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<mask> (born April 6, 1961) is an American visual effects artist and creative director at Magnopus, a media company that produces visual development and virtual production services for motion pictures,  television, museums and multimedia platforms. Working at Industrial Light & Magic, <mask> contributed to the visual effects on such films as The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. At his own VFX studio Matte World Digital, he produced visual effects on Zodiac, Alice in Wonderland and Hugo. Over the course of his VFX career, <mask> contributed to the visual effects on more than 100 films. He is an Emmy Award recipient for By Dawn's Early Light and he received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects on Batman Returns. In 2009, he won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.<mask> is a film historian, museum exhibit curator, and educator with a focus on the history of visual effects in classic films, before and after the digital age. He hosts presentations and lectures on the visual effects from Hollywood’s studio age. He produces short documentaries that reveal the formerly secret history of how visual effects pioneers created seamless visuals using matte paintings, miniatures and optical effects. Career

Visual effects supervisor

Industrial Light & Magic
Hired at age 18 by VFX cinematographer Richard Edlund in 1979, <mask> was then the youngest person working at ILM. Starting out in the matte painting department with VFX photographer Neil Krepela and painter Ralph McQuarrie, <mask> eventually moved to the camera department, compositing matte-painted effects for scenes in landmark visual-effects films including The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Accompanied by matte painters Michael Pangrazio and Chris Evans, at times on international location shoots, <mask>

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 and crew designed and photographed matte shots for feature films.From 1984 to 1988 he was matte photography supervisor, working to combine matte paintings and miniatures with live-action photography. He is credited as director of matte photography on Willow (1988), his last film at ILM, before leaving to start his own company Matte World. Matte World Digital
Co-founded by <mask>, Pangrazio and executive producer Krystyna Demkowicz in 1988, Matte World produced seamless matte-painting effects for film and television productions from its Novato, California studio. Soon after formation, <mask>'s work for HBO's By Dawn's Early Light won an Emmy for Outstanding Visual Effects. Throughout the 1980s, <mask> and his crew produced traditional effects shots with glass matte paintings and miniature models. Their work received an Academy Award nomination
for Best Visual Effects for Batman Returns in 1992. That same year, the company was renamed Matte World Digital (MWD) to reflect the new technological tools available to matte painters.MWD produced digital environments for feature films, commercials, cable television, computer games and IMAX projects, serving the artistic visions of directors Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, Alfonso Cuaron, Gore Verbinski, Ron Howard, Tim Burton and David Fincher, among others. <mask> contributed to the visual effects of more than 100 films at MWD, innovating digital-effects techniques for Zodiac, Alice in Wonderland, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 2009. MWD closed in 2012 after 24 years of service. The company's last project was creating stereo CGI matte paintings of 1930s-era Paris and Georges Méliès' glass studio for Martin Scorsese's Hugo. Innovations
Matte World Digital was the first company to apply radiosity rendering to film, for Martin Scorsese's Casino.

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 Collaborating with software company LightScape, the MWD crew was able to simulate the reflective effect of millions of neon lights from the 1970s-era Las Vegas strip. Radiosity rendering provided a true simulation of bounce-light reflectivity in a computer-generated environment.For David Fincher's Zodiac, another film mainly set in the 1970s, shots were needed to establish the grittier San Francisco of that era. <mask> shot digital images of existing city-building textures, then added painted period details in the computer. One such shot features the Embarcadero Freeway alongside the Ferry Building and San Francisco Bay. The freeway had been demolished after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake so MWD digitally rebuilt the structure, viewed from an overhead computer-generated "helicopter-shot" to introduce San Francisco in 1969. CG lighting techniques were applied for a sped-up animated sequence showing the Transamerica Pyramid being built, extablishing the passage of time. <mask> researched archival photographs and architectural drawings for the shot. <mask> worked with Fincher again in 2008 to build several digital matte and CGI environments for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.The interior of the film's New Orleans train station had to change and deteriorate, representing different eras. MWD built the CGI station interiors using Next Limit's Maxwell rendering software—software that was generally used as an architectural visualization and product-design tool. MWD revamped it to mimic real-world lighting as seen from multiple angles and light sources. Other visual effects work
While heading Matte World Digital, <mask> co-produced and directed the science-fiction short, The Utilizer, broadcast on Syfy (then called the Sci-Fi Channel) in 1996. The film won the best special effects award at the Chicago International Film Festival. <mask> was a visual effects supervisor at Tippett

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 Studio in 2013, where he developed digital environments for film and commercial productions alongside his former ILM co-worker Phil Tippett. Film historian

Author
Growing up watching classic films, <mask> was inspired by and curious about how special effects were created.He sought out and interviewed retired Hollywood studio-era cameramen and matte painters who revealed the formerly secretive world of visual effects techniques that were used in films such as King Kong, The Wizard of Oz, and Citizen Kane. This oral history of movie-making, along with a growing collection of behind-the-scenes photographs, were the basis of <mask>'s book, The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting. The Invisible Art..., co-wrriten with Mark Cotta Vaz, is the first comprehensive book on the history of matte painting and its transition into the digital age. The New York Times called it "Eye-opening…increas[ing] our wonder at this heretofore 'invisible art.'" Educator
As a public-programs lecturer for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), <mask> presents public screenings showcasing the art and technique of visual effects in classic studio films. Often partnering with sound designer Ben Burtt, the duo have also guest-hosted on the TCM Network. The pair do extensive research to find the hidden history of classic film production.For a presentation on Gunga Din, they visited the Lone Pine, California Alabama Hills location where the film was shot in 1938, and found pieces of the set buried there. Using camera drones, they then recreated the film's locations as CGI environments. <mask> has been an adjunct associate professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts since 2015. His "World of Visual Effects" course focuses on the history of visual effects in film and how visual effects have influenced narratives in filmmaking from its inception to today. Selected presentations


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 Techno Chaplin – Modern Times (1936) with Ben Burtt and John Bengstson – Digitally restored 35mm print with behind-the-scenes photos and multimedia tour explaining how Chaplin used mattes, process shots, miniatures and rear projection within industrial settings of 1930s Los Angeles. 2008, Hollywood/San Rafael, CA
 Mysteries of the Krell: Making Forbidden Planet (1956) with Ben Burtt – Breakdown of the film's visual effects and innovative sound design alongside collection of rare miniatures, production designs, props and analog source tapes from the electronic soundtrack, featuring the original Robby the Robot. 2011-2012, Hollywood/San Rafael, CA
 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) with Ben Burtt – Matte paintings and sound design with recreation of archery tests from the film.2012, New York, NY
 TCM Classic Film Festival 2016 featured <mask> and Burtt demonstrating George Pal's Oscar-winning visual effects in The War of the Worlds. Documentarian
<mask> produces and is featured in a number of documentary supplements for DVD and Blu-ray editions from The Criterion Collection and Turner Classic Movies. The documentary shorts, often in conjunction with Ben Burtt, explain with interviews, animated sequences and reenactments, how 3D effects were produced in classic Hollywood films, such as Citizen Kane, It’s a Wonderful Life, and The Incredible Shrinking Man. Selected documentary filmography
 Modern Times (1936) / A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte (2010) – <mask> and Burtt demonstrate Chaplin's use of miniatures and sound effects in the film's factory and roller-skating scenes. Rebecca (1940) / Constructing the Eerie World of Rebecca (2017) – <mask> demonstrates the large-scale Manderlay miniature that Hitchcock’s crew built and filmed onset, which included a miniature car and destruction by fire. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) / Documentary supplement (2018) – A detailed account


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 and 3D rendering of how Michael Powell conceived of and carried out the seemingly endless “stairway to heaven” scene with the use of set design, miniatures and camera angles. Bringing up Baby (1938), But What About My Leopard?The Magic of Optical Effects Pioneer Linwood Dunn – Interview with Linwood Dunn and demonstration on how a live leopard was safely shot on set with actors. Chain Lightning (1950), Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of Chain Lightning – Aired for TCM Film Festival on HBOMax. <mask> and Burtt explain the film’s visual effects and sound-design while “piloting” a vintage fighter jet in this Vitaphone-parody short. Curator
<mask> is on the planning committee for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. For the Museum’s inaugural exhibit on Citizen Kane, he co-produced videos honoring effects master Linwood Dunn and his use of mattes, miniatures and the optical printer to create Kane’s iconic visuals. Painted mattes and the Wayne Manor model for Batman Returns from the Matte World Digital archive were on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' inaugural opening in 2021. Creative director
Since 2014, <mask> has been creative director at Magnopus, a Los Angeles-based media company that provides visual development and virtual production services for motion pictures and television.<mask> specializes in interactive and immersive virtual-reality experiences that put filmmakers "inside the movie" during production. Other projects include remote education with augmented virtual-reality experiences for museums and other multimedia platforms. At Magnopus, <mask> directed the VR tie-in to 2017's Blade Runner 2049. Entitled Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab, the 30-minute VR production is set in the world of the film where users act as replicant android hunters. A review in UploadVR said the experience, "...manages to contribute somewhat to 2049's story without stepping on


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 it, shedding more light on one of the film's central characters that gives the entire piece an even deeper sense of purpose." Memory Lab was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Original Interactive Program in 2018. In partnership with Television City and Holocaust Museum LA, Magnopus, directed by <mask>, developed a virtual museum experience, allowing viewers to partake in the Holocaust Museum’s educational exhibits.The immersive-technology tool expands the range of the museum, worldwide. Selected filmography

