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<mask> (August 13, 1906 – July 13, 1967) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Boston Braves. In a four-year major league career, Shires played in 290 games, accumulating 287 hits in 986 at bats for a .291 career batting average along with 11 home runs, 119 runs batted in, an on-base percentage of .347, and a .988 fielding percentage. Shires was a colorful personality with a penchant for self-praise, giving himself the nickname "<mask> Great" and earning that of "What-a-Man" from reporters. Early life
<mask> was born on August 13, 1906, to Josh and <mask>. He was one of nine children; his brother, Leonard, played professional baseball for nine seasons. He attended Waxahachie High School and played for the school's baseball team.While still in high school, he first tried out for the Washington Senators, who chose not to sign him, before beginning his professional career in Texas after graduation. <mask> began his professional baseball career in 1926 at the age of 19 with the Waco Cubs of the Texas League. In 1928 he had a .387 batting average with 11 home runs in 108 games for Waco and, on July 31, his contract was purchased by the Chicago White Sox. MLB career
<mask> made his major league debut with the White Sox on August 20, 1928 at the age of 21, delivering four hits in five at-bats off future Hall of Fame pitcher, Red Ruffing. He replaced Bud Clancy as the starting first baseman and ended the  season with a .341 average in 33 games that year. On December 28, 1928, a 53-year-old man from Shreveport, Louisiana, died from head injuries after being hit by a baseball thrown by Shires on May 20, 1928, in a game between Waco and Shreveport. Shires had allegedly thrown the baseball in anger at a group of disapproving Shreveport fans.On March 27, 1929, <mask> was sued by the dead man's wife for $25,411. One day after the lawsuit was reported in the papers, <mask> was exonerated by a grand jury on March 29, 1929. The suit was dropped after an agreed judgment for $500 on January 11, 1930. White Sox manager Lena Blackburne named <mask> to be the team captain before the 1929 season, succeeding third baseman Willie Kamm who asked to step down from the role to concentrate on his hitting. Only two weeks later, Blackburne stripped him of his captain's role and sent him home from spring training, due to his being out of shape as well as keeping late hours and breaking training rules. Shires made national news in May 1929 when he gave Blackburne a black eye during a fist fight and was suspended from the team. One week later, a contrite Shires apologized to Blackburne and was reinstated.Shires' troubles with Blackburne had him reduced to a part-time role with an occasional pinch hitting assignment. He eventually regained his role as a starting player when Clancy was injured in late June. On September 14, the two men fought again when Blackburne tried to reprimand Shires for breaking team rules, resulting in Shires' third suspension of the season. Although it was thought that Shires might lose his job over the altercation, it was Blackburne who would lose his job at the end of the season. Shires ended the  season with a .312 batting average along with 3 home runs and 41 runs batted in. In December 1929, Shires tried his hand at boxing, taking 21 seconds to knockout an unknown fighter named Dan Daly. Shires entered the arena wearing a robe with the words "Arthur The Great Shires" printed on back.It was reported on December 14 that Chicago Cubs player Hack Wilson signed a contract to meet Shires in the ring in January. On December 18, Shires' boxing career suffered a setback when he lost a bout to Chicago Bears football player George Trafton. Seeing no benefit in fighting a defeated boxer, Wilson backed out of his proposed bout with Shires. In late December, Shires was suspended by the Michigan State Boxing Commission and the National Boxing Association after his boxing manager was alleged to have offered money to a future Shires opponent to lose a fight on purpose. Soon after that revelation, Dan Daly admitted to the Illinois State Boxing Commission that he too had lost his fight to Shires on purpose. Shires was eventually cleared from any wrongdoing by the boxing commissions after no evidence was found that he had fixed the fights. In January , Shires defeated Boston Braves player Al Spohrer in four rounds by technical knockout at the Boston Garden.There was a move made to have Shires fight Boston Bruins hockey player, Eddie Shore, who was well known for his fighting skills, having set a single-season record for penalty minutes in 1928, however, in the wake of his previous bouts, Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis ruled that any baseball player engaging in boxing matches could consider himself retired from baseball, thus putting a stop to Shires' fighting career. Although Shires was still suspended from the White Sox after his altercation with Blackburne, he had the audacity to demand a contract for $25,000. When White Sox owner Charles Comiskey failed to meet this demand, an angered Shires threatened to quit baseball. Eventually, he relented and signed a contract for $7,500 and rejoined the team. Having worn out his welcome with the White Sox, <mask> was hitting for a .258 average in June 1930 when he was traded to the Washington Senators. After the trade, Shires hit for a .369 average in 38 games for the Senators. The Senators already had two first basemen in Joe Judge and Joe Kuhel and, when reports surfaced that Shires was complaining about being a reserve player and that his work ethic was lacking, Senators owner Clark Griffith sold Shires to the minor league Milwaukee Brewers for a reported $10,000 in November 1930.With typical bombast, Shires claimed that he was too good a player to be sitting on a major league bench and predicted that he would hit, "around .350" for Milwaukee. In December 1930, <mask> was arrested in Hollywood, California, on charges of drunkenness and carrying concealed weapons. The arrest was accompanied by Shires bragging that he had succumbed to movie offers. Shires proceeded to back up his claims with the Brewers in , posting a .384 average with 11 home runs in 157 games, winning the American Association batting championship. His performance earned him a return to the major leagues when the Brewers traded him to the Boston Braves for Al Bool and $10,000 on November 9, 1931. Ironically, <mask>' roommate with the Braves was his former boxing foe, Al Spohrer. On April 22, 1932, Shires suffered a torn ligament in a collision with baserunner Joe Stripp.When he returned from the injury, he failed to live up to expectations, producing just a .238 batting average. In August , Shires was fired by Braves manager Bill McKechnie after he objected to plans to be sent back to the minor leagues. Shires eventually returned to the minor leagues and played for the Rochester Red Wings and the Columbus Red Birds in . In , Shires played for the Fort Worth Cats in the Texas League and, in  he served as a player-manager for the Harrisburg Senators in the New York–Pennsylvania League. Post-baseball career
Shires announced plans to fight Max Baer for the World Heavyweight Boxing title and returned to the boxing ring in January 1935 but, was out of shape and was knocked out in the second round of a scheduled six round fight against Sid Hunter. Shires was charged with murder following the beating death of a man in December 1948. The two men had fought after drinking together.The charge was later reduced to aggravated assault. A jury later found him guilty of aggravated assault and fined him $25. Shires died on July 13,  at the age of 60. References

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<mask> is an American graphic designer best known for his work on Star Trek. Career

Work in Star Trek
In the mid-1980s, he designed the look of animated computer displays for the USS Enterprise-A bridge in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. This led to a staff position on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987 as a scenic artist, adding detail to set designs and props. To The Next Generation he contributed the GUI of the fictional LCARS computer system used throughout the USS Enterprise-D and other Starfleet starships. In homage to its creator, this visual style has come to be known among fans as "okudagrams". <mask> also served as a technical consultant on the various TNG-era Star Trek series along with Rick Sternbach, advising the scriptwriters on the technology used throughout the Star Trek universe such as the transporters and the warp drive. This work resulted in a technical manual which was distributed to prospective scriptwriters along with the series bible.The manual was later published in revised and updated form as the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual by Pocket Books. <mask> then went on to write a number of Star Trek books with his wife, Denise. He continued working at Paramount Studios on multiple Star Trek series that followed The Next Generation, including as an art supervisor on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and through to the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise in 2005. He also worked on the Star Trek movies that were produced while the various television series were in production. He also served as one of the producers when CBS digitally remastered and updated special visual effects for the original series. <mask> created the Heisenberg compensator as a way to explain how Star Treks fictional transporter might work, despite the limitation of the uncertainty principle. <mask> famously answered the question "How does the Heisenberg compensator work?"with "It works very well, thank you." , <mask> remains involved creatively with the Star Trek franchise. He and <mask> are serving as consultants on the project to upgrade Star Trek: The Next Generation to high definition. They also created the text commentaries in the ten Star Trek Special Edition DVD movies, as well as special text commentaries for the Star Trek Fan Collection sets. In 2005, <mask> contributed as a consultant for Perpetual Entertainment in their development of the MMORPG Star Trek Online. He also helped with the cataloging of items for the auction of Star Trek memorabilia by Christie's auction house. The event, and the preparation for it, is included in the History Channel documentary film Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier.In a 2016 interview, <mask> said that his "favorite" Star Trek series is: "The Original Series. No question." The West Wing
In April 2013, Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy blogger) reported that <mask> had included an oblique homage to The West Wing in the Voyager episode "Imperfection", by having Seven of Nine look at a list of Voyager crew who had died, and there listing Commander J. Bartlett (intentional misspelling), Lieutenant Commander L. McGarry, Lieutenant Commander T. Ziegler, Lieutenant J. Lyman, Lieutenant S. Seaborn, Ensign Claudia J. Craig (intentional misspelling) and Ensign Charles Young. Plait reported contacting <mask> who revealed that <mask> and his wife, Denise and graphic artist James Van Over, were all huge fans of The West Wing. Plait also contacted actress Jeri Ryan, who played Seven of Nine, and whom Plait describes as "a huge science nerd", who was also unaware of the sight gag until contacted by Plait. <mask> is reported as saying that "one of my rules regarding jokes was that they should never be apparent to the casual viewer. If they were, they would yank the viewer out of the story, and that would be a serious disservice to both.For this reason, I generally tried to keep the text on such gags at the ragged edge of legibility." Work for NASA
<mask> designed logos for a number of NASA missions and programs including the STS-125 mission of  to repair the Hubble Space Telescope and the Ares I-X development test flight. His work for Project Constellation, subsequently cancelled, included logos for the Ares booster, the Altair lunar lander, and the Orion spacecraft, designed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station and to return humans to the Moon. The Orion logo was unveiled on August 26, 2006. <mask> also designed a team emblem for the planned STS-400 rescue mission, which would have been launched if there had been a major problem during the STS-125 mission. For his work as the designer of many NASA mission patches, <mask> received the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal. He was presented with the award at a ceremony at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on July 9, 2009.Firestorm
In 2015, <mask> served as a visual consultant for the pilot Firestorm, a crowd-funded project set up by Jamie Anderson, son of Gerry Anderson, creator of Thunderbirds. Firestorm used advances in animatronic marionettes, props and miniature set design dubbed 'Ultramarionation'. Other work
<mask> also worked on the Netflix series Space Force, the Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell, Mark Altman's Pandora, and as a technical advisor on Ron Moore's For All Mankind. References

