title: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

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<mask> (née Blaffer; born July 11, 1946) is an American anthropologist and primatologist who has made major contributions to evolutionary psychology and sociobiology. She is considered "a highly recognized pioneer in modernizing our understanding
of the evolutionary basis of female behavior in both nonhuman and human primates". In 2013, <mask> received a Lifetime Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution from the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. <mask> is a Professor Emerita of the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis. She has also been an Associate at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. She has been selected as one of the 21 Leaders in Animal Behavior (2009). In acknowledgment of her achievements, Discover magazine recognized her in 2002 as one of the 50 most important women in science.Biography

Early life
<mask> was born on July 11, 1946, in Dallas, Texas. She was a granddaughter of <mask> <mask> and Robert Lee <mask>, a co-founder of Humble Oil. She was raised in Houston and attended St. John's School there. Education
At age 18, Blaffer attended her mother's alma mater, Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She chose philosophy as her major, and she took creative writing courses. In one of her writing classes, she wrote a novel about Mayan culture. This decision led to Hrdy researching folklore of the Maya.In the end, she found the research more stimulating than the creation of the novel. She eventually transferred to Radcliffe College and majored in anthropology. Her undergraduate thesis on the demon H'ik'al became the basis for her first book, The Black Man of Zincantan, published in 1972. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated summa cum laude from Radcliffe in 1969 with a BA. Interested in making films to teach people in developing countries, Hrdy took film-making courses at Stanford, but was disappointed with them. Instead she was inspired by a Stanford class taught by Paul Ehrlich on the problems of overpopulation, and remarks by Harvard professor Irven DeVore, about black-faced Indian monkeys called langurs. Hrdy was taught that when numbers got too high within the troop, the male langurs would kill the babies in their group.Hrdy changed course in mid-year and entered Harvard as a graduate student in 1970 to study primate behavior. She focused her PhD research around a field study of Hanuman langurs. On the advice of Professor S.M. Mohnot, it was carried out in the area of Mount Abu, India. Her thesis advisor was Irven DeVore. She also worked closely with members of her thesis committee such as the evolutionary biologist Robert L. Trivers and E. O. Wilson. She received her thesis from Harvard in 1975.Family
<mask> met <mask> at Harvard. He accompanied her on early visits to Mount Abu, and they married in 1972 in Kathmandu. They have three children: Katrinka (born 1976); Sasha (born 1982), a week before <mask> was scheduled to present a paper at Cornell University; and Niko (born 1986). <mask> <mask> now lives with her husband in northern California, where they operate the Citrona Farms walnut plantation. Career
Hrdy alternated research work in India with time at Harvard until around 1979, when she became quite ill while doing research in the field. From 1979 until 1984, she focused on writing and teaching at Harvard. In 1984, she joined the University of California at Davis as a professor of anthropology.<mask> retired in 1996, becoming a professor emerita of anthropology at UC Davis, where she continues to be involved with the Animal Behavior Graduate Group. Research

