following his retirement and leaving Ilkeston, Chettle moved to run a soccer school in his native Nottingham. He subsequently worked at the Nottingham Forest Academy, including a spell as coach of the under 18's squad with Gary Brazil. During the 2013\u201314 season, Chettle departed Forest to become assistant manager at Ilkeston, also becoming the club's academy manager. He became assistant manager of Nuneaton Town in the summer of 2015, following manager Kevin Wilson. In July 2017, he was appointed manager of Ilkeston Town. In August 2018, he joined Notts County's backroom staff, but would still be Ilkeston manager until a permanent replacement was appointed. Following Kevin Nolan's dismissal as manager, Chettle was named as caretaker manager alongside Mark Crossley; their only match in charge was a 3\u20131 home loss to Forest Green Rovers. In September 2018, he was succeeded as Ilkeston's manager by Martin McIntosh.  On 17 August 2018 he joined the coaching staff at Notts County under Kevin Nolan. Nine days later he was placed in temporary charge along with Mark Crossley following the dismissal of Nolan. On 13 November 2018 he was again appointed caretaker manager following the sacking of Nolan's replacement Harry Kewell. Chettle's son Callum is also a professional footballer and plays for Alfreton Town."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chia", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Chia Kiah Hong (; born 3 November 1970) is a politician from Singapore. He is the former Secretary-General of the opposition National Solidarity Party (NSP). He served as a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) from 2001 to 2006, during which time the NSP was part of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA). In 1985, at the age of 15, Chia was sentenced to two years' probation by a juvenile court following an incident where he and group of other boys broke into a school and committed vandalism. In his book \"Called to Serve\", Chia notes that the incident left him determined to turn his life around. He went on to graduate from Nanyang Junior College in 1988."}, {"context": " During his national service, Chia became an officer in the Singapore Armed Forces despite the discovery of an inborn heart defect late in his officer cadet training which resulted in him being put on light duties for the final two months of the course. His commanders were nevertheless impressed by his performance and wrote in to appeal for him to be commissioned as an officer. The appeal was approved, and he became the only person to have graduated from the Officer Cadet Course without taking the senior term Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT) and Standard Obstacle Course."}, {"context": " Chia then became a student at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he read Psychology and Philosophy. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994. He was active in student politics during his time at NUS, and was elected the President of the National University of Singapore Students' Union (NUSSU) in 1993. Chia first took an interest in national politics during a by-election in the Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency in 1992, when he attended one of the National Solidarity Party's campaign rallies. (He had intended to attend a rally of the Singapore Democratic Party, for whom Chia's Psychology lecturer Chee Soon Juan was standing as a candidate, but he went to the wrong location and ended up at the NSP's rally instead.)"}, {"context": " After graduating from NUS in 1995, Chia joined the NSP. At the 1997 general election, he was a member of the party's teams in the Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency, and was defeated by the team from the governing People's Action Party (PAP) by 36,920 votes (31%) to 82,182 (69%). Prior to the 2001 general election, the National Solidarity Party joined the Singapore Democratic Alliance. Chia stood as the SDA's candidate in the single-member constituency of Chua Chu Kang at the 2001 general election. During the election campaign, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong unexpectedly praised Chia, noting that he appeared to be more professional than many of the other opposition candidates. (Goh later claimed that he did so because he was confident that the PAP candidate in Chua Chu Kang would win, but wanted to help Chia claim and a Non-constituency MP's seat. In his book \"Called to Serve\", Chia speculates that Goh did this because he remembered Chia from discussions they had had in 1993 about the establishment of the NUS Students' Trust Fund.) Chia was defeated by the PAP's Low Seow Chay by 8,143 votes (34.66%) to 14,489 (65.34%). As this was the highest percentage of the vote garnered by any opposition losing candidate at the election, Chia therefore became a Non-constituency MP."}, {"context": " At the 2006 general election, Chia improved his percentage of the vote in Chua Chu Kang, but still lost to the PAP's Gan Kim Yong by 9,292 votes (39.63%) to 14,156 (60.37%). This was not enough to enable him to hold on to his NCMP seat as the team from the Workers' Party in the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency won 43.91% of the votes. (The Workers' Party's Sylvia Lim became the next NCMP.) Chia contested a fourth time in the 2011 general election in the newly carved out single-member constituency of Pioneer against the PAP's Cedric Foo, who was already the MP for the district when it was part of the West Coast Group Representation Constituency. However Chia fell short again, winning 39.27% of the votes."}, {"context": " Ahead of the 2015 general election, the NSP announced that it planned field Chia as a candidate in the single-member constituency of MacPherson. This was a controversial decision as the Workers' Party had already announced that it planned to field a candidate against the PAP in the constituency. The NSP's Acting Secretary-General, Hazel Poa, resigned from the party following the announcement stating that she disagreed with the decision of the party's Central Executive Committee to contest the constituency. On 22 August 2015, Chia released a statement on Facebook announcing that he had decided not to be the NSP's candidate in MacPherson and would not be standing in the general election. He stated that \"the Trolls have won\" because negative online posts had been a key factor in his decision to withdraw. (The NSP subsequently decided to field Cheo Chai Chen in MacPherson.)"}, {"context": " In 2003, while Chia was an NCMP, he was involved in a scandal when topless photos of a maid who worked in his home were discovered by his wife Doreen Chee in his computer's \"recycle bin\". His wife lodged a police report. Chia insisted that his maid had agreed to pose for the photos and that he did not force her to do so. He noted that he had an interest in nude photography, and even showed the press nude photos that he had taken of himself (with his back to the camera) to prove this. Police investigations found no evidence that an offence had been committed.  In 2006, Chia was fined following an incident when he drove a car through a red light, causing a crash with a bus."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chiasson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Joseph Chiasson (April 14, 1967 \u2013 May 3, 1999) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman with the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings, Calgary Flames, Hartford Whalers and Carolina Hurricanes. Chiasson died in an automobile accident, while driving under the influence, on May 3, 1999. Chiasson was born in Barrie, Ontario, and raised in Peterborough, Ontario. Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in 1985, he was an offensive defenceman who displayed a lot of skill. During the 1992\u201393 NHL season Chiasson recorded a career-high 62 points and represented the Campbell Conference in the NHL All-Star Game. He was traded to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Mike Vernon in the 1994 off-season. Chiasson spent two and a half seasons with the Flames before being dealt to the Hartford Whalers in 1997 and continued with the team as they became the Carolina Hurricanes the following season. After spending most of the 1998\u201399 season on the injured list, Chiasson returned for the playoffs and scored a power play goal in Game 5 of their conference quarterfinal round with the Boston Bruins, which would end up being his last NHL goal."}, {"context": " Chiasson was also frequently a member of the Canadian national team, representing them in eight IIHF World Championships over the course of his career. On May 3, 1999, after the Hurricanes were eliminated from the playoffs in Boston and returned to Raleigh, Chiasson wrecked his pickup truck on the way home from a team party at the home of Gary Roberts and was killed on impact. According to teammate Kevin Dineen, Chiasson refused to call a taxi or accept a ride home, insisting on driving himself despite a blood alcohol content later found to be 0.27, over three times North Carolina's legal limit of 0.08. Chiasson was survived by his wife, Susan, and three young children: Michael, Ryan and Stephanie. There is a sculpture garden created in his honor with life-size bronze portraits of his children playing around a pond and a plaque in his memory in Millennium Park, Peterborough, Ontario, the town where he was raised. The Stanley Cup was brought to this spot on July 27, 2006, by former Flames teammate Cory Stillman, after Stillman won the Cup with the Hurricanes that season."}, {"context": " After his death, the Carolina Hurricanes established the Steve Chiasson Award to honor the player who best demonstrates leadership, perseverance, determination and dedication.\" No player has ever worn #3 for the Hurricanes again, though it has not been officially retired. Chiasson's older son, Michael played defence for the University of Michigan men's hockey team and wore his late father's #3. Chiasson's other son, Ryan, also wore #3 for the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the USHL during the 2013-2014 season."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chilcott", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Lynn Chilcott (born September 23, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in minor league baseball as a catcher from 1966 to 1972. Chilcott was chosen as the first overall selection in the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft. Born in Lancaster, California, Chilcott attended Antelope Valley High School. After graduating high school, Chilcott was chosen as the first overall pick by the New York Mets in the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft. In 1967, during his second season in the minor leagues, he injured his shoulder while playing for the Winter Haven Mets in the Florida State League. After reaching second base as a baserunner, he dove back toward the base when the pitcher tried to pick him off. As he dove back to the bag, he slammed into it with full force on his right arm, dislocating his shoulder and ending his season."}, {"context": " Chilcott was plagued by injuries for the rest of his baseball career. The Mets released him in 1971, and he signed with the New York Yankees. However, he was released after only playing 24 games in 1972, and his athletic career was over at age 24. Chilcott never played higher than Triple-A, and is one of only three retired number-one picks to have never played a major league game. (The others are Brien Taylor, the first overall pick in the 1991 draft, and Mark Appel, the first pick in the 2013 draft)  Chilcott then began a career as a firefighter in the mid-1970s, working as a temporary in the Santa Barbara Fire Department. He later became a full-time contractor, constructing and remodeling homes."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chimhamhiwa", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Chimhamhiwa (born 5 March 1991) is a Zimbabwean first-class cricketer who plays for Matabeleland Tuskers."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chimombo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Bernard Miles Chimombo (4 September 1945 \u2013 11 December 2015) was a Malawian writer, poet, editor and teacher. He was born in Zomba. He was educated at Zomba Catholic Secondary School, then at the University of Malawi where he earned a B.A. At the University of Wales, he took a teaching diploma in \"English as a Second Language\". At Columbia University in the United States, he was awarded his M.A. and Ph.D. in teaching. After studying at Leeds, England, Chimombo returned to Malawi to edit the literary bulletin \"Outlook-lookout\"."}, {"context": " He was a professor of English at Chancellor College in Malawi and was considered one of the nation's leading writers. In 1988 his \"Napolo Poems\" gained him honorable mention for the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. He was married to Moira Chimombo. The poet Stanley Onjezani Kenani wrote the following appreciation of Chimombo: \"Except for J.W. Gwengwe, D.D. Phiri, Jack Mapanje, and Francis Chipasula, I cannot think of any Malawian who has contributed more to Malawian literature than Prof. Chimombo.\" He died at the age of 70 on 11 December 2015 in Blantyre. The only Malawian writer as well as poet who did not went in to exile during the Kamuzu's rule, even there are some rumours that he was one of those who were giving the government the names of those who wrote against it."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chirico", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Chirico (born 1960) is an American politician and the Mayor of Naperville, Illinois. He was elected as George Pradel's successor on April 7, 2015, being sworn in on May 3, 2015. He is a past member of the Naperville City Council, defeating fellow city Council member Doug Krause, who ran for office in 1991, 1995, 2003, and 2007. Chirico emphasized his success as a business owner in Naperville during the election, specifically his position as founder and president of Great Western Flooring, which is now run by his daughters. He and his wife Julie have 7 children; Lauren, Jenna, Dana, Tara, Austin, Jonathon and Kayla He attended Northern Illinois University."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chitren", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Vincent Chitren (born June 8, 1967) is a former Japanese born Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Oakland Athletics during the and seasons. He formerly pitched at Valley High School and Stanford University and recorded the final,out in the 1987 and 1988 College World Series Championship games for Stanford."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chomyszak", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John Chomyszak (February 27, 1944 \u2013 January 25, 1988) was an American football defensive lineman in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). A defensive tackle, he played for the AFL's New York Jets (1966\u20131967) and Cincinnati Bengals (1968\u20131973) of the AFL and NFL. He attended Syracuse University and was drafted in the 12th round (103rd overall) of the 1966 AFL Draft by the New York Jets, playing in two games that season and spending most of the season on the taxi squad. The following season, he saw no action due to a serious ankle injury."}, {"context": " He signed with the expansion Cincinnati Bengals for the 1968 season, playing in 10 games. He finally came into his own beginning in the 1969 season, playing all 14 games as a defensive end for the Bengals. Switched to defensive tackle, Chomyszak became a starter in every now-NFL Bengals games of both the 1970 and 1971 seasons, and in 1972 starting 10 of his 13 games. In 1973, he played in 12 games, starting three. On March 18, 1974, the fledgling World Football League (WFL) held its first \"Pro Draft\" of players from the NFL and Canadian Football League (CFL). The Philadelphia Bell chose the WFL rights to Chomyszak in the 11th round (123rd overall). On April 9, 1974, while still with the Bengals, Chomyszak signed a long-term contract that would take effect after the conclusion of the Bengals' season with the Philadelphia Bell. This incensed Bengals coach and general manager Paul Brown who, on July 31, 1974, traded Chomyszak to the Buffalo Bills. However, Chomyszak saw no action with the Bills and was cut by the team early in the season. He then played out the season in the soon-to-be-defunct WFL."}, {"context": " Chomyszak had broken his contract with the Bell and became a free agent in 1974. He received offers from several NFL teams but chose to return to the Bengals. But Brown waived him late in the preseason on August 26, 1975, leaving him without a team. He claimed that Brown had essentially blackballed him from the NFL. During the 1975 season he was out of football, selling insurance. In 1976, he signed with the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but was later waived. Steve Chomyszak was married to Debi. While living in Florence, Kentucky (near Cincinnati) he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1987. He died on January 25, 1988 at his parents' home in Binghamton, New York. His son, Richard Chomyszak, is a chiropractor in Binghamton."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chrisanthou", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Chrisanthou is a British songwriter, producer, engineer. He is a Grammy Awards nominee an Ivor Novello Awards nominee, a Brit Awards nominee and a MOBO Awards winner for his co-write with John Beck and Corinne Bailey Rae with the song \"Put Your Records On.\" In 2008 Chrisanthou won a National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences award for his vocal engineering on \",\" a Grammy winner by Herbie Hancock Chrisanthou was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England on 21 January 1967 to a Greek Cypriot father and English mother. He started playing guitar at the age of nine. Chrisanthou played guitar in various local bands and did session work from the age of fourteen."}, {"context": " Chrisanthou married award-winning wildlife artist Stella Mays in 2005. They have two children. Chrisanthou also has a child to a previous partner. He is based in Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, England. Chrisanthou began his production career around 1998 with a number of local artists and eventually signed a production/publishing agreement to Goodgroove Songs in 2004. Goodgroove is part-owned by ex-BBC Radio 1 DJ Gary Davies. Fellow Bradfordian songwriter/producer John Beck introduced Chrisanthou to Corinne Bailey Rae and they began to write and demo material for her first eponymous album Corinne Bailey Rae (album). It was released in February 2006 by EMI. The first single from the album Put Your Records On, released in 2006, was co-written with Beck and Bailey Rae and produced by Chrisanthou with additional production from Jimmy Hogarth. The single went on to sell over one million copies. The follow-up single Trouble Sleeping was also written by the same personnel and achieved Top 40 in the UK in 2006. The first album eventually went on to sell over four million copies worldwide. It was nominated for many international awards, including a Grammy and won a MOBO. In 2007 Put Your Records On won an ASCAP Award for 'Song Of The Year'. Songs from the first album were also featured in the 2006 film Venus (film)."}, {"context": " In 2005 John Beck (songwriter) and Chrisanthou, along with writer Charles Hutchinson, wrote 'Show A Little Faith' which appeared on the Charlotte Church album Tissues and Issues. In 2007 Chrisanthou recorded River (Joni Mitchell song) with Corinne Bailey Rae for Herbie Hancocks Chrisanthou produced four tracks on Corinne Bailey Rae's second album The Sea (Corinne Bailey Rae album) released in Jan 2010. The album was nominated for a Mercury Prize. Chrisanthou has gone on to produce and co-write with many artists such as Dragonette - Chrisanthou wrote the 2007 single Take It Like A Man (Dragonette song) from the album Galore (Dragonette album), Michael Bolton - Chrisanthou co-produced many of the tracks on the 2009 album One World One Love), Will Young, Paloma Faith, Lianne La Havas, a rare co-write with Ashford & Simpson and Bobby McFerrin. Chrisanthou has also worked with artists such as Jenniffer Kae, Greta's Bakery, Simon Webbe, Terri Walker and Indiana (singer) - Chrisanthou co-wrote her 2014 UK Top 40 song Solo Dancing and Eliza Doolittle (singer) - Chrisanthou co-wrote and produced the 2011 release Mr Medicine"}, {"context": " Chrisanthou co-wrote and co-produced two songs from third album by Corinne Bailey Rae called The Heart Speaks in Whispers which was released on 13 May 2016. Both songs were the first singles off the new album. He also has co-produced two further songs on the album. Chrisanthou produced Davy Knowles' album 'The Outsider' in 2015 and continues to nurture up-and-coming artists. Chrisanthou co-wrote, mixed and produced 'Show Me' by Gabrielle (singer) released in May 2018, her first release in 9 years and featured on BBC Radio 2. Chrisanthou has also co-written, mixing and produced 'Take A Minute', 'Young and Crazy' and 'Stronger' from Gabrielle's album 'Under My Skin' released on 17th August 2018.  Chrisanthou has also been working with UK based American singer Kate Earl and up-and-coming Scottish singer/songwriter Callum Beattie. Chrisanthou has formed a publishing company called Trinity Songs with John Beck (songwriter) and Matthew Rumbold."}]}, {"title": "Steve Christensen", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Christensen (born April 23, 1978) is a Grammy Award winning American recording engineer, record producer and musician. Steve began his recording career in Houston, Texas at SugarHill Studios in 1998 as an intern and quickly moved up to lead engineer by 2000. His work includes international touring as live sound engineer for Destiny's Child and studio albums by Jermaine Dupri, Cash Money Records, Steve Earle, Khruangbin and Robert Ellis. Steve currently operates his own studio called The Treehouse.  Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album' (2009) Steve Earle\u00a0\u2013 \"Townes\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Christian", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Raymond Christian (born 26 June 1951, Pitcairn Island) is a political figure and convicted child rapist from the Pitcairn Islands. Christian was the Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands, a British dependency in the Pacific Ocean, from 7 December 1999 to 30 October 2004. He also acted as the island's supervising engineer, dentist, radiographer, and as coxswain of the longboat, which is described as Pitcairn's umbilical cord to the outside world. He was formally dismissed from office on 30 October 2004, following his rape conviction on 24 October."}, {"context": " Christian is a patrilineal descendant of Fletcher Christian, leader of the mutineers in the late 18th century on HMS \"Bounty\", a story told in the 1932 Nordoff and Hall novel \"Mutiny on the Bounty\", and several subsequent motion picture versions. He is the son of Ivan Roa Christian and Verna Carlene \"Dobrey\" Young, a descendant of Ned Young. Ivan Roa Christian is the son of Richard Charles Edgar Christian and nephew of Charles Richard Parkin Christian, and is the grandson of Francis Hickson Christian. Public respect for Steve Christian's lineage gave him considerable influence long before he held political office, first as a member of the Island Council in 1976. He again served on the Council in 1982, and was briefly Chairman of the Internal Committee (considered the second-most influential political position on the island) in 1985. He was to hold this position again in 1991 and 1992, 1994 and 1995, and 1998 and 1999, when he was elected as the island's first mayor. The title was new but the office was not: the mayor had previously been known as the magistrate."}, {"context": " He married Olive Jal Brown in 1972 and they have four children: Trent, Randy, Shawn and Tania. In 2004, Steve Christian, along with six other men, was tried on charges of rape and child sexual abuse by the Pitcairn Supreme Court. Over the course of the trial, it was alleged that Christian repeatedly raped or assaulted a number of island women, including his children, over a period of several years \u2013 using the remoteness of the island and his position of power to coerce their silence. Christian denied all accusations of impropriety, but admitted having consensual sex with several of his children. Christian pleaded not guilty to all charges of rape and indecent assault, but on 24 October 2004, he was convicted of committing five rapes between 1964 and 1975. He was acquitted of a sixth rape charge and of four indecent assault charges.  On 8 November 2004, Christian's sister Brenda, the island's sole police officer, was elected by the Island Council to succeed him in an interim capacity, pending elections scheduled for 15 December, when Jay Warren, the acquitted former magistrate, was elected mayor. As mentioned above, Christian is a descendant of the Pitcairn Island mutineers. This can be seen in the pedigree below."}]}, {"title": "Steve Christiansen", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Christiansen (born November 10, 1956) is an American rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics."}]}, {"title": "Steve Christie", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Geoffrey Stephen \"Steve\" Christie (born November 13, 1967) is a former Canadian American football placekicker in the National Football League, who, as a member of the Buffalo Bills, became known for his ability to kick clutch field goals, even in poor weather. Christie, who grew up in Oakville, Ontario, graduated from The College of William and Mary and made his NFL debut with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1990. He made all 27 extra point attempts and 23 of 27 field goal tries in his rookie season. He would end up playing two years for the Buccaneers."}, {"context": " From 1992 to 2000, Christie kicked for Buffalo. With the Bills, he would become one of the game's top kickers. He was a key contributor in the Bills comeback win against the Houston Oilers, in which Buffalo rallied from a 32-point deficit to complete the largest comeback victory in NFL history. Christie kicked a successful onside kick, which he recovered himself (becoming the first placekicker ever to do so in an NFL playoff game), and also kicked the game winning 32-yard field goal in overtime. His kicking shoe from that game is displayed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. He then went on to kick five field goals in the Bills 29-10 win over the Miami Dolphins in the AFC championship game, helping Buffalo get to their third consecutive Super Bowl."}, {"context": " In 1993, Christie set a Bills record by kicking a 59-yard field goal in a regular season game. It was only four yards short of the all-time NFL record. In Super Bowl XXVIII, Christie set a Super Bowl record by kicking a 54-yard field goal. It is currently the longest field goal ever made in Super Bowl History. In the 2000 season, Christie was an instrumental part of the Bills' eight victories. In week 1 vs. the Tennessee Titans, Christie went 3 for 4 on field goal attempts (41, 42, & 33 yards). The 33-yard field goal came with just :35 to play, giving the Bills a win over the Titans, who had knocked them out of the playoffs the year before. In week 7 vs. the San Diego Chargers, Christie kicked a 29-yard field goal with just :11 seconds to play, forcing the game into overtime. Christie then nailed a 46-yard field goal in overtime, giving the Bills their third victory of the season. In week 9 vs. the New York Jets, Christie went 3 for 4 on field goal attempts (20, 29, & 34 yards). The 34-yard field goal came with just :03 seconds to play, lifting the Bills to 4-4 on the season. In week 10 vs. the New England Patriots, Christie kicked a 48-yard field goal in rainy conditions with just seconds to play, forcing the game into overtime. Christie then nailed a 32-yard field goal in overtime, sending the Bills to 5-4 on the season."}, {"context": " Christie has nine field goals in overtime to his credit, an NFL record he shares with Jason Elam and former NFL placekicker Jim Breech. From 2001 to 2003 he played for the San Diego Chargers, who, with the hire of former Bills GM John Butler, acquired several former Buffalo players. In 2004, Christie was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars to put some pressure on struggling rookie Josh Scobee. Christie requested his release from Jacksonville after a week in camp hoping to retire, but signed with the New York Giants a day later, playing what would be his final NFL season."}, {"context": " In his 15 NFL seasons, Christie converted 336 of 431 (77%) field goals and 468 of 473 (98%) extra points, giving him a total of 1,476 points. On July 2, 2007, Christie joined the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League by signing a practice roster agreement with the team. On the signing, Christie pointed out that one reason for joining the team was \"basically doing Michael (Clemons) a favour\" as a former college teammate and that it was tentatively for one game. The other reason was that as a Canadian citizen, playing one game in the CFL, would be great way to finish his career. Christie was activated to play on July 7, 2007 against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats."}, {"context": " On March 5, 2008 Christie retired from professional football. The Buffalo Bills officially signed Christie to a one-day contract, thus to retire as a Buffalo Bill. He currently resides in Bradenton, Florida, with his wife Kelly, daughter Clare and Chocolate Labrador Retriever, Killarney. Christie also served as an analyst for The Score Television Network. He also did color commentary for the University at Buffalo Bulls football team on WECK radio. Christie is currently President of Relative Goal Sports and Entertainment Management LLC., certified as a Canadian Football League contract advisor and has represented numerous musical acts in both the United States and Scotland. In 2015 Christie was named Executive Director of Sports at Mastermind Lounge, LLC. He is also a Sales Associate with Charles Rutenberg Realty Inc., Florida, working with his wife, Realtor Kelly Christie.  In 2014, Christie was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. After chemotherapy and radiation treatments in Buffalo, he underwent two successful surgeries at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio."}]}, {"title": "Steve Christmas", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Randal Christmas (born December 9, 1957) is a former professional baseball player. He played in 24 games over three seasons in Major League Baseball for three teams, primarily as a catcher. He went 4-for-11 in 1984 for the Chicago White Sox with one home run, while getting a combined 2 hits in 26 at bats in his other two seasons. , or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota <br>"}]}, {"title": "Steve Christoff", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Mark Christoff (born January 23, 1958 in Springfield, Illinois) is a retired American professional ice hockey forward who played 248 regular season games in the NHL with the Minnesota North Stars, Calgary Flames, and Los Angeles Kings in 1980\u201384. Christoff is best known for being a member of the \"Miracle on Ice\" 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal. Steve Christoff grew up in Richfield, Minnesota and graduated from Richfield High School. As a member of the Richfield High School hockey team, he earned team MVP his junior and senior year, and was selected to the Minnesota High School All-State First Team and the U.S. High School All-American Team during his senior year in 1975-76. He led his school to a state runner-up his senior season and was one of the most highly recruited U.S. hockey players in 1976. Before turning professional, Christoff attended the University of Minnesota where he played for the Minnesota Gophers for three seasons in 1976\u201379. He led the team in scoring during his second year with 66 points (32 goals and 34 assists) and was named to the WCHA All-Star Second Team. During his third year, he led the team in scoring again with 77 points (38 goals and 39 assists). In what turned out to be his last collegiate game on March 23, 1979, Christoff scored a goal and earned an assist to help Minnesota win its third NCAA title in school history with a 4-3 victory over North Dakota. He made his international debut for Team USA at the 1979 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament in Moscow."}, {"context": " Christoff was selected 24th overall in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota North Stars. He joined the North Stars for 20 games after the Olympics, scoring eight goals and 15 points. The next year, he suited up for 56 games, netting 26 goals and 39 points and was one of the Stars best performers as Minnesota lost the 1981 Stanley Cup finals to the New York Islanders. He also participated in the 1981 Canada Cup tournament as a member of Team USA. In 1981\u201382, Christoff appeared in 69 games, scoring 26 goals and 55 points, a career high. Although he was an extremely popular figure in Minnesota, Christoff was traded to the Calgary Flames for the 1982\u201383 season, but he was used in just 45 games, scoring nine goals and 17 points. In 1983\u201384, Christoff played his final season in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings, starting 58 games."}, {"context": " Christoff is now an airline pilot for Minneapolis-based Endeavor Air since retiring from hockey. He was named one of the 50 greatest players in University of Minnesota hockey history as part of \"Legends on Ice\" tribute in 2001. In the 1981 TV movie about the gold medal-winning hockey team entitled \"Miracle on Ice\", Christoff's character is played by Rick Rockwell, but is not listed in the film's credits. The model for the Hobey Baker award trophy was Steve Christoff, who played for Richfield Minnesota High School, the University of Minnesota, the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and in the National Hockey League. Scott Johnson portrayed Christoff in the 2004 Disney film \"Miracle\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Chubin", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Chubin, also known as \"Chube\" (born February 8, 1944) is a retired American professional basketball player. Born in New York City, Chubin played college basketball at the University of Rhode Island, with the Rhode Island Rams, where he became the school's all-time leading scorer. He was inducted into the University of Rhode Island Athletics Hall of Fame, in 1981. Chubin was selected by the San Francisco Warriors, in the 3rd round (23rd pick overall), of the 1966 NBA draft. Chubin spent the 1966\u201367 season playing in the Italian League with Olimpia Milano, which placed second in the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague), behind Real Madrid. Chubin was the top scorer in the EuroLeague Finals, with 34 points."}, {"context": " Chubin played for the Anaheim Amigos (1967\u201368), and by most accounts, was the most popular player with the team's fans. Chubin averaged 18.2 points per game during his first ABA season. Also, during his first year with the Amigos, Chubin ranked second in the league in assists per game (4.7). Chubin later played for the Los Angeles Stars, Minnesota Pipers, Indiana Pacers, and New York Nets (1968\u201369), the Pittsburgh Pipers, Pacers, and Kentucky Colonels (1969\u201370), in the American Basketball Association (ABA), in 226 games. He also played in the Israeli League with Maccabi Tel Aviv."}]}, {"title": "Steve Churchyard", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Churchyard is an English record producer, recording engineer and mixer who began his career at Sir George Martin\u2019s AIR Studios in London. He currently resides in the United States. He has been nominated for 15 Grammy awards. In 2008 he won a Latin Grammy for Juanes\u2019 album \"La Vida... Es Un Ratico\". In 2010, he won a Latin Grammy for the album \"Para\u00edso Express\" by Alejandro Sanz. In 2011, Steve Churchyard received a Grammy nomination for Katy Perry's album \"Teenage Dream\" and again in 2012 for Jason Mraz's album \"Love is a Four Letter Word\". He has multiple previous nominations.  He has worked on recordings by INXS, The Eagles, Billy Joel, The Sex Pistols, Meat Loaf, Keith Urban, Shakira, George Michael, Hanson, Faith Hill, The Darkness, The Scorpions, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, Joni Mitchell, Blinker the Star, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Dalis Car, The Pretenders and The Stranglers. Steve Churchyard was featured in the book \"Behind the Glass\" by Howard Massey."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ciarcia", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Ciarcia is an embedded control systems engineer. He became popular through his \"Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar\" column in \"BYTE\" magazine, and later through the \"Circuit Cellar\" magazine that he published. He is also the author of \"Build Your Own Z80 Computer\", edited in 1981 and \"Take My Computer...Please!\", published in 1978. He has also compiled seven volumes of his hardware project articles that appeared in \"BYTE\" magazine. In 1982 and 1983 he published a series of articles on building the MPX-16, a 16-bit single-board computer that was hardware-compatible with the IBM PC."}, {"context": " In December 2009, Steve Ciarcia announced that for the American market a strategic cooperation would be entered between \"Elektor\" and his \"Circuit Cellar\" magazine. In November 2012, Steve Ciarcia announced that he was quitting \"Circuit Cellar\" and \"Elektor\" would take it over. In October 2014, Ciarcia purchased \"Circuit Cellar\", \"audioXpress\", \"Voice Coil\", \"Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook\", and their respective websites, newsletters, and products from Netherlands-based Elektor International Media. The aforementioned magazines will continue to be published by Ciarcia's US-based team."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cilladi", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Cilladi (born March 15, 1987) is an American professional baseball player who serves as bullpen catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. Cilladi was born in Phoenix, Arizona; his father, Dave, was the trainer for the Colorado Rockies. He attended Mountain View High School in Mesa, Arizona. Cilladi played college baseball at Kansas Wesleyan University. Cilladi was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 33rd round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. He split his first year between the Arizona League Dodgers and Inland Empire 66ers, hitting .122 for the rookie team and .000 for the 66ers. Cilladi then spent the 2010 season entirely in the Arizona League, putting up a .292 average with a home run in his second campaign. In 2011, he was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons, where he hit .185. In 2012, he joined the Albuquerque Isotopes, getting only one at-bat and striking out; on the side, he caught bullpens. In 2013, he played again with the Isotopes, appearing in one game, catching all 18 innings of the longest game in the Isotopes' history.  In 2014, Cilladi joined the Los Angeles Dodgers' major-league coaching staff, serving as the bullpen catcher."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cishek", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven R. Cishek (SEE-sheck) (born June 18, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Florida / Miami Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, Seattle Mariners, and Tampa Bay Rays. He holds the Marlins franchise record for consecutive saves with 33 in a row. Born and raised in Falmouth, Massachusetts, Cishek attended Falmouth High School where he starred as a pitcher and also played basketball. Not heavily recruited out of high school by Division I schools, Cishek attended Division II Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and led the team to a conference championship in 2007."}, {"context": " Cishek was selected by the Marlins in the fifth round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft. Cishek was called up to the major leagues for the first time on September 20, 2010. He pitched 4.1 scoreless innings towards the end of the season. On May 24, 2011, Cishek was called up once again to join the Marlins after Jay Buente was designated for assignment. In 2012, Heath Bell was demoted as the team's closer and Cishek assumed the role for about a week. After a few relief appearances by Bell, he regained the closer's role. After about two months as the closer, Bell was demoted to a relief pitcher and Cishek took over the closer role again."}, {"context": " Cishek flourished in 2013, his first full season as Miami's closer, converting 34 of his 36 save opportunities, while posting a 2.33 ERA and 1.08 WHIP. He played with Miami again in 2014 and 2015. On June 1, 2015, Cishek was optioned to Double-A Jacksonville to work on his mechanics. To that point in the season, he had posted a 6.98 ERA with 17 strikeouts and 10 walks. On July 24, 2015, Cishek was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for RHP Kyle Barraclough. He debuted for the Cardinals on July 26 in a 3\u20132 loss to the Atlanta Braves, pitching one scoreless inning but being charged with an error on a pickoff attempt. The Cardinals did not tender Cishek a contract for the 2016 season, making him a free agent."}, {"context": " On December 14, 2015, Cishek agreed to a two-year contract worth $10\u00a0million with the Seattle Mariners. After going 25 for 31 in save opportunities, the Mariners removed Cishek as closer for a temporary basis. On August 5, he was placed on the disabled list with a hip injury. On July 28, 2017, the Mariners traded Cishek to the Tampa Bay Rays for Erasmo Ram\u00edrez. On December 16, 2017, Cishek signed a two-year, $13 million contract with the Chicago Cubs. Cishek is primarily a sinkerballer who, despite utilizing a sidearm delivery, is able to throw his sinker with above-average velocity ranging from to . His secondary pitch is a slider in the to range, a pitch he uses more commonly against right-handed hitters. Additionally, he has a four-seam fastball and a changeup; he uses the changeup exclusively against left-handed hitters, and that pitch ranges from to . Cishek features his slider liberally in two-strike counts, especially 1\u20132.  Cishek got married to Marissa (Mitchell) Cishek in November 2012. Their first child, Emmie, was born in October 2014. Their second child, Avery, was born in October 2016. Cishek is a Christian. Growing up in Massachusetts, Cishek was a fan of the Boston Red Sox."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clamp", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven \"Steve\" Clamp (born 3 January 1976) is an English broadcast journalist and presenter with ITV Central. In 1994 his first television role was as a presenter of a children\u2019s tv series. He began freelancing as a presenter but also worked as a cameraman, editor, presenter and reporter for Chelsea TV. In 1998 he 'transferred' and became a senior reporter for Manchester United TV. In 2000 he began presenting for Sky Sports News and on occasions Sky News; whilst also presenting a weekly phone-in for Manchester United TV."}, {"context": " In January 2002, he joined the BBC West Midlands regional news programmes \"Midlands Today\" as a senior sports reporter. In May 2005, he moved ITV Central and as the main presenter of the East edition of \"ITV News Central\". On 20 February 2009 he was made redundant by the station. He freelanced with ITN, appearing on the \"\", \"ITV News London\" and Setanta Sports News. In August 2009 he rejoined ITV Central as sports correspondent and relief newscaster. Steve Clamp grew up in Havant in Hampshire. His first work in tv came about when he landed a children\u2019s TV show following his first ever screen test. He later moved into entertainment before using his journalism qualifications to move into news and sport, working for Sky sports, Sky News, the BBC, ITN and ITV, both nationally and regionally.  On 21 February 2005 the BBC West Midlands regional programme \"Inside Out\" revealed that Steve and his then wife had suffered two previous miscarriages. Steve lives in Worcestershire with his second wife, Lindsay, and has three children."}]}, {"title": "Steve Claridge", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Edward Claridge (born 10 April 1966) is an English football pundit, coach and former player. He was a pundit for BBC Sport football shows including \"Football Focus\" and \"The Football League Show\", until 2015 when he became both manager and a director at newly formed Salisbury. Claridge's career was known for its longevity and diversity. Born in Portsmouth, he has spent a number of periods with teams from Hampshire and Dorset, having begun his career with non-league Fareham Town in 1983. After failing to gain a permanent contract at local league club A.F.C. Bournemouth, Claridge spent three years at Weymouth, in his longest single spell with any club. From 1988 till 1996 Claridge played for a number of Football League teams, before moving to Leicester City with whom he played in the Premier League and won the 1997 Football League Cup. In 1998, he moved to Portsmouth, where he was also player manager from 2000\u20132001. After a spell with Millwall, he dropped down to the Southern Premier League to work as player-manager for Weymouth. After this ended in 2004, Claridge played for ten different clubs in a variety of leagues, never spending more than a season with one team. He has played at all levels of English football and has also appeared in 1000 professional or semi-professional football matches."}, {"context": " After formally retiring from football in 2007, Claridge moved into media work for the BBC. His experience of the Football League has been used to position him as an expert at that level, though he works across a variety of different football programmes on the BBC. After retirement he occasionally played semi-professional football for clubs in south England, most recently in 2017 for Salisbury. Claridge was born in Portsmouth and grew up in Titchfield, a village near Fareham, and attended Brookfield Community School in Sarisbury Green. He was an adopted child."}, {"context": " Claridge initially played for Fareham Town in the Southern League. He got into Football League side Bournemouth, though Claridge again stepped down the leagues after just seven games for Bournemouth to sign for Weymouth. In October 1988 Claridge moved to Crystal Palace for a brief period before opting to join Division Four team Aldershot for season 88\u201389. He spent two years with the club before signing with Cambridge United for \u00a375,000. He moved with Cambridge up into the Second Division (which later became the First Division) and stayed with the club for most of the next four years. His tempestuous relationship with manager John Beck, which was exacerbated by Claridge's gambling problems, eventually led to his being sold to Luton Town for only \u00a3120,000 in March 1992. With Luton in financial difficulties however he was sold back to Cambridge, for \u00a3190,000, just five months later (Beck having left the club by this time)."}, {"context": " In January 1994 Claridge moved to Birmingham City, for \u00a3350,000. During 1994, he became the first player since Trevor Francis to score 20 goals in a season for Birmingham. Claridge then was transferred to Leicester City for \u00a31.2 million in March 1996. It was at Leicester that Claridge reached the Premiership, scoring winning goals in both the 1996 play-off final that gave Leicester promotion and the 1997 League Cup final replay. In 1997 his autobiography \"Tales From The Boot Camps\", co-written with Ian Ridley, was first published."}, {"context": " In 1998 Claridge joined hometown club Portsmouth on loan and, following a brief period at Wolverhampton Wanderers, signed for Portsmouth on a permanent basis. From 2000 this was as a player-manager, though Claridge's reign lasted for just twenty-five games before he was demoted. After a period on loan with Millwall, he moved to the London club on a free transfer in 2001. He spent two seasons with Millwall before returning to Weymouth as the club's new player-manager. Weymouth just missed out on promotion to the Football Conference. Following Ian Ridley's resignation as chairman, Claridge also left to return to playing league football."}, {"context": " In his later playing career, chronologically, Claridge played for Brighton and Hove Albion, Brentford, Wycombe Wanderers, Gillingham, Bradford City and Walsall. In the summer of 2005 he was appointed as manager of Millwall, but following board-room changes he was relieved of his duties after just 36 days, before his team had played any competitive matches. His replacement was Colin Lee. The decision to dismiss Claridge was taken by new chairman Theo Paphitis, who stated to the BBC that \"we had a strong chance of being relegated under Steve\". Millwall were indeed relegated from the Championship that season."}, {"context": " At the start of the 2006\u201307 season Claridge didn't have a club. It was reported that Claridge had offered to play without payment in order to achieve the landmark of 1,000 games. Eventually in December 2006 he re-signed on a month-long contract with Bournemouth and his 1,000th first-team match was a 4\u20130 defeat to Port Vale on 9 December, at age 40. On 16 January 2007 he signed a contract with Isthmian League Premier Division side Worthing to play in one game only, against AFC Wimbledon. The match ended in a 1\u20131 draw."}, {"context": " On 30 January 2007 Claridge joined Harrow Borough and scored on his debut in a 4\u20134 draw against Margate. In September 2009, Claridge came out of retirement to play unpaid for his former club, the Conference South side Weymouth, who were in severe financial difficulties. Claridge then came out of retirement once more in October 2011 when he signed for Gosport Borough of the Southern League Division One South & West as a player-coach. On 22 October 2011, Claridge scored on his d\u00e9but for Gosport during their FA Trophy game against Southern League side Sholing; his first league goal came a week later on 29 October 2011 in a 2\u20131 defeat of Mangotsfield United at Privett Park"}, {"context": " On 7 May 2012, Gosport were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division courtesy of Claridge's brace of goals in the play-off final against Poole Town. Having been losing 1\u20130, Claridge scored a last-gasp equaliser in the first minute of injury time to send the tie to extra-time; Claridge scored Gosport's third goal in the 98th minute as they ran out eventual 3\u20131 winners, and returned to the Premier Division after a 22-year absence. Shortly after the playoff final, Claridge said he was contemplating retirement, however he later admitted he was considering playing for a further season following Gosport's promotion."}, {"context": " On 1 July 2017, the 51-year-old Claridge played for Salisbury in a friendly against Portsmouth due to a lack of players. Salisbury lost the match 3\u20130. On 15 August, he played in a Southern League Division One South & West match against Paulton Rovers, playing himself as a 78th-minute substitute in a 2-2 draw; he also started Salisbury's next match, a 3\u20132 FA Cup victory over Fareham Town, substituting himself off after 71 minutes after sustaining an injury. In an interview with BBC Sport in 2018, Claridge revealed that he had retired from playing as a result of this injury."}, {"context": " During Claridge's time at Weymouth, he and Ian Ridley, who was club chairman at the time, were two of the subjects of a BBC documentary called \"Football Stories\"; he left Weymouth to begin to work in the media, initially for BBC Radio 5 Live. He works for the BBC mainly on \"The Football League Show\", and stated his opposition to the use of goal-line technology. He also has contributed scouting reports to \"The Guardian\". In June 2008, Claridge was convicted of dangerous driving and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, after speeding at in \"treacherous\" conditions. He already had nine points on his driving licence.  Birmingham City Leicester City"}]}, {"title": "Steve Clark", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Maynard Clark (23 April 1960 \u2013 8 January 1991) was an English musician. He was the principal songwriter and lead guitarist for the British hard rock band, Def Leppard, until 1991, when he died from alcohol poisoning. In 2007, Clark was ranked No. 11 on \"Classic Rock Magazine's\" \"100 Wildest Guitar Heroes\". In December 2018 it was announced that Clark would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Def Leppard Stephen Maynard Clark was born and raised in Hillsborough, South Yorkshire, a suburb of Sheffield, England to Barrie & Beryl (nee Beckingham) Clark. From an early age, he showed an interest in music, attending his first concert featuring Cliff Richard and the Shadows at age 6. At 11, he received his first guitar which was purchased by his father on the condition that he learn to play. Clark studied classical guitar for a year before he first heard the music of Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin at a friend's house."}, {"context": " When Clark left school his first employer was an engineering firm called GEC Traction where he worked as a lathe operator. He was 3 years into a 4-year apprenticeship with the firm by the time his band Def Leppard was signed to a professional record deal with Phonogram Records. Before joining Def Leppard in 1978, Clark played cover songs with his small band, \"Electric Chicken\", in Sheffield. Around that time, he met Pete Willis (Def Leppard's original guitarist and founder) at a technical college. Willis spotted Clark reading a guitar book and asked if he played. He then invited Steve to come and audition for his band, as they were looking to add a second guitarist. Clark never showed up, but when Willis and singer Joe Elliott bumped into Clark again at a Judas Priest gig, Willis re-issued his invitation. Clark finally came down to their rehearsal room and joined Def Leppard in January 1978. According to Elliott in \"Behind the Music\", Clark auditioned for Def Leppard by playing all of Lynyrd Skynyrd's \"Free Bird\" without accompaniment."}, {"context": " While a member of Def Leppard, Clark contributed to over 90% of the music. Clark and Pete Willis shared lead-guitar duties, and Clark was nicknamed \"The Riffmaster\" due to his amazing talent and ability to come up with some of the coolest guitar riffs in modern rock. Toward the end of the Pyromania recording sessions, Pete Willis was asked to leave, and guitarist Phil Collen was recruited into the band to replace him. Clark and Collen quickly bonded, becoming close friends and leading to the trademark dual-guitar sound of Def Leppard. He and Clark became known as the \"Terror Twins\" in recognition of their close friendship and alcohol-fuelled antics off-stage."}, {"context": " Part of their success as a duo was attributed to their ability to swap between rhythm and lead guitar, often both playing lead or both doing rhythm within the same song. The fact that they came from entirely different musical backgrounds also contributed to their unique guitar partnership. Clark was a classically-trained musician who knew the rules of music and could read and write music and understood the theory and science of the art, as well as studying/being influenced by Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin, whereas Collen, like Willis, was self-taught and developed his fast, alternate-picking technique from studying Al Di Meola and listening to Jazz players."}, {"context": " Steve Clark: \"I do read and write and I know the rules of music which is great in a two-guitar band because we're so different in our approach to playing. Phil will play something if it sounds right, whereas I look at things and say: 'it's wrong to play that note; it's not musically correct.'\u201d Whereas Collen stopped drinking alcohol during the mid-1980s in pursuit of a healthier lifestyle, Clark never managed to escape his addiction to alcohol. Clark primarily played Gibson Guitars during his career and signed an endorsement with Gibson sometime before the commencement of the Hysteria World Tour. Gibson made some custom-specification guitars for Clark. He was occasionally seen playing other guitars, including a Fender Stratocaster for the song and video \"Love Bites\". Clark would also use Fenders in the studio occasionally, due to their unique sound."}, {"context": " Clark always stated that he was more of a traditionalist when it came to guitars. This can be seen in his selection of gear. At the time of his death, it was estimated that he owned approximately 75 guitars. Although his name appears on many songwriting credits for Def Leppard's 1992 album, \"Adrenalize,\" he did not contribute much to the recording of the album. In the liner notes of the Adrenalize deluxe edition, Joe Elliot claims that a few riffs Clark had demoed were used in a couple of places on the album. His only other contribution was a thumbs up here and there and stating something the rest of the band was working on was \"cool.\" Collen and Clark began working on what would become the song \"White Lightning\" during the recording sessions for the 1992 album, \"Adrenalize\". Completed after Clark's death, the song described the effects of Clark's alcohol and drug addictions."}, {"context": " Clark had dated an American model, Lorelei Shellist, the two having been together since 1984 but broke up. Shellist revealed in her autobiography, \"Runway Runaway\", that Clark's addictions played a major role in their breakup. After Clark and Shellist ended their relationship, Clark began a new relationship with Janie Dean which lasted until Clark's death in 1991. Steve Clark had never been engaged to anyone despite rumours and false claims from Shellist. At the time of his death, Clark was on a six-month leave of absence from Def Leppard."}, {"context": " On Tuesday 8 January 1991, Clark was found dead on his couch by Dean. He was 30 years old. The postmortem revealed that the cause of death was accidental, due to a compression of the brain stem causing respiratory failure. This respiratory failure was caused by a lethal mixture of alcohol and prescription drugs. The postmortem also found that Clark had a blood alcohol level of .30 as well as the presence of morphine. No evidence of suicidal intent was discovered. Daniel Van Alphen, Clark's drinking companion the night before, testified that they went to a local pub and returned to Clark's home at midnight to watch a video.  He was buried at Wisewood Cemetery located in Loxley, Sheffield, near the Clark family estate. Tesla, who opened for Def Leppard on the \"Hysteria\" tour, recorded a tribute to Clark entitled \"Song & Emotion (To Our Friend, Steve 'Steamin' Clark)\" for their album, \"Psychotic Supper\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clark (American football)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Spence Clark (born August 2, 1960) is a former professional American football player who played [[defensive tackle]and offensive guard ] for five seasons for the [[Miami Dolphins]]. He also played on two state championship teams in high school which were a combined (25-1) over two years and was a five team all-American including \"Parade Magazine\", he was also named Most Valuable Player of the state of Utah. At the University of Utah he was named two time All-WAC defensive tackle, Defensive Most Valuable Player of the Western Athletic Conference and First Team All-American. He also played in the East-West Shrine Game and was named MVP of the Senior Bowl. After the Senior Bowl he was drafted by Don Shula and The Miami Dolphins, his second year in the NFL he played both ways in a pre-season game and Coach Shula knew he had a guy that could back up every position on the offensive and defensive line as well as long snap. He earned a starting position at right guard and played against [[William Perry (American football)|the Fridge]] when the Dolphins beat the Chicago Bears on [[Monday Night Football]] to help keep the undefeated Dolphin record intact. In the NFL, he also played on two Super Bowl teams with the Miami Dolphins and was the starting right guard before being injured. Just recently Steve was named to the top 100 greatest players in the history of the University of Utah actually being named 9th best of All-Time.  [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Salt Lake City]] [[Category:Players of American football from Utah]] [[Category:American football defensive ends]] [[Category:American football offensive guards]] [[Category:American football defensive tackles]] [[Category:Utah Utes football players]] [[Category:Miami Dolphins players]]"}]}, {"title": "Steve Clark (animator)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Clark is a cartoon animator and director. His first credit was \"The Dick Tracy Show\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clark (politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Clark (born November 7, 1960) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He represents the riding of Leeds\u2014Grenville and has served as an MPP since 2010. On September 10, 2015 he was named co-deputy leader with Sylvia Jones. Clark was born in Brockville, Ontario on November 7, 1960. He lives in Brockville with his wife Deanna and their five children. Clark served as mayor of Brockville from 1982 to 1991. First elected at age 22, he was the youngest mayor in Canada at the time. He later worked as an advertising salesman for the \"Brockville Recorder and Times\", as an administrative assistant to Bob Runciman, and as the chief administrative officer of the township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands."}, {"context": " He was elected in a by-election on March 4, 2010 held to replace Bob Runciman who resigned to accept a position in the Canadian Senate. He was easily re-elected in 2011 and in 2014 both with large pluralities. In September 2018 as Municipal Affairs Minister, he introduced controversial legislation intended to slash the size of Toronto city council. When this legislation was ruled unconstitutional, he supported the unprecedented step of invoking the notwithstanding clause to nullify the offended sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. For this action, Clark faced widespread condemnation for his support of the government's dictatorial and authoritarian approach to governance. Clark was additionally a source for derision when the example he gave of the problems in Toronto city council and the need for Bill 5/31 was that city council spent 15 hours debating the city's budget, failing to mention that it was an 11 billion dollar budget."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clark (referee)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Clark is a former Australian professional referee in the National Rugby League competition. Clark was born in New South Wales, Australia. Clark made his first grade debut in the match between Parramatta Eels and the Newcastle Knights, at Parramatta Stadium on 31 May 1992. In 2007 Clark reached the 300 first grade game barrier becoming only the third referee to do so. At the time of his retirement only Bill Harrigan with 393 games and Col Pearce with 343 games had refereed more matches than him."}, {"context": " Clark made his representative refereeing debut in 1996, when he officiated the Test match between Great Britain and New Zealand. In 2005 he controlled in his one and only City vs Country Origin match at Northpower Stadium in Gosford. Clark made his first State of Origin appearance in 1999, refereeing two matches including the first ever drawn match in Game III. He didn't referee again until the 2005 series where he was appointed to Game II. In the following series he controlled Games II and III."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clark (soccer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Thomas \"Steve\" Clark (born April 14, 1986) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer. Clark played soccer in the NCAA for the Oakland University Golden Grizzlies from 2005 to 2008. After red-shirting his first season, Clark went on to win the Grizzlies starting job in 2006, helping the side to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2007\u201308. Clark won the Summit League's Defensive Player of the Year award in 2008 and was named to the All-Midwest Regional First Team."}, {"context": " From 2006\u201309, Clark played with United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League Michigan Bucks, helping the PDL club to its first league championship in 2006, where he was named championship MVP, before falling on penalties in the title game the next season to Laredo Heat. In 2008, Clark helped the Bucks to the club's second regular season championship and first since 2000, en route to winning the Paul R. Scicluna trophy, awarded annually to the club's Most Valuable Player. From 2006\u201308, Clark also helped the Bucks to three-straight Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup appearances. In all, the Lansing native appeared in 75 matches over four seasons with the Pontiac-based side."}, {"context": " After finishing college in 2008, Clark was not picked up in the MLS SuperDraft. He went on trials with Real Salt Lake and with some lower division clubs, but was not immediately signed. In 2009, Clark signed with USL-1 club Charleston Battery. In November 2009, Steve Clark was offered a trial by Bradford City, but he eventually left due to inability to retain a UK work permit. Clark trialed with Norwegian clubs Stab\u00e6k, and H\u00f8nefoss BK, eventually signing with the latter after arranging the trial by calling the club himself. Clark was named first-choice keeper for H\u00f8nefoss BK after beating out long-time starter Thomas Solvoll. Clark recorded a 40-yard dash time of 4.51 seconds and recorded a vertical leap of 33 inches (86 centimeters). Clark led H\u00f8nefoss BK to promotion out of the Adeccoligaen into the Tippeligaen recording the fewest goals against in the Adeccoligaen in 2011."}, {"context": " After the 2011 season, Clark signed a two-year contract extension with H\u00f8nefoss BK keeping him at the club until December 2013. Clark began the 2012 Tippeligaen season widely unknown by the Norwegian press, but he was named to the Best XI of the 2012 Tippeligaen season by TV 2, the largest sports channel in Norway. In addition, he was named H\u00f8nefoss BK \"Player of the Year\" by Ringerikes Blad and \"Supporters Player of the Year\" by Fosseberget supporters section. Clark was acquired by Columbus Crew SC in a sign-and-trade deal with Seattle Sounders FC. The Sounders received a 2015 MLS SuperDraft fourth-round selection in exchange for sending Clark's rights to Columbus. Clark quickly earned the nod as starting keeper for Columbus. He played every minute of all 34 league matches in 2014, and was named as the Crew's defender of the year for 2014. Following the 2016 season, the Crew declined the option on Clark's contract.  Clark signed a 6-month deal with AC Horsens of the Danish Superliga in January 2017. He started 17 matches during spring 2017. He left the club again at the end of the season. On August 17, 2017, Clark returned to the United States again when he signed for D.C. United in Major League Soccer. On August 17, 2018, Clark was claimed off waivers by Portland Timbers."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clark (swimmer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Edward Clark (born June 17, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Clark swam for the first-place U.S. relay teams in the preliminary heats of the men's 4\u00d7200-meter freestyle relay and men's 4\u00d7100-meter medley relay. Both American relay teams won gold medals, but Clark was ineligible for a medal under the Olympic swimming rules in effect in 1960 because he did not compete in the event finals."}, {"context": " He won his first international gold medal at the 1963 Pan American Games in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, winning the men's 100-metre freestyle in a time of 54.7 seconds, and narrowly edging American swimmer Steven Jackman (54.8 seconds). When Tokyo, Japan hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics, Clark won three gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. relay teams in the 4\u00d7100-meter freestyle, 4\u00d7200-meter freestyle, and 4\u00d7100-meter medley events. Clark attended Los Altos (California) High School and Yale University, where he swam for coach Philip Moriarty's Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Ivy League competition. As a senior, he was the Yale swim team captain; he graduated from Yale with his bachelor's degree in 1964. In 2005, he donated one of his three Olympic gold medals to his alma mater.  Clark was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an \"Honor Swimmer\" in 1966."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clark Hall", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Clark Hall (born November 9, 1953) is a retired United States Navy submarine officer and documentary film maker. He is the first openly gay senior U.S. Navy officer who is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. Steve Clark Hall was born in San Francisco on November 9, 1953, and attended high school in Eureka, California. He was nominated to the U.S. Naval Academy by Senator John V. Tunney of California. He graduated with honors in the Class of 1975 with a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering and rowed all four years on the Navy Lightweight Crew team. After completing his 20-year career as a nuclear submariner, he retired from Naval Service and returned to his home in the Castro District of San Francisco."}, {"context": " After graduation from Annapolis, Steve Clark Hall entered the nuclear submarine training pipeline at the Naval Nuclear Power School in Vallejo, California. His sea tours included USS \"Haddock\" (SSN-621), Engineer Officer of USS \"Michigan\" (SSBN-727), as the Submarine Liaison Officer for Commander, Carrier Group THREE based at NAS Alameda deploying on the carriers USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), as Executive Officer of USS Permit (SSN-594) and as the Commanding Officer of the nuclear submarines USS \"Greenling\" (SSN-614) (1992\u201394) and USS \"Drum\" (SSN-677) (1994\u201395). His only shore assignment was as the Executive Officer (ashore) at the Navy Program Management Office, Sunnyvale, California."}, {"context": " After departing the U.S. Navy, Hall continued his public service, serving on the boards of various non-profit public benefit corporations including the Castro Area Planning + Action and the San Francisco Friends of City Planning. He served as President of the Castro/Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association in 2008. Hall was one of 35 LGBT Naval Academy alumni who sought official recognition from the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association as the USNA Out Chapter. In July 2007, Hall began the Out of Annapolis Project which included a detailed study of the LGBT alumni of the Naval Academy. He produced and directed the documentary film by the same name, which opened at the SVA Theater in New York in June 2010.  In January 2009, after a front-page article in the Annapolis \"Capital\" brought significant awareness to the Out of Annapolis Project, Hall worked with LGBT alumni of the U.S. Military Academy to establish an association similar to USNA Out, Knights Out."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clarke", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Clarke (born 29 August 1963) is a Scottish former football player, who is the current manager of Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock. Clarke played for St Mirren, Chelsea and the Scotland national team, winning three major trophies with Chelsea towards the end of his career. After retiring as a player, he moved into coaching and worked at Newcastle United, Chelsea, West Ham United and Liverpool. Clarke has since managed West Bromwich Albion and Reading. After a spell coaching at Aston Villa, Clarke was appointed Kilmarnock manager in October 2017."}, {"context": " Clarke was born in Saltcoats in North Ayrshire. His older brother Paul was a footballer, who played in more than 350 games for Kilmarnock. Spotted while playing for Beith Juniors, Steve began his professional football career with St Mirren. Clarke was initially on a part-time contract with St Mirren, while he completed an apprenticeship as an instrument engineer. Clarke was transferred to Chelsea for \u00a3422,000 in February 1987. He stayed at Chelsea until 1998, making 421 appearances. He was a part of the Chelsea sides which won the 1997 FA Cup Final, 1998 Football League Cup Final and 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final. The latter match, against VfB Stuttgart in Stockholm, was Clarke's final appearance for the club. In 2005, he was voted into Chelsea's centenary XI, occupying the right-back berth."}, {"context": " Clarke made six appearances for the Scotland national team. In 1998, Clarke joined Newcastle United as assistant manager to Ruud Gullit, his former manager at Chelsea. Clarke was part of the coaching team with Gullit, which helped Newcastle reach the 1999 FA Cup Final on 22 May 1999, where Newcastle finished runners up to Manchester United after goals from Teddy Sheringham and Paul Scholes in a 2\u20130 defeat. Clarke was caretaker manager following Gullit's resignation, taking charge of one match, a 5\u20131 defeat against Manchester United. For that match, Clarke reinstated Alan Shearer and Rob Lee to the team."}, {"context": " After a stint in charge of the youth teams at Chelsea, Clarke was promoted to the position of assistant manager when Jos\u00e9 Mourinho was appointed manager in the summer of 2004. Clarke was a part of the coaching set-up which saw Chelsea win two FA Premier League titles, an FA Cup and two League Cups over three seasons under Mourinho. During this period, Clarke completed his UEFA Pro Licence in 2006. When Mourinho left Chelsea in September 2007, Clarke's services were retained by Avram Grant, although Henk ten Cate was brought in as another assistant coach. Both Grant and ten Cate left the club at the end of the 2007\u201308 season. BBC Sport and \"The Times\" both reported then that although Clarke remained on the Chelsea coaching staff, he would be looking to pursue opportunities to become a manager in his own right. Chelsea assured Clarke of his status, citing his loyalty, popularity amongst the club's supporters and work in the aftermath of Mourinho's departure."}, {"context": " On 12 September 2008, Clarke handed in his resignation to Chelsea, hoping to move to West Ham United to be assistant to former Chelsea teammate Gianfranco Zola. Chelsea initially rejected his resignation, demanding compensation worth two years of Clarke's salary. After a deal was agreed between the clubs, Clarke became West Ham's first-team coach on 15 September. West Ham finished ninth in the Premier League in the 2008\u201309 season, earning Clarke and Zola extended contracts that made Clarke the highest paid assistant manager in the league. The club struggled during the next season, however, narrowly avoiding relegation. In June 2010, not long after the dismissal of Zola as manager, Clarke left the club by mutual consent."}, {"context": " On 10 January 2011, Clarke was appointed first-team coach at Liverpool by Kenny Dalglish, after Dalglish had replaced the dismissed Roy Hodgson two days before. Clarke was credited (alongside Dalglish) for turning Liverpool's season around, having a points average of around two points per match from his arrival, coupled with an improved defensive record. On 12 May 2011, Clarke, as well as manager Dalglish, signed a three-year contract to remain in his current role as first team coach. On 14 May 2012, Clarke offered his resignation to Liverpool following the sacking of manager Dalglish and Liverpool's eighth-place finish in the 2011\u201312 Premier League. The club declined the offer, but on 6 June 2012, following the appointment of new manager Brendan Rodgers, Clarke left the club. Clarke himself said that Liverpool sacked him."}, {"context": " On 8 June 2012, Clarke was appointed as the new manager of West Bromwich Albion, signing a two-year contract. The job was Clarke's first permanent management role for any club, though during his time the club referred to him as \"head coach\". Albion began the Clarke era with a 3\u20130 home win against Liverpool on the opening day of the 2012\u201313 Premier League season. Clarke then followed that result up with a 1\u20131 away draw against Tottenham Hotspur, and a 2\u20130 win at home to Everton. Clarke suffered his first competitive defeat away at Fulham, but West Brom soon jumped back with 1\u20130 home victory over Reading. In November, the club won four consecutive matches in a row for the first time since 1980, defeating Southampton, Wigan Athletic, Chelsea and Sunderland. Clarke was named Premier League manager of the month for November 2012. Although the team would go on to lose their next three matches, Clarke's team would bounce back with a draw at home to West Ham and a 2\u20131 win over Norwich City. By Christmas 2012, West Brom were seventh in the table with 30 points, behind teams like Arsenal and Spurs only on goal difference. During the January transfer window, Clarke encountered some problems with want-away Nigerian Striker Peter Odemwingie, who desired a move to Queens Park Rangers, but West Brom refused to sell. Odemwingie was ultimately never sold and was later given time off following the transfer window saga. It was during this January period that the club struggled to emulate their early season form. Following a poor run of results which saw West Brom fail to win in six consecutive games, Clarke oversaw a 2\u20130 victory against Liverpool at Anfield, the club's first win since Boxing Day against QPR."}, {"context": " West Brom won 3\u20130 at Southampton on 27 April, which was their 14th win of the season. This set club records for wins (14) and points (48) in a Premier League season. West Brom ended the season in style with a dramatic 5\u20135 draw with Manchester United, in what was Sir Alex Ferguson's final match as manager. The draw saw West Brom finish 8th in the table, their best finish since 1981. Clarke and West Brom returned for the new season with a 1\u20130 home loss to Southampton at The Hawthorns following a 90th-minute Rickie Lambert penalty. The team initially struggled to score goals, eventually recording their first league goal the fourth game of the new season when Gareth McAuley scored an injury time header in a 1\u20131 result against Fulham. 28 September 2013 saw them secure an historic 2\u20131 victory against league champions, Manchester United, their first win at Old Trafford in 35 years. Under his managership, however, they won only one further game, a 2\u20130 home defeat of Crystal Palace on 2 November 2013. On 9 November, West Brom were minutes away from securing a historic win at Stamford Bridge that would have ended Jos\u00e9 Mourinho's undefeated home record, but a controversial penalty decision ensured that the game ended 2\u20132. A further draw and four straight defeats followed and on 14 December 2013 Clarke was placed on gardening leave until May 2014, after a 1\u20130 loss at Cardiff City. This defeat had left the club two points above the relegation zone in 16th place. They had won 9 of the previous 41 Premier League matches."}, {"context": " On 16 December 2014, Clarke was appointed manager of Reading on a two-and-a-half-year deal, succeeding Nigel Adkins. On 16 March 2015, Clarke managed Reading to a 3\u20130 win against Bradford City in the FA Cup to reach their first semi-final for 88 years. In November 2015, Clarke was approached by Fulham to become their manager. Reading gave Clarke permission to speak to Fulham, but following the discussion he decided against taking the position. Clarke was sacked by Reading on 4 December 2015 after one year in charge."}, {"context": " Clarke was hired by Aston Villa on 2 June 2016 to be their assistant manager, working alongside former Chelsea teammate Roberto Di Matteo. He was not retained following the appointment of Steve Bruce in October 2016. After a year out of football, Clarke was appointed manager of his boyhood heroes Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock on 14 October 2017. His first game as Kilmarnock manager, which was his first involvement in a Scottish club match for 30 years, ended in a 1\u20131 draw at Rangers. Clarke oversaw a major improvement in Kilmarnock's fortunes during his first five months in charge, lifting them from last place to 5th in the league.  Chelsea Individual Individual"}]}, {"title": "Steve Clarke (drummer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Clarke was born in London, England on 20 November 1959. He is a former member of Quasar and Fastway. Clarke started playing drums aged four under tuition from his uncle, Jeff Whetstone and father Eric Clarke. Subsequently, he joined the Boys' Brigade where he developed his rudimentary and marching techniques. Aged 21, Steve worked as a tech for drummer Billy Cobham, he then made his first album in 1981 with guitarist Steve Topping under the name Volume 33, which was recorded live at the Hamborough Tavern in Southall."}, {"context": " From 1979-1980 Clarke had a brief stint in the progressive rock band Quasar alongside guitarist John Clark, who left to join Bruford. Also in the 80's, Steve worked closely with Jeff Pain a.k.a. 'Dicken' from UK band Mr Big, recording a number of songs which would not see the light of day for a few years to come. Steve also recorded drums on the album 'Rainbow Bridge'. In 1986 Steve formed the group 'Network' with guitarist Tim Crowther keyboard player Pete Jacobsen bassists Paul Rogers and Laurence Cottle and trumpet player Ted Emmett, augmented by the likes of Steve Topping, David Cross from King Crimson and Hugh Hopper of Soft Machine. The band would go on to make four albums and a best of compilation entitled \"View From The Bar\"."}, {"context": " The album Corroded Path, recorded in 1989 was described by Bradley Smith in the Billboard Guide To Progressive Music as follows: \"Corroded Path is a minor treasure of UK fusion, directly picking up where groups like Brand X and Bruford left off. Eight tracks follow the friendlier and melodic paths of fusion, with a swinging smoothness that isn't earth shattering but is easy to like. The accent here is on concise, jazzy arrangements, with Crowther's restrained guitar soloing recalling some of the best of Allan Holdsworth and Al Di Meola. Imagine Bill Bruford's Earthworks band electrified and you get the sound of Network. Emmett's Miles Davis-like solos are superb, particularly when he is more up-front as on \"Obsessive Behaviour\". Occasionally the funky bass lines and piano breaks resemble Return to Forever, and Clarke's big drum sound vividly recalls Bill Bruford and Phil Collins-era Brand X. The sound quality is good throughout, with production values ideal for an analog recording like this. Like Chad Wickerman's The View in the United States, Network's Corroded Path successfully continues the most attractive band dynamics of the jazz-rock fusion form.\""}, {"context": " Steve wrote and produced the landmark album entitled \"LNC\", which was recorded in 1996 with guitarists Keith More and Steve Topping, notably joined by keyboard legend Jan Hammer. This took Steve's music to a larger worldwide audience including playing concerts in the USA. As a result of playing in New York, the 1998 collaboration with guitarist Larry Coryell followed as a step forward to showcase Steve's compositions. The tracks featured Pete Jacobsen on keyboards and Wolfgang Schmid on guitar, plus Jack Bruce on bass and vocals on a cover of the Hendrix classic Manic Depression. Entitled \"Highly Committed Media Players\" it would become Steve's most well known album to date. He followed this by recording the album \"Solo Drums\" in May 2000. One of the pieces featured a tribute to an early mentor and friend of his father and uncle, Phil Seaman. Steve was then inducted as a fellow of the British Library for his services to progressive music."}, {"context": " During this period, in 1993 Steve hooked up with his good friend Zak Starkey and formed a band 'Spin Out' that featured Zak on guitar, Gary Roberts on bass, Gary Nuttall on guitar and Steve Barnard a.k.a. 'Smiley' on occasional drums/guitar. For several years, Steve ran a multi-track audio and video recording complex and 2013 saw him write, play on and produce a new album featuring famous trumpeter Randy Brecker. In 1987 Steve joined the heavy rock band Fastway led by Fast Eddie Clarke formerly of Mot\u00f6rhead. Steve played on the album 'On Target' and fulfilled live duties. In 1989 Clarke hooked up with Tank, led by Algy Ward and Cliff Evans whilst also working with bassist Gerry McAvoy. Clarke and Ward joined Judge Trev Thoms for the Necropolis- \"End Of The Line\" album featuring Bill Liesegang, ex Mot\u00f6rhead guitarist W\u00fcrzel and Steve was re-united with Fast Eddie Clarke and the unknown John Clarke. Steve also appeared on two all star albums for Japanese Polydor Records that would see him recording with Don Airey and Scott Gorham."}, {"context": " Steve also joined UK heavy rock band Atomgods (who became Atomgod) on their release 'History Re-Written' through GWR records in 1991, which also featured Lee Phillips on keyboards, Trev Thoms(HAWKWIND), Bill Leisegang(Nina Hagen, Jack Bruce). Atomgod led Steve to become the house drummer at GWR records, playing with Huw Lloyd Langton and notably TANK, where he fulfilled live duties. Steve is currently active as the drummer of Leader Of Down, the last band of W\u00fcrzel, and bassist Tim Atkinson. Their debut album \"Cascade Into Chaos\" is set to be released later in 2016 and features some of the last recordings by the late Lemmy, along with Phil Campbell and Eddie Clarke."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clarkson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Levert \"Steve\" Clarkson (born October 31, 1961) is an American football coach. Based in Pasadena, California, he is considered a top quarterback coach. Clarkson has tutored Ben Roethlisberger, Brett Hundley, Matt Leinart, J. P. Losman, Gino Torretta, Matt Barkley, Tim Tebow, Josh Freeman, and Jimmy Clausen, among others. Clarkson is also known for helping to get offers for David Sills from University of Southern California and Tate Martell from the University of Washington at ages of 13. David Sills currently attends West Virginia University and Tate Martell attends Ohio State University."}, {"context": " Clarkson is a 1979 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Los Angeles, where he led its team to three Los Angeles City Championships with a 39-1 record during three seasons. Clarkson was named to the All-City teams during his junior and senior seasons, and was the All-City Player of the Year in 1978 after leading the state in passing yards and total offense. Clarkson later was a three-year starter for coach Jack Elway at San Jos\u00e9 State University, where he holds several passing records and was named to the Academic All-American teams in 1981 and 1982."}, {"context": " After going undrafted in the 1983 NFL Draft, Clarkson played a season for the Denver Broncos and two seasons for the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1983 and 1984. He then became a district manager for a steakhouse chain, before turning to football coaching. Clarkson initially founded \"Air 7\", a quarterback academy, that offers tutoring to players in high school and younger. Clarkson has since coached more than 200 Division I-A quarterback starters. Including other positions, Air 7 has produced about 80 I-A starters."}, {"context": " Clarkson's quarterback academy is now called Steve Clarkson Dreammaker. Initially offering quarterback training to youth, high school and college players, Clarkson soon began to train professional players as well. Clarkson has since been described by ESPN as \"the most powerful QB coach in football.\" Clarkson organizes various football camps and programs, such as the Super 7 program held in different cities. His training has been noted for involving significant classroom sessions in addition to on-field training."}, {"context": " Clarkson was featured in a CBS \"60 Minutes\" segment by Morley Safer. The segment aired on a December 22, 2013 episode. During the segment, Safer featured the potential moral implications of creating a business such as Clarkson's \"Dreammaker\" quarterback camps. Those implications included the question of whether children as young as seven should be intensively training to become college quarterbacks and whether the parents of young children should be investing large sums of money in Clarkson's tutelage. In the segment, Clarkson admitted he did not want his own 10-year-old son to play football. While many of Clarkson's successful former students were featured, none of Clarkson's unsuccessful students were interviewed or even mentioned."}, {"context": " Mike Forcier, the father of a former student Tate Forcier, alleged that Clarkson \"was more into promoting than coaching... It's like a big cattle call. That's what it is. It's all about promoting his guys and himself.\" Clarkson at one point had fifty kids in private group training that cost $7,400 a year, although add-ons often took the tabs into five figures. He also works with more than 200 other players through camps and semi-private clinics. Clarkson will do a full 12-hour session over two days for an out-of-state QB that costs $3,000 plus expenses."}, {"context": " Clarkson is also self-styled as a recruiting middle man. Forbes Magazine quoted Clarkson as saying \"Kids are on the cusp of getting scholarships before high school and it is all because of the Sills story, I guess I'm the person who started this whole madness.\" Clarkson has developed quarterbacks including Heisman Trophy-winner Matt Leinart and Matt Barkley. Other clients include Jimmy Clausen, Ben Roethlisberger, and Matt Cassel. A prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Clarkson's, David Sills, verbally committed to USC at the age of 13. Another student, Tate Martell, verbally committed to the University of Washington at age 14. Clarkson also currently works with the following talent at the collegiate level, Max Wittek University of Hawaii, Brady White Arizona State University, Travis Jonsen University of Oregon, Wilton Speight University of Michigan, Brandon Dawkins University of Arizona, David Sills West Virginia University and many more."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clayton", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Clayton may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Clemente", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Clemente (born Esteban Clemento Morro November 22, 1885 \u2013 May 7, 1950) was a Mexican-born American actor known for his many villainous roles. He began acting in his teens, signing up for his first movie, \"The Secret Man\", in 1917. His later roles were usually bit parts. In 1922, he came to Hollywood to put on a knife demonstration for a disbelieving director. He was trusted to throw knives in movies that had to land an inch or two away from a celebrity. He always got right on target, and developed a good reputation for stunts. He was a known scene stealer and was famous for his villainous snarl. He later appeared in such movies as \"The Most Dangerous Game\" (1932), playing Tartar, the second henchman of Count Zarrof and played the Witch King in \"King Kong\" (1933) and its sequel \"Son of Kong\" (1933).  After his last movie, \"Perils of Nyoka\" (1942), he retired from the acting scene. On May 7, 1950, he died from a cerebral hemorrhage."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cleveland", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Cornell Cleveland (born February 4, 1952) is a former American college basketball coach. He had been men's head basketball head coach at Fresno City College, BYU, and Fresno State. Cleveland was born in Los Angeles County and raised in Fresno, California. He attended Herbert Hoover High School in Fresno, then began his college basketball career at Fresno City College before going on an LDS mission to England from 1971 to 1973. Cleveland returned to Fresno City College in the 1973\u201374 season, after which he was named the team's Most Outstanding Player and transferred to UC Irvine. At UC Irvine, Cleveland played at forward. He averaged 8.8 points and 4.8 rebounds as a junior in 1974\u201375 and 15.0 points and 5.5 rebounds as a senior in 1975\u201376. Cleveland graduated from UC Irvine with a bachelor's degree in social science in 1976 and later completed a master's in education administration from Fresno Pacific University in 1979."}, {"context": " From 1980 to 1990, Cleveland was varsity boys' basketball head coach at Clovis West High School and went 180\u201370 in those ten seasons. At Clovis West, Cleveland also taught U.S. government and economics. Cleveland returned to Fresno City College to be men's basketball head coach. From 1990 to 1997, Cleveland went 157\u201377 with a Central Valley Conference championship in 1997 and CCCAA Tournament appearances every year. Among players he coached at Fresno City were Rafer Alston, who would go on to play in the NBA."}, {"context": " Cleveland moved up to the major college level in 1997 as head coach at BYU. In his first season, BYU finished 9\u201321 in 1997\u201398. BYU improved to 22\u201311 in 1999\u20132000, BYU's first season in the Mountain West Conference (MW) and made the NIT quarterfinals. The following season, BYU won the MW Tournament after splitting the regular season title and made the NCAA Tournament. BYU then made the 2002 NIT and NCAA Tournaments of 2003 and 2004 and again was MW co-champion in 2003. The MW also awarded Cleveland with Coach of the Year honors in 2003. BYU fell to 9\u201321 in 2004\u201305, Cleveland's final season."}, {"context": " On April 9, 2005, Fresno State hired Cleveland as men's basketball head coach. Cleveland's hiring followed the resignation of previous head coach Ray Lopes. In 2006, due to recruiting violations under Lopes's watch, the NCAA issued a show-cause penalty to Lopes and placed Fresno State men's basketball on five years of probation. Also, Cleveland inherited a program whose Academic Progress Rate (APR) was 611, the worst in the nation. Cleveland went 92\u201398 in six seasons at Fresno State. In his first two seasons, Fresno State finished 8\u20138 and 10\u20136 in Western Athletic Conference (WAC) play, and Fresno State's only postseason appearance in his tenure was in the NIT. The 2006\u201307 team also featured Dominic McGuire, a transfer from Cal who became a second-round 2007 NBA draft pick. The team APR also improved to 928 by the end of his tenure.  On March 17, 2011, Cleveland stepped down from coaching to assume an administrative post in the Fresno State athletic department. Later that year, Cleveland later took a position as an analyst for BYUtv Sports. In 2013, he began a three-year term as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Indiana Indianapolis Mission. Source:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Clevenger", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Scott Clevenger (born April 5, 1986) is an American professional baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, and Seattle Mariners. Clevenger was raised in Glen Burnie, Maryland, attended Overlook Elementary and graduated from Mount Saint Joseph High School in 2004. He was the starting shortstop on the school's varsity baseball team which won the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) A conference championship in his senior year."}, {"context": " He hit .347 as a first-team All-Southland Conference shortstop in his only year at Southeastern Louisiana University in 2005. After transferring to Chipola College, he led the Indians with a .395 batting average and 77 hits. He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the seventh round (209th overall) of the 2006 MLB Draft. After signing with the Cubs on June 14, he began his professional career as the starting second baseman with the Boise Hawks. He started making the transition to catcher the following season after Hawks manager Steve McFarland convinced him that a left-handed batter at the position had a better chance of a faster promotion to the majors."}, {"context": " During the 2011 season Clevenger played for the Tennessee Smokies where he batted .295 and hit 5 home runs. He also played for the Iowa Cubs where in 86 at bats he batted .407 and hit 3 home runs. Clevenger was called up to the Cubs from the expanded 40-man roster. He made his major league debut September 26, 2011, however he only played in two games during the 2011 season. Clevenger made the opening day roster during the 2012 season. However, on April 28, Clevenger was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right oblique. Clevenger finished the 2012 season with a .201 batting average, one home run, and 16 RBIs."}, {"context": " On July 2, 2013, Clevenger was traded to the Baltimore Orioles with Scott Feldman for pitchers Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop. He was optioned to the Triple-A Norfolk Tides after the trade. He was recalled on September 1, but did not play for the Orioles until September 13 against the Toronto Blue Jays. On August 17, 2015 he became the first Baltimore native to hit a home run for the Orioles at Camden Yards. Clevenger batted .225/.289/.337 for the 2014 season. Showalter was dissatisfied with Clevenger's defense (he caught 3 of 20 attempted base-stealers), and the team had problems with his conditioning. Clevenger as of December 2014 had one minor league option remaining. Clevenger was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk Tides on April 7, 2015 and on April 24, was placed on the DL with a left thumb contusion. He was recalled to Baltimore on May 26, and made his season debut two days later. He went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the game. Clevenger played in four games before being optioned back to Norfolk on June 5. Clevenger would end up making the IL All-Star team. After several roster moves by the Orioles, Clevenger was once again recalled by Baltimore on August 14. Two days later, he set a New career-high in hits, going 4-for-6 with a double and an RBI in an 18-2 rout over the Oakland Athletics."}, {"context": " On December 2, 2015, the Orioles traded Clevenger to the Seattle Mariners for Mark Trumbo and C. J. Riefenhauser. Clevenger had a poor 2016, appearing in only 20 games at catcher for the Mariners before sustaining a broken hand on June 29 in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, an injury that proved season-ending. On November 2, 2016, Clevenger was outrighted to the minors. He elected free agency on November 4. On July 21, 2017, Clevenger signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He became a free agent after the 2017 season."}, {"context": " On September 22, 2016 Clevenger tweeted that he thought it was ironic that black people were beating white people after a black man had been shot dead by a black policeman and that Black Lives Matter protestors as well as President Obama and all Black Lives Matter supporters should be \"locked behind bars like animals,\" prompting an official response from Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto disavowing those remarks. The next day, Dipoto announced that Clevenger was suspended without pay for the remainder of the season."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cliffe", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cliffe, a former Stockport councillor, was the founding member of Stockport Heritage and Stockport Heritage Magazine circa 1987. He and his late wife, Jean, co-ordinated the efforts of Stockport Heritage to persuade English Heritage and the Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council to support the purchase and restoration of semi-derelict Staircase House, a 15th-century merchant's townhouse, as the town museum. The house was finally restored with a \u00a34 million grant and opened to the public in 2005 as a living example of the development of vernacular architecture. It has since won Civic Trust and architectural awards.  In his book, \"Stockport History & Guide\", published in 2005, he details the struggle to get the project off the ground. In February 2018 Steve Cliffe was given a community hero award by Stockport Metropolitan Council for his role in helping save Staircase House and promoting heritage within the borough."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clifford", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Gerald Clifford (born September 17, 1961) is an American basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously was the head coach of the Charlotte Hornets. Born in Island Falls, Maine, Clifford grew up in Mattawamkeag, Maine, until the third grade, when he moved to Vermont. He played varsity basketball under Gerald Clifford, his father and head coach at North Country Union High School in Newport, Vermont. Clifford attended the University of Maine at Farmington, where he played college basketball for four years. In his final two seasons, he was team captain and was named Best Defensive Player. He graduated with a degree in special education."}, {"context": " After graduating from college, Clifford became a teacher at Woodland High School in Maine. He also gained his first coaching experience at the school, serving as their head coach for two seasons while leading them to two tournaments. He then served as an assistant coach at St. Anselm\u2019s College, Fairfield University, Boston University and Siena College. In 1995, he assumed the head coaching duties at Adelphi University and coached for four seasons under Keith Dickson, leading their team to four appearances in the NCAA Division II Tournament, an 86\u201336 (.705) record and four consecutive 20-win seasons; he was the first coach in the school's history with back-to-back 20-plus win seasons."}, {"context": " Clifford became an NBA assistant coach with the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets under Jeff Van Gundy and quickly developed a reputation as a defensive expert. He then was an assistant for Stan Van Gundy with the Orlando Magic. He considers both the Van Gundy brothers as mentors. He reached the NBA Playoffs in each of his five seasons with Orlando, appearing in the NBA Finals in 2009. Clifford then joined the Los Angeles Lakers in 2012\u201313 as an assistant. On May 29, 2013, Clifford was hired by the Charlotte Bobcats to be their head coach."}, {"context": " Clifford implemented a defensive mentality in Charlotte during his first year as head coach turning the Charlotte Bobcats into a top five defensive team when in the years prior to his tenure they ranked near the bottom of the NBA in that category. He led the Bobcats to the 2014 NBA playoffs in his first year as head coach, during which he coached the Bobcats to a 43\u201339 record. The two years prior to him joining the Bobcats only had a combined total of 28 wins. He was named Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for April 2014 after he led the Bobcats to a 7\u20131 record leading to the playoffs. He finished fourth in Coach of the Year voting in his first year. On December 6, 2017, it was announced that Clifford would not coach indefinitely to deal with his health issue. On January 11, 2018, the Hornets announced that Clifford was medically cleared to return to coaching after a 21-game absence after dealing with sleep deprivation. After the 2017\u201318 regular season, he was fired as head coach on April 13, 2018, after five seasons coaching the team to a 196\u2013214 record total.  On May 30, 2018, Clifford was named the head coach of the Orlando Magic. ! colspan=\"2\"|Career ! 410||196||214|||| ||11||3||8||||"}]}, {"title": "Steve Clifton", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Clifton (born 27 May 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). Clifton, who played his junior football with Lake Wendouree before graduating to the North Ballarat Rebels and then the North Ballarat Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In 2010 he tied with Shane Valenti of Port Melbourne to win the J. J. Liston Trophy. He was recruited by in the 2011 rookie draft, with the first pick. Clifton made his debut in round 16, 2012, against at Sydney Showground Stadium. After five games he was delisted at the end of the season.  He returned to North Ballarat and in 2013 he won his second J. J. Liston Trophy, this time in a three-way tie with Mitch Hallahan of Box Hill and Jordan Schroder of Geelong."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clippingdale", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven J. Clippingdale (born April 29, 1956 in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey left winger. Drafted in 1976 by both the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League and the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association, Clippingdale played for the Kings and Washington Capitals."}]}, {"title": "Steve Clouse", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Clouse (born February 7, 1956) is an American politician. He is a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 93rd District, serving since 1994. He is a member of the Republican party."}]}, {"title": "Steve Coast", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Coast (born 20 December 1980) is a British entrepreneur and the founder of the OpenStreetMap community-based world mapping project and CloudMade, a geography-related company. Coast grew up in Walderslade and London, England. Coast interned at Wolfram Research before studying computing science at University College London (UCL). In July 2004, he founded the OpenStreetMap project (OSM). Coast set up Z.X.V. Ltd. with Nick Black, Tom Carden and Ben Gimpert as a technology consultancy in 2005. In 2008 this became CloudMade after investment by Nikolaj Nyholm and Sunstone Capital (company's website claims it was established in 2007). He resigned from CloudMade in October 2010, although he remained a shareholder."}, {"context": " On 23 November 2010, Coast announced that he had accepted a position as Principal Architect at Microsoft's Bing Mobile. On 3 September 2013, Coast wrote on his blog that he had started to work for TeleNav, taking care of OSM development for the company's Scout navigator. In March 2014, Coast became an advisor to Auth0, an identity-as-a-service provider. In November 2015, Coast published \"The Book of OSM\". The book contains 15 interviews conducted by Coast with various users who had participated in the project since its beginning.  In January 2016, he stepped down from full-time work at TeleNav and started his work as a board advisor in Navmii. In March 2016 he started working as Chief Evangelist for what3words. In May 2016 he became an advisor in MapJam. In fall 2017, he joined DigitalGlobe. In 2008, Coast moved to the US, first to San Francisco and later to Colorado. In November 2010 Coast wrote that he would be moving to Seattle, Washington, USA. He moved back to Colorado in 2013."}]}, {"title": "Steve Coates", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John Coates (born July 2, 1950) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. He is currently the radio color commentator for the Philadelphia Flyers on 97.5 The Fanatic, after spending 14 seasons with the Flyers television team. Coates played five NHL games with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1976\u201377 season during a career mostly spent in the minors. Coates' professional hockey career began when he signed with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1973 as a free agent after four seasons with the Michigan Tech Huskies. After playing in four seasons in the Flyers' minor league system, he was dealt to the Detroit Red Wings along with Terry Murray, Bob Ritchie, and Dave Kelly in exchange for Rick Lapointe and Mike Korney during the 1976\u201377 season. In five games for the Red Wings that season, he scored one goal for his only NHL point. He spent the next three years playing in the Central Hockey League (CHL) and the American Hockey League (AHL) before retiring."}, {"context": " Coates started his broadcasting career with the Flyers in 1980 as a radio color commentator, and switched over to television in 1999. He spent the next 14 seasons on television as a color commentator and between-the-benches reporter for the Flyers before moving back to radio at the start of the 2014\u201315 season. From 1999 to 2011, Coates was the host of a short segment that aired during the first intermission of local Flyers television broadcasts, filmed prior to the game. These segments included interviews, explanations of NHL rules, analysis of current NHL events, and sometimes skits with Flyers players for comedic purposes. During the 2010\u201311 season, Coatesy's Corner began to air less and less and was eventually officially retired by the end of the season.  Coates currently resides in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cobby", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cobby is a British producer musician, composer, and DJ, based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. He is best known for being part of Fila Brazillia. After disbanding his first commercially released band Ashley & Jackson on Big Life records, he co-founded Fila Brazillia with David McSherry in 1990. Together they released 10 critically acclaimed LPs and produced over 70 remixes for artists as diverse as Radiohead, Busta Rhymes, Black Uhuru, Simple Minds, James, A Certain Ratio and Moloko. He formed Pork Recordings with David Brennand in 1990 then 23 Records in 1999 with Sim Lister and David McSherry and finally Steel Tiger Records in 2006 with Lister. More of an umbrella for his various projects than a label per se. His other writing and production collaborations include Heights of Abraham; J*S*T*A*R*S and The Cutler."}, {"context": " He has released three solo albums as The Solid Doctor : \"How About Some Ether\" and \"Beats Means Highs\". A third, entitled \"Saudade\" was released on his own imprint D\u00e9class\u00e9 in March 2014. Numerous remixes, from Harold Budd and Theoretics to Jon Kennedy and Yesking have been undertaken in a solo capacity. Fabric nightclub has played host to many Cobby DJ sets and this was rewarded with an appearance on Fabric 18 alongside fellow Hull alumni Bobby Beige and Bliss. He co-produced Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli's debut solo album, \"The Twilight Singers\" in 2000 and co-wrote and produced \"Three White Roses and a Budd\" EP with Bill Nelson and avant garde American composer Harold Budd. Cobby has worked with Darren Emerson on his solo album, in an engineering and writing capacity."}, {"context": " His collaboration with Cabaret Voltaire\u2019s Stephen Mallinder is under the guise of Hey Rube. Adam Regan from Different Drummer Records and Leftfoot promotions in Birmingham is also a regular collaborator. Cobby has DJ'd in many places around the world including Croatia, Sydney, San Francisco, New York and Tokyo. He has performed live in Europe, Japan and the United States. Production, co-production and remix projects include Radiohead; Afghan Whigs and The Twilight Singers. As Fila Brazillia (with David McSherry) his music has been used in films, including \"Riding Giants\" directed by Stacy Peralta - and adverts, including for Nokia. As J*S*T*A*R*S (with Sim Lister) his music has been used for adverts including for Fiat and The John Lewis Partnership.  In 2013, Cobby provided the soundtrack for the Hull 'UK City of Culture 2017' bid film - \"This City Belongs to Everyone\", produced by Nova Studios. On 20 November that year, Kingston upon Hull, was announced as the winning . Cobby releases work under the pseudonyms, The Solid Doctor and J J Fuchs. In March 2014, Cobby released his first solo album for 17 years entitled \"Saudade\" on his own imprint D\u00e9class\u00e9."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cochran", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cochran (born Robert Alexander Cochran, May 25, 1917 \u2013 June 15, 1965) was an American film, television and stage actor. He attended the University of Wyoming. After a stint working as a cowpuncher, Cochran developed his acting skills in local theatre and gradually progressed to Broadway, film and television. Cochran was born in Eureka, California, but grew up in Laramie, Wyoming, the son of a logger. While he appeared in high school plays, he spent more time delving into athletics, particularly basketball."}, {"context": " After stints as a cowpuncher and railroad station hand, he studied at the University of Wyoming, where he also played basketball. Impulsively, he quit college in 1937 and decided to go straight to Hollywood to become a star. Working as a carpenter and department store detective during his early days, he gained experience appearing in summer stock and in the early 1940s he was given the chance to work with the Shakespeare Festival in Carmel. There he played \"Orsino\" in \"Twelfth Night\", \"Malcolm\" in \"Macbeth\", \"Horatio\" in \"Hamlet\" and the ungainly title role of \"Richard III\"."}, {"context": " Cochran performed in plays in the Federal Theatre Project in Detroit. During World War II he was rejected for military service due to a heart murmur but directed and performed in plays at a variety of Army camps., In December 1943 he was appearing with Constance Bennett in a touring production of \"Without Love\" when he was signed by Sam Goldwyn. On Broadway, Cochran appeared in \"Hickory Stick\" (1944). Samuel Goldwyn brought Cochran to Hollywood in 1945. Goldwyn only made a few films a year so loaned Cochran to Columbia Pictures for \"Booked on Suspicion\" (1945), a Boston Blackie movie."}, {"context": " Goldwyn then put him in \"Wonder Man\" (1945) a Danny Kaye movie co-starring Virginia Mayo and Vera-Ellen; Cochran played a gangster. Columbia used him in another Boston Blackie, \"Blackie's Rendezvous\" (1945), where he played a villain, and in \"The Gay Senorita\" (1945), with Jinx Falkenburg. Goldwyn used Cochran in another Danny Kaye movie with Mayo and Vera-Ellen, \"The Kid from Brooklyn\" (1946). After United Artists borrowed him to play a gangster in \"The Chase\" (1946), Cochran appeared in his prestigious drama, \"The Best Years of Our Lives\" (1946), playing a man who has an affair with Virginia Mayo while her husband Dana Andrews was away at war. The movie was a huge critical and commercial success."}, {"context": " Cochran had a supporting role opposite Groucho Marx in \"Copacabanca\" (1947) for United Artists. Goldwyn got him to play another gangster opposite Kaye and Mayo in \"A Song is Born\" (1948), directed by Howard Hawks. He made his TV debut in \"Dinner at Antoine's\" for \"The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse\" (1949) and followed this with \"Tin Can Skipper\" for \"NBC Presents\" (1949). He returned to Broadway for a short lived revival of Mae West's \"Diamond Lil\", supporting West. This revived Hollywood's interest in him."}, {"context": " In 1949 Cochran went over to Warner Bros, where he played psychotic mobster James Cagney's power-hungry henchman, Big Ed Somers, in the gangster classic \"White Heat\" (1949). He appeared opposite Mayo. Warner Bros would eventually take over Cochran's and Mayo's contracts from Goldwyn. Cochran supported Joan Crawford in \"The Damned Don't Cry\" (1950), then was given his first lead role in \"Highway 301\" (1950), playing a gangster. He was a villain to Gary Cooper's hero in \"Dallas\" (1950), and played a Ku Klux Klan member in \"Storm Warning\" (1951), with Ginger Rogers and Doris Day."}, {"context": " Cochran was a villain in \"Canyon Pass\" (1951), a Western, then was given the lead in \"Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison\" (1951), which inspired Johnny Cash to write his song \"Folsom Prison Blues\". Warners gave him another lead in \"Tomorrow Is Another Day\" (1951), a film noir with Ruth Roman. He was back to support parts in \"Jim Thorpe \u2013 All-American\" (1951) with Burt Lancaster. Warners starred him in a war movie, \"The Tanks Are Coming\" (1951), and a Western, \"The Lion and the Horse\" (1952). He co-starred with Cornel Wilde in \"Operation Secret\" (1952) and supported Virginia Mayo in a musical, \"She's Back on Broadway\" (1953). In \"The Desert Song\" (1953), Cochran played Gordon Macrae's rival for Kathryn Grayson. He then left Warners."}, {"context": " Cochran starred in the low budget action film \"Shark River\" (1953) for United Artists. At Universal he was a villain to Rock Hudson in \"Back to God's Country\" (1953). He returned to television appearing in episodes of \"Lux Video Theatre\" (\"Three Just Men\" (1953)), and \"Studio One in Hollywood\" (\"Letter of Love\" (1953)). Cochran went to Germany to make \"Carnival Story\" (1954) for the King Brothers. Back in Hollywood he made \"Private Hell 36\" (1954) with Ida Lupino for director Don Siegel. He did \"Foreign Affair\" (1954) for \"Robert Montgomery Presents\" and \"The Role of a Lover\" (1954) and \"The Most Contagious Game\" (1955) for \"Studio One\", \"Trip Around the Block\" (1954) and \"The Menace of Hasty Heights\" (1956) for \"The Ford Television Theatre\", \"The After House\" (1954), \"Fear is the Hunter\" (1956), \"Bait for the Tiger\" (1957) for \"Climax!\", and \"The Seeds of Hate\" (1955) for \"General Electric Theatre\"."}, {"context": " Republic Pictures hired him to play Ann Sheridan's love interest in \"Come Next Spring\" (1956). Cochran then went to England to play the lead in \"The Weapon\" (1956). Cochran supported Van Johnson in MGM's \"Slander\" (1957). He went to Italy to star in \"Il Grido\" (1957) for Michelangelo Antonioni alongside Alida Valli and Betsy Blair; filming took seven months. On TV he did \"Outlaw's Boots\" (1957) for \"Schlitz Playhouse\", \"Debt of Gratitude\" (1958) for \"Zane Grey Theater\", and \"Strictly Personal\" (1958) for \"The Loretta Young Show\"."}, {"context": " Cochran had the lead in an Allied Artists Western, \"Quantrill's Raiders\" (1958) and a Roger Corman gangster film, \"I Mobster\" (1959). Albert Zugsmith used him for the lead in \"The Beat Generation\" (1959) and \"The Big Operator\" (1959). However from this point on Cochran worked mostly in television, guest starring in series such as 'Bonanza\", \"The Untouchables\", \"Route 66\", \"Bus Stop\", \"Stoney Burke\", \"The Naked City\", \"Shirley Temple's Storybook\", \"The Dick Powell Theatre\", \"The Virginian\", \"Route 66\", \"Death Valley Days\", \"Mr. Broadway\", \"Burke's Law\" and the 1959 episode \"What You Need\" (S1, Ep. 12; airdate: Dec. 25, 1959) of CBS's \"The Twilight Zone\"."}, {"context": " He had the lead in a TV movie \"The Renegade\" (1960) and was in Sam Peckinpah's debut feature \"The Deadly Companions\" (1961). Cochran was Merle Oberon's co star in \"Of Love and Desire\" (1963), shot in Mexico. He had the lead in \"Mozambique\" (1964) for Harry Alan Towers. In 1953 Cochran formed his own production company, Robert Alexander Productions. His production company attempted to make some television series and other films such as \"The Tom Mix Story\" (with Cochran as Mix), \"Hope is the Last Thing to Die\" about the Mexican War, and \"Klondike Lou\". However they were never produced with the exception of a television pilot where he played John C. Fr\u00e9mont in \"Fremont the Trailblazer\"."}, {"context": " However Cochran did write, produce, direct and star in \"Tell Me in the Sunlight\" (1965). Cochran was a notorious womanizer and attracted tabloid attention for his tumultuous private life, which included well-documented affairs with numerous starlets and actresses. Mamie Van Doren later wrote about their sex life in graphic detail in her tell-all autobiography \"Playing the Field: My Story\" (New York: G.P. Putnam, 1987). He was also married and divorced three times, to actress Fay McKenzie, Florence Lockwood and Jonna Jensen. Cochran was the grandfather of film and television producer Alex Johns, who co-executive produced more than seventy episodes of the animated television series \"Futurama\". In the 2002 documentary \"The Importance of Being Morrissey\", Steven Morrissey claims that his parents named him after Steve Cochran."}, {"context": " Cochran was in trouble with the police a number of times in his life, including a reported assault and a charge of reckless driving in 1953. Cochran has a star at 1750 Hollywood Boulevard in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated February 8, 1960. On June 15, 1965, at the age of 48, Cochran died on his yacht off the coast of Guatemala, reportedly due to an acute lung infection. His body, along with three Mexican girls and women aged 14, 19 and 25 respectively, remained aboard for ten days since the girls did not know how to operate the boat. It drifted to shore in Port Champerico, Guatemala, and was found by authorities.  There were various rumors of foul play and poisoning, but reportedly no new evidence was found."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cochran (radio host)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cochran (born March 14, 1961) is an American radio broadcaster. He hosts the morning show at WGN in Chicago. He previously worked at WGN from 2000 to 2010. Cochran was adopted. On June 4, 2003, he had his birth mother, Ann Sommers, as a guest on his show. At the age of 18, Cochran attended Ithaca College for a year before dropping out to start his radio career. He sold radio advertising for a summer before starting his career at WTKO in his home town as a DJ. Between 1981 and 2007, Cochran worked at 14 radio stations in 10 cities (including New York, Baltimore, Miami, Minneapolis (KDWB 101.3 FM), St. Louis, Detroit, and Chicago) in 8 states."}, {"context": " In 1993, he had a cameo as a TV weather man in the film \"Grumpy Old Men\". Cochran returned to Chicago airways on October 3, 2011, via AM 560 WIND. His show ended on June 29, 2013. He also hosted the midday show at KTRS in St. Louis from 2010\u20132013. On September 3, 2013, Cochran began hosting the morning show at WGN 720. Cochran was originally hired by WGN in early 2000 as a substitute host in various rotating shifts. He became a regular host unexpectedly after morning drive time host, Bob Collins, was killed in a collision while piloting his private airplane. To replace Collins, Spike O'Dell moved from afternoon drive to morning drive, John Williams moved from mid-afternoon to afternoon drive and Cochran filled the mid-afternoon time slot. The Williams and Cochran shows swapped time slots in 2007."}, {"context": " He broadcast \"The Steve Cochran Show\" on weekday afternoons. He described his show as being \"a combination of funny and serious elements with special attention paid to charitable causes and kid issues.\" WGN management decided not to renew Cochran's contract in mid-2010. His final day on the air was June 25, 2010. He returned to the station in July 2013. Outside of radio, Cochran also does stand up comedy and has done comedy shows on New Year's Eve. He is married to Maureen and has a son, Ross and a daughter, Amy.  Cochran lives in Naperville, Illinois."}]}, {"title": "Steve Coglin", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Coglin (14 October 1899 \u2013 1965) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cohen", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Ira Cohen (born May 24, 1949) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative from , since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman. Cohen was born in Memphis, Tennessee on May 24, 1949, the son of Genevieve (n\u00e9e Goldsand) and pediatrician Morris David Cohen. He has two older brothers, Michael Corey and Martin D. Cohen. He is a fourth-generation Memphian, and is a grandson of Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Poland. His immigrant grandfather owned a newsstand. Cohen contracted polio when he was five, and the disease caused him to shift his attention from sports to politics at an early age. When Cohen was eleven, John F. Kennedy made a campaign stop in Memphis, and Cohen took a picture of Kennedy sitting on a convertible. Cohen describes Kennedy as his political hero; the picture still hangs in his office. In 1961, Cohen's family moved to Coral Gables, Florida where his father took a residency in psychiatry at the University of Miami. From 1964 to 1966, the Cohen family resided in Pasadena, California where Dr. Cohen completed a fellowship in pediatric psychiatry at the University of Southern California. Cohen, who attended Polytechnic School, returned to Florida in 1966 to graduate from Coral Gables High School before returning to Memphis where his father established his private psychiatry practice."}, {"context": " Cohen graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. While at Vanderbilt, he was a member of the Alpha Gamma chapter of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. In 1973, he graduated from the University of Memphis School of Law of Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) with a Juris Doctor. From 1978\u20132006, Cohen was the sole practitioner of his own law firm, practicing civil and criminal law until his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. While serving for three years as Legal Advisor for the Memphis Police Department, Cohen rose to political prominence when he was elected to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1977 at the age of 27. The Convention elected him its vice president. Cohen was then elected to serve as a commissioner on the Shelby County Commission, an office he held from 1978 to 1980. During his time at the Commission, Cohen was instrumental in the creation of The Med, a community-funded regional hospital. In 1980, Cohen served as an interim Shelby County General Sessions Court judge. He has also served as a delegate to the 1980, 1992, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Democratic National Conventions."}, {"context": " Cohen was elected to the Tennessee Senate in 1982, representing District 30, which includes parts of Memphis. He held that position for 24 years. For 18 years, Cohen strove to repeal the ban on lotteries in the Tennessee State Constitution. His efforts were successful in 2002, and a state lottery program designed to provide college scholarships for Tennessee students was adopted the following year. The lottery program is regarded as the most well-known accomplishment of Cohen's Senate career, having raised over $2 billion for scholarships, afterschool programs, pre-K, technical center grants, and energy saving capital programs in K-12 schools as of 2012. Cohen also sponsored legislation relating to expansion of community access to healthcare, the protection of animal rights, the reinstatement of voting rights, graduated driver licenses, and funding for the arts during his career. He sponsored the T-Bo law, the nation's first-ever statute providing for damages up to $5000 in cases of intentional or negligent acts resulting in the death of a companion dog or cat. He has won six awards from the Humane Society as of 2011."}, {"context": " He sponsored and passed legislation providing funding for the construction of the Autozone Park baseball stadium, creating the Holocaust Commission, and providing permanent funding for the arts with Tennesseans for the Arts license plates. He was awarded the Bill of Rights Award from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Bird Dog Award for Ethics from Tennessee Common Cause in 1992. In 1994, Cohen ran for Governor of Tennessee, but was finished fifth in the primary to Phil Bredesen with 4.95% of the vote. Bredesen lost the general election to Congressman Don Sundquist, but would go on to succeed Sundquist in 2003."}, {"context": " In March 2005, Cohen was one of three members of the Tennessee Senate to vote against the Tennessee Marriage Protection Amendment, which Tennessee voters approved via a referendum in November 2006. During the course of the debate on the amendment, Cohen offered several amendments to the amendment, all of which failed, including the proposed addition of an \"adultery clause,\" which said \"Adultery is deemed to be a threat to the institution of marriage and contrary to public policy in Tennessee.\" Cohen won the Political Leadership Award from the Human Rights Campaign."}, {"context": " Cohen was widely regarded as one of the Senate's toughest and most articulate debaters, as he has an unusually straightforward and direct style when compared to other Southern politicians. One Tennessee writer described him as \"very outspoken, very persistent, and a lot more cerebral than most of his colleagues.\" When elected in 1982, Cohen was the first Jewish member to serve in the Tennessee Senate since 1958. In 1996, Cohen ran for election to the United States House of Representatives seat for the 9th District, which came open when 22-year incumbent and fellow Democrat Harold Ford, Sr. announced his retirement. The then 26-year-old Harold Ford, Jr., the incumbent's son, was his opponent in the Democratic primary. Reflecting on the race, Cohen said, \"I'd spent fourteen years in the [state] Senate, had the experience, and didn't like the idea of [the seat] being handed down like an heirloom.\""}, {"context": " Cohen lost the primary to Ford by 25 points. Noting that Ford, an African-American, did much better than Cohen in majority black precincts despite Ford's inexperience, Cohen said, \"It is impossible for a person who is not African American to get a large vote in the African American community... against a substantial candidate. The fact is, I am white, and it doesn't seem to matter what you do.\" Later, Cohen admitted that his statement was \"impolitic\" but also noted that \"race is still an important factor in voting.\""}, {"context": " Cohen was able to return to the State Senate after the election. Tennessee state senators serve staggered four-year terms, and Cohen did not have to run for reelection to the Senate until 1998. In early April 2006, Cohen announced that he was again running for the 9th District seat; Ford, Jr. was not running for reelection. Cohen was the first candidate in the race with significant name recognition outside the Memphis area, but had fourteen opponents in the primary. \"The Commercial Appeal\", Memphis' daily newspaper, endorsed Cohen in the race. The crowded nature of the primary was largely due to the district's demographics. The 9th is a heavily Democratic, black-majority district, and it was considered very likely that whoever won the Democratic primary would be the district's next congressman."}, {"context": " Cohen won the August 3 primary by a decisive 4,000-vote margin, despite being outspent 2 to 1 by the runner-up in the primary. In fact, six Democrats raised more money than he did. He carried many of the district's predominantly black precincts by healthy margins. He faced Republican Mark White and independent Jake Ford (the younger brother of Harold Ford, Jr.) in the general election in November. Though the Ninth District is heavily Democratic, Jake Ford was seen as a serious contender for the race because of his significant name recognition among Memphis's black voters. Jake Ford had skipped the Democratic primary because he felt it was too crowded, but stated he would caucus with the Democrats if elected. The Ford family has been a significant force in Memphis' black community since the days of E.H. Crump. Indeed, it seemed that the real race was between Cohen and Jake Ford. White was not a serious factor, and would have faced nearly impossible odds even in a two-way race with Cohen."}, {"context": " Cohen was endorsed by the mayor of Memphis, W. W. Herenton, and the mayor of Shelby County, A.C. Wharton, both of whom are black and members of the Democratic Party. He was also endorsed by many local Democratic activists who had long felt Harold Ford, Jr. was too moderate. However, many of the city's politically influential black pastors refused to support Cohen, and the area Black Ministers Association overwhelmingly voted to endorse Jake Ford. The Ford family itself was split. While Harold Ford, Jr. himself remained neutral (despite rumors of collusion between the two brothers' campaigns), their cousin Joe Ford, Jr., an entertainment lawyer, strongly endorsed Cohen after finishing third in the primary. However, Harold Ford, Sr. strongly supported his younger son."}, {"context": " On October 8, 2006, Cohen, Ford, and White participated in a televised debate in Memphis. Among other topics, issues discussed included Iraq, medical marijuana, education, and the Tennessee Marriage Protection Amendment. Ford attacked Cohen's record in the State Senate, including his opposition to the Marriage Protection Amendment, support for medical marijuana, and his voting attendance record. Cohen responded by standing by his public record, pointing out Ford's lack of experience in public office, and indicating that Ford had been to jail and had dropped out of high school."}, {"context": " Cohen won the election by a decisive margin, winning 60% of the vote to Ford's 22% and White's 18%. Sixty percent of the votes received by Cohen were from African-American voters. Despite Cohen's strong performance in the black community, many of the city's politically active blacks felt chagrined at being represented by him. Besides some sentiment that the 9th should be represented by a black Democrat, his socially liberal views (see below) also gave them pause. For example, Cohen's support for a hate-crimes bill drew particularly strong opposition from most of the city's black ministers because it included a sexual orientation provision. Cohen contends that every member of the Congressional Black Caucus voted for the bill, and Harold Ford, Jr. had voted for it in the previous Congress. Still, many of the city's black ministers tried to rally behind a consensus black candidate to challenge Cohen in the Democratic primary."}, {"context": " Cohen faced four challengers in the August 7, 2008 Democratic primary for the 9th District. His major opponent was Nikki Tinker, a lawyer who had finished second to Cohen in the 2006 primary and had formerly been an aide to Harold Ford, Jr. Tinker received the endorsement of the city's Black Ministerial Association. At a June 2008 campaign event, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to Cohen as \"the conscience of the freshman class\", adding \"He is a progressive and an important member of the Transportation Committee, which provides the infrastructure for jobs that will make America more competitive in the global economy.\""}, {"context": " The campaign quickly turned ugly, with Tinker putting together a raft of negative ads. One attacked Cohen for voting against a proposal that would have removed a statue and the remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate lieutenant-general who was involved in the founding of the Ku Klux Klan, from the Medical Center park. The ad falsely implied that Cohen had ties to the Klan by juxtaposing Cohen with a white-clad Klansman. Another ad accused Cohen of \"praying in our churches\" while voting against school prayer during his tenure in the State Senate. Tinker's campaign later removed the ads from its YouTube account amid criticism from a number of sources."}, {"context": " On the day the Primary was held, Barack Obama denounced Tinker's ads, saying they \"have no place in our politics, and will do nothing to help the good people of Tennessee.\" Harold Ford, Jr. also denounced the ads. The primary had been marred by racial tensions for months prior to the August vote. In February 2008, Rev. George Brooks, a Tinker supporter, distributed literature in the district which stated that \"Cohen and the Jews HATE Jesus\" and urged the defeat of an \"opponent of Christ and Christianity.\" Another minister, Rev. Robert Poindexter of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, said that he was supporting Tinker because Cohen \"(is) not black, and he can't represent me, that's just the bottom line.\""}, {"context": " Ultimately, Cohen won the primary in a rout, taking 79 percent of the vote to Tinker's 19 percent. In his victory speech, Cohen said his victory proved \"Memphis has come a long, long way\" from its racially divisive past. Cohen's primary win virtually assured him of a second term; no Republican even filed, and any Republican challenger would have faced nearly impossible odds in any case. He was reelected with 87.9 percent of the vote against three independent challengers, one of whom was Jake Ford (who won 4.8 percent of the vote)."}, {"context": " Cohen endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary on February 4, 2008, the day before the Super Tuesday primaries. On September 10, 2008, while speaking on the floor of the House, Cohen compared Obama's work as a community organizer to Jesus' work. Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton announced that he would challenge Cohen in the 2010 Democratic primary for the seat. In a guest column in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Herenton wrote that while he hoped the campaign would focus on issues rather than race or religion, that \"it remains a fact that the 9th Congressional District provides the only real opportunity to elect a qualified African-American to the all-white 11-member delegation representing Tennessee in Washington.\" Herenton also denied having supported Cohen in his 2006 bid against Jake Ford, writing \"I did not support Steve Cohen the individual for the 9th Congressional District. I supported an idea that was bigger than him as an individual. I supported the principle of fairness.\""}, {"context": " During the 2006 campaign, Herenton endorsed Cohen, saying \"Steve Cohen is the best-qualified candidate for this leadership role\". While Cohen's commanding win in the 2008 primary suggested that he has won strong support among the district's African-American community, Herenton was easily his highest-profile opponent to date. In September 2009, Herenton drew controversy when he stated in a radio interview that Cohen \"really does not think very much of African-Americans\" and that \"[Cohen]'s played the black community well.\" In addition, Herenton's campaign manager Sidney Chism 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 Herenton for these remarks, stating that he comments were \"unacceptable in a Democratic primary or anywhere in our political discourse.\""}, {"context": " President Obama endorsed Congressman Cohen for re-election, saying \"Congressman Cohen is a proven leader in the United States Congress and a strong voice for Tennessee. Together, we passed historic health care reform and together we're continuing the fight to renew our economy and bring jobs back to the American people. I am proud to stand with Steve and support his re-election to Congress.\" In the unofficial election results, Steve Cohen won 79% of the vote to Herenton's 21%. The vote marked the first time Herenton, 70, elected to a record five terms as mayor, lost a race for public office. This all but assured Cohen of a third term. In the general election, Cohen easily dispatched Republican challenger Charlotte Bergmann, taking 74 percent of the vote to Bergmann's 25 percent."}, {"context": " Cohen was challenged in the Democratic Primary by Tomeka Hart, a female African-American member of the Memphis School Board and Memphis Urban League President who was undefeated in elections up to that point. Cohen won the Democratic Primary with 89.2% of the vote on August 2, 2012\u2014the highest vote total in the district in recent history and the highest percentage vote for a white candidate running for office in a majority African-American district in history. President Obama endorsed Cohen on April 5, 2012, saying \"Congressman Steve Cohen has worked with me on jobs bills, health care, and other issues of importance to the middle class. He also never fails to pitch me on the city of Memphis, whether it's Booker T. Washington High School, Memphis basketball, or barbecue. I urge you to vote for Steve Cohen, a tireless advocate for the 9th District\". In the general election, Cohen trounced Republican businessman George Flinn with 75 percent of the vote."}, {"context": " Cohen was challenged in the Democratic Primary by prominent African American Attorney Ricky Wilkins. Cohen defeated Wilkins by a two-to-one margin, winning every precinct. Cohen defeated his Republican opponent, Wayne Alberson, in the general election with 78.7% of the vote to Alberson's 18.9%. Cohen is far and away the most liberal member of the Tennessee delegation, and arguably one of the most liberal congressmen ever to represent the state. He has a lifetime rating of 4.3 from the American Conservative Union; for most of his tenure he has had the lowest ACU rating of any lawmaker from Tennessee."}, {"context": " He is the first Jew to represent Tennessee in Congress, as well as the first white Democrat to represent a significant portion of Memphis since freshman George Grider was defeated by Republican Dan Kuykendall in 1966, and the first Jew to represent a majority black district, as well as one of the few white congressmen that has represented a black-majority district. Before being elected, Cohen told reporters that he would seek to become the first white member of the Congressional Black Caucus, but later decided against joining after members of the CBC (influenced by co-founder Bill Clay) indicated that they would not allow a non-black to join."}, {"context": " Cohen voted against prioritizing spending in the event of the debt limit being reached. He voted to create an $825 billion economic recovery package as well as an additional $192 billion \\anti-recession stimulus in 2009. He has supported additional stimulus packages and bailouts, such as the GM and Chrysler bailout. Cohen supports raising Senate salaries. He also supports extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. He opposes any move to privatize social security. Cohen supports a ban on the gun show loophole and on 'fire sales' of firearms. However he does support citizen's rights to bear concealed firearms. He supports educating children on gun safety through a school program. Cohen was also one of 80 house members to sign a letter written to President Obama urging him to ban the importation of military-style semiautomatic firearms."}, {"context": " To expand funds available for research and development of alternative energy sources, Cohen supports an excess profits tax on oil companies. He supports investments into solar, wind, and hybrid cars. He supports offering tax credits and incentives to companies that adopt renewable and clean energy methods. He supports the regulation of oil and gas prices and seeks to criminalize oil cartels like OPEC. He opposes off-shore drilling and seeks to revoke tax incentives for exploration of oil and gas."}, {"context": " Cohen is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. He supports environmental conservation. He opposed a resolution that would bar the EPA from regulating emissions, and opposes allowing off-shore drilling. In addition he supports the expansion of public transportation and train lines. He believes there are several more animal species that should be classified as endangered and thus receive protection. He believes outdoor classroom experiences should be expanded through massive federal funding."}, {"context": " Cohen believes adequate healthcare is a basic right and has opposed any cuts to healthcare funding. He has voted several times to extend healthcare coverage through federal funding. On May 10, 2012, at a House subcommittee hearing on asbestos trust transparency legislation, Cohen described plaintiff's attorneys who contacted him about the illness of his friend, Warren Zevon as \"parasites.\" He said that Warren Zevon\u2014who died from asbestos related cancer\u2014did not seek a lawyer and did not want damages. In spite of Cohen's feelings against those plaintiff's attorneys, he spoke against the bill."}, {"context": " Cohen has said that he believes that adequate health care is a \"fundamental right\" of all citizens. Cohen supports gender equality, progressive taxation, medicinal use of marijuana, decriminalization of Marijuana, gun rights and capital punishment. Cohen was the headline speaker at the Marijuana Policy Project's January 2010 annual gala in Washington. On March 23, 2015, Cohen introduced into the U.S. House a version of the CARERS Act, H.R. 1538, the companion to the bill introduced into the U.S. Senate by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, which aims to remove medical marijuana from the list of controlled substances and shift cannabis policy to the state level from the federal government."}, {"context": " He supports limiting campaign donations and disclosure of amounts coming from lobbyists. During his first month in Congress, Cohen supported the \"100-Hour Plan\" in the House, which included raising the federal minimum wage, requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower Medicare prescription drug prices, and reducing interest rates for student borrowers. Cohen also cosponsored House Concurrent Resolution 23, which \"[expresses] the sense of Congress that the President should not order an escalation in the total number of members of the United States Armed Forces serving in Iraq.\""}, {"context": " On February 27, 2007, Cohen introduced a resolution in the House that apologizes for African-American slavery and the system of Jim Crow laws that persisted for 100 years after the abolition of slavery. Cohen noted that no president has officially apologized for allowing slavery. The bill had 36 cosponsors. The resolution passed on July 29, 2008, marking the first time a branch of the federal government had officially apologized for the institution of slavery and its aftermath. Cohen was honored with the D. Emelio Castelar Work Recognition Award by the Vida Foundation in Madrid, Spain for his work on the slavery apology bill and served as the keynote speaker for their international symposium on the abolition of slavery and the slave trade."}, {"context": " Cohen supported the Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act (H.R. 2919; 113th Congress), a bill that would require the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) to prepare a report each year on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded by federal courts to nonfederal entities when they prevail in a case against the United States. Cohen, an original co-sponsor of the bill, argued that \"Americans have a right to know what their government is doing and their government has a duty to be as transparent as possible.\""}, {"context": " Cohen received the American Bar Association's Day Award along with Congressman John Lewis (GA-5), Senator Olympia Snowe (ME) and Senator Richard Lugar (IN). Cohen was recognized by the ABA for his efforts to improve access to the justice system by providing more funding for the Legal Services Corporation, which provides legal counsel for low income individuals and families. Cohen dedicated the award to Dr. Benjamin Hooks and Dr. Dorothy Height during his acceptance speech. Cohen sponsored the SPEECH Act banning the practice of libel tourism, rendering libel lawsuits unenforceable if the judgments were issued in a nation where the legal standard for libel is set lower than our own. The Senate Sponsor was Senator Patrick Leahy. The bill passed both houses of Congress in July 2010 and was signed into law by President Barack Obama the following month."}, {"context": " Cohen supports legal abortion. He opposes the repeal of federally funded abortions and supports a focus on preventing pregnancies with the availability of emergency contraceptives if needed. He opposed Republican policy regarding the War in Iraq. Cohen made a trip to Iraq from October 4, 2007, to October 7, 2007, as part of a congressional fact-finding delegation. Cohen noted that his impression was that the country was \"not in very good shape\" and that its economy has been \"ravaged.\" Cohen met with soldiers who complained that long deployments are causing divorces. When Cohen raised this concern with General David Petraeus, Petraeus told Cohen that the claims were being exaggerated. After meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Cohen described him as \"overly optimistic,\" noting his \"bizarre\" statement that sectarian war in Iraq is over."}, {"context": " In 2012, Cohen sponsored the Cohen Amendment reducing infrastructure funding to Afghanistan. The Afghan Infrastructure Fund has been plagued with problems, with millions of taxpayer dollars disappearing. When another member of the House said the funding was essential to bringing our troops home, Cohen replied \"The truth of the matter is that it has nothing to do with whether we can bring our troops home or not. The truth is that we cannot account for where this money is going, and it is likely going into the pockets of the top one-half of one percent in Afghanistan. The infrastructure holds up well enough there to deploy and redeploy our troops, so it's good enough to bring them home permanently.\" The Amendment passed 228\u2013191 and is the first piece of legislation reducing funding to Afghanistan."}, {"context": " Cohen sponsored and co-authored, along with Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA-4), Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA-46), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9), and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-8) The National Guard & Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act, which allows qualifying members of the National Guard and reservists to bypass the often onerous means testing required under current bankruptcy law if their financial hardships were caused by deployment. The bill was signed into law by President Barack Obama in December 2011."}, {"context": " House Speaker Nancy Pelosi assigned Cohen to serve on the House Judiciary Committee, which was Cohen's first choice for a committee assignment, as well as the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. As there are no Democratic U.S. Senators from Tennessee, President Barack Obama asked Cohen to recommend judicial nominees. Cohen recommended Judge Bernice Donald for United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Judge John Fowlkes and Sheryl H. Lipman for District Court Judge for the Western District of Tennessee. All three have been confirmed by the United States Senate. Cohen also recommended Ed Stanton III as District Court Judge for Western Tennessee. Stanton is still waiting for confirmation by the United States Senate."}, {"context": " Cohen recommended Bishop William Graves, V. Lynn Evans, and Ron Walter for the Board of Directors at the Tennessee Valley Authority. All three were nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate. They are the only African-Americans on the TVA Board. Evans and Walter, both from Shelby County, represent the only time two residents of Shelby County have been on the TVA Board simultaneously. Cohen recommended Ed Stanton III to President Barack Obama as U.S. Attorney for Tennessee's Western District. Stanton was confirmed in August 2010."}, {"context": " Steve Cohen has sponsored 16 bills since January 4, 2007, of which 13 haven't made it out of committee and 2 were successfully enacted. Cohen has co-sponsored 762 bills during the same time period. Cohen announced in 2012 that Memphis is to be awarded a $15 million TIGER IV Grant for the Main Street to Main Street Multi-Modal Connector Project. The project will add a dedicated sidewalk to the Harahan Bridge connecting Tennessee to Arkansas, allowing people to walk, run, or bicycle over the Mississippi River. The project has drawn praise from many in the business community, including FedEx founder Fred Smith."}, {"context": " Cohen was appointed to the Helsinki Commission by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi in 2011. \"Congressman Steve Cohen is a leader in promoting civil rights and opportunity of all Americans, and he brings this same passion to the promotion of human rights and democracy around the world,\" Pelosi said. \"The Helsinki Commission is a focal point for security and cooperation among nations and leaders, and Congressman Cohen's voice is sure to strengthen and advance the commission's work.\" Although his family has no knowledge of any Turkish heritage, Cohen's mother's birth certificate states his maternal grandfather was born in Turkey when it was part of the Ottoman Empire. He is a member of the Congressional Caucus on US Turkish Relations and Turkish Americans. He has consistently opposed Congressional recognition of the Armenian Genocide on pragmatic grounds, believing that recognizing it officially in Congress would damage relations with Turkey."}, {"context": " On August 6, 2008, one day before the August 7, 2008 Democratic Congressional Primary, a confrontation between California-based documentary filmmaker Peter Musurlian and Cohen erupted. During a press conference at Cohen's home, Musurlian was asked to leave by Cohen's staff and Cohen himself. Cohen then put both hands on Musurlian's arms and forced him out of the home after Musurlian refused to leave. In a speech on the House floor on January 18, 2011, Cohen said of the Republican effort to repeal the Obama administration's health care reform law:"}, {"context": " They say it's a government takeover of health care, a big lie just like Goebbels. You say it enough, you repeat the lie, you repeat the lie, you repeat the lie and eventually, people believe it. Like blood libel. That's the same kind of thing. The Germans said enough about the Jews and the people believed it and you had the Holocaust. You tell a lie over and over again. And we've heard on this floor, government takeover of health care. According to Cohen's hometown paper, the \"Memphis Commercial Appeal\", he was \"accused of upsetting the newfound atmosphere of civility in the House\" following the assassination attempt on Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Republicans, as well as many in the media and in the Jewish community, expressed outrage and demanded that Democrats condemn Cohen's comment. Ron Kampeas of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency wrote that \"someone needs to carpet Cohen, pronto, for his rhetoric.\" His remarks were also condemned by the National Jewish Democratic Council, which issued a statement saying that \"invoking the Holocaust to make a political point is never acceptable\u2014on either side of the aisle. Cohen's comments and similar comments made by others are not helpful as our leaders and citizens conduct a joint effort to advance civility in our political discourse. We implore Cohen and all our leaders to choose their words carefully as we move forward.\""}, {"context": " In response to the controversy, Cohen said \"I said Goebbels lied about the Jews, and that led to the Holocaust. Not in any way whatsoever was I comparing Republicans to Nazis. I was saying lies are wrong.\" Cohen later expressed regret for his remarks: I would certainly never do anything to diminish the horror of the Nazi Holocaust as I revere and respect the history of my people. I sponsored legislation which created one of the first state Holocaust Commissions in America and actively served as a Commission member for over 20 years. I regret that anyone in the Jewish Community, my Republican colleagues or anyone else was offended by the portrayal of my comments. My comments were not directed toward any group or people but at the false message and, specifically, the method by which it has been delivered."}, {"context": " In March 2015, Steve Cohen boycotted the speech of the Prime Minister of Israel to Congress, writing: \"While Americans and members of Congress may disagree on anything, even foreign policy, providing a forum of such immense prestige and power to the leader of another country who is opposing our nation's foreign policy is beyond the pale. It endangers the negotiations, insults the good faith of the other nations involved in the negotiations and emboldens Iran who may well view this schism in our government as an opportunity for advantage. While we can disagree with our President, we as a nation should be as one on our foreign policy and any disagreements should be presented in a respectful, appropriate and time-honored manner.\"\""}, {"context": " In response, Israeli journalist Caroline Glick wrote in an opinion column in the \"Jerusalem Post\": \"Radical leftist representatives who happen to be Jewish, like Jan Schakowsky of suburban Chicago and Steve Cohen of Memphis, are joining Netanyahu's boycotters in order to give the patina of Jewish legitimacy to an administration whose central foreign policy threatens the viability of the Jewish state.\" On August 17, 2017, Cohen announced that he planned to bring forward articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump owing to the president's series of comments regarding a white nationalist rally in Unite the Right rally on August 12. Cohen stated on his website,"}, {"context": " I believe the President should be impeached and removed from office. Instead of unequivocally condemning hateful actions by neo-Nazis, white nationalists and Klansmen following a national tragedy, the President said 'there were very fine people on both sides.' There are no good Nazis. There are no good Klansmen. In July 2018, Cohen stated that Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections amounted to \"an act of war\", which the U.S. needed to counter with \"cyber attacks against the Kremlin\". Speaking to Hill.TV's Buck Sexton and Krystal Ball, he argued that Russia \"invaded our country\" by attacking free elections, and thus should be \"crippled\" by a retributory cyber attack."}, {"context": " Cohen has been interviewed on \"The Colbert Report\" and is a frequent guest on MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes and Current TV's \"The Young Turks\". He has also appeared on \"Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura\" in which he was confronted by Ventura for co-sponsoring H.R. 645 which directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish national emergency centers, otherwise known as Federal Emergency Management Agency camp facilities, on military installations. Cohen became the subject of media attention when during the 2013 State of the Union address he accidentally publicly tweeted at model Victoria Brink, \"pleased u r watching. ilu,\" and then deleted the tweet. He later explained to reporters that Brink was his daughter and that he had only learned of her three years prior. In July 2013, CNN facilitated a DNA test with Cohen, Brink, and the man who raised her, John Brink. The test revealed that John Brink was in fact the father of Victoria. Cohen said in a statement \"I was stunned and dismayed.\""}, {"context": " During a 2018 open congressional hearing of FBI agent Peter Strzok, Cohen said, \"If I could give you a Purple Heart, I would... This has been an attack on you and a way to attack Mr. Mueller and the investigation that is to get at Russian collusion involved in our election.\" Veteran groups criticized his comment, as the Purple Heart is given to wounded soldiers. Cohen apologized for his comments, saying \"I regret mentioning the Purple Heart medal at yesterday's hearing. My intent was to speak metaphorically to make a broader point about attacks against the FBI and Special Counsel Mueller's investigation into a Russian attack on our country.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Cohen (author)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cohen is an American author, publishing entrepreneur, and attorney. His articles, mostly opinion pieces, appear regularly in \"Forbes\", \"The New York Times\", \"The Wall Street Journal\", \"City Journal\" \"Time\", and more. He is the author or co-author of six books, including three best-sellers. His early career included stints at Time and Scholastic before becoming an entrepreneur. He co-chaired the Clinton White House literacy task force \"Prescription for Reading Partnership,\" and served on the Boards of Reach Out and Read and the United States Naval Institute. At age 58 he went to law school, and is currently an attorney in New York City."}, {"context": " Steve grew up in Lynbrook, New York and was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis by Congressman Allard Lowenstein. Steve attended the Academy for nearly three years, then transferred to Brown University under the G.I. Bill. He graduated in 1975, with a concentration in Public Policy. He was a class marshal, a Rhodes Scholarship state finalist, and was one of two student representatives to the University's Board of Trustees. In 2013, he graduated cum laude from New York Law School, and is admitted to practice in New York."}, {"context": " Early in his career, Steve worked for the Governor of Rhode Island, for the New York State Senate, and for several advertising agencies. He was also on Ronald Reagan's national campaign staff in the 1980 Presidential race, where he wrote and produced television commercials and print ads. \"Podium\" and \"No More\" were ads made for the 1980 Reagan campaign. His \"Flip-flop\" and \"Surprised\" commercials are in the Museum of the Moving Image collection of classic political advertising. For nearly seven years Steve worked for Time Inc. where he held marketing positions, and created and produced the Time Man of the Year television documentaries. With James Rich he created \"Covermaker,\" one of the first widely-used educational computer software programs; and he was creator and publisher of the Time College Achievement Awards."}, {"context": " Steve spent two years as a vice president with Playboy, and won two Clio Awards for best radio and television advertising campaigns. His invitation to CNBC to bring television cameras into the Playboy offices as a half-dozen top advertising agencies competed for the Playboy account resulted in an insightful half-hour documentary on business decision-making. For nine years Steve was then a Managing Director at Scholastic, the children's publishing company. He was responsible for creating and managing several businesses including Parent & Child Magazine, the Parent Bookshelf, and the Everything You Always Wanted to Know About\u2026.(Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade) book series. At Scholastic, he started the print-on-demand, multi-lingual book series he created for the Reach Out and Read literacy project."}, {"context": " Steve left Scholastic to become CEO of several internet start-ups including 4-to-14/Brainquest.com; Living Independently/Quietcare (sold to General Electric;) and MultiMedicus/The Child Health Guide \u2013 developed in cooperation with Harvard and Dartmouth Medical Schools. Since 1983, Steve has been an adjunct professor and NYU and Fordham, as well as a guest lecturer at his alma mater, Brown and various other schools, including Dartmouth, Columbia, Stanford and many of the SUNY schools. Beginning in 1976, Steve began writing articles for magazines and Newspapers. He has written \u2013 most on issues of public policy \u2013 for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Sun, The New York Observer, Forbes, Bloomberg View, The Daily Beast, City Journal, The Naval Institute Proceedings, Inside Higher Education, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Brown Alumni Magazine, and Mademoiselle \u2013 among others. He may be the only person to have had two different Op-Ed articles in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal on the same day. (March 20, 2014.)  He has written or co-authored six books: Steve and his wife Sarah Hill live in Manhattan. They have two grown sons."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cohen (judoka)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Jay \"Steve\" Cohen (born August 29, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois) was a member of the 1988 Olympic Judo team for the United States and the coach of the Olympic team in 2000. He competed in the 95kg division. Earlier in his career, Cohen won the bronze medal in the -80kg division at the 1975 Pan American Games. Cohen's brother Irwin and two nephews Aaron and Richard are all accomplished judoka."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cohen (magician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cohen (born February 1, 1971) is an American magician who specializes in parlor magic. Sometimes called the \"millionaires' magician\", he performs regularly at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in Manhattan and at private parties in other places. Steve Cohen was born in Yonkers, New York on February 1, 1971, and raised in Yorktown Heights and Chappaqua in the northern portion of Westchester County, New York. He attended Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua and Cornell University, and also participated in a foreign exchange program at Waseda University in Tokyo. He is fluent in the Japanese language, and has attained Level One certification in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Since 1997, the Japanese magic manufacturer Tenyo Co, Ltd. has appointed Cohen to translate the instructional booklets for their international line of magic products from Japanese to English."}, {"context": " Cohen lived in Tokyo for five years, where he worked as a society entertainer at the Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel in Shinjuku. For the last two years of his stay in Tokyo, Cohen entertained guests weekly at the New York Bar & Grill, the setting of Sofia Coppola's film Lost in Translation. In 2005, Harper Collins published his first book, \"Win the Crowd: Unlock the Secrets of Influence, Charisma and Showmanship\" in which he highlights the psychological secrets of magicians and how people can use these secrets in their everyday lives. The book has been translated into seven languages, including Turkish, Japanese, Spanish, Korean, and Indonesian."}, {"context": " Cohen holds the rank of MIMC (Member of the Inner Magic Circle) with Gold Star, awarded by The Magic Circle in London. Cohen regularly presents his \"Chamber Magic\" show at the homes and events of wealthy individuals, with notable hosts including Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, Barry Diller, Martha Stewart, Jack Welch, Michael Eisner, Stephen Sondheim, Andr\u00e9 Previn, Anne-Sophie Mutter, the Queen of Morocco and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Cohen starred in, and as a co-executive, produced \"Lost Magic Decoded\", a two-hour documentary that premiered on the History Channel on October 18, 2012."