Hugo, 2011
Captain America: The First Avenger, 2011
Alice in Wonderland, 2010
My Sister's Keeper, 2009
Terminator Salvation, 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008
The Golden Compass, 2007
Zodiac, 2007
The Green Mile, 1999
The Truman Show, 1998
Titanic, 1997
Star Trek: First Contact, 1996
Independence Day, 1996
Casino, 1995
Clear and Present Danger, 1994
Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 1992
Batman Returns, 1992
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991
By Dawn's Early Light (television), 1990
Willow, 1988
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, 1986
Labyrinth, 1986
The Goonies, 1985
Return of the Jedi, 1983
Poltergeist, 1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982
Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981
The Empire Strikes Back, 1980

Publications
 <mask>, <mask> and Cotta Vaz, Mark (2002). The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. .
 <mask>, <mask> (July 23, 1998). Matte Painting in the Digital Age. "Invisible Effects" series transcript.Orlando, FL: SIGGRAPH 98. References

External links

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Living people
People from Marin County, California
American film historians
American male non-fiction writers
1961 births
Artists from Berkeley, California
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Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners
Best Visual Effects BAFTA Award

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<mask> (May 19, 1938 – June 14, 1986), nicknamed "Tony the Ant", was an American mobster for the Chicago Outfit in Las Vegas during the 1970s and '80s. Spilotro managed the Outfit's illegal casino profits (the "skim") when four of the casinos, The Stardust, The Fremont, The Hacienda, and The Marina, were managed by Frank Rosenthal, replacing Outfit member John Roselli in Las Vegas. He was the leader of the "Hole in the Wall Gang", which he formed in Las Vegas when he moved there in 1971. Spilotro eventually ran afoul of his organized crime overseers who disapproved of his handling of their Las Vegas affairs, and who then arranged his murder on June 14, 1986. Spilotro served as the basis for the character Nicky Santoro in Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino. Early life
<mask> was born in Chicago, Illinois, the fourth of six children to Pasquale "Patsy<mask>. and <mask>. He attended Burbank Elementary School, and entered Steinmetz High School in 1953.His father had emigrated from Triggiano, Province of Bari, Italy, and had arrived at Ellis Island in 1914. He and his mother ran Patsy's Restaurant, which was frequented by mobsters such as Sam Giancana, Jackie "The Lackey" Cerone, Gus Alex, and Francesco "Frank the Enforcer" Nitti. Tony and four of his brothers, (John, Vincent, Victor, and Michael) became involved in criminal activity starting at an early age. The remaining brother, "Patrick" Pasquale Jr., became a dentist. <mask> was a boyhood friend of Frank Cullotta, and started a criminal career together as teenagers, engaging in theft, burglary, and murder. He was nicknamed "Tony the Ant" by the media after FBI Special Agent William Roemer referred to <mask> as "that little pissant." Since the media couldn't use "pissant", they shortened it to the "Ant".The Hole in the Wall Gang
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texts: manage the affairs of the Chicago Outfit there. He formed the "Hole in the Wall" Gang, a group of experienced thieves, safecrackers and killers. The crew became known in the media as the "Hole in the Wall Gang" because of its penchant for gaining entry to homes and buildings by drilling through the exterior walls and ceilings of the locations they burglarized. In early 1979, Frank Cullotta moved to Las Vegas to join Spilotro. On July 4, 1981, the Hole in the Wall Gang robbed Bertha's Gifts & Home Furnishings on East Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas. The robbery was a bust as much of the gang was arrested, including Cullotta, Joe Blasko, Leo Guardino, Ernest Davino, Lawrence Neumann and Wayne Matecki—each charged with burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary, attempted grand larceny and possession of burglary tools. Around this time, Spilotro had an affair with Frank Rosenthal's wife, Geri McGee.In 1982, Cullotta was imprisoned and approached by the FBI with a wiretap of <mask> talking with someone about "having to clean our dirty laundry", which Cullotta took as an insinuated contract on his life. Due to this, in July 1982, Cullotta finalized an agreement with the prosecutors. In September 1983, <mask> was indicted for conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the Sherwin "Jerry" Lisner murder and released on $100,000 bail. At a trial in October 1983, Cullotta admitted that he was involved in over 300 crimes, including four murders, perjury, robberies and burglaries. He also testified that <mask>, his boss in Las Vegas, ordered him to make a telephone call that lured one of the 1962 murder victims, William McCarthy, to a fast food restaurant. In 1962, Cullotta had killed William McCarthy and James Miraglia, who were found dead in the trunk of a car on May 14, 1962. McCarthy's head had been placed in a vise and his throat

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 slashed, while Miraglia strangled.Spilotro was acquitted later that year. Spilotro's defense attorney was future Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman. Members of Hole in the Wall Gang

Michael Spilotro
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Joseph Cusumano
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Ernesto "Ernie" Davino
Leonardo "Leo" Guardino
Frank DeLegge
Michael LaJoy
Ernest Lehnigg
Wayne Matecki
"Crazy Larry" Neumann
Butch Pancsko
Paul (Peanuts) Pancsko
John (Pops) Pancsko
Edward (Butch) Pancsko
Salvatore "Sonny" Romano
Gerald Tomasczek
Carl Urbanotti
Joseph Blasko
Salvatore Romano
Paul "The Indian" Schiro
Joseph "Joe Blow" Schembri
Luca "Jimmy" Domingo

Death and aftermath
<mask> and his brother Michael disappeared on June 14, 1986, after they drove away together from Michael's Oak Park home. Michael's wife, Anne, reported both brothers missing on June 16. Michael's car, a 1986 Lincoln, was recovered several days later in a motel parking lot near O'Hare International Airport. On June 22, their bodies were found, one on top of the other and stripped down to their undershorts, buried in a cornfield in the Willow Slough preserve near Enos, Indiana. The freshly turned earth had been noticed by a farmer who thought that the remains of a deer killed out of season had been buried there by a poacher, and notified authorities.An autopsy completed on June 24 identified their cause of death as blunt force trauma, and ascertained that they had been dead since June 14. They were identified by dental charts supplied by their dentist brother, <mask>. The two were buried in a family plot at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois, on June 27. In January 1986, in the wake of the imprisonment of Joseph Aiuppa and John Cerone for skimming Las Vegas casino profits, a meeting was held at the

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texts: Czech Lodge in North Riverside, Illinois. Most of the 'upper echelon' were there, including Outfit boss Tony "Joe Batters" Accardo. Accardo decided to appoint Samuel Carlisi as the "Street Boss" in charge of Outfit operations to replace Aiuppa. Carlisi told the group that Accardo would stay on as consigliere and would have final say, as well as Gus Alex staying head of the connection guys.He then went on to the first problem: <mask>, and how things had gone down since he took over Vegas. Mobster and mob enforcer Rocco Infelice said, "Hit him." Everyone else at the meeting agreed. <mask> was replaced in Las Vegas by Donald "The Wizard of Odds" Angelini. Although the original reports stated the Spilotros were beaten and buried in the Enos, Indiana, cornfield, mobster Nicholas Calabrese testified at the "Operation Family Secrets" in 2007 that the brothers were killed in a Bensenville, Illinois, basement first, where the Spilotros believed Michael would be inducted into The Outfit, then their bodies were transported to the cornfield. According to court testimony, when Tony entered the basement and realized what was about to occur, he asked if he could "say a prayer". No arrests were made until April 25, 2005, when 14 members of the Chicago Outfit (including reputed boss James Marcello) were indicted for 18 murders, including the Spilotros'.The suspected murderers included capo Albert Tocco from Chicago Heights, Illinois, who was sentenced to 200 years in prison in 1990, after his wife testified against him. She testified that, in 1986, she drove her husband from an Indiana cornfield where he told her he had just buried Spilotro. On May 18, 2007, the star witness in the government's case against 14 Chicago mob figures, Nicholas Calabrese, pleaded guilty to taking part in a conspiracy that included 18 murders, including

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 the hits on <mask> and <mask>. Under heavy security, Calabrese admitted that he took part in planning or carrying out 14 of the murders, including the Spilotro killings. He became the key witness against his brother, Frank Calabrese, Sr., and other major mob figures charged in the government's Family Secrets Trial. Calabrese agreed to testify after the FBI showed him DNA evidence linking him to the murder of fellow hit-man John Fecarotta, who was also allegedly involved in the Spilotro slayings. In September 2007, Frank Calabrese, Sr. and four other men—Marcello, Joseph Lombardo, Paul "The Indian" Schiro, and former Chicago police officer <mask>Twan" Doyle—were convicted of mob-related crimes.On September 27, 2007, Marcello was found guilty by a federal jury in the murders of both Spilotro brothers. On February 5, 2009, Marcello was sentenced to life imprisonment for the Spilotro murders, and United States District Judge James Zagel, agreeing with the presentation made by federal prosecutor Markus Funk, also found Marcello responsible for the D'Andrea murder as well, even though the jury had deadlocked on that count. On March 26, 2009, Nicholas Calabrese was sentenced to 12 years and four months imprisonment. In a 2010 interview with Maxim magazine, while promoting the opening of the Las Vegas Mob Experience at the Tropicana Hotel, <mask>'s son Vincent claimed that the real target of those who killed the Spilotro brothers was <mask>, and that Tony was killed to prevent any revenge. Suspect in gangland slayings
By the time of his death in 1986, the FBI suspected Spilotro was involved in 22 or 25 murders including:

 The murder of Sam DeStefano on April 14, 1973. The murder of former Chicago Outfit boss Sam Giancana on June 19, 1975. In popular culture
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 Luca is based on <mask>.Martin Scorsese's film Casino (1995) is based on the Las Vegas careers of <mask> and Rosenthal, on whom the characters Nicholas "Nicky" Santoro (played by Joe Pesci) and Ace Rothstein (played by Robert De Niro) were based. Nearing the end of the film, Nicky and his brother Dominick (Philip Suriano), based on Tony's brother <mask>, are shown being beaten with metal baseball bats and buried alive in an Indiana cornfield by their associate Frank Marino (Frank Vincent), based on Frank Cullotta, and the rest of Nicky's crew. See also
List of solved missing person cases: pre-2000

References

Further reading
 Coen, Jeff. Family Secrets: The Case That Crippled the Chicago Mob Chicago Review Press, Incorporated: 2009. Griffin, Dennis. The Battle for Las Vegas : The Law Vs. the Mob  Huntington Press: 2006. Griffin, Dennis.Cullotta. The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster, and Government Witness Huntington Press: 2007. Pileggi, Nicholas. Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas,
 Roemer, William F., Jr. The Enforcer – Spilotro: The Chicago Mob's Man in Las Vegas,

External links
 <mask> "Tony<mask> Archives
 Chicago Sun-Times: Ex-mobster weighs in on latest case by Robert C. Herguth
 <mask> "Tony The Ant" Spilotoro's FBI File
 The Free Information Society – Biography
 <mask> at Find-A-Grave
 FBI file on <mask> on the Internet Archive

1938 births
1980s missing person cases
1986 deaths
1986 murders in the United States
American burglars
Burials in Illinois
Burials in Indiana
Chicago Outfit mobsters
Deaths by beating in the United States
Formerly missing people
Missing person cases in Illinois
Male murder victims
Murdered American gangsters of Italian descent
People acquitted of murder
People from Oak Park, Illinois
People murdered by the Chicago Outfit
People murdered in Illinois
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<mask> (born 1946) is an English historian of science and author who is known for the promotion of Holocaust denial and other conspiracy theories. Formerly an honorary research fellow in The Department for Science and Technology Studies (STS) at University College London (UCL), he is the author of several books, including Gardening and Planting by the Moon (an annual series beginning in 1980), Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory (2000), Crop Circles (2002), and Terror on the Tube (2009). He has also written entries for the Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. <mask> has been involved in a variety of issues as a political activist. In 1986 he co-founded the Belgrano Action Group after the sinking of the ARA General Belgrano by the Royal Navy during the Falklands War, and from 2006 he argued that the 7 July 2005 London bombings were not carried out by the men accused of them. UCL withdrew his fellowship in 2008 in response to his views about the Auschwitz concentration camp, which he posted on a Holocaust-denial website. Education and career
<mask> studied Natural Sciences at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1965, specializing in the history and philosophy of science.He obtained his BA in 1968 (promoted to MA in 1973). According to his book Lead on the Brain, he worked from 1971 to 1976 for the Medical Research Council's Air Pollution Research Unit in London, and later as a physics and mathematics

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<mask> was active in political campaigns in the UK throughout the 1980s. In 1985 he co-founded the London Nuclear Warfare Tribunal, which sought to question the legality of nuclear weapons. The following year, he became a founding member of the Belgrano Action Group, set up in protest at the sinking of the Argentine ship the ARA General Belgrano by the Royal Navy during the 1982 Falklands War.The group held an informal public inquiry in November 1986 at Hampstead Town Hall, addressed by Tam Dalyell and Clive Ponting, among others. In 1989 <mask> stood as a Green Party candidate for East Guildford in the Surrey County Council election. In August 2002, in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq War, <mask> became a founding member of the Legal Inquiry Steering Group, a citizens' tribunal in the UK that challenged the legality of the war. In 2006 he appeared in a video by David Shayler supporting a fringe conspiracy theory that the men accused of the 7 July 2005 London bombings had not carried out the attack. According to the BBC, <mask> found that the Luton–London train on which the bombers were at first said to have travelled had been cancelled, which led the government to correct the official account of the men's movements. The police said the correction had come from them. <mask>'s book Terror on the Tube: Behind the Veil of 7/7, An Investigation was published in 2009, and he was

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 interviewed that year for the BBC series The Conspiracy Files.Holocaust denial

In 2007, on the website of the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust (CODOH), a Holocaust-denial group, <mask> argued for a fringe view that the gas chambers in the Auschwitz concentration camp had been used for disinfection purposes only and that only one million Jews died in the war. First proposed by the French fascist writer Maurice Bardèche in 1947, this position has no support among historians. In March 2008, a second article of his on the CODOH site alleged that Auschwitz had had art classes, a well-stocked library for inmates, and an elegant swimming pool where inmates would sunbathe on weekends while watching water polo. David Aaronovitch called this "one of the most jaw-dropping pieces of insulting stupidity" he had ever seen. UCL removed <mask>'s honorary fellowship in April 2008 when the articles were brought to its attention. Responding to the loss of his fellowship, <mask> said he had been accused of "thought crime"; he had no interest, he said, in Nazism and had always belonged to progressive groups such as the Green Party, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and the Respect Party. The following month he was interviewed by Iran's Press TV, which re-published one of his CODOH articles, which denied the use of gas for killing in Auschwitz.The historian of science, Noel Swerdlow, suggested in Isis in 2010 that

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 the publishers of the Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers (2007) should withdraw it and replace the entries <mask> had written on John Couch Adams, John Flamsteed, and Isaac Newton; Swerdlow wrote that a "line has been crossed that should never be crossed". In 2014 <mask>'s book Breaking the Spell: The Holocaust: Myth & Reality was published by Castle Hill Publishers, Germar Rudolf's Holocaust-denial imprint in Sussex, with a foreword by self-described “Holocaust denier” James H. Fetzer, co-founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth. It was one of several Holocaust-denial books removed from sale by Amazon in 2017. Later writing and activism
<mask>'s The Life and Death of Paul McCartney 1942–1966: A Very English Mystery (2015) supported the "Paul is dead" conspiracy theory, namely, that Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by a look-alike, while his Chronicles of False Flag Terror (2017) suggested that several terrorist attacks in Europe had been false-flag operations. Writing in 2017 about the relationship between conspiracism and historical negationism, <mask>, a historian at Exeter University, referred to Kollerstrom as a "classic example of so-called crank magnetism". Together with Ian Fantom, a 9/11 truther, <mask> co-founded Keep Talking, a conspiracy theory discussion group. In 2018 six of the group's events were cancelled by the venue Conway Hall when <mask>'s involvement was revealed.<mask>

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(1980) with Simon Best. Lunar Planting Manual 1980–81, Marlow: W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd.
(1980) Gardening and Planting by the Moon, Marlow: W Foulsham & Co Ltd (an annual series). (1982) Lead on the Brain: A Plain Guide to Britain's No. 1 Pollutant, London: Wildwood House.(1984) Astrochemistry: A Study of Metal–Planet Affinities, London: Emergence Press. (1988) with George Farebrother (eds.). The Unnecessary War: Proceedings of the Belgrano Inquiry, November 7/8th 1986, The Belgrano Action Group, Spokesman Press. (1993) The Metal-Planet Relationship: A Study of Celestial Influence, Borderland Sciences Research Foundation. (1994) with Mike O'Neill. The Eureka Effect: Astrology of Scientific Discovery, Oxford: Auriel. (1995) The Achievement of Newton's 'Theory of the Moon's Motion' of 1702, PhD dissertation, University of London.(2000) Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory: His Contribution to the Quest for Longitude, Santa Fe: Green Lion Press. (2002) Crop Circles: The Hidden Form, Salisbury: Wessex Books. (2003) with George Farebrother (eds.). The Case against War: The Essential Legal Inquiries, Opinions and Judgements Concerning War in Iraq, Legal

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 Inquiry Steering Group, Nottingham: Spokesman Books (available here). (2004) with <mask> (eds.). Galileo's Astrology, Bristol: Culture and Cosmos. (2008) Venus, the Path of Beauty, Butleigh: Squeeze.(2009) Terror on the Tube: Behind the Veil of 7/7, An Investigation, San Diego: Progressive Press. (2013) Farmer's Moon, New Alchemy Press. (2013) Interface: Astronomical Essays for Astrologers, New Alchemy Press. (2013) Eureka: The Celestial Pattern at Times of Historic Inspiration, New Alchemy Press. (2014) The Secrets of the Seven Metals: A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth, New Alchemy Press. (2014) Breaking the Spell. The Holocaust: Myth & Reality, Uckfield: Castle Hill Publishers.(2015) The Life and Death of Paul McCartney 1942–1966: A Very English Mystery, United States: Moon Rock Books. (2016) How Britain Initiated Both World Wars, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. (2017) Chronicles of False Flag Terror, United States: Moon Rock Books. Articles

(1977) with P. W. Lord and W. F. Whimster. "A difference in the composition of bronchial mucus between smokers and non-smokers", Thorax, April, 32(2), pp. 155–159. (1977) with P. W. Lord and W. F. Whimster."Distribution of acid mucus in the bronchial mucous glands", Thorax, April, 32(2), pp. 160–162. (1980) "The Lawther Report: Whitewashing Leaded Petrol" , The Ecologist, 10(6/7), July/Aug/Sept, pp. 246–249. (1983) "Planetary Influences on Metal Ion