The Langurs of Abu
<mask> first became interested in langurs during an undergraduate primate behavior class taught by anthropologist Irven DeVore in 1968. DeVore commented on the relationship between crowding and the killing of infants in langur colonies. After graduation, <mask> returned to Harvard for graduate studies, with the goal of better understanding the phenomenon of infanticide in langur colonies. Working under the supervision of DeVore and Trivers provided <mask> with an introduction to a newly emerging outlook on the social world—that of sociobiology—which crystallized at Harvard in the early 1970s and shaped <mask>'s enduring perspective on primatology. <mask>'s PhD thesis tested the hypothesis that overcrowding causes infanticide in langur colonies. She went to Mount Abu in India to study Hanuman langurs and concluded that infanticide was independent of overcrowding—it was possibly an evolutionary tactic: When an outside male takes over a group, he usually proceeds to kill all infants.This postulated tactic would be very advantageous to the male langurs who practiced infanticide. Turnover in a langur tribe occurs approximately every 27 months. The male who is taking over has a very small window of opportunity to pass on his genes. If the females are nursing infants, it's likely that they won't ovulate for another year. Killing their dependent infants makes the females once again receptive to mating. Female choice is subverted, as females are put under pressure to ovulate and are forced to breed with the infanticidal males. This is where the idea of sexual counter-strategies comes into play.<mask> theorized that by mating with as many males as possible, particularly males who are not part of the colony, mothers are able to successfully protect their young, as males were unlikely to kill an infant if there was the slightest chance that it might be their own. That gives an illusion of paternity. The goal of the male langur is to maximize the proportion of his offspring and, as <mask> points out, a male who attacks his own offspring is rapidly selected against. While infanticide has been seemingly preserved across primate orders, <mask> found no evidence to suggest that the human species has a 'genetic imperative' for infanticide. In 1975, <mask> was awarded her PhD for her research on langurs. In 1977 it was published in her second book, The Langurs of Abu: Female and Male Strategies of Reproduction. The controversy in the anthropology realm that her research sparked was not surprising—the classic belief that primates act for the good of the group was discarded, and the field of sociobiology gained increasing support.Many mistakenly assumed that she implied existence of an 'infanticidal gene' that could be conserved across primates. Today, her results and conclusions are widely accepted. Even Trivers, who once dismissed her convictions, admits that her theory regarding female sexual strategies has "worn well." The Woman That Never Evolved
Hrdy's third book came out in 1981: The Woman That Never Evolved. She begins chapter one with a sentence indicating that the results of her work suggest females should be given a lot more credibility than previously thought. "Biology, it is sometimes thought, has worked against women." Here, Hrdy expands upon female primate strategies.The book is one of The New York Times''' Notable Books of 1981. In 1984, <mask> co-edited Infanticide: Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives. It was selected as a 1984–1985 "Outstanding Academic Book" by Choice, the journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Mother Nature
In 1999, <mask> published Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species. She examines "human mothers and infants in a broader comparative and evolutionary framework," informing and forming views of mother-infant interdependence from a sociobiological viewpoint. She discusses how mothers are continually making trade-offs between quality and quantity, and weighing the best possible actions for them and their infant. <mask>'s view is that there is no defined 'maternal instinct': It depends on a number of variables and is therefore not innate, as once thought.She also stands by her view that humans have evolved as cooperative breeders, making them essentially unable to raise offspring without a helper. This is where the concept of allomothering comes in—relatives other than the mother, such as the father, grandparents, and older siblings, as well as genetically unrelated helpers, such as nannies, nurses, and child care groups, who spend time with an infant, leaving the mother with more free time to meet her own needs. Mothers and Others: The evolutionary origins of mutual understanding
In Mother Nature Hrdy argued that apes with the life history attributes of Homo sapiens could not have evolved unless alloparents in addition to parents had helped to care for and provision offspring, "the Cooperative Breeding Hypothesis". In 2009 in Mothers and Others, Hrdy explored cognitive and emotional implications for infants growing up in what was (for an ape) a novel developmental context. Instead of relying on the single-minded dedication of their mothers, youngsters had to monitor and engage multiple caretakers as well. Other apes possess cognitive wiring for rudimentary Theory of Mind, but with cooperative rearing, relevant potentials for mentalizing would have become more fully expressed, and thus rendered more visible to natural selection. Over generations, those youngsters better at inter-subjective engagement would have been best cared for and fed, leading to directional Darwinian selection favoring peculiarly human capacities for intersubjective engagement.In 2014, Mothers and Others, together with earlier work, earned <mask> the National Academy's Award for Scientific Reviewing in honor of her "insightful and visionary synthesis of a broad range of data and concepts from across the social and biological sciences to illuminate the importance of biosocial processes among mothers, infants, and other social actors in forming the evolutionary crucible of human societies." Because of her research on parenting, <mask> is a strong advocate for making affordable child care a priority. Philanthropy
The <mask> and <mask> Visiting Fellowship in Conservation Biology is given to a student for scientific study and work in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Bibliography

Books
1972: The Black-man of Zinacantan: A Central American Legend. The Texas Pan American Series. Austin: University of Texas Press. .
1977: The Langurs of Abu: Female and Male Strategies of Reproduction. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. .
1981: The Woman that Never Evolved.Cambridge: Harvard University Press. (Chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of Notable Books of the Year in Science and Social Science.) 1982, Japanese edition, Tokyo: Shisaku-sha Publishing; 1984, 5th printing of paperback edition, Cambridge; 1984, 1st French edition, Des guenons et des femmes. Paris: Editions Tierce, in press, 2nd French edition, Paris: Payot et Rivage; 1985, Italian edition, La Donna Che Non si E'evoluta, Franco Angeli Editore. .
1984: Hausfater, G. and S. <mask>, eds. Infanticide: Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives. New York: Aldine Publishing Co. (Selected as one of the 1984-85 "Outstanding Academic Books" by Choice, the Journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries.) . 1999: Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants and Natural Selection.New York: Pantheon. A BOMC Alternative Selection; selected by Publishers Weekly and by the Library Journal as one of Best Books of 1999 and a finalist for PEN USA West 2000 Literary Award for Research Nonfiction. Won the Howells Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Biological Anthropology. (Published in UK as Mother Nature: Natural selection and the female of the species. London: Chatto and Windus); also translated into Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Polish. .
2001: "The Past, Present, and Future of the Human Family." The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, Delivered at University of Utah February 27 and 28, 2001. 2005: The 92nd Dahlem Workshop Report, "Attachment and Bonding: A New Synthesis."Edited by C. S. Carter, L. Ahnert, K. E. Grossmann, S. B<mask>, M. E. Lamb, S. W. Porges, and N. Sachser. ©MIT Press. .
2009: Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. .
2010: Myths, monkeys and motherhood: An intellectual autobiography. In Lee Drickamer and Donald Dewsbury (eds. ), Leaders in Animal Behavior: The Second Generation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 343–344