}, {"context": " \"Chamber Magic\" has been presented by Cohen since April 2001; its creative director is magician, author and positioning expert Mark Levy. The show's title was inspired by the term chamber music, the intimate form of classical music typically performed in sophisticated and smaller venues. Cohen has recreated the intimacy of 19th century parlor magic performances by performing in the close quarters of a private suite. His show is strongly influenced by the Viennese magician Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser (1806\u20131875), the father of parlor magic, who entertained an elite audience of invited guests three or four times a week. \"Chamber Magic\" shows are held five times weekly, previously in the Waldorf Astoria, now at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel, but have also been presented for public groups at The Willard InterContinental Washington (District of Columbia), Beverly Wilshire Hotel (Los Angeles), Drake Hotel (Chicago), Beau-Rivage (Geneva), Langham Hilton (London), Four Seasons (Houston), Harvard Faculty Club (Boston), and the Ritz Carlton (San Francisco)."}, {"context": " The Jewish Museum in New York gives special thanks to Steve Cohen on their web site for graciously donating his performance. Steve was invited to entertain at a private dinner for their Chairman of the Board, Museum Director and top donors, following the opening of the museum\u2019s new Houdini exhibition. The exhibit ran October 29, 2010 until March 27, 2011[14] In March 2009, Cohen launched a new show titled \"Miracles at Midnight\" which is billed as the world's most exclusive magic show. Audiences are limited to only twenty guests, and the show is held only once monthly, at midnight on the last Saturday of each month. Like \"Chamber Magic,\" this presentation also takes place in a private suite at the Waldorf Astoria."}, {"context": " On January 12, 2012, Cohen debuted his new stage show \"Theater of Wonder\" at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The two-hour solo performance was the first magic show to appear in the famous music hall in 38 years. The performance took place in the 268 seat Weill Recital Hall. Cohen created, starred in and co-executive produced a two-hour television special for The History Channel, titled \"Lost Magic Decoded\". The special premiered on October 18, 2012 to critical acclaim. In \"Lost Magic Decoded\", Cohen traveled across three continents to locate vintage magic tricks that have not been seen for hundreds of years. Amongst others, he demonstrated such classic tricks as: The Turk (a chess-playing automaton), Think-a-Drink (a kettle that pours any beverage called for), the Light and Heavy Chest, the Indian rope trick, and the Bullet catch.  Cohen has appeared on numerous talk show and news programs, including \"Late Show with David Letterman\", CNN, \"Martha Stewart Living\", \"CBS Sunday Morning\", The History Channel, \"The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet\", \"The Richard and Judy Show\", and \"Night Talk\" on Bloomberg Television."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cohn", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cohn is a lawyer and a Democratic District Leader in Brooklyn, New York. He is Democratic Committeeman in Brooklyn's 50th Assembly District. Cohn said in 2010 that he would not seek reelection as Democratic District Leader, after 27 years in the position. Cohn, an Orthodox Jew, grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, son of a judge who was also a Greenpoint and Williamsburg assemblyman from 1959 to 1968. His mother Lillian died in 1995. Cohn was a law clerk for a Brooklyn judge, counsel to the two Brooklyn district council members from the district, and a part-time staff member on two Brooklyn Assembly subcommittees. Cohn has strong ties with the Williamsburg Hasidic community.  Cohn was a Democratic state committeeman for nearly 20 years, and an executive secretary of the Kings County Democratic Party, the oldest Democratic organization in the U.S. He is also a former president of the Brooklyn Bar Association. In 2002, Cohn came in second in both the Democratic primary vote and the general election (as a Liberal) for Councilman for District 33 in Brooklyn, which runs from Brooklyn Heights to Greenpoint. Cohn raised $311,059 for his run for the seat."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cokely", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cokely (June 17, 1952 \u2013 April 11, 2012) was an American political researcher and lecturer who lectured nationally on political and economic issues relating especially to the African American community. Steve Cokely was also a futurologist who commented extensively on water conservation, organic farming, and communal living. Cokely gave over 5,000 lectures on the topic of global warming and corporate conspiracies, the Trilateral Commission, The Bilderberg Group, Rothchilds, Rockefellers, Boule, etc."}, {"context": " Cokely's research delved into the history of Marcus Garvey, the Black Panthers and other areas of African-American history. Cokely lectured at many college campuses nationally and was also known for his conspiracy theories involving the Black Male elite organization known as the Sigma Pi Phi and the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr by the hands of Rev.Jesse Jackson and the C.I.A. Cokely was assistant to the special committee on rules under Mayor Harold Washington. He gained notoriety when he served as special assistant to the former mayor of Chicago, Eugene Sawyer."}, {"context": " Cokely was criticized for teaching that Jewish doctors were using the AIDS virus in an attempted genocide against Africans. His comments created a nationally publicized controversy in 1988 and he was dismissed from his position as aide to Sawyer. When in 1990 Illinois Governor James Thompson signed an agreement to open an Israeli Aircraft Industries plant in Rockford, Cokely was an outspoken opponent. He argued that Black leaders in Illinois should oppose Israeli war industries because of their military support for the Apartheid system in South Africa."}, {"context": " Cokely gained the national spotlight again in 1996 after he was scheduled to speak at \"Our Roots Run Deep\", a Black History Month lecture series in New York City hosted by the Warner Music Group. Also scheduled were Al Sharpton, Conrad Muhammad, Jimmy Castor, Hannibal Lokumbe and Dick Gregory. The Jewish Defense Organization objected, organizing a call-in campaign to Warner Brothers and threatening a boycott. The Anti-Defamation League and the New York Post also objected to Cokely (as well as Sharpton and Muhammad) speaking at the event. Warner removed Cokely and Muhammad without issuing a press release."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cole", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cole (born August 17, 1970) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist. Most of his albums have been well-received, earning him several awards. He is also a professor/adviser of music business at the University of St. Thomas. Cole was born in Chicago, Illinois and began to play music at a young age. At first, he trained classically, following in his father's footsteps with the clarinet before switching to the saxophone in high school. While at Northwestern University, he studied classical saxophone before changing his field to economics, eventually earning an MBA from The University of Chicago. After leaving school, Cole returned his focus to music; in particular, jazz."}, {"context": " In a 2003 interview with JazzNation, Cole describes how he started his career: \"I started playing pop music, R&B, bebop, all that stuff, playing clubs in Chicago until 4 o\u2019clock in the morning for many years. You know, just doing that kind of thing, then started doing some commercial music, radio and TV stuff. Then I started thinking about getting into some other types of music. I met some great people here in Chicago, Brian Culbertson, a guy named Bob Mamet, an Atlantic Records recording artist, a while ago, and started getting on the road and playing as a sideman for those guys and eventually was able to do it on my own.\""}, {"context": " In 2000 his first solo album \"Stay Awhile\" won him the \"Prism Award for Best New Artist\" at the \"Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards\". He was also a winner of Chicago Symphony Orchestra's annual young artists competition, allowing him the honour of performing with the orchestra. In 2001 he hit the charts with the Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers classic \"Just The Two of Us\" from the star-studded tribute album \"To Grover, with Love\", produced by renowned keyboardist/arranger/producer Jason Miles. The album eventually made # 4 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums. The track covered fantastically by Regina Belle, Steve Cole and George Duke is still on the playlist of many jazz radio stations and has become a jazz classic.  Cole's second album \"Between Us\" resulted in a No.\u00a01 hit with the track \"Got It Goin\u2019 On\" and the single \"Thursday\" from the album, \"Spin\", reached the Top 20 in the radio charts. \"Spin\" was well received by critics with a score of 4.5/5.0 [] at Allmusic \u2013 the same score held by \"Between Us\" and \"NY LA\".[]"}]}, {"title": "Steve Coleman", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Coleman (born September 20, 1956) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow. Steve Coleman grew up in South Side, Chicago. He started playing alto saxophone at the age of 14. Coleman attended Illinois Wesleyan University for two years, followed by a transfer to Roosevelt University (Chicago Musical College). Coleman moved to New York in 1978 and would work big bands such as the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Slide Hampton's big band, Sam Rivers' Studio Rivbea Orchestra, and briefly in Cecil Taylor's big band. Shortly thereafter, Coleman began working as a sideman with David Murray, Doug Hammond, Dave Holland, Mike Brecker and Abbey Lincoln. For the first four years in New York Coleman spent a good deal of time playing in the streets and in tiny clubs with a band that he put together with trumpeter Graham Haynes, the group that would evolve into the ensemble Steve Coleman and Five Elements that would serve as the main ensemble for Coleman's activities. In this group, he developed his concept of improvisation within nested looping structures. Coleman collaborated with other young African-American musicians such as Cassandra Wilson and Greg Osby, and they founded the so-called M-Base movement."}, {"context": " Coleman regards the music tradition he is coming from as African Diasporan culture with essential African retentions, especially a certain kind of sensibility. He searched for these roots and their connections of contemporary African-American music. For that purpose, he travelled to Ghana at the end of 1993 and came in contact with (among others) the Dagomba (Dagbon) people whose traditional drum music uses very complex polyrhythm and a drum language that allows sophisticated speaking through music (described and recorded by John Miller Chernoff). Thus, Coleman was animated to think about the role of music and the transmission of information in non-western cultures. He wanted to collaborate with musicians who were involved in traditions which come out of West Africa. One of his main interests was the Yoruba tradition (predominantly out of western Nigeria) which is one of the Ancient African Religions underlying Santer\u00eda (Cuba and Puerto Rico), Vodou (Haiti) and Candombl\u00e9 (Bahia, Brazil). In Cuba, Coleman found the group Afrocuba de Matanzas who specialized in preserving various styles of rumba as well as all in Cuba persisting African traditions which are mixed together under the general title of Santer\u00eda (Abakua, Arara, Congo, Yoruba). In 1996 Coleman along with a group of 10 musicians as well as dancers and the group Afrocuba de Matanzas worked together for 12 days, performed at the Havana Jazz Festival, and recorded the album \"The Sign and the Seal\". In 1997 Coleman took a group of musicians from America and Cuba to Senegal to collaborate and participate in musical and cultural exchanges with the musicians of the local Senegalese group Sing Sing Rhythm. He also led his group Five Elements to the south of India in 1998 to participate in a cultural exchange with different musicians in the carnatic music tradition."}, {"context": " In September 2014, Coleman was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for \"refreshing traditional templates to create distinctive and innovative work in ... jazz.\" Steve Coleman and Five Elements, except otherwise noted With Sam Rivers With Doug Hammond With Franco Ambrosetti With Abbey Lincoln With Dave Holland With Chico Freeman With Franco Ambrosetti With Billy Hart With the Errol Parker Tentet With David Murray With Cassandra Wilson With Geri Allen With Michele Rosewoman With Robin Eubanks 'With Stanley Cowell  With Lonnie Plaxico With Cindy Blackman With The Roots With Ravi Coltrane With Anthony Tidd\u2019s Quite Sane The DVD \"Elements of One\" by Eve-Marie Breglia shows Steve Coleman and his band from 1996 to 2003 encountering Von Freeman, Afro-Cuban musicians in Cuba, West-African and Afro-Cuban musicians in Senegal, rappers in the United States, Indian musicians in India, ancient Egyptian philosophy in Egypt, and a computer-music research center in Paris."}]}, {"title": "Steve Coleman (American football)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Coleman (born August 8, 1950) is a former American football defensive end who played one season with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He played college football at Delaware State University and attended Germantown High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."}]}, {"title": "Steve Coleman (Wushu)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Coleman (born 22 September 1981) is a British Wushu athlete and actor. Coleman has won the Great Britain National Wushu Championships no less than 7 times, as well as breaking and setting new Great Britain National Wushu records. He is the first competitor from the UK to win medals in the Longfist category (changquan) at the European Championships since Ray Park in 1994. Coleman began martial arts at the age of 9 by practising Shotokan Karate. He trained and competed in Karate until the age of 14, earning a junior black belt and winning several competitions in fighting and forms. At 15, he turned his attention to Kung Fu and kickboxing. After a year of finding his direction in martial arts Coleman began training in London in Wushu and Chin Woo (traditional kung fu), later complemented by training in San-Shou (Chinese Kickboxing) and Gymnastics. This took him around the world training and competing in the USA, Europe, Malaysia and China. He won the 2002 Chin Woo World Championships and the Traditional National Wushu Championships in 2001 and 2002."}, {"context": " At 21, he decided to focus strictly on Wushu. Having found himself a personal 1-2-1 coach in Mike Donoghue, former Great Britain Wushu athlete in 1995, Steve went on to win the all-round National Wushu Championships in 2003 and consecutively every year since. This was added to with another World Chin Woo Championship win in 2006, various European Competition wins, and representation of the Great Britain Wushu Team. Coleman captained the GB Team in 2006 and currently holds national records for Wushu in Great Britain. His first television appearance was on a show called \"Masters of Combat\", aired on BBC2 in 2001. This was later followed up with an appearance in a documentary \"This is Kung Fu\", also shown on BBC2.  In the 2011 film \"On The Ropes\", Coleman appeared alongside Mark Noyce, Ben Shockley and others in a mockumentary style film about martial arts culture in the UK."}]}, {"title": "Steve Coll", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Coll (born October 8, 1958) is an American journalist, academic and executive. He is currently the dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he is also the Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism. A staff writer for \"The New Yorker\", he served as the president and CEO of the New America Foundation from 2007 to 2012. He is the recipient of two Pulitzer Prize awards, two Overseas Press Club Awards, a PEN American Center John Kenneth Galbraith Award, an Arthur Ross Book Award, a Livingston Award, a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, a \"Financial Times\" and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, and the Lionel Gelber Prize. From 2012 to 2013, he was a voting member of the Pulitzer Prize Board before continuing to serve in an ex officio capacity as the dean of the Columbia Journalism School."}, {"context": " Steve Coll was born on October 8, 1958, in Washington, D.C. He attended Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, graduating in 1976. He moved to Los Angeles, California, and enrolled in Occidental College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1980, he graduated \"cum laude\" with majors in English and history. Coll also attended the University of Sussex during his studies. Coll is married to his second wife, journalist and poet Eliza Griswold. In 1980, Coll joined the writing staff of \"California\" magazine, eventually working on staff as a contributing editor."}, {"context": " In 1985, he started working for the \"Washington Post\" as a general assignment feature writer for the paper's \"Style\" section. Two years later, he was promoted to serve as the financial correspondent for the newspaper, based in New York City. He and David A. Vise collaborated on a series of reports scrutinizing the Securities and Exchange Commission for which they received the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. In 1989, he moved to New Delhi, when he was appointed as the \"Post's\" South Asia bureau chief. He served as a foreign correspondent through 1995."}, {"context": " Coll began working for the newspaper's Sunday magazine insert in 1995, serving as publisher of the magazine from 1996 to 1998. He was promoted to managing editor of the newspaper in 1998 and served in that capacity through 2004. He has also served as an associate editor for the newspaper from late 2004 to August 2005. In September 2005, Coll joined the writing staff of \"The New Yorker\". Based in Washington, D.C., he reported on foreign intelligence and national security. On July 23, 2007, Coll was named as the next director of the New America Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. He has also contributed to the \"New York Review of Books,\" particularly about the war in Afghanistan. On June 25, 2012, Coll announced his resignation as President of the New America Foundation to pen a follow up to \"Ghost Wars\".  On October 23, 2012, Coll was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, administered by Columbia University. On March 18, 2013, Coll was announced to succeed Nick Lemann as the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, effective July 1, 2013."}]}, {"title": "Steve Collier", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Collier is a former offensive tackle in the National Football League. Collier was born on April 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. He played at the collegiate level at Bethune\u2013Cookman University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1985, Collier originally signed with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League as a defensive end, but was converted to an offensive tackle in training camp. On August 21, 1985, he was cut by the Browns. On April 14, 1986, Collier signed with the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League, but was released on July 19, 1986."}, {"context": " The Green Bay Packers signed Collier as a replacement during the 1987 players' strike and was retained after the strike. During the 1987 season he played in 10 games. The following year, he injured his knee in training camp and spent the 1988 season on injured reserve, with the exception of the final game in which he was on the roster but did not play. He has the distinction of wearing four different jersey numbers during his time with the Packers, they include numbers: 64, 70, 74, and 92. On March 8, 1989, Collier would sign with the New York Jets of the National Football League after being left unprotected by the Packers following their 1988 season. The Jets released him on August 8, 1989."}]}, {"title": "Steve Collins", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Collins (born 21 July 1964) is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 1997. Known as \"The Celtic Warrior\", Collins is the most successful Irish boxer in professional boxing history, having held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles. Collins' first nineteen professional fights all took place in the United States. In 1988 he won the Irish middleweight title, and the regional American USBA middleweight title the following year, defending the latter successfully in Atlantic City and Las Vegas. In his first two world championship challenges, both for the WBA middleweight title, Collins lost split decisions to Mike McCallum in 1990 and Reggie Johnson in 1992. He also challenged unsuccessfully for the European middleweight title in 1992, losing a split decision to Sumbu Kalambay in Italy."}, {"context": " It was not until Collins reached his early 30s that he fulfilled his potential, becoming WBO middleweight champion in his third world title attempt in 1994. The next year, he won the WBO super-middleweight title and defended it seven times before retiring from the sport. Having competed against the best boxers on both sides of the Atlantic, Collins tends to be linked more to an era in the UK during which there was a notable rivalry between British boxers Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn, both of whom he fought and defeated twice."}, {"context": " Steve Collins won 26 Irish titles as an amateur before turning professional in Massachusetts, US in October 1986. Collins worked out of the Petronelli Brothers gym in Brockton, Massachusetts alongside Marvin Hagler. His debut fight was against Julio Mercado on the undercard of a bill that featured Irish Americans; his future trainer Freddie Roach and the future Fight of the Year winner Micky Ward. Collins beat Mercado by way of knockout in the third round. In Boston, Massachusetts in 1988, he defeated former Olympian and British Super Middleweight champion Sam Storey to win the Irish middleweight title, then defeated world No. 5, Kevin Watts to win the USBA middleweight title. After reaching 16\u20130, Collins was outpointed by Mike McCallum he stepped in as a substitute after Michael Watson was injured in training at fought 12 rounds for the WBA middleweight title in Boston in 1990. Collins was supported by a large crowd of Irish Americans as he battled the champion, with the fight being close early on before McCallum started to tire as Collins gained momentum in the later stages to bring a close finish at the end of 12 exciting rounds."}, {"context": " In 1992, Collins lost a disputed points to Reggie Johnson in a closely contested slugfest for the vacant WBA middleweight title (which had been stripped from McCallum because he signed to fight IBF champion James Toney). Collins then lost to Sumbu Kalambay for the European title in Italy, before beating Gerhard Botes of South Africa to win the WBC penta continental trinket in 1993. Collins then moved to Belfast under the management of Barney Eastwood before basing himself in England where he joined Barry Hearn's Matchroom Boxing. Alongside him was Paul \"Silky\" Jones, his sparring partner and good friend who later went on to become WBO light-middleweight title holder. Collins was trained by Freddie King in the Romford training camp."}, {"context": " In 1994, he won a world title by defeating Chris Pyatt by stoppage in five rounds to become the WBO middleweight champion. The following year he relinquished this title without a defence and was having difficulty making the weight. Again as a substitute he moved up to super-middleweight to challenge Chris Eubank for the WBO title after Eubank's scheduled opponent Ray Close withdrew after failing a brain scan. Collins defeated the previously unbeaten long-reigning champion Chris Eubank in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland in March 1995 to win the WBO super-middleweight title. Collins had enlisted the help of a guru, and they led the press to believe that Collins would be hypnotised for the fight. True to form, Collins sat in his corner and did not move, listening to headphones during Eubank's ring entrance."}, {"context": " In the rematch, Collins set a fast pace and adopted wild, brawling tactics that Eubank struggled to deal with, and Collins again won a decision. He defended this title successfully seven times, including two fights against Nigel Benn. Collins reportedly stated in the press that he had no motivation left, as he had spent the best part of his career chasing Roy Jones Jr. for a unification fight that had been promised to him many times. Collins is reported to have stated in Boxing World that he had spent so long chasing Roy Jones Jr that money was no longer important; that he would \"fight him in a phone box in front of two men and a dog\". but the bout never materialised. A fight with Calzaghe would do nothing to satisfy the desire he had for fighting Jones. He then added he wanted to retire on a high note with a good pay day, \"Joe is a good up-and-coming kid, but he wouldn't fill a parish church\"."}, {"context": " In 1999, he announced his decision to come out of retirement to fight Jones. Jones is said to have offered in excess of \u00a33\u00a0million for the fight. Collins is said to have been suspicious regarding the money that Jones was offering and said to the papers that \"for \u00a33\u00a0million I would fight Mike Tyson.\" Controversy surrounded the fight, as it was rumoured that Collins would have to fight Calzaghe before a showdown with Jones. Collins had accepted this and started to prepare to fight Calzaghe. In his preparation training for the fight that was never to be, Collins collapsed during a sparring session with Howard Eastman. Although tests and a brain scan didn't find any problems, he decided that it was a warning to make him stop boxing, and he retired for a second time."}, {"context": " Collins retired in 1997 with a record of: W 36 (21 KOs) \u2013 L 3. Collins has not entirely faded from the spotlight since his retirement. In 1998 he appeared in the film \"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels\" as a boxing gym bouncer. In 1999 he made a cameo appearance in \"Sweetest Thing\", a music video by U2. On 15 January 2013, at the age of 48, Collins announced plans to fight his longtime nemesis Roy Jones Jr. He went on to appear in a number of exhibition bouts in preparation for the proposed Jones fight.  In 2017 Collins joined the 4th Regiment Royal Military Police in London where he had been living for the previous 20 years. His brother Roddy Collins is a former professional footballer and now manager."}]}, {"title": "Steve Collins (American football)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Collins (born August 2, 1970 in Ennis, Texas) is a former American football quarterback who played for the Oklahoma Sooners from 1988 to 1992. Collins attended Ennis High School and was the quarterback of the school's football team. He was recruited by various colleges, and decided to attend Oklahoma; during collegiate recruiting, scouts considered him one of the best option quarterbacks in the state. Collins redshirted his freshman year at Oklahoma in 1988. After starting quarterback Charles Thompson's arrest, the starting job was said to be between Collins, unrelated fellow freshman Tink Collins, and sophomore Chris Melson, none of whom had played a college football game yet. After summer drills were completed, Collins was granted the starting job for the Sooners, becoming the first freshman in school history to start the season opener at quarterback. Collins began the season as starting quarterback in 1989, but he broke the pinky on his right hand on the first play of the Sooners' 33-7 victory over Baylor on September 9, 1989. In early November, he returned to the lineup and ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns, and passed for 119 yards and a touchdown in a 52-14 win over Missouri."}, {"context": " As a redshirt sophomore in 1990, Collins was Oklahoma's starting quarterback for the first six games of the season. He lost the starting job for the last half of the 1990 season to Cale Gundy. He remained Gundy's backup for most of the 1991 season. As a senior in 1992, Collins began the year as the Sooners' backup quarterback, but Collins became the team's starting quarterback after Gundy suffered a concussion in the seventh game of the season. During the 1992 season, there was dissension among the players over the decision of Coach Gary Gibbs to name Gundy as the starting quarterback over Collins."}]}, {"title": "Steve Collins (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen C. Collins was a minor league baseball player-manager. Infielder Collins spent eleven seasons in the minor leagues including a three-year stint as the player-manager for the Kinston Eagles of the Coastal Plain League (1947\u20131949). At the time, the Eagles were an affiliate of the Atlanta Crackers. Collins' squads were able to capture the Coastal Plain League crown in 1947 and made it to the championship series in the other two years. Contributing greatly to these teams was Collins himself who hit .353 with 91 RBI in 1947 and .311 with 90 RBI in 1948. He was named to the Coastal Plain League All-Star team for each of those seasons."}]}, {"title": "Steve Collins (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Mark Collins (born 21 March 1962) is an English former footballer who made 291 appearances in the Football League playing for Peterborough United (in two spells), Southend United and Lincoln City. He also played non-league football in the Football Conference for Kettering Town and Boston United, in the Southern League for Corby Town, and for Rothwell Town, Mirrlees Blackstone and Stamford. He played as a left back."}]}, {"title": "Steve Collins (ski jumper)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Collins (born 13 March 1964) is a Canadian former ski jumper who was successful in the 1980s. Steve began his World Cup jumping career on 27 December 1979 with a 10th place finish at Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy on the Large Hill, followed 3 days later with a 66th place finish on the K-115 hill at Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf, Germany. The following year, on 28 February, 1980, he won the FIS Junior World Ski Championships at \u00d6rnsk\u00f6ldsvik in Sweden. In 1979 Collins won the national Tom Longboat Award that recognizes Aboriginal athletes for their outstanding contributions to sport in Canada. He once held the record for the longest jump on a 90-meter hill with 128.5 meters at Big Thunder in Thunder Bay on 15 December 1980. Along with team-mate Horst Bulau, Canada gained more than respectable results in the sport that had been dominated by Europeans. He left the World Cup circuit in 1988, but returned to his home hill in Thunder Bay for both hills in 1990 and his final World Cup appearance on 12 February 1991."}]}, {"title": "Steve Collis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Philip Collis (born 18 March 1981 in Harrow, London) is an English former professional footballer who is currently the goalkeeping coach at English League One club Rochdale. Collis began his career at Barnet before signing for Nottingham Forest in 2000. After failing to break into the first team at Forest, Collis signed for Yeovil Town on a free transfer, going on to make over forty appearances for the South West team. During his time at Yeovil, Collis spent short loan spells at Tiverton Town and Aldershot Town with talks also from Exeter City. Collis was always 2nd best between the sticks at Yeovil but was the perfect replacement for when Chris Weale got injured or sent off in matches. When Steve Collis first joined Yeovil he was only able to feature in Cup matches as Chris Weale was just beginning his long rein in goal. Collis was given the number 22 shirt being the third choice keeper after Number 1. Chris Weale and number 13. Jon Sheffield. Jon Sheffield then retired from football making Collis able to step up through the ranks, although an injury to Weale in the 2004 season saw Sheffield return to be second best to Collis after Collis claimed the Number 13 shirt and Sheffield took the number 31. He was also first choice whilst the injury carried on to keeper Ryan Northmore. Steve Collis needed to join a club where he was guaranteed a first team place but after a move to Southend, his career never really took off. Collis spent his best days at Yeovil even if his time was cut short."}, {"context": " After leaving Yeovil, Collis signed a two-year contract in 2006 to become Southend's first signing ahead of the new season in The Championship, but was released by the club at the end of the 2007\u201308 season. Following his spell at Southend, Collis signed for Crewe Alexandra as a replacement for departing goalkeeper Ben Williams. His first game in goal saw him save a penalty. On 1 January 2010, Crewe agreed to terminate his contract after he had lost his place to on-loan keeper John Ruddy, allowing Collis to sign for Football League Championship side Bristol City."}, {"context": " Collis joined Torquay United on a seven-day emergency loan deal on 6 May 2010, for Torquay's final game of the season against Notts County. Collis was released by Bristol City at the end of the season. Collis signed a short-term deal with Peterborough United on 6 August 2010. He was then released after his loan move to Northampton Town when Peterborough invested in Exeter City Keeper Paul Jones. He signed for Macclesfield Town on 23 September 2011 on a short-term contract until January 2012 to provide cover for Jos\u00e9 Veiga."}, {"context": " Collis was signed by Buxton manager Martin McIntosh at the start of the 2012\u201313 season after participating in several pre-season matches for the Northern Premier League Premier Division side. On 29 January, Rochdale lost their keeper as a late transfer so they were one keeper down. Their manager searched for a non-contract experienced keeper and went for the Buxton 31-year-old. Steve Collis therefore signed a short-term deal with Rochdale to take him to the summer. \"Goalkeeper Steve Collis was drafted in on Thursday as a replacement for Ben Smith who has departed the club in a bid to find regular football closer to home. Hill explains more: \"It is difficult with the 'keeper situation because you're either in goal or you're on the bench. As a centre half you may be able to play full back or in midfield so you've got alternatives, but it's not very often that a goalkeeper will get replaced. It was an ideal situation to get Steve here as he's got experience.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Colman", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Colman is an American award-winning poet, playwright, producer, and director. Colman was the inaugural poet on the Peabody Award-winning television series \"Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry Jam\" on HBO. He co-wrote and co-starred in the Tony Award-winning \"Def Poetry Jam on Broadway.\" \"Colman co-conceived and assistant directed Sarah Jones\u2019s 2006 Tony Award-winning show \"Bridge and Tunnel\", which was originally produced Off-Broadway by Meryl Streep.\" His theater work, including his collaborations with Jones, have garnered two Drama Desk nominations, an Obie, and a Theater World Award. Colman co-authored \"Burning Down the House\" (SoftSkull Press), and \"Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway and More\" (Atria Books)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Colpaert", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Colpaert (born 13 September 1986) is a Belgian international footballer who plays professionally for Royal Antwerp, as a defender. Born in Etterbeek, Colpaert began his senior career during the 2003-04 season with FC Brussels, before moving to Zulte Waregem in 2008. Colpaert represented Belgium at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, and made his full international debut in 2010."}]}, {"title": "Steve Colter", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Colter (born July 24, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round (33rd overall) of the 1984 NBA draft. A 6'3\" guard from New Mexico State, Colter played in eight NBA seasons for six different teams. He played for the Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers, Washington Bullets, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers. In his NBA career, Colter played in 526 games and scored a total of 3,319 points. His best year as a professional came during the 1985\u201386 season as a member of the Trail Blazers, appearing in 81 games (51 starts) and averaging 8.7 points per game. From 1991 until 1994 he did not play in the NBA, but returned to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers for one more season before retiring in 1995. He also became an import in the Philippine Basketball Association played with the Shell Rimula X in 1992."}]}, {"title": "Steve Colyer", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Edward Colyer (born February 22, 1979) is a retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Colyer most recently played for the Atlanta Braves. He attended Meramec Community College and was drafted in the 2nd round of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. He has also played for the Detroit Tigers."}]}, {"title": "Steve Comer", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Comer is a former leader of the Liberal Democrats on Bristol City Council in Bristol, England. He was Councillor for Eastville ward from 2005 to 2013, having previously served as Councillor for the adjacent Easton ward (1983-7). He lost by a single vote to a Labour candidate in 2013. Comer was born in Bristol, but has lived in a number of places, mostly in the south west of the UK. He is employed as a civil servant, and first became active in politics as a teenager, joining the Liberal Party at 18."}, {"context": " Comer is an active trade unionist, and is a member of the PCS Democrats group, formerly on the national executive of the PCS Union, to which he was first elected in 2000. He has been a union representative at local, regional and national level since 1989 in a variety of negotiating posts. At the 2005 elections the Liberal Democrat party became the largest party and took minority control of the Council. Comer joined the new cabinet team on the council, and was elected deputy leader in 2006. In May 2007 he replaced Barbara Janke as leader of the party, and was expected to become leader of the Council but was blocked by a combined Conservative and Labour vote, who installed a Labour leader instead.  At a Council meeting in May 2007 Comer proposed the establishment of a select committee on prostitution. Labour and the Conservatives blocked the proposal, saying the council lacked the funding or the staff who could be dedicated solely to such a specific problem. In 2013 Comer lost by a single vote in a very close election that saw the Labour Party complain that he was being racist in pointing out that the Labour candidate was from Scotland and had no connection with Eastville."}]}, {"title": "Steve Comer (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Michael Comer (born January 13, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for seven seasons. He played for the Texas Rangers from 1978 to 1982, the Philadelphia Phillies in 1983, and the Cleveland Indians in 1984. His best season came in 1979 when he won a career high 17 games for the Texas Rangers and set personal bests for inning pitched, complete games, and strikeouts."}]}, {"title": "Steve Comisar", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Robert Comisar (born December 30, 1961) is an American convicted con man and extortionist. Comisar was in federal prison and was released April 27, 2018. Comisar grew up in Beverly Hills, California. As a young man he sold a \"solar powered clothes dryer\" in national magazines for $49.95. Unsuspecting customers received a length of clothesline. Comisar has been arrested and convicted of numerous crimes. Comisar was convicted of a variety of frauds in 1983, 1990, 1994 and 1999. All these trials took place in Federal court in Los Angeles."}, {"context": " Comisar used the working name Brett Champion during the period when he said he had retired from his career as a con man and posed as a fraud prevention expert and consultant, using it on \"Dateline NBC\", \"The View\", \"Sally\", \"Leeza\", \"Crook & Chase\", and in various other television appearances, and when he wrote the book \"America's Guide to Fraud Prevention\". Comisar is now prohibited from using this alias or from referring to himself as a consumer fraud expert. His book is considered a \"piece of fraud history\" by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and is on display in their fraud museum."}]}, {"title": "Steve Condos", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Condos (October 12, 1918September 16, 1990) was an American tap dancer. He was a member of the Condos Brothers, with siblings Nick and Frank. The Condos Brothers are credited in the film \"Wake Up and Live\" (1937), in which two of the brothers are introduced by orchestra leader Ben Bernie and dance two tap routines, but the brothers are not further identified. They were also credited in the film \u201cMoon over Miami\u201d (1941) , as specialties. He danced in the films \"Song of the Open Road\" (1944), \"Meet Me After the Show\" (1951), \"Tap\" (1989), and numerous others. He collaborated with Jimmy Slyde on a program of jazz tap improvisation at the Smithsonian Institution during the 1980s.  He died at 71 of a heart attack, in Lyon, France, in a dressing room of the Maurice Ravel auditorium shortly after performing at the Lyon International Dance Biennial."}]}, {"title": "Steve Condous", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven George Condous (10 December 1935 \u2013 22 June 2018) was an Australian politician. From 1987 to 1993, he was the Lord Mayor of Adelaide before retiring to stand for state government. He was a Liberal Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1993 and 2002, representing the electorate of Colton. Condous was very active in local community causes including community clubs and sporting clubs. Condous did not re-contest his seat in the 2002 election, which was subsequently won by Labor candidate Paul Caica, defeating Liberal preselect John Behenna.  Condous died on 22 June 2018 at the age of 82."}]}, {"title": "Steve Conine", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven K. Conine (born 1972/73) is an American billionaire businessman, and the chief technology officer, chairman and co-founder (with Niraj Shah) of online retailer Wayfair. Conine graduated from Cornell University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in engineering in 1995. Conine co-founded Wayfair in 2002, and Is currently the co-chairman of the board. In June 2017, with Wayfair's rising share price Conine and his co-founder Niraj Shah both became billionaires, each with a net worth of $1.37 billion.  Conine is married to Alexi, they have three children, and live in Boston. They have a holiday home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming."}]}, {"title": "Steve Conley", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Donald Steven \"Steve\" Conley (born January 18, 1972) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. Conley played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Indianapolis Colts in his three-year NFL career. He also played in the Canadian Football League and the XFL. He attended the University of Arkansas, where he was named 1st team All-SEC as a senior in 1995. Conley is the younger brother of Olympic medalist Mike Conley, Sr., and the uncle of former Ohio State basketball player, and current Memphis Grizzlies Point Guard, Mike Conley, Jr.  Conley has appeared on the TLC TV series \"19 Kids and Counting\" and \"Counting On\" as a friend of the Duggar family."}]}, {"title": "Steve Conliff", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Conliff (November 24, 1949 \u2013 June 1, 2006) was a Midwestern-based Native American writer, historian, social satirist, alternative-media publisher and political activist in the 1960s and 1970s. Conliff is chiefly remembered for throwing a banana cream pie at James A. Rhodes, the governor of Ohio, in 1977, at the opening of the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, Ohio. Steve Conliff attended Miami University of Ohio, where he worked extensively with the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, known as \"the mobe.\" It was during his time with the mobe that he began to question the effectiveness of 'politics as usual' and at about the same time, met up with the Youth International Party (Yippies). It was as a newly-converted Yippie that Conliff moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 1970, briefly attending Ohio State University. Most of his activities revolved around politics and political organizing; he was a gifted and tireless organizer. One of his first experiences passing out anti-war leaflets at a local campus burger-joint got him arrested for vagrancy; he immediately challenged the constitutionality of the vagrancy laws as discriminatory against youth and poor people."}, {"context": " In the summer of 1970, Steve Conliff started his first Yippie publication, \"Purple Berries\"--which later morphed into the publication \"Sour Grapes\". Conliff was also one of the founders of the \"Columbus Free Press\" (to which he contributed up until his passing) and the public-education-critical \"Subversive Scholastic\" (1978\u201384). He regularly wrote for \"YIPster Times\" (1972\u201378), \"HVPTA / Bite Magazine\" (1978-80), and \"Overthrow\" (1979\u201398). In addition, Conliff's work also appeared in \"High Times\", \"News From Indian Country\", \"Akwesasne Notes\", \"Open Road\", \"Take Over\", \"Fifth Estate\", \"In These Times\" and \"The Mohican News\"-- among numerous other zines and underground newspapers, frequently writing under the pseudonym \"Leon Yipsky.\" He helped launch countless other publications, and published the local magazine \"Columbus Entertainment\" (which focused on cultural diversity before it was fashionable) from 1986 to 1988. (Note: \"no relation\" to the present owners of the magazine of the same name). A tribal descendant, Conliff presented papers detailing Mohican Indian history on the Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation (2001) at the New York State Museum in Albany (2004). He also contributed American Indian ethnography to \"Notable Native Americans\" (Gale 1993) and \"Volume 1 of the Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes\" (Gale 1998)."}, {"context": " Steve Conliff was an important leader of the Yippies' second wave, which included well-known activists such as Tom Forcade, Ben Masel, A.J. Weberman, Aron Kay (another famous pie thrower), David Peel, and Dana Beal. He was also the transatlantic coordinator of the Rock Against Racism USA campaign of 1979, helping to organize concerts in Columbus, Dayton, Madison, Detroit, Chicago, and New York City. Like Neal Cassady and similar charismatic personalities of the counterculture, it is hard to quantify the nearly-metaphysical impact Steve Conliff had on activists around him; besides storytelling and history-keeping, his great gifts were to inspire, encourage and engage."}, {"context": " Steve Conliff's decision to throw a pie at Governor Rhodes was due to Rhodes' direct role in the Kent State shootings; particularly 1) the ordering of Ohio National Guard troops onto campus, and 2) his angry speech given the day before the shootings (May 3, 1970) to assembled news media. Rhodes' infamous speech was said to inflame conservatives as well as the guardsmen occupying campus, thereby lighting the fuse of an already-incendiary situation: We have seen here at the City of Kent especially, probably the most vicious form of campus-oriented violence yet perpetrated by dissident groups and their allies in the State of Ohio ... these people just move from one campus to the other and terrorize a community. They're worse than the Brown Shirts and the communist element and also the Night Riders and the vigilantes. They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America. And I want to say that they're not going to take over the campus. And the campus now is going to be part of the County and the State of Ohio.In 1977, the Kent State University Administration decided to build a gymnasium on the exact site of the Kent State shootings, where there was already a small but respectful memorial to the four slain students erected by B'nai B'rith. As a result, all hell broke loose; there were numerous demonstrations and an infamous \"Tent City\" erected on the site that eventually had to be bulldozed down, its 193 inhabitants forcibly removed and arrested. It was in this carnival atmosphere that the pieing of Governor James Rhodes took place."}, {"context": " After pieing Rhodes and the generally-positive reaction, Conliff decided to run for governor against Rhodes, as a Republican. This campaign wasn't treated very seriously by Ohio media, but gave Conliff access to various conservative venues in which he delivered anti-war, anti-capitalist and pro-marijuana speeches to decidedly-unfriendly audiences with aplomb, which he seemed to enjoy:Yippie Conliff says he's too young to serve as governor even if elected, but sees no problem with the state not having a governor.When his Lieutenant Governor candidate, yippie Leatrice Urbanowicz, was thrown off the GOP ballot for being a registered Democrat, that was also an occasion for more Yippie hoopla."}, {"context": " One of Conliff's continuing characters throughout his work was an alter ego, \"the Leader of the Street People\", named Zorba the Freak. Zorba liked to dish about other Yippies (who often recognized themselves in his stories) and became locally legendary, as well as an inside joke among the Yippies. According to Columbus poet-activist Steve Abbott:In journalism, historically, columnists have created alter egos who they supposedly interview but who speak for them. Finley Peter Dunne did Mr. Dooley. Mike Royko did Slats Grobnik. And William Raspberry always had the taxicab driver in Washington. Conliff had someone called Zorba the Freak\u2014incredibly funny, incredibly well-written pieces that combine satire and commentary."}, {"context": " With Dana Beal and the New Yippie Book Collective, Conliff published the 733-page anthology \"Blacklisted News: Secret Histories from Chicago 1968 to 1984\", forward by William Kunstler. Steve Conliff wrote over half of this volume, a detailed chronicle of specific Yippie actions all over the world (in the middle section titled \"The Dreaded Yippie Curse\") and a colorful collection of underground posters, jeremiads, essays, news clippings, comics, photos, articles, reviews and other counter-cultural history."}, {"context": " Conliff met artist Suzan Bird in 1970, while she was working in the hippie enclave of Pearl Alley, adjacent to the OSU campus:He was selling \"Purple Berries\", and he would come by E.G. Leather on Pearl Alley trying to get ads. It was one of the old hippie shops. I worked there at the time, so I would sit on the porch and talk to him, and we got to know each other fairly well just sitting and chatting.The two married in 1973 and had three sons. Bird's art work often accompanied Conliff's written pieces, especially in \"Purple Berries\" and \"Sour Grapes\".  Steve Conliff died of lung cancer on June 1, 2006."}]}, {"title": "Steve Connelly", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Lee Connelly (born April 27, 1974) is a former American Major League Baseball pitcher and the current pitching coach for the Midland RockHounds, the Double-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. He played for the Oakland Athletics during the season. Connelly was born in Long Beach, California and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. Upon graduation Connelly was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates but chose instead to attend the University of Oklahoma where he helped contribute to the 1994 National Championship team."}, {"context": " Steve Connelly was drafted in the 24th round by the Oakland Athletics in the 1995 amateur draft, Connelly spent 4 years within the Oakland organization. Placed on waverers after the 1998 season, Connelly spent the next 5 seasons within the San Francisco Giants' organization before ending a 9-year professional career. In 2014, Connelly began his coaching career with the Vermont Lake Monsters. In 2015, he coached the Beloit Snappers. In 2016, Connelly was named as the pitching coach for the Stockton Ports. He was promoted to the Midland RockHounds for the 2018 season."}]}, {"title": "Steve Connor", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Connor (born October 5, 1961) is an author, speaker, leadership coach, and former NFL football player. He is the founder of Sports Outreach International, and has worked with athletes and sports organizations on every continent except Antarctica. His books have been distributed worldwide. Founded by Steve Connor in 1996, Sports Outreach International is devoted to developing leadership and fraternity through the avenues of sports and competition. They work with youth and sports organizations in countries across the globe. Sports Outreach International is associated with several different sports ministry organizations, including Intersports, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Athletes in Action and Christians in Sport. While living in England and Scotland (1990\u20132004) Connor helped pioneer youth sports ministries helping establish Christian sports camps (SportsPlus) in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland."}, {"context": " Connor has given lectures at many institutions, including Oxford University, Sandhurst Military Academy, Eton College and Joe Gibbs Racing. Connor has published eight books, including \"A Sporting Guide to Eternity\" (2004), which reached Thomas Wesley best-seller status and was short-listed for \u201cHarvest\u201d Christian book of the year in 2004. Connor designed a copyright free Coaching Character Curriculum that has been adapted for use in Africa, as well as by coaches, youth workers and organizations in Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, and South America."}, {"context": " Connor attended Wheaton North High School in northern Illinois, where he was a prominent football player. He first attended Northern Illinois University, as a Division 1 scholarship athlete in football. From there, he transferred to Azusa Pacific University, where he was twice named an All-American player (1982 and 1983) and was inducted into APU's Hall of Fame in 2008. After college, Steve was a free agent for the 1984 Chicago Bears, ending his season on the injured reserve list. In the 1985 season, he was picked up by the L.A. Rams as a free agent, where he suffered a career-ending knee injury."}, {"context": " After his time as a player, Connor moved on to coach football and work in sports ministry and sports leadership. He first coached at Western Washington University (1986). Later he became the Southern Indiana Area Director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He was Chaplain of Indiana University's varsity football team from 1987-1989 under Coach Bill Mallory, whom Connor had first met when Mallory coached at Northern Illinois University. Connor then coached the Oxford Saints American Football Club in England from 1990-1995. He was also Assistant Head Coach for the United States Air Force team at RAF Upper Heyford. In 1992-93, He has had various roles in chaplaincy to players in the Scottish Premier League and England's Premier League. He was Chaplain for the NFL Europe Scottish Claymores from 1999\u20132004. Recently, he returned as Chaplain for Indiana University's varsity football team under Coach Kevin Wilson, and currently holds that position with new coach Tom Allen. He also facilitates the network of sports ministries in North America and teaches leadership.  Connor lives with his wife and their three children in Bloomington, Indiana."}]}, {"title": "Steve Conroy (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Harold Conroy is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Chesterfield, England, he spent the bulk of his career playing for Sheffield United. Conroy had appeared as a schoolboy for Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire and England before signing as an apprentice for Sheffield United in 1972. Graduating to the first team squad in 1974, Conroy turned professional, but was usually employed as cover for the first choice keeper, and so did not make his league debut until 23 August 1977 in a 2\u20130 home victory over Hull City. Establishing himself in the first team in 1978, Conroy became first choice keeper until breaking his arm in an Anglo-Scottish Cup game against St Mirren in December 1979. His injury sidelined Conroy for over a year and he did not return to playing until the 1980\u201381 season and was part of the team that was relegated to Division Four for the first time in the club's history.  Conroy continued to be dogged by injuries and was eventually released by United in January 1983, signing for near neighbours Rotherham United on non-contract terms the following February. Released at the end of the season, Conroy then signed for Rochdale where he spent a further 18 months battling with injuries before returning to Rotherham for a final twelve-month spell in 1985. Following his retirement from playing, Conroy spent a time as part of the Sheffield United coaching staff."}]}, {"title": "Steve Conroy (referee)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Conroy (born 21 December 1966) is a former Scottish football referee. Conroy became a referee in 1993 and was admitted to the SFA list five years later. He was a regular referee in the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League. In March 2007, Conroy was the official for a SPL match between Hearts and Aberdeen. He sent off Hearts player Laryea Kingston, who reacted by calling Conroy a racist. Conroy reported Kingston to the Scottish FA and Kingston received a 3 game ban. Conroy took charge of his first Old Firm (Rangers vs Celtic) game on 3 January 2010."}, {"context": " On 3 December 2011, Conroy awarded a penalty to Rangers in their home game against Dunfermline. Sone Aluko, who won the penalty, was subsequently given a two-match ban for 'simulation'. Conroy was subsequently assigned to referee lower division matches and opted to retire in March 2012. He is also trained as a medical doctor. A former general practitioner, he is now lead medical practitioner for NHS Lanarkshire alcohol and drug addiction services. He is also the owner /director of 'Workwell', providing occupational health services."}]}, {"title": "Steve Constanzo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Costanzo (born 22 January 1988 in Ingham, Queensland) is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Townsville Heat in the Queensland Basketball League. Costanzo played one game for the Townsville Crocodiles in 2008, before a foot injury forced him out for the rest of the 2008-09 NBL season. He is also a valuable member of SMC. \"Oh how the mighty have fallen\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Conte", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Conte (born 23 September 1960) is an American musician, songwriter, guitarist, music producer, and lead singer of the band Steve Conte NYC. He has worked with Japanese composer Yoko Kanno on a variety of anime soundtracks including \"Wolf's Rain\", \"Cowboy Bebop\", \"RahXephon\" and \"\". He is the former lead guitarist of the New York Dolls. Conte was born on September 23, 1960, in New York City to a Calabrian musical family (mother Rosemary Conte is a New Jersey jazz singer). Conte followed his passion for music early at seven years old when he began playing drums. At ten years old, he picked up his brother John Conte's guitar and started making up songs. One year later, the Conte brothers recorded their first \"album\" in the family living room with Steve singing, playing guitar and drums, writing the songs, and \"producing\". He also played backup with his mother in many Jersey Shore venues. To pursue his musical talents further, he earned a full scholarship to attend Rutgers University and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in music with a focus on jazz guitar performance. At Rutgers, his classmates included fellow musicians Terrence Blanchard, Ralph Peterson, Jr., and Frank Lacy and studied under the tutelage of Ted Dunbar, Kenny Barron, Paul Jeffrey, and Larry Ridley. Upon graduation, he moved back to New York City and took his first road gig with legendary jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears."}, {"context": " During his early years in New York (1986\u201387), Conte landed a variety of gigs; he was a guitarist and musical director for Prince and The Revolution singer Jill Jones, session and live guitarist with James Brown producers Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight (Steve\u2019s first record date was the Hartman-produced Joy album by Paul King) as well as a stint with New Jersey rocker Glen Burtnick and jazz fusion band Bushrock led by keyboard virtuoso, Delmar Brown. In 1988, along with blues harp master Rob Paparozzi, Conte and his brother, John, founded the blues band The Hudson River Rats whose residency at the Acme Bar & Grill in the West Village afforded them the chance to meet and play with many blues greats and pop stars. The brothers performed with Etta James, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, Johnny Adams, Reese Wynans (Stevie Ray Vaughan), Phoebe Snow, Cyndi Lauper, John Waite, Richie Hayward (Little Feat), Will Lee, Lou Marini (The Blues Brothers), Carole King, The Uptown Horns, Steve Clark (Def Leppard), and many others. Legendary funk and soul drummer Bernard \u201cPretty\u201d Purdie eventually joined the band after jamming with them many times. This was Steve\u2019s entrance into the New York City studio musician scene, where he still works today. Besides numerous playing and singing on film, television soundtracks, commercials and video game music, he\u2019s been recorded on albums with many of his childhood heroes; The J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf (Fool\u2019s Parade, 1998) and James Brown saxophone player Maceo Parker (Funk Overload, 1998) as well as the single \u201cFear of the Unknown\u201d with rock legend Suzi Quatro."}, {"context": " Conte first became known to the music industry in the early 1990s as the songwriter and guitarist of the band Company of Wolves (Mercury Records). After the Wolves' breakup in 1992, he went on to form the band Crown Jewels with John Conte, and in 2003, the pair made an album under the name The Contes. In 2004, Steve Conte joined the New York Dolls as a guitarist and vocalist, where he would remain until 2010 when he joined Michael Monroe's new band. Conte also worked with composer Yoko Kanno and lyricist Tim Jensen on soundtracks to various popular anime series. Those works include the opening theme to \"Wolf's Rain\", titled \"Stray\", as well as the tracks \"Heaven's Not Enough\" and \"Could You Bite the Hand?\". All three appear on the OST albums. As a guest vocalist for the Kanno-led Seatbelts, Steve also sang vocals in episodes of \"Cowboy Bebop\", as well as the , most notably the song \"Call Me Call Me\", as well as \"Words That We Couldn't Say\", \"No Reply\" and \"Diggin'\". He also sang \"Rain\" on the OST CD, which is sung by Mai Yamane and featured in the series. He would later sing alongside Shanti Snyder on \"Living Inside the Shell\", the ending theme to 2004's \"\". Conte also performed on the duet \"The Garden of Everything\" with Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto on her \"RahXephon\"-related single \"Tune the Rainbow\". In 2007, Steve provided the vocals for the video game \"Sonic and the Secret Rings\". He sings the closing credits song titled \"Worth a Chance\", as well as the game's main theme \"Seven Rings in Hand\".  Conte formed the band Steve Conte & The Crazy Truth and produced a debut album on October 20, 2009, which was released through Var\u00e8se Sarabande Records. In 2010, Conte joined Michael Monroe's new band, The Michael Monroe Band, where he is a guitarist, along with fellow New York Doll and bassist Sami Yaffa. In September 2014, Steve provided solo acoustic guitar accompaniment for Angelina Jordan, winner of \"Norway's Got Talent\" (\"Norske Talenter\"), on the American television program \"The View\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Conte (actor)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Conte (January 16, 1920 \u2013 April 28, 1997) was an Italian-born actor who immigrated with his family to the United States in the early 1920s. A significant portion of his roles were playing henchmen, thugs, criminal types. He also had roles playing various ethnicities. He had a career that lasted nearly 37 years in both film and television. He appeared in approximately fifty different television series as well as over thirty films. He also worked with B Grade director Jerry Warren at least half a dozen times."}, {"context": " Conte was born in Gagliato, Italy on January 16, 1920. He came with his family via boat to New York. His adolescent years were spent in New York as well. During the Second World War, he was based in Europe as part of the Army Air Corps. After the war, he married his wife Shirley and had two children. Their marriage lasted until their divorce in the 1950s. According to his Imdb bio, in 1992, he was reunited with his son Steve, who was born in 1960 and put up for adoption. He died of Alzheimer's disease on April 28, 1997, at the age of 77. He was buried at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial cemetery."}, {"context": " As a character actor he was able to have a good run of work for some time. Many of the roles that he played were of the rugged type. One of his earliest roles was in 1950 as the Road Agent in \"Shotgun Messenger\" which was very first episode of \"The Marshal of Gunsight Pass\". Also the same year he played the part of Matt Riley in the William Berke directed western \"Gunfire\", which starred Don 'Red' Barry, and Robert Lowery. The following year he played the part of the Apache kid in the \"Ten Thousand Reward\" episode of \"The Range Rider\". Also that year he played Henchman Mac in the Robert Emmett Tansey directed \"Cattle Queen\". In 1959, he played the part of Whorf in the Jerry Warren directed \"Teenage Zombies\"."}, {"context": " In 1960, he had a guest starring role in \"M Squad\" episode, \" The Man Who Lost His Brain\". Also in the same year, he had another guest-starring role in \"Overland Trail\" in the \"All the O'Mara Horses\" episode. In 1962, he played Cabot in the Jerry Warren directed \"Terror of the Bloodhunters\". In 1966, he was working with Jerry Warren again who he had had previously in \"Teenage Zombies\", \"Terror of the Bloodhunters\", and \"Attack of the Mayan Mummy\". This time it was \"The Wild World of Batwoman\", released in 1966."}, {"context": " The early 1970s saw him in films like the western \"The Gatling Gun\" as private Mitchell, and in the Sci-Fi \"The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler\" as a Radio Operator. In the late 1970s, he played a prison guard in the Harold Becker-directed \"The Onion Field\". One of his last appearances is credited as an orderly in the Jeffrey Obrow / Stephen Carpenter-directed horror film, \"The Kindred\", in 1987. Throughout Conte's career, he played an assortment of henchmen and thug roles. He had approximately 23 roles playing, thugs, hoods, henchmen, burglars and criminal types."}, {"context": " He played the part of Henchman Mac in the 1951 film, \"Cattle Queen\", and Henchman Lait in \"Hopalong Cassidy\". In 1954, he played a bandit in the \"Wild Luke's Boy\" episode of \"General Electric Theater\". In 1955, he played a henchman in the Dick Ross directed film, \"Wiretapper\", and Cyclops, \"One-Eyed Henchman\" in the \"Guns Below the Border\" episode of \"The Gene Autry Show\". He had also played a henchman in two previous episodes of the show. He played henchmen in three episodes of \"Batman\" which were, \"Penguin Is a Girl's Best Friend\", \"Penguin Sets a Trend\", and \"Penguin's Disastrous End\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Convery", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven \"Steve\" Convery (born 27 October 1972, in Glasgow) is a Scottish former professional footballer. Convery began his career with junior side Arthurlie, and won the Scottish Junior Cup with them in 1998, scoring a goal in the final. In the summer of 1998, he was part of the Junior revolution which swept through Clyde, being one of eleven players coming from the junior ranks to join the Bully Wee. Convery became a fan favourite during his time with Clyde, and his goals were vital in the team winning the Scottish Second Division championship in 2000.  His final few years at Clyde were disrupted by several injuries, and he left in 2003 to join Hamilton Academical, after making 139 appearances and scoring 26 goals in 5 years. He spent two years at Hamilton before returning to Arthurlie. He signed for Beith Juniors in 2006, and retired from the game in 2008 after a leg break in a match against his former team, Arthurlie. He made 15 starts and scored 3 goals in his time as a player at Beith. He is now a coach at Beith."}]}, {"title": "Steve Conway", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve, Steven or Stephen Conway may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Conway (politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Conway (born October 5, 1944) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He is a member of the Washington State Senate. He was first elected to the senate in 2010, and previously represented District 29 of the Washington State House of Representatives for 18 years."}]}, {"title": "Steve Conway (writer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Conway originally came from Dublin, Ireland, and is best known as a broadcaster and writer, formerly of the offshore pirate station Radio Caroline, later on the Dublin indie rock station Phantom 105.2 and most recently 8Radio.com, an online station operated by Phantom founder Simon Maher. However, his main day job is within the I.T. industry and currently resides in County Westmeath in Ireland. Conway started his radio career on a small London rock-music pirate, South East Sound in 1985, before moving to Radio Caroline, where he rose to the positions of Head of News and Programme Controller (3). Initially, when he started for the first time on Radio Caroline, Steve's sole function was as a newsreader. In 1991 he was one of the final crew on board the Caroline ship Ross Revenge when it ran aground on the Goodwin Sands (2). In 1999, he returned to help relaunch Radio Caroline on satellite, moving home to Dublin and taking up a position the following year on Phantom, which at the time was a pirate. Steve had also involvement with at least two other pirates during the 1990s and the early 2000s - Radio Dublin and ABC Dublin. Steve Conway was Head of News during Phantom's two temporary license runs in 2003 and 2004. His main show on Phantom 105.2, when it was on a full-time license, was Random Access on Sunday evenings."}, {"context": " In 2009 Liberties Press published Conway's memoir, \"\". which details his involvement with Radio Caroline in its final years at sea (1987\u201391) and briefly covers the relaunch of the station on satellite in 1998/9. A revised edition of Shiprocked was published in November 2014. Steve also got involved in 2010 with a licensed Dutch radio station called Radio Seagull, which has something of the spirit of Radio Caroline about it. He worked once again with his brother Chris, who had previously worked with him in the late 1980s on Radio Caroline."}, {"context": " Steve has also had a short story \"Old Haunts\" published in a 2008 anthology of Irish writing, \"Census\". and has also contributed feature articles to the Irish music magazine Hotpress. Since 2013, Steve Conway has been a key player with online station 8Radio.com. It has had a number of temporary-licensed runs on FM radio between 2013 and 2016, covering Dublin, Cork and Limerick. Steve has presented a number of programs during these license runs. One of those programs (which is also presented online) is a long-running series called \"An A to Z of Great Tracks\".  (2) \"The Sunday Business Post\", 3 May 2009, \"Pirate Party On The High Seas\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Coogan", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John Coogan (; born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, stand-up comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, and producer. He began his career in the 1980s, working as a voice artist on the satirical puppet show \"Spitting Image\" and providing voiceovers for television advertisements. In the early 1990s, he began creating original comic characters, leading him to win the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 1999, he co-founded the production company Baby Cow Productions with Henry Normal."}, {"context": " While working with Armando Iannucci on \"On the Hour\" and \"The Day Today\", Coogan created his most developed and popular character: Alan Partridge, a socially awkward and politically incorrect regional media personality. He featured in several television series, which earned him three BAFTA nominations and two wins for Best Comedy Performance. A feature-length film, \"\", was released in 2013, and opened at number one at the British box office. Coogan grew in prominence within the film industry in 2002, after starring in \"The Parole Officer\" and \"24 Hour Party People\". He portrayed Phileas Fogg in the 2004 remake \"Around the World in 80 Days\" and co-starred in \"The Other Guys\", \"Tropic Thunder\", \"In the Loop\", \"Hamlet 2\", \"Our Idiot Brother\", \"Ruby Sparks\" and the \"Night at the Museum\" films, as well as collaborating with Rob Brydon in \"The Trip\" and \"A Cock and Bull Story\". He was also a voice actor in the animated comedy films \"Despicable Me 2\" and \"3\", as well as their prequel, \"Minions\", and had two parts in \"The Secret Life of Pets\". He played Hades in \"\"."}, {"context": " Coogan has also branched out into more dramatic roles, with \"What Maisie Knew\", and portrayed Paul Raymond in the biopic \"The Look of Love\". He co-wrote, produced, and starred in the film adaptation \"Philomena\", which earned him a Golden Globe and BAFTA nomination, and two Academy Award nominations (for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture). He has been cast in the lead role for the ABC television pilot \"Doubt\" and the Showtime drama \"Happyish\". On 22 November 2011, Coogan, along with Hugh Grant, gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry on phone hacking, favouring regulation of the press."}, {"context": " Coogan was born in Middleton, Lancashire, in 1965. He is one of six children born to Kathleen (n\u00e9e Coonan), a housewife, and Anthony Coogan, an IBM engineer. He was raised Roman Catholic, in a working class family. His mother is Irish-born, from County Mayo, and his father is of Irish descent. He attended Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School. He has stated that he had a happy childhood, and in addition to having four brothers and one sister, his parents fostered children on a short-term basis."}, {"context": " Coogan had a talent for impersonation, and wanted to go to drama school, despite being advised by a teacher that it could lead to a precarious profession. After five failed applications to various drama schools within London, he received a place at the theatre company New Music before gaining a place at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama, where he met future collaborator John Thomson. Coogan began his career as a comic and impressionist, performing regularly in Ipswich, before working as a voice artist for television advertisements and the satirical puppet show \"Spitting Image\". In 1989, he appeared in a series of specially shot sketches in the Observation round in the long-running ITV game show \"The Krypton Factor\". In 1992, Coogan won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his performance with long-time collaborator John Thomson, and starred alongside Caroline Aherne and John Thomson in a one-off Granada TV sketch show \"The Dead Good Show\". His most prominent characters developed at this time were Paul Calf, a stereotypical working class Mancunian, and his sister Pauline, played by Coogan in drag."}, {"context": " While working with Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris on the Radio 4 comedy \"On the Hour\", Coogan conceived his most popular and developed character, a socially awkward and politically incorrect regional media personality. He appeared as a sports presenter on the television comedy \"The Day Today\", before hosting his own chat show, \"Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge\". In 1997, Partridge returned in the sitcom \"I'm Alan Partridge\", which was followed by a second series in 2002, and received five BAFTA nominations. Partridge featured in Coogan's 2008 stand-up tour."}, {"context": " He revisited the character in two one-off Sky Atlantic specials, including \"\", which received a further two BAFTA nominations, as well as the mockumentary \"Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge\", which has been renewed for a second season. A feature-length film, \"\", was released in 2013. Paul Calf first began as a character named 'Duncan Disorderly' in Coogan's early stand-up routines. Calf first came to wider public notice in 1993, with several appearances on \"Saturday Zoo\", a late-night variety show presented by Jonathan Ross on Channel 4. Paul has appeared in two video diaries, an episode of \"Coogan's Run\", and in various stand-up performances. He is an unemployed Mancunian wastrel with a particular hatred of students. His catchphrase is \"Bag o' shite\". Paul lives in a council house in the fictional town of Ottle with his mother and his sister, Pauline Calf (also played by Coogan). His father, Pete Calf (played by Coogan in Coogan's Run) died some time before the first video diary was made. For a long time he was obsessed with getting back together with his ex-girlfriend, Julie. Paul's best friend is \"Fat\" Bob (played by John Thomson), a car mechanic who eventually married Pauline. Paul supports Manchester City and is very partial to Wagon Wheels. He wears Burton suits, sports a bleached mullet and drives a Ford Cortina."}, {"context": " Other Coogan creations include Tommy Saxondale, Duncan Thicket, Ernest Eckler and Portuguese Eurovision Song Contest winner Tony Ferrino. Duncan Thicket has appeared in a tour of live shows. Other TV shows he has starred in include \"Coogan's Run\", \"Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible\", \"Monkey Trousers\" and \"Saxondale\". Coogan has provided voices for the animated series \"I Am Not an Animal\" and \"Bob and Margaret\", two Christmas specials featuring \"Robbie the Reindeer\", and an episode of the BBC Radio Four spoof sci-fi series \"Nebulous\"."}, {"context": " He played the Gnat in the 1998 TV adaptation of \"Alice Through the Looking Glass\" starring Kate Beckinsale, and also starred in BBC2's \"The Private Life of Samuel Pepys\" in 2003, and \"Cruise of the Gods\" in 2002. In 2006, he had a cameo in the \"Little Britain\" Christmas special as a pilot taking Lou and Andy to Disneyland. In 2007, Coogan played a psychiatrist on HBO's \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\", and in 2008, starred in the BBC1 drama \"Sunshine\". In 2010, he reunited with actor Rob Brydon and director Michael Winterbottom (both of whom he had worked with on the 2002 film \"24 Hour Party People\" and 2006's \"A Cock and Bull Story\"), for the partially improvised BBC2 sitcom \"The Trip\", in which he and Brydon do a tour of northern restaurants, which he is writing up for \"The Observer\". \"The Trip\" was nominated for a 2011 Television BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy, and Coogan won Best Male Performance in a Comedy Role."}, {"context": " He provided the voices of Philip Masterson-Bowie (a horse) and Mark Andrews (a sparrow) for the animated comedy series \"I Am Not an Animal\". He was also the voice of Satan on \"Neighbors from Hell\". In December 2011, Coogan voiced Roger Mellie and Tracey Tunstall of The Fat Slags in three Viz \"Comedy Blaps\" for Channel 4. He voiced a cruise-ship director in \"The Simpsons\" episode \"A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again\". Coogan co-stars in \"Moone Boy\", along with Johnny Vegas and Chris O'Dowd, who also wrote the show. The series is a co-production between Sprout Pictures, who produced the original Little Crackers short, Baby Cow Productions, Hod Cod Productions and Grand Pictures, and began filming in early 2012 on location in Boyle and Dublin, Ireland. He also returned with his character Alan Partridge, in \"Alan Partridge\u00a0\u2013 Welcome to the Places of My Life\", which aired on Sky Atlantic. It was stated, by several critics and news papers, that the show has been highly anticipated, and was generally well received."}, {"context": " Notable film roles include Factory Records boss Tony Wilson in the film \"24 Hour Party People\", Mole in Terry Jones' \"The Wind in the Willows\", Phileas Fogg in a comical version of Jules Verne's \"Around the World in 80 Days\" from Disney, with Jackie Chan, Ambassador Mercy in \"Marie Antoinette\", Bruce Tick in \"Sweet Revenge\", and Octavius in \"Night at the Museum\" (a role he reprised in \"\" and \"\"). He has also played himself several times on screen. First, in one of the vignettes of Jim Jarmusch's 2003 film \"Coffee and Cigarettes\", alongside Alfred Molina. Second, in 2006 Coogan starred with Rob Brydon in Michael Winterbottom's \"A Cock and Bull Story\", a self-referential film of the \"unfilmable\" self-referential novel \"Tristram Shandy\" by Laurence Sterne. In the film, Coogan plays a fictional, womanising version of himself. Thirdly, he played himself in the 2010 film \"The Trip\". He worked again with director Winterbottom in \"The Look of Love\", about '50s porn-king Paul Raymond. His fourth time playing himself on screen was in the 2014 film \"The Trip to Italy\", a film about him and Rob Brydon taking a food-tasting trip through Italy, followed in 2017 by \"The Trip to Spain\""}, {"context": " The first film which he co-wrote with Henry Normal was \"The Parole Officer\", in which he also acted alongside Ben Miller and Lena Headey. Coogan has an uncredited cameo in \"Hot Fuzz\", scripted by \"Shaun of the Dead\" writers Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. Coogan's most acclaimed work to date is the drama-comedy \"Philomena\", which he co-wrote, produced, and starred in with Judi Dench. This performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination, among many other nominations (and some wins). \"Philomena\" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture."}, {"context": " Coogan's show \"Steve Coogan in character with John Thomson\" was winner of the Perrier Award for best show at the 1992 Edinburgh Fringe. He has won numerous awards for his work in TV including British Comedy Awards, BAFTAs and The South Bank Show award for comedy. In 2003, he was listed in \"The Observer\" as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. In 2005, a poll to find the \"Comedians' Comedian\" saw him being voted amongst the top 20 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders."}, {"context": " In March 2008, it was confirmed that Coogan would return to doing stand-up comedy as part of his first stand-up tour in ten years. The tour, named \"Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge and other less successful characters\", saw the return of some of his old characters including Paul Calf and Alan Partridge. Reviews of the tour were mixed. Much of the criticism focused on the apparent unrehearsed quality of some of the performances and nervous stage presence of Coogan's. Chortle comedy guide described it as \"most definitely a show of two halves: the superlative Alan Partridge plus a collection of characters that are not only less successful, but woefully less funny\"."}, {"context": " As the tour progressed and the problems were ironed out, reviews were very positive. Dominic Maxwell of \"The Times\" described the show as \"twice as entertaining as most other comedy shows this year.\" Brian Logan of \"The Guardian\" awarded it four stars and described it as \"shamelessly funny.\" Reviews such as the one from the Trent FM Arena exemplified how much the show had improved after dealing with the glitches on its first few dates: \"When Steve Coogan first brought this show to Nottingham last month, the reviews were poor... the intervening weeks have made a big difference, and last night's audience at the Trent FM Arena went home happy. More please, and soon.\""}, {"context": " In 2009, Coogan was featured, alongside Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and Julia Davis, in the spoof documentary TV film \"Steve Coogan\u00a0\u2013 The Inside Story\". Coogan, along with his writing partner Henry Normal, founded Baby Cow Productions in 1999. Together, they have served as executive producers for shows such as \"The Mighty Boosh\", \"Nighty Night\", \"Marion and Geoff\", \"Gavin & Stacey\", \"Human Remains\" and \"Moone Boy\", as well as the Alan Partridge feature film \"\". They have also produced \"Where Are the Joneses?\", an online sitcom which uses wiki technology to allow the audience to upload scripts and storyline ideas."}, {"context": " Coogan said he \"liked to keep himself private\", adding; \"I have never wanted to be famous, as such\u00a0\u2013 fame is a by-product\". He has been a popular target of the British tabloid press since 1996, who he stated have subjected him to entrapment and blackmail, printed obvious falsehoods about him, also targeting his family and friends in attempts to extract stories from them. Coogan in some cases gave a strong denial to allegations, but in others did not contest them because he wanted to shield vulnerable friends from adverse publicity."}, {"context": " The tabloids also published intrusive information about his relationships and the schooling of his child. Coogan has also been critical of the broadsheet press, saying they have colluded with the tabloids in the interests of selling newspapers. In 2005 he said \"\"The Guardian\" tends to have its cake and eat it. It waits for the tabloids to dish the dirt and then it talks about the tabloids dishing the dirt while enjoying it themselves.\" However, Coogan later gave credit to the same newspaper for its investigation of the phone hacking scandal."}, {"context": " Coogan said that because of the persistent intrusion into his private life, the press had effectively made him \"immune\" to further attack, as his \"closet is empty of skeletons\". Coogan became a prominent figure in the News International phone hacking scandal as one of the celebrities who took action against the British tabloids in light of these events. He was made aware by his phone service provider of \"possible anomalies\" on his phone in 2005 and 2006. In 2010, Coogan's legal firm obtained a partially redacted version of Glenn Mulcaire's hacking notebook by a court order which showed Coogan had been targeted and his personal information was in the possession of Mulcaire."}, {"context": " Mulcaire was forced by the High Court of Justice to disclose to Coogan's legal team who amongst the staff at the \"News of the World\" ordered him to hack phones. This information was obtained by Coogan's lawyers on 26 August 2011. Interviewed on \"Newsnight\" on 8 July 2011, Coogan said he was \"delighted\" by the closure of the \"News of the World\" and said it was a \"fantastic day for journalism\". He said the idea of press freedom was used by the tabloids as a \"smokescreen for selling papers with tittle-tattle\" and said the argument against press regulation was \"morally bankrupt\"."}, {"context": " Coogan provided an eight-page witness statement to the Leveson Inquiry and appeared at the inquiry on 22 November 2011 to discuss the evidence. He said he was there reluctantly representing a lot of celebrities who felt they could not speak out for fear of reprisals from the tabloid press. Coogan's younger brother, Brendan, is a former \"Top Gear\" presenter, and his elder brother, Martin, was the lead singer of the early 1990s band The Mock Turtles. All three attended the Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School in Middleton, Greater Manchester. Although brought up Catholic, Coogan now describes himself as an atheist."}, {"context": " Coogan married Caroline Hickman in 2002, and divorced in 2005. Coogan entered rehab for personal issues. He dated model China Chow for three years. In March 2011, Coogan was guest editor for lads mag \"Loaded\", where he met and began dating glamour model Loretta \"Elle\" Basey. They were together until 2014. He has a daughter, Clare Coogan-Cole, from a previous four-year relationship with solicitor Anna Cole. A noted motoring enthusiast, he has owned a succession of Ferrari cars, but stopped buying them after realising that the depreciation and running costs were greater than hiring a private plane. In February 2016, Coogan was fined \u00a3670 and banned from driving for 28 days after being caught speeding in Brighton."}, {"context": " Coogan's autobiography, \"Easily Distracted\", was published in October 2015. Coogan supports the Labour Party. He believes that the Conservative Party think \"people are plebs\" and that \"they like to pat people on the head\". In August 2014, Coogan was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to \"The Guardian\" opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. In June 2017, Coogan endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 UK general election. He opened for Corbyn at a rally in Birmingham saying: \"The Tory tactic was to try to make this a choice between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn, but this has backfired as people\u00a0\u2013 and I readily admit to being one of them\u00a0\u2013 have started to listen to what Jeremy Corbyn says rather than what other people have been saying about him.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Cook", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Anthony Cook (born 19 April 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for club AFC Bournemouth. Born in Hastings, East Sussex, Cook made his first-team debut for Brighton & Hove Albion during the League Cup third round victory over Manchester City on 24 September 2008. He made his second substitute appearance for Brighton during a 2\u20131 FA Cup first round replay defeat against Hartlepool United on 18 November 2008. On 23 December 2008, Cook joined Conference South team Havant & Waterlooville on loan for six-weeks. When this loan expired, he once again found himself involved in the Brighton first team, making his third substitute appearance for the club during the Football League Trophy Southern Final penalty shoot-out defeat to Luton Town."}, {"context": " Cook made his first league appearance for Brighton during a 4\u20130 home defeat to Crewe Alexandra on 28 February 2009. He, along with fellow youth players Steve Brinkhurst and Josh Pelling, signed professional contracts with Brighton on 7 May 2009. On 20 November 2009, Cook joined Conference South team Eastleigh on loan to gain first-team match experience. He was sent off on his debut in a 1\u20131 draw with Lewes in the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy on 21 November 2009. On 16 September 2010, Cook once again went on loan, this time to Conference Premier side Eastbourne Borough where he spent a month. After making seven appearances and scoring once, Eastbourne were keen to extend the loan deal for the player, but were however unsuccessful as he later joined Conference Premier rivals Mansfield Town on a loan deal lasting until January 2011. Brighton manager Gus Poyet later revealed that he felt Cook would add another ingredient to his footballing education by spending time away from Sussex and that it would force him to \"grow up\"."}, {"context": " Cook made his first appearance for Brighton in over two-and-a-half years during the League Cup game against Liverpool in September 2011. On 27 October 2011, he joined League One side AFC Bournemouth on loan. On 3 January 2012, Cook re-joined Bournemouth permanently for \u00a3150,000 signing a three-and-a-half-year deal. On 4 December 2016, he scored to equalise and then created the winning goal as Bournemouth completed one of the comebacks of the season to beat Liverpool for the first time in their history 4\u20133 in a sensational Premier League game.  AFC Bournemouth"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cook (bowler)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cook (born January 13, 1957) is an American retired left-handed ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He was known as the largest physical specimen on the PBA Tour, standing and weighing in around . He was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1993, and was ranked #25 on the PBA's 2008 list of \"50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years.\" In 2014, Steve was elected to the USBC Hall of Fame for Superior Performance. Cook won his first PBA title at the age of 21, and finished with 15 titles in his career. Among the titles were major championships at the 1981 PBA Tournament of Champions, the 1983 Touring Players Championship, and the 1986 U.S. Open (one of four total titles he earned in 1986 alone). He cashed more than $800,000 in earnings over his PBA career.  Cook is the brother-in-law of fellow PBA Hall of Fame bowler Mike Aulby. After retiring from competition, he developed his own eponymous bowling supply business."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cook (cyclist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cook is an American former professional mountain bike racer, from Durango, Colorado. He was an inaugural inductee into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, in 1988. Cook raced from 1980 to 1988, and his first major event was the NORBA Nationals in 1984, at which he took second place. He also rode his custom mountain bike in cyclo-cross races (in which narrow-tired road cycles are more commonly used), and even took a state championship in that discipline. After retiring from racing, Cook became the operator of a mountain bike rental shop in Crested Butte, Colorado, where he is also well known for trailblazing, credited with the establishment of the \"Single-track\" trail network in the area's National Forest."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cook (pool player)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cook (December 31, 1946 \u2013 October 21, 2003), was an American professional player and instructor of pocket billiards (pool). He is best known for the extremely challenging game of one-pocket, which Cook described as \"the pool game for and creative abilities.\" He was nicknamed \"Cookie Monster\", and due to his unassuming appearance hiding world-class talent, \"the Clark Kent of one-pocket\". Cook was inducted into the One Pocket Hall of Fame in 2005. Multiple world championship winner Allen Hopkins said of Cook that he \"was probably the best player in the world from 1976 until the mid-\"."}, {"context": " As a child, born in Lima, Ohio, Cook suffered debilitating bone deterioration in his right hip, from ages 5 to 10, preventing him from playing running sports, and leading to a focus on hand\u2013eye coordination games. By his teens, Cook was a local champion at table tennis and golf (also winning the National Putter Tournament at 15), as well an accomplished bowler. He did not begin playing pool until age 14, but soon focused all of his sporting attention on the game. By 19, Cook had attracted a pro, Danny Jones, to play him in an exhibition match, and went on to place 23rd at his first Stardust Open tournament at the titular casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.."}, {"context": " He subsequently managed a pool hall in Springfield, Ohio, and in 1968 moved to Tampa, Florida where he ran Dale Mabry Billiards with is friend and one-pocket mentor \"Lefty\" Goff for several years. in that era the premier one-pocket event. He was both One-pocket and All-around Champion at the 1970 Stardust event, at age 23. He competed in other events throughout the 1970s, including the US Open. After many years of victories in only small events, Cook took the 1991 Legends of One Pocket Philadelphia championship (and was runner-up in that year's earlier Legends event in Las Vegas), and later went on to win the 1993 Los Angeles Open. The 1991 victory made him one of only two players to ever win both the Stardust and Legends one-pocket titles."}, {"context": " Aside from competing professionally, Cook served as the manager and house pro at Varsity Billiard Room in Tampa from the early 1970s to 1996, In this capacity, Steve did as much as he could to promote the game of pocket billiards. An example was that here he was, a world champion one-pocket player, and he would give one-pocket lessons at Varsity Billiards for $10.00 per hour. Most other professional players would charge $1000.00 a session for lessons. Steve really did what he could to help anyone improve their game."}, {"context": " Cook was also one of a number of contributing authors to the one-pocket book \"Shots, Moves and Strategies: As Taught by the Game's Greatest Players\" (edited by Eddie Robin), now a highly sought-after collector's item. 1970 Stardust Open: Champion (One-pocket and All-around Divisions)> 1991 Legends of One Pocket (Philadelphia): Champion 1991 Legends of One Pocket (Las Vegas): Runner-up (to Allen Hopkins) 1993 Los Angeles Open: Champion In 1996, Cook returned to Lima, Ohio, to care for his mother after she suffered a stroke. He continued playing in the Midwest, and occasionally in major events in Las Vegas and elsewhere.  At the age of 56 he died in his sleep on October 21, 2003 in his hometown of Lima, of causes that were not disclosed in his obituary."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cook (skier)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cook is a retired disabled athlete who has won medals at the Paralympic Games. In 1988 he lost his right-leg below the knee in a farm accident. He first got into biking and was at the Summer 1996 Summer Paralympics for road cycling. He later switched to Nordic skiing and went on to win four silver medals at the 2002 Winter Paralympics, the overall World Cup title in 2005 and two gold medals in the 2006 Winter Paralympics. In 2007 he announced his retirement."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cooke", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Cooke (born 1970) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1992\u20131994 and 1996-1998. He was named as the LHP in the Topps All-Star Rookie Team in 1993. He was born Stephen Montague Cooke III January 14, 1970 in Lihue, Hawaii. He graduated from Tigard High School in Tigard, Oregon, and attended the College of Southern Idaho. His ancestors include Joseph Platt Cooke (1730\u20131816), Amos Starr Cooke (1810\u20131871), Gerrit P. Judd (1803\u20131873) and Albert Francis Judd (1838\u20131900). Baseball pioneer Alexander Cartwright was fire chief in Honolulu in the late 19th century and organized school baseball games at Punahou School where many of his ancestors attended."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cooke (football coach)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cooke is an English football manager. He is currently the head coach of Oklahoma City Energy FC in the United Soccer League. Cooke was born in Sheffield, the son of a steelworker and grandson of a coal miner. He played football in his youth, but was unable to pursue a professional career. At the age of 16, Cooke began studying to become a football coach, earning his coaching license and attending Carnegie College. He was hired by Sheffield Wednesday F.C. as a youth coach at the age of 22. He moved to the United States in 1996 to work for a youth club in Phoenix, Arizona.  After a stint with a Las Vegas youth club from 2007 to 2010, Cooke was hired by the Colorado Rapids to coach in the development academy, as well as serving the senior team as an assistant coach under Oscar Pareja and Pablo Mastroeni beginning in 2014. On 15 August 2017, the Rapids announced that they had parted ways with Mastroeni and named Cooke as interim coach through the end of the 2017 season."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cookson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven John Cookson (born 19 February 1972 in Wolverhampton) is an English former professional footballer. Cookson began his career as a trainee with Torquay United, making his debut during the 1989-90 season whilst still a trainee. He turned professional in July 1990 and went on to make 12 appearances for the Gulls, scoring once before released in May 1991. He was released to join Nottingham Forest in 1990 on trial period before returning to Torquay. On his release he joined non-league Cradley Town, along with others who had just been released by Torquay, Darren Attwood and Alan Convy."}, {"context": " 1992 played for Banche in Belgium league for short spell. 1993 played for Floreat Athena in Perth, Australia and then transfer to Sorrento where he was top goal scorer in league and voted player of season only to return home to family business. In July 1997 the North Devon Journal linked Cookson with a move from Stourbridge to Bideford, then managed by his cousin, the former Torquay forward, Dean Edwards, but the move never came to fruition. He joined Bloxwich Town in July 2000. He joined Paget Rangers in March 2001, having been linked with a move the previous December, but was with back with Bloxwich Town by October 2001.  Represented ex pro Sunday team Marstons Sports in uk Sunday league and went on to win FA Sunday national cup."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cookson (politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cookson (born June 26, 1956) is an American politician. He is a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, having served since 2011. He is a member of the Republican party."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cooley", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Lawrence \"Steve\" Cooley (born May 1, 1947) is an American politician and prosecutor. He was the Los Angeles County District Attorney from 2000 to 2012. Cooley was re-elected in 2004 and again in 2008. In 2010, Cooley won the Republican nomination for California Attorney General against John C. Eastman and Tom Harman in the June 8 primary election. During the general election campaign, Cooley said he would defend Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot measure that banned same-sex marriages in California but was then being appealed in the federal courts. Cooley lost to the Democratic nominee, San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, in the November 2 general election, a close race whose results were not finalized until November 24, 2010."}, {"context": " The second of five children, Cooley was born at St. Vincent's Hospital (now St. Vincent's Medical Center) in Los Angeles. His father was an FBI agent and his mother a homemaker. Cooley attended Pater Noster High School in Los Angeles. At California State University, Los Angeles, Cooley served two terms as Student Body President and was selected for membership in Phi Kappa Phi. He was also a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. In 1970, he was commencement speaker for his graduating class. He entered the University of Southern California Law School and received his Juris Doctor in 1973. That same year he joined the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Cooley served over seven years as a reserve police officer with LAPD and 27 years as prosecutor."}, {"context": " Cooley challenged two-term incumbent District Attorney Gil Garcetti in the 2000 election. Garcetti and Cooley had a longstanding personal and professional rivalry, going back to at least 1996 when Cooley supported Garcetti's opponent for re-election, John Lynch. Garcetti defeated Lynch by a margin of approximately 5,000 votes out of slightly more than 2.2 million votes. After the election, Cooley was demoted by Garcetti demoted Cooley from a supervisory position to the county's obscure Welfare Fraud division. The move mirrored Garcetti's demotion as the chief deputy for the entire county in 1988 by then-incumbent Ira Reiner, which caused Garcetti to challenge his former mentor and defeat him in the 1992 general election."}, {"context": " Cooley upset Garcetti in a competitive three-person primary, taking 39 percent of the vote to Garcetti's 37, forcing the two into a runoff in the November general election. In the two-person runoff, Cooley defeated Garcetti 64 to 36 percent. He was the first attorney with trial experience to be elected District Attorney since 1984. At his 2000 swearing-in ceremony, he charged his over 1,000 prosecutors \u2013 including more than 300 District Attorney investigators and 600 clerical, technical and support staff \u2013 to \"show no fear in pursuing the criminal element, but also be fearless in the pursuit of justice.\""}, {"context": " Cooley instituted a reorganization of the District Attorney's Office. On April 9, 2003, he announced that he was closing the office's Environmental Crimes unit. The closure left only one attorney to cover all environmental crimes in Los Angeles County. The reorganization also included the creation of the Justice System Integrity Division, Forensic Science Section and Victim Impact Program. Cooley changed the office's policy on California's Three Strikes Law, with the stated purpose to assure proportionality in sentencing and even-handed application countywide. Throughout his time as District Attorney, Cooley continued his efforts against the Three Strikes Law in favor of proportionality, including supporting ballot measures that would have altered Three Strikes. The blowback from those efforts ultimately led Cooley to leave the California District Attorneys Association in 2006."}, {"context": " As District Attorney, Cooley first made the headlines in the prosecution of Winona Ryder for shoplifting. Cooley filed four felony charges against her and led of team of eight prosecutors in what was described by British newspaper \"The Guardian\" as a \"show-trial.\" In 2006, Cooley was the most notable law enforcement official to publicly oppose Proposition 83, better known as \"Jessica's Law,\" a measure named after Jessica Lunsford, a 9-year-old who was raped and murdered by a paroled sex offender in Florida. Cooley criticized Jessica's Law as being \"not carefully crafted,\" adding that \"Not liking sex offenders is a good thing and a popular thing, but when you are creating something to deal with them you have to think it through.\" California voters passed Proposition 83 with 70.5% of the vote."}, {"context": " During his second term, Cooley's office was unsuccessful in the prosecution of Robert Blake for the murder of his wife Bonnie Lee Bakley. When interviewed about Robert Blake's acquittal, Cooley publicly called members of the jury who acquitted Blake \"incredibly stupid\" and refused to apologize for the statement. According to the \"Los Angeles Times\", advocates for battered women criticized Cooley's handling of Deborah Peagler's case and others like it. In eight out of eight cases, he opposed the use of a California law that allows battered women in prison to be given a new hearing if evidence of domestic violence was omitted during the original proceedings. Cooley had initially supported Peagler's release from prison, but then withdrew his written offer to reduce the battered woman's prison sentence."}, {"context": " Just a week before the 2008 election that he ultimately won, Cooley was attacked for violating Jessica's Law and making a deal with defense attorneys and judges to postpone seeking tougher sanctions against a group of serious sex offenders that had completed their prison terms. Rather than seeking indefinite hospitalization for some offenders, as allowed under a November 2006 ballot measure, Cooley only sought two years. In June 2008 Cooley was elected to a third term, defeating his challengers, Steve Ipsen, President of the L.A. County Prosecutors Union, and Albert Robles, an attorney and professor. Cooley was heavily criticized for his opposition of Proposition 9 (Marsy's Law: The Victim's Bill of Rights). Cooley told the \"L.A. Times\", just before voters went to the polls over \"Marsy's Law\" that the measure, which ended up passing, would sweep aside \"decades of legislative scrutiny and judicial review.\" It plays to voters' feelings, selling itself with a female victim's name, \"like a cherry on the ice cream.\""}, {"context": " The \"L.A. Times\" editorial desk wrote on April 28, 2008 of Cooley, \"It is noteworthy that he criticized predecessor Gil Garcetti in 2000 for seeking a third term and promised that he would serve only two.\" But in 2008, he sought a third term, despite his promise. One of Cooley's 2008 re-election opponents, Albert Robles, faced misdemeanor charges filed against him by the D.A.'s office in November 2007. Robles was charged with printing a pair of political mailers without a return address and expending more than $100 cash in a political campaign. Robles accused Cooley of direct involvement in the charges brought against him because of a personal vendetta and to affect the outcome of the June 2008 D.A. election. Cooley denied those allegations. In October 2008 a jury found Robles not guilty of all charges after deliberating for only 20 minutes, and he was re-elected a month later to his seat on the board of the Water Replenishment District of Southern California."}, {"context": " Cooley was sued in federal court by the Association of Deputy District Attorneys. The suit was filed for allegedly violating the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Judge Otis D. Wright II described District Attorney Cooley's actions as \"striking and rampant\". Judge Wright issued a preliminary injunction ordering Cooley to desist from behavior seen as discriminating and/or retaliating against employees on the basis of union membership. The \"L.A. Times\" reported that \"Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley waged an illegal anti-union campaign in which he and his staff harassed and unfairly disciplined union officers.\" Thomas S. Kerrigan, an L.A. County hearing officer for the Employee Relations Commission heard months of testimony and found that veteran deputy district attorneys and prosecutors under Cooley, with outstanding evaluations, were retaliated against. Kerrigan claimed that Cooley had conducted a \"deliberate and thinly disguised campaign\" aimed at destroying the union. The \"Metropolitan News-Enterprise\" reported that Kerrigan exchanged emails with an ERCOM executive showing biased ex-parte communications and the removal of emails from materials provided in discovery."}, {"context": " In 2009 Cooley gained coverage all over the country when, along with federal authorities, he requested that the Swiss government arrest and extradite movie director Roman Polanski, who was traveling to the Zurich Film Festival. Polanski had been a fugitive for 31 years after originally fleeing the United States in February 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor in Los Angeles. Swiss courts dismissed the extradition request in July 2010 and released Polanski. Cooley, J.D. Fredricks (1903\u20131915) and Buron Fitts (1928-1940) are the only Los Angeles County district attorneys to serve three complete terms. Cooley did not run for a fourth term in 2012."}, {"context": " In 2009 Cooley declared his opposition to medicinal marijuana dispensaries that sell over-the-counter in Los Angeles County. His administration aggressively prosecuted political corruption in the City of Los Angeles as well as such communities as Bell, Vernon, Beverly Hills, Compton, Inglewood, South Gate, Temple, and Irwindale among many others. Cooley investigated state Senator Rod Wright for living outside of his elected district, and Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt F. Dorn for a low-interest loan from the City of Inglewood. Dorn and Wright were both convicted."}, {"context": " In 2012 Cooley founded Steve Cooley & Associates (http://stevecooley.com), a consulting firm whose website states that it \"service(s) ... clients in the furtherance of their business ventures, advance(s) civil litigation, and advise(s) on criminal matters\". The distinction between civil and criminal litigation would seem to say that the company does not represent clients in criminal trials, despite the fact that Cooley's career has been in criminal prosecution. In 2017 Cooley began to defend David Daleiden, an anti-abortion activist and founder of the Center for Medical Progress, after Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, were indicted on fifteen charges for surreptitiously recording several Planned Parenthood executives without their permission and claiming Planned Parenthood was illegally selling body parts from fetuses."}, {"context": " As part of the National Abortion Federation's lawsuit against Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress, Federal Judge William Orrick III and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction forbidding Daleiden and CMP from publishing any more videos they had illegally obtained at private professional meetings. However, new videos then appeared on the website of Daleiden's attorney, former Los Angeles County District Attorney, Steve Cooley. Judge Orrick ordered Daleiden, and his attorneys, Cooley and Brentford J. Ferreira to appear at a June 14 hearing to consider contempt sanctions. On July 11, 2017 Judge Orrick found attorneys Cooley and Ferreira in contempt of court saying, \"With respect to the criminal defense counsel, they do not get to decide whether they can violate the preliminary injunction\"."}, {"context": " On July 17, Judge Orrick found Daleiden in contempt, as well as his lawyers and the Center for Medical Progress itself. Judge Orrick ordered Mr. Daleiden to turn over video footage and other materials related to his 2016 preliminary injunction. On August 31, Judge Orrick found Daleiden and his attorneys, Steve Cooley and Brentford Ferreira, liable for the payment of $195,359 to compensate the National Abortion Federation for legal fees and increased security for \"expenses incurred as a result of the violation of my Preliminary Injunction Order\". Judge Orrick wrote that Mr. Daleiden's attorneys, Cooley and Ferreira, were included in the sanctions intended to ensure \"current and future compliance\" with his order.  Cooley has been married to Jana, a former court reporter, since 1975. Their son, Michael, is a producer for Fox Sports and is married to a deputy district attorney. Their daughter Shannon is a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County Attorney's office."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cooney", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen \"Steve\" Cooney is an Australian musician of Irish ancestry. He was born in Australia, where he learned to play the didgeridoo, and from the age of seventeen he played in a number of rock bands. He moved to Ireland in the early 1980s, and since then he played, noticeably the guitar, over 60 albums with Irish artists, such as the Irish band Altan, The Chieftains, Clannad and Andy Irvine. He also composed his own material and is one of the most sought-after producer/arrangers in traditional music."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cooper (football manager)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Cooper is a Welsh football manager and former semi-professional footballer. Cooper began his career at Wrexham but did not make an appearance for the club. He later played for Rhyl, Bangor City, The New Saints and Porthmadog. While at Bangor City, he played in the UEFA Cup against FK Sartid Smederevo in 2002. At the age of 27, Cooper became a UEFA Pro-licence qualification holder. On 3 September 2008, after being head of youth development at Wrexham, he was appointed at Liverpool, initially taking charge of the under-12's. On 18 July 2011 he was named Academy manager.  On 13 October 2014, Cooper was appointed as manager of the England national under-16 team. The following year, he was in charge of the under-17s. Cooper is the son of former Welsh referee Keith Cooper. He resides in Wrexham and describes himself as a \"proud Welshman\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cooper (footballer, born 1955)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cooper (born 14 December 1955) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in Stourbridge, Cooper played for Stourbridge, Torquay United and Saltash United."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cooper (footballer, born 1964)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cooper (22 June 1964 \u2013 15 February 2004) was an English footballer best known for his time spent with Airdrieonians. His headed goal in the semi-final at Hampden against Hearts ensured that his Airdrie side made it to the 1995 Scottish Cup final and he played the full 90 minutes against Celtic as the Diamonds lost 1\u20130 to a Pierre van Hooijdonk goal. Before joining Airdrie, Cooper played for a number of clubs in England, most notably Tranmere Rovers, where he scored twice in Tranmere's successful playoff campaign in 1991 that saw the club promoted to the first division, and also scored in the club's 3\u20132 defeat against Cooper's former club Birmingham City in the Leyland DAF Cup final, also in 1991. In 1984, he had a loan spell in the Netherlands with NAC Breda.  Cooper is also remembered by fans of Peterborough United after he came off the bench to score a late diving header from a Worrell Sterling cross in the 1992 Division 3 playoff semi final against Huddersfield Town. He was inducted into the Airdrie United Hall of Fame in 2004 as recognition of his service to the club. He died in his sleep on 15 February 2004, having unknowingly cracked his skull in a fall."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cooreman", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve is the son of Maurice Cooreman."}]}, {"title": "Steve Coote", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Coote (born 19 September 1970 in Farnworth, Bolton) is a former English darts player who currently plays in the British Darts Organisation events. He is not a full-time professional and works as a fireman. Coote made his televised debut at the 1999 Winmau World Masters, beating Matt Chapman in the first round, before losing in the second round to Dave King. He then played at the 2000 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Martin Adams in the first round, but lost to Co Stomp\u00e9. In the 2001 BDO World Darts Championship he lost in the first round to Wayne Mardle. In the 2002 World Championship, he beat Sweden's Markus Korhonen in round one, but lost to Martin Adams in the second round. He followed that with a semi-final place at the 2002 World Masters, with wins over Darryl Fitton, Alan Reynolds, Ted Hankey and Mike Veitch. His run ended though with a defeat to Tony West. In 2003, he was beaten in the first round at Lakeside by Mervyn King. The 2004 World Championship saw him play in a thriller with Gary Robson. Coote was 2-0 up in sets, but Robson fought back to level it at 2-2 and eventually took the match in a sudden death leg."}, {"context": " Shortly afterwards, Coote switched to the rival Professional Darts Corporation. His first tournament in the PDC was the Las Vegas Desert Classic Qualifiers and he qualified for the event. He reached the quarter-finals, losing to the eventual winner Phil Taylor. Despite his PDC career getting off to a great start, he never made much progress afterwards, with only a quarter-final place in the Bob Anderson Classic in 2005 to show for. He played at the 2006 UK Open, reaching the last 64 stage. He then reached the last 32 of the Bobby Bourn Memorial, receiving \u00a3150 for his efforts. It would be his final winnings in the PDC Pro Tour as he suffered early exit in qualifiers for the World Grand Prix and World Championship as well as the UK Open Regionals, earning no money as a result. During 2013 Coote has won a tour card while playing in the PDC Qualifying School, so he can now play on the PDC Circuit.  In September 2007, Coote became a rarity in world darts, becoming one of only a few players to return to the BDO after switching to the PDC. However his second spell began just like his final PDC days, suffering early exits from the World Masters and the Lakeside World Championship qualifiers. He then found some form, reaching the last 16 of the Scottish Open in February 2008 losing to Garry Thompson who caused a major shock by winning the event. Coote quit the BDO in 2017."}]}, {"title": "Steve Coppell", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen James Coppell (born 9 July 1955) is an English football manager and former player, who is the manager of the ATK in the Indian Super League. As a player, he was a highly regarded right winger known for his speed and work rate. He won domestic honours with Manchester United and represented England at the World Cup. After a knee injury ended his playing career, he went into management. He has managed several English clubs, most notably Crystal Palace and Reading, both of which he took from the English second tier to achieve each club's greatest-ever successes in the top flight. He has also managed Manchester City, Bristol City, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Brentford. He is credited with discovering players such as Ian Wright, a striker he signed from non-league football, and who became a household name and international footballer."}, {"context": " Coppell has a degree in economics which he gained at Liverpool University while playing for Manchester United. At the age of 11, Coppell attended Quarry Bank High School in south Liverpool, where musician John Lennon and footballer Joe Royle had previously been pupils. Just one year ahead of Coppell were Clive Barker, Les Dennis and Brian Barwick, the chief executive of the FA since January 2005. Coppell was a nippy, incisive wide player in his youth but despite interest from some top clubs, he chose to join lower league Merseyside club Tranmere Rovers as he wanted to study for a degree in economic history at the University of Liverpool."}, {"context": " By 1974, Coppell was playing for Tranmere, studying for his degree and coaching the university team. But in 1975 his life changed when Manchester United made an offer of \u00a360,000 for him. His prospective new club instantly offered to double his wage and Coppell signed. Coppell was able to complete his degree while charging up and down the right wing for Manchester United, making his debut as a substitute in a 4\u20130 win over Cardiff City on 1 March 1975, as his new club stormed back to the First Division after a season in the Second. Coppell ended that season with ten games under his belt and one goal."}, {"context": " The following season, Coppell played 39 times and scored ten goals, one of which was at the Kop end of his boyhood club Liverpool's Anfield ground. He also won honours for the England under-23 team. The exciting young Manchester United team put together by manager Tommy Docherty progressed in the First Division and reached the 1976 FA Cup Final, where they were strong favourites to beat Southampton, who were from the Second Division. But Manchester United's youthful side succumbed to nerves \u2013 Coppell included \u2013 and Southampton's more experienced professionals ran out 1\u20130 winners. Coppell had the first shot of the game, hitting a 25-yard drive straight at the Southampton goalkeeper in the first two minutes."}, {"context": " Afterwards, Coppell said: \"I didn't feel too bad, as I appreciated being in the FA Cup final at all. It was only afterwards I realised it might have been the only chance I'd ever get. But the next season gave me another go.\" In 1977, Manchester United fell short in the League but reached the FA Cup final again, where this time they played Liverpool, who were chasing a \"treble\" of First Division championship, FA Cup and European Cup. They had already won the title by the time the two sides met at Wembley, but it was Manchester United who performed on the day and won 2\u20131. Coppell was one of nine players on show who had lost so disappointingly the year before."}, {"context": " Later in 1977, Coppell received a call-up to the England team for the country's final qualifying game for the 1978 FIFA World Cup against Italy at Wembley. Coppell played and England won 2\u20130 but the damage had been done earlier in the campaign and England did not qualify for the finals. Coppell stayed in the plans of new England coach Ron Greenwood, playing in a number of friendly matches through 1978 and scoring the only goal of the game \u2013 his first for England \u2013 in a victory over Scotland at Hampden Park."}, {"context": " Coppell remained a constant for club and country over the next 12 months, scoring for his country against Czechoslovakia and Northern Ireland while also adding goals from the wing for Manchester United, who reached another FA Cup final in 1979 following a season during which Coppell didn't miss a game. At Wembley awaiting them this time were Arsenal, who were similarly back for another go after surprisingly losing the previous year's game (a 1\u20130 defeat against Ipswich Town) and it seemed as though Coppell was going to emerge a loser for the second time as Arsenal coasted into a 2\u20130 lead."}, {"context": " With just four minutes left, Coppell took a free-kick which was diverted into the danger zone by Joe Jordan and swung home by defender Gordon McQueen. Taking heart from this, Manchester United stormed forward in search of an equaliser and when Arsenal were unable to clear the ball properly, Coppell lifted a delightful chipped pass over the defence for Sammy McIlroy to latch on to and beat two Arsenal players before stroking the ball home. With just a minute remaining, United seemed to have forced extra-time and Coppell would later say that he \"had a vision in my head that we would win 4\u20132 in extra-time\" \u2013 but it didn't happen. Arsenal charged forward from the restart and Alan Sunderland scored a goal which won the match. Coppell was in the losing side again."}, {"context": " A week later, Coppell had a better experience at Wembley as he scored one and made another as England beat Scotland 3\u20131. He continued to impress for his country while also remaining an ever-present for Manchester United for the next two years. His habit of scoring against Scotland continued in 1980 with a goal in a 2\u20130 win at Hampden prior to the 1980 European Championships, during which he featured in the opening two group matches, though England failed to progress further. Then tragedy struck Coppell while playing for England in a vital qualifier for the 1982 FIFA World Cup against Hungary. Coppell was the victim of a vicious high challenge from J\u00f3zsef T\u00f3th which shattered his knee. Coppell said the effect was \"like someone had put a firework in my knee and it had gone off\" and underwent an operation which allowed him a temporary fix so he could carry on playing."}, {"context": " Coppell nursed the injury through the 1982 World Cup in Spain, playing in all three of England's group games and the goalless draw against West Germany in the second pool. England went out in the next game against Spain and Coppell underwent a second operation. He continued to play for Manchester United as much as he could after suffering the injury, playing 36 times in the 1981\u201382 season and 29 times in the 1982\u201383 campaign, making two more appearances for England after the World Cup ended, scoring in the former as England beat Luxembourg 9\u20130."}, {"context": " Coppell was fit enough to play in the League Cup final of 1983 which \u2013 in a reverse of events in 1977 \u2013 opponents Liverpool won 2\u20131. But as Manchester United progressed also to the FA Cup final in the same year, Coppell's knee had broken down again and he missed the final against Brighton & Hove Albion, which ended 2\u20132 and ultimately concluded in a 4\u20130 victory for Manchester United in the replay. Another operation followed but to no avail, and Coppell announced his retirement from the game in October 1983, aged just 28. He had broken the record for the most consecutive appearances for an outfield Manchester United player \u2013 207 from 1977 to 1981 \u2013 which still stands to this day. His Manchester United career ended with 373 appearances and 70 goals; his England career had concluded with 42 caps and seven goals. He also scored the quickest recorded goal at under 18 level in a cup final against Notts County. The goal time was 12 seconds."}, {"context": " In June 1984, Coppell became manager of Crystal Palace. Aged just 28 years and 10 months upon his appointment, he became one of the youngest men to ever manage a club in the Football League. Coppell made budget signings of unwanted players from the First Division, as well as signing Ian Wright from non-league football. The club's fortunes greatly improved, and Palace won promotion to the top flight through the play-offs in 1989. Palace reached the FA Cup final in 1990, losing to Manchester United in a replay, after Coppell's inspired substitution of bringing on Ian Wright nearly won the first game for Palace. Their semi-final victory over Liverpool helped make up for the horrific 9\u20130 drubbing that they had received in a league match at Anfield early in the season."}, {"context": " The following season, Crystal Palace finished in third place in the top flight (their highest ever league finish) and won the Full Members Cup. The club's fortunes declined after that, and in May 1993, Coppell resigned after they were relegated from the Premier League. However, his name was linked with the England national coach's job six months later when Graham Taylor resigned, but he swiftly ruled out any interest in the job. In May 1994, he was also linked with the manager's job at Middlesbrough, but the job went to his former Manchester United teammate Bryan Robson instead."}, {"context": " Coppell returned to Palace in June 1995 as Director of Football, with Ray Lewington and Peter Nicholas working alongside him as first team coaches. In February 1996, Dave Bassett was appointed manager and the club reached the final of the First Division Play-offs where they lost 2\u20131 to Leicester City after extra time. Coppell left Palace in October 1996 to become manager of Manchester City, a job that he would quit after only six games and 33 days in charge. He cited the pressure of the job as his reason for leaving the club. His reign at the club is the shortest of any City manager to date."}, {"context": " After leaving Manchester City, Coppell returned to Palace as Chief Scout. Following the resignation of manager Dave Bassett in February 1997, Coppell was promoted once again to the role of manager. He secured another promotion via the play-offs after only 6 months in the job, and he remained in charge of the club for the first seven months of the 1997\u201398 season. Despite signing the likes of Attilio Lombardo and Tomas Brolin, Crystal Palace struggled. With relegation confirmed, a boardroom takeover by Palace fan Mark Goldberg led to him again becoming Director of Football, with Terry Venables being appointed first team manager."}, {"context": " Following the resignation of manager Terry Venables in January 1999, Coppell once again returned as the manager of Palace. By that time the club had severe financial problems. High earners like Venables and Lombardo had been removed to try and cut spending, and the club was close to going bankrupt. With relegation seeming a realistic possibility, he guided the club to respectable finishes of 14th and 15th in the league. In the 2000 close season Simon Jordan bought the club and replaced Coppell with Alan Smith, who had taken over from Coppell on his first resignation seven years earlier. Jordan said Coppell had done a \"fantastic job\", but the club needed to \"evolve or die\"."}, {"context": " All in all, Coppell's exploits in SE25, from promotion to the Cup Final, to third place, even to First Division survival, made him a favourite, and in 2005, he was voted as the manager for Palace's Centenary XI. Coppell was appointed manager of Brentford in 2001 by his former Palace chairman, Ron Noades. It was Brentford's best ever start to a season, losing only once in their first 10 matches, and that was to Sir Bobby Robson's Newcastle United side at St James' Park. Coppell's side spent most of the season behind Brighton & Hove Albion and Reading in the table. Coppell took them to the Division Two play-off final in 2002 after they had narrowly missed out on automatic promotion, conceding a late equaliser to Coppell's future side Reading in the end-of-season decider. They lost in the play-off final to Stoke City. After this, Coppell resigned, citing the club's lack of finances."}, {"context": " After a brief stint as assistant manager to Andy King at Swindon Town, Coppell took over as manager at Brighton. He fell asleep during his initial job interview, but after a poor start to the season by a Brighton side managed by Martin Hinshelwood, Coppell was given a second chance and took it. Brighton were struggling in Division One and on a 10 match losing streak. During Coppell's first match, Brighton fans were accused of racially taunting referee Phil Prosser after he awarded two penalties against them, which helped Neil Warnock's Sheffield United come from 2\u20131 behind to win. The police, stewards accompanying Mr Prosser and Sheffield United player Peter Ndlovu, who the referee also claimed was abused, all stated that they did not hear any racist abuse. No evidence was found to support Prosser's claim and the FA took no further action."}, {"context": " Coppell did get an emotional return to Palace, being applauded into his dugout, despite taking charge of Palace's arch-rivals in the game. Palace won the match 5\u20130. Some Brighton fans accused Coppell of deliberately capitulating which he denied. Although their performances improved, they were relegated on the final day of the season, five points behind Stoke. In the next season, Brighton pushed hard for promotion, but Coppell received a job offer from Reading, which he accepted, despite the Seagulls topping the Division Two table. Coppell cited the apparent lack of progress on the Falmer stadium project, which was a major factor in his decision to join the club. Without a modern stadium, Coppell felt Brighton had little chance of getting to the Premier League, which was where Coppell wanted to be managing. Reading had recently completed the Madejski Stadium, making them an ideal employer."}, {"context": " On 9 October 2003, Coppell was appointed manager of Reading, succeeding West Ham bound Alan Pardew (who had played under Coppell at Palace, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and had scored 'that' goal against Liverpool, in the FA Cup Semi-final). His first season in charge, 2003\u201304, was somewhat hampered by the season's transfer budget already having been spent by his predecessor. His second season in charge began well, and Reading raced to second place in the Championship but a run of eleven matches without a win between Boxing Day 2004 and the 3\u20131 home victory over Pardew's West Ham United on 12 March 2005 helped end their hopes of promotion as they finished seventh, narrowly missing out on a playoff place."}, {"context": " Reading dominated the Championship in the 2005\u201306 season, setting a new league record of 33 league games unbeaten between the opening day defeat by Plymouth Argyle and the loss at Luton Town in February; these were the only league defeats the team would suffer that season. On 25 March 2006 they clinched promotion to the top flight for the first time in their 135-year history thanks to a 1\u20131 draw away to Leicester City. Coppell's team secured the league title in the following week, with a 5\u20130 drubbing of Derby County, and they would go on to set a new English league record for the number of points won in a season, with 106. Following such an outstanding season in charge of Reading, Coppell was voted League Managers Association's Manager of the Year for both the Championship and the entire league, and he also topped the \"Tissot League For Managers' Performance\"."}, {"context": " On 26 March 2007, Coppell broke with his usual tradition and signed a new two-year contract to keep him as Reading's manager until the end of the 2008\u201309 season. Coppell is well known for not voicing controversial opinions, but he broke with this habit on 9 April 2007, when he accused Charlton's Talal El Karkouri of cheating and faking a \"death roll\" to get Leroy Lita sent off after Lita appeared to headbutt him. Lita received a 3 match ban for the incident. Reading finished their first season in the English top flight in eighth place, just one point short of UEFA Cup qualification. In recognition of this performance, Coppell won the Manager of the Year award for the second season in succession. Speaking earlier in the season, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said of Coppell: \"I think it's totally deserved. It's a marvellous contribution he's made. And what's encouraging for the Premiership is that it's mostly British-based players in his side, with some Irish players thrown in. I think that says a lot for the way he has gathered his team together\"."}, {"context": " Reading's second season was not as good as their first season and it ended in relegation back to the Championship. Coppell said he would consider his future as Reading manager. However, at a press conference on 20 May 2008 he cited the fans as an important factor in committing his future to the club for the 2008\u201309 season. Unusually for a club just relegated, Reading fans were so concerned that Coppell may feel honour-bound to resign that they launched a successful protest to convince Coppell to stay at the club."}, {"context": " Their initial form was promising, with Reading playing the free flowing football that got them promoted in record-breaking fashion in 2005\u201306. Reading equalled their highest win under Coppell with a 6\u20130 victory over Sheffield Wednesday. They also beat the then league leaders Wolves 3\u20130 at Molineux. The latter half of the season was less impressive however, particularly at home where they failed to win a single match after January. Eventually they finished the league in 4th place after failing to secure a win against Birmingham that would have seen them promoted automatically. In Coppell's final game in charge, Reading lost their playoff semi-final against Burnley. He resigned as manager immediately after the game."}, {"context": " On 22 April 2010 Coppell was named as the new manager of Bristol City, with former caretaker manager Keith Millen staying on as his assistant. He began a 12-month rolling contract with the club on 11 May 2010 but, on 11 August 2010 after only four months in charge, Coppell resigned as Bristol City manager, saying that he would retire from football management altogether citing a lack of passion for the job. However, on 9 September 2011 he admitted that he was interested in becoming the next manager of Iceland. He has previously coached Icelandic players such as Brynjar Bj\u00f6rn Gunnarsson, \u00cdvar Ingimarsson and Gylfi Sigur\u00f0sson."}, {"context": " On 10 April 2012, Coppell was announced as the Director of Football at Crawley Town. The appointment was made days after previous manager Steve Evans left to manage Rotherham United, with former assistant manager Craig Brewster placed in temporary charge. Coppell continued in his role when Ritchie Barker was appointed as the new manager. On 2 December 2013 following the departure of manager Ritchie Barker, Coppell left his position as Crawley's Director of Football. After the dismissal of Guy Whittingham on 25 November, Portsmouth appointed Richie Barker as the new manager. Coppell joined his former Crawley Town colleague as Director of Football on 9 December, with the club sitting 17th in the table. On 27 March 2014 following the departure of manager Ritchie Barker, Coppell left his position as Portsmouth's Director of Football."}, {"context": " On 21 June 2016, Coppell was announced as the manager of Kerala Blasters FC in 2016 Indian Super League. His team secured a spot in the finals after finishing second in the league matches with 22 points. Kerala Blasters lost the final inspite of getting the lead as ATK came from behind and then won on penalties by 4-3 in Kerala's home stadium. On 12 July 2017, it was announced that Coppell would not return to the Kerala Blasters for the 2017\u201318 season. On 14 July 2017, it was announced that Coppell would become the first head coach of the ISL side Jamshedpur.  After spending just one season with Jamshedpur, Coppell moved once again to another Indian Super League club, ATK, on 18 June 2018. Unfortunately his new season with ATK started with a 0-2 defeat to one of his former clubs Kerala Blasters under coaching of David James in their own home. Manchester United Individual"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cordingley", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Geoffrey Cordingley (born 19 December 1981) is an English cricketer. Cordingley is a right-handed batsman. He was born in Hertford, Hertfordshire. Cordingley made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against Cambridgeshire. Cordingley played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 2001 to 2007, which included 18 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Worcestershire in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002, and against Ireland in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2003. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 127 runs at an average of 42.33, while making 2 half centuries. Both his half centuries were scores of 58, coming against Bedfordshire and Ireland."}]}, {"title": "Steve Corica", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Christopher Corica born 24 March 1973 in Innisfail, Australia) is a retired Australian football (soccer) player and the current manager of Sydney FC in the A-League. A technically gifted and skillful attacking midfielder during his playing career, he represented Australia more than thirty times and captained Sydney FC to a domestic double. Since retiring in 2010, he was an assistant and youth coach at Sydney FC, before being appointed Head Coach in May 2018. Corica started playing football in his home town of Innisfail, in Far North Queensland and joining the elite player program at the Australian Institute of Sport in 1990."}, {"context": " On completion of the scholarship he signed with Marconi-Fairfield in the now defunct National Soccer League. In his first NSL season he made just three starts, but developed to a regular selection in following years. In 1992/93 he helped Marconi to a grand final win and was named \"Under 21 Player of the Year\". The next two years were less successful for the Marconi and in 1995, Corica sought a career move to Europe. Corica signed with Leicester City in the English First Division. He debuted for the club on 12 August 1995 and scored in a 2\u20131 win. Adding to his tally was harder to come by for following games, and in February, Corica and fellow Australian Zeljko Kalac were signed by their former Leicester manager Mark McGhee for Wolverhampton Wanderers in a joint \u00a31.75 million deal (the component for Corica was \u00a31.1m). Kalac was unable to gain a work permit for Wolves and returned to Australia, but Corica remained. In four-and-a-half seasons at Wolves, Corica made over 100 appearances, although hampered by a series of knee injuries."}, {"context": " Corica left Wolves in 2000, moving to Japan with J1 League side Sanfrecce Hiroshima for two season, then returning to England at Walsall. In September 2004, unable to work his way into the first team, Walsall agreed to release him. He finally decided to return home to Australia after spending 10 years abroad, joining new A-League club Sydney FC. It was a shaky start to the new competition for Corica, sent off in Sydney's third A-League match against Newcastle for a dangerous foul. After serving a one match suspension, he repaid the club scoring just five minutes in against Queensland Roar, and following up with a second goal later in the match. Corica retained a place in the side for much of the year as Sydney progressed to the Grand Final. A set-up from Dwight Yorke in the second half, gave Corica the only goal in Sydney FC's 1\u20130 victory over the Central Coast Mariners to help the team win the inaugural A-League Championship."}, {"context": " He remained with the club in 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons, playing a key role in Sydney's 2007 Asian Champions League campaign, scoring four goals in six matches. On 1 April 2008 he signed a 1-year contract to remain at Sydney, and given his age is possible he will retire afterward. Corica had a great start to the 2008\u201309 A-League Season after scoring a double in the Round 2 match against Central Coast Mariners. He became Sydney's highest goalscorer after overtaking Sasho Petrovski's former record of 14, with a Penalty in Sydney's 5\u20132 thrashing of Perth Glory. He became Sydney's 3rd player to reach 100 professional games for the club, with their 2\u20131 loss to Perth Glory on 19 November 2008 at Members Equity Stadium. On 11 February 2010 he announced his retirement at the end of the season."}, {"context": " On the final day of the regular season in the 2009/10 season against Melbourne Victory, Corica limped off in the 20th minute due to hamstring problems. Sydney went on to win the game 2\u20130 and claimed the Premiership. After later examination of his injury, it was discovered that he had torn his hamstring muscle off the bone and required surgery thus ending his season. He then announced his full retirement from professional football. Corica has represented Australia at all youth (U17, U20, U23) and at national team level, the first Australian to achieve the feat."}, {"context": " He represented Australia at the FIFA U-17 World Championship in Scotland in 1989. Although his team finished last in a very tough group, he did have his moments, such as scoring against Brazil in a 3\u20131 loss. In 1991, he was selected for the FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal, where Australia performed remarkably well and reached the semi finals before losing to the hosts. He then went on to play in two Olympic Games football tournament, the first being the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, where Australia made another impressive run to the semi finals, this time falling to Poland at the pemultimate stage. Four years later, he was part of the 1996 Olympics team in Atlanta. He was part of a generation of Australian players (including Paul Okon, Ned Zelic, Mark Bosnich and Zeljko Kalac) dubbed the \"Golden Generation\"."}, {"context": " On 16 April 1993 Corica was given his full national team debut by Eddie Thomson (former national coach) against Kuwait in a friendly match in Singapore. He then went on to play for the national team, earning over 40 caps (some in non-'A' internationals) and scoring 6 goals including appearances at the 1997 and 2001 Confederations Cups. After a five-year absence from the national team, he appeared in an Asia Cup qualifier against Kuwait on 16 August 2006 as one of eight Sydney FC players called up to the national team."}, {"context": " Corica took over as coach for the Sydney FC National Youth League team from the 2010\u201311 season. It was announced in July 2011, that Corica would become one of two Assistant Coaches to Manager Vitezslav Lavicka, along with Ian Crook, who was the assistant coach at Sydney FC, under Pierre Littbarski during Sydney FC's Inaugural season, in which they won the 2005\u201306 Championship. In 2012, Corica acted as caretaker coach of Sydney FC, after the resignation of Ian Crook and until the hiring of replacement Frank Farina."}, {"context": " In the 2013\u201314 season Corica became Head Coach of the Sydney FC National Youth League once again guiding them to the Championship in a stellar season. He continued in this role in 2014\u201315 but towards the end of the NYL season in which Sydney FC finished fourth he was drafted into the role of Assistant Coach to Graham Arnold with the Sydney FC A-League team where they finished runners up in the Premiership and Grand Final. From 2015 to May 2018, Corica continued as the Assistant Coach to Graham Arnold on a full-time basis.  On 16 May 2018, following Graham Arnold's appointment by the Australian national team, Corica was appointed the Head Coach of Sydney FC's senior team. With Australia: With Sydney FC: With Marconi-Fairfield: Individual Individual records Honourable distinctions"}]}, {"title": "Steve Corino", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Eugene Corino (born May 29, 1973) is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler currently signed with WWE as a trainer and producer for their developmental territory NXT. He is best known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and Ring of Honor (ROH) under the ring name Steve Corino. Corino has held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, the MLW World Heavyweight Championship, and the 1PW World Heavyweight Championship once each, and the AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship and the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship twice each. In addition to these titles, he has also held the ROH World Tag Team Championship once, as well as numerous titles on the independent circuit."}, {"context": " Corino began wrestling in 1994 and spent four years working on the independent circuit. During this time, he was a part of the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, a promotion run by Matt and Jeff Hardy. Corino began an anti-hardcore gimmick on the independent circuit, because he felt he would have more chance of getting work if he did not work hardcore matches. He gained experience, working in Puerto Rico for the WWC, working under the ring name Lightning Kid (which had been a gimmick previously used by Sean Waltman) and also made some appearances for the WWF as a jobber."}, {"context": " In 1998, Corino debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling as a heel manager. He stood out in ECW as a result of his \"King of Old School\" gimmick, where he would deride hardcore wrestlers, at one point invading a Limp Bizkit concert and protesting the immoral conduct. In late 1999, Corino took Jack Victory on as a manager, and became an advisor for Tajiri and Rhino. He then began feuding with Dusty Rhodes, who defeated him in a gory Bullrope match at Living Dangerously. At Heat Wave 2000, he lost to Jerry Lynn. Corino went on to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on November 5, 2000 at November to Remember by defeating Justin Credible, Sandman and Champion Jerry Lynn in a Double Jeopardy match; then to successfully defend it at Massacre on 34th Street in December against Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible in a 3 way dance."}, {"context": " Due to repeated failures of ECW paying Corino his salary, he left the company on January 7, 2001, the night he lost the ECW World Title at Guilty as Charged 2001 to Sandman. His friend Dustin Rhodes got him a contract in World Championship Wrestling, but he never got to make an appearance despite being due to debut at the company's third to last PPV Sin. When World Wrestling Entertainment took over WCW in March 2001, they released Corino from his contract. He went on to wrestle for many of the National Wrestling Alliance regional promotions. On April 24, he won the NWA World Heavyweight title."}, {"context": " Corino continued his feud with Rhodes in his Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling promotion as well as Southern Championship Wrestling and was part of the Extreme Horsemen with C.W. Anderson and Barry Windham. He was also part of the Extreme Horsemen in Major League Wrestling with C.W. Anderson, Justin Credible and Simon Diamond. They were briefly managed by the legendary James J. Dillon before MLW folded. Also, Corino went on to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship before the promotion was folded."}, {"context": " In 2004 Corino made a number of appearances for Frontier Wrestling Alliance in the United Kingdom, where he entered a short rivalry with Alex Shane. The feud culminated in the main event match of Hotwired, where Corino defeated Shane with the assistance of then FWA Heavyweight Champion, Doug Williams. As Steve Corino was a major part of ECW towards the end of its run, rumors swirled surrounding Corino possibly signing with World Wrestling Entertainment and returning to his ECW roots as a part of the new version of ECW, but he squashed those rumors in a posting on his LiveJournal."}, {"context": " Instead of signing with WWE, Corino worked in various independent promotions, including Zero-One, Hustle in Japan, Ring of Honor in the United States and both One Pro Wrestling and Celtic Wrestling in the United Kingdom. He was also president of World-1 Fighting Arts, which runs shows in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Corino also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling during its early days. Corino had matches with Low Ki and many other stars before leaving the promotion some time later."}, {"context": " Responding to a challenge from The Backseat Boyz, Homicide invited anyone in the locker room to be his partner. Steve Corino made his ROH debut and responded to his offer, resulting in the two facing the Backseat Boys later that night. In the course of the match, Corino turned on Homicide after Homicide accidentally hit him, Old School Kicking his partner and leaving the ring, enabling the Backseat Boyz to easily defeat Homicide. Homicide and Corino would then begin a four-year rivalry, with Corino criticizing Homicide's lifestyle and somewhat checkered past. The feud culminated in a match at the \"One Year Anniversary Show\" on February 8, 2003 in Queens, New York, New York. Homicide was the hometown favorite, but lost to Corino following interference from The Group (Samoa Joe, Michael Shane, C.W. Anderson and Simply Luscious), Corino's entourage. After the match, Corino applied a cobra clutch to Homicide, while the rest of The Group mocked New York City, instigating a worked riot."}, {"context": " Corino and Homicide had a rematch August 16, 2003, at \"Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies\" which saw Corino defeated. After twenty minutes of fighting which saw both men bleeding and carrying injuries, Homicide trapped Corino in a modified STF, prompting Corino's corner man, Guillotine LeGrande, to throw in the towel, awarding the match to Homicide. In the course of the match, Corino suffered a legitimate ruptured eardrum, and permanently lost most of the hearing in his left ear following a stiff slap to the side of the head from Homicide. Homicide has since stated in a shoot interview that he is not sorry for costing Corino his hearing, claiming Corino had been stiff with him the whole match."}, {"context": " Homicide faced Corino for a third time on November 29, 2003, at \"War of the Wire\" in a barbed wire match. This time however, Julius Smokes threw in the towel for Homicide after Corino throttled him with a length of barbed wire. Corino offered Homicide a handshake after the match, indicating that he finally respected Homicide, but Homicide refused to shake his hand. On October 14, 2005, at \"Enter the Dragon\", Corino returned to ROH in a tag team match that saw him team with Colt Cabana to defeat Low Ki and Homicide."}, {"context": " On December 3 in New York City at \"Steel Cage Warfare\", Homicide lost to Corino in a rematch from their feud of 2003 after Colt Cabana, under a mask, interfered in the match. During the match, Homicide separated his shoulder, but opted not to have surgery. As a result of his injury, Homicide was unable to compete at the following show, \"Final Battle 2005\". He did show up, however, but with the intent on killing Steve Corino. Following Corino's match, Homicide ran down to the ring and attacked him. Colt Cabana ran down to the ring to save Corino, only to have Homicide pour Drano down his throat."}, {"context": " He returned to ROH in August 2006 after a long absence, reigniting his feud with Homicide. The feud culminated on November 4 in Philadelphia, at \"The Bitter End\" when Homicide beat Corino in a Fight Without Honor. Although the two still hated each other, they shook hands after the match and Corino allowed Homicide to shave his head. After announcing that his retirement would come at the end of 2007, Corino began a retirement tour and traveled to various federations as a part of the tour. On October 6, 2007, Corino captured the B4W North American title in Morganville, New Jersey from then-champion Tommy Thunda."}, {"context": " On November 3, 2007, Corino survived three rounds of an 8-man, single-night tournament in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to become the Union of Independent Professional Wrestlers Heavyweight Champion. He defeated Eddie Osbourne in the first round by pinfall, Pepper Parks in the second round by referee stoppage and \"Fabulous\" John McChesney in the finals by pinfall following a pair of lariat clotheslines. On November 10, 2007, Corino successfully defended the B4W North American title against Jihad. On November 24 he beat Absolute Andy for the GSW Heavyweight Championship in Oberhausen, Germany which was his very last appearance in Europe."}, {"context": " On December 8, 2007, Corino made his final Northeast appearance for B4W. He lost the North American title to Jihad in a submission match after his protege Ricky Landell had to throw in the towel. Corino won the Platinum Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Title on December 14, 2007 after defeating \"The Indy Wrestling Superstar\" Erico in front of a sold out crowd in Michigan City, Indiana. Corino's retirement tour came to an end December 28, 2007, when he wrestled his final match for the Showcase Wrestling Revolution in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. On that night he faced off with \"The Prophet\" Jeremy Barnoff, \"The Seasoned Veteran\" Brick Crawford and \"Mr. Wrestling\" Kevin Steen for the SWR International Championship in a fatal four way elimination match."}, {"context": " Corino wrestled a few try-out matches for WWE over a span of two days. Dusty Rhodes, Corino's former rival, was hopeful that WWE would sign him, but he was not offered a contract. Corino stated on his MySpace he enjoyed his time with WWE but felt he was too old school for the company. On the January 4, 2008, Corino won his third Zero1-Max United States Openweight Championship as Mr. Wrestling 3 (named after Mr. Wrestling I and II) by beating Ricky Landell in Valdosta, Georgia. He then lost the U.S. Title to SJK on March 8, 2008 at the Devil Bhudakahn Memorial Show in Munhall, Pennsylvania. He now wrestles as \"Mr. Wrestling 3\" Steve Corino without the mask, and sometimes as just Mr. Wrestling 3 with the mask."}, {"context": " On July 24, 2008, Corino announced he would begin wrestling full-time again in his online blog. Corino plans to return to Japan where he has been the most successful. On July 19, 2008 Corino participated in the event WWC Anniversary but only to lose to Eugene. Later on September 20, 2008 he participated in the event Septiembre Negro where he defeated Sabu. Recently he is one of the members of a group called \"La Familia\", and is in a feud with BJ for the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship. In this feud thanks to the beatings that lead disqualification by the members of \"La Familia\", Ray Gonzalez saved BJ and after that Steve Corino attacked Ray Gonzalez in the locker rooms and this began a feud for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship. On February 7, Steve Corino beat Ray Gonzalez to become WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion. On July 11 at \"Aniversario 2009\" he lost the title to BJ."}, {"context": " On June 26, 2010- Corino was inducted into the Legends Pro Wrestling \"Hall of Fame\" by Jack Blaze in Wheeling, West Virginia at their annual \"LPW Rumble in the Valley\" event. Since August 2010, Corino has made appearances in Germany for German Stampede Wrestling. On April 23, 2011, Corino returned to WWC and defeated Carlito, Gilbert and Shane the Glamour Boy in a gauntlet match to win the vacant WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship for the second time. He would lose the title to Carlito on June 4, 2011."}, {"context": " On January 28, 2012, Steve Corino, billed as the \"King of Old School\", defeated Vordell Walker with assistance by Jillian Hall and the \"Tokyo Monster\" Kahagas in Orlando, Florida to become the PWX (Pro Wrestling Extreme) Heavyweight Champion. Corino, although bloodied, successfully defended his title against Tommy \"Wildfire\" Rich on April 28, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. On December 28, 2012, Steve Corino made his appearance for an ECW \"revival\" company as he appeared for Extreme Rising as the \"mystery challenger\" for Stevie Richards' Extreme Rising World Championship, where he was defeated by submission."}, {"context": " In September 2014, Steve Corino defeated Doug Williams for the WAW World Heavyweight Championship in England which he would then defend in the USA in 2014 and 2015 against Curt Robinson and Joe Black. On May 9, 2015, Steve Corino made an appearance at TWE in Red Bank, Chattanooga against Ray Fury, where he was defeated. On May 22, 2015, Steve Corino became the PWF World-1 Heavyweight Champion defeating Jagger, Emmanuel Ortega and former teammate CW Anderson in a Fatal Four-Way. On March 6, 2016, Corino, along with CW Anderson, returned to Zero1 to take part in the promotion's 15th anniversary event."}, {"context": " On the December 7 edition of Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet, a video was shown hyping Corino's return to the company. During early 2010, Corino formed a partnership with Kevin Steen and together the two of them started a feud with Steen's former tag team partner El Generico and Colt Cabana. On April 3, 2010, Corino made his ROH pay-per-view debut at The Big Bang!, where he and Steen were defeated by El Generico and Cabana via disqualification, when Steen used a chair on his former partner. On September 11 at Glory By Honor IX Generico and Cabana defeated Steen and Corino in a Double Chain match, when Cabana forced Corino to tap out. On October 16, 2010, Cabana defeated Corino in an \"I Quit\" match to end their feud. Following Steen's departure from Ring of Honor after December's Final Battle 2010, Corino proclaimed himself a changed man and turned babyface. Corino began feuding with Mike Bennett, and the two faced each other at \"Manhattan Mayhem IV\" on March 19, with Bennett picking up the victory. On May 21 at \"Supercard of Honor VI\", Corino revealed the returning Jimmy Jacobs as the sponsor, who had helped him change his ways. Kevin Steen returned to ROH on June 26 at Best in the World 2011, seemingly wanting redemption as well. However, after saving Corino from the House of Truth, Steen turned on him and Jacobs, before being dragged out of the arena. On December 23 at Final Battle 2011, with Jimmy Jacobs as the special guest referee in a No Disqualification match, Kevin Steen defeated his former mentor, Corino, to be reinstated in ROH."}, {"context": " Corino later returned to ROH on May 12, 2012, when he formed the S.C.U.M. (Suffering, Chaos, Ugliness, and Mayhem) stable with Steen and Jacobs. On September 15 at , Corino and Jacobs defeated Charlie Haas and Rhett Titus in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant ROH World Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to the Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) on December 16 at in a three-way match, which also included the team of Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander. On April 6, 2013, Corino became the new leader of S.C.U.M., when the stable turned on Kevin Steen, after he had lost the ROH World Championship. On June 23, S.C.U.M. was forced to disband, after being defeated by Team ROH in a Steel Cage Warfare match."}, {"context": " Since the dissolution of S.C.U.M., Corino has been working with ROH as their regular color commentator alongside play-by-play commentator Kevin Kelly and occasionally Nigel McGuinness while simultaneously having a running feud with B.J. Whitmer and The Decade. The rivalry has included Whitmer goading Corino to join The Decade, with Corino refusing, but Whitmer wasn't talking about Steve but his real-life son Colby and successfully recruiting him into The Decade. During his feud, McGuninness warned Corino that he can't attack any ROH employee or he will be suspended. After attacking Whitmer with a roll of quarters, McGuinness suspended and banned him from commentary, but then, he was reinstated as a wrestler and was scheduled to fight Whitmer in a Fight without Honor at Final Battle, but Corino announced that he was gonna have neck surgery and that his career may end. He continued to commentary with a mask under the name of Mr. Wrestling 3. Even he was taking that gimmick, Whitmer was saying that Mr. Wrestling 3 was indeed Steve Corino and was convincing Colby, that Corino replaced him for Corino's new wife and son, and Whitmer continued torturing Colby in front of Corino's eyes. At War of the Worlds, Corino returned as the Steve Corino character, admitting that he didn't want to be the \"Evil Man\" anymore, but after Whitmer's deeds, he promised that at the newly reinstated match that will happen at Best in the World 2016, he will do things that he will never apologize for. At Best in the World, Corino faced Whitmer in a Non-Sanctioned Fight without Honor, but he lost after the interference of Kevin Sullivan. After Best in the World, Corino returned to commentating, but during Whitmer's matches, he was continuously berated by Sullivan. At the Final Battle event, Cody, who defeated Jay Lethal, proceeded to cause chaos in the ring and then he pushed Corino. The night at the event, Whitmer said that a \"brother\" has to be sacrificed, which was revealed that Corino was about to fight Cody, who berated Corino's actions with Dusty Rhodes. In their match, Corino lost to Cody, which was Corino's last match in ROH. Corino's ROH contract expired on December 31, 2016."