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<mask> (born <mask>; November 20, 1925 – November 5, 2015) was an American designer and builder of many famous Hollywood custom cars, most notably the Munster Koach. Barris did not style the 1966 Batmobile, although his company built it. Early history
<mask> and his brother Sam (1924–1967) were born in Chicago in the 1920s. Barris was three years old when their father, a Greek immigrant from Chios, sent the brothers to live with an uncle and his wife in Roseville, California, following the death of their mother. By age 7, Barris was making models of cars employing balsa wood and modifying their design and appearance with careful attention to details so his entries won contests sponsored by hobby shops. The brothers worked at the Greek restaurant owned by their family and were given a 1925 Buick for their help. Although it was not in good shape, they swiftly restored it to running condition and began to experiment with changing its appearance.This became the first Barris Brothers custom car. They sold it at a profit to buy another project vehicle. Before <mask> had graduated from high school, demand for their work was growing, and they had created a club for owners of custom vehicles, called the Kustoms Car Club. This was the first use of the spelling "kustom", which would become associated with Barris. <mask> attended San Juan High School and "rushed to sweep floors at a local auto body shop as soon as school let out". <mask> resisted his family's desire for him to work at its Greek restaurant in a Sacramento suburb. He moved to Los Angeles after turning 18 years old to "become part of the emerging teen car culture" and opened the "Barris Custom Shop" on Imperial Highway in Bell, California.Sam entered the Navy during World War II. Sam joined <mask> in Los Angeles after being discharged. The two built their "kustom" designs for private buyers, and <mask> also built and raced his own

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 cars briefly. These activities brought them to the attention of the movie industry, and they were soon asked to create cars both for personal use by the studio executives and stars and as props for films, their first being used in 1958's High School Confidential. They also made the acquaintance of Robert E. Petersen, founder of Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines and, much later, of the Petersen Auto Museum. His car shows further publicized the Barris style, as did the car customizing how-to articles <mask> wrote and Petersen published. Custom cars and early popularity

In 1951, Sam had customized a new Mercury coupe for himself, and a customer who saw it ordered a similar car.This vehicle, known as the Hirohata Merc for its owner, was shown at the 1952 General Motors Motorama auto show and was so popular it overshadowed the best work of Detroit's top designers. It also established the early 1950s Mercury as a popular basis for custom car design. In addition, Sam built Ala Kart, a 1929 Ford Model A roadster pickup. After taking two AMBR (America's Most Beautiful Roadster) wins in a row, the car made numerous film and television appearances, usually in the background of diner scenes. Sam decided to leave the business in the 1950s, but <mask> had married and he credited his wife Shirley with major assistance in promoting the company, which eventually became Barris Kustom Industries. It began to license its designs to model car manufacturers such as Aurora, Revell, MPC, and AMT, which spread the Barris name into every hobby, department, and discount store in the United States and also into the minds of millions of eager model builders. In the early 1960s, Barris, along with other well-known customizers (Gene Winfield, Dean Jeffries and the Alexander Brothers) reworked production cars for Ford's "Custom Car Caravan" and "Lincoln/Mercury's Caravan of Stars".The traveling exhibits were

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 designed to appeal to younger car buyers, both current and future. Barris created Drag-U-La for television. Barris also used the body of Pulsator (designed by Nye Frank)  on his snowmobile dragster show car Ice Kutter. Barris is the subject of the title story in writer Tom Wolfe's first collection of essays The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. Auto customizing for films and celebrities

According to <mask>, some of his first film work consisted of making soft aluminum fenders for a Ford police car that crashes into the rear of a Mercedes Benz convertible driven by Cary Grant's character in North by Northwest. The idea was to give the collision a comedic quality while also preventing serious damage to the expensive Mercedes. He also built and supplied cars for the 1958 film High School Confidential and loaned some of his customs for the "future" scenes in the 1960 film adaptation of H. G. Wells' The Time Machine.Other Barris-built film cars included a modified Dodge Charger for Thunder Alley, a Plymouth Barracuda for Fireball 500, the futuristic Supervan for a film of the same name, a gadget-filled Mercury station wagon for The Silencers, and a sinister rework of a Lincoln Continental Mark III for The Car. In the 1960s, the Barris firm became heavily involved in vehicle design for a television production. At the beginning of the decade, Barris, who loved extravagant design, had purchased the Lincoln Futura, a concept car of the mid-1950s which had been built by Ghia of Italy. It remained in his collection for several years, until he was rather unexpectedly asked by ABC Television to create a signature vehicle for their Batman television series. Time was very short, as filming would begin in a few weeks, leaving insufficient time for a new design from scratch. Instead, Barris decided the Futura was a perfect base on which to create the Batmobile. Barris hired custom


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texts: builder Bill Cushenbery to modify the car, which was ready in three weeks.The show was a hit, and the car gained notoriety for <mask>. He retained ownership of the Batmobile until an auction on January 19, 2013, when Barris sold it for $4,620,000. This same car went on sale on JamesEdition in July 2016 and includes a batcycle as well. Other television cars built by Barris Kustom Industries include the Munster Koach and casket turned dragster (the "Drag-U-La") for The Munsters, an Oldsmobile Toronado turned into a roadster used in the first season of Mannix, a 1921 Oldsmobile touring car turned into a truck for The Beverly Hillbillies, the fictional "1928 Porter" for the NBC comedy My Mother the Car, Updated KITTs for later seasons of Knight Rider and replicas of 1914 Stutz Bearcats for Bearcats!. <mask> was responsible for the frame of the original Batmobile and other famous customized automobiles he created for various celebrities. Barris created a customized gold Rolls Royce for actress Zsa Zsa Gabor. The golden Rolls-Royce displayed the detailed work of Barris and included hand-etched window glass by Robb Rich showing butterflies, roses, and hummingbirds.Barris built many novelty vehicles for other celebrities; these include golf carts for Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Ann-Margret, Glen Campbell, and Elton John; and 25 modified Mini Mokes for a record company contest involving the Beach Boys. He would also modify cars for Hollywood stars and others. Some examples include a Cadillac limousine for Elvis Presley, custom Pontiac station wagons for John Wayne, a Cadillac Eldorado turned into a station wagon for Dean Martin. and a pair of "his & hers" 1966 Ford Mustang convertibles for Sonny and Cher. With the cooperation of American Motors, in 1969 he modified an AMX coupe into the AMX-400 show car which was later used in a 1972 episode of Banacek. In the 1990s NASA contacted Barris to

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 discuss an original Moonscope vehicle he designed back in 1966 and became a successful plastic car model for collectors. Its 6-wheel spider suspension and large wedged tires caught the attention of engineers preparing for the Martian rovers and eventual human Mars vehicles.Edward Lozzi, former White House Press Advance Office staffer and spokesperson for <mask>, who would later become a media consultant to Apollo Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, negotiated the request with NASA and stated, " NASA contacted my office and requested the original designs of the Moonscope from Barris. They revealed they were interested in studying the Barris designs for the Martian vehicles. Barris gave them permission and NASA sent people to meet with him". Between 2002 and 2006, Barris also designed two custom Cadillac hearses for episodes of the cable television series Monster Garage. Barris' company often builds replicas of non-Barris designed vehicles from other TV series, including The Monkees Monkeemobile, Starsky & Hutch (Ford Torino, Power Rangers (Turbo Vehicles) and Knight Rider KITT. Barris also designed and built the "Wagon Queen Family Truckster", based on a 1979 Ford Country Squire station wagon, for the 1983 film National Lampoon's Vacation. Later career

In 2005 The New York Times had Barris customize a Toyota Prius, one of the most popular cars in the U.S. yet according to the Times, one of the most unattractive.The budget was $10,000, and a further condition was not to chop the body or interfere with the hybrid mechanics in any way. In April 2010, the special <mask> design edition of the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Spirit was introduced to the public for the first time at a VIP media event at Community Chevrolet, one of the largest Chevrolet dealerships in the United States. On November 29, 2012, <mask> Kustom and <mask> announced the sale of the Number 1 Batmobile at the Barrett-Jackson car show and

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 auction held in Scottsdale, Arizona. The world-famous vehicle went on the auction block, on January 19, 2013. The final sale price, after a very intense bidding war, was $4.6 million to car collector Rick Champagne from Arizona. Back to the Future controversy
Over a decade after the release of Back to the Future Part III, one of the DeLorean time machine stunt cars used in the film was sent to Barris for restoration purposes to be put on display at the Petersen Auto Museum in Los Angeles. The car was returned to Universal Studios in 2003.<mask> later purchased a stock DeLorean and converted it into a replica of the Back to the Future DeLorean, which he used to promote himself and his company. While <mask> never officially stated that he had anything to do with the Back to the Future films, he did like to indulge in stating that he had built a Back to the Future DeLorean, but never disclosed that it was a replica car. In 2007, Universal Studios officials sent Barris a cease and desist order demanding that he never again make misrepresentations regarding any involvement with the Back to the Future films. They called upon <mask> to remove images of the flying DeLorean from his company's website and restrict his display of replicas of the gull-wing car used by Michael J. Fox in the popular 1985 movie and its sequels. Back to the Future writer/producer Bob Gale went on record stating that "<mask>is had absolutely nothing to do with the design or construction of the DeLorean time travel vehicle.” The DeLorean was designed on paper by Ron Cobb and Andrew Probert, and it was built under the supervision of special effects supervisor Kevin Pike and construction coordinator Michael Scheffe." Personal life and death
<mask> was married to Shirley Nahas from 1958 until her death in 2001.They had two children. He died on November 5, 2015, in his sleep at his home in Encino, Los Angeles, California,