Films
1977: <mask>, S., D. B<mask> and John Melville Bishop.Stolen copulations; Play and Kidnapped, 16 mm, color. 1980: <mask>, S., Vishnu Mathur and William Whitehead. "Hanuman langur: Monkey of India," 30 minutes, color. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Available on video cassette: CBC Enterprises, P.O. Box 500, Station A, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  M5W 1E6. 1983: "Treatment for film on reproductive strategies of female primates," for BBC Natural History Unit, Bristol, UK.1988: "Monkeys of Abu." National Geographic Explorer. May 1988. 1990: Nature Advisory Board, Channel Thirteen New York for series on the natural history of sex. 1990: Consultant for "Human Nature" for the British Broadcasting Corporation, Bristol, UK. 2001: Advisor for PBS series Evolution. Awards
 1981, NYT Notable Books of 1981, The Woman That Never Evolved 1985, Elected, California Academy of Sciences
 1987–88, Guggenheim Fellow
 1988, Radcliffe Graduate Society Medal
 1990, Elected, National Academy of Sciences
 1992, Elected, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
 1999, Publishers Weekly, "Best Books of 1999", Mother Nature 1999, Library Journal, "Best Books of 1999", Mother Nature 2001, Howells Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Biological Anthropology, Mother Nature 2003, University of California Panunzio award
 2007, Centennial Medal, Harvard GSAS
 2011, Elected American Philosophical Society
 2012, Staley Prize from School of Advanced Research for Mothers and Others
 2012, Howells Prize for Mothers and Others''
 2013, HBES Lifetime Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution, from Human Behavior and Evolution Society
 2014, NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing for "For her insightful and visionary synthesis of a broad range of data and concepts from across the social and biological sciences to illuminate the importance of biosocial processes among mothers, infants, and other social actors in forming the evolutionary crucible of human societies."References

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Evolutionary psychologists
Human evolution theorists
Human Behavior and Evolution Society
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Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
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Writers from Houston
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Radcliffe College alumni
Wellesley College alumni
Evolutionary biologists
Women evolutionary biologists
St. John's School (Texas) alumni

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title: Jay McShann

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James Columbus "<mask><mask> (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was a jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. He led bands in Kansas City, Missouri, that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, and Ben Webster. Early life and education
<mask> was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and was nicknamed Hootie. During his youth he taught himself how to play the piano through observing his sister's piano lessons and trying to practicing tunes he heard off the radio. He was also heavily influenced by late-night broadcasts of pianist Earl Hines from Chicago's Grand Terrace Cafe: "When 'Fatha' (Hines) went off the air, I went to bed". He began working as a professional musician in 1931 at the age of 15, performing around Tulsa, Oklahoma, and neighboring Arkansas. Career

1936–44
McShann moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1936, and set up his own big band which variously featured Charlie Parker (1937–42), Al Hibbler, Ben Webster, Paul Quinichette, Bernard Anderson, Gene Ramey, Jimmy Coe, Gus Johnson (1938–43), Harold "Doc" West, Earl Coleman, Walter Brown, and Jimmy Witherspoon, among others.His first recordings were all with Charlie Parker, the first as the <mask> McShann Orchestra on August 9, 1940. The band played both swing and blues numbers, but played blues on most of its records; its most popular recording was "Confessin' the Blues" with Walter Brown on vocals. The group disbanded when <mask> was drafted into the Army in 1944. After his return two years later, he found that small groups were now taking the place of big-bands in the jazz scene. <mask> told the Associated Press in 2003: "You'd hear some cat play, and somebody would say, 'This cat, he sounds like he's from Kansas City.' It was Kansas City Style. They knew it on the East Coast.They knew it on the West Coast. They knew it up North, and they knew it down South." 1945–2006
After World War II McShann began to lead small groups featuring the blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon. Witherspoon began to record with McShann in 1945 and, fronting McShann's band, he had a hit in 1949 with "Ain't Nobody's Business". As well as writing much material, Witherspoon continued recording with McShann's band, which also featured Ben Webster. McShann had a modern rhythm and blues hit with "Hands Off", featuring a vocal by Priscilla Bowman, in 1955. In the late 1960s, McShann often performed as a singer as well as a pianist, often with violinist Claude Williams.He continued recording and touring through the 1990s. Well into his 80s, McShann still performed occasionally, particularly in the Kansas City area and Toronto, Ontario, where he made his last recording, "Hootie Blues", in February 2001, after a recording career of 61 years. In 1979, he appeared prominently in The Last of the Blue Devils, a documentary film about Kansas City jazz. One of McShann's favorite stories to tell was how band member and friend Charlie Parker got his nickname "Bird". During their drive to a gig in Nebraska with a car full of musicians, the driver of the car accidentally hit a chicken. According to McShann, Parker requested the driver turn around so he could get the bird, and sat with it in the backseat of the car all the way to Lincoln. Once they arrived he asked the keeper of the home they were staying in to cook it up for him.McShann died on December 7, 2006, in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 90. Awards and honors
 Member, Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, 1998
 Member, Blues Hall of Fame
 Member, Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, 1989
 Pioneer Award,  Rhythm and Blues Foundation
 Grammy nomination, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance, Paris All-Star Blues (A Tribute to Charlie Parker), 1991
 Grammy nomination, Best Traditional Blues Album, Goin' to Kansas City, 2003
American Jazz Masters Grant from National Endowment for the Arts, 1986