}, {"context": " In November 2016, Corino worked as a guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center. Shortly afterwards, it was reported that he had signed to become a full-time trainer for WWE, starting January 2017. On January 12, 2017, it was confirmed that Corino was now working for WWE. According to \"Pro Wrestling Torch\" in September 2017, Corino teaches the advanced class at the WWE Performance Center, the third of four levels of classes. In November 2018, it was revealed through a leaked script of that same month that Corino is currently working with NXT as a producer as he was credited for the NXT Championship match between champion Tommaso Ciampa and The Velveteen Dream for a role as a producer for that particular match."}, {"context": " Corino is the older brother of retired independent wrestler Allison Danger, and has a half-brother whose first name is also Steven. Corino married Nicole Holmstock on June 14, 1997. Together they have a son, named Colby (born August 28, 1996), and is a professional wrestler. Corino and Nicole divorced in 2003. On November 12, 2005, Steve Corino got engaged to his Finnish girlfriend Saana-Maria Huhtimo. They were married on May 12, 2006 in North Carolina. However, the couple separated in mid-2008, divorcing the following year. Corino married Jordan Pennypacker in 2013, and had their first child together, a son named Beckham, or \"Becks\" for short.  Corino has repeatedly stated that his favorite old school wrestlers are Tommy Rich and Tully Blanchard. Corino has said that his favorite match while in ECW was the infamous Texas Bullrope Match against Dusty Rhodes at Living Dangerously 2000. Corino hosts the \"Extreme Odd Couple\" podcast with Rob Dimension, where they talk about professional wrestling and their personal lives."}]}, {"title": "Steve Corkin", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Corkin (born 3 November 1963) is a New Zealand judoka. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics."}]}, {"title": "Steve Corodemus", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Corodemus (born January 14, 1952) is an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992\u20132008, where he represented the 11th Legislative District. He was the Deputy Republican Leader and the Policy Chair from 2004 until he left the Assembly, was the Majority Whip from 1994\u20131995 and was the Assistant Majority Whip from 1992-1993. Corodemus served in the Assembly on the Health and Senior Services Committee and the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards."}, {"context": " Corodemus served on the Monmouth County Planning Board from 1986\u20131992, and as its Vice Chair from 1989-1992. He was a member of the Atlantic Highlands Borough Council from 1986\u20131988 and served as its President in 1988. Corodemus served as attorney for the Atlantic Highlands Rent Control Board and Board of Adjustment. Corodemus received a B.A. from Rutgers University in History in 1974 and was awarded a J.D. from the Seton Hall University School of Law in 1979. Corodemus currently has a wife; Michele, daughter; Katelynn and one son, Dimitrios. He was born in Newark and resides in Atlantic Highlands.  Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 11th Legislative District during his time in office were:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Corpening", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Corpening (born August 11, 1965 in Rantoul, Illinois) is a former U.S. soccer player who was the 1989 Western Soccer League leading scorer. He three seasons in the American Professional Soccer League and three in the Continental Indoor Soccer League. Born in Illinois, Corpening grew up in England where his father, a member of the United States Air Force was stationed. Corpening\u2019s family moved to Dixon, California where he graduated from Dixon High School. In 1984, he entered American River College where he was a 1984 All Northern California soccer player. In 1986, he transferred to California State University, Sacramento. However, he was ineligible to play the 1986 season. He spent the 1987 season with Cal State, scoring nine goals and assistant on four others en route to earning second team Division II All American honors. He was inducted into the Sac State Honor Roll in 2002."}, {"context": " In 1989, Corpening signed with the expansion San Francisco Bay Blackhawks of the Western Soccer League (WSL). That season, he led the WSL in goals with eleven, earning second team All Star honors. In 1990, the WSL merged with the American Soccer League to form the American Professional Soccer League. That year, Corpening moved to the midfield which brought a reduction in goals to nine. In 1991, because of injury, he played only five games, scoring no goals. In 1992, he joined the San Jose Oaks in the semi-professional California Super League. He continued to play for the Oaks through at least 1996. In April 1993, the Sacramento Knights of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) drafted Corpening. He played for the Knights through the 1995 season."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cosson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cosson is a writer and director specializing in the creation of new theatre work inspired by real life, as well as a free-lance director of new plays, musicals, and classics. He is the founding Artistic Director of the New York-based investigative theater company The Civilians. Cosson won an Obie award in 2004 for his work with The Civilians and his play (I Am) Nobody's Lunch won a coveted First Fringe award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2006 He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Colombia, a MacDowell Fellow, twice participated in the Sundance Theatre Lab, and a Resident Director at New Dramatists. His plays have been published by Oberon Books in the UK, Dramatists Play Service, and an anthology of his plays with The Civilians was published by Playscripts Inc."}, {"context": " Cosson received his BA from Dartmouth College and holds an MFA in directing from UC San Diego, where he studied under director and Joint Stock member Les Waters. With The Civilians: writer/director of \"The Great Immensity\", music by Michael Friedman, created in residence with the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Princeton Atelier; co-writer and director of \"This Beautiful City\", which premiered to excellent reviews at the Humana Festival and then completed a critically acclaimed run at Vineyard Theatre (Drama Desk, Drama-League, Lortel Nominations); co-writer and director of \"Brooklyn At Eye Level\", produced at Brooklyn\u2019s Lyceum Theatre; co-writer/director of \"Paris Commune\" produced in The Public Theater\u2019s PublicLAB series; writer/director of the long-running hit \"Gone Missing\" which has toured for several years throughout the U.S. and the U.K. culminating in a seven-month Off Broadway run at Barrow Street Theater (New York Times\u2019 Top 10 of 2007 list); writer/director \"(I Am) Nobody's Lunch\" (Fringe First award) and director of the company\u2019s first show \"Canard, Canard, Goose?\". Cosson has also directed The Civilians\u2019 work at A.R.T., Actors Theatre of Louisville, La Jolla Playhouse, HBO\u2019s Aspen Comedy Festival, The MoMA; London\u2019s Gate Theatre and Soho Theatre among many others.  Cosson\u2019s recent directing credits include \"Bus Stop\" at Kansas City Rep, Anne Washburn\u2019s \"A Devil at Noon\" (O\u2019Neill Center); Michael Friedman: \"Adventures in Reality\" (Lincoln Center Theater); new plays at theaters including Hartford Stage, Soho Rep, O\u2019Neill Conference, New Harmony Project and others."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cotter", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cotter (born c. 1940) was a Canadian football player who played for the Edmonton Eskimos and BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with the Lions in 1964. He played college football at Wenatchee Valley College."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cotterill", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John Cotterill (born 20 July 1964) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He was most recently manager of Championship club Birmingham City. Cotterill had a nine-year career as a footballer playing for Burton Albion, Wimbledon, Brighton & Hove Albion and Bournemouth before deciding to take up football management. He began with Irish side Sligo Rovers and after a year he returned to England and took over at his home town club, Cheltenham Town. He did well at Whaddon Road guiding the club from the fifth tier to the third in five years. His success at Cheltenham led to Stoke City appointing him as their manager prior to the 2002\u201303 season."}, {"context": " After 13 games as manager, he left to become assistant manager to Howard Wilkinson at Sunderland only to be dismissed from this post with Wilkinson in March 2003 after 27 games in the role. He joined Burnley in June 2004. After three years at Turf Moor he moved on to have a short spell at Notts County in 2010 and spent a season-and-a-half at cash-strapped Portsmouth. In October 2011 he was appointed manager at Nottingham Forest guiding the club out of a relegation battle. He was dismissed by Forest in July 2012 after the club was taken over by the Al-Hasawi family. In January 2013, he joined Queens Park Rangers' coaching staff remaining until the end of the 2012\u201313 season. Cotterill was appointed manager of Bristol City in December 2013, taking them to the Championship before being dismissed in January 2016. He was manager of Championship club Birmingham City from September 2017 to March 2018."}, {"context": " Cotterill was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He started his playing career in non-League football as a forward who could play centrally or in wide positions, playing semi-professionally at clubs like Cheltenham Town, Alvechurch and Burton Albion. In 1989, he moved into professional football when signing for Wimbledon in the First Division. He made 25 appearances in four years at Wimbledon and went out on loan to Brighton & Hove Albion to recapture his fitness following a serious cruciate knee-ligament injury. Cotterill signed for Bournemouth in the summer of 1993 for the fee of \u00a3120,000. He was out of contract and this fee was set by the then Transfer Tribunal. In three years at Bournemouth he got his career back in good shape scoring 18 goals in 55 league starts for the club. While at the club he picked up three player of the season awards but had to finish his career in 1996 after another bad knee injury from which he was unable to fully recover."}, {"context": " Following on from Lawrie Sanchez, Sligo Rovers appointed Cotterill in 1995. He led the club to third place in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and his side also reached the League of Ireland Cup final, where they lost on penalties to Shelbourne. Cotterill also led them into Europe, playing against teams such as Nantes where they earned a 3\u20133 draw and another creditable 0\u20130 draw against Dutch team, Heerenveen. Cotterill joined Cheltenham when they were still a non-league club and he built up a successful side which won promotion from the Southern Football League Premier Division to the Football Conference in his first full year at the club. He won the FA Trophy in 1998, beating Southport 1\u20130 in the final, and Cheltenham finished second in the Conference the same year, their first season in that league. Cheltenham won the Conference and with it promotion to the Football League the following year. His first two seasons in the Third Division saw them finish in the top half. In 2001\u201302, the club reached the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time in its history, ended only by a 1\u20130 away defeat to West Bromwich Albion and including the defeat of Cotterill's future club Burnley. He twice won the prestigious award of Manager of the Year during his tenure. Cotterill took Cheltenham into the Second Division that season, following a play-off victory over Rushden & Diamonds at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. He was awarded his UEFA Pro Licence in 2002."}, {"context": " Cotterill left Cheltenham to join First Division side Stoke City in the summer of 2002. His only major summer signing was that of striker Chris Greenacre from Mansfield Town. Stoke began the 2002\u201303 season with a 0\u20130 draw at Sheffield Wednesday and their first win came on 17 August against Bradford City. This was followed by a 3\u20134 defeat by Preston North End and narrow losses to Derby County and Burnley. The side then went five matches unbeaten before Cotterill shocked the club on 10 October by handing in his resignation after just 13 games to become assistant manager to Howard Wilkinson at Sunderland."}, {"context": " As Howard Wilkinson's assistant, they were tasked with keeping Sunderland in the Premiership. However, Sunderland recorded just two league victories under the new management team and both Wilkinson and Cotterill were dismissed after just 27 games in charge. In the summer of 2004, a decision by Burnley not to renew the contract of their manager, Stan Ternent, led to Cotterill being named as the new manager of the club. In his first season at the club they reached the third round of the Football League Cup, beating Aston Villa 3\u20131 on the way. They also reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, beating Premier League side Liverpool 1\u20130 in the third round. After losing striker and captain Robbie Blake and young midfielder Richard Chaplow they finished 13th in the Championship. In 2005\u201306 he led Burnley to a 17th-place finish, again having to sell his star striker, the club's leading goal scorer Ade Akinbiyi to Sheffield United for \u00a31.75 million."}, {"context": " The 2006\u201307 season began well, with a series of wins. Cotterill also won the Championship Manager of the Month for October 2006. However Burnley were dealt a blow in November when leading goalscorer Andy Gray was sidelined until February. Akinbiyi was re-signed in the January transfer window, but the striker was unfit and failed to make an impact. Cotterill eventually left the club on 8 November 2007 by mutual consent, after earning the title of longest serving manager in the league with three years seven months service. He left the club in 15th place in the league having won just one game in ten."}, {"context": " In August 2008, Steve Cotterill was offered the chance to become the head coach and technical director of USL First Division Minnesota Thunder after Amos Magee stepped down. Cotterill was offered a temporary seven-week contract with a view to a longer deal when the season ended. As it would take two weeks to obtain a work permit, leaving only five weeks with Minnesota, Cotterill decided to turn this opportunity down. On 23 February 2010, it was announced that Cotterill would be manager of Notts County until the end of the season. On 3 April 2010, Cotterill was named March Football League Two Manager of the Month for six wins and two draws in the month. Cotterill also received this accolade for April 2010. On 27 April 2010, Notts County were crowned champions of League Two after defeating Darlington 5\u20130."}, {"context": " After the 2009\u201310 season, Cotterill was linked with the vacant Coventry City post but had said that Coventry did not try to contact him. Two weeks later Cotterill publicly turned down the job. On 25 May, another Championship club, Portsmouth confirmed interest in the Notts County boss. On 27 May 2010, Notts County announced that Cotterill had left after failing to commit his future to the club. Notts County chairman, Ray Trew said of Cotterill: \"The job that Steve did for us here will live long in the memory of all Notts County fans and, as is a mark of all great managers, he leaves the club in a much better position than when he arrived.\""}, {"context": " Cotterill was appointed as manager of Portsmouth on 18 June 2010, with the club in financial difficulty. Cotterill played a key role in stabilising Portsmouth through some turbulent times which saw the club nearly in liquidation. His performance as manager with Portsmouth saw him linked with the manager's job at other clubs, including that at Birmingham City. In his second full season and under new ownership, Portsmouth were expected to improve on the previous season's performance. However, the team won just two of their first 10 league matches in the Championship. On 4 October 2011, the joint owner of Portsmouth, Roman Dubov backed him saying \"\"We support him and believe in him\u00a0\u2013 his talent, his attitude and his work\"\"."}, {"context": " It later became public knowledge that Nottingham Forest were interested in hiring Cotterill as their new manager after Steve McClaren resigned from his post on 2 October 2011 after 111 days in charge. This followed the club's poor start to the season and allegations by McClaren of broken promises by the Nottingham Forest board regarding the signing of loan players. Cotterill was granted permission to speak with Nottingham Forest on 14 October 2011 after compensation was agreed with Portsmouth. Cotterill was appointed as manager on 14 October 2011 on a three and half-year deal. He won four of his first six games in charge. Cotterill began his Forest reign with a 2\u20130 win over Middlesbrough and a 2\u20131 win at Blackpool. The turnaround was short-lived though as a run of seven games without a goal, during which Forest suffered six defeats leaving them in the bottom three at the turn of the year. Forest ended that sequence with a 3\u20131 win at Ipswich Town on 2 January 2012 and followed that with a 0\u20130 draw at home to Leicester City in the third round of the FA Cup. A 4\u20130 defeat in the replay and two more league defeats, as part of six consecutive home league defeats, meant by the end of January 2012 Forest were 23rd in the league. From mid February, Forest's fortunes improved, starting with a 2\u20130 win over fellow relegation candidates Coventry City. This culminated in Forest finishing 19th and ten points clear of relegation. Cotterill left the club on 12 July 2012 following the take-over of the club by the Al-Hasawi family, despite Fawaz Al-Hasawi having previously favoured Steve's retention and despite Steve's own preference to remain."}, {"context": " In January 2013 he joined Queens Park Rangers to be part of Harry Redknapp's coaching staff on a short-term basis. Cotterill was invited by Redknapp to coach again in the 2013\u201314 season but declined the offer and left the club. On 3 December 2013, Cotterill was appointed manager of League One club Bristol City on a three-and-a-half-year contract. In his first season in charge, Cotterill guided Bristol City to 12th place in League One. In his second season in charge, the 2014\u201315 season, City won the Football League Trophy, for a record third time. 10 points clear at the top of League One and 37 points ahead of their rivals, City beat Walsall 2\u20130 at Wembley on 22 March 2015. Cotterill guided Bristol City to promotion from League One in the 2014\u201315 season with a club record of 99 points. Club chairman Keith Dawe said that the season's success \"will live in the memory for a long time\". Their form since the start of the season under Cotterill was described as \"imperious\" and promotion was gained on 14 April 2015 after a 0\u20136 away win at Bradford City."}, {"context": " On 18 April 2015, Bristol City were crowned League One champions following a 0\u20130 draw at home to Coventry City. This made them the first club to win both the Football League Trophy and League One in the same season since Birmingham City in 1995. It was Bristol City's first league title win for 60 years since their win in the 1954\u201355 Division Three South. Following Bristol City's promotion to the |Championship, Steve was named LMA League One Manager of the Year, having already earned Sky Bet League One Manager of the Month in September 2014 and March 2015."}, {"context": " Despite their successes in League One, the squad struggled in the Championship after a series of rejected transfers following a lack of investment. Only 256 days after Cotterill had led them back to the Championship, Cotterill was dismissed by Keith Dawe on 14 January 2016, despite his earlier favourable appraisal of Cotterill: \"I believe Steve Cotterill has the capacity to be a Premier League manager\". Other senior figures at the club were also supportive of Cotterill prior to his dismissal, such as club owner Steve Lansdown: \"He is the man at the helm to take us forward\"."}, {"context": " With three matches left of the 2016\u201317 season, Cotterill joined Birmingham City as first-team coach under new manager Harry Redknapp. He played his part in preparing the team to gain the two wins needed to avoid relegation to League One, but decided against remaining with the club as assistant manager for 2017\u201318. After Redknapp's dismissal in September 2017, Cotterill agreed a two-and-a-half year contract as Birmingham manager, to take effect on 2 October. After five months in post, during which the team remained in and around the relegation zone, and after a fifth successive league defeat \u2013 performance affected at least in part by a series of injuries and boardroom politics \u2013 Cotterill was dismissed on 3 March 2018.  Source: Cheltenham Town Notts County Bristol City Individual"}]}, {"title": "Steve Coulter", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Coulter is a team owner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. His team, Xpress Motorsports, won the Truck Series championship in 2002 and 2003, with Mike Bliss and Travis Kvapil, respectively. He has also fielded cars in the Busch Series and part-time in the Winston Cup series part-time. He sold Xpress Motorsports to Dave Fuge in 2005."}]}, {"title": "Steve Courson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Paul \"Steve\" Courson (October 1, 1955November 10, 2005) was an American football guard for the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers. Steve Courson grew up in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and went to Longmeadow High School . He played on the offense and defense lines and graduated in 1973 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. His #71 was retired, and he is the only football player in Gettysburg High School history to receive such an honor. After graduating from Gettysburg, Courson went on to play on the offensive line at the University of South Carolina."}, {"context": " During his freshman year at the University of South Carolina, Courson later stated that: He played for the Steelers from 1978\u20131983 and retired in 1985 after two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 1991, his book \"False Glory: The Steve Courson Story\", about his life in football when he used steroids, was published. He was one of the first American football players to admit to using steroids and harshly criticized them, making nearly 100 speeches a year to high school and college athletes about their dangers. Courson bench pressed but came to feel ashamed and guilty that he really didn't lift the weight \u2013 it was the power that steroids gave him. Courson was one of the first players to confess he had been using steroids during his playing career. He suffered from a heart condition which was believed to have been caused by his steroid use."}, {"context": " After his career Courson was effectively blackballed by the NFL because of his outspoken stance on steroids. He had a spell as a high school football coach in the 1990s. Courson's wife Cathy died by suicide. Courson lived near Pittsburgh for the rest of his life. In November 2005, he died in an accident at his home in Farmington, Pennsylvania. Courson had been cutting down a tree on his property, but a gust of wind changed the direction of its fall, and he moved into its path while attempting to prevent his dog from being struck. The dog, a black Labrador retriever, was found alive guarding Courson's body when the tree was removed."}, {"context": " In the months before his death in 2005, Courson wrote a 5,000-word letter expressing disappointment that more players weren't open about their steroid use and saying the league's enormous popularity relies on a \"myth\" of its players as drug-free heroes. \"I believe the NFL is a prisoner to their own public relations myth,\" Courson said in the letter, which was found on the computer of his western Pennsylvania home after he was crushed to death at age 50 by a tree he was cutting down. \"The level of deception and exploitation that the NFL requires to do business still amazes me.\" Courson, who became one of professional sports' first steroids whistleblowers by detailing his use in a 1985 \"Sports Illustrated\" interview, wrote the letter to a former Pittsburgh Steelers teammate he played with on Super Bowl-winning teams in 1978 and 1979.  Courson is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania."}]}, {"title": "Steve Court", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Court (born July 21, 1950) is an American politician who served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 18. He was the majority leader of the Arizona House of Representatives. He was first elected in 2008. He retired after the expiration of his second term in January 2013. Steve Court was born and raised in Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he majored in accounting. In 1974, Steve Court moved to Arizona, where he spent the next twenty years working in the Accounting and Financial Analysis department for the telecommunications company Motorola. After working in Motorola, he opened a small business in 1996, and sold it ten years later to one of his sons."}, {"context": " Steve Court was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2008. Along with fellow Republican Cecil Ash, Steve Court defeated Democrat Tammie Pursley and Independent Joe Brown. In the 2009\u20132010 legislative session, Steve Court served on these committees: He was the vice chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee. Steve Court was reelected, along with fellow incumbent Cecil Ash, during the 2010 elections. They faced no opposition during the Republican primary, and defeated Democrat Michael Conway and Libertarian Chris A. H. Will during the general election.  In the 2011\u20132012 legislative session, Steve Court served on the following committees: Steve Court did not seek another term during the 2012 general election and will retire when his current term ends."}]}, {"title": "Steve Courtin", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Edward \"Steve\" Courtin (born September 21, 1942) is a former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Saint Joseph's University, where as a senior in 1963\u201364 he was co-awarded the Robert V. Geasey Trophy as the Philadelphia Big 5's best player. Courtin was then selected in the 1964 NBA Draft by the Cincinnati Royals. He played in 24 games during the 1964\u201365 season for the Philadelphia 76ers before moving on to two seasons in the Continental Basketball Association."}]}, {"title": "Steve Courtley", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Courtley is an Australian special effects artist who is most known for his work in \"The Matrix\" films. He won at the 72nd Academy Awards for his work on \"The Matrix\" in the category of Best Visual Effects. His Oscar was shared with John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs and Jon Thum. He started his work on Australian films, such as \"\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Coury", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Coury (born 1957) is a former American football wide receiver for the Oregon State Beavers and a current high school football coach at Lake Oswego High School and business executive. The son of college and professional football coach Dick Coury, Steve Coury attended Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego, Oregon where he played wide receiver, before moving on to Oregon State in 1976. Despite the team's overall poor performance during the years he played (the team won just 8 games in his four seasons), Coury was named an All-American in 1979."}, {"context": " When he left Oregon State, he held the records for career receiving yards (1,837) and career receptions (135), and remains in the team's top ten for both statistics. He is tied with Reggie Bynum for the school record for most touchdowns in a half with 3. He was inducted into the Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. Following his college career, Coury played one season with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. Following his playing days, Coury began coaching football. He coached high school football at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California, coached wide receivers for the Portland Breakers of the USFL from 1983 to 1985 (where his father was head coach), and was an assistant football coach at the University of Pittsburgh for three years. In 1992, he was named head football coach at Lake Oswego High School.  Coury has led the Lakers to six state football championship appearances and to state titles in 2011 and 2018. In addition to his head coaching duties, Coury is vice president of SporTech, the West Coast distributor for FieldTurf artificial turf playing surfaces. He and his wife Nancy have three children and live in Lake Oswego."}]}, {"title": "Steve Coutchie", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen A. Coutchie (August 6, 1899 \u2013 January 24, 1983) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe, now Arizona State University, in 1946, compiling a record of 2\u20137\u20132. Before coming to Arizona State, Coutchie coached football at Mesa High School in Mesa, Arizona. He attended Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Illinois and played football as a quarterback at the University of Illinois at Urbana\u2013Champaign from 1922 to 1923."}]}, {"title": "Steve Covino", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Covino (\"Bulgous Temporalis)\" , known as \"el Covino\", \u201cLittle Taters\u201d and \"The Mexican Fonz\" (born August 9, 1976), is an American Television/Radio Talk Show Host/Disc Jockey heard daily on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Covino started his career in broadcasting as the producer and co-host of Solid State on 92.3 K-ROCK WXRK in NYC (Later called \"Altered State\" with DJ Liquid Todd on 103.5 WKTU The Beat of NY). Covino then co-hosted \"K-ROCK's Hard On\" with Crazy Cabbie and later got his own weekend show at K-ROCK. In addition to being a DJ, Covino was in the Marketing/Programming departments at WXRK and worked his way up to the head of the Promotions department. Covino held that position for many years until he was offered a full-time DJ position by Maxim Radio on SIRIUS."}, {"context": " Covino has worked at Sirius XM Satellite Radio since 2002 as the nighttime host of SIRIUS-XM's Octane (Pure Hard Rock). Since 2004, he is best known as the host of one of the fastest growing talk shows: \"The Covino and Rich Show\" airing 8-11AM PST on Faction Talk 103 (replayed daily & available ON DEMAND). In addition to their regular talk show, in 2013 Steve Covino & Rich Davis expanded their brand by delivering sports from a lifestyle/fan perspective. In Early September Covino & Rich launched a pre show titled Bleacher Report Radio w/ C&R bringing the very popular website to life w/ the experts from www.BleacherReport.com on Sirius XM Sports Zone 92."}, {"context": " After the success of their satellite radio show, Covino & Rich debuted on Sports New York (SNY) on Sept. 30, 2013. C&R on SNY is A different take on all things NY Sports and more from a fan/pop culture perspective. Covino and Rich offer viewers and sports fans an entertaining, lighthearted show that will incorporate pop culture, social media and viewer participation\u2014focusing less on stats and X's and O's Covino & Rich airs Live Mon-Fri 6pm (& replayed at 10pm et ) Steve and his wife Layla Kayleigh, had a daughter, Melody Rain Covino, on November 2, 2009. They celebrated their daughter's christening in Union, New Jersey, Covino's hometown."}, {"context": " On October 9, 2011, Kayleigh and Covino married in Las Vegas, Nevada. Melody served as flower girl. After 11 years together and 5 years of marriage, Kayleigh filed for divorce on December 21, 2016. Covino began in radio at Montclair State University's 90.3 WMSC, But has worked at 92.3 K-ROCK WXRK NY, 103.5 WKTU NY, & SIRIUS XM's MAXIM Radio (where he also hosted a weekend countdown called \"The Blender Download 15\" -Blender Magazine's Top 15 Downloads of the week), Stars too, Sports Zone's Pound Stone Power / Bleacher Report Radio & Currently on Octane 37 & The Infamous Covino & Rich Show on INDIE 102. As of August 17th, 2017, Covino has left Octane and now DJs exclusively on Turbo."}, {"context": " Covino was a recurring character on Style Network's \"\" and continues to make television appearances on VH-1, LatiNation, WPIX etc. He has also appeared in \"Hell's Kitchen\" as himself. In Sept. 2013, SportsNet New York brought on Covino and Rich to host their own live daily talk show presented by Coors Light from 6:00pm\u20136:30pm EST. Covino has voiced numerous characters in 3 Grand Theft Auto games including City Official, Chinese Vendor, Cholo gang member, Gun Dealer, Smuggler and Local Population."}]}, {"title": "Steve Covino (soccer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Covino (born May 17, 1989 in Bristol, Connecticut) is a former American soccer player who lasted played for Connecticut FC Azul in the USL Premier Development League. Covino attended Bristol Central High School where he was voted the #1 player in CCC South Conference his senior year. He secured All-Conference honors in his sophomore and junior seasons, earned the team's Playmaker Award and MVP at the conclusion of his junior season, and as a senior he earned Team MVP honors, All-State recognition and All-New England."}, {"context": " He went on to play four years of college soccer at Siena College, where he was an All-MAAC Second Team selection as a sophomore in 2008 and also as a senior in 2010. During his senior campaign at Siena, Covino scored 8 goals in 18 games and also added 4 assists for 20 points. in 2010, he was also voted to the NSCAA/Performance Subaru All-North Atlantic Region Third Team. He finished his college career with 10 goals and 10 assists in 71 games. During his college years Covino also played with the Western Mass Pioneers in the USL Premier Development League.  Covino signed his first professional contract in 2011 when he was signed by F.C. New York of the USL Professional Division on February 1, 2011. He made his professional debut on April 9, 2011 in New York's first-ever game, a 3\u20130 loss to Orlando City. He then signed for Connecticut FC Azul on March 27, 2012."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cowan", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cowan (born 17 February 1963 in Paisley) is a Scottish former professional football player. Cowan began his career with St Mirren, but followed Alex Ferguson to Aberdeen in 1979. Cowan was with Aberdeen for six seasons. He then moved to Hibs, scoring three hat-tricks and 19 league goals in all during the 1985\u201386 season. He was the top goalscorer in Scotland during the 1985-86 season, with 28 goals in total. Cowan only scored four league goals in 1986\u201387, however, and transferred to Motherwell. He then had a loan spell at Albion Rovers before moving to Irish football with Portadown. Cowan was very productive at Portadown, scoring 66 league goals in 87 games, and winning three major honours including the Irish League in 1990 and 1991 as well as the Irish Cup in 1991 where he scored his famous goal as Portadown completed a domestic double. He left Portadown in 1993, and had short stints with Linlithgow Rose, Ballymena United and Cliftonville before ending his playing career after the 1994\u201395 season.  Cowan now works in financial services and also as a match analyst for Radio Forth."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cowe", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Mark Cowe (born 29 September 1974) is an English footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for Swindon Town. He began his career with Aston Villa, but never played for their first team, and went on to play for numerous non-league teams. He retired from football in 2009."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cowper", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Cambreleng Cowper (born August 21, 1938) is an American Democratic politician who was the sixth governor of Alaska from 1986\u201390. He was governor during the 1989 \"Exxon Valdez\" oil spill. Cowper was born in 1938 to Petersburg, Virginia to Stephanie (n\u00e9e Smith) and Marion Cowper. He was raised in Kinston, North Carolina. He received bachelor's and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and after serving in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and Army Reserve, he worked as a maritime lawyer in Norfolk, Virginia for three years. Cowper moved to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1968 and served as assistant district attorney for rural Alaska and Fairbanks."}, {"context": " In 1970, Cowper went to Vietnam and worked as a freelance correspondent throughout Asia. Upon returning to Alaska, he wrote a political column for the \"Fairbanks Daily News-Miner\", taught a college course on Alaska lands, was a partner in an air taxi and cargo business, and worked as a diver for a University of Alaska marine research team. In 1974, Cowper was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives, where he served two terms. During his time in the House, he served as chairman of the Finance Committee (1977\u201378), chairman of the Steering Council on Alaska Lands (1978), a member of the Subsistence Committee (1977\u201378), and a member of the Alaska Advisory Committee for the Law of the Sea Conference (1978). In 1982, Cowper ran for governor, but narrowly lost the Democratic nomination to Bill Sheffield, who went on to win the general election."}, {"context": " Cowper ran for governor again in 1986, and defeated incumbent Sheffield in the August 26 primary by a 2\u20131 margin. He eventually won the November 4 general election, winning 47% of the vote against Republican Arliss Sturgulewski and Alaskan Independence Party candidate Joe Vogler. Once in office, Cowper proposed reestablishing the state income tax to help close the state's billion-dollar deficit; this proposal was met with strong opposition. He advocated the expansion of the University of Alaska's international study program, hoped to establish an International Trade Center, and placed emphasis on the teaching of foreign languages and culture in state schools. In early 1989, he announced that he would not seek reelection in 1990, a decision considered a surprise by some observers."}, {"context": " After serving as governor, Cowper served as a visiting fellow at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1991, and was a Co-Chairman of the Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference in 1994 and 1997. Since 1991, he has been the CEO of Steve Cowper & Associates, a group that advises companies and governments on energy-related initiatives. He has also served on the boards of multiple energy-related companies in the US and Canada. As of 2010, Cowper lived in Austin, Texas with his third wife and family."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cox", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cox may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cox (American football)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Everett Cox (born May 11, 1958) is a former American football punter and placekicker. Cox was drafted by the Cleveland Browns and played for them for four seasons. Cox played four more seasons for the Washington Redskins. Cox was one of the last straight-ahead style placekickers in the National Football League. Cox transferred to the University of Arkansas from Tulsa University following the 1977 season. After sitting out 1978 due to NCAA transfer rules, Cox added the punting job to his kicking duties. Steve was named All-Southwest Conference in 1979 and 1980, and was also named an All-American in 1980 by the UPI, the Sporting News, College & Pro Football Newsweekly, and Football News after leading the nation in punting by averaging 46.5 yards per punt."}, {"context": " Cox was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. Though primarily a punter and kickoff specialist, Cox was also used for long field goal attempts. On October 21, 1984, Cox kicked a 60-yard field goal in a game against Cincinnati. The kick was the second-longest field goal at the time (behind Tom Dempsey's record kick), but has since been matched by Morten Andersen, Rob Bironas, and Dan Carpenter and surpassed by Justin Tucker, Jason Elam, Matt Bryant, David Akers and twice by Sebastian Janikowski. Cox's kick remains one of only 16 field goals of 60 yards or more in NFL history and one of only two which was done with the straight-ahead style (the other being Tom Dempsey).  Cox earned a Super Bowl ring with the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XXII. Cox punted four times and kicked off seven times for the Redskins."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cox (artist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cox (born 1958) is an English Australian artist and writer, known for his homoerotic images; stream of consciousness landscapes and animal/human hybrids. He writes art-related and queer-related articles and reviews for various publications. Cox was born in Harringay, London, England and arrived in Melbourne, Australia in 1968, when his family emigrated. He studied painting at the Victorian College of the Arts from 1978 to 1980, where one of his main lecturers was Gareth Sansom. In 1983 he was awarded the Keith & Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship and subsequently spent eighteen months making work in London and Cairo. Also in 1983, he was included in the important survey of Australian art, \"Perspecta\", at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. In 1989 he was awarded an Australia Council grant to spend three months making work at the Villa Ghedini, in Besozzo, Northern Italy."}, {"context": " Cox has written numerous essays and articles on the suppression of homoeroticism in western art since the Renaissance, and the ways in which artists have managed to circumvent this censure. His early work dealt with the aberrant psychology of murderers and their victims. In 1987 he staged an exhibition of paintings, 'Beyond Belief', which documented the 1960s British Moors murderers. Cox has also exhibited paintings of the serial killers Dennis Nilsen, Peter Manuel and Peter Kurten - the latter work being purchased for the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne."}, {"context": " In 1995, his exhibition \"Kinderspiel (Child\u2019s Play)\" dealt exclusively with the subject of children who kill other children. His 1996 Masters Thesis (Deakin University), titled \u2018Murder and Art: the Causal Links\u2019, drew parallels between the creative mind of the artist and the murderous mind of the serial killer. Cox has explored the phenomena of dance culture, a subject that has spawned five exhibitions of portraits of clubbers, party-drug takers and bouncers, most notably in \"Rave: Club Culture\" (2000), \"Ecstasy: a celebration\" (2000) and \"Confessions of a Raving Lunatic\" (2002)."}, {"context": " As an out gay artist, Cox has often featured homoeroticism within his work. His exhibition \"Testosterone Zone\" (1996) dealt with, amongst other things, frank male nudity and the still-existing taboo over public representations of male genitalia. To this end, he has always been outspoken against censorship in the arts, as seen in an interview in issue 11 of Artist Profile magazine (2010). and Cox's article, commissioned by The Guardian. For decades, Cox's imagery has often been surreal, using unsettling juxtapositions of symbols. In \"The New Agrarian\" (1991), a partially nude boxer spars alone in front of a blackboard in an otherwise empty field. In \"Jelly Kitten\" (2005) a cartoon cat's head is simultaneously a portrait of a cute children's cartoon character and a tormented mind, perhaps reminiscent of Sidney Nolan's Gallipoli series, which featured portraits of returned soldiers."}, {"context": " In 2016, Cox was commissioned to paint a massive mural on the wall of the restaurant, Grub Food Van, in Fitzroy, Melbourne. He based this major work on Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne, in the National Gallery, London. In 2014 and 2015 Cox was the London editorial director of \"NakedButSafe\" magazine, for which he conducted several interviews with other artists, including: He has contributed art-related articles, art reviews and interviews with other artists to a number of newspapers, magazines and journals. These include:"}, {"context": " Since 1982 he has staged over thirty-five one-person exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, and has participated in over fifty group-exhibitions, including \"Moist: Australian Watercolours\", (2005) at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and \"This and Other Worlds\", (2005) at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. In 2008 he was included in \"True Crime: Murder and Misdemeanour in Australian Art\", at the Geelong Art Gallery. In 2014 he staged an exhibition of 165 works on paper, \"Inferno: A Reinterpretation of Dante\", at BUS Gallery, Melbourne, in which he re-investigated imagery from Dante's \"Inferno\" - a major work from this exhibition was purchased for the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne."}, {"context": " In 2008 the artist set up the 'Steve Cox Prize for Drawing' at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. It ran until 2012. Cox's work is held in The National Gallery of Australia, The National Gallery of Victoria and other major public and private collections throughout Australia. His work has been featured in Nevill Drury's New Art series of books, and in Sonia Payes' \"Untitled\", a book of photographic portraits of contemporary Australian artists. He is represented by William Mora Galleries in Melbourne.  He has two children, Eden Fabienne Cox (born 1986) and Hadrian Valentine Cox (born 1989). In October 2009 he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. As of February 2010 he is in remission."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cox (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Charles Steven Cox (born October 31, 1974) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Yokohama BayStars. Cox attended Monache High School in Porterville, California, graduating in 1992. was chosen in the fifth round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft by the Oakland Athletics. He played in their organization for six seasons without appearing in the major leagues. He was selected by the Devil Rays with the 46th pick in the 1997 MLB Expansion Draft.  Cox was first called up to the major leagues on September 17, , along with Jim Morris. In 2007, Cox became the head coach for Porterville College."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cox (wrestler)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cox is a retired American professional wrestler who competed in Mid-South regional promotions during the 1980s and early 1990s including the Universal Wrestling Federation, World Class Championship Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Cox played college football at the University of Tulsa and was team captain before becoming a professional wrestler. During 1987, Cox appeared on several Mid-South supercards defeating Super Ninja at Superblast at the Superdome on April 11 and Gary Young at the"}, {"context": " Superdome Extravaganza on June 13 before losing to Terry Taylor at Superdome Extravaganza on August 1. After short stints in All Star Wrestling and Central States Wrestling, he was introduced by Michael P.S. Hayes as his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 and new tag team partner soon becoming involved in a feud with the Samoan Swat Team and defeating them for the World Class Tag Team titles on September 16 before losing it back to them three days later. Regaining the titles at the supercard Cotton Bowl Extravaganza on October 15, they would only hold the titles for two days before losing them back to the Samoan Swat Team on October 17. After losing to the Samoan Swat Team in a rematch at SuperClash III on December 13,"}, {"context": " Resurfacing in the Global Wrestling Federation during the early 1990s, Cox began teaming with Stan Lane and defeated Kendo Nagasaki and Ninja in the opening rounds of the 2-day GWF World Tag Team Title Tournament before losing to Steve Simpson and Chris Walker in the semi-finals in July 1991. Soon after their defeat, Cox and Lane began feuding and was defeated by Lane in the semi-finals of the GWF North American Championship Tournament after defeating Rod Price in the opening rounds on August 9, 1991."}, {"context": " Traveling to Japan in mid-1992, he began competing for the Japanese shoot wrestling promotion UWF International and lost to Nobuhiko Takada in Shizuoka, Japan on July 12 and again on August 28 in a tag team match with Kazuo Yamazaki against Takada and Mark Fleming at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. After losing a match to Kiyoshi Tamura at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on September 21, he returned to the United States shortly after. He soon began wrestling in the Oklahoma City-based Power Zone Wrestling Alliance where he would compete on and off for the next three years."}, {"context": " In January 1996, Cox appeared on a supercard for the Dallas-based CWA at the Dallas Sportatorium in which he teamed with Bo Vegas, Devon Michaels, Marc Valiant, Scott Putski and Dom Minoldi to defeat Firebreaker Chip, Rod Price, John Hawk, Shawn Summers, Alex Porteau and Guido Falcone in a \"Bodyguards vs. Bandits\" match. The match, using an unorthodox \"football rules\" scoring system as opposed to the standard pinfall, has been considered by some wrestling fans to be one of the most confusing, and by some accounts, boring  matches held. In 2006, Cox appeared with promoter Bill Watts and Manny Fernandez at the Ricky Morton Tag Team Invitational in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 26."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crabb", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Marshall \"Steve\" Crabb (born 15 January 1943) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Arbroath in Scotland, the son of Steven Crabb, an RAF warrant officer, and Gertrude. He attended local state schools and joined the Labour Party, of which he was an office-bearer. He emigrated to Australia in June 1966, joining the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society as joint assistant actuary in 1972. He joined the Labor Party and was a member of the federal executive of the Australian Insurance Employees Union from 1966 to 1970 and from 1972 to 1976, serving as vice-president for the latter period. In 1976 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Knox. He was promoted to the ministry in 1982 as Minister for Transport, adding Industrial Affairs in 1983. In 1985 he became Minister for Employment and Industrial Affairs, subsequently moving to Labour (1986\u201388), Police and Emergency Services (1987\u201390), Tourism (1988\u201392), Conservation and Environment (1990\u201392) and Water Resources (1992). He retired from politics in 1992."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crabb (athlete)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Paul \"Steve\" Crabb (born 30 November 1963) is a former middle-distance runner from England. He ran competitively in the 1980s and 1990s for the London athletic club Enfield Harriers. He ran the 1500 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Crabb was selected to run in the 1987 World Championships 1500 metres with Steve Cram and Adrian Passey. The following year Crabb qualified to run in the 1988 Olympic 1500 metres with Peter Elliott and Steve Cram ahead of then Olympic champion Sebastian Coe.  Crabb returned to the Olympic games to run in the 1992 Olympic 1500 metres. Also representing Great Britain were Kevin McKay and Matthew Yates."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crabtree", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Christopher Crabtree (born June 12, 1955) is an American journalist. He was the Republican nominee for Kentucky Secretary of State in 1995. Crabtree was a drummer and vocalist with a number of bands that performed throughout the Ohio Valley and the northern panhandle of West Virginia during the 1970s. He left Moundsville, West Virginia in 1977 for Somerset, Kentucky to be close to family that had already left West Virginia. After two years working on campaigns for United States congressman Hal Rogers, a Republican from Kentucky's 5th congressional district, Crabtree went to work as a reporter and later news anchor for WKYT-TV in Lexington, Kentucky in 1981. Then, in 1982, he married the former Judi Luttrell of Somerset, Kentucky. The couple had three sons; Tyler, Matthew and Cory. In 1985, Kentucky Central Insurance Company, that owned WKYT-TV at the time, signed on WYMT-TV, a CBS affiliate in Hazard, Kentucky, sending Crabtree to the mountains of Eastern Kentucky to be that station's first news anchor and later news director."}, {"context": " In 1987, Crabtree went cross-state to ABC affiliate, WBKO-TV in Bowling Green as news director/anchor, later serving as WBKO-TV Station Operations Manager. In 1995, Crabtree was the Republican nominee for Kentucky Secretary of State, defeating his GOP primary opponent by a more than three-to-one margin. Crabtree was defeated in the general election by Democrat John Y. Brown, III, son of fast food magnate and former Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown, Jr. Crabtree later moved his family to Erie, Pennsylvania where he was news director and anchor for ABC affiliate WJET-TV for three years. In 2000, he relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee as Vice President for News and Station Operations of WVLT-TV, a CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television. Steve Crabtree resigned from his position as News Director in January, 2011. In a statement to current employees, he is leaving \"on his own\" to pursue other opportunities. Crabtree will stay till April 2011 or on until a replacement is announced."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cradock", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John \"Steve\" Cradock (born 22 August 1969 in Solihull) is an English guitarist, most notable for playing in the rock group Ocean Colour Scene. Cradock also plays the guitar in Paul Weller's band, having appeared on all of Weller's solo records following his self-titled debut solo album. Cradock began playing lead guitar for British Ska band The Specials in 2014. He is a distinctive guitarist, who has a retro, 1960s sound. Cradock's influences include The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Widely regarded (even by Ocean Colour Scene's critics) as one of the most talented British guitarists, Cradock also plays keyboards, bass guitar and drums."}, {"context": " Cradock was born in Solihull, Warwickshire; his father Chris Cradock, a police officer, would later become his son's manager). He was educated at Lode Heath School in Solihull. Cradock formed his first band called The Boys in 1988, with schoolfriends from Solihull. The band played at various Mod events around the Midlands with a set consisting mainly of cover songs \u2013 including The Clash's \"Should I Stay Or Should I Go\" and The Jam's \"Strange Town\". Whilst gaining popularity on the Birmingham gig circuit, the band was well received by audiences in various other towns, including London and Bournemouth. An August Bank Holiday festival in Gorleston coincided with the band releasing their first three-track vinyl EP, \"Happy Days\", on their own label. Plans to release a six-track mini-album soon after were never realised. However, the band contributed to a compilation album by the London-based label, Unicorn with their song \"Going Out\". This was followed by the peak of the band's career\u2013a support slot for Steve Marriott at the Irish Centre in Digbeth."}, {"context": " In the late 1980s Cradock met his idol and future mentor, Paul Weller. He would spend time at Weller's recording studio in Marble Arch, London, trying to pass on The Boys' music. While he was always evicted from the premises by technician Kenny Wheeler, Cradock made a lasting impression on Weller. Despite catching the attention of Polydor and CBS, the band dissolved and Cradock proceeded to form Ocean Colour Scene with Simon Fowler, Damon Minchella and Oscar Harrison. Cradock formed Ocean Colour Scene in 1989 with Fowler, Minchella and Harrison after the dissolution of both The Boys and The Fanatics. In 1991 Cradock returned to Weller's London studio with Ocean Colour Scene; Cradock and Weller became friends and Ocean Colour Scene were soon invited to tour with Weller."}, {"context": " Within two years of being signed, the band released their debut LP, \"Ocean Colour Scene\", on Fontana Records. Whilst they gained some popularity, the band felt their potential had not been reached. Following Cradock's first full tour with Paul Weller, he self-funded the production of the band's second LP \"Moseley Shoals\". OCS signed to MCA Records in 1995, and \" Moseley Shoals\" sold over 3,000,000 copies worldwide. Cradock joined Weller's band in 1992, having supported him with Ocean Colour Scene. Cradock has appeared on all studio albums by Weller, playing the guitar and other instruments. For the album \"22 Dreams\", Cradock co-wrote the tracks \"Night Lights\", \"111\" and \"Song for Alice\". In 1999 Weller presented Cradock with a Rickenbacker guitar for his 30th birthday. This guitar can be heard on Ocean Colour Scene's \"Free My Name\" single from \"A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad\". Weller and Cradock still continue their musical partnership, joining forces whenever Weller takes to the road. Cradock is also credited with co-writing the track \"Drifters\" on the 2012 release \"Sonik Kicks\" \u2013 an album that reached no.1 in the UK albums chart. He also took to the stage with Weller to perform tracks from this album for five nights at London's Roadhouse in March 2012. A version of Cradock's \"Lay Down Your Weary Burden\" (from his 2011 album \"Peace City West\") featured on Weller's 2012 EP \"When Your Garden's Overgrown\"."}, {"context": " Cradock played on a version of The Beatles' song \"Come Together\" in 1995 for the Warchild release \"The Help Album\". Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, the track featured Paul McCartney, Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Steve White, Carleen Anderson and Damon Minchella. While working and touring with Ocean Colour Scene in 1997, P. P. Arnold made her first solo album in 25 years, produced by Cradock. A cover of Mike Nesmith's \"Different Drum\" was released as a single in 1998; as well as producing the track, Cradock also played drums and guitar on it. Despite television and radio promotion, the single failed to chart and the proposed solo album was not released."}, {"context": " Along with Liam Gallagher, Cradock recorded a version of \"Carnation\" in 1999, for the Jam tribute album \"Fire and Skill: The Songs of the Jam\". Cradock also played guitar on the album's hidden track, \"No One in the World\". Cradock recorded some guitar parts for Macdonald's single \"Run\". She reciprocated by supporting Cradock on his European acoustic tour with Weller. Steve and his wife Sally toured with Macdonald in Germany as her support act in 2009. Cradock contributed guitar to The Players' 2003 album \"Clear The Decks\"."}, {"context": " He also contributed rhythm guitar to the 2006 recording of the song \"Left, Right and Centre\" by the acid jazz act Lord Lorge, which featured Dean Parrish on lead vocals. The following year, Cradock recorded drums and backing vocals for the Andy Lewis and Paul Weller collaboration \"Are You Trying To Be Lonely\", which peaked at number 35 in the UK Singles Chart. Cradock also produced a number of songs for the Newcastle-based band Hungover Stuntmen. Cradock announced on the Ocean Colour Scene website that he had begun work on a solo album in early 2008, the recording of which took place at Black Barn Studios in Surrey. During a phone interview on BBC Radio Tees in April 2008, Cradock discussed his solo album and disclosed that he plays all the instruments on the album. Occasionally, Cradock performed his own songs during his tour with Weller during their acoustic gigs of 2007 and 2008. The album features Paul Weller and wife Sally Cradock."}, {"context": " The album title was confirmed as \"The Kundalini Target\"; it reached No. 114 in the album charts, 34 in Play.com's charts and 30 in iTunes' charts. Cradock's second solo album \"Peace City West\" was released on Kundalini Music (a label founded by Cradock and his wife) on 4 April 2011 and features collaborations with James Buckley, from the cult TV show \"The Inbetweeners\", Paul Weller, Sally Cradock, Andy Crofts of The Moons and PP Arnold. This September 2013 release by Steve Cradock was his third solo effort, and also featured his wife Sally on co-production and co-writing.  Cradock married Sally Edwards, a record plugger for Ocean Colour Scene, in 1996. The couple have two children: a daughter, Sunny Elizabeth (born March 2003); and a son, Casius Earl (born July 2004) and live in Malborough in Devon. He admitted on an appearance on \"Soccer AM\" that he is an Aston Villa F.C. fan, although did not attend many games."}]}, {"title": "Steve Craig", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Craig (born March 13, 1951) is an American football player who played tight end in the National Football League from 1974 to 1978 and played in two Super Bowls. He attended Garfield High School in Akron, Ohio, the same high school fellow NFL receiver Jim Lash attended, and Northwestern University. Craig was drafted in round 3 of the 1974 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. His five-year pro-career was spent with the Minnesota Vikings, during which time which he helped lead the team to Super Bowl IX and Super Bowl XI appearances."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cram", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen \"Steve\" Cram (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed \"The Jarrow Arrow\", after his hometown, Cram set world records in the 1500 m, 2000 m and the mile during a 19-day period in the summer of 1985. He was the first man to run 1500 m under 3 minutes and 30 seconds. He won the 1500 m gold medal at the 1983 World Championships and the 1500 m silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games."}, {"context": " In 2008 Cram was appointed Chancellor of the University of Sunderland, replacing Lord Puttnam, and in 2009 elected as President of Jarrow & Hebburn Athletics Club. Cram now works as a television presenter and athletics commentator, motivational speaker and athletics coach. In 1980, Cram won his place in the British Olympic team after finishing in 2nd place to Steve Ovett in the mile at Crystal Palace. The race had been marked as a run-off between Cram and Scottish miler Graham Williamson for the final place (a selection decision which was severely criticized by Ovett in his 1984 autobiography). Cram, aged 19, reached the final of the 1500 m at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, in which Ovett and Sebastian Coe famously vied for the gold medal. Cram finished in eighth place."}, {"context": " Capitalising on his Olympic experience, Cram made his major breakthrough in 1982, a year in which Coe and Ovett were largely absent with injuries. Cram took 1500 m gold at the Commonwealth Games and also the 1982 European Championships in Athens, where he raced to gold after breaking from the field with 600 metres to go following Williamson's fall. Injury had disrupted Cram in the early part of the 1983 season, but he recovered in time for the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki and just prior to the games beat Coe (who was suffering from an undiagnosed virus at the time) in an 800 m at Gateshead. In a slow final, he strategically beat a large field following Sa\u00efd Aouita's break with 500 metres to go. Ovett became trapped in the pack, ultimately finishing fourth, while Cram outkicked Steve Scott and Aouita in the last 200 metres. In a remark made in Cram's presence shortly afterwards which spoke to the depth of British milers, Ovett noted that Britain was the home of the Olympic champion, World champion and World Record holder in the 1500 m - titles held by Coe, Cram and Ovett respectively."}, {"context": " At Crystal Palace later that summer, Cram won an epic mile race, in which he led Ovett by little more than a metre with 300 metres to go and maintained that lead right to the finishing line. In a 2006 interview, Cram described the race: \"It was a cat-and-mouse affair - we both started off running at the back of the field. I beat him by little more than the thickness of a vest.\" In 1984, Cram's season was severely hampered by injury, although he recovered sufficiently to win silver in the 1500 m at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, behind defending champion Coe."}, {"context": " He came back stronger in 1985, a year in which he was only beaten three times; by Coe at 800 m, McKean at 800 m and Ovett in a road Mile. In the 800 m, not his best event, he beat the reigning 800 m Olympic Champion, Joaquim Cruz, in 1:42.88, the fastest time he was ever to run, off even splits of 51.2 & 51.7. He broke three world records (1500 m, Mile, 2000 m) within a 19-day span, and recorded a British All Comers Record over the 1000 m, running 2:12.88 in windy conditions at Gateshead (the second fastest 1000 m in history at the time behind Coe's 2:12.18). He was the first man to run under 3:30.00 for the 1500 m, just beating Sa\u00efd Aouita in Nice (running 3:29.67 to Aouita's 3:29.71). His mile time of 3:46.32, recorded at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, stood for eight years and, , is still the European record. This run was notable for the fact that this was an actual competitive race against Sebastian Coe with the first three laps being below schedule, although pretty even in pace distribution (57.2, 57.3, 58.7), followed by an exceptional last lap (440yds) of 53.2."}, {"context": " While the likes of Coe and Ovett had a devastating sprint finish over the last 100 metres, Cram tended to wind up the speed gradually over the last 300 metres of races, making him very difficult to catch. However, during the 1985 season he said (and indeed demonstrated) that he could win from any position and happily ran near the back of world class fields before unleashing his kick, often with a lap or so to go. This tactic, his elegant, high stepping action and his effortless acceleration made him one of the most exciting middle distance runners to watch."}, {"context": " Cram's good form continued into the 1986 season. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, he won the 800 m, finishing 15 metres clear of Tom McKean and Peter Elliott in 1:43:22 - still the Commonwealth Games record. He followed this up with gold in the 1500 m and was persuaded to run both events at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart. He arrived at the European Championships \"just over the edge\" as he suggested in David Miller's biography of Coe, \"Born to Run\". Nevertheless, he won the bronze in the 800 m having been blocked down the back straight by Tom McKean who made his run at the same time as Cram and, though leading into the straight, lacked the zest he showed in the Commonwealth games and was unable to hold off the challenges of McKean and a superlative Coe. Although disappointed by his 800 m defeat Cram bounced back to beat Coe to the gold medal in the 1500 m. It turned out to be not only Cram's last major medal, but the end of the golden era for British middle distance running."}, {"context": " In 1987, he was no longer the outstanding 1500 m athlete that he had been in previous years. Having previously been able to win races from any position and at any pace, he was now lacking confidence in his finishing speed, an area in which he had fallen behind some of his main rivals. He was beaten by Jos\u00e9 Luis Gonz\u00e1lez in the European Cup, and although he followed that with an impressive win in the 1000 m in Stockholm, and won the Dream Mile for the third year running, he finished eighth after leading into the final bend of the 1987 World Championships final in Rome. He had said before the race that his only hope of victory was a fast race, in which he could run the finish out of his opponents, in particular Abdi Bile, the eventual winner. Unhappily for Cram, the pace was slow, and he faded badly in the last 100 metres."}, {"context": " His 1988 season saw him return to better form and he beat Bile in the Oslo Dream Mile in 1988 - his fourth consecutive victory in that race. Having run impressively in the Olympic trials over 800 m and winning in 1:44.16, (opening up an eight-metre gap over Tom McKean in a sprint down the home straight) he was touted as one of the favourites to win the gold medal over 1500 m at the Seoul Olympics in 1988 until a calf injury just before the games in a 1000 m race hampered his progress. The injury affected his performance at the games and he was eliminated in the heats of the 800 m. He recovered sufficiently to reach the final of the 1500 m, but could finish only fourth in a close race surprisingly won by Peter Rono."}, {"context": " Injury dogged him throughout his remaining years and although he continued to compete for some time, he never again looked likely to win a major championship. In the 1990 European Athletics Championships, he still finished fifth in the 1500 m, but in the 1991 World Athletics Championships, he was eliminated in the 1500 m semi-finals. He retired from athletics in 1994 and remains the UK record holder over the mile and 2000 m. Cram is the coach of middle-distance runners Laura Weightman, Thomas Lancashire and Ross Murray. In April 2014 Cram joined British Athletics as an adviser and mentor in the run-up to the 2016 Summer Olympics."}, {"context": " Cram now works as a television presenter and athletics commentator predominantly for BBC Sport and as a motivational speaker. He starred alongside UK Olympic Gold medalists Sally Gunnell and Adam Eason in BBC's 2006 primetime TV series \"Run for Glory\" helping the runners and participants overcome psychological barriers to running the London Marathon. He was the BBC's lead commentator for the Athletic events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Cram has also presented as part of three Winter Olympics -"}, {"context": " Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 - having replaced Dougie Donnelly as the main Curling commentator in 2010. Cram was married to Karen for many years, but they divorced in 2006 and since then he has lived with former athlete Allison Curbishley in Northumberland. He has two children, Josie and Marcus, who have had some success in under age races. Cram had one sibling, a younger brother Kevin, who died in a fall aged 39 while out for a run in Cardiff in 2001. In August 2014, Cram was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to \"The Guardian\" opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.  Cram was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1983. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1986 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to sport."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crane", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven John Crane (born 3 June 1972) is an English former professional footballer. Crane started his professional career with Charlton Athletic in July 1990 as a trainee. In November 1990 he played for Margate on loan, but was recalled by Charlton only a month later. He did not qualify as a member of the Charlton first team and left them in February 1991 without having played in any game. He finally made his first professional appearances on the field when he rejoined Margate in 1991, playing with them for two pre-season games. He left shortly thereafter when he garnered a football scholarship to Tusculum College in the United States, where he studied foreign languages. While at Tusculum he had an impressive playing career, scoring 99 goals in just two season, He returned to the UK in December 1992 to join Aveley."}]}, {"title": "Steve Craven", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Craven (born 17 September 1957, Birkenhead) is a footballer who played as midfielder for Tranmere Rovers and Crewe Alexandra."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crawford (Pennsylvania)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven M. Crawford (born July 13, 1959) is an American politician. He was a member of the cabinet of former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. He graduated from the Mansfield University of Pennsylvania in 1981. He was appointed to be chief of staff for Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell in May 2009 to replace the outgoing Gregory Fajt. He served as secretary of legislative affairs from 2003 through 2009. Prior to that, he was a staff member in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Prior to that, he was Deputy Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture under Governor Bob Casey Sr.  He was named to the \"Pennsylvania Report\" \"PA Report 100\" list of politically influential personalities in 2009. He was named to the PoliticsPA \"Power 50\" list."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crawford (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Ray Crawford (born April 29, 1958) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for two teams from 1980 through 1991. Listed at 6' 5\", 225\u00a0lb., he batted and threw right-handed. A versatile hard-thrower, Crawford filled various relief roles coming out from the bullpen, as a closer or middle reliever, serving as an emergency starter as well. He reached the majors in 1980 with the Boston Red Sox, spending seven years with them before moving to the Kansas City Royals (1989\u201391). His most productive season came in 1985 with the Red Sox, when he set career-numbers in wins (6), saves (12), strikeouts (58) and innings pitched (91.0). During the 1986 ;postseason, he went 2-0 including a win in Game 2 of the World Series; he did this despite going winless during the 1986 regular season. He also had three decent years with Kansas City, winning 11 games and averaging 60.0 innings of work in each season.  In a 10-season career, Crawford posted a 30-23 record with 19 saves and a 4.17 earned run average in 277 games, including 16 starts, two complete games and 562 \u2154 innings. , or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota <br>"}]}, {"title": "Steve Crear", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Crear is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. A Queensland state and Australian national representative back, he played his club football in the Brisbane Rugby League for Western Suburbs and Redcliffe, as well as elsewhere in Queensland for Rockhampton and Gatton. In 1971 Crear was first selected to represent Queensland against New South Wales. Crear played at centre for Western Suburbs in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership's Grand final victory over Eastern Suburbs.  Crear was selected for the Australian team's 1977 Rugby League World Cup campaign, becoming Kangaroo No. 500, but did not play any games. Also in 1977 Crear received the Western Suburbs club's Annual Old Boys Best & Fairest Award. In 1981 Crear captained the Central Queensland team in the Datsun Country Championships. In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, Crear was named at five-eighth of Queensland Rugby League Central Division's team of the century."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crenshaw", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Crenshaw (born Steven Michael Hidalgo, 5 December 1971) is an American blues guitarist. Steve Crenshaw was born in Burlingame, California. At the age of 5 he started playing guitar, something he quickly developed a passion for. When he was 13 Steve discovered the music of Stevie Ray Vaughan and from that point on, submerged himself in everything blues related. In 1991 he left the Bay Area to pursue a music career in Denver, Colorado. Throughout the 1990s Crenshaw became known as a blues guitar hero in and around the Colorado frontrange. He is a member of the Groove Hawgs.  E\\v - family"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cribb", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cribb (Peter Stephen Cribb 1944-1994) was an English disability rights activist, artist, collector and numismatist. Cribb was in public office as a London Borough of Hounslow councillor and later as a development officer for the disabled in the same borough. He is particularly well known for his artworks, working with the London Disablity Art Forum and Shape Arts. He was the grandson of the sculptor, letter cutter and carver Joseph Cribb and brother of the numismatist Joe Cribb. Exhibiitions"}, {"context": " Cribb collected Chinese coins, Chinese paper money, postal orders, co-operative tokens, school medals and religious medals. He was one of the founders of the Oriental Numismatic Society. Some of his collections are now in the British Museum, including the Steve Cribb Collection of religious medals. A selection from this vast collection was displayed in the exhibition \"Receive our prayers: the Steve Cribb Collection of Catholic medals\" at the British Museum, in 1995. The residue of his religious medal collection is in the University of Bergen Museum collection.  Numismatic Publications"}]}, {"title": "Steve Crisafulli", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Crisafulli (born July 26, 1971) is an American politician. He was the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 51st District, which is located in northern Brevard County, including Cape Canaveral, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, and Rockledge, since 2012. Crisafulli previously represented the 32nd District from 2008 to 2012. Crisafulli was born in Rockledge in 1971, and was born into a political family, as his cousin, Doyle E. Carlton, served as Governor of Florida from 1929 to 1933, and his grandfather, Vassar B. Carlton, served as a Justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1969 to 1974. He attended Brevard Community College, from which he received his associate degree, and the University of Central Florida, where he received his bachelor's degree. Following graduation, Crisafulli started working in agribusiness, serving as the Director of the Brevard County Farm Bureau from 1996 to 2004, and again from 2006 to the present. He also served as the President of the Farm Bureau from 2003 to 2005. In 1998, he was elected to the Brevard County Soil and Water Conservation District, where he served until 2002."}, {"context": " When State Representative Bob Allen resigned from the legislature in 2007 due to charges that he offered twenty dollars for the opportunity to perform fellatio on an undercover police officer, a special election was held to replace him, and Tony Sasso, a Democrat was elected to replace him in the 32nd District, which included parts of northern Brevard County and southeastern Orange County. In 2008, Crisafulli ran against Sasso in the regularly-scheduled election. During the course of the campaign, Crisafulli earned the endorsement of the \"Orlando Sentinel\" over Sasso, which criticized the incumbent for being \"reluctant to make a commitment\" on SunRail, while Crisafulli was a \"staunch advocate\" of it. In the end, Crisafulli ended up narrowly defeating Sasso, winning 52% of the vote to the incumbent's 48%. Crisafulli was re-elected without opposition in 2010."}, {"context": " When state legislative districts were redrawn in 2012, Crisafulli was moved into the 51st District, which dropped his previous district's reach into Orange County in exchange for more portions of northern Brevard County. He faced no opposition in the primary or general elections, and was re-elected to his third term without opposition. Following the 2012 elections, fellow State Representative Chris Dorworth, the designee for Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives for the 2014-2016 legislative session, was defeated for re-election, and Republicans in the legislature voted for Crisafulli as Dorworth's replacement. When Crisafulli won re-election, he became Speaker for the 2014-2016 legislative session."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crocker", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen D. Crocker (born October 15, 1944 in Pasadena, California) is the inventor of the Request for Comments series, authoring the very first RFC and many more. He attended Van Nuys High School, as did Vint Cerf and Jon Postel. Crocker received his bachelor's degree (1968) and PhD (1977) from the University of California, Los Angeles. Crocker is chair of the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN. Steve Crocker has worked in the Internet community since its inception. As a UCLA graduate student in the 1960s, he was part of the team that developed the protocols for the ARPANET which were the foundation for today's Internet. For this work, Crocker was awarded the 2002 IEEE Internet Award."}, {"context": " While at UCLA Crocker taught an extension course on computer programming (for the IBM 7094 mainframe computer). The class was intended to teach digital processing and assembly language programming to high school teachers, so that they could offer such courses in their high schools. A number of high school students were also admitted to the course, to ensure that they would be able to understand this new discipline. Crocker was also active in the newly formed UCLA Computer Club. Crocker has been a program manager at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a senior researcher at USC's Information Sciences Institute, founder and director of the Computer Science Laboratory at The Aerospace Corporation and a vice president at Trusted Information Systems. In 1994, Crocker was one of the founders and chief technology officer of CyberCash, Inc. In 1998, he founded and ran Executive DSL, a DSL-based ISP. In 1999 he cofounded and was CEO of Longitude Systems. He is currently CEO of Shinkuro, a research and development company.  Steve Crocker was instrumental in creating the ARPA \"Network Working Group\", which later was the context in which the IETF was created. He has also been an IETF security area director, a member of the Internet Architecture Board, chair of the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee, a board member of the Internet Society and numerous other Internet-related volunteer positions. In 2012, Crocker was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame by the Internet Society."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crocker (politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Crocker is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the district of Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in a 2014 by-election, and re-elected in 2015. He is a member of the Liberal Party. Before being elected, Crocker served as an executive assistant to Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal leader Dwight Ball. Crocker served as Minister of Fisheries, and currently as Minister of Transportation and Works in the Ball government."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crompton", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven S. Crompton is a Canadian-born artist, author and designer who has worked in the role-playing and comic genres since 1981. In the gaming industry he is best known as the artist for the Grimtooth Traps books as well as other \"Catalyst\" role-playing game supplements, \"Tunnels & Trolls\" and the \"Nuclear War\" card game. Steven Crompton went to Arizona State University art college for two years, the Scottsdale Community College, and the Vo-Tech Commercial Art School. His first widely distributed comic was \"Elves of Lejentia #1 - 3\", in 1987. In 1991, he was hired by Todd Loren to work on \"Psychoman\" and his own creation, Demi the Demoness. The Demi comics have been in continuous publication since 1992. Demi was adapted into a live-action movie and released on dvd in 2008 and new Demi comics continue to be published."}, {"context": " He developed the art and marketing for the \"\" novel and related books, games and comics. Since 2005 he has managed entire projects, contributing to all aspects of a publishing endeavor including marketing, working directly with other creators, design, writing, art, maps, pre-press, printing liaison and final delivery to the end users. Recent examples include Deluxe \"Tunnels & Trolls\" RPG, 50th Anniversary\"Nuclear War (card game)\", \"Ace of Aces (picture book game)\" limited edition reprint and the Grimtooth's Ultimate Traps Collection."}, {"context": " Besides Grimtooth's Traps and Nuclear War, other notable games his work has appeared include \"Traveller\", \"Immortal\", \"GURPS\", \"Space Opera\", \"Tunnels & Trolls\", \"\", \"Lejentia Campaigns\", \"Grid Iron\", \"Lost Worlds\", the \"Powerz Card Game\", and many others. Several of the games he has worked on have won the HG Wells \"Origins Award\", including \"Citybook\", \"Stormhaven\", \"Nuclear Escalation & Nuclear Proliferation\" card Games. \"Nuclear War\" won the \"Hall of Fame Award\" as one of the best card games of all time."}, {"context": " Along with art, he also contributed to the design and writing of some of these products. Crompton is best known for his creation Demi the Demoness and his work as editor and designer of the Carnal Comics line since 2001, with over 30 books including Frank Brunner's Carnal Delights and Carnal Comics: the Inside Story. He has worked for Rip Off Press, Hippy Comix, Kitchen Sink Press, Cry for Dawn Productions, Revolutionary Comics and many others. He also created 100 comic-style art cards for the Topps \"Mars Attacks Invasion\" trading card series.  Steve his written a series of novels and short stories under the pen name \"M.Scott Verne\". Currently these works are all related to the novels and other related books/ games."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cronin", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Michael Cronin (born May 28, 1983 in Sacramento, California) is a retired American soccer player who most recently played for D.C. United of Major League Soccer. Cronin played college soccer at Santa Clara University from 2001 to 2003. As a freshman, Cronin pulled double duty, starting 10 games as a goalkeeper and six in the field, finishing the season with a 0.79 goals against average. For the next two years, Cronin remained solely in goal, starting 27 matches and being named first-team All-West Coast Conference as a junior."}, {"context": " Following a tremendous performance with the Under-20 national team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, Cronin signed a Project-40 contract with MLS. He was selected 10th overall in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft by his hometown San Jose Earthquakes. Unfortunately for Cronin, San Jose had two very competent goalkeepers in front of him, 2003 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Pat Onstad and Jon Conway, and the young keeper did not get any playing time in the 2004 season. Cronin was traded to Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2005 off-season in a four-player deal and started several games for the Galaxy. He became the Galaxy's starting goalkeeper after Joe Cannon was traded to the San Jose Earthquakes in January 2008. Cronin signed a multi-year contract extension with Galaxy after the 2008 MLS season, but transferred to Portland Timbers in February 2009."}, {"context": " Cronin joined Major League Soccer side D.C. United on 9 October 2009 on loan from Portland until the end of the 2009 MLS season. His first appearance for DC United was an October 17, 2009 start at home against the Columbus Crew. Cronin made 6 saves and earned a shutout win. Cronin enjoyed a strong season with Portland in 2010 appearing in 28 league matches, in which he posted a .79 goals against average which included 12 shutouts. On October 19, 2010 Cronin was named as one of the first four players to be signed by the Portland Timbers ahead of their expansion into Major League Soccer in 2011, along with Bright Dike, Ryan Pore and Eddie Johnson."}, {"context": " On December 17, 2010 Cronin was traded from Portland along with allocation money to D.C. United for goalkeeper Troy Perkins. Cronin remained with D.C. through the 2011 season. At season's end, the club declined his 2012 contract option and he entered the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft. Cronin was not selected in the draft and became a free agent. As a teenager, Cronin trained with the Under-17 United States national team at the USSF's Bradenton Academy, alongside players like Landon Donovan, DaMarcus Beasley, and Bobby Convey. He made his international debut with the team against Sweden on November 26, 1998.  He was called up for the United States national team camp before the game against Sweden on January 19, 2008, but was the only unused substitute in the match. On April 13, 2012 Cronin announced he was becoming a State Farm insurance agent. He opened his office in Denver, Colorado on March 1, 2013."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cropper", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which backed artists such as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor. He also acted as the producer of many of these records. He was later a member of the Blues Brothers band. \"Rolling Stone\" magazine ranked him 39th on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Born on a farm near Dora, Missouri, Cropper moved with his family to Memphis at the age of nine. Cropper acquired his first mail order guitar at the age of 14."}, {"context": " He admired guitarists including Tal Farlow, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Reed, Chet Atkins, Lowman Pauling of the Five Royales and Billy Butler of the Bill Doggett band. Cropper and guitarist Charlie Freeman formed the Royal Spades, who eventually became the Mar-Keys. The name referred to the marquee outside Stax studios, known as Satellite Records at the time. Eventually the Mar-Keys began playing on sessions and had a hit single of their own with \"Last Night\" in 1961. Besides being impressed with the young guitarist's playing, Stax Records president Jim Stewart saw professionalism and maturity beyond Cropper's years. When American Records founder Chips Moman left Stax, Cropper became the company's A&R man. He became a founding member of the Stax house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, along with Hammond organ player Booker T. Jones, bassist Donald \"Duck\" Dunn and drummer Al Jackson Jr.. As a house guitarist he played on many recordings such as \"(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay,\" co-written with and performed by Otis Redding and Sam & Dave's \"Soul Man\" on which he was mentioned by name. When Cropper played on the song's remake by the Blues Brothers, lead singer John Belushi again mentioned Cropper. On the early Stax recordings, Cropper is known to have played a 1956 Fender Esquire, and later used a blonde Fender Telecaster."}, {"context": " At this time, Cropper's fame was not limited to the United States. The Beatles favoured Cropper's playing, and his production on Otis Redding records. John Lennon and Paul McCartney made tentative plans to record in Memphis, and to work with the guitarist. However Brian Epstein cancelled the sessions, citing security problems. Regarding this period, Rob Bowman, in his book \"Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records\", quoted Booker T. Jones as saying: Along with influential work with Booker T & The MG's, Cropper co-wrote \"Knock on Wood\" with Eddie Floyd, \"In the Midnight Hour\" with Wilson Pickett and \"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay\" with Otis Redding. In 1969, Cropper released his first solo album, \"With a Little Help From My Friends\"."}, {"context": " When Cropper left Stax in the fall of 1970, the label lost one of its most successful producers and songwriters. Cropper then set up TMI Studios with Jerry Williams and former Mar-Key Ronnie Stoots. There he played guitar and produced various musicians including Tower of Power, Rod Stewart, John Prine, Jos\u00e9 Feliciano, The Jeff Beck Group, Ringo Starr and John Lennon. It's little-known that Cropper also played guitar on the cover of The Velvet Underground's \"Femme Fatale\" that appears on fellow Memphians Big Star's \"Third/Sister Lovers\"."}, {"context": " By 1975, Cropper had moved to Los Angeles and along with Jones, Jackson and Dunn, reformed Booker T. & the M.G's. Jackson, whom Cropper called \"the greatest drummer to ever walk the earth,\" was murdered in his Memphis home before the group could make their comeback. In 1978, Cropper and Dunn became members of Levon Helm's RCO All-Stars and then went on to figure prominently in the Blues Brothers Band with the drummer Willie Hall. This led to two albums and two movie soundtracks. Cropper also re-recorded \"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay\" (1979) for Sammy Hagar. Cropper lived in Los Angeles for the next thirteen years before moving to Nashville and reuniting with the Blues Brothers Band in 1988."}, {"context": " Cropper has a cameo in the \"Weird Al\" Yankovic mockumentary \"The Compleat Al\" (1985), where he plays a bit of \"Soul Man\" in an unsuccessful attempt to join Al's band. In 1992, Booker T. & the M.G.'s were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Cropper appeared with a new line-up of the group for the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary concert, on October 1992 at Madison Square Garden, performing songs by and backing Dylan, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Chrissie Hynde, Sin\u00e9ad O'Connor, Stevie Wonder and Neil Young. The concert was recorded and later released as \"The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration\" (1993). Young later recruited this line up of Booker T. and the M.G's to tour with him and record as his studio band."}, {"context": " In 1996, Cropper was named \"the greatest living guitar player\" by Britain's \"Mojo\" magazine. When asked what he thought of Cropper, the guitarist Keith Richards said, \"Perfect, man.\" In February 1998, Cropper released \"The Interview - Play It, Steve!\" which included some of soul music's most enduring songs. The album title came from the \"shout\" of the title phrase by Moore on Sam & Dave's \"Soul Man\" and later by John Belushi (with the Blues Brothers). In June 2004, Cropper appeared with Dunn and Jones as the backing band for Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Others who appeared included Joe Walsh and David Hidalgo. On June 9, 2005, Cropper was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame."}, {"context": " He co-produced \"The Memphis Album\" (2007), recorded by Australian soul singer Guy Sebastian. Cropper also played guitar on the subsequent promotional tour, which was recorded and released two years later as \"The Memphis Tour\". On March 2, 2008 Cropper and Sebastian were guests on the \"Vega Sunday Session\" with host Mark Gable from the rock band the Choirboys. On July 29, 2008, Cropper and Felix Cavaliere released the album \"Nudge It Up A Notch\". In August 2008, Cropper appeared at the Rhythm Festival alongside the Animals."}, {"context": " On November 12, 2009, EMP/SFM presented Cropper with their \"Founders Award.\" On October 17, 2010, Cropper was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. On August 9, 2011, Cropper released the album \"Dedicated\" which was his tribute to the \"5\" Royales. In 2013 he was a special guest at selected concerts as part of Peter Frampton's Guitar Circus Tour, including the first performance which featured Frampton, Robert Cray and Vince Gill. In April 2013, Cropper appeared with Jones and Matt 'Guitar' Murphy as Booker T. & the MG's at Eric Clapton's 4th Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden in New York City.  Cropper married his first wife, Betty, in 1961. They have two children named Stephen and Ashley. They lived in Memphis, TN, until divorcing in 1976. Cropper married his second wife, Angel, in the late 1980s. They have two children named Andrea and Cameron. The Croppers currently live in Tennessee."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crosbie", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Crosbie (born 10 February 1993) is a professional rugby union player from Ireland. He primarily plays as a fly-half, but has also played at centre. Crosbie currently plays for Irish provincial side Connacht in the Pro14, having signed for the team from Munster in January 2017. A former student at St. Gerard's School in Bray, Crosbie came through the academy of his native province, Leinster, and has played at amateur level for Old Belvedere and New Zealand provincial side Wanganui. Crosbie was born in Cork, but grew up on the east coast of Ireland, attending St. Gerard's School in Bray. He represented the school's rugby team in the Leinster Senior Cup, playing in the same team as Jack Conan. In addition to rugby, Crosbie played Gaelic football, golf and tennis in his youth. He is a second cousin of the former Irish international rugby player David Corkery."}, {"context": " Crosbie joined the Leinster Academy ahead of the 2013\u201314 season. On 13 September 2014 he made his debut for the senior side, playing for 20 minutes from the bench against Scarlets in the 2014\u201315 Pro12. On 31 October 2014, Crosbie was on the bench against Edinburgh in the same competition but was forced on early, playing 60 minutes after Ben Te'o was forced off through injury. In 2016, after leaving the Leinster academy, Crosbie moved to New Zealand joining amateur provincial side Wanganui. He was one of a number of young players to make the journey from Leinster to New Zealand, including Gavin Thornbury, Oliver Jager and Harrison Brewer. Crosbie played four games in the 2016 Heartland Championship, scoring 26 points but departed after the fifth round to take an offer from Munster to return to Ireland."}, {"context": " On 29 September 2016, it was announced that Crosbie had signed a three-month senior deal with Munster and he left Wanganui with immediate effect. He was signed following the forced retirement of out-half Johnny Holland and an injury to Bill Johnston. Crosbie was still behind Tyler Bleyendaal and Ian Keatley in the pecking order however, and did not make a senior appearance for the team, instead featured for the province's 'A' side. In January 2017, Crosbie signed a short-term deal with another Irish province, this time Connacht following injuries to Marnitz Boshoff, Jack Carty, Shane O'Leary and Craig Ronaldson. He made his debut on 3 March 2017 in a 2016\u201317 Pro12 game against Zebre. In total he made three appearances and scored 17 points before the end of the season. In May 2017, it was announced that Crosbie had signed an extension to his deal with Connacht to remain with the team for the 2017\u201318 season.  Crosbie has represented Ireland internationally at under-age level. He was part of the Ireland under-20 team for the 2013 season, making his debut against Wales in the 2013 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. In May 2013, Crosbie was named in the Irish squad for the Junior World Championship. He featured in all five of the team's games in the tournament, taking his total number of appearances for the under-20 side to 13."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crosby", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Kent Crosby (born July 3, 1950) is an American football coach and former National Football League (NFL) running back. He last coached special teams for the San Diego Chargers in 2010. Crosby was named the NFL Special Teams Coach of the Year in 2007, and he has spent 33 years in the NFL\u20143 as a player, 4 as a scout and 26 as a coach. He played for the New York Giants from 1974\u20131976. Afterwards he scouted or coached in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. He then coached college football for three years at Vanderbilt University before joining the Chargers in 2002."}, {"context": " Crosby played college football for Fort Hays State, where he was an Associated Press Little All-American (1973), two-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-District 10 (1972\u20131973), and two-time All-Great Plains Athletic Conference selection (1972\u20131973). The tailback finished his career with 2,780\u00a0rushing yards and 27\u00a0touchdowns while also filling in for injured teammates at quarterback and middle linebacker. Crosby was selected by the New York Giants in the 17th round of the 1974 NFL Draft. He was one of the few 17th round picks to ever make an NFL team after reporting to training camp in his best ever physical condition. The 1974 NFL strike also may have helped as veterans missed training camp. Stomach and knee injuries impacted Crosby's first year. He played three seasons with the Giants and retired following the 1976 season after a serious knee injury."}, {"context": " Crosby recovered from his injury and earned his master's degree. Three weeks after accepting a position to teach high school, he was offered to be a scout for the Miami Dolphins. He accepted, and later became a coach under Don Shula. The Dolphins went to Super Bowl XVII in 1982. Crosby then coached for the Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. In 1985 with the Browns, Crosby was the running backs coach that oversaw both Earnest Byner and Kevin Mack both running for 1,000 yards."}, {"context": " Crosby joined the Chargers in 2002 as special teams coach under their new incoming head coach, Marty Schottenheimer. Crosby was honored as the 2007 NFL Special Teams Coach of the Year by Professional Kicking Services. His kickoff strategy with the Chargers emphasized placement of the ball\u2014forcing the return team to one side of the field\u2014as a tradeoff for the distance of the kick. During his Chargers tenure, four special team players were selected to the Pro Bowl including covermen Kassim Osgood (3-time selection) and Hanik Milligan, kicker Nate Kaeding (2-times) and long snapper David Binn. Additionally, punter Mike Scifres was a Pro Bowl first-alternate four times, and kick returner Darren Sproles was a first-alternate once and a second alternate twice. Kaeding, who started his NFL career under Crosby, was the NFL\u2019s most accurate kicker of all-time as of the end of the 2010 season, converting 86.5% of his field goals attempts."}, {"context": " The \"San Diego Union-Tribune\" wrote that Crosby's special teams unit in 2010 was \"by some measures the worst special teams season in NFL history.\" The Chargers allowed touchdowns on three kickoffs and one punt, and had four punts blocked and another deflected. As of 2010, two teams since 1994 had allowed more kickoff returns for touchdowns and five allowed as many as the Chargers. Two teams had allowed more blocked punts, and none since 1976 surrendered a punt return average higher than the Chargers' 18.9\u00a0yards. Crosby was unable to get a group of inexperienced players to play at an acceptable level. Some team members said it was time for a change after listening to Crosby for nine years, and his contract was not renewed after the season."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crosby (music)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Crosby is a record producer, songwriter and music manager. He is best known for creating the group Steps. Crosby started his career dj-ing at the age of 17 and, from there, he bought and ran a record shop. Crosby then moved into corporate entertainment and it wasn't long before he turned his hand to developing and managing bands. His best-known acts are pop sensation Steps. Crosby wrote songs for Steps such as 5,6,7,8. He also co-wrote Fast Food Rockers' The Fast Food Song with Mike Stock and Sandy Rass. Crosby also co-wrote That Sounds Good to Me (which was the British entry for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest) with Pete Waterman and Mike Stock, performed by Josh Dubovie. Crosby also managed Italian artist Patrizio Buanne, who had a triple platinum selling CD under his tenure.  In 2008 he joined forces again with Mike Stock to create and produce The Go!Go!Go! Show which has toured the UK, played in London's West End and was the featured live music entertainment at Alton Towers Resort during the 2011 season."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crosetti", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Det. Steven \"Steve\" Crosetti is a fictional character on the television drama series \"\" portrayed by actor Jon Polito for the show's first two seasons. He is believed to be based on Baltimore Police Department Det. Terry McLarney, who was in the BPD homicide unit in David Simon's book \"\"; the character's ancestry was changed from Irish to Italian because Polito got the role. Crosetti is a veteran police detective who is partnered with Meldrick Lewis. A deeply religious man, Crosetti is shown to have both a scapular and a rosary. In one episode, he recounts an incident several years before when he had been gunned down, hit with at least three rounds. He spent considerable time in recovery, requiring multiple operations."}, {"context": " A dear friend of Crosetti's, a police officer named Chris Thormann, is shot in the head while apprehending a suspect. Thormann survives, but is left blind and deeply depressed. Crosetti tries his best to help him and his wife get through it, and forces himself into the investigation. Eventually, his emotions cloud his judgment and he apprehends the wrong suspect, but Lewis eventually arrests the right one. This storyline was based on the , and is a major part of the David Simon book which spawned the series."}, {"context": " Crosetti's own marriage had fallen apart sometime before the beginning of the series. He has a teenage daughter, Beatrice, whom Crosetti says \"was as close to perfection as God allows.\" He apparently has at least joint custody. Crosetti is very protective of her, and is appalled that her mother was indifferent to the girl's having a boyfriend over to spend the night. Crosetti is said to have taken an extended vacation at the end of season 2. Lewis mentions that he goes to Atlantic City. In the sixth episode of season 3, \"\", Detectives Stanley Bolander and John Munch are called when a body is fished out of the bay. The body turns out to be Crosetti, and the initial evidence suggests a suicide. Lewis refuses to believe that Crosetti would kill himself, especially in light of his faith and his daughter. Lewis does everything he can to get the death classified a homicide, even going as far as to tell Crosetti's friends and neighbors not to give any information to Bolander (the primary detective on the case). He finally accepts the truth when he hears the medical examiner's report, which states that Crosetti had high levels of alcohol, tranquilizers, and antidepressants in his system and died by drowning. Lewis later recalls that before his vacation Crosetti had offered to give a him a childhood possession of his, a valuable vintage yo-yo, and realizes this was possibly a kind of going-away present."}, {"context": " Because his death was a suicide, the department refuses an honor guard at the funeral. Frank Pembleton, unwilling to attend the church funeral after his faith was shaken on a , stands alone in his dress blues on the station house steps, saluting the fallen detective as the procession goes by. Lewis carries a lot of guilt over Crosetti's death, thinking back constantly to see if there had been any hint of Crosetti's suicidal tendencies beforehand. His death also deeply affects the other detectives in the squad (especially during the third season), as the reasons for Crosetti's suicide are never explained. The episode itself mentioned job stress, the divorce, and a possible gambling addiction as possible motives; but never confirmed any specific reason. The actor who played Crosetti, Jon Polito, also expressed a certain discomfort with the character's committing suicide. Because NBC aired some of the Season 3 episodes out of order, a mention of a still living Crosetti appeared after the episode that revealed the suicide.  Crosetti's final appearance is in the TV movie \"\", which concluded the series. Polito has a cameo role in which Crosetti appears in an afterlife sequence along with other deceased characters."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cross", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cross may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cross (comedian)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cross is the founder of Bright Club and Science Showoff. Cross acts as a master of ceremonies during Science Showoff events. He is a past winner of the Joshua Phillips Award for Innovation in Science Engagement. In 2007, he was the head curator of the Medicine Man gallery at the Wellcome Collection."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cross (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Charles Cross (born 22 December 1959) is a former professional footballer from Wolverhampton. Cross began his career at Shrewsbury Town, following a written request for a trial. He made 262 appearances, scoring 33 goals. After leaving Shrewsbury he played for Derby County and Bristol Rovers. Following the departure of Malcolm Allison as Bristol Rovers manager, Cross was appointed caretaker manager for three games, until the appointment of John Ward. Following this, Cross dropped down to play in non-league football for Mangotsfield United and Bath City.  After retiring from Football, Cross briefly worked for the Royal Mail before he went on to develop a career in media, and after several guest appearances as co-commentator on BBC Radio Shropshire for Shrewsbury Town games, Cross took on the role for every game, entertaining listeners with his over-exuberant style of co-commentary."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crossley", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Crossley (born 28 November 1990) is an English rugby league footballer who plays for the Bradford Bulls in the Betfred Championship. He has previously played at club level for the Castleford Tigers, Toronto Wolfpack, Dewsbury Rams and Featherstone Rovers. Crossley was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He attended Thornton Grammar School where he was first introduced to rugby league through friends that played locally. He then began his career playing for the local side Clayton ARLFC, coached by Lee Jones and Andy Hainsworth. After excelling within the team he was picked to represent the Bradford and Keighley Service area, Yorkshire, and Great Britain. He was then signed to his home town academy side the Bradford Bulls, beginning his professional career."}, {"context": " Crossley was signed from Clayton RLFC by the Bradford Bulls. He made his Super League d\u00e9but in 2010 against Crusaders Rugby League. During the 2011 season Crossley was released from his contract with Bradford, joining Dewsbury Rams. Crossley played for Dewsbury in 2012, before joining Featherstone Rovers for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. He impressed for Featherstone and was signed by Castleford Tigers, making his d\u00e9but for the club in the first match of the 2015 Super League season. Crossley made 6 appearances in Super League for Castleford before being released from his contract in April 2015, rejoining the Bradford Bulls on a two-year deal. In November 2016 he signed a one-year deal with Toronto Wolfpack. He returned to the Bradford Bulls on a two-year deal signed in October 2017."}]}, {"title": "Steve Croudson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven David Croudson (born 24 November 1980) is an English former professional footballer and academy goalkeeping coach of Championship side Hull City. He played as a goalkeeper initially from 1998 to 2007, but later came out of retirement between 2010 and 2013. He initially played for his home town club Grimsby Town between 1998 and 2003. He retired from injury at the age of 26 and returned to Grimsby to serve as the clubs Goalkeeping Coach. On 30 August 2010 he registered as a player again for Grimsby due to the injuries of the club's first and second choice keepers."}, {"context": " During his playing career he also played with Scunthorpe United, Boston United, Stevenage Borough, Halifax Town, Kettering Town, Bangor City, Rhyl and Cammell Laird. Croudson came through the ranks at his home town club of Grimsby Town and was added to the first team squad during the 1998\u20131999 season as the clubs third choice keeper behind Aidan Davison and Andy Love . During May 1999, injury put both Davison and Love on the sidelines and Croudson was handed his professional debut by Alan Buckley. The match was against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 4 May 1999 in the First Division. In an impressive performance, Croudson managed to pull off some fine saves and the game was drawn 0\u20130 with Croudson being awarded man of the match. 5 days later he played again in the clubs 1\u20130 defeat away against Watford."}, {"context": " During the 1999\u20132000 campaign Grimsby manager Alan Buckley made Croudson his second choice keeper and this would eventually see him firmly cement his place behind Town's new number one Danny Coyne. Incidentally Croudson's step up in ranks would eventually go on to see Andy Love depart for Blundell Park for Ilkeston Town midway through the season. Croudson went on to make 5 appearances in League and Cup that season. The 2000\u20132001 season came round and new manager Lennie Lawrence although initially favouring Croudson as his backup keeper briefly replaced him with loanee Danish keeper Morten Hyldgaard. Croudson would play no part in that particular season."}, {"context": " In the 2001\u20132002 campaign Croudson was made available for loan and was originally a target for Buckley's new team Lincoln City, however Croudson made a move to Grimsby's local rivals Scunthorpe United who were managed by former Town boss Brian Laws. He signed for the Glanford Park club in August 2001 and after a month with The Iron where he played in 4 games he returned to Grimsby to fight for his place in the team. Grimsby however now had four keepers under contract, Coyne, Croudson and newcomers Ronald Ermes and Morgan Cranley. Croudson made 1 appearance that season, and this would be his last showing for The Mariners in his first spell with the club."}, {"context": " A management change at Grimsby again saw club captain Paul Groves step up to take over, and despite Croudson being the original choice for second choice keeper during the 2002\u20132003 season he would suffer an shoulder injury that ruled him out of the entire season, forcing Groves to sign Leeds United's Shaun Allaway on a season long loan to fill in on the bench. At the end of the season both Croudson and his goalkeeping companion Danny Coyne both left Grimsby, with Coyne joining Premier League Leicester City. Croudson played in 6 league matches for Grimsby in his five-year stay."}, {"context": " Croudson would remain in the county of Lincolnshire and signed up with Third Division outfit Boston United. Steve would play second fiddle and understudy to Paul Bastock for the entire 2003\u20132004 season, and by the end of the season after failing to make a single appearance United boss Steve Evans deciding against extending his one-year contract and he was released. Despite holding down a place on the bench, Croudson was deemed surplus to requirements and left the club in the summer of 2004. In the summer of 2004, Croudson returned to Grimsby to train with the club, who were now under the management of Russell Slade. He would provide cover for Town's new number 1 Anthony Williams as he was named as a substitute for the Town's pre-season friendlies against Gainsborough Trinity and Scarborough. Despite this he failed to make an appearance in either game and failed to earn a contract with The Mariners, with Slade mentioning that the Croudson had only been with the club for a few weeks to keep his fitness levels up. Soon followed a move to Conference National side Stevenage Borough for the 2004\u20132005 season. Steve would make two appearances for Borough, a 3\u20131 Football League Trophy defeat at the hands of Barnet and a 2\u20130 home defeat in the league against Woking. Steve left Borough in the January 2005 transfer window."}, {"context": " Two months went by and he then signed for Halifax Town in March 2003 but after a month as number 2 keeper to Ian Dunbavin at The Shay, he was released by manager Chris Wilder. With injury problems still surrounding the player he moved to sign for Kettering Town who were managed by former England international Paul Gascoigne. Steve would remain with Kettering for the entire 2005\u20132006 season. In July 2006, he moved to Wales and signed for Bangor City briefly in 2006. Soon followed a move to fellow Welsh side Rhyl where he also briefly played. He then returned to England with Non League Unibond Division One side Cammell Laird but Steve opted to retire due to injury in 2007."}, {"context": " Croudson retired in 2007 through ongoing injury woes aged only 26. He returned home to Grimsby and was appointed part-time Goalkeeping coach at Grimsby Town during the 2007\u20132008 season by Alan Buckley, who was now in his third spell with the club. On 9 July 2010 Croudson played the second half of Grimsby's 1\u20130 pre-season friendly victory over Non League side Brigg Town. On 30 August 2010 due to injuries to Grimsby keepers Kenny Arthur and Nick Colgan, Croudson was considered to be in contention to make a shock return to the sport to play against Histon in Town's Conference National fixture. Manager Neil Woods eventually confirmed he would play Croudson chosen over youth team keeper Rob Peet and Steve made his first appearance for his home town club since playing in a 2\u20130 defeat at home to Rotherham United on 5 October 2001. The last time Steve had pulled his gloves on for Grimsby the club had been three divisions higher than their current place inside the Conference. In a solid display, reminiscent of his professional debut for Town 11 years previously Steve pulled off some fine saves and Grimsby were victorious to the scoreline of 2\u20131 against Histon and was named the man of the match. On 23 October 2010 Croudson played once again in Grimsby's FA Cup tie with Tamworth following Sheffield Wednesday's decision not to let the Mariners use loanee Richard O'Donnell in a cup fixture."}, {"context": " Following his performances during the 10\u201311 season Croudson picked up four minor awards at the club's annual player of the year award ceremony. He made more first team appearances for Grimsby during the 2010\u201311 season in his coaching capacity than he did in his five seasons with the club while a player. In the summer of 2011 Grimsby brought in James McKeown as a backup keeper to Kenny Arthur to ease the dependency on Croudson. He didn't appear on a team sheet again until February 2012 when he was named as a substitute for the FA Trophy match at home to York City.  On 8 November 2011 Croudson mixed his coaching and playing duties with being appointed as the clubs kitman replacing Mike Bielby who had been at the club since the early nineties. On 9 May 2014 it was announced that Croudson had departed Grimsby in order to become the academy goalkeeping coach of Premier League side Hull City."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crowe", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve orStephen Crowe may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Crowe (businessman)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Crowe (born 1947) served as the chief financial officer and vice president of finance for Chevron Corporation until his retirement from the firm in 2009, having spent 36 years with the company. He worked with Chevron Corporation from 1972. He was elected a corporate officer and became vice president and comptroller in June 1996. He was instrumental in Chevron's acquisition of Unocal in 2005. He attended University of California, Berkeley where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1969 and a Master of Business Administration in 1970."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crowe (rugby league)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen \"Steve\" Crowe (born 20 April 1969) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s who played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. After his playing career finished, he went on to enjoy an off-field career with the club in a number of marketing and management roles. He is a republican, having been a member of the Australian Republican Movement's (ARM) NSW Committee in the lead-up to the 1999 republican referendum. He also led the Hunter Region branch of the ARM during that period.  Born in Young, New South Wales, Crowe played out his career at the Knights. He played in the Knight's first premiership winning team in 1997, a game which has been described as one of the best grand finals on record. His career ended prematurely after a series of serious injuries, including a broken sternum in his final year (1998)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Crowther", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen James Crowther (born January 1957) was the acting leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). On 9 June 2017, he succeeded Paul Nuttall who stepped down after the party failed to win any seats in the 2017 UK general election. Crowther had previously been UKIP party chairman, a position from which he resigned in July 2016 a few weeks after the EU referendum. In 2014, as part of UKIP's efforts to avoid growing embarrassment from online racist comments by members, he advised members not to join Facebook or Twitter."}, {"context": " In late 2015, he was called the \"absentee Chairman\" by Matthew Goodwin in his sequel book on the history of UKIP. Crowther has been the UKIP candidate for North Devon three times. In the 2017 general election he polled the second fewest votes. He is a retired trade journalist and writer who ran an advertising agency in London. Considered as an interim leader of UKIP, Crowther said he would launch the process for the election of a more permanent party leader. In December 2018, he resigned from UKIP.  UK Parliament elections"}]}, {"title": "Steve Crump", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Crump (born 1957) is an African-American journalist, documentary film producer, and television reporter for WBTV. He is a graduate of Louisville's Trinity High School, and Eastern Kentucky University. Crump is most known for his regional Emmy Awards for stories ranging from Apartheid in South Africa to civil rights in the American South. He also has earned a number of other awards including four National Headliner Awards, the Gabriel Award, and more than a dozen first-place honors from the National Association of Black Journalists, as well as organizations like Sigma Delta Chi and Sister Cities International."}, {"context": " In 2016, Crump was named the \"2016 Journalist of the Year\" by the National Association of Black Journalists. Crump was born in 1957 in Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood. He graduated from Trinity High School in the Class of 1975. He attended Eastern Kentucky University, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Communications. Crump's career began in 1980, when he got a job as a DJ in Richmond, Kentucky. This job got him noticed by WSAV-TV, an NBC-affiliated television station, where he acquired an internship and was soon placed in front of the camera due to his iconic, booming voice.  Crump also worked for news stations in Orlando, Florida, Lexington, Kentucky, and Detroit, Michigan, as well an independent producer for Charlotte\u2019s WTVI, BET, and Charlotte's PBS affiliate before coming to WBTV. Below is an incomplete filmography of Steve Crump's Works, listed by order of release:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cruz", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cruz may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cruz (actor)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cruz (born on November 4, 1972) is an American gay pornographic film actor and director who appears in gay pornographic films and magazines. Cruz is signed as a Raging Stallion exclusive. Cruz won the 2008 GayVN Award for Best Group Scene in Chi Chi Larue's \"Link 5: The Evolution\" and the 2010 GayVN Award for Best Supporting Actor in Raging Stallion's \"Focus/Refocus\" with Gary Gibbon. He filmed \"Link 5: The Evolution\" prior to his contact with Raging Stallion. Cruz won the 2008 Grabby Award for Best Newcomer and Best Group Scene in Chi Chi LaRue's \"Link 5: The Evolution\". He also was named Raging Stallion's man of the year in 2008."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cruz (boxer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cruz (born November 2, 1963) is a retired American professional boxer who became the WBA World Featherweight Champion on June 23, 1986. His trainer for much of his career was Don Gorman. Cruz was born of modest means in a barrio on the south side of Fort Worth, Texas on November 2, 1963. He graduated from Trimble Technical High School. Fairly early in his career, Cruz was trained and managed by Don Gorman, who operated the influential Gorman Gym in Fort Worth. Donald Curry, who would take the WBC Superwelterweight title in 1988, also trained at the Gorman Gymnasium."}, {"context": " An exceptional amateur, Cruz won the 1979 National Junior Olympic Gold Medal at 112 pounds and the 1981 National Golden Gloves title at 119 pounds. He was also a three-time Fort Worth Golden Gloves champion and a two-time \"Star-Telegram\" Texas Golden Gloves champion. He gained the nickname \"Super Kid\". Cruz turned professional in 1981, and won his first nineteen fights between October 1981 and February 1984, fighting almost exclusively in Texas, with a few bouts in Las Vegas. On October 22, 1982, Cruz defeated Nicky Perez at Fort Worth's Will Rogers Coliseum before 2,700 fans in a ten-round unanimous decision. It was Cruz's first main event fight and his first full ten-rounder. He commented that he mostly counterpunched and felt somewhat tired by the end of the tenth. Perez would take the National American Boxing Federation (NABF) Super Featherweight title in his career. On November 9, Cruz would defeat Perez again in a ten-round unanimous points decision in Las Vegas. Cruz knocked Perez to the mat in the seventh and ninth rounds."}, {"context": " Cruz suffered one of his very few early career knockout losses to Lenny Valdez in Las Vegas in a first-round TKO, only 2:21 into the first round. On December 3, 1985, Cruz defeated Tommy Cordova at the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, in a ninth-round technical knockout. Cordova was down twice in the eighth and once in the ninth. Using hard rights, body shots, and an explosive left jab, Cruz sent Cordova to the mat three times in the bout and gave him a considerable beating. Cordova was down twice in the eighth, first from a left, and then from a right to the body. The bout was stopped by the referee, 2:32 into the ninth round, after Cordova had been down once, and then nearly fell again. The bout was featured on ESPN in some markets. Two months earlier, on September 25, 1985, Cordova had unexpectedly lost to Baby Joe Ruelaz, having had trouble making weight and needing to lose eight pounds quickly."}, {"context": " On February 7, 1986, Cruz defeated Jorge \"Rocky\" Garcia in Las Vegas in a ten-round mixed decision. Garcia was a powerful puncher with a large percentage of wins by knockout. Cruz won the World Boxing Association (WBA) and lineal featherweight title by defeating Barry McGuigan on June 23, 1986 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, in a 15-round unanimous decision before 10,200 fans. Cruz's win was something of an upset, as he was a replacement for the injured Fernando Sosa. The bout was a grueling, fast-paced brawl in the sweltering 110-degree heat of the outdoor ring. Another factor in the upset was that Cruz was rated only the ninth featherweight in the world by the WBA; McGuigan led the early betting 6 to 1. McGuigan hit the canvas three times, twice in the final fifteenth round from a furious assault by Cruz. After the bout, McGuigan was hospitalized overnight for a mild concussion, and was also affected by severe dehydration from the excessive heat in the arena. The bout was proclaimed \"The Ring\" magazine's 1986 Fight of the Year. Cruz received some training guidance for the bout with McGuigan from Don Gorman, who had him spar with one of his trainees, Troy Dorsey, future 1991 International Boxing Federation (IBF) World Featherweight Champion. Dorsey's aggressive style was similar to McGuigan's, and may have aided Cruz in his upset win."}, {"context": " On November 21, 1986, Cruz defeated Mexican boxer Roger Arevalo in a ten-round points decision at Fort Worth, Texas. Arevalo would later take the Mexican Superfeatherweight title. Cruz took around $20,000 for the bout, a modest sum for a world champion. Cruz lost the Featherweight Championship in his first defense to Venezuelan Antonio Esparragoza, the number one-rated challenger, at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth on March 6, 1987 in a twelfth-round technical knockout (TKO). Esparragoza floored Cruz twice in the twelfth round. The Associated Press had Esparragoza winning seven rounds to four for Cruz when the fight was stopped at 2:28 of the twelfth round. It was only Cruz's second defeat in 29 recorded bouts."}, {"context": " On June 14, 1988, Cruz took the World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental America's Featherweight title against Alfred Rangel in a fifth-round technical knockout at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. On August 12 of that year, he defended the title against Fred Adams in Pasadena, Texas, winning in a fourth-round knockout. On May 14, 1989, he defeated future champion Tracy Harris Patterson in a ten-round split decision at the Trump Plaza Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Cruz floored Patterson in the final minutes of the eighth round with a left hook, though Patterson was up at the count of three. Cruz dominated the ninth and tenth rounds and won the bout in the decision of two of the three judges. Patterson was the adopted son of Floyd Patterson, former heavyweight champion, who was in his corner."}, {"context": " Cruz challenged for the IBF Featherweight title on August 6, 1989 by taking on Jorge P\u00e1ez, but lost in a twelfth-round unanimous decision in El Paso, Texas. Cruz caught P\u00e1ez in the middle of the second round with a right that floored him. Paez took a standing eight count and continued the bout. It was the first time Paez had been knocked down in his career. On March 31, 1991, Cruz took on Rafael Ruelas at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas before a crowd of 800 in a National American Boxing Federation (NABF) title match, losing by knockout 57 seconds into the third round. Cruz went down four times, three times in the second. Ruelas, with a significant five-inch advantage in height and reach, had been undefeated prior to meeting him."}, {"context": " On April 25, 1992, Cruz took on WBC featherweight title holder English boxer Paul Hodkinson, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but lost by a TKO in the 3rd. Hodkinson floored him with a left hook thirty-five seconds into the third round causing the referee to stop the bout. Though Cruz rose from the knockdown, the referee determined he was having trouble seeing. It was Cruz's last attempt at the WBC World Featherweight title. After a second-round knockout loss to Yuji Wantanabe in Tokyo, Japan on August 10, 1992, Cruz won two more bouts, with Vicent Castillo and Robert Challa in Fort Worth, before retiring in December 1993.  Cruz was working in 1987 as a plumber's apprentice in Fort Worth for Rivera Plumbing, though he had already taken the World Featherweight Championship in 1986. He was living modestly in a three-bedroom house with his wife and extended family. He had hopes of earning a plumber's journeyman's license."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cuddie", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cuddie (born June 18, 1950) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played 221 games in the World Hockey Association for the Winnipeg Jets and Toronto Toros."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cuden", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cuden (born September 25, 1955, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American screenwriter, director, lyricist, playwright, author, theater lighting designer, artist, and teacher. He is best known for his work on the Broadway musical, \"Jekyll & Hyde\", as well as his writing for numerous television series. The eldest son of Dr. Charles L. Cuden and Helen M. Cuden, he graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1973. Cuden attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1973-1976 and the University of Southern California from 1976-1978, from where he graduated with a B.A. in Theater. Upon graduation from USC, he became the USC School of Theater's Master Electrician. Cuden was married to Lisa Ann Kranz from 1993-1996, but the marriage ended in divorce. Cuden received an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television in 2010. He began teaching Screenwriting at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2011."}, {"context": " It was while Cuden was working as the Master Electrician at USC's School of Theatre on a musical called \"Christopher\", written by composer Frank Wildhorn, that the two met, struck up a friendship, and began to collaborate on writing musicals. Their first effort was a song cycle based on the life of Julius Caesar called \"The High and Mighty Caesar.\" They also collaborated on a musical based on the lives of Nicholas and Alexandra called \"The Last Tsar\". In 1980, Cuden and Wildhorn wrote the first two versions that they would create of a musical based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story, \"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.\" The second version that they wrote, which Cuden then titled, \"Jekyll & Hyde\", was completed in 1986. The musical was nearly produced on Broadway in 1988, with Terrence Mann set to star, but the production never came to fruition due to the financial backers withdrawing funding prior to rehearsals. Leslie Bricusse replaced Cuden in 1988 as the musical's librettist. Cuden still retains both co-conceptual and co-lyrics credits on the show. \"Jekyll & Hyde\" ran on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre from April 1997 through January 2001 for a total of 1543 performances. Its first revival on Broadway opened in April 2013, and closed after thirty performances."}, {"context": " Cuden and Wildhorn also co-conceived a musical based on the story of Rudolf, the last Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his death at his hunting lodge, Mayerling. Originally called \"Vienna\", the musical was not completed prior to Cuden and Wildhorn parting ways. Wildhorn later revived the idea, first with Nan Knighton, and later with Jack Murphy. They retitled it, \"Rudolf: Affaire Mayerling.\" The musical has been produced in Hungary, Austria, Japan, and Korea. Cuden still retains co-conceptual credits and co-lyrics credits."}, {"context": " Cuden is well known for writing episodes of television animation for popular shows as: \"The Batman\", \"X-Men\", \"Iron Man\", \"Loonatics Unleashed\", \"Xiaolin Showdown\", \"Goof Troop\", , \"Bonkers\", \"Quack Pack\", \"Gargoyles\", \"Beetlejuice\", \"The Pink Panther\", \"Savage Dragon\", , \"Stargate Infinity\", \"Exosquad\", \"Skeleton Warriors\", and \"Mummies Alive\". Cuden is also known for directing \"Lucky\", an independently produced, multiple award-winning horror-comedy feature that was released by MTI Home Video in 2004."}, {"context": " In the 1980s, Cuden won numerous awards for designing lighting of stage productions in Los Angeles, including \"3 Plays of Love and Hate\", for director John Cassavetes, \"Playing for Time\", for director Mimi Leder, \"Piece de Resistance\", for director Abraham Polonsky, and \"Dinner and Drinks\", for director Monte Markham. Cuden was Supervisor of Ride and Show Lighting at Universal Studios Florida from 1989-1990. In 2013, Cuden published a book titled, \"Beating Broadway: How to Create Stories for Musicals That Get Standing Ovations\".  In 2015, as a companion book to \"Beating Broadway,\" Cuden published, \"Beating Hollywood: Tips for Creating Unforgettable Screenplays\". In 2017, Cuden launched a new podcast, \"StoryBeat: Storytellers on Storytelling,\" which he produces and hosts. Shows focus on in-depth interviews with artists from all disciplines regarding their creative process.\" \"Lucky\" (Director/Co-Producer) Dramalogue Drama Critics Awards L.A. Weekly LAWEE Awards L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards"}]}, {"title": "Steve Cuggy", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Michael Steven Cuggy (born 18 March 1971) is an English footballer and former manager of Blyth Spartans. He played professionally for Maidstone United, making a total of 13 Football League appearances."}]}, {"title": "Steve Culbertson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Culbertson (born September 23, 1957 in Bitburg, West Germany) has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Youth Service America, since May 16, 1996. Born of American parents on Bitburg Air Force Base in Bitburg, Germany, Culbertson grew up in Camp Springs, Maryland and Amherst, Massachusetts. He graduated from Amherst Regional High School in 1975 where he played soccer and squash, ran track, and was president of the Student Council. He attended Hamilton College in Clinton, Oneida County, New York, and received B.A. degrees in English and French in 1979. He began his career as Director of Communications for the Chi Psi Educational Trust in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Culbertson has been Vice President for Development and College Relations at Connecticut College and Vice President for Marketing at Sumner Rahr & Company in Chicago, specializing in philanthropic support, communications, and strategic planning for nonprofits. Prior to YSA, he worked with the Environmental Defense Fund to organize the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment."}, {"context": " In October 1996, Culbertson expanded YSA's outreach capacity by launching its first website YSA.org. In 2000, he developed Global Youth Service Day, an international expansion of National Youth Service Day, YSA's signature program in the United States. Dedicated to the contributions that young people make to their communities 365 days of the year, GYSD now takes place in more than 100 countries, and is the largest service event in the world. In 2008, he led the launch of the Semester of Service , a service and learning strategy to encourage in-depth projects of \"Intensity and Duration\". Projects often take place between Martin Luther King Day in January and Global Youth Service Day in April. In 2016, Culbertson launched a new YSA initiative to engage the world\u2019s youth in taking action to meet the 17 new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals."}, {"context": " Culbertson has been an active volunteer in organizations including Rotary International, the Boy Scouts of America, the Episcopal Church, and the Lawrence Hall School. He is a Trustee for America's Promise, and serves on the boards of the Camp Fire, and Youth Service America. He also serves as a judge for the Zayed Future Energy Prize. For two years in a row, The NonProfit Times named Culbertson to its list of \"The 50 most powerful and influential leaders\" in the sector, saying, \"Culbertson has helped to position volunteering and young people as an issue and a national priority.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Cummings", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Philip Cummings (born 19 March 1981) is an English racing cyclist for World Tour cycling team . Cummings won the team pursuit at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles and at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He also took bronze in the individual pursuit at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens Cummings and the Great Britain team won the silver medal in the team pursuit and achieved a time of 3:59.866 in the heats. In 1999, riding for Birkenhead North End CC as a junior, aged 17, Cummings won the Eddie Soens Memorial Road Race, a handicap race open to all categories. It remains the only time in 46 years that a junior has won. He went on to take the junior British National Road Race Championships that year."}, {"context": " In 2006 he rode for and came second in the Trofeo Laigueglia to Alessandro Ballan of . In 2007 he switched to before moving to in 2008. His first professional win was in 2008, stage 2 of the Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria. Cummings joined new British-based for the 2010 season. In 2011, racing with Sky, he had arguably his most successful professional race to date at the Tour of Algarve. He won stage three in a mountain-top finish ahead of Alberto Contador, taking the overall lead of the race which he held until the final time-trial; he finished the tour in seventh place."}, {"context": " In September, Cummings finished second overall in the Tour of Britain. Later that month he announced he would join for the 2012 season. Cummings was part of the Great Britain team that helped Mark Cavendish win the 2011 UCI World Road Race Championship. He then finished 4th overall in the first Tour of Beijing. In February 2012, Cummings broke his pelvis in an accident while competing in the Tour of the Algarve. In April, bad luck struck again when he fractured his left wrist in the Tour of the Basque Country. He recuperated from those injuries and competed in the Tour de France, where he was a \"domestique\" to his leader Cadel Evans and finished 95th overall. In the 2012 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, he gained his first Grand Tour victory."}, {"context": " On Stage 13, he broke away with six other riders after the first hour of racing. The break made it through on the mainly flat course and he attacked with about to race, creating a gap. He held on to his lead and won by four seconds over the two chasers, Cameron Meyer of and 's Juan Antonio Flecha. In October 2014, Cummings announced that he would be joining MTN-Qhubeka for the 2015 season. On 18 July 2015, Cummings won stage 14 of the 2015 Tour de France, beating French riders Thibaut Pinot and Romain Bardet in Mende, 1.5\u00a0km after the C\u00f4te de la Croix Neuve category 2 climb. It was the first Tour de France stage win for both Cummings and his African team MTN-Qhubeka, fittingly coming on Nelson Mandela Day. 8 July 2016 brought another breakaway win in the Tour de France, this time on Stage 7, with a winning margin of 65 seconds over Daryl Impey and Daniel Navarro."}, {"context": " In July 2016 he was added to Great Britain's Olympic cycling team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, replacing Peter Kennaugh. Cummings took the most important stage race victory of his career to date at the 2016 Tour of Britain. He finished 2nd on stage 2 in Cumbria, gaining a minute over most of his rivals. He subsequently moved into the lead on stage 6 and held this position for the remaining two days. During the 2017 Tour of the Basque Country Cummings crashed heavily and required surgery. After a long period of recovery he won both the British National Time Trial Championships and the British National Road Race Championships on the Isle of Man, becoming only the second rider to win both titles in the same year after David Millar achieved the same feat in 2007."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cummings (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Brent Cummings (born July 15, 1964) is an American former professional baseball player. A pitcher, Cummings played Major League Baseball from 1989 to 1990 with the Toronto Blue Jays. Cummings attended University of Houston where an associate degree in science."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cummins", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Cummins (born 29 March 1992) is an Australian professional rugby union player, currently signed with Welsh team Scarlets. He was previously a member of Melbourne-based Super Rugby side, the . His regular position is lock and he also plays at blind-side flanker. Cummins was born in Sydney and attended The Hills Sports High, captaining their first XV in 2010. He was also named captain of the New South Wales All Schools team in the same year, as well as the Australian Schoolboy team. In 2011, he captained the Australia Under-19 side and he was a member of the Australia Under-20 team that played at the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship."}, {"context": " He played in the Shute Shield competition with Eastwood, impressing coach John Manenti, who said: Steve Cummins has established himself as a real hard worker with huge involvements at the tackle and breakdown areas. In 2013, he played for the Sydney-based Super Rugby franchise side the ' emerging side, Gen Blue in the Pacific Rugby Cup. On 3 June 2014, the announced Cummins as one of three new signings prior to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season. He joined them on a short-term contract for the remainder of 2014."}, {"context": " Two days later, he was selected on the bench for the side to face during a tour match during a 2014 incoming tour. He came on as a late substitute, playing the last six minutes as the Kings suffered a 12\u201334 defeat. He started the opening match of the Currie Cup season, but was on the losing side as secured a 35\u201316 victory. He played in the first three matches of the season, as well as in the final four matches, including their match against the in the final round of the competition, where the Kings secured their only victory after nine successive defeats, beating the 26\u201325.  Cummins made a total of eight appearances in Eastern Province Kings colours during his short spell in Port Elizabeth. On the same day that Cummins was announced as an EP Kings player, the also announced that Cummins signed a contract to join them as an Extended Playing Squad (EPS) member for the 2015 Super Rugby season. In early 2015, it was announced that Cummins had re-signed with the Melbourne Rebels for a further two years Cummins signed with Welsh team Scarlets in November 2017."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cunningham", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Ormain Cunningham (born July 15, 1976) is an American professional boxer who held the IBF cruiserweight title twice between 2007 and 2011. His nickname, \"USS\", is a reference to his US Navy service on the aircraft carriers and between 1994 and 1998. A native of Philadelphia, one of the most boxing-rich cities in North America, Cunningham began adding to his hometown\u2019s legacy in the sport after joining the US Navy. He gained a reputation as a tough fighter on the streets of Philly, but he began his amateur career while based at Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia. Cunningham served in the Navy from 1994\u201398, serving on the aircraft carriers and ."}, {"context": " Cunningham started boxing at the age of 19, and won the National Golden Gloves title in 1998 as an amateur. Cunningham began his professional career in 2000 with a 19 fight winning streak including a split decision over Guillermo Jones. On November 26, 2006, he challenged Krzysztof W\u0142odarczyk for the Vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title but lost by a disputed split decision in front of Wlodarczyk's fans in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. Later, Cunningham challenged Wlodarczyk again in the summer of 2007. With a majority decision in his favor, Cunningham at last won the title."}, {"context": " He stopped undefeated Marco Huck in Germany in December 2007. Cunningham defended the IBF title and fought for the vacant The Ring Magazine Cruiserweight Championship against Tomasz Adamek in Newark, New Jersey, on December 11, 2008. He lost a split decision, one judge scored the fight 114\u2013112 in favor of Cunningham, while other two judges scored it 116\u2013110, and 115\u2013112 in favor of Adamek. Fight was close despite of the fact that Cunningham was knocked down in the second, fourth, and eighth rounds."}, {"context": " Cunningham faced former WBC Cruiserweight Champion Wayne Braithwaite, at the BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Florida on the July 11, 2009, and won the fight via a twelve-round unanimous decision 119\u2013109, 117\u2013111, and 118\u2013110. On June 5, 2010, Cunningham regained the IBF Cruiserweight title with a fifth round stoppage on cuts of Troy Ross in Germany. Cunningham returned to Germany to defend his IBF title against challenger Enad Licina on February 12, 2011. Cunningham was knocked out in the seventh round by Tyson Fury, a British boxer, in an IBF heavyweight title eliminator on April 20, 2013. Cunningham had the much bigger Fury down in the second round.  After being promoted by Kathy Duva and Main Events for several years, he is now advised by Al Haymon. Cunningham is trained by Naazim Richardson. He joined light-middleweight Boyd Melson, Shawn Estrada, Demetrius Andrade and other boxers in Team Fight to Walk, an organization focused on increasing awareness in boxing of the importance of stem cell research for spinal cord injuries."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cunningham (IRFU)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cunningham is President of the Connacht branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. Cunningham's rugby career began in UCG where he won three senior cups and three senior leagues. After college was completed, he joined Galway Corinthians and continued to turn out for Connacht. He was involved in some ground-breaking projects around the world, including the development of Thomond Park and Galway Sportsground. He has also played rugby in Zambia, South Africa and Malawi and gained international caps in both Zambia and Malawi.  He then returned to Ireland claimed a senior league and cup double with Corinthians and began his coaching career with the underage Corinthians, where he managed the development of the game in Connacht, eventually graduated to Director of Rugby and eventually President of the club in 1995."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cunningham (computer scientist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Robert Stephen (Steve) Cunningham (born 1942 \u2013 March 27, 2015) was an American Computer Scientist and Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at California State University Stanislaus. Steve Cunningham received his BA cum laude in Mathematics from Drury University in 1964. He continued his studies at the University of Oregon where he earned his M.A. in Mathematics in 1966 and his Ph.D. in Mathematics three years later. In 1982, he received an M.S. in Computer Science at Oregon State University. Cunningham started working at the University of Kansas as Assistant Professor of Mathematics from 1969 to 1974. From 1974 he worked at the Birmingham-Southern College as Assistant Professor of Mathematics for a year, Associate Professor of Mathematics for four years and as Associate Professor of Computer Science from 1979 to 1982. Since 1982 he has worked at the California State University Stanislaus, since 1986 as Professor of Computer Science until 2001, Gemperle Distinguished Professor for three years and Stanislaus Professor Emeritus since 2005. From 1999 to 2000 Cunningham was also Visiting Scientist at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. He was National Science Foundation Program Director, EHR/DUE from 2003 to 2005. Research Professor of Computer Science at the Oregon State University 2004-05 and Noyce Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Grinnell College in 2006."}, {"context": " He received several awards and honors. A Fellow of the European Association for Computer Graphics in 1998, the Outstanding Professor for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity, CSU Stanislaus in 2001, the Gemperle Distinguished Professor, CSU Stanislaus in 2001, the ACM SIGGRAPH Outstanding Contribution Award in 2004 and the Noyce Visiting Professor of Computer Science, Grinnell College in 2006. Cunningham's research interests were in Computer graphics, especially computer graphics education, Computer Science Education, and computer visualization in learning mathematics."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cuozzo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven D. Cuozzo (born January 17, 1950) is an American writer and newspaper editor who writes as a restaurant critic, real estate columnist, and op-ed contributor at the \"New York Post\", a daily newspaper primarily distributed in New York City and its surrounding area. A lifetime resident of New York, Cuozzo spent his career at the \"Post\", working his way up from his entry-level copy boy position in 1972, through positions including copy editor in the newsroom, entertainment editor, assistant managing editor in charge of features, and executive editor. In 1996, he summarized his experiences at the \"Post\" in his book, \"It's Alive! How America's Oldest Newspaper Cheated Death and Why It Matters.\" As of 2013, Cuozzo writes as a restaurant critic, real estate columnist, and op-ed contributor at the \"New York Post\" and lives with his wife Jane on the Upper East Side."}, {"context": " Steven D. Cuozzo was born on January 17, 1950, in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York. He and his brother, Joseph G. Cuozzo, were children of Lillian (February 19, 1922 - April 1970) and Joseph A. Cuozzo (November 14, 1916 \u2013 November 29, 1996), a Brooklyn electrical parts factory worker, and lived at 137 Hull St. In describing growing up in the Italian-Irish neighborhood of Ocean Hill near the J/Z line over Broadway, restaurant critic Cuozzo noted in 2009, \"I recall stoop sitting with neighbors and a happy blur of maternal grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins living in the building next door. I had my first pizza at a joint I recall as Jimmy's, on a corner lost to time a few blocks from home. The place boasted one big window, and the pies were a sublime fusion of gooey cheese and fragrant thyme, an herb I much prefer to oregano.\""}, {"context": " Cuozzo attended kindergarten at a Brooklyn Catholic school and, when he was about six years old, his family move to North Babylon in Long Island, New York, where he would live for the next 17 years. In 1967, Cuozzo began attending The State University of New York at Stony Brook, a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York. In April 1970, when Cuozzo was 20, his mother Lillian died. In 1971, Cuozzo graduated from Stony Brook University as an English major. After graduating from Stony Brook University, Cuozzo began his first city job in 1972 as an administrative assistant at the Space for Innovative Development performing arts center. Located at 344 West 36th Street, the former home to a garment center Presbyterian church now included The Open Theater, an experimental theatre group active from 1963 to 1973. In addition, the performing arts center included the dance company of American choreographer Alwin Nikolais. Cuozzo moved into a Riverside Drive apartment in Manhattan and described his new experiences as marking his \"portal of entry into Manhattan,\" where he had his \"first whiff of big-city glamour and grit.\""}, {"context": " On December 18, 1972, Cuozzo began working as a copy boy in the city room at 210 South Street at the \"New York Post\", an American daily newspaper founded in 1801 by federalist Alexander Hamilton and primarily distributed in New York City and its surrounding area. In a 2012 interview, Cuozzo noted about his entry level job that \"In those days, it literally meant, besides getting coffee for the editors, it meant carrying pieces of copy around.\" For the next four years, Cuozzo worked in the business run by Dorothy Schiff, an owner and publisher of the \"Post\" for nearly 40 years. Cuozzo later would characterize the \"Post\" during these four years as a \"bastion of principled liberalism\" that produced a \"stunted broadsheet\" with \"the graphic appeal of a pothole\" In 1976, liberal Schiff sold the \"Post\" to conservative Australian American business magnate Rupert Murdoch for a reported $31 million (equals $ million in 2019). Cuozzo subsequently worked for Murdoch for many years and, in 1996, would be described as viewing Murdoch as \"part Santa Claus, part William Randolph Hearst and always larger than life.\""}, {"context": " In August 1977, the core of Cuozzo's childhood Brooklyn neighborhood of Ocean Hill was destroyed by looters and arsonists during the New York City blackout of 1977. Cuozzo would describe this in 2012 as one of his worst memories. Cuozzo eventually was promoted at the \"Post\" from copy boy to copy editor in the newsroom and, in early 1979, entertainment editor with the title arts and leisure editor. On November 29, 1980, Cuozzo married Jane Hershey, daughter of Solomon G. Hershey, a professor of anesthesiology, and Lenore Hershey, editor-in-chief of the \"Ladies' Home Journal.\" At the time, Cuozzo's father lived in North Babylon and Jane, a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, was a New York-based writer and editor who would go on to contribute to a variety of periodicals, including \"Good Housekeeping\", Fodor's Travel Publications, and \"Hollywood Magazine.\""}, {"context": " In the fall of 1981, Cuozzo was promoted to assistant managing editor in charge of features. In addition to performing the duties of features editor, Cuozzo also was organizing contests and sweepstakes in the paper. On a weekly basis, his job was to come up with a prize, which included a trip to Hawaii and \"win breakfast with the baby elephant at the Bronx Zoo.\" By January 1988, Cuozzo had been working at the \"Post\" for about 16 years and held the position of assistant managing editor. Commenting in September 1981 on a widespread concern that the \"Post\" would close, Cuozzo noted, \"We were seemingly on the brink of extinction about 12 times in a much more heart-stopping way than this has yet become. I have full confidence in the boss (Murdoch) to somehow steer us through this as long as he is legally able to.\" In 1983, the autobiography of Cuozzo's mother-in-law, entitled \"Between The Covers: The Lady's Own Journal\", was published."}, {"context": " In August 1990, \"Power Partners: How Two-Career Couples Can Play to Win\", written by Cuozzo's wife Jane, was published. As both Cuozzo and his wife had careers as writers, the book focused on how dual-career couples can enhance their relationships by promoting each other's careers. The book played on tennis analogies and suggested that couples behave as coordinated doubles teams\u2014for instance, providing their spouses' business card at opportune times to help them acquire new clients or accounts. About two years later, in November 1992, Cuozzo's father-in-law Solomon G. Hershey died."}, {"context": " In 1993, Cuozzo held the position of managing editor of the paper. However, in early 1993, Cuozzo and Gerard Bray, the paper's previous interim editor, were appointed co-executive editors, with Marc Kalech, the former metro editor, being elevated to managing editor. Each would be working under Pete Hamill, the new editor-in-chief of the \"New York Post\". About a month later, on Monday, March 15, 1993, the 400,000-circulation \"New York Post\" filed for bankruptcy protection. Hamill and 72 other staffers had been fired the previous Friday, with Hamill and 50 of the staffers being rehired on Wednesday, five days later. With the \"Post\" down to its last 11 rolls of film, and lacking any money to develop any film, executive editor Cuozzo said, \"We are in imminent danger of shutting down unless we can get help quickly. We're probably out of money.\" He noted how prior \"Post\" owner Abraham Hirschfeld refused to pay overdue bills for vendors, delivery, or security guards, or to pay Social Security taxes and pension contributions. Cuozzo arranged to have rival newspaper, the \"Daily News\", lend the \"Post\" film."}, {"context": " At the end of March, Rupert Murdoch signed an agreement to reclaim the \"Post.\" Predicting that Murdoch would become less abrasive, as compared to his prior ownership of the \"Post\", Cuozzo noted, \"He is a different Rupert Murdoch than six or seven years ago. I suspect in his second coming he would be less involved in the affairs of the paper because he now has a television network and a studio to look after.\" Cuozzo took the story to Times Books and, in April 1993, signed a contract with them to write an anecdotal memoir about the \"Post\"."}, {"context": " In October 1993, the Newspaper Guild labor union went on strike and Cuozzo was put in the position to help publish the paper with only editors and managers. At the time, he felt that the union failed to recognize that, without Murdoch, there would be no \"Post\" and no jobs for anyone at the \"Post.\" Cuozzo saw the Guild's 1993 strike actions as \"bullheaded and .\" In June 1996, Cuozzo's book, \"It's Alive! How America's Oldest Newspaper Cheated Death and Why It Matters\", was published. In the book, Cuozzo uses his experiences from when he joined he \"Post\" as a copy boy in 1972 through his mid-April 1996 receipt of the \"Post\"\u2019s new Sunday edition to present an anecdotal memoir that traces modern history at the then-195-year-old \"New York Post\" and describes its effect on America's news culture. In addition, throughout the book, he expresses his views, such as the \"Post\" \"asserted the importance of human emotions in the affairs of the world\" and the newspaper's \"emphasis on individual accountability\" instilled discipline in American society, crediting the \"Post\" for capturing \"the energy\" of New York City and originating what he characterizes as the United States' positive trend towards tabloidization of the news."}, {"context": " Cuozzo described the Post's \"Page Six\" gossip column as \"a meaner brand of gossip, and more personal,\" saying it was used to settle scores \"not unlike that of nuclear aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy: to intimidate Third World nuisances.\" He described former \"Post\" owner Abe Hirschfeld, who four years later would be convicted of soliciting murder, as \"a squat bundle of free-floating hostility.\" Four months after the release of \"It's Alive\", Cuozzo's friends and fans attended a dinner at Central Park South Restaurant in New York to celebrate the success of his book. In 2004, New Zealand-born Australian newspaper editor and journalist Frank Devine stated that the September 2003 book, \"The Murdoch Archipelago\", drew extensively on Cuozzo's \"It's Alive!\" book for the Murdoch Archipelago's account of Murdoch's experiences with the \"Post.\""}, {"context": " In October 1996, Cuozzo appeared on \"Think Tank\", a discussion program that aired on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and was hosted by Ben Wattenberg. The show, entitled \"Is Public Journalism, Journalism?\", set out to discuss whether there was a new journalism that \"sets out to go beyond just the facts and tries to shape the agenda.\" In commenting on conventional journalism during the show, Cuozzo noted that an underlying assumption of its journalistic elitism is \"that the public is incapable of making up its own mind or listening or applying any critical thinking to issues in an environment in which there are many voices being heard.\""}, {"context": " During the show, Cuozzo contrasted tabloid journalism with the area in which he works, noting, \"Tabloid journalism is journalism driven by a focused concentration on individuals as distinct from the workings of institutions. So even if we cover institutions, such as government or the Federal Reserve, we tend to do so from the point with the perspective that they're run by individual men and women.\" Cuozzo noted that monopoly newspaper markets tend to publish articles that \"march in lock step with the advertising community,\" and newspapers that promote or tolerate public journalism do so with the hope of selling more advertising rather than selling more papers. In describing the \"Post\" and its place in New York public journalism, Cuozzo noted, A month after appearing on the \"Think Tank\", in late November 1996, Cuozzo's father Joseph died in North Babylon, New York. Three months later, Cuozzo's mother-in-law, Lenore Hershey, died of complications from Parkinson's disease."}, {"context": " In November 1998 at the age of 48, Cuozzo took on the assignment as the \"Post's\" restaurant critic, in addition to his position as executive editor. As a new restaurant critic, Cuozzo said that he would aim to \"appeal to the great body of restaurant goers who are passionate about dining out without necessarily being food specialists.\" Cuozzo planned to review one dining establishment each week. In November 1999, Cuozzo awarded Danube restaurant a four-star rating. It would be four years later before Cuozzo would award another four-star rating (to Oceana's Cornelius Gallagher). In November 1999, Cuozzo began his weekly commercial real estate column, \"Realty Check\". In the first column, entitled \"Ross Ready To Set Sail on Columbus\", Cuozzo interviewed real estate developer Stephen M. Ross. By 2012, Cuozzo was characterized as developing a view that \"restaurant folk are meaner than brokers and developers.\""}, {"context": " In August 2000, Cuozzo served as one of eight food experts to provide their choices for the 10 elite chefs of Manhattan. Cuozzo and the panel selected in their top 10, chefs including Daniel Boulud, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Nobu Matsuhisa, and Gray Kunz, as well as Christian Delouvrier, Mario Batali, Eric Ripert, and Alfred Portale. In 2003, gossip columnist and writer Cindy Adams described her longtime boss Steve Cuozzo in an article entitled \"Leave Me Alone!