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<mask> (7 February 1927 – 18 January 2010) was a French zoologist (nematologist) and one of the founding fathers of the field of plant-nematology. He spent his career with ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer), now IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement). He created the first French nematology laboratory in the ORSTOM research station of Adiopodoumé, near Abidjan (Ivory Coast) in 1955, and a second nematology lab at Dakar Bel-Air (Senegal) in 1969. In 1978, he launched the Revue de Nématologie (soon renamed Fundamental and Applied Nematology) that fused with Nematologica in 1999 to become Nematology, currently the leading nematology journal in the field. He was a world-renowned authority on nematode taxonomy. Biography
<mask> was born on 7 February 1927 in Tunis (Tunisia). From 1945, on, he studied biology in Paris at the Sorbonne, where he attended classes delivered by biologists such as Georges Mangenot in Botany and Pierre-Paul Grassé in Zoology.After earning a Licence de Sciences Naturelles in 1948, he was hired as a trainee (élève) at ORSTOM in 1950. He died on 18 January 2010, a few days after his wife, Mariette <mask>. Positions
He began his career at ORSTOM as a phytopathologist, specializing in tropical cultures. He was first posted at the IDERT (Institut d'Enseignement et de Recherches Tropicales) center of Adiopodoumé, near Abidjan (Ivory Coast), in the phytopathology lab directed by Prof. Jean Chevaugeon. He worked there for several years, publishing a dozen articles on tropical parasitic fungi between 1951 and 1954. In 1954, he was sent to be trained as a nematologist with Prof. Nigon in Lyon, then with Prof. De Coninck in Ghent, Belgium, and with Dr Seinhorst and Prof. Oostenbrink in the Netherlands. In 1955, he returned to IDERT  in the Ivory Coast where he set up the first French

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 Fortuner, Dewey Raski, and Etienne Geraert) for a complete reorganization of the taxonomy of the order Tylenchida, a work which is still accepted as valid today. In 1978, he launched Revue de Nématologie that soon became a very successful and widely read publication in the field.He saw this journal through its transformation in 1992 into Fundamental and Applied Nematology. He served as Editor for both journals, then as Honorary Editor after his retirement, in 1992. The journal was purchased by E.J. Brill in 1999 and fused with Nematologica to become the current Nematology, with <mask> listed as Honorary Editor. He was also a member of the Editorial boards of Nematologia Mediterranea from 1973 till 1995 and Nematologica from 1973 till the fusion of that journal with Fundamental and Applied Nematology. Teaching
As Head of the Nematology laboratory within the Biology Department of ORSTOM, from its creation until his retirement in 1992, he supervised the scientific beginnings of many French tropical nematologists. After the death of S. A.(Skip) Sher, in 1975, he was invited for six months at the University of California, Riverside, under a UCR-funded fellowship for teaching the advanced nematology classes given each year by that institution. He later returned several times to UCR on study leaves and he developed a collaboration with Van Gundy, Diana Freckman-Wall, and Jim Baldwin. Part of <mask>'s legacy were many years of collaboration between UCR and scientists from Senegal and Ivory Coast, with Yves Demeure, Jean-Claude Prot, and Gaetano Germani (work on Scutellonema) having extended working visits at UCR. He was also a visiting professor for 4 months at the University of California at Davis in 1977. In addition, he was invited by Prof. Aeschlimann at the University of Neuchâtel, in Switzerland, where he gave nematology classes almost

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 every year. Prof. Aeschlimann asked the Faculté des Sciences of his university to grant <mask> the title of Docteur honoris causa in 1987, which was unanimously accepted. He also spent six months in Ghent (Belgium) where he worked with Prof. Coomans.Publications
<mask> has widely published in books, monographs, and journals. After an early contribution to the knowledge of tropical fungi with 10 papers between 1951 and 1954, he published over 150 nematological articles, mostly in Revue de Nématologie (later Fundamental and Applied Nematology, then Nematology) with 59 papers, in Nematologica with 28 papers, and in many other journals such as Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, Comptes rendus de l'académie des sciences, Agronomie Tropicale, Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Systematic Parasitology, Nematologia Mediterranea, etc. He contributed to various books and he was one of the Scientific Editors of Plant-parasitic nematodes in subtropical and tropical agriculture, published by CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, in 1990. Honors and awards
 Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite
 Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite Agricole
 Médaille du mérite ivoirien", from President Houphouët-Boigny in 1969
 Honorary citizen of the town of Daytona Beach (Florida) in 1966
 Fellow of Society Of Nematologists (SON) in 1986
 Fellow of European Society of Nematologists (ESN) in 1992
 Doctor honoris causa from the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) in 1987
 Member (Correspondent national honoraire) of the Académie d'agriculture de France in 1989

References

Fortuner, R., Germani, G., de Guiran, G., Merny, G. & Reversat, G. "<mask> (1927-2010)", Nematology, 12(4):458-493, 2010. French zoologists
Officers of the Order of Agricultural Merit
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<mask> (, born 17 July 1974) is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a forward. Nicknamed Piojo (louse), he is best known for his spells with Valencia in Spain and Lazio in Italy. <mask> also had a notable impact in the Argentina national team, participating in two World Cups. Club career

Early career
<mask> began his professional career with Estudiantes de La Plata in his native Argentina in 1990 as a 16-year-old. However, he moved to Racing the next year, where he would remain until he transferred in 1996 to Spanish club Valencia. Europe
After a slow start in 1996-97, <mask> would enjoy a prolific spell with Valencia over the 3 years that followed, averaging 20 goals each season between 1997–98 and 1999-2000. That included a season best in 1998-99 which saw him find the net on 30 occasions across competitions to become the club's top scorer (3rd best in la Liga behind Raul and Rivaldo, despite taking fewer penalties than his rivals).Valencia entrenched their status as one of Spain's emerging clubs throughout the late 1990s, rising from their usual mid-table position to 4th in 1998-99 and 3rd in 1999-2000, which was Lopez's last season with the club. The Argentine formed a devastating partnership with Romanian Adrian Ilie and played alongside such stars as Jocelyn Angloma, Santiago Canizares and Gaizka Mendieta, who would later be his teammate at Lazio as well. <mask> remained with Valencia for five years, helping the team to the final of the UEFA Champions League in the 1999–2000 season, when he was transferred to Lazio of Serie A for €35 million. During the first half of his spell in Italy's capital, he was partnered with compatriot Hernán Crespo in the front-line. However, <mask> suffered from injury problems during his time at Lazio. During the 2000–2001 UEFA Champions League, he scored an direct goal from a corner kick against Anderlecht in the Stadio Olimpico. After Crespo left for Inter in the summer of 2002, <mask> was partnered with newcomer Bernardo Corradi.They formed a solid partnership that yielded a combined 25 Serie A goals as Lazio finished 4th to qualify for the Champions League under new coach Roberto

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 Mancini. The Argentine scored 15 of those goals, his best league tally during his years in Italy; the 4th-place finish for Lazio was also the best the club would achieve until 2011-12. In December 2002 he made headlines during a Serie A clash with Inter that ended 3-3: after netting a hat-trick that gave his side a 3-0 lead, <mask> improvised an "Aserejé" goal celebration with teammate Bernardo Corradi, inspired by the dance routine of Spanish band Las Ketchup. In an interview 13 years later, he explained that the unexpected celebration had happened because "crazy Corradi enjoyed doing such things!" In the UEFA Cup, <mask> found the net twice to help his team reach the semi-finals, where they would be knocked out by the eventual winners, Jose Mourinho's FC Porto. The following season was less successful for Lazio as they only finished 6th in Serie A and crashed out of the Champions League at the group stage. <mask> only found the net 4 times in 36 appearances.He did manage, however, to win his second piece of silverware with the Roman club as they overcame Juventus in the two-legged Coppa Italia Final. Mexico, return to Racing
<mask> joined Club América for the 2004 Apertura, where he played in 17 games, scoring four goals. The following season, Clausura 2005 brought better results, with <mask> scoring a total of 14 goals overall and helping the team to its tenth League championship in its history. It was his first and only league championship with any team. <mask> was instrumental to the team's success, also helping them win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup by scoring two goals in the Final over Tecos UAG. He played the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup. In 2007 <mask> returned to Racing, 11 years after his departure from the club, and the country.In most of those games, usually coming in as a late sub, <mask> scored several important goals. Major League Soccer
On 7 March 2008, it was announced <mask> had signed with the Kansas City Wizards on a free transfer. <mask> fell under the league's designated player qualification, which means only the first $415,000 of his salary counted against Kansas City Wizards’ team salary cap. He later had his