Discography

As leader
 Goin' to Kansas City Blues (RCA Victor, 1957)
 McShann's Piano (Capitol, 1967)
 Confessin' the Blues (Black and Blue, 1970)
 Going to Kansas City (Master Jazz, 1972)
 Jumpin' the Blues with Milt Buckner (Black and Blue, 1972)
 Kansas City Memories (Black and Blue, 1973)
 The Band That Jumps the Blues! (Black Lion, 1973)
 Early Bird with Charlie Parker (Spotlite, 1973)
 Vine Street Boogie (Black Lion, 1974)
 Kansas City Joys with Buddy Tate, Paul Quinichette (Sonet, 1976)
 Crazy Legs & Friday Strut with Buddy Tate (Sackville, 1977)
 Kansas City On My Mind (Black and Blue, 1977)
 The Last of the Blue Devils (Atlantic, 1978)
 A Tribute to Fats Waller (Sackville, 1978)
 Kansas City Hustle (Sackville, 1978)
 The Big Apple Bash (Atlantic, 1979)
 The Man from Muskogee with Claude Williams (Sackville, 1980)
 Tuxedo Junction with Don Thompson (Sackville, 1980)
 Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players with Ralph Sutton (Chaz Jazz, 1980)
 Saturday Night Function with the Sackville All-Stars (Sackville, 1981)
 After Hours (Storyville, 1982)
 Best of Friends with Al Casey (JSP, 1982)
 Blowin' in from K.C. with Joe Thomas (Uptown, 1983)
 Just a Lucky So and So (Sackville, 1984)
 Live in France Vol. 2 with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson (Black and Blue, 1984)
 Roll 'em (Black and Blue, 1987)
 Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players with Ralph Sutton (Chiaroscuro, 1989)
 Paris All-Star Blues (Jazz Heritage, 1991)
 Blue Pianos with Axel Zwingenberger (Vagabond, 1991)
 A Tribute to Charlie Parker (Limelight/Musicmasters, 1991)
 Stride Piano Summit with Dick Hyman, Ralph Sutton (Milestone, 1991)
 Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann (Black Lion, 1992)
 The Missouri Connection with John Hicks (Reservoir, 1993)
 Some Blues (Chiaroscuro, 1993)
 Airmail Special (Sackville, 1994)
 Swingmatism with Don Thompson, Archie Alleyne (Sackville, 1994)
 Piano Playhouse (Night Train, 1996)
 Hootie's Jumpin' Blues with Duke Robillard (Stony Plain, 1997)
 My Baby with the Black Dress On (Chiaroscuro, 1998)
 Still Jumpin' the Blues with Duke Robillard, Maria Muldaur (Stony Plain, 1999)
 What a Wonderful World (Groove Note, 1999)
 Hootie! (Chiaroscuro, 2000)
 Goin' to Kansas City with Duke Robillard (Stony Plain, 2003)
 Hootie Blues (Stony Plain, 2006)

As sideman
With Clarence Gatemouth Brown
 Cold Strange (Black and Blue, 1977)
 More Stuff (Black and Blue, 1985)
 Pressure Cooker (Alligator, 1985)
 Just Got Lucky (Orbis, 1993)

With others
 Walter Brown, Confessin' the Blues (Affinity, 1981)
 Al Casey, Jumpin' with Al (Black and Blue, 1974)
 Slim Gaillard, Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere! (Hep, 1983)
 Jim Galloway, Thou Swell (Sackville, 1981)
 Jim Galloway, Kansas City Nights (Sackville, 1993)
 Tiny Grimes, Tiny Grimes (Black and Blue, 1970)
 Tiny Grimes, Some Groovy Fours (Black and Blue, 1996)
 Helen Humes, Helen Comes Back (Black and Blue, 1973)
 Helen Humes, On the Sunny Side of the Street (Black Lion, 1975)
 Julia Lee, Tonight's the Night (Charly, 1982)
 Duke Robillard, The Acoustic Blues & Roots of (Stony Plain, 2015)
 Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Kidney Stew is Fine (Delmark, 1969)
 T-Bone Walker, Feelin' the Blues (Black and Blue, 1999)
 Jackie Washington, Keeping Out of Mischief (Borealis 1995)
 Claude Williams, Fiddler's Dream (Black and Blue, 1977)
 Axel Zwingenberger, Swing the Boogie!(Vagabond, 1996)

References

External links
 Interview with <mask> for the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History Program October 11, 2005

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Big band bandleaders
Swing pianists
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Jump blues musicians
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American blues singers
American blues pianists
American male pianists
American jazz pianists
Vee-Jay Records artists
20th-century American pianists
20th-century American singers
Jazz musicians from Oklahoma
20th-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
Sackville Records artists
Black Lion Records artists
Black & Blue Records artists
Chiaroscuro Records artists
Stony Plain Records artists
Atlantic Records artists
Uptown Records (jazz) artists