\", writing: \"[In 1981], Steve Cuozzo was dispatched to spy on me. Keep me on track. A lifetime later, he's still spying on me. Forget keeping me on track. He's now trying to derail me. The man has just gleefully sent me a tub of e-mails, each of which deposits bodily fluid upon my person. I mean, thank God he's my friend. Imagine if he didn't like me.\""}, {"context": " In 2005, the \"Post\" stopped running classic reviews directed towards \"eating one's way through a new place every week,\" which was part of a trend in United States newspapers at that time. Cuozzo attributed the decline of the newspaper restaurant critic to the dilution of the power of the critic through the numerous websites and blogs that allowed people to express their opinions about their meals. Cuozzo also noted that restaurants had become bigger, more complex, and more press-savvy as other factors in the decline of the newspaper restaurant critic. In July 2008, Cuozzo appeared on \"Just in with Laura Ingraham\", a news program broadcast on the Fox News Channel."}, {"context": " In early 2010, Cuozzo and his wife Jane donated, on behalf of Jane's mother Lenore Hershey, to the Lenore Hershey School Fund for Girls at Surprise Lake Camp, a non-profit sleep-away camp located in Cold Spring, New York. In August of that year, New York City restaurateur Keith McNally publicly equated Cuozzo to a \"centipede\" who was an \"illiterate, low-life hack\" and \"gutter journalist\" in reply to Cuozzo's characterization of McNally in Cuozzo's \"Whine And Dine\" and \"Eat's a Bad Year for New Places\" columns. In reply, Cuozzo stated, \"I've long suspected Keith McNally had a secret crush on me, and I'm thrilled he's finally found the courage to confirm it.\""}, {"context": " By March 2012, Cuozzo was writing his weekly \"Realty Check\" real estate column, was the \"Post's\" top restaurant critic, and edited the paper's \"Page Six\" gossip page. In describing his experience with brokers and developers in writing his \"Realty Check\" column, Cuozzo note in a 2012 interview, \"Most [brokers and developers] really care about the city. They really love New York City and they love what they do and they derive extraordinary gratification from participating in the transactions that bring beneficial change to neighborhoods and alter perceptions about different parts of the city.\" In July 2012, Cuozzo was ranked No. 96 in \"The New York Observer's\" list of \"The 100 Most Powerful People in New York Real Estate,\" a subject he knows well. As of 2013, Cuozzo writes as a restaurant critic, real estate columnist, and op-ed contributor at the \"New York Post\" and lives with his wife Jane on the Upper East Side in New York."}]}, {"title": "Steve Currie", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Currie (20 May 1947 \u2013 28 April 1981) was an English musician who was best known as the bass player and a long-term member of the English glam rock band T. Rex. Whilst working for the local Tax office, Currie played with local Grimsby group \"The Rumble Band\". He joined T. Rex (recently renamed from Tyrannosaurus Rex) as bass guitarist in November 1970 (although the band were still listed as a duo) and continued to play with them until late 1976. He appeared on all of Marc Bolan's hit singles from \"Hot Love\" (1971) to \"Laser Love\" (1976), as well as the albums \"Electric Warrior\" (1971) to \"Dandy in the Underworld\" (1977). His innovative and, for the time, sophisticated bass playing can be seen to good effect in the movie \"Born to Boogie\"."}, {"context": " After leaving T. Rex, he went into session work, working for Chris Spedding. He died in a car crash on 28 April 1981, whilst returning to his home near Vale de Parra, Algarve, Portugal. His death came less than four years after T. Rex lead singer Marc Bolan had died in a car crash in Barnes, South West London, and just six months after Steve Took's death. The site where Marc Bolan died has since become a shrine which, in 2007, was recognised by the English Tourist Board (now VisitEngland) as a site of Rock 'n Roll Importance. Steve Currie is commemorated with a memorial plaque on the steps at Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine, as are Mickey Finn, Steve Peregrin Took, June Bolan (n\u00e9e Child) (his widow) and a later member of T. Rex, Dino Dines."}]}, {"title": "Steve Curry", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Thomas Curry (born September 13, 1965) is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 6\", 217\u00a0lb., he batted and threw right-handed. In three starts, Curry posted a 0-1 record with four strikeouts and a 28.18 ERA in 11.0 innings pitched."}]}, {"title": "Steve Curtis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Curtis MBE (born 9 June 1964 in Wimbledon) is an English eight time offshore powerboat racing World Champion. Curtis's father Clive ran boat building business Cougar Marine, and also was a powerboat racer, making entry to the watercraft racing world easier for his son, after leaving school aged 17. Before switching to boats in 1983, Curtis had a career as a motocross rider, winning the British schoolboy and junior motocross championships. Curtis won his first title in the United States at age 21 in 1985, becoming the youngest ever Class 1 champion and the first Briton to win the title. He won his second title in 1987, and in 1998 he won his third title as throttleman on \"Spirit of Norway\", with driving partner Bj\u00f8rn Rune Gjelsten. The pairing became the most successful team in Class 1 so far: Since that date, his other achievements include:"}, {"context": " In 2005 Gjelsten retired, and Bard Eker took over as owner/pilot of \"Spirit of Norway\", and he and Curtis took the championship again. Curtis again paired with Gjelsten in 2006, when they garnered all four world titles (World Championship, Pole Position Championship, Middle East and European titles). Curtis runs his family business, Cougar Marine, based in Hampshire. He won the Segrave Trophy in 2003 and was awarded an MBE in the Queen's 80th Birthday Honours list. Curtis won the SBIP-APBA Offshore World Championship in 1987, becoming the first Briton to do so and again in 2008 with Tom Abrams."}]}, {"title": "Steve Curtis (boxer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Curtis (26 December 1948 \u2013 28 October 1994) was a professional bantamweight boxer from Wales. Born in Cardiff, Curtis was notable for becoming the Welsh bantamweight champion in 1969. Curtis began boxing as a youth in his hometown of Cardiff, boxing out of the Roath Youth Athletic Boxing Club. He entered the 1967 Amateur Boxing Association National Championship fighting at flyweight. Curtis reached the final, and on 5 May he beat Victor Bowyer to lift the Amateur title. Curtis followed this up by winning the Welsh ABA flyweight title in 1967 and again in 1968."}, {"context": " Curtis turned professional in 1968 moving up a weight division to bantamweight and joined Benny Jacob's boxing stable. His first professional fight was on the undercard at the National Sporting Club in London against John Kellie. The contest went the full six rounds and was judged a draw. His second fight was just two weeks later in Dublin where he faced Jim Henry. Curtis was stopped in the eighth via technical knockout. Curtis won his first professional fight on his third attempt, beating Johhny Fitzgerald on a points decision at Coleston Hall in Bristol. He followed this up with a second points win, defeating Irish boxer Sammy Vernon at the National Sporting Club. These results opened up a shot at the vacant Welsh area bantamweight title. His opponent was Glynne Davis, a Llanelli-based southpaw fighter with over 40 bouts behind him. The match, held in Cardiff on 2 July 1969, went the full ten rounds with the decision going to Curtis, making him the new Welsh bantamweight champion. A non-title re-match was arranged against Davis on 29 September, this time held in London. The outcome was the same Curtis winning on points after ten rounds.  His final fight was held in Derby against Nigerian Orizu Obilaso. Curtis suffered a second-round technical knockout defeat and retired soon after."}]}, {"title": "Steve Curwood", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Thomas Curwood (born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on December 11, 1947) is a journalist, author, public radio personality and actor. Curwood was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and brought up as a Quaker in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where his mother, Sarah Thomas Curwood, was a sociology professor at Antioch College. He went to high school at Westtown School in Westtown, Pennsylvania and was an undergraduate at Harvard University, graduating in 1969. In 1970, as a writer for the \"Boston Phoenix\", Steve broke the story that Polaroid's instant photo system was key to the apartheid pass system in South Africa. Steve moved on to \"The Boston Globe\" as an investigative reporter and columnist and shared the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service as part of \"The Boston Globe\"s education team."}, {"context": " His production credits in public broadcasting include reporter and host for NPR's \"Weekend All Things Considered\", host of NPR's \"World of Opera\", producer for the PBS series \"The Advocates\" with Mike Dukakis, and creator, host and executive producer of \"Living on Earth\", the prize-winning weekly environmental radio program heard for more than years on public radio stations and distributed by Public Radio International (PRI) since 2006. Acting roles include Randall in the Loeb Drama Center's production of \"Slow Dance on the Killing Ground\".  Steve lives at his family's farm in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire ."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cusack", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Patrick \"Steve\" Cusack (September 27, 1876 \u2013 June 16, 1952), was an American professional umpire in Major League Baseball. He appeared in 51 games as a National League umpire in 1909, and an additional 141 games for the Federal League in 1914. In his 192 total games, he umpired 139 games in the field, and 53 games behind home plate. He had a total of nine ejections during his career. Cusack began the 1909 season in the National League, but was in the New York State League by the end of the year. Cusack's brief stint in the National League was marked by an incident in which he was assaulted by an irate player and threatened by several others. In a May game, Cusack called Cincinnati catcher Frank Roth out on a play at home plate. Roth struck Cusack in the chest with both fists. Several of Roth's teammates, with baseball bats in hand, crowded around Cusack and made threats toward the umpire."}, {"context": " For 1910, Cusack joined the American Association. By 1911, Cusack was umpiring in the Illinois\u2013Indiana\u2013Iowa League. In 1914, Cusack signed on to umpire in the upstart Federal League. He was dismissed by the league following that season. After his retirement from baseball, Cusack entered law enforcement. He became a deputy U.S. marshal and once took custody of swindler Oscar Hartzell. Cusack died in his hometown of Chicago at the age of 75, and is interred at Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery in Worth, Illinois."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cutler", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cutler (born 28 July 1960) is an Australian former state and national representative rugby union player who represented Australia in 40 test matches between 1982 and 1991. He is a former senior vice president and chief operating officer of Kendle International, an international contract research organization. He previously worked as head of global project management for Quintiles."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cutts", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cutts is an illustrator and animator based in London, England. His artwork satirizes the excesses of modern society. His style is inspired by 1930s and 40s cartoons, as well as modern comic books and graphic novels. Before becoming a freelancer in 2012, Cutts worked as an illustrator for the London creative agency Glue Isobar. He worked on digital projects for companies including Coca-Cola, Google, Sony, and Toyota. In 2012, Cutts created his most popular film, \"MAN\", which has environmentalist and animal rights themes. Created with Adobe Flash and After Effects, Cutts describes the film as \"looking at mans relationship with the natural world.\" The video has over 26 million views on YouTube."}, {"context": " In January 2016, a Cutts couch gag for a season 27 episode of \"The Simpsons\" featured an homage to 1980s action TV shows such as \"Miami Vice\". The video has over 14 million views on YouTube. In October 2016, a Cutts video for the song \"Are You Lost In The World Like Me?\" by Moby and the Void Pacific Choir addressed smartphone addiction, with Max Fleischer-inspired animation. Moby hired Cutts to create the video after being \"amazed and blown away\" by his \"MAN\" film. The video won the 2017 Webby Award for animation."}, {"context": " In June 2017, Cutts illustrated another video for Moby and the Void Pacific Choir, \"In This Cold Place\" from the album \"More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse.\" Cutts stated that both Moby videos represent \"consumerism, greed, corruption and ultimately our self-destructiveness.\" In 2017, Cutts won the Jury Award at Annecy International Film Festival, the highest award which is a qualifying factor to be eligible for nomination at the Academy Awards. This was for the music video \u201cAre You Lost in the World Like Me?\u201d"}, {"context": " In 2018 for the second-year running, Cutts was the Webby Award Winner in the Film & Video Animation Category for original cartoons, motion graphics, illustrations or digitally animated images premiered on the Internet. Cutts made Ridley Scott\u2019s curated list of just 12 for the New Directors' Showcase at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in June 2018. Of the final reel, Scott said: \u201cThe range of the work submitted this year has been remarkable. We\u2019ve taken great care to ensure that the 2018 reel not only reflects great ideas but also considered craft and production.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Cwodzinski", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve A. Cwodzinski (born September 8, 1958) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic\u2013Farmer\u2013Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 48 in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area. Cwodzinski was born on September 8, 1958, in California and was raised by his mother and grandfather. During middle school, his mother married and they moved to Superior, Wisconsin. Cwodzinski attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a Bachelor of Education and later a Master of Arts in secondary education. He was a teacher of American government for 33 years and taught at Eden Prairie High School for 31 years until retiring in 2016.  Cwodzinski was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2016, defeating Republican Minority Leader David Hann. Cwodzinski and his wife, Patti, have two children and reside in the Hennepin Village neighborhood in Eden Prairie."}]}, {"title": "Steve Cyr", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Cyr (born 20 May 1967) is a Canadian former biathlete who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics, in the 1994 Winter Olympics, and in the 1998 Winter Olympics."}]}, {"title": "Steve Czaban", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Czaban (born June 1, 1968) is an American sports radio personality. Czaban (ZAY-ben) hosts \"The Steve Czaban Show\" on ESPN 980 with Scott Linn. He also formerly hosted \"The Steve Czaban Show\" on Yahoo! Sports Radio and formerly hosted a daily sports segment for \"Bob & Brian\". He was previously featured on Fox Sports Radio. Czaban has joked that he grew up \"...on the mean streets of McLean, Virginia.\" His father was a computer-systems analyst for the United States Department of Agriculture and his mother taught elementary school. He attended Cooper Middle School and Langley High School before enrolling at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He graduated in 1990 with a B.S. in Communications and Political Science."}, {"context": " Upon graduating, Czaban served as the radio announcer for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos' basketball and football teams in addition to hosting a local sports show on KTMS-AM 1260 in Santa Barbara, California until 1994. Czaban moved back to his hometown and was hired by Andy Pollin at WTEM to do updates as a part-timer for \"Team Tickers\" during Summer 1994. In late 1994, Czaban moved to Chicago to host the morning show on the One-On-One Sports radio network. While in Chicago he met Bob Madden and Brian Nelson, the hosts of \"Bob & Brian\", and added \"The Sports Report with Steve Czaban\" segment to their show under the title of \"Original Sports Donkey\". He hosted until his departure in 1997."}, {"context": " In 1998, Czaban was hired by WFNZ based in Charlotte, North Carolina as their afternoon sports show host, but exited in June 1999. After six months at ESPN Radio, Czaban rejoined Pollin in 2000 for \"The Sports Reporters\", which aired on Washington, D.C.-based WTEM. The duo raised controversy in December 2012 when commenting on then 50-year-old transgender Mission College basketball player Gabrielle Ludwig. The comments resulted in suspensions for both hosts. After a 13-year run, in July 2013 ESPN 980 announced that Pollin would be replaced as Czaban's co-host by former Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley. With the departure of Pollin, \"The Sports Reporters\" was discontinued while the new show, \"The Drive\" with Cooley and Czabe, debuted on August 1, 2013 and included Al Galdi. He signed a three-year extension to continue hosting the show on January 6, 2014."}, {"context": " While hosting \"The Sports Reporters\", Czaban joined Fox Sports Radio in 2002 and hosted \"GameTime with Steve Czaban\". In January 2005, he was moved to \"The First Team on Fox\" as part of their morning lineup, later renamed the \"Steve Czaban Show\" until its cancellation in December 2009. It was announced in August 2010 that Czaban would return to Sporting News Radio (formerly One-On-One Sports). He was joined by his long-time sidekicks, including co-host Scott Linn, producer Steve Solomon and anchor Al Galdi and later, Tim Murray."}, {"context": " After Yahoo Sports Radio was re-branded into SB Nation in August 2016, The Steve Czaban Show continued its morning time slot until September 19, 2016 where listeners were informed via his website that his contract was not renewed and the show was taken off the air. In late October of 2018, he abruptly quit the Bob and Brian in the morning show on 102.9 the Hog in Milwaukee. He is still heard the afternoon drive (4:00 to 7:00 PM) with Scott Linn on ESPN980 in the Washington DC market. Czaban is married to Deana Czaban and resides on 10 acres in Round Hill, Loudoun County, Virginia. The couple has two daughters, Catherine and Megan."}]}, {"title": "Steve D'Aquisto", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve D'Acquisto (1953\u20132001) was an American disco DJ and record producer. He started the concept of the record pool with David Mancuso, Paul Casella and Vince Aletti in 1975 in New York City. He was also a collaborator with Arthur Russell."}]}, {"title": "Steve DaSilva", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve DaSilva (born February 10, 1987 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian ice hockey player who currently plays for the Lloydminster Border Kings of the Chinook Hockey League. He previously played for the Saskatchewan Huskies of the CIS and the Kootenay Ice of the Western Hockey League (WHL)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dacri", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen \"Steve\" Robert Dacri (March 22, 1952 \u2013 February 11, 2011) was an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician who worked for nearly 30 years at his craft earning him the moniker \"The Fastest Hands in the World.\" He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and died on February 11, 2011 from colon cancer, leaving a wife, Jan, and a son, Jesse. Dacri's interest in magic began at the age of six when his parents gave him a Mandrake the Magician magic set. Within a few years, he was performing magic at family and community gatherings."}, {"context": " \"I grew up watching Red Skelton, Abbott & Costello, The Three Stooges, The Amazing Ballantine and Jackie Gleason. I always knew I wanted to be able to entertain people like they did,\" Steve wrote. Dacri's joy in entertaining audiences for the majority of his life was clear to everyone who crossed his path. In a blog post dated March 18, 2010, he wrote: It is obvious to me that most people have never had the chance to see magic in such a setting, performed without props or special sets. To me, this is the real magic, magic that is created in the hands, using age old methods of sleight of hand and misdirection perfected by masters before me. I was lucky to be tutored and coached by the greatest magicians who ever lived, and I owe my success to them. During the show I try to acknowledge them all and we even show a short film clip of the legendary Dai Vernon, whom we called the Professor, as a tribute to the remarkable man who had the distinction of being the only man to fool Houdini. Some nights I even perform the same trick that Vernon used to fool Houdini. To keep things fresh, I am constantly changing things, adding new routines and old ones that I haven't done in many years. I do that for myself as much as for the show. Helps keep me sharp and fresh.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Dahl", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Robert Dahl (born November 20, 1954 in Pasadena, California) is an American radio personality and humorist. He is the owner and operator of the Steve Dahl Network, a subscription-based podcasting network as well as the host of \"The Steve Dahl Show\" which airs weekdays on WLS. Originally, Dahl broadcast with Detroit stations WABX and WWWW and later with Chicago stations WCKG, WDAI, WLUP, WMVP and WLS. He also served as a columnist for the \"Chicago Tribune\" in their \"Live\" section as the resident \"vice advisor\" until November 2010. Additionally, Dahl has served on the Board of Trustees at Columbia College Chicago."}, {"context": " Dahl's radio show takes an \"every guy\" approach to life in Chicago and Dahl often tells bucolic stories about his life and family on the air. Dahl is also well known in Chicago for his song parodies and his impressions. He is considered a pioneer in talk radio and has been influential for many other radio personalities. He gained a measure of national attention after the Disco Demolition Night promotion at Comiskey Park, and he is also known in Chicago for his longstanding former role as one half of the \"Steve and Garry\" team (with Garry Meier)."}, {"context": " In addition to his radio career, Dahl is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His band, Teenage Radiation, recorded and performed a number of song parodies (which he often played on his show throughout the 1980s) and since 1990 he has performed and recorded as Steve Dahl and the Dahlfins. Dahl grew up in La Ca\u00f1ada, California, a Los Angeles suburb northwest of Pasadena. He is the son of Roger and Carolyn Dahl, an electronics parts manufacturer's representative and a homemaker. In the 9th grade, Dahl began hanging around a local underground radio station, KPCC-FM, in his home state of California. At the age of sixteen, after he started working at the radio station full-time, he unofficially dropped out of high school. Dahl later explained, \"I convinced my parents and the school that I would do an independent work-study thing. I never got around to it.\" At the age of eighteen, he obtained his GED and briefly married a woman he met after she called him on-air to request \"Suzanne\", a song by Leonard Cohen which told a tale of a troubled relationship. Dahl later explained his short-lived marriage by commenting, \"I should have paid more attention to that song.\""}, {"context": " Dahl was told by radio executives that he'd never make it in radio because his voice was too high. At one point, Dahl was so discouraged that he quit for about six months and attempted to pursue a career as a recording engineer. However, this never amounted to anything more than making mix tapes of popular songs for play on airplanes. Throughout this time period, he was making efforts to reconcile with his ex-wife, who by then was dating the program director at the Los Angeles radio station where she worked. He later admitted to stalking her by sleeping in his Subaru outside her house."}, {"context": " In 1976, Dahl's ex-wife told him about an opening for a morning show in Detroit, Michigan on WABX. He managed to secure the job, despite the fact that he did not think he was good enough for it (he later learned that the station was owned by the same company his ex-wife worked for). At WABX, Dahl learned as much as he could about what constituted \"good radio\" and also began experimenting with his content. His popularity increased to the point that he achieved a 7.2 market share. During his time at WABX, Dahl was introduced to Janet, a junior high school English and drama teacher in a Detroit suburb, who was casually dating a friend of his and was also a listener of his show. The two hit it off after Dahl invited her to a \"hump day\" broadcast he was doing from the camel area of the Detroit Zoo."}, {"context": " WDAI executives in Chicago, attracted by Dahl's 7.1 share, approached him and offered to double his salary to $50,000 a year. However, Janet did not want to leave her family in Detroit and he did not want to leave her. This prompted Dahl to ask his bosses for $35,000 a year to stay in Detroit. They flatly refused by telling him to \"Go fuck yourself. Go to Chicago. Fall on your fat face.\" In 1978, after Janet accepted his marriage proposal, Dahl left Detroit for WDAI in Chicago. The pair eventually married in 1980."}, {"context": " Dahl began at WDAI Chicago on February 23, 1978 with his solo \"Steve Dahl's Rude Awakening\" show, but it never achieved solid ratings despite media attention. Ten months later, on Christmas Eve, 1978, WDAI changed formats from rock to disco and fired Dahl. In March 1979, after a few months without a job, Dahl was hired to do a morning show at WLUP where he met overnight DJ Garry Meier (who was then broadcasting under the pseudonym of \"Matthew Meier\"). Shortly thereafter, the two began a cross talk that eventually led to Meier being teamed up with Dahl as both sidekick and newsman. Dahl effectively forced Meier to use his actual name by calling him \"Garry\" on-air accidentally. After openly discussing the subject, again, on-air, Meier officially dropped his pseudonym."}, {"context": " In response to Dahl's firing from WDAI, Dahl and Meier mocked and heaped scorn on disco records and WDAI (calling it \"Disco-D.I.E.\" mocking the station's slogan, \"Disco-D.A.I.\") on the air. Dahl even recorded and started playing a parody of Rod Stewart's \"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?\", which he called \"Do You Think I'm Disco?\". The song managed to crack the national charts to peak at No. 58 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and received airplay across the country. During this same time period, Dahl and Meier, along with Mike Veeck (son of then Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck), Jeff Schwartz of WLUP Sales and Dave Logan, the WLUP Promotions Director, came up with a radio promotion and tie-in to the White Sox called Disco Demolition Night which took place on Thursday, July 12, 1979. The concept was to create an event to \"end disco once and for all\" in the center field of Comiskey Park that night by allowing people to get tickets at the box office if they brought $0.98 (for WLUP's frequency) and at least one disco record. More than 50,000 fans showed up, the records were collected, piled up on the field and blown up. Hundreds of rowdy fans stormed the field, refused to leave, and caused the second game of the doubleheader to be postponed. American League President Lee MacPhail later declared the second game of the doubleheader a forfeit victory for the visiting Detroit Tigers. Six people reported minor injuries, and thirty-nine were arrested for disorderly conduct."}, {"context": " As a result of Disco Demolition Night, Dahl attained national recognition and his popularity increased significantly. He established a syndicate and the \"Steve & Garry\" show began airing in Detroit and Milwaukee, where it performed well. However, in February 1981, WLUP fired Dahl, citing \"continued assaults on community standards\". \"It was going on in El Paso and Los Angeles, like, on Monday, and on Friday they fired me,\" Dahl later said. Meier was offered the opportunity to continue the show by himself, but he refused."}, {"context": " During the Iranian Hostage Crisis, Dahl, along with his backing band \"Teenage Radiation\", recorded and released a parody of The Knack's song \"My Sharona\", called \"Ayatollah\". He also made on-the-air prank phone calls to the \"Islamic Fried Chicken\" (a play on Kentucky Fried Chicken), ordering buckets of chicken for the hostages in the US embassy, for which the State Department later reprimanded him. Dahl also parodied the John Wayne Gacy murders with his song \"Another Kid in the Crawl\" (to the tune of Pink Floyd's \"Another Brick in the Wall\"). The playing of the song was stopped after parents of the murdered children called to complain."}, {"context": " Dahl and Meier won a local Emmy award for a television special they did in 1981 called, \"Greetings from Graceland\", which was a comedy spoof on the tourist shrine and featured Elvis Presley's \"Uncle Vester\" selling Elvis cookbooks from the guardhouse. They briefly had a morning television show, called \"It's Too Early\" on local Chicago station, WFBN-TV, which nationally syndicated columnist Bob Greene called \"the best program on television\", \"amazing\", and \"hypnotic\" in his June 20, 1983 column. The show was canceled after four weeks on the air because it was deemed \"unsuitable for general viewing... in particular for young children\" after Dahl was shown fully clothed sitting on a toilet seat reading a newspaper."}, {"context": " In 1982, he stated on the air that motorists could allegedly substitute Necco Wafers for coins in automatic toll booths on Chicago's tollways. The Illinois Tollway System later said that approximately a dozen toll machines broke down due to people trying to use the candy to pay tolls. Dahl decided to get a vasectomy in March 1989, which was performed live on the air at a urologist's office in Indiana. According to Arbitron ratings for that survey period, Dahl and Meier's ratings jumped from a tie for seventh place in afternoons to a tie for third place."}, {"context": " According to Paul D. Colford, a former writer for Long Island Newsday, Howard Stern listened to tapes of Steve and Garry sent from Chicago by a friend of the chief engineer at WCCC Hartford. Colford claims Stern eventually developed his on-air style as a result of these tapes. Later, Stern was hired at WWWW Detroit (which Dahl had left when he moved to Chicago). \"Steve & Garry\" moved to WLS, but ultimately returned to WLUP where they stayed until their split in 1993. The alleged reason for the break-up was Dahl's on-the-air comments about Meier\u2019s new wife, commercial real-estate broker Cynthia Fircak, while the new couple were on their honeymoon. Meier also blamed Dahl's alcoholism and unpredictable behavior. Dahl, for his part, blamed Fircak for the split, once saying on air \"When I met her, I knew the rules had just changed.\""}, {"context": " In 2003, Robert Feder, a columnist for the \"Chicago Sun-Times\", said, \"It's the divorce that just keeps on giving: A decade after Steve Dahl and Garry Meier severed their legendary radio partnership, their breakup remains a source of bitterness and anger for them \u2014 and continuing fascination for their fans.\" After the team broke up, Dahl went to Sports Talk WMVP AM and teamed with Chicago sportscaster Bruce Wolf. Dahl ended up on WCKG, broadcasting an afternoon show on that station. He eventually teamed up with Buzz Kilman, who was Dahl's newsman starting in 1980 on WLUP, and the show was available as a podcast at Dahl's website and streamed live on WCKG's website. Dahl's afternoon show was rated fifth (4.1) among men 25-54 in the winter 2006-2007 ratings report. In 2007, Dahl was named one of the '100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts' by \"Talkers Magazine\"."}, {"context": " On Friday, August 18, 2006, Dahl was doing a remote broadcast of his show at Oak Street Beachstro, a restaurant on Chicago's Oak Street Beach. Coincidentally, Garry Meier was eating lunch there with friends. After Dahl learned of Meier's presence there, he invited Meier to appear on the air with him, which Meier accepted. Meier wound up staying for the remainder of the show. This event was covered widely throughout the Chicago media that evening. On April 2, 2007, Meier returned to Chicago radio, doing the 8 AM-11 AM show on WCKG. He appeared briefly on Dahl's show that same day. They occasionally contributed to each other's shows, and Meier spent the first hour and a half in studio during Dahl's show on the 28th year anniversary of Disco Demolition Night, recounting the events of that night."}, {"context": " Dahl announced on October 29, 2007 that he would move to mornings at WJMK on November 5, 2007 as WCKG changed formats. He was the only live personality at the Jack FM outlet as the rest of the station was pre-programmed and run by computer. Dahl's son Matt was part of the regular WCKG lineup and hosted the show immediately following his father's. However, the WCKG format change, from an FM talk station to an adult contemporary station meant the end of Matt's show on WCKG. On December 5, 2008, Dahl announced the end of his show on Jack FM due to low ratings."}, {"context": " \"They were saying, 'Well, do a couple of weeks, a farewell.'\" Dahl said. \"I said, 'It's not a farewell. You guys are taking me off the air. I'm not retiring.' ... \"I still have two and a half years left on my deal so, quite frankly, I'm not letting them out of it.\" Dahl also said he was prepared to stay off the air for the remainder of his contract, which was to end in mid-2011 and was said to be worth more than $1 million annually. After the end of Dahl's final broadcast, Howard Cogan, the normally sarcastic signature voice, Jack, heard on many Jack FM stations, delivered a sincere sendoff to Dahl followed by \"Life's Been Good\" by Joe Walsh, a long-time friend of Dahl."}, {"context": " On October 7, 2014, media blogger Robert Feder reported that Dahl would be returning to terrestrial radio on WLS AM 890. Feder wrote: \"Dahl, 59, will join the Cumulus Media news/talk station as afternoon personality, from 2 to 6 p.m. Monday though Friday. If all goes as planned, Dahl would start in early November. Sources familiar with the deal said Dahl will continue his subscription podcast venture, with Cumulus Media becoming a partner in the Steve Dahl Network. Under the agreement, Cumulus would provide financial, technical and marketing support, while Dahl would continue to host a separate, 90-minute daily podcast for his paid subscribers.\" Dahl confirmed Feder's report on October 8 saying \"he's eager to get back on the air to become 'part of the daily conversation in Chicago'\"."}, {"context": " Dahl's first day back on WLS was November 3, 2014. His show included an appearance by Ron Magers and a phone interview with Bob Odenkirk. Prior to the show, Dahl said in an email, \"My plan for the show is to be funny and get good ratings.\" Dahl also said that he sees his return as not only a good opportunity to try and re-energize radio, but also as a way to turn people onto his podcast. In October 2018, Dahl confirmed to Feder by email that he was leaving WLS after four years on December 21, 2018, in advance of the major weekday lineup shakeup the station announced would take place in early 2019. Dahl also stated that he intends continue to produce his daily podcasts in partnership with WLS's owner Cumulus Media."}, {"context": " On September 8, 2009, Dahl began doing daily podcasts from a studio in the basement of his home. At the time, Dahl was still under contract with CBS, who had agreed in July 2009 to partner with him to produce a daily, hour long podcast complete with a few commercials. On August 1, 2011, Dahl, no longer under contract with CBS, began the Steve Dahl Network whose 11 unique weekly shows can be either downloaded or streamed via his official website and app or downloaded from iTunes. Originally, there was only just a daily podcast from Dahl; the network, however, has expanded and now includes podcasts by friends Kevin Matthews and Daniel Van Kirk among others."}, {"context": " In addition to podcasting, Steve has maintained a presence with his fans through Facebook, Twitter, blogs, occasional newspaper articles (he wrote a regular column for the Chicago Tribune up until 2011) as well as various television/radio appearances. In addition to recording parody songs for his radio show with his early band \"Teenage Radiation\", Dahl began recording and playing live performance with a new band in 1990, called \"Steve Dahl and the Dahlfins\". This band has recorded and released several albums, including 1992's \"Tropical Tides\" and 1997's \"Mai Tai Roa Ae\". In 2007, backed by Des Moines, Iowa band The Nadas, Dahl embarked on a tour of Chicago-area concert venues. In collaboration with record producer Joe Thomas, Dahl played a large role in the comeback of Beach Boy Brian Wilson. The three co-wrote the song \"Your Imagination\" which appeared as a single and on Wilson's 1998 album \"Imagination\". Dahl provided backup vocals on the song as well. An alternate version of \"Your Imagination\" with slightly different lyrics and Steve Dahl singing lead is occasionally played on \"The Steve Dahl Show\"."}, {"context": " On November 9, 2013, Dahl and former partner Meier were both inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in recognition of their work together on the \"Steve and Garry Show\". Currently, Dahl resides in the western suburbs of Chicago with his wife Janet, a non-practicing lawyer, whom he married in 1978. Before law school, she taught junior high for seven years in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Dahl has three sons and nine grandchildren. Dahl is an avid Chicago sports fan, and holds season tickets for the Chicago Blackhawks."}, {"context": " Dahl has battled alcoholism throughout his adult life, which he has alluded to a number of times. He has been sober since 1995, the day after a drinking bout at the White Sox home opener, achieving it cold turkey. In 1999, his wife filed a multi\u2013million dollar lawsuit against Mancow Muller over lewd comments Muller made about her on his show. In 2001, the case was settled. Although the terms of the deal were not disclosed, it was reportedly seven figures. Also in 1999, Steve Dahl admitted secretly recording conversations among staffers at WCKG because he suspected they were talking about him behind his back. In snippets Dahl has played on his afternoon show, two station employees can be heard mocking him as \"Steve Dull\" and ridiculing his show. Dahl said, \"I did it within my organization to confirm my suspicions. This was in a studio filled with microphones and cameras. Legally, I don't feel they had any expectation of privacy in that case.\"  Criminal suspect Drew Peterson and his lawyer, Joel Brodsky, called in to Dahl's show on January 23, 2008. Dahl had been lampooning Peterson since the start of the former police officer's notoriety. Brodsky suggested that Dahl host an on-air \"dating game\" with Peterson the following day, but WJMK managers and Dahl later decided not to go through with it.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Daines", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven David Daines (born August 20, 1962) is an American entrepreneur and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Montana since 2015. He previously was the U.S. Representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2013 to 2015. In the 2014 midterm election, he won an open seat, defeating Democrat Amanda Curtis. Daines was born in Van Nuys, California, to Sharon R. and Clair W. Daines. The family moved to Montana in 1964. He was raised in Bozeman, Montana where he attended school from kindergarten through college."}, {"context": " Daines graduated from Bozeman High School, where he served as student body president. He earned a bachelor of science degree in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University. His high school partner in Policy Debate was United States Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. In his senior year, he was one of the youngest delegates at the 1984 Republican National Convention. \"I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for.\" Daines was also the president of MSU College Republicans. In 2007, he and his wife started a web site called GiveItBack.com, which urged governor Brian Schweitzer to return the state's $1 billion surplus to the taxpayers. In 2007\u201308, he served as state chairman for Republican Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign and as a national surrogate for Huckabee."}, {"context": " Daines spent 13 years with Procter & Gamble. After seven years managing operations in the United States, he moved his family to Hong Kong and China for six years opening factories to expand Procter & Gamble's Asian business. During the 2014 campaign, this period became a campaign issue, with the Montana Democratic Party stating that he assisted the company in outsourcing U.S. jobs to China. Daines responded to this charge by saying that he created hundreds of jobs in Montana when he worked for RightNow Technologies. In 1997, Daines left Procter & Gamble to join the family construction business in Bozeman. Three years later, Daines met Greg Gianforte, founder of RightNow Technologies, and was put in charge of running RightNow's customer care division. Daines went on to become Vice President of North America Sales and Vice President of the Asia-Pacific division. During his tenure, the cloud-based software company became a publicly traded company and Bozeman's largest commercial employer. Daines remained with the company until March 2012, when he left to campaign full-time."}, {"context": " Daines campaigned for Lieutenant Governor of Montana in 2008, running on the ticket with Roy Brown, the Republican nominee for Governor. They challenged incumbent Governor Brian Schweitzer and his running mate John Bohlinger. Brown/Daines lost the election 65%\u201333%, winning 7 of Montana's 56 counties. On November 13, 2010, Daines announced he would run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Jon Tester in 2012. That year, a complaint was filed with the Federal Election Commission against Daines by the Montana Democratic Party, alleging that a radio ad he had run on behalf of a pro-life organization called Common Sense Issues (CSI) was illegal campaign activity. The complaint was later dismissed on September 7, 2011, as Daines had not at that time actually filed as a candidate for any federal office. When U.S. Representative Denny Rehberg announced his intention to challenge Tester, Daines dropped out of the Senate race and announced his candidacy for the open House seat vacated by Rehberg. Daines won the 3-candidate Republican primary with 71% of the vote. In the general election, he defeated Democratic State Senator Kim Gillan, 53%\u201343%. He won 48 of the state's 56 counties."}, {"context": " In July 2013, Daines attended a NRSC fundraiser in Washington that raised speculation that he would run for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Max Baucus. Additional anticipation that he would run was fueled when he disclosed fundraising of $415,000 in the second quarter of 2013. On November 6, 2013, Daines announced his candidacy. In February 2014, Baucus resigned from the Senate to accept a post as U.S. ambassador to China. Governor Steve Bullock, a Democrat, appointed lieutenant governor John Walsh to the vacant Senate seat for the remainder of Baucus's term. Walsh had already declared his intention of running for the Senate in the 2014 election, and it was suggested that his appointment by Bullock might give him the advantage of incumbency, thus improving Democratic chances of holding the seat."}, {"context": " Daines won the June 3, 2014, Republican primary, obtaining 83.4% of the vote to defeat Missoula state representative Champ Edmunds and political newcomer Susan Cundiff. Walsh won the Democratic primary with 64% of the vote. In August 2014, Walsh withdrew from the race following the publication of a \"New York Times\" article that accused him of plagiarism in a paper written as part of his masters degree work at the U.S. Army War College. With only 50 days left before the general election, a special convention called by the Montana Democratic party named one-term Butte legislator Amanda Curtis to run in place of Walsh."}, {"context": " Daines won the general election, securing 57.8% of the vote to Curtis's 40.1%. Daines introduced his first bill, the \"Balanced Budget Accountability Act,\" in February 2013. Daines' bill would require Congress to pass a budget that would balance in 10 years or have their pay terminated. Daines also voted in support of No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-3) which required both chambers of Congress to pass a budget by April 15, 2013, or the salaries of Members of that chamber would be put in an escrow account."}, {"context": " In February 2013, Daines voted in support of the Violence Against Women Act, which passed the House with 199 House Democratic and 87 House Republican votes. Daines has been vocal in his support for Second Amendment rights. In 2013, he called the Senate legislation to expand background checks \"the wrong approach\" and has been a vocal opponent of the bill, which failed to pass the Senate that April. Daines has also pledged to \"block\" any legislation that poses a threat to Second Amendment rights. In an April tour of a Billings, Montana, sporting goods shop and shooting range, Daines adopted the nickname \"Dead-Eye Daines\" after reaffirming his opposition to gun control measures and demonstrating his marksmanship skills."}, {"context": " Daines has criticized President Barack Obama for the Obama administration's positions on natural resource development, calling the President's June 2013 climate change proposal a \"job killer\" and a \"war on American energy.\" Daines co-sponsored the \"Northern Route Approval Act\" which would allow for congressional approval of the Keystone pipeline Daines has expressed strong support of Montana's coal industry and oil production in eastern Montana and the Bakken formation. Daines has also called for the need for litigation reforms to clear the way for more active forest management and the revitalization of Montana's timber industry. In April, Daines signed on to the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, legislation to address the expiration of the Secure Rural Schools program by renewing the federal government's commitment to manage forest resources."}, {"context": " On June 5, 2013, Daines introduced the North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013 which would withdraw 430,000 acres of federal lands in Montana from programs to develop geothermal and mineral resources. The law would forbid mountaintop removal mining and other natural resource development. The affected lands lie adjacent to Glacier National Park and already have some protections. Rep. Daines emphasized his desire \"to rise above partisan politics, preserve the pristine landscape, and 'protect this critical watershed',\" when he announced that he would be introducing the bill. According to Daines, both conservationists and energy companies support the bill. The bill, also supported by Tester and Walsh, passed in the House; but Senate Republicans prevented it from being voted on, killing it in the Senate."}, {"context": " Daines supported the 2014 U.S. Farm Bill which reauthorizes nutrition and agriculture programs for the years 2014-2018. Daines has vocally opposed an Internet sales tax, which would allow states to collect taxes on online sales. He has characterized legislation to provide the authority as \"a job-killing tax hike that hurts American small businesses. Daines supported President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order to impose a temporary ban on entry to the U.S. to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries. He stated that \"We are at war with Islamic extremists and anything less than 100 percent verification of these refugees' backgrounds puts our national security at risk. We need to take the time to examine our existing programs to ensure terrorists aren't entering our country. The safety of U.S. citizens must be our number one priority.\""}, {"context": " On February 8, 2017, Senator Daines, while presiding over the U.S. Senate invoked Rule 19 of the U.S. Senate to prevent Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) from reading a letter written by Coretta Scott King and first introduced during the 1986 U.S. Senate confirmation hearing for then-United States Attorney for Alabama Jeff Sessions to become a United States federal judge. King's letter, addressed to Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC), describes a 1984 prosecution by Sessions of Albert Turner and other members of the Perry County Civic League for voting fraud. Since Sessions was (in 2017) a sitting United States Senator (R-AL), the reading of the letter from 1986 during the 2017 confirmation hearing for Sessions's appointment as United States Attorney General would be impugning Senator Sessions. Daines was assisted by Elizabeth MacDonough, the current Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, who read the language of Rule 19 to freshman Senator Daines. Senator Daines \"carefully repeated the language of Rule 19\" while censuring Senator Warren."}, {"context": " Daines is one of the Senate Republicans arguing in favor of the \"nuclear option\", \"to speed up consideration of President Trump's nominees\". Changing the Senate's rules to a simple majority vote would \"ensure a quicker pace on Trump's court picks\". Daines and his wife Cindy live in Bozeman with their four children: David, Annie, Michael and Caroline. Daines and his family are actively involved in community volunteer organizations and enjoy backpacking, hunting, skiing and fishing. Daines enjoys mountain-climbing and has scaled Granite Peak and Grand Teton."}, {"context": " In 2009, his sister, Susan Marie Owenhouse, passed away after a long battle with primary sclerosis cholangitis at the age of 43. She left behind her husband of 22 years, magician Jay Owenhouse, and their four children. On October 4, 2018, Daines publicly announced he would be walking his daughter (Annie) down the aisle during her wedding on Saturday, October 6, 2018. This was the same day the US Senate was scheduled to vote on the confirmation of Federal Appeals Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to be the Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice to replace the retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. Ultimately, Daines did not vote as the Republicans secured the necessary votes to confirm Judge Kavanaugh. However, fellow Montana Congressman Greg Gianforte offered his private plane to Daines in the event he needed to fly to Washington D.C. if necessary. Kavanaugh was confirmed 50-48, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) during the final confirmation vote, voted \"present\" as a pair to Daines who would've cancelled her vote if he had been present at the vote."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dalachinsky", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dalachinsky (born 1946) is a New York downtown poet, active in the music, art, and free jazz scene. He has written poetry for most of his life and has read frequently at Michael Dorf's club the Knitting Factory, the Poetry Project and the Vision Festival, an Avant-jazz festival held annually on the Lower East Side of New York City. Dalachinsky has also read his works in Japan, France and Germany. He has collaborated with many musicians, writing liner notes for artists: William Parker, Susie Ibarra, Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Jim O'Rourke and Mat Maneri"}, {"context": " Dalachinsky has authored numerous books including a compendium of poetry written while listening to saxophonist Charles Gayle perform throughout New York City, and a collection of poems which focused on his time as a superintendent at an apartment building in Soho. Along with pianist Matthew Shipp, he co-authored the book \"Logos and Language: A Post-Jazz Metaphorical Dialogue\" and collaborated with French photographer Jacques Bisceglia on \"Reaching Into The Unknown\". His spoken word albums include \"Incomplete Directions\" and a collaboration with Shipp on the album \"Phenomena of Interference\". Dalachinsky's works have also appeared in several journals and anthologies as well."}, {"context": " He is a 2014 recipient of a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, received the Franz Kafka Prize, Acker Award, PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award and was nominated for a 2015 Pushcart Prize. He currently lives in Manhattan with his wife, painter and poet Yuko Otomo. Dalachinsky was born in 1946, Brooklyn, New York, \"right after the last big war and has managed to survive lots of little wars\", which is how he is frequently described. He grew up in the Midwood section of the borough that was mostly an Italian and Jewish neighborhood with parents that were working class. Dalachinsky said he was \"always writing\" at an early age and was also \"involved in art\". His earliest notebooks of his writings that have survived go back to when he was between the ages of 13 and 15. He was once kicked out of a Hebrew school because he was \"wearing a cross\", and hung out with the Italian kids in the neighborhood which \"framed his perception of being Jewish\", according to him."}, {"context": " Dalachinsky started taking art lessons at the Pratt Institute where for 18 months he first attempted his hand at painting, eventually turning to writing poetry full-time. It was during this period in his life when he discovered beat poetry and found the poetry scene in Manhattan. He was given copies of Lawrence Ferlinghetti\u2019s \"A Coney Island of the Mind\" and Allen Ginsberg\u2019s \"Howl\", which he says changed his style of writing. Dalachinsky was also influenced by the writings of: Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Ezra Pound, Delmore Schwartz, Federico Garcia Lorca, and William Blake, especially the work \"Auguries of Innocence\" by Blake. Besides writers, he counts obsession, socio-political angst, human disappointment, jazz music and abstract visual art among his influences. Dalachinsky has described his process of writing as \"spontaneity mixed with a conscious pushing\" and a \"descriptive transformation\". His works have been described as leaning towards \"transforming the image rather than merely describing it\"."}, {"context": " For 19 years, starting in the 1980s, he wrote some of his poems while listening to live jazz music, going to free jazz saxophonist Charles Gayle's performances, creating poems on scraps of paper. In 2006, Dalachinsky published a book of poems devoted entirely to Gayle, with the poems appearing chronologically in the order of the venues where Gayle performed at. The collection was honored in 2007 with a PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award. The book is also unusual because not only is it documenting the music, but also Dalachinsky\u2019s state of mind at the precise moment of capturing a musical phrase. Sometimes when Gayle's performance came with a sermon or lecture, commenting on topics like abortion or racial separatism, Dalachinsky would react with his poems reflecting the mood:"}, {"context": " Dalachinsky also released a collection of poems, titled \"A Superintendent\u2019s Eyes\", , which focused on his time as a superintendent at an Spring Street apartment building in Soho. It was published by the Unbearables, whom both him and his wife have a connection with, and describe themselves as a \"loose collective of noir humorists, beer mystics, anarchists, neophobes and passionate debunkers\". In his 2013 review of the book, Alan Kaufman wrote: \"It is the single most important volume of poetry to appear in the last ten years...he is the poet that America has been waiting for to free our national verse from its stratospheric sense of self-importance and return us to a poetry of flesh and heart, song and cement, just as Whitman's \"Leaves of Grass\" did in in the nineteenth Century\". The poems were written over 20 years and described by Kaufman as, \"ash can sonatas to lovemaking with wife, eating out in restaurants, illness, cancelled hopes, money worries, cash scores, tenant complaints, landlord humiliations and ruminations on drug addiction\". In one poem written while his wife was away in Japan, and he was relocating his writing space, he begins:"}, {"context": " Dalachinsky has read throughout the New York City area including at the: Poetry Project, Vision Festival, ISSUE Project Room and the Knitting Factory. and also read in San Francisco. Abroad, he had read his works in Japan, Germany and England, where he read his \"Insomnia Poems\", a collaboration with composer Pete Wyer for BBC Radio 3. In France, Dalachinsky has performed extensively, earning the award Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He has read in Bordeaux, S\u00e8te and in Paris at Les Instants Chavir\u00e9s and the L'Olympic Caf\u00e9. He has read at the Centre international de po\u00e9sie in Marseille, Maison de la Po\u00e9sie de Nantes at Pannonica, participated in the Sons d'Hiver Festival and the Val-de Marne International Poetry Festival."}, {"context": " In 2011, he collaborated with French duet art-rockers The Snobs on \"Massive Liquidity\". In 2015, he worked with Alex Lozupone's group, Eighty Pound Pug on a jazz-metal album; and with German visual artist Sig Bang Schmidt on \"Flying Home\" In 2017, he collaborated with his wife on two projects, \"Frozen Heatwave\" and \"Black Magic\". Dalachinsky has written liner notes for recordings of several musicians: Roscoe Mitchell, Charles Gayle, Anthony Braxton, James Blood Ulmer, Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, Assif Tsahar, Derek Bailey and Rashied Ali. Additionally, he has collaborated with musicians: William Parker, Susie Ibarra, Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Mat Maneri, Federico Ughi, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Rob Brown, Tim Barnes and Jim Rourke."}, {"context": " Other books and chapbooks he has written include: \"Quicksand\", \"The Invisible Ray\" with artwork by Shalom Neuman, \"Lautreamont's Laments\", \"Dream Book\", \"In Glorious Black and White\", \"St. Lucie\", \"Are We Not MEN & Fake Book\", \"Trial and Error in Paris\" and \"Where Night and Day Become One\", from his trips to Paris. His spoken word albums include \"Incomplete Directions\", \"Phenomena of Interference\" with Matthew Shipp and \"I thought it was the end of the world then the end of the world happened again\" with Federico Ughi..  His poems are included in the anthologies: His works have appeared in the journals: Avant-garde jazz has been a major inspiration for his writing, with five books of his poems dedicated solely to jazz musicians. All of them being written while listening to the music live. Electronic, experimental, spoken word, abstract and poetry albums (including collaborations):"}]}, {"title": "Steve Daley", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Daley (born 15 April 1953) is an English former footballer, who played as a midfielder. His English record transfer to Manchester City in 1979 was later described as \"the biggest waste of money in football history\". The Manchester City manager Malcolm Allison and chairman Peter Swales subsequently accused each other of inflating the fee. Daley began his football career as an apprentice at Wolverhampton Wanderers, after arriving at the club via their feeder team Wath Wanderers based in Yorkshire. He signed professionally in 1971, and made his first-team debut later that year on 18 September, coming on as substitute in a 2-0 defeat at Newcastle United."}, {"context": " He won a League Cup winners medal with the club in 1974 and played in their run through to the 1972 UEFA Cup Final, scoring a vital goal in the semi final against Ferencv\u00e1ros inside the first minute. That goal still holds the record for being the fastest goal ever scored in European football cup competitions. He was an ever-present in the 1976\u201377 season, scoring 13 goals, and a further eight the following season saw him receive an England 'B' call up. He played six times for the 'B' side during 1978, scoring twice (against Singapore and Czechoslovakia 'B')."}, {"context": " In September 1979, he was transferred to Manchester City for a fee of \u00a31,437,500 \u2014 an English record. Daley struggled at Maine Road, and gained a reputation as a big-money misfit. Twenty months later he was transferred to the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League for \u00a3300,000 \u2014 little more than a fifth of his original transfer cost. He made the NASL All-Star second team in 1982 and 1983 before moving back to Britain. Daley joined Burnley, but soon returned to North America to play for the San Diego Sockers. His professional playing career ended at Walsall in 1986, although he continued to turn out for non-league sides such as Lye Town and Kettering Town.  After hanging up his boots, Daley briefly managed non-league Telford United, Bromsgrove Rovers and Bilston Town, before quitting football to join the pub trade. He has since been working as a brewery sales manager, supplying catering equipment to the industry. Also an established after-dinner speaker, Daley recalls his career in football with honesty and humour."}]}, {"title": "Steve Daley (journalist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Daley (1948 \u2013 October 2, 2011) was a newspaper journalist, best known for his work as political correspondent for the \"Chicago Tribune\" between 1988 and 1996. Daley was born in Corning, New York in 1948. He attended Corning Community College before moving on to study at American University in Washington, D.C. where he earned a BA in Political science. Following his university graduation, Daley worked as a freelance journalist, supplementing his income by taking bartending work. Whilst working in a restaurant, \"The Class Reunion\" that was popular with Washington's politicians and journalists, Daley met and struck up a friendship with David Burgin who recruited him to be a sports reporter for the \"Palo Alto Times\"."}, {"context": " Daley left California in 1981 having been offered a role as a sports reporter on the \"Chicago Tribune\", a role which also saw him provide sports reports for WGN Radio. During his time at the \"Tribune\", he also worked as a columnist and television critic before being promoted to be national political correspondent in 1988. Daley spent seven years as part of the White House Press Corps before leaving to join public relations company Porter Novelli in 1996. After thirteen years there, during which he also moonlighted for a short period as an adjunct professor on the Master's course in Communications at Johns Hopkins University, he left to found his own PR firm.  Additional journalism work included (amongst others) contributions to the \"Washingtonian\" and the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" and the newspaper based comic strip \"Shoe\". Daley married his wife, Jane, in 1992. He died on October 2, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dalkowski", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Louis Dalkowski Jr. (born June 3, 1939), nicknamed Dalko, is an American retired left-handed pitcher. He is sometimes called the fastest pitcher in baseball history and had a fastball that probably exceeded . Some experts believed it went as fast as , others that his pitches traveled at or less. As no radar gun or other device was available at games to measure the speed of his pitches precisely, the actual top speed of his pitches remains unknown. Regardless of its actual speed, his fastball earned him the nickname \"White Lightning\". Such was his reputation that despite never reaching the major leagues, and finishing his minor league years in class-B ball, the 1966 \"Sporting News\" item about the end of his career was headlined \"LIVING LEGEND RELEASED.\""}, {"context": " Dalkowski was also famous for his unpredictable performance and inability to control his pitches. His alcoholism and violent behavior off the field caused him problems during his career and after his retirement. After he retired from baseball, he spent many years as an alcoholic, making a meager living as a manual laborer. He recovered in the 1990s, but his alcoholism has left him with dementia and he has difficulty remembering his life after the mid-1960s. Screenwriter and film director Ron Shelton played in the Baltimore Orioles minor league organization soon after Dalkowski. His 1988 film \"Bull Durham\" features a character named \"Nuke\" LaLoosh (played by Tim Robbins) who is based loosely on the tales Shelton was told about Dalkowski. Brendan Fraser's character in the film \"The Scout\" is loosely based on him. In 1970, \"Sports Illustrated\"'s Pat Jordan wrote, \"Inevitably, the stories outgrew the man, until it was no longer possible to distinguish fact from fiction. But, no matter how embellished, one fact always remained: Dalkowski struck out more batters and walked more batters per nine-inning game than any professional pitcher in baseball history.\""}, {"context": " Dalkowski began playing baseball in high school, and also played football as a quarterback for New Britain High School. During his time with the football team, they won the division championship twice, in 1955 and 1956. However, he excelled the most in baseball, and still holds a Connecticut state record for striking out 24 batters in a single game. After graduating from high school in 1957, Dalkowski was immediately signed by the Baltimore Orioles for a $4,000 bonus, and initially played for their class-D minor league affiliate in Kingsport, Tennessee. He spent his entire career in the minor leagues, playing in nine different leagues during his nine-year career. His only appearance at the Orioles' Memorial Stadium was during an exhibition game in 1959, when he struck out the opposing side."}, {"context": " Dalkowski's claim to fame was the high velocity of his fastball. Accurate measurements at the time were difficult to make, but the consensus is that Dalkowski regularly threw well above 100 miles per hour. Dalkowski's raw speed was aided by his highly flexible left (pitching) arm, and by his unusual \"buggy-whip\" pitching motion, which ended in a cross-body arm swing. \"I hit my left elbow on my right knee so often, they finally made me a pad to wear\", recalled Dalkowski. But Dalkowski also often had extreme difficulty controlling his pitches. He often walked more batters than he struck out, and many times his pitches would go wild \u2014 sometimes so wild that they ended up in the stands. Batters found the combination of extreme velocity and lack of control intimidating. Oriole Paul Blair stated that \"He threw the hardest I ever saw. He was the wildest I ever saw\"."}, {"context": " During a typical season in 1960, while pitching in the California League, Dalkowski struck out 262 batters and walked 262 in 170 innings. Dalkowski for 1960 thus figures at both 13.81 K/9IP and 13.81 BB/9IP (see lifetime statistics below). In comparison, Randy Johnson currently holds the major league record for strikeouts per nine innings in a season with 13.41. In separate games, Dalkowski struck out 21 batters, and walked 21 batters. Because a pitcher is generally considered wild if he averages four walks per nine innings, a pitcher of average repertoire who consistently walked as many as nine men per nine innings would not normally be considered a prospect. But such was the allure of Dalkowski's explosive arm that the Orioles gave him chance after chance to harness his \"stuff\", knowing that if he ever managed to control it, he would be a great weapon."}, {"context": " Pitching for the Kingsport (Tennessee) Orioles on August 31, 1957 in Bluefield, West Virginia, Dalkowski struck out 24 Bluefield hitters in a single minor league game, yet issued 18 walks, and threw six wild pitches. Dalkowski pitched a total of 62 innings in 1957, struck out 121 (averaging 18 strikeouts per game), but won only once because he walked 129 and threw 39 wild pitches. Moving to the Northern League in 1958\u201359, he threw a one-hitter but lost 9\u20138 on the strength of 17 walks. In 1957\u201358, Dalkowski either struck out or walked almost three out of every four batters he faced."}, {"context": " During the 1960s under Earl Weaver, then the manager for the Orioles' double-A affiliate in Elmira, New York, Dalkowski's game began to show improvement. Weaver had given all of the players an IQ test and discovered that Dalkowski had a lower than normal IQ. Weaver believed that Dalkowski had had such difficulty keeping his game under control because he did not have the mental capacity. Weaver kept things simple for Dalkowski, telling him to only throw the fastball and a slider, and to just aim the fastball down the middle of the plate. This allowed Dalkowski to concentrate on just throwing the ball for strikes. Weaver knew that Dalkowski's fastball was practically unhittable no matter where it was in the strike zone, and if Dalkowski missed his target, he might end up throwing it on the corners for a strike anyway. Under Weaver's stewardship, Dalkowski had his best season in 1962, posting personal bests in complete games and ERA, and walking less than a batter an inning for the first time in his career. In an extra-inning game, Dalkowski recorded 27 strikeouts (while walking 16 and throwing 283 pitches)."}, {"context": " Dalkowski was invited to major league spring training in 1963, and the Orioles expected to call him up to the majors. On March 23, Dalkowski was used as a relief pitcher during a game against the New York Yankees. Most sources say that while throwing a slider to Phil Linz, he felt something pop in his left elbow, which turned out to be a severe muscle strain. Some uncertainty over the cause of his injury exists, however, with other sources contending that he damaged his elbow while throwing to first after fielding a bunt from Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton. Either way, his arm never fully recovered."}, {"context": " When he returned in 1964, Dalkowski's fastball had dropped to 90\u00a0mph (145\u00a0km/h), and midway through the season he was released by the Orioles. He played for two more seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Angels organizations before returning briefly to the Orioles farm system but was unable to regain his form before retiring in 1966. Dalkowski had a lifetime win-loss record of 46\u201380 and an ERA of 5.57 in nine minor league seasons, striking out 1,396 and walking 1,354 in 995 innings."}, {"context": " Dalkowski's wildness frightened even the bravest of hitters. Ted Williams faced Dalkowski once in a spring training game. \"Fastest ever\", said Williams. \"I never want to face him again.\" Longtime umpire Doug Harvey also cited Dalkowski as the fastest pitcher he had seen: \"Nobody could bring it like he could.\" Estimates of Dalkowski's top pitching speed abound. Cal Ripken Sr. guessed that he threw up to . Most observers agree that he routinely threw well over 110\u00a0miles an hour (177\u00a0km/h), and sometimes reached 115\u00a0mph (180\u00a0km/h). Radar guns, which were used for many years in professional baseball, did not exist when Dalkowski was playing, so the only evidence supporting this level of velocity is anecdotal. It is certain that with his high speed and penchant for throwing wild pitches, he would have been an intimidating opponent for any batter who faced him. Andy Etchebarren, a catcher for Dalkowski at Elmira, described his fastball as \"light\" and fairly easy to catch. According to Etchebarren his wilder pitches usually went high, sometimes low; \"Dalkowski would throw a fastball that looked like it was coming in at knee level, only to see it sail past the batter's eyes\"."}, {"context": " Dalkowski's greatest legacy may be the number of anecdotes (some more believable than others) surrounding his pitching ability. He was said to have thrown a pitch that tore off part of a batter's ear. Some observers believed that this incident made Dalkowski even more nervous and contributed further to his wildness. Another story says that in 1960 at Stockton, California, he threw a pitch that broke umpire Doug Harvey's mask in three places, knocking him back and sending him to a hospital for three days with a concussion. Dalkowski once won a $5 bet with teammate Herm Starrette who said that he could not throw a baseball through a wall. Dalkowski warmed up and then moved away from the wooden outfield fence. His first pitch went right through the boards. On another bet, Dalkowski threw a ball over a fence away."}, {"context": " The only recorded evidence of his pitching speed stems from 1958, when Dalkowski was sent by the Orioles to Aberdeen Proving Ground, a military installation. Here, using a radar machine, he was clocked at , a fast but not outstanding speed for a professional pitcher. However, several factors worked against Dalkowski: he had pitched a game the day before, he was throwing from a flat surface instead of from a pitcher's mound, and he had to throw pitches for 40\u00a0minutes at a small target before the machine could capture an accurate measurement. Further, the device measured speed from a few feet away from the plate, instead of 10 feet from release as in modern times. This cost Dalkowski approximately 9 MPH, not even considering the other factors."}, {"context": " According to the Guinness Book of Records, the current record holder for fastest pitch is Nolan Ryan, with a pitch clocked at in 1974, though the record has not been updated in many years and several pitchers have recorded faster pitches since then. That seems to be because Ryan's speed was recorded 10' from the plate, unlike 10' from release as today, costing him up to 10 MPH. Earl Weaver, who had years of exposure to both pitchers, said, \"[Dalkowski] threw a lot faster than Ryan.\" The hardest thrower in baseball currently is recognized as Aroldis Chapman, who has been clocked with the fastest pitch on record at ."}, {"context": " Scientists contend that the theoretical maximum speed that a pitcher can throw is slightly above . Beyond that the pitcher would cause himself a serious injury. There is no doubt that a pitcher who can throw at 100\u00a0mph+ is rare, with only a small handful of pitchers every generation being capable of this feat. In 1965 he married schoolteacher Linda Moore in Bakersfield, but they divorced two years later. Unable to find any gainful employment, he became a migrant worker. Dalkowski experienced problems with alcohol abuse. He drank heavily as a player and his drinking escalated after the end of his career. He received help from the Association of Professional Ball Players of America (APBPA) periodically from 1974 to 1992 and went through rehabilitation. He was able to find a job and stay sober for several months but soon went back to drinking. The APBPA stopped providing financial assistance to him because he was using the funds to purchase alcohol."}, {"context": " Poor health in the 1980s prevented him from working altogether, and by the end of the decade he was living in a small apartment in California, penniless and suffering from alcohol-induced dementia. At some point during this time he married a motel clerk named Virginia, who moved him to Oklahoma City in 1993. She died of a brain aneurysm in 1994. Dalkowski has lived at a long-term care facility in New Britain for several years. In a 2003 interview, Dalkowski said that he was unable to remember life events that occurred from 1964 to 1994.  For his contributions to baseball lore, he was inducted into the Shrine of the Eternals on July 19, 2009. \"Sports Illustrated\"'s 1970 profile of Dalkowski concluded, \"His failure was not one of deficiency, but rather of excess. He was too fast. His ball moved too much. His talent was too superhuman... It mattered only that once, just once, Steve Dalkowski threw a fastball so hard that Ted Williams never even saw it. No one else could claim that.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Dallas", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dallas is a fictional character in the American comic strips of Berke Breathed, most famously \"Bloom County\" in the 1980s. He was first introduced as an obnoxious frat boy in the college strip \"The Academia Waltz\", which ran in the University of Texas's \"Daily Texan\" during 1978 and 1979. Steve then reappears in \"Bloom County\" after graduation as a self-employed, unscrupulous lawyer. He was the first character to have been featured in all four of Breathed's comic strips. He appeared regularly, albeit much older, in the Sunday-only \"Opus\"."}, {"context": " On June 12, 2013, Steve Dallas made a guest appearance in \"Pearls Before Swine\". In the early days of \"Bloom County\", Steve was usually seen hitting on schoolteacher Bobbi Harlow, whom he briefly dated and failed to ever woo back once she left him for Cutter John. He frequently dated Bobbi's dimwitted cousin, Quiche Loraine, to make her jealous (the plan did not work). Most residents of Bloom County, especially women, either despised him or indifferently tolerated his presence. The one exception was Opus the Penguin, who idolized him and tagged along with him like a younger brother. Steve often used Opus' hero worship to manipulate the hapless penguin into doing his dirty work (although occasionally Steve was heard to have threatened Opus into helping him instead)."}, {"context": " He was often shown to hold strongly conservative political positions (albeit to a lesser extent than in \"The Academia Waltz\"), to the extent that the Reagan White House's policies were only sometimes enough to satisfy him. (He remarked early in the President's tenure that he thought \"Haig and the generals should run Reagan and his liberal pack right out of the White House.\") However, both he and the other (mostly liberal) characters became less hostile to Reagan's policies as both the strip's run and Reagan's tenure ran on. In another strip, a flashback of Dallas's teenage years showed him reading conservative author William F. Buckley's book \"God and Man at Yale\"."}, {"context": " Dallas did not, however, seem to hold the traditionalist religious moral principles that were associated with Reagan and his allies on the right at the time, as his womanizing and lack of religious practice would indicate. He once went so far as to say that, \"My God. We've got to get Carter back in the White House\" after associating Ronald Reagan's presidency with the end of the Sexual revolution and therefore the end of his conquests at \"Bob's Bar & Flesh Market\". Like most conservatives (and liberals, and others) portrayed in Breathed's work, Steve's political positions do not appear to stem from actual convictions."}, {"context": " As a lawyer, Steve took on hopeless cases defending psychotic and obviously guilty criminals and murderers, much to the chagrin of his overbearing mother. On one occasion, he \"did\" win a case (his client had allegedly murdered her husband with an axe), but only because the jury cared more about what the woman wore than whether or not she was innocent (at one point, she found a plastic knife and supposedly tried to make a fillet out of a CNN cameraman). A bachelor throughout the entire run of the strip, he was the most aggressive womanizer and most blatant male chauvinist of all the eligible males in the cartoon."}, {"context": " Outside of the courts, Steve's professionalism was questionable. In one instance he attempts to collect from a past due client by saying \"Dear Psycho Brain, where the hell is my dough?\". Opus, however, whom at the time is working as a paralegal, writes in the actual letter \"We await your legal fees\". He was briefly the manager of Billy and the Boingers, a Def Leppard-esque glam metal band consisting of Opus, Bill the Cat, and Hodge-Podge. Steve briefly became a different person shortly after he was abducted by aliens. On board their spaceship, the aliens had originally planned to transplant Elvis Presley's brain into Steve's head. However, after Steve threatened the aliens with a lawsuit, they decided to perform the \"Gephardtization\" process on him instead, which was the same procedure used previously on then-U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt to completely reverse opinions and attitudes. After being presumed dead by the residents of Bloom County, Steve was zapped back to earth a few days later. To the whole county's amazement, he was now a sensitive, caring liberal and feminist. He also stopped wearing his trademark sunglasses, quit smoking, and got a perm, thinking it made him look like Alan Alda."}, {"context": " This carried on for about a year, until Steve found out that his girlfriend Gladys was cheating on him with the bassist for \"Guns 'n Spittle\" and Opus had been using his toothbrush to comb his nose hair. Devastated, he resolved to forever avenge feminine betrayal, and by doing so, he put his trademark sunglasses back on. He immediately returned to his old, cantankerous self. During the closing down of \"Bloom County\" in the final days of the strip, Steve seeks employment in other strips. He is seen (in the strip) to land a guest spot in \"Cathy\", much to the title character's horror. (Many years later, in the revived Bloom County, the Cathy character slept with Steve Dallas, and regretted it in the morning.)"}, {"context": " In the 21st century reboot of Bloom County Steve remains a major character. At the end of \"Outland\" in 1995, Steve came out of the closet and admitted he was gay. In his final appearance in the comic, he had married a man (\"Doonesbury's\" Mark Slackmeyer) and was thinking about adopting children. However, in \"Opus\" nine years later, Steve was back to his babe-mongering ways after enrolling in the \"Rev. Doogle De-Poofta\" which used shock therapy to attempt to \"cure\" homosexuality; in a form of conversion therapy. Steve was depicted as a middle-aged man with thinning hair and a noticeable paunch."}, {"context": " Steve was also reunited with his long-lost son Auggie, and reluctantly took on the role of father figure. The August 26, 2007 strip implied that he was romantically involved with the recently re-introduced character Lola Granola. Lola is a former love interest of Opus. Breathed has stated that Dallas was based on a real person. Steve Dallas...a frat-boy lawyer who I knew in school. He's never written me. I suspect he was shot by an annoyed girlfriend, which saved me many legal fees The name \"Steve Dallas\" also appears in the classic and cynical noir film \"The Sweet Smell of Success\", wherein a cool jazz musician named Steve Dallas dates the wrong girl (kid sister of a sinister and influential columnist played by Burt Lancaster) and gets set up for a drug bust as a result.  In the 2013 movie \"Are You Here\", Owen Wilson plays 'Steve Dallas', an inveterate womanizer. In one scene, Dallas is slumped in a recliner wearing sunglasses just as his Bloom County namesake often does."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dance", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dance (born 18 October 1957) is a racing driver; he has raced the #16 pickup since 2002 in the UK Pickup Truck Racing series. He has won the Pickup Truck Racing championship a record five times, in the 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, and 2012 seasons. Dance has been racing since he was 21 and has worked his way through different formulas winning championships along the way. Initially he began in the Super Rod formula racing with the locally based Spedeworth International racing at Wimbledon and Aldershot. These cars were 3 litre Ford Capris. He built his own cars from scratch with a loyal group of friends. He soon made a name for himself as a respected innovative driver. He travelled from one end of the Country to the other competing for points to qualify for Championships. In 1980 he moved to the 1600cc Hot Rods and for a short period of time he raced both achieving London Champion title in both cars. After this title he became the English Champion in the Hot Rods."}, {"context": " In 1989 a new formula was introduced, the Intersaloons. These were similar to the Hot Rods but the engine could be as large as 2 litres. One of the main challenges that Dance was looking forward to in this series was the move from small ovals to circuits. This progression suited Dance's driving skills. He particularly enjoyed racing at Lydden Hill and in 1991 he won the Championship. When in 1994 the Eurocar package was brought in it introduced a whole new concept in racing in this country. It promoted showmanship and family entertainment allowing the spectators access to the pits, the cars and the race teams. The cars were 2900cc Ford Mondeo\u2019s and as with previous formulas Dance learnt about and then built his own cars. This time it was with added help of his two nephews, Dean and Adam who had been supporting him over the seasons. Due to being involved from a young age they are as skilled as any other mechanics on the circuit. Eurocar racing introduced Dance to more new tracks like Donington, Castle Combe, Mallory Park and Brands Hatch."}, {"context": " In his first year, he raced a V6 Eurocar under the Sponsorship of Tulip Computers and came 6th in the Championship. Dance then had to leave the racing to concentrate on his business. After successfully building up a Grab Hire firm he returned to the V6\u2019s a season or two later and came 4th overall. The season after was his best Season ever, the Team worked consistently hard and achieved good results. Dance won the Eurocar V6 Championship with a meeting in hand, the first time that has been achieved in its 5 years history."}, {"context": " In 2002, a new formula came to light and after winning the V6 Championship three times in a row he was after a fresh new challenge. Dance had a test drive around Brands Hatch in a Truck and he enjoyed the experience so much that he got himself a Truck and started competing in the Championship whilst also racing in the V6. The season was a learning curve for him and the Team and they gained valuable information into the running of the Truck and although it was only their first season, they came 7th overall."}, {"context": " After such a great start, he decided to leave the V6 Championship and concentrate on the Pickup Trucks. The team decided on a name for them: Draft Racing, a colour scheme for the Pickup, a logo and all of the team clothes. They chose a brand new engine builder and decided to start from scratch and do things right, this proved a sensible idea as after all of the effort and support he won the title in 2003. The Team decided to experiment with the Truck in 2004 after winning the Championship to take the series on further. They learnt new things, good and bad and finished the season 4th."}, {"context": " The 2005 season brought new faces and new styles of racing into the formula which upped the tempo of the racing and it made the Drivers want to push their Trucks further. Again he finished the season in 4th position, but he did not give up. The Truck was the best it had ever been but it still wasn\u2019t good enough. So during the off season, the Truck was taken to different tracks and to its engine builder for progress work and the Team were in a positive frame of mind for the 2006 Season. In 2010, he clinched his third championship title after fending off Pete Stevens by 68 points, and became the second driver to have won the championship three times, the other driver being Gavin Seager. At the 2011 season finale, he won the championship a record fourth time, and went on to win his fifth championship in 2012.  Earlier Career: Hot Rod English Champion, Multiple Champion in Super Rods Dance is sponsored by Mountune, Grab Loader and Cartoon Network."}]}, {"title": "Steve Danielson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Patrick Danielson (born March 15, 1972 in Livermore, California) is currently an assistant coach for the Stanford Field Hockey team. Formerly a field hockey midfielder, he has competed for the United States since 1989 in indoor and outdoor field hockey. He and the national squad finished twelfth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dannenmann", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Paul \"Steve\" Dannenmann (born August 15, 1966 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a CPA from Severn, Maryland who gained attention in the poker world for his success in the 2005 World Series of Poker, finishing runner-up to Joe Hachem in the Main Event in his first attempt. He won $4,250,000 as the result of this 2nd-place finish. Dannenmann is a certified public accountant, financial advisor and mortgage loan officer in his own firm since 1991. After his 2nd place Main Event finish, Dannenmann said that he will not quit his job because it has taken a long time to establish his business and finds much passion advising his clients to make sound financial decisions."}, {"context": " Arriving as a fresh face on the poker scene, during one WSOP segment he claimed to be merely \"the fourth best player in his home game\" prior to his entry in the Main Event. In fact the 2005 WSOP Main Event was his very first recorded tournament cash. Before this, he mainly played in his home game with friends. He did not want to pay the entire main event fee himself so he split the $10,000 entry fee 50/50 with his friend Jerry Ditzel. After finishing 2nd in the Main Event, Dannenmann split the $4,250,000 prize with him."}, {"context": " Dannenmann feels that Dan Harrington's book on the end-game of No Limit Hold-Em tournaments helped him greatly with his success. He read volume II just days before playing the Main Event. On the way to second place, he knocked out 1994 WSOP champion Russ Hamilton and Mike Matusow. His finish in the main event qualified him for the 2005 WSOP Tournament of Champions, where he finished in fifth place and won $100,000. During the final table, he lambasted Phil Hellmuth Jr for his behaviour toward the tournament director by refusing to stack his chips and purposely and continuously slowing the tournament down."}, {"context": " Dannenmann considers himself to be superstitious. He refuses to ride in a cab unless the cab ended in an even number that year, wore the same shirt 7 days in a row during the tournament, and used his lucky globe as a card protector. In the press conference after the WSOP Main Event, Dannenmann said that he found that playing poker for seven consecutive days for 12\u201314 hours to be boring, which led to criticism from some professionals. He has also competed on the World Poker Tour and has cashed in two events. His highest WPT cash was $65,000 for his 11th-place finish in the 2008 Borgata Poker Open tournament in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,500,000. His 3 cashes at the WSOP account for $4,271,489 of those winnings."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dansiger", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dansiger is an American drummer and member of the first two incarnations of avant-garde band King Missile and of the band Pianosaurus. Dansiger is now a therapist and author with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Dansiger has appeared on comedian Marc Maron's \"WTF\" podcasts multiple times. \u2022 Dansiger, S (2016) Clinical Dharma - A Path for Healers and Helpers. StartAgain Media. \u2022 Dansiger, S, Marich J (2017) EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care. Springer."}]}, {"title": "Steve Darby", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen David Darby (born 15 January 1955) is an English football coach and former player. He is well known throughout Asia as a pundit for ESPN Star Sports and most recently the Assistant coach of Mumbai City FC in Indian Super League. Darby started out as a goalkeeper for Liverpool Schools and FA Youth Team but never made it professionally and subsequently ended up at Tranmere Rovers before playing for teams in the USA and Australia. Darby obtained his UEFA A Licence in 1979. He became an official FIFA Instructor for the Oceania region in 1981 and AFC Instructor 1998 and was Technical Director for the Australian Soccer Federation between 1990-1995."}, {"context": " He then moved on to coach Sydney Olympic, but left in 1998 to coach Johor FA, where he enjoyed a successful spell, winning Malaysia FA Cup and league title. He left the club in 2001 to take charge of the Vietnam women's team, whom he led to a gold medal in the 2001 SEA Games.The first ever Gold medal for Vietnam in Football. After that, he was appointed youth team coach for Sheffield Wednesday FC under Terry Yorath, but remained there only for a season before taking over the reins at Singapore'sHome United. In his four-year tenure as Home United boss, Darby led them to a league and cup double in 2003 and also a semi-final spot in the 2004 AFC Cup. Also winning the Singapore Cup in 2005."}, {"context": " At the end of his Home United contract, Darby was heavily linked to the vacant India manager's post. However, he did not take up that job, choosing instead to join Perak despite having offers from two other Malaysian clubs and a Vietnamese club. He led Perak to the Super Cup in 2005 a second spot in the league 2006-07 season and to the Malaysia Cup final in 2006 and an AFC Quarter final.The furthest a Malaysian club had gone in Asian Competitions at that time. In October 2008, he was appointed as Thailand coach and worked together with Peter Reid who was appointed Thailand Manager in August. He would stay on as coach to the newly appointed Bryan Robson and as the U-23 Team Coach, after previous coach Peter Reid left to become Coach at Stoke City."}, {"context": " In 2012, he spent a year as a coaching consultant in Asia for EPL club Everton and as a football advisor to the Manipur government in India. In September 2013, Darby was appointed as Coach for Kelantan FC in the Malaysian Super league (MSL) He was familiar with Malaysian football as he previously coached Johor and Perak.[2] He coached Mumbai FC in 2014 in the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) including players such as Nikolas Anelka, Freddie Ljungberg and Manuel Friedriche. In 2015, he was appointed as Technical Director of the Laos Football Federation and later as National Coach preparing for the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers. In this time Laos obtained its first World Cup points and its highest ever FIFA ranking.  Darby holds a Bachelor (Hons) in Physical Education from the University of Leeds and Post Graduate qualifications in Sports Administration from the University of Canberra. He also holds a TEFL Certificate from Cambridge. He speaks Arabic, French and a little Malay. He is married to Nguyen Thi Van Anh. Their daughter, Quinn Elsa, was born in 2005"}]}, {"title": "Steve Darcis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Darcis (, born 13 March 1984) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has won two ATP titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 38 on 22 May 2017. Steve Darcis was born in Li\u00e8ge, Belgium, the son of Marie Agnes, a sports instructor, and Alain Darcis, a tennis coach. He has a sister named C\u00e9line. Growing up, he looked up at Pete Sampras. On 29 May 2013, his girlfriend Lauranne gave birth to daughter Camille. As a junior, Darcis compiled a singles win/loss record of 73\u201332, reaching as high as No. 8 in the junior world singles rankings in May 2002 (and No. 15 in doubles). He reached the semifinals at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships Boys' singles event."}, {"context": " Darcis won his first ATP World Tour event at the Dutch Open in July 2007 and achieved his first Top 100 ranking on 26 November 2007 by winning a Challenger event in Finland. Darcis competed at the 2008 Australian Open and the French Open, losing in the first round in both. He and Olivier Rochus, however, reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament at the French Open. He reached the second round at the US Open. He won a second ATP event at Memphis in March 2008, defeating Robin S\u00f6derling in the final. He reached the final of the Dutch Open again, but lost to Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s."}, {"context": " In 2009, Darcis played in three Grand Slam tournaments: the 2009 Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, reaching the second round only at Wimbledon. He also reached the quarterfinals at Queens. Darcis qualified for the 2010 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, retiring in his third-round match against Rafael Nadal. He failed to qualify for the Australian Open. At the 2011 French Open, Darcis advanced to the main draw as a qualifier, and in the first round pulled off a shock victory over 22nd seed Micha\u00ebl Llodra. Darcis followed this up by beating Philipp Petzschner, to advance into the third round, where he was defeated by Frenchman Ga\u00ebl Monfils in straight sets."}, {"context": " Darcis made the quarterfinals in Vienna, beating Nikolay Davydenko on the way, but was defeated by Daniel Brands. In 2012, Darcis made the final of the Dallas Challenger tournament but lost to Jesse Levine. At Eastbourne International, he defeated Matthew Ebden, Marcos Baghdatis, and Marinko Matosevic to face Andy Roddick in the semifinals. Darcis retired a set down at 1\u20133 due to a back injury. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Darcis beat Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych in the first round. In the first round at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships on 24 June, Darcis defeated fifth-seeded Rafael Nadal in straight sets. This made him the first player ever to defeat Nadal in the first round of any tennis Major. Darcis was ranked 130 places lower than Nadal. At the time, he was the lowest-ranked player ever to beat Nadal in a Grand Slam tournament. It was announced prior to his second round match that he had withdrawn due to a shoulder injury sustained in the Nadal match.  In the 2017 Australian Open, Darcis defeated Sam Groth and Diego Schwartzman both in 4 sets to reach the third round, tying his best Grand Slam result to date (in singles). He was taken out by Andreas Seppi despite winning the first set of the match. \"Current through the 2017 ATP Shenzhen Open. \"*\" \"At Wimbledon 2013, Darcis withdrew prior to the second round\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Dargavel", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven John Dargavel (born 10 June 1966) is a former Australian politician. Dargavel was born in Traralgon, Victoria and received an Associate Diploma in Welfare Studies from Monash University. He then worked as a youth refuge worker, youth housing worker and employment counsellor. He then became a research officer and, from 1996, an organiser for the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. Dargavel won a by-election in 1997 as the Australian Labor Party candidate for the House of Representatives seat of Fraser following the resignation of John Langmore to take up a position in the United Nations. He was beaten for preselection for the seat for the 1998 election by Bob McMullan, when the electorate of Namadgi was abolished, leading to a reshuffling of Labor candidates between the Australian Capital Territory electorates. Dargavel is now the State Secretary of the Victorian Branch of the AMWU."}]}, {"title": "Steve Darmody", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Darmody (1890\u20131969) was a pioneer Australian rugby league player. He toured with the Australian national team on the 1911\u201312 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. A promising hurdler in his youth, Darmody joined the South Sydney Club in 1910 initially as a goal-kicking winger. He was chosen for the 1911\u201312 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain as versatile forward. He played in six minor matches on the tour, kicking nine goals. Following the tour he stayed in England and along with Herb Gilbert and Jim Devereux he joined Hull F.C. for whom he made 89 appearances between 1912 and 1914. Alongside Gilbert and Devereux, Darmody played in Hull FC's 6-0 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1914 Challenge Cup Final during the 1913\u201314 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax, in front of a crowd of 19,000."}, {"context": " At the outbreak of World War I, Darmody enlisted in the British Army. He saw service in Flanders as a despatch rider for the Service Corps. His foot was mangled in machinery accident early in the war resulting in the loss of his foot. He had an artificial limb fitted and then re-enlisted. The Hull club later played a testimonial match for Darmody. In 1921, when the airship R38 Humber split in two and fell onto the city, Darmody searched through the rubble for survivors and was called to give evidence at the coronial inquest.  After the war he ran a motor cycle business in Hull and lived out his later life in Scotland."}]}, {"title": "Steve Darrell", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Darrell (born Darryl Eugene Horsfall, November 19, 1904 \u2013 August 14, 1970) was an American actor. Darrell was born in Osage in Mitchell County in northern Iowa. Darrell's career began in 1931 when he acted with the Trousdale Players in Des Moines, Iowa. He was cast as the wise Comanche chief Little Elk in the 1958 episode \"Renegades\" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, \"Cheyenne\", with Clint Walker in the title role. Darrell died from a brain tumor in Hollywood, California. He is buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dasbach", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dasbach was the national director of the Libertarian Party of the United States from 1993 to 1998. He was chair of the Libertarian National Committee from 1993 to 1998 and national executive director from 1998-2002. In 1986, he was the Libertarian Party of Indiana candidate for Indiana's 4th Congressional District U.S. Representative receiving 602 votes for 0.4% of the vote . When Steve Kubby was arrested for cannabis offenses, Dasbach advocated dropping the charges. After Timothy McVeigh self-identified as a libertarian and noted that he had voted for Harry Browne in the 1996 U.S. Presidential election, Dasbach sought to address the public relations implications of the related media coverage. He argued that the necessary reforms to prevent similar violence in the future were to prosecute government officials who commit crimes; embrace an open, vibrant political system; reject violence on principle; repeal the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996; and reduce the size and power of the federal government."}]}, {"title": "Steve Daskewisz", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Daskewisz, also known as Steve Dash or Steve Daskawisz, was an actor known for his role as a stunt double supporting the serial killer Jason Voorhees in the film \"Friday the 13th Part 2\". A former cop who worked as a stuntman and actor beginning in 1977, he had small roles in \"Wolfen\" and \"The Jazz Singer\". That led to work on Sylvester Stallone's \"Nighthawks\" where he met Cliff Cudney. Cudney hired him to replace Warrington Gillette who was originally scheduled to play Jason in \"Friday the 13th Part 2\". Daskewisz died on December 18, 2018."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davenport", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davenport (born May 3, 1967) is the former head football coach at Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia. Davenport is a graduate of Georgia Tech with a bachelor's degree (1990) and a master's degree (1994). Davenport was an All-American wide receiver at Southwest Dekalb High School in Decatur, Georgia. In college, he was a three-year starter at wide receiver, and a four-year letterman, for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 1985-88. He was a member of the 1985 Yellow Jacket team that defeated Michigan State in the All-American Bowl."}, {"context": " Davenport was hired as a defensive backs coach at Southwest DeKalb High School (1990\u201391). He served as a graduate assistant coach at Georgia Tech during the 1992 and 1993 seasons under head coach Bill Lewis. During this assignment he was an assistant wide receivers coach, served as the assistant recruiting coordinator, and was responsible for the defensive scout team during practices. He returned to Southwest DeKalb to become the offensive coordinator in 1994, a position he held until 1996. During this tenure, the Panthers won the 1995 Georgia State AAAAA championship. In 1997 Davenport was hired as the head football coach at Redan High School in Lithonia, Georgia where he spent four seasons (1997\u20132001)."}, {"context": " He was the head coach at Decatur High School for two seasons (2003\u201304) and was named the Georgia Class AA State Coach-of-the-Year in 2003 as the Bulldogs finished 13-1, losing in the state semifinals. When he became the offensive coordinator at Rockdale County High School in Conyers, Georgia in 2005, he joined a staff that previously went 1-9 in 2004. The team finished the 2005 season and finished as the runner-up in Region 8-AAAA, advancing into the second round of the state playoffs. Before becoming the head coach at Savannah State Davenport served at the University of Alabama-Birmingham as the running back coach and as the university's Director of Community Relations.  Davenport was announced as head football coach at Savannah State University on . Davenport was relieved of his duties as head football coach on April 17, 2013. Davenport is married to the former Stephanie Gilstrap and the father of one child."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davey", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Gilbert Richard Davey (born 5 September 1948 in Plymouth) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle, Hereford United, Portsmouth and Exeter City. For Plymouth he played either as a striker or at full back. He played a key role in Portsmouth's promotion from the Fourth Division in 1979\u201380, playing mainly at centre-back. He played twice for England Youth in the summer of 1967, and later played for several non-league clubs in the south-west of England including Bideford, Liskeard Athletic, Saltash United and St Blazey.  He is now a commentator for BBC Radio Devon, co-commentating on Plymouth Argyle matches alongside Gordon Sparks."}]}, {"title": "Steve David", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve David (born 11 March 1951 in Point Fortin, Trinidad) is a Trinidadian former North American Soccer League and international football player. David began his professional career with Police in Trinidad and Tobago. In 1974, he signed with the Miami Toros in the North American Soccer League. That season, the Toros had reached the finals, losing the championship games to Los Angeles 4\u20133. David He had a standout season second season and was named the 1975 NASL MVP as the Toros reached the league cup play-off semi-final stage. After a poor 1976 season, scoring only one goal in thirteen games, the Toros traded him to the Los Angeles Aztecs. He had a rebound in form, scoring twenty-six goals in twenty-four games. However, he began expressing dissatisfaction with the Aztecs at the beginning of the 1977 season. After a 1\u20132 start, the Aztecs sent David to the Detroit Express in exchange for a 1979 first-round draft pick and cash on 22 April 1978. He played eleven games with the Express before they sent him to the California Surf. He finished the 1978 season, then played the entire 1979 season, in California. In 1980, he began the season with the San Diego Sockers before they sent him to the San Jose Earthquakes. He remained with the Earthquakes through the 1981 season after which he left the NASL. He finished his NASL career as the league's 8th all-time leading scorer with 228 points in 175 games, including a 7th best tally of 100 goals. In the fall of 1981, he signed with the Phoenix Inferno of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He finished the 1981\u201382 season the league's 4th best scorer with 81 points in 44 games and the 1982\u201383 season 9th best with 81 points in 47 games.  David scored 16 goals in World Cup qualifiers for T&T between 1972 and 1976. He was inducted into the Trinidad and Tobago Football Hall of Fame in 2008."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davies (footballer, born 1960)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Easmon Davies (born 16 July 1960) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder for Congleton Town, Port Vale, Northwich Victoria, Altrincham, and South Liverpool. His son is rugby international Marcus Holden. Davies played for Congleton Town (North West Counties League), before joining John Rudge's Port Vale in December 1987. He came on as a substitute five times, and started one game, in the 1987\u201388 Third Division campaign. He did not feature at Vale Park in the 1988\u201389 season, and was instead loaned out to Conference club Northwich Victoria in a three-month deal in February 1989. His contract with the \"Valiants\" was cancelled in July 1989, at which point he moved on to Altrincham (Conference) and then South Liverpool (Northern Premier League).  Davies' father was born in Ghana and moved to Liverpool in the early 1950s. Davies is the second eldest of four children. His son is Cypriot cricket and rugby union international Marcus Holden. Source:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Davies (footballer, born 1987)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Gary Davies (born 29 December 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Blackpool. Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, Davies came through the youth ranks at Tranmere Rovers, making his first team debut at the age of 17 on 12 August 2005 in a 4\u20130 victory against Oldham Athletic. He went on to make another 25 appearances in all competitions (the majority as a substitute) during the 2005\u201306 season, scoring twice. Though initially established as a striker, lack of starting opportunities due to the form of Chris Greenacre saw him switch to the left wing from which he scored his first goal of the 2006\u201307 season in Tranmere's victory over Blackpool. Davies played on the wing and made 33 appearances, scoring once."}, {"context": " Following an impressive performance against them on the opening day of the 2007\u201308 season, Leeds United unsuccessfully attempted to sign the winger on three separate occasions, though a statement on the Tranmere website on 29 August 2007 saw manager Ronnie Moore refuse to rule out that a deal might eventually be made, though nothing eventually came of Leeds interest. Davies was involved in all 10 of Tranmere's opening fixtures but missed the majority of the rest of the campaign through injury, only returning to the side in April 2008 for the 2\u20130 home defeat against Forest. Davies finished the season with 12 appearances and two goals."}, {"context": " Davies contract with Tranmere expired at the close of the 2007\u201308 season and he attracted the interest of Championship side Derby, with Rams manager Paul Jewell willing to go to a tribunal to secure his services. Davies signed a three-year deal with newly-relegated Derby on 12 June 2008. As the two clubs could not agree a fee for Davies, on 26 August 2008 a tribunal ordered Derby to pay Tranmere up to \u00a3725,000 in compensation. This figure comprised an initial fee of \u00a3275,000, an extra \u00a3250,000 based on appearances and an additional \u00a3200,000 if Derby won promotion back to the Premiership within 3 years, which they ultimately were not."}, {"context": " Davies scored his first goal for Derby County on 16 July 2008 in a pre-season friendly against Burton Albion, taking on 3 players before driving it into the bottom corner with his right foot. He made his competitive first team debut against Doncaster Rovers on 9 August 2008 replacing Andrejs Perep\u013cotkins in the 64th minute, before making his first start against Lincoln City on 12 August 2008 in the 3\u20131 League Cup victory. He scored his first goal against Birmingham City on 30 September 2008, equalising in the closing minutes by getting on the end of a Nacer Barazite free kick to earn a 1\u20131 draw. He scored the winning goal in the F.A. Cup tie against Forest Green Rovers from the penalty spot to seal a 4\u20133 win before again scoring from the penalty spot against local rivals Nottingham Forest in a game which Derby won 3\u20131. Davies' fourth goal for the club came in the 84th minute away at Southampton where he salvaged a 1\u20131 draw for the Rams. At the end of March 2009, he suffered a hairline fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his right foot and was ruled out for the rest of the season."}, {"context": " Davies enjoyed a successful 2009\u201310 preseason for Derby, scoring four goals in as many games, prompting manager Nigel Clough to challenge to maintain the form and claim a first team spot heading into the new season. Despite starting in the first team, a succession of injuries meant that Davies only played in two matches between the end of August 2009 and January 2010. After returning to the side in a 1\u20131 draw away to Millwall in the FA Cup third round on 2 January 2010, Davies embarked on a run of five consecutive appearances, though four were as substitute, his best run of matches since March 2009, and netted twice \u2013 the equaliser in the Third Round replay against Millwall and a penalty in a 3\u20130 win at Peterborough United. Following this run, however, his fitness problems returned and he made four starts in the next seventeen fixtures and, after a late substitute appearance against Crystal Palace in the penultimate home fixture of the campaign, the club announced Davies was to undergo ankle surgery which ruled him out until 1 June. Davies finished the season with just 8 starts and 13 substitute appearances from Derby's 51 league and cup game programme, scoring twice."}, {"context": " Clough stated his intent to improve Davies conditioning for the 2010\u201311 season, stating \"He will be back in training on 1 June, four weeks before everybody else.\" Davies subsequently damaged his cruciate ligaments in pre-season training and was ruled out for a further six months. Davies returned to the side in the final game of 2010, making a substitute appearance in a 5\u20132 defeat at Nottingham Forest. Two months later, Davies signed a one-year contract extension which kept him at the club until the summer of 2012. He scored his third goal of the season as Derby beat Swansea 2\u20131 on 12 March 2011. Davies finished the season of with 5 league goals, the joint second top scorer with Alberto Bueno & Jamie Ward, with the three being behind leading scorer Kris Commons who netted 13 times."}, {"context": " After a full pre-season schedule, Davies started in Derby's starting line-up and netted five times in his first eight league games, including the winner over Birmingham City and Watford as Derby found themselves in the top four for the majority of the opening 12 games of the season. Davies was displaying his best form in his three years at Derby before an innocuous-looking clash of heads in the 1\u20131 home draw with league leaders Southampton left Davies ruled out for 12 weeks after it left him with 10 metal plates in his skull. The injury meant that Davies had had six operations in his three years at Pride Park, following treatment for a fractured eye-socket and cheekbone, cruciate ligament damage in his knee, an ankle problem, a broken foot, hamstring, groin and hernia problems, and an infected big toe. It meant Davies had played a role in just 78 of Derby's 169 games (46%) on 21 October 2011 during his time at the club, despite being considered a first-team player by most commentators."}, {"context": " Davies featured in several reserve matches wearing a protective mask and made his first team return as a half-time substitute in a 1\u20130 defeat against Reading on 14 February 2012, after this game Davies declared himself fit to start for the first team. Davies made two further substitute appearance before he was named in the starting line-up in the game against Birmingham City 3 March, Davies scored his first goal since his return and his 6th of the season. On 6 March 2012, Davies scored both of Derby's goals in the 2\u20131 against Blackpool, Davies earned praise from both Derby coach Andy Garner and Blackpool mananager Ian Holloway for his performance in the game, with Davies' family thanking Holloway for his comments with an e-mail. Davies has scored further goals a loss against Watford and wins against Crystal Palace, at Leeds United and a penalty at Portsmouth. Davies finished the season as the club's top league scorer with 12 goals, Theo Robinson also scored 12 times in all competition but only 10 times in the league."}, {"context": " Davies had an option activated by the club to extend his contract until the summer of 2013, however, Davies was transfer listed by the club on 22 May 2012 after he turned down a new three-year contract by the club. Derby manager Nigel Clough said that Davies turned down the offer due to \"family reasons\" and fully respected his decision. In July 2012, it was reported the Ipswich Town were interested in Davies. Former Derby manager Paul Jewell keen to reunite with the player, however the two clubs were \"a long way apart\" in agreeing on a fee for Davies with Jewell valuing the player at \u00a3500,000 and Clough at \u00a31 million. The clubs remained in talks to agree a fee. In August 2012, it was reported that the transfer was on the verge of collapse. Davies played his first game in Derby's pre-season campaign against Chesterfield on 11 August 2012, scoring in stoppage time in the 3\u20131 defeat. On 20 August 2012, it was reported that Derby and Bristol City had agreed on a transfer fee for Davies."}, {"context": " On 20 August 2012, Davies signed for Bristol City on a 3-year contract for \u00a3750,000, despite interest from divisional rivals Ipswich Town. He made his debut on 21 August, in a 4\u20131 win against Crystal Palace. On 22 September he scored his first goal for the club, earning his side a 2\u20132 draw against Watford. He scored again in the following game, this time in a 1\u20131 draw at home to Millwall on 2 October. On 20 October he scored twice in a 3\u20132 defeat to Bolton Wanderers. He scored again the following game, a 4\u20133 loss to Burnley and continued his scoring run in the following game, scoring for the third game in a row in a 2\u20131 loss against Hull City. In November he scored in back-to-back games, scoring a penalty in a 1\u20131 draw against Blackpool, and completing the scoring in a 3\u20131 win away to Middlesbrough. On 26 January 2013, Davies scored 1 goal and set up the winning goal as Bristol City beat Ipswich Town 2\u20131 at Ashton Gate. He scored his tenth goal for the club on 9 February, in a 2\u20130 win at home to Nottingham Forest."}, {"context": " On 27 July 2013, Blackpool announced the signing of Davies from Bristol City on a two-year contract, for a fee believed to be \u00a3500,000. Davies joined Sheffield United until the end of the 2014\u201315 season on 6 March 2015. After his contract at Blackpool expired, Davies joined Bradford City on 30 June 2015 on a one-year contract. On 17 August 2016, Davies signed for a one-year contract with Rochdale. On 18 February 2018, he scored an injury time equalizing goal against Tottenham Hotspur during a 2\u20132 draw, earning Rochdale a replay at Wembley in the 5th round of the FA Cup. He was released by Rochdale at the end of the 2017\u201318 season.  Davies rejoined Blackpool on a short-term contract until 12 January 2019 in October 2018."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davies (politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen William \"Steve\" Davies (born 26 October 1965) is an Australian Liberal National politician who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Capalaba from 2012 to 2015."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davis, (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player from Plumstead, London, who is widely viewed as one of the sport's greatest players as well as one of its most iconic figures. After turning professional in 1978, he dominated snooker during the 1980s, reaching eight World Championship finals in nine years, winning six world titles, and holding the world number one ranking for seven consecutive seasons. He is remembered particularly for contesting the 1985 World Championship final with Dennis Taylor, the black-ball conclusion of which still holds the record for the largest after-midnight television audience in British history, with 18.5 million viewers."}, {"context": " His other achievements include winning the Masters three times, the UK Championship six times, the World Doubles Championship four times (with Tony Meo), and becoming the first player to complete snooker's Triple Crown by winning the UK Championship, Masters, and World Championship in the same season (1987/1988). He won a total of 28 ranking titles, earned over \u00a35.5 million in prize money, and compiled 355 competitive century breaks, including the first officially recognised maximum break in professional competition, at the Classic in 1982. Named the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1988, he remains the only snooker player ever to win the award."}, {"context": " Davis won his last world title in 1989, aged 31, and captured his last major title when he won the 1997 Masters at age 39, but he continued to play snooker at a high level in his 40s and 50s. He reached the final of the 2005 UK Championship at age 48 and was ranked inside the top 16 when he turned 50 during the 2007/2008 season. In 2010, aged 52, he reached the televised stages of the World Championship for a record 30th time, also becoming the only player to compete in the tournament over five different decades, since his debut in 1979. Even though he defeated the defending world champion John Higgins 13\u201311 in the second round, that year marked Davis's final competitive appearance at the Crucible. He slipped down the world rankings thereafter, dropping out of the top 32 for the first time in his career in late 2010, and dropping out of the top 64 and off the main tour in 2014. On 17 April 2016, aged 58, and then ranked 103rd in the world, he announced his retirement after 38 seasons as a professional. He remains active as a television analyst and commentator for the BBC's snooker coverage."}, {"context": " Outside snooker, Davis has competed in pool tournaments (primarily nine-ball pool), notably playing on Team Europe at the Mosconi Cup between 1994 and 2004, helping the team win the event in 1995 and 2002. He also competed numerous times in the WPA World Nine-ball Championship, taking several notable wins, and reaching the quarter finals of the 2000 event. A noted poker player, he has reached the final stages of several televised tournaments. He has developed a career as a radio and club DJ, often in collaboration with Kavus Torabi, with whom he appeared at the Glastonbury Festival in 2016. A keen amateur chess player, he co-authored a chess book with grandmaster David Norwood and is a former president of the British Chess Federation. He has published several books on snooker, including three autobiographies, one technical book, and one comedy book called \"How to Be Really Interesting\". He has appeared on a number of popular British TV shows, including \"I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!\" in 2013. He was made an MBE in the 1988 Birthday Honours and an OBE in the 2000 New Year Honours."}, {"context": " Davis was introduced to snooker by his father Bill, a keen player, who took him to play at his local working men's club at the age of 12, and gave him Joe Davis' instructional book \"How I Play Snooker\". They studied the book and built Steve Davis's own technique on it in the 1970s. He started playing at the Lucania Snooker Club in Romford, where at the age of 18 the manager of the club brought his talent to the attention of Barry Hearn, chairman of the Lucania chain of snooker halls. Hearn became Davis' friend and manager. Paid \u00a325 a match by Hearn, Davis toured the country, taking part in challenge matches against established professionals such as Ray Reardon, John Spencer and Alex Higgins. Around this time he was given the nickname \"Nugget\" because, according to Hearn, \"you could put your case of money on him and you knew you were going to get paid.\""}, {"context": " Davis won the English Under-19 Billiards Championship in 1976. One of his last wins as an amateur was against another future professional Tony Meo in the final of the Pontin's Spring Open of 1978. A year later he successfully defended his title, this time defeating another of his future rivals, Jimmy White, 7\u20134 in the final. Davis turned professional on 17 September 1978 and made his professional television debut on Pot Black, where he played against Fred Davis. He made his World Championship debut in 1979, losing 11\u201313 to Dennis Taylor in the first round."}, {"context": " Davis came to public prominence after his performance at the 1980 World Championship, where he reached the quarter-finals, defeating defending champion Terry Griffiths en route, before losing to Alex Higgins. Davis won his first major title in the same year \u2013 the UK Championship \u2013 during which he beat Griffiths 9\u20130 in the semi-finals and Higgins 16\u20136 in the final. This began an 18-month period of dominance. He won the Classic and then the International Masters and English Professional titles in 1981, and became the bookmakers' favourite to win the 1981 World Championship, despite being seeded only 15. Davis reached the final by defeating Jimmy White in the first round, Higgins in the second round, Griffiths in the quarter-finals and defending champion Cliff Thorburn in the semi-final. Davis's 18\u201312 victory over Doug Mountjoy in the final confirmed bookmakers' early predictions, and in celebration his manager Barry Hearn charged across the arena to lift him up in the air. He would go on to reach seven out of the next eight world finals. Peculiarly, Davis's first four world finals were each against a player of a different nationality, something that had not occurred before and has not since."}, {"context": " He followed up his world title win with a 9\u20130 final victory over Dennis Taylor in the International Open and then retained the UK Championship with a 9\u20130 whitewash over White in the semi-finals and a 16\u20133 win over Griffiths in the final. This began a period of six months in which Davis and Griffiths contested almost all the major tournament finals. During this run, in January 1982, Davis made snooker history when he compiled the first televised maximum break at the Classic at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldham, against John Spencer. Davis won a Lada car for the achievement. Davis subsequently lost 9\u20138 in the final against Griffiths. In 1982, Davis won his first Masters title, defeating Griffiths 9\u20136 in the final."}, {"context": " Davis's 18-month period of dominance ended at the 1982 World Championship, when he succumbed to the so-called \"Crucible curse\", losing 10\u20131 against Tony Knowles in the first round. Later that year, he could not win a third consecutive UK title as he lost in the quarter-finals against Griffiths. Following those two setbacks, he won the World Doubles Championship title with partner Tony Meo. In 1983 Davis regained the world title with a session to spare in the final, defeating an overwhelmed Thorburn 18\u20136; Thorburn had seen his previous three matches go to a deciding frame and a late finish. Davis lost 16\u201315 to Higgins in the 1983 UK Championship final, despite having led 7\u20130 at one point of the match. In 1984, he became the first player to retain his world title at the Crucible Theatre by beating Jimmy White 18\u201316 in the final. He also regained the UK title in 1984 defeating Higgins 16\u20138."}, {"context": " At the 1985 World Championship, Davis dropped only 23 frames en route to the final, where his opponent was Dennis Taylor. He looked set for a third consecutive world title after an opening session of near-faultless snooker gave him a 7\u20130 lead, which he extended to 8\u20130 in the evening session, but Taylor recovered to trail only 7\u20139. From 11\u201311 the pair traded frames before Davis forged ahead to lead 17\u201315. Taylor won the next two frames to level the match at 17\u201317 and force a deciding frame. With the scores close, Taylor potted the final colours to leave the black as the winner-takes-all ball. After a series of safety shots and attempts at potting it, Davis over-cut the black, leaving Taylor with a reasonably straightforward pot to secure the championship. The nailbiting finale drew 18.5\u00a0million viewers, a record post-midnight audience on British television and a record audience for BBC Two. The finish was voted the ninth greatest sporting moment of all time in a 2002 Channel 4 poll, and the conclusion has been replayed on television countlesss times, showing Davis's disbelief and Taylor's triumphant pointing finger."}, {"context": " Davis and Taylor met again in the final of the 1985 Grand Prix, but this time Davis won in the deciding frame. At 10 hours 21 minutes, it remains the longest one-day final in snooker history. In the 1985 UK Championship final Davis trailed 8\u201313 against Willie Thorne, who missed a blue off the spot which would have given him a 14\u20138 lead. Davis won the frame and then seven of the next eight to win 16\u201314. At the 1986 World Championship, Davis defeated White 13\u20135 in the quarter-finals and Thorburn 16\u201312 in the semi-finals, Davis's opponent in the final was Joe Johnson, who had started the tournament as a 150\u20131 outsider. Davis lost the match 12\u201318. The result did not affect his position at the top of the world rankings, as he had won the UK Championship, the Grand Prix and the British Open in the 1985/1986 season. At the end of 1986 he beat Neal Foulds 16\u20137 to retain the UK Championship."}, {"context": " Davis started 1987 by winning the Classic, beating defending champion Jimmy White 13\u201312. At the World Championship, he defeated Griffiths 13\u20135 in the quarter-final, and White 16\u201311 in the semi-final. In the final he again met Johnson, and established a 14\u201310 lead after three sessions. Johnson reduced Davis' lead to 14\u201313, but Davis won four of the next five frames to win the match 18\u201314 and regain the title. In beating Johnson he became the first player to win the UK Championship, Masters and World Championship in the same year. In December he retained his UK title with a 16\u201314 final win against White. In 1988, he retained the Classic, claimed his second Masters title with a 9\u20130 final whitewash of Mike Hallett (the only final whitewash in the event's history), won the World Cup with England and won his fourth Irish Masters title. In the World Championship Davis defeated Hallett 13\u20131, Tony Drago 13\u20134 and Thorburn 16\u20138 en route to the final, where he met Griffiths. Davis established a 5\u20132 lead after the first session, but Griffiths levelled at 8\u20138 after the second. On the second day of the match Davis took ten out of thirteen frames to win 18\u201311 and claim his fifth world title."}, {"context": " Davis won the first ranking event of the 1988/1989 season with a 12\u20136 win over White in the International Open; in the same match, he became the first player to make three consecutive century breaks in a major tournament. In October, Davis won the Grand Prix, beating Alex Higgins 10\u20136 in the final to hold the World, UK, Masters, Grand Prix, Classic and Irish Masters titles simultaneously. However, his four-year unbeaten run at the UK Championship came to an end in December with a 3\u20139 semi-final loss to Hendry. He did not win another major title that season until the 1989 World Championship, where he beat Hendry 16\u20139 in the semi-finals before going on to complete the heaviest victory in a world final of the modern era with an 18\u20133 win over John Parrott, his last world championship. This match in particular was regarded as one of his greatest performances, and was cited in the \"Guinness Book of Snooker\" as \"The greatest display of potting, break building and safety play ever seen\" with the further observation \"no-one could have lived with Davis the way he played at the Crucible in 1989\". In October he retained the Grand Prix, beating Dean Reynolds 10\u20130 in the final, the first whitewash in a ranking event final. By the end of the 1980s, Davis was snooker's first millionaire."}, {"context": " After demolishing John Parrott in the 1989 World Final, it seemed obvious that the new decade would see Davis and rising star Stephen Hendry battling for supremacy. However, the prospect of Davis v Hendry World finals never materialised. As with Ray Reardon and his successor Steve Davis, there was to be no World Final showdown between once and future kings. Instead, Hendry became the new king, with Jimmy White as his main rival. In the 1990 World Championship, Davis was denied an eighth consecutive appearance in the final by Jimmy White, who won their semi-final 16\u201314. Davis was replaced as world number one by Stephen Hendry at the end of the 1989/90 season. He was ranked number 2 for the 1990/1991, 1991/1992, 1994/1995 and 1995/1996 seasons. He reached the semi-finals of the World Championships in 1991 and 1994. He also won the Irish Masters in 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994, the Classic and the Asian Open in 1992, the European Open in 1993, and consecutive Welsh Open titles in 1994 and 1995. His successful defence of his Welsh Open title in 1995 was to be his last ranking title."}, {"context": " Davis's last victory in a major tournament came at the 1997 Masters. Trailing his opponent Ronnie O'Sullivan 4\u20138 in the final, he won the next six frames to secure a 10\u20138 win. During this period, Davis had been clearly struggling with his game, displaying the classic symptoms of a confidence problem in his technique. His cue action, which was once regarded by his peers as the best in the game, was now in tatters, with Davis seemingly unable to settle on a feathering up drill, going from slow and deliberate in some matches to randomly speeding up in others. He also soon brought comments from commentators with regard to his overreliance on safety play, and over thinking his shots. It was clear that Davis had a serious problem and ultimately one he would never recover from. 1989 proved to be his last appearance in a World Final, unthinkable at the time."}, {"context": " After a season which saw Davis reach only one ranking event quarter-final, Davis dropped out of the top 16 for the 2000/2001 season, and failed to qualify for the World Championship for the next two years. After failing to qualify for the World Snooker Championship for the first time in his professional career in 2001, Davis felt that retiring would be the easy thing to do, but as he still liked the challenge of snooker, he continued playing, and regained his place in the top 16 for the 2003/2004 season. He was runner-up in the 2004 Welsh Open to O'Sullivan, losing 8\u20139 after having led 8\u20135. In 2005 he reached the quarter finals of the World Championship, losing to eventual winner Shaun Murphy."}, {"context": " At the 2005 UK Championship, held in York, Davis reached his 100th major career final, and made his first appearance in the UK final since 1990. En route he beat defending champion Stephen Maguire 9\u20138, a win which included a 145 break; and then Stephen Hendry 9\u20136 in the semi-finals to reach the final, where he lost 6\u201310 against Ding Junhui. Before the World Championships Davis brushed off suggestions of retirement, and he reached the second round, where he lost to Murphy. Davis's performances through the 2006/2007 season, including reaching the UK Championship quarter-finals and the Welsh Open semi-finals, ensured he was still a top 16 player at the age of 50."}, {"context": " He dropped out of the top sixteen a year later, but showed form in the 2008/2009 season by reaching the quarter-finals of both the Shanghai Masters and Grand Prix, the first time he had reached consecutive ranking event quarter-finals since 1996. At the World Championship Davis lost in the first round 2\u201310 against Neil Robertson. After the match he again dismissed talk of his retirement. In the first two tournaments of the 2009/2010 season Davis failed to qualify for the televised stages as he lost 4\u20135 against Matthew Selt in the Shanghai Masters and 0\u20135 against Mark Davis in the Grand Prix. In the next tournament, the UK Championship, he defeated Michael Judge 9\u20137 to set up a first round match against Hendry, which he lost 6\u20139. Davis started 2010 by failing to qualify for the Welsh Open and the China Open, losing 2\u20135 against Dominic Dale and 3\u20135 against Mike Dunn respectively in the final qualifying round. In March he qualified for the World Championship for a record 30th time by defeating Adrian Gunnell 10\u20134."}, {"context": " In the first round Davis defeated Mark King 10\u20139, becoming, at the age of 52, the oldest player to win a match at the Crucible since Eddie Charlton beat Cliff Thorburn in 1989. In the second round against defending champion John Higgins, a 1\u201320 favourite, Davis led 6\u20132 after the first session, 9\u20137 after the second session, and ultimately won 13\u201311, a win Clive Everton described as \"the greatest upset in the 33 years the Crucible has been hosting the championship.\" This made him the oldest world quarter-finalist since Charlton in 1983. In the quarter-final match against Australian Neil Robertson, Davis recovered from a 2\u201312 deficit to force the match into the third session, eventually losing 5\u201313. On 29 April 2010, to mark the 25th anniversary of their black-ball final of 1985, Davis appeared with Taylor before the beginning of the first semi-final, to stage a humorous re-enactment of their historic final frame. Taylor entered the arena wearing a pair of comically oversized glasses, while Davis arrived sporting a red wig."}, {"context": " Davis started the 2010/2011 season by qualifying to the televised stages of Shanghai Masters, whitewashing Rod Lawler 5\u20130, but lost in the first round 3\u20135 against Jamie Cope. He lost his qualifying matches in the next two tournaments, he lost 1\u20133 against Peter Ebdon in the last 64 of the World Open and 2\u20139 against Mark Joyce in the last 48 of the UK Championship. He also participated at the Players Tour Championship, where his best results came at the Paul Hunter Classic, where he reached the quarter-finals, but lost 1\u20134 against Shaun Murphy. He finished 67 on the Order of Merit. Davis also reached the final of the World Seniors Championship, but lost in the final 1\u20134 against Jimmy White. He reached the third qualifying round of the German Masters, but was whitewashed by Ryan Day 0\u20135. Davis lost his first qualifying matches of the next two tournaments. He was beaten by Joe Jogia 3\u20134 in the Welsh Open and 4\u20135 by James Wattana in the China Open. He narrowly reached the last qualifying round of the World Championship, by defeating Jack Lisowski 10\u20139, but lost against Stephen Lee 2\u201310."}, {"context": " Davis started the 2011/2012 season at number 44, his lowest rank since turning professional. He lost his first qualifying match at the Shanghai Masters 1\u20135 against Passakorn Suwannawat. After 2010 he reached the final of the World Seniors Championship, but again lost in the final, this time 1\u20132 against Darren Morgan. Davis also participated at the Players Tour Championship, where his best results came at the Warsaw Classic, where he reached the semi-finals, but lost 3\u20134 against Ricky Walden. He finished number 26 on the Order of Merit. He qualified for the UK Championship, by defeating both Ian McCulloch and Andrew Higginson 6\u20132, but he could not qualify to the German Masters as he lost 1\u20135 against Robert Milkins and also lost in the first round of the UK Championship 1\u20136 against Ronnie O'Sullivan. Davis then missed the World Open, as he lost his first qualifying match 1\u20135 against Ian McCulloch, but reached the last 16 of the Welsh Open with three 4\u20133 victories, defeating Lucky Vatnani, Ricky Walden and Allister Carter, before losing 0\u20134 against Shaun Murphy. However, he then did not qualify for either the China Open, nor the World Snooker Championship, losing 1\u20135 to Rory McLeod and 7\u201310 to Ben Woollaston respectively."}, {"context": " Davis started the 2012/2013 season at number 51, but could not qualify for the first two ranking events, as he lost 3\u20135 against Kurt Maflin at the Wuxi Classic, and 0\u20135 against Michael Wild at the Australian Goldfields Open. Davis took part in the Six-red World Championship, where he finished third in Group E with three wins out of five matches and advanced to the knock-out stage, but lost 1\u20136 against Mark Davis in the last 32. Davis qualified for the Shanghai Masters by defeating Alfie Burden 5\u20131 and Andrew Higginson 5\u20130. There he defeated Zhu Yinghui 5\u20131 to reach the last 32, but lost 4\u20135 against Ricky Walden. He, however, could not qualify for the International Championship after losing his first qualifying match 5\u20136 against Pankaj Advani. Davis then qualified for the final stages of the UK Championship by defeating Advani 6\u20135 and Jamie Burnett 6\u20132, but lost 2\u20136 against Ali Carter, and he also lost his first qualifying match at German Masters 4\u20135 against Simon Bedford. Davis also participated at the Players Tour Championship, where his best results came at the Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy and the Scottish Open, where he reached the last 16, but lost 3\u20134 against John Higgins and 1\u20134 against Ding Junhui respectively. He finished number 52 on the Order of Merit. Davis then lost at the qualifying stages of the next two ranking events. He lost 4\u20135 against Chen Zhe at the World Open, and 0\u20135 against Mark King at the China Open. At the Welsh Open he defeated Kurt Maflin 4\u20132 to qualify for the venue stage of the event, where he lost 0\u20134 against Mark Selby. Davis finished the season in the qualifying stage of the World Championship by losing 7\u201310 against Maflin."}, {"context": " Davis started the 2013/2014 season at number 51, and his first match was in the qualifying stages for the Wuxi Classic, where he faced James Cahill. After Cahill levelled the match at 2\u20132, Davis won the next three frames in a row, along with a 131 break in the penultimate frame, to book his place for the main stage of the tournament in Wuxi, where he lost 1\u20135 against Andrew Higginson in the last 64. Davis then lost at the qualifying stages of the next two ranking events he entered. He lost 2\u20135 against Higginson at the Shanghai Masters, and 1\u20134 against Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon at the Indian Open. He then qualified for the International Championship with a 6\u20132 win against Allan Taylor, but lost at the venue 1\u20136 against Zhao Xintong in the wildcard round. Davis won his first World Seniors Championship title by defeating Nigel Bond 2\u20131 in the final. After a defeat by Craig Steadman 8\u201310 in the second round of the 2014 World Snooker Championship qualification, Davis finished the season outside the top 64 in the money list and dropped off the professional main tour after 36 years."}, {"context": " Given an invitational tour card to participate in tournaments for the 2014\u201315 season, Davis made his return to competitive snooker in the Riga Open in August 2014, losing 1\u20134 to Robert Milkins in the last 64. He then participated in the Paul Hunter Classic, losing 2\u20134 to Gary Wilson in the last 128. Davis played in the 2014 Champion of Champions event after qualifying through winning the 2013 World Seniors Championship, losing 1\u20134 to Mark Selby in the group semi-final. He entered the 2016 World Championship qualifiers but was beaten by Fergal O'Brien in his final match as a professional snooker player."}, {"context": " On 17 April 2016 Davis announced his retirement from professional snooker during a live BBC broadcast, citing the recent death of his father Bill as the main reason. Davis entered the Crucible Theatre holding the World Championship trophy and received a standing ovation by the audience. Davis continues to play exhibitions and commentate for the BBC's snooker coverage. In the book \"Masters of the Baize\", a detailed comparison and ranking of snooker professionals, authors Luke Williams and Paul Gadsby rated Davis as the third greatest snooker player of all time behind Joe Davis and Stephen Hendry. Davis has won a record 81 professional titles and was the runner-up in 37 events. 28 of these titles were in ranking events. His record of six world titles in the modern era has been bettered only by Hendry and his tally of six UK Championship titles has been bettered by Ronnie O'Sullivan. Davis has also compiled over 300 competitive centuries during his career. In 2011 he was inducted to World Snooker's newly created Hall of Fame along with seven former World Champions."}, {"context": " From 1994 to 2007 Davis played in professional nine-ball pool events regularly. He was instrumental in the creation of the Mosconi Cup, and has represented Europe in the tournament on eleven occasions, and was a member of the team's 1995 and 2002 wins; his victory against the US's Earl Strickland clinched the 2002 competition for Europe. In 2001 Davis nearly won his first singles title in pool at the World Pool League, however, Efren Reyes defeated him 9\u20135 the final. Sid Waddell gave him the nickname \"Romford Slim\" and said he was Britain's answer to the famous American pool player Rudolf \"Minnesota Fats\" Wanderone. Davis dislikes eight-ball pool as played on English-style tables in British pubs and clubs, considering it a \"Mickey Mouse game\" because of its undersized cue ball in relation to the other balls, but made it clear that he is only critical of the game when it is played with an undersized cue ball."}, {"context": " Davis reached the last 16 of the 2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, where he faced three-time champion Strickland, held in Cardiff, Wales. The match was notable for the behaviour the match was played under, with Strickland calling out members of the crowd for being biased towards Davis. Referee Michaela Tabb warned Strickland, to which he replied that Tabb should \"shut up\". Strickland would also complain after Davis took a second toilet break, when only allocated one. Davis later admitted this was used as gamesmanship against Strickland. Strickland would win the match, and later proceed to the Semi-finals of the event."}, {"context": " Davis has also become a proficient poker player, with successful appearances at televised tournaments; these included an appearance at the final table of the 2003 Poker Million together with fellow snooker player Jimmy White, who eventually won. Later, at of the 2006 World Series of Poker, Davis finished 579th, winning US$20,617. At of the 2008 World Series of Poker he finished 389th, winning $28,950. At of the 2010 World Series of Poker he finished 131st, winning $5,491. At Event 22 of the 2011 Grand Poker Series he finished 8th, winning $2,049."}, {"context": " He is also a keen chess player and was for a while the president of the British Chess Federation. In 1995, he co-authored a book, \"Steve Davis Plays Chess\". Davis has become known for his coolness and impeccable conduct in high-pressure situations. His initial lack of emotional expression and somewhat monotonous interviewing style earned him a reputation as boring. As a result, the satirical television series \"Spitting Image\" gave him the ironic nickname \"\"Interesting\"\". Davis himself now plays upon this image and says it helped him gain acceptance from the public. It led to him co-authoring a comedic book, \"How to Be Really Interesting\" (1988), with Geoff Atkinson, the front cover of which shows Davis mocking his perceived dullness, dressed in boxing regalia holding a cue."}, {"context": " Davis appeared as a commentator for the BBC's snooker coverage and as a guest on television quizzes such as \"They Think It's All Over\" and \"A Question of Sport\". He appeared in a baked beans advertisement in the 1980s (featuring snooker commentator Ted Lowe with the pay-off line \"\"really interesting\"\" and Davis 'assessing' his beans on toast as if it were a snooker situation, and chalking his cutlery). In 2007, his image was used as the epitome of \"reliability\" in a series of advertisements for Irish Life. He featured in a spoof online viral promoting the Nintendo DS game \"World Snooker Championship Season 2007\u201308\", in which he parodied a Nicole Kidman Brain Training advert. In 2010, Davis made a cameo appearance in \"The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret\" as himself. His other TV appearances include a guest slot on the Christmas 1981 edition of \"The Morecambe and Wise Show\"."}, {"context": " He has published numerous other books, five relating to snooker: \"Successful Snooker\" (1982), \"Frame and Fortune\" (1982), \"Steve Davis: Snooker Champion\" (1983), \"Matchroom Snooker\" (1988) and \"The Official Matchroom 1990\"; two relating to chess in 1995 with David Norwood: \"Steve Davis Plays Chess\" and \"Grandmaster Meets Chess Amateur\". He also authored three cookbooks in 1994: \"Simply Fix \u2013 the Steve Davis Interesting Cookbook No 1 \u2013 Interesting Things to Do With Meat\", \"Simply Fix \u2013 The Steve Davis Interesting Cookbook No 2 \u2013 Interesting Things to Make with Poultry\", and \"Simply Fix \u2013 the Steve Davis Interesting Cookbook No 3 \u2013 Interesting Things to Make Using Vegetables\"."}, {"context": " In 1986, he joined musical duo Chas & Dave and several other snooker stars of the time (under the name \"The Matchroom Mob\") on the novelty record \"Snooker Loopy\", which was a Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom. A year the later they released a follow-up single, the \"Romford Rap\", though this only reached #91 in the UK charts. Since 1996 he has presented a show dedicated to progressive rock and the Canterbury scene on his local radio station, Phoenix FM. In 2013, Davis participated in the thirteenth series of \"I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!\", finishing in eighth place."}, {"context": " In 2017, he appeared in \"Would I Lie to You?\" as a guest panelist where he recounted the true story of being fired by the Sultan of Brunei as a coach to his son following an incident with a cheese sandwich. A film about Steve Davis' rise and subsequent dominance of snooker in the 1980s and his intense rivalry with Alex Higgins was released by the BBC in 2016 titled \"The Rack Pack\" casting Will Merrick as Davis . Davis joined Brentwood community radio station Phoenix FM in 1996, broadcasting a variety of soul and rock shows during the next ten years while the station broadcast online and on FM under a Restricted Service Licence."}, {"context": " When the station went full-time on FM in March 2007, Davis started to broadcast The Interesting Alternative show on Monday evenings - a show (as of 2018) he continues to present weekly. As a result of his regular broadcasting Davis presented a guest slot on BBC Radio 6 Music in 2011. He branched out into club work with a more modern sound in 2015 and has regular slots at London bars and nightclubs. Davis performed with his collaborator Kavus Torabi at the Glastonbury Festival in 2016. In 1988, Davis was named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year and was made an MBE. He was made an OBE in 2000, and is currently honorary president of the Snooker Writers' Association. Davis is a big fan of the French progressive rock band Magma, and even organised a concert in London so he could watch them. Davis is on the board of Leyton Orient football club; he has been a Charlton Athletic fan most of his life.  Davis lives in Brentwood, Essex, and divorced from his wife Judith in 2005 after 15 years of marriage. They have two sons called Greg (born 1991) and Jack (born 1993). In 2012, Greg Davis entered the Q School, with the aim of winning a place on the professional snooker tour. He was a supporter of the Conservative Party for the 1983 General Election."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis (American drummer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Jazz drummer Steve Davis was born in Santa Barbara, California in 1958. With Shelly Manne as his godfather, he became interested in the drums at a young age. Following the advice of drumset teacher Alan Dawson, Steve moved to New York City in the early 1980s to begin his career as a jazz drummer. Soon after he met the jazz educator Jamey Aebersold, and in 1982 joined the Aebersold clinic faculty, of which he has been a member ever since. Throughout the 1980s Steve built up a reputation in the New York scene, playing and recording with many big names. During this period he also studied privately with Joe Morello."}, {"context": " Steve is now most widely known as a member of the Lynne Arriale trio. Pianist Arriale met Steve at a jam session soon after she herself moved to New York in 1991. There was an immediate musical rapport and they decided to work together. Steve has since appeared on 10 recordings with Arriale, and has toured worldwide with the trio for the last 15 years. Every year Steve teaches as a faculty member of the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Summer Schools in the US and the Jazzwise Summer Schools in the UK. His teaching method is one that encourages the creativity of the pupil in developing his or her own methods of practice, rather than relying on books. He lists Ted Reed's \"Syncopation\" and G.L. Stone's \"Stick Control\" as the only books any drummer should need. He places a strong emphasis on knowing the melody and form for as many tunes as possible, and tries to approach any exercise from a musical standpoint. He has played on more Jamey Aebersold play-along records than any other drummer, and has written many transcription books of his playing on these records, 4 of which are readily available and are published by Jamey Aebersold."}, {"context": " Since first moving to New York in the early 80's, Steve has moved around a lot and has at one time in his life, served on the faculty of the following institutions, either as a full-time faculty member, or as a visiting artist in residence: Steve is also an accomplished recording engineer. In the mid 1990s he set up the Steve Davis Studio in his home in New York, where he has engineered hundreds of recording sessions, including many of the trio's, which he also played on. Steve now lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Steve endorses Precision Drums and Bosphorus Cymbals.  As a leader: With Lynne Arriale Trio: Other:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis (Illinois)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davis (born September 22, 1949) was an American politician. Born in Alton, Illinois, Davis served in the United States Army Reserves. He went to the Lewis and Clark Community College and to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; he majored in engineering. Davis lived in Bethalto, Illinois with his wife and family. Davis served in the Illinois House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1995 until his resignation in December 2004. Davis resigned from the Illinois General Assembly because of ill health."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis (Northern Irish drummer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davis (born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a professional percussionist and drummer. Davis has been active in such fields in the UK and Europe and is known as much for his jazz drumming as his free improvisational style of playing."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis (bassist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davis (1929-1987) (also known by his Muslim name Luquman Abdul Syeed) was a jazz bassist, very active in the sixties. In 1960, he was briefly part of the renowned John Coltrane quartet, before being replaced by Reggie Workman. Davis recorded \"My Favorite Things (album)\" with the quartet. He also recorded as a sideperson with Chuck and Gap Mangione on \"Hey Baby!\", and with quartet fellow (and brother in law) McCoy Tyner on the album \"Nights of Ballads & Blues\". With John Coltrane With Kenny Dorham  With Eddie Jefferson With Freddie McCoy With James Moody With The Jazz Brothers Featuring Gap Mangione and Chuck Mangione With McCoy Tyner"}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis (footballer, born 1965)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Peter Davis (born 26 July 1965) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. After managing Cheshire-based non-league teams Northwich Victoria and Nantwich Town, he was manager of Crewe Alexandra (from November 2011 to January 2017, at which date he was the fourth longest serving manager in the top four divisions of English football) and then head coach at National League club Leyton Orient for just over four months up to 14 November 2017. Born in Birmingham, Davis started his career with Stoke City as an apprentice in 1982 but never made a senior appearance. However, he played more than 140 matches for both Crewe Alexandra and Burnley, making his Crewe debut at the age of 18, and captaining the team aged 19. He was also a key figure in the time he was at Burnley. He then played over 100 matches for Barnsley in Division 1, including 24 appearances in the season in which they were promoted to the Premier League. He had loan spells at York City and Oxford United, eventually being signed by Division 1 outfit, Oxford United in 1998."}, {"context": " The final years of his playing career saw him in Cheshire with Macclesfield Town, and with Northwich Victoria and Nantwich Town \u2013 where he was player-manager of both clubs. Davis was capped by the England national youth team. He was appointed as player-manager of Northwich Victoria in June 2003. He resigned in September 2003, after the team were second bottom of the Conference National in the 2003\u201304 season. However, his managerial career at Nantwich Town was the most successful time in the club's long history, converting a club that had never achieved anything above the North West Counties League to one that was challenging for a Conference spot. He led Nantwich to two promotions in three seasons and a FA Vase victory, just missing out on promotion to the Conference North at the end of the 2008\u201309 season. His abilities attracted the attention of Crewe Alexandra, where he had spent four seasons as a player. On 17 May 2009, it was announced that he would become assistant manager to Gudjon Thordarson at Crewe."}, {"context": " Davis remained as Thordarson's assistant through the Icelandics short lived tenure at Gresty Road before the former Stoke City manager was relieved of his role in October 2009. Taking up the vacant manager's role was Dario Gradi, now in his third stint as Crewe manager kept Davis as his assistant manager. Gradi remained in the managerial position at the club until the autumn of 2011 his position was starting to become questioned by the Crewe fans, this was only galvanised further by a 3\u20130 home defeat to Torquay United which left the club near the relegation zone. Although Gradi was still manager of the club, Davis took charge of the next match against Oldham Athletic in the Football League Trophy after the Crewe manager could not attend after feeling unwell. Although Crewe lost the match 3\u20131, Davis was appointed the new Crewe manager a couple of days later with Gradi moving to his former role as Technical Director - a role he took following the appointment of Steve Holland as first team coach back in the summer of 2007."}, {"context": " Promoting coach Neil Baker as his assistant manager, Davis' first match, officially, as Crewe manager was a home FA Cup tie to Colchester United. Although the railwaymen lost the tie 4\u20131, Davis' brief for the remainder season was specific: keep Crewe in the football league. Davis was successful in his target keeping Crewe in the football league and, in a run that saw the club go 16 matches unbeaten, the English manager helped Crewe qualify for the League Two play-offs. Following a 3\u20132 win over two legs with Southend United and a 2\u20130 win over Cheltenham Town at Wembley, Davis' team were promoted to League One."}, {"context": " Davis had lost two key figures in that season's promotion campaign in the summer with Nick Powell completing a three million pound transfer to Manchester United and captain Ashley Westwood for an undisclosed fee to Aston Villa but they were replaced by a number of summer signings such as forward Mathias Pogba, defender Mark Ellis and midfielder Abdul Osman. Davis successfully secured safety in League One in his first season and also guided his team to a second Wembley appearance this time in the final of the Football League Trophy against Southend. The Railwaymen won the tie 2\u20130 with goals from Luke Murphy and Max Clayton."}, {"context": " As with the previous summer, Davis lost a key member of his midfield this time in the form of Luke Murphy who left the club for Championship club Leeds United in 2013 for a million pounds. Despite a brief period linking him with the vacant Wolves managerial position, Davis remained at the Alex. The 2013\u201314 season was less successful than Davis' previous seasons, compacted even more after seven first team players were held by Devon and Cornwall Police for an alleged sexual assault during the team's pre-season training in Redruth. The players were cleared of all charges in November, a few months into the new campaign. Davis described the decision as a \"noose being removed from our necks\" citing the case as one of the reasons for the team's poor start to the campaign. Further to the sex assault allegations, Davis was also having attitude issues with summer signing Anthony Grant and former Newcastle youngster Brad Inman - listing the pair on loan and isolating them from the rest of the squad in training labelling the pair as a \"disruption.\" The pair were later reinstated to the squad and first team duties following an improvement in their attitudes and helped Crewe avoid relegation on the last day of the season with a 2\u20131 victory over local rivals Preston North End."}, {"context": " The 2014\u201315 season was no better in terms of Crewe's performance. The team lost 10 of their first 12 matches, and eventually finished in 20th position - remaining in League One despite losing the final match of the season, against Bradford City, because of results in fixtures elsewhere. The following season started in a similar pattern, with the team winning just two of their first 15 league matches, and crashing out of the FA Cup in the first round, defeated at Gresty Road by non-league Eastleigh, forcing Davis to defend his position as the 'right man' for the job. Crewe's relegation to League Two was confirmed following a 3\u20130 defeat at Port Vale on 9 April 2016, with five matches remaining."}, {"context": " Davis was sacked as Crewe Alexandra manager on 8 January 2017. On 10 July 2017, Davis was appointed as head coach of newly relegated National League club Leyton Orient on a two-year contract. After the club won just five of their 19 league matches, he was sacked on 14 November 2017. In September 2018, Davis was reported to be in the running to be appointed manager of Cheltenham Town. His son, Harry, was at Crewe Alexandra but now plays for St Mirren, and is also a centre-back. He made his professional debut at the end of the 2009\u201310 season, playing for Crewe against Bradford City.  Another son, Joe, is a defender at Port Vale, having made his professional debut at the club during his first spell in April 2011. On 22 February 2014, for 33 minutes of a match at Port Vale, Davis's sons played on opposite teams against each other. Crewe Alexandra Footnotes Bibliography"}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis (footballer, born 1968)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Mark Davis (born 30 October 1968 ) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He had three spells with Burnley, and has subsequently coached for them. He was the first team coach for Npower Championship side Bolton Wanderers but was sacked along with Owen Coyle on 9 October. Davis was born in Hexham, but started his career as a trainee with Southampton in August 1986, turning professional in July 1987. He was a virtual ever-present in the reserve team in both the 1987\u201388 and 1988\u201389 seasons, making 35 appearances each time. Despite this, he failed to break through into the first team."}, {"context": " In November 1989 he went on loan to Burnley (who already had a player called Steve Davis) and returned to The Dell in February 1990. He made his Southampton debut in a 4\u20131 victory over Norwich City on 27 February 1990 (in which game Matthew Le Tissier scored a hat-trick). After a run of four games, Davis lost his place to Micky Adams, who was returning from injury. Davis only made two further appearances for Southampton, and then, after a short loan spell at Notts County, in August 1991 he returned to Burnley on a permanent basis for a fee of \u00a360,000."}, {"context": " At Burnley he helped the club to the Division Four championship in 1991\u201392 and to promotion via the play-offs in 1993\u201394. Burnley were relegated the following season, and Davis was sold to Luton Town for \u00a3750,000 in July 1995. In 1996, despite his performing admirably for the Hatters, the club were relegated to the Division Two for the first time in over 25 years. He was then part of the side that finished third in the league in the 1996\u201397 season, before losing in the play-offs to Crewe. Due to his aerial ability, Davis was often used as an emergency striker by then-manager Lennie Lawrence. During part of his spell at Luton, he was captain."