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 contract restructured to take him below designated player status. He scored on his debut for Kansas City against D.C. United on 29 March 2008. On 23 February 2010 the Argentine striker left after two seasons Kansas City Wizards. "We would have liked to have <mask> back in 2010, but unfortunately it became clear early in the contract negotiations that we could not give him what he desired," Wizards Manager Peter Vermes said.<mask> was later signed by league rivals Colorado Rapids on 2 April 2010. After the 2010 MLS season Colorado declined <mask>'s contract option and Lopez elected to participate in the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft. <mask> became a free agent in Major League Soccer when he was not selected in the Re-Entry draft. International career
<mask> had a distinguished career with Argentina. After winning a silver medal with the Under-23 team during the 1996 Summer Olympics, <mask> made appearances in both the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. He scored a goal against the Netherlands in the 1998 FIFA World Cup quarter-final, when he kicked the ball between Edwin van der Sar's legs to tie the match temporarily, although Argentina were ultimately defeated 2–1. Style of play
A talented, hardworking, and well-rounded forward, with notable tactical intelligence and versatility, <mask> was capable of playing anywhere along the front-line, as a striker, in a supporting role, and on the wing.He was highly regarded for his pace, technique, and dribbling skills, as well as his powerful striking ability with his left foot. He was also an effective set-piece and penalty taker. Throughout his career, he was known by the nickname "El Piojo", meaning "the louse". Media
<mask> was sponsored by sportswear company Nike and appeared in Nike commercials. In a global Nike advertising campaign in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, he starred in a "Secret Tournament" commercial (branded "Scopion KO") directed by Terry Gilliam, appearing alongside football players such as Thierry Henry, Ronaldo, Edgar Davids, Fabio Cannavaro, Francesco Totti, Ronaldinho, Luís Figo and Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Eric Cantona the tournament

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title: Katherine Clark

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<mask> (born July 17, 1963) is an American politician who has served as the United States representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 2013, and as the assistant House Democratic leader (officially, the "Assistant Speaker") since 2021, making her the fourth-highest-ranking House Democrat. Her district includes many of Boston's northern and western suburbs, such as Medford, Framingham, Woburn, Waltham, and <mask>'s hometown of Melrose. A member of the Democratic Party, <mask> was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011, and of the Massachusetts Senate from 2011 to 2013. Born in Connecticut, <mask> worked as an attorney in several states, before moving to Massachusetts in 1995, where she worked in state government. She joined the Melrose School Committee in 2002, becoming committee chair in 2005. She was first elected to the state legislature in 2008, and contributed to legislation regarding criminal justice, education, and municipal pensions. She won the 2013 special election for the U.S. House of Representatives, to succeed Ed Markey, in the 5th district, and sits on the House Appropriations Committee.Early life and career
<mask> <mask> was born on July 17, 1963, in New Haven, Connecticut. She attended St. Lawrence University, Cornell Law School, and Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She studied in Nagoya, Japan, in 1983. In her early career, she worked as an attorney in Chicago. She then moved to Colorado, where she worked as a clerk for Judge Alfred A. Arraj of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and later as a staff attorney for the Colorado District Attorneys' Council. She moved to Massachusetts in 1995 and became general counsel for the state Office of Child Care Services. Local politics
In 2001, <mask> moved to Melrose, where she was elected to the Melrose School Committee, taking her seat in January 2002.She first ran for the Massachusetts Senate in 2004 and lost to Republican incumbent Richard Tisei. In

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 January 2005, she was unanimously elected chairwoman of the Melrose School Committee. In 2006, she ran for the 32nd Middlesex seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives when incumbent Mike Festa began a run for Middlesex district attorney but withdrew after he dropped out of the race. <mask> was appointed co-chair of Victory 2006, the state Democratic Party's campaign and fundraising effort for the 2006 gubernatorial election. She spent some time as Chief of Policy and Government Relations in the Massachusetts Attorney General's office. Massachusetts legislature

Massachusetts House of Representatives
Festa resigned his state House seat in October 2007 to become Secretary of Elder Affairs in the Deval Patrick administration, and <mask> entered the special election to succeed him. During the campaign, she emphasized her experience as an attorney and made "developing stability in state aid" her top policy issue.She won the Democratic primary in January with 65% of the vote, defeating two other Melrose Democrats. She defeated Republican real estate businessman Mark B. Hutchison, 63% to 37%. In November 2008, she was reelected to a full term unopposed. Sworn in on March 13, 2008, <mask> represented Melrose and Wakefield. She served on the Education, Judiciary, and Municipalities and Regional Government Committees. Massachusetts Senate
When Tisei resigned his state senate seat to run for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, <mask> ran for his seat. In the Democratic primary, she defeated Stoneham attorney Michael S. Day, 64%–36%.In the November 2010 general election, she defeated Republican Craig Spadafora, 52%–48%. <mask> was sworn in on January 5, 2011. She is a pro-choice legislator and has been endorsed in her campaigns by NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts and the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund. In 2011, <mask> was co-chair of the Joint Committee on Public Service, where she was lead author of the Senate version of a bill to reform municipal pensions. For her work in 2011, she received legislator of

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 the year awards from the Massachusetts Municipal Association and the Massachusetts Police Association. In 2012, she authored a law that takes steps to ensure that all Massachusetts students read at grade level by third grade. Also in 2012, her bill extending restraining orders in domestic violence cases to cover victims' pets, which are often used as pawns in abusive relationships, was signed as part of a larger law on animal shelters.In 2013, she co-sponsored a bill expanding the state's wiretapping authority, which was strictly limited under existing law, in order to help police better investigate violent street crime. At the same time, she co-sponsored a bill to secure electronic privacy protections, requiring police to have probable cause before investigating the electronic records of individuals. She filed another bill tightening sex offender laws, imposing stricter penalties and making offender data more accessible to agencies and the public. The Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts named <mask> its 2013 Legislator of the Year for her service on women's issues. <mask>'s committee assignments in the state Senate were as follows:
 Judiciary (Chair)
 Mental Health and Substance Abuse (Vice Chair)
 Post Audit and Oversight (Vice Chair)
 Public Health
 Public Safety and Homeland Security
 Steering and Policy (Chair)

U.S House of Representatives

Elections

2013 special

<mask> was the Democratic nominee in the 2013 special election for the U.S. House of Representatives in . The district's longtime incumbent, Ed Markey, had just been elected to the United States Senate six months into his 19th term. In a heavily contested Democratic primary—the real contest in this heavily Democratic district—she was endorsed by Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley and EMILY's List.On October 15, 2013, she won the primary with a plurality of 32% of the vote. Her closest competitor was Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, with 22% of the vote. On December 10, as expected, she easily won the special

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 election. Tenure
<mask> was sworn into office on December 12, 2013, and sits on the House Appropriations Committee. In a 2014 interview with The Boston Globe, she compared life in Washington to the television series House of Cards, saying "It's exactly like here, minus the murders." <mask> was unopposed in her bid for a full term in 2014. In March 2015, <mask> decided not to attend the speech by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu before a joint session of Congress.She affirmed a commitment to maintaining and strengthening the relationship between the U.S. and Israel but noted that the invitation was offered without first consulting the Obama administration. <mask> has introduced legislation in response to Internet harassment, most notably resulting from the Gamergate controversy, and has advocated for more stringent enforcement of existing laws. After introducing legislation that would criminalize "swatting" (falsely reporting an ongoing critical incident to dispatch an emergency response), she was herself targeted by a false report of an active shooter at her home. In January 2017, <mask> announced a boycott of Donald Trump's inauguration. She was part of a small group of House and Senate members who chose to boycott the ceremony. Her reason was her desire not to "normalize" Trump's promotion of "bigoted, misogynist, anti-Semitic, and racist claims." House Democratic Caucus vice chair
On November 28, 2018, it was announced that <mask> had defeated California congressman Pete Aguilar to succeed Linda Sánchez as Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus.House Democratic assistant speaker
On November 18, 2020, it was announced that <mask> had defeated Rhode Island congressman David Cicilline by a vote of 135 to 92 to succeed Ben Ray Luján as Assistant Speaker, the number four spot in Democratic house leadership. <mask> has been mentioned as a possible candidate to succeed Pelosi as Speaker of the House. Committee assignments

 Committee on Appropriations
 Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human

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 Services, Education
 Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
 Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch

Caucus memberships

 Animal Protection Caucus
 Armenian Caucus
 Autism Caucus
 Baby Caucus
 Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change
 Biomedical Research Caucus
 Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease
 Career and Technical Education
 Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)
 Congressional Women's Caucus
 Cranberry Caucus
 Internet Caucus
 Hellenic Caucus
 Heroin Task Force
 LGBT Equality Caucus
 Medicare for All Caucus
 Peace Corps Caucus
 Pre-K Caucus
 Prescription Drug Abuse Caucus
 Safe Climate Caucus
 Small Brewers Caucus
 Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition
 Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
Congressional Progressive Caucus

Personal life
<mask> is married to Rodney S. Dowell, Chief Bar Counsel for the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, the state entity that regulates the legal profession in Massachusetts. They live in Melrose and have three children, one of whom identifies as non-binary. When Congress is in session, <mask> rooms with Representatives Annie Kuster, Grace Meng, Lois Frankel, Cheri Bustos, and Julia Brownley. See also
 Women in the United States House of Representatives