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title: Christopher Jaymes

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<mask> (born July 19, 1973) is an American television and film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and musician. Early life
<mask> was born in Long Beach, California and spent his early years in Huntington Beach as an only child. In his early teens, while working at a SCUBA shop as a Rescue Diver, he started having success as an amateur skateboarder which led him into the entertainment industry where he started working as an actor. He went on to attend Berklee College of Music studying piano and orchestration and toured with a number of artists, including Wanda Jackson, as a piano player. <mask>' entered the entertainment industry at the age of 17, getting a guest starring role in the hit show, Wings, which ended up getting cut out and rewritten prior to getting shot. Shortly, thereafter, he was cast starring opposite Helen Hunt in the CBS movie-of-the-week Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story and he then went on to appear on a number of other television shows including Lost, Party of Five, Profiler, Chicago Hope, Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series) and numerous others.He played in a number of films as well including Ivan Reitman's Father's Day starring Robin Williams and Billy Crystal. By 2000, he had directed a number of short films including The Reel and working as a script supervisor, editor and screenwriter until he starred and co-produced the feature film It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Trying. After which, he directed his first feature film In Memory of My Father where he starred alongside Jeremy Sisto and Judy Greer, as well as, produced, wrote, directed and edited the film which went onto receive critical acclaim and win a number of awards internationally, including the 2006 American Spirit/Best Feature Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the Grand Jury Award at CineVegas, Best Debut Feature at Sonoma Valley Film Festival and Best Director at the San Diego Film Festival. Over the next years, Jaymes worked with numerous companies in development, including Signature Pictures, ghost writing on numerous films including The Black Dahlia, Tristen + Leopold, and The Contractor, while also consulting through production and post. In MySpace's heyday, <mask> was hired as a content producer, to help stimulate and develop MySpace's homepage into a hub for video content, producing spots featuring artists and events, such as the Beastie Boys, Wyclef Jean, Colbie Caillat, Sundance, the Toronto International Film Festival, and many others. Concurrently, Jaymes produced and directed a number of commercials and web campaigns for companies such as Intel, Lenovo, Harper/Collins, FRS, NaturaPet, Nikki Six, and LiveBooks.com, while also focusing his efforts on a myriad of Non-Profit Organizations, including One Generation and Sweet Relief Musician's Fund. Jaymes published a book, entitled Boxing Day about his experiences working in the 2004 tsunami disaster relief efforts

In 2010, Chris Jaymes co-wrote and directed Making A Scene starring William Shatner, Dave Foley, and Jason Priestley, a one-hour comedy for television, which led to a string of shows for the CBC including Long Story Short a scripted comedy with Martin Short starring Robin Duke, Anne Murray, and Norman Jewison, and two pilots, including Late Night with Lang & O'Leary, and an entertainment news show, The Feed.In 2011, he directed the feature-length thriller, The Cottage starring David Arquette, Kristen Dalton, and Lorraine Nicholson, while also working with Levendis Entertainment and Nick Lambrou, developing the screenplay for the feature film action epic, Sons of Chaos, surrounding the Greek War for Independence. In 2012, <mask> was brought on as a producer for a Travel Channel show starring David Arquette and Mike McGuinness, while also directing a series for FOX/Netflix entitled Bad Samaritans with Andy Dick and Julianna Guill. Beginning in 2012, <mask> began working with the non-profit organization Island Dolphin Care, a facility where children with brain disorders and war veterans with PTSD, receive progressive therapy treatments working alongside bottlenose dolphins. His research and footage of IDC dolphins combined with news anchor Kerry Sanders’ (NBC) reporting, won the 2014 Michael Debakey Journalism Award, recognizing outstanding journalism that highlights the role of biomedical research that includes the humane and responsible use of animal models in recent medical discoveries and scientific breakthroughs. The story was about a dolphin named Sara who underwent an expansion of a somewhat collapsed airway; a procedure carried out by a group of specialists from across the country, that had never before executed on a dolphin and the surgery was a success. <mask>'s screenplay Unconditional based on Joe Hoagland and the story that inspired the inception of Island Dolphin Care was recognized as a 2016 Semi-Finalist in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Nicholl Fellowship. In 2018, <mask> directed Cartel Pictures thriller Their Killer Affair for Lifetime starring Melissa Archer produced by Eric Scott Woods and Stan Spry.In 2021, <mask> teamed up with Cartel Pictures to direct another thriller for Lifetime(TV network) entitled Recipe for Abduction and again in 2022 for Dancer in Danger. In 2019, after eight years of development, Sons of Chaos, a historical fictionalized retelling of the Greek Revolution of 1821 was published globally as a hardbound, 192 page, oversized graphic novel, by IDW and Penguin Random House. <mask> wrote and created the book with Ale Aragon doing the artwork. In 2021, the release of the Greek Edition, entitled 1821:Children of the Revolution was published by Kaktos Publishing throughout all Greek territories and Cyprus. Filmography
 Dancer in Danger (2022) – Director
 Recipe for Abduction (2021) – Director
 Their Killer Affair (2020) – Director
 The Cottage (2012) – Director, editor
 Misfits (2011) – Actor
 Shrink Me (2010) – Writer, director
 Bhutto (2010) – Cinematography
 Beyond the Mat (2010) – Editor
 In Memory of My Father (2008) – writer, director, producer, editor, actor
 It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Trying (2000) – producer, actor
 Max, 13 (1999) – actor
 Verses (1999) – actor, editor
 The Reel (1999) – writer, director, actor
 Little Savant (1999) – actor
 Some Girl (1998) – actor
 Father's Day (1997) – actor
 Dogs of Wood's Hole (1997) – actor