Bibliography
 <mask>, <mask>; <mask>, Denise (2016). The Star Trek Encyclopedia, Revised and Expanded Edition: A Reference Guide to the Future. Harper Design. .
 <mask>, Denise; <mask>, <mask> (2013). Star Trek The Next Generation: On Board the U.S.S.Enterprise. Barron's Educational Series. .
 <mask>, <mask>; Clark, Margaret with Doug Drexler (November 2006). Star Trek: Ships of the Line. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. .
 <mask>, <mask>; & Sternbach, Rick (1991). Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual. Pocket Books. .
 <mask>, Denise; <mask>, <mask>; & Mirek, Debbie (1999). The Star Trek Encyclopedia.Pocket Books. .
 <mask>, Denise; & <mask>, <mask> (1996). Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future. Pocket Books. . External links

 Biography at StarTrek.com

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title: Teresa Clarke

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<mask> (born February 8, 1963), is a prominent American investment banker, entrepreneur, and expert on Africa. Her career has spanned a wide range, from being a managing director at Goldman Sachs to co-founding a scholarship and mentoring non-profit, Student Sponsorship Programme in South Africa. Over the last several years, she has funded and led Africa.com, the largest Africa-related website. Growing up in California, <mask><mask> descends from a line of prominent women, including her mother and grandmother who were both alumni of Howard University and went on to successful careers in education and community service. Her mother, Dr. <mask>, retired after serving for ten years as the superintendent of schools in Lynwood, California and later became a professor at California State University at Northridge in the graduate school of education. Her mother graduated from Howard University in 1958, Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude and won a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina that same year. Her grandmother attended Howard as a member of the class of 1933.In honor of their Howard legacies, Dr. Audrey M<mask> established the Audrey M. <mask> and Elvira F. <mask> Fellowship for International Learning at Howard University. <mask> has a bachelor's degree in economics, cum laude, from Harvard College (1980–1984), an MBA from Harvard Business School (1989) and a law degree from Harvard Law School (1989). She has served on the boards of Southern Africa Legal Services (Legal Resource Centre), the Tony Elumelu Foundation, the Opportunity Agenda, serves on the board of the Student Sponsorship Programme South Africa and is an emeriti board member of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association. <mask> is fluent in Spanish, French and Portuguese and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has received numerous awards for her work in Africa, including the Government of South Africa's Freedom Day Award, the Education Africa's Humanitarian Award for Africa, the Merrill Lynch/Africa 2.0 Business Leadership Award, the International Women's Society Humanitarian of the Year Award, the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Educational Leadership Award, and the Girl Scouts of Connecticut Woman of Achievement. <mask> was named one of the top 25 Women in Business by the Network Journal. In 2010, Black Entertainment Television honored <mask> and won the Shot Caller Award on their internationally televised awards show Black Girls Rock!Background

In August 1989, <mask> joined the real-estate department at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York as an associate. She worked in the investment banking division for six years before leaving to found and serve as Managing Director of the South African office of Abt Associates, the Cambridge (Mass.) public-policy & management consulting firm. Her clients in South Africa included companies such as Transnet (holding company of South African Airways), Johnson & Johnson, and institutions involved in the coordination of the education and public health development sectors. <mask> lived in South Africa from 1995 to 2000. During her time in South Africa, <mask> also taught corporate finance in the MBA program at Wits Business School. In 1999, she co-founded Student Sponsorship Programme South Africa.SSP provides academically talented but economically disadvantaged South African students with scholarships and support to attend private schools. The non-profit trust program based in Johannesburg has provided more than $10 million in scholarships to more than 1000 children. Some 90 percent of the students complete the program. About 90 percent of SSP's graduates qualify to attend university. For her work with SSP ZA, <mask> has been recognized by the South African government, among many others. From 2004 to 2010, <mask> returned to Goldman Sachs. Her first contribution was to play a key role in launching the firm's Global Markets Institute.She later moved back into the investment banking division where she led mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance transactions for Fortune 500 companies in the US and Europe. She was also the manager of the GS Africa Aspen Program, a leadership development project for emerging public- and private-sector African leaders created in cooperation with the Aspen Institute. Recent events
On February 12, 2010 <mask> ended a 12-year career at Goldman Sachs to focus on Africa.com, She launched Africa.com in February 2010, her goals for Africa.com were to change the way the world engages online with Africa and to be the platform for those changes, stating:

<mask> has been featured as an Africa expert at the World Economic Forum in Africa and India, the Milken Institute and the Fortune/Time/CNN Global Forum. In 2008, she received the Freedom Day Award from the South African Consulate. On November 4, 2010 <mask> was a speaker at African Leadership Network's inaugural ceremony. This event is the equivalent of the World Economic Forum in Davos but organized by and for Africans and people of African descent. She has also lectured at various institutes of higher learning, including Oxford, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Tufts universities, and the Wharton School.On November 7, 2010, <mask> was among the honorees being celebrated on Black Entertainment Television's (BET) event called Black Girls Rock!. <mask> is the writer, producer and director of Africa Straight Up, a 30-minute documentary made in partnership with MTV Africa and TEDTalks that was released in 2012. While originally produced for online viewing, the film aired on the Africa Channel in the U.S. and UK, as well as on Dutch Television. It also was screened by The White House, which had contributed to the film's production, during the 2014 United States–Africa Leaders Summit and by the Council on Foreign Relations and was shown as in-flight entertainment on South African Airways and Arik Airways. In 2013, <mask> was invited to join The White House Traveling Press Corps and traveled with President Obama and his family to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. That same year she delivered a TEDx Talk at TEDxEuston in London, "The Diaspora Divide". In 2014, she was featured on the Harvard Business School website in a video on Making a Difference.Her life story was also the subject of a profile celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Women at Harvard Business School. That year she was invited to the Fletcher Inclusive Business Summit. A summit at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center, whose grounds have been preserved with the express mission to encourage pause and enable leaders from around the world to address the world's many complex needs. In November 2014, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker appointed <mask> and 14 other private sector leaders to the President Obama's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA). Its members were selected to advise the President, through the Secretary of Commerce, on strengthening commercial engagement between the United States and Africa. In May 2020, she led the Africa.com Crisis Management for African Business Leaders webinar series entitled "Women are Proving to Be Great Leaders During COVID-19. Is this the Pathway to Power?", and its panel, which included former Deputy President of South Africa, Under Secretary of the United Nations and executive director of the UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Stanbic Bank Uganda CEO Anne Juuko, Oby Ezekwesili of the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative, and Zambian youth activist and journalist Natasha Wang Mwansa, who is the youngest recipient of the WHO Global Health Leaders award. Personal life
<mask> has married twice. Her second marriage took place at Martha's Vineyard on August 4, 2007 with Dr. John Edward Ellis, a professor of anesthesiology and critical care at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. References

External links
 Africa Straight Up - YouTube
 Africa.com website
 Student Sponsorship Programme website
 HBSAAA Biography

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Harvard Law School alumni
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title: Sean Hughes (comedian)