References

External links

 Congresswoman <mask> official U.S. House website
 <mask> for Congress

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Massachusetts Democrats
Massachusetts lawyers
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Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
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<mask> (August 26, 1921 – August 7, 1995) was an American film producer, film executive and talent agent who was involved in a studio embezzlement scandal in the 1970s. Life and career
<mask> was born to a Jewish family in New York City. His father was a Manhattan tailor. <mask> was in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He then became a student at New York University. Following college, he worked in the insurance business. He worked at the Music Corporation of America (MCA Inc.) for more than 11 years starting in the mid-1950s, eventually becoming vice president.He left in 1960 to co-found the talent agency Creative Management Associates (CMA) with Freddie Fields. Their clients included Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Woody Allen, Gregory Peck, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Jackie Gleason and Fred Astaire. At CMA, Fields and Begelman pioneered the movie "package", where the talent agency put their stars, directors and writers together on a single project. <mask> left CMA in 1973 to take over the floundering Columbia Pictures. Begelman used his package method at Columbia, dramatically changing the company's image by producing such hits as Shampoo (1975), Funny Lady (1975) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Begelman was among the first Hollywood agents to cross over and rise to the top of the studio system. Columbia Pictures embezzlement scandal
In February 1977, actor Cliff Robertson received a 1099 form from the IRS indicating he had received $10,000 from Columbia Pictures during 1976.He had never received the money, and discovered that his signature on the cashed check had been forged. Robertson's report started a criminal investigation. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) verified that the $10,000 check was a forgery, and it was tracked to Begelman. He was ultimately fined and sentenced to community service and a public service, anti-drug documentary for the forgeries. Columbia

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A writer for New West magazine, working on this story, queried Begelman's claimed alma mater, Yale University, listed in his Who's Who entry. Yale responded that Begelman had never attended that university. The New West article said that "although Begelman was indicted for forgery and grand theft, the Hollywood types were more outraged that he had listed Yale in Who's Who. Apparently they figured that everybody steals money. It was the fact that he lied about Yale that drove them crazy." Judy Garland management

In 1993, a book by Coyne Steven Sanders, Rainbow's End: The Judy Garland Show (Morrow 1990), about the history of Judy Garland's CBS Television series The Judy Garland Show (1963–1964), devoted a chapter to possible embezzlement of Garland's funds by Begelman. Garland's estranged husband at the time, Sid Luft, hired an attorney to audit her income from the time Begelman began representing her with fellow agent Freddie Fields.It was

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texts: acquired United Artists and in October, <mask> was appointed as chairman and CEO of UA but with the exception of Fame, Clash of the Titans, and Poltergeist, he was unable to repeat his success at Columbia and was dismissed in 1982. After leaving MGM/UA, Begelman was offered a position to run a production company, Sherwood Productions, by backer Bruce McNall. Under Sherwood, Begelman backed WarGames (which started production at MGM), Mr.Mom, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, and Blame It on Rio. According to the makers of Buckaroo Banzai, Begelman continued to be engaged in fraud: reporting inflated figures to investors but producing the films for much less to pocket the difference. When investor Nelson Bunker Hunt pulled out of Sherwood in 1984, Begelman took the slack and founded Gladden Entertainment (named after Gladyce, his wife) with the remaining assets and repartnering with McNall. There, he greenlit Mannequin, Weekend at Bernie's, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Short Time and Mannequin Two: On the Move. Short Time and Mannequin Two did poorly. In 1986, the company revealed that they filed a lawsuit against The Cannon Group, Inc. and Cannon Screen Entertainment, stemming from a decision for the previous agreement with Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment for removing two films from the slate, but the suit was settled on August 12, 1986. In 1988, McNall sold 40% of his ownership to foreign investors.At the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, <mask> revealed that the company had a distribution deal with MGM, Live Entertainment and Rank Film Distributors for 10-film and $150-million. However, Credit Lyonnais had placed a lien on Gladden's assets as the bank was owed $90 million. A petition was filed by Hollywood's three major talent guilds in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles to liquidate the company for failure to pay actors, directors and writers residuals in the amount of $4.1 million. <mask> left Gladden Entertainment to found Gladden Productions. However, he

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 was not able to get funding for the new production company. (Ironically, MGM today holds the rights to the Sherwood/Gladden films as a result of their purchase of the Epic library from PolyGram in 1998; PolyGram had acquired the library from Credit Lyonnais two years prior.) Personal life and death
Begelman was married four times.His first wife was Ester <mask>, a sister of a friend; she died of breast cancer after seven years of marriage. His second wife was Lee Reynolds; they had one daughter, <mask> Belskie, before divorcing. In 1975, he married Gladyce Largever, former wife of New York real estate developer Lewis Rudin; she died in 1986 of cancer. After his wife's death, he lived with actress Sandra Grant Bennett until 1990 when he married Annabelle Weston. Begelman became depressed over his Gladden Entertainment bankruptcy and failure to find funding for Gladden Productions. Begelman was found shot dead in a room at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on August 7, 1995, at the age of 73. His death was ruled a suicide; he was interred at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City.At his death he was married to his fourth wife and was survived by his daughter, a sister and a brother. Bibliography
 <mask>, Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street (New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982)
 "Blowing the Whistle on Fake Alumni", Time magazine (February 5, 1979)
 Coyne Steven Sanders, Rainbow's End: The Judy Garland Show (1993)

References

External links
 Allmovie Biography: <mask>, Sandra Brennan

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Film producers from New York (state)
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Jewish American military personnel
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Columbia Pictures
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives
20th-century American businesspeople
New York University alumni
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<mask>  (February 9, 1801 – November, 1895) was an American Unitarian pastor, abolitionist, and Transcendentalist. Life and work
<mask> was born on February 9, 1801, in Waterford, Maine to <mask> and <mask>. His maternal grandfather, <mask>, served with the Minutemen and was at the battle of Bunker Hill with Colonel William Prescott's regiment. At that time Waterford was an area of new and sparsely populated farmland, and <mask> made his living as a farmer. <mask> attended Bridgton Academy and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820. Early Career and Marriage
<mask> married Laura Elizabeth Poor in January 1825 in Andover, Maine . Laura's brother Henry Varnum Poor was a financial analyst and founder of H.V.and H.W. Poor Co.,  which later evolved into the financial research and analysis bellwether, Standard & Poor's. <mask> and Laura's marriage produced 7 sons (<mask>, Walter, Henry, Lincoln, Alfred, George, and William) and five daughters (two Lauras, Mary, Martha, and Elizabeth). After studying theology and performing missionary work in Oxford County, Maine, he was ordained in at the Orthodox Congregational Church in Andover, a traditional Congregational church. In this most northwesterly town then organized in Maine, he served under a Dr. Tappan from 1824 to 1830. From 1830 to 1832 he headed Bridgton Academy in Maine. Among his students was John Albion Andrew, the radical abolitionist, who would become Governor of Massachusetts during the Civil War years.Formation of Anti-slavery sentiment
From 1832 to 1846 <mask> and his family resided in East Machias, Maine, where he was pastor of the Union Church. As seen by his writing and lectures during this time, <mask> became an early convert to

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 time he was able to build his anti-slavery fervor, as evidenced by frequent visits by the elite of the movement, including Amos Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Greenleaf Whittier, William Lloyd Garrison, and Wendell Phillips. Reactions among many New Englanders to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was mixed, but to those who opposed slavery it was fierce. Discontent among <mask>'s parishioners at First Church in Salem rose as he became more involved with the fugitive slave issue. In August 1851, <mask> was formally terminated. His fate was similar to other New England theologians, many who resigned or were dismissed for supporting the anti-slavery cause. In December 1851 <mask> addressed the Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society in Salem, of which his wife, Laura Poor <mask>, was a member (an abolition quilt she created there is owned by the Peabody Essex Museum.). During this last recorded public address, he emphasized that slavery was irreconcilable with man being created in God's image, and urged his listeners to know the effects of slavery and pray for its end.During this speech he acknowledged the sadness and pains suffered by the anti-slavery community by being rejected, denounced and ridiculed by friends, family and church, and thanked them for standing firm for the cause. <mask> and his family moved to Bolton, Massachusetts in  November, 1852 where he became the 7th minister of the First Parish of Bolton. Transcendentalism
<mask> <mask>, though lesser-known than the other New England Transcendentalists, "had religious, literary, and reform connections to nearly all of the major Transcendentalists and contributed to the DIAL magazine in the early 1840s." His essay "Man

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 and the Ages" was included in the January 1841 issue, and his "Calvinist's Letter" was published a year later. "<mask> began regular contact with the Boston Transcendentalists and attended meetings of the Transcendental Club, the first organized meeting of people interested in the new philosophy." Amos Bronson Alcott numbered him with the members of the Transcendental Club, but it is unknown which meetings he may have attended. <mask> was a ready convert to Transcendentalism and an indefatigable worker for the cause of reform.Family and Civil War years
In 1859 <mask> and his wife Laura moved to Brooklyn, Connecticut and became pastor of the Unitarian Universalist Church there in 1860. The Civil War's anti-slavery theme must have given hope and courage to <mask>. Four of his sons enlisted in the Army of the Potomac, three at the outset and one later. His son William was wounded at Antietam in September 1862, and again at Gettysburg in 1863 as part of the Nineteenth Massachusetts. William had obvious abolitionist fervor as well, as he was appointed to the Freedmen's Bureau in March 1866, "probably because of his whole-hearted commitment to black rights". William also served briefly as the Attorney General for South Carolina. <mask>'s son Lincoln Ripley <mask>, was a Surgeon in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.Infantry (the first black regiment). He later practiced medicine in Newton, Massachusetts. Son George Herbert <mask> served as a Private in Co. I, 38th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and died in service in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1863. Son Henry served as 2d Lieutenant in the 1st Wisconsin Volunteers, and later as Lieutenant Colonel of the 100th U. S. Colored Troops. His