Television
Magnum P.I. Film Fest – Director to Watch – Chris Jaymes

References

External links

Official website #1
Official website #2
<mask> on the Super Hero Speak podcast from NYCC

1973 births
Living people
American rock pianists
American male screenwriters
American male film actors
Film producers from California
American male television actors
Male actors from Long Beach, California
Writers from Long Beach, California
Film directors from California
Screenwriters from California

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title: Dale Hawerchuk

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<mask> (April 4, 1963 – August 18, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Drafted first overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, <mask> played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 16 seasons as a member of the Jets, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers. He won the NHL's Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's Rookie of the Year in 1982 and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in his second year of eligibility in 2001. <mask> served as the head coach of the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League from 2010 to 2019. Playing career
<mask> was a young prodigy who received his first pair of skates at age two and, according to his father, "was skating before he could walk." Beginning competitive hockey at age four, <mask> demonstrated superior skills almost immediately. At the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, he scored all eight goals during an 8–1 victory in the finals, smashing the long-standing record set by the legendary Guy Lafleur.By age 15, the famed Oshawa Generals offered him a tryout, though he did not make the team. In 1979, <mask> was selected 6th overall by the Cornwall Royals of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and became somewhat of a rarity; a Toronto-born player starring in the QMJHL. He recorded 103 points and was named Rookie of the Year. <mask> was the playoff MVP and led the Royals to the Memorial Cup championship. In his second junior year, he scored 81 goals and 183 points and led the Royals to their second consecutive Memorial Cup title. He was named a QMJHL First Team All-Star, the Canadian Major Junior Player of the Year, and Memorial Cup MVP. The Winnipeg Jets selected <mask> first overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, ahead of fellow future Hall of Famers Ron Francis, Grant Fuhr, and Chris Chelios.<mask> immediately became Winnipeg's star attraction, leading the Jets to what was at the time the largest single season turn-around in NHL history, a 48-point improvement. He became the youngest NHL player in history to reach 100 points (a record since broken by Sidney Crosby in 2006), finishing with 103, and winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Rookie of the Year. He also played in that season's All-Star Game. <mask> recorded 91 points in his second season, then hit the 100-plus point plateau for the next five consecutive years, including a career-high 53 goals and 130 points in 1984–85. During the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, <mask> was involved in a blockbuster trade. Along with Winnipeg's 1st round choice (14th overall pick, Brad May) in the draft, he was dealt to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Phil Housley, Scott Arniel, Jeff Parker and Buffalo's 1st round choice (19th overall pick, Keith Tkachuk). Over the next four years he recorded no fewer than 86 points.His point totals fell off during an injury plagued and lockout shortened 1994–95 season. In 1995, he signed with the St. Louis Blues, recording 41 points in 66 games before a trade to the Philadelphia Flyers in March, 1996. He finished the season strongly, scoring 20 points in the season's final 16 games and adding 9 points in the playoffs. The next season, he was plagued by injuries but managed 34 points and played in his fifth All-Star Game. <mask> announced his retirement from the game following the 1996–97 season at age 34 due to a degenerative left hip. His appearance with the Flyers in the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals marked the only time any of his teams advanced past the second round of the playoffs. He played for Team Canada in the 1987 Canada Cup tournament, and had a goal and two assists in the decisive third game of the Finals against the Soviets.Late in the third period, he won the face-off that led to Canada's most famous goal and tied up with the Russian player who tried to check Mario Lemieux at centre ice, allowing Lemieux to take Gretzky's pass in the slot for the series winner. <mask> was named Canada's MVP for that decisive game. Commentators remarked on his ability in the series to switch from being a goal scorer to a mucker and grinder. <mask> was also key to Canada's 1991 Canada Cup victory. In a poll of NHL general managers during the mid-1980s asking them to select the player they would start a franchise with, <mask> was voted third behind only Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey. He retired with 518 goals, 891 assists and 1,409 points, placing him 18th on the career NHL points list. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001.The Phoenix Coyotes (successor to the Jets) retired <mask>'s No. 10 during the 2006–07 NHL season. Post-playing career
<mask> became the president, director of hockey operations, and primary owner of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League's Orangeville Crushers in 2007. He left this position in 2010. On June 4, 2010, the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League named <mask> as their head coach and director of hockey operations. The 2010–11 season was a rebuilding one for the Colts, as the team went 15–49–2–2, missing the playoffs for the first time in team history. In his sophomore year, the 2011–12 season, <mask> amassed a record of 40–23–3–2; a significant improvement over his rookie season as bench boss of the Colts.Personal life
<mask> was born in Toronto, Ontario, but grew up in Oshawa, Ontario. He was married to Crystal, whom he met in Manitoba while playing for the Jets. The couple had three children. Illness and death
In 2019, <mask> announced he would be taking a leave of absence from the Colts for health reasons, which was later revealed to be stomach cancer. <mask> completed a course of chemotherapy in April 2020, but died on August 18, 2020 at the age of 57. Awards and achievements
RDS Cup (QMJHL Rookie of the Year) (1980)
Guy Lafleur Trophy (QMJHL Playoff MVP) (1980)
QMJHL Championships (1980 and 1981)
Memorial Cup championships (1980 and 1981)
Memorial Cup All-Star First Team (1980 and 1981)
Jean Béliveau Trophy (QMJHL Scoring Champion) (1981)
QMJHL First Team All-Star (1981)
Michel Brière Memorial Trophy (QMJHL Player of the Year) (1981)
Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (Memorial Cup MVP) (1981)
CHL Player of the Year (1981)
Played in NHL All-Star Game 5 times - 1982,1985,1986,1988,1997
Calder Memorial Trophy winner (1982)
World Championships bronze medal (1982 and 1986)
World Championships silver medal (1989)
NHL Second Team All-Star Centre (1985)
Canada Cup Championships (1987 and 1991)
First NHL player to reach 1000 career NHL games before age 31
Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001
Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
 Member of the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2013)
Inducted into the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame in 2011
Inducted into the Phoenix Coyotes Ring of Honor in 2007, joining Bobby Hull and Thomas Steen. The Jets/Coyotes franchise retired his number 10 on April 5, 2007.Unlike Hull and Steen, who were honored in Jets colors, <mask>'s number was retired in Coyotes apparel, despite the fact that <mask> never played in Phoenix. Honored by the second Winnipeg Jets franchise: named captain of the Jets' alumni squad at the 2016 Heritage Classic, inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in 2017, and by a planned statue to be erected near the current Jets arena in downtown Winnipeg. Out of respect for <mask>, number 10 has not been worn by any Jets player since that team relocated to Winnipeg in 2011. Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Coaching record