}, {"context": " After over three years with Luton, Davis returned to Burnley in December 1998 for a fee of \u00a3800,000. He became club captain, and in 1999-00 he helped them back to the First Division, thus completing Stan Ternent's two-year rebuilding project. He remained at Burnley until July 2003, when he moved on to Lancashire rivals Blackpool on a two-year deal. At Blackpool he scored once; in a 3-0 win at Wycombe Wanderers. He was an unused substitute in the final as Blackpool won the 2003\u201304 Football League Trophy. He joined York City in June 2004 on a two-year deal, however he retired from the game in 2005 and is now Head Scout for Fleetwood Town."}, {"context": " Davis returned to Burnley in a scouting role in October 2005, as manager Steve Cotterill hoped to prepare him for a coaching role at the club at some level. In January 2006 Burnley first team coach Mark Yates was offered the managers job at Conference side Kidderminster Harriers. This meant a step up for Steve Davis, who came in as a direct replacement for Yates, taking up the roles of first team coach and reserve team manager. The move was greeted with great support from Burnley fans, as Davis was still held in very high regard at Turf Moor. Davis shared the supporters' sentiment, quoting \"This has to be top of my list for football memories. Burnley is my club and everyone knows what it means to me.\" Davis' quick rise would continue in November 2007 when he was moved up a rank once again by Cotterill, replacing the outgoing Dave Kevan (who had moved to a similar role at Notts County) as assistant manager. This role lasted just a matter of days, before he was promoted up to caretaker-manager upon the sacking of Cotterill. His first job was to take the team to Leicester City for a Football League Championship match. An early Andy Gray goal gave him a 1-0 win, in what he described as one of the proudest moments of his career. He was a candidate to replace Cotterill full-time as Burnley manager but in the end the board went for Scottish rookie Owen Coyle, however Davis would remain on the staff in his former role as first-team coach. Under Coyle's stewardship Burnley won promotion to the Premier League.  In January 2010, Davis was made caretaker manager of Burnley for a matter of days before joining the backroom staff at Coyle's new club, Bolton Wanderers. During this spell he never took charge of a first team game. He was sacked by the Npower Championship side on 9 October."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis (infielder)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Michael Davis (born December 30, 1953) was a right-handed infielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs. Davis was drafted by the Cubs at age 21, in the 14th round of the 1976 June amateur draft, out of Stanford University. He did not make his professional debut until 1978, when the Cubs assigned him to AAA Wichita. He played the entirety of the 1978 and 1979 Syracuse seasons and earned a late season call-up to the Cubs in 1979. Davis made his major league debut as a defensive replacement for Mick Kelleher in the ninth inning of 6-0 Cubs loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 23. He had an assist on a groundout but did not bat."}, {"context": " On September 25, Davis got the only at-bats of his major league career, playing the entire second game of a doubleheader against the New York Mets at third base. In his first at-bat, he grounded out, but Dave Kingman scored on the play, earning Davis the only RBI of his career. He ended up 0-for-4 on the day. Davis made one more appearance on September 30, but only appeared in the field as a second baseman. Davis signed with the Toronto Blue Jays organization in the off-season and spent the 1980 and 1981 seasons with the Syracuse Chiefs before retiring from baseball.  , or Retrosheet, or Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)"}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis (pitcher)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Kennon Davis (born August 4, 1960) is an American retired professional baseball pitcher who played for three seasons in Major League Baseball. He played for the Toronto Blue Jays from 1985 to 1986 and the Cleveland Indians in 1989."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis (quarterback)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davis (November 19, 1952 \u2013 March 17, 2013) was a quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners from 1973 to 1975. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1976 Orange Bowl, when the Sooners won their fifth national championship. Davis led the Sooners to a 32\u20131\u20131 record as their starting quarterback, and holds the NCAA record for winning percentage in that position. With Davis at the helm the Sooners won the national championship in 1974 and 1975. Davis was also a commentator for ABC Sports and CBS Sports college football telecasts in the 1970s and 1980s.  Davis was born on Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana but was raised in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Later in life a born again Christian, he featured as a speaker giving his Christian testimony. Davis died on March 17, 2013 when the small jet he was a passenger in crashed in South Bend, Indiana."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis (running back)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davis (born November 10, 1948) is a former professional American football running back. He played for five seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets. He won Super Bowl IX with the Steelers over the Minnesota Vikings."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis (trombonist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davis (born April 14, 1967 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American jazz trombonist. Davis was raised in Binghamton, New York, where he grew up with jazz music being played in the household(father's record collection, grandparents played). The Binghamton scene included many talented musicians including mentors Doug Beardsley and Al Hamme as well as peers Kris Jensen, Tony Kadleck, Tom Dempsey, Dena DeRose, John Hollenbeck and many others. Now divorced, he was married to the pianist Mary Di Paola-Davis many years. Their eldest son, Tony Davis, is a jazz guitarist."}, {"context": " He studied jazz under Dr. Jackie McLean at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford in Connecticut. While in school, Davis also gained valuable experience sitting-in and gigging on the Hartford jazz scene with Hartt professors Hotep Galeta and Nat Reeves, and with Don DePalma, Larry DiNatale and others at The 880 Club. Saxophonist Jackie McLean, founder of Hartt's African-American music program, recommended Steve to Art Blakey, whose Jazz Messengers he joined at Sweet Basil in New York City in December 1989. After Blakey's death, Davis joined the Hartt faculty in 1991 (where he continues to teach today) and taught at The Artist's Collective in Hartford."}, {"context": " Davis gained further international recognition playing in his mentor McLean's sextet (1992\u201397) and in Chick Corea's Origin (1997\u20132001). Davis has been a member of the acclaimed, New York-based cooperative sextet One for All since its inception in 1996. Along with Davis, the band features Eric Alexander, Jim Rotondi, David Hazeltine, John Webber and Joe Farnsworth. Davis also currently plays with Larry Willis's Quintet, The Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Star Big Band/Septet, leads The Steve Davis Quintet (featuring saxophonist Mike DiRubbo) and is a fixture on the New York and Hartford jazz scenes.  Davis has played and recorded with a long list of jazz greats including Freddie Hubbard and The New Jazz Composers Octet, Benny Golson's New Jazztet, Hank Jones, Cecil Payne, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton, Harold Mabern, Larry Willis, Eddie Henderson, Roy Hargrove, Avishai Cohen, Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and Michael Weiss. With Art Blakey With Jackie McLean With Larry Willis With Others"}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis (umpire)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen James Davis (born 9 April 1952) is a former English Test cricket match umpire, from London. He was appointed to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires in April 2008. Davis' first Test match was between Australia and New Zealand at Hobart on 27 November to 1 December 1997, a rain-affected match in which the last two New Zealand batsman held on to deny victory to Australia. Since 2002 both umpires in Test matches have been appointed from non-participating nations, by the International Cricket Council. This resulted in his last Test match involving Australia to be against New Zealand at Hobart on 22 November to 26 November 2001, a rain-affected draw. Davis suffered a knee injury and was replaced after the second day by local umpire John Smeaton."}, {"context": " Davis officiated in 3 matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, which led to his promotion to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires in 2008. On 3 March 2009, Davis was one of the officials caught in the attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team by terrorists in Lahore, Pakistan. In the aftermath, he and his colleagues, Simon Taufel and Chris Broad, were critical of the Pakistan security forces' response to the incident. On 9 March 2011 Davis umpired his 100th one day international when standing at the World Cup group game between India and Netherlands at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi.  He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup. In May 2015, Davis announced his retirement following the conclusion of the ODI series between England and New Zealand. On 17 June 2015 he stood in his last match, England vs. New Zealand at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. As of 18 June 2015:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis Snooker", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davis Snooker is a sports simulation video game developed by CDS Software, and published by CDS Software in 1985, with a budget release in 1988 published by Blue Ribbon Software. \"Steve Davis Snooker\" simulates the cue sport Snooker. Released under licence from 6-time Snooker World Champion, Steve Davis. The game is the first to feature a license of a professional Snooker player, with later Jimmy White creating the . Davis would also be involved with 1996's Virtual Snooker, as well as the sequel would later released in 1989; similarly titled \"\"Steve Davis World Snooker\". The game was also an unofficial sequel to CDS Software's 1983 Pool simulator, called \"Pool.\""}, {"context": " \"Steve Davis Snooker\" allows players to play against themselves, or against a human opponent in either Snooker, or Pool. However, there is no opponent AI. The game could be controlled by either a Joypad or a Cursor and Keyboard control scheme. The game has two different modes, with a \"short game\" (a game of Ten-Red Snooker similar to power snooker), or \"long game\", a game of traditional fifteen-red Snooker. The Atari game's box art boasts that the game has a \"trick shot edit mode\", \"accurate spin\", and \"friction factor.\" The Spectrum version also states that the game is an unofficial sequel to CDS Software's 1983 game \"Pool\"."}, {"context": " Critical reception for the game was generally high, with Zzap! magazine scoring the Commodore 64 game at 79% commenting \"Steve Davis Snooker is the best version of the sport I have ever seen on the 64, with its excellent approach and options helping make it so if you're a snooker fan or you want to try something different from your everyday shoot em up, then this makes a worthy and refreshing change.\" Commodore Format also mentioned the game in a review, scoring the game at 70% before stating that whilst Snooker was a \"hideously dull game\", the game was a \"nice conversion.\""}, {"context": " Crash Magazine also reviewed the game for the ZX Spectrum, scoring the game at 77% saying \"A very good, user-friendly simulation, which (possibly for the first time) really calls on skill.\" Sinclair User were also positive with the game, scoring the game at 7/10, but did cite the lack of a mechanic in game as an oversight. Commodore User gave the game 60%, commenting that the game's developer were \"too ambitious this time\", commenting on the game's downgrade in the port from the Commodore 64 to the Commodore 16. However \"If you're a dedicated afficionado then Steve Davis will no doubt appeal to you.\"  An updated version of the game would be released in 1989 for the Amiga and Atari ST, known as \"Steve Davis World Snooker\". The game featured similar gameplay as that of the original, however, also included AI opponents, and improved graphical designs. The game also features additional modes, such as Eight-Ball and Nine-Ball Pool, with Billiards."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davis World Snooker", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davis World Snooker is a sports simulation video game developed by \"Binary Design\", and published by \"Artworx Software\". \"World Snooker\" simulates different types of cue sports, specifically Snooker, Pool and billiards. Released under licence from 6-time Snooker World Champion, Steve Davis, it is a sequel to CDS Software's 1985 8-bit video game similarly titled \"Steve Davis Snooker\". The game had specific contributions from programmer Mick West, whom this was his first Amiga game he programmed. He stated that it took the team \"around 6 months\" to program the game, and was harder as the game's artist was not full-time. West also described the development style; \"For Steve Davis, I'd code on one machine, write it to a floppy, and then insert it into another machine. Rather slow, but then the game was small, so loaded quickly.\""}, {"context": " \"World Snooker\" is an updated 16-bit version of CD Software's earlier 8-bit Steve Davis game. Game Modes include; ten or fifteen Snooker, Pool (Including variants Eight-Ball, Nine-Ball and Blackball and English and carom billiards. All games modes can be played in single-player, multiplayer, or against the AI, with the AI taking the form of Steve Davis. The program has six different levels of playing skill. The view is fixed overhead, however you can zoom in on the table, with the option of Slow motion replays. The game also has a practice mode, in which lines indicate what the results of a shot will be, and balls can be moved around to set up trick shots."}, {"context": " \"World Snooker\" received average to positive results from critics. Computer and Video Games magazine scored the game at 72% on both versions. \"CVG\" praised the game's \"brilliant\" presentation, that was \"bound to appeal to fans of the sport\" but criticized the games high difficulty, but did acknowledge there was \"plenty to keep enthusiasts amused for hours on end\". Zzap magazine also scored the game highly at 75% when reviewing the Amiga version, saying the game was \"a pretty slick snooker sim which is bound to appeal to all Davis fans.\" The Games Machine rated the game highly at 81% for both versions of the game, saying it was a \"must have for mouse-wielding cue freaks.\"  Advanced Computing Entertainment magazine gave the game, 540/1000 commenting that while \"It's fun to play as a game in its own right, and does have lasting interest, as long as you appreciate its idiosyncrasies\", \"genuine snooker and pool enthusiasts won't be greatly impressed.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Davislim", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davislim (born 1967) is a Malaysian-born Australian operatic tenor. He is of Chinese and Irish ancestry and is based in Vienna, Austria. He was born Steven Lim in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, in 1967. His father David Lim is of Chinese ancestry, his parents having settled in Penang from China before World War II. David Lim met his Irish wife Joyce Davis, a nurse, while studying at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin in the 1950s and 60s. They returned to Penang after marrying. Soon after Steve's birth, the family moved to Australia, firstly to Tasmania, then to Melbourne. It was there that the young Steve Lim joined both his parents' names to create the name Davislim."}, {"context": " Davislim worked as a horn player in brass groups and orchestras for eight years while studying for his Bachelor of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts. While there, he commenced vocal studies under Dame Joan Hammond, and graduated with honours. He sang with the Victoria State Opera for three years. At the 1988 Melbourne Spoleto Fringe Festival, he made his debut with the Treason of Images theatre company as Jove and Sylvia in \"La Calisto\" by Francesco Cavalli. After gaining an overseas study grant from the Australia Council, he undertook studies in Italy, Greece (with John Modenos), Germany and Switzerland, where he spent two years studying Lieder interpretation with the accompanist Irwin Gage at the International Opera Studio of the Zurich University of the Arts. His other studies included masterclasses with G\u00f6sta Winbergh, Neil Shicoff, Ileana Cotruba\u0219 and Luigi Alva."}, {"context": " Davislim became a member of the Zurich Opera in 1994. His roles there included Count Almaviva in Rossini's \"The Barber of Seville\", Achilles in Offenbach's \"La belle H\u00e9l\u00e8ne\", Tamino in Mozart's \"The Magic Flute\", Ferrando in \"Cos\u00ec fan tutte\", Don Ottavio in \"Don Giovanni\", Camille in Leh\u00e1r's \"The Merry Widow\", and Gonsalvo in Ravel's \"L'heure espagnole. He has also appeared at the Salzburg Festival, the Hamburg Opera, the Berlin Staatsoper, and the Mozart Festival Sch\u00f6nbrunn, Vienna. He made his debut at the Chicago Lyric Opera in 2005. He attracted much positive attention in December 2005 with his performance in the title role of Mozart's \"Idomeneo\" at the season opening of La Scala in Milan."}, {"context": " In 2007 he sang the lead role in the world premiere of \"Teneke\", an opera set in 20th-century Turkey, written by the Italian composer Fabio Vacchi. He participated in the recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Tonhalle Orchester Z\u00fcrich, part of that group's prize-winning complete Beethoven symphony recording on the Ars Nova label. His other discography includes Mozart's \"Requiem\" with Christian Thielemann, Bach cantatas with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Richard Strauss orchestral lieder under Simone Young, Martin\u016f's \"Julietta\" under Sir Charles Mackerras, and Michael Tippett's \"A Child of Our Time\" with Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra."}, {"context": " In 2007 he participated, along with an all-Australian cast, in the world premiere recordings of two works by Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns: the opera \"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne\" (written for Davislim's Australian operatic forebear Nellie Melba), and the cantata \"Nuit persane\", both with Orchestra Victoria conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire. He is a frequent concert singer, appearing with the Chicago Symphony, the BBC Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, the Royal Danish Orchestra, and the Cleveland Orchestra. His appearances at the BBC Proms include Schumann's \"Scenes from Goethe's Faust\" (1999), Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2 'Lobgesang' (2009), and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 'Choral' (2014; under Alan Gilbert (deputising for an indisposed Riccardo Chailly). He has also made numerous live and broadcast appearances with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation."}]}, {"title": "Steve Davison", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davison is Lead Creative Executive of Parades and Spectaculars for Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, and is responsible for the overall creative direction of daytime parades, firework displays, and nighttime spectaculars at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts worldwide. He created such shows as \"Believe... There's Magic in the Stars\", \"\", \"World of Color\", and \"Disney Dreams!\". Davison began his career with Disney in 1981 as a model maker for the Disneyland Entertainment Art Department under the supervision of former art department head, Clare Graham. After several years serving as a model maker, art director, and senior art director for the department, he was promoted to show director in 1997, where he began to work on entertainment creative development. In the same year he spawned his first big creation, \"It's a Small World Holiday,\" which brought Davison into the spotlight."}, {"context": " In 1999, Davison was approached to create a new fireworks show for the 45th Anniversary of Disneyland. Though having no prior experience with pyrotechnics, Davison created Believe... There's Magic in the Stars, the second fireworks show made for the park since Fantasy in the Sky debuted in 1958. The show launched his pyrotechnics career. Davison's next attraction conversion was Haunted Mansion Holiday. His idea of \"when holidays collide\" generated controversy from both Disney management and Haunted Mansion fans, delaying the project's approval by several years. But like It's a Small World Holiday, it quickly became popular among guests after debuting in 2001."}, {"context": " In 2003, Anne Hamburger, former executive vice president of Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, asked Davison to join Imagineering as creative director for parades and shows worldwide, leading to his promotion to vice president, parades and spectaculars, in 2006. In 2015, Davison was announced at the unveiling of the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration under a new job title, lead creative executive of parades and spectaculars. Productions that Davison was responsible in the creation of include:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Davy", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Davy is a British bass guitarist and vocalist, known for being a member of the blues-rock band Steamhammer. He played on the first three Steamhammer albums. Subsequently he left the band and was replaced by Louis Cennamo. On the \"Steamhammer\" (also known as \"Reflection\") and \"Mk II\" albums of 1969, Davy played bass guitar and sang backing vocals. On the 1970 \"Mountains\" album he also played organ. In 2005 and 2008 he was credited with photography for the \"Language\" and \"Dooji Wooji\" albums by Lorraine Feather."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dawson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven \"Dobby\" Dawson (born 24 February 1952) is an English bass guitarist and a founder of Saxon. Dawson was the inspiration for Harry Shearer's Spinal Tap character Derek Smalls."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dawson (Canadian musician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " p Steve Dawson is a Canadian guitarist, singer and music producer. Dawson has produced albums by Jim Byrnes, Kelly Joe Phelps, Old Man Luedecke, The Sojourners, and The Deep Dark Woods. He has won two Juno Awards. He frequently collaborates with keyboardist Chris Gestrin, bassist Keith Lowe and drummer Georr Hicks. He has been a member of the duo Zubot & Dawson, and of the group The Great Uncles of the Revolution. In 2001 Dawson came together with Jesse Zubot Kevin Turcotte and Andrew Downing to release an album, \"Great Uncles of the Revolution Stand Up!\". The album won a Western Music Award. In 2002 The Great Uncles of the Revolution performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival, and were presented with the Grand Prix de Jazz de Montreal."}, {"context": " He also won the Independent Canadian Music Award for Roots Album Of The Year twice, in 2000 and 2002. Dawson continued to perform with the Great Uncles and with the duo Zubot & Dawson, who won a 2003 Juno Award for Roots/Traditional Group Album with their recording \"Chicken Scratch\". A second Great Uncles of the Revolution album, \"Blow the House Down\", won a 2004 Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year. In 2007, 2008, and 2009 Dawson was named Producer of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards.  In 2005, 2006, and 2010 he won the Canadian Folk Music Award. Dawson's album \"Nightshade\" appeared in \"Acoustic Guitar\" magazine's \u201cTop 10 Guitar Albums of the Year - 2011\u201d. In 2012, Dawson released an album, \"Nightshade\", through the label Black Hen Music."}]}, {"title": "Steve Day", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Day is Britain's best known deaf stand-up comedian. Day was a finalist in the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award in 2000, and a finalist in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 2002. Day has had several one-man shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: \"Deaf in the Afternoon\" (2002), \"A Night at the Pictures\" (2005), \"Comprehensive Steve Day\" (2006), \"A Night at the Pictures (2007), Should I Stay or Should I Go? (2008)\", and \"Run, deaf Boy, Run\" (2011). In 2005, Day performed as part of \"Abnormally Funny People\", with Steve Best, Liz Carr, Tanyalee Davis, Chris McCausland and Simon Minty. He still makes occasional performances as part of the group, most recently a promotional video for the Disability Rights Commission. He tours extensively around the UK.  He writes a daily blog, which is one of the most read blogs on Myspace. His 2007 Edinburgh Show \"Deafy's Island Discs\" was rated 5 stars, and 2011's Run deaf Boy Run 4 stars. Day has appeared on and written for several BBC Radio 4 shows. Day lives in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. He has three children and two step-children with his wife, former Olympic athlete, Georgina Oladapo Day."}]}, {"title": "Steve De Jarnatt", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve De Jarnatt is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and short-story author. De Jarnatt is perhaps best known for writing and directing the nuclear-apocalypse thriller \"Miracle Mile\" (1988) and directing the sci-fi film \"Cherry 2000\" (1987). In 1983 \"Miracle Mile\" was chosen by \"American Film\" magazine as one of the ten best unproduced screenplays circulating in Hollywood. That same year De Jarnatt received his first screen credit as one of the writers of \"Strange Brew\", a comedy starring Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as their respective \"SCTV\" characters Bob & Doug McKenzie."}, {"context": " De Jarnatt has also directed episodic television, including such programs as \"Lizzie McGuire\", \"Flight 29 Down\", \"ER\", and \"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\". His short story \"Rubiaux Rising\" appeared in the 2009 edition of \"The Best American Short Stories\", as selected by author Alice Sebold. De Jarnatt grew up in Longview, Washington. His father, Arlie De Jarnatt, was a teacher and public representative who taught history and civics at Monticello Middle School and later R.A. Long High School, as well as serving five terms as a Democratic Party member of the Washington House of Representatives and six years as a state senator. De Jarnatt's mother, Donna, was an artist who also taught at St. Helens Elementary School and Monticello Middle."}, {"context": " De Jarnatt himself attended R.A. Long, graduating in 1970. Although he was a successful sprinter at high school (where he set several records), he chose Occidental College in Los Angeles, rather than take a track scholarship to a local public university, because he preferred the Southern Californian climate and environment. De Jarnatt first took an interest in film during his time at Occidental; attracted by \"access to good film equipment,\" he subsequently attended The Evergreen State College, from which he graduated in 1974. He later studied at the American Film Institute."}]}, {"title": "Steve De Ridder", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Danny Marc De Ridder (born 25 February 1987) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger for Lokeren. He has played in the Netherlands for De Graafschap and FC Utrecht and in England for Southampton and Bolton Wanderers. He was born in Ghent. He was awarded the player of the season award for the 2010\u201311 season. On 22 July 2011, he joined Southampton from De Graafschap for a significant undisclosed fee on a three-year deal. He made his league debut coming on as a second-half substitute, replacing David Connolly against Leeds United on 6 August 2011. On 9 August 2011, he made his full debut in the League Cup first round, scoring the first goal in a 4\u20131 victory over Torquay United. On 28 September 2011, he scored his first league goal in a 2\u20131 loss to Cardiff City. On 22 October 2011, he scored a late equaliser in a 1\u20131 draw at Reading after coming on as a substitute."}, {"context": " He left the club on 1 August 2013, having his contract cancelled by mutual consent. On 31 January 2013, De Ridder joined Bolton Wanderers on an initial one-month loan deal. He made his debut two days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for Chris Eagles, in Bolton's 2\u20131 defeat at Watford. On 4 March 2013, his loan spell ended and he returned to his parent club. On 1 August 2013, De Ridder signed a three-year contract with FC Utrecht. In May 2014 De Ridder made a move to F.C. Copenhagen. He made his Danish Superliga debut on 20 July in a match against Silkeborg IF.  His contract was terminated at 19 August 2016. Southampton Copenhagen"}]}, {"title": "Steve De Wolf", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve De Wolf (born 31 August 1975 in Ninove) is a former Belgian cyclist."}]}, {"title": "Steve DeAngelo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve DeAngelo (born June 12, 1958 at 4:20 PM), is a cannabis rights activist and advocate for cannabis reform in the United States. He is the co-founder and Executive director of Harborside, a cannabis dispensary with stores in Oakland and San Jose, California, Steep Hill lab cannabis testing laboratory, and the president and co-founder of The Arcview Group. DeAngelo and Harborside were the subject of the Discovery Channel documentary series Weed Wars, and were also featured on the premiere episode of CNN's \"Inside Man\" with Morgan Spurlock. In June 2015, DeAngelo was awarded the High Times Lester Grinspoon Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition for his four decades of activism in the cannabis reform movement."}, {"context": " Steve DeAngelo is a national cannabis activist, entrepreneur, educator and thought leader who has been on the forefront of cannabis legalization efforts for more than four decades. He is the co-founder and executive director of Oakland-based Harborside, which he established with his life partner, Yolanda Felix, in 2006 and has since grown to become the largest medical cannabis dispensary in the United States. Harborside has more than 300,000 registered patients and was among the first dispensaries in the country to treat children with Dravet Syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy. Rooted in DeAngelo\u2019s belief that cannabis use should be wellness-centric, Harborside was one of the first cannabis businesses in the nation to support comprehensive cannabis education for seniors, veterans and families with severely ill children. Harborside continues to set the industry gold standard and is a leading advocate for diversity, environmental sustainability and economic justice in the cannabis sector. As part of DeAngelo\u2019s push to foster environmentally sound agriculture practices practices, Harborside in 2014 launched its line of SunGrown cannabis products aimed at minimizing electricity consumption and promoting sustainable cannabis cultivation and production processes. In 2016, the holding company Flrish Inc, purchased an agricultural site in Salinas now called Harborside Farms, that grows cannabis plants for the Harborside dispensaries as well as others."}, {"context": " DeAngelo\u2019s path to becoming a world-renown cannabis business mogul began in his youth. Deeply influenced by his parents\u2019 involvement in the Civil Rights movement, he formed his political identity at a young age. He protested the atrocities of the Vietnam War and joined the peace movement in the \u201970s. At the age of 16, DeAngelo began leading the charge against cannabis prohibition. Starting in 1974, he became the lead organizer of the annual Yippie Fourth of July Smoke-In in Washington D.C., a position he held for a decade. And in 1998, he spearheaded efforts to legalize medical cannabis through Initiative 59 in his hometown of D.C."}, {"context": " Although the ballot initiative was approved by 69 percent of voters and carried every precinct, Congress passed an amendment to block its implementation. Heartbroken, DeAngelo moved to California that year and has since become a distinguished member of the burgeoning cannabis business community in this country and around the globe. In 2008 after establishing Harborside, DeAngelo co-founded the first commercial cannabis lab in the country, Steep Hill Labs, to support a socially responsible industry and ensure cannabis products comply with public safety standards. The company has grown to become a world leader in cannabis science and technology with extensive expertise in lab testing, remote testing, genetics, research and development, and intellectual property licensing. Steep Hill Labs has also positioned itself as a leading consultant to legislators and regulators around the world seeking to establish a unified set of industry best practices. With a keen understanding of the industry\u2019s direction and future growth potential, DeAngelo decided in 2010 it was time to develop the next wave of American cannabis entrepreneurs. He co-founded The Arcview Group, a cannabis angel investment network and research firm dedicated to galvanizing progressive drug policy reform by empowering a responsible, profitable industry. The Arcview Angel Investor Network connects the brightest and most motivated entrepreneurs with vetted investors. The network includes more than 600 accredited investors, and has raised at least $150 million for 160 cannabis-related companies to date."}, {"context": " DeAngelo was named one of the seven \u201cmost powerful people\u201d in America\u2019s cannabis industry by Fortune in 2016, a \u201cgatekeeper\u201d of the cannabis industry in 2015 by the International Business Times, and one of the most influential people in the cannabis industry in 2014 by Cannabis Business Executive. Dubbed \"the father of the legal cannabis industry& quote; by former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown Jr., DeAngelo has been an industry pioneer and lifelong advocate for legalization. He has received many awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 from High Times magazine."}, {"context": " His acclaimed book, \u201cThe Cannabis Manifesto: A New Paradigm for Wellness,\u201d is a compelling account of DeAngelo\u2019s personal journey with cannabis that outlines numerous solid arguments for legalization while presenting research-backed benefits of the plant. The book\u2019s guiding statement: \u201cCannabis is not harmful, but prohibition is.\u201d DeAngelo\u2019s trailblazing activism and his creation of a model medical cannabis dispensary that sets best practices for an entire industry has made him one of the world\u2019s foremost cannabis entrepreneurs and thought leaders."}, {"context": " Steve DeAngelo began his career in activism in Washington, DC. After dropping out of school, he joined the Youth International Party where he organized July 4 smoke-ins to protest marijuana prohibition. After reading The Emperor Wears No Clothes, he partnered with author and activist Jack Herer on a national hemp tour to promote hemp and legal marijuana. DeAngelo launched the marketing, lobbying, and consulting firm CannaBe in California after co-founding Harborside Health Center in 2006. In the last few years, Stephen DeAngelo and Harborside, as well as Steep Hill Labs, have been featured by national and international media outlets. Below is a partial list of some of the media highlights."}, {"context": " September 11, 2009 -Fortune Magazine (cover story) April 23, 2010- The New York Times October 22, 2010- Washington Post Magazine (cover story) March 21, 2013 -Fortune Magazine (cover story) June 15, 2013-International Business Times June 15, 2018- World Cannabis Congress September 2018-Green Flower Media- Ask Steve Show November 2018- Simulations Series Star of \u201cWeed Wars\u201d on The Discovery Channel NBC Nightly News CNN \u2013 Morgan Spurlock\u2019s \u201cInside Man\u201d series CNN \u2013 Dr. Sanja Gupta\u2019s \u201cWeed\u201d documentary"}, {"context": " PBS Peter Sagal\u2019s \u201cConstitution\u201d series Fox Business News MSNBC Bloomberg News Frontline National Geographic The History Channel KRON \u2013 Ch. 4 San Francisco ABC - KGO 7 San Francisco CBS \u2013 KPIX 5 San Francisco NBC - Bay Area 11 San Francisco FOX - KTVU Ch. 2 Oakland Univision Ahora TV Germany\u2019s NRD France 2 Mediaset Italia (Italy) Scandinavia Financial Times Le Monde News (France) BBC News (UK) Independent Television News (UK) Australian Daily Standard (Australia) NHK World (Japan) Germany - Focus Magazine"}, {"context": " TV Globo (Brazil) Finland Documentary Al Jazeera America TV4 (Sweden) High Times Magazine The Los Angeles Times (cover story) The New York Times (cover story) The Times of London The Wall Street Journal Rolling Stone Fortune Magazine (cover story) Forbes Magazine Reuters The Washington Post The Washington Post Magazine (cover) Associated Press Bloomberg Businessweek MarketWatch, aka SmartMoney The San Francisco Chronicle (front page) The San Francisco Weekly East Bay Times, formerly The Oakland Tribune"}, {"context": " The San Jose Mercury News California Planning & Development Report Washington Monthly Men\u2019s Health Magazine Voice of America Marketplace, National Public Radio The California Report, KQED News-National Public Radio Doctor Radio, New York University Langone Medical Center The Kojo Nnamdi Show The Diane Rehm Show KSFR - New Mexico PBS KQED Science, National Public Radio Paula Gloria Show The Visionary Activist Show, KPFA Pacifica Drug Truth Network, KPFT Pacifica Huffington Post Politico DCist The Daily Beast"}]}, {"title": "Steve DeBerg", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Leroy \"Steve\" DeBerg (born January 19, 1954) is a retired American football player. He was a professional quarterback in the National Football League for 21 years. DeBerg is an alumnus of Savanna High School in Anaheim, California. He was the starting quarterback, and excelled in the pole vault. He was the starting quarterback at Fullerton College during the 1972 and 1973 seasons. As a sophomore in 1973, DeBerg led his team to a South Coast Conference title with a 5-0 record. In the postseason, Fullerton defeated San Diego City College 24-0 but lost 29-20 to Los Angeles City College in the state semifinals. DeBerg ended the season with an overall record of 10-1-0, and received Junior College All-American honors."}, {"context": " He transferred to San Jos\u00e9 State University in 1974, and became the Spartans' starting quarterback in 1976. DeBerg led his team to a Pacific Coast Athletic Association (Big West Conference) title, and was named the PCAA offensive player of the year. He set nine school records, completing 141 of 262 attempts for 2,084 yards, 19 touchdowns, and six interceptions. In 1993, DeBerg was inducted into the California Community College's Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Eight years later, he was inducted into the San Jose State University Ring of Honor and Sports Hall of Fame."}, {"context": " Although large portions of his professional career were spent as a backup, DeBerg accumulated significant NFL statistics (particularly during the early 1990s, when he was the starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs). DeBerg played for the San Francisco 49ers (1978\u20131980), Denver Broncos (1981\u20131983), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1984\u20131987, 1992, 1993), Kansas City Chiefs (1988\u20131991), Miami Dolphins (1993), and Atlanta Falcons (1998). He was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the tenth round (275th overall) of the 1977 NFL draft, but was waived before the start of the season when he could not displace fellow rookie quarterback Glenn Carano."}, {"context": " On September 14, 1977, DeBerg was signed to the San Francisco 49ers' taxi squad. The starter in 1978, he was the first quarterback to implement Bill Walsh's West Coast Offense the following year. When Walsh drafted Joe Montana from Notre Dame in the third round of the 1979 NFL draft, DeBerg was relegated to a backup role midway through the 1980 season. In 1979, his only full season as a starter in San Francisco, DeBerg led the NFL in completions (347) and pass attempts (578). He ranked fifth in the league in passing yards (3,652), throwing 17 touchdowns against 21 interceptions. DeBerg had his first 300-yard passing game in his sixth start against Seattle, completing a season-high 31 of 40 passes for 306 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Later that year, he posted his first 100.0 passer rating as a starter (one of two 49ers' wins all year) against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. DeBerg finished the game with 22 completions in 30 pass attempts (a season-high 73.3-percent completion rate), with one touchdown and no interceptions."}, {"context": " The 49ers improved in 1980, winning six games (four started by DeBerg). He completed 186 of 321 passes for 1,998 yards, with 12 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. DeBerg started the season well, winning his first three starts and twice completing over 70 percent of his pass attempts. Turnovers became an issue, however, as the team began struggling. The low point was a five-interception game in a lopsided loss to Dallas on October 12. DeBerg was traded to the Denver Broncos on August 31, 1981 for a 1983 fourth-round draft pick (#87, Chuck Nelson), rejoining Dan Reeves (who coached him during his short time with the Cowboys). Similar events unfolded several times over the next decade. After being with the 49ers when they drafted Joe Montana in the third round in 1979, DeBerg was with the Broncos when John Elway joined as the result of a trade. Elway was drafted first overall in 1983, but refused to sign with the Baltimore Colts."}, {"context": " During his three seasons in Denver, DeBerg backed up Craig Morton and Elway and appeared in 33 games with 11 starts. He was 4-1 as a starter for the 1983 Broncos, subbing for the rookie Elway and helping to lead the team to the postseason. On April 24, 1984, DeBerg was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a fourth-round pick (#89, Randy Robbins) and a 1985 conditional pick who ended up being a second-round selection (#36, Richard Byrd). He arrived at the club when Steve Young and Vinny Testaverde (1987) were drafted."}, {"context": " DeBerg was the central starter for the 1984 Buccaneers, who posted one of the league's more productive offensive attacks when he was the starting quarterback. The 1984 Bucs ranked 10th in the league in total offensive yards, and eighth in passing yards. DeBerg appeared in all 16 games, starting 13 and winning five of the team's six victories that year. He passed for 3,554 yards (the second-best of his career), with 308 completions in 509 attempts (both the second-best of his career) and 19 touchdowns against 18 interceptions."}, {"context": " He finished high on the NFL leaderboards for the 1984 season in attempts (fourth), completions (fourth), passing yards (seventh), touchdown passes (ninth) and passing yards per game (eighth). The Bucs earned their first win of the season with DeBerg coming off the bench, a 21-17 victory against Detroit on September 16 in which he completed 18 of 27 passes (66.7 percent) for 195 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. It was one of four games that season in which DeBerg's quarterback rating topped 100; the other three were October 7 against Minnesota, October 14 against Detroit, and December 16 against the New York Jets."}, {"context": " DeBerg never passed for fewer than 191 yards in any start that year, and topped the 200-yard mark ten times. His season-high 322 passing yards came on November 25, 1984 in a 34-33 shootout loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Narrow losses became the norm, as six of the team's eight losses with DeBerg were by seven points or less. Tampa's won-lost record regressed the following year, but DeBerg started 11 games and played in all 16. He ranked 10th in the league in touchdown passes, completing 197 of 370 passes for 2,488 yards with 19 touchdowns and 18 interceptions."}, {"context": " After starting only two games in 1986, DeBerg was again Tampa's leading passer in his final season there in 1987. Appearing in 12 games (with eight starts), he completed 159 of 275 passes for 1,891 yards with 14 touchdowns and seven interceptions\u2014his lowest mark up to this point in a season in which he started at least six games. DeBerg finished eighth in the league in QB rating (85.8), his first season in the year-end top 10 for that category. He also finished in the league's top 10 in completion rate (57.8 percent), one of six seasons in the year-end top 10 in that category (1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990). DeBerg made a career-high five touchdown passes in an opening-day win against Atlanta on September 13, 1987, a game in which he completed 24 of 34 pass attempts (a season-high 70.4-percent completion rate) for 333 yards."}, {"context": " On March 31, 1988, The Buccaneers traded him to the Kansas City Chiefs for safety Mark Robinson and fourth- (#86, John Bruhin) and eighth-round picks (#198, Anthony Simpson). Although he is remembered as a journeyman quarterback, DeBerg passed for over 34,000 career yards and ranks in the all-time top 20 in attempts, completions, and yards passed. His best years were with the Chiefs, when he led the team to two playoff berths. DeBerg's best year was 1990, when he had a 96.3 quarterback rating and passed for 3,444 yards, 23 touchdowns, and four interceptions (three of which were in one game)."}, {"context": " DeBerg appeared in 13 games with 11 starts and passed for 2,935 yards with 16 touchdowns and 16 interceptions in his first season with the Chiefs, completing 224 of 414 passes. He defeated his old team (Denver) on September 18, 1988 in one of his better games of the year, throwing 259 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. DeBerg's best game was against the New York Jets on December 4, 1988, when he completed 16 of 25 passes for 267 yards and three touchdowns against one interception for a 38-34 win."}, {"context": " Turnover issues again temporarily cost him his starting job in 1989. DeBerg threw eight interceptions in the team's first three games, including five in one game (against the San Diego Chargers) on September 24. After sitting for two weeks, he briefly returned to the playing field; he then sat for two more weeks before finishing the season by starting the team's final six games. Among DeBerg's highlights was a 338-yard, one-touchdown, two-interception performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers in a 23-17 loss on October 29. He finished the 1989 season with 2,529 yards passing, completing 196 of 324 passes (a 60.5-percent completion rate), with 11 touchdowns against 16 interceptions."}, {"context": " The 1990 season was DeBerg's best. His 3,444 yards were his third-best single-season career total, and seventh in the league. DeBerg's 96.3 passer rating was a career high (and third in the league), and he finished in the top 10 for yards per attempt (7.8, fourth in the league and his second straight season in the category's top five). He was eighth in the league in passing yards per game and fifth in the league in yards per completion; his previous best was ninth in 1988. DeBerg's 23 touchdown passes ranked sixth, one of his four top-ten seasons. He led the league with a 0.9 interception percentage which included a career-high (and team-record) 223 passes without an interception, one of his three top-ten seasons; the other two were 1979 and 1987."}, {"context": " DeBerg posted a career-high 395 yards passing against Denver on September 17, 1990. He seriously injured his non-throwing hand in a loss to the Houston Oilers on December 16, which required the insertion of a pin into his broken finger to keep it straight. For their last two games and the playoffs, the Chiefs ran their offense out of the shotgun formation to protect DeBerg from having the football jammed in his injured hand during the center-to-quarterback exchange. Kansas City won those games to clinch their second playoff appearance in over a decade, with DeBerg completing 44 of 59 passes for 527 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. In a 17\u201316 loss to the Miami Dolphins in the 1990 AFC wild-card game, he completed 17 of 30 pass attempts for 269 yards with one touchdown and one interception."}, {"context": " DeBerg has been called one of the best play-action pass quarterbacks of all time. Peyton Manning has studied films of DeBerg's play-action technique. He played through injuries; ill with laryngitis, he wore a portable amplifier during regular-season games with San Francisco. He left a 1993 Dolphins game against the New York Giants bleeding from a helmet blow to the chin, but returned to the game after halftime. Earlier in the season, DeBerg started in place of Dan Marino in the Thanksgiving game where Leon Lett's blunder resulted in a Dolphins win. He retired after the 1993 season."}, {"context": " DeBerg returned to the NFL in at age 44, rejoining head coach Dan Reeves as a backup with the Atlanta Falcons. On October 25, with Chris Chandler unable to play, Deberg became the oldest quarterback to start an NFL game when he led the Falcons against the New York Jets. In a 28-3 loss, he threw nine of 20 for 117 yards and an interception before he was taken out for Tony Graziani. Deberg was the oldest player on a Super Bowl roster (45 years, 12 days) when the Falcons appeared in Super Bowl XXXIII, although he did not play."}, {"context": " On February 5, 2010, DeBerg was inducted into the Rebel Hall of Fame at Savanna High School for his achievements as a starting quarterback in college and the NFL. The induction was held during halftime at a varsity boys basketball game at Savanna High School. DeBerg was head coach of the Arena Football League's Indiana Firebirds in 2004 for five games; the team's record during his tenure was 0\u20135. He was later an assistant coach for the Tampa Bay Storm. On August 17, 1974, DeBerg married Marcia North. They had two children, and divorced in 1996."}]}, {"title": "Steve DeLong", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Cyril DeLong (July 3, 1943 \u2013 August 18, 2010) was an American football defensive lineman who played professionally in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He played collegiately for the University of Tennessee, and professionally for the San Diego Chargers and Chicago Bears. In 1969 with San Diego, he set a team record with 17 sacks, a mark which stood until Gary Johnson had in 1980. DeLong was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. He was the father of professional football player Keith DeLong, who also played for the University of Tennessee."}]}, {"title": "Steve DeMarchi", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven DeMarchi is a Canadian guitarist, backing vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the bands Sheriff (1979\u20131985) and Alias (1988\u20131991). DeMarchi also played guitar for The Cranberries (1996\u20132003) and was the main guitarist for Dolores O'Riordan (2005\u20132008). As a Billboard hit songwriter, DeMarchi is known for co-writing the hit songs \"More Than Words Can Say\", a 1990 Number 1 hit on the BillBoard Hot AC chart and Number 2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and \u201cHaunted Heart\u201d, a 1990 Number 18 hit on the US Mainstream Rock chart."}, {"context": " BMI presented DeMarchi with the \"Million-air award\" for the song \"More Than Words Can Say\". According to BMI\u2019s web site, only 1,500 songs including \"When I'm With You\" by Sheriff have achieved Million-air status (one million air plays) among the 4.5 million songs by 300,000 BMI represented artists. One million performances is equal to approximately 50,000 broadcast hours, or more than 5.7 years of continuous airplay. In 1982, DeMarchi performed live with Sheriff in LA on a nationwide TV show \"An Evening at the Improv\". In 1990, he performed live with Alias on several national TV shows, including two performances on \"The Tonight Show\" - once with Johnny Carson and once with Jay Leno."}, {"context": " DeMarchi was guitarist for the band The Cranberries between 1996 and 2003. Between 2005 and 2007 Dolores O\u2019Riordan, the voice of The Cranberries and DeMarchi recorded O'Riordans first solo record titled \"Are You Listening\". DeMarchi appeared with O'Riordan on many televised and radio live performances in 2007 in support of that record, and travelled to over 22 countries in Europe, North America and South America on the 2007 O'Riordan world tour. In May 2007, DeMarchi along with other band members, were featured with O\u2019Riordan in live performances on the \"Carson Daly Show\", \"The Tonight Show\" with Jay Leno, True Music on HDnet cable network TV, and on Heaven and Earth BBC Manchester."}, {"context": " In January 2009, Alias (primarily DeMarchi and Curci) announced the release of their second album, appropriately titled \"Never Say Never\". Live performances are expected during 2009 in support of this new album release. DeMarchi has collaborated with other successful songwriters like Steve Diamond, Jim Vallance, Freddy Curci, Arnold Lanni, Rick Neigher, Albert Hammond, and Jeff Paris just to name a few. On the 1982 Sheriff album \"Sheriff\", DeMarchi co-wrote with Arnold Lanni the songs: DeMarchi wrote most of the songs on the 1990 Alias album \"Alias\" with Freddy Curci, (the lead vocalist of Sheriff and Alias):  On Curci's 1994 solo album \"Dreamer's Road\", DeMarchi collaborated in writing the songs: On the 2006 Zion album, DeMarchi collaborated with Curci for the songs: 1991 - Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead<br> Soundtrack: Performer / Producer \u201cPerfect World\u201d"}]}, {"title": "Steve DeMarco", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven \"Steve\" Martinez (born November 25, 1974) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Steve DeMarco. He is currently working for the Pro Wrestling Alliance, and is also well known for his appearances in the Arlington, Texas-based Professional Championship Wrestling, where he is recognized as their first Grand Slam Champion. After training with Chavo Guerrero, Sr. and George de la Isla, Martinez made his professional wrestling debut in 2001 under the ring name Steve DeMarco. In 2002, he joined the National Wrestling Alliance territory NWA Southwest and eventually won the Texas Heavyweight Championship after defeating JP Black on June 21, beginning a feud with him in the process. He re-lost the title to Black on August 1 before defeating Black once again for the title on October 26 at the NWA's 54 anniversary show \"Battle of the Belts\". Black won the title once again on May 31, ending their feud."}, {"context": " On May 10, 2003, DeMarco made his debut in Professional Championship Wrestling. He soon moved to the cruiserweight division, where he defeated Duffy of the KEG Brothers for the Cruiserweight Championship. After losing the Cruiserweight Title, DeMarco formed a tag team with Action Jackson, and both would go on to win the Tag Team Championship after defeating The Professionals (Mike Thunder and John Allen). DeMarco continued to accumulate more titles, as he defeated Canyon for the Television Championship, The Uncut Title and ultimately the Heavyweight Championship after winning a one-night tournament, where he defeated BJ Turner, Lance Hoyt, and Shawn Hernandez to claim the title. However, DeMarco soon lost the Tag Team, Television and Heavyweight Titles, the latter of which to Hoyt, before he reclaimed it from Hoyt in a rematch."}, {"context": " In 2006, DeMarco joined Booker T's new promotion, the Pro Wrestling Alliance, where he received training from the promotion's school and Booker himself. At the promotion's debut show, Christmas Chaos, DeMarco lost to Umaga. On June 29, 2007, DeMarco and Franco Valentino lost to Kryll (AD Star and Creet) in the first round of a tournament to crown the first ever Tag Team Champions. On June 27, 2008, DeMarco and The Pride lost to Valentino and Neico in the first round of another Tag Team Title tournament. A little under a month later, DeMarco picked up his first victory in the promotion after defeating Tank Bishop. On October 31, DeMarco unsuccessfully competed in a six-man elimination match to crown the first ever Iron Man Champion."}, {"context": " DeMarco made two appearances for World of Wrestling in 2008. On October 10, he wrestled against Mysterious Q for the Cruiserweight Championship in a two out of three falls match, which ended in a draw. His second and last appearance occurred on November 14, where he wrestled against Michael Faith in a losing effort for the Heavyweight Championship. In early 2009, DeMarco began working for the Austin-based Total Championship Wrestling. After appearing on the company's first ever show, he cut a program welcoming the fans in attendance to \"The Lucha Lounge\", a nod to his YouTube online show of the same. Later on in the night, he became the promotion's first Heavyweight Champion after defeating Dark Star."}]}, {"title": "Steve DeOssie", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Leonard DeOssie (born November 22, 1962) is a former American football linebacker and long snapper in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, New York Jets and New England Patriots. He played college football at Boston College. DeOssie attended the now defunct Don Bosco Technical High School in Boston, Massachusetts, playing for head coach Bob Currier. He also played catcher in baseball. He received All-state honors in football, baseball and basketball. He accepted a football scholarship to play at Boston College where he was a four-year starter at middle linebacker and the team's long snapper. Early in his career he was used at fullback in short-yardage situations."}, {"context": " As a junior, he had a career-high 135 tackles, while helping the Eagles reach its first bowl game in 41 years (Tangerine Bowl). As a senior, he had 111 tackles, even though he was slowed by a separated shoulder. He earned All-East honors in his last two seasons, was a tri-captain, led the team in tackles in his last 3 years and finished with a school record with 447 career tackles. In 1997, he was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame. DeOssie was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round (110th overall) of the 1984 NFL Draft, after dropping because he was selected by the New Jersey Generals in the first round (15th overall) of the 1984 USFL Draft. As a rookie, besides being the long snapper on punts, he was the backup linebacker behind rookie Eugene Lockhart. He was nicknamed \"Barney Rubble\" by his teammates."}, {"context": " His contributions came mainly on special teams as the unit long snapper and covering kickoffs. He also played in the short yardage and goal-line defenses. In 1988, he finished third on the team in special teams tackles (20) and made his first two starts, when he was used at outside linebacker. As described by head coach Bill Belichick in an August 30, 2011 press conference, DeOssie's ability to snap the ball and block in the same play was exploited by the Cowboys to spread the punt formations and use less blockers, revolutionizing the punt game."}, {"context": " In June 1989, he clashed with the new coaching staff that was brought by Jimmy Johnson, and was traded to the New York Giants in exchange for their sixth round draft choice (#163-Derrick Walker) in the 1990 NFL Draft. He is considered to be one of the best special teams players in Cowboys history. In 1989, DeOssie became one of the starting inside linebackers in the team's 3-4 defense, playing mainly as a run defender. After the third game of the season against the Phoenix Cardinals, he suffered a left toe injury that required surgery and caused him to miss seven games, returning until November 15."}, {"context": " In 1990, he started 13 games and helped the Giants win Super Bowl XXV. On December 6, 1992, he was placed on the injured reserve list. On November 10, 1993, new head coach Dan Reeves waived him from the team. On November 15, 1993, he was signed by the New York Jets to help on special teams. In 1994, he signed with the New England Patriots reuniting with his former head coach Bill Parcells. He played two seasons before being waived on August 25, 1996. DeOssie hosts \"The New England Tailgate Show\", which airs on NBC Sports Boston. He also works as the Patriots and NFL analyst for 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston and WHDH TV.  Along with friend and colleague Fred Smerlas, he opened the award-winning Fred & Steve's Steakhouse at the Twin River Casino in Lincoln, Rhode Island in March 2007. DeOssie is a partner in the Blackstone's Cigar Bar also at the Twin River Casino. DeOssie's son, Zak, plays long snapper in the NFL for the New York Giants. The DeOssies are the only father-son combination to win Super Bowls with the same team."}]}, {"title": "Steve DeVries", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve DeVries (born December 8, 1964 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. DeVries enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 4 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 5 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world no. 18 in 1993. During his tour days DeVries resided in San Mateo, California. Steve is currently the Head Tennis Professional at Green Valley Country Club in Fairfield, California."}]}, {"title": "Steve Deace", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Deace (born July 1973) is a conservative American talk-show host. Deace's mother, Vickie McNeeley, became pregnant by an older high-school student from a prominent family, who paid McNeeley's mother \u2013 an impoverished, twice-divorced, mother of five children \u2013 to deny their son's paternity. McNeely married when Deace was three and he bears his stepfather's surname, although he was not formally adopted. Deace became a committed Christian in 2003 while attending a Promise Keepers rally. Deace's first job was as a sports reporter for \"The Des Moines Register\". He then hosted a sports talk show on WHO (AM), discussing politics in the off seasons. Deace now hosts a show title \"Truth Be Told\", formerly on Conservative Review Television, and now on Blaze TV since the merger of those two companies. He also co-hosts \"We Talk Sports\" on Blaze TV with former professional baseball player Curt Schilling."}]}, {"title": "Steve Deacon", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Deacon (born 23 November 1967) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s, and 1990s. He spent most of his career at the Eastern Suburbs club. His position of choice was . Deacon also played for the Gold Coast Seagulls. Deacon was graded by the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in 1987. He played in the Roosters' 1988 Presidents Cup grand final loss to the Parramatta Eels. He made his first grade debut from the bench against the Canberra Raiders at Seiffert Oval in round 18 of the 1989 season. Deacon made his first appearance at centre in his sides' 42-12 loss against the Parramatta Eels in round 14 of the 1990 season."}, {"context": " Deacon would make regular appearances for the Roosters in the 1990 and 1991 seasons. In the 1992 season, the Roosters dominated the early part of the season winning all of their first five games, Deacon was a key ingredient to his side's early season success, but injuries to key players including Deacon himself would see the Roosters' finals hopes slip and eventually they ended up missing out on finals. Injuries would limit Deacon's first grade appearances to just six games in the 1992 season. Deacon's stint with the Roosters ended at the conclusion of the 1993 season.  In 1995, Deacon joined the Gold Coast Seagulls. He retired at the end of the 1995 season. His last game was against the Canberra Raiders at Bruce Stadium in which his side lost 56-6. In total Deacon played 49 games, and scored 8 tries, and kicked 6 goals."}]}, {"title": "Steve Death", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Victor Death (19 September 1949\u00a0\u2013 26 October 2003) was an English football goalkeeper who played for Reading for almost the entirety of his career. Death was one of the longest-serving players to appear for Reading. He has been described as \"Reading's greatest ever goalkeeper\". Death was an England schoolboy international who made one League appearance for West Ham United on 30 April 1969 in a 1\u20131 away draw with Manchester City covering for regular goalkeeper Bobby Ferguson. Death had originally joined West Ham as an apprentice in 1967 but by 1969 found his opportunities for first team football blocked by Ferguson and Peter Grotier."}, {"context": " He joined Reading in 1969 and went straight into the team as first choice goalkeeper, and despite being only , the smallest goalkeeper in the Football League, he made the position his own for the next ten years with a total of 537 first team appearances. There were doubts about his height as a goalkeeper immediately on joining Reading. He made his debut on 8 November 1969 in a 1\u20130 win against Brighton after which the press described him as \"an insignificantly built bundle of daredevil energy\". Doubts about his height resurfaced after the next game on 22 November 1969 a 6\u20132 defeat by Southport but Death continued to win the popularity of Reading fans so as to be named their player of the season in his first season for the club."}, {"context": " Death set many other records during his time at Elm Park. He was elected Player of the Season four times for seasons 1969/70, 1972/73, 1973/74 and 1976/77, won PFA Divisional Awards in 1973\u201374 and 1978\u201379, collected a Division Four Championship plaque in 1978\u201379, kept 26 clean sheets in that season, and at one stage made 156 consecutive first team appearances; this remains a club record. Until 31 January 2009, Death held the record of 1,074 minutes without conceding a goal in English league football. This record was subsequently broken by Edwin van der Sar playing for Manchester United versus Everton on 31 January 2009."}, {"context": " Death was given a testimonial in the 1979\u201380 season, with over 7,000 watching his Testimonial Match against a Young England XI managed by his former manager at West Ham, Ron Greenwood. He left the game in 1982 and returned to his native Suffolk. He subsequently returned to Reading to work as a greenkeeper at Mapledurham local golf course. Death died of cancer in 2003, aged 54 in the Duchess of Kent Hospice, Reading. He was survived by his partner, Sharon and his children Justin, Amber and Alexandria."}]}, {"title": "Steve Decker", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Michael Decker (born October 25, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played for four Major League teams from \u2013, \u2013, and . Decker began his coaching career as a hitting coach for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in 2001\u201302 and the Fresno Grizzlies in 2003\u201304. He then managed for Salem-Keizer (2005\u201307), the San Jose Giants (2008), the Connecticut Defenders (2009), and the Fresno Grizzlies (2010\u201311). In 2012, he swapped positions with Bob Mariano, who replaced him as the Grizzlies' manager, and became coordinator of minor-league hitting instruction for the Giants. In 2015, he took his first major league coaching position as assistant hitting coach for the San Francisco Giants.  Decker is married with two daughters and resides in Keizer, Oregon."}]}, {"title": "Steve Deering", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Deering is a former Fellow at Cisco Systems, where he worked on the development and standardization of architectural enhancements to the Internet Protocol. Prior to joining Cisco in 1996, he spent six years at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, engaged in research on advanced Internet technologies, including multicast routing, mobile internetworking, scalable addressing, and support for multimedia applications over the Internet. He is a former member of the Internet Architecture Board, a past chair of numerous Working Groups of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the inventor of IP Multicast, and the lead designer of the new version of the Internet Protocol, IPv6.  Deering received his B.Sc. (1973) and M.Sc. (1982) from the University of British Columbia, and his Ph.D. (1991) from Stanford University. He attended high school at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island. Deering is the recipient of the 2010 IEEE Internet Award for his work in IP multicasting and IPv6. He was declared the 1994 \"Geek of the Year\" by Internet Talk Radio."}]}, {"title": "Steve Deger", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Deger is an American author of inspirational non-fiction books. He is the co-creator of the best-selling \"Positive Quotations\" book series. Deger grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota, where he worked as a journalist prior to finishing his undergraduate studies in mass communications and creative writing at St. Cloud State University. He has served in various positions for several leading independent publishers, including editor-in-chief for Llewellyn Publications and acquisitions manager for Fairview Press. He is the former president of the Minnesota Book Publishers' Roundtable."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dehler", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dehler (born March 21, 1950) is an American politician and businessman. Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Dehler attended the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University where he studied accounting and economics. He was a retail grocer/correctional officer/dispatcher. He served on the St. Joseph, Minnesota city council and as mayor. From 1993 to 2002, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives as a Republican. In 2012, he lost a primary election for Hennepin County, Minnesota commissioner. His uncle, Sylvester Uphus, and a cousin, Ken Otremba, also served in the Minnesota Legislature, the former as an Independent Republican, and the latter as a Democrat."}]}, {"title": "Steve Delabar", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Edward Delabar (born July 17, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. A native of Kentucky, Delabar attended Central Hardin High School and Volunteer State Community College. He was selected late in the 2003 MLB draft by the San Diego Padres and began his minor league career in 2004. He played in the low minor leagues for several seasons until he sustained a severe elbow injury in 2009. In 2010, Delabar worked as a substitute teacher and then became an assistant high school baseball coach. Delabar helped to implement an arm conditioning program for pitchers at the high school and found that his own pitching velocity improved significantly. After a tryout with the Seattle Mariners in early 2011, Delabar was assigned to the team's Class-A affiliate. He progressed to Advanced-A, Double-A, and Triple-A, then to the major leagues. His MLB debut came late in 2011 at the age of 28. He was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2012, and played with them through the 2015 season."}, {"context": " Steve Delabar went to Central Hardin High School in Cecilia, Kentucky. where he was drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 43rd round of the 2002 MLB draft, but elected to go to college. He attended Volunteer State Community College. After one year there, he was drafted in the 29th round, 851st overall, in the 2003 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres. Delabar did not play professionally in 2003. He started the 2004 season with the Arizona League Padres, going 3\u20134 with a 4.37 ERA before earning a promotion to the Single-A Short-Season Eugene Emeralds. He played all of 2005 with Eugene, going 4\u20136 in 16 starts with a 4.76 ERA. He played 2006 with the Single-A Fort Wayne TinCaps, then the Wizards, earning an 8\u20139 record with a 3.41 ERA in 27 starts with 118 strikeouts. He started 2007 with Single-A Advanced Lake Elsinore Storm, but was demoted back to Fort Wayne after registering a 5.59 ERA out of the bullpen. He started 2008 with Fort Wayne, but was cut after a 5.27 ERA as a relief pitcher."}, {"context": " On June 7, he signed a deal with the independent Florence Freedom of the Frontier League, where he played four games before signing with the independent Brockton Rox of the Canadian-American Association, going 3\u20133 in 11 starts with a 3.01 ERA. He played all of 2009 with Brockton, where he had a 3.36 ERA in 12 appearances. His 2009 season ended when he suffered a fractured right elbow. The injury was so serious that a steel plate and nine screws were embedded to stabilize the elbow during the surgery."}, {"context": " He did not play professionally in 2010, working as a substitute teacher in his hometown of Elizabethtown, Kentucky at John Hardin High School. He also played slow pitch softball, where he won the 2010 Louisville Invitational Tournament Miken Homerun Derby. He began working as an assistant baseball coach at the high school. While introducing an arm conditioning program to his high school players, Delabar's own fastball returned to the 92-97\u00a0mph range. Delabar signed a minor league deal with the Mariners for 2011. He was assigned to Single-A Advanced High Desert Mavericks before being promoted to the Double-A Jackson Generals and the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers."}, {"context": " Delabar was called up by the Seattle Mariners from the minor leagues on September 6, . He made his MLB debut on September 11 against the Kansas City Royals. Delabar recorded his first major league win on September 14, 2011 against the New York Yankees. Delabar was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays on July 30, 2012, for outfielder Eric Thames. On August 13, he struck out 4 men in the 10th inning, and recorded the win in a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. In doing so, Delabar became the first pitcher in major league history to record four strikeouts in an extra inning."}, {"context": " Delabar was named a Final Vote candidate for the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. He posted a 5\u20131 record with a 1.58 ERA and an American League reliever-leading 57 strikeouts in 40 innings over 35 games played prior to the All-Star Game roster announcement. Delabar earned his first career save on July 10, 2013, in a game against the Cleveland Indians. On July 11, it was announced that he had been elected to the All-Star game in the Final Vote contest, receiving 9.6 million votes. Delabar pitched of an inning and struck out Buster Posey on 5 pitches in the All-Star Game. He became the second Blue Jays pitcher in franchise history to pitch an immaculate inning on July 30, 2013. In a game against the Oakland Athletics, he struck out Adam Rosales, Coco Crisp, and Chris Young on 9 pitches to become the 48th pitcher to accomplish the feat. Delabar also became only the fourth pitcher in major league history to strike out 4 batters in one inning and throw an immaculate inning, joining Bob Gibson, A. J. Burnett, and F\u00e9lix Hern\u00e1ndez. On August 4, Delabar was placed on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation. In total for 2013, he posted a 5\u20135 record, 3.22 ERA, and 82 strikeouts in 58 innings."}, {"context": " After opening the 2014 season with a 4.68 ERA and 16 walks through 25 innings of work, Delabar was optioned to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on June 17, 2014, to make room for Munenori Kawasaki. He was called back on June 19 after Brett Cecil was placed on the disabled list, without appearing for the Bisons. He was then optioned back to the Bisons on June 20. When the major league rosters expanded on September 1, Delabar was not among the names announced to be called up. On September 2 the organization announced that he had been sent home for the remainder of the season to rest in preparation for the 2015 season. In 2014, Delabar posted a 3\u20130 record, 4.91 ERA, 21 strikeouts, and a 1.48 WHIP in 30 appearances (25 innings)."}, {"context": " Despite a strong showing during 2015 spring training, Delabar was optioned to minor league camp on March 26. He was recalled from Buffalo on May 3. He was optioned back to Buffalo on July 25 when Aaron Sanchez was activated from the disabled list. Delabar was recalled in September, but was not added to the Blue Jays postseason roster. He finished the 2015 campaign with a 2\u20130 record, 5.22 ERA, and 30 strikeouts in 29 innings. On January 15, 2016, Delabar and the Blue Jays avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $835,000 contract. On March 29, the Blue Jays released Delabar."}, {"context": " On April 2, 2016, Delabar signed a minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds. On May 7, his contract was purchased by the Reds. On May 17, in a game against the Cleveland Indians, Delabar walked four consecutive batters with the bases loaded thus allowing four runs to score. Delabar was designated for assignment by the Reds on May 21, and sent outright to the Triple-A Louisville Bats on May 24. On June 24, Delabar was released by the Reds. On June 25, 2016, Delabar signed with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball."}, {"context": " Delabar signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians on January 13, 2017. The deal included an invitation to the Indians' 2017 spring training camp. On April 24, Delabar was suspended for 80 games after testing positive for ostarine. Delabar was released by the Indians on July 5, 2017. On January 4, 2018, Delabar signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers with an invitation to spring training. He was released on April 20. Delabar throws three pitches: a hard four-seam fastball at an average of 95\u00a0mph, a slider from 85\u201388\u00a0mph that he throws occasionally to right-handed hitters, and a split-finger fastball that registers speeds in the mid-to-upper 80s. All three pitches are excellent strikeout pitches, with well above-average whiff rates of 25% on the fastball, 33% on the slider, and 48% on the splitter. The high whiff rates contribute to a K/9 rate of over 11 for Delabar's career."}]}, {"title": "Steve Delaney", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Delaney (born 1954) is an English comedian and character actor, best known for his comedy character Count Arthur Strong on BBC Radio 4 and then a television sitcom broadcast on BBC2 and BBC1. Delaney was born in Leeds, where his father was a foundryman and his mother a seamstress. He left school to work on a market stall in Leeds Indoor Market, taking roles in amateur dramatics. After some theatre workshop courses, headed by David Morton, the then Leeds Education Authority Inspector for Drama, Delaney had a period at Jacob Kramer College of Art. After leaving he worked briefly for a commercial and industrial photographer and as a commercial artist. After crewing many shows at the Leeds Grand Theatre he became an assistant stage manager at the Leeds Playhouse and then Stage Manager for Leeds Theatre in Education in his native city, and then a theatre carpenter at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter."}, {"context": " In 1979 he enrolled at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, graduating in 1982. To support himself he also worked as a carpenter and his agent would sometimes fix up the occasional carpentry job for him as well as acting roles. Whilst at Central he first hit upon the idea of a character that went on to become Count Arthur Strong. The fictional character Count Arthur Strong is an elderly, pompous, mostly out-of-work, deluded thespian from Doncaster, Yorkshire, who appears to suffer from attention deficit disorder and memory loss. He is apt to use malapropisms in his attempts to sound educated. Count Arthur played Dickie Bow, the acting pool for the entire BBC in \"The Remains of Foley and McColl\" in 2000. He appeared in \"Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!\", a series that was commissioned by BBC Radio 4 from 2005 to 2012, and is the central character in the BBC2 sitcom \"Count Arthur Strong\", which first aired on 8 July 2013."}, {"context": " Count Arthur is based on many influences and people from Delaney\u2019s youth from the 1960s onward: next-door neighbours, relatives, and eccentric shopkeepers. Delaney created Count Arthur in the 1980s, when he was a drama student at Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and performed him at the end-of-term show, having drawn inspiration from characters he met during his childhood. But he put the character to one side for several years, during which he worked as an actor, appearing in television in dramas such as \"Juliet Bravo\", \"The Flying Lady\", \"Casualty\", \"The Bill\", \"All Creatures Great and Small\" and \"Agatha Christie's Poirot\"."}, {"context": " In 1997 Delaney resurrected Count Arthur Strong at the suggestion of former tutor and friend Lyall Watson, now an award winning TV writer, for his character comedy routine in clubs. The character was performed at the Edinburgh Festival for several years and BBC Radio 4 launched a series for him in 2005 entitled \"Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!\" A second radio series was recorded at the Komedia theatre, Brighton and broadcast on Radio 4 in 2007. By 2012 the show had run to seven series. The radio show has continued through a number of Christmas Specials up to December 2017, when the two Christmas Specials won the COMEDY.CO.UK AWARD for Best Radio Sitcom, voted for by the public. The series also won the Sony Gold Comedy Award, the highest accolade for radio comedy, at the Radio Academy Awards in 2009."}, {"context": " Each subsequent visit to Edinburgh brought more support from audiences, which turned Count Arthur into something of a cult figure. Richard Daws and Komedia Entertainment came on board in 2002 for \"Count Arthur Strong\u2019s Forgotten Egypt\", which became Count Arthur\u2019s most successful Edinburgh to that point. Delaney then entered an intensive period of production, culminating in more than 350 live shows performed over five further Edinburgh Fringe runs and nine national tours. This covered live shows from \"Forgotten Egypt!\" to \"Alive and Unplugged\" in 2018."}, {"context": " In 2004 the character stepped onto national radio after a series of speculative pilots recorded at Komedia Brighton. Count Arthur first appeared on BBC Radio 2 as a regular guest on the Mark Radcliffe show, before featuring in his own BBC Radio 4 sitcom, \"Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!\" Produced by Komedia Entertainment and Smooth Operations, the show won the Sony Award for Best Radio Comedy in 2009 and became a cornerstone of BBC Radio comedy; almost 50 half-hour episodes were broadcast between 2005 and 2012.  In 2008 Delaney and Komedia Entertainment partnered with Graham Linehan and Talkback to create a TV version of the successful radio series. A quiz show format called \"The Entertainment Game\" was piloted in 2010 for the BBC, which was followed by the commissioning of scripts for a sitcom for BBC Two that became \"Count Arthur Strong\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Delaup", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Delaup (born 7 August 1972 in Porto Vecchio) was a French ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 1995. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, he finished one thousand and three in the individual large hill event. Delaup's best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was eighth in the large hill event at Falun in 1993. Delaup's best World Cup career finish was third in Japan in 1992."}]}, {"title": "Steve Demeter", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Demeter (January 27, 1935\u00a0\u2013 February 3, 2013) was an American professional baseball player and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman for two seasons. Demeter played for the Detroit Tigers in 1959. Prior to the 1960 season he was traded to the Cleveland Indians for Norm Cash. The trade turned out to be one of the most lop-sided trades in Major League Baseball history, as Demeter played only four games for the Indians before being returned to the minor leagues, from which he never returned. Cash went on to win the 1961 AL batting championship and was one of the top sluggers of the 1960s, hitting 377 career home runs."}, {"context": " Demeter was a fixture of the Rochester Red Wings teams of the mid- to late 1960s, hitting 272 minor league home runs in his long career, and has been inducted into both the Rochester Red Wings Hall of Fame, in 1990, and the International League Hall of Fame, in 2009. He served one year (in ) as a coach with the MLB Pittsburgh Pirates, working at first base through June 13, and then as bench coach, and also managed for nine seasons in the Pirates' farm system, at the helm of the Sherbrooke Pirates (1972), Salem Pirates (1973; 1976\u201377), Charleston Charlies (1974\u201375), Shreveport Captains (1978), and Buffalo Bisons (1979\u201380). He also was a roving instructor and scout for the Bucs.  Demeter's grandson, Derek Dietrich, is a professional baseball player."}]}, {"title": "Steve Denning", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Denning (born 11 January 1944) works in leadership, management, innovation, and organizational storytelling. Stephen Denning was born 11 January 1944 in Sydney, Australia. He studied law and psychology at the University of Sydney and worked as a lawyer in Sydney for several years. He did a postgraduate degree in law at Oxford University. Denning worked for several decades at the World Bank in many capacities and held various management positions, including Director of the Southern Africa Department from 1990 to 1994, Director of the Africa Region from 1994 to 1996, and Program Director for Knowledge Management from 1996 to 2000. After leaving the World Bank in 2000 he published five books on leadership storytelling and established himself as a global leader in the field. In 2001 he initiated the annual Organizational Storytelling Weekend in Washington D.C. under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution."}, {"context": " In 2010 he broadened the focus of his work with his book, \"The Leader\u2019s Guide to Radical Management: Reinventing the Workplace for the 21st Century\" (Jossey-Bass, 2010). In this book he argues that present day management needs to be reinvented. He sets out the principles and practices needed to accomplish that through five major shifts: (1) a shift in the firm\u2019s goal from producing outputs to delighting the customer; (2) a shift in the role of the manager from a controller to an enabler of self-organizing teams; (3) a shift in the way work is coordinated from bureaucracy to dynamic linking, (4) a shift from value to values; and (5) a shift from top-down commands to conversation  Since 2011, he has written more than 700 articles on radical management, leadership, innovation and narrative on Forbes.com."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dennis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dennis (born July 25, 1951) is a former gridiron football player. He played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for ten years. Dennis played defensive back for the Toronto Argonauts and Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1975 to 1984. He played college football at Grambling State University."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dent", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dent is a stunt coordinator in the United Kingdom. Along with his wife and four children, Dent runs an international business with over 30 years\u2019 experience as stunt coordinators and horse masters for both the film and TV industry. Dent has worked on over 350 projects such as \"Gladiator (2000 film)\", \"Robin Hood\", \"Sleepy Hollow\", \"Spy Game\", \"\", \"Snow White and the Huntsman\" and \"War Horse\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Denton", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Denton (born September 5, 1956, in Kingsville, Texas) is a former professional tennis player for the ATP Tour. He is currently the head men's tennis coach at Texas A&M University. After becoming an all-American at the University of Texas in 1978, Denton spent nine seasons playing for the ATP Tour. He reached the final of both the 1981 and 1982 Australian Open, and won the 1982 US Open doubles championship with Kevin Curren, attaining career-high rankings of World No. 12 in singles and World No. 2 in doubles. He won a total of 18 tour level doubles titles and, despite reaching 6 finals, never won a singles title. In 1984, his serve broke the world record, which would not be broken until 13 years later. After retiring from the pros, he moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, coaching several local junior tennis teams. In 2001, he debuted his college coaching career at Texas A&M University\u2013Corpus Christi, where he led his teams to three conference championships and a first-ever NCAA tournament appearance. In 2006, he resigned to become the head coach at Texas A&M University."}, {"context": " For his accomplishments, he is a member of the ITA Hall of Fame, the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame, the Blue-Gray Tennis Class Hall of Fame, and the Longhorn Hall of Honor. Denton attended Bishop High School in Bishop, Texas. As a prep, he won four consecutive UIL state 3A singles titles. He then attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he played tennis from 1976\u201379. He earned all-American honors in 1978. Along with teammate Kevin Curren, he won the U.S. Tennis Association amateur indoor and SWC doubles title in 1979. He completed his college career with an 85\u201322 singles record, which currently ranks third all-time in school history. He also compiled a 72\u201318 doubles record, and a 78\u201327 team record. For his collegiate and professional accomplishments, he was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor in 2006."}, {"context": " Denton was ranked as high as World No. 12 on the ATP Rankings in singles and No. 2 in doubles, both in 1983. Denton was known for his big serve and employed an unusual service motion which involved taking two steps forward prior to striking the ball. Current ATP rules prohibit such a motion (or any service motion involving a running or walking start). In 1984, Denton set a service record of that would stand for 13 years until it was broken in 1997 by Mark Philippoussis who recorded a delivery. The current record of is held by Sam Groth."}, {"context": " He reached six singles finals, most notably the Australian Open (in 1981 and 1982) and the Cincinnati Masters (in 1982). He also won 18 doubles titles (including the US Open and the Canada Masters) in 1982, and reaching 23 additional doubles finals. Denton made his first head coaching debut at Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi in 2001. In his five seasons there, he led the Islanders to three Southland Conference regular-season championships, two tournament championships, and the team's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. He was named Southland Conference Coach of the Year twice, in 2004 and 2005. He finished with a 64\u201348 overall record.  On August 8, 2006, Denton became the head men's tennis coach at Texas A&M University. After struggling for two years in Big 12 Conference play, Denton led the Aggies to a 5-1 conference record and 2nd-place finish in his third year, earning Big 12 Coach of the Year honors."}]}, {"title": "Steve Derewianchuk", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Derewianchuk (born May 5, 1935) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1977, representing Emerson. He played baseball as a catcher with the Vita Cubs, Tolstoi Jets, Winkler Royals and Rossburn. After he retired from baseball, he continued to play slow pitch and was a member of the winning Manitoba Fastball provincial champion team in the age 65+ category in 2000. Derewianchuk was named to the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007."}, {"context": " In the provincial election of 1973, he defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Garnet Kyle by 437 votes; a strong showing by Liberal Mark Smerchanski may have split the centre-right vote, and contributed to Derewianchuk's victory. Derewianchuk was the first, and to date the only, candidate of the NDP to be elected in the rural, southeastern riding of Emerson. He does not appear to have played a major role in the legislature. His time in office was short-lived, as he was defeated by Tory candidate Albert Driedger in the 1977 election. He has not sought a return to provincial politics since this time."}]}, {"title": "Steve Derrett", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Clifford Derrett (born 16 October 1947) is a Welsh former professional footballer. During his career, he made over 200 appearances in the Football League and won four caps for Wales. A youth team player at the club, Steve Derrett began his career at Cardiff City, making his first team debut in a European Cup Winners Cup match against NAC Breda in 1967. He went on to make his league debut in November of the same year in a match against Birmingham City and went on to establish himself in the side over the following years, including earning all of his four caps for Wales, two of which ended in heavy defeats against Scotland and Italy.  Derrett left Cardiff in 1972 to join Carlisle United but struggled to settle at Brunton Park and, after a short loan spell at Aldershot, moved on to Rotherham United the following year. He spent three years at Rotherham, making over 80 appearances, before returning to South Wales to sign for Newport County only for a knee injury two years into his spell there to end his professional career. Cardiff City"}]}, {"title": "Steve Desroches", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Desroches is a politician in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was the councillor for Gloucester-South Nepean Ward, a ward representing some of Ottawa's southern suburbs. He was first elected in the 2006 municipal election. He has re-elected in the Ottawa municipal election, 2010. Desroches studied at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, where he obtained a Masters degree in public administration. Prior to his entry in municipal politics, Desroches worked for several Ministries in the federal government as well as the office of the Auditor General. He was a trustee at the Ottawa Public Library Board and also a vice-chair in the OC Transpo Advisory Committee."}, {"context": " In the election, Desroches defeated former Ottawa-Carleton Regional Chair Andrew Haydon to become the first councillor of this new ward which includes about half of Barrhaven, Riverside South and Leitrim. He lists his priorities as to improving infrastructures in the ward that is under massive development, including improving roads and public transit. Public Safety and fiscal management were also key priorities in his campaign and for his upcoming term at City Council. He was also a supporter of the now-cancelled expansion of the City's O-Train north-south light-rail expansion project which would have served Riverside South and Barrhaven South starting in 2009.  Steve is a member of the Board of Directors of the Perley-Rideau Veterans Health Centre Foundation. In 2015 he was awarded the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation for his work to support Canadian veterans."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dettelbach", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Michael Dettelbach (born 1965) is an American lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio. He was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio for over six years during the presidency of Barack Obama, resigning in 2016. He is currently a partner at BakerHostetler, serving as co-leader of the firm\u2019s national White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations team. Dettelbach was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965. He attended high school at Hawken School. He graduated \"summa cum laude\" from Dartmouth College in 1988. He then studied at Harvard Law School 1988-1991. While at Harvard, graduated \"magna cum laude\", served as notes editor for the \"Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review\" and volunteered representing indigent people in the Boston area for the Harvard Defenders."}, {"context": " Dettelbach began his legal career as a law clerk for Judge Stanley Sporkin of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Dettelbach joined the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Criminal section in 1992 as a trial lawyer and also served as the acting deputy chief there under Richard W. Roberts (who was later appointed a federal judge). Dettelbach handled several high-profile cases in the Civil Rights Division, including an involuntary servitude case involving 70 Thai garment workers in California, which came to be known as the El Monte slavery case."}, {"context": " He became an Assistant United States Attorney in Maryland from 1997 to 2001 and was named deputy chief of the Southern Division of that office, which covers the suburbs of Washington, D.C. He was then detailed as counsel to Chairman Patrick Leahy of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2001 to 2003. There, he worked on oversight and policy, including the enforcement provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. From 2003 to 2006, Dettelbach was an assistant U.S. Attorney in Cleveland, working on the Organized Crime and Corruption Task Force. In that position, he prosecuted significant corruption cases, including \"United States v. Nate Gray\", a series of cases involving a pay-to-play municipal corruption scheme. He also prosecuted \"US v. Budd\", a case involving a series of beatings by guards and senior managers at a jail in Youngstown, Ohio, resulting in eight convictions on civil rights and obstruction of justice charges."}, {"context": " From 2006 until his appointment in 2009 to his current position, he was a partner at BakerHostetler, a legal and lobbying firm, where he worked on litigation and regulatory matters, as well as conducting internal investigations for clients. He was also appointed by Governor Ted Strickland to serve on the Ohio Ethics Commission. On July 10, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Dettelbach to be U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Dettelbach was a classmate of Obama's at Harvard and worked with him as a summer associate at a Chicago law firm. Dettelbach was unanimously confirmed by the senate on September 15, 2009. He had been recommended by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown after the senator appointed a search committee to make a recommendation to him. Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Dettelbach to the Attorney General's Advisory Committee and he chairs the group's Civil Rights subcommittee."}, {"context": " Dettelbach has made civil rights enforcement, both criminal and civil, a priority in his time as United States Attorney. His office prosecuted the largest case, in terms number of defendants, under the Shepard-Byrd Hates Crimes Prevention Act. In that case, Samuel Mullet was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and 15 other defendants were sentenced to prison for their roles in a series of religiously motivated attacks on practitioners of the Amish faith. His office also secured a guilty plea to hate-crimes charges from an Indiana man who drove to northwest Ohio and set fire to the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo. The plea agreement included a binding recommendation for a 20-year prison sentence. That came more than a year after a white supremacist was sentenced to prison for setting fire to the only predominantly African American church in Conneaut, Ohio, an event Dettelbach used as the basis for the formation of United Against Hate, an interfaith group committed to religious tolerance."}, {"context": " The office has also pursued civil remedies to civil rights issues, including successfully suing for the use of a bilingual ballot in Cuyahoga County under the Voting Rights Act and entering a consent decree with the City of Cleveland to reform the Division of Police. These reforms call for more training, oversight and civilian input with the police department. On January 20, 2016, Dettelbach announced that he would resign on February 5 and return to BakerHostetler to practice law. Dettelbach was a volunteer on U.S. Representative Ted Strickland's 2006 campaign for Ohio governor, offering policy advice, and participating in fundraising and grassroots activities."}, {"context": " He volunteered for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, providing legal assistance and advice. He also served as an advisor on Obama's transition team. Dettelbach is a candidate for Ohio Attorney General in the 2018 elections. On January 16, 2017, \"The Cleveland Plain Dealer\" reported that Dettelbach had started raising money for his likely campaign. He announced his run for the office on May 30, 2017. Dettelbach and his wife Karil have been married since September 23, 2000. They have two children. Dettelbach and his family are Jewish."}]}, {"title": "Steve Devine", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John Devine (born 12 December 1976) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He is a former All Black and currently co-hosts a programme on New Zealand Sky TV called \"This Given Sunday\", along with Karl Te Nana. He played for Australia Under-21 before relocating to New Zealand. A loyal servant of Auckland rugby, he made 78 appearances for Auckland and 70 for the Blues in the Super 12 Rugby competition. He was eligible to play for the New Zealand on residential grounds, and made his debut for the All Blacks on 9 November 2002, against England during the All Blacks end of year tour. He went on to play 10 tests for New Zealand, including the third/fourth place playoff in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.  He had to retire from rugby in 2007 after a series of concussions and other injuries."}]}, {"title": "Steve Devine (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Devine (born 11 December 1964 in Donemana) is a former Northern Irish footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s as a full-back. He first played for Tyrone County in Northern Ireland. His professional career started his career at Wolves but never played a first team match, although he did play for Northern Ireland at youth level. In March 1983 he joined Derby County, appearing in 9 league matches as the Rams were relegated to the then Third Division. He made one further appearance in the following season before joining Stockport County in summer 1985."}, {"context": " After two league appearances in two months he joined Hereford United where he eventually became a first team regular, going on to make 272 league appearances for the club, scoring 4 goals. In 1993, he left Hereford and dropped into non-league football with a spell at Corby Town before spending three seasons at Hednesford Town. He later had two spells at Gresley Rovers, sandwiching another spell at Hednesford where he was assistant manager. He later worked at Derby as a sports therapist, before joining Nottingham Forest as a physio in 2003."}]}, {"title": "Steve Devlin", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Devlin may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Di Giorgio", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Di Giorgio (born November 7, 1967, Waukegan, Illinois) is an American musician of Italian descent. Di Giorgio has played bass guitar in heavy metal and death metal bands such as Death, Autopsy, Control Denied, Ephel Duath, Obscura, Artension, Faust, Memorain, Painmuseum, Suicide Shift, Soen, Vintersorg, Dragonlord, Iced Earth, Sebastian Bach, Obituary, and is a founding member of Sadus. He is a founding member of the jazz band Dark Hall and is currently the bass player for Futures End, Synesis Absorption, Mythodea, Charred Walls of the Damned, Anatomy of I, Gone in April, and Testament. Along with his bass duties in Sadus he also plays keyboards."}, {"context": " Within his genre, Di Giorgio is respected for his highly technical playing skills. He is also widely credited with being the first bassist to bring fretless bass playing into the heavy/extreme metal genre. Di Giorgio has stated that his main influences as a bassist are Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Geezer Butler, Steve Harris, Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Sheehan, Dave Pegg and Charles Meeks. Di Giorgio is 6' 6 tall. Di Giorgio plays two custom Mjolnir basses by Thor Bass; a custom made 5-string fretless model which he has converted to a 3-string and a custom-built 6 string fretless. He also plays custom ESP basses. He is mostly seen with a F-series fretless 5-string bass in a dark green finish, but also uses a very unusual double-neck construction with a fretted and a fretless neck in one body. He currently uses an EBS Fafner head as his main sound, but has also used Ampeg and Randall in the past."}]}, {"title": "Steve DiFillippo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve DiFillippo is a restaurateur and owner of the Davio\u2019s restaurant group located in Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Foxborough and the Avila\u2019s restaurant in Boston. He is also the creator of a retail product line of spring rolls under the Davio\u2019s brand. Steve DiFillippo graduated from Boston University in 1982 and attended The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. During his college years, DiFillippo filled multiple roles at the SeaSide restaurant in Boston and finally assumed the executive chef position once he graduated from culinary school."}, {"context": " In 1985, DiFillippo purchased an existing restaurant named Davio\u2019s. The original Davio\u2019s was opened in 1977 as a family-owned Italian restaurant. DiFillippo retooled the menu, the space, and the wine list to better suit his own culinary heritage. DiFillippo opened Davio\u2019s Philadelphia in 1999. At this location, he introduced an open kitchen concept and added an in-house bakery which produces all of Davio\u2019s breads, desserts and homemade ice cream. In 2006, DiFillipo opened a restaurant under the separate brand Avila\u2019s, focusing on pan-Mediterranean cuisine."}, {"context": " DiFillippo launched the \u201cPhilly Cheese Steak Spring Roll\u201d in 2007 as a retail product sold nationally within the US, ultimately expanding into a variety of flavor options. In 2008, DiFillipo opened Davio\u2019s Patriot Place, which is located in the Patriot Place complex in order to take advantage of the demand for pre- and post-game entertainment. In the fall of 2008 DiFillippo was inducted into the Massachusetts Restaurant Hall of Fame. DiFillippo opened Davio\u2019s Atlanta in August 2010 at Phipps Plaza in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. His next venture is the opening of Davio\u2019s New York across from Grand Central Station as well as another Davio\u2019s location in his hometown of Lynnfield, Massachusetts, scheduled for the summer of 2013.  DiFillippo is actively involved in groups and boards including: Taste of the NFL, Rodman Ride for Kids, The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, Raising-a-Reader of Massachusetts and The Boston Dining Alliance. He is a contributing Vice Chair of the Board of Overseers of the Anti-Defamation League, New England Region. He also contributes business and restaurant related articles to The Huffington Post. DiFillippo lives in Wenham, Massachusetts with his wife Pamela and their two children."}]}, {"title": "Steve DiSalvo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen DiSalvo (born April 7, 1949) is a retired American professional wrestler. He worked for World Championship Wrestling as The Minotaur and Calgary as Sadistic Steve Strong. He also worked in Montreal and Puerto Rico. DiSalvo was trained by Billy Anderson. Fighting as Steve Strong in the 1980s, he was a performer in Montreal-based International Wrestling. He was managed by Eddy Creatchman. Moving on to Stampede Wrestling, he was known as \"Strangler\" Steve DiSalvo. Here, he feuded with Phil LaFleur over who had the better physique. DiSalvo smashed a trophy over LaFleur's head on TV, leading to several matches between the two. DiSalvo also helped Don Muraco win the Stampede North American Title from Mahkan Singh."}, {"context": " DiSalvo moved on to the World Wrestling Council (WWC) promotion in Puerto Rico in 1989, where he again was known as \"Sadistic\" Steve Strong but this time with a satanic gimmick. He had brawls with Abdullah the Butcher, TNT, and Invader #1. He also won the WWC World Tag Team Championship teaming with Jason the Terrible. He also feuded with \"El Acrobata de Puerto Rico\" Carlos Colon. He won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship in a Texas Death match by defeating Colon in May 27, 1989. He had a successful reign of 133 days until Colon defeated him at The Aniversario 1989 in a Barbed Wire match in October 7. The feud ended when DiSalvo lost against Colon in a Retirement match for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship on November 23, 1989."}, {"context": " DiSalvo previously had made a one-off appearance for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1987, wrestling twice on a house show event in Quebec (losing to Tito Santana via countout and defeating Outback Jack later in the night). On February 13, 1990 he received a tryout match with the WWF at a \"WWF Superstars\" taping losing to The Red Rooster. He next made an appearance on a March 18 house show in Calgary, Alberta, defeating Buddy Rose. The following month, he competed on a joint house show tour with the WWF and Arena Wrestling Alliance, tagging with Mano Yanez on three events against The Pitbulls."}, {"context": " Two weeks later, DiSalvo received a tryout match for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) on April 23, 1990. He was signed to the company later that year and given the gimmick of \"The Minotaur\". DiSalvo made his first televised appearance on the January 5, 1991 episode of \"WCW Saturday Night\", defeating Man Mountain Bailey. He began a house show series against The Juicer and was undefeated, and later faced The Junkyard Dog. DiSalvo also appeared in the American Wrestling Association, where he wrestled as Billy Jack Strong. He became Steve DiSalvo again and drifted around the independent circuit before retiring."}]}, {"title": "Steve DiStanislao", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve DiStanislao is an American drummer. DiStanislao toured and recorded with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, promoting his solo album \"On an Island\". The touring band featured Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright and occasional Floyd collaborator Dick Parry on saxophones. Also featured were long-time Gilmour collaborators Guy Pratt on bass and Jon Carin on keyboards, lap steel and vocals as well as Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera on guitars and vocals, who also co-produced \"On an Island\". The tour included three nights at the Royal Albert Hall with special guests David Bowie, Crosby & Nash, Robert Wyatt, Mica Paris and Nick Mason. Other performances took place in St. Mark's Square in Venice."}, {"context": " The last official show of the tour took place in Gda\u0144sk, Poland where the band were joined by conductor Zbigniew Preisner and The Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra, to celebrate the 26th anniversary of Solidarity of the Shipyard Worker's Union in Gda\u0144sk. Over 55,000 fans turned out for this concert. The show was documented on Gilmour's live album \"Live in Gda\u0144sk\" (2008). In January 2007, DiStanislao, along with Guy Pratt and Richard Wright joined Gilmour at his barn at his home is Sussex, England for a series of jamming sessions. The sessions consisted of the band playing instrumental material composed by Gilmour. These instrumental pieces are known as the \"Barn Jams\"; three of which appear on the 4-disc edition and deluxe edition of \"Live in Gda\u0144sk\".  DiStanislao appears on Gilmour's \"Rattle That Lock\" (2015) album, on the title track, \"Rattle That Lock\" as well as performed on the \"Rattle That Lock\" Tour 2015-2016."}]}, {"title": "Steve Diamond", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Diamond is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Newport RFC, as a fly-half, i.e. number 10, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage \u2116 854), , Warrington, Hunslet, Castleford and York, as a , or , i.e. number 1, or 3 or 4. Diamond won caps for Wales (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity in 1980 against France and England, and in 1981 against France."}, {"context": " Steve Diamond played right-, i.e. number 3, in Wakefield Trinity's 3-12 defeat by Widnes in the 1978\u201379 Challenge Cup Final during the 1978\u201379 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 5 May 1979, in front of a crowd of a crowd of 94,218. Steve Diamond played , and scored a goal in Castleford's 18-22 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1985\u201386 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1985\u201386 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Sunday 27 October 1985. During his time at Wakefield Trinity he scored nineteen 3-point tries and, one 4-point try.  Steve Diamond holds Fulham RLFC/London Crusaders/London Broncos/Harlequins RL's career goalscoring record; with 309-goals scored between 1981\u201384, and is one of less than twenty-five Welshmen to have scored more than 1000-points in their rugby league career."}]}, {"title": "Steve Diamond (rugby union)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Diamond is a rugby union coach currently Director of Rugby at Aviva Premiership club Sale Sharks. Diamond played for his local club Trafford MV before joining Sale Sharks as a player in 1989. He played over 350 top class games for Sale. He was also called up to the senior England squad as cover for the 1997 England rugby union tour of Argentina and Australia, however he was ultimately not capped at that level. Diamond became a coach of the Sharks in 2001 with former teammate Jim Mallinder. Diamond then left Sale and began coaching England Saxons for the 2002 and 2003 Churchill Cups again alongside Jim Mallinder. Diamond joined Saracens in 2004 as a coach and was praised with bringing many successful players to the club, but was sacked after two and half years after failing to qualify for the Heineken Cup. In 2007 he teamed up again with Jim Mallinder to head up Northampton Saints recruitment process before accepting the Director of Rugby role for the Russian National Team. In 2010, under Diamond's leadership, Russia qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Diamond returned to Sale Sharks in January 2011 as Director of Sport before taking over as Director of Rugby in 2012."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dick Tennyson Matenje", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dick Tennyson Matenje (born 17 February 1956 in Zomba) is a Malawian civil servant and permanent representative. A civil servant since 1980, Matenje had served as previously as the Solicitor General and Secretary of Justice. He has been the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Malawi since 30 November 2006. On September 10, 2010, Ambassador Matenje became Ambassador to the United States, with additional accreditation to Canada, Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia on a nonresidential basis.  Matenje earned his bachelor's degree in law from the University College London in 1983. After London, he received a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Malawi with distinction, and a Certificate in legislative drafting in 1986 while then earning a Master of Arts degree in business law from London Guildhall University in 1987. He is the son of former cabinet minister, Dick Matenje, who was one of the 'Mwanza Four'."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dickson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Lance Dickson (born 24 June 1962) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly beginning in 2006, representing the electorates of Kawana (2006\u20132009) and Buderim (2009\u20132017. First elected for the Liberal Party, he joined the Liberal National Party in the 2008 merger, but defected to Pauline Hanson's One Nation in January 2017. He subsequently lost his seat to the LNP candidate at the 2017 election. Dickson served as Minister for National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing in the Campbell Newman government from 2012 to 2015."}, {"context": " Dickson was a small business owner until his election as a divisional councillor for Maroochy Shire in 2000. He acted as a chair for town planning and a board member of the combined Maroochy/Caloundra Water Board. In 2006 he entered state politics, taking the seat of Kawana and defeating sitting ALP member Chris Cummins with a 7% swing. He was a vocal supporter of a merger between the Liberal and National Parties. He was a member of the Liberal Party until the merger of the Liberal and National parties, whereupon he became a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. On 12 August 2008, he became Shadow Minister for Workplace and Job Security. In the 2009 state election, he transferred to the seat of Buderim. In 2011 he was appointed Shadow Minister for Energy and Water Utilities."}, {"context": " On 13 January 2017, Dickson announced that he had resigned from the Liberal National Party due to his conflict with the party over medical cannabis. He announced he would be joining Pauline Hanson's One Nation. Following his announcement, the LNP advised it was investigating an allegation that Dickson had downloaded 52 internal documents from the party's secure site hours before his resignation from the party. In the run up to the 2017 Queensland State elections, and in the presence of Pauline Hanson, Dickson erroneously stated about the Safe Schools program: \"We are having little kids in grade four at school, young girls being taught by teachers how to masturbate, how to strap on dildos, how to do this sort of stuff \u2014 that is the real problem in this country.\" Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk immediately called those claims \"absolutely atrocious\" and \"complete nonsense\". Dickson went on to liken an adult sex shop (Cupids Cabin) to a \"newsagency which can sell Playboy-style magazines\".  He lost his seat to LNP candidate Brent Mickelberg at the 2017 election. Despite losing his seat, he remains the state leader of the party. His son Christian Dickson followed his father into politics and won Division 6 in the then Maroochy Shire Council election in 2008. Christian went on to win his division unopposed in the (now amalgamated) Sunshine Coast Regional Council election in April 2012."}]}, {"title": "Steve Diet Goedde", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Diet Goedde (born Steven Paul Goedde on February 20, 1965) is an American fetish photographer. \"Diet\" is a nickname from \"Coma Diet,\" a past musical project. According to one reviewer, Goedde's photos \"are what Ansel Adams might have made if he were into S&M.\" 2018 2016 2013 2012 2011 2010 2002 2000 1994"}]}, {"title": "Steve Dietrich", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve \"Chugger\" Dietrich (b. February 18, 1970 in Kitchener, Ontario) is the General Manager of the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League. Dietrich is also a NLL Hall of Fame goaltender who has played with the Calgary Roughnecks, Buffalo Bandits, Rochester Knighthawks, Detroit Turbos, Baltimore Thunder, and Toronto Rock. Dietrich played six seasons with each of the Bandits and Knighthawks. He led the Bandits to the NLL Championship game twice, in 2003 and 2006, and also won the Championship with the Knighthawks in 1997, when he was named Championship game MVP. He was named NLL Goaltender of the Year in both 2005 and 2006, and was the first goaltender to be named NLL MVP in 2006.  On November 22, 2010, Dietrich announced his retirement as a player in the NLL to become the Toronto Rock's goaltending coach. In July 2012, Dietrich was announced as the new General Manager of the Buffalo Bandits, after Darris Kilgour was relieved of that title earlier in the month. On July 30, 2012, Dietrich was elected in the NLL Hall of Fame. Dietrich was the leading vote-getter, appearing on 79% of all ballots cast. The induction ceremony was held on October 2, 2012. Reference:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Diggle", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen E Diggle (born 7 May 1955 in Manchester) is an English guitarist and vocalist in the punk band Buzzcocks. He was born in Manchester, and grew up in the Bradford and Rusholme areas of the city, where he was a mod. After attending Oldham College, he got a job, but was dismissed for organising a strike. He attended the Sex Pistols gig at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall, in June 1976. Their manager Malcolm McLaren introduced him to guitarist Pete Shelley and vocalist Howard Devoto, who were looking for a bassist for their band, Buzzcocks. John Maher joined as drummer and six weeks later, Buzzcocks played their first concert. Steve played bass at several concerts and on the \"Spiral Scratch\" \"EP\". Howard Devoto left Buzzcocks shortly after the EP was released, which prompted the band to reshuffle \u2013 Pete Shelley becoming lead vocalist as well as guitarist and Diggle switching from bass to guitar."}, {"context": " Steve Diggle wrote several songs for Buzzcocks, including \"Autonomy\", \"Fast Cars\" (co-written with Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley), \"Love Is Lies\" (perhaps the first Buzzcocks song featuring an acoustic guitar), \"Sitting Round At Home\", \"You Know You Can't Help It\", \"Mad Mad Judy\", \"Airwaves Dream\", and, perhaps his most famous song, \"Harmony in My Head\", a Top 40 hit in 1979. After Buzzcocks split in 1981, Diggle was briefly a solo artist, releasing the \"50 Years of Comparative Wealth\" EP (with the guest participations of fellow-Buzzcocks Steve Garvey and John Maher) the same year. In 1982, he formed a new band, Flag of Convenience with ex-Buzzcock John Maher. Ex-Easterhouse drummer Gary Rostock played on Diggle's 2000 release \"Some Reality\".  In 2013, Diggle also appeared in the British punk-pop comedy \"Vinyl\", playing himself."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dignan", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen E. Dignan (May 16, 1859 \u2013 July 11, 1881) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder from Boston, Massachusetts, who played for the Boston Red Caps and Worcester Ruby Legs during the season. He died in his hometown of Boston at the age of 22, and is interred at Mount Calvary Cemetery, in Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dildarian", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dildarian (born November 3, 1969) is an American former advertising copywriter who is the creator, writer, producer and voice of Tim in the HBO animated television series \"The Life & Times of Tim\" (2008-2012). Dildarian grew up in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey and graduated from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). During his advertising career, he worked for several ad agencies, including BBDO and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. In 2006, Dildarian created an animated short film called \"Angry Unpaid Hooker\", which won the best animated short at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, and is the basis for \"The Life & Times of Tim\". Dildarian's animation is characterized by a raw, minimalist, two-dimensional style - similar to Mike Judge's \"Beavis and Butt-head\" series. Along with MJ Otto, Dildarian also starred in a web series entitled \"KAB man\". The series was commissioned by Keep America Beautiful (KAB) to raise awareness about environmental issues. It is composed of three five-minute episodes available on YouTube and on KAB man's companion website, www.kabman.org."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dildine", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dildine (born February 7, 1984) is a former American football linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Washington State."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dillard", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dillard may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Dillard (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Bradley Dillard (born February 8, 1951, Memphis, Tennessee) is a former reserve infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as second baseman with four teams between 1975 and 1982. Listed at 6'1\", 180\u00a0lb, he batted and threw right-handed. Dillard grew up and lives (as of 2014) in Saltillo, Mississippi. Dillard reached the majors in 1975 with the Boston Red Sox, spending three years with them before moving to the Detroit Tigers (1978), Chicago Cubs (1979\u20131981) and Chicago White Sox (1982). He was a wide-ranging, slick-fielding middle infielder who had quick hands and was above average at turning the double play, but the Red Sox thought they might be able to convert him from a utility player to a second baseman."}, {"context": " While in Boston, Dillard became a valuable backup for second baseman Denny Doyle, and eventually for shortstop Rick Burleson and third baseman Butch Hobson as well. When the Red Sox acquired 2B Jerry Remy from the California Angels, Dillard was sent to Detroit in exchange for two minor league prospects. In his new work, he provided solid support for young infielders Lou Whitaker (2B) and Alan Trammell (SS) for a full year. During the 1979 spring training he was moved by Detroit to the Chicago Cubs, spending three seasons with them. His most productive season came in his first year at Chicago, when he hit a career-high .283 batting average with five home runs and 31 runs in 89 games played. The following season he posted career-numbers in games (100), hits (55), doubles and RBI (27)."}, {"context": " The baseball strike came in 1981, curtailing time of play for everyone, and Dillard's average dropped to .218 in more limited action, though he still amassed 26 hits in 119 at-bats just in 53 games. He also appeared in 16 games with the Chicago White Sox in 1982, his last major league season. In an eight-season career, Dillard was a .243 hitter (246-for-1013) with 13 home runs and 102 RBI in 438 games, including 148 runs, 50 doubles, six triples, and 15 stolen bases. His son Tim Dillard is currently pitching in the Milwaukee Brewers organization, having pitched briefly for the Brewers."}, {"context": " Following his playing retirement, Dillard started a managing career in the Chicago White Sox minor league system, spending six years at their Gulf Coast League (1983\u201384, 1986\u201387), Southern League (1985), and Midwest League (1988) affiliates. He later worked with the Houston Astros for six years (1989\u201394) \u2014 two as an infield instructor (1989\u201390) and four as a minor league manager (1991\u201394). He managed the 1995 season with the Cubs farm team in Rockford, Illinois. In 2000, he managed the Jackson DiamondKats of the Texas-Louisiana League.  In 2008, Dillard was manager of the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Midwest League. The River Bandits are the Class A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dille", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dille (born March 16, 1945) is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 18, which includes portions of Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Stearns and Wright counties just west of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Dille was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1945. He graduated from Litchfield High School in 1963, and later obtained a B.S. from the University of Minnesota and, in 1969, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree from the University of Minnesota's College of Veterinary Medicine. He was a civilian veterinary advisory in Vietnam for three and a half years during the Vietnam War."}, {"context": " Dille is an experienced rodeo cowboy, and was state champion calf roper, steer wrestler, and bull rider. In high school he won the Minnesota All Around Cowboy title twice and placed fourth in the nation in steer wrestling. Dille lives in Dassel, Minnesota with his wife Pamela, who works as a media specialist at Dassel Elementary. They have four children, Nicholas, Kaisa, Spencer and Mitchell and eight grandchildren, Lincoln, Amelia, Isla, Erik, Annika, Lucas, Harlow, and Josephine. Dille served as a township supervisor in Dassel from 1977 to 1984, and as a Meeker County commissioner from 1985 to 1987. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives from the old District 21A in 1986, and was re-elected in 1988 and 1990."}, {"context": " In 1992, Dille was elected to the Minnesota Senate from the old District 20, which later became the current District 18 after the 2002 redistricting. He was re-elected in 1996, 2000, 2002 and 2006. Dille is currently a member of the senate's Agriculture & Veterans, Capital Investment, Environment & Natural Resources, and Finance committees. He also serves on the Finance subcommittees for the Agriculture and Veterans Budget and Policy Division, for the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Budget Division, and for the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Budget Division-Energy Subdivision.  On November 17, 2009, Dille announced that he would not seek election to a sixth term in the Senate. Dille, Stephen Everett and Dille, Bonnie Anderson. Self-Made in America: A Biography of Alfred Anderson: Business Entrepreneur, Civic Leader, and Family Patriarch. North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc. Pamela and Stephen Dille, 2011 Dille, Steve. Livestock, Good for the Economy and Good for the Environment: Minnesota Needs More Livestock: a Report. Dassel, MN: S. Dille, 2005."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dillon", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dillon (22 March 1962 \u2013 22 October 2016) was a British comic book artist, from Luton, Bedfordshire, best known for his work with writer Garth Ennis on \"Hellblazer\", \"Preacher\" and \"The Punisher\". Dillon was born in London in 1962 and raised in Luton, Bedfordshire. He was the oldest of three siblings, a sister younger by three years, Julie, and a brother younger by nine years who is cartoonist/costume designer Glyn Dillon. While attending Icknield High School, Dillon first realised his potential as a serious comic book artist during the production of a school comic book called \"Ultimate Sci Fi Adventures\" with school friends Neil Bailey & Paul Mahon in 1975. His first strip in this comic was \"The Space Vampire\". This was followed by the \"Escape from the Planet of the Apes\" series."}, {"context": " Dillon got his first professional work at the age of 16, drawing the title story in the first issue of \"Hulk Weekly\" for Marvel UK, later working on the \"Nick Fury\" strip. In the 1980s he also drew for \"Warrior\" and \"Doctor Who Magazine\", where he created the character of Abslom Daak. He did a considerable amount of work for the comics \"2000 AD\" and \"Warrior\". Along with Brett Ewins, Dillon started the seminal comic magazine \"Deadline\" in 1988, which continued for another seven years and was instrumental in supporting young, underground, comic artists such as Jamie Hewlett as well as championing and supporting new bands of the period such as The Senseless Things and Blur. \"Deadline\" is highly regarded for bringing underground comics and graphic novels into the mainstream during the 1990s. and can be considered as a precursor for publications such as Loaded and Dazed and Confused, as well as defining and promoting the nascent Britpop movement of the time."}, {"context": " In mid-1989, Dillon met writer Garth Ennis, with whom he would eventually have his most notable professional collaborations. During a social gathering about a year later in Dublin, Ennis recalls, \"After everyone else had passed out, we sat up 'til dawn and killed off a bottle of Jameson, talking about what we wanted to do in comics- what we thought could be done with them, what the medium was for. I can recall a sort of mutual 'Oh yes, you. You\u2019re the one. You get it.' This was to pay off handsomely in the years to come.\" With Ennis, Dillon worked on \"Hellblazer\" and, later, on \"Preacher\" which concluded in 2000 after 66 issues. Dillon also created the character Dogwelder, featured in Ennis's series \"Hitman\"."}, {"context": " \"Preacher\" was made into a critically acclaimed TV show in 2016, starring Dominic Cooper. Dillon is credited as co-executive producer on the series. Dillon's younger brother, concept artist Glyn, announced on social media on 22 October 2016 that Dillon had died in New York City. The cause was complications of a ruptured appendix. His death was met with an outpouring of grief and a number of tributes from the comics creator community, as well as the following statement from DC Group editor Marie Javins: \"To say working with Steve was a pleasure doesn't begin to describe his gentle nature, or his easygoing demeanor. I worked with him from 1991, long before Preacher, up to his most recent covers for Sixpack and Dogwelder, but his impact on the comics industry resonated most through his interpretation of Jesse Custer and company. His name, along with writer Garth Ennis, is practically synonymous with Preacher, but I know him as a lovable wisecracker who enjoyed New York, and could always be depended on to deliver a sly remark. Steve had a great sense of humor; it's fitting his last work for DC was a cover of a tin foil Dogwelder. To the rest of the world, he's a giant among creators and artists. He will be missed by us all here at DC and Vertigo.\""}, {"context": " Dillon's long-time collaborator Garth Ennis paid tribute to Dillon thus: \"The last time I saw Steve was late last Saturday night in New York, walking down fifth avenue to his hotel after saying goodnight outside Foley's. It could have been the end of any one of a thousand nights. It\u2019s not a bad last memory to have. Steve was best man at my wedding and my good and dear friend. I think he probably taught me more about what that word means than anyone else.\" The first episode of season two of \"Preacher\" is dedicated to Dillon.  IPC Magazines Pyramid Books Atomeka Press John Brown Main artist Contributor Main artist Contributor Contributor Main artist Main artist Contributor Main artist Main artist Main artist Main artist Main artist Eclipse Comics Penthouse"}]}, {"title": "Steve Dillon (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Edward Dillon (born March 20, 1943) is an American former professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher whose professional career lasted for four seasons (1962\u20131965), including Major League stints with the and New York Mets. While Dillon appeared in only three MLB games during his career, all in relief, he pitched in the first-ever night game played at Shea Stadium on May 6, 1964. Listed at tall and , Dillon initially signed with the New York Yankees and turned in a stellar 14\u20137 won\u2013lost record for the 1962 Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Class D Florida State League, striking out 196 batters in 169 innings pitched, with a 2.61 earned run average. He was selected by the Mets in the first-year player draft after that season and spent 1963 with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. He made his Met debut on Thursday, September 5, in a 9\u20130 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Relieving Roger Craig in the sixth inning, he lasted 1\u2154 frames and gave up three hits and two earned runs (on a triple by Tim McCarver), with one strikeout."}, {"context": " He made the Mets' 28-man roster out of spring training in 1964, and hurled an inning of relief on April 24 at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field before being called into the first game played under the lights at the Mets' new ballpark, Shea Stadium, on Wednesday, May 6. He was the Mets' fifth and final pitcher that evening in a 12\u20134 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Dillon got the Reds out in order in the eighth inning, but in the ninth, he gave up a leadoff home run to Vada Pinson and an RBI single to Leo C\u00e1rdenas. Pinson's blast hit the right-center field scoreboard at the new park. When Dillon reached the dugout, legendary Mets' manager Casey Stengel told him, \"Listen, if another player hits a home run off that scoreboard and breaks it, you're paying for it.\" It was Dillon's last big league game; he returned to minor league baseball when the rosters were reduced to 25 men in May.  Ironically, Dillon retired from baseball because of low minor league wages. His Major League totals included seven hits and five earned runs allowed in 4\u2154 innings pitched, with three strikeouts. Dillon became a salesman, then a New York City police officer for over twenty years. As of 2009, he was living in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, on Long Island. He is currently head of security at a building in Queens, New York."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dils", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Whitfield \"Steve\" Dils (born December 8, 1955 in Seattle, Washington) is an American retired football quarterback who played 10 seasons in the National Football League. Dils played high school football at Fort Vancouver High School in Vancouver, Washington, and attended Stanford University. He was Stanford's starting quarterback under Bill Walsh in 1978, and led Stanford to a 25-22 victory over Georgia in the 1978 Bluebonnet Bowl, where he was named the game's offensive most valuable player. That season, Dils won the Sammy Baugh Trophy, awarded to the top passer in college football."}, {"context": " Dils was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 1979 NFL Draft. In his second year with the club, he made his first start filling in for an injured Tommy Kramer and led the Vikings to a win over the Washington Redskins, a game which proved crucial to Minnesota's playoff run that year. He played six seasons with the Vikings and started most of the 1983 season, where he was paired in the backfield with former Stanford teammate Darrin Nelson. He was traded to the Los Angeles Rams in 1984. He spent his final full season with the Atlanta Falcons before retiring with the Rams before the 1989 regular season began. He was immortalized by Chris Berman as Steve \"Love The one You're With\" Dils due to his name being so similar to Stephen Stills.  Dils is currently the managing director of the Canadian commercial real estate company Avison Young's Atlanta office."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dilworth", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dilworth was born in Yorkshire in 1949 and now lives and works on the Island of Harris, Scotland. This beautiful but remote location provides much of the inspiration and source material that goes into sculpture that is often simplistically labelled as shamanic. Much of his sculpture incorporates a \u2018resurrectionist act' when found material are recreated, with great skill, into objects that have an existence not in modern time but in deep-time. Notable public sculpture includes \"Venus Stone\" and \"Claw\" at Goodwood Sculpture Park, \"Case\" at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland; Hanging Figure in the Richard Harris Art Collection, Chicago."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dimopoulos", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Dimopoulos (born 3 December 1972) is an Australian politician. He has been an Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the Legislative Assembly seat of Oakleigh. On 29 November 2018 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer. Prior to his election to state parliament, Dimopoulos was a small business owner and a councillor and former mayor of the City of Monash Council."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dinneen", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dinneen (born Stephen Edward Dinneen, 30 July 1982) is a London-based British journalist working for \"City AM\". He is a Lifestyle Editor on the financial newspaper, having previously worked as a chief reporter on Bermuda's Mid-Ocean News and a reporter on Scotland's \"Sunday Mail\". He was born in Manchester and educated at Sale Grammar School. He was formerly editor of the award-winning \"Glasgow University Guardian\" during his studies at the University of Glasgow. He graduated in 2004 with a MA (Hons) degree in Philosophy. He was also editor-in-chief of the arts and culture website \"brazenmagazine.co.uk\".  He is the winner of several awards including Young Journalist of the Year (2007). He also received acclaim during his student journalism days, winning Feature Writer of the Year (2005) and Critic of the Year (2004) at the Guardian Student Media Awards. Notable investigations include his series of articles on broadcasting corruption."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dior", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dior is a British musician, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter best known for being in bands such as The London Cowboys, Filthy Lucre and The Idols. In 1976, Steve Dior and Barry Jones built the basis of The Idols after previously rehearsing with Chrissie Hynde and Keith Levene and others in a band called The Quickspurts. The Idols evolved into what become The London Cowboys in the early 80s, where Steve was joined together with the Sex Pistol Glen Matlock and singer Russell King. In 1993, Steve formed a band called Filthy Lucre, with his friend Phil Lewis who was previously in the American glam metal band L.A. Guns. According to Phil \"We recorded a cool record called Popsmear, drank a lot of tequila, and drove around America in a van playing clubs and having a blast\".  In 2002, Steve joined The Black Tongued Bells, which also featured bassist Nino Del Pesco. Steve was introduced to the band through Phil Lewis. Both Steve and Nino left in 2003. In 2013 Steve Dior finished an album with a new lineup of musicians, collectively known as \"The Steve Dior Band\". The album was eventually released in February 2016. Over his career, Steve has been featured on many albums and singles."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ditko", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John Ditko (; November 2, 1927 \u2013 c. June 29, 2018) was an American comics artist and writer best known as the artist and co-creator, with Stan Lee, of the Marvel Comics superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. Ditko studied under Batman artist Jerry Robinson at the Cartoonist and Illustrators School in New York City. He began his professional career in 1953, working in the studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, beginning as an inker and coming under the influence of artist Mort Meskin. During this time, he then began his long association with Charlton Comics, where he did work in the genres of science fiction, horror, and mystery. He also co-created the superhero Captain Atom in 1960."}, {"context": " During the 1950s, Ditko also drew for Atlas Comics, a forerunner of Marvel Comics. He went on to contribute much significant work to Marvel. In 1966, after being the exclusive artist on \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" and the \"Doctor Strange\" feature in \"Strange Tales\", Ditko left Marvel for reasons he never specified. Ditko continued to work for Charlton and also DC Comics, including a revamp of the long-running character the Blue Beetle, and creating or co-creating the Question, the Creeper, Shade the Changing Man, and Hawk and Dove. Ditko also began contributing to small independent publishers, where he created Mr. A, a hero reflecting the influence of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. Ditko largely declined to give interviews, saying he preferred to communicate through his work."}, {"context": " Ditko was inducted into the comics industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990, and into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994. Stephen J. Ditko was born on November 2, 1927 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the son of first-generation Americans of Slovak descent: Stephen Ditko, an artistically talented master carpenter at a steel mill, and Anna, a homemaker. The second-oldest child in a working-class family, he was preceded by sister Anna Marie, and followed by sister Elizabeth and brother Patrick. Inspired by his father's love of newspaper comic strips, particularly Hal Foster's \"Prince Valiant\", Ditko found his interest in comics accelerated by the introduction of the superhero Batman in 1939, and by Will Eisner's \"The Spirit\", which appeared in a tabloid-sized comic-book insert in Sunday newspapers."}, {"context": " Ditko in junior high school was part of a group of students who crafted wooden models of German airplanes to aid civilian World War II aircraft-spotters. Upon graduating from Johnstown High School in 1945, he enlisted in the U.S. Army on October 26, 1945, and did military service in postwar Germany, where he drew comics for an Army newspaper. Following his discharge, Ditko learned that his idol, Batman artist Jerry Robinson, was teaching at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School (later the School of Visual Arts) in New York City. Moving there in 1950, he enrolled in the art school under the G.I. Bill. Robinson found the young student \"a very hard worker who really focused on his drawing\" and someone who \"could work well with other writers as well as write his own stories and create his own characters\", and he helped Ditko acquire a scholarship for the following year. \"He was in my class for two years, four or five days a week, five hours a night. It was very intense.\" Robinson, who invited artists and editors to speak with his class, once brought in Stan Lee, then editor of Marvel Comics' 1950s precursor Atlas Comics and, \"I think that was when Stan first saw Steve's work.\""}, {"context": " Ditko began professionally illustrating comic books in early 1953, drawing writer Bruce Hamilton's science-fiction story \"Stretching Things\" for the Key Publications imprint Stanmor Publications, which sold the story to Ajax/Farrell, where it finally found publication in \"Fantastic Fears\" #5 (cover-dated Feb. 1954). Ditko's first published work was his second professional story, the six-page \"Paper Romance\" in \"Daring Love\" #1 (Oct. 1953), published by the Key imprint Gillmor Magazines. Shortly afterward, Ditko found work at the studio of writer-artists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, who had created Captain America and other characters. Beginning as an inker on backgrounds, Ditko was soon working with and learning from Mort Meskin, an artist whose work he had long admired. \"Meskin was fabulous,\" Ditko once recalled. \"I couldn't believe the ease with which he drew: strong compositions, loose pencils, yet complete; detail without clutter. I loved his stuff\". Ditko's known assistant work includes aiding inker Meskin on the Jack Kirby pencil work of Harvey Comics' \"Captain 3-D\" #1 (Dec. 1953). For his own third published story, Ditko penciled and inked the six-page \"A Hole in His Head\" in \"Black Magic\" vol. 4, #3 (Dec. 1953), published by Simon & Kirby's Crestwood Publications imprint Prize Comics."}, {"context": " Ditko then began a long association with the Derby, Connecticut publisher Charlton Comics, a low-budget division of a company best known for song-lyric magazines. Beginning with the cover of \"The Thing!\" #12 (Feb. 1954) and the eight-page vampire story \"Cinderella\" in that issue, Ditko would continue to work intermittently for Charlton until the company's demise in 1986, producing science fiction, horror and mystery stories, as well as co-creating Captain Atom, with writer Joe Gill, in \"Space Adventures\" #33 (March 1960). He first went on hiatus from the company, and comics altogether, in mid-1954, when he contracted tuberculosis and returned to his parents' home in Johnstown to recuperate."}, {"context": " According to fetish art historian, Richard P\u00e9rez Seves, as detailed in his illustrated biography, \"Eric Stanton & the History of the Bizarre Underground\", Ditko's secret fetish art career, which extended into the 1970s, began in 1953 when, using an alias, he first produced bondage fantasy art for Irving Klaw. After he recovered and moved back to New York City in late 1955, Ditko began drawing for Atlas Comics, the 1950s precursor of Marvel Comics, beginning with the four-page \"There'll Be Some Changes Made\" in \"Journey into Mystery\" #33 (April 1956); this debut tale would be reprinted in Marvel's \"Curse of the Weird\" #4 (March 1994). Ditko would go on to contribute a large number of stories, many considered classic, to Atlas/Marvel's \"Strange Tales\" and the newly launched \"Amazing Adventures\", \"Strange Worlds\", \"Tales of Suspense\" and \"Tales to Astonish\", issues of which would typically open with a Kirby-drawn monster story, followed by one or two twist-ending thrillers or sci-fi tales drawn by Don Heck, Paul Reinman, or Joe Sinnott, all capped by an often-surreal, sometimes self-reflexive short by Ditko and writer-editor Stan Lee."}, {"context": " These Lee-Ditko short stories proved so popular that \"Amazing Adventures\" was reformatted to feature such stories exclusively beginning with issue #7 (Dec. 1961), when the comic was rechristened \"Amazing Adult Fantasy\", a name intended to reflect its more \"sophisticated\" nature, as likewise the new tagline \"The magazine that respects your intelligence\". Lee in 2009 described these \"short, five-page filler strips that Steve and I did together\", originally \"placed in any of our comics that had a few extra pages to fill\", as \"odd fantasy tales that I'd dream up with O. Henry-type endings.\" Giving an early example of what would later be known as the \"Marvel Method\" of writer-artist collaboration, Lee said, \"All I had to do was give Steve a one-line description of the plot and he'd be off and running. He'd take those skeleton outlines I had given him and turn them into classic little works of art that ended up being far cooler than I had any right to expect.\""}, {"context": " After Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Stan Lee obtained permission from publisher Martin Goodman to create a new \"ordinary teen\" superhero named \"Spider-Man\", Lee originally approached his leading artist, Jack Kirby. Kirby told Lee about his own 1950s character conception, variously called the Silver Spider and Spiderman, in which an orphaned boy finds a magic ring that gives him super powers. Comics historian Greg Theakston says Lee and Kirby \"immediately sat down for a story conference\" and Lee afterward directed Kirby to flesh out the character and draw some pages. \"A day or two later\", Kirby showed Lee the first six pages, and, as Lee recalled, \"I hated the way he was doing it. Not that he did it badly\u00a0\u2014 it just wasn't the character I wanted; it was too heroic\"."}, {"context": " Lee turned to Ditko, who developed a visual motif Lee found satisfactory, although Lee would later replace Ditko's original cover with one penciled by Kirby. Ditko said, \"The Spider-Man pages Stan showed me were nothing like the (eventually) published character. In fact, the only drawings of Spider-Man were on the splash <nowiki>[</nowiki>i.e., page 1] and at the end [where] Kirby had the guy leaping at you with a web gun... Anyway, the first five pages took place in the home, and the kid finds a ring and turns into Spider-Man.\""}, {"context": " Ditko also recalled that, \"One of the first things I did was to work up a costume. A vital, visual part of the character. I had to know how he looked ... before I did any breakdowns. For example: A clinging power so he wouldn't have hard shoes or boots, a hidden wrist-shooter versus a web gun and holster, etc. ... I wasn't sure Stan would like the idea of covering the character's face but I did it because it hid an obviously boyish face. It would also add mystery to the character...\" Much earlier, in a rare contemporaneous account, Ditko described his and Lee's contributions in a mail interview with Gary Martin published in \"Comic Fan\" #2 (Summer 1965): \"Stan Lee thought the name up. I did costume, web gimmick on wrist & spider signal\". He added he would continue drawing Spider-Man \"[i]f nothing better comes along.\" That same year, he expressed to the fanzine \"Voice of Comicdom\", regarding a poll of \"Best Liked\" fan-created comics, \"It seems a shame, since comics themselves have so little variety of stories and styles that you would deliberately restrict your own creative efforts to professional comics['] shallow range. What is 'Best Liked' by most readers is what they are most familiar in seeing and any policy based on readers likes has to end up with a lot of look-a-like (sic) strips. You have a great opportunity to show everyone a whole new range of ideas, unlimited types of stories and styles\u2014why FLUB it!\""}, {"context": " From 1958 to 1968, Ditko shared a Manhattan studio at 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue with noted fetish artist Eric Stanton, an art-school classmate. When either artist was under deadline pressure, it was not uncommon for them to pitch in and help the other with his assignment. Ditko biographer Blake Bell, without citing sources, said, \"At one time in history, Ditko denied ever touching Stanton's work, even though Stanton himself said they would each dabble in each other's art; mainly spot-inking\", and the introduction to one book of Stanton's work says, \"Eric Stanton drew his pictures in India ink, and they were then hand-coloured by Ditko\". In a 1988 interview with Theakston, Stanton recalled that although his contribution to Spider-Man was \"almost nil\", he and Ditko had \"worked on storyboards together and I added a few ideas. But the whole thing was created by Steve on his own... I think I added the business about the webs coming out of his hands\". According the fetish art historian and Stanton biographer Richard P\u00e9rez Seves, Stanton may have purposely underplayed his role and contribution to Spider-Man to maintain his friendship with Ditko. Even more startling, evidence exists that Stanton also made uncredited contributions to Dr. Strange."}, {"context": " Spider-Man debuted in \"Amazing Fantasy\" #15 (Aug. 1962), the final issue of that science-fiction/fantasy anthology series. When the issue proved to be a top seller, Spider-Man was given his own series, \"The Amazing Spider-Man\". Lee and Ditko's collaboration on the series saw the creation of many of the character's best known antagonists including Doctor Octopus in issue #3 (July 1963); the Sandman in #4 (Sept. 1963); the Lizard in #6 (Nov. 1963); Electro in #9 (March 1964); and the Green Goblin in #14 (July 1964). Ditko eventually demanded credit for the plotting he was contributing under the Marvel Method. Lee concurred, and starting with #25 (June 1965), Ditko received plot credit for the stories."}, {"context": " One of the most celebrated issues of the Lee-Ditko run is #33 (Feb. 1966), the third part of the story arc \"If This Be My Destiny...!\", and featuring the dramatic scene of Spider-Man, through force of will and thoughts of family, escaping from being pinned by heavy machinery. Comics historian Les Daniels noted, \"Steve Ditko squeezes every ounce of anguish out of Spider-Man's predicament, complete with visions of the uncle he failed and the aunt he has sworn to save.\" Peter David observed, \"After his origin, this two-page sequence from \"Amazing Spider-Man\" #33 is perhaps the best-loved sequence from the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko era.\" Steve Saffel stated the \"full page Ditko image from \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #33 is one of the most powerful ever to appear in the series and influenced writers and artists for many years to come.\" Matthew K. Manning wrote that \"Ditko's illustrations for the first few pages of this Lee story included what would become one of the most iconic scenes in Spider-Man's history.\" The story was chosen as #15 in the 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time poll of Marvel's readers in 2001. Editor Robert Greenberger wrote in his introduction to the story, \"These first five pages are a modern-day equivalent to Shakespeare as Parker's soliloquy sets the stage for his next action. And with dramatic pacing and storytelling, Ditko delivers one of the great sequences in all comics.\""}, {"context": " After drawing the final issue of \"The Incredible Hulk\" (#6, March 1963), Ditko created the supernatural hero Doctor Strange, in \"Strange Tales\" #110 (July 1963). Ditko and Lee shortly thereafter relaunched a Hulk series as a short feature in the anthology \"Tales to Astonish\", beginning with issue #60 (Oct. 1964). Ditko, inked by George Roussos, penciled the feature through #67 (May 1965). Ditko designed the Hulk's primary antagonist, the Leader, in #62 (Dec. 1964). Ditko also penciled the Iron Man feature in \"Tales of Suspense\" #47\u201349 (Nov. 1963\u00a0\u2013 Jan. 1964), with various inkers. The first of these debuted the initial version of Iron Man's modern red-and-golden armor, though whether Ditko or cover-penciler and principal character designer Jack Kirby designed the costume is uncertain."}, {"context": " Though often overshadowed by his \"Amazing Spider-Man\" work, Ditko's \"Doctor Strange\" artwork has been equally acclaimed, for its surrealistic mystical landscapes and increasingly psychedelic visuals that helped make the feature a favorite of college students. \"People who read 'Doctor Strange' thought people at Marvel must be heads [i.e. drug users],\" recalled then-associate editor and former Doctor Strange writer Roy Thomas in 1971, \"because they had had similar experiences high on mushrooms. But ... I don't use hallucinogens, nor do I think any artists do.\""}, {"context": " Eventually Lee & Ditko would take Strange into ever-more-abstract realms. In an epic 17-issue story arc in \"Strange Tales\" #130\u2013146 (March 1965 \u2013 July 1966), Lee and Ditko introduced the cosmic character Eternity, who personified the universe and was depicted as a silhouette whose outlines are filled with the cosmos. As historian Bradford W. Wright describes, The cartoonist and fine artist Seth in 2003 described Ditko's style as: Whichever feature he drew, Ditko's idiosyncratic, cleanly detailed, instantly recognizable art style, emphasizing mood and anxiety, found great favor with readers. The character of Spider-Man and his troubled personal life meshed well with Ditko's own interests, which Lee eventually acknowledged by giving the artist plotting credits on the latter part of their 38-issue run. But after four years on the title, Ditko left Marvel; he and Lee had not been on speaking terms for some time, with art and editorial changes handled through intermediaries. The details of the rift remain uncertain, even to Lee, who confessed in 2003, \"I never really knew Steve on a personal level.\" Ditko later claimed it was Lee who broke off contact and disputed the long-held belief that the disagreement was over the true identity of the Green Goblin: \"Stan never knew what he was getting in my Spider-Man stories and covers until after [production manager] Sol Brodsky took the material from me ... so there couldn't have been any disagreement or agreement, no exchanges ... no problems between us concerning the Green Goblin or anything else from before issue #25 to my final issues\". Spider-Man successor artist John Romita, in a 2010 deposition, recalled that Lee and Ditko \"ended up not being able to work together because they disagreed on almost everything, cultural, social, historically, everything, they disagreed on characters...\" A friendly farewell was given to Ditko in the \"Bullpen Bulletins\" of comics cover-dated July 1966, including \"Fantastic Four\" #52: \"Steve recently told us he was leaving for personal reasons. After all these years, we're sorry to see him go, and we wish the talented guy success with his future endeavors.\""}, {"context": " Regardless, said Lee in 2007, \"Quite a few years ago I met him up at the Marvel offices when I was last in New York. And we spoke; he's a hell of a nice guy and it was very pleasant. ... I haven't heard from him since that meeting.\" Back at Charlton\u2014where the page rate was low but creators were allowed greater freedom\u2014Ditko worked on such characters as the Blue Beetle (1967\u20131968), the Question (1967\u20131968), and Captain Atom (1965\u20131967), returning to the character he'd co-created in 1960. In addition, in 1966 and 1967, he drew 16 stories, most of them written by Archie Goodwin, for Warren Publishing's horror-comic magazines \"Creepy\" and \"Eerie\", generally using an ink-wash technique."}, {"context": " In 1967, Ditko gave his Objectivist ideas ultimate expression in the form of Mr. A, published in Wally Wood's independent title \"witzend\" #\u00a03. Ditko's hard line against criminals was controversial and he continued to produce Mr. A stories and one-pagers until the end of the 1970s. Ditko returned to Mr. A in 2000 and in 2009. Ditko moved to DC Comics in 1968, where he co-created the Creeper in \"Showcase\" #73 (April 1968) with Don Segall, under editor Murray Boltinoff. DC Comics writer and executive Paul Levitz observed that Ditko's art on the \"Creeper\" stories made \"them look unlike anything else being published by DC at the time.\" Ditko co-created the team Hawk and Dove in \"Showcase\" #75 (June 1968), with writer Steve Skeates. Around this time, he penciled the lead story, written and inked by Wally Wood, in Wood's early mature-audience, independent-comics publication \"Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon\" (1969)."}, {"context": " Ditko's stay at DC was short\u2014he would work on all six issues of the Creeper's own title, \"Beware the Creeper\" (June 1968 \u2013 April 1969), though leaving midway through the final one\u2014and the reasons for his departure uncertain. But while at DC, Ditko recommended Charlton staffer Dick Giordano to the company, who would go on to become a top DC penciller, inker, editor, and ultimately, in 1981, the managing editor. From this time up through the mid-1970s, Ditko worked exclusively for Charlton and various small press/independent publishers. Frank McLaughlin, Charlton's art director during this period, describes Ditko as living \"in a local hotel in Derby for a while. He was a very happy-go-lucky guy with a great sense of humor at that time, and always supplied the [female] color separators with candy and other little gifts\"."}, {"context": " For Charlton in 1974 he did Liberty Belle backup stories in \"E-Man\" and conceived Killjoy. Ditko produced much work for Charlton's science-fiction and horror titles, as well as for former Marvel publisher Martin Goodman's start-up line Atlas/Seaboard Comics, where he co-created the superhero the Destructor with writer Archie Goodwin, and penciled all four issues of the namesake series (Feb.\u2013Aug. 1975), the first two of which were inked by Wally Wood. Ditko worked on the second and third issues of \"Tiger-Man\" and the third issue of \"Morlock 2001\", with Bernie Wrightson inking."}, {"context": " Ditko returned to DC Comics in 1975, creating a short-lived title, \"Shade, the Changing Man\" (1977\u20131978). Shade was later revived, without Ditko's involvement, in DC's mature-audience imprint Vertigo. With writer Paul Levitz, he co-created the four issue sword and sorcery series \"Stalker\" (1975\u20131976). Ditko and writer Gerry Conway produced the first issue of a two\u2013issue \"Man-Bat\" series. He also revived the Creeper and did such various other jobs as a short Demon backup series in 1979 and stories in DC's horror and science-fiction anthologies. Editor Jack C. Harris hired Ditko as guest artist on several issues of \"The Legion of Super-Heroes\", a decision which garnered a mixed reaction from the title's readership. Ditko also drew the Prince Gavyn version of Starman in \"Adventure Comics\" #467\u2013478 (1980). He then decamped to do work for a variety of publishers, briefly contributing to DC again in the mid-1980s, with four pinups of his characters for \"Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe\" and a pinup for \"Superman\" #400 (Oct. 1984) and its companion portfolio."}, {"context": " Ditko returned to Marvel in 1979, taking over Jack Kirby's \"Machine Man\", drawing \"The Micronauts\" and Captain Universe, and continuing to freelance for the company into the late 1990s. Starting in 1984, he penciled the last two years of the space-robot series \"Rom\". A Godzilla story by Ditko and Marv Wolfman was changed into a Dragon Lord story published in \"Marvel Spotlight\". Ditko and writer Tom DeFalco introduced the Speedball character in \"The Amazing Spider-Man Annual\" #22 (1988) and Ditko drew a ten-issue series based on the character."}, {"context": " In 1982, he also began freelancing for the early independent comics label Pacific Comics, beginning with \"Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers\" #6 (Sept. 1982), in which he introduced the superhero Missing Man, with Mark Evanier scripting to Ditko's plot and art. Subsequent Missing Man stories appeared in \"Pacific Presents\" #1\u20133 (Oct. 1982 \u2013 March 1984), with Ditko scripting the former and collaborating with longtime friend Robin Snyder on the script for the latter two. Ditko also created The Mocker for Pacific, in \"Silver Star\" #2 (April 1983)."