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<mask> (10 November 1965 – 16 October 2017) was a British-Irish actor, comedian and writer. He starred in his own Channel 4 television show <mask>'s Show and was one of the regular team captains on the BBC Two musical panel game Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Early life
<mask> was born the middle boy in a family of three boys in Whittington Hospital in North London. He had an older brother Alan and a younger brother Martin. He was born in Archway, London, but spent most of his youth in Firhouse, Dublin. His mother was from Cork, while his father was from Dublin; they first met on a London bus. His father worked in a telephone exchange and was also a driving instructor.At the age of six, <mask> moved to Dublin and lived with his paternal grandmother. He attended Coláiste Éanna in Ballyroan. Writing in The Guardian, Bruce Dessau observed of <mask>'s early years:
[He] used to talk about how sounding like a Cockney in an Irish school was not easy. He later quipped that he spent "most of my childhood in a headlock". Not surprisingly his Mary Poppins accent soon developed a lilting local burr. Making schoolfriends laugh was a classic defence mechanism and he even set up comedy gigs at his school. What started out as a hobby quickly became a career.Career
In 1987, he began appearing at the Comedy Store. In 1990, aged 24, he became the youngest winner of the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award for his show, A One-Night Stand with <mask>. He marked his 30th birthday with the <mask> Is Thirty Somehow tour, which was broadcast on Channel 4, in 1995. <mask> returned to stand-up, touring the UK and Australia in 2007 with his show, The Right Side of Wrong. As well as comedy, he wrote collections of prose and poetry and worked on a number of films. He also presented weekend radio shows on the BBC's London radio station BBC GLR, and in 2002 joined BBC 6 Music, presenting the Sunday morning programme. He left the station a year after its launch, proclaiming it had turned into everything he had wanted it to be.He also wrote two novels, The Detainees (1998) and It's What He Would Have Wanted (2000). It was reported that <mask> was a close friend of the American comedian Bill Hicks, but <mask> stated this was not true. In a 2014 interview, he explained: "It says on my Wikipedia page that I was good friends with him. I wasn't! We were in Australia together, so we hung out. I did get to know him a little bit, which was a real pleasure. When I saw him I just went, 'That's the best comic I'm going to see in my lifetime.'"Nevertheless, <mask> wrote the foreword to Cynthia True's biography of Hicks, American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story. He concluded his foreword by writing "being a genius is a heavy burden and he's the only one I'm ever likely to meet. I still miss you Bill." Film and television drama
<mask> had a small role in the film The Commitments (1991), playing a record producer. In 1992, he had his own TV show, <mask>'s Show, ostensibly set in his own home. It received a nomination for the 1992 British Comedy Award for Best Channel 4 Sitcom. Series one of <mask>'s Show has been released on DVD.Later, he recorded a series of brief programmes called <mask>'s Shorts, in which he toured England, visiting many of the country's towns and cities, visiting local places of interest and meeting local people. He appeared in the film Snakes and Ladders shot in Dublin, and released in 1996. From 1996 to 2002, he was a team captain on the BBC 2 comedy quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks, alongside Phill Jupitus and Mark Lamarr. He can be seen during Terrorvision's music video for their single "Tequila" from 1999 and in the video for The Cure's 1996 single, "The 13th". He appeared in the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe. In ITV's series The Last Detective, featuring "Dangerous" Davies, <mask> Lewis" (he spends all his time at the library to save on heating). He played Eileen Grimshaw's love interest Pat in the British soap Coronation Street.In 2003, <mask> voiced the part of Finbar the clockwork Shark, one of seven plastic bath toys which come to life whenever no-one is watching in the children's television series Rubbadubbers, shown on CBeebies in the United Kingdom for pre-school children. He played Sergeant Lake in the ITV Agatha Christie's Marple production of They Do It with Mirrors, which was broadcast on 1 January 2010. <mask> played Brendan in the film version of Tony Hawks' book, Round Ireland with a Fridge (2010). He also played the lead in the film adaptation of Spike Milligan's comic novel, Puckoon. <mask> also voiced Tapir in the three Robbie the Reindeer films. He appeared in Casualty in 2015. Stage and online
In early 2014 <mask> started a podcast called Under the Radar, which ran for approximately 57 episodes (excluding repeats and split episodes) until December 2016.<mask> took over the role of stationmaster Mr Perks in the musical The Railway Children at King's Cross Theatre in March 2015. Personal life

<mask> was a vegetarian and proponent of animal rights. <mask> was a heavy drinker most of his career. In 2012, it was reported that he had become a teetotaller. Death
<mask> died at the age of 51 on 16 October 2017 from the effects of cirrhosis, at Whittington Hospital in North London (the same hospital in which he was born in 1965). A funeral service was held at St Pancras and Islington Cemetery on 23 October 2017, where, after the mourning party heard eulogies to his memory, there were recited extracts of some of <mask>' poetry and recorded music from The Smiths and Lily Allen, his body was cremated. A wake was held afterwards in a nearby pub.Works

Shows
Mumbo Jumbo
Penguins
Life Becomes Noises
Ducks and Other Mistakes I've Made
What I Meant to Say Was... The Right Side of Wrong
Live... And Seriously Funny
A One Night Stand with <mask>

Books
Sean's Book (1993)
The Grey Area (1995)
The Detainees (1998)
It's What He Would Have Wanted (2000)
My Struggle to Be Decent and Poems of Sadness and Light

References

External links

 <mask> at the British Film Institute
 <mask> on Chortle

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2017 deaths
20th-century English comedians
20th-century English male actors
20th-century Irish comedians
20th-century Irish male actors
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title: Bradley Roby

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<mask> (born May 1, 1992) is an American football cornerback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State. He has also played for the Houston Texans. Early years
A native of Suwanee, Georgia, <mask> attended Peachtree Ridge High School, where he was an All-State receiver and defensive back for the Lions program. He recorded 42 tackles and six interceptions along with 29 receptions for 526 yards as a senior. He scored 11 touchdowns: five on receptions, two on punt returns and one each via a rush and kick, interception and a fumble return.He was a four-time school scholar-athlete. He was also a standout basketball player. In addition to football, <mask> was on the school's track & field team. He won the 100 meters at the 2009 Region 7 AAAAA Championships, with a career-best time of 10.72 seconds, and also finished third in the 200 meters with a career-best time of 22.49 seconds. He also competed in long jump. Regarded as a three-star recruit by ESPN.com, <mask> was listed as the No. 42 athlete in the nation in 2010.<mask> initially planned to sign his national letter of intent to play wide receiver at Vanderbilt, but later decided to change his mind after receiving interest from Ohio State to play defensive back. College career
<mask> attended Ohio State University from 2010 to 2013. After redshirting the 2010 season as a true freshman, <mask> stepped up and started all 13 games at cornerback in 2011. He was tied for the team lead with three interceptions and also recorded 47 tackles. In 2012, <mask> was the only defensive player in the nation in 2012 to score touchdowns three different ways (recovered a fumbled punt in the end zone vs. Miami; he recovered a blocked punt in the end zone vs. Indiana; and he intercepted a pass vs. Nebraska and returned it for a touchdown). He was named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press, and first-team All-Big Ten while leading the nation in passes defended with 19. He added 63 tackles and two interceptions.In 2013, he was named first-team All-Big Ten after recording 69 tackles, 16 passes defended (T3rd in the Big Ten), three interceptions and two blocked punts. On November 20, 2013, Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer announced that <mask> would be leaving school early to enter the 2014 NFL Draft. Professional career
<mask> was projected to be a first or second round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, but chose to instead return for his junior season. <mask> was unable to participate in Senior Bowl or 2014 East–West Shrine Game after suffering a knee injury in December. He was one of 59 collegiate defensive backs to attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Roby completed nearly all of the combine drills, but chose to skip the three-cone drill. He finished third among all defensive backs in the 40-yard dash, tied for fifth in the short shuttle, tied for 11th in the vertical jump, and tied for 13th in the bench press.On March 7, 2014, <mask> attended Ohio State's pro day and opted to stand on his combine numbers and only perform coverage drills and the three-cone drill. Team representatives and scouts from all 32 teams attended Ohio State's pro day. On April 22, 2014, he was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence (See Personal life). During the draft process, Roby had private meetings and workouts with multiple teams, including the San Diego Chargers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, and Cincinnati Bengals. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, <mask> was projected to be a first or early second round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked the fourth-best cornerback prospect by NFL analyst Mike Mayock, was ranked the fifth-best cornerback in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com, and was ranked the seventh-best cornerback by Sports Illustrated. Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos selected <mask> in the first round (31st overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft.He was the fifth cornerback selected in 2014. Head coach John Fox stated <mask> likely fell due to character concerns. Prior to his OVI charge, Roby attended pre-draft visit with the Cincinnati Bengals and was told that they were going to select him with the 24th overall pick. He also received major interest from the San Diego Chargers after meeting with them multiple times. Both teams passed on him and drafted other cornerbacks. The Chargers selected TCU cornerback Jason Verrett (25th overall) and the Bengals drafted Michigan State cornerback Darqueze Dennard (24th overall). 2014
On June 10, 2014, the Denver Broncos signed <mask> to a four-year, $6.95 million contract that includes $5.58 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $3.37 million.Throughout training camp, he competed against Chris Harris Jr., Tony Carter, and Kayvon Webster for the starting cornerback role. Head coach John Fox named <mask> the third cornerback on the depth chart to start the 2014 season, behind veterans Aqib Talib and Chris Harris Jr. He made his professional regular season debut in the Denver Broncos' season-opener against the Indianapolis Colts and recorded a season-high seven solo tackles and three pass deflections during their 31–24 victory. <mask> also made a key deflection while covering Reggie Wayne in the fourth quarter to seal the victory for the Broncos. In Week 6, <mask> made three combined tackles, two pass deflections, and had his first career sack on New York Jets' quarterback Geno Smith in the Broncos' 31–17 victory. On November 2, 2014, <mask> recorded two combined tackles, two pass deflections, a forced fumble, and had his first career interception off a pass attempt by New England Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady in the Broncos' 43–21 loss. The following week, he collected four combined tackles, defended two passes, and intercepted Derek Carr during a 41–17 win against the Oakland Raiders.On November 23, 2014, <mask> earned his first career start and had four solo tackles and a pass deflection during a 39–36 victory against the Miami Dolphins. <mask> finished his rookie season in  with a career-high 65 combined tackles (63 solo), 13 pass deflections, two interceptions, one sack, and a forced fumble in 16 games and two starts. The Denver Broncos finished first in the AFC West with a 12–4 record, clinching a playoff berth. On January 11, 2015, <mask> appeared in his first career playoff game and recorded two solo tackles, a pass deflection, and intercepted Andrew Luck during a 24–13 loss to the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Divisional round. The Broncos and head coach John Fox agreed to part ways during the offseason. 2015