See also
Captain (hockey)
List of NHL players with 1000 points
List of NHL players with 500 goals
List of NHL statistical leaders

References

External links
Official website

<mask>'s biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com

1963 births
2020 deaths
Buffalo Sabres players
Calder Trophy winners
Canadian ice hockey centres
Canadian people of Ukrainian descent
Cornwall Royals (QMJHL) players
Deaths from cancer in Ontario
Deaths from stomach cancer
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Ice hockey people from Ontario
Memorial Cup winners
National Hockey League All-Stars
National Hockey League first overall draft picks
National Hockey League first round draft picks
National Hockey League players with retired numbers
Philadelphia Flyers players
St. Louis Blues players
Sportspeople from Oshawa
Sportspeople from Toronto
Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996) captains
Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) draft picks
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title: Alberto Melloni

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<mask> (Reggio nell'Emilia, 6 January 1959) is an Italian church historian and a Unesco Chairholder of the Chair on Religious Pluralism & Peace, primarily known for his work on the Councils and the Second Vatican Council. Since 2020, he is one of the European Commission's Chief Scientific Advisors. Career
He studied in Bologna, at Cornell and in Fribourg (Switzerland) and he has taught at the University of Bologna and Roma Tre University. He is currently Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Modena-Reggio Emilia. Holder of the Unesco Chair on religious pluralism and peace, he is Director of the Fondazione per le scienze religiose “Giovanni XXIII” in Bologna. He is principal investigator for the European Infraia Rei_Res project headed by the Fondazione, and coordinator of the Resilience research infrastructure project. He spearheaded the establishment of the European Academy of Religion.A research platform which includes institutions, associations, academies, publishers, reviews concerned with the study of religion throughout Europe, the Mediterrean, Middle East, the Balcans, Caucasus and Russia. He worked on the History of the Second Vatican Council directed by Giuseppe Alberigo, and directed the Edizione nazionale dei diari di A.G. Roncalli (Istituto per le scienze religiose, Bologna 2003-2008), the Dizionario del sapere storico religioso del 900 (Il Mulino, Bologna 2010) and Cristiani d'Italia. Chiese, stato, società 1861-2011 (Treccani, Rome 2011). He is chief editor for the project Conciliorum oecumenicorum generaliumqe decreta in Brepols's Corpus Christianorum and for the Mansi 3, a digital edition of all the church councils held in the course of history. He is responsible for the European research network on Pope Pius XI, and director of the Enciclopedia costantiniana for Treccani. He edited Benedetto XV. Papa Giacomo della Chiesa nel mondo dell'inutile strage, 2 voll.(il Mulino, Bologna 2017) and Lutero. Un cristiano fra riforme e modernità 2 voll. (il Mulino, Bologna 2017), also published in English and German by De Gruyter, 2017. He has published works on medieval canon law, the church and the state in the twentieth century, on the Conclave. His most recent publications are: Papa Giovanni. Un cristiano e il suo concilio (Einaudi, Torino 2009), Pacem in terris. Storia dell'ultima enciclica di papa Giovanni (Laterza, Roma-Bari 2010), Le cinque perle di Giovanni Paolo II (Mondadori, Milano 2011).He is an associate of the Accademia dei Lincei, honorary member of the Accademia Rubiconia, alderman for the Académie internationale des sciences religieuses, member of the scientific committee of the Enciclopedia Italiana, member of the trustees board for the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification, board member of Refo500, board member for the Dizionario biografico degli italiani, member of the international board for reviews such as the Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique in Leuven, Schweizerischen Zeitschrift für Religions- und Kulturgeschichte in Fribourg, and Studia Historiæ Ecclesiasticæ published by the University of South Africa. He is working on La grande storia and special hosts for the national broadcasting History Channel. He has created and currently hosts Il sabbatico on Rainews24. He is also a columnist for both Il Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica. Professor <mask> is a major contributor to the work on the Second Vatican Council led and promoted by the so-called “scuola di Bologna”. Its research mainly focused on the discontinuity hermeneutics, which differs from the official position of the Church according to a few Italian journalists. Pope Benedict XVI in fact states: "Discontinuity hermeneutics is likely to create an abrupt separation between the pre-conciliar and post-conciliar church".On the other hand, scholars related to the “scuola di Bologna” highlight the fact that the Pope's opinion does not centre exclusively on continuity. According to Melloni it is impossible to read the Pope's words as a mere post-conciliar repentance. In 2020, Professor <mask> was appointed as Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission, one of a group of seven as part of the Scientific Advice Mechanism. Selected bibliography