}, {"context": " For Eclipse Comics, he contributed a story featuring his character Static (no relation to the later Milestone Comics character) in \"Eclipse Monthly\" #1\u20133 (Aug.\u2013Oct. 1983), introducing supervillain the Exploder in #2. With writer Jack C. Harris, Ditko drew the backup feature \"The Faceless Ones\" in First Comics' \"Warp\" #2\u20134 (April\u2013June 1983). Working with that same writer and others, Ditko drew a handful of the Fly, Fly-Girl and Jaguar stories for \"The Fly\" #2\u20138 (July 1983 \u2013 Aug. 1984), for Archie Comics' short-lived 1980s superhero line; in a rare latter-day instance of Ditko inking another artist, he inked penciler Dick Ayers on the Jaguar story in \"The Fly\" #9 (Oct. 1984). Western Publishing in 1982 announced a series by Ditko and Harris would appear in a new science-fiction comic, \"Astral Frontiers\", but that title never materialized."}, {"context": " In 1992 Ditko worked with writer Will Murray to produce one of his last original characters for Marvel Comics, the superheroine Squirrel Girl, who debuted in \"Marvel Super-Heroes\" vol. 2, #8, a.k.a. \"Marvel Super-Heroes Winter Special\" (Jan. 1992). In 1993, he did the Dark Horse Comics one-shot \"The Safest Place in the World\". For the Defiant Comics series \"Dark Dominion,\" he drew issue #0, which was released as a set of trading cards. In 1995, he pencilled a four-issue series for Marvel based on the \"Phantom 2040\" animated TV series. This included a poster that was inked by John Romita Sr. \"Steve Ditko's Strange Avenging Tales\" was announced as a quarterly series from Fantagraphics Books, although it only ran one issue (Feb. 1997) due to publicly unspecified disagreements between Ditko and the publisher."}, {"context": " \"The New York Times\" assessed in 2008 that, \"By the '70s he was regarded as a slightly old-fashioned odd-ball; by the '80s he was a commercial has-been, picking up wretched work-for-hire gigs. ...following the example of [Ayn] Rand's John Galt, Ditko hacked out moneymaking work, saving his care for the crabbed Objectivist screeds he published with tiny presses. And boy, could Ditko hack: seeing samples of his Transformers coloring book and his Big Boy comic is like hearing Orson Welles sell frozen peas.\""}, {"context": " Ditko retired from mainstream comics in 1998. His later work for Marvel and DC included such established superheroes as the Sub-Mariner (in \"Marvel Comics Presents\") and newer, licensed characters such as the \"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers\". The last mainstream character he created was Marvel's Longarm in \"Shadows & Light\" #1 (Feb. 1998), in a self-inked, 12-page Iron Man story \"A Man's Reach...\", scripted by Len Wein. His final mainstream work was a five-page New Gods story for DC Comics, \"Infinitely Gentle Infinitely Suffering\", inked by Mick Gray and believed to be intended for the 2000\u20132002 \"Orion\" series but not published until the 2008 trade paperback \"Tales of the New Gods\"."}, {"context": " Since then, Ditko's solo work has been published intermittently by Robin Snyder, who was his editor at Charlton, Archie Comics, and Renegade Press in the 1980s. The Snyder publications have included a number of original books as well as reprints such as \"Static\", \"The Missing Man\", \"The Mocker\" and, in 2002, \"Avenging World\", a collection of stories and essays spanning 30 years. In 2008, Ditko and Snyder released \"The Avenging Mind\", a 32-page essay publication featuring several pages of new artwork; and \"Ditko, Etc...\", a 32-page comic book composed of brief vignettes and editorial cartoons. Releases have continued in that format, with stories introducing such characters as the Hero, Miss Eerie, the Cape, the Madman, the Grey Negotiator, the !? and the Outline. He said in 2012 of his self-published efforts, \"I do those because that's all they'll let me do.\""}, {"context": " In addition to the new material, Ditko and Snyder have reprinted earlier Ditko material. In 2010 they published a new edition of the 1973 \"Mr. A\" comic and a selection of Ditko covers in \"The Cover Series\". In 2011 they published a new edition of the 1975 comic \"...Wha...!? Ditko's H. Series\". Two \"lost\" stories drawn by Ditko in 1978 have been published by DC in hardcover collections of the artist's work. A Creeper story scheduled for the never published \"Showcase\" #106 appears in \"The Creeper by Steve Ditko\" (2010) and an unpublished \"Shade, the Changing Man\" story appears in \"The Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 1\" (2011). A Hulk and the Human Torch story written by Jack C. Harris and drawn by Ditko in the 1980s was published by Marvel as \"Incredible Hulk and the Human Torch: From the Marvel Vault\" #1 in August 2011."}, {"context": " As of 2012, Ditko continued to work in Manhattan's Midtown West neighborhood. He mostly declined to give interviews or make public appearances, explaining in 1969 that: However, he did contribute numerous essays to Robin Snyder's fanzine \"The Comics\". Ditko was an ardent supporter of Objectivism. He had a nephew who became an artist, also named Steve Ditko. As far as it is known, he never married and had no surviving children at the time of his death. Will Eisner stated that Ditko had a son out of wedlock, but this may have been a confused reference to the nephew."}, {"context": " Ditko said in 2012 that he had made no income on the four \"Spider-Man\" films released to that time. However, a neighbor of Ditko's stated that he received royalty checks. Those involved with creating the \"Doctor Strange\" film purposely declined to contact him during production, believing they would not be welcome. Ditko was found unresponsive in his apartment in New York City on June 29, 2018. Police said he had died within the previous two days. He was pronounced dead at age 90, with the cause of death initially deemed as a result of a myocardial infarction, brought on by arteriosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease."}, {"context": " In September 2007, presenter Jonathan Ross hosted a one-hour documentary for BBC Four titled \"In Search of Steve Ditko\". The program covers Ditko's work at Marvel, DC, and Charlton Comics and at Wally Wood's \"witzend\", as well as his following of Objectivism. It includes testimonials by Alan Moore, Mark Millar, Jerry Robinson and Stan Lee, among others. Ross, accompanied by writer Neil Gaiman, met Ditko briefly at his New York office, but he declined to be filmed, interviewed or photographed. He did, however, give the two a selection of some comic books. At the end of the show, Ross said he had since spoken to Ditko on the telephone and, as a joke, that he was now on first name terms with him.  As penciller (generally but not exclusively self-inked), unless otherwise noted Marvel Comics DC Comics Charlton Comics Warren Publishing Independent Ace Comics Atlas/Seaboard Star*Reach Productions Renegade Press Dark Horse Comics Fantagraphics Books Robin Snyder"}]}, {"title": "Steve Divnick", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Divnick is an inventor and businessman. His patented inventions include the \"Spiral Wishing Well\" (1985) seen at various museums across the United States, and a smaller version for individuals. He has developed a boat lift, the DivnickLift, for docking small vessels onto larger boats. His company \"Divnick International Group\" also invented, patented and manufactures an adjustable-loft telescopic golf club and a range of other golf clubs. This is a waterless product which allows people launch coins on a spiral path onto the smooth fiberglass surface of the vortex funnel. The coins spin faster and faster as they cling to the nearly vertical throat of the funnel in a blur of speed before they drop into the locked base. The coin revenue is kept as a donation by the organisation who owns the well. It therefore has similar functionality to a traditional wishing well without the size and water. In 1987, \"Popular Science\" reported the typical take was $5\u2013$25 per day, with one Salvation Army branch reporting a peak of $532 in one day."}, {"context": " According to documentation on the Spiral Wishing Well website, the first Well they sold was in 1985 to the United States Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio where it has had over $2 million tossed into it. Many locations passed the $100,000 amount. The first one-day record was $532 at a Kmart store, another at a small school that raised $7,352, and a church that raised $40,979. The first Well that Divnick made was as an offering device for the children in his church. He began to see the potential as a non-profit fund raising device in public locations, and the company has shipped thousands of Wells all over the world where they have raised in excess of $200 million for charity. 100% of the revenue stays with the charity. Divnick and his company never receives any portion of the coins tossed into the Wells.  Many of the waterless wishing wells are sponsored by individuals or companies. Since they are placed in retail and other foot-traffic locations, they provide significant positive community relations for the sponsors. The Wells are also popular with science teachers who use the company's Student Guide to teach topics such as tornadoes, whirlpools, planetary orbits, and the physics of a vortex."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dixon (actor)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Professor Stephen Robert Dixon (born 1956 in Manchester, England) is a British actor and academic. He studied performing arts at the Victoria University of Manchester, graduating in the same class as Rik Mayall. He worked as an actor for many years, taking minor roles in films like \"Privates on Parade\" and on television shows including \"The Young Ones\" and \"The Krypton Factor\". For three years in the early 1980s he began working as a stand-up comic at The Comedy Store in London. He also worked in theatre, most notably with directors such as Nicholas Hytner, Steven Berkoff and Richard Eyre as well as working with experimental theatre companies Incubus and Lumiere & Son. He has directed productions himself in Mexico, Latvia and the UK, and produced an opera for the theatre company Opera North. Dixon has also directed five independent films which include large-scale movies produced through community texts. He also won an Industrial Society directing award for corporate video. He has also been the Director of Training for Glasgow Film and Video Workshop. Dixon has directed television programmes for Anglia and Granada Television, where he also produced an arts series. In 1984 Dixon appeared on Coronation Street as a taxi driver escorting the long serving character Elsie Tanner out of Weatherfield after 24 years on the show and 45 years on the street."}, {"context": " He turned to lecturing during the 1990s, and has since become a noted academic in the field of performing arts. Originally working at the University of Salford, he has since moved to Brunel University in London, where he was head of the School of Arts, and later from 2008 one of the university's Pro-Vice-Chancellors. One of his main publications is the book on Digital Performance published by MIT press. Steve Dixon is a noted academic in the field of performing arts, in the 1990s he started lecturing at the University of Salford. Between 1991 and 2005 he was the Associate Head (Teaching and Learning) of the School of Media, Music and Performance at the University of Salford. In 1992 he co-founded the first honours degree combining media and performance. And then in 1994 he created the first UK module for Stand-up comedy, one of the former students of the course being Peter Kay."}, {"context": " Dixon also created the theatre company 'The Chameleons Group' in 1994, in which he was the director. They aimed to explore new ways to create multimedia performances and produced four performances whilst Steve Dixon was at the University of Salford. The four performances 'The Chameleon Group' produced were: \u2018Chameleons: The Dark Perversity\u2019 in 1994, \u2018Chameleons 2: theatre in a movie screen\u2019 in 1999, \u2018Chameleons3: Net Congestion\u2019 in 2000 and \u2018Chameleons 4: The Doors of Serenity\u2019 in 2002. All of their performances where part of Steve Dixon\u2019s practice-as-research."}, {"context": " Between the Years 1999 and 2000 Dixon began working on, and became the co-director of the Digital Performance Archive. Whilst at the University of Salford he published several articles which address a range of subjects including performance studies, gender, virtual theatre, pedagogy and cybertheory in leading journals such as The Drama Review (TDR), CTHEORY and Digital Creativity. Dixon also published two CD-ROMs which document and analyse the work of his multimedia theatre company, The Chameleons Group. One in 1996 called 'Chameleons: theatrical experiments in style, genre and multi-media\u2019 and another in 1999 called \u2018Chameleons 2: theatre in a movie screen\u2019. In 2004 Steve Dixon\u2019s co-authored book with Barry Smith \u2018Digital Performance: New Technologies in Theatre, Dance and Performance Art\u2019 was publish by the MIT press."}, {"context": " In 2005 Steve Dixon left the University of Salford to become the Head of the School of Arts at the University of Brunel. Dixon led strategic and curriculum developments in the School of Arts at Brunel that led to the establishment of four research centres and the development of 11 new Masters Courses as well as the creation of new subject areas such as, Journalism and Videogames Design. His work as the Head of School of Arts also led to the recruitment of world-leading Professors, such as Fay Weldon and Stelarc. Dixon also managed to start the development of the new \u00a33M Performance and Media centre at the University of Brunel."}, {"context": " Dixon is now the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for development at the University of Brunel. As the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Steve's portfolio includes knowledge transfer and enterprise development, corporate relationship management, sponsorship and fundraising, PR and profile raising, special projects and international collaborations. Steve Dixon's other achievements whilst at the University of Brunel have been, producing his 800-page book Digital Performance, which has won two international awards. Publishing more works on subjects including theatre studies, film theory, digital arts, Artificial Intelligence, and pedagogy. Co-founding and becoming Associate Editor of the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, he is also currently on the editorial board for the academic journals CTheory, Studies in Theatre and Performance, and Body, Space & Technology.Steve has also been invited many times to present seminars at many different Universities' including Paris Sorbonne, Trinity, Beijing Film Academy, Kansas, Bayreuth, Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol. Dixon has also delivered keynote conference addresses in the USA, Australia, Korea and the UK."}, {"context": " Dixon is a Research Panel member for the Arts and Humanities Research Council (Panel 7, Music and Performing Arts), and has served on two specially constituted AHRC advisory panels (ICT in Creative and Performing Arts, and the Strategic Evaluation Review of AHDS). Dixon is a recognised academic pioneer and advisor on the use of ICT in the arts and humanities. He is currently a standing committee member of Digital Resources in Humanities and Arts (DRHA) and an advisory board member of the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS), and Artifact (JISC Resource Discovery Network hub)."}, {"context": " Previously he worked as a subject reviewer for the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and was a member of the Benchmarking Reference Group for Dance, Drama and Performance Studies. Dixon has also formerly been a Chair of the Information Technology Group for the drama subject association SCUDD, a committee member for Performance Studies International, a panel advisor to the North West Arts Board, and an expert advisor on the JISC Arts and Humanities Research ICT Awareness and Training project. In 1999 Steve Dixon became a co-director for the newly developed Digital Performance Archive funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Counsel (UK). The Digital Performance Archive was established as a tool to document and analyse interdisciplinary developments in performance which draw upon varied forms of digital media. During the years 1999 \u2013 2000 the Digital Performance Archive recorded all activity found in this field and became an extensive online database of individual works. The unique and intensive research documented over the two years are viewed as a significant historical period for digital performance. The study covers both digital resources used in performance and digital resources on performance in the period studied, examples of these include theatrical performances that incorporate electronic media to performance arts databases. The Digital Performance Archive project holds high value in a wide range of academic disciplines."}, {"context": " It was after this major research project that Steve Dixon co-authored (with Barry Smith) the book Digital Performance and accompanying DVD Digital Performance: New Technologies in Theatre, Dance and Performance Art which was published by MIT Press in 2004. The 800 pages of Digital Performance outline the theory and history of digital performance. The book analyses topics such as \u2018space\u2019 and \u2018interactivity\u2019 and pays particular attention to the extensive research project of the Digital Performance Archive between the years of 1999\u20132000. Subsequently, the book contains additional research from the 1980s, 1990s and work from the early 2000s. Along with providing a history of digital performance, Dixon addresses and critiques views regarding digital performance. Digital Performance has won two international awards \u2013 The Association of American Publishers Award for Excellence in Music and the Performing Arts (Professional/Scholarly Publishing Awards) and the Lewis Mumford Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Technics (Media Ecology Association)."}, {"context": " His contributions to the Digital Performance Archive and the creation of his book Digital Performance have provided a solid grounding for the ongoing discussion of digital performance. Steve Dixon published extensively on a broad range of areas including theatre studies, digital arts, film theory, Artificial Intelligence and pedagogy in lead journals such as TDR and CTheory. Dixon is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, a journal in which he co-founded."}, {"context": " The Chameleons group was a multimedia performance research Company directed by Steve Dixon. The company was founded by Steve Dixon and Paul Murphy, and performer Wendy Reed in 1994. It was established from within the Media and Performance Research Unit (Now the Music, Media, and Performing Arts Research Centre) at the University of Salford. The group consisted of Wendy Reed, Fiona Watson, Paul Murphy, Steve Dixon and Sara Bailes. The aim of The Chameleons Group was to create multimedia performances. The company devised and toured with live 'film-theatre' productions, where live actors work in front of large video screens, interacting with film characters and their own 'digital doubles', and appear to move from the stage to the screen space. The company has also toured with many original theatre performances that experimented with the integration of video and live performance. In 2000, the group presented their most ambitious interactive cyber-theatre event ever staged, the performance allowed online audiences to direct the actors and write dialogue for the performances in real time."}, {"context": " The Chameleons group produced four performances, these were: As well as four performances Steve Dixon went on to create a two award-winning CD-ROM\u2019s which documented and analysed the creation and rehearsal process of the performances of \u2018The Dark Perversity of Chameleons\u2019 and \u2018Theatre in a Movie Screen\u2019. More recently Chameleons Group performers have collaborated with artist: Paul Sermon, Andrea Zapp and Mathais Fuchs, on the telematic performance Unheimlich. Unheimlich was a telematic performance installation (funded by the Art Council) that was exhibited at conferences including SIGGRAPH which enabled the audience in the USA to participate in an improvisation with live performers in the UK. The performance used Freud\u2019s notion of the uncanny, Unheimlich (at once familiar, homelike, but also strange, alien and uncomfortable) as its starting point."}, {"context": " The Dark Perversity of Chameleons was the first performance created by The Chameleon Group and directed by Steve Dixon. The idea was conceived and developed by the media and performance research unit at the University of Salford. In the summer of 1994 it was performed at the University of Salford and toured various venues. It was a technically ambitious project that involved the devising of a theatrical text and the shooting and editing of over six hours of original video material. The end video material was screen on five video monitors position in different places on the set. The devising process incorporated a composer (Steven Durrant) who wrote and recorded original music for the production."}, {"context": " The aim of the project was to attempt to explore the usefulness of Antonin Artaud theories of performance in specific relation to postmodern theatrical and televisual forms. The production originally attempted to interweave and juxtapose Antonin Artaud\u2019s theories of performance with Eastern concepts of ritual and performance codification within and against modern popularist performative models. However, three weeks into the devising process it was evident amongst the performers that it was very difficult to practically realise Antonin Artaud\u2019s theories of the actor. So after three weeks of experimenting with Artaudian acting styles, Antonin Artaud's theories were largely abandoned. However, some aspects of Artauds theories remained such as the use of stylised physical gestures, which were employed as a physical language system."}, {"context": " The performance was centred on \u2018Five people sitting alone in different bedrooms watching television set. The televisions transmit different sequences, depicting each character\u2019s thoughts and memories, mixed with their inner visions \u2013 dreams, secrets and hallucinations...\u2019 The performance contained five characters, these characters were: Rachel (Sara Bailes), Derek (Steve Dixon), Mike (Paul Murphy), Veronica (Wendy Reed) and Sophia (Fiona Watson). Each of the characters applied the physical language system to themselves. This meant that each character had four physical gestures which were repeated throughout the piece. As the piece progressed the characters also took on each other\u2019s gestures."}, {"context": " The second research project Steve Dixon and the Chameleons Group created in 1999 was entitled Chameleons 2 \u2013 Theatre In A Movie Screen and contained four core performers from the Group, Paul Murphy, Wendy Reed, Julia Eaton and Steve Dixon. The narrative portrayed four characters in an imagined place and time somewhere between reality and a dream, who were striving to find a sense of self and their role within the external world. The primary research objective of the Chameleons Group was to bring a closer integration of the video and of live action."}, {"context": " Chameleons 2 evolved over an eight-week devising process in which practical approaches and methodologies such as hot seating were undertaken in the development of the characters and the devising of the show. Three months previously to this process each of the four performers documented their dreams which enabled the company to have an initial springboard for the creation of ideas. The performance space contained a projection screen enclosing hidden doors and windows which live action could take place \u2013 the notion of a theatre within a movie screen. The openings in the screen had numerous purposes such as a door that was used an entrance however a window represented a cliff top."}, {"context": " In 2000 Steve Dixon co-directed and performed two individual cybertheatre performances alongside his performance research company, The Chameleons Group. The performances were entitled \u2018Chameleons 3 \u2013 Net Congestion\u2019, which contained the core performers of the Chameleons Group, Paul Murphy, Wendy Reed and Steve Dixon himself. Over ten days the performers collaborated with eight guest artists to create edited film footage to be played on screens behind the live performers. The performances took place on three separate stages situated in a black-box studio theatre. The live actors performed on the stages in front of projection screens which played the pre-recorded edited footage; however, there were no live audiences present."}, {"context": " Instead the performances were filmed with a three-camera Outside Broadcast unit that relayed the performance over the internet. Audiences online were given the opportunity to log into the live event and contribute to become the performance. The online audiences were invited to type in images, characters and dialogue, providing material for the performers to improvise with. Throughout the piece this opened a gateway for the performers to not only show pre-rehearsed material but also improvise entirely using the online interactive audience as a stimulus."}, {"context": " The topic of live and mediatised performance was dominant in this research project undertaken by the Chameleons Group as live Cybertheatre questions this issue. The Chameleons Group aimed to explore the theories of liveness, forming distinctions between the live and mediatised and questioning them through performance. Chameleons 3 \u2013 Net Congestion produced a unique interactive cybertheatre performance in which the nature of the relationship held between the performers and audience transformed as the spectators became participants in the online interactive performance."}, {"context": " In 2002 The Chameleons Group created Chameleons 4 \u2013 The Doors of Serenity, directed by Steve Dixon. Dixon also devised and performed the performance alongside Chameleons Group members Anna Fenemore, Wendy Reed and Barry Woods. Four characters, a devil male escort, a genital-less femme fatale, a paranoid cyborg and a vampire bimbo played dangerous games through doors. Similarly to Chameleons 2, the performance incorporates multiple imaging and split screen digital video techniques with live theatre performed in hidden doors and windows within the screen itself. The Chameleons Group used this digital performance to explore the relationship between the esoteric and the populist; the disturbing and the comedic and the virtual and the 'real'. The multimedia theatre used aided the fusion of vivid dream narratives, surrealist comedy and the Artaudian techniques of the theatre of cruelty."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dixon (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Ross Dixon (born August 3, 1969) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Dixon played for the St. Louis Cardinals in and . , or Retrosheet, or Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League) <br>"}]}, {"title": "Steve Dobrogosz", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dobrogosz (born 26 January 1956 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) is an American composer, songwriter and pianist. Dobrogosz is the son of Walter Dobrogosz and Donna Bartone and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and afterwards moved to Stockholm, Sweden in 1978, where he began recording and performing. Dobrogosz continues to reside in Stockholm. Dobrogosz's over 1000 compositions span several genres, including jazz, pop, and classical. He has written a number of popular choral compositions, including \"Mass\" (1992) which has been performed in over 40 countries."}, {"context": " He has collaborated with singers such as Radka Toneff, Jeanette Lindstr\u00f6m, Berit Andersson and more recently with Anna Christoffersson. His albums with Christoffersson, \"It's Always You\" and \"Rivertime\", were nominated for the Swedish Grammy Award in the jazz album category. His 1982 album with Radka Toneff, \"Fairy Tales\", was named best Norwegian album of all time in a 2012 Norwegian artist poll. He is married to Swedish flutist Katarina Fritz\u00e9n. They have three sons, including Jonathan Fritz\u00e9n, a contemporary jazz pianist and multi-instrumentalist."}]}, {"title": "Steve Docherty", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Docherty (born 6 May 1950 in Newcastle, Australia), is a right-handed former professional tennis player from Australia. Docherty enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up in 4 doubles events. His most notable career achievement was when he surprised the world to defeat former world number one Arthur Ashe at Wimbledon in 1978. After completing his tennis career, Docherty became a successful businessman, owning and operating three McDonald's franchises along the East coast of NSW before retiring to his home town of Newcastle."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dodd", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dodd (1 June 1928 \u2013 10 November 2014) was an Indigenous Australian actor, notable for playing indigenous characters across seven decades of Australian film. After beginning his working life as a stockman and rodeo rider, Dodd was given his first film roles by prominent Australian actor Chips Rafferty. His career was interrupted by six years in the Australian Army during the Korean War, and limited by typecasting. Dodd performed in several major Australian movies, including \"Gallipoli\" and \"The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith\", in which he played Tabidgi, the murdering uncle of the lead character. He also held minor parts in Australia-based international film productions including \"The Coca-Cola Kid\", \"Quigley Down Under\" and \"The Matrix\". He likewise appeared in minor roles in early Australian television series, such as \"Homicide\" and \"Rush\", as well as later series including \"The Flying Doctors\". In 2013, Dodd was honoured with the Jimmy Little Lifetime Achievement Award at the 19th Deadly Awards at the Sydney Opera House. He died in November 2014."}, {"context": " Dodd, also known as Mullawa or Mulla walla (flying fish), was an Arunta or Arrente Indigenous man from central Australia. It is unclear if Dodd was from the Northern Territory or South Australia: one source states he was born in Alice Springs, and another states he was born at the Hermannsburg Mission, to the town's south-west. However a third source suggests Oodnadatta, across the border in South Australia, while Dodd himself, in a 2011 interview, stated he was South Australian. A 1953 newspaper report states that he was from Coober Pedy and had been resident at Colebrook Home, which housed Indigenous children from northern South Australia; some residents subsequently identified as members of the Stolen Generation. The only record of a birth date is in the Department of Veterans' Affairs' \"Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War\", which gives 1 June 1928."}, {"context": " In 1966 he was reported to be a bachelor; later sources shed no light on his marital status. In 1971 he remarked in an interview that his father and six brothers were living in the Northern Territory. In the 19th and 20th centuries, Indigenous Australian men played significant roles as stockmen in the Australian pastoral industry, and as entertainers participating in competitive demonstrations of stockmen's skills, referred to as rough riding. Dodd worked as a stockman, horse breaker and rodeo rider prior to and during his acting career, including a period working for rider and entertainer Smoky Dawson. He was a member of the Rough Riders Association, and gave exhibition rides at the Calgary Stampede in 1964."}, {"context": " Dodd served in Korea, during a six-year stint in the Australian Army, with the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment; his service number was 41018. Interviewed in May 2011 he indicated that he \"was the first Aboriginal to sign up from South Australia to go to Korea\". A photograph of him in uniform in Korea is amongst images on permanent display at the Australian War Memorial. From 1969 to at least 1973 Dodd worked as a guide for Airlines of New South Wales, escorting tours to Uluru and other locations in central Australia. Dodd has stated that he demonstrated boomerang and spear-throwing at Expo 70, and at an Olympic Games (though which year is unknown). He was also a participant in a re-enactment of Captain James Cook's landing in Australia, as part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations."}, {"context": " In 1985, Dodd was living in Manly, New South Wales, having spent fifteen years in Sydney's northern suburbs. For the last two decades of his life, Dodd lived at St Georges Basin on the south coast of New South Wales, where he died on 10 November 2014, aged 86. Dodd's first opportunity to act in Australian film came in 1946, when actor Chips Rafferty noticed Dodd on the set of \"The Overlanders\" and gave him a small role. It was the first of three Rafferty movies in which Dodd secured a part, the second being \"Bitter Springs\" in 1950. This film was notable for being \"a serious study of the relations of white settlers and Aborigines\" and \"more honest than most Australian film-makers ventured to be at that time\"."}, {"context": " Film writer Bruce Molloy described the film as a \"lucid and dramatically effective representation\" of black\u2013white conflict in colonial Australia, giving Indigenous Australians \"a degree of justice long denied them in cinematic representation\". Dodd was working on \"Bitter Springs\" as a tracker and interpreter for actor Michael Pate when Rafferty arranged for him to have an on-screen role. There was a positive relationship between the Indigenous Arrente people and the cast and crew, particularly Rafferty, involved in the location filming for \"Bitter Springs\" in the area of Quorn in northern South Australia. Michael Pate said that Rafferty \"wasn't a prejudiced person\u00a0... Chips was a person who appreciated the Aborigine [sic] very much\u00a0... he got on very well with the people\". Dodd, meanwhile, appreciated Rafferty's vision for an Australian film industry and its potential to provide opportunities for Indigenous Australians."}, {"context": " Rafferty was the star of the film that gave Dodd his third minor screen role, \"Kangaroo\" (1952). In 1957, the J Arthur Rank Organisation, an English company, came to Australia to make a film adaptation of \"Robbery Under Arms\", an Australian colonial novel by Rolf Boldrewood. Dodd travelled to Britain and the United States with the company for six months; in what role is unknown. He said he worked with Rafferty on a fourth film, \"Wake in Fright\", in 1971, but Dodd's name does not appear in published cast lists. In the same year, he was cast in the role of an Aboriginal caretaker for a film he said was called \"Sacrifice\"."}, {"context": " On stage, Dodd performed the role of Darky Morris in a 1966 J.C. Williamson stage production of \"Desire of the Moth\", with a season of nearly three months in Melbourne and Sydney. In 1971, he appeared in an early Sydney production of Kevin Gilbert's seminal work, \"The Cherry Pickers\". There were numerous small television roles for Dodd. His work for Smoky Dawson included appearing in a television production, \"Adventure with Smoky Dawson: Tim Goes Walkabout\", broadcast in June 1966. In other television work, Dodd participated in a Channel 7 documentary series about pioneering Australian transport company Cobb and Co, and also worked on several documentary programs for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Dodd had minor roles in many early Australian TV dramas of the 1960s and 1970s, including \"Skippy the Bush Kangaroo\", \"Division 4\", \"Delta\" (1969), \"Riptide\" (1969), \"Woobinda\u00a0\u2013 Animal Doctor\" (1970), \"Spyforce\" (1972\u201373), \"Homicide\" (1974), and \"Rush\" (1976). One of these, \"Woobinda\u00a0\u2013 Animal Doctor\", marked the first appearance of an Indigenous Australian in a television series lead role\u00a0\u2013 not by Dodd, but by a Bindi Williams, playing an adopted son of the show's star. In 1973 it was reported that a television film \"Marra Marra\" featuring prominent Aboriginal actors David Gumpilil and Bob Maza, together with Dodd and Zac Martin, had been completed."}, {"context": " Although Dodd obtained small parts in several television series, for many years he and his fellow Aboriginal actors found themselves included in only minor and typecast roles in television productions. According to Indigenous actor, historian and activist Gary Foley, Dodd joked that \"he was sick of roles where his total dialogue was, 'he went that way, Boss!'\" Reflecting on this issue, a commentator remarked on the 1978 film \"Little Boy Lost\": \"There are many irrelevant scenes, the most obvious one being where Tracker Bindi (Steve Dodd), an Aboriginal, is introduced\u00a0\u2013 yet another tired reinforcement of a false stereotype.\""}, {"context": " Dodd contributed to several films in which issues facing Indigenous Australians, such as land rights and race relations, were the central subjects. These appearances included \"Bitter Springs\" (mentioned above) and \"The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith\" (1978), the first of two films in which he appeared alongside Jack Thompson. Dodd played the character of Tabidgi, the uncle of the lead character, Aboriginal man Jimmie Blacksmith. In the film, Jimmie Blacksmith marries a white woman named Gilda Marshall (played by Angela Punch McGregor). When they have a baby, Dodd's character, \"a tribal elder,\u00a0... is worried about Jimmie's marriage to a white woman and has brought him a talisman to keep him safe\". Pauline Kael, writing in \"The New Yorker\", described the performances of the two black professional actors (Jack Charles and Dodd) as \"wonderful as sots:\u00a0... Steve Dodds [sic], who is tried for murder and simply says, 'You'd think it would take a good while to make up your mind to kill someone and then to kill them, but take my word for it, it only takes a second'\"."}, {"context": " Dodd's career was busiest in the 1980s, and by 1985 it was reported that he had acted in 55 movies or television features. In 1981 he played Billy Snakeskin in the film \"Gallipoli\", about the fate of young men who participated in the World War I Gallipoli Campaign of 1915. This was followed by parts in \"Chase Through the Night\" and \"Essington\", both in 1984. In 1985 he played the role of Mr Joe in \"The Coca-Cola Kid\", an Australian romantic comedy with an international cast including Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi. In 1986 he appeared in the film \"Short Changed\", while through the mid-1980s he had minor parts in the popular television series \"The Flying Doctors\" (1985\u20131988)."}, {"context": " \"The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith\" was not the only film in which Dodd appeared that addressed topical Indigenous issues of the day. A decade after \"Jimmie Blacksmith\", Dodd performed in \"Ground Zero\", again with Jack Thompson in one of the lead roles. This film is a thriller based on claims that Indigenous Australians were used as human guinea pigs in the British nuclear tests at Maralinga. The film uses as its context the McClelland Royal Commission, which was investigating radioactive contamination at the site. In the film, Dodd plays a minor character named Freddy Tjapaljarri."}, {"context": " Sources differ on whether Dodd had a part in \"Evil Angels\" (released as \"A Cry in the Dark\" outside of Australia and New Zealand), the 1988 film about the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance, with Dodd's name not included in the cast list published by \"Australian Film 1978\u20131994\", but appearing in the longer cast listing provided by IMDb. In 1988 he played a minor role in \"Kadaicha\", an unreleased horror film about a series of unexplained murders. In 1990 Dodd appeared in two films: \"Quigley Down Under\", a western made in Australia but starring American Tom Selleck and Briton Alan Rickman; and \"The Crossing\", an Australian drama set in a country town."}, {"context": " Dodd's career returned to politically contentious Indigenous issues when he played a minor role, of Kummengu, in the 1991 film \"Deadly\". This film is a police drama based around the death of an Indigenous man in police custody. As in \"Ground Zero\", the subject was very topical: the movie was released at the same time as the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, which had for four years been examining why so many Indigenous Australians died in police detention. In 1999, Dodd was one of three actors in \"Wind\", a short film portraying the pursuit of an old Aboriginal man (Dodd) by a young black tracker and a white police sergeant. That same year was marked by the most commercially successful film of his career, \"The Matrix\". Later, Dodd played minor roles in an episode of television series \"The Alice\" (2006) and the movies \"My Country\" (2007) and \"Broken Sun\" (2008); by this time his career in film and television had lasted for over sixty years.  In 2013, Dodd received the Jimmy Little Lifetime Achievement Award at the 19th Deadly Awards at the Sydney Opera House. Departing from tradition by presenting the award to someone who was not primarily a musician, the organisers described Dodd as \"an actor that created a pathway for others across the entire arts and music sectors to follow, at a time when typecasting stereotypes and discrimination was the 'norm' in Australia's arts industry\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Doerr", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Doerr is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally for the Memphis Americans in the Major Indoor Soccer League. Doerr attended Indiana University, playing on the men\u2019s soccer team from 1977 to 1980. In 1978 and 1980, the Hoosiers finished runner-up to the San Francisco Dons in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. In 1981, Doerr turned professional with the Memphis Americans of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He played one hundred games for the Americans over three seasons before retiring in 1984."}]}, {"title": "Steve Doig", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Gugel \"Steve\" Doig (born March 28, 1960) is a former professional American football who played in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions (1982\u20131984) and the New England Patriots ( 1986\u20131987) He was a 3rd round selection (69th overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions out of the University of New Hampshire. While attending North Reading High School, he was also a hockey player. Doig was the ECAC Player of the Year and Yankee Conference Player of the Year. He was the Defensive Captain in the Blue\u2013Gray Bowl. He played in nine games for the Detroit Lions in 1982 and in nine games in 1983. Steve had 17 solo tackles and 2 assists in sixteen games for the Detroit Lions in 1984. He did not play professional football in 1985.  Doig was signed as a free agent by the New England Patriots in 1986 and played in five games, recorded 1 solo tackle and recovered a fumble by Andra Franklin on his kickoff return in the Patriots' 34-27 win over the Miami Dolphins on December 22, 1986. He played in one regular season game for the New England Patriots in the 1987 season and in their playoff game on January 4, 1987. He wore uniform # 59 for the New England Patriots."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dolinsky", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dolinsky (born 1968) is an American television, radio, print, and podcast food and travel reporter. He has reported as \u201cHungry Hound\u201d on ABC 7 (Chicago) since 2003. He also submits food reports for Public Radio International\u2019s \u201cThe World\u201d and is co-host with Rick Bayless and producer of The Feed Podcast. He is the author of a guide to Chicago pizza titled \"Pizza City, USA\" to be published by Northwestern University Press in 2018. Dolinsky was born in 1968 in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in a kosher household. He earned a BA in Journalism and History at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison.  Dolinsky has been recognized twelve times with the James Beard Foundation Award for excellence in cuisine, culinary writing, and culinary education in the United States."}]}, {"title": "Steve Doll", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Lyle Doll (December 9, 1960 \u2013 March 22, 2009) was an American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as Steven Dunn in the tag team Well Dunn. Doll began training in 1984 with retired wrestlers Rick and John Davidson. In May 1985, he wrestled his first match against Dick Slater in Shreveport, Louisiana. He wrestled for Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW) from 1987 to 1992, winning a total of four Pacific Northwest Heavyweight titles and eighteen Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles in teams with Scott Peterson, Jimmy Jack Funk, Crush, The Grappler, and Rex King. With Peterson, Doll formed The Southern Rockers in 1987. Rex King joined him in the Southern Rockers when Scott Peterson left wrestling in 1989. As a tag team they wrestled together for over a decade, including when they signed together with the WWF, becoming known as Steven Dunn and Timothy Well, known then as Well Dunn."}, {"context": " He was half of a jobber tag team that wrestled the Blade Runners (Sting and Warrior) in their first match in the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in 1985. Steve Doll joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1993 alongside his Southern Rocker teammate Rex King, and they became known as Well Dunn (Steven Dunn and Timothy Well) and were managed by Harvey Wippleman. They were used primarily as an undercard tag team but feuded with The Bushwhackers on several episodes of \"Monday Night Raw\". Steve Doll was wrestling The Mauler on \"WCW Monday Nitro\" when Scott Hall debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to start the nWo angle on May 27, 1996."}, {"context": " Doll went to the United States Wrestling Association as Steven Dunn. He defeated Doomsday for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship. He was the last wrestler to hold that distinction until the USWA folded in 1997. Post USWA he went on to form a well regarded tag team with Reno Riggins known as The Tennessee Volz. They primarily competed in Music City Wrestling, which was syndicated throughout the United States, but would also appear in various promotions in KY, TN and IN. Their matches and promos on Music City Wrestling television were often the highlight of the program.  Doll went to the New Age Wrestling Alliance, in 1999, teaming up with Adam Rose. they defeated the tag team champions, CJ Stardust and Chris Alexander, in Crossville Tennessee. In May 2006, Doll was hospitalized after having a seizure related to an intestinal blockage. He underwent successful surgery at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. On March 22, 2009, Doll died after a blood clot from his lung reached his heart; he was 48 years old."}]}, {"title": "Steve Donahue", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Donahue (born May 21, 1962) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Penn Quakers men's basketball team. He is the former head coach of Boston College and Cornell. Donahue is a native of Springfield Township, Pennsylvania and a former player at Ursinus College, where he was a member of the Sigma Rho Lambda fraternity. Prior to becoming the head coach at Cornell University, Donahue began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Springfield High School, Monsignor Bonner High School, Philadelphia University, and The University of Pennsylvania."}, {"context": " Donahue had been the head coach at Cornell from September 2000 until April 6, 2010. Cornell struggled early under Donahue, but he eventually turned the program around. A March 1, 2008 defeat of the Harvard Crimson gave Cornell the Ivy League championship for the first time since 1988 and just the second title in program history. On March 6, 2009, with Princeton's loss to Columbia, Cornell clinched the Ivy League Championship for a second consecutive year. It was the first time in 50 years that any team other than Penn or Princeton had won consecutive Ivy League titles in basketball."}, {"context": " Exactly one year later on March 6, 2010, Donahue's Cornell team defeated the Brown Bears to clinch its third consecutive title and fourth in team history. This guaranteed an automatic bid for Cornell in the 2010 NCAA basketball tournament, in which Cornell was given a 12-seed in the East region. Cornell went on to win two games in the tournament, defeating 5-seed Temple and then 4-seed Wisconsin, both victories by double digit margins, to advance to the Sweet 16, the first Ivy League team to advance this far since 1979 (when Penn reached the final four). There they fell to the 1-seed Kentucky Wildcats, ending their historic run. This team featured several lauded seniors, including point guard Louis Dale, who finished as the third highest scorer and top assist man in Cornell history; center Jeff Foote, whose presence in the middle was essential to Cornell's success; and forward Ryan Wittman, who finished as the top scorer in Cornell men's basketball history (and the 5th highest scorer overall in Ivy League's men's basketball history) at 2,028 points."}, {"context": " Donahue received the Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award for his accomplishments during the 2009\u201310 season. On April 7, 2010, Boston College announced that Donahue had been hired as the head coach of its basketball program, replacing coach Al Skinner. Donahue led the Eagles to the second round of the NIT his first year. Donahue's second year was less successful, as the Eagles won only 9 games and lost to Harvard for the fourth year in a row. Donahue led the Eagles to a 16-17 season in his third year. Despite going 16-17, the Eagles lost to two top ten teams by one point."}, {"context": " On February 19, 2014, Donahue achieved what is considered his biggest win at BC by beating #1-ranked Syracuse on the road in the Carrier Dome, 62-59 in overtime. The upset was one of the few bright spots of Donahue's fourth and final year, which saw the Eagles finish with an 8-24 record. On March 18, 2014, Boston College terminated Donahue. He compiled a 54\u201376 record in four seasons and failed to reach the NCAA tournament. On March 16, 2015, Donahue was named the 20th head coach in Penn basketball history, replacing Jerome Allen. Donahue served as an assistant coach for the Quakers from 1990 to 2000. Following Donahue's hiring as head coach, Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University and USA National Team head coach, stated, \u201cSteve Donahue is a terrific basketball coach, and is even more impressive off the court,\" adding, \"This is truly an outstanding hire by the University of Pennsylvania.\u201d Penn's 2017\u201318 team won the 2018 Ivy League Tournament qualifying for their 1st NCAA Tournament since 2007. As the 16th seed for the Midwest bracket of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, they played number 1 seed Kansas. The Quakers jumped out to a 21\u201311 lead with 8:01 left in the 1st half. However, the Jayhawks finished the half on a 22\u20135 run taking a 33\u201326 lead into half-time. The Jayhawks never trailed again and outscored the Quakers 43\u201334 in the 2nd half, causing the Quakers to lose 60\u201376."}]}, {"title": "Steve Donlan", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Donlan (4 September 1954) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Leigh (Heritage \u2116 877), Wigan (Heritage \u2116 812), Bradford Northern and Springfield Borough, as a or , i.e. number 1, or, 3 or 4. Steve Donlan was born in Leigh, Lancashire, England, and he is the father of the rugby league footballer, and coach; Stuart Donlan. Steve Donlan won a cap for England while at Leigh in 1984 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Leigh in 1984 against New Zealand (sub), and Papua New Guinea (sub).  Steve Donlan played in Leigh's victory in the Championship during the 1981\u201382 season. Steve Donlan played left-, i.e. number 4, in Wigan's 28-24 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1985 Challenge Cup Final during the 1984\u201385 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1985. Steve Donlan played left-, i.e. number 4, and scored a drop goal in Leigh's 8-3 victory over Widnes in the 1981 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1981\u201382 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 26 September 1981."}]}, {"title": "Steve Donnellan", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Donnellan (12 November 1900 \u2013 29 June 1934) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Donnellan came to Fitzroy from Cohuna and played 16 games in his debut season in 1922. He was the centre half-forward in Fitzroy's premiership team that year but made just 11 more appearances over the next three seasons. He played with Echuca in the Bendigo Football League after leaving Fitzroy."}]}, {"title": "Steve Donnellan (scientist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve C. Donnellan is the Chief Research Scientist of the Evolutionary Biology Unit at the South Australian Museum. He is also an Affiliate Professor at the University of Adelaide. Donnellan moved from New South Wales to South Australia in 1985 to undertake research recovering the evolutionary history of Australia's lizards. This work led to the establishment of a comprehensive collection of reptile and frog tissues from Australia and New Guinea. In 1990 Donnellan joined the South Australian Museum's staff and established the DNA laboratory there. His research since has focused on the evolution and biogeography of Australasian fauna. Donnellan has used molecular genetic methods to examine issues in the population genetics, phylogeography and phylogenetic relationships of vertebrates and selected invertebrate groups. Many of his research projects have been supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC). His work has been published in numerous scientific journals, including \"Biological Conservation\", \"Evolution\", \"International Journal for Parasitology\", \"PLOS One\", \"Restoration Ecology\", \"Zoologica Scripta\" and \"Zootaxa\"."}, {"context": " In the 2000s, Donnellan studied \"Sepia apama\", the giant Australian cuttlefish, in South Australian waters with Bronwyn Gillanders from the University of Adelaide. While analysing its population structure and movement patterns, he developed a fondness for the animal. He has described its mass breeding aggregation at Point Lowly near Whyalla as \"a fantastic natural phenomenon.\" Donnellan ultimately determined that a genetically distinct population of the species exists, confined to the waters of Northern Spencer Gulf. In 2011, Donnellan expressed concern over the diminishing population forming the breeding aggregation at Point Lowly, and said that he believed constructing a new desalination plant nearby could have further adverse impacts.  Donnellan has a science degree with honours from the University of New South Wales (1976) and a PhD from Macquarie University (1985)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Donner", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Donner is an American sports promoter, team owner, and manager. He was an owner of the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League, the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League, the Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse and the Rochester Rhinos of the USL. He also works as a sports business consultant and heads the ownership group of the ECHL's Greenville Swamp Rabbits. Donner helped bring professional soccer and lacrosse to his home town of Rochester, New York. He was instrumental in the development of the National Lacrosse League (formerly the Major Indoor Lacrosse League) and the construction of the ESL Sports Centre and PAETEC Park in Rochester."}, {"context": " Teams he has owned or managed have won championships in the American Hockey League, the National Lacrosse League, the A-League, and Major League Lacrosse. He has brought a total of eight championship teams to the City of Rochester. He has won more championships in multiple leagues than any other minor owner in the United States. Donner has had a sports marketing career of over 27 seasons in professional sports. Highlights include nine years as Marketing Director for the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL. He was vice president of marketing and sales and a founding member of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL, the first NHL team in Florida. Donner created Fan Land, a fan interactive area in the Thunderdome Sports Complex which was the first of its kind in pro sports."}, {"context": " Donner was AHL executive of the year in 1996 and was inducted into the United Soccer Leagues Hall of Fame in 2006, the Frontier Field Walk of Fame in 2014 and the Rochester Knighthawks Hall of Fame in 2014.. He currently lives in Orlando, Florida, and led the relocation effort that brought the Orlando Titans of the National Lacrosse League from New York City and was instrumental in bringing the Austin USL franchise to Orlando, which became the MLS Orlando City SC. In 2018, he led an ownership group called South Carolina Pro Hockey, LLC, that purchased the Greenville Swamp Rabbits of the ECHL."}]}, {"title": "Steve Donoghue", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Donoghue (8 November 188423 March 1945) was a leading English flat-race jockey in the 1910s and 1920s. He was Champion Jockey 10 times between 1914 and 1923 and was one of the most celebrated horse racing sportsmen after Fred Archer, arguably only Sir Gordon Richards eclipsing him. Stephen Donoghue was born in Warrington, Lancashire. His father was a steel-worker and the family had no racing connections. At the age of twelve he left home and decided to become a jockey after winning a prize for riding a donkey at a circus. Donoghue was apprenticed to John Porter when he was 14 years old, but ran away after being beaten for allowing a horse to get loose on the gallops. After working as an apprentice and work rider at two other British stables he accepted an offer to ride in France. In 1905 he won his first winner at Hy\u00e8res, before moving to Ireland in 1907 and returning to England in 1911."}, {"context": " Donoghue accepted the post of stable jockey to Henry Seymour \"Atty\" Persse at Stockbridge, Hampshire and had his first major successes in 1913 on the outstanding two-year-old The Tetrarch. In the following year he rode 129 winners to claim the first of ten consecutive jockeys' championships. His greatest triumphs came in The Derby which he won six times. The three consecutive wins in the early 1920s - on Humorist (1921), Captain Cuttle (1922) and Papyrus (1923) - were the high points. He was also associated with the horse Brown Jack - who he rode to six consecutive wins in the Queen Alexandra Stakes at Royal Ascot."}, {"context": " In 1915 and 1917, he rode the horses Pommern and Gay Crusader to the English Triple Crown. In its more than two-hundred-year history, of the jockeys aboard the fifteen winners, Steve Donoghue is the only one to have ever won the Triple Crown twice. Always popular with the public and his fellow professionals, Donoghue was never called up by the stewards. He was less popular with owners and trainers because of his tendency to switch allegiance when he had the opportunity of a winning ride. He retired from riding in at the age of 52 in 1937, a year in which he won two classics on the filly Exhibitionnist. Also in 1937 and appeared as himself in Wings of the Morning, Britain's first Technicolour film. Despite earning a great deal during his career his \"impulsive generosity\" and lack of business acumen led to financial difficulties. He took up training at Blewbury but had little success. Donoghue died in London on 23 March 1945 from a heart attack.  In 1999, the Racing Post ranked Donoghue as fourth in their list of the Top 50 jockeys of the 20th century. Away from his career he was an owner of greyhounds and was one of the first to enter greyhounds at the new Ensbury Park Racecourse."}]}, {"title": "Steve Donovan, Western Marshal", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Donovan, Western Marshal is an American Western series that aired in syndication from September 1955, to June 1956. The series stars Douglas Kennedy as Marshal Steve Donovan and Eddy Waller as his sidekick, Rusty Lee. The series, set in Wyoming, was also broadcast under the title Western Marshal. Donovan was a United States Marshal in the 19th century. He and Lee worked to provide peace on the open range and in towns that had no lawmen. Although the program was syndicated in 1955-1956, filming of episodes apparently began in 1951. At that time, the program's title was \"Steve Donovan, Western Range\"r. Sam Chase's review of the first episode (\"caught at a special showing\") was printed in the February 17, 1951, issue of the trade publication Billboard. The review described the program as \"a slick swift-paced item which shows the know-how [producer Jack] Chertok picked up in the course of turning out his \"Lone Ranger\" series.\"  \"Steve Donovan\" was a Jack Chertok Production filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California."}]}, {"title": "Steve Doocy", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen James \"Steve\" Doocy (; born October 19, 1956) is an American network-television personality on Fox News and a best selling author. Doocy was born in Algona, Iowa, the son of JoAnne (Sharp) and James Edward Doocy, who worked in sales and construction. His paternal grandfather was of Irish descent. He was raised in Abilene, Kansas, and attended Kansas grade schools in Russell, Salina, and Industry. Doocy went to junior high in Wakefield and high school in Clay Center, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas, in Lawrence, with a BS in Journalism. He was the first on-air DJ for KJHK radio, the student-operated radio station at 90.7 FM in Lawrence."}, {"context": " Early in his career, Doocy anchored the morning newscast on CBS-TV's flagship station, WCBS-TV, in New York City. Previously, he was the co-host of \"Wake Up America\" on NBC cable and host of the nationally syndicated program \"House Party with Steve Doocy\", a remake of the 1960s Art Linkletter show, and the host of the syndicated kids' series \"Not Just News\". For six years, Doocy was the Emmy Award-winning features reporter for WRC, in Washington, D.C., and the NBC Television Stations division. His early television posts included news reporter positions in Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka, and Des Moines. He was the live Times Square reporter on \"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve\" on ABC-TV for four ball drops."}, {"context": " Doocy joined the Fox News Channel in 1996, and began co-hosting the network's morning show \"Fox & Friends\" in 1998. In 2004, he helped launch Fox News Channel's New Year's Eve special, \"All American New Year\", whose hosts have included Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly. The Fox & Friends program gained prominence after the presidential election of Donald Trump, who had been a regular on-air contributor to the program for a number of years before the campaign. Once elected, Trump called it, \"the most honest morning show.\" During his first year as president, Trump continued to watch and often quoted the program on Twitter. This prompted the New York Times to call Fox & Friends \"the most powerful TV show in America.\""}, {"context": " Doocy is implicated in Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit against Roger Ailes. The lawsuit alleges: \"Doocy engaged in a pattern and practice of severe and pervasive sexual harassment of Carlson, including, but not limited to, mocking her during commercial breaks, shunning her off air, refusing to engage with her on air, belittling her contributions to the show, and generally attempting to put her in her place by refusing to accept and treat her as an intelligent and insightful female journalist rather than a blond female prop.\" According to the complaint, Doocy \"created a hostile work environment by regularly treating her in a sexist and condescending way, including by putting his hand on her and pulling down her arm to shush her during a live telecast.\""}, {"context": " Doocy has written two \"New York Times\" bestsellers. The first is about marriage and family life, titled \"The Mr. and Mrs. Happy Handbook\". The second is about fatherhood, titled \"Tales from the Dad Side\". When asked why he wrote the book, he told \"The 700 Club\" on TV, \"I wanted to write that book just to show that dads are out there \u2013 we don't know exactly what we're doing. We're doing our best and we love our kids. There aren't so many books for guys. It's not like we get a lot of advice from our dads, 'Just hold him still; he\u2019ll stop crying.' And, ad lib \u2013 what I learned early is that while guys like to have plans, you should plan to ad lib. There's a lot of ad libbing in the dad department.\" Both books are published by William Morrow and Company, a division of HarperCollins.  Doocy is married and has three children, including fellow Fox News reporter Peter Doocy. He lives in Wyckoff, New Jersey. He is Roman Catholic and serves as a lector in his church."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dooler", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dooler is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage \u2116 778), and Hunslet Hawks, as a , or , i.e. number 3 or 4, 6, 11 or 12, or 13. Dooler made his d\u00e9but for Featherstone Rovers on Friday 10 April 1998. Dooler's benefit season at Featherstone Rovers took place during the 2006 season."}]}, {"title": "Steve Doran", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Doran is a community organiser, activist and former radio DJ from the University of Nottingham. She is currently fronting a campaign against payday lenders in the UK in conjunction with Movement For Change. She has discussed the issues surrounding payday lending in the Mail on Sunday and on BBC news, ITV news, Channel 5 News and on Sky News. She recently met with Ed Miliband to discuss proposed policy on payday lending. At the 2006 Student Radio Awards held on November 9, Steve was announced as the Gold Award winner for Best Female Presenter. On Friday 13 April 2007, Doran presented the Early Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1, in a slot designed to showcase new talent, and as direct result of her win the previous year of the Student Radio Award. Steve became well-known on her university campus after doing 40 hours solidly on URN to raise money for Children in Need 2005. She presented the Evening Show on Tuesdays as well as The Graveyard Shift on Sundays for URN, the university student radio station.  Steve has also served as Mayoress of Dartford 2006-7, acting as consort to the Mayor, her uncle Councillor David Hammock at the age of 19. Doran was also President of the Nottingham University Debating Union (2006-2007). For her contribution to student life at Nottingham she was made an Honorary Life Member of the Students' Union in 2007."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dorff", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Dorff (born April 21, 1949) is an American songwriter and composer whose work is mainly in the field of country music. Dorff has written several songs for other artists, including \"Hypnotize the Moon\" and \"My Heart Will Never Know\" for Clay Walker, \"The Man in Love with You\" and \"I Cross My Heart\" by George Strait, \"Don't Underestimate My Love for You\" by Lee Greenwood, \"Every Which Way but Loose\" by Eddie Rabbitt and \"Through the Years\" by Kenny Rogers. He also composed the themes for \"\", \"Murphy Brown\", \"The Singing Bee\", \"Just the 10 of Us\" and others."}, {"context": " In addition, Dorff was a co-writer of the song \"I Just Fall In Love Again\" with composers Larry Herbstritt, Harry Lloyd, and Gloria Sklerov. \"I Just Fall In Love Again\" became a major pop hit for Anne Murray, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1979. Steve Dorff also wrote the music score for the song \"As Long As We Got Each Other\" from the popular family TV sitcom Growing Pains, with John Bettis writing the lyrics. Dorff was the music supervisor for \"Pure Country\" (1992) and \"\" (2010). Since 2009, he has been the bandleader on the CMT revival of \"The Singing Bee\", for which he also composed the theme music.  Dorff has been nominated for three Grammy Awards and five Emmy Awards. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018. Dorff is the father of actor Stephen Dorff and songwriter Andrew Dorff. Andrew died at the age of 40 on December 19, 2016."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dorner", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dorner is an American software engineer who developed the Eudora e-mail client in 1988 as a part of his work as a staff member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dorner was hired by Qualcomm in July 1992 and Eudora was subsequently acquired by Qualcomm. Dorner also developed a popular online directory/phone book in the early 1990s commonly referred to as the CCSO Nameserver. Dorner received his bachelor's degree in 1983 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A 1997 interview with \"The New York Times\" describes how Dorner, when he stopped working for the University and started working for Qualcomm, chose not to move to California. Instead, he telecommuted from an office in a 1950s bomb shelter under his Urbana, Illinois, home. Later, he moved his office to his woodworking shop, which is heated.  As of 2006, Dorner was one of Qualcomm engineers tasked with shifting Eudora to a Mozilla Thunderbird base. In November 2010, Dorner was diagnosed with cancer, which manifested itself first as testicular cancer. As of January 2011, his personal blog reported that treatment was continuing. In July 2011, Dorner reported that his cancer might have been eradicated."}]}, {"title": "Steve Doszpot", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven John Doszpot (23 September 1948 \u2013 25 November 2017) was an Australian politician and member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2017. A member of the Liberal Party, he represented the electorate of Brindabella between 2008 and 2012, Molonglo from 2012 to 2016, and Kurrajong from 2016 to his death in 2017. In December 2012, Doszpot was elected as the Assistant Speaker. He was born as Istv\u00e1n Doszpot in Budapest, Hungary and in 1957, aged nine, migrated to Australia with his refugee parents after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He completed his secondary education at the Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham (1961\u201364). He moved to Canberra in 1974 and was involved in the computer industry as a senior executive with Wang Computer (Australia), Digital Equipment Corporation and Canon Australia, with a brief stint at the CSIRO ICT Centre as the Business Development Manager in Canberra, before his election to the ACT Legislative Assembly in 2008."}, {"context": " He was the Head of SOCOG in Canberra from 1998 to 2000 and managed the Olympic Football Tournament staged in Canberra as part of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. He was President of the ACT Olympic Council and Soccer Canberra and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Following the 2000 Olympic Games, he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his long-term commitment and service to the sport. Doszpot was the Shadow Minister for Education and Training and the Shadow Minister for Sport and Recreation from 2008; the Shadow Minister for Ageing and the Shadow Minister for ICT from 2012. He had previously held shadow portfolios for Multicultural Affairs and for Disability between 2008 and 2012. He was also the Chair of the ACT Assembly Standing Committee on Health, Community and Social Services from 2008.  On 24 October 2017, Doszpot announced that he would be resigning from the Legislative Assembly on 5 December, after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. However, he died from the disease on 25 November."}]}, {"title": "Steve Double", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Daniel Double (born 19 December 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Austell and Newquay at the 2015 general election. Double served on Cornwall Council and as a town councillor and deputy mayor of St Austell before his selection as Conservative candidate for St Austell and Newquay in the general election. Double was born on the 19 December 1966 in St Austell. The son of the evangelist Don Double, he was educated at Poltair School in the town. He worked in Cornwall across a variety of sectors, including working for a bank, local church and charity. From May 2001, he was Director of Bay Direct Media Ltd, a direct marketing company. In May 2011, he additionally became Director of Phoenix Corporate Ltd, a company selling branded merchandise; he remains as Director and primary shareholder of both companies since becoming an MP."}, {"context": " At its establishment in 2009, Double was one of four candidates elected onto St Austell Town Council for the Poltair Ward; he was re-elected in 2013 and served as deputy mayor of the town. He declined to stand at the following election in 2017, having since become an MP. Double was also elected as the Conservative Party candidate onto the new unitary Cornwall Council in 2009 for the St Austell Poltair Ward, but the seat was subsequently won by the Liberal Democrats candidate at the following election in 2013. Steve did not stand for re-election to Cornwall Council in 2013."}, {"context": " Double was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Austell and Newquay at the 2015 general election, when he defeated the incumbent Liberal Democrat Steve Gilbert. He was re-elected at the 2017 general election. In Parliament, Double has joined twelve All Party Parliamentary Groups. He chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group Ocean Conservation, working with Cornish charity Surfers Against Sewage. The group has campaigned against marine litter and seeks to protect the coastline. He is also co-chair of the Regional Airports APPG which works to lobby government on behalf of small regional airports, such as Cornwall Airport Newquay. Double is also vice-chair of the Parliamentary Beer Group which works to support pubs and breweries. In this role, he has been able to promote the work of St Austell Brewery, who operate from his constituency. He is also a member of the Ceramics All Party Parliamentary Group which represents the ceramics industry which includes China Clay. In this role he has sought to influence government policy on issues effecting the industry, which includes business in his constituency, such as taxation and access for exports. He also sits on the Parliamentary Space Committee where he has promoted Newquay as a frontrunner for the location of the UK's first spaceport. He is the vice-chair of the Parliamentary Group for Fatherhood and has spoken up for the important role dads play in the family and worked for more government support for Fathers."}, {"context": " Double has helped secure Government backing for a new link road between the A30 and St Austell. He has led several debates in Parliament on subjects ranging from school term time holiday rules to the cost of car insurance for young people. Double supported Brexit in the 2016 EU membership referendum. Double has served in Parliament as a Member of the Petitions Committee, the European Scrutiny Committee and the Transport Committee. Double employs his wife as a Senior Caseworker on a salary up to \u00a330,000. He was listed in an article in \"The Daily Telegraph\" which criticised the practice of MPs employing family members, on the lines that it promotes nepotism. Although MPs who were first elected in 2017 have been banned from employing family members, the restriction is not retrospective - meaning that Double's employment of his wife is lawful."}, {"context": " In June 2016, Double, who is an evangelical Christian, admitted an extra-marital affair with a married 26-year-old aide. Double had reportedly kept this secret from his wife of 30 years. The BBC later reported that Double's constituency party deputy chairman had resigned, suggesting Double, who had claimed to promote family life, should do the same. They also examined the public's changing view of morality and quoted political historian Matt Cole who said that whilst the public was now more tolerant of infidelity, it did object to hypocrisy. In February 2017, Double participated in a Westminster Hall debate about marriage, stating that he was \"surprised... to learn that last year the Government spent more money on repairing cathedrals than on supporting marriage and family relationships.\" He called on the government to \"put more resources into supporting marriage\"."}, {"context": " In September 2017, Double was one of five MPs who backed the Government Departments (Abolition) Bill, which would have resulted in the abolition of the Department for International Development - effectively ending the management of UK aid to foreign countries. He also backed a Bill calling for a new bank holiday to celebrate Brexit. In December 2018, in the Conservative leadership spill, Double claimed he would vote against the Prime Minister. Due to the secret ballot method used in leadership challenges, this cannot be confirmed.  Double has been married to Anne Bird since 1986; they have two sons."}]}, {"title": "Steve Douglas", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Douglas may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Douglas (darts player)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Douglas (born 17 November 1977) is a former English darts player. His nickname was The Game. Douglas won the 1995 WDF Europe Youth Cup, and made his BDO World Darts Championship debut in 2000. He defeated Gary Spedding in the first round before losing to eventual champion Ted Hankey in the second round. Douglas returned to the BDO World Championship stage in 2011, losing 0-3 in the first round to Gary Robson. He has also appeared in the Last 16 of the World Masters in 2009 and again in 2011."}, {"context": " Douglas qualified for the World Championship again in 2012, and again was drawn against Robson in the first round. On this occasion, Douglas defeated Robson 3-0. He was defeated in the second round by Paul Jennings. He was the main administrator of the BDO's Players Forum, along with John Leatherbarrow and Lucy Evenden. Douglas entered PDC Q School in January 2014, but only entered three of the four days and failed to win enough games to acquire a tour card. However, by participating he gained PDPA membership which gave him entry into certain events. In May, he beat two-time world champion Adrian Lewis on his way to the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time at the 10th Players Championship of the year, where he lost 6\u20131 to Tony Newell. He was defeated in two Challenge Tour finals during the year to Mark Frost 5\u20131 and Matt Clark 5\u20134 (after having been 4\u20132 ahead). This helped Douglas to finish eighth on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit."}, {"context": " In 2015 he participated in the Qualifying School to renew his tour card due to him being ranked outside the top 64. Douglas earned a two-year tour card on day three of four with a 5\u20134 victory over Jermaine Wattimena. At the UK Open he enjoyed wins over Mark Robinson, John Bowles and Andy Boulton to reach the third round where John Henderson ended his run with a 9\u20137 victory. A sole last 32 exit was his best result during the rest of the year. Douglas suffered a heart attack on 13 December 2012 and required a stent to be fitted after a blood clot was found in his coronary artery. Douglas made a full recovery and was able to compete in the 2013 World Championships.  Douglas stated that he asked his doctor if he was OK to play darts, the doctor said it shouldn't be a problem as long as it wasn't too stressful, however Douglas omitted the fact that he would be playing on live TV at the World Championships."}]}, {"title": "Steve Douglas (saxophonist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Douglas (born Steven Douglas Kreisman; September 24, 1938 \u2013 April 19, 1993) was an American saxophonist and flautist. As a Los Angeles session musician, he worked with Phil Spector, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and Ry Cooder. Douglas can be heard on records by Duane Eddy, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Willy DeVille, Bob Dylan, The Ramones and many others. He was also a record producer, having produced Mink DeVille's \"Le Chat Bleu\", as well as tracks for Wayne Newton and The Lettermen."}, {"context": " On April 19, 1993, while warming up with Ry Cooder, Steve Douglas collapsed and died. Heart Failure was the official cause of death. He was only 54. It became a tradition for Darlene Love to perform \"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)\" for Christmas on the \"Late Show with David Letterman\" with Douglas's sax from the original recording being played by Bruce Kapler. This tradition continued through December 19, 2014, when it had been announced that Letterman would be retiring in May, 2015. In 2003, Douglas was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."}]}, {"title": "Steve Douglas (skateboarder)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Douglas is a retired professional skateboarder and longtime employee of the skateboard industry from London, United Kingdom (UK). Since April 2014, he has been the Vice President (VP) of Dwindle Distribution. Douglas was born in 1967 in North London. He began skateboarding at the age of 10 at various skateparks in the city, such as Uxbridge, Skate City, Rolling Thunder skate park, Crystal Palace Vert Ramp, and Harrow Skate Park. Douglas frequented Harrow from the day it opened, along with Rodga Harvey, John Sablosky and Jeremy Henderson. Later, the \"H-Boyz crew\" Douglas helped found would become regulars at Harrow Skate Park."}, {"context": " In 1981, at the insistence of skate-photographer Tim Leighton-Boyce, Douglas began entering English Skateboard Association (ESA) contests. He won all the \"under-16\" events that he had entered. Douglas' success caught the attention of American sponsors such as Madrid Skateboards, Vans Shoes, Independent Trucks and Quicksilver Surf Wear . Throughout the early 1980s, Douglas wrote and published a skateboarding magazine with Benjamin Thomas called \"Go For It!\", named after a Stiff Little Fingers record. In the absence of any other topical periodical Douglas and Thomas' magazine became influential within the British skateboarding scene. A total of 16 issues were produced, the last three of which were in a glossy, printed form. The penultimate issue, entitled the \"Swindle Issue\", only had one glossy cover."}, {"context": " In 1984, the ESA managed to convince their US counterparts, the NSA, to label their contest series as a 'world championship' so the ESA could obtain government grants to send a UK team to participate. The first-ever UK team included Douglas, Harvey, Lucian Hendrix, and Sean Goff. In 1986, following the release of a \"Go For It!\" calendar, Douglas prioritized overseas work commitments and \"Go For It!\" closed. By this time, Tim Leighton-Boyce's \"R.A.D.\" publication was available, followed by Shane Rouse's \"Skate Action\" and Steve Kane's \"Skateboard\"."}, {"context": " Douglas was assigned a professional status in 1987 by his skateboard deck sponsor, Schmitt Stix . The company released a Douglas signature model deck in 1988, which featured a picture of a spoof beer bottle label with the caption: 'Imported from Crystal Palace, London, England'. After releasing a final signature model, Paul Schmitt decided to dissolve Schmitt Stix, at Douglas' behest. Schmitt then relaunched under a new name, 'New Deal Skateboards,' with a new team, new product line and renewed focus. Schmitt, a notable international skateboard manufacturer at that time, created the new brand with Douglas and Andy Howell. Douglas used the 'New Deal' name to co-found a skate shop in London, originally located in a retail unit in the Harrow and Wealdstone shopping mall and later moved to Harrow Solid Surf Skatepark."}, {"context": " Along with Tony Magnusson's H-Street and Steve Rocco's World Industries, New Deal developed into a successful skateboard brand in the early 1990s by embracing the emerging street-based skateboarding revolution that favored new skateboarders such as Ed Templeton, who appeared in New Deal's first promotional video, \"Useless Wooden Toys\" (1990). Bolstered by New Deal's success, Douglas co-founded the Giant Distribution skateboard company in the early 1990s and eventually became the company's president. Hugh \"Bod\" Boyle, Douglas' UK friend and former professional skateboarder, eventually joined the company after a knee injury prematurely ended his skating career in the early 1990s. Boyle won the skateboarding World Championship in 1990."}, {"context": " In 1992, Howell decided to form his own skateboard brand. With Douglas' help they founded 'Underworld Element', later renamed to Element Skateboards, which remains a prominent skateboard company today. John Lucero, Douglas' teammate first at Madrid then at Schmitt Stix, started his own skateboard brand in 1988 called 'Lucero Skateboards,' soon renamed Black Label Skateboards. By the mid-1990s, Black Label was run out of a garage and Douglas restructured the company to further facilitate its growth."}, {"context": " Douglas also co-founded 411 video magazine \"411VM\" and later the \"On Video\" series, both crucial to skateboarding's development through the 1990s and the new millennium. He also founded a new truck company in the late 1990s, Destructo Trucks, with the usual success, and took over production of Bam Margera's notorious \"CKY\" before Margera moved the series to television. In 2004 Douglas accepted an offer from Burton Snowboards to be general manager at their clothing subsidiary Analog. A year later Douglas was reunited with his old friend 'Bod' Boyle when they both came to work at Giant's rival Dwindle Distribution; Boyle as president and Douglas in an advisory position.  In addition to his work at skateboarding companies, Douglas is also a committee member of both the IASC and USA Skateboarding, the national governing Body of American skateboarding."}]}, {"title": "Steve Douglas (sportscaster)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Douglas (c. 1911 \u2013 October 8, 1981) was a Canadian sportscaster, most notably with CBC Sports. Douglas was a sports anchor for CBLT in Toronto and an announcer for the CFL on CBC from 1953-1965. At the CBC, Douglas called ten Grey Cups and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and hosted \"Weekend in Sports\", \"Football Huddle\", \"Locker Room\", and \"World of Sport\". Douglas' contract was not renewed by CBC in 1965 because he objected to the network's decision to cut the daily sportscast from fifteen minutes to eight minutes. After his time with the CBC, Douglas worked for the Ontario Jockey Club and later moved to Barrie where he covered sports for CKVR-TV."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dowden", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Henry Dowden (February 24, 1929 \u2013 January 24, 2001) was an American former player in the National Football League. Dowden was born Stephen Henry Dowden in 1929 in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Dowden was drafted in the tenth round of the 1952 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions and played that season at Tackle with the Green Bay Packers. He played at the collegiate level at Baylor University."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dowman", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dowman (born 15 April 1958 in Ilford) is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a central defender. Born in Manor Park, Dowman began his career at Colchester United, making 154 league appearances and scoring 21 goals. He then moved on to play for Wrexham, Charlton Athletic, Newport County and Cambridge United, before dropping into non-league football. As a teenager, Dowman was considered an outstanding prospect and picked (along with his partner in central defense, Lindsay Smith) as part of the PFA 4th division team of the year. Particularly strong in the air, he scored so many goals moving forward for free kicks and corners that Colchester tried him as a centre forward before deciding before letting him to revert to his natural position."}]}, {"title": "Steve Down", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Down is a Utah-based entrepreneur and business owner. He is best known as the founder of The Falls Event Center. During the 1980s and 1990s, Down worked as a FINRA-registered employee at multiple firms, including North American Management, Inc., Richards Investments, and Intermountain Financial Services, Inc. Down twice settled SEC charges of securities fraud with the second charge settled in 2018. Even Stevens has closed a number of stores, and The Falls Event Centers has filed for bankruptcy. In September 2018 Down was under criminal investigation by the FBI for financial fraud activities."}, {"context": " Down set up Investors Dynamics Corporation (IDC) in February 1992 and he ran it until January 23, 2001. In 1996, Down and IDC were subject to litigation by the SEC regarding allegations of operating a multi-level marketing pyramid scheme from October 1994 through March 1996. In 1998, final judgement was made and the defendants consented to court orders without confirming or denying allegations. The court ordered permanent injunction against Down and IDC and barred him from \"association with any broker, broker-dealer, investment company, investment adviser or municipal securities dealer\" for two years. The court waived disgorgement and determined not to impose civil penalties based on the demonstrated inability of the defendants to pay. An administrative proceeding was later filed following the final judgement."}, {"context": " Down founded The Falls Event Center in April 2011, which provides event spaces across for small events; the company purchased a portion of the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum campus and assets out of bankruptcy in 2016. In 2017 Down and The Falls Event Center were under SEC investigation and several of company's centers were in financial straits. As of 2018 The Falls Event Center had locations in 5 states. The Wings & Waves Waterpark is an operating waterpark in McMinnville, Oregon, acquired as a portion of his purchase of Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum\u2019s assets to use for his McMinnville Falls Event Center."}, {"context": " In 1999, Down founded a financial coaching company under the name Wealth Heart Corporation, which was later changed to Financially Fit. Down opened the first Even Stevens restaurant in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah in 2014. CE Karma is a professional dental continuing education organization founded by Down that operates in 33 states. Storm Maker Media is media company that Steve Down owns in Salt Lake City, mainly for use in conjunction with Steve Down\u2019s companies. The Wings & Waves Waterpark is an operating waterpark in McMinnville, Oregon, acquired as a portion of his purchase of Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum\u2019s assets to use for his McMinnville Falls Event Center."}]}, {"title": "Steve Downes", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Downes (born June 28, 1951) is an American DJ and voice actor. He is best known for his work as the voice of the Master Chief in the \"Halo\" video game series. He worked as a disc jockey at Los Angeles, California, Album-oriented Rock radio stations KWST (1978-1981), KEZY-AM (1981-1982) and KLSX (1994), but is best remembered working evening drive at KLOS from 1982 to 1991. He frequently hosted the live call-in talk show, Rockline in the early 1990s. Most recently, he worked as the morning show host for 97.1 WDRV \"The Drive\" in Chicago, Illinois. Downes also hosts the nationally syndicated radio show \"The Classics\". He is married to fellow voice actress Liz Zweifler."}, {"context": " On February 6, 2015, Downes announced that after 44 years in radio he would retire to spend more time with his family; his final show on WDRV was March 9, 2015. He was succeeded by veteran sports/talk radio hosts Dan McNeil and Pete McMurray. Steve Downes has been in commercial voice since 1990. He has provided voices for several video games. His first experience in voice acting for video games came in 1999 when he played the role of Gunnar in the video game \"Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator\" by Valkyrie Studios. Despite the relatively minor role, his performance caught the attention of the voice acting director and music composer of the game, Martin \"Marty\" O'Donnell. When Marty began working on the video game \"\" at Bungie, he invited Steve to voice the game's main character, Master Chief."}]}, {"title": "Steve Downie", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Downie (born April 3, 1987) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Colorado Avalanche, Pittsburgh Penguins and Arizona Coyotes, with the Flyers having drafted him in the first round, 29th overall, in 2005. Downie grew up in Holland Landing, Ontario, the younger son of Anne and the late John Downie. He has one sibling, brother Greg. He attended Sacred Heart High School in Newmarket, playing hockey for the York-Simcoe Express AAA organization of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA). He also attended St. Joseph's Catholic High School in Windsor, Ontario, in 2004. Downie led his Express Bantam team to the All-Ontario AAA Championship in April 2002. He was drafted in the first round, 16th overall, by the Windsor Spitfires in the 2003 OHL Priority Selection."}, {"context": " Downie was selected in the first round, 29th overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers. Not long after being drafted, Downie was suspended for five games early in the 2005\u201306 OHL season for an on-ice altercation with teammate Akim Aliu. During a practice on September 28, 2005, Downie blindly cross-checked Aliu in the face without warning, knocking out three of his teeth, and then proceeded to fight his younger teammate. The incident stemmed from 16-year-old Aliu's refusal to take part in a hazing incident, where he would have been forced to stand naked in a cramped bus bathroom with other rookies. The team suspended Downie for five games and Aliu for one, and Downie was told to undergo professional counselling. Spitfires Head Coach Moe Mantha, Jr. was suspended by the OHL and later fired by the team, and the team was fined $35,000 by the OHL. Downie left the team, requesting a trade, and was eventually traded to the Peterborough Petes in exchange for Peter Aston."}, {"context": " Brent Sutter named Downie to the Canadian junior team for the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Vancouver. He made a name for himself at the tournament, contributing to Canada's gold medal-winning effort by scoring two goals and four assists in six games while also being named to the all-tournament team. On May 30, 2006, the Philadelphia Flyers announced that they had signed Downie to a three-year, entry-level contract. \"It is unbelievable,\" said Downie in a Flyers press release. \"[Signing with the Flyers] was one of the goals that I had set at the beginning of the year and I am just very thankful for this chance. I\u2019m a gritty, physical player and I also am an offensive player as well.\""}, {"context": " After attending Flyers' training camp in the Fall and playing in several pre-season games, however, the club returned Downie to Peterborough. Downie returned to the international stage yet again in December 2006, participating in the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Leksand and Mora, Sweden. On January 5, 2007, Canada won the gold medal for the first time on European ice since 1997 with a 4\u20132 victory over Russia. Throughout the whole tournament, however, Downie was involved in OHL trade rumours. On January 8, 2007, Downie was indeed traded to the Kitchener Rangers in exchange for Yves Bastien, the Rangers' second-round picks in the 2007 and 2008 OHL Priority Selections, as well as the 2007 second-round pick of the Brampton Battalion."}, {"context": " In his first full professional season in 2007\u201308, Downie's professional career got off to an inauspicious start during a pre-season game against the Ottawa Senators on September 25, 2007. He was involved in an incident in which he checked unsuspecting left winger Dean McAmmond into the boards, while his feet were off the ice. Due to the extent of McAmmond's injury and having left his skates during the hit, Downie was suspended by the NHL for 20 games three days later for deliberate injury to McAmmond, as the NHL were cracking down on any play resulting in a head injury. To date, it is the fifth-longest suspension given by the League. One day after the NHL suspension was announced, the Flyers announced they had sent Downie down to the team's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms. Per AHL by-laws, Downie was considered automatically ineligible to play pending a review by the AHL (as the AHL honours NHL suspensions). AHL President David Andrews suspended Downie for the first month of the AHL season as a result of the injuries to McAmmond."}, {"context": " After serving his suspension in the AHL, Downie made his long-awaited NHL regular season debut with the Flyers on December 5, 2007, against the Minnesota Wild. He scored his first career NHL goal over one month later, on January 5, 2008, against Andrew Raycroft of the Toronto Maple Leafs. During the game, Downie got into a scuffle with Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake. While the linesmen were attempting to keep them apart, Downie got his left arm loose and sucker-punched Blake in the left eye while Blake's arms and hands were still tied up by the other linesman. During a game against the New York Rangers on February 9, 2008, Downie was hip-checked by Rangers defenceman Fedor Tyutin, and his skate hit linesman Pat Dapuzzo in the face. Dapuzzo required 60 stitches to reattach his nose, suffered ten facial fractures and was forced to retire as a result. During the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on May 13, 2008, Downie hit Petr S\u00fdkora as the play ended on Ryan Malone's goal that gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3\u20131 lead. S\u00fdkora did not have the puck when Downie hit him."}, {"context": " In the following season, 2008\u201309, Downie initially made the Flyers' opening night roster before being later demoted to Phantoms. On November 7, 2008, Downie was traded by the Flyers to the Tampa Bay Lightning, along with Steve Eminger, in exchange for defenceman Matt Carle. Downie was immediately assigned to Tampa Bay's AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, before he was recalled and made his Lightning debut in a 4\u20132 defeat against the Minnesota Wild on November 28, 2008. Downie continued to split the season between Norfolk and Tampa Bay, and his reputation for unnecessary aggressive behaviour was further developed on February 28, 2009, after he slashed a linesman, Mike Hamilton, in the shin following a controversial empty-net goal in a game against the Hershey Bears, receiving a game misconduct for physical abuse of an official. Under AHL rules, the penalty carried an automatic 20-game suspension, which was Downie's second lengthy suspension. He would later make his return in the NHL regular season finale game for the Lightning."}, {"context": " In the 2009\u201310 season, with the intention to curb his on-ice aggression positively, whilst under the influence of former agitator and then-Lightning Head Coach Rick Tocchet, Downie played his first full season in the NHL and recorded a career-high 22 goals and 46 points. Downie also became the first player since Theoren Fleury in 2002 to score 20 goals and record over 200 penalty minutes in a single season. In March 2010, Downie was fined for a hit on the Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby. Downie stated that Colin Campbell, League disciplinarian, told him it was a \"dangerous play.\" Downie finished his first full season with 46 points in 79 games. After a successful NHL season, he was then selected to participate in the 2010 World Championships for Team Canada."}, {"context": " Prior to the commencement of the 2010\u201311 season, on August 25, 2010, Downie re-signed with the Lightning on a two-year contract worth $3.7 million. Having established himself offensively with Tampa, Downie's versatility and checking game helped provide 32 points in 57 games, whilst finishing with 171 penalty minutes to place tenth in the League. In contributing to the Lightning's return to the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2011, Downie led the team in plus-minus rating and finished fourth in team scoring with 14 points, as the Lightning ultimately reached the Eastern Conference Finals, falling to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Boston Bruins."}, {"context": " At the beginning of the 2011\u201312 season, Downie appeared in his 200th career NHL game against the Washington Capitals on October 10, 2011. He later set a Lightning franchise record for two quickest goals by an individual when he scored twice within the span of 11 seconds against Pittsburgh on February 12, 2012. Whilst in the final year of his contract, and with the Lightning under-performing, Downie was traded to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenceman Kyle Quincey, who was himself traded later that same day to the Detroit Red Wings, on February 21, 2012. The next day, Downie made his Avalanche debut in a 4\u20131 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Immediately placed on the Avalanche's top line alongside Ryan O'Reilly and Gabriel Landeskog, Downie provided instant success and coincidentally became the first Avalanche player since Theoren Fleury in 1999 to score seven points in his first four games with the club. Downie continued to score 13 points in 20 games whilst hampered by a lingering shoulder injury as the Avalanche failed to qualify for the 2012 playoffs. He achieved a career-high combined 27 assists for the season before he was shut down to endure off-season surgery to repair a separated shoulder."}, {"context": " On June 29, 2012, the Avalanche re-signed Downie to a two-year, $5.3 million contract. Having used the NHL lock-out to recuperate from off-season surgery, Downie entered the shortened 2012\u201313 season in full health, only to suffer a season-ending knee injury in just his second game of the campaign; he was injured trying to hit Davis Drewiske of the Los Angeles Kings, requiring surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee. On October 31, 2013, after producing seven points in 11 games with the Avalanche to start the 2013\u201314 season, Downie was traded back to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Maxime Talbot."}, {"context": " On July 2, 2014, Downie was signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins to a one-year, $1 million contract. Downie established himself amongst the Penguins lower checking lines, and proved good value for his contract in the 2014\u201315 season. He contributed with 14 goals and 28 points as he led the league in penalty minutes with 238. At the conclusion of his contract, Downie opted to part ways with the Penguins and sign as a free agent to a one-year contract with the Arizona Coyotes on July 1, 2015."}]}, {"title": "Steve Downing", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Downing (born September 9, 1950) is an American retired basketball player. A 6'8\" center, Downing starred at Indiana University during the early 1970s. He won the Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball award in 1973 as the best player in the Big Ten Conference. Downing later played one season for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. He averaged 2.4 points per game in his professional career and won an NBA Championship ring in 1974. Currently Downing is the athletic director at Marian University in Indianapolis."}]}, {"title": "Steve Doyle", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Charles \"Steve\" Doyle (born 2 June 1958 in Neath) is a Welsh former professional football midfielder who made 626 appearances in the Football League playing for Preston North End, Huddersfield Town, Sunderland, Hull City and Rochdale. He also gained a cap for the Wales U-21's in 1978."}]}, {"title": "Steve Doyle (Wisconsin politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Doyle (born May 21, 1958) is a lawyer and Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, first elected to represent the 94th district in 2011. He was reelected in 2012, 2014, and 2016. He represents suburban La Crosse County including Onalaska, Holmen, West Salem and Bangor. Born in La Crosse, Doyle graduated from Aquinas High School in 1976. Doyle then went on to graduate from University of Wisconsin\u2013La Crosse in 1980 and received his law degree from University of Wisconsin Law School in 1986. He practices law in La Crosse, and taught local and state government and the American legal system at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse."}, {"context": " As of April 2017, he has been married to his wife, Gloria, for 30 years, and they have two daughters, Katelyn and Stephanie. Doyle and his family live in Onalaska, Wisconsin where they raise alpacas. In 1984, Doyle ran for the 94th Wisconsin State Assembly district (rural and suburban La Crosse County) to succeed fellow Democrat Virgil Roberts (who had represented what had been the 35th Assembly District before redistricting). He won the primary election with a plurality, but lost in the general election, with 10,190 to 10,959 for Republican Sylvester G. Clements."}, {"context": " He was first elected to the La Crosse County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors in 1986 and served as chair from 2002 - 2011. He has continued to serve on the county board throughout his terms in the Assembly. On May 3, 2011, Doyle was elected to the Assembly in a special election to replace Republican Michael Huebsch. Doyle defeated John Lautz 54% to 46%. On November 6, 2012, Doyle was reelected, defeating Bruce Evers (R) 60.6% to 39.4%. On November 4, 2014, Doyle won reelection again, this time defeating Tracie Happel (R) 54.1% to 45.9%.  On November 8, 2016, Doyle was reelected to his fourth term in the State Assembly, defeating Julian Bradley 52.63% to 47.37%."}]}, {"title": "Steve Drake", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Drake (born April 20, 1954) is a pornographic actor and director. He has performed in over 800 films since the 1980s, and was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 1999. In his autobiography, Jerry Butler referred to Drake as \"the Tom Selleck of smut\", stating that he had a \"solid foundation, a skyscraper with a mustache\". Jenna Jameson mentioned Drake along with other colleagues when stating that it was \"hard not to have intimate feelings about some of the actors I work with... How can you do all this stuff with these guys and then feel nothing for them?\""}, {"context": " Drake testified in April, 1987 in San Fernando Municipal Court in a publicized case of two men, Charles Brickman and Thomas Ingalls, charged with felony pandering in the production of sex videotape shot in June, 1986. Drake had at the time, along with Stacey Donovan and Tracey Adams been hired by \"Cinderella Distributors\", run by Brickman and Ingalls. Drake testified, saying that having sex \"was just part of the description of my character. I did what I did according to the script. . . . I was there as an actor, and part of my job meant having sex\". Drake was reportedly paid $300 for his participation in the event. The felony pandering charges were later dropped against Brickman when he (pleading no contest), agreed to testify against Ingalls. He had risked facing a sentence ranging between 3\u201313 years in prison."}]}, {"title": "Steve Drake (chef)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Drake is a British chef who has held a Michelin star at two restaurants, including his current establishment, Sorrel. He has previously worked under a number of chefs, including Nico Ladenis and Marco Pierre White. He began his culinary career working in a caf\u00e9 making bacon sandwiches. After culinary school he began working under Keith Stanley at The Ritz London Hotel, at the age of 17 in 1990. He was staying in shared accommodation, and met a fellow chef who was working at Nico Ladenis' restaurant. Drake went for an interview and gained a job there, staying for a year."}, {"context": " He moved to work at Pied \u00e0 Terre under Tom Aikens during the period when Aikens had just taken over from the previous chef. He only stayed for a few months an interviewed for a job at the Oak Room, working for Marco Pierre White. On his first day there, his job was to prep the tomatoes for a crab dish. On the second day a chef on the fish section left, and White placed Drake onto the section, where he stayed for the rest of the time at the restaurant. After Gordon Ramsay left Aubergine, Drake was brought in as a sous chef under William Drabbel for the reopening of the restaurant. He left the restaurant to go become a head chef at Drake's on the Pond in Abinger Hammer, Surrey. Whilst he was there, Drake won the Roux Scholarship in 2001 and travelled to France to work at L\u2019Auberge De L\u2019Eridan. It was the third time that Drake had reached the final of the scholarship, having done so previously in both 1999 and 2000. In 2003, Drake's on the Pond was awarded a Michelin star.  Drake left the restaurant shortly afterwards to become chef proprietor at Drake's, purchasing the restaurant from Michel and Dorothy Albina. It was awarded a Michelin star in its first year, and three AA Rosettes. Michelin-starred chef Steve Drake left Drake\u2019s restaurant in Ripley, Surrey at the end of August 2016 to set up his own venture In 2017 Drake launched Sorrel a 32 cover restaurant in a red brick building on South Street in Dorking, Surrey"}]}, {"title": "Steve Draper", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Draper is a former American slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-to-late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Skopje."}]}, {"title": "Steve Drazkowski", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Drazkowski (born November 27, 1964) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 21B, which includes portions of Dodge, Goodhue, Wabasha and Winona counties in the southeastern part of the state. Drazkowski was born in Winona, Minnesota, and grew up on a farm in Bluff Siding, Wisconsin. He graduated from Cochrane-Fountain City High School and earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree in 1989 from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. In 1994, he earned a Master of Education degree from the University of Minnesota."}, {"context": " Drazkowski is a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Firearms Safety Instructor, Wabasha County 4-H volunteer, and past president of the Minnesota Forage and Grassland Council. In 2006, Drazkowski ran unsuccessfully for the District 28 seat in the Minnesota Senate. He subsequently ran for and was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in the August 7, 2007 special election held after Rep. Steve Sviggum resigned to become Minnesota's Commissioner of Labor and Industry. He was re-elected in 2008, 2010, and 2012."}, {"context": " In May 2010, Drazokowski introduced legislation in the Minnesota House modeled after Arizona's controversial immigration law. In 2012, Drazkowski and radio host Dave Thompson proposed an Employee Freedom Constitutional Amendment which would require a statewide referendum on amending the Minnesota Constitution to include a right-to-work clause weakening unions. Steve is a member of the National Rifle Association, Whitetails Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, and both the Lake City and Frontenac Sportsmens Clubs. He is married to Laura and has one daughter, Kinsey. He co-owns an online retail business and resides in Mazeppa, Minnesota."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dreyer", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven William Dreyer (born November 19, 1969) is a former baseball player who was a pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1993 to 1994 for the Texas Rangers. He was acquired by the Rangers in the 8th round of the June 1990 amateur draft. His career highlight was coming out of the bullpen in relief of Nolan Ryan in his final major-league appearance on September 22, 1993. currently teaches physical education at Waukee elementary school in Waukee, IA. His son pitches for Johnston High School in Johnston, IA."}]}, {"title": "Steve Driehaus", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Leo Driehaus (born June 24, 1966 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as the Minority Whip in the Ohio House of Representatives. The district includes the western four-fifths of Cincinnati, as well as suburbs north and west of the city in Hamilton and Butler counties. He was formerly a four-term member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 31st District from 2001 to 2009. His Ohio State House district included western Cincinnati and all of Addyston, Cheviot, Cleves and North Bend, Ohio."}, {"context": " Driehaus, a 1984 graduate and class president of Elder High School in Cincinnati, studied political science at Miami University while earning a B.A. in 1988 and holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Indiana University earned in 1995. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal where he worked with village groups and local schools as a natural resource volunteer to promote sustainable environmental practices from 1988-90. Driehaus then served as Associate Director of the Center for International Education and Development Assistance at Indiana University. While serving in this role, he coordinated the South African Internship Program, which was sponsored by the United States Information Agency that is the largest professional exchange program between the United States and South Africa. He formerly directed and served as consultant to the Community Building Institute, a collaborative effort of Xavier University and United Way & Community Chest that promotes citizen-led, asset-based community development. He is a member of the Price Hill Civic Club and serves on the Board of Seton High School. He was a part-time political science instructor at Xavier University. He began his political career as an aide for Cincinnati City Council Member Todd Portune and former U.S. Rep. Charlie Luken in the 1990s."}, {"context": " Driehaus served four consecutive terms. He served as Minority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives from the beginning of his third term in January 2005 until he resigned from the position to be replaced by Fred Strahorn in December 2007 due to his campaign for the United States House of Representatives. Driehaus took a leadership role on issues such as election law and redistricting reform. He took issue with information privacy in the state. Driehaus has been a highly regarded politician. \"The Cincinnati Enquirer\" named him legislative \"Rookie of the Year\" during his first term. In 2008, the ARC of Ohio and the Ohio Association of Election Officials named him Democratic Legislator of the Year. He had a reputation as a pro-life fiscal conservative."}, {"context": " In 2000, Driehaus ran for the Ohio House of Representatives from the 33rd district, which at the time included Delhi Township, Price Hill, Sayler Park and other parts of western Hamilton County. The incumbent, Jerome Luebbers, had surrendered his seat due to term limits. In the 2002 redistricting, Driehaus' district became the 31st district and surrendered many Republican constituents. Driehaus has served the 31st Ohio House of Representatives district, which has included wards 19\u201322, 25 & 26 of Cincinnati as well as Cheviot, Cleves, North Bend, and Addyston since the 2002 redistricting. This district is fully contained within Ohio's 1st congressional district. It is also (along with districts 32 and 33) part of Ohio Senate district 9, which encompasses the south central portion of Hamilton County."}, {"context": " Driehaus did not have an opponent in any of his Democratic primaries, and he earned at least 57% shares of the vote in each of his general elections for state legislature. Driehaus had been the choice of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) to run in Ohio's 1st congressional district for the 2006 United States House of Representatives elections, but he decided to run for re-election in his Ohio House of Representatives seat. He had been elected as the Minority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives, replacing Dale Miller for the beginning of the 2005 session, in a November 2004 vote after being reelected to his third term. Driehaus survived his own challenge from Scott Gehring with a 2:1 victory margin in the 2006 election for his state house seat."}, {"context": " Based on the 2000 and 2004 United States Presidential election the district has voted 1% more Republican than the nation as a whole. The district is regarded as a Democratically shifting maturing suburban district that is expected to vote more city-like as it becomes more dense. The district was one of four Republican Ohio congressional seats that the party had targeted for takeover, but Chabot held off Cincinnati Councilman John Cranley by a 52% to 48% margin and the Republicans held on to three of the four seats."}, {"context": " Although Driehaus passed on the 2006 race, he began planning a run for the district in 2008 almost as soon as the 2006 election cycle ended. This was largely because he was barred from running for a fifth term in the state house. Ohio's 1st district was very high on the target list for the Democrats in both 2006 and 2008. Seven-term Republican incumbent Steve Chabot, elected in the Republican wave of 1994, had won the district consistently, but with varying margins. He had won the seat with less than 55% of the vote in four of his seven previous victories."}, {"context": " In previous elections, the 1st congressional district was hotly contested. It narrowly favored Democratic Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and United States Senator Sherrod Brown in 2006; and United States President George W. Bush narrowly outpaced Democratic nominee John Kerry by just 1 percentage point in the 2004 United States presidential election. Driehaus was recruited for the race by Democratic party officials, and he received early contributions for this race from Nancy Pelosi, Steny H. Hoyer, James E. Clyburn, and Chris Van Hollen, that were included in his 2007 second quarter financial filings. From the time of the first official announcement on May 3, 2007 and first financial filing deadline on July 15, 2007, the race has been closely watched in the national media, and \"Time\" described it as one of the 15 Congressional races to watch in the 2008 election. The DCCC has named the district's race as one of the thirteen that it is supporting in hopes of ousting a Republican incumbent in the 2008 United States House of Representatives elections."}, {"context": " In the midst of the financial crisis of 2007\u20132010, especially the subprime mortgage crisis, one of the issues in the race has been the candidates stances on foreclosures. The race was considered to be close. As of October 14, 2008 (three weeks before election day), \"The Rothenberg Political Report\" considered the race to be a toss-up. A poll by Survey USA indicated that African-American turnout would probably determine who won the race. Although a marginally Republican district, 27 percent of the district's voters are African-American \u2014 one of the highest percentages for a Republican-held district in the 109th Congress. The district includes nearly all of Cincinnati's African-American voters. In the November 4 election, Driehaus defeated incumbent Chabot with 52 percent of the vote, largely on the strength of a 16,000-vote margin in Hamilton County. Barack Obama carried the district with 55 percent of the vote."}, {"context": " Driehaus was challenged by Republican nominee and his predecessor, former U.S. Congressman Steve Chabot, as well as Libertarian nominee James Berns, and Green Party nominee Richard Stevenson. As Chabot was ahead in public opinion polls, the DCCC pulled its financial support for TV ads from the Driehaus campaign, indicating to NBC pundit Chuck Todd that they expected Driehaus to be defeated, which he was, 52% to 45%. In October 2012 Driehaus filed a criminal complaint against the Susan B. Anthony List claiming the organization violated Ohio law against making false statements in a campaign advertisement. He later asked that the complaint be dropped. Driehaus later sued the List, claiming the group caused his \"loss of livelihood\" by \"defaming\" him by saying he supported taxpayer funded abortion due to his vote for the Affordable Care Act. The case was decided in favor of the Susan B. Anthony List (Defendants) (805 F.Supp.2d 412 (2011))."}, {"context": " In March 2011, Driehaus was selected for an approximately two and a half years tenure as the Peace Corps' director of HIV and AIDS education in Swaziland. This follows on his prior African Peace Corps experience as a volunteer. His wife and three children moved along with him. On June 29, 2011, he completed his staff training and was sworn in for service. Driehaus was raised in Green Township by H. Donald and Clare Driehaus, along with his seven siblings. He lives with his wife, Lucienne, and their, in Price Hill, Cincinnati. They are congregants at St. Teresa of Avila parish. His father, Don Driehaus, is a former Hamilton County Democratic Party co-chairman.  He was succeeded in the Ohio House of Representatives by his sister Denise. Their father died on September 21, 2008, aged 75. In 2018, Driehaus launched GoodGovernmentGroup, a consulting firm based in Cincinnati."}]}, {"title": "Steve Drowne", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Drowne is a professional flat racing jockey. Growing up, he attended Newmarket Racing School. His father was a Devon farmer. Drowne is one of racing's most respected senior riders. He has a long association with trainer Roger Charlton."}]}, {"title": "Steve DuBerry", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve DuBerry is a British Grammy Award nominated songwriter and record producer, co-writer of Tina Turner's \"I Don't Wanna Fight\" (along with Lulu and her brother Billy Lawrie). DuBerry has also written and produced material for Blue, Jackie Jackson, Simon Webbe, Paulini, Chris De Burgh, Heather Small, Joe Cocker, Liberty X, Cliff Richard, and Marvin and Tamara. He has also composed and produced numerous television titles, including \"Football Italia\", \"World Rally\", Channel 4's Horse Racing and FA Cup Soccer.  DuBerry has sold in excess of 10 million records worldwide, has received 5 BMI awards, an Ivor Novello Award nomination, a Grammy Award nomination, and has received a BMI 2 Million Play award. He is currently working with the Jacksons and British band Blue. In February 2014 Steve DuBerry released his Electronic Dance single 'On', with his follow up single 'Our Song' released in March 2014. Both songs are released through Sparadyne Music and feature Sarah Sarah."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dubinsky", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Dubinsky (born July 9, 1970) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks, Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues. He played centre and shot left-handed. Dubinsky was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is Jewish. His ex-wife's name is Cheryl, and they have three sons. Dubinsky was drafted in the 11th round, 226th overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. From there he played for Clarkson University, where he played right wing from 1989-1993 for the Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey team, led the team in scoring his junior year, was named a 1992 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) All-Star honorable mention, and played with future NHLers Craig Conroy and Todd Marchant. After college Dubinsky reported to the Indianapolis Ice of the IHL where he played the majority of the 1993\u20131994 season before playing 28 games with the Blackhawks that same season."}, {"context": " Dubinsky bounced between the Ice and the Blackhawks before finally earning a full-time roster spot with the Blackhawks for the 1997\u201398 season. That year he played in all 82 games and scored a career high 18 points. The following season he played one game with the Blackhawks before being traded to the Calgary Flames. He played there for 2 years before rejoining the Blackhawks for the 2000\u201301 season. The 2001\u201302 season saw Dubinsky being traded yet again from the Blackhawks, this time to the Nashville Predators. Dubinsky then signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Blues for the 2002\u201303, but a head injury during the season limited him to only 28 games, and he retired following the season.  He currently works for Glacier Ice Arena in Vernon Hills, Illinois."}]}, {"title": "Steve Duchesne", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Duchesne (born June 30, 1965) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League with several teams from 1986 until 2002. He was a three-time NHL All-Star and was a member of the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in 2002. Duchesne began his notable hockey career with the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Never drafted by an NHL team, he was signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Kings on October 1, 1984. He played one season with the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League before becoming an NHL regular in 1986\u201387. In his rookie NHL season, he played well enough to be named to the NHL All-Rookie Team. It did not take Duchesne long to establish himself as an above average offensive defenceman. In the 1988\u201389 NHL season, he led all defensemen in shorthanded goals with 5."}, {"context": " Duchesne remained with the Kings until May 30, 1991, when he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in a deal that brought future Hall of Famer Jari Kurri to Los Angeles. Duchesne played one season in Philadelphia, before being involved in one of the biggest trades in NHL history, moving to the Quebec Nordiques with a package of several players and cash in the Eric Lindros trade. Although Duchesne set a career high with 82 points in Quebec, he was again traded after one season to the St. Louis Blues. He spent two seasons with the Blues before being acquired by the upstart Ottawa Senators. After two successful seasons with the Senators, in which he scored the goal that clinched the team's first ever playoff spot, he was traded back to the Blues for Igor Kravchuk due to financial considerations. Duchesne's journeyman status continued, as he returned to the Kings as a free agent after one season with the Blues. During his first season back with the Kings, he was traded to the Flyers at the trade deadline. Finally, after the 1998\u201399 season, Duchesne signed as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings, where he would win the Stanley Cup in his final season, 2001\u201302.  Duchesne now resides in Westlake, Texas with his wife and two children. He coaches the U18 Dallas Stars Midget Major AAA hockey team. He is a co-owner of the Allen Americans, a Central Hockey League team which began play in the 2009-10 season. Duchesne has represented Team Canada in two international tournaments:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Duck", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Duck (Steven W. Duck) a British social psychologist turned communication scholar, is the Daniel & Amy Starch Distinguished Research Professor and Chair, Department of Rhetoric, at the University of Iowa. He has made contributions to the scientific field of social and personal relationships. He attended Bristol Grammar School and Pembroke College, Oxford before gaining a PhD from Sheffield University in 1971. He studied social and personal relationships and published several books and articles on the subject. He taught at the University of Glasgow in Scotland and the University of Lancaster in England, being one of four founding members of the Department of Psychology there in 1973. In 1986 he moved to the University of Iowa as the Daniel and Amy Starch Distinguished Research Professor, the first fully endowed professorship in the College of Liberal Arts (later the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences \u2013 CLAS). He served as Chair Department Executive Officer for the Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa 1994\u20131998 and subsequently as Chair of the Department of Rhetoric, University of Iowa (2010\u2013present)."}, {"context": " Duck conducted research into social relationships at Lancaster University. He founded the International Conference on Personal Relationships, the first four of which he organized with Robin Gilmour from Lancaster University, but situating the conference in Madison, Wisconsin in 1982 and 1984. These international conferences have since occurred every two years. Between these first two conferences he founded an interdisciplinary \"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships\" and was its first Editor for the fifteen volumes from 1984-1998. He also founded the International Network on Personal Relationships, and, then at the University of Iowa, founded and ran several conferences there both for general scholarly groups and also specifically for graduate students."}, {"context": " He served as President of INPR (International Network on Personal Relationships) which was subsequently merged into IARR (International Association for Relationship Research). He has published several books and monographs on the general themes of relationships, becoming most closely associated with models of Interpersonal communication relationship dissolution and in particular with Duck's topographical model of relationship dissolution and a more formalized stages of dissolution model. This latter was later modified by Rollie & Duck (2006).  He has presented over 200 conference papers, written over 100 articles and chapters and written or edited 60 books, the most recent being Duck & McMahan (2017) \"Communication in Everyday Life: The Basic Course Edition With Public Speaking\", and Duck & McMahan (2017) \"Communication in Everyday Life: A Survey of Communication, Third Edition,\" . In 1982 he became the founding Editor of the \" Journal of Social and Personal Relationships\", and held the position of Editor in Chief until 1998."}]}, {"title": "Steve Duda", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Duda is an American DJ, record producer, audio engineer, manager and software engineer from Menlo Park, California. He is best known for his mid-2000s collaborative electronic music projects with Canadian record producer and DJ deadmau5 under the names \"BSOD\" and \"WTF?\" (also with DJ Aero and Tommy Lee), owning the record label and digital music software company Xfer Records. He is also known for creating the VST plugin Serum. Duda studied music composition at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He later became a member of the Santa Cruz rock bands named The Brothers of Other and Razorface. He later left the bands, and went on to work for the American technology company AVID."}, {"context": " In 1997, Duda left Santa Cruz to become an engineer and programmer for the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, for which he was a programmer and multi-instrumentalist and vocalist on their third studio album \"The Fragile\". In 1999, Duda moved to Los Angeles to further pursue a career in music. In 2005, Duda and Canadian record producer Joel Zimmerman (deadmau5) formed the electro house group BSOD and released their debut single \"This Is The Hook\" a year later. The song topped the Beatport Top 100 chart, and went on to feature on deadmau5's 2008 compilation album \"At Play\". Later that year, the group self-released their debut album titled \"Pay Here To Click\"."}, {"context": " Earlier that year, Duda also made several uncredited collaborations with deadmau5. Most notably, he performed vocals for \"Porcelain\" and co-wrote \"Bitches\" from Zimmerman's 2006 album \"A Little Oblique\". In 2007, Duda and Zimmerman founded Xfer Records to continue to release music as BSOD, with the releases of \"Played Out EP\" and \"Last Life EP\" on Xfer. In 2008, Duda, Zimmerman, DJ Aero and Tommy Lee formed the electro house group named WTF?. Later that year, they released their debut EP \"Chicken\" on Xfer Records.  In 2013, Duda programmed, created and released Serum, a VST plugin to be used by DJs and producers in the electronic dance music scene. Serum later won multiple awards. In 2016, Xfer partnered with Splice and announced a \"rent-to-own\" plan for Serum, which allowed producers to own the plugin at a monthly cost. In 2017, Duda announced that Xfer Records will be renamed to \"Xfer, Inc.\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dudeney", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve (Stephen) Dudeney (born July 1968) is a senior officer in the London Fire Brigade. He was born in Kensington, West London and adopted at 6 weeks old and raised in Stepney & Poplar in London's East End. As a youngster he used to spend a lot of time at his local Fire Station in Poplar and held a desire to become a Firefighter when he was older. In 1987 aged 18 he joined the London Fire Brigade and after his initial training was posted to Bethnal Green fire station. He spent most of his career at fire stations in the East End (Bethnal Green, Poplar, Shadwell, Plaistow, Bow) rising up the ranks to Station Officer in 2000. In 2002 he became Station Commander at Poplar fire station (near his childhood home) the station where he served in every rank."}, {"context": " He was also Station Commander at Homerton fire station in Hackney, Wennington fire station in Havering and was the First Station Commander at the new fire station in Harold Hill in Havering which (2009) was the first newly established fire station in London for 13 years. In April 2010 he was promoted to Group Manager and became head of the LFB Leadership and Management Development Team. In April 2012 he transferred to LFB's Special Operations Group. On 1 August 2013 he was appointed to the role of LFB Borough Commander for the London Borough of Hackney. Responsible for 200 staff at the four fire Stations in the Borough; Homerton, Kingsland (closed in 2014), Shoreditch & Stoke Newington. In November 2017, he became Borough Commander for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in Command of the five fire stations in the Borough; Bethnal Green, Millwall, Poplar, Shadwell & Whitechapel. Covering the area where he grew up and started his Fire Service career."}, {"context": " Throughout his career he has attended many incidents across London using his experience at busy East London fire stations to gain a good understanding of firefighting tactics which allowed him to mentor & train younger Firefighters and Junior Officers. Having attained thirty years service in 2017 he is one of LFB's most experienced and respected Command Officers. Notable incidents he has attended include the 1996 Canary Wharf bomb, the 2005 Buncefiled Oil terminal fire (Hertfordshire), the 2011 Swinley Forest fire (Surrey), the 2011 London riots, the Terrorist attacks at Parliament Square in March 2017 and London Bridge in June 2017 as well as the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017."}, {"context": " He retired from London Fire Brigade in July 2018 and is now working as a Fire & Resilience consultant. Steve is a regular contributor to a number of International Fire Service publications and was the editor of the British Fire Service Association magazine 'The Journal'. He is best known however for his contribution to online Fire Service articles relating to Fire Service Command, Fire Service Tactics especially around Firefighting in high rise buildings. He is also part of the Management team for the popular UK Firefighting website www.fireservice.co.uk"}, {"context": " In 2017 Steve Dudeney featured in two Fire Service TV programmes. Timeshift Blazes and Brigades was a BBC4 programme looking at almost two centuries of Firefighting history in the UK where he spoke about the changes over the past thirty years of UK Firefighting (1987 to 2017). He also featured in two episodes of the ITV television documentary Inside London Fire Brigade. Telling of his experiences at the Grenfell Tower Fire (episode 1) and Film crews followed him on his day to day duties as a Borough Commander (episode 2)."}, {"context": " Steve along with three colleagues from Poplar Fire Station were among the first British Firefighters to fly to New York in the days following the attacks on the Twin Towers. The group visited many Stations as well as Ground Zero and became pivotal in the fundraising for the families of the New York Firefighters from within the UK Fire Service in the months after the attack. It was US Firefighters raising funds for British Firefighters in World War Two which saw the establishment of the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund (now Firefighters Charity. In 2003 article 'Completing the Circle' in Firehouse Magazine Dudeney explains the story of the WW2 Firefighters and how modern day counterparts repaid the favour to US Firefighters after 9/11. He was involved in the 60th Anniversary celebrations of the FSNBF in 2003 where he accompanied a group of New York Firefighters to the celebration at the Royal Albert Hall."}, {"context": " In 1991 as a Temporary Leading Firefighter Steve was awarded a Chief Fire Officers letter of Congratulations along with Liam Hackett and two others following the rescue of a man from a live electricity pylon in Leytonstone East London on 23 December 1989. \"\"The London Fire Brigade's highest gallantry award was a Chief Officer's Commendation,next came a Chief Officer's Letter of Congratulations.In either case an individual had demonstrated exceptional courage and bravery working in a hostile and dangerous environment...\"\"  In 2014 he was admitted into Worshipful Company of Firefighters and granted The Freedom of the City of London."}]}, {"title": "Steve Duemig", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Duemig is an American sports media personality and has had a daily local sports talk show on AM 620 WDAE in Tampa since 1996 which has been the #1 rated sports talk show in the area, and worked for AM 910 WFNS for 5 years prior to WDAE. The on air name given to himself is The Big Dog. Born in Pensacola, Florida, Duemig moved to Philadelphia where he became an avid fan of the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia 76ers, and Philadelphia Flyers, and in High School he lettered in soccer, baseball, basketball, and golf. He played soccer for the Lock Haven Bald Eagles but transferred to Bucks County Community College, where he played on the league champion basketball team and the state champion golf team. After college he began his career in golf, working as a club pro, and qualified for the PGA tour. He returned to Florida to focus year-round on his golf career, and started a golf business with driving range and golf shop. It was through his golf business that he became connected to Tampa Bay sports radio, eventually discussing other sports on the air. He also played on the first The Big Break aired on The Golf Channel, and co-hosted the Grey Goose 19th Hole for 5 years with Kelly Tilghman and Charles Davis, provided color commentary during Tampa Bay Lightning hockey games, and hosted College Football Pre-Game React, a weekly call-in sports show on Fox Sports Radio. Through his association with fellow WDAE host Chris Thomas, Duemig became knowledgeable in horse racing and became a part owner of a horse.  Duemig is a former PGA Head Professional and also briefly played on the PGA Tour."}]}, {"title": "Steve Duenes", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Duenes is the graphics director of \"The New York Times\", a position he has held since 2004. He came to the Times in 1999 as the graphics editor for the science section, and was promoted to deputy graphics director in 2001. He also is being counted as an inspiration to the newcomers. He oversees the newspaper's graphics department, which has a staff of nearly 30 journalists who create the maps, charts and diagrams for the newspaper and nytimes.com."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dugardein", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dugardein (born 28 January 1974 in Mouscron, Belgium) is a Belgian footballer, who last played for Oud-Heverlee Leuven."}]}, {"title": "Steve Duggan", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Duggan (born 10 April 1958) is an English former professional snooker player. Born in 1958, Duggan turned professional in 1983. He reached the last 32 of his first tournament, the 1982 Professional Players Tournament, losing 2\u20135 to Ray Reardon, but made little progress over the next two years. In the 1985 Matchroom Trophy, Duggan defeated veteran Fred Davis 5\u20131, the still-competitive Reardon 5\u20134, Ian Black of Scotland 5\u20131 and Willie Thorne 5\u20134 before losing in the quarter-finals, 2\u20135 to Cliff Thorburn having at one stage led Thorburn 2\u20131. This marked the best run of Duggan's career up to, and after, that point, and helped improve his world ranking for the 1986-87 season to 35th."}, {"context": " Further success followed; Duggan played Rex Williams in the last 32 of the 1986 International Open, losing 4\u20135, and Jimmy White in the last 16 at the 1987 Classic, where White defeated him 5\u20132. At the British Open that year, he lost 2\u20135 to Thorne in the last 32, but a 3\u201310 loss to Tony Chappel in qualifying ended his World Championship hopes. The following year, Duggan progressed further in the World Championship, but was defeated 5\u201310 by John Virgo in the last 48. The 1988-89 season saw a resurgence in form, as Duggan reached the last 32 of the 1988 International Open, Grand Prix, Canadian Masters, UK Championship, and in 1989 made his first appearance at the Crucible Theatre, in the last 32 of the World Championship. He had managed to comfortably defeat Fred Davis and John Spencer alongside Mark Rowing in the qualifying rounds, but was considered an underdog to his first-round opponent, the popular Welshman Cliff Wilson. Duggan led Wilson 5\u20130 and beat him 10\u20131, but was eliminated 3\u201313 by Steve Davis in the last 16; Davis would go on to win that year's championship.  After this, however, Duggan's form slipped again, and he fell out of the top 64 in 1992, ranked 84th in the world. Finishing the 1995-96 season 228th, Duggan lost his professional status thereafter, aged 38."}]}, {"title": "Steve Duich", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve John Duich (born February 28, 1946) is a former American football guard in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at San Diego State University."}]}, {"title": "Steve Duke", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Duke (born 1954) is an American classical and jazz saxophonist noted for his performance of contemporary classical music, particularly computer music. Steve Duke earned both B.M. and M.M. degrees in performance at the University of North Texas. There he studied saxophone performance with Jim Riggs and Dennis F. Diemond. He studied flute with Ralph Johnson and Clare Johnson, oboe with Charles Veazey, and clarinet with Lee Gibson. He studied jazz with Joe Henderson and Joe Daley. While at North Texas, he was awarded the Phi Kappa Lambda Outstanding Soloist Award, the highest award given for classical music performance. Duke also performed in the One O'Clock Lab Band playing lead alto saxophone."}, {"context": " Duke joined the faculty of Northern Illinois University (NIU) in 1980 until his recent retirement in 2011. He was awarded the Presidential Research Professorship at NIU in 1999. In addition to teaching contemporary saxophone repertoire, techniques and performance, Duke also teaches using the Feldenkrais Method. As a jazz saxophonist, Duke has worked with Joe Williams (jazz singer), Ella Fitzgerald, Zoot Sims, Nelson Riddle, Rosemary Clooney, and Louis Bellson among others. His first solo album \"Monk by 2\" featured saxophone and piano duo improvisations with Joe Pinzarrone on the music of Thelonious Monk and was released by Columbia Records in 1994."}, {"context": " Beginning in 1993, he focused on solo contemporary classical music and computer music works. He has premiered and/or recorded more than 20 solo works. Composers who have written solo works for Duke include Larry Austin, William O. Smith, Jan Bach, Cort Lippe, James Phelps, Luigi Ceccarelli, Elainie Lillios, Les Thimmig, Rodney Waschka II, Robert Fleisher, and David Maki. Of particular importance are \"BluesAx\" for alto and soprano saxophones and computer music, by Larry Austin, (for which Austin was the first American composer to receive the Magistere (Magisterium) Award in the 23rd International Electroacoustic Music Competition at Bourges in 1996) and \"Veiled Resonance\" for soprano saxophone and live interactive electronics, by Elainie Lillios (for which Lillios received a first prize in the 36e Concours Internationale de Bourges in 2009). \"Saint Ambrose\", an opera for soprano saxophonist/actor based on the life of Ambrose Bierce. \"Saint Ambrose\" has been widely praised and excerpts have been performed by Duke and John Sampen throughout the United States. Duke recorded \"Saint Ambrose\" for Capstone Records.  In 2005, he formed the Steve Duke Trio, which performs new jazz works. \"Monk by 2\", New York: Sony/Columbia Records, 1994. \"The Computer in the Computer Age \u2013 VI\", CDCM Computer Music Series, Volume 23, Baton Rouge: Centaur Records, 1994. \"Cultures Electroniques/9\u201d, Bourges, France: Serie GMEB/UNESCO/CIME, 1996. \u201cDexter Morrill: Three Concertos\u201d, Baton Rouge: Centaur Records, 1997. \"Saint Ambrose\", Brooklyn, NY: Capstone Records, 2002."}]}, {"title": "Steve Duncan", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Duncan is an urban explorer based in New York City. He has extensively explored the New York City sewer system and other tunnels in the New York City area such as the New York City Subway System and Amtrak tunnels that run through the city. Steve has also explored sewers and underground infrastructure around the world. He has explored sewers and tunnels beneath Paris, London, Milan, Rome, Naples, Stockholm, Berlin, Moscow, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago and Los Angeles. He also hosted a television show on The Discovery Channel in 2005. The show aired for five episodes and has since occasionally been aired in syndication.  Steve has been involved in attempting to map current day and historic sewers and tunnels. One of his most recent projects has been to map the development of storm drains in Los Angeles, California."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dunlap", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dunlap (born February 4, 1954) was the assistant head coach and Special Teams Coordinator for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team. Dunlap had been with the Mountaineers on and off throughout his 33-year coaching career on the defensive side of the football. Dunlap has served on the staff of 16 bowl teams and coached in the 1988 National Championship Game. His 1996 West Virginia Mountaineers football team defense was ranked #1 in the nation. Dunlap is an alumnus of West Virginia University. He received a bachelor's degree in 1976. He also played linebacker at WVU. He was a three-year letter winner 1973-75. Dunlap set the schools records for total tackles in a season (190) and tackles in a single game (28.) Today he still ranks no. 10 on the school\u2019s career tackle list with 359. He was also a member of the 1975 Peach Bowl team that defeated NC State."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dunleavy", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Francis Patrick Aloysius \"Steve\" Dunleavy (born 21 January 1938) is a journalist best known as a columnist for the \"New York Post\". He was a lead reporter on the tabloid television program \"A Current Affair\" in the 1980s and 1990s. Dunleavy was born in Sydney, Australia. He began his career in Australia in 1953 as a copy boy for \"The Sun\", where his father worked as a photographer. He moved to \"The Daily Mirror\", an evening newspaper then owned by Ezra Norton. He later worked in Hong Kong for \"The South China Morning Post\", and freelanced in Japan, India, Greece, Italy, Spain and England."}, {"context": " Arriving in New York City on New Year's Eve, 1966 with 10 dollars in his pocket, he worked as a correspondent for London newspapers. He joined the \"New York Post\" as a news reporter after Rupert Murdoch purchased the newspaper in 1977. Like Gordon Elliott, another Australian television personality, he helped create the US tabloid television market in the 1980s; both were reporters for \"A Current Affair\". Dunleavy's irreverent shock-jock style was the model for actor Robert Downey Jr.'s performance as Wayne Gale in Oliver Stone's film \"Natural Born Killers\". Downey spent time with Dunleavy as part of preparing for the role."}, {"context": " Dunleavy controversially wrote a series of articles in defence of Wayne DuMond, a Vietnam veteran who was convicted of rape in Arkansas in 1984, questioning the justice of DuMond's sentence and conviction. DuMond's sentence was eventually reduced to the point where he was paroled; within a year of his release, he went on to rape and murder two women in Missouri. This Willie Horton-like incident resurfaced as a political issue during the 2008 presidential election, since it was Republican candidate Mike Huckabee who secured DuMond's parole while governor of Arkansas."}, {"context": " In his column of 17 October 2002 regarding the Beltway sniper attacks, Dunleavy wrote, \"If when the shooter is caught, if he is not a foreigner, I will bare my derriere in Macy\u2019s window.\" The shooter, John Lee Malvo was born in Jamaica and entered the United States illegally with his mother. After a 55-year career, Dunleavy retired with a celebration on 1 October 2008 that was attended by 400 colleagues and friends. Those who honored Dunleavy included News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch, \"Post\" Editor-in-Chief Col Allan, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Uniformed Firefighters Association President Steve Cassidy and former \"A Current Affair\" host Maury Povich, accompanied by his wife, Connie Chung."}, {"context": " In 1977, in association with three of Elvis Presley's former bodyguards, Dunleavy published the paperback \"\" () which investigated Presley's life behind the scenes. It was published on 1 August, just two weeks before Presley's death on 16 August. This was the first book that focused on Presley's addiction to prescription drugs. Following Presley's death in August 1977, the book sold more than 1 million copies. His first wife was Yvonne Dunleavy, a fellow Australian and the ghostwriter of \"The Happy Hooker\". His second wife is named Gloria."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dunn", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dunn may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Dunn (1880s first baseman)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen B. Dunn (December 21, 1858 \u2013 May 5, 1933) was a Major League Baseball first baseman in the 19th century. He played for the St. Paul Saints of the Union Association, a replacement team which began major league play near the end of the 1884 season. In 9 games as the Saints' starting first baseman Dunn batted .250 (8-for-32) with two runs scored. He fielded well at first base (.972) and also played part of one game at third base. A native of London, Ontario, Canada, he died in his hometown at the age of 74."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dunn (1990s first baseman)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Robert Dunn (born April 18, 1970) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 1988 amateur draft, and played for the Twins in 1994 and 1995. Dunn attended Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Virginia from 1984 to 1988 where he earned Washington Post All-Metropolitan Baseball honors in 1987 and 1988. Dunn was a top 10 Baseball America magazine prospect in 1988, but had committed to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill prior to the 1988 amateur draft which resulted in his slide to the 4th round. After attending a Minnesota Twins game in which he took batting and fielding practice with the team prior to the game, Dunn rescinded his commitment to UNC and signed with Twins for a $100,000 signing bonus."}, {"context": " In nine minor league seasons (1988\u20131996) Dunn put up consistently good numbers each year, and had a total of 110 home runs, 587 runs batted in, and a .283 batting average. Both in 1994 and 1995 he hit over .300 for the Salt Lake Buzz of the Pacific Coast League, earning call-ups to Minnesota. He made his major league debut on May 3, 1994, starting a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at County Stadium. He went 2-for-4 with a single against Bill Wegman and a double against Mike Fetters. The Twins lost, however, 7\u20136."}, {"context": " The Twins released Dunn on November 20, 1995 and he signed with the Cleveland Indians before the 1996 season. He played 92 games for the Buffalo Bisons of the American Association, but never again reached the major league level. He went on to become both a baseball coach and a humanities teacher of East Tennessee's Alcoa High School where he still teaches. He is married and has three girls. The courses that he teaches at AHS are Theory of Knowledge, World History and Government. He maintains a notebook full of student quotes that he often says he will one day combine into a book for retail."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dunn (referee)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen W. Dunn is an English former FA Premier League football referee. He was born on 24 October 1957. He resides in his birthplace of Bristol, England with his wife. Steve Dunn started refereeing local matches in 1978. He progressed through the Gloucestershire County League, the Western League and the Football Conference to become a linesman in the Football League in 1986. His appointment to the Football League list of referees came in 1992, and in the same year he became one of the first of the new FIFA assistant referees."}, {"context": " Dunn's first ever Premiership match was on 23 August 1995, when Tottenham lost 1\u20130 at home to Aston Villa, the only goal coming from Ugo Ehiogu. He reached the FIFA list of referees in 1997. Thus he became the first English official to achieve the \"double\" of the FIFA referees and FIFA assistants lists, a feat later matched by Steve Bennett, Graham Barber and Matt Messias. He completed six years at this level, stepping down at the age of 45 in 2002, although he continued refereeing as an over-age official in the 'domestic' competitions until 2005."}, {"context": " In 2000, he was the man in the middle at the FA Trophy Final between Kingstonian F.C. and Kettering Town. One of his career highlights was the 2001 FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Liverpool, when the 'Gunners' lost 2\u20131, their goal supplied by Freddie Ljungberg, but with two late goals coming from Michael Owen to reverse the scoreline at 90 minutes. He would go on to referee Football League Cup semi-finals in 2002 and 2004. Dunn's final Premier League game was Fulham's emphatic 6\u20130 win at home to relegated Norwich City on 15 May 2005.  He refereed his last professional match on 18 May 2005, when he took charge of West Ham's 2\u20130 win against Ipswich Town in the Championship play-off semi-final 2nd leg at Portman Road, both goals coming from Bobby Zamora. He was appointed to referee for the following season (2005\u201306) but made no appearances due to injury."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dunne (cricket umpire)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Robert Stephen Dunne (born 22 April 1943) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He was the first umpire to stand in 100 ODIs. Steve Dunne was born in Dunedin, Otago. He is married with two sons. Before becoming an umpire, he played in one first-class match for New Zealand Under-23s in March 1966 and five first-class matches for Otago in the Plunket Shield in 1968/9, mainly as a left-arm medium-paced bowler. He took 10 wickets at an bowling average of 41.10. He averaged a paltry 4.28 with the bat. He umpired 39 Test matches and 100 ODIs between 1989 and 2002. His first 12 Tests were in New Zealand. In 1994, he and Brian Aldridge were the two New Zealand representatives on the first international panel of umpires, set up by the ICC to ensure that one neutral umpire would stand in every Test match (later supplemented by the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires)."}, {"context": " In the 2nd ODI between New Zealand and Pakistan in December 1992, at McLean Park in Napier, he made the first run out decisions in New Zealand by a television third umpire. He stood with Darrell Hair in the Boxing Day Test between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1995, in which Hair no-balled Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing. Dunne was criticised for failing to back Hair by similarly calling no-ball later in the match when Muralitharan bowled from Dunne's end, but he later defended himself, saying that the decision was too difficult to make on the field, and that he backed a previous decision to refer a bowler with a suspect action to the International Cricket Council for further investigation. In 2001, he and Doug Cowie reported Shoaib Akhtar after an ODI in at Carisbrook in Dunedin."}, {"context": " He stood in four matches in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, including the semi-final between India and Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, which was abandoned due to the rioting crowd after India lost their eighth wicket chasing the Sri Lankan score. The match was awarded to Sri Lanka. He also umpired in five matches in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. In 1999/2000, he stood in Pakistan's first Test match in India for 12 years, and the first Test between the sides for 9 years, at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.  His 100th ODI was the match between New Zealand and England at his home ground in Dunedin on 26 February 2002. He had also stood in his first ODI at Carisbrook, just over 13 years earlier. He retired after he was not chosen as one of the eight umpires on the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires as he was considered not good enough for the modern game. He published an autobiographical account of his experiences, \"Alone in the Middle\", in 2003."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dunning", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven John Dunning (born May 15, 1949) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1970 to 1977 for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, California Angels, Montreal Expos, and Oakland Athletics. He was born in Denver, Colorado. He was the second player to go straight to the Major Leagues after being drafted without spending a day in the minors. On May 11, 1971, Dunning had the distinction of hitting a grand slam home run off of Oakland Athletics pitcher Diego Segu\u00ed. This remained the last grand slam hit by an American League pitcher until F\u00e9lix Hern\u00e1ndez of the Seattle Mariners accomplished the same feat June 23, 2008 in a game against the New York Mets."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dunwell", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dunwell is an American photographer noted for his color photographs of urban and scenic landscapes. Steve Dunwell makes photographs of New England \u2013 its people, landscape, and industry \u2013 for publications, for collectors, and for advertising. Many of his photographs are featured in a series of fourteen picture books on regional subjects, including Extraordinary Boston. He also works on corporate and editorial assignments, concentrating on industrial environments, architecture, aerials and portraiture. He has traveled to over 40 nations on 5 continents. His stock photos are represented in several libraries and agencies. Editorial clients include \"Yankee Magazine\", \"American Style\", \"GEO\", \"American Heritage\", \"Black Enterprise\", \"Preservation Magazine\", and \"National Geographic Traveler\"."}, {"context": " Steve studied photojournalism with Walker Evans at Yale University (B. Sc 1969) Steve Dunwell created Back Bay Press in 1994. Back Bay Press specializes in photographic studies of New England subjects. The most recent title from Back Bay Press is Boston Freedom Trail, describing the city\u2019s foremost historical venue. As a premier supplier of Boston-themed images, Steve is always making new images of his city, extending and improving his collection. Panoramic and aerial images are a key part of this archive, along with cultural activities.  Steve Dunwell lives in the Bay Village neighborhood of Boston. He has been an instructor at New England School of Photography and now teaches workshops at Panasonic Digital Photography Academy. His photographs are included in numerous corporate and private collections."}]}, {"title": "Steve Duplantis", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Duplantis (September 20, 1972 \u2013 January 23, 2008) was a pro golf caddie. He worked with several golfers until his death. Duplantis was born in Brampton in Canada. He began caddying for Clarence Rose in 1993, after his own golf career failed. He worked with Jim Furyk early in his career from 1994 until 1999, but is best known for his time with Rich Beem which was chronicled by the writer Alan Shipnuck in the best-selling book \"Bud, Sweat and Tees\", during which Beem won the Kemper Open. Duplantis also caddied for Tommy Armour III when he set the PGA Tour's 72-hole scoring record at the Texas Open in 2003 and had also caddied for other golfers on both the PGA Tour and European Tour, including Daniel Chopra, Garrett Willis, Gabriel Hjertstedt and David Branshaw. At the time of his death Duplantis was working with Eric Axley."}, {"context": " Beem's victory at the Kemper Open in 1999 was only his 12th start on tour, and Duplantis was hailed for playing a big part in the victory, which Jim Nantz hailed as \"of the greatest caddying performances you will ever see.\". However Beem and Duplantis would stop working together soon afterwards; Shipnuck attributes this to their similarities. Duplantis featured prominently in Shipnuck's book \"Bud, Sweat and Tees\". The book, which followed Beem and Duplantis as they played various events during Beem's rookie season on the PGA Tour, spoke about Duplantis relationship with his ex-wife and his young daughter Sierra. After Beem won the PGA Championship in 2002 the book became a best-seller."}, {"context": " Duplantis was referred to as \"Asbestos,\" because he was thought to be fireproof. He had a well-earned reputation for tardiness, and this led several golfers to fire him. Despite this, he maintained a reputation as one of the best caddies working the circuit. John Maginnes wrote in his column on pgatour.com that \"Even on those mornings when the night's activities lingered in the air, Steve was still an exceptional caddy\". After his death caddy Patrick Smith said that \"He raised the level of every player he worked for. He could take guys who were marginal and they would play well\".  In the morning of January 23, 2008 shortly after midnight, Duplantis stepped off a curb in Del Mar, California, and was hit by a taxi. Sgt. Randy Webb of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department reported that he died at the scene. Duplantis was to caddie for Eric Axley at the Buick Invitational later that week. On the opening day of play many caddies wore ribbons to commemorate Duplantis."}]}, {"title": "Steve Duquette", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Duquette is an American cartoonist who has worked on several advertising campaigns. He received the National Cartoonist Society Commercial Award in 1990."}]}, {"title": "Steve Durand", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen \"Steve\" Durand (born) is a Canadian rock musician, most notable for his work with Tinker and his involvement with Melissa Auf der Maur. Born in Cantley, Quebec, Durand met Melissa Auf der Maur, a fellow student at Concordia University, while she was DJ'ing at a bar on Montr\u00e9al's Boulevard Saint-Laurent. After a number of jam sessions, Auf der Maur and Durand recruited drummer Jordon Zadorozny and formed Tinker in 1993. Tinker gainied reputation in the local music scene and released two singles throughout the course of their career, \"Green Machine\" and \"Real a Lie\", the latter of which would be reworked by bandmate Auf der Maur during her solo career. The band opened for The Smashing Pumpkins at Metropolis, Montr\u00e9al on November 30, 1993. Auf der Maur left Tinker in June 1994 after agreeing to join Hole after bassist Kristen Pfaff died."