Head coach Gary Kubiak named <mask> the starting nickelback and the third cornerback on the team behind Aqib Talib and Chris Harris Jr to begin the regular season. In Week 2, <mask> returned a fumble by Jamaal Charles for a touchdown in the final seconds of the fourth quarter to give the Broncos a 31–24 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.The following week, he made two solo tackles, deflected a pass, and intercepted Matthew Stafford during the Broncos' 24–12 victory at the Detroit Lions. On December 20, 2015, <mask> tied his season-high with five solo tackles in a 34–27 loss at the Pittsburgh Steelers. He finished the  season with 40 combined tackles (34 solo), ten pass deflections, an interception, and a fumble recovery in 16 games and four starts. The Broncos' secondary ranked first in overall grade by Pro Football Focus and was named the "No Fly Zone". Roby received an overall grade of 81.0 by PFF in 2015. The Denver Broncos finished first in their division with a 12–4 record and received a first round bye. On January 17, 2016, he made three solo tackles and forced a key fumble by Steelers' running back Fitzgerald Toussaint to set up a go-ahead touchdown drive by the Broncos and defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers.The following week, he intercepted a tipped pass by teammate Aqib Talib on a two-point conversion to preserve a fourth-quarter 20–18 victory over the New England Patriots. On February 7, 2016, <mask> appeared in Super Bowl 50 and recorded two solo tackles and three pass deflections in the Broncos' 24–10 victory over the Carolina Panthers. 2016
Roby remained the third cornerback under defensive coordinator Wade Phillips for the second consecutive season. On October 30, 2016, <mask> recorded a season-high seven combined tackles, deflected two passes, and returned an interception off Philip Rivers for a 49-yard touchdown during a 27–19 victory over the San Diego Chargers. It marked the first time Roby returned an interception for a touchdown. In Week 13, he collected three solo tackle, defended two passes, and returned an interception by Blake Bortles for a 51-yard touchdown in Denver's 20–10 win at the Jacksonville Jaguars. Roby finished the season with 39 combined tackles (34 solo), eight pass deflections, two interceptions, two touchdowns, and a sack in 16 games and four starts.Without quarterback Peyton Manning leading the offense, the Denver Broncos finished the  season third in the AFC West with a 9–7 record and did not qualify for the playoffs. Head coach Gary Kubiak retired after the season, citing issues with his health. The Denver Broncos' secondary was ranked fourth by Pro Football Focus. Pro Football Focus gave <mask> an overall grade of 58.9, ranking him 83rd among cornerbacks in 2016. 2017
On April 18, 2017, the Denver Broncos announced they exercised the fifth-year, $8.52 million option on <mask>'s rookie contract. <mask> remained the third cornerback behind Talib and Harris under new head coach Vance Joseph to start the 2017 regular season. He played in the Denver Broncos' season-opener against the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football and recorded five combined tackles, two pass deflections, and intercepted a pass attempt by quarterback Philip Rivers to set up a touchdown drive by the Broncos in their 24-21 comeback victory.On November 5, 2017, <mask> recorded a season-high five solo tackles and deflected a pass during a 51–23 loss at the Philadelphia Eagles. He finished the  season with 42 combined tackles (35 solo), a career-high 17 pass deflections, an interception, and one sack in 16 games and four starts. Roby played in 64 consecutive games and did not miss a game over the course of four seasons. The Denver Broncos finished last in the AFC West with a 5–11 record and did not qualify for the playoffs for the second season in a row. Pro Football Focus gave Roby an overall grade of 84.0 in 2017 and his grade ranked 25th among all cornerbacks. 2018

With <mask> having impressed in his years as a backup, the general consensus heading into the 2018 season was that he was a high-quality defensive back deserving of a full-time starting role. This consensus convinced Broncos president of football operations John Elway to move on from Talib, trading him to the Rams, and to promote <mask> to one of Denver's two starting cornerbacks.However, <mask> had a disappointing 2018 season, as his Pro Football Focus player grade plummeted to just 59.9. His head coach publicly called him "inconsistent," and low point came when he was called out on national television in a December 24 Monday Night Football broadcast by commentator Jason Witten for perceived lack of effort. Houston Texans
On March 14, 2019, <mask> signed a one-year, $10 million contract with the Houston Texans. <mask> made his debut with the Texans in week 1 against the New Orleans Saints. In the game, <mask> made 9 tackles in the 30–28 loss. In week 13 against the New England Patriots on Sunday Night Football, <mask> recorded his first interception of the season off a pass thrown by Tom Brady and returned it for 22 yards during the 28–22 win. In week 16 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, <mask> intercepted a pass thrown by Jameis Winston and returned it for a 27-yard touchdown during the 23–20 win.On April 3, 2020, <mask> signed a three-year, $36 million contract with the Texans. In Week 6 against the Tennessee Titans, Roby recorded his first interception of the season off a pass thrown by Ryan Tannehill during the 42–36 overtime loss. On November 30, 2020, Roby was suspended six games for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing drug policy. New Orleans Saints
On September 8, 2021, <mask> was traded to the New Orleans Saints in exchange for a 2022 third round selection and a conditional 2023 sixth round selection. On November 25, he recorded his first interception as a Saint and of the season against Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills in a 31–6 loss on Thanksgiving. NFL statistics

Personal life
Roby was raised by his mother, <mask>, in Suwanee, Georgia, and admires her for raising him as a single mother. His father, <mask>, was not around during his childhood.He has a dog named Young Nino, and is good friends with Steve Atwater after growing up being friends with his son, Steve Atwater Jr.

Legal issues
On July 24, 2013, <mask> was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery. The police report states that the Bloomington Police responded to a call at 2:40AM at Dunkirk Bar. When they arrived, Roby was being detained by private security after an incident where he was removed from the establishment after he attempted to start a fight with another patron. Roby re-entered the establishment to try to find his friends and was stopped by security. While being confronted, he allegedly struck the security guard in the chest and was immediately taken down by force until police arrived. On August 21, 2013, the case was conditionally dismissed after Roby pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct and agreed to complete a pre-trial diversion program. Under the terms of the agreement, Roby was required to stay out of legal trouble until August 16, 2014.On April 22, 2014, <mask> was charged with physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol from an incident that occurred on April 20. The police report filed with Franklin County court states Columbus Police responded to a call about a drunk driver of a Dodge Charger that nearly hit kids walking on the sidewalk. The officers arrived to find Roby passed out in the driver seat of his vehicle. After Roby did not respond to officers, they opened the door to the vehicle and smelled an alcohol like odor. It appeared Roby was under the influence after another officer responded and conducted a field sobriety test, which he failed. On April 29, 2014, <mask> pleaded guilty to physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was charged with a suspended sentence of 180 days in jail. Under the terms of the sentence, he was required to attend a three-day driver intervention program and pay a $375 fine plus court costs.References

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Ohio State Buckeyes bio

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title: Tamara Rojo

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<mask> CBE (born 17 May 1974) is a Spanish ballet dancer. She is the English National Ballet's artistic director (2012–2022) and a lead principal dancer with the company. She was previously a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet. She will become the artistic director of San Francisco Ballet in late 2022. Early life and training
<mask> was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Spanish parents who returned with her to Spain when she was 4 months old. At the age of 5 she began dance classes in Madrid and became a full-time student age 11 at Madrid's Royal Professional Conservatory of Dance, Mariemma studying with Víctor Ullate and Karemia Moreno. Though her parents were pleased at her developing balletic talent, they insisted <mask> also complete an academic education through evening classes she could attend after studio rehearsals.Having graduated from the Conservatory at 16, she completed her secondary studies over the next two years. She went on to complete further degrees including a bachelor of dance, master of scenic arts and a PhD in performing arts, becoming DA magna cum laude in 2016 from King Juan Carlos University. <mask> began her professional career in 1991 with the Ballet de la Comunidad de Madrid, under the direction of Víctor Ullate. In 1994, she won gold medal at the Paris International Dance competition, together with a Special Jury Award from a panel including Natalia Makarova, Galina Samsova and Vladimir Vasiliev, three outstanding figures in the ballet world at that time. Early career in Britain
In 1996 Galina Samsova, artistic director of Scottish Ballet, invited Rojo to join the company. There she performed principal roles in Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, La Sylphide and Cranko's Romeo and Juliet. Derek Deane, then English National Ballet artistic director, asked her to join ENB the following year.For her he created the roles of Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" and Clara in "The Nutcracker" for which The Times named Rojo "Dance Revelation of the Year" in 1997. She also danced principal roles in Swan Lake, Paquita, Coppelia and Glen Tetley's The Sphinx. Royal Ballet
Rojo approached Royal Ballet director Anthony Dowell in 2000 with a view to joining the company, and was invited to become a principal dancer when a contract became available later in the year. Over the next 12 years, she performed major roles in most of the company's repertoire including ballets choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton, Dowell's Swan Lake, Makarova's La Bayadere, Rudolph Nureyev's Don Quixote, and Peter Wright 's The Nutcracker. She danced in the world premiere of Snow White, created for her by choreographer Ricardo Cué. The title role in Isadora was recreated for her by MacMillan's widow, the artist and set designer Deborah MacMillan, custodian of the late choreographer's ballets. Major injuries
In 2000, Rojo was asked at short notice to replace the injured Royal Ballet principal Darcey Bussell in the title role in Giselle.Ignoring her own sprained ankle, <mask> learned the role in a fortnight and went on to receive rave reviews. In 2002, while dancing Clara in Nutcracker, Rojo began to tremble on stage. Sent to a private hospital after the performance, she learned her appendix had burst and was told to take six weeks off. However, she resumed dancing after only two, relapsed and returned to hospital. Rojo admitted some years later it was "completely wrong [to continue dancing while injured or ill] and I do not feel that anyone should do this. It really is not worth it." In 2003, while preparing for the Royal Ballet's Australian tour, Rojo suffered an infected bunion so serious that her foot swelled to the size of a tennis ball.Doctors recommended surgery on her foot, a potentially career-ending operation. Months later, after countless hours of rehabilitation, she resumed dancing and said the injury changed her perspective on life, her body and dance. She felt that she valued each and every day more and learned that nothing in life should be taken for granted. After this experience, she and her father developed a device to stretch pointe shoes in order to reduce pressure on bunions, and formed a company in 2017 to market it. English National Ballet