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 son Alfred was a noted architect in Providence, RI. Final years
In 1866 <mask> received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Bowdoin, his alma mater.During his later years he preached and gave lyceum lectures occasionally. <mask> returned to Bolton in 1871 where he spent his final years writing. He died in Bolton in November, 1895. The funeral was held in First Church, Salem, and he and his wife are buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery in that city. Works/sermons (partial list)
"An address on the introduction of historical studies into the course of common education : delivered before Oxford County Lyceum",  H. King, Printer, 1831

"Christianity fitted for universal diffusion : a sermon, delivered in North Yarmouth [Me. ], June 28, 1837, before the Maine Missionary Society, at its thirtieth anniversary, Portland [Me.]" : Merrill and Byram, 1837

"Influence of intemperance on the moral sensibility: an address delivered at the organization of the Oxford Temperance Society, Norway, July 1, 1829.""The rod and the staff", Boston : [s.n. ], 1856

"The martyr of freedom : a discourse delivered at East Machias, November 30, and at Machias, December 7, 1837 (1838)"

"Roger Williams, the prophetic legislator, a paper read before the Rhode Island historical society, November 8, 1871"

References

External links
 First Church in Salem, Massachusetts
 First Parish of Bolton, Massachusetts
 List of sermons: Bowdoin College Archives

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American Unitarians
American abolitionists
American theologians
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People from Bolton, Massachusetts
Bowdoin College alumni
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People from Brooklyn, Connecticut
Burials at Harmony Grove Cemetery
Bridgton

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<mask> is an English record producer and songwriter. During his career, he has worked with many artists, including Seal, Björk, Goldie, Madonna, Britney Spears, Kate Havnevik, Imogen Heap, Bebel Gilberto, Mozez, David Sylvian, Alanis Morissette, Eric Whitacre, Alison Moyet, and AURORA . He has also collaborated with many celebrated instrumental musicians, including Talvin Singh, Jon Hassell, and Lester Bowie. He was previously a member of the band Frou Frou together with Imogen Heap. Early life

<mask> grew up in Ilkley, where he developed a youthful passion for early music, especially the 14th-century composer Guillaume de Machaut. His earliest musical heroes were the multi-instrumentalist David Munrow and the maverick field recordist and composer David Fanshawe. He was a pupil at Leeds Grammar School in the 1970s.He studied the harpsichord, first at summer schools at the Casa de Mateus in Portugal, and later for a year at the Utrechts Conservatorium in the Netherlands. He toured Europe playing harpsichord for the European Union Baroque Orchestra. <mask> has worked with various engineers and programmers of distinction. During the late 1990s, he worked with Damian Taylor, who has since engineered, programmed, and performed live with Björk; in the early 2000s, he worked with Sean McGhee, who has since produced Temposhark; and most recently, he has worked extensively with Andy Page, who has previously

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 worked with Sasha, BT, and Harry Gregson-Williams. Career

Seal
After returning to the UK, <mask> moved to London and made a sudden change of direction. He became fascinated with the burgeoning acid house sound, and immediately bought a Roland sampler and an Atari computer. He met musician Seal, co-writing four songs on his debut album: "Crazy", "The Beginning", "Wild", and "Violet", plus the B-side, "Sparkle".The album's producer, Trevor Horn, was the first pop record producer <mask> had ever met. Bomb the Bass / Hector Zazou
Tim Simenon was also involved in work on Seal's song "Crazy", and <mask> soon became part of the regular production team of Simenon's band, Bomb the Bass, co-writing the UK No. 7 hit single "Winter in July". He also worked with Simenon on Hector Zazou's 1992 album Sahara Blue, performing alongside celebrated French actor Gérard Depardieu on the track "I'll Strangle You". <mask> subsequently contributed to Zazou's 1994 album Chansons des mers froides, accompanying Björk. Talvin Singh
While working on sessions for Japanese drummer/producer Gota Yashiki, <mask> met virtuoso tabla player Talvin Singh. He subsequently played synthesizer and harpsichord for Singh's live shows, and later played and contributed remixes on Singh's debut album, OK.

"Survival Game"
In 1993, <mask> produced the benefit
song "Survival Game" for the relief organization Menschen für Menschen in Ethiopia, founded

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 by actor Karlheinz Böhm.The song was written by Mike Turtle and Dean Frederick. The track was later remixed by Paul Dakeyne and hit the charts in South America and Europe. Björk
While working with Talvin Singh, <mask> met Björk, becoming keyboard player, and later music director, of her live band for two albums. <mask> brought his early music sensibility to Björk's live performances and recordings, adding harpsichord, clavichord, regal, and positive organ accompaniments to her music. His harpsichord can be heard on the song "Cover Me" from the album Post; the clavichord on the song "All Is Full of Love"; and organ on the "Unravel" from Homogenic. "Unravel" was <mask>'s first co-written song with Björk. <mask> also played celesta on Björk's cover of Joni Mitchell's "The Boho Dance"; the celesta later became a feature on both Selmasongs (where he also contributed a string arrangement) and Vespertine, on which he co-wrote "Hidden Place", "An Echo, A Stain", "Sun in My Mouth", and "Harm of Will".Imogen Heap
<mask> first met Imogen Heap in 1996 after a friend played him a demo of her song "Come Here Boy". He immediately fell in love with her distinctive voice. He was also amazed to hear that she shared his idiosyncratic love of melodies featuring wide, angular intervals—especially major 7ths and minor 9ths—which are not so common in pop. They wrote two songs together, "Getting Scared" and "Airplane", which

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 <mask> produced for her debut album, I Megaphone. In return, Heap sang backing vocals on <mask>'s band project with Alexander Nilere, Acacia. G:MT
In 1999, <mask> scored the movie G:MT - Greenwich Mean Time, which included musical contributions from Imogen Heap, Talvin Singh, and free jazz virtuoso Lester Bowie. <mask> co-produced the 1998 Mandalay album Empathy, which attracted the attention of Madonna.This in turn led to him co-writing the song "What It Feels Like for a Girl" with Madonna and David Torn, for her 2000 album Music. <mask> also wrote the song "Nothing Fails" with Jem for Madonna's 2003 album American Life. Frou Frou

One night in Mumbai, India, where he was producing a song for British artist Amar, <mask> composed a tune on his Yamaha QY20 pocket sequencer. As soon as he arrived back in London, he took it to Imogen Heap, and asked her to write a top line for it. It became "Flicks", their first song for what would become the Frou Frou album Details. Originally, there was no plan for <mask> and Heap to form a band. It was simply a matter of <mask> wanting to hear various song ideas properly realized.As Heap said: "Every month or so, <mask> would phone me up and say 'I've got a new song, would you come in and sing it? ', and then before we knew it, we'd already started the album." As a linking concept for the emerging set of songs, <mask> suggested two ideas for the lyrics:
 They should feel

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 Italian radio airplay charts, but follow-up singles "Must Be Dreaming" and "It's Good to Be in Love" were never commercially released in the UK. A video was also made for "The Dumbing Down of Love", directed by Joel Peissig (who later directed Heap's solo video "Hide and Seek"). After touring the record extensively across the United States, where the duo had established a cult fan base, Frou Frou disbanded in 2003. Heap and <mask> temporarily reformed Frou Frou to record a cover version of "Holding Out for a Hero", originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler, for the Shrek 2 soundtrack. The duo were approached by the music director of the film, who had been a fan of their album. The resulting track is played during the end credits of the film. Frou Frou also experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2004, when Scrubs star Zach Braff chose album track "Let Go" for his independent film Garden State.Other Frou Frou tracks have been included on television series, such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Roswell High. Post-Frou Frou

Since Frou Frou, <mask> has returned to producing and co-writing for other artists. Chelsia <mask> has remixed a song by Hong Kong-based actress and singer-songwriter Chelsia Chan. The song's lyrics are a Mandarin-language adaptation of a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Bebel Gilberto
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 the song "Cada Beijo" and remixing the song "O Caminho" for her 2004 album Bebel Gilberto. He also produced five songs for her 2007 album Momento. Josh Groban
<mask> produced the vocals on Josh Groban's single "You Are Loved", taken from his 2006 album Awake.Kate Havnevik
<mask> has worked extensively with Norwegian singer-songwriter Kate Havnevik. On her first album, Melankton (2006), he co-wrote and produced four tracks, including the single "Unlike Me" (which was featured in an a cappella version on the US hit TV show Grey's Anatomy, along with "Kaleidoscope"), "Not Fair", "Kaleidoscope", and "You Again". Another <mask> collaboration, entitled "So:Lo", was released on iTunes in late 2006, and appeared on the US version of Melankton in 2007, and was also used in Grey's Anatomy. <mask> produced and co-wrote Kate's second album, You, released in 2012, with songs like "Halo", also used in Grey's Anatomy. <mask> co-wrote and produced the song "New Shoes" for Juliet's 2005 album Random Order. Mirah
<mask> has remixed Mirah's song "La Familia" for her 2006 collection Joyride: Remixes. Alanis Morissette

<mask> Morissette album Flavors of Entanglement and for some of the music on her 2012 album Havoc and Bright Lights.On Havoc, he both produced songs independently and co-produced them with Joe Chiccarelli and Morissette. VersaEmerge
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