}, {"context": " While Auf der Maur was in Hole, and also after her departure in 1999, she wrote a number of songs she planned to release as a solo project. With the help of Durand, Auf der Maur wrote \"Skin Receiver\" and redone \"Real a Lie\", a single she and Durand wrote in Tinker. The duo entered the studio in 2003 and began work on Auf der Maur's solo album, which was eventually released in 2004. \"Auf der Maur\" featured Durand playing lead guitar and co-writer on two tracks. He also performed guitar on all tours for Auf der Maur.  In 2004, Durand formed Moufette with Ariel Engle. The band released their debut album, \"Chew Your Heart\" in 2005 on the indie label High Tide Records. Their first EP, \"Pet the Lion\" was released in 2009. Durand was also heavily involved in Auf der Maur's second studio album, \"Out of Our Minds\", again performing as a musician and co-writer of the track \"1000 Years.\" He has since been touring again with Auf der Maur."}]}, {"title": "Steve Durbano", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Harry Steven \"Mental Case\" Durbano (December 12, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario \u2013 November 10, 2002 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player noted for his villainous behaviour on the ice and his larger-than-life persona off it. He is the all-time leader in penalty minutes per game in the National Hockey League (NHL), with 1127 career PIMs over a mere 220 games played, for 5.12 PIMs per game. Born in Toronto, Durbano rose through minor hockey to a place on the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association. He was drafted by the New York Rangers in the first round of the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft. He never played a game for the Rangers, though, and was traded to the St. Louis Blues where he began his career. Durbano quickly gained a reputation for being one of the toughest players in the league, amassing 1,411 major league-career penalty minutes, including an NHL-leading 370 PIM in the 1975\u201376 season."}, {"context": " He played 220 NHL games over the course of his career for St. Louis as well as the Pittsburgh Penguins, Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies, along with 45 games in the World Hockey Association for the Birmingham Bulls. In the very first game of the 1974-75 season, he was checked by Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Andre Dupont and suffered a fractured left wrist. He missed the rest of the season, and though he returned the following season, he never regained full power in the wrist. In 1983, shortly after he retired, Durbano was implicated in a scheme to import half a million dollars worth of cocaine into Canada and was sentenced to seven years in prison. After his release, Durbano did not keep straight - he was arrested once for shoplifting, and, in 1995, he was sent back to prison after he attempted to recruit an undercover police officer into an escort service in Welland, Ontario. He moved to the Northwest Territories late in life in an effort to find peace, and died there of liver cancer in November 2002."}]}, {"title": "Steve Durham (rugby league)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Durham (born 12 October 1963) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for the British Amateur Rugby League Association \"Young Lions\" New Zealand tour 1983, and at club level for Stanley Rangers ARLFC, Batley, Bramley, Hull FC and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage \u2116 1051), as a . Steve Durham made his d\u00e9but for Wakefield Trinity during October 1993, and he played his last match for Wakefield Trinity during the 1994\u201395 season."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dusseau", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dusseau (born March 30, 1983) was an All-American lacrosse player for Georgetown University, where he was a two time All-American and won the 2002 USILA National Player of the Year award. He led the Hoyas to NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship appearances in 2001 and 2002. He played his High School lacrosse for Upper Arlington High School in Columbus Ohio where he was also an All-American. In 2002, Dusseau was drafted by the Major League Lacrosse's Boston Cannons with the second pick in the 1st round of the 2002 MLL Collegiate Draft. Steve was selected to the 2003 MLL All Stars team"}]}, {"title": "Steve Dyer", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Dyer is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 43rd District from 2007 to 2010. A former reporter for the \"Akron Beacon Journal\", Dyer graduated with a law degree from the University of Akron. He received his bachelor's degree from Tufts University. When incumbent Mary Taylor ran for Ohio Auditor, Dyer sought to replace her. Facing another political newcomer in Republican Christina Croce, Dyer won, taking the Forty Third District. He was sworn into his first term on January 2, 2007."}, {"context": " Dyer advocated in the issues he valued, notably education. Along with Governor of Ohio Ted Strickland, Dyer created the evidence based model, which was a school funding system that evaluated each state school district and appropriated a funding stream. Before this, Ohio school funding had been marked as unconstitutional. He also became an advocate for homeowner protections. In 2008, Dyer faced Republican Judy Jones. In an overwhelmingly Democratic year, Dyer won a second term and the Ohio House of Representatives was won by Democrats. In his second term, Dyer was named Chairman of the House Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education."}, {"context": " With 2010, Dyer ran for a third term, and Todd McKenney, a councilman from New Franklin, Ohio, was his Republican opponent. In an overwhelmingly Republican year, the race proved to be contentious. McKenney defeated Dyer. Following his defeat, Dyer became an analyst for the liberal think tank Innovation Ohio. Dyer filed petitions with the Summit County Board of Elections on February 2, 2011 to run for a judgeship in the Barberton Municipal Court District. The only Republican to file was Barberton Municipal Court Clerk Christine Croce.  Dyer successfully ran for an at large seat on Green City Council in 2015. He began his service in January 2016."}]}, {"title": "Steve Dykstra", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Dykstra (born December 1, 1962 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Hartford Whalers. In his NHL career, Dykstra appeared in 217 games. He scored 8 goals and added 32 assists. In 1988, he played 27 games for Buffalo Sabres before being traded to Edmonton for Scott Metcalfe. He played 15 of the season's last 21 games for Edmonton. Dykstra did receive a 1988 Stanley Cup ring, as he played the required 42 regular-season games, but his name was left off the Cup, because not all 42 games were played with Edmonton."}]}, {"title": "Steve Earle", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Fain Earle () (born January 17, 1955) is an American rock, country and folk singer-songwriter, record producer, author and actor. Earle began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982. His breakthrough album was the 1986 album \"Guitar Town\". Since then Earle has released 15 other studio albums and received three Grammy awards. His songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, Shawn Colvin, Ian Stuart Donaldson and Emmylou Harris. He has appeared in film and television, and has written a novel, a play, and a book of short stories."}, {"context": " Earle was born in Fort Monroe, Virginia, where his father, Jack Earle, was stationed. His father was an air traffic controller. The family returned to Texas before Earle's second birthday. They moved several times but Earle grew up primarily in the San Antonio area. Earle began learning the guitar at the age of 11 and was placed in a talent contest at his school at age 13. He is reported to have run away from home at age 14 to follow his idol, singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt, around Texas. Earle was \"rebellious\" as a youngster and dropped out of school at the age of 16. He moved to Houston with his 19-year-old uncle, who was also a musician, where he married and worked odd jobs. While in Houston, Earle met Van Zandt, who became his hero and role model."}, {"context": " In 1974 at the age of 19 Earle moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and began working blue-collar jobs during the day and playing music at night. During this period Earle wrote songs and played bass guitar in Guy Clark's band and on Clark's 1975 album \"Old No.\u00a01\". Earle appeared in the 1975 film \"Heartworn Highways\", a documentary on the Nashville music scene which included David Allan Coe, Guy Clark, Townes van Zandt and Rodney Crowell. Earle lived in Nashville for several years and assumed the position of staff songwriter at the publishing company Sunbury Dunbar. Later Earle grew tired of Nashville and returned to Texas where he started a band called The Dukes."}, {"context": " In the 1980s Earle returned to Nashville once again and worked as a songwriter for the publishers Roy Dea and Pat Carter. A song he co-wrote, \"When You Fall in Love\", was recorded by Johnny Lee and made number 14 on the country charts in 1982. Carl Perkins recorded Earle's song \"Mustang Wine\", and two of his songs were recorded by Zella Lehr. Later Dea and Carter created an independent record label called \"LSI\" and invited Earle to begin recording his own material on their label. Connie Smith recorded Earle's composition \"A Far Cry from You\" in 1985 which reached a minor position on the country charts as well."}, {"context": " Earle released an EP called, \"Pink & Black\", in 1982 featuring the Dukes. Acting as Earle's manager, John Lomax \"sent the EP to Epic Records,\" and they \"signed Earle\" to a recording contract in 1983. In 1983 Earle signed a record deal with CBS and recorded a \"neo-rockabilly album\". After losing his publishing contract with Dea and Carter, Earle met producer Tony Brown and after severing his ties with Lomax and Epic Records obtained a seven-record deal with MCA Records. Earle released his first full-length album, \"Guitar Town\", on MCA Records in 1986. The title track became a Top Ten single in 1986 and his song \"Goodbye's All We've Got Left\" reached the Top Ten in 1987. That same year he released a compilation of earlier recordings entitled, \"Early Tracks\", and an album with the Dukes, called \"Exit 0\", which \"received critical acclaim\" for its blend of country and rock."}, {"context": " Earle released \"Copperhead Road\" on Uni Records in 1989 which was characterized as \"a quixotic project that mixed a lyrical folk tradition with hard rock and eclectic Irish influences such as The Pogues, who guested on the record\". The album's title track portrays a Vietnam veteran who uses his family background in running moonshine to become a marijuana grower/seller. Then Earle began \"three years in a mysterious vaporization\" according to the \"Chicago Sun-Times\". His 1990 album \"The Hard Way\" had a strong rock sound and was followed by \"a shoddy live album\" called \"Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator\". In August 1991 Earle appeared on the TV show \"The Texas Connection\" \"looking pale and blown out\". In light of Earle's \"increasing drug use\" MCA Records did not renew his contract and Earle didn't record any music for the next four years. By July 1993 Earle was reported to have regained his normal weight and had started to write new material. At that time a writer for the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" called Earle \"a visionary symbol of the New Traditionalist movement in country music.\""}, {"context": " In 1994, two staff members at Warner/Chappell publishing company, and Earle's former manager, John Dotson, created an in-house CD of Earle's songs entitled \"Uncut Gems\" and showcased it to some recording artists in Nashville. This resulted in several of Earle's songs being recorded by Travis Tritt, Stacy Dean Campbell and Robert Earl Keen. After his recording hiatus, Earle released \"Train a Comin'\" on Winter Harvest Records and it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1996. The album was characterized as a return to the \"folksy acoustic\" sound of his early career."}, {"context": " In 1996 Earle formed his own record label, E-Squared Records, and released the album, \"I Feel Alright\", which combined the musical sounds of country, rock and rockabilly. Earle released the album \"El Corazon\" (The Heart) in 1997 which one reviewer called \"the capstone of this [Earle's] remarkable comeback\". According to Earle, he wrote the song \"Over Yonder\" about a death row inmate with whom he exchanged letters before attending his execution in 1998. He made a foray into bluegrass influenced music in 1999 when he released the album \"The Mountain\" with the Del McCoury Band. In 2000, Earle recorded his album \"Transcendental Blues\", which features the song Galway Girl."}, {"context": " Earle presented excerpts of his poetry and fiction writing at the 2000 New Yorker Festival. His collection of short stories called \"Doghouse Roses\" was published in June 2011 and his novel, \"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive\", was published in the spring of 2011. Earle wrote and produced an off-Broadway play about the death of Karla Faye Tucker, the first woman executed since the death penalty was reinstated in Texas. In the early 2000s Earle's album \"Jerusalem\" expressed his anti-war, anti-death penalty and his other \"leftist views\". The album's song \"John Walker's Blues\", about the captured American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh created controversy. Earle responded by appearing on a variety of news and editorial programs and defended the song and his views on patriotism and terrorism. His subsequent tour featured the \"Jerusalem\" album and was released as the live album \"Just an American Boy\" in 2003."}, {"context": " In 2004, Earle released the album \"The Revolution Starts Now\", a collection of songs influenced by the Iraq War and the policies of the George W. Bush administration and won a Grammy for best contemporary folk album. The title song was used by General Motors in a TV advertisement. The album was released during the U.S. presidential campaign. The song \"The Revolution Starts Now\" was used in the promotional materials for Michael Moore's anti-war documentary film \"Fahrenheit 9/11\" and appears on the album \"Songs and Artists That Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11\". That year, Earle was the subject of a documentary DVD called \"Just An American Boy\"."}, {"context": " In 2006, Earle contributed a cover of Randy Newman's song \"Rednecks\" to the tribute album \"Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman\". Earle hosted a radio show on Air America from August 2004 until June 2007. Later he began hosting a show called Hardcore Troubadour on the Outlaw Country channel. Earle is also the subject of two biographies, \"Steve Earle: Fearless Heart, Outlaw Poet\", by David McGee and \"Hardcore Troubadour: The Life and Near Death of Steve Earle\" by Lauren St John. In September 2007, Earle released his twelfth studio album, \"Washington Square Serenade\", on New West Records. Earle recorded the album after relocating to New York City, and was his first use of digital audio recording. The disc features Earle's wife, Allison Moorer, on \"Days Aren't Long Enough\" and \"Down Here Below.\" The album includes Earle's version of Tom Waits' song \"Way Down in the Hole\" which was the theme song for the fifth season of \"The Wire\" in which Earle appeared as the character Walon. In 2008, Earle produced Joan Baez's album \"Day After Tomorrow\". (Prior to their collaboration on \"Day After Tomorrow\", Baez had covered two Earle songs, \"Christmas in Washington\" and \"Jerusalem,\" on previous albums; \"Jerusalem\" had also become a staple of Baez' concerts.) In the winter, he toured Europe and North America in support of \"Washington Square Serenade\", performing both solo and with a disc jockey."}, {"context": " On May 12, 2009, Earle released a tribute album, \"Townes\", on New West Records. The album contained 15 songs written by Townes Van Zandt. Guest artists appearing on the album included Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Moorer, and his son Justin. The album earned Earle a third Grammy award, again for best contemporary folk album. In 2010 Earle was awarded the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty's Shining Star of Abolition award. Earle has recorded two other anti-death penalty songs: \"Billy Austin\", and \"Ellis Unit One\" for the 1995 film \"Dead Man Walking\"."}, {"context": " In 2010\u20132011, Earle appeared in seasons 1 and 2 of the HBO show \"Treme\" as Harley Wyatt, a talented street musician who mentors another character. Earle released his first novel and fourteenth studio album, both entitled \"I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive\" after a Hank Williams song, in the spring of 2011. The album was released on April 26, 2011 and was produced by T Bone Burnett and deals with questions of mortality with a \"more country\" sound than his earlier work. During the second half of his 2011 tour with The Dukes and Duchesses and Moorer, the drum kit was adorned with the slogan \"we are the 99%\" a reference to the Occupy movement of September 2011."}, {"context": " On February 17, 2015, Earle released his sixteenth studio album, \"Terraplane\". On September 10, 2015, Earle & the Dukes released a new internet single titled \"'Mississippi, It's Time\". The song's lyrics are directed towards the state of Mississippi and their refusal to abandon the Confederate Flag and remove it from their state flag. The song was released for sale the following day with all proceeds going towards the Civil Rights organization Southern Poverty Law Center. On June 10, 2016, Earle released an album of duets with Shawn Colvin, titled simply \"Colvin And Earle\", which was accompanied by a tour in London and the U.S."}, {"context": " On June 16, 2017, Earle & the Dukes released his seventeenth studio album, So You Wanna Be An Outlaw Earle has been married seven times, including twice to the same woman. He married Sandra \"Sandy\" Henderson in Houston at the age of 18, but left her to move to Nashville a year later where he met and married his second wife, Cynthia Dunn. Earle married his third wife, Carol-Ann Hunter, who gave birth to his son, singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle. Next, he married Lou-Anne Gill (with whom he had a second son) and then his fifth wife, Teresa Ensenat, who was an A&R executive for Geffen Records at the time. Earle then married Lou-Anne Gill a second time, and finally, in 2005, married singer-songwriter Allison Moorer with whom he had a son, John Henry Earle, in April 2010. John Henry was diagnosed with autism before turning 2. In March 2014, Earle announced that he and Moorer had separated."}, {"context": " In 1993 Earle was arrested for possession of heroin and in 1994, for cocaine and \"weapons possession\". A judge sentenced him to a year in jail after he admitted possession and failed to appear in court. Earle was released from jail after serving 60 days of his sentence.<ref name=\"Buffalo News 11/3/94\">Unknown author, (November 3, 1994) EARLE MOVED TO DRUG CENTER, \"The Buffalo News\" (Buffalo, NY)</ref> Earle then completed an outpatient drug treatment program at the Cedarwood Center in Hendersonville, Tennessee. As a recovering heroin addict, Earle has used his experience in his songwriting."}, {"context": " Earle's sister, Stacey Earle, and his niece Emily Earle are also musicians and songwriters. Earle is outspoken with his political views, and often addresses them in his lyrics and in interviews. Politically he identifies as a socialist, but tends to vote for Democratic candidates, despite not agreeing entirely with their politics. During the 2016 election he expressed support for Bernie Sanders, whom he considered to have pushed Hillary Clinton to the left on important issues. Earle is a vocal opponent of capital punishment, which he considers his primary area of political activism. Several of his songs have provided descriptions of the experiences of death row inmates, including Billy Austin and Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song). Conversely, he has also written a song from the perspective of a prison guard working on death row in Ellis Unit One, a song written for the film \"Dead Man Walking\", the title based on the name of the State of Texas men's death row. He is also pro-choice on abortion, and has argued that rich Americans have always had access to abortions, and that the political issue in the US is really whether poor women should have access. His novel \"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive\" describes the life of a morphine-addicted doctor in San Antonio before Roe v. Wade who treats gunshot wounds and provides illegal abortions to poor women. Since his youngest son was diagnosed with Autism, Earle has also become an advocate for people on the spectrum."}]}, {"title": "Steve Earle (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Earle (born 1 November 1945) is an English former footballer who played professionally in both England and the United States. An industrious midfielder, Earle played over ten years (1963\u20131974) for Fulham F.C. He then moved to Leicester City, playing from 1974 to 1978. During his time with Leicester City, Earle also played one game on loan with Peterborough United. In 1978, Earle moved to the Detroit Express of North American Soccer League. He played fifteen games for the Express in 1978, then moved to the Tulsa Roughnecks for eight more games at the end of the season. He remained with the Roughnecks for two more outdoor as well as one NASL indoor season. In the fall of 1980, he signed with the Wichita Wings of the Major Indoor Soccer League for one season.  In 1983, Earle became the assistant coach of the Tulsa Roughnecks. In November 1983, he took over as Roughnecks' head coach during the indoor season and had an 11-20 record and was released in March 1984. He later coached other youth and professional teams in Tulsa. He is a member of the Oklahoma Soccer Association Hall of Fame."}]}, {"title": "Steve Earle discography", "paragraphs": [{"context": " American singer Steve Earle has released sixteen studio albums, including a collaboration with bluegrass artist Del McCoury. Earle's work reflects a wide range of styles, including bluegrass, roots rock, folk, blues and country. He or his labels have also released six live albums and eight compilation albums. Although Earle never charted within the Top 5 on the Hot Country Songs chart, he did chart several songs on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. His most recent chart appearance was in 1996, despite having charted several successful albums."}]}, {"title": "Steve Early", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Early (born 7 May 1956) is a professional boxer, who fought out of Coventry, England. Early started his career in 1977 with a TKO win over Kevin Sheehan. Early marched on to thirteen consecutive wins in three years, in November 1979 Early suffered his first professional defeat to Roger Guest in a BBBoC Midlands area Light Welterweight title bout. Early was floored in the first round and counted out by the referee. Early later returned the favor and knocked out Guest in the fourth round of their second contest in 1981."}, {"context": " After the loss to Guest, Early bounced back to another 7 consecutive wins, including experienced fighters like Billy Waith with 94 bouts. In 1981, Early stepped into the ring for a final eliminator contest for the BBBoC British light-welterweight title, with one of the most talented fighters of his era, Ken Buchanan. Early beat Buchanan after a hard fought 12 rounds. After beating Buchanan. Early eventually had the chance to take the British Light-Welterweight championship to Coventry. He stepped into the ring with champion Clinton McKenzie . After an exciting 3 rounds, McKenzie had put on the pressure and Early was saved by the referee in the fourth as in his opinion Earley was in no fit state to continue.  Yet again, over the next year, Early put another four wins and eventually retired after being defeated by Gary Night in London."}]}, {"title": "Steve Easterbrook", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen James Easterbrook (born August 1967) is a British corporate executive. On 1 March 2015, after being chief brand officer of McDonald's and its former head in the UK and northern Europe, he became the CEO of the company, succeeding Don Thompson, who stepped down on 28 January 2015. Stephen James Easterbrook was born in August 1967. He grew up in Watford and was educated there at Watford Grammar School for Boys. He studied natural sciences at St Chad's College, Durham University, where he played cricket with fellow student, Nasser Hussain, the former England cricket captain."}, {"context": " After university, he trained as an accountant with Price Waterhouse. Easterbrook first worked for McDonald\u2019s in 1993 as a manager in London. In 2011 he left to become CEO of PizzaExpress and then CEO of Wagamama, two British casual dining chains, before returning to McDonald\u2019s in 2013. On 1 March 2015, after being chief brand officer, and its former head in the UK and northern Europe, he succeeded Don Thompson as CEO. For 2016, Easterbrook's total compensation almost doubled to $15.4 million. He is married with three children, who visit McDonald's two or three times a month. He lives in Illinois, and is a Watford FC football fan."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eastin", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Eastin (born June 22, 1948) is an American character actor. He has appeared in nearly 150 television and film roles throughout his decades long career. Steve is a descendant of the D'Estaing family of France. Eastin was born in Colorado, where he began to study acting at the young age of six at his local theater. He received his Actor Equity card at age 16 when he performed in two musicals choreographed by Micheal Bennet. Later, he attended the University of Northern Colorado where he appeared in several productions at the Little Theater of the Rockies, whose alumni include Nick Nolte."}, {"context": " After college, Eastin received a fellowship to teach at the University of Arizona where he appeared in his first SAG role opposite Clint Eastwood in \"Joe Kidd\". It was shortly after this when Eastin moved to Los Angeles to further pursue his acting career, enrolling in the Charles Conrad Studio upon arrival in 1974. While attending Charles' class, Eastin became interested in teaching acting as well. In 1991, he founded his own acting school, The Steve Eastin Studio. The studio believes in what Eastin refers to as \"Choiceless awareness\", where the actors do not read into the script, nor prepare their \"beats\" or think about what or how they may read their lines. Instead, the actors are encouraged to be in the moment and let their natural, emotional power take over and thus tap into the vast collective unconscious all humans are capable of attuning themselves to."}, {"context": " Eastin is best known for appearing in such films as \"Field of Dreams\" (1989), \"Con Air\" (1997) and \"A Man Apart\" (2003), where he developed a reputation as the tough guy with a heart of gold underneath. He played opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in two pivotal scenes in \"Catch Me if You Can\" (2002). Eastin has worked with such directors as Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma, and Jason Reitman. Eastin is also known for his numerous television appearances throughout the years on such shows as \"Little House on the Prairie\", \"CHiPS\", \"T.J. Hooker\", \"St. Elsewhere\" and \"L.A. Law\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eaton", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Eaton (born 25 December 1959) is an English footballer, who played as a full back in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers during the 1978-79 season. Eaton also played for Telford United."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eaves", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Eaves (born 1952) is a Welsh poet, songwriter and singer, working in the Welsh language. He has lived for most of his life in the Bangor area of North Wales. He has been a performing musician for over 45 years. During the late 1960s and early 1970s he worked as a labourer and musician, with frequent forays to Chester, Crewe and other locations to perform at folk clubs and underground venues of the period. He also performed at the now legendary Les Cousins folk club in Soho, sharing the floor spot with legendary blues singer Jo Ann Kelly. He also performed with various 'underground' luminaries of the time such as Al Stewart, Tea and Symphony, and the Sutherland Brothers."}, {"context": " During the early 1970s, he became a student of Welsh and French at the University of Lampeter and gained literacy skills in Welsh. He came to prominence in the early 1980s, with the publication of two volumes of poetry - mainly written in free verse - \"Noethni\" in 1983 and \"Jazz yn y nos\" three years later. In the same period, he began to apply his poetry to music, performing as a singer and guitarist, initially with his \"Triawd\" (Trio), which evolved into his current backing group, \"Rhai Pobl\" (Some People). The influence of the Blues is very significant in both his poetic and musical style. Jazz, folk and rock are also cited as musical influences. His band has always included some of the most talented musicians on the Welsh language music scene, and currently includes Eaves' long-time collaborator, multi-instrumentalist Elwyn Williams, drummer Gwyn 'Maffia' Jones, double bassist Pete Walton and eminent folk musician Stephen Rees, as well as Eaves' daughter, Manon Steffan Ros. The late poet Iwan Llwyd was the band's bassist for some twenty years. Allusions to Christianity, Taoism and left-wing political activism are frequent in his lyrics, the latter a reflection of his earlier involvement in the radical Welsh language movement Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg and the Welsh Socialist Republican Movement. His acclaimed 2007 album \"Moelyci\", recorded over a six-year period, largely deals with his reaction to the death of his wife, Si\u00e2n. To date, he has released ten albums and two volumes of poetry."}, {"context": " He lives in the village of Rhiwlas, near Bethesda in the county of Gwynedd, North Wales. He has five children, two sons and three daughters. Eaves' eldest daughter, Lleuwen, is an accomplished jazz singer, musician and composer. She has released a number of acclaimed albums, including a jazz re-working of Welsh Revivalist hymns, \"Duw a \u0174y\"r, \"Penmon\", and award-winning \"T\u00e2n\", which includes compositions in both Welsh and Breton. His youngest daughter, Manon Steffan Ros, is the author of over twenty children's books and three novels for adults, all in Welsh. Her award-winning novel Blasu has been translated (by the author) into English, under the title of \"The Seasoning\". She is twice winner of the Drama Medal for playwrights at the National Eisteddfod of Wales and won the Prose Medal in 2018. In June 2017 she won the prestigious Tir na n-Og Award for the 3rd time, primary school category, presented by the Welsh Books Council to honour the year's best Welsh-language book."}, {"context": " Eaves also works as an independent language planning consultant, focussing on the revitalization of Welsh. He holds two doctorates. The first is an honorary doctorate of the Open University (D.U., Open), awarded in 2014 in recognition of his \u2018\"exceptional contribution to Welsh language and culture\".\u2019 The second is a PhD awarded by Cardiff University in 2015 for a thesis in Welsh, arguing for the key role of 'critical linguistic awareness' in the inclusive model of language planning currently pursued according to public policy in Wales."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eddowes", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve \"Edders\" Eddowes serves is the chairman of the English Defence League (EDL).He was appointed to the position in early March 2014 by its leader Tim Ablitt. Eddowes was formerly head of security for the EDL and its regional organiser for the West Midlands. In March 2015, Eddowes was present at a meeting with the former EDL leader Tommy Robinson at which a prospective Conservative Party candidate, Afzal Amin, attempted to persuade the EDL to announce a march against the building of a new mosque in Dudley in order that Amin could take the credit for having it called off."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eddy", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Allen Eddy (born August 21, 1957) is a retired professional baseball pitcher who played in one season for the California Angels of Major League Baseball."}]}, {"title": "Steve Edge", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Edge (born 2 November 1972) is an English actor, writer and former comedian. He is most famous for his work on \"Starlings\", \"Phoenix Nights\", \"The Cup\", \"The Visit\", \"Peep Show\" and the satirical magazine show \"Star Stories\". Edge was born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England. He attended Stafford College and the University of Salford. He began his career in 1997 and from then until 2004 worked steadily as a comedian. From March\u2013November 2004 Steve, Paddy McGuinness, Archie Kelly and Janice Connolly toured a live stand-up show \"Jumping on the Bandwagon\" in reference to the success of \"Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights\". The final show of the tour and the last time he did stand-up was at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. Edge is most famous playing Alan, one half of double-act Les Alanos with Les played by Toby Foster in \"That Peter Kay Thing\", Peter Kay's \"Phoenix Nights\" and \"Max and Paddy's Road To Nowhere\". He reprised the role in 2015 for Phoenix Nights LIVE where the cast performed 16 shows at Manchester Arena and raised \u00a35\u00a0million for Comic Relief."}, {"context": " Edge was a programme associate/writer on 8 out of 10 Cats from 2007 to 2011. He was script editor for the BBC2 comedy \"The Cup\" in which he also starred as the lead, Terry McConnell. In 2009 he wrote the BBC1 show Walk on the Wild Side along with Jason Manford as well as adding the voices to the show, most notably the Marmot repeatedly shouting \"Alan\". In 2009 he wrote and narrated BBC3's \"Almost Famous III\" and returned in 2010 with the much revered sequel \"Almost Famous IV\". In 2002 he starred in a series of improvised adverts directed by Graham Linehan, for the now defunct ITV Sport Channel.  He starred as a hapless undertaker in the Elbow promo for the song \"Not a Job\" Edge is the creator and co-writer of the series Starlings along with Matt King on Sky1. Steve has lived in Didsbury a suburb of Manchester since 1995 and revealed on Soccer AM that he is a Wolverhampton Wanderers season ticket holder who sits in the Stan Cullis Stand. Steve Edge is godfather to comedian and actor, Jason Manford's twin daughters."}]}, {"title": "Steve Edge (lawyer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Martin Edge (born 29 November 1950) is one of the UK's foremost corporate tax lawyers. He was born and raised in Bolton, Lancashire. After schooling at Canon Slade School he went to Exeter University where he achieved a 2:2 in law. In 1973 he joined Slaughter and May where he has been a partner since 1982. He is now one of the UK's leading authorities on corporate tax law. He currently sits on the Advisory Board to the \"Exeter Law Review\". He is vice-president of the Lancashire Cricket Federation and a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club."}]}, {"title": "Steve Edge (rugby league)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Edge is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. A New South Wales Blues representative he played in the St. George Dragons' 14th and 15th grand final wins and captained the Parramatta Eels to their 1st, 2nd and 3rd premierships. Regarded as one of the most successful captains under the limited tackle rule, Steve Edge played in a remarkable eleven grand finals in all grades during his career. He holds a unique record in Australian rugby league history as the only man to captain two clubs to Grand Final premiership success."}, {"context": " St George Dragons Steve Edge was graded with the St George Dragons in 1972 and that year played in the club's premiership winning third grade side. He became a regular first grader from 1974 and played in the 1975 Grand Final side that lost to the Eastern Suburbs Roosters. Edge captained the 1977 Dragons' side, playing in the historic 1977 drawn Grand Final and subsequent replay victory the following week. Edge battled for his first grade spot in 1978 and 1979 but found his best form to play in Saints' 1979 Grand Final winning side captained by Craig Young."}, {"context": " Parramatta Eels In 1980 Edge signed with the Parramatta Eels under coach Jack Gibson and captained the Eels to three consecutive Grand Final wins from 1981 to 1983. Edge was regarded as a fine on-field leader, never an overly flashy player with the ball. He had to overcome a serious eye injury (detached retina and punctured iris) to take his place in the 1984 Grand Final and retired after his club\u2019s narrow 6-4 loss to the Canterbury Bulldogs. Edge toured New Zealand with a Combined Sydney side in 1976. He was selected as New South Wales' Hooker in the inaugural Rugby League State of Origin of 1980."}]}, {"title": "Steve Edlefsen", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Bradley Edlefsen (born June 27, 1985) is a former professional baseball relief pitcher who played for the San Francisco Giants in Major League Baseball between 2011 and 2012. Prior to playing professionally, Edlefsen attended Jefferson High School in Bloomington, Minnesota and then Barton County Community College and University of Nebraska. He was originally drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 41st round of the 2004 amateur draft, however he did not sign. He was then drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 16th round of the 2007 amateur draft, beginning his professional career that season."}, {"context": " Edlefsen pitched for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in 2007, going 2-0 with a 1.62 ERA in 18 appearances. In 2008, he pitched for the San Jose Giants, going 8-5 with a 3.36 ERA in 40 games. He split 2009 between the San Jose Giants, Connecticut Defenders and Fresno Grizzlies and went 8-1 with nine saves and a 1.95 ERA, striking out 72 batters in 69 1/3 innings. In 2010, he pitched for the Grizzlies and went 7-2 with a 2.38 ERA in 49 games. On August 21, 2011, Edlefsen was called up to the Majors for the first time. He made his debut that day with 1 1/3 scoreless innings against the Houston Astros. On the season he pitched 11 1/3 innings over 13 games with a 9.53 ERA."}, {"context": " He also split 2012 between the Majors and minors, appearing in 14 games for the Giants with an 0-1 record and 4.70 ERA over 15 1/3 innings. Edlefsen spent all of 2013 in AAA with the Grizzlies and was 2-2 with a 6.28 ERA in 47 games. He became a free agent after the season. Edlefsen attended an open try-out with the Los Angeles Dodgers on February 27, 2014, and was signed to a minor league contract. He had a 11.88 ERA in 6 games for the Isotopes before announcing his retirement on April 21, 2014.  Edlefsen's pitch repertoire consists of a sinker (89-92\u00a0mph), a slider (78-82), and a periodic changeup to lefties (77-80)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Edmed", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Edmed (born 10 February 1968) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the Balmain Tigers and the North Queensland Cowboys. He mostly played at prop but also played in the second-row. Edmed made his first grade debut in round 3 of the 1988 season and played in the losing grand final that year against Canterbury. The following year, Edmed started as prop in the 1989 grand final against Canberra where the tigers lost 19-14 in extra time. Edmed stayed with Balmain up until the end of the 1995 season and then joined North Queensland for one season in 1996 at the height of the Super League war before retiring. Edmed was reportedly paid $725,000 to join the North Queensland side which at the time was a substantial amount of money in rugby league for a player."}]}, {"title": "Steve Edwards", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve, Steven or Stephen Edwards is the name of:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Edwards (American football)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Edwards (born February 20, 1979) is a former American football guard. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2002. He played college football at Central Florida. Edwards was also a member of the Chicago Bears, New York Giants, Baltimore Ravens and California Redwoods. Edwards played grade school ball at St. Barnabas Elementary, and high school football at Mount Carmel High School. Edwards was signed as a free agent by the Baltimore Ravens on June 11, 2007. He was placed on injured reserve and then waived with an injury settlement on August 27, 2007.  Edwards was signed by the California Redwoods of the United Football League on September 2, 2009."}]}, {"title": "Steve Edwards (field hockey)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Edwards (born 25 January 1986) is a New Zealand field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He currently plays for the Delhi Waveriders in the Hockey India League. He scored a goal in the penalty shoot-out during the bronze medal match at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but New Zealand still lost."}]}, {"title": "Steve Edwards (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Edwards is a footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Oldham Athletic, Crewe Alexandra, Rochdale and Tranmere Rovers. His long association with Oldham Athletic began when he signed as an associate schoolboy in October 1973. He signed professional terms in 1976, and captained both the youth and reserve teams before making his league debut at Mansfield Town in April 1978. Originally a midfield player, by then he was largely playing as a defender. In spite of some reasonably long first team spells over the next four seasons he found himself constantly facing strong competition for the full back place, and after a total of 85 appearances in League and Cup Competitions he was transferred to Crewe Alexandra in February 1983.  He made a good start to his career at Crewe, but moved on for a brief stay at Rochdale in July 1984. In October of the same year, he moved back to his home town, when he joined Tranmere Rovers for what were probably his most successful three seasons, completing 72 league matches and scoring 6 goals."}]}, {"title": "Steve Edwards (physicist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Edwards was a Professor Emeritus at Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee, Florida. A native of Florida, Edwards earned bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from Florida State University in 1952 and 1954, respectively. After earning his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1960, Edwards returned to FSU and was a professor in the Department of Physics for more than 30 years. He also served as the Dean of the Faculties and Deputy Provost for more than 10 years, until his retirement in 2003.  Steve Edwards was a colleague of Paul Dirac, a Nobel Prize winning research professor from Florida State University. He died in his Tallahassee home on May 26, 2016."}]}, {"title": "Steve Edwards (singer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Edwards is a house music singer/songwriter from Sheffield, England. He has collaborated with several house music producers. During the 1990s, Edwards lent his collaborative efforts to British deep house musician, Charles Webster, the most notable being \"Future Love\", a track released by Presence, one of Webster's pseudonyms. He started appearing as a featured artist on tracks by the Problem Kids. However, Edwards' first mainstream breakthrough was Cassius' \"The Sound Of Violence.\" The track, in which he shares credits with the French duo, went to #1 on Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 2002. This was followed up in 2003 by \"Falling Star\", a minor club hit produced by Starchaser. In 2005 Steve Edwards' collaboration with Swedish producer Axwell brought him fame once again on a Latin-flavoured house hit \"Watch The Sunrise\". The track reached #3 on the UK Dance Singles Chart, as well as BBC Radio 1 Dance Chart. In 2006 he returned to radioplay, after writing and providing vocals for Bob Sinclar's \"World, Hold On\"."}, {"context": " In September 2006, Edwards released the single \"Thru The Night\". This was the first time he was credited as main artist, instead of featured artist. \"Thru The Night\" was produced and written together with fellow Sheffield resident, producer/guitarist Martin Smith - a long-standing collaborator with Steve Edwards. Together they have remixed and produced music for Bob Sinclar and many others. Steve has also co-produced the tracks \"Fate\" (with Starchaser) and \"Walls of Science\" (for singer Beth Wild). In February 2015 Melbourne duo, L'Tric, released their debut single titled \"This Feeling\" where Steve Edwards sang lead vocals.  Steve is currently lead singer in the Sheffield-based band Lords of Flatbush along with Andy Nicholson (ex-Arctic Monkeys), Louis Carnall (Milburn), Phil Jones and Nic Burke."}]}, {"title": "Steve Edwards (talk show host)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Edwards (born Steven Edward Schwartz on August 23, 1948 in New York City) is a former American television personality on Los Angeles, California, morning shows, including \"AM Los Angeles\", \"Two on The Town\", and \"Good Day L.A.\". From 2001-05, he hosted GDLA's nationally-syndicated companion show, \"Good Day Live\", which aired on many Fox-owned and affiliated stations. Edwards began his broadcasting career after graduating from the University of Miami (earning a degree in history) and attending the University of Houston (unfinished work on a master's degree in clinical psychology). His first broadcasting job was in the late 1960s with KMSC radio in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake City, Texas. He later moved to KTRH, where he hosted a nighttime call-in show. While in Houston, he also worked at CBS television affiliate KHOU-TV, where he was a news anchor and hosted shows. In the mid-1970s, he worked at ABC-owned WLS-TV in Chicago as host of \"AM Chicago\" and \"Friday Night with Steve Edwards\"."}, {"context": " In 1978, Edwards moved to Los Angeles, where he worked at CBS-owned KNXT (later KCBS-TV), in which he hosted daily half hour magazine style \"Two On the Town\" with Connie Chung and later Melody Rogers, and his own self-titled talk show. While at the station, he served as its entertainment editor and as a weatherman. He also worked on \"The Baxters\", an experimental sitcom produced by Norman Lear, and was lead host on the variety show \"On Stage America\". Edwards appeared as a correspondent \"Entertainment Tonight\" for one season, and moved to KABC-TV in 1984. At KABC-TV, he hosted \"A.M. Los Angeles\", first with Cristina Ferrare followed by Tawny Little, along with \"Hollywood Closeup\" and an afternoon show, \"3:30\". Edwards also hosted talk radio programs for then -sister station KABC, with both the \"Steve Edwards Show\" and \"Sports Talk\"."}, {"context": " Edwards returned to local television in 1993, when he began hosting \"Live in L.A.\", an infotainment program on KCAL-TV, before becoming an anchor and host of Fox-owned KTTV's \"Good Day L.A.\" in 1995. Through the years Edwards has been the host of many unsold pilots including game shows, variety shows and talk shows; for instance, he hosted a 1990 pilot of a potential syndication run of the mid-80s NBC game show \"Scrabble\" which was not picked up. Edwards left \"Good Day L.A.\" on December 11, 2017. No reason or explanation was given.  KTTV announced on December 11, 2017 that Edwards \"is no longer employed\" by the station amid sexual harassment allegations. Edwards has received the Governor's Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame."}]}, {"title": "Steve Egboro", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Dr. Steve Egboro is a United States-based Nigerian filmmaker and Showbiz Impresario. He is the Ceo of Antilia Height Productions and Television, a full service production company, On-Demand Television Station that operates in key areas like movie production, watch anytime On-Demand Series, Movies, Tv shows, Music, Comedy, Art and recreation. 11.\u201cGod of justice.\u201d 12:.\u201cThe Heir Apparent.\u201d 13:.The new trending Comedy Series...\u201dMy Mad Husband.\u201d And many more. Shattered Home won best story in Nigeria movie Award.. 2012.."}, {"context": " Wages... won best child Actor 2010. He facilitated promotions to stage Nigerian comedian Bovi\u2019s Man On Fire comedy gig on June 22, 2018, at the Infinite Energy Theater, in Georgia, United States of America. The event also featured appearances from other Nigerian entertainers, comedians Elenu and Mr. Patrick and actor Joseph Benjamin. Antilia Heights Production also joined forces with Nigerian singer, Davido to extend his 30 Billion Gang Concert to \u2018God\u2019s Own Country\u2019. Egboro's Antilia Heights Production movie \u2018The Heir Apparent\u2019 will be released in August 2018. The movie is directed by Robert Peters and was shot both in Atlanta and Lagos Nigeria with Nollywood actors, Richard Mofe-Damijo and Joseph Benjamin .  Earlier in 2018, Dr. Steve Egboro received a Certificate of Honors by The Nollywood Travel Film Festival in North America,"}]}, {"title": "Steve Ehlmann", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve E. Ehlmann (born December 6, 1950) is an American Republican politician who has served as St. Charles County executive since 2007. He has also served as a circuit judge and in the Missouri General Assembly in the Missouri Senate and the Missouri House of Representatives where he rose to the level of Senate Minority Floor Leader. Ehlmann graduated from Furman University with a bachelor's degree, from the University of Missouri with a master's degree in history, and from Washington University with a law degree. He has worked as a public school teacher and a practicing attorney."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eichel", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve K. D. Eichel (formerly Steve Dubrow-Eichel) is a psychologist known primarily for his work on destructive cults, coercive persuasion, mind control, brainwashing, and deprogramming. He is a former President of the Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis and the 2006-07 President of the American Academy of Counseling Psychology, the national membership academy comprising American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) Board-certified counseling psychologists. In 2012 he was installed as the President of the Board of the International Cultic Studies Association."}, {"context": " Eichel graduated with his Ph.D. in 1989, from the University of Pennsylvania. He has performed research with fellow psychologist Linda Dubrow in the area of procrastination. Dubrow and Eichel studied cult characteristics of the group Al-Qaeda after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Eichel was an expert witness in the 2003 case of Lee Boyd Malvo, where he testified that Malvo suffered from a form of dissociative disorder caused by coercive persuasion. He has worked to expose fraudulent practices of credentialing organizations, by obtaining numerous certifications for his pet cat, Zoe, including the National Guild of Hypnotists, the American Board of Hypnotherapy and the International Medical & Dental Hypnotherapy Association. Eichel has practiced clinical psychology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Newark, Delaware. He has lectured on the subject of cults, brainwashing, and terrorism."}, {"context": " Eichel is the child of survivors of the Holocaust; his parents spent time in Nazi concentration camps. His parents only recounted to him, \"anecdotes here and there\"; Eichel explained to \"The Philadelphia Inquirer\", \"Most of what I thought I knew about their experiences was my own fantasy that filled in the enormous gaps.\" Eichel received a B.A. degree from Columbia University, and M.S. from University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1989, at University of Pennsylvania. Eichel is a Board Certified Diplomate in Counseling Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology."}, {"context": " In 1988, with fellow psychologist Linda Dubrow Eichel, he performed research in the area of procrastination. During the Persian Gulf war, Eichel said that images from the conflict affected his teenage clients, \"Those two things really hit my teenage patients hard.\" He said that bad dreams about the battles were, \"little red lights, saying it's time to step back, think about yourself, think about your life, talk to other people, gather information, connect with people who are important to you. It is a warning sign that you should not go on with life as usual.\" He commented to \"The Philadelphia Inquirer\" in 2000 on the subject of the controversial religious group, the evangelical International Church of Christ; that the methodology behind the group \"is that you give yourself over to the person who acts as your 'shepherd' or discipler, and they get tremendous control over you. ... Every minute [of your life] must be Christ-centered, and that when you give yourself over to Jesus, you give yourself over to the ICC.\" In 2000, Eichel said he had counseled approximately six former members of the group in his psychotherapy practice."}, {"context": " Linda Dubrow and Eichel worked together at the organization Re-Entry Therapy, Information and Referral Network (RETIRN). With Dubrow, Eichel has researched media coverage regarding September 11, 2001, and has determined that the group Al-Qaeda is a cult. With Michael Langone and Arthur Dole, Eichel performed a series of studies researching and defining the concept of \"new age\"; their research was published in the \"Cultic Studies Journal\". Eichel was an expert witness in the 2003 criminal trial of Lee Boyd Malvo; in addition to psychologists Dewey Cornell and Diane Schetky, and psychiatrist Neil Blumberg. Eichel testified that Malvo suffered from a form of dissociative disorder, caused by coercive persuasion."}, {"context": " Eichel exposed the nature of the mail-order-credentialing of organizations in the United States by obtaining board certification from the \"American Psychotherapy Association\" for his pet cat, Zoe. \"The Washington Post\" reported in 2002: \"Zoe has been issued credentials by the National Guild of Hypnotists, the American Board of Hypnotherapy and the International Medical & Dental Hypnotherapy Association, and is a Professional Member of the American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists.\" Eichel commented to \"BBC News\" regarding the motivation for this endeavor, \"I felt I'd test my hypothesis and I did that by getting my cat certified by a number of the most prominent lay hypnosis organisations in the United States. It was a frighteningly simple process.\" The certifications were obtained for his cat, under the full name, \"Dr. Zoe D. Katz\"."}, {"context": " Eichel utilizes hypnosis in his practice of psychotherapy. In 2003, Eichel practiced psychology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and treated victims of sex addiction. He practiced within the arena of clinical psychology. In 2008, Eichel resided in Newark, Delaware. He lectured in 2008 on the subject of \"Cults, Gangs, Terrorism or Brainwashing, Mind Control and the Law\", at a conference on cults held by Creighton University. Eichel is scheduled to speak on June 19, 2010 at a conference titled: \"Understanding Radicalization and De-Radicalization Strategies\" in East Hartford, Connecticut, along with Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, and psychologist Michael Langone."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eise", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Eise is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the American Professional Soccer League. Eise, brother of David Eise, graduated from Rosary High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended St. Louis University, playing on the men\u2019s soccer team from 1985 to 1988. On July 9, 1989, the St. Louis Storm selected Eise in the second round of the Major Indoor Soccer League Amateur Draft. He never played a first team game with the Storm. He also played indoors with the Detroit Rockers during the 1990\u201391 National Professional Soccer League season. In 1990, Eise joined the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League. He was a 1990 Second Team All Western Conference and a 1991 All League Honorable Mention defender."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eisenhauer", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Eisenhauer (born December 1, 1931) is a former American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eisman", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Eisman (; born July 8, 1962) is an American businessman and investor known for having shorted collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), thereby profiting from the collapse of the US housing bubble in 2007-2008. Eisman grew up in New York City, where he attended Yeshiva schools. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating magna cum laude in 1984. He then graduated from Harvard Law School with honors. Eisman rose to fame betting against collateralized debt obligations at Greenwich, Connecticut-based FrontPoint Partners LLC, a unit of Morgan Stanley. By 2010, he managed more than US$1 billion for FrontPoint, and gained prominence after being profiled by Michael Lewis in his book \"The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine\". In the movie adaptation of Lewis' book, \"The Big Short\", Eisman's name was changed to Mark Baum, and was portrayed by actor Steve Carell. He left FrontPoint Partners in 2011 amid investor withdrawals following allegations that Joseph F. \"Chip\" Skowron, co-manager of the firm\u2019s health-care portfolio, traded on insider information."}, {"context": " In 2012, Eisman founded Emrys Partners with $23 million in seed capital. The fund performed poorly in 2012, returning 3.6% and underperforming the market. It did better in 2013, returning 10.8% but still underperforming the market. In July 2014 he announced that he was shutting down the fund, explaining his decision by stating that \"making investment decisions by looking solely at the fundamentals of individual companies is no longer a viable investment philosophy.\" The fund controlled an estimated $185 million in assets at the time of its dissolution."}, {"context": " In September 2014, Eisman joined Neuberger Berman as a Managing Director and a Portfolio Manager for the Eisman Group within Neuberger Berman\u2019s Private Asset Management division. The group, run by partners including Steve's parents, Elliott and Lillian Eisman, manages portfolios of stocks for wealthy clients. Eisman is a strong opponent of for-profit institutions of higher education. During a speech entitled \"Subprime Goes to College\" during the Ira Sohn Conference in May 2010 Eisman attacked companies that run private colleges such as Think ITT Educational Services, Corinthian Colleges, and Education Management Corporation. Eisman likened such companies to seedy mortgage brokers. From his presentation:"}, {"context": " After the Department of Education took action against for-profit colleges in 2010, the industry retaliated by accusing Eisman of attempting to illegally influence the government and calling for an investigation by the Secretary of Education. The allegations stem from a meeting that Eisman had with Department of Education officials David Bergeron and Robert Shireman, two weeks before delivering his speech at the Ira Sohn Conference. Shireman was in charge of the department's efforts to toughen regulations on for-profit colleges.  After offering testimony to Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee on problems with for-profit higher education, Eisman was criticized by progressive groups such as Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington on the grounds that he stood to profit from proposed regulations due to his short positions against private colleges. He has been married to Valerie Feigen since 1989. Valerie was also portrayed in \"The Big Short\" under the name Cynthia, by Marisa Tomei."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eisner", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Eisner (1929\u20132003) was a boxing promoter; an entrepreneur; a dealer in fine art and antiquities; the owner of record stores and drive-in movie theaters; a street scrapper; a professional boxer; a cryptographer for the army; a merchant marine; a philosopher (earning his Ph.B. from the University of Detroit); the editor of Fresco, a literary magazine; a poet and a punster; and the father of four children. He became very well known as the premier boxing promoter in the state of Arizona, where he lived in Scottsdale during the last decades of his life with his wife, Nancy. As a boxing manager/promoter, Eisner worked closely with many of the sport's top names including Bob Arum's \"Top Rank Inc.\" and Emanuel Steward's \"Kronk Boxing Team\"."}, {"context": " In 1979 Steve sold his record shop \"rolling stone records and tapes\" located in flagstaff az. which was later destroyed in a fire some believed to be arson .The new owner of(LA records and tapes) only known by LEONARD also disappeared shortly after the fire. Eisner guided the careers of many fighters, including Jerry \"Schoolboy\" Cheatham, Edgar Wallace, Ramon Olivas, Chuck Walker, and Paea Wolfgramm. Eisner was born in New York City, but raised in Detroit where as a young adult he became friends with legendary pimp/hustler 'Diamond' Jim Riley. He had a fascination with history, and a thirst for knowledge. He penned such masterpieces of pun and fun as the following:  \"Wilt thou,\" he said In a voice softly lilted \"Wilt thou,\" he said With his head slightly tilted \"Wilt thou,\" he said As he looked into her eyes \"Wilt thou,\" he said And much to his surprise... She wilted! Steve Eisner lost his brief fight to cancer on August 30, 2003."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ekedi", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Thibaut Ekedi Soppo, known as Steve Ekedi (born 24 May 1991) is a Cameroonian football player who plays for JS Kabylie in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. He made his professional debut in the Segunda Liga for Desportivo das Aves on 8 November 2015 in a game against Famalic\u00e3o and scored on his debut."}]}, {"title": "Steve Elder", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Noel \"Steve\" Elder (born 29 September 1956) is the Executive Director of the Catholic Education Office Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. He is also a Director of CECV company. He represented the Liberal Party and was the member of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria for Ballarat North from August 1988 to October 1992. After the seat was abolished in a redistribution, he was elected Member for Ripon from October 1992 to August 1999, when he lost the seat in the rural landslide against the Kennett Government. Elder served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Education in the Victorian Government from 1992 to 1999."}, {"context": " He is also a member of the Senate of the Australian Catholic University; a member of the National Catholic Education Commission; a Director of Catholic Network Australia Ltd, the Board of Management of Church Resources and Mercy Health Foundation; a member of the Boards of the Catholic Development Fund and the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority and a Director and Company Secretary of Catholic Capital Grants (Vic) Ltd. Prior to serving as a Parliamentarian, Elder had been a teacher and community worker."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eliason", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven 'Steve' Eliason is an American politician and a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives representing District 45 since January 1, 2011. Born May 26, Eliason earned his BS in accounting and his MBA from the University of Utah. He currently works as a Finance Director at the University of Utah Hospital and Clinics and lives in Sandy, Utah with his wife. Eliason was unopposed for the June 24, 2014 Republican Primary and won the November 4, 2014 General election with 4,908 votes (58.2%) against Democratic nominee Susan Marques Booth."}, {"context": " Eliason was unopposed for the June 26, 2012 Republican Primary and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 8,048 votes (55.4%) against Democratic nominee Gary Forbush. To challenge incumbent Democratic Representative Laura Black, Eliason was unopposed for the June 22, 2010 Republican Primary and won the three-way November 2, 2010 General election with 4,198 votes (51.4%) against Representative Black and Constitution candidate David Perry, who had run for the seat in 2008. During the 2016 General Session Eliason served on the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Education Committee, the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee and the House Retirement and Independent Entities Committee."}, {"context": " Representative Eliason also floor sponsored SB002201 Foreclosure of Residential Rental Property, SB0038S04 School Funding Amendments, SB0091S02 Board of Education Amendments, SB0126 Committee Authority Amendments, SB0153 Self-reliance Training for Public Assistance Recipients, SB0239 School Governance Amendments, SB0248 Public Notice of Unclaimed Property, SB0252 Joint Tenancy Amendments, SB256 Judgment Interest Rate Amendments, and SCR012 Concurrent Resolution Recognizing the Importance of Utah Sport and Olympic Legacy Efforts."}]}, {"title": "Steve Elkington", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John Elkington (born 8 December 1962) is an Australian professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions. Formerly on the PGA Tour, he spent more than fifty weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from 1995 to 1998. Elkington won a major title at the PGA Championship in 1995, and is a two-time winner of The Players Championship. Born in Inverell, New South Wales, Elkington grew up in Wagga Wagga. He moved to the United States to attend college in Texas at the University of Houston, where he played on the Cougar golf team that won national titles in 1982, 1984, and 1985. Elkington was the first prominent Australian to play college golf in the U.S., and turned professional in 1985."}, {"context": " Elkington was the runner-up at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in December 1986 to earn his tour card for 1987. He had ten victories on the PGA Tour, all in the 1990s, and won four events twice. Elkington had ten top-10 finishes in major championships, with the best results at the PGA Championship; he won in 1995 at Riviera, and a tied for second in 2005 at Baltusrol, behind winner Phil Mickelson, which moved him back into the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is a two-time winner of The Players Championship, the PGA Tour's marquee event, with victories in 1991 and 1997. Of the five to win twice at TPC Sawgrass, his span of six years between wins is the shortest."}, {"context": " Elkington was a participant in the first four editions of the Presidents Cup, on the International Team in 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. In 1995, he was awarded the Vardon Trophy; this award is given annually by the PGA of America to the tour player with the lowest scoring average. Elkington's career has been hampered by constant battles with allergies, notably to grass, which caused several absences from tournament play. He has had sinus surgeries, constant infections, and bouts with viral meningitis, as well as searing headaches."}, {"context": " As of 2013, Elkington had sponsorship/endorsement deals with apparel brand Oxford Golf, Insperity, World Golf Tour, Grieve Family Winery, and Par West Custom Golf Shoes. He turned fifty in late 2012 and made his debut on the Champions Tour in June 2013. In June 2006, playing in a sectional to qualify for the U.S. Open, Elkington tried to wear shoes with metal spikes. When his attempt was rebuffed, he left rather than change to soft-spiked shoes, and argued that since spiked shoes were allowed in the U.S. Open, the following week, that they should be allowed at sectional events."}, {"context": " In December 2013, Elkington was widely condemned for remarks he made on Twitter following a fatal helicopter crash in Glasgow's Clutha pub. He wrote: \"Helicopter crashes into Scottish pub... Locals report no beer was spilled.\" The tweet was quickly deleted but not before being shared by users of the social networking site. The comment provoked a furious backlash from his fellow players and commentators alike. Two months later in February 2014, Elkington tweeted that openly gay football player Michael Sam was \"leading the handbag throw\" at the NFL Combine, which multiple sources described as He was suspended by the PGA Tour for two weeks and fined $10,000 after his"}, {"context": " In 2014, RFD-TV began airing \"The Rural Golfer\", starring Elkington. The production followed Elkington as he toured the United States, digging up golf stories. In 2015, CBS Sports Network began airing the second season of the show, retitled \"Secret Golf with Steve Elkington\". Elkington met his wife, Lisa, while at the University of Houston, and they have two children. The family has residences in both Australia and the U.S., at Sydney and Houston. His son Sam played golf on his high school team in Houston, and in 2015-2016 was a freshman on the golf team at the University of Houston.  PGA Tour playoff record (4\u20134) Defeated Montgomerie with birdie on first extra hole. CUT = missed the half way cut WD = Withdrew \"T\" indicates a tie for a place."}]}, {"title": "Steve Elkins", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Elkins (born March 27, 1951) is an American cinematographer and explorer. Steve Elkins started his professional career as director of an outdoor and environmental education program for the Van Gorder-Walden School in Chicago. During this time he also worked as a field researcher for paleo-climate studies at the University of Wisconsin. While attending Southern Illinois University and receiving a B.S in Earth Science he conducted an archeological survey and test excavation of a rock shelter site he discovered."}, {"context": " Moving to California in 1979, Elkins first worked in petroleum engineering before deciding to pursue his growing interest in cinematography. Working in the TV and film industry for over 30 years Elkins earned numerous industry awards including an Emmy. Elkins's desire to incorporate his scientific interests with media production allowed him to film around the world on a great variety of programs with science related themes. In 1994, while researching ideas for a production and subsequently filming in the Mosquitia region of Honduras, he became fascinated with the lost city legends pervasive to the area. It became a personal quest to prove or disprove the validity of these legends which led him on a more than twenty three-year journey. Elkins is also a Fellow in the Explorers Club."}, {"context": " After reading about the success of airborne lidar as a tool to map archaeological ruins in jungle terrain he formed a partnership with Bill Benenson in 2012 and created a company (UTL..Under The Lidar) to explore the Mosquitia jungle with lidar and produce a documentary about the experience. The results included the discovery of two significant and undocumented archaeological sites which were in the area purported to contain a legendary lost city. Both Elkins and Benenson were both selected as two of Foreign Policy Magazine\u2019s Leading Global Thinkers of the Year for proving airborne lidar could successfully be used as a tool of discovery and exploration in extremely thick jungle canopy. Their project was featured in the May 2013 issue of \"The New Yorker\" magazine titled, \"The Eldorado Machine.\""}, {"context": " Steve was the project leader of a 2015 ground expedition to verify the sites discovered in 2012. He assembled a multi-disciplinary scientific team to glean as much information as possible from the expedition. The results created headlines across the globe including an article in the October 2015 issue of \"National Geographic\" (\"Lure of the Lost City\") and an October 2015 episode of \"National Geographic Explorer\" (\"Legend of the Monkey God)\". Both missions were done with the participation of the Honduran government (under two separate administrations) which initiated further archaeological excavation and survey. In addition, the project highlighted the problem of illegal deforestation in which the current President has been working to mitigate. President Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez along with other officials, including the Minister of Science and Technology, visited the site accompanied by Elkins.  A non-fiction book about the lost city project authored by Douglas Preston, \"The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story\" was published by Grand Central (subsidiary of Hachette) in January 2017. A CBS Sunday Morning television segment featured Preston and the Elkins expedition. More recently, Elkins presented a TEDx talk on his expedition to the Lost City."}]}, {"title": "Steve Elkins (politician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Elkins (born April 17, 1952) is an American politician and member-elect of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic\u2013Farmer\u2013Labor Party (DFL), he will represent District 49B in the southwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Elkins attended University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in economics. Elkins was a member of the Bloomington city council for 10 years until he was appointed to the Metropolitan Council in 2011. He is an IT architect.  Elkins was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018. Elkins and his wife, Judy, have two children. He resides in Bloomington, Minnesota."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ella", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Ella (born 28 July 1960 in Mount Pritchard, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s. He was a utility back for the Parramatta Eels, New South Wales and Australia, playing in 4 Tests for his country between 1983 and 1985. He is a cousin of the Ella brothers who were prominent in Australian rugby union in the 1980s. Steve Ella had a ten-year career with the Parramatta Eels playing every position in the Eels backline, though mostly playing at either or ."}, {"context": " Nicknamed \"The Zipzip Man\" Ella was a member of Parramatta's star studded backlines of the early 1980s. He played alongside Brett Kenny, Mick Cronin, Peter Sterling and Eric Grothe. It was only the presence of Five-eight Kenny and the partnership he had with Sterling that saw Ella play most of his first grade games in the centres where he formed the NSWRL premiership's most lethal centre pairing alongside Cronin. He was a member of four Premiership winning sides at Parramatta in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1986 as well as the 1984 Grand Final loss to Canterbury-Bankstown. Ella scored tries in the 1981 and 1982 Grand Final victories over Newtown and Manly-Warringah."}, {"context": " Ella also played in England with Wigan during the 1985\u201386 season, scoring 21 tries in 23 games. He played in the 14-8 victory over New Zealand during the 1985 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France at Central Park, Wigan on Sunday 6 October 1985, played , scored 2-tries, and was man of the match in the 34-8 victory over Warrington in the 1985 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1985\u201386 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens, on Sunday 13 October 1985, and played in the 18-4 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1985\u201386 John Player Special Trophy Final during the 1985\u201386 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 11 January 1986."}, {"context": " Steve Ella finished his career in 1989 with Wakefield Trinity (captain) (Heritage \u2116 1000) in 1988\u201389. He did return to Parramatta for the 1989 season, but did not play a single game due to injury and announced his retirement in July two weeks shy of his twenty-ninth birthday. He scored 544 career points for Parramatta in 157 games putting him in 3rd place on the club's all-time points list. In 1982 he was the season's top try-scorer and also set the club record of a total of 23 tries in a season, until Semi Radradra scored a total of 24 tries in the 2015 season thus breaking the record. He scored 92 career tries for Parramatta placing him in 4th place behind Jarryd Hayne, Brett Kenny and Luke Burt on the club's all time try tally."}, {"context": " Steve Ella made seven State of Origin appearances for New South Wales between 1983 and 1985. He was first selected for the Blues in Game 1 of the 1983 State of Origin series at Lang Park in Brisbane. After originally being named in the starting side, at the last moment Blues coach Ted Glossop decided to start veteran Manly-Warringah pivot Alan Thompson instead and play Ella from the bench. The late change didn't work and after a poor game from Thompson, Ella came on in the second half and scored a try to give NSW a chance at victory, though Queensland went on to win the game 24-12. He was then selected in the centres alongside Mick Cronin for Game 2 at the Sydney Cricket Ground where he scored a try in the Blues' 10-6 triumph in muddy conditions for their sole win of the series. That game was notable because other than fullback Marty Gurr from Eastern Suburbs, the entire NSW backline consisted of Parramatta players (Grothe and Hunt on the wings, Ella and Cronin in the centres and Kenny and Sterling the halves). The NSW side that night was captained by Parramatta captain Ray Price while Eels forward Stan Jurd was on the bench. He retained his place in the side for Game 3 of the series in Brisbane, though Qld, led by their captain and Test 5/8 Wally Lewis outclassed NSW 43-22 after leading by 33-0 midway through the second half."}, {"context": " Ella then played Games 1 and 3 of 1984 and in all three games of 1985 when the Blues eventually had a series triumph over Queensland. At the national level, he was selected for the 1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France and appeared in twelve minor games, though he didn't play a Test on tour. In the tour match against Wales in Cardiff, Ella scored four tries equaling the record for an Australian in a full international. On that same tour in a game in France against Aquitaine in Villeneuve he scored seven tries equaling a record set by Cec Blinkhorn in the 1930s."}, {"context": " Steve Ella made his Test d\u00e9but for Australia against New Zealand in the 2nd Test of 1983 at Lang Park. After missing the 1984 Ashes Series against the touring Great Britain Lions, he made his return to the test team for the three test 1985 Trans-Tasman series against New Zealand. This would prove to be the lasttime that Ella represented Australia in rugby league. Ella also made two appearances for NSW City. He made his first appearance for City in 1983, playing 5/8 and scoring a try in their 30-14 win over NSW Country in Newcastle. His last appearance, also in Newcastle, came in City's 18-12 win in 1985 with Ella again playing 5/8."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ellington", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Bradford Steven \"Steve\" Ellington (July 26, 1941, Atlanta - March 22, 2013, Montgomery, Alabama) was an American jazz drummer. Ellington picked up drums when he was four years old and played with Ray Charles when he was nine. In the latter half of the 1950s he played with Charles Brown, George Adams, and Duke Pearson. He studied for one year at the New England Conservatory of Music in 1961-1962, where he played with Sam Rivers, then worked with June Christy, Joe Castro, and Hampton Hawes. He began playing with Roland Kirk in 1964, with whom he would perform and record through 1970; aside from Kirk, he played as a sideman himself with Jackie McLean, Chet Baker, Stanley Turrentine, and Mose Allison. Concomitantly, he led his own band in 1965-1966, whose sidemen were Woody Shaw, Walter Davis, Jr., Wilbur Ware, and C. Sharpe."}, {"context": " In the 1970s Ellington worked with Billy Eckstine, Brick Jazz Funk Fusion, Hampton Hawes, Art Farmer, Freddy Cole, Freddie Hubbard, Ike Isaacs, Maxine Sullivan, Harry \"Sweets\" Edison, Eddie \"Lockjaw\" Davis, and Dan Wall. He returned to work with Rivers in the period 1980-1982, played with Sonny Stitt and Dave Holland, then put together a new ensemble of his own, which was active from 1985 to 1990. He was the drummer for Michel Petrucciani's trio from 1988 to 1990, and in the 1990s worked with Hal Galper, Steve Grossman, James Moody, and Johnny Griffin."}]}, {"title": "Steve Elliot", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Elliot is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera \"EastEnders\", played by Mark Monero between 22 October 1991 and 12 February 1996. Steve is first seen in Albert Square in October 1991 as an old school friend of Hattie Tavernier (Michelle Gayle) and Sam Mitchell (Danniella Westbrook). He initially works as a pizza chef, but his talents are noticed by Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) who quickly gives him a job as head chef at his catering business, The Meal Machine. In 1992, after much flirting, Steve and Hattie start dating. Unlike Hattie, Steve is not keen on commitment but accepts her marriage proposal on New Year's Eve 1992. Hattie makes plans for the wedding but Steve has second thoughts when he loses his job and begins to listen to Mandy Salter (Nicola Stapleton), who persuades him he is not ready for marriage. He decides to take a job as a chef on an ocean liner but neglects to tell Hattie that the wedding is off. Unknown to him, Hattie is pregnant; she follows him and tries to persuade him to stay but doesn't tell him that she is pregnant, fearing he would stay from obligation and not love. Steve decides to leave anyway. Hattie is heartbroken and has a miscarriage soon after."}, {"context": " In 1994, Steve returns to Walford and hopes to reunite with Hattie but learns that she has left Albert Square. After an ill-fated attempt to win her back, Steve resigns himself to the fact that she is gone. Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) gives him a job as a barman in The Queen Victoria public house and Steve falls for new arrival, Della Alexander (Michelle Joseph). Della moves to the square to open a hair salon and coaxes Steve into becoming a partner in the business, named 'Kool for Kutz'. After some problems at home, Della moves into the Queen Vic with Steve and he starts seeing her as more than just a business partner. He actively pursues her but is shocked to discover that she is a lesbian when he catches her in bed with her girlfriend, Binnie Roberts (Sophie Langham). Steve throws Della out in disgust, prompting a feud between him and Binnie."}, {"context": " In 1995, Steve buys shares in the Bridge Street cafe and opens a night bistro, sparking a feud between him and Ian as Ian sees him as competition and tries to get him closed down. Later in the year, Steve is approached by a criminal firm who talk him into holding an illegal gambling night in his cafe. Several Walford residents attend, including Mark Fowler (Todd Carty), who gets lucky and wins a sizable sum. Mark promptly gives his winnings to his father, Arthur (Bill Treacher), to repay a loan but Arthur is later falsely accused of embezzlement, and he is assumed guilty due, in part, to the money Mark gave him. Steve is faced with a dilemma when asked by his friend, Mark, to testify as a character witness for his father and corroborate Arthur's story about the origins of the money. Admitting to the illegal gambling will threaten Steve's trading licence and implicate the criminal firm who use stolen money to fund the gambling. When the firm find out that Steve is going to testify and implicate them, they try to dissuade him. After idle threats fail, they take a different approach and kidnap Steve's girlfriend, Lydia (Marlaine Gordon) instead. Steve is frantic but he eventually finds her distraught after the mobsters had attempted to drown her. They threaten to kill Lydia if Steve testifies. Fearful for their lives, Steve packs his things and he and Lydia leave Walford in February 1996."}, {"context": " Steve Elliot was the second of only two regular characters to be introduced into \"EastEnders\" in 1991, the other was Rachel Kominski (Jacquetta May). Described by writer Colin Brake as a \"young black cook with ambitions to see the world\", Steve was originally paired storyline-wise with Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) when he became involved in his catering service \"The Meal Machine\", as well as the character Hattie Tavernier (Michelle Gayle) with whom he had a relationship. From 1991 to 1994, Steve made two exits and returns to the soap. In 1993, \"The Independent\" reported that the character was being written out of \"EastEnders\". Steve was one of several characters to be written out that year in what the press dubbed the \"Albert Square Massacre\". However, as Colin Brake summised in the book \"EastEnders: The First 10 Years\", \"since like Frank Sinatra [Steve] always seems to make another comeback, perhaps we will list this as a temporary disappearance.\" In the storyline, Steve, faced with an imminent marriage to Hattie which he did not want to commit to, jilted her, not knowing she was pregnant with his child. Actress Michelle Gayle quit the serial towards the end of 1993, and Steve was used in an unrequited-lust storyline with a new character, Della Alexander (Michelle Joseph) upon his return early in 1994. Initially, writers lead the audience to believe that Della was designed to be a new love interest for Steve, however as the plot developed it was revealed that she was actually the soap's first lesbian character."}, {"context": " Steve Elliot has been described by author Kate Lock as \"a bit of a dilettante where women were concerned\", while Josephine Munroe has described him as \"laid-back\". Steve's portrayer Mark Monero has described Steve as a transient character because he did not have a screen family. This, he says, enabled him to have more autonomy in how the character developed. BBC News reporter Katy Lewis has suggested that although Steve Elliot was a black character in the soap, his ethnicity was never important with regard to storylines stating, \"[Steve] lived [his] life and had [...] storylines and it didn\u2019t matter what colour he was.\" Monero has said that he tried his best \"not to stick to any kind of stereotypes, except the fact that Steve was a Cockney. He was in \"EastEnders\" and he lived in the East End. It just so happened that he was black. I tried not to make it a big deal so after a while [the producers] let me have that freedom.\""}, {"context": " The character remained on-screen till February 1996 when he fled after getting on the wrong side of some mobsters. In reality, Monero quit the soap. In 2006, he revealed why: \"I didn't think I was going to be in \"EastEnders\" that long. I was 23 [when I started] and was working quite a bit before I joined. I never really watched that much television but I knew of it. It's not the route I expected to go down, but I did and enjoyed most of it. Then, it was a little bit like being in school. People weren't as relaxed as they should be in TV. You're only acting, so it was like saying 'get a grip' to them.\" When asked about his exit, Monero commented, \"I drove off into the darkness. I can\u2019t remember why now, but they gave me a really nice car to drive off in. It was a Mercedes, a lovely old classic merc. It was really nice. I suppose that leaves it a bit open ended. I could come back - or maybe not!\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Elliott (character)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Elliott is a fictional character on \"Petticoat Junction\". Although not an original character, he became a rather popular figure with fans from his debut in 1966 until the show's cancellation. Steve, played by Mike Minor, enters the series in episode two of season four. Steve was born in Seattle, Washington, and became a pilot while in the United States Air Force. He crashes his airplane in Hooterville when he is distracted by the sight of the Bradley sisters swimming in the \"Hooterville Cannonball's\" water tower. Originally thought to be a \"Rooshin\" spy by Uncle Joe, Steve later becomes a welcome addition to the Shady Rest Hotel clan. Steve and Uncle Joe establish a crop dusting business called Carson-Elliott Enterprises. He originally shows interest in Kate Bradley's oldest blonde-haired daughter, Billie Jo; however, he eventually marries redhead Betty Jo Bradley, Kate's youngest daughter, during season five. Steve and Betty Jo move out of the Shady Rest and into a cottage near the railroad tracks. In season six, their daughter Kathy Jo (  Elna Hubbell) is born. During the final season of \"Petticoat Junction\", Steve and Betty Jo and Kathy Jo move back to the Shady Rest Hotel."}]}, {"title": "Steve Elliott (footballer, born 1958)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Elliott (born 15 September 1958) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. His opportunities at Nottingham Forest were limited and after only four League appearances in three years, he was subsequently allowed to move to Preston North End in 1979. In five seasons at Deepdale he made 208 League appearances, scoring 70 goals, and it was this firepower that encouraged Luton manager David Pleat to invest \u00a395,000 to bring him to Kenilworth Road in the summer of 1984."}, {"context": " Although scoring within three minutes of the start of his debut against Stoke City on the opening day of 1984\u201385, he struggled in an admittedly poor Luton side and was used in the part exchange deal that brought David Preece to Kenilworth Road from Walsall in December 1984. Elliott rediscovered his scoring boots at Fellows Park and after two successful years there he joined Bolton Wanderers for \u00a325,000. At Burnden Park though, his scoring rate slowed a little as proved by a return of 11 in 60 appearances over two seasons.  Spells at both Bury and Rochdale then followed before he dipped out of League football in 1990 to join AFC Guiseley. Elliott now works for Network Rail and is a keen amateur golfer."}]}, {"title": "Steve Elliott (footballer, born 1978)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven William Elliott (born 29 October 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in Derby, Derbyshire, Elliott came though the ranks at Pride Park and made his first team debut in the League Cup in September 1997. He made a total of 72 league appearances for Derby County, including 14 as a substitute and one goal against Wimbledon. In November 2003 he moved to Blackpool on loan. The deal later became permanent. After making his move permanent, Elliott made 28 appearances for Blackpool including the victorious 2004 Football League Trophy Final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff."}, {"context": " Elliott then signed for Bristol Rovers in the summer of 2004. He quickly established himself as a regular part of the Rovers defence. He made 40 appearances in his first season and scored twice, before going on to make 45 appearances in his second season again scoring twice. His third season in Bristol saw Rovers reach the 2007 Football League Trophy Final and League Two play-off Final, losing in Cardiff but winning promotion in London. In June 2007, Elliott signed a two-year extension to his contract, taking his contract up to 2010. The 2007\u201308 season saw Rovers reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for only the second time in their history. Elliott however missed the fifth round win against Southampton and quarter-final defeat to West Bromwich Albion having suffered an injury early in the fourth round replay against Fulham."}, {"context": " He continued to feature regularly for Rovers until an injury hit 2009\u201310 season, which proved to be his last for the club. The summer of 2010 saw Elliott move 35 miles up the M5 to Cheltenham Town on a two-year deal. His second season with the club saw Elliott again play at a Wembley Stadium play-off final as Cheltenham lost out to Crewe Alexandra. He stepped up to the role of player-coach at Whaddon Road in May 2014, before being released by manager Paul Buckle in February 2015. Elliott signed for Conference South side Bath City but returned to Cheltenham days later to assist caretaker manager Russell Milton who had replaced the outgoing Buckle.  Elliott enjoyed a brief international career while at Derby. He managed to play twice for England at under-21 level against France and Argentina in 1998. Football League Trophy: Winner 2003\u201304 Football League Two: Playoff winner 2007"}]}, {"title": "Steve Ellis (comics)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Ellis (born March 14, 1971, in New Jersey, United States) is an American comic book artist and illustrator who has worked for Wizards of the Coast, DC Comics, Wildstorm, White Wolf, Moonstone Books and Marvel Comics. Ellis is the illustrator and co-creator behind \"The Silencers\" (with Fred Van Lente) and \"High Moon\" (with David Gallaher). Steve Ellis\u2019 work has been featured on CD covers, computer games, trading cards, books, RPGs, magazines, toys and comics. Ellis worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Wizards of the Coast, and Upper Deck, among other companies. His \"Dungeons & Dragons\" work for Wizards of the Coast includes interior illustrations for \"Libris Mortis\", \"Frostburn\", \"Lords of Madness\", \"Complete Adventurer\", and \"Player's Handbook II\"."}, {"context": " While acting as penciler and inker for Marvel Comics and DC Comics\u2019 famous properties like Lobo, Iron Man, and Green Lantern, Ellis has spearheaded such new titles as Wildstorm\u2019s Jezebelle and the Marvel/Epic lines\u2019 Crimson Dynamo. He has created the critically successful science fiction comic series \"Tranquility\", his super-powered Mob epic \"The Silencers\" (with co-conspirator Fred Van Lente) and has had success winning the Zuda Comics online comics competition with fan favorite \"High Moon\". He has also done numerous cover illustrations for books and games. Steve Ellis took over artistic duties on \"Green Lantern Corps\" for DC Comics during their \"Convergence\" event in 2015.  Ellis has been a Society of Illustrators member since 2000, and is a founding member of Drawbridge studio (Hypothetical Island/XOXO)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ellis (musician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John Ellis (born 7 April 1950, Edgware, Middlesex) is an English rock/pop singer, who now lives in Brighton. His biggest success was with the band Love Affair, best known for the songs \"Everlasting Love\", \"A Day Without Love\", \"Rainbow Valley\" and \"Bringing On Back the Good Times\". Ellis later felt that Love Affair had run its course, and he left in December 1969 for a solo career: \"We never really made it big anywhere but Britain and I think that if we had started to happen in America, I wouldn't have left\". In the early 70s he formed the band \"Ellis\", a short lived partnership with keyboardist Zoot Money. Other members included ex-Peter Bardens guitarist Andy Gee; ex-Fat Mattress bassist Jimmy Leverton, later replaced by Nick South; and drummer Dave Lutton. The group released two albums, \"Riding on the Crest of a Slump\" in 1972, and \"Why Not?\" the following year. In 1976 one of the most popular Serbian and ex-Yugoslav bands, Smak, covered his song \"El Doomo\" under the title \"El dumo\", and achieved great success with it.  Ellis subsequently had limited chart success with the rock band Widowmaker, releasing the album \"Widowmaker\" in 1976. He also sang on the soundtrack of \"Loot\", a 1970 film based on Joe Orton's play, directed by Silvio Narizzano. Ellis was performing live with The New Amen Corner throughout 2013 and has a solo album out on Decon Records, entitled \"The Best of Days\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ellis (rower)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Ellis (born 29 February 1968) is a British lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1994 World Rowing Championships in Indianapolis with the lightweight men's eight."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ellner", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Ellner (born December 21, 1946) has taught economic history and political science at the Universidad de Oriente in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela since 1977. He is the author of numerous books and journal articles on Venezuelan history and politics, specifically in the area of political parties and organized labor. In addition, Ellner was a frequent contributor to \"Commonweal\" magazine beginning in the 1980s and more recently \"In These Times\" and \"NACLA Report on the Americas\" and has written op-ed articles in the \"New York Times\" and the \"Los Angeles Times\". He frequently lectures on Venezuelan and Latin American political developments in the U.S. and elsewhere. Nearly all his academic works have been translated and published in Spanish."}, {"context": " Ellner was born in New York City where his paternal grandfather and grandmother arrived from Austria and Finland respectively. His grandfather, Joseph Ellner, was a writer and editor of \"The Gipsy Patteran\". In 1954, Ellner\u2019s family moved to Connecticut. Throughout his university education, Ellner majored in Latin American history. He received his BA at Goddard College in Vermont, his MA at Southern Connecticut State University and his PhD at the University of New Mexico, where his advisor was the prominent historian Edwin Lieuwen. In the 1960s, Ellner actively participated in Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and later the American Independent Movement (AIM) in New Haven, Connecticut and the United Farm Workers boycott committee in Albuquerque, New Mexico."}, {"context": " Ellner is married to Carmen Hercilia S\u00e1nchez and has two children. In addition to being a full-time professor at the UDO, Ellner has been a visiting professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (1994-2001), St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY (2001), Georgetown University (2004), Duke University (2005), Universidad de Buenos Aires (2010), the Australian National University (2013) and Tulane University (2015), and has taught at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University (2011) and Johns Hopkins University (2012). Ellner is a participating editor of \u2018\u2018Latin American Perspectives\u2019\u2019 and a member of the advisory board of \u2018\u2018Science & Society\u2019\u2019."}, {"context": " Ellner centered his research on the internal currents of political parties and the labor movement that often gave rise to schisms in subsequent decades. In his dissertation and subsequent articles, he traced the left-leaning factions within the social democratic Democratic Action party (AD) in the 1940s that were the seeds of splits in the 1960s giving rise to the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), the People's Electoral Movement (Venezuela) and internal blocs in succeeding decades. Similarly, his \"Venezuela\u2019s Movimiento al Socialismo: From Guerrilla Defeat to Innovative Politics\" demonstrates that the most avid and committed supporters of the armed struggle in the 1960s ended up breaking with the Communist Party of Venezuela(PCV) to form the Movement for Socialism (MAS) in 1971 and other parties. Ellner concludes that internal party tensions prior to the era of neoliberalism in the 1990s went beyond personality clashes and personal ambitions and had political and even ideological implications. This thesis runs counter to widely held assertions reflected in scholarly writing that political disputes within and between establishment parties in Venezuela during those years were largely devoid of issues of substance."}, {"context": " In several works beginning in 1989, Ellner employed the concept of \u201cVenezuelan exceptionalism\u201d to describe what he considered to be an exaggerated view of the attractiveness of the nation\u2019s liberal democracy since the outset of the modern democratic period in 1958. Ellner claimed that Venezuela\u2019s status as an oil exporter and its democratic stability convinced many scholars and Venezuelans in general that the nation was not susceptible to the military coups and political and social disorders that plagued its Latin American neighbors in the 1960s and 1970s. Ellner argued that Venezuela\u2019s relatively high degree of social mobility did not necessarily reduce levels of social tension and conflict. He also contended that the depiction of Venezuela as a \u201cmodel\u201d or \u201cshowcase\u201d democracy overlooked alleged violations of democratic norms and human rights during the post-1958 period. Nevertheless, unlike Venezuelan President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez and many of his followers, Ellner pointed to certain advances in the area of national development and social reforms, which according to him were reversed as a result of the implementation of neoliberal policies after 1989. Other writers in the 1990s also analyzed \u201cVenezuelan exceptionalism\u201d from distinct perspectives."}, {"context": " Following the election of Hugo Ch\u00e1vez in 1998, Ellner specialized in the Chavista government and movement. In his \"Rethinking Venezuelan Politics\", Ellner draws on the thesis of British historian E.P. Thompson that the banners of political struggles defeated at a given historical moment often resurface many years later in revised form. Ellner traces struggles in Venezuela from the colonial period to the present and argues that grasping the importance of these experiences is essential in order to understand the Ch\u00e1vez phenomenon. Previously, Ellner had argued that the first half of the twentieth century was characterized by an important degree of historical continuity in spite of the major regime changes that took place during the period."}, {"context": " Just as he highlighted issues of substance in his analysis of party factionalism in Venezuela, Ellner argued that concrete socio-economic policies, more than Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s style, accounted for the political tensions that led to the coup of April 2002. In the concluding chapter of \"Rethinking Venezuelan Politics\", Ellner wrote: \u201cThe cause-and-effect relationship between popular and nationalist measures of an economic nature, on the one hand, and the\u2026 reaction of privileged sectors, on the other hand, was anything but subtle.\u201d"}, {"context": " Another thesis in his works on the presidencies of Ch\u00e1vez and his successor Nicol\u00e1s Maduro concerns the challenges facing the government due to conflicting demands, interests and visions of Chavistas of different class backgrounds. Specifically, Ellner points to three social groups with a following within the Chavista movement: the organized working class, the middle class and the \u201cmarginalized and semi-marginalized sectors\u201d consisting of members of the informal economy, workers in firms with less than about ten employees and much of the rural work force. An additional aspect of the complexity of the Ch\u00e1vez phenomenon is the movement\u2019s ties with an emerging bourgeoisie that are designed to undermine the power of the Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce (FEDECAMARAS), which spearheaded two attempts to topple the Ch\u00e1vez government in 2002-2003. Ellner suggests that the establishment of these links, while understandable from political and economic viewpoints, is conducive to unethical conduct."}, {"context": " In stressing the importance of the internal diversity of a socialist movement that rejects the orthodox Marxist notion of the primacy of the proletariat, Ellner is admittedly influenced by the theories of Ernesto Laclau, who has been referred to as a \u201cpost Marxist.\u201d In his edited \"Latin America\u2019s Radical Left\", Ellner and other authors examine the complexity and heterogeneity of the twenty-first century Latin American left in power throughout the continent. In a Historical Materialism article titled \u201cImplications of Marxist State Theory and How They Play Out in Venezuela\u201d and elsewhere, Ellner explores theoretical dimensions of the class policies of the Chavista governments. These included populist initiatives favoring non-privileged sectors and pragmatic ones designed to win over or neutralize businesspeople. By implementing them, the Chavista leaders appeared to backtrack from stated goals."}, {"context": " Ellner goes on to argue that issues regarding the state in capitalist societies raised in the debate between Nicos Poulantzas and Ralph Miliband in Europe in the early 1970s shed light on the relationship between the state and social classes in Venezuela and the predicaments facing Chavista governments. Three issues in particular stand out: whether the bourgeoisie (or sectors of it) displays a sense of \u201cclass-consciousness\u201d; the viability of tactical and strategic alliances between the left and groups linked to the capitalist structure; and whether democratic socialism is to be achieved through stages, abrupt revolutionary changes, or ongoing state radicalization over a period of time. According to Ellner, Poulantzas\u2019s concept of the state as a \u201cstrategic battlefield\u201d lends itself to the strategy of the gradual radicalization of the state, which was advocated by some who were close to Ch\u00e1vez and Maduro and which was embodied in the term \u201cprocess of change\u201d (\u2018\u2018proceso de cambio\u2019\u2019).  \u201cUniversity Academic Productivity Prize\u201d in the area of social sciences (first place), granted by the university research commissions (CDCHT) of the National Council of Universities in Venezuela, 2004."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ells", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Ells (born September 12, 1966) is an American businessman. He is the founder, former CEO, and Executive Chairman of Chipotle Mexican Grill. Ells founded Chipotle in 1993, and under his direction, the chain serves what it describes as \"naturally raised meat\" and promotes sustainable agriculture. On November 29, 2017, Chipotle announced Ells' resignation as CEO, pending the search for a new CEO with \"turnaround expertise\". Ells will serve as executive chairman following the appointment of a new CEO, and will also serve on the CEO search committee. As of February 13, 2018, Brian Niccol has been named CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill."}, {"context": " Ells was born in Indianapolis, the son of a pharmaceutical executive. He attended Boulder High School and the University of Colorado at Boulder where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and became a member of the Delta Chi Fraternity. Ells later enrolled at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, graduating in 1990. Ells served for two years as a sous chef under Jeremiah Tower at Stars restaurant in San Francisco prior to launching Chipotle. Ells opened a Chipotle themed taco store in Denver, Colorado near the University of Denver campus using $85,000 borrowed from his family and friends. Ells served as CEO of the chain from 1993 until 2009, when he split co-CEO duties with Monty Moran. Ells returned as sole CEO on December 12, 2016 upon Moran's retirement. In 2007, Ells received the CEO of the Year Award from \"ColoradoBiz\" magazine. He currently sits on the board of directors of the Land Institute."}, {"context": " In 2010, Ells joined the judging and investment panel on NBC's series \"America's Next Great Restaurant\" alongside Bobby Flay, Curtis Stone and Lorena Garcia. Ells had not previously watched reality television and was disillusioned with the experience. Chipotle announced on November 29, 2017 that Ells will step down as CEO following the appointment of a new CEO with \"turnaround expertise.\" Ells will serve as executive chairman after the new CEO appointment, and will serve on the CEO search committee with fellow Chipotle board members Robin Hickenlooper and Ali Namvar.  Ells has received criticism over his salary. In 2013, \"The New York Times\" reported he was paid $25.1 million, more than equivalent executives in companies like Ford, Boeing, and AT&T. By the early 2010s, Ells and his co-CEO, Montgomery Moran, were paid more than $300 million. In May 2014 shareholders rejected a plan to further the executives' wages."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ellsworth", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Clark Ellsworth (born July 30, 1960 in Chicago) is the son of Dick Ellsworth and is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox in 1988. Towering over most of his teammates at 6'8\" tall (and 220 pounds), this right-hander attended Bullard High School in Fresno, California. He then went on to attend Cal State Northridge and Fresno City College. He was drafted twice in 1980, once by the Minnesota Twins in the seventh round and once by the Cleveland Indians in the third round. He didn't sign either time. He was drafted by the Red Sox in the first round of the 1981 draft, 9th overall. This time, he did sign. His professional career started that year, though he appeared in only one professional game, with the low-A Elmira Pioneers of the New York\u2013Penn League. In that one game, he gave up two runs in one inning pitched, while walking two and striking out zero."}, {"context": " Between 1981 and 1988, he was used both as a starter and a reliever in the minors. In 1983 with the Winston-Salem Red Sox, he went 13-8 with a 3.29 ERA in 164+ innings as a starter. In 1986 with the Pawtucket Red Sox, he went 6-2 with a 3.36 ERA in 83 innings of work as a reliever. On April 7, 1988 at the age of 27, he made his Major League debut. He pitched two innings that game, giving up 8 hits and 5 earned runs. He struck out two, but still earned a loss. The rest of his career didn't fare him too well either \u2013 overall, he went 1 and 6 with a 6.75 ERA in 36 innings. He gave up seven home runs, walked 16 and struck out 16. He also hit one batter and threw one wild pitch. Perhaps the best start of his career was his second: On April 16, 1988, he gave up only one run while striking out five in seven innings against the Texas Rangers. Even though he pitched well that game, he still got the loss. His only win came on April 21 against the Detroit Tigers.  In the field, he made no errors for a fielding percentage of 1.000. Ellsworth played his final game on July 8, 1988."}]}, {"title": "Steve Elmendorf", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven A. Elmendorf is a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., was a senior advisor to House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt for 12 years, serving as his chief of staff after 1997. Elmendorf was also deputy campaign manager for U.S. Senator John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic nominee for president. He, along with Republican Jack Oliver as his business partner, was previously president at Bryan Cave Strategies L.L.C., a lobbying firm connected with the law firm, Bryan Cave LLP. Elmendorf later founded Elmendorf/Ryan LLC a government relations and strategic counseling firm he owns along with Jimmy Ryan which represents corporations, trade associations and non profit organizations. Elmedorf/Ryan employs an \"all-star team of Democratic revolving-door lobbyists . . . including former top aides to Democratic floor leaders Harry Reid, Dick Gephardt, Steny Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi.\""}, {"context": " He has been a frequent guest on television talk shows including \"Hardball with Chris Matthews\", CNBC\u2019s \"Capitol Report\", Fox News and CNN\u2019s \"Crossfire\". He has lectured at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University\u2019s John F. Kennedy School of Government and at his alma mater, Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Elmendorf is openly gay. A New Jersey native hailing from Summit, Elmendorf graduated from Trinity College in 1982 and began his career as a field organizer on the Mondale for President campaign. He was later chief of staff for U.S. Representative Dennis Eckart, and a staff aide to Senator Brock Adams."}, {"context": " Elmendorf joined Gephardt's staff in 1992 and became chief of staff in 1997. He managed the floor for House Democrats and designed the Democratic Caucus\u2019 strategic response to issues including the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, the Clinton 1993 economic program, the Clinton effort to reform health care in 1994, NAFTA, the 1997 Balanced Budget Act, McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform and the Iraq war resolution. While in the leader\u2019s office, he was named every year by \"Roll Call\" newspaper as one of the 50 most powerful staff people on Capitol Hill."}, {"context": " He managed four of Gephardt's successful campaigns for Democratic leader and organized the congressman\u2019s outside political activities at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and at Gephardt's political action committee. Elmendorf was elected by the members of the House of Representatives as a minority officer of the House in the 105th, 106th and 107th Congress, entitling him to the same privileges as former members of the House. He served as chief of staff and senior advisor for Gephardt\u2019s 2004 Democratic presidential campaign. In 2004, as deputy campaign manager for Kerry\u2019s 2004 presidential bid, Elmendorf was the primary campaign liaison to U.S. senators, members of Congress, governors and mayors. He also supervised the field operations in 21 states and was on the strategic team involved in overall campaign planning and worked in the campaign\u2019s outreach to constituency groups and organized labor. In November 2011, Elmendorf was included on \"The New Republic's\" list of Washington's most powerful, least famous people."}, {"context": " In January 2006, Elmendorf was criticized vehemently by some left-wing Democratic bloggers when he was quoted in a Washington Post story as saying, \"The bloggers and online donors represent an important resource for the party, but they are not representative of the majority you need to win elections. The trick will be to harness their energy and their money without looking like you are a captive of the activist left.\" Markos Moulitsas, head of the \"Daily Kos\" blog, replied: \"Here's notice, any Democrat associated with Elmendorf will be outed. The netroots can then decide for itself whether it wants to provide some of that energy and money to that candidate. There's nothing 'extreme left' with demanding Democrats act like Democrats, no matter how much these out-of-touch and self-important beltway insiders think it is.\"  Also in 2006, Elmendorf gave his support to U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman's independent re-election bid after Lieberman lost the Democratic primary. Elmendorf was listed on Lieberman's campaign Web site as part of the \"national chapter\" of \"Dems for Joe.\" Lobbying in the United States"}]}, {"title": "Steve Elworthy", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Elworthy (born 23 February 1965 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia) is a former South African cricketer (right arm fast-medium bowler) who has fostered a career in administration with Cricket South Africa and the ECB. After 10 years of playing first class cricket Elworthy made his One Day International (ODI) debut at age 32 for South Africa on April 3, 1998 against Pakistan. His test debut was later that year, July 23 against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. He went on to play a total of four Tests and 39 One Day Internationals for South Africa between 1998 and 2002. ."}, {"context": " In South Africa he played for Northerns over a 14 season career. In 2000\u201301 he was the leading wicket taker in South African first class cricket with 52 at 18.11. He was named one of five South African Cricket Annual Cricketers of the Year in 2002. He departed amicably from the Northerns squad in 2003, effectively marking his retirement as a professional player. Elworthy also played English county cricket. In 1996 he spent a season at Lancashire. This was a difficult year with modest on-field success (26 wickets at 41), capped by being dropped on the morning of the B&H Cup Final. In 2003 he filled in for six weeks at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club while the club's full-time foreign players Stuart MacGill and Chris Cairns fulfilled international obligations."}, {"context": " He played for English club side Hinckley Town and also was a professional player for many years for English club teams Rishton and Flowery Field. Since his retirement Elworthy has become a successful cricket administrator as Cricket South Africa's commercial and communications manager. He was appointed as tournament director for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in 2007. In February 2010 Elworthy was appointed as Director of Marketing and Communications for the England and Wales Cricket Board."}]}, {"title": "Steve Emerson (visual effects artist)", "paragraphs": []}, {"title": "Steve Emery", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Roger Emery (born 7 February 1956) is an English former footballer who played for 13 seasons in the Football League. He spent much of his career at Hereford United, where he made 333 competitive appearances, and also played League football for Derby County and Wrexham. He was a versatile midfield player and started his career at Hereford when he became the club's first apprentice professional, signing just before his 18th birthday. Initially he spent seven seasons at Edgar Street and was a first team regular as Hereford rose to the Second Division and during their decline back down to the Fourth. In 1979, he was sold to Derby County for \u00a3100,000, making the step up to the First Division.  After three seasons, and a brief spell at Newport County, he returned to Hereford in 1983 before moving to Wrexham. He finished his career in non-league football with Gloucester City and Westfields, where he was player-manager while also working in the licensed trade. He also managed Ledbury Town for nearly five years, and returned as manager in late 2008, but was dismissed after only three months. His son Josh Emery had a spell playing for Hereford."}]}, {"title": "Steve Emery (Australian footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Emery (born 15 January 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eminger", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Eminger (born October 31, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Eminger, who is also known for his physical play, started his hockey career with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League in 1999. He was drafted in the first round, 12th overall by the Washington Capitals at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut the next season, but after 17 games in Washington he was sent back down to Kitchener. Kitchener was strengthened by Eminger's return, and they won the Memorial Cup."}, {"context": " Since leaving junior hockey, Eminger split his time between the Capitals and their AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates. Despite the lofty projections that came with his first-round-pick status, Eminger has failed to live up to expectations. Throughout the 2007\u201308 NHL season, the final season of his contract, Eminger spent a great deal of time as a healthy scratch. However, during the 2008 playoffs the Capitals were decimated by injuries and Eminger was put into the lineup with a larger role. During these playoffs, Eminger suddenly found his niche and proved himself to be a solid defenceman. During the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Eminger, along with the 84th overall pick (Jacob De Serres) were traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for the 27th pick overall (John Carlson)."}, {"context": " On June 29, 2008, Eminger and the Flyers agreed to a one-year contract. After 12 games with the Flyers, Eminger was traded to Tampa Bay on November 7, 2008, along with Steve Downie and a 4th round draft pick for Matt Carle and a 3rd round draft pick. On March 9, 2009, on the day of the trade deadline, Tampa Bay traded Eminger to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Noah Welch and a 3rd round draft pick. On September 4, 2009, Eminger was signed as a free agent by the Anaheim Ducks to a two-year deal."}, {"context": " On July 9, 2010, Eminger was traded to New York Rangers for Aaron Voros and Ryan Hillier. On September 10, 2012, Eminger agreed to a new contract to re-sign with the Rangers. After spending his professional career entirely on North America soil, Eminger signed as a free agent to his first contract abroad with Russian club, CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League on October 21, 2014. After producing just 2 assists in 25 games, Eminger was released from his KHL contract and on January 24, 2014, Eminger joined the Norfolk Admirals after having cleared AHL wavers."}, {"context": " On September 5, 2014, the Boston Bruins announced that Eminger had signed a one-year contract with their AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins. As a free agent in the summer and into the midpoint of the 2015-16 season, Eminger returned to play in signing a professional try-out contract with the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL on January 21, 2016. Eminger ended his playing career after winning the Calder Cup with the Monsters during the 2015\u201316 season. On June 14, 2017, Eminger was announced to have accepted a position as a professional scout for the New York Rangers.  Eminger is married to Lindsay Eminger."}]}, {"title": "Steve Emtman", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Charles Emtman (born April 16, 1970) is a retired professional American football player. He played defensive tackle and defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts, the Miami Dolphins and the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Washington Huskies, and was drafted into the NFL as the first overall selection in the 1992 NFL Draft. Emtman was born in Spokane, Washington, grew up in nearby Cheney, and graduated from Cheney High School in 1988. Lightly recruited, he accepted a football scholarship to the University of Washington in Seattle to play for head coach Don James."}, {"context": " He redshirted in 1988, but soon became a star as a sophomore on a resurgent defense in 1990. Washington went 10-2 and won the Rose Bowl for the first time in 9 seasons. He was considered the best overall player on the 1991 Husky undefeated national championship team. A consensus All-American, Emtman won the Outland Trophy, Lombardi Award, was the Bill Willis Award winner and the UPI Lineman of the Year. He was also named the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year during his impressive junior year of 1991. He finished fourth in the ballot for the Heisman Trophy."}, {"context": " Emtman finished 1991 with 62 tackles and 20.5 tackles for loss. He was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006. Emtman decided to forgo his senior year and declared himself eligible for the 1992 NFL Draft. At 6'4\" and , he was the first overall pick, selected by the Indianapolis Colts. His most memorable play was the game-sealing 90-yard interception return for a touchdown as time expired in a 31\u201320 upset win at the Miami Dolphins in his rookie year, which earned him honors as AFC defensive player of the week."}, {"context": " Emtman's NFL career was marred by injuries. Playing a majority of his games on Astroturf, he finished each of his three seasons with the Colts on the injured reserve list. Nine games into his rookie year, he blew out his left knee against the Miami Dolphins. The following season, he tore the patellar tendon in his right knee, an injury that no previous NFL player had ever returned from. In October 1994, he beat the odds and made his comeback at home against the team he had grown up following, the Seattle Seahawks. On his first play, he tackled Chris Warren for a 5-yard loss. However, in the second quarter, he ruptured a disc in his neck in a collision with a teammate. Emtman continued to play, even though after the game, he could not close his fists due to nerve damage from the injury. He managed to play three more weeks until continuing pain forced him to undergo season-ending surgery. He later played for the Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins. His playing career ended following the 1997 season at the age of 27.  Emtman had a cameo appearance as himself in the 1994 feature film \"Little Giants\", along with Bruce Smith, Tim Brown, Emmitt Smith, and John Madden. He also appeared as an uncredited zombie in the TV series \"Z Nation\". His son was the zombie baby from the first episode. Emtman formerly volunteered as the defensive line coach for the af2's Spokane Shock. Emtman now lives in Spokane Valley, Washington, where he is a successful real estate developer."}]}, {"title": "Steve Endean", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Robert \"Steve\" Endean (August 6, 1948 \u2013 August 4, 1993) was an American gay rights activist, first in Minnesota, then nationally. He was born in Davenport, Iowa, and came to Minnesota to attend the University of Minnesota from 1968-1972, majoring in political science. In 1971, Endean founded the Minnesota Committee for Gay Rights (later Gay Rights Legislative Committee), and became the first gay and lesbian rights lobbyist in Minnesota a year later. Along with the Minnesota Committee for Gay Rights and Democratic legislators, Endean opposed trans-inclusion and public accommodations in a statewide gay rights bill, giving as their reason the belief that the bill would not pass with such inclusion. In the 1970s, he served as co-chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Gay Task Force (later NGLTF). In 1978, he became the director of the Gay Rights National Lobby. In 1980, he started the Human Rights Campaign Fund (later just HRC), and served as its first Executive Director."}, {"context": " In 1985, Endean was diagnosed with AIDS. After this, increasing health problems led to semi-retirement. In 1991, he created the National Endorsement Campaign, an effort to get straight political leaders and media figures to endorse LGBT rights. Also in 1991, he published his memoir, \"Into the Mainstream\". In 1993, he was present (in a wheelchair) at the Minnesota State Capitol when the Legislature passed the Minnesota Human Rights Act, which banned LGBT discrimination in housing, employment, and education.  Endean died of AIDS-related complications on August 4, 1993."}]}, {"title": "Steve Engel", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Michael Engel (born December 31, 1961) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He attended Eastern Kentucky University, where he played for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels baseball team. Engel was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft. He pitched in 11 games for the 1985 Chicago Cubs. In 1986, he was the player to be named later from an earlier trade, in which the Cubs traded Billy Hatcher to the Houston Astros for Jerry Mumphrey."}]}, {"title": "Steve England", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve England is a radio producer and former radio disc-jockey, and at present runs a jingle production company in Leek, Staffordshire, which was established in 1997. He has been called a \"guru of radio advertising\" and is a former member of glam punk band The Flowers of Romance. England was a disc-jockey on the offshore pirate radio stations Radio Caroline, Radio Mi Amigo and Radio Atlantis, and one of the first independent local radio stations in the UK, Piccadilly Radio in Manchester. After spending time as head of commercial production, England started a partnership with Alan Fawkes and set up Alfasound in 1979. The company produced many jingle packages for UK and European radio stations from its base in Sale, Greater Manchester; one such package was for the Italian radio station, Radio Nova International."}, {"context": " Alan Fawkes and Steve England parted company in 1997 after serious disagreements and England set up his own production company. In 2001, he merged his company with S2blue and moved to Leek. He acts as the UK and Ireland agent for Jam Creative Productions and PAMS productions of Dallas, Texas, meaning that stations can have many classic radio jingles re-sung with their name. Steve also presented on and helped to set up Moorlands Radio, the community radio station for the Staffordshire Moorlands based in Leek, Staffordshire.  Steve retired from the business in 2011, but occasionally still performs voice-overs. England can be heard on television and radio commercials nationwide. His voice is a regular feature on advertisements for John Peters, SCS, and DFS furniture companies. He has also voiced commercials for Fiat, Netto's, SEEBOARD, Debtfree Direct, and Butlins."}]}, {"title": "Steve Englebright", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Englebright (born August 24, 1946) is the Assembly member for the 4th District of the New York Assembly. He is a Democrat. The district includes portions of the town of Brookhaven including Belle Terre, Old Field, Poquott, and Port Jefferson in Suffolk County on Long Island. Englebright was first elected to the New York State Assembly in 1992. He is currently the chair of the Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation. Englebright graduated from Bayside High School in Queens, New York. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee in 1969 and an M.S. in Paleontology/Sedimentology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1974."}, {"context": " He worked as Curator of Geologic Collections at SUNY/Stony Brook and was the founding director of the Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences. Englebright served as a Suffolk County legislator from 1983 until his election to the New York State Assembly in 1992. Englebright has lived in Setauket, New York since 1973. He has two daughters, Christina Marie Englebright and Jennifer Lynn Englebright. Englebright initially ran for the New York Assembly in a 1992 special election, and has subsequently been re-elected 12 times."}]}, {"title": "Steve Englehart", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Englehart (; born April 22, 1947) is an American writer of comic books and novels. He is best known for his work at Marvel Comics and DC Comics in the 1970s and 1980s. His pseudonyms have included John Harkness and Cliff Garnett. Steve Englehart majored in psychology at Wesleyan University, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969. Englehart's first work in comics was as an art assistant to Neal Adams on a 10-page story by writer Denny O'Neil in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine \"Vampirella\" #10 (March 1971). After briefly serving as a member of the Crusty Bunkers, Englehart started working as a full-time writer. He began with a co-writing credit, with Gardner Fox, on the six-page, Englehart-drawn \"Retribution\" in Warren's \"Eerie\" #35 (Sept. 1971). Then, as Marvel editor Roy Thomas said in a 2007 interview, Englehart became"}, {"context": " Englehart said he had first done uncredited co-scripting on a number of stories: This uncredited work included Friedrich's \"Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos\" #97, \"Iron Man\" #45, and \"The Incredible Hulk\" vol. 2, #152, plus two romance comics stories and a Western tale. Englehart then wrote two romance stories under the pseudonym Anne Spencer, in \"Our Love\" #18 (Aug. 1972) and \"My Love\" #19 (Sept. 1972), and, under his own name, a standalone supernatural story in the anthology \"Journey into Mystery\" vol. 2, #1 (Oct. 1972)"}, {"context": " During his first credited superhero work, on a series starring erstwhile X-Men member the Beast in \"Amazing Adventures\" vol. 2, #12-17 (May 1972 - March 1973), Englehart integrated the Patsy Walker character, the star of a teen romantic-comedy series, into the Marvel Universe alongside the company's superheroes. He and artist Sal Buscema launched \"The Defenders\" as an ongoing series in August 1972 and introduced the Valkyrie to the team in issue #4 (Feb. 1973). Englehart has stated that he added the Valkyrie to the Defenders \"to provide some texture to the group.\""}, {"context": " He wrote \"The Avengers\" from issue #105 (Nov. 1972) to #152 (Oct. 1976). During his time on that title, he wrote several major storylines including \"The Avengers Defenders War\" in issues #115-118 (Sept.-Dec. 1973) and \"The Defenders\" #8-11 (Sept.-Dec. 1973); \"The Celestial Madonna\" in #129-135 (Nov. 1974 - May 1975) and \"Giant-Size Avengers\" #2-4 (Nov. 1974 - May 1975); and \"The Serpent Crown\" in #141-144 (Nov. 1975 - Feb. 1976) and #147-149 (May\u2013July 1976). In the fall of 1972, Englehart and writers Gerry Conway and Len Wein crafted a metafictional unofficial crossover spanning titles from both major comics companies. Each comic featured Englehart, Conway, and Wein, as well as Wein's first wife Glynis, interacting with Marvel or DC characters at the Rutland Halloween Parade in Rutland, Vermont. Beginning in \"Amazing Adventures\" #16 (by Englehart with art by Bob Brown and Frank McLaughlin), the story continued in \"Justice League of America\" #103 (by Wein, Dick Dillin and Dick Giordano), and concluded in \"Thor\" #207 (by Conway and penciler John Buscema). As Englehart explained in 2010, \"It certainly seemed like a radical concept and we knew that we had to be subtle (laughs) and each story had to stand on its own, but we really worked it out. It's really worthwhile to read those stories back to back to back \u2014 it didn't matter to us that one was at DC and two were at Marvel \u2014 I think it was us being creative, thinking what would be really cool to do.\""}, {"context": " Englehart had a potent run on \"Doctor Strange\" (originally with artist Frank Brunner, later with Gene Colan), in which Strange's mentor, the Ancient One, died, and Strange became the new Sorcerer Supreme. Englehart and Brunner, audaciously, also created a multi-issue storyline in which a sorcerer named Sise-Neg (\"Genesis\" spelled backward) goes back through history, collecting all magical energies, until he reaches the beginning of the universe, becomes all-powerful and creates it anew, leaving Strange to wonder whether this was, paradoxically, the original creation (\"Marvel Premiere\" #14). Editor-in-chief Stan Lee, seeing the issue after publication, ordered Englehart and Brunner to print a retraction saying this was not God but \"a\" god, so as to avoid offending religious readers. The writer and artist concocted a fake letter from a fictitious minister praising the story, and mailed it to Marvel from Texas; Marvel unwittingly printed the letter, and dropped the retraction order. Englehart's \"Doctor Strange\" #14 featured a crossover story with \"The Tomb of Dracula\" #44, another series which was being drawn by Gene Colan at the time. In Englehart's final story for the series, he sent Dr. Strange back in time to meet Benjamin Franklin."}, {"context": " Describing that time, Englehart said in 1998, Englehart and artist Starlin co-created the character Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu, though they only worked on the early issues of the series. Englehart reconciled the existence of Captain America and sidekick Bucky in Marvel's 1950s precursor, Atlas Comics, an anomaly that had been ignored since Captain America's 1964 reintroduction to Marvel after having been in suspended animation since 1945. Englehart's newly retconned history stated that the 1950s Captain America and 1950s Bucky had been different characters. This was followed by an extended storyline of Steve Rogers becoming so profoundly disillusioned with the United States that he temporarily abandoned his Captain America identity to become Nomad until he decided to refocus his purpose as the defender of America's ideals, not necessarily its government. The Englehart/Sal Buscema run on the \"Captain America\" title saw the series become one of Marvel's top-sellers. In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Englehart's work on \"Captain America\", \"The Avengers\", and \"Doctor Strange\" fourth, eighth, and ninth, respectively, on its list of the \"Top 10 1970s Marvels\"."}, {"context": " Following Gerry Conway's elevation to editor-in-chief in March 1976, Englehart had a falling-out with Marvel. He recalled in 2010 that Conway Conway, who left the editorial post after only \"about a month-and-a-half,\" recalled circumstances differently: Englehart, in fact, planned to quit comics altogether and pursue novels, but DC Comics publisher Jenette Kahn persuaded him to come to DC. His only previous credited work for the company had been scripting the Batman story \"Night of the Stalker!\" in \"Detective Comics\" #439 (Feb\u2013March 1974). \"I said, 'Okay I'll fix \"Justice League <nowiki>[of America]</nowiki>\" for you, but I'm only going to do this for a year.\" To that end, he wrote \"Justice League of America\" #139\u2013146 and 149\u2013150, with artist Dick Dillin, and additionally wrote an eight-issue arc of Batman stories in \"Detective Comics\" #469\u2013476, with pencilers Walt Simonson and Marshall Rogers. In this arc, he recreated the Batman as a pulp-oriented, dark character; restored the Joker's persona to that of a homicidal maniac; and introduced love interest Silver St. Cloud. Englehart claims this storyline was adapted as the first Batman film in 1989, with Englehart providing uncredited development. The Englehart and Rogers pairing was described in 2009 by comics writer and historian Robert Greenberger as \"one of the greatest\" creative teams to work on the Batman character. DC Comics writer and executive Paul Levitz noted that \"Arguably fans' best-loved version of Batman in the mid-1970s, writer Steve Englehart and penciller Rogers's \"Detective\" run featured an unambiguously homicidal Joker...in noirish, moodily rendered stories that evoked the classic Kane-Robinson era.\" In their story \"The Laughing Fish\", the Joker is brazen enough to disfigure fish with a rictus grin, then expects to be granted a federal trademark on them, only to start killing bureaucrats who try to explain that obtaining such a claim on a natural resource is legally impossible. The \"Detective Comics\" storyline was reprinted in trade paperback in 1999 as \"Batman: Strange Apparitions\". Englehart and Rogers had a short run on DC's revived \"Mister Miracle\" series as well."}, {"context": " His run on \"Justice League of America\" included another unofficial crossover between DC and Marvel in issue #142 by reworking his character Mantis into the DC Universe as a character named \"Willow\". Other contributions to the series were crafting a new origin for the team and the induction of the character Hawkwoman into the team's membership. Englehart temporarily left comics at this juncture, moving to Europe before his first issue of \"Detective\" was published. During this time he wrote a fantasy/occult novel, \"The Point Man\", which was republished in 2010."}, {"context": " A 25-page Englehart-Rogers story featuring Madame Xanadu, originally commissioned for \"Doorway to Nightmare\", sat in inventory for years before being published as the one-shot \"Madame Xanadu\" in 1981, in DC's first attempt at marketing comics specifically to the \"direct market\" of fans and collectors. In 1983, Marvel's creator-owned imprint Epic Comics published \"Coyote\", a series he had earlier created at Eclipse Comics with Rogers, in collaboration with artist Steve Leialoha. Among those he collaborated with on the title was a young Todd McFarlane, whom Englehart hired on the basis of McFarlane's \"Coyote\" art samples, which was McFarlane's first comic book work. McFarlane would go on to become one of the industry's most prominent and successful artists and publishers, a toy-company founder, and a Grammy Award- and Emmy Award-winning animator."}, {"context": " Englehart returned to mainstream Marvel comics later that decade with stints on \"West Coast Avengers\", the second \"Vision and the Scarlet Witch\" limited series (with artist Richard Howell), \"Silver Surfer\" (again with Rogers), and \"Fantastic Four\" (during which editorial disputes led to his using the pseudonym John Harkness, a name he had first used on his last issue of \"Mister Miracle\".) Englehart was going to be the regular writer of \"Daredevil\" in 1986 but left after only one issue due to an editorial conflict."}, {"context": " Simultaneously, Englehart wrote DC Comics' \"Green Lantern\", overseeing the title's name change to \"Green Lantern Corps.\" During that time he also wrote both the DC weekly crossover series \"Millennium\" (Jan\u2013Feb 1988) and the first two issues of the spin-off The New Guardians. Issue #2 was notable for featuring the villain Snowflame, a superpowered human who derived his powers from cocaine. In 1992, Steve Englehart co-created the Ultraverse comics universe for Malibu Comics and wrote \"Night Man\" and the superhero-team series \"The Strangers\". \"Night Man\" was later adapted for a syndicated television series which ran for two seasons. Englehart wrote three episodes of the television series."}, {"context": " For Claypool Comics, he wrote the supernatural series \"Phantom of Fear City\" #1-12 (May 1993 - May 1995). In the early 2000s, Englehart returned to comics to write the miniseries \"Hellcat\", \"Fantastic Four: Big Town\" and \"\" for Marvel and stories for \"The\" \"Batman Chronicles\" and \"Legends of the DC Universe\" for DC. In 2005, he reunited with Rogers and Austin on the miniseries \"Batman: Dark Detective\", elements of which were adapted into the Batman film \"The Dark Knight\". The next year, he wrote a storyline featuring the Detroit Era Justice League and the Justice Society of America that ran in \"JLA Classified\" #22-25 and \"JSA Classified\" #14-16 for DC, and the one-shot \"Strange Westerns starring the Black Rider\" for Marvel."}, {"context": " Starting in 1994, he wrote a series of young adult books for Avon, including the \"DNAgers\" series (with his wife, Terry) and the \"Countdown\" series. \"Countdown to Flight\" was selected by NASA for its school curriculum on the Wright Brothers. In the mid-2000s, Englehart turned his 1980 novel, \"The Point Man\", into Book Zero for a series concerning its hero, Max August. The first sequel, \"The Long Man\", was published in 2009, \"The Plain Man\" in 2011, and \"The Arena Man\" in 2013. In the series, Max became immortal in 1985 and is dealing with the consequences two decades later in real time."}, {"context": " He has admitted to writing the novel \"Hellstorm\" in the TALON Force series under the house pseudonym Cliff Garnett. He wrote three episodes of the television series \"Night Man\", an adaptation of the comic series of the same name that he had created for Malibu Comics. Englehart also worked in animation, with episodes of \"Streetfighter\" and \"G.I. Joe Extreme\", and wrote one of the three episodes in Disney's \"\" film. His screenplay for an unproduced film, \"Majorca\", was published as a book by Black Coat Press."}, {"context": " In 2014, the film \"Guardians of the Galaxy\" starred his creation, Star-Lord.. Its 2017 sequel, \"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\", again starred Star-Lord and, in addition, featured Mantis, another Englehart creation. Both characters appear in 2018's \"\" as well. Englehart worked for some time as a professional astrologer, having developed an interest in astrology while working on \"Doctor Strange\". Englehart married Marie-Therese (Terry) Beach in 1975. They have two sons, Alex and Eric. Comics work includes:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Englehart (American football)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Englehart (born April 11, 1977) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the Florida Institute of Technology, a position he has held since the program's inception; Florida Tech began play in 2013. Englehart was the head football coach at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology from 2006 to 2009. After spending the 2010 season as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Indiana State, Englehart was hired as the first head coach in Florida Tech history on June 15, 2011. Englehart won the Gulf South Conference Coach of The Year award for the 2014 season after leading Florida Tech to a winning record in just its second season and again in 2015 as the Panthers challenged for a playoff spot with a 7-4 record, including wins over #5 Delta State and #1 West Georgia. Florida Tech has recorded winning records in four of Englehart's six seasons, including playoff berths in 2016 and 2018.  Englehart was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, to Steve Englehart and his wife, Debbie. Steve graduated from Terre Haute North High School and later married Carrie May on May 13, 2000. They have three children together, two sons, Caden and Ty, and a daughter, Lila. Englehart graduated from Indiana State University in Terrehaute, where he played quarterback for the football team under head coaches Dennis Raetz and Tim McGuire."}]}, {"title": "Steve Enich", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Enich was a former guard in the National Football League. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1945 NFL Draft by the Boston Yanks and played that season with the Chicago Cardinals."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ensminger", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Ensminger (born September 15, 1958) is an American football coach. He is the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Louisiana State University (LSU). Ensminger was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and attended Louisiana State University for college. He played quarterback for LSU from 1976\u20131979. During his career at LSU, he threw for 2,770 yards and 16 touchdowns and was named a freshman All-SEC selection in 1976. Following college, he played quarterback in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints in 1980 and Philadelphia Eagles in 1981. He also played for the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the CFL in 1980."}, {"context": " Ensminger began his coaching career at Nicholls State University as a wide receiver's coach from 1982 to 1983. From 1984 to 1986 at McNeese State and at Louisiana Tech from 1988 to 1990, he was offensive coordinator/quarterback's coach. Starting in 1991 until 1993, he was quarterback's coach and passing game coordinator at Georgia. From 1994 to 1996, Ensminger was offensive coordinator/quarterback's coach at Texas A&M and then at Clemson from 1997 to 1998. Starting in 2000, Ensminger moved to the high school ranks as head coach/athletic director at Central High School in Central, Louisiana until 2002. Also in 2002, he was wide receiver's coach at West Monroe High School in West Monroe, Louisiana. In 2003, Ensminger became quarterback's coach at Auburn and from 2004 to 2008 he was the tight end coach at Auburn. In 2008, Ensminger also served as interim offensive coordinator after Auburn's offensive coordinator was let go during the season. In 2009, he returned to high school as the passing game coordinator at Smiths Station High School in Smiths Station, Alabama."}, {"context": " Starting in 2010, Ensminger returned to Louisiana as the tight end coach at Louisiana State University until after the fourth game of the 2016 season. After head coach Les Miles was dismissed, interim head coach Ed Orgeron promoted Ensminger to offensive coordinator/quarterback's coach for the rest of the 2016 season. For the 2017 season, he returned to coaching tight ends. On January 10, 2018, Ensminger was again promoted to offensive coordinator/quarterback's coach. Ensminger is married to the former Amy Gonzales and has 3 children.  LSU profile"}]}, {"title": "Steve Epting", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen \"Steve\" Epting is an American comics artist. He is best known for his work on \"The Avengers\" and \"Captain America\" for Marvel Comics. Epting's influences include Alex Raymond, Stan Drake, Jim Holdaway, Joe Kubert, John Buscema, Al Williamson, and Jos\u00e9 Luis Garc\u00eda-L\u00f3pez. Epting received a BFA in graphic design from the University of South Carolina. In 1989, Epting read of a contest being conducted by independent comic book publisher First Comics, with the winner's story to be published by the company. Although the contest did not actually exist, First declared Epting one of the \"winners\" and he began drawing for the company. His assignments for First included backup stories for \"Nexus\", guest-artist duties on \"Dreadstar\" and \"Whisper\", and two miniseries starring \"Nexus\" supporting character Judah Maccabee: \"Hammer of God\" and \"Hammer of God: Sword of Justice\"."}, {"context": " By early 1991, First Comics had gone out of business, and Epting was sending submissions to other comics publishers. He found work at Marvel Comics. Originally assigned to draw half the issues in a six\u2013part biweekly \"The Avengers\" story arc, Epting drew five of the six issues (#335\u2013339). Shortly thereafter, he became the full-time penciler on the series with issue #341 (Nov. 1991). Working closely with writer Bob Harras and inker/colorist Tom Palmer, Epting crafted several \"Avengers\" adventures. The creative team introduced a new version of the Swordsman character in issue #343 and worked on the \"\" crossover storyline. His stint on \"The Avengers\" ended with issue #375 (June 1994)."}, {"context": " After leaving \"The Avengers\" in 1994, Epting spent the next few years working on Marvel's franchise of X-Men titles including the \"Age of Apocalypse\" crossover and \"Factor-X\", the alternate timeline counterparts of \"X-Factor\". He had a run on the \"X-Factor\" ongoing series, but mostly concentrated on annuals, specials, and mini-series. These included \"X-Men '97\", \"\", and the Marvel Comics/Image Comics cross-over \"Team X/Team 7\". In 1998, Epting collaborated with writer Roger Stern on a story starring Marvel's World War II heroes, The Invaders. It was serialized in the first three issues of the \"Marvel Universe\" anthology title and was inked by Al Williamson."}, {"context": " In 1999, Epting moved to DC Comics. He was the main artist on the \"Superman\" series as well as on Aquaman, where he was teamed up with writer Dan Jurgens. Their work on \"Aquaman\" began with issue #63 and ran until issue #75. In 2001, Epting returned to Marvel's \"Avengers\" for two issues (#36 and #37), which had been relaunched three years earlier with writer Kurt Busiek. Most of his work during the early 2000s was for the independent comics publisher, CrossGen. Epting drew issues #1\u201325 of \"Crux\", a fantasy-adventure book co-created with writer Mark Waid. Epting's next CrossGen project, \"El Cazador\", was an historical adventure centering on a female pirate, it was cancelled after only six issues."}, {"context": " In 2004, Epting returned to Marvel as one of the artists on the \"Ultimate Nightmare\" limited series. In January 2005, Epting teamed with writer Ed Brubaker to relaunch \"Captain America\". Brubaker and Epting produced the storyline in which Captain America was assassinated and replaced by his former sidekick Bucky Barnes. The creative team later collaborated on \"The Marvels Project\" an eight issue limited series. In November 2010, Epting began as the artist on Marvel Comics' flagship title, \"Fantastic Four\". Beginning in issue #583 through #587, Epting illustrated writer Jonathan Hickman's story \"Three\", in which Johnny Storm died. Epting was the artist on the Marvel Comics series, \"FF\".  Epting and Ed Brubaker launched \"Velvet\", an espionage series, for Image Comics in October 2013. Epting collaborated with writer Marguerite Bennett on a new \"Batwoman\" series for DC Comics in 2017."}]}, {"title": "Steve Erickson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Michael \"Steve\" Erickson (born April 20, 1950) is an American novelist. The recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature and a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, he is the only Southern California novelist to win the Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award previously bestowed on William Gaddis, William H. Gass and John Barth. Steve Erickson was born and raised in Los Angeles. For many years his mother, a former actress, ran a small theatre in L.A. His father, who died in 1990, was a photographer. When Erickson was a child he stuttered badly and teachers believed he couldn't read. This motif occasionally has recurred in novels such as \"Amnesiascope.\""}, {"context": " Erickson studied film at UCLA (BA, 1972), then journalism (M.A. 1973). For a few years he worked as a freelance writer for alternative weekly newspapers. His first novel, \"Days Between Stations,\" was published in 1985. Along with two non-fiction books, \"Leap Year\" and \"American Nomad\", Erickson has published a total of ten novels in a dozen languages, and there are unconfirmed rumors that 2017's \"Shadowbahn\" may be his last. Erickson himself appeared briefly as a fictional character in Michael Ventura's 1996 novel, \"The Death of Frank Sinatra\"."}, {"context": " Erickson has written for the \"New York Times Magazine\", \"Esquire\", \"Smithsonian\", \"Rolling Stone\", \"Conjunctions\", \"American Prospect\" and \"Los Angeles\" magazine among others, and twice has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award. For fourteen years he was founding editor of the literary journal \"Black Clock\" until it ceased publication in 2016. He is a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Riverside. Considered a \"writer's writer,\" Erickson frequently is regarded as one of America's greatest living novelists even as some readers in his own country remain unfamiliar with him. His work has been cited by Thomas Pynchon, Haruki Murakami, David Foster Wallace, Dana Spiotta, Neil Gaiman, Richard Powers, Kathy Acker, Jonathan Lethem, William Gibson and Mark Z. Danielewski. Cultural essayist Greil Marcus has called Erickson \"the only authentic American surrealist,\" and Rick Moody has declared Erickson \"in the league of Pynchon, DeLillo, Atwood, Rushdie, Okri, Pamuk, Ondaatje, Lethem\u2014a maximal visionary.\" In characterizing his influences, Erickson was quoted early in his career as stating:When I think of writers who have had an impact on me, I come up with people that never get named [by my reviewers]. Faulkner, Henry Miller, the Bront\u00ebs, Stendhal, Paul Bowles, Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler. I would have to include in that group M\u00e1rquez, who is one writer that has been cited, and you\u2019ve probably got to include in that group Pynchon, simply because Pynchon is a little like Joyce. His influence is so pervasive these days that you can\u2019t help but be influenced by him. Erickson's \"Tours of the Black Clock\" appears on critic Larry McCaffery's list of the . In a winter 2008 poll by the National Book Critics Circle of 800 novelists and writers, \"Zeroville\" was named one of the five favorite novels of the previous year. In the December 2015 issue of \"Granta\", Lethem called the then-still-unpublished \"Shadowbahn\" the best American novel of whatever year in which it was ultimately released."}, {"context": " In late 2014, a motion picture adaptation of \"Zeroville\" began production starring James Franco, Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen, Jacki Weaver and Megan Fox. A finished film has yet to be released. BBC Radio 4 adapted \"Shadowbahn\" as part of its \"Dangerous Visions\" series for broadcast in June 2018. Erickson lives with his family in Topanga Canyon, California. Erickson\u2019s novels revolve around controversial and sometimes misunderstood concepts. One is slavery, both actual and metaphorical. \"Arc d'X\" begins with the story of the love affair between Thomas Jefferson and a slave girl, Sally Hemings. In a number of Erickson\u2019s novels men are profoundly trapped by what they seek or purport to possess, and in virtually all of his novels\u2014particularly \"The Sea Came in at Midnight\" and \"Our Ecstatic Days\" where female characters dominate\u2014a female protagonist is the catalytic figure who sets events into motion. Another important theme in Erickson's novels is parenthood and the loss of a child. \"Our Ecstatic Days\" follows a mother's search for her missing son over the course of a quarter century. The Occupant from \"The Sea Came in at Midnight\" is left by his wife and child. In \"Days Between Stations\" Adolphe and Maurice Sarre are abandoned by their mother and Lauren\u2019s son Jules dies. The profound estrangement from his father of \"Zeroville\"'s central character, Vikar, leads to his obsession with movies, and later he becomes a paternal figure to the teenage Zazi after her mother dies. In \"These Dreams of You\", the adoptive parents of the four-year-old Ethiopian orphan Sheba set out to find the girl's birth mother; in turn Sheba and her brother reappear twelve years older in \"Shadowbahn\" on a road trip to reunite with their mother and reconcile with the memory of their father."}, {"context": " Sometimes Erickson relies on autobiographical information filtered through an unconventional imagination. \"Amnesiascope\" is almost a memoir in which actual people and events from Erickson\u2019s life mix with his imagination. Recurring themes are music (in \"These Dreams of You\" and \"Shadowbahn\") and filmmaking, presented from the perspective of a director (\"Days Between Stations\" and \"The Sea Came in at Midnight\"), screenwriter (\"Rubicon Beach\"), critic (\"Amnesiascope\") and film editor (\"Zeroville\"). Often the films are transgressive and rejected by the audience."}, {"context": " As with his nonfiction books, the preeminent theme of America dominates Erickson's novels from \"Rubicon Beach\" to \"Amnesiascope\" to \"These Dreams of You\" and culminates with \"Shadowbahn\". Some of this work that has been described as apocalyptic now appears prescient. Since the late 1980s these stories have anticipated America's political crumbling and the slow obliteration of the world in which Erickson's characters live. Long before general public awareness of climate change, nature itself became an alien force out of control in Erickson's books (the long winter in Paris, sand storms in L.A. and the disappearance of water in Venice and the Mediterranean region in \"Days Between Stations\"; the earthquake in \"Amnesiascope\"; the lake that floods L.A. in both \"Rubicon Beach\" and \"Our Ecstatic Days\"; the vanishing rain in \"Shadowbahn\"). The characters of the novels often live in metropoles\u2014L.A., New York City, Berlin, Paris or Tokyo\u2014in which unexpected natural phenomena cause chaos and reveal how brittle civilization actually is. Erickson makes occasional use of somewhat supernatural elements such as bizarre artifacts (a bottle with human eyes from \"Days Between Stations\"), the extraordinary gifts of some characters (Catherine from \"Rubicon Beach\"), and impossible historical events (the Twin Towers' reappearance in the Dakota Badlands from \"Shadowbahn\"). The most powerful force of Erickson\u2019s universe is love, often passionate, sensual, overpowering, unstoppable. Lovers hurt each other but at the same time cannot live without each other. When the love is lost, people become empty, bitter or full of hatred. The affection is almost like possession."}, {"context": " Erickson\u2019s characters appear in multiple books. Besides the children of \"These Dreams of You\" who are grown in \"Shadowbahn\", Adolphe Sarre from \"Days Between Stations\" is alluded to in \"Zeroville\" and \"Amnesiascope\", Lauren from \"Days Between Stations\" reappears briefly in \"Arc d'X\", and Carl has recurring cameos in \"Days Between Stations\", \"Tours of the Black Clock\", \"Amnesiascope\" and \"The Sea Came in at Midnight\". Lauren and Jeanine from \"Days Between Stations\", and Catherine and Leigh from \"Rubicon Beach\", are imaginings of the protagonist in the subsequent \"Tours of the Black Clock\". Wade and Mallory from \"Rubicon Beach\" reemerge as major characters in \"Arc d\u2019X\" as does Sally Hemings who is introduced in the supposedly nonfiction \"Leap Year\". Viv from \"Amnesiascope\" returns years later as the adoptive mother in search of her daughter's past in \"These Dreams of You\", and Maxxi Maraschino from \"The Sea Came In At Midnight\" is mentioned on a concert poster in \"Zeroville\". Kristin features in both \"The Sea Came in at Midnight\" and \"Our Ecstatic Days\" while Banning Jainlight from \"Tours of the Black Clock\" manifests as an altered incarnation with the same name in \"Our Ecstatic Days\". Cale from \"Rubicon Beach\" returns, in altered form with his name spelled Kale, in \"Our Ecstatic Days\". Erickson's friend and fellow novelist Michael Ventura shows up in \"Leap Year\", \"Amnesiascope\" and \"American Nomad\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ernst", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Eric Ernst (born June 11, 1967) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Olivet Comets men's basketball team in Olivet, Michigan."}]}, {"title": "Steve Erwin", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Erwin (born January 16, 1960) is an American comics artist best known as the co-creator of \"Checkmate\" and \"Gunfire\" for DC Comics. Erwin studied commercial art at Oklahoma State University\u2013Okmulgee. He credits Neal Adams' Batman stories and Gene Colan/Tom Palmer's work on \"Daredevil\" as having \"won my heart in junior high to aspiring (dreaming) to be a comic book artist.\" Erwin's first published comic book work appeared in \"Grimjack\" #18 (Jan. 1986) published by First Comics. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked primarily for DC Comics, his first story for that publisher appearing in \"The Vigilante\" #48 (Dec. 1987). After that title's cancellation, Erwin co-created the title \"Checkmate!\" with writer Paul Kupperberg. In August 1991, Erwin and Marv Wolfman launched the \"Deathstroke The Terminator\" title, a series which Erwin would draw from 1991 to 1994. The Gunfire character was created by Len Wein and Erwin in \"Deathstroke the Terminator Annual\" #3 (October 1993). Erwin drew the comics adaptation of \"Batman Returns\" as well as \"\", the graphic novel adaptation of \"The Ashes of Eden\", and the \"Mike Danger\" series published by Tekno Comix.  In 2007, Erwin was inducted into the Oklahoma Cartoonists Hall of Fame in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, located in the Toy and Action Figure Museum."}]}, {"title": "Steve Etches", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Dr Steve Etches MBE is an English plumber, fossil collector and preparator in Kimmeridge, on the Isle of Purbeck. He was born in 1949 and, from an early age, he began to find, collect and restore the fossils he found on the Jurassic Coast. His collection is now housed in a museum called The Etches Collection which was purpose-built, both to house the collection and to replace the deteriorating local village hall. He has won prizes for his palaeontology and was made a member of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen in 2014. On 24 July 2016, Steve Etches was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science, \"honoris causa\", by the University of Southampton."}, {"context": " Steve Etches has been collecting for over 30 years, and in this time he has amassed an important collection of rare and unique fossils. His first find was a flint fossil sea urchin which he found at age 5. His collection now contains about 2,300 specimens, many of which are scientifically significant. Whilst cephalopod eggs had previously been described twice within scientific literature, the discovery of 8 clusters of eggs in association with perisphinctid ammonite by Steve Etches, Jane Clarke and John Callomon in 2008 provides the best preserved example of this rare glimpse into the life cycle of ammonites. The eggs show some phosphatic films suggesting that the eggs were already decaying at their time of burial."}, {"context": " The skull of the pterosaur Cuspicephalus was collected from the Kimmeridge Clay by Steve Etches in December 2009 and then named by Steve Etches and David Martill in 2013. Pterosaurs are considered rare within the Kimmeridge Clay as the clays were deposited a considerable distance from land and so such finds are thought to result from crash landings, possibly as a result of poor weather. Such a landing on water would be likely be fatal to pterosaurs as their thin, hollow bones would be prone to breaking on impact with the sea, as seen in other pterosaur specimens collected by Steve.  Other finds by Steve include an exceptionally well-preserved dragonfly wing; the oldest recorded barnacle displaying colour and a new genus of barnacle that has since been found living in the sea around Japan. A Jurassic species of ray, \"Kimmerobatis etchesi\", was named in his honour. These specimens can all be seen in the Etches Collection museum."}]}, {"title": "Steve Evans", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve or Stephen Evans may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Evans (baseball)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Louis Richard (Steve) Evans (February 17, 1885 \u2013 December 28, 1943) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. Evans was born and died in Cleveland, Ohio. He signed his first professional contract in 1907 with Dayton of the Class-B Central League. From 1908 through 1915, he played in the National League with the New York Giants (1908) and St. Louis Cardinals (1910\u201313), and in the Federal League for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1914\u201315) and Baltimore Terrapins (1915). Evans batted and threw left-handed."