In April 2012 it was announced that <mask> would become the artistic director of English National Ballet, replacing Wayne Eagling, whose departure from the role had been announced in February. Under her direction the English National Ballet, for the first time in history, was invited to dance from 21 to 25 June 2016 at the Paris Opera Palais Garnier, the most famous ballets in its repertoire: Marius Petipa and Konstantin Sergeyev's version of Le Corsaire in a revival by Anna-Marie Holmes. In 2014, she presented a documentary entitled Good Swan, Bad Swan: Dancing Swan Lake for the BBC and she followed up with Giselle: Belle of the Ballet in 2017, which included the history of both the original production and the new ballet created for the ENB by Akram Khan.She had commissioned Khan to re-imagine the story: Khan went on to win the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards 2017 for Best Classical Choreography and Alina Cojocaru won Outstanding Female Performance (Classical) as Giselle, and the company as a whole won an Olivier Award for Outstanding achievement in dance. <mask> is set to make her choreographic debut with a Florence Nightingale-inspired version of Raymonda, set during the Crimean War. It is scheduled to premiere in January 2021. San Francisco Ballet
In January 2022, it was announced that <mask> will become the artistic director of San Francisco Ballet at the end of the year, succeeding Helgi Tómasson. She will be the first woman to serve as artistic director of the company. Repertoire
The following is a list of repertoire of <mask>'s performance in various ballet companies. Awards
 Gold Medal of the Academy of Performing Arts of Spain 2021
 2016 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to ballet.2013 Spanish-British Relationships of II Fundación Banco Santander Prize. 2012 The Gold Medal for Fine Arts 2012 of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. 2011 Encomienda de número de Isabel la Católica. 2010 Laurence Olivier "Best New Dance Production" award for her collaboration with choreographer Kim Brandstrup in "Goldberg:  The Brandstrup-Rojo Project." 2008 Prix Benois de la Danse
 2008 Comunidad de Madrid's International Medal of the Arts
 2007 City of Madrid's Interpretation Award
 2005 Premio Principe de Asturias a las Artes
 2004 Premio Positano "Leonid Massine"
 2002 Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes – Consejo de Ministros del Reino de España. 2002 Gold Medal of Fine Arts from King Juan Carlos
 2002 London's Critic's Circle Dance Awards
 2001 Sherringtons Awards Best Female Dancer of the Year
 2000 Barclays Theatre Awards: Outstanding Achievement in Dance
 1996 First prize of Italian Critics as Best Dancer of the Year
 1994 Grand Prix Femme et Medaille Vermeille de la Ville de Paris (à l'unanimité) – Concour International de Danse de Paris

Personal life
Rojo lives in Bloomsbury, London. Her husband is ballet dancer Isaac Hernández.References

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 Artistic Director of English National Ballet
 Royal Ballet Biography, Royal Opera House, London
 IMDB Profile
 Ballet interview, May 1998
 Cupcakes & Conversation with <mask>. Ballet News. 31 July 2009. The Woman Who Has Transformed English National Ballet New York Times interview 18 November 2016. 1974 births
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title: Alan Berg (nutritionist)

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<mask><mask> (born February 18, 1932) is an American international development authority, most notable for his advocacy and large-scale implementation of strategies to address malnutrition, especially among children and pregnant women. <mask>'s professional focus on nutrition spans more than half a century and has earned him wide recognition for stimulating a new policy approach to international nutrition assistance. His work has helped to transform the way development agencies and national governments think about the problem of malnutrition as a fundamental component of economic growth. His innovative planning and multisectoral operational work, particularly during his long tenure as the senior nutrition officer at the World Bank (1972–95), have modeled a number of practices that other donor institutions and countries now often incorporate into their own projects. Furthermore, <mask>'s efforts to transform development assistance for nutrition have prompted a number of academic training programs for nutritionists to expand their curriculum to include coursework in nutrition policy, planning, and implementation, creating a new career path for graduates. In a 1997 survey of the international nutrition community, <mask> was the one most often cited as a role model for young persons entering the field. In 2008, the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition honored <mask> as one of the first recipients of the United Nations Achievement Award for Lifelong Service to Nutrition, citing him at the presentation as "a global giant in nutrition history.The White House Years, 1962-65

<mask> began his public service in nutrition as a staff member and then Deputy Director of the White House Food for Peace program under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. As Deputy Director (with the rank of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State), he also co-chaired the first White House Task Force on Nutrition, which explored the possibility of a role for the government in international nutrition assistance beyond disaster relief and institutional feeding programs. India, 1966-70

<mask> was then recruited by Ambassador Chester Bowles to come to India to work with the Indian government as head of the U.S. government's first national-scale, multifaceted nutrition project. In India, <mask> found an opportunity to test the broad recommendations he had developed with the White House Task Force on Nutrition. His work in India included direction of the extensive food aid program, creation of that country's food and pharmaceutical industry association to address malnutrition, introduction of social marketing techniques designed to change consumer behavior in nutritionally beneficial ways, and a number of innovative efforts to fortify food staples there with vitamins and minerals. <mask> also initiated in 1969 the concept of Double Fortified Salt, adding iron as well as iodine to common salt, with the aim of reducing iron deficiency anemia without requiring changes in dietary practices. When famine struck India in 1966-67, he coordinated a massive food aid distribution effort that is recognized as saving millions of lives.That timely intervention earned <mask> the U.S. government's annual award as the Outstanding Young Civil Servant in 1968. Lester Brown, often a critic of U.S. policies, later praised that relief effort: "For the United States, this was one of our finest moments." During his appointment in India, <mask> published in Foreign Affairs, "Malnutrition and National Development," the first in a series of influential articles and books arguing the case for inclusion of nutrition on the international development agenda. The writings cited evidence from numerous countries on the deleterious effect of malnutrition, not only on child development and mortality, but also on the economic growth potential of individuals and nations. Brookings and MIT, 1970-75

Upon returning to the United States and taking a position as a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, <mask> wrote his groundbreaking book, The Nutrition Factor: Its Role in National Development, based on his experience in India. The book, which was nominated for a National Book Award, cited the effect of poor nutritional status on mortality and on the cognitive development of survivors, underlining the far-reaching consequences of malnutrition. <mask> also served as Visiting Professor of Nutrition Policy and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1972 to 1976, where he organized and led a high-level conference that drew government ministers and international development authorities.He then served as lead author of the MIT Press book, Nutrition, National Development, and Planning. During these years, <mask> also chaired the Nutrition Panel of the National Academy of Sciences' World Food and Nutrition Study (1975). His work captured the attention of policymakers and is widely credited with establishing nutrition as an essential dimension of international development strategies. The World Bank, 1972-95, and following

In 1972 World Bank President Robert McNamara recruited <mask> to be Deputy Director of the new Population and Nutrition Projects Department at the Bank. The position gave <mask> scope to implement and build upon many of the recommendations contained in his writings. During the 23 years of <mask>'s tenure, the size of nutrition operations generated by the Bank (free-standing nutrition projects and nutrition components of health, education, agriculture, rural development, and social protection projects), earlier negligible, totaled $2.1 billion, significantly more than the spending of all other donors combined. The rationale, approach, and accounts of the projects themselves are the subject of two of <mask>'s books, Malnourished People: A Policy View (World Bank) and Malnutrition: What Can Be Done (Johns Hopkins University Press) published during this period.He also continued his advocacy work in nutrition, including the launch of his internationally circulated newsletter, New and Noteworthy in Nutrition. <mask>'s call for due attention to nutrition, as a key component of both economic development and human wellbeing, has been widely acknowledged within the World Bank and internationally. One prominent Bank official publicly referred to him as "the conscience of the Bank on hunger issues." International recognition of <mask>'s work to advance nutritional issues in international development assistance culminated in 2008, when he was awarded the United Nations Achievement Award for Lifelong Service to Nutrition. Following <mask>'s retirement from the World Bank in 1995, he has served as an adviser or consultant to a number of international nongovernmental organizations, as well as the World Bank through 2014. He also, through 2010, returned to the Brookings Institution as a Guest Scholar. <mask> continues to serve as a board member of the innovative public health organization Calcutta Kids, providing health and nutrition services to mothers and young children in Indian slums.Publications

Malnutrition: What Can Be Done (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987); International Agricultural Research and Human Nutrition, coeditor with Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Martin Forman (International Food Policy Research Institute and United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition, 1984); Malnourished People: A Policy View (World Bank, 1981); The Nutrition Factor: Its Role in National Development (Brookings, 1973); Nutrition, National Development, and Planning, coauthor with Nevin S. Scrimshaw and David L. Call (MIT Press, 1971); MAP [Military Assistance Program] for Security, coauthor with John Holcombe (University of South Carolina Press, 1957). In addition, <mask> has published articles and opinion pieces in Foreign Affairs; New York Times Magazine; New York Times; Harvard Business Review; MIT Technology Review; New Republic; Natural History; Finance and Development; Food Policy; Washington Post "Outlook"; American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Journal of Tropical Pediatrics; International Development Review; Development Digest; Nutrition Reviews; Tropical Science; Journal of the American Dietetic Association; Ecology of Food and Nutrition; Economic Impact; Economic and Political Weekly (of India); Food Industries Journal; Journal of Food Technology; Journal of Society of Nutrition Education; and Saturday Review of Literature. Awards
In addition to the United Nations Achievement Award for Lifelong Service to Nutrition (2008), <mask> received the Society of Nutrition Education's "Voices Who Have Changed Nutrition" Award (1992) and the William A. Jump Award as the Outstanding Young (under 37) Public Servant in U.S. Government (1968). He was named a Belding Scholar by the Foundation for Child Development (1970). He was also on the team that won the Grammy Award for Outstanding Children's Record of 2004 for the collection Bon Appetit! Musical Food Fun, which took good nutrition as its theme.Family
He is a cousin of trilingual media specialist Theo Schear. He also has a great-niece, Jaclyn Pavlofsky. References

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title: Jim Scancarelli

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<mask> (born August 24, 1941), known professionally as <mask>, is an American cartoonist and musician. Since 1986, he has been writing and drawing the syndicated comic strip Gasoline Alley for Tribune Media Services. In that role, his predecessors were Frank King, Bill Perry and Dick Moores. He had served as an assistant to the latter for several years before taking over. Scancarelli is also a prizewinning bluegrass fiddler. Early life and career
Born in New York City, Scancarelli is the son of an archivist for the Italian embassy. When he was still an infant, his family moved to his mother's home state of North Carolina.When his family moved to Washington, D.C., for his father’s job, Scancarelli became the target of bullies in school. This circumstance played a role in developing his love of comics. "Comics were my escape," Scancarelli said. "The characters became my friends. My dad used to bring home three newspapers every night and we’d read the comics." Scancarelli's sense of humor was developed while listening to the radio programs of Amos and Andy, Jack Benny and Fred Allen. Scancarelli credits these "hilarious" comedians with giving him the comedic sensibility which later infused his comics, "whether anyone appreciates that kind of humor or not."After serving in the U.S. Navy, he went into radio and television, including a position as art director for The Johnny Cash Show, creating scenery and writing cue cards. In the early 1960s he also worked as an artist in WBTV’s (the CBS-affiliated television station in Charlotte, North Carolina) graphics department, where he would design sets and props, and draw images on the weather maps. He also would act on occasion, and wrote and voiced episodes of The Yellowjacket, a regular five-minute drive-time radio segment on WBT-FM influenced by the Batman show. Scancarelli had a successful career as a freelance magazine illustrator, and he did slide transparency art until computers made that job obsolete. Gasoline Alley
Scancarelli says his deep appreciation for comics was cultivated during childhood visits to his grandfather's house. His grandfather read the strips to him and pointed out details in each panel. His earliest comic strip recollection is of Gasoline Alley.He now lives in that same house and notes, "Little did I know that 50 years later I’d be working on the comic strip in the next room." <mask> spoke about EC Comics and his other early influences in a 1997 interview with Jeffrey Lindenblatt:
The first things I really got enamored with were Foster’s Prince Valiant, Li’l Abner, Roy Crane. Crane still sticks with me a lot. But the guys who hit me over the head hardest, when I got to be 13 years old, were Wally Wood, Jack Davis and Bill Elder on Mad. They were phenomenal! I couldn’t believe anyone could draw like that... I remember picking up an EC comic, Weird Science or Weird Fantasy, and Wally Wood drew some of the most beautiful women I’d ever seen—in spacesuits, or almost spacesuits—I couldn’t believe anyone could render planets and moons and space vehicles with this degree of realism.It drove me crazy, and I would sit around and try to draw stuff like that. I think then my mother prohibited me from reading EC for a while. Then Mad came along, and I would try to copy that stuff. A little bit of Davis rolled off, a little bit of Wood. Scancarelli began his professional association with Gasoline Alley as an assistant to Dick Moores in 1979. Moores sent him the strips fully penciled with the faces inked, and Scancarelli would finish the inking. Although other artists had auditioned for the role, Scancarelli claims his advantage was that he was "the only one who read the strip and knew the characters."When Moores died in 1986, <mask> succeeded him as creator. In 1988, <mask> created a sequence wherein Walt Wallet made copies of the Wallet Family Tree. Walt then broke the fourth wall and offered a copy to each reader who sent a self-addressed stamped envelope. It was <mask> himself who had to fulfill the requests, which numbered almost 100,000, with copies printed at his personal expense. The strip's lettering is unique in that it uses upper and lower case, although almost all strips follow the tradition of upper case only. <mask> also takes the unusual approach of combining continuity storylines with daily gags. He is the strip's sole creator, as he explained to Lindenblatt:
I do love it.The deadlines are the only thing I don’t love about it... Dick Moores used to say that if he didn’t have the strip, he’d be dead. The bad thing is, he did have the strip, and he did die... Once in a while, Mark Cohen will write a poem or give me an idea for a Sunday page, but I do the rest of it. I stare at a blank sheet of paper and come up with it. (Cohen died in 1999. <mask> remembered him with a 2009 Sunday page tribute.) <mask> eschews the use of computers in his work, creating Gasoline Alley using the traditional India ink pen and brush techniques and materials of his predecessors on the strip. Daily strips are composed on bristol paper 15 inches by 5 inches, allowing him room for details that will see publication at much smaller size.Having also collaborated with NCS president George Breisacher on Mutt and Jeff, Scancarelli became the only cartoonist to be involved with two strips on their 75th anniversaries. Scancarelli had said he hoped to shepherd Gasoline Alley to its 100th anniversary (which came in 2018), and he successfully reached and continued past that milestone. Bluegrass musician
Scancarelli is a well-known bluegrass fiddler and founder of the Kilocycle Kowboys. "I've been playing the fiddle too long to be so bad at it," Scancarelli says wryly. "The music to me is the outlet. The art is now the job for me." Recordings of his fiddle and banjo playing reside in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.He was a prizewinner at the Old Fiddler's Convention, an event held annually in Galax, Virginia. Model railroader
Scancarelli is an accomplished model railroader and model builder. His HO scale Cliffside Railroad is a detailed tribute to the North Carolina railroad of the 1930s-40s. “My dad instilled in me the love of railways and the love of steam engines,” he said. “There was a short line going from the mill and we’d go see it. I got to know about the people in Cliffside.”

Awards, service and recognition
Scancarelli received the 1988 National Cartoonists Society's Story Comic Strip Award. Since the "Newspaper Comic Strips (Humor)" Category (created in 1957) and the "Newspaper Comic Strips (Story)" Category (created in 1960) were combined in 1989, Scancarelli was the last winner of the separate story strip awards.Scancarelli used Skeezix Wallet's fictional past as a veteran, with Army service from 1942–45, as a springboard for storylines supporting military memorials in the daily strip. In 2000, Scancarelli brought attention to construction of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. by having the characters Skeezix and Nina laud the project in the strip. Then, beginning January 11, 2010, he increased awareness of the proposed National Museum of the United States Army with seven weeks of continuity based on the topic. The Foundation responded by compiling a “Sgt. Wallet” entry in the Museum’s Registry of the American Soldier. Hogan's Alley hailed Scancarelli's "passionate devotion to his craft, and to the heritage of cartooning" in "one of the comics’ most venerable institutions." Comics historian Maurice Horn praised him as "very capable and creative" and credited him with "some of the prettiest artwork in semi-straight humorous cartooning," while also noting Scancarelli's efforts to include more minorities in the strip.References

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Blue Ridge Views Video Collection of Appalachian State University (In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring fiddler and comic strip drawer <mask> {sic}.) Go Comics: Gasoline Alley
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title: Jacques Blamont

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<mask> (; 13 October 1926 – 13 April 2020) was a French astrophysicist, author and the founder scientific and technical director of National Centre for Space Studies (CNES-Centre national d'études spatiales), known to have contributed to the development of Veronique, the first rocket launched by France in 1957. He was an elected fellow of the French Academy of Technologies and a professor emeritus of the Pierre and Marie Curie University (University of Paris VI). <mask> was a recipient of several national honours such as Commander of the Legion of Honour, the third highest French civilian honour, Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit, the second highest French civilian honour, Commander of the Academic Palms, Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, the highest French civilian honour, President's Silver Medal, Soviet Order of Friendship of Peoples and Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. <mask> died on 13 April 2020 in Châtillon, Hauts-de-Seine, aged 93. Biography
<mask> was born in Paris in France on 13 October 1926 and did his studies at the École Normale Supérieure where he came in contact with the Nobel laureate, Alfred Kastler, who was serving the institution as a professorial chair. He graduated from École Normale Supérieure in 1948 and continued his studies at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) as an associate of physical sciences. In 1952, he reunited with Alfred Kastler in research on atomic coherence phenomenon and secured his doctoral degree (Doctor of Science) under his guidance in 1956.<mask> continued at CNRS for a year more as a research fellow and joined the Aeronomy Service of the institution in 1957 where he became the deputy director in 1958. In 1961, he was promoted as the director, a post he held till 1985. He worked in many capacities during his stay with CNES, as a Scientific and Technical Director (1962-1972), as Top Scientific Advisor (1972-1982) and as an advisor to the President of CNES from 1982. During this period, he served the Pierre and Marie Curie University as a professor without chair from 1957 to 1961, as a full professor from 1962 to 1996 and as a professor emeritus from there on. He also worked as a research director at École Militaire (Joint Defence College). He was made the first Vikram Sarabhai professor at the Physical Research Laboratory in 1977, a visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology in 1985 and a distinguished visiting scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory during 1980–2001. He was a member of International Academy of Astronautics (1969), Indian National Science Academy (1978), National Academy of Sciences, USA (1980), Air and Space Academy (1983), Academia Europaea (1989), Academy of Technology (2000), French Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society(2002).He was also a member of the advisory council of the Planetary Society. Legacy