}, {"context": " In an eight-season career, Evans posted a .287 batting average with 32 home runs and 466 RBI in 978 games played. He added 478 runs, 963 hits, 175 doubles, 67 triples and 86 stolen bases. He led the National League in being hit by pitched balls each year from 1910 to 1912, setting a single-season record of 31 in 1910 that stood for 61 years before it was finally broken by Ron Hunt. He also set the record for being hit by a pitch in a single game, being hit three times in a game against Brooklyn."}]}, {"title": "Steve Evans (broadcaster)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Evans (January 13, 1942 \u2013 November 1, 2000) was an American motorsports broadcaster with a career that spanned four decades. Evans started announcing drag races at age 19 at the fabled San Gabriel and Fontana tracks in California and later managed all three of Southern California's famed tracks, which included Lions Dragstrip, Orange County Int'l Raceway, and Irwindale Raceway. He began announcing national events in 1966 and a year later he went to work full time as editor of National DRAGSTER, and later as public relations director for NHRA. Evans worked on NHRA's syndicated TV shows for more than two decades and covered NHRA drag racing on TNN, ABC, and NBC. He was also the host of the weekly television newsmagazine NHRA Today, which aired over 500 shows between 1990 and 1998. During his tenure with TNN, Evans also covered other motorsports events, such as NASCAR and World of Outlaws sprint car racing."}, {"context": " Evans also is remembered for an endless variety of unforgettable and award-winning radio commercials hawking weekly events at the tracks that he managed. In 1987, Evans released Be There, a cassette compilation of his greatest hits, along with other memorable drag racing radio commercials. He later re-released the collection in CD format. After missing a production meeting in advance of calling the World of Outlaws race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Evans died in his sleep in a Las Vegas hotel room on November 1, 2000. He was 58."}]}, {"title": "Steve Evans (darts player)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Evans (born 7 January 1972) is a former Welsh darts player who played in the Professional Darts Corporation. Evans joined the PDC in 2003, and reached the last 32 of the 2004 UK Open, eventually losing to John MaGowan. He qualified for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship, losing 0\u20133 to Steve Beaton in the first round. He also qualified for the 2011 World Championship, again losing 0\u20133 in the first round to Simon Whitlock. After coming dangerously close to having to pack in the game due to the financial restraints of touring, Steve announced on 21 March 2012 that he has acquired a full sponsor to continue his PDC career. In April, he earned a place in the European Tour Event 1 in Vienna by defeating Ian Jopling and Jamie Lewis in the UK qualifier. He played Steve Brown in the first round and won 6\u20132, but then lost to Wes Newton 2\u20136 in round two. This later proved to be Evans' best result of 2012 and earned him \u00a31,000. He also qualified for the second European Tour event, held in Berlin, with a win over John Henderson in the UK qualifier. He faced Brown again in the first round and this time lost 3\u20136. Evans has not competed in a PDC event since this defeat. After the 2013 PDC World Championship he was ranked world number 79, outside of the top 64 who retain their places on the PDC tour. He did not enter Q School and has therefore lost his PDC tour card for 2013. Evans was knocked out in the quarter-finals of the 2014's first Challenge Tour event 5\u20131 by Matthew Edgar. He did not play in an event in 2015 and only entered five in 2016."}]}, {"title": "Steve Evans (field hockey)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Evans (born 26 April 1976) is a South African former field hockey player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics."}]}, {"title": "Steve Evans (footballer, born 1962)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen J. Evans (born 30 October 1962) is a Scottish former footballer who is currently the manager of Peterborough United. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Evans played professional football for Bolton Wanderers, Clyde, Albion Rovers, Ayr United, Hamilton Academical and St Johnstone until a knee ligament injury ended his playing career at 24. After his retirement he became a manager. Prior to taking charge at Crawley Town, he managed Stamford and Boston United, the latter on two separate occasions."}, {"context": " A controversial figure, whilst manager of Boston United he was successfully prosecuted for tax evasion. However, in charge of Rotherham United, he led the club to two successive promotions. He left the club in late September 2015. On 19 October 2015, Evans replaced Uwe R\u00f6sler as Head Coach of Leeds United, before being sacked in May 2016. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Evans was spotted by scouts from English team Bolton Wanderers when playing for his local youth football club in Glasgow, and he joined Bolton after leaving school."}, {"context": " Evans failed to break into the first team at Bolton and was released in 1979. He then returned to his native Scotland and joined Clyde, where he played in 36 league matches, scoring four goals, before joining Albion Rovers in 1981, where he scored 28 goals in 76 league matches during three years at Cliftonhill.Then he failed to break into Sevilla FC-he was in the Spanish team during 3 days and played against MAS Fez - so he moved to Ayr United in 1984, scoring four goals in 30 matches, and to Hamilton Academical in 1985, where he only played in two league matches. He joined St Johnstone in 1985 and scored six goals in 24 matches before a knee ligament injury ended his playing career in 1986, aged 24."}, {"context": " Evans started his managerial career with Stamford in 1994, who he led to the United Counties Football League Premier Division title and to promotion to the Southern Football League. After resigning as Stamford manager he was appointed manager of Boston United in October 1998. He managed Boston to promotion from the Southern Football League to the Football Conference in 2000 and subsequently to the Football League in 2002. Both promotions have since been overshadowed by revelations of off-the-field cheating."}, {"context": " Evans was suspended by Boston as manager on 4 July 2002 after a much-publicised Football Association (The FA) investigation into \"contract irregularities\". He later resigned as manager of the club in September 2002, after still being suspended by the club. He was found guilty by The FA in December 2002 of impeding an FA inquiry into contract irregularities. Evans was also suspended from the game for 20 months in January 2003 for involvement of the affairs of Boston, in which players' contracts lodged with the FA contained false salary details. Evans was further accused of impeding the inquiry and fined \u00a38,000. Evans lodged an appeal against charges in May 2003, but The FA rejected his appeal later that month and the punishment stood."}, {"context": " An announcement was made on 20 February 2004 that Evans would return as Boston's manager on 2 March. In September 2005, Evans and four other people connected with Boston appeared in court, denying fraud charges. In November 2005, Evans was given a \u00a31,000 fine, suspended for a year, after admitting to using insulting or abusive words to the match official in a match against Peterborough United in October 2005. On 11 February 2006, he was escorted from Grimsby Town's stadium Blundell Park by Humberside Police at half-time, after he berated the fourth official after being incensed when Grimsby goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall appeared to handle the ball outside his area and was immediately spoken to by a police officer after a complaint of alleged foul and abusive language. After the match Boston chairman Jon Sotnick accused the football authorities of waging a \"conspiracy\" against his manager. In October 2006, Evans was linked with the vacant Darlington managerial vacancy, but Boston chairman James Rodwell and Evans both denied the link. Also in October, Evans was sent from the dugout after an altercation with Wycombe Wanderers player Tommy Doherty. After pleading guilty to conspiracy to evade tax, on 3 November 2006 Evans received a one-year suspended sentence and a \u00a31,000 fine. Despite these events, Evans kept his manager's position at Boston, a decision that angered the Boston United Supporters' Trust."}, {"context": " In March 2007, Evans was left with only 11 professional footballers for the relegation clash with Bury. Although players were back from suspension, Evans was left frustrated after players such as Barnsley's on-loan striker Nathan Joynes quit the club, which left him with just 12 fit senior players and he was forced to put 16- and 17-year-olds on an incomplete substitute's bench. After drawing 1\u20131 in their penultimate match of the season against relegated Torquay United, Boston needed a win against relegation rivals Wrexham to avoid the drop out of league football."}, {"context": " On 5 May 2007 Boston faced Wrexham in a win or bust situation, and things were looking good for the team when Francis Green opened the scoring for Evans' outfit, who lead 1\u20130 at half-time, but in the second half United conceded a penalty kick, which Wrexham defender Ryan Valentine converted, and so was the goal that sent Boston down. Two late goals from Chris Llewellyn and Michael Proctor rubber-stamped Wrexham's survival and saw Boston lose 3\u20131. On 8 May 2007, Evans pledged his commitment to the club despite their relegation and return to non-League football. However, on 27 May, Evans and his assistant manager Paul Raynor resigned from Boston with immediate effect. Evans' two occasions as manager combined at Boston made him the club's second longest serving manager behind Fred Tunstall, who had three occasions as manager of the club in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. He managed the team on 354 occasions, which resulted in 145 wins, 99 draws and 110 losses."}, {"context": " On 29 May 2007, two days after resigning from the Boston managerial post, Evans took over as Crawley Town manager. He has been sent from the dugout numerous times, which resulted in a ten match ban during the 2008\u201309 season. He verbally accepted a new three-year contract with Crawley in February 2011. During the 2010\u201311 season, Crawley reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, beating Swindon Town of League One, Derby County of the Championship and Torquay United of League Two. In the fifth round they were drawn against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Crawley lost this match 1\u20130 but earned over \u00a31 million for this match alone. Evans stated afterwards \"I think we have done our football club proud and we wanted to go away with some respect\" and \"We have had a fantastic run in the competition and we could not have wished it to finish anywhere else\". On 9 April 2011 Crawley clinched promotion to Football League Two for the 2011\u201312 season. After August, Evans, along with striker Tyrone Barnett, was nominated for Player of the Month for August and League Two Manager of the Month for August respectively for Crawley Town but lost to Andy Scott for League Two Manager of the Month for August and Mark Arber for Player of the Month for August. Despite this, Evans was named October Manager of the Month due to having five wins, including a 5\u20132 away victory at AFC Wimbledon, strengthening their push for a second consecutive promotion."}, {"context": " Evans left Crawley on 9 April 2012 to be appointed manager of fellow League Two club Rotherham United on a three-year contract. In September 2012, Evans was given a six-match stadium ban and fined \u00a33,000 by the Football Association after being found guilty of \"using abusive and insulting words and behaviour\" towards a female member of Bradford City's staff, an incident which occurred during his time at Crawley In his first full season at the club, Rotherham showed inconsistent form throughout, but a run of 5 wins in their last 5 games saw them elevate into the automatic promotion places, finishing second behind champions Gillingham, after a 2 \u2013 0 win over Aldershot Town saw Rotherham promoted on the final day."}, {"context": " Starting the following season in League One, Evans continued to produce good results, an honorable mention being the 6-0 win at home against Notts County. Rotherham were promoted later that season in May 2014, drawing the play-off final 2-2 over 120 minutes, and subsequently beating Leyton Orient 4 \u2013 3 in a penalty shootout. On 29 May 2014, Evans agreed a new three-year contract with Rotherham, live on Sky Sports News, a deal which would commit him to the club until 2017. Evans also kept Rotherham in The Championship during their first season back in the Championship, with a game to spare, he infamously wore a sombrero, shorts and sandals to the fixture against Leeds United at Elland Road on the final day of the season in celebration."}, {"context": " On 28 September 2015, Evans and his assistant manager Paul Raynor left Rotherham with the club citing that the two parties wanted to take the club in different directions. He was replaced as Manager on 9 October by former Leeds Head Coach Neil Redfearn. On 19 October 2015, it was announced Evans would become the new Head Coach of fellow Championship side, Leeds United on a rolling contract until the end of the 2015/16 season, with the option of a 2nd year, replacing previous Head Coach Uwe R\u00f6sler. Evans' assistant at Rotherham, Paul Raynor, also joined him as part of the Coaching staff."}, {"context": " On the same day as hiring Evans, it was announced by the Football League that Leeds Owner Massimo Cellino had been disqualified as Leeds Owner after failing the Owners & Directors Test. Evans took charge of a Leeds side with them 1 point off the relegation zone, however, he managed to guide Leeds to a 13th-place finish at the end of the 2015/16 season with Leeds finishing 15 points behind the playoff positions. He also gave d\u00e9buts to 3 academy graduates during the 2015/16 season with Lewie Coyle, Bailey Peacock-Farrell and Ronaldo Vieira all making their d\u00e9buts under Evans during his tenure. Evans also helped Leeds have an FA Cup run, however his side were knocked out on 20 February 2016 against Premier League side Watford F.C. in a narrow 1-0 defeat after a high-profile own goal from Leeds defender Scott Wootton to send Watford through to the FA Cup Quarter Final."}, {"context": " During the final months of the season, Evans future at Leeds remained under question with speculation about Fabio Cannavaro becoming a favourite to become the next Leeds Head Coach, Cellino revealed on 24 March that he would make a decision if Evans would be Leeds Head Coach for the following season at the end of the 2015/16 season. However, on 18 April, Cellino's interview with the Daily Telegraph cast further doubt of Evans long term prospects, Cellino advised he felt Evans 'talks too much' and that Evans had to learn to 'shut his mouth'."}, {"context": " After the final game of the 2015/16 season against Preston North End, a tearful Evans proclaimed that he had a 'gut feeling' that his contract would not be renewed by Cellino. On 23 May 2016, it was revealed that MK Dons Manager Karl Robinson had turned down the opportunity from Massimo Cellino to become Leeds United Head Coach, further casting doubt on Evans' future at the club. On 27 May, after being turned down by Robinson, Cellino then approached Bristol Rovers Manager Darrell Clarke to replace Evans, however again was rebuffed with Clarke preferring to sign a new deal at Bristol. On 27 May, Evans revealed that despite Cellino publicly approaching other managers to replace him that he would still say 'yes' if Cellino was to ask him to stay on as Leeds Head Coach, however he also revealed that he would need to be given an answer regarding his future - \"I need to establish, in the next week or so at the latest, whether I have a plan going forward at Leeds United.\""}, {"context": " On 31 May 2016, Evans and his assistant Paul Raynor were both sacked by Leeds Owner Massimo Cellino, becoming the 6th manager sacked by Cellino in 2 years. On Evans' sacking Cellino revealed in a club statement that he felt the club 'needed a different approach in order to achieve targets for the new season'. On 2 June 2016, Garry Monk was appointed Head Coach of Championship club Leeds United on a one-year rolling contract replacing Evans. On 14 June, after being linked with the Managerial vacancy at Bradford City, Evans revealed to Telegraph & Argus he had held talks with a club in China to manage a club in China League One, Evans described the financial package as 'mind-blowing' but rejected the job due to personal reasons to stay with his family in England. On 21 June Evans was offered the managerial job at League 1 side Oldham Athletic but after originally agreeing personal terms he decided to pursue other managerial offers in the pipeline.  Evans was appointed manager of League Two side Mansfield Town on 16 November 2016, replacing Adam Murray. He resigned on 27 February 2018, and was appointed manager of Peterborough United a day later. Evans is married to Sarah-Jane and has two daughters.<ref name=\"Boston United Squad 2003/2004\"></ref> Evans is a supporter of Scottish club Celtic. Stamford Boston United Crawley Town Rotherham United"}]}, {"title": "Steve Evans (footballer, born 1979)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven James Evans (born 26 February 1979) is a Welsh professional footballer and assistant first-team manager The New Saints. Evans played for TNS over two spells either side of a three-year tenure at hometown club Wrexham. Evans also represented Oswestry Town and Connah's Quay Nomads on loan, in 2001\u201302 and 2014\u201315 respectively. He is a Welsh international, having played for his country at semi-pro and full levels. In 2008, he became the first Non-League footballer to be capped by Wales since 1930 \u2013 a 76-year gap."}, {"context": " Evans began his career with as a trainee at Crewe Alexandra and West Bromwich Albion but was not offered a professional contract by either club. He joined League of Wales side Total Network Solutions (TNS) in the summer of 1999, playing in the title-winning side of 2000. He struggled to keep a first-team place in the 2001\u201302 season due to injury and joined Oswestry Town on loan. After six appearances for Oswestry Town, he returned to TNS and played in the title winning sides of 2005 and 2006 and the 2005 Welsh Cup with victory over Carmarthen Town."}, {"context": " He won the Welsh Premier player of the season award for 2004\u201305. Evans played two games against the then-European champions Liverpool in the summer of 2005; TNS lost both legs 3\u20130 but he and the rest of the side were praised for their performances against a side containing the likes of England midfielder Steven Gerrard with Liverpool manager Rafael Ben\u00edtez saying, \"\"TNS were well organised and they did well. We saw them on videos before the tie and we knew that they would be prepared.\"\". Evans was inducted as a Saints legend in May 2008."}, {"context": " In February 2006, Evans impressed for the Saints in an FAW Premier Cup semi-final against League Two side Wrexham, scoring an equaliser in extra-time to force the game into penalties, and joined Wrexham on a two-year deal in June 2006. He had made over 150 league and cup appearances for TNS. Wrexham manager, Denis Smith, said of him, \"\"He can be as good as he wants to be \u2013 maybe he could even do a good job for Wales. Steve's good in the air, can pass well and reads the game. He's older and wiser and benefits from experience.\"\""}, {"context": " After joining the Racecourse club, he scored on his home debut against Grimsby Town in a 3\u20130 win. He was sent-off for two bookings in the cross-border derby against rivals Chester City at the Deva Stadium in August 2006; Denis Smith, however, said that he had \"\"...been outstanding for me since coming into the League. He was looking a bit 'leggy', he's finding full-time football a bit different, but he'll learn from this.\"\" In spite of that setback, Evans made a seamless transition from the largely semi-professional Welsh Premier League to the fully professional League Two, making 40 league and cup appearances for Wrexham in the 2006\u201307 season, which was interrupted by a five-match ban during March 2007 for having been sent off three times in the season, and 32 league and cup appearances in the 2007\u201308 season. Following Wrexham's relegation to the Football Conference at the end of the 2007\u201308 season, he was out of contract and was considering his options. He signed a new one-year deal with Wrexham in June 2008, with an option for a further twelve months. However Evans fell out of favour during the season and was released by the club, along with Shaun Pejic, on 2 February."}, {"context": " Evans then rejoined his former club TNS, by now named The New Saints, the next day. In October 2010 he was fined and stripped of the captaincy of the team as part of The New Saints' actions following his arrest in September 2010 on a public order offence. He was also given extensive additional community work for the club, to play an active role in the coaching and development of young players at the club, assisting the academy and scholarship coaching programmes as well as becoming a player ambassador for the club's Football in the Community programme, working with local schools and junior clubs. In November it was announced that after failing to comply with some of the additional responsibilities set out by the club, that his contract had been terminated. After a long running contractual dispute with his former club, in May 2011 an independent Football Association of Wales tribunal in favour of Evans and decided that the player had been unfairly dismissed. The club announced that he had therefore returned to training with the club and was still contracted to the team."}, {"context": " Whilst as the New Saints he completed his UEFA B Licence coaching qualification. In May 2012 he signed a new contract with the club. In September 2014, after two serious injuries he joined Connah's Quay Nomads on loan to get playing time. Evans made nine appearances for the Welsh semi-professional side during his first spell at TNS, between the 2002\u201303 and 2004\u201305 seasons. Whilst at Wrexham, he also impressed Wales manager John Toshack and made his international debut for Wales in a friendly against Liechtenstein in November 2006. He was called up again for Wales' 0\u20130 draw against Northern Ireland in February 2007 when he was praised by John Toshack who said, \"\"Steve's in a difficult situation at the bottom of the league with Wrexham, but he's come into our last two games and not put a foot wrong. He handled all the aerial stuff and has shown he can step up a level.\"\" Evans would make four more appearances in Welsh colours in 2007: against Republic of Ireland and San Marino in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, and friendlies against New Zealand and Bulgaria.  In September 2008, with Wrexham relegated to the Football Conference, Evans became the first non-league player to represent Wales for 76 years as a second-half substitute in Wales' 2\u20131 defeat away to Russia in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. , he is also the most recent to do so. The Russia match was Evans' most recent international appearance; he has made a total of seven appearances for his country. Individual"}]}, {"title": "Steve Evans (rugby league)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Evans (1957/58 \u2013 16 September 2017) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage \u2116 538), Hull FC, Bradford Northern and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage \u2116 973), as a or . Evans joined Featherstone Rovers in 1976 and was a member of the squad that won the 1976\u201377 Championship. The following season he played in Featherstone Rovers' 7\u201317 defeat by Castleford in the 1977 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1977\u201378 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1977."}, {"context": " Steve Evans won caps for Yorkshire while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1979\u201380 season against Cumbria and Lancashire, and during the 1981\u201382 season as an interchange/substitute against Cumbria. In 1982 he was transferred to Hull F.C. for a fee of \u00a370,000. At Hull he appeared in three Challenge Cup finals, the first in 1982 when he played left- in Hull FC's 14\u201314 draw with Widnes in the 1982 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 1 May 1982, in front of a crowd of 92,147, and played left- in the 18\u20139 victory over Widnes in the replay at Elland Road, Leeds on Wednesday 19 May 1982, in front of a crowd of 41,171."}, {"context": " The following year he played at right- in Hull's 12\u201314 defeat by his old side Featherstone. The third was when he played right- and scored a try in Hull FC's 24\u201328 defeat by Wigan in the 1985 Challenge Cup Final during the at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 4 May 1985, in front of a crowd of 99,801, in what is regarded as the most marvellous cup final in living memory, which Hull narrowly lost after fighting back from 12\u201328 down at half-time. He also appeared at , and scored a try in Hull's 18\u20137 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1982 Yorkshire Cup Final at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 2 October 1982, and played left- and scored a try in the 18-7 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1984 Yorkshire Cup Final at Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull on Saturday 27 October 1984."}, {"context": " Evans played in Hull's 0\u201312 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1984\u201385 John Player Special Trophy Final at Boothferry Park on Saturday 26 January 1985. Evans left Hull in 1986 and had short careers at Bradford Northern and Wakefield Trinity before retiring as a player. Between 2004 and 2006 he was chairman of Featherstone Rovers. Evans won caps for England while at Featherstone Rovers in 1979 against France, in 1980 against Wales, and France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Featherstone Rovers in 1979 against Australia, Australia (sub) (2 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches), in 1980 against New Zealand, and New Zealand (sub).  While playing at Hull FC, Evans was selected to play in two of Great Britain's three games against Australia for the 1982 Ashes, scoring the Lions' sole try of the series."}]}, {"title": "Steve Evans (writer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Burgess Evans (born April 1, 1963 in Charlottesville, Virginia) is an American investigative journalist, author, communications professional and film historian. A Poynter Institute for Media Studies Fellow, Evans has received first place awards for feature writing from the Virginia Press Association and Tennessee Press Association. He has also received numerous awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for excellence in academic writing and publishing in higher education. His writing and photography have appeared in more than 50 print publications, including \"The Wall Street Journal\", the \"Los Angeles Times,\" \"The Richmond Times-Dispatch\", the \"Miami Herald\" and \"The Washington Post\", as well as scores of online publications. Evans' film commentary appears on DVDVerdict.com, RottenTomatoes.com, CinemaUprising.blogspot.com, IMDb.com, and has been featured on The Criterion Collection homepage, among many other online sites devoted to film appreciation and cinema history."}, {"context": " He is a graduate of the University of Virginia master's degree program for studies in classical rhetoric and communication theory. During his time at UVA he received the departmental award for outstanding teaching in his work with undergraduates. Evans received a bachelor's degree with honors in journalism and political science from Virginia Commonwealth University. His journalism focuses on business & finance, international stock markets and the myriad, endlessly creative schemes people concoct to multiply their coin. His business reporting appears regularly on Yahoo Finance, MSN Money, Morningstar, Benzinga and other market facing sites."}, {"context": " As a movie writer and film historian, Evans has published more than 6,500 detailed reviews of motion pictures produced in virtually every country with a film industry. An international readership follows his website celebrating classic, obscure and contemporary cinema, as well as film history. Evans' writing and research on world cinema focus on a richer appreciation of life as viewed through the prism of different cultures that use film as a medium for artistic expression. Google has indexed every post on his film blog, and Evans' work is widely referenced in other major search engines including Yahoo and Bing.  His new screenplay, \"Monet for Nothing,\" centers on an international art heist by an American expatriate couple on the lam in Paris \u2014 running from Interpol, the mafia and a cabal of obnoxious, oddball in-laws."}]}, {"title": "Steve Everitt", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Michael \"Steve\" Everitt (born August 21, 1970) is a former American football player. He played college football as a center for the University of Michigan from 1989 to 1992. He played professional football as a center and offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons, including 46 games for the Cleveland Browns from 1993 to 1995 and 45 games for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1997 to 1999. Everitt was born in Miami, Florida, in 1970. He attended Southridge High School in Miami. He graduated in 1988 and is part of their \"Hall of Fame\"."}, {"context": " Everitt enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1988 and played college football as a center for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1989 to 1992. As a freshman, Everitt started all 12 games at center for the 1989 Michigan Wolverines football team that compiled a 10-2 record in Bo Schembechler's last season as Michigan's head coach. He then shared the starting center role with Matt Elliott during the 1990 and 1991 seasons. As a senior, he started all 12 games for the undefeated 1992 Michigan team that compiled a 9-0-3 record, outscored opponents 389-198, and defeated Washington in the 1993 Rose Bowl. He was selected as a first-team player on the 1992 All-Big Ten Conference football team."}, {"context": " Everitt was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the first round (14th overall pick) of the 1993 NFL Draft. He played three seasons for the Browns from 1993 to 1995, appearing in 46 games, including 45 games at the team's starting center. After the Browns moved to Baltimore in 1996 Everitt was fined $5,000 by the league for wearing a Browns bandana with his Ravens uniform, which he did in protest of the team's relocation . He appeared in eight games for the Ravens in 1996. In March 1997, Everitt signed a five-year $11.5 million contract with the Philadelphia Eagles. He spent three years with the Eagles, appearing in 45 games as the team's starting center. In April 2000, Everitt was released by the Eagles.  In June 2000, Everitt signed a two-year contract with the St. Louis Rams. He appeared in only four games for the Rams, one as a starter, and all during the 2000 NFL season. In eight years in the NFL, Everitt appeared in 103 games, 98 of them as a starter, and registered five fumble recoveries."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eves", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Eves formerly held the world record for the tallest and heaviest amateur rocket ever successfully launched. The rocket was tall and weighed . On Saturday April 25, 2009 Eves launched the 1/10 scale replica of the Saturn V rocket into the air, and successfully recovered it. The launch occurred on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay under supervision of the Maryland-Delaware Rocketry Association. The rocket was powered by a matrix of nine motors: eight 13,000Ns N-Class motors surrounding a central 77,000Ns P-Class motor, for a total of 181,000Ns."}]}, {"title": "Steve Evets", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Evets (born Steven Murphy; 26 July 1959) is an English actor and musician, who found fame in the leading role in the 2009 film \"Looking for Eric\". Born in Salford, Lancashire, Evets joined the Merchant Navy after leaving school, but was kicked out after three years, after jumping ship twice in Japan and spending his eighteenth birthday in a Bombay brothel. In 1987 Evets was injured in a pub brawl and spent time on a life support machine. He was stabbed through the liver, lung and diaphragm, was glassed in the face and had his throat cut."}, {"context": " Evets briefly worked delivering pipes alongside his acting career, and as an electrician. As there was already a Steve Murphy on the books of Equity, he decided on the palindromic stage name Steve Evets, \"The first thing that popped into my head was 'Steve' backwards ... so I put that on the form.\" Evets's early acting work included a street theatre company formed with two friends. He moved into theatre work, and had small roles in several television series such as \"\", \"Casualty\", \"Life on Mars\", \"The Cops\", \"Shameless\", and \"Emmerdale\"."}, {"context": " In between acting roles, he worked under the name Adolph Chip-pan, performing political comedy poetry in Manchester. He also worked as a musician, and was introduced to Mark E. Smith of the Fall in the mid-1990s, leading to Evets performing his poetry at some Fall gigs. When Smith found that Evets could play bass guitar, he was drafted into the band in Turkey after previous bassist Jim Watts had been sacked. Evets played in The Fall between 2000 and 2002, before leaving to front his own band, Dr Freak's Padded Cell, which he described as \"electronic dance music with sort of very political overtones\", even getting Smith to provide guest vocals on one track; Evets made a video for the track and posted it on YouTube, much to the dislike of Smith, ending their friendship."}, {"context": " His first major film role came in 2008, playing a terminally-ill wheelchair-bound alcoholic opposite Robert Carlyle, in \"Summer\". He followed this with the lead role in Ken Loach's 2009 film, \"Looking for Eric\"; his performance saw him tipped for the Best Actor award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2010 to 2014 he appeared as the homeless drug addict Colin in the acclaimed TV series \"Rev\". He played Morty in Vertigo Films' 2012 low-budget horror film \"The Facility\" (originally titled \"Guinea Pigs\") directed by Ian Clark. He starred in a music video for Salford-based band Emperor Zero's 2011 song \"Man with Red Eyes\".  Steve Evets appeared in the first three episodes of the first series of BBC Three zombie drama in the Flesh, but did not return for series 2 due to his character's death. In 2015 Evets' appeared as Jim Smith in the BBC TV series \"Death in Paradise\" episode 4.5 and he also appeared as Bertrand in the BBC TV series \"The Musketeers\" episode 2.5 \"The Return\". In February 2016, he appeared in the BBC One drama series \"Moving On\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Evetts", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Evetts is an American record producer who has produced music for Alesana, Poison the Well, A Static Lullaby, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sepultura, Symphony X, Saves the Day, Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, Hightower, Story of the Year, Every Time I Die, Earth Crisis, Still Remains, Our Last Night, and The Wonder Years. Steve Evetts has been an active producer since 1992, producing mostly metal albums, as well as indie, and emo bands."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ewing", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Ewing is the lead singer of the St. Louis, Missouri-based band The Urge. Ewing made eight records with the band, and they toured for over a decade with heavyweights such as 311, Korn, and Incubus. Their three major label records on Immortal/Epic and Immortal/Virgin Records sold nearly one million copies worldwide. In 1998, Steve Ewing and The Urge scored a \"Billboard\" Top Ten hit, \"Jump Right In\" from their album \"Master of Styles\". He now does solo work with The Steve Ewing Band and acoustic shows with his guitarist Trent Reed.  A documentary film about his life and career called \"Substance & Sound\" is currently being filmed, produced, and directed by Doo-Wop Productions LLC, a video production house out of St. Louis, Mo. Ewing is the owner and operator of Steve's Sausages, located within the limits of Scott AFB, IL, and Steve's Hot Dogs, in the Tower Grove neighborhood, on the Hill, and inside The Pageant concert venue, in St. Louis."}]}, {"title": "Steve Eyre", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Frederick \"Steve\" Eyre (born 9 May 1972) is a football manager, who is currently a 1st Team Coach at Fleetwood, having been appointed on the 21st May by new manager Joey Barton. Born in Salford, his father is ex-player and radio pundit Fred Eyre. Steve played for several non-league clubs in the north west of England, enjoying his best times as a player at Chorley. After quitting playing aged 19 to take up coaching Eyre moved up the ranks to coach Manchester City's youth team where he won five youth league titles and led the club to two FA Youth Cup final appearances, winning in 2008. He spent 21 years with Manchester City."}, {"context": " On 13 June 2011, Eyre was appointed Rochdale manager, after Keith Hill signed for Barnsley. On 19 December 2011, with the club in 22nd place in League One, Rochdale terminated the contracts of Eyre and his assistant manager Frankie Bunn. On 12 April 2012, Eyre was appointed the role of Senior Professional Development Coach at League One club Huddersfield Town, taking a leading role in the club's Development Squad. Following Simon Grayson's sacking on 24 January 2013, he and Mark Lillis became joint caretaker managers until a successor was chosen.  He is married to Claire, with whom he has three daughters."}]}, {"title": "Steve F. Anderson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve F. Anderson is Professor of Digital Media at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Previously, he served as founding director of the Ph.D. program in Media Arts and Practice at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and an Associate Professor in the USC Interactive Media & Games Division. He co-edits the interdisciplinary electronic journal Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular and is the founder of Critical Commons, an online media archive and fair use advocacy network. He is author of the books \"Technologies of Vision: The War Between Data and Images\" (MIT 2018) and \"Technologies of History: Visual Media and the Eccentricity of the Past\" (Dartmouth 2011)."}, {"context": " \"Technologies of History\" marks an intervention in the academic sub-field of Film and History, which has largely focused on the accuracy and verifiability of cinematic and televisual history, especially in the genres of documentary and historical epics. Anderson's book advocates consideration of the historiographical value of non-traditional (what he terms \"eccentric\") forms of visual history including experimental film and video, fake documentary, found footage, science fiction time travel and digital games. D. L. LeMahieu's book review in the journal Film & History notes that \"Anderson\u2019s validation of the idiosyncratic and experimental opens new areas of research and analysis for historians.\""}, {"context": " Anderson is also known for his contributions to the fields of digital humanities, scholarly electronic publishing, fair use advocacy and technocultural studies. He received his Ph.D. in 2001 from the Film, Literature & Culture program at the University of Southern California under the direction of Professors David James, Marita Sturken and Leo Braudy and an MFA in Film and Video from CalArts in 1990. He was awarded a grant from the HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning competition in 2008 to create the public media archive \"Critical Commons\" and in 2014-15 he received a prestigious Digital Innovation Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to support his project \"Technologies of Cinema: A Critical Digital Archive and Multimodal History of the American Technocultural Imaginary.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Faber", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Faber is a screenwriter best known for his work in the movie \"Wedding Crashers\". Faber is writing and executive producing a film for writer/director James L. Brooks, as well as adapting the screen version of journalist A. J. Liebling's \"Telephone Booth Indians\". Faber is currently prepping a short film he will write and direct called \"What's in a Name?\". He is also working on an original screenplay entitled \"The Way We Do\". In August 2013, New Line released the Faber-scripted film \"We're the Millers\", with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis. Faber also writes poetry and illustrates said poems. Two of Faber's works will be exhibited in Antwerp, Belgium June 1\u20137. Faber has a satiric column on The Huffington Post called \"Washingwood.\" Faber also served as Editor: Politics & Culture, Penthouse Magazine. Faber moved into a different genre after writing NOVEL FIFTEEN for The Blumhouse Book of Nightmares: The Haunted City (Blumhouse Books/Random House). He was recently awarded by the WGA for writing Wedding Crashers, named among the 100 best comedic screenplays in cinematic history. Faber currently resides in Los Angeles. Which mildly troubles him."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fainaru", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fainaru is an American investigative journalist and senior writer for ESPN.com and \"ESPN The Magazine\". He was previously a correspondent for the \"Washington Post\", where his coverage of the Iraq War earned him the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2008. He left the \"Post\" in 2010 and became managing editor of The Bay Citizen, a San Francisco Bay Area news organization. He co-wrote \"League of Denial\" with his brother Mark Fainaru-Wada, a book about traumatic brain injury in the National Football League, which earned Fainaru and his brother the 2014 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing."}, {"context": " Fainaru was born in Mountain View, California, and grew up in Marin County. He attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, and graduated from the University of Missouri in 1984. He returned to the Bay Area and worked for the \"San Jose Mercury News\", then moved to the East coast, working for \"Hartford Courant\" (Connecticut) from 1986 to 1989, then the \"Boston Globe\", where he was named the \"Globe\" New York bureau chief. He earned a master's degree in international affairs at Columbia University in 1992. From 1995 to 1998 he was the \"Globe\" Latin American bureau chief, based in Mexico City."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fairbairn", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fairbairn (25 August 1862 \u2013 16 May 1938) was a rower and an influential rowing coach at Jesus College Boat Club, Cambridge University, Thames Rowing Club and London Rowing Club in the early decades of the 20th century, and founded the prestigious Head of the River Race in 1925. Fairbairn was born in Toorak, Melbourne, Australia the son of George Fairbairn (1815\u20131895), an early Victorian pioneer. Fairbairn was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, and Geelong Grammar School, where he was regarded a good Australian rules footballer and cricketer."}, {"context": " While reading Law at Jesus College, Cambridge, Fairbairn rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race, in 1882, 1883, 1886 and 1887. He also raced regularly with Jesus College Boat Club, with success in the Cambridge University bumps races and Henley Royal Regatta, where they won the Grand Challenge Cup. He also won the hammer throwing and putting the weight at the Freshmen's sports. He later rowed with Thames Rowing Club in London. Fairbairn was an early proponent of training his crews to slide in their seats to facilitate leg-drive. He had realised that the secret to world-champion sculler Ned Hanlan's uncanny successes was not that he rowed a longer stroke, but rather that he used his legs to great effect during the stroke. He was also an advocate of fitting longer slides into boats to better allow the use of the legs. Fairbairn's observations led him to develop a revolutionary rowing style featuring concurrent use of the legs, back and arms at the catch."}, {"context": " He also coached that crews should not focus unduly on positioning their bodies according to rigid rules but should instead concentrate on the movement of the blade, creating an easy, flowing movement. His philosophy was that rowing, when done well, should be a sublimely enjoyable experience. All of these features of his coaching are referred to as \"Fairbairnism\". There is continuing debate among rowing coaches and historians as to whether Fairbairnism better describes a style of rowing or philosophy of coaching."}, {"context": " Fairbairn was an iconoclast with strong views and great charisma. Opinions of him and his methods tended to be extreme. Fairbairn corresponded widely and wrote four volumes on coaching, and his views were therefore adopted by many coaches across the globe. In the 1920s and 1930s, many coaches followed his lead completely. However, others felt Fairbairnism to be anathema to the principles of the \"English Orthodox\" style. To those observers, Fairbairn's crews rowed sloppily. The schism between \"Orthodoxy\" and \"Fairbairnism\" had largely disappeared from rowing by the 1940s. Fairbairn's books were collected, and reprinted in 1951 and again in 1990."}, {"context": " Fairbairn was a strong believer in the benefits of distance training; part of his philosophy was that \"mileage makes champions\". As such he developed the concept of the head race, a long-distance race against the clock to mark the end of winter training, thus encouraging crews to train over longer distances. In 1926 he founded the Head of the River Race, for men's eights held annually since on The Championship Course on the River Thames in London. Similarly he donated a trophy for a head race to be held annually on the River Cam. \"The Fairbairn Cup\" (known colloquially as \"Fairbairns\") is the annual race held on the first Thursday and Friday after the end of the University of Cambridge's Michaelmas Full Term (typically early in December). The race is organised by Jesus College Boat Club in Cambridge."}, {"context": " Fairbairn died in London, 16 May 1938. His ashes rest beneath the shadow of Jesus College chapel. A portrait by James Quinn hangs in the college. A duplicate of the Quinn portrait hangs in Thames Rowing Club's Putney clubhouse. Fairbairn married Eleanor Sharwood, daughter of Sydney Sharwood, on 18 November 1891 at Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria. They had two sons of whom Ian Fairbairn was an Olympic rower and financier who originated the unit trust. Fairbairn was also the uncle of George Eric Fairbairn who won a silver medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics."}, {"context": " A memorial to Fairbairn is situated on the southern bank of the Thames between Putney and Hammersmith. This memorial, a stone obelisk popularly known as the Mile Post, is exactly one mile from the Putney end of the Championship Course. In the Boat Race and Wingfield Sculls, the Mile Post is a formal intermediate timing point, and it marks one mile from the finish of the Head of the River Race. A bronze bust of Fairbairn by George Drinkwater is the winner's trophy for the Head of the River Race. In 2010 Fairbairn was inducted into the Rowing Victoria Hall of Fame.  Fairbairn married Eleanor Sharwood, and their eldest son Ian Fairbairn was a financier who competed as a rower in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Their second son, Sydney Fairbairn, was a cricketer and British Army officer. Additional sources listed by the \"Australian Dictionary of Biography\":"}]}, {"title": "Steve Fairchild", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Thomas Fairchild (born June 21, 1958) is an American football coach and former player. He served as head football coach of at Colorado State University from 2008 to 2011, compiling a record of 16\u201333. Fairchild was born in Decatur, Illinois. He graduated from Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, CA in 1976. Fairchild is a 1981 graduate of Colorado State, where he spent three seasons as a quarterback and earned All-WAC second-team honors behind BYU\u2019s Jim McMahon. Fairchild also excelled in the classroom at Colorado State, earning first-team academic all-conference honors, the Merill Gheen Award for athletic and academic achievement and the NCAA District Athletic Achievement Award. He earned a bachelor of arts in economics from Colorado State and later a master of education from Azusa Pacific in 1983."}, {"context": " Fairchild initially attended and played football for San Diego Mesa College, where he was named an All-American. In 1978, he transferred to Colorado State University, where he played quarterback until 1980. He split playing time with Keith Lee for his first two seasons, and was red-shirted in 1979. In his final year playing with the team, he was the full-time starter and scored 15 touchdowns while throwing for 2,573 yards.Fairchild graduated from Colorado State University in 1980 with a degree in economics."}, {"context": " After graduating from CSU, Fairchild returned to San Diego Mesa Community College where he held the head coaching job for a number of years. From 1986 through 1993, Fairchild held assistant coaching jobs at University of New Mexico and at San Diego State University. In 1993, he returned to Colorado State University, where he served as quarterbacks' coach until 1996, after which he was promoted to offensive coordinator. During his time as an assistant coach at Colorado State, the team won a total of five conference titles. In January 2013, Fairchild was hired by Mike London at the University of Virginia as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach."}, {"context": " In 2001, Fairchild was hired by the Buffalo Bills to serve as running backs' coach. He left for the St. Louis Rams in 2003 where he served as an assistant offensive coordinator for three seasons, before returning to the Bills in 2006 for a season-and-a-half as the offensive coordinator. Fairchild returned to the NFL in 2012 and was with the San Diego Chargers as Senior Offensive Assistant/Special Assignments before moving to the University of Virginia in January 2013. He was a coach in The Spring League in 2017."}, {"context": " In December 2007, Colorado State University announced that Fairchild would be returning to his alma mater to serve as head coach. Fairchild succeeded Sonny Lubick, under whom he had previously been an assistant. During Fairchild's tenure as an assistant, CSU had been a mid-major power, but upon his arrival their fortunes had slipped, as the program went 17\u201331 in Lubick's final four years. CSU surprised in its first year under Fairchild. After a 38\u201317 loss to Colorado in his debut, Fairchild won his first game with CSU, a home victory over Sacramento State 23\u201320 thanks to a Ben DeLine field goal. The Rams followed that up with a 28\u201325 win over Houston one week later. However, CSU would lose 5 of their next 7 games, including tight home losses to conference powers TCU (13\u20137) and BYU (45\u201342). CSU rallied to win their final two games, with their 31\u201320 victory at Wyoming securing their sixth win and a berth in the New Mexico Bowl. Underdogs to Fresno State, CSU won a 40\u201335 thriller for their first bowl victory since the 2001 New Orleans Bowl. The star of the game (and most of the season) was senior RB Gartrell Johnson, who ran for a career-high 285 yard and added 90 receiving yards. His 375 total yards were the most for one player in bowl history. He ran for two touchdowns, the final being a game winning 77-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Johnson would be named first team all-MWC following the season. Fairchild became the first coach in CSU history to post a winning season in his first year with the program."}, {"context": " Despite graduating Johnson and several other seniors, 2009 started much the way 2008 ended. The Rams opened the season September 6 at arch-rival Colorado. With a bevy of returning starters, and the game being played in Boulder for the final time (both schools had agreed to play the next decade's worth of games at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium), the Buffs were heavy favorites. However, CSU led from start to finish, beating Colorado 23\u201317, marking their first victory at Folsom Field since 1986. Following home victories over Weber State and Nevada, the 3\u20130 Rams appeared headed to postseason yet again. However, the season would derail quickly. Following a 42\u201323 loss at ranked-BYU, the Rams dropped a 31\u201329 decision at Idaho followed by 24\u201317 home defeat to Utah. They were the first of four losses that would come by seven points or less. The Rams would not win another game for the rest of the season. A loss to previously winless New Mexico (29\u201327) assured CSU of a last place finish, and a 17\u201316 home defeat to Wyoming the day after thanksgiving not only cost the Rams the Bronze Boot (and their first home loss to Wyoming in 12 years), but made CSU just the 3rd team in Mountain West Conference history to go winless in conference play (Wyoming having done so in 2000 and 2001)."}, {"context": " 2010 was just as miserable. The Rams finished with an identical 3-9 record with their lone wins home victories over lowly Idaho, New Mexico and UNLV. Blowouts were frequent and the most embarrassing came in the season's final two games. On senior day the Rams were shelled by Brigham Young 49-10. The following week they concluded their season with a 44\u20130 drubbing by rival Wyoming in the Border War. Wyoming hadn't won a single conference game until that dominating win over Colorado State. It was hoped that Colorado State would begin to turn the corner in 2011, Fairchild's fourth year. Despite a 28-14 loss to rival Colorado, the Rams started 3-1 highlighted by a dramatic 35-34 comeback win in double overtime at Utah State on September 24. It would be CSU's final win. The following week CSU fell 38-31 to San Jose State on homecoming, the start of an 8-game losing streak. Fairchild was fired by new athletic director Jack Graham on December 4, 2011, one day after his Rams lost to the Wyoming Cowboys in the Border War. It was their third straight loss to Wyoming and the third straight time CSU finished their season 3\u20139.  Fairchild is married to the former Nancy A. Kolstoe. They have two daughters: Lindsey and Jill."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fairnie", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Angus Fairnie (21 February 1951 \u2013 22 February 1993) was a British musician, artist and actor, the frontman of the post-punk band Writz, and as one half, with his wife Bev Sage, of the 1980s pop outfit Techno Twins (later just The Technos). Born in Fraserburgh and raised in Bristol, Fairnie excelled in fine art, eventually graduating from London's Royal College of Art with an MA in Sculpture (contemporaries included Turner Prize winner Tony Cragg). He began the acoustic gospel duo Fish Co with fellow singer-songwriter Steve Rowles and released the albums \"Can't Be Bad\" in 1975 and \"Beneath the Laughter\" in 1978, the latter with a full backing band - now including Fairnie's wife Bev Sage - that would form the nucleus of their subsequent project Writz."}, {"context": " Writz became a fixture on the post-punk London scene, headlining at major venues including the Marquee Club. Outright commercial success was elusive but 1979 single \"Night Nurse\" (produced by 10cc's Kevin Godley and Lol Creme) was a minor hit and was followed by the album \"Writz\". The band - now Famous Names - played in the Dennis Potter LWT production \"Cream in My Coffee\". Famous Names folded in 1981, many of the band and crew moving on to other musical projects, most notably Willie Williams, who went on to become an integral part of the U2 entourage. Sound engineer Ken Watts was tour director for George Michael from Wham! days onward, and monitor engineer John Roden went on to become one of the industry's foremost live engineers with clients including Paul McCartney."}, {"context": " Fairnie and Sage continued as the Techno Twins, covering \"Falling in Love Again\", which charted in 1982, and releasing \"Swing Together\", a Glenn Miller-meets-Marilyn Monroe pastiche. The album \"Technostalgia\" followed, and in 1985, as The Technos, \"Foreign Land\"\u2014produced, amongst others, by Anne Dudley of Art of Noise\u2014was issued to critical acclaim but minimal sales. In August 1985, the Technos performed their last-ever live show at the Greenbelt festival, an annual Christian event with which they had been heavily involved from its inception more than a decade earlier. After a three-year hiatus, the Technos' final album \"Songs for a Nervous World\" was released. Parallel to their Technos output, Fairnie and Sage formed the avant-garde performance art collective Casual Tease. As well as an album, credited to the Techno Orchestra, there were sporadic outbursts of Casualtease productions throughout the 1980s."}, {"context": " As a fine artist, Fairnie's most prominent pieces were created in the second half of the 1980s to his death in 1993. He also received many commissions to illustrate magazines and books, including for US poet Robert Lax's \"24th and 7th\". Other creative projects included the rock'n'roll board game \"Hype\", conceived and designed in partnership with Willie Williams. Fairnie also starred in a silent TV comedy series called \"The Kid\", broadcast by the BBC in 1986. He was a part-time Charlie Chaplin lookalike, assignments including some of the 1980s IBM newspaper ads."}, {"context": " In 1993, Fairnie died from an asthma attack while on a field trip to Brixham, Devon, with a group of students from Weston-super-Mare College, where he was a lecturer. Despite his limited commercial success (\"The thing I hate most about myself is my complete inability to make money.\"), in his lifetime he inspired scores of up and coming musicians and artists, the most notable example being U2. During the Zoo TV tour, Bono would close shows citing a 1979 Fairnie lyric from the Writz track 'Muscle Culture': \"I have a vision, television\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Falck", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven L. Falck (born April 26, 1958) is an American politician in the state of Iowa. Falck was born in Manchester, Iowa and attended Upper Iowa University. A Democrat, he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1997 to 2002 (28th district)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fallon", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Paul Fallon (born 3 August 1956) is an English former footballer who made 410 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender for Cambridge United. From 1999 to 2010 he was manager of Histon. From 2012 Steve was manager of Soham Town Rangers before he stepped down in October 2015, later in the same month he was reappointed manager of Histon. Fallon was born in Peterborough and brought up in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. He played for Whittlesey and for Kettering Town before joining Cambridge United as an 18-year-old, where he went on to make 410 league appearances, helping the club to promotions from the Fourth to the Second Division. Fallon retired from League football in 1986 because of a knee injury, and then spent nine years as player-manager of Southern League club (and cross-city rivals) Cambridge City."}, {"context": " In 1999 Fallon took over as manager of Histon, and led them from the Eastern Counties League Premier Division (level 9 of the English football league system) to the Conference National (level 5). In December 2006, Histon faced Fallon's former club Cambridge United in the first round of the FA Trophy in the first competitive match for more than 40 years between the two clubs, who had been seven divisions apart as recently as the early 1990s. Histon won 5\u20130. On 12 January 2010, a day after being re-instated as manager after being suspended following disagreements with the Chairman, it was announced that Histon had sacked Fallon citing \"irreconcilable differences\".  Fallon was appointed manager of Soham Town Rangers in March 2012 and stepped down in October 2015 and was then reappointed as manager of Histon in the same month. In October 2016 he became Director of Football, with Lance Key replacing him as manager."}]}, {"title": "Steve Falteisek", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven James Falteisek is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Falteisek was drafted in the tenth round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft by the Montreal Expos. He would reach the Major League level with the team in 1997. In 1998, Falteisek signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers and would make his final Major League appearance during his time with the team. After the Brewers cut him in 1999, Falteisek signed with the Cleveland Indians organization in 2000. Later that same year, he was traded to the Florida Marlins organization for minor league player Victor Martinez.  Falteisek played at the collegiate level at the University of South Alabama. , or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League) <br>"}]}, {"title": "Steve Fanara", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fanara (born December 4, 1966) is the former head football coach for the Howard Payne University Yellow Jackets located in Brownwood, Texas. He was named to that position following the 2007 season to become the 20th football coach at the school. Before being named to the post, he was the defensive coordinator at Howard Payne under the previous head coach, Mike Redwine. Fanara earned his bachelor's degree at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, where he played football for two seasons before beginning his coaching career as a student assistant. Fanara also holds a master's degree from MidAmerica Nazarene University. Steve and his family reside in Brownwood."}]}, {"title": "Steve Farhood", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven \"Steve\" Farhood (born 15 February 1957) is an American boxing historian and analyst. Farhood was born in Brooklyn, New York to Arab-American parents. Farhood served as editor-in-chief of \"The Ring\" and \"KO Magazine\". He also served as First Vice President of the Boxing Writers Association of America. Farhood has been an on-air analyst for ESPN, CNN, SportsChannel and USA Network's \"Tuesday Night Fights\". He currently serves as a commentator on Showtime's \"\". In 2002 Farhood won the Sam Taub Award, which is given for \"Excellence in Broadcasting Journalism\"."}]}, {"title": "Steve Farley", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Farley (born December 24, 1962) is an American politician, artist, and graphic designer who currently serves as a State Senator from Arizona, including serving in the capacity of assistant minority leader. He also served previously in the Arizona House of Representatives. He is a member of the Democratic Party. A native of California, Farley is a graduate of Williams College, where he obtained a degree in political science. As an artist, his work includes a ceramic tile mural at the Broadway Underpass, at the eastern gateway to downtown Tucson. Farley developed a method for converting photographs into ceramic tiles, and has worked on similar projects throughout the country. Since being elected as a state legislator, Farley has focused on investment in education, healthcare, and public transportation. He is currently the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee."}, {"context": " On June 5, 2017, Farley announced he is running for Governor of Arizona in the 2018 election, challenging Republican incumbent Governor Doug Ducey. Farley graduated from Williams College in 1985 with a degree in political science. Farley was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2006, and became the assistant minority leader in 2010. In 2012, he was elected to the Arizona Senate. Farley serves on the Ethics, Finance, Government and Environment, and Transportation committees, and is the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee. He is also serving in the capacity of Senate Assistant Minority Leader."}, {"context": " In 2012, Farley campaigned on issues like investing in new technologies and high-wage jobs, expanding health care for self-employed and small-business owners and making long-term care more affordable for middle-class seniors, in addition to his work in increasing the production of clean solar energy, outlawing driving while texting and protecting Tucson's sovereignty. Farley opposed the controversial Arizona SB 1070 and favored expanding Medicaid. On June 5, 2017, Farley announced his campaign for Governor of Arizona against incumbent Republican Governor Doug Ducey. Farley lost the Democratic primary to David Garcia.  Farley is also a prominent artist, whose work appears throughout Tucson, including a ceramic tile mural around the Broadway Underpass, at the eastern gateway to downtown Tucson. Farley developed a method for converting photographs to ceramic tiles, which has led to him working on several similar projects throughout the country. Farley is engaged to Kitt Leonard, an IT specialist at the Tucson Medical Center, and has two children."}]}, {"title": "Steve Farmer", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Farmer may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Farmer (darts player)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Farmer (born 24 March 1965 in West Bromwich) is a former English professional darts player. Farmer's first big run came in the 2006 Winmau World Masters, reaching the semi-finals with wins over Tony Eccles, Michael Rosenauer and John Walton before losing 6-0 in sets to Martin Adams. He then reached the final of the 2007 British Classic, losing to Co Stomp\u00e9. He was then part of the England team in the 2007 WDF World Cup, reaching the Quarter-Finals of the Men's Singles event and helping England to victory in the Team Event."}, {"context": " Farmer qualified for the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship outright but lost in the first round to England team-mate Tony O'Shea. Farmer though was unable to maintain his form from the previous year and was forced to qualify for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship and lost in the early qualifying rounds. He did though reached the quarter finals of the 2008 World Masters, qualifying for the last 16 where he beat Gary Robson before losing to Martin Adams. In 2010, Farmer switched to the PDC. On 4 September he reached his first PDC ProTour event final in Crawley, losing to Adrian Lewis 4-6 in the final. Two weeks later, on 19 September, he won his first career title: the Dutch Players Championship by beating Kevin Painter 6-4 in the final. This win meant that Farmer qualified for his first PDC major, the 2010 World Grand Prix. He lost in the first round against Steve Brown by 2 sets to 1. In the 2011 PDC world championship, Farmer came up against a strong player in Paul Nicholson. He lost 0-3 in sets. He reached the semi finals of the 2011 Players Championship, but lost to an on form Gary Anderson, 7-10."}, {"context": " He reached the second round of the PDC World Championship for the first time in 2012. In a tight game against number fourteen seed Ronnie Baxter, Farmer trailed 1\u20132 in the best-of-five-sets match. He then produced some of his best darts by hitting five 180's in taking six of the final eight legs to seal a 3\u20132 victory. He continued his run by beating German qualifier Kevin M\u00fcnch in the second round, but was then whitewashed 0\u20134 by world number three James Wade in the last 16. In March he hit a nine-dart finish in the third UK Open Qualifier during a first round match against Andy Relf. Farmer was knocked out in the last 16 of the event by Andy Smith. Farmer lost in the preliminary round of the UK Open 1\u20134 to Jamie Lewis, and reached the last 16 once more in his final ten tournaments of 2012, at the penultimate Players Championship where he was beaten by Gary Anderson 6\u20131."}, {"context": " Farmer began 2013 ranked world number 49. He reached the last 16 of the final UK Open qualifier where he lost 6\u20134 to Matthew Edgar, but the \u00a3600 he earned was enough to see him enter the tournament in the preliminary round. Farmer defeated Chris Aubrey 5\u20133, before being beaten 5\u20132 by Gareth Cousins in the first round. He played in 10 more events during the rest of the year but couldn't advance beyond the last 64 in any of them. Farmer dropped 61 places on the Order of Merit during the year to start 2014 110th in the world, well outside the top 64 who remain on the tour. He did not enter Q School and has not played in a PDC event since."}]}, {"title": "Steve Farmer (musician)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Farmer (born December 31, 1948) is an American guitarist, composer and lyricist best known for his composition with Ted Nugent in 1968 titled \"Journey to the Center of the Mind\". It was performed by their group The Amboy Dukes. Farmer wrote the lyrics to this iconic hit song, which peaked at #16 in the charts. He also co-wrote with Nugent or self composed, twenty two compositions to help complete the first three albums created by The Amboy Dukes. The Dukes first offering was their self-titled album \"The Amboy Dukes\" which charted. It featured their first charting single \"Baby, Please Don't Go\", an intense cover of a Big Joe Williams song. The second album was \"Journey to the Center of the Mind\" a psychedelic rock opera that was their highest charting album and produced their most commercially successful single. The third album was \"Migration\". Although not a commercial success, it showed a refinement of both Farmer's songwriting skills and Nugent's songwriting and guitar skills. All three albums (released by Mainstream Records) featured Farmer touches in words and music that emphasized psychedelic imagery, so central to late sixties pop culture."}, {"context": " In 2000, Farmer completed work on his new millennium \"journey\". The album is titled \"Journey to the Darkside of the Mind\" and was released by Saint Thomas Records. Fellow Amboy Dukes member Rick Lober contributed to the album. It was produced by Victor Peraino, who is known for his innovative work on the Mellotron with England's Arthur Brown. At the 18th annual Detroit Music Awards on April 17, 2009, the original lineup of The Amboy Dukes performed on stage for the first time in thirty years. On stage at The Fillmore Detroit were Nugent on lead guitar, Farmer on guitar, John Drake on vocals, Andy Solomon on keyboards, Lober on keyboards and Bill White on bass. In recognition of the band's contribution to rock music history, they received a Distinguished Achievement award."}]}, {"title": "Steve Farr", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Michael Farr (born December 12, 1956), is a former professional baseball player who pitched primarily as a closer in the Major Leagues from 1984 to 1994. Farr attended DeMatha High School outside Washington, D.C. and then American University. He gave up Jim Thome's first home run of his career."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fatupua-Lecaill", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fatupua-Lecaill (January 12, 1976 \u2013 September 27, 2003) was a Tahitian footballer."}]}, {"title": "Steve Faulkner", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Andrew Faulkner (born 18 December 1954 in Sheffield) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a central defender for Sheffield United, Stockport County and York City. He then moved into non-league football with Frickley Athletic."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fawkner", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fawkner is an Australian video game designer, programmer, and composer. He created the \"Warlords\" game series in 1989 and more recently the \"Puzzle Quest\" series. In 2003, after a long alliance with SSG, he split off to form his own game development company Infinite Interactive. In 2007, Infinite Interactive put \"\" on the market for the DS and PSP. It was a sleeper hit that received critical acclaim from gamers and game developers alike. Infinite Interactive has since ported \"Puzzle Quest\" to the Wii, Windows, Xbox 360, PS2, Mac, mobile, and iPhone."}, {"context": " In 2008, a \"Puzzle Quest\" spin-off game was developed on a number of platforms for D3 Publisher. \"\" was released on February 24, 2009. While critics praised the variety of the gameplay, it wasn't as well received as \"Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords\". A full sequel to \"Puzzle Quest\", \"Puzzle Quest 2\", was released on June 22, 2010 and was seen as a return to form for the \"Puzzle Quest\" series. Fawkner and Infinite Interactive licensed the game design to Boston-based Demiurge Studios to create \"\", while he worked on another project he called \"Puzzle Quest and Warlords thrown together in a blender.\" \"Gems of War\" was released on November 20, 2014 and is still being supported with updates and events."}]}, {"title": "Steve Feinberg", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen A. Feinberg (born March 29, 1960) is an American billionaire financier, who is active in hedge fund management and private equity. He is known for turning around struggling businesses and making them profitable. He is co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Cerberus Capital Management. As of April 2016, his net worth is US$1.25 billion. On May 11, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump named Feinberg to head the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. Feinberg was born to an American Jewish family and raised in The Bronx, New York. When aged eight, his family moved to Spring Valley, New York, a suburb of New York City. His father was a steel salesman. He attended Princeton University and graduated with a degree in politics in 1982. While there, he captained the tennis team and joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps."}, {"context": " After graduating from college, Feinberg worked as a trader at Drexel Burnham in 1982 and later at Gruntal & Co.. In 1992, at the age of 32, Feinberg co-founded Cerberus Capital Management with William L. Richter. At the time the firm had $10 million under management; its assets under management have since grown to over $30 billion in 2016. In 1999, the firm hired former Vice President Dan Quayle as a Chairman of Cerberus Global Investment. In 2006, the firm hired former United States Secretary of the Treasury John Snow, who serves as a Chairman of Cerberus."}, {"context": " In May 2011, Feinberg stated that he believed residential mortgage-backed securities may present \"a real opportunity for continued investment for quite a period of time\" and that there were opportunities in buying assets from European banks. Feinberg has been critical about the pay received by private equity executives, stating, \"In general, I think that all of us are way overpaid in this business. It is almost embarrassing.\" He has also noted in comments made in 2011 that smaller private equity fund sizes may be better for investor returns: \"If your goal is to maximize your return as opposed to assets under management, I think you can be most effective with a big company infrastructure and a little bit smaller fund size.\""}, {"context": " Feinberg has been described as \"secretive\" in \"The New York Times\". In 2007, Feinberg told Cerberus shareholders, \"If anyone at Cerberus has his picture in the paper and a picture of his apartment, we will do more than fire that person. We will kill him. The jail sentence will be worth it.\" Cerberus is the parent company of DynCorp, which is a major national security contractor with the U.S. government. Feinberg is a major Republican donor. In 2016, he served on the Trump Economic Advisory Council during Donald Trump's presidential campaign, donated nearly $1.5 million to pro-Trump PACs, and co-hosted a $50,000 per person Republican National Committee and Trump fundraising dinner alongside other financiers. In February 2017, the \"New York Times\" reported that President Trump will assign Feinberg a role in the White House leading a review of the US intelligence agencies.  He is a member of The Business Council in Washington, DC, an association of chief executive officers from a broad range of companies who meet several times a year for high-level policy discussions. Feinberg reportedly made $50 million in 2004. His lifestyle is less extravagant than his peers in private equity. He splits time between his homes on Manhattan's Upper East Side and Greenwich, Connecticut with his wife Gisela (n\u00e9e Sanchez)."}]}, {"title": "Steve Felton", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve \"Skinny\" Felton (born December 6, 1969) is an American musician, most notable for being the founder, leader, and drummer of Mushroomhead. He was also the drummer of the bands Hatrix, (216), Tenafly Viper and Scelestus. His other projects include Detroit Ave and 10.000 Cadillacs with fellow Mushroomhead member Jason \"Jmann\" Popson. He has produced every Mushroomhead album and has directed most of their music videos. Felton has two sons, James and Steven, with ex wife and former Mushroomhead's photographer Vanessa Solowiow, who passed away in 2013. Their album The Righteous & the Butterfly is dedicated to her memory. His brother is former Mushroomhead guitarist Dave \"Gravy\" Felton."}, {"context": " He has been in a relationship with Unsaid Fate singer Jackie LaPonza since 2006. LaPonza contributes as a touring singer for Mushroomhead. She appears on the songs We Are the Truth, Among the Crows and One More Day during live performances. Felton is the only remaining founding member in Mushroomhead. His many masks consists of dreadlocks. 18\" A China High 14\" A Mastersound HiHats 18\" A Heavy Crash 17\" A Heavy Crash 12\" Oriental China \"Trash\" 9\" ZIL-BEL 10\" A Splash 17\" A Heavy Crash 18\" A Heavy Crash  21\" A Mega Bell Ride 12\" A Custom Mastersound HiHats 18\" A China High"}]}, {"title": "Steve Fenberg", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Fenberg is a Democratic State Senator from Colorado. He has served in the state's 18th district since 2017. Senator Fenberg received his Bachelor's degree in Environmental Policy at Colorado University. A few years after graduating from CU, Fenberg founded New Era Colorado, a nonprofit civic engagement organization dedicated to empowering people in the areas of issue organizing, electoral mobilization, and the legislative process. He has also served on the Board of Directors for ProgressNow, One Colorado Political Committee and INVST Community Studies as well as the Boulder Housing Working Group and the city of Boulder Capital Improvement Taskforce."}, {"context": " Fenberg is part-owner of the Bread Bar, a small drinking establishment in the historic city of Silver Plume. As an advocate of a statewide carbon tax, Fenberg would also like to increase the renewable energy standards from 30% to 50% in the next 30 years. As far as fracking is concerned, he acknowledges the risks involved and the need for tighter regulations but is a supporter of local control by communities. Fenberg is pro-choice and pro-gay marriage. He supports funding to expand access to comprehensive birth control."}, {"context": " Fenberg believes in the right of workers to collectively bargain, strives for an increased minimum wage and sees the current requirements pertaining to sick days as inadequate. Authored/sponsored bills by Fenberg have focused on a variety of topics ranging from the easing of student debt to the monitoring of polling center wait times as well as the prohibition of conversion therapy. He is a member of the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy and the State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committees."}, {"context": " 2016: Fenberg was the only Democrat to file for his party's 18th district primary on June 28th after incumbent Rollie Heath decided against filing for reelection. He ran unopposed and received 12,433 votes. On December 8, 2016, he faced off against Republican primary winner M. Peter Spraitz in the general election. He had previously been endorsed by the state branches of the AFL-CIO, Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America as well as Colorado Voters for Animals and Conservation Colorado. Fenberg coasted to a 59 point victory, the result of 67,799 votes, more than any other senate candidate statewide."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fenton", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fenton may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Fenton (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve J. Fenton (born 1951) is an English former professional footballer who played as a Full back and midfielder. Born in Hartlepool, Fenton played for Middlesbrough, Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue. For Bradford City he made 10 appearances in the Football League, scoring 1 goal. He also scored 1 goals in 3 appearances in the Football League Cup."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fenton (rugby league)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Fenton (birth unknown), also known by the nickname of \"Fizzer\", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Castleford, as a , i.e. number 2 or 5. Steve Fenton won caps for England while at Castleford in 1981 against France, and Wales. Steve Fenton played , i.e. number 5, in Castleford's 17-7 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1977 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1977\u201378 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1977, played right-, i.e. number 3, in the 10-5 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1981 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1981\u201382 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 3 October 1981, and played , i.e. number 2, in the 2-13 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1983 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1983\u201384 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1983."}, {"context": " Steve Fenton played , i.e. number 2, in Castleford's 12-4 victory over Leigh in the 1976 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1976\u201377 season at Hilton Park, Leigh on Tuesday 14 December 1976. Steve Fenton played , i.e. number 2, in Castleford's 25-15 victory over Blackpool Borough in the 1976\u201377 Player's No.6 Trophy Final during the 1976\u201377 season at The Willows, Salford on Saturday 22 January 1977. Castleford's most tries scored in a match record is 5-tries, and is jointly held by; Derek Foster against Hunslet on 10 November 1972, John Joyner against Millom on 16 September 1973, Stephen Fenton against Dewsbury on 27 January 1978, Ian French against Hunslet on 9 February 1986, and St. John Ellis against Whitehaven on 10 December 1989."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fenwick", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Paul Fenwick (born 23 July 1951 in Caerphilly) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Bridgend RFC, as a centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons, as a , i.e. number 3 or 4. Fenwick played rugby as a schoolboy for Caerphilly Grammar Technical School, and later joined Taffs Well RFC. In 1971 he switched to Beddau where he played 51 games before moving on the first class team Bridgend. While at Bridgend Fenwick earned all of his 30 international caps for Wales, making his d\u00e9but against France in 1975, in which he scored a try after only five minutes, and finished the game with a personal tally of 9 points. He was a member of the 1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, in which he played in all four Tests. He also captained Wales in the Centenary game against the All Blacks in 1980. He also played for a World XV on 9 August 1980 against in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22."}, {"context": " In August 1981 Fenwick switched from rugby union to professional rugby league, signing to the Cardiff City Blue Dragons. He made his d\u00e9but for Cardiff against Salford scoring four goals in the match. Fenwick went on to win two caps with the Wales national rugby league team between 1981 and 1982 scoring five goals. Before the start of the 1984/85 season, Cardiff City Blue Dragons relocated from Ninian Park in Cardiff, to Coychurch Road Ground in Bridgend, and were renamed Bridgend Blue Dragons. A former teacher, he set up in business with a former Wales and Lions player Tom David, another player who had turned to league."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ferguson", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve or Steven Ferguson may refer to:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Ferguson (footballer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Ferguson (born 18 May 1977) is a Scottish football player and coach. He was appointed assistant manager of Ross County in June 2014, having previously been a coach at the club. When manager Derek Adams was sacked in August 2014, Ferguson was placed in temporary control of the club. He then became academy director, and was again placed in temporary charge of the first team in September 2017. Ferguson was appointed co-manager of Ross County in March 2018, working with Stuart Kettlewell."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ferlazzo", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Anthony Ferlazzo Jr., better known as Steve Ferlazzo, is an American keyboard player, based in California. After graduating at the Berklee School of Music, he has played with two members of Extreme in their projects after the band broke up: he was the keyboardist for Gary Cherone in his Tribe of Judah project, and for Nuno Bettencourt in his DramaGods band. He guested on the debut Science Faxtion album, \"Living on Another Frequency\" and toured with Avril Lavigne. He is the creator and organizer of the monthly (formerly weekly) live music production Soundcheck Live, which takes place at Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood, California."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ferrigno", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stefano \"Steve\" Ferrigno (May 12, 1900 \u2013 November 5, 1930) was a New York City mobster of Sicilian origin who led an important Italian criminal gang in the 1920s. Ferrigno was murdered along with Alfred Mineo during the so-called Castellammarese War. Ferrigno was born in Sicily and emigrated to the United States. During the 1910s, the teenaged Ferrigno joined New York's Italian underworld. Ferrigno worked his way up the ranks of the Coney Island, Brooklyn based Neapolitan Camorra crime family led by Pellegrino \"Don Grino\" Morano and his top Lieutenant, Alessandro Vollero, who led the Navy Street Gang. It is not known why Ferrigno, a Sicilian, was affiliated with a Neapolitan crime group, which in that era was highly unusual. A possible explanation is that Ferrigno grew up in the same Brooklyn neighborhood as the Neapolitans. Steve Ferrigno was the brother of Colombo crime family street soldier Bartolo (Barioco Bartulucia) Ferrigno, who was active in organized crime during the 1940s and 1950s. He served under the rule of Joseph Magliocco and was later implicated in drug trafficking and other crimes by government witness Joseph Valachi."}, {"context": " In the 1920s, Ferrigno was a mid-level leader in the Brooklyn crime family of Salvatore \"Tot\u00f2\" D'Aquila, the self-proclaimed \"Boss of Bosses\" of the New York Mafia. Ferrigno was deeply involved in bootlegging, the most lucrative criminal activity during the Prohibition era, as well as illegal gambling, extortion, and prostitution. Labor racketeering became a profitable for all the Italian crime groups in New York. The D'Aquino family's access to the Brooklyn waterfront allowed Ferrigno and his associates to engage in cargo theft, extortion of the dockworkers, and exercise control over the longshoremen's unions."}, {"context": " In 1928, D'Aquila was murdered on the orders of rival Manhattan Mafia Boss Giuseppe \"Joe the Boss\" Masseria. Ferrigno and Mineo had been business associates and allies of Masseria; it is possible they conspired with him to eliminate D'Aquila so they could become the new gang leaders. Whatever the exact circumstances, Masseria needed to place loyal supporters in D'Aquila's stead, and he therefore gave his support to Mineo and Ferrigno. In late 1928, Mineo became the boss and Ferrigno the underboss of the old D'Aquila gang. The two men controlled approximately 400 to 500 Mafia soldiers with their most lucrative criminal interests in Brooklyn and Manhattan. After bootlegging, illegal gambling on horse races, numbers rackets, and the Italian lottery were the biggest money makers for the gang. In 1931, this gang was incorporated into the Mangano crime family, later to be called the Gambino crime family."}, {"context": " While Ferrigno ran his criminal activities, a group of Sicilian mafiosi from Castellammare del Golfo led by Salvatore Maranzano began to challenge the authority of Ferrigno's benefactor, Masseria. Once the conflict known as the Castellammarese War officially broke out into open warfare by early 1930, there were deaths throughout America's Italian underworld. On November 4, 1930, a meeting of Masseria supporters was held in Ferrigno's Bronx apartment at 759 Pelham Parkway South. In attendance were believed to be a number of top Masseria and Mineo crime family members, including Mineo, Charlie \"Lucky\" Luciano, Vito Genovese, Masseria, and Ferrigno himself."}, {"context": " Maranzano faction members including Joe Profaci, Nick Capuzzi, Joe Valachi and a hitman known only as Buster from Chicago were observing the meeting from an apartment Valachi had rented across the courtyard. According to Valachi, in the night of November 5, 1930, Steve Ferrigno and Al Mineo left the apartment and walked across the courtyard, and the Maranzano men mowed them down with gunfire. Many organized crime historians and even a former Mafia boss, Joseph Bonanno dispute Valachi's claim that a top boss such as Joe Profaci would be directly involved in the assassination of an underworld rival. Masseria was killed in a Coney Island restaurant in early 1931, and Maranzano was himself killed in September, marking the end of the Castellammarese War. The main beneficiary (and organizer of both hits) was Charlie \"Lucky\" Luciano, who established himself at the top of the New York Mafia.  Ferrigno was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ferrone", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen \"Steve\" Ferrone (born 25 April 1950) is an English drummer known as a member of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from 1994\u20132017, replacing original drummer Stan Lynch, and as part of the \"classic lineup\" of the Average White Band in the 1970s. Ferrone has recorded and performed with George Harrison, Duran Duran, Stevie Nicks, Laura Pausini, Christine McVie, Slash, Chaka Khan, Eric Clapton, Bee Gees, Scritti Politti, Aerosmith, Al Jarreau and Johnny Cash. Ferrone played with the band Bloodstone, appearing on their 1975 album \"Riddle of the Sphinx\". He then began playing with Brian Auger's band Oblivion Express, which had previously featured drummer Robbie McIntosh."}, {"context": " McIntosh later joined the Average White Band, and had just released their first number one album when McIntosh died of a heroin overdose. Ferrone was asked to join AWB in his place, and stayed with them for the next eight years, recording and playing concert tours to support several hit albums, until AWB broke up in 1982. Since appearing on Chaka Khan's 1978 debut album, he went on to play on most of her following albums of the 80s, including \u201cNaughty\u201d with former AWB band member Hamish Stuart. In 1985, Ferrone joined the \"Saturday Night Live\" house band. He contributed as session drummer for Duran Duran on the Notorious, Duran Duran, and Thank You albums. He also toured with Duran Duran on the Strange Behaviour tour in support of the Notorious album . He also toured and recorded with Eric Clapton from 1986 to 1992. He played drums for Duran Duran at Abbey Road Studios."}, {"context": " He has also appeared on recordings by the Bee Gees, Scritti Politti, Brian May, Anita Baker, George Benson, Jonathan Butler, Bryan Ferry, Climie Fisher, Eric Clapton, Christine McVie, Peter Frampton, Jeff Golub, Rick James, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Freddie King, Tracy Chapman, Pat Metheny, Marcus Miller, Steve Winwood, Michael W. Smith, Morrissey\u2013Mullen, Dick Morrissey, Jeffrey Osborne, Paul Simon, Alan Frew, Laura Pausini, Bernie Worrell, Al Jarreau and Jaco Pastorius. Ferrone substituted for Joey Kramer of Aerosmith during pre-production of the band's album \"Nine Lives\" while Kramer was grieving the loss of his father."}, {"context": " Ferrone met guitarist Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers when the two played a show with George Harrison as part of his Hara and the Hijack band at Royal Albert Hall. He became the band's full-time drummer after the departure of original drummer Stan Lynch in 1994. Ferrone's first album with the band was Tom Petty's second solo outing \"Wildflowers\", released that same year. His first live appearance as a member of the Heartbreakers in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 28, 1995. Ferrone thoroughly enjoyed his time with the Heartbreakers: \"Everyone should have an experience like 'The Heartbreakers' in their musical life; creativity, passion, honesty, integrity, and a lot of fun.\""}, {"context": " In November 2002, Ferrone founded Drumroll Studios in Burbank, California, with producer John Jones, who he had worked with since Duran Duran's Ordinary World in 1992. Later, they were joined by guitarist and producer Steve Postell, and they recorded and produced albums and tracks for a wide variety of musical acts, as well as film and TV scores. Ferrone released a live solo album entitled \"It Up: Steve Ferrone and Friends Live at La Ve Lee\" in 2003. In 2007, he played drums on the self-titled debut album from the band The Black and White Years, produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads."}, {"context": " In 2010, Ferrone played on Slash's first solo album, \"Slash\" and joined the Italian band Pooh. He also joined a collaborative project with composer and musician Eric Alexandrakis, guitarist and composer Warren Cuccurullo, and producer and songwriter Anthony J. Resta. Explaining the purpose of that project in a Modern Drummer news release Alexandrakis said, \"The four of us decided to create a scoring collective to pursue scoring projects in TV themes, film, and advertising\u2026\" In August 2018 announced as drummer for Dire Straits Legacy prior to their first US tour, consisting of 10 dates."}, {"context": " He is a fan of English football club Brighton and Hove Albion (known as \"The Seagulls\") and can be seen sporting a hat with their badge on it on the video of him drumming with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing at the Super Bowl 42 half time show. In 2011 Ferrone started playing with old friends Alan Clarke and Phil Palmer in a band made up of Dire Straits alumni called The Straits. The band also consisted of Mickey Feat on bass, Chris White on saxophones, Jaimie Squire on keyboards and vocals, and Terrence Reiss on vocals and guitar.  In July 2015, Ferrone reunited with his AWB bandmates Malcolm \u2018Molly\u2019 Duncan and Hamish Stuart to form The 360 Band. This is in essence one half of the original Average White Band. They released an album titled \"Three Sixty\" in 2017 and have been performing live together along with supporting musicians."}]}, {"title": "Steve Ferrughelli", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Ferrughelli (March 12, 1949 \u2013 June 25, 2016) was a Canadian football player who was a fullback in the Canadian Football League. A graduate of prestigious Rutgers University, Ferrughelli had overcome difficult childhood handicaps (speech and hearing impairments) to earn his education and football scholarship. Ferrughelli would have a brief stint in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints and Washington Redskins before moving to the Canadian Football League. He joined Montreal in 1973 but made a huge impact the next season, rushing for 1124 yards, being named an all-star, and winning the Grey Cup. In 1975, he rushed for another 893 yards and was named Grey Cup Most Valuable Player in a one-point loss to the Edmonton Eskimos. Ferrughelli was caught in an import/Canadian ratio tangle in 1976, when Montreal needed a defensive back and were able to acquire a Canadian first stringer from Edmonton in exchange for him. He was traded to Edmonton, where he finished his career. He had played 43 regular season games for the Als (and 5 for the Esks) and had 2763 total rushing yards.  Ferughelli later worked in the home-renovation business in Montreal's West Island. He subsequently moved to Rigaud, where he died on June 25, 2016."}]}, {"title": "Steve Field (medical doctor)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John Field (born 22 June 1959) is a general practitioner and Chief Inspector of General Practice at England's Care Quality Commission. He chairs the Department of Health's National Inclusion Health Board. He is Honorary Professor of Medical Education at the University of Warwick and Honorary Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Birmingham. He studied at the University of Birmingham, obtaining a medical degree in 1982. He was a general practitioner in Droitwich, Worcestershire from 1987 to 1997. He moved to Bellevue Medical Centre in inner-city Birmingham in 1997 and continues to work there one day a week."}, {"context": " He has published academic papers, reports and books and he has presented papers at academic meetings around the world. He has been part of the invited faculty of the Harvard University\u2019s Harvard Macy Institute programme \"Leading Innovation in Healthcare & Education\", in Boston, USA. He was Regional Postgraduate Dean for the NHS West Midlands Workforce Deanery. He was a judge for the 2011 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine. From 2007-2010 he was Chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). In 2011 he was appointed to lead the NHS Future Forum, an advisory group that David Cameron convened when Andrew Lansley's NHS shakeup became a political liability. He worked as Deputy Medical Director for NHS England from 2012-2013."}, {"context": " In August 2013 his appointment as the first Chief Inspector of General Practice was announced by the Care Quality Commission; these duties commenced in October 2014. Six weeks after taking up the role his views were described in an interview published by the Sunday Mercury. He was said by the Health Service Journal to be the fourteenth most powerful person in the English NHS in December 2014. As of 2015, Field was paid a salary of between \u00a3175,000 and \u00a3179,999 by the Care Quality Commission, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.  He has also received honorary degrees from English universities. In 2011 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science at Keele University. Field is married to Lynn (n\u00e9e Kennedy), formerly the nurse director of the Birmingham Cancer Network and the couple have twin daughters."}]}, {"title": "Steve Field (sculptor)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen (Steve) Field RBSA (born 3 May 1954 in Saltash, Cornwall) is an English sculptor, muralist and mosaicist, active mainly in the West Midlands, particularly the Black Country, where a number of his works are on public display. He has been resident artist and public art adviser to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, since 1988, and is a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the Contemporary Glass Society and the British Association of Modern Mosaic. He coordinated Dudley's Millennium Sculpture Trail."}, {"context": " He studied at the University of Sheffield, earning a degree in architecture, and Wolverhampton Polytechnic, where he achieved a master's degree in fine art. He cites his influences as futurism and vorticism, the sculptor Walter Ritchie, his MPhil examiner David Harding, and the Mexican muralists. He received the Royal Society of Arts 'Art for Architecture' Award in 1993 and an Arts and Business Award in 2005. Field is married to fellow muralist Cathryn Ryall, with whom he has collaborated artistically. Field has also completed several collaborations with the sculptor John McKenna.  Field as also written articles about his work:"}]}, {"title": "Steve Fielding", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Fielding (born 17 October 1960) is a former Australian senator for the state of Victoria and the former federal parliamentary leader of the Family First Party. He was elected to the upper house at the 2004 federal election on two per cent of the first-preference votes. He failed to gain re-election at the 2010 federal election. His term ended on 30 June 2011. Fielding was born on 17 October 1960, in Melbourne, where he was raised in the suburb of Reservoir. His parents, Shirley and George Fielding, had a large family consisting of 16 children, and Fielding spent much of his childhood sharing a bedroom with five brothers in the family's three-bedroom home. His early education was at the local Keon Park Primary School, He later attended the nearby Merrilands High School."}, {"context": " Academically, Fielding suffered setbacks through an undiagnosed case of dyslexia, and this led to problems studying subjects such as English. Nevertheless, he excelled in mathematics, and his high marks in this subject allowed him to graduate with sufficiently high scores to gain entry into the Bachelor of Engineering degree at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), where he studied electronic engineering. Upon graduating in 1983, Fielding accepted a position at Hewlett-Packard, and later he moved into management at technology firms NEC and Siemens."}, {"context": " Fielding returned to university to undertake a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Monash University, completing it in 1992. He later moved to Wellington, New Zealand, where he worked for Telecom New Zealand in \"change management\" during a difficult time for the industry, as it was undergoing deregulation. He returned to Australia three years later, in 1995, and worked for United Energy, the Australian Yellow Pages and as a marketing manager at Vision Super. Fielding entered politics in 2003 when he successfully stood as an independent candidate for the Knox City Council. He has described the decision to stand as \"very last-minute\", but others, such as the mayor of the council, Jenny Moore, and then Victorian Labor MP Peter Lockwood, said Fielding was very open about his intent to move into federal politics. Either way, both Lockwood and Labor MP Bob Stensholt have described how Fielding later made inquiries about the possibility of running for one of the major parties before joining Family First."}, {"context": " Fielding was elected to represent Victoria in the Senate at the 2004 federal election. He was the first representative of Family First to be elected to the Federal Parliament. Fielding's election was not expected \u2013 Family First had only been founded two years before the election, and it was not expected to succeed in its first federal election in Victoria. Like many senators, Fielding gained a quota under the Senate's proportional representation system by receiving preferences from other parties (see Australian electoral system). The Australian Democrats and the Australian Labor Party agreed to swap preferences with Family First. But Fielding benefited from the larger-than-expected surplus of Liberal preferences, and stayed in the count long enough to receive Democrat and Labor preferences, defeating the Australian Greens' candidate David Risstrom for the last Senate place in Victoria. As a result, Fielding was elected although his party as a whole received just 56,376 votes (1.9%) for the Senate in Victoria."}, {"context": " When first elected, the Howard Government held a slim majority in the Senate, sufficient that Fielding would only hold the balance of power if one of the government senators chose to cross the floor. This changed after the 2007 federal election (the changes of which took effect in 2008), when the balance of power in the Senate shifted to a combination of Fielding, the five Australian Greens senators and independent Nick Xenophon. While Family First is generally regarded as a conservative party, Fielding stated he would not be an automatic supporter of the then Coalition opposition in the Senate. On some issues which he saw as affecting the wellbeing of families, such as the WorkChoices industrial relations policies, he indicated disagreement with government policies. In February 2009, he told a Senate hearing that he believed divorce added to the impact of global warming because it resulted in people switching to a \"resource-inefficient lifestyle\"."}, {"context": " With some backbenchers being willing to cross the floor, Fielding's vote was important on some of the Howard government's more controversial legislation. His vote ensured the passage of Voluntary student unionism, the overturning of civil unions legislation in the Australian Capital Territory, and changes to media ownership laws. Conversely, his intention to vote \"no\" ensured the defeat of the Howard government's proposed tightening of asylum seeker laws. In mid-2009, Fielding flew to the US on a self-funded trip to discover more about climate change. He came back unconvinced that man-made carbon dioxide emissions were the main driver of climate change. He subsequently voted against the Rudd Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. Fielding also attended the Copenhagen Climate Conference in December 2009."}, {"context": " In 2009 Fielding teamed up with the coalition to defeat the government's proposed changes to the youth allowance system. He said the changes were unfair to rural and regional students and that it would leave 26,000 students worse off. Fielding opposed the Rudd Government's alcopops tax. He argued that taxing ready to drink alcohol beverages wouldn't put an end to binge drinking. He campaigned for the government to act against the practice. Following the global financial crisis the Rudd Government passed an economic stimulus package with the help of Family First. As part of the deal Fielding secured a $200\u00a0million jobs fund called 'Get Communities Working'."}, {"context": " At the end of his campaign in support of the Howard government's Voluntary Student Unionism legislation, which was passed, the walls of Fielding's office were vandalised with pro-union graffiti. An increase to the luxury car tax was defeated in the Senate on 4 September 2008, with Fielding joining the coalition in blocking the budget legislation. It was passed after Fielding negotiated exemptions for farmers and tourism operators. In early 2008, Fielding reportedly considered breaking away from Family First to establish a new political party, inviting Tim Costello and other \"big names\" to join him. The revelations came after Fielding changed his position on abortion, after being rebuffed by his party for taking a softer approach."}, {"context": " Fielding gave conditional support to the mandatory ISP level filtering scheme. A spokesperson for Family First indicated that the party would want X18+ rated and refused classification (RC) content banned for everyone, including adults. Fielding's support for Internet censorship in Australia was not reported on his official website. Fielding has compared same-sex marriages to incest: A bloke cannot marry his brother; it is not right. A woman cannot marry their sister; it is not right. A bloke cannot marry a bloke because it is not right, and a female cannot marry a female because it is not right. I don't support this."}, {"context": " In June 2010, during the Senate discussion on the proposed Paid Parental Leave Scheme, Fielding suggested \"some women may rort the scheme by deliberately falling pregnant and then having a late-term abortion\". He was subsequently criticised by all sides of Australian politics for these comments. Fielding introduced the following legislation into Parliament: Fielding's use of publicity stunts was commented on by \"The Sydney Morning Herald\". in May 2008, he joined protesting pensioners, who brought traffic to a standstill in the Melbourne CBD, when he and others took their shirts off in the style of the cab drivers who had successfully stripped for increased cab security, to demand $70- to $100-a-week rise in the pension."}, {"context": " Fielding also dressed as a giant beer bottle to promote Family First's proposed policy to introduce a bottle return scheme. Fielding is a Christian and attends CityLife Church, a large Pentecostal church in Melbourne. He rejects evolution and has publicly espoused his belief in Young Earth creationism. Fielding has three children. He has claimed he was sexually abused by a scoutmaster and family friend for two years when he was a teenager. No-one has been charged or prosecuted for the alleged offences."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fields", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Harold Fields (January 1, 1941 \u2013 October 29, 2009) was a Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the National League from to , wearing uniform number 27 during his career. Fields umpired 373 Major League games. Fields worked railroad and postal jobs, working on the side as a high school umpire, before pursuing officiating as a professional. Fields worked 14 years in the minor leagues and was brought up (along with Dave Pallone, Lanny Harris, and Fred Brocklander) during the 1979 Major League Baseball Umpires Strike as a replacement. As such, he was not permitted to join the Major League Umpires Association. When the strike was settled, Fields and the others were allowed to remain on the staff as long as their performance was satisfactory. After the 1981 season, Fields was fired for \"low performance ratings\" and \"failure to show improvement\", the first of the four replacements to leave (Harris was fired in 1985, Pallone technically resigned in 1988, and Brocklander retired in 1992).  Fields filed a $1 million lawsuit against MLB because of his firing and claiming that his performance suffered due to the \"ostracism and antagonism\" from other umpires due to his \"scab\" status. After he left baseball, he worked as a high school umpire and as a truck driver. Fields died on October 29, 2009, at the age of 68."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fiffer", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fiffer is an American author whose books include his memoir \"Three Quarters, Two Dimes, and a Nickel\". Fiffer is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Chicago Law School. Fiffer has collaborated with civil rights lawyer Morris Dees and former Secretary of State James Baker. Fiffer's non-fiction books include \"Jimmie Lee and James\", \"Tyrannosaurus Sue\", \"Fifty Ways to Help Your Community\", and \"How to Watch Baseball\". The winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship, his work has appeared in numerous publications, including the \"New York Times\", \"Chicago Tribune\", and \"Slate\".  Fiffer and his wife Sharon live with their three children in Evanston, Illinois."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fifita", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fifita (born May 16, 1982) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was originally signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Utah. Fifita was twice an all-conference selection as well as an all-county selection at Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley, California. He was the team captain and defensive player of the year for the football team. In 1999, he made 62 unassisted tackles, 17 tackles for a loss and recovered four fumbles including one returned for a touchdown. On offense, he scored on runs of 55 and 65 yards."}, {"context": " After being redshirted his freshman year at the University of Utah in 2001, Fifita played in 11 games including one start as a redshirt freshman in 2002. On the year, he had 16 total tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one interception for 14 yards, two fumble recoveries and one pass breakup. Fifita started all 12 games at nose guard during the 2003 season, earning an honorable mention All-Mountain West Conference selection. On the year he had 31 tackles, 8 tackles for a loss and three sacks. He posted a career-high six tackles against Texas A&M."}, {"context": " As a junior in 2004, Fifita experienced a breakout season. He once again started all 12 games at nose guard, and earned a first team All-Mountain West selection with 45 tackles, nine tackles for a loss and 4.5 sacks. His 23 solo tackles were the most by a Utes lineman during the year while his sack total tied him for the team lead. During a 35-7 rout of Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl, Fifita had five tackles, two tackles for a loss and a 12-yard sack in a performance that earned him defensive MVP honors."}, {"context": " Fifita earned his second consecutive All-Mountain West selection as a senior in 2005 with 44 tackles, 14 tackles for a loss and six sacks. Prior to the NFL Draft, Fifita was clocked at 5.16 seconds in the 40-yard dash. He went undrafted and signed a free agent contract with the Miami Dolphins on May 1. On August 29, Fifita was waived from the team. He worked out for the Minnesota Vikings the following October but was not signed. Despite a new head coach in Miami, Fifita was signed to a future contract by the Dolphins on during the 2007 offseason. He played for the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europa in the spring, and made the team's 53-man roster out of training camp.  Fifita was released by the Dolphins on April 29, 2008. On May 5, 2008, Fifita was signed by the New England Patriots. Fifita was among the last cuts by the New England Patriots on August 29, 2008 before the final 53 man regular season roster. Fifita began coaching the defensive line at Idaho State University in 2012."}]}, {"title": "Steve Filipowicz", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Charles \"Flip\" Filipowicz (June 28, 1921 \u2013 February 21, 1975) was a professional American football and baseball player. Filipowicz and Olympic great Jim Thorpe share the distinction of being the only two men to have played for the New York Giants of both baseball and football. Filipowicz, a fullback and quarterback who played at Fordham University from 1941 to 1943, was drafted by the New York Giants in the first round in the 1943 NFL Draft. Although an undersized back at 5'8\", 198\u00a0lbs, he was still taken with the sixth overall pick. In his first season, he rushed for 142 yards on 53 attempts and 49 receiving yards. He also attempted two incomplete passes. In 1946 he made seven receptions for 84 yards as well as four interceptions. He retired after the season to become head football, basketball, and baseball coach at Mount Saint Mary's University. He resigned the following year to play baseball."}, {"context": " After a successful season as an outfielder and catcher for the Jersey City Giants, Filipowicz made his major league debut on September 3, 1944 for the New York Giants. He appeared in 15 games, collecting 8 hits in 41 at bats (.195). He appeared in 35 games the next season and batted .205 with 2 home runs. He made a return to baseball in 1948 with the Sunbury Reds of the Interstate League. He was called up to the Cincinnati Reds later that season and collected 9 hits in 26 at bats (.346). He spent the 1949 & 1950 seasons with the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League and the Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League."}]}, {"title": "Steve Finch", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Charles Finch (born January 2, 1961 in Great Lakes, Illinois) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for one season for the Minnesota Vikings."}]}, {"title": "Steve Finley", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Allen Finley (born March 12, 1965) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was a two-time All-Star (1997, 2000), World Series champion (2001), and five-time Gold Glove Award winner (1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004). He is one of only two players (Matt Herges) to play for all five National League West teams. Finley grew up in Paducah, Kentucky, he attended Paducah Tilghman High School and Southern Illinois University, where he earned a degree in physiology and played for the baseball team from 1984 to 1987."}, {"context": " In , Finley was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 11th round of the draft, but did not sign, instead choosing to remain at SIU, where he was a two-time All-Missouri Valley Conference performer and a third-team All-American in 1986, and named the team's Most Valuable Player in 1987. He is a member of the Saluki Baseball Hall of Fame. He was a member of the 1986 Team USA squad that won a bronze medal during international competition in the Netherlands. In , he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 13th round of the draft, and did sign."}, {"context": " In 919 at bats in the minor leagues, Finley batted .309 and stole 68 bases. On August 29, 2009, Finley was inducted into the Rochester Red Wings Hall of Fame. In January , he was traded by the Orioles with Pete Harnisch and Curt Schilling to the Houston Astros for Glenn Davis. That year he was third in the league in triples (10), sixth in hits (170), ninth in stolen bases (34), and tenth in sacrifice hits (10). His 13 outfield assists tied Barry Bonds and Paul O'Neill for third in the league. In , he led the NL in games played (162), was second in triples (13), third in stolen bases (44; a career high) and sacrifice hits (10), and seventh in hits (177)."}, {"context": " In , he led the league in triples (13). He had been slowed in spring training by Bell's palsy, a viral infection of a nerve in his upper neck, resulting in numbness that prevented him from closing his left eye. In , he was second in the league in sacrifice hits (13), and tenth in triples (5). He appeared in only 94 games due to an injury and strike-shortened season. He missed nearly a month after being hit by a pitch on June 8 in Montreal, breaking the third metacarpal bone in his right hand. In December 1994, he was traded by the Astros with Ken Caminiti, And\u00fajar Cede\u00f1o, Roberto Petagine, Brian Williams, and minor leaguer Sean Fesh to the San Diego Padres for Derek Bell, Doug Brocail, Ricky Guti\u00e9rrez, Pedro A. Martinez, Phil Plantier, and Craig Shipley."}, {"context": " In , Finley batted a career-high .297 and was third in the league in runs (104) and triples (8), and fourth in stolen bases (36) and hits (167). Finley also won his first Gold Glove Award. He was the only National League player to have 100 runs, 10 home runs, and 35 stolen bases. He stole a career-high 4 bases on August 12 vs. St. Louis. He was in the delivery room on September 1 when son Reed was born, and then headed to the ballpark and played in the 8th and 9th innings of San Diego's 6\u20133 win over the Philadelphia Phillies."}, {"context": " He was named MVP in the \"All-Stars Series\" between Japan and United States (Tokyo, 1996). Later in 1996, during Rickey Henderson's first season with San Diego, he boarded the team bus and was looking for a seat. Finley said, \"You have tenure, sit wherever you want.\" Henderson looked at Finley and said, \"Ten years? Rickey's been playing at least 16, 17 years.\" In , Finley was second in the NL in runs (126; a career high) and doubles (45), third in extra base hits (84), fourth in triples (9), and sixth in hits (195). Finley won his second Gold Glove Award and came in tenth in the MVP voting. He established Padres' records in runs, doubles, extra-base hits, and total bases."}, {"context": " In , he hit three home runs in a game twice in the same season (May 19 and June 23). Finley was voted to the All-Star team, and finished eighth in the league in runs (101). He hit his first game-ending grand slam on April 10, 1998, for the Padres. The Padres would appear in the World Series that year against the Yankees, only to be swept in four games. In December , he signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks. In , he hit three home runs and drove in 6 runs in a game on September 8, 1999. That season he had 34 home runs and a career-high 103 RBI, and was seventh in the league in extra base hits (76). Finley also won his third Gold Glove Award."}, {"context": " In , he had 35 home runs and a career-high .544 slugging percentage, and was ninth in the league in sacrifice flies (9). He was voted to the All Star team. Finley also had 10 outfield assists and won his fourth Gold Glove Award. He was named the team co-Player-of-the-Year with Luis Gonzalez by the Arizona chapter of the BBWAA. In , Finley had a stellar postseason, leading the Diamondbacks with a .421 batting average in the National League Division Series and 5 RBI in the National League Championship Series as Arizona went on to win its first World Series. On August 30 of that year, Finley became the Diamondbacks' first position player to serve as a relief pitcher, during a 13\u20135 loss to the San Francisco Giants."}, {"context": " Finley would win his first and only World Series title of his career against the Yankees in 7 games, the same team he lost 3 years prior to in 1998 while with the Padres. In , Finley led the league in triples (10), becoming the oldest player in Major League history to lead his league in triples. In July , he was traded by the Diamondbacks with Brent Mayne to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Koyie Hill, Reggie Abercrombie, and Bill Murphy (minors). He hit his second career game-ending grand slam October 2, 2004. In 2004, he was eighth in at bats (628) and plate appearances (706), and was ninth in home runs (36; the third-highest total ever for a 39-year-old in the Majors, behind Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron). Finley also won his fifth Gold Glove Award and tied Pete Rose's record of playing in 162 games at the age of 39. He hit a game-winning, walk-off grand slam to cap a seven-run ninth inning on October 2 against San Francisco that clinched National League Western Division championship for the Dodgers."}, {"context": " In December 2004, Finley signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In , he missed 18 games due to strained right shoulder, his first DL stint since 1997. In December 2005 he was traded by the Angels to the San Francisco Giants for Edgardo Alfonzo. In 2006, at the age of 41, Finley became the oldest player ever to play more than 100 games in center field. On November 1, , the Giants declined their option on Finley for the 2007 season, which made him a free agent. On February 24, 2007, Finley signed a minor-league contract with the Colorado Rockies. After an impressive spring, Finley made their Opening Day roster. On June 5, 2007, the Rockies designated Finley for assignment, giving the Rockies 10 days to trade, release, or outright Finley to the minor leagues. Finley had batted .181 (17-for-94) with one home run and two RBIs in 43 games for Colorado. He was released on June 17, 2007. At the time of his release, of all active players, he was first in triples (124), 3rd in games (2,583) and at-bats (9,397), 4th in hits (2,548), 7th in runs (1,443), 8th in total bases (4,157), and 9th in doubles (449) and stolen bases (320). He also had the 4th-most center field appearances in major league history. He was also the sixth-oldest player in the NL."}]}, {"title": "Steve Finnan", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John \"Steve\" Finnan (born 24 April 1976) is an Irish former international footballer who played as a right back. He is the only player to have played in the World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, Intertoto Cup, all four levels of the English league football and the Football Conference. Among the honours won during his career was the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final for Liverpool. Finnan is known for his attacking role and ability to cross the ball. He played 52 internationals for the Republic of Ireland from his debut in 2000, scoring twice. He played for them at the 2002 FIFA World Cup."}, {"context": " Finnan was born in the Janesboro area of Limerick, and moved to Chelmsford, England, at a young age. He began his career playing in Wimbledon's youth system, but he joined non-League club Welling United in 1993 after being released at the age of 16. Finnan turned professional when he signed with Birmingham City in 1995, who paid a fee of \u00a3100,000 to Welling United to acquire his services. He scored his first professional goal against Watford. Finnan made a loan switch to Notts County in March 1996, making his debut in a 2\u20131 victory over Walsall and scoring his first goal a month later in a 4\u20132 victory over Bristol Rovers. He appeared in all of Notts' games for the remainder of the season, helping the team finish fourth in the Second Division and qualify for the promotion play-offs. In the first leg of the semi-finals held at the Alexandra Stadium he scored against Crewe Alexandra, with the match ending 2\u20132. The return leg at home saw Notts win 1\u20130, winning 3\u20132 on aggregate. In the play-offs final against Bradford City at Wembley Stadium, Notts County lost 2\u20130. He returned to Birmingham following the conclusion of the loan deal."}, {"context": " During the following season, 1996\u201397, Notts County signed Finnan for a fee \u00a3300,000 on 30 October 1996. He played his first match as a permanent player for Notts County after being introduced as a substitute against Shrewsbury Town. The season was not a successful one for Finnan as Notts County finished 24th in the table and were relegated to the Third Division. In the 1997\u201398 season, his first full season at the club, Finnan established himself as a key member of the team and was an ever present, appearing in 51 matches, helping the club win the Third Division title with record points and time. The other notable record Finnan established with Notts County during this season was a streak of 10 consecutive victories; a club record and one which still stands today."}, {"context": " After strong showings for Notts County in the 1997\u201398 season, Fulham manager Kevin Keegan paid \u00a3600,000 for his services in November 1998. He made his Fulham debut against Chesterfield on 21 November 1998 and scored his first goal for Fulham against Blackpool on 20 March 1999. While at Fulham, he also became a favourite among the fans. His first season with the club was a success, with Fulham winning the Second Division championship and being promoted to the First Division. Finnan finished ninth with Fulham the following season under new manager Paul Bracewell, despite promising early season form and an unbeaten run lasting over two months. Bracewell was replaced with Jean Tigana in May 2000, and under him in the 2000\u201301 season, Fulham won the First Division championship, winning promotion to the Premier League, with Finnan appearing in all but one of the league matches."}, {"context": " In his debut season in the Premier League, he helped Fulham qualify for the UEFA Intertoto Cup, was voted into the 2001\u201302 Professional Footballers' Association team of the year and was also voted as the Fulham player of the year. Fulham then went on to win the Intertoto Cup, giving Finnan his first taste of European football. Next season saw Jean Tigana replaced by Chris Coleman, Finnan's fourth manager in five seasons. By April 2003 with few games to go, Fulham were close to the relegation zone but picked up 10 points out of a possible 15 to stay in the top-flight, finishing in 14th position."}, {"context": " In the summer of 2003 Finnan found himself courted by many of England's top clubs, and eventually Fulham agreed to sell Finnan to Liverpool for a fee of \u00a33.5m. Finnan made his Liverpool debut against Chelsea on 17 August 2003. His first season was disrupted by injury, but in 2004\u201305, he established himself as the first-choice right back and a firm fan favourite. The season was a highly successful one for Finnan. He scored his first and only goal for Liverpool against West Bromwich Albion, played in the League Cup final, and was in the starting eleven as Liverpool won the Champions League Final, though a thigh injury meant he was substituted at half time. Finnan's goal against WBA meant that he had scored in each of the five highest divisions of English football, a record he shares with Jimmy Willis."}, {"context": " In the 2005\u201306 season, Liverpool broke their record for number of points in a Premier League season, finishing on 82 points with Finnan being ever present. At the end of the season he picked up another medal with Liverpool, winning the FA Cup. Finnan played for Liverpool as first choice right back for the 2006\u201307 season despite heavy competition from newly arrived team-mate \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa. He started in the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final and was subbed off after 88 minutes, Liverpool went on to lose the game 2\u20131. In July 2007, Finnan agreed a new two-year contract to remain with Liverpool."}, {"context": " The following season, Liverpool's success continued as they finished third in the League and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. Finnan took his total appearances for Liverpool past the 200 mark and also made it into the top 100 capped Liverpool players of all time. Finnan featured in 35 games, but lost his starting place, manager Rafa Ben\u00edtez often preferring Arbeloa to start. In the summer of 2008, after the arrival of fullback Philipp Degen at the club from Borussia Dortmund, Finnan was linked with a move away from Anfield. He was offered by Liverpool as a makeweight in a deal to sign Gareth Barry from Aston Villa; the player accepted the move but the clubs were unable to agree a fee. He made a guest appearance in Jamie Carragher's testimonial match in September 2010."}, {"context": " On transfer deadline day, 1 September 2008, Finnan signed a two-year deal with La Liga club Espanyol for an undisclosed fee. Injuries limited his first team appearances, and rumours of a return to the Premier League in the January 2009 transfer window with Arsenal or Tottenham Hotspur were dismissed by Espanyol's sports director Paco Herrera and by coach Man\u00e9, who considered him an important member of the team. By mid-January, Espanyol were \"surprised\" that a move to Hull City did not proceed, apparently for medical reasons. In July 2009, Espanyol and Finnan agreed to mutually terminate the remainder of his contract."}, {"context": " Finnan signed a one-year contract with Premier League side Portsmouth on 31 July 2009. He made his debut for the club on 3 October in a 1\u20130 victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux, and played regularly in the second half of the season, but with the club in administration and relegated to the Championship, he was not offered a new deal. His last appearance for the club was the 2010 FA Cup Final against Chelsea. A Republic of Ireland Under-21 international, Finnan stepped up to the senior side in 2000 against Greece. He cemented his place in the Irish starting XI during the 2002 World Cup qualification matches, supplying the cross for Jason McAteer to score the only goal in a crucial 1\u20130 home win against the Netherlands in September 2001."}, {"context": " Finnan appeared in all three of Ireland's group E games in the 2002 FIFA World Cup against Cameroon, Germany and Saudi Arabia. Ireland progressed to the second round of the tournament for only the third time in their history where they faced Spain. The match ended 1\u20131 in extra time and went to penalties. Finnan took a penalty and scored, but Ireland eventually lost 3\u20132. Injury disrupted Finnan's participation in the unsuccessful attempt to reach the Euro 2004 finals. He was a regular choice in the 2006 World Cup qualification games but Ireland failed to qualify for the finals."}, {"context": " He was again a regular selection in the 2008 Euro qualification games but Ireland did not qualify for the finals. He scored his second international goal in the group game against Cyprus in a 1-1 draw. He then announced his retirement from international football on 22 January 2008 after making 50 appearances for the Republic of Ireland. Tempted by the prospect of working with the newly appointed Ireland manager Giovanni Trappatoni, Finnan came out of retirement in August 2008 to be included in the squad to face Norway in an international friendly.  Finnan was arrested in June 2005 after running over an 81-year-old man from Liverpool, who later died of the injuries he sustained. Finnan faced no charges over the death of Nelson, despite travelling more than twice the speed-limit at the time. Finnan spent the majority of the early 2010s in The Gambia, providing irrigation for impoverished children. In 2015, he was living in London and working in property development. Notts County Fulham Liverpool"}]}, {"title": "Steve Finnane", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Charles \"Steve\" Finnane (born 3 July 1952) was a rugby union player who represented Australia. Finnane, a prop, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of six international rugby caps for Australia."}]}, {"title": "Steve Finney", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Finney (born 31 October 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made appearances in The Football League for six clubs Finney began his career as an apprentice with Preston North End, where he made his professional debut during 1991\u201392. After just six league appearances he moved to Premier League side Manchester City in February 1993, but he failed to make the first team while at Maine Road. In the summer of 1995, Finney moved to Swindon Town, scoring 12 times in his first season to help them to the Division Two title. Apart from a loan spell with Cambridge United in 1997, Finney remained with Swindon until July 1998, when he moved to Carlisle United. But before the 1998\u201399 season had finished, Finney had moved on to Leyton Orient for a short spell with the London club."}, {"context": " Finney spent time on trial with Exeter City in the summer of 1999, and then dropped into non\u2013league football with Barrow before returning to The Football League with struggling Chester City on 18 October 1999 after sending his CV to the club. During his 14-month stint at the club, he failed to score a competitive goal and was part of the side that were relegated to the Football Conference. In December 2000 he joined Altrincham, initially on loan. He made an instant impact with a hat\u2013trick against Whitby Town. It is not clear who he played for after this.  Swindon Town"}]}, {"title": "Steve Finnieston", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Finnieston (born 30 November 1954) is a retired Scottish footballer who played during the 1970s and 1980s, most notably for Chelsea. A striker, Finnieston first joined Chelsea as a 12-year-old. He signed professional forms in December 1971. He made his debut for the club in a 1\u20131 draw with Leicester City in 1975 and spent time on loan at Cardiff City during the same season. He didn't establish himself as a regular in the Chelsea first-team until 1976\u201377. That season was his most prolific, as he struck up an impressive partnership with Kenny Swain and scored 24 league goals, including a crucial winner against promotion rivals Nottingham Forest and a final day hat-trick created by a partnership with Tommy Langley, who also scored, against Hull City."}, {"context": " Chelsea were promoted back to the First Division at the end of the season but thereafter the goals dried up, though he did score in Chelsea's unexpected 4\u20132 win over European champions Liverpool in the FA Cup third round. He joined Sheffield United in June 1978 and scored four goals for them in 23 appearances. Finnieston retired from professional football in 1980 at the age of 25 due to injury. He made a comeback a year later in non-league football with Addlestone and Hartley Wintney. He also played and scored in a friendly for Camberley Town in August 1991 but he never played a competitive game for the club.  He later became a postman and worked as a sales rep for Travis Perkins until 2006. He is now self-employed."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fiorilla", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fiorilla (January 12, 1961 \u2013 July 29, 2009) was an American artist born in Paterson, New Jersey, who lived and worked in Buffalo, New York. Throughout his career, Fiorilla emphasized the grotesque and surreal in illustrations, sculpture and fine art. As a sculptor, he produced a variety of bizarre, malformed creatures. His film reviews appeared under the pseudonym Jacques Cor\u00e9dor. Fiorilla illustrated for books and magazines (\"Heavy Metal\", \"Video Games and Computer Entertainment\", \"High Times\"), T-shirts, small press journals (\"Eegah!\", \"Magick Theatre\", \"Moody Street Irregulars\"), catalog covers (Gregg Press), fanzines (\"Horror from the Crypt of Fear\") and mini-comics (\"City Scenes\"). One of his 1985 sculptures was featured 12 years later on a cover for the magazine \"Bloodsongs\" (1997)."}, {"context": " He created numerous drawings and product designs for Ed \"Big Daddy\" Roth, including a belt buckle, T-shirts, caps, ads and catalog illustrations. Fiorilla sometimes worked in tandem with illustrator Jim McDermott, such as their collaboration for Stephen J. Spignesi's \"The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia\" (1991). Fiorilla's work for films included sculptural designs for Boston's Olive Jar Animation. The short film \"Things Never Seen\" (1989), with creatures designed by Fiorilla, received multiple showings on MTV during the 1980s and 1990s. In addition to special effects makeup for videos (Tennie Komar and the Silencers) and films (\"Winterbeast\", 1991), he designed masks for Death Studios and horror films, including \"Saturday the 14th\" (1981) and \"Till Death Do We Scare\" (1982)."}, {"context": " The MTV animated logo \"Guillotine\" featured a sculpted horror by Fiorilla, and he also created the customized skeleton guitar writhing in a popular 1987 Dokken video seen on MTV. EC Comics publisher Bill Gaines owned one of Fiorilla's latex masks depicting EC's Old Witch (\"The Haunt of Fear\"). In the second season of HBO's \"Tales from the Crypt\" anthology television series, a photo of this Old Witch mask was a prop in the June 26, 1990 \"Korman's Kalamity\" episode, adapted from the EC story \"Kamen's Kalamity.\" Illustrated by Jack Kamen, the original self-satirical story is set in EC's offices where the EC editors have a meeting with Kamen about his artwork."}, {"context": " \"Buffalo's Low Down Dirty Low Brow Art Show\" was a 2002 group exhibition \"inspired by the artwork of Steve Fiorilla,\" although he did not participate in the show. Fiorilla's articles and reviews were published in the online magazine, \"Flickhead\". He also did film reviews under the pseudonym Jacques Cor\u00e9dor (a pun on Samuel Fuller's film \"Shock Corridor\"). Fee Fie Foe... Fiorilla! is a blog displaying Fiorilla's characters in a surreal narrative setting. Steve Fiorilla died July 29, 2009, in Buffalo at age 48."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fireovid", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen John Fireovid (born June 6, 1957 in Bryan, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Fireovid pitched in all or part of six seasons in the majors for five different teams between 1981 and 1992. In none of those seasons did Fireovid pitch more than 10 games in the majors. He played college baseball at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1976 to 1978. In 1990, while pitching for the Indianapolis Indians, Fireovid composed a journal of his experiences. The journal was turned into a book, \"The 26th Man: One Minor League Pitcher's Pursuit of a Dream\", in 1991. The book was co-authored by Mark Winegardner. Fireovid's career is also profiled with a chapter in the book \"Journeymen: 24 Bittersweet Tales of Short Major League Sports Careers\" by Kurt Dusterberg.  He was married to Patty, with whom he has three children (Joseph, Samuel, and Thomas). Subsequently, he wed Michele and had two children\u2014Adam and Rachel."}]}, {"title": "Steve Firth", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steven Mark Firth (born 1 February 1965 in Halifax, England) is the bass player for the English band Embrace. He studied art at Liverpool University, and also completed a psychology degree. Firth admitted that he only found out about Embrace by chance, as he was looking in the music adverts section of a local paper as an old habit and had temporarily given up due to several failures in bands and now having a wife and full-time job, and was actually looking for a new suit as his cat had destroyed his best one. He replaced the band's original bass player J Senior in 1995.  In spite of the band's recent affiliation with football, he is believed to be the only member of the band who is largely interested, and supports Leeds United."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fisher", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Louis Fisher (born March 24, 1945) is a retired American basketball coach. Fisher has served as the head coach at the University of Michigan, where he won the national championship in 1989, and was an assistant at Michigan, Western Michigan University, and the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. From 1999 to 2017, Fisher was head coach at San Diego State. Fisher attended Illinois State University, where he helped lead the Redbirds to the Final Four of the 1967 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament."}, {"context": " Fisher moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1982 and took an assistant coaching job at the University of Michigan after serving as an assistant coach at Western Michigan University since 1979. In 1989, during the final week of the regular season, Michigan head coach Bill Frieder agreed to take the coaching job at Arizona State University beginning the next season. Though Frieder intended to coach Michigan through the end of the 1989 NCAA tournament and told athletic director Bo Schembechler that he would stay to coach the team in the tournament, Schembechler responded, \"The hell you will!\" He immediately fired Frieder and announced that Fisher would be promoted to replace him. When announcing the promotion of Fisher, Schembechler famously said, \"I don't want someone from Arizona State coaching the Michigan team. A \"Michigan\" man is going to coach Michigan.\""}, {"context": " Initially, Fisher was not expected to retain the position after the season. However, Fisher led the Wolverines to an improbable NCAA championship that season, thanks to a strong performance by forward Glen Rice. Schembechler hired him as the school's permanent head coach a week after the championship game. Michigan credits the 1988\u201389 regular season to Frieder and the NCAA tournament to Fisher. Because of the unusual circumstances surrounding the timing of Fisher's hiring, he is the only person to win the NCAA Men's Division I national championship without having ever experienced a loss as the team's head coach."}, {"context": " The next two seasons of the Fisher era were struggles. However, in 1991, Fisher signed one of the most talented incoming freshman classes of all time. High school stars Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Ray Jackson, Jimmy King, and Juwan Howard all signed with Fisher and Michigan, forming what became known as the \"Fab Five\". Together, they helped lead the Wolverines to the national title game in their freshman year, only to lose to Duke. As sophomores, they again reached the title game, this time losing to North Carolina. In that game, Webber was called for a technical foul with 11 seconds remaining in the game when he signaled for a timeout when the Wolverines had none left."}, {"context": " After the title-game loss to the Tar Heels, Webber went pro; Rose and Howard followed after an elite eight loss to the eventual National Champion Arkansas Razorbacks. The Wolverines would not reach the same heights until 2013, although they reached the postseason each of the next five seasons and won the 1997 National Invitation Tournament. In October 1997, Michigan fired Fisher as a result of an off-court scandal (\"see section below\"). Fisher was out of coaching for the 1997\u201398 season before taking a job as an assistant with the Sacramento Kings."}, {"context": " In 1999, Fisher took over as coach of a San Diego State program that had suffered losing records in 13 of the previous 14 years. In the season before he arrived, the Aztecs had won just four games, but within two seasons Fisher had brought the team up to a .500 record, and led them to a 21\u201312 record and an NCAA Tournament appearance in year three of his regime. He has since led them to seven other NCAA tourneys, and five appearances in the National Invitation Tournament. In 1997, after it was revealed that Maurice Taylor had visited Ed Martin, a retired Ford electrician, the school launched an investigation. After the investigators questioned Fisher's role in arranging complimentary tickets for Martin, Fisher was fired a week before practice began for the 1997\u201398 season."}, {"context": " Later, additional facts surfaced that further damaged the program's reputation. In 2002, an indictment unsealed in a Detroit federal court charged Ed Martin with running an illegal gambling operation and money laundering. Additionally, it claimed that Martin gave Webber $280,000 in illicit loans while Webber was in high school and college, with another $336,000 allegedly going to three other former Wolverine players \u2013 Taylor, Robert Traylor and Louis Bullock. Martin ultimately pleaded guilty, but died in February 2003."}, {"context": " As a result of the revelations, Michigan imposed its own sanctions on the basketball program in 2002, vacating its two Final Four games from the 1992 NCAA Tournament and its standing as the tournament's runner-up. It also vacated the entire 1992\u201393 season, as well as every game from 1995\u201396 to 1998\u201399. Michigan also withdrew from postseason consideration for the 2002\u201303 season, and removed the banners hanging in Crisler Arena that commemorated their post-season appearances and removed references to the named players' records. The move came because the payments may have compromised the four players' amateur status. The NCAA accepted Michigan's sanctions, and additionally placed the school on probation until 2006. It also ordered Michigan to disassociate itself from the four players until 2013."}, {"context": " The discoveries did not impact Fisher's career with San Diego State (and no new allegations have occurred in conjunction with that program). Fisher denied any knowledge of the Martin misconduct. The NCAA ultimately faulted Fisher for allowing Martin access to his players (though his ties to Michigan dated to the Frieder era), but otherwise cleared him of wrongdoing. In 1999, Fisher took over the basketball program at San Diego State University. The Aztecs had not been to the postseason since their NCAA appearance in 1984\u20131985."}, {"context": " In his third year, Fisher led the Aztecs to their first Mountain West Conference tournament title, and finished with a 21\u201312 record and continued the upward surge of the program. They returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since that same '84\u201385 team. During the 2002\u20132003 season (his fourth year), Steve Fisher's Aztecs returned to the post-season when they hosted an NIT First round match against UCSB. The Aztecs earned their first ever Division 1 post-season win. After two rebuilding seasons (2003\u20132004 and 2004\u20132005), the Aztecs returned to the NCAA Tournament in the 2005\u20132006 season; Steve Fisher's seventh season. That year the Aztecs began a present 10-year streak of consecutive 20+ win seasons while capturing their first ever Mountain West Conference Regular Season Championship, and winning their second ever Mountain West Conference Tournament Championship."}, {"context": " In 2009, the Aztecs earned a school-record 26 victories and reached the semifinals of the NIT. It was their third consecutive trip to the NIT, and fourth consecutive post-season appearance. In the 2009\u20132010 season, the Aztecs won another 20+ games, won the Mountain West Conference Tournament, and earned their third NCAA Tournament trip under Fisher. In 2010\u20132011, the Aztecs, ranked #25 in the pre-season AP poll, were ranked #4 late in the season, the school's highest ever ranking. SDSU even received three first place votes in the Coaches' Poll at one point. They spent nearly the entire season in the top 10 and won their first NCAA Tournament game ever en route to the Sweet 16. SDSU set a school record in the 2010\u201311 season with 34 wins. They had 3 total losses, the first 2 against Sweet 16 team BYU (who they went on to beat in MWC Tournament Championship game) and their 3rd loss was to future NCAA Tournament winner UConn."}, {"context": " Overall Fisher has guided SDSU to the NCAA Tournament in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 and the postseason NIT in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2016 to go along with twelve 20-win seasons (eleven consecutive from 2005\u2013present). Additionally, under Fisher, the Aztecs have won or shared six MWC regular season titles (2006 outright, 2011 shared with BYU, 2012 shared with New Mexico, 2014 outright, 2015 shared with Boise State, 2016 outright), and won four MWC tournaments (2002, 2006, 2010, 2011). Since the 2005\u20132006 season, Steve Fisher has led the Aztecs to eleven consecutive post-season appearances, including six consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances\u2014the first time the Aztecs have done this as a Division I team."}, {"context": " Just ten head coaches have won the NIT as well as the NCAA tournaments. The others are Nat Holman (who did it in the same year), John Calipari, Vadal Peterson, Nolan Richardson, Bobby Knight, Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall, Al McGuire, Dean Smith, and Jim Calhoun. Steve Fisher won his 300th game as Head Coach of the San Diego State Aztecs Men's Basketball Program on January 31, 2014 in a game against Colorado State University. \"It's not me, it's we\u2026\", remarked Coach Fisher. On October 29, 2015, SDSU dedicated the basketball court at Viejas Arena to Steve Fisher, naming it Steve Fisher Court."}, {"context": " On April 10, 2017, Fisher reportedly informed San Diego State University of his intent to retire, which was followed by a formal announcement the following day that confirmed his retirement. <nowiki>*</nowiki>\"Fisher served as interim coach during the 1989 NCAA tournament after Bill Frieder resigned. Michigan credits the 1988\u201389 regular season to Frieder and the NCAA tournament to Fisher.\" ^\"Michigan vacated its two 1992 Final Four games and its status as tournament runner-up. Official record is 24\u20138.\"  ^^\"Entire season, including postseason tournament appearances, later vacated by the school.\" \"Michigan total record includes games subsequently vacated by the school.\""}]}, {"title": "Steve Fisher (cyclist)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fisher (born 22 June 1990 in Seattle) is an American cyclist riding for ."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fisher (snowboarder)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fisher also known as \"The Fish\" (born September 21, 1982 in Olathe, Kansas) is an American professional snowboarder and the 2004 and 2007 Winter X Games Champion. He was once ranked the #1 halfpipe rider in the United States by the USSA ranking system. Steve grew up in Saint Louis Park, a suburb out of Minneapolis. As a young boy, his home mountain was Buck Hill which was home to one of the first halfpipes in the Midwest. Steve rode at Buck hill every day and night until he was ten years old, saying that he rarely spent any time at home during the winter. He began competing in local competitions at age eight and qualified for USASA nationals by age nine. Fisher went pro in 2002 when he was asked by the US Snowboarding Team to forerun the 2002 Olympic halfpipe event and become a part of US Snowboarding."}, {"context": " Fisher rides regular stance, eighteen and negative six degrees on his board. He is known for his smooth yet aggressive riding style and technical backside 540's. He can be seen teaching his infamous backside 540's in Transworld Snowboarding's 20 Tricks II video. While he is best known for his skills in the halfpipe, Steve remains a well-rounded rider capable of riding rails, jumps, and natural backcountry features. When he is not snowboarding, mountain biking, fishing, or hiking, Steve is an avid blogger who writes several blogs for various websites.  Because his father was diagnosed with and recovered from prostate cancer, Steve is involved with the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Working with their Athletes for a Cure program, Steve is helping build awareness of this prevalent disease."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fisher (soccer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fisher (born October 2, 1981 in Hershey, Pennsylvania) is an American soccer player who currently played for Harrisburg City Islanders in the USL Second Division. Fisher played college soccer at Lehigh University, where was a senior he led the Mountain Hawks in scoring with eight goals and 16 points, earned All-Patriot League First Team accolades, and was his school\u2019s Athlete of the Year. Fisher turned professional when he signed with Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL Second Division in 2004, and has remained with the club ever since, having made over 80 appearances in 5 years. He was part of the Harrisburg team which won the 2007 USL-2 Championship. On February 2, 2010 Fisher announced his retirement from professional soccer, after playing the game for nearly six years."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fisher (writer)", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Stephen Gould Fisher (August 29, 1912\u00a0\u2013 March 27, 1980) was an American author best known for his pulp stories, novels and screenplays. He is one of the few pulp authors to go on to enjoy success as both an author in \u201cslick\u201d magazines, such as the \"Saturday Evening Post\", and as an in-demand writer in Hollywood. Steve Fisher was born 29 August 1912, in Marine City, Michigan. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, where he attended Oneonta Military Academy until running away to join the Navy at the age of sixteen. Fisher spent four years in the Navy submarine service, during which time he wrote prolifically, selling stories to \"U.S. Navy\" and \"Our Navy\"."}, {"context": " After Fisher\u2019s discharge from the Navy, he settled in Greenwich Village, New York, where he decided to pursue writing as a career. The first few months proved difficult. Fisher could not sell a story and suffered eviction from two apartments, and once had his electricity shut off. In March 1934, however, he would publish his first story, \u201cHell\u2019s Scoop,\u201d in \"Sure-Fire Detective Magazine\", beginning a career of considerable literary success. Fisher published extensively in pulps throughout the 1930s, \u201840s and into the \u201850s. Magazines that featured his stories include \"Spicy Mystery Stories\", \"Thrilling Detective\", \"True Gang Life\", \"Detective Fiction Weekly\", \"The Shadow\", \"New Mystery Adventures\", \"Underground Detective\", \"The Mysterious Fu Wang\", \"The Phantom Detective\", \"Ace Detective\", \"Saucy Romantic Adventures\", \"Mystery Adventure\", \"Detective Tales\", \"The Whisperer\", \"Headquarters Detective\", \"Hardboiled\", \"Doc Savage\", \"Feds\", \"Federal Agent\", \"Popular Detective\", \"Clues\", \"Detective Romances\", \"Crime Busters\", \"Pocket Detective\" and \"Detective Story Magazine\"."}, {"context": " Some of Fisher\u2019s most significant stories, however, would be published in \"Black Mask\", the seminal detective magazine. Famous \"Mask\" editor Joe Shaw rejected early submissions by Fisher, but under the editorship of Fanny Ellsworth, Fisher would help create a more emotional, psychological crime story, different from his hard-boiled \"Mask\" predecessors. Fisher stated, \u201c[My] subjective style, mood and approach to a story was the antithesis of [a] Roger Torrey who, like Hammett, wrote objectively, with crisp, cold precision\u201d. \u201cThe more emotionally charged style caught on and was featured in a number of detective pulps,\u201d helping to establish a place for similar authors, such as Fisher\u2019s friend Cornell Woolrich. In total Fisher would publish nine stories in \"Black Mask\": \u201cDeath of a Dummy,\u201d \u201cFlight to Paris,\u201d \u201cHollywood Party,\u201d \u201cJake and Jill,\u201d \u201cLatitude Unknown,\u201d \u201cMurder at Eight,\u201d \u201cNo Gentleman Strangles His Wife,\u201d \u201cWait for Me,\u201d \u201cYou\u2019ll Always Remember Me,\u201d."}, {"context": " Fisher would also break into slick magazines during this period, a rare feat for a pulp writer. His stories saw simultaneous publication in pulps and in slicks such as \"Liberty\", \"Collier's\", \"The Saturday Evening Post\", \"Cosmopolitan\" and \"American Magazine\" to name a few. He would also publish under the pennames Stephen Gould and Grant Lane, and would go on to publish hundreds of stories in pulp and slick magazines including Lt. Commander Sheridan Doome detective novels. Struggling financially, Fisher moved to Paris in 1939 to work and live more affordably. After only six month, his agent, H. N. Swanson, sold the stories \u201cIf You Break My Heart\u201d and \u201cShore Leave\u201d to Hollywood for film adaptation. Fisher returned to Hollywood where he would work for much of the remainder of his life as a screenwriter. Fisher wrote the screenplays for such notable films noir as \"Dead Reckoning\" and \"Lady in the Lake\". He would also spent time writing novels, most notably \"I Wake Up Screaming\", which was made into a film by the same name starring Victor Mature. During the 1970s, Fisher experienced great success writing for television, including such shows as \"Starsky & Hutch\", \"McMillan & Wife\" and \"Barnaby Jones\". He died of a heart attack on March 27, 1980 at his home in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, age 67."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fisk", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fisk is a Washington-based audio engineer, record producer and musician. A veteran of bands including Pell Mell and Pigeonhed, Fisk has earned his greatest renown as a producer. Fisk made his solo debut in 1980 with contributions to the compilations \"Let Them Eat Jellybeans!\", \"Sub Pop 5\" and \"Life Elsewhere\". In 1982 Fisk joined the instrumental outfit, Portland based Pell Mell, which issued critically acclaimed records on SST. After a move to San Francisco the group disbanded in 1985 and a few odd turns landed him in Ellensburg, Washington where he produced the Screaming Trees' \"Other Worlds\", followed in 1986 by the group's Clairvoyance; soon his credit appeared regularly on releases from the Sub Pop and K labels including key early releases from the likes of Beat Happening and Soundgarden. In 1990 Fisk, now in Seattle, produced Nirvana's \"Blew\" sessions, followed by work with Some Velvet Sidewalk, Treepeople, The Reverend Horton Heat, Love Battery, Girl Trouble, Mary Lou Lord, The Afghan Whigs, Unwound, Seaweed, Steven \"Jesse\" Bernstein, Beat Happening, The Screaming Trees and remixes for Soundgarden. In 1993 he teamed with vocalist Shawn Smith in the ambient soul duo Pigeonhed, issuing a self-titled LP on Sub Pop. He made the leap to major label production in 1994, helming projects for Imij (Liberty), The Wedding Present (Island), Schtum (SonyUK) and The 360's (RCA); a year later a reunited Pell Mell issued \"Interstate\" on DGC, and for the same label Fisk produced The Posies, Three Mile Pilot and Boss Hog."}, {"context": " The same year saw Pigeonhed recording its 2nd Subpop LP \"The Full Sentence\", yielding the oft licensed Battle Flag remix by the Lo Fidelity Allstars which can be heard in ER, Smallville, Dawson's Creek, Queer as Folk, Forces of Nature, Dancing at The Blue Iguana, Coyote Ugly, The Mod Squad as well as many Hollywood trailers. The original Pigeonhed version is featured in The Sopranos, Very Bad Things and The Horse Whisperer. In 1996, Pell Mell were dropped. \"Nothing Lies Still Long\" was used in weekly episodes of \"Six Feet Under\". Other tracks from their last album \"Starcity\" were featured in \"Sex and the City\". Other 90's work include sessions with Mudhoney, Geraldine Fibbers, Low, Soul Coughing, Damien Jurado, Lois, Agents of Good Roots, Maktub, Joan Osborne, The Halo Benders, and Heather Duby. His third solo album, \"999 Levels of Undo\", arrived in early 2001 on Sub Pop."}, {"context": " In the 2000s Fisk produced more records for Heather Duby and Maktub as well as solo work with Reggie Watts. Reunion records for The Wedding Present and Harvey Danger. Major label records for Midnight Movies and James Jackson Toth. Indy records with Minus the Bear, Past Lives, Shoplifting, Mark Pickerel, Carrie Akre, Alicia Dara, Paul Manusos and Al Larsen. In 2005 Fisk co-wrote and produced the score for the award winning Kurt Cobain documentary \"\" with Ben Gibbard. In 2010 Fisk began work with KK and his Weathered Underground, mixing their Introducing cd, as well as solo records for members Kyle O'Quin and Thomas Hunter. Other mix work included Quasi, Bitch and The Telephantasm remix for Soundgarden.  Between 2009 and 2011 Fisk composed two 16 channel ambient audio installations for the Experience Music Project's \"Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses\" and \"Can't Look Away: The Lure of Horror\" exhibits. In 2015 he received the Stranger Genius award in music."}]}, {"title": "Steve Fitzgerald", "paragraphs": [{"context": " Steve Fitzgerald (born December 26, 1944) is an American politician and businessman who is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 5th District since 2013. He is currently a Republican candidate for the Second Congressional District of Kansas. The areas he represents in the Kansas Legislature are Leavenworth, Lansing, Piper, Bonner Springs, Edwardsville (part) as well as part of Kansas City. He is the Vice-Chair of the Ethics, Elections and Local Government Committee and also serves on the Education, Judiciary and Transportation committees."}, {"context": " Fitzgerald was born in the Bronx, New York in 1944. He graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a Master of Military Science Degree. He also attended Central Michigan University where he attained his Master of Business. He graduated from Saint Martin's University in Washington with a Bachelor's in History. Fitzgerald served in Viet Nam '68-'70 in the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), as a detachment commander in the I Corps MIKE Force; in Germany '75-'78 in the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne); in Grenada '83 in the 82d Division (Airborne); in the Pentagon; and at Fort Leavenworth in the Combined Arms Center."}, {"context": " Fitzgerald's awards include the Combat Infantry Badge, two Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, and five Meritorious Service Medals. Upon retiring from the Army, Fitzgerald started a small business which he ran until the 9/11 terrorist attack of 2001. After this attack he closed down the business and went to work for Northrop Grumman as a military analyst and training consultant for the Army. In 2012, he retired from Northrop Grumman upon election into the Kansas Senate. In 2010, Fitzgerald co-founded and co-chaired of the Republican Men's Leadership Series, which has trained approximately 250 men throughout Kansas, including several state senators, representatives, county commissioners, mayors, businessmen, and others."}, {"context": " Fitzgerald was elected Treasurer of Kansas Republican party at the 2008 KS Republican Convention and served until 2010. Fitzgerald was Vice President of the Leavenworth School Board from 2005-2009. He was a leader in the bond drive for renovating the schools in the district. He was also a member of the local Catholic school board. Fitzgerald is the past Commander of Lansing VFW Post 12003 and member of the Leavenworth County Veterans Day Parade Committee. He is a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans as well as a member of American Legion Post 411 and the Special Forces Association."}, {"context": " In March 2017, Planned Parenthood Great Plains received a donation in Fitzgerald's name. After Fitzgerald learned of the donation, he was angered and compared Planned Parenthood to a concentration camp. In a letter, he wrote, \"This as bad, or worse, as having one's name associated with Dachau.\" Following this response, Planned Parenthood received a flood of donations in Fitzgerald's name. In his speech during a meeting of the Leavenworth County Republican Party on 2 July 2018, Fitzgerald asserted that \"We are being told that Western civilization is the problem in the world. Outside of Western civilization there is only barbarism.\"  Fitzgerald and his wife, Francie, raised five children in Leavenworth, where they have lived since 1985. They now have 19 grandchildren. Their children and grandchildren have graduated from public, private, Catholic, and Lutheran schools and have also been home schooled. Fitzgerald is a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and is a member, 3rd degree, of the Knights of Columbus."}]}]}