<mask> was one of the pioneers of French space programme and his efforts were reported in the establishment of CNES, the French Space Agency, in 1962. He was known to have contributed to the launch of the first French rocket, Véronique, in 1957. He was one of the founders of Service d’aéronomie du CNRS, (Aeronomy Service of Centre national de la recherche scientifique) and was its director from 1958 to 1985. He participated, as a member of the steering groups, in several global space missions such as the Voyager and Pioneer-Venus of NASA and Vega mission of the Soviet Union to Venus and Halley's Comet and acted as the chief investigator of the Phobos program of the USSR. He assisted Vikram Sarabhai in the establishment of the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) which later grew to become the present day Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and played a part in providing the payload for the first two Indian rocket launches in 1963 and 1964. <mask> was credited with the discovery of turbopause in 1959, the interstellar wind in 1970, the hydrogen envelope of comets in 1971 and the polar noctilucent clouds in 1973.He was known to have made the measurement of the temperature of the neutral atmosphere from 100 to 500 km, the dynamic parameters of the mesopause region, and Einstein's general relativity redshift on the Sun for the first time. He was the head of the group which introduced scientific ballooning and Lidar technology for atmospheric probing in Europe. The image compression device developed by <mask> is in use with various space agencies for planetary missions around the Moon, Mars and Titan. He also contributed to the establishment of a launch range, in Kourou, French Guyana. <mask>, besides writing several articles on science, authored four books, viz. Vénus dévoilée, Voyage autour d'une planète (Venus Unveiled – 1987), Le Chiffre et le Songe, Histoire politique de la découverte (The Digit and the – 1993), Le Lion et le Moucheron, Histoire des Marranes de Toulouse (The Lion and the Midge – 2000) and Introduction au Siècle des Menaces (Introduction to the Age of Menaces – 2004). He also mentored 80 research scholars in their doctoral research.Awards and recognition
<mask> received three of the highest French civilian honours, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit and Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit apart from the honour of the Commander of the Order of Academic Palms and the Silver Medal from the President of the French Republic in 1967. He received the Soviet Order of Friendship of Peoples from the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1989 and the Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 2015. He was a winner of NASA awards twice, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1972 and NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 2000 and the French Academy of Sciences honoured him two times, Leon Grelaud Prize in 1960 and Prix Paul Doistau–Émile Blutet in 1967. The Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Indian Space Research Organization awarded him the Yuri Gagarin Medal in 1985 and the Vikram Sarabhai Medal in 1994 respectively. He won three awards from the International Academy of Astronautics, Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Award in 1967, Guggenheim Medal in 1986 and Von Karman Award in 1989. He was also a recipient of Rovel H. Prize from the Faculty of Paris in 1957, Aimé Cotton prize of the French Physical Society in 1960, CNES Vermeil medal in 1967, Spie prize, French Roberval Prize in 1993, Gold Medal of the Guiana Space Center in 1995, George N. Goddard Award from the International Society for Optical Engineering in 1997, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Space Science Award in 2004
and Prix International d'Astronautique (International Astronautics Prize), formerly known as Prix REP-Hirsch in 2019. Award gallery

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title: Darlington Hoopes

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<mask> (September 11, 1896 – September 25, 1989) was an American politician and lawyer who served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a member of the Socialist Party of America. He served as chairman of the Socialist Party of America from 1946 to 1968. <mask> was born in  LaVale, Maryland, and educated at the George School and the University of Wisconsin School of Agriculture. He ran for multiple offices with the Socialist nomination and served in multiple position within the Socialist Party; with him later becoming chairman of the party. He served as the Socialist Party's vice-presidential nominee during the 1944 presidential election and as the party's presidential nominee during the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections. Hoopes conducted the last presidential campaigns of the Socialist Party of America. He briefly joined the Social Democratic Federation in the 1930s before returning to the Socialist Party and later joined the Socialist Party USA after the dissolution of the Socialist Party.Early life

<mask> was born on September 11, 1896, in LaVale, Maryland, to Quaker parents. He graduated from the George School in 1913, and attended the University of Wisconsin School of Agriculture. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1921. He married Hazelette Miller, with whom he had three children. Career

Early and party politics

<mask> ran to be the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Berks County, Pennsylvania, with the Socialist nomination in 1927, 1929, and 1957. From 1928 to 1932, he served as Assistant City Solicitor of Reading and then as City Solicitor of Reading from 1936 to 1940. He served as the Socialist nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania during the 1946 elections.<mask> became a member of the Socialist Party of America in 1914. During the 1920s he served as secretary of the Socialist Party of Pennsylvania. Hoopes served as a member of the national Socialist executive committee during the 1930s. <mask> was selected to serve as the chairman of the Socialist Party of America's 1934 national convention by a vote of 69 to 61 against George E. Roewer. He served as chairman of the Socialist Party of America from 1946 to 1968. Hoopes joined the Socialist Party USA in 1973. In 1936, the Socialist Party of Pennsylvania severed its connection with the Socialist Party of America over ideological and tactical differences.Hoopes remained with the state organization outside of any national organization. On February 7, 1937 the Socialist Party of Pennsylvania called an "Eastern States Conference of Social Democratic Organizations" in Philadelphia which moved forward towards establishing a new organization, the Social Democratic Federation. Hoopes was named to the 7 member committee which issued a call for a National Convention in Pittsburgh, to be held May 29–31, 1937. Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Hoopes won election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1930, with the Socialist nomination alongside fellow Socialist Lilith M. Wilson. Hoopes and Wilson were the first third party delegation to serve in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 1917. During the 1930 campaign Hoopes had been arrested for attempting to conduct a political meeting without a permit, but the charges against him were later dropped. He was reelected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1932 and 1934.Hoopes ran for reelection in 1936, but lost in the general election. Hoopes sought election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1938, but lost. Presidential and vice-presidential campaigns

On June 4, 1944, Hoopes was selected unanimously as the vice-presidential running mate to Norman Thomas, who was seeking the presidency for the fifth time. The Thomas and Hoopes presidential ticket placed fourth in the general election and received 79,019 votes. During the 1948 presidential election <mask> was endorsed for the vice-presidency by the Socialist Party of Pennsylvania. However, Tucker P. Smith won the party's vice-presidential nomination at the national convention. On May 5, 1952, the Socialist Party of Massachusetts endorsed <mask> for the Socialist Party of America's presidential nomination and Robin Myers for the vice-presidential nomination.<mask> won the party's presidential nomination on a unanimous vote after his two opponents dropped out and Samuel H. Friedman was selected unanimously as his vice-presidential running mate. <mask> was chosen as the party's presidential nominee after Thomas announced that he would not seek the party's presidential nomination again. During the campaign Hoopes spent $150 and in the general election he placed sixth after receiving 20,203 votes. He was the last member of the Socialist Party to appear on the ballot in Maine until a candidate of the Socialist Party USA appeared on the ballot for a seat in the Maine Senate in the 2018 election. <mask> and Friedman were selected as the party's presidential and vice-presidential nominees during the 1956 presidential election. However, the sixty delegates to the Socialist Party of America's national convention chose not to spend large amounts of money or effort on campaigning for president and would instead seek write-in votes for Hoopes and Friedman. In the general election he placed tenth after receiving 2,128 votes.Hoopes' 1956 presidential campaign was the last conducted by the Socialist Party of America before its dissolution in the 1970s. Later life

From 1957 to 1962, Hoopes served as president of the Pennsylvania Equal Rights Council. He also served as president of the Berks County Bar Association from 1961 to 1962. On September 25, 1989, Hoopes died in a nursing home in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania of natural causes. References

Further reading
 J. Paul Henderson, <mask>s: The Political Biography of an American Socialist. Glasgow, Scotland: Humming Earth, 2005. External links
 <mask>opes on Social Justice (on The History Channel)

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title: Y. Vijaya

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<mask> (born 8 February 1957) is an Indian actress and classical dancer. She has appeared in more than 1000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. Early life and education
Y<mask> was born on 8 February 1957 in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. She was brought up in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. Her father <mask>a Jnanayya is a district manager in a cooperative marketing society. Her mother Balamma was a house-wife. Her family originally hailed from Guntur district.Vijaya has 9 siblings; 5 sisters, and 4 brothers. She is fifth among them. One of her brothers Y. Raja is a TV actor. She studied in Government girls high school in Kadapa till her 8th standard. She was interested in Science and Hindi subjects. Her parents observed that she was dancing to the tune of Radio music when she was just three years old. Also she used to dance in her school for stage shows.So they decided to teach her dance. During summer holidays after she finished her 8th standard, her parents took her to Vempati China Sathyam, famous dance guru to teach her dance. To continue dance classes, they decided to join her in Kesari High school in Chennai. She studied 9th and 10th standard in that school. Her dance performance debut was in 1975 in Kadapa. Later she did many stage shows in Tamil Nadu. Once there were floods in their place.Actors N. T. Rama Rao, and Akkineni Nageswara Rao visited their place to gather money for the flood-affected areas. She met them for the first time. She went on to play heroine against N.T. Rama Rao in the film Sri Krishna Satya. Film career
She used to learn dance under Vempati China Satyam in Madras. Once, the producers of the film Nindu Hrudayalu visited their dance institute and roped her in for a beggar character who also knows dance. That was her first opportunity in films.Personal life
Vijaya married Amalanathan on 27 January 1985. He used to work as a correspondent in a college. After retiring, he entered into business. Vijaya lives in Mahalingapuram, Chennai with her family. She has a daughter Anushya who got married in 2013. BL (2019)
 F3 (2021)

Malayalam
 Madaalasa (1978)
 Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu (1983)
 Poomadhathe Pennu Police Annamma (1984)
 Uyarum Njan Nadake (1985)...Vasumathi Amma
 Abhayam Thedi (1986)...Tessy
 Vasudha (1992)
 Indraprastham (1996) ... Susanna John
 Devadasi (1999)

Kannada
 Lakshmi Nivasa (1977)
 Poomadhathe Pennu (1984)
 Shanti Kranti (1991)
 Shivanaga (1992)
 Simhada Mari (1997)
 Preethsod Thappa (1998)

Hindi
 Meethi Meethi Baatein (1977)
 Shanti Kranti (1991)

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title: Patricia Polacco

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<mask> (born July 11, 1944) is an American author and illustrator. Throughout her school years, Polacco struggled with reading but found relief by expressing herself through art. Polacco endured teasing and hid her disability until a school teacher recognized that she could not read and began to help her. Her book Thank You, Mr. Falker is <mask>'s retelling of this encounter and its outcome. She also wrote such books as Mr. Lincoln's Way and The Lemonade Club. Early years
She is of Georgian, Russian and Ukrainian-Jewish descent on her mother's side and of Irish on her father's side. She was born in 1944 in Lansing, Michigan, the daughter of a teacher and a salesman turned talk show host.Her parents divorced when she was three years old. She, her mother, and her brother went to live at her maternal grandmother's farm in Union City, MI, the setting of many of her stories. Polacco was discouraged in school and did not learn to read until she was nearly fourteen. In junior high school, one of her teachers finally discovered that dyslexia was the reason for her lack of confidence. Although her grandmother died in 1949, when Polacco was only five years old, she appears in several of <mask>'s books. At Oakland Technical High School, Polacco became friends with Frank Oz. She wrote When Lightning Comes in a Jar as a tribute to her grandmother (referred to as "Babushka" in her books), and a cousin.She did not start writing and illustrating her first children's book until she was 41 years old. <mask> resides in her native Union City, Michigan, although not on her family home but on a different property which she purchased which was originally known as "The Plantation". Marriages
Polacco has married three times. She had two children, Traci and Steven, with her first husband. Second husband,Graeme L Blackman  marriage ended in a divorce. Her third husband, Enzo <mask> (m. August 18, 1979), is a chef and cooking instructor. This marriage also ended in divorce.Publications
 Lillian Two Blossom (1988)
 The Keeping Quilt (1988)
 Rechenka's Eggs (1988)
 Meteor! (1987)
 Uncle Vova's Tree (1989)
 Babushka's Doll (1990)
 Just Plain Fancy (1990)
 Thunder Cake (1990)
 Appelemando's Dreams (1991)
 Dream Keeper (1991)
 Some Birthday! (1991)
 Chicken Sunday (1992)
 Mrs. Katz and Tush (1992)
 Picnic at Mudsock Meadow (1992)
 Babushka Baba Yaga (1993)
 The Bee Tree (1993)
 Firetalking (1994)
 My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother (1994)
 Pink and Say (1994)
 Tikvah Means Hope (1994)
 Babushka's Mother Goose (1995)
 My Ol' Man (1995)
 Aunt Chip And The Great Triple Creek Dam Affair (1996)
 I Can Hear The Sun: A Modern Myth (1996)
 The Trees of the Dancing Goats (1996)
 Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 (1997) ; Author: Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Illustrator:  <mask>'s Splendid Gardens (1997)
 Mrs. Mack (1998)
 Thank You, Mr. Falker (1998)
 Luba And The Wren (1999)
 Welcome Comfort (1999)
 The Butterfly (2000)
 Betty Doll (2001)
 Gracias, Sr. Falker (2001) , with Teresa Mlawer
 Mr. Lincoln's Way (2001)
 Christmas Tapestry (2002)
 When Lightning Comes In A Jar (2002)
 G is for Goat (2003)
 The Graves Family (2003)
 John Philip Duck (2004)
 Oh, Look! (2004)
 An Orange for Frankie (2004)
 Emma Kate (2005)
 The Graves Family Goes Camping (2005)
 Mommies Say Shhh (2005)
 Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare (2006)
 Ginger and Petunia (2006)
 The Lemonade Club (2007)
 For the Love of Autumn (2008)
 Someone for Mr. Sussman (2008)
 In Our Mothers' House (2009)
 January's Sparrow (2009)
 Junkyard Wonders (2010)
 Something About Hensley's (2006)
 Just in Time, Abraham Lincoln (2011)
 Bun Bun Button (2011)
 The Art of Miss Chew (2012)
 Bully (2012)
 Gifts of the Heart (2013)
 The Blessing Cup (2013)
 Clara and Davie (2014)
 Mr. Wayne's Masterpiece (2014)
 Tucky Jo and Little Heart (2015)
 An A From Miss Keller (2015)
 Fiona's Lace (2014)
 The Mermaid's Purse (2016)
 Because of Thursday (2016)

Other media
Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair. Video, Color, 23 minutes (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1996)
Babushka's Doll. Audio Cassette (New York: Scholastic, 1995)
The Butterfly. Audio Cassette (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1996)
The Butterfly.Video, Color, 30 minutes (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1996)
Chicken Sunday. Audio Cassette (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1992)
Chicken Sunday. Video, Color, 14 minutes (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1992)
The Keeping Quilt. Video, Color, 13 minutes (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1993)
Meteor! Audio Cassette (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1999)
Meteor! Video, Color, 13 minutes (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1999)
Mrs. Katz and Tush. Video, Color, 29 minutes (Lincoln, NB: Great Plains National, 1993)
<mask>: Dream Keeper.Video, Color, 23 Minutes (New York: Philomel, 1996)
Parents, Kids & Books: The Joys of Reading Together. Video, Color, 30 Minutes (Dallas, TX: Kera Productions, 1993)
Pink and Say. Audio Cassette (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1996)
Pink and Say. Video, Color, 28 minutes (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1996)
Rechenka's Eggs. Audio Cassette (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1991)
Rechenka's Eggs. Video, Color, 11 minutes (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1991)
Thank You, Mr. Falker. Audio Cassette (St. Petersburg, FL: Spoken Arts, 1999)
Thank You, Mr. Falker.Video, Color, 23 minutes (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1999)
Thunder Cake. Video, Color, 13 minutes (New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1990)

Literary Awards
1988 Sydney Taylor Book Award for The Keeping Quilt
1989 International Reading Association Award for Rechenka’s Eggs
March 10, 1990 Santa Clara Reading Council
Author's Hall of Fame
Commonwealth Club of California Recognition of Excellence for
1990 Babushka’s Doll
1992 Chicken Sunday (Nov. 14th 1992 declared Chicken Sunday)
1992 Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Golden Kite Award for Illustration for Chicken Sunday
1992 Boston Area Educators for Social Responsibility
Children's Literature and Social Responsibility Award
Nov. 9th 1993 Jane Adams Peace Assoc. and Women's Intl. League for Peace and Freedom Awards
Honor Award for Mrs. Katz and Tush for its effective contribution to peace and social justice. Parent's Choice Honors
1991 Some Birthday
1997 Video/Dream Keeper
1998 Thank You, Mr. Falker
1996 North Dakota Library Association Children's Book Award for My Rotten Red Headed Older Brother
1996 Jo Osborne Award for Humor in Children's Literature
1997 Missouri Association of School Librarians
Show Me Readers Award for My Rotten Red Headed Older Brother
1997 West Virginia Children's Book Award for Pink and Say
1998 Mid-South Independent Booksellers for Children Humpty Dumpty Award
2014 Sydney Taylor Book Award for The Blessing Cup

Articles written about <mask>
Vandergrift, Kay E. "Peacocks, Dreams, Quilts, and Honey: <mask>, A Woman's Voice of Remembrance," In Ways of Knowing: Literature and the Intellectual Life of Children. Ed. By Kay E. Vandergrift.Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1996, pp. 259–288. Vandergrift, Kay E. "<mask>," in Twentieth-Century Children's Writers. ed. by Laura Berger. 4th ed. Detroit: St. James, 1995.759–760. Profile, childrenslit.com; accessed on July 8, 2015. Interview, TimeforKids.com; accessed on July 8, 2015. References

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