Books
Le cinque perle di Giovanni Paolo II, Milano, Mondadori 2011
Papa Giovanni. Un cristiano e il suo concilio, Torino, Einaudi 2009
La storia che giudica la storia che assolve, saggi di O. Marquard e A. Melloni, Roma-Bari, Laterza 2008
L'inizio di papa Ratzinger. Lezioni sul conclave del 2005 e sull'incipit del pontificato di Benedetto XVI, Torino 2006
Chiesa madre, chiesa matrigna. Un discorso storico sul cristianesimo che cambia, Torino 2004
Il conclave.Storia di una istituzione, Bologna 2001, 298 pp. ; tr.ted. Freiburg a.M. 2002; tr.sp. Madrid 2002; tr.port. Rio de Janeiro 2002; tr.fr. Paris 2003; tr.pol. Warszawa 2004; (ried.Il conclave. Storia dell'elezione del papa, Bologna 2005)
L'altra Roma. Politica e S. Sede durante il concilio Vaticano II (1959–1965), Bologna 2000
Il Giornale dell'Anima di Giovanni XXIII, Milano 2000
Tra Istanbul, Atene e la guerra. A.G. Roncalli vicario e delegato apostolico (1935–1944), Genova (Marietti) 1993, 325 pp. Innocenzo IV. La concezione e l'esperienza della cristianità come regimen unius personæ, prefazione di B. Tierney, Genova, Marietti 1990

Critical editions
 Corpus Christianorum - Conciliorum œcumenicorum generaliumqe decreta, ed. G. Alberigo et A. Melloni, Turnhout  2007 vol.1; 2010 vol. 3; 2011 vol. 2, 2013 vol. 4-5
 Cronache sociali, 1947-1951, edizione anastatica integrale e introduzione a cura di <mask> , Bologna (Istituto per le scienze religiose) 2007, 1893 pp. con DVD
 Angelo G. Roncalli-Giovanni XXIII, «Il Giornale dell'Anima», Edizione critica ed annotazione a cura di <mask> , Bologna (Istituto per le scienze religiose) 2002m 545 pp. (I ed. 1987, 802 pp.)Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Poesie , a cura di A. <mask>, Bose 1999
 M.-D. Chenu, Notes quotidiennes au Concile , Paris 1995, pp. 7–54; [tr.it. Bologna 1996]
 Angelo G. Roncalli-Giovanni XXIII, La predicazione ad Istanbul. Omelie, discorsi e note pastorali (1935-1944), a cura di <mask>, Firenze (L.S. Olschki) 1993, 420 pp. Giuseppe Dossetti, La ricerca costituente. Interventi 1945-1952 , Bologna 1994

See also
Giuseppe Dossetti
Pope John XXIII
Pope John Paul II
Pope Innocent IV
Marie-Dominique Chenu
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Notes

External links
 Fondazione per le scienze religiose “Giovanni XXIII”
 Corpus Christianorum
 European Academy of Religion

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Park Frederick "<mask><mask> (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a sideman. He worked with an array of musicians, and had especially fruitful collaborations with trumpeter Donald Byrd and as a member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band. Biography

Early life
<mask> was born in Highland Park, Michigan, to father <mask> II and mother Cleo Marie Coyle. Both of his parents were college graduates, with each spending some time at the University of Michigan. Due to the onset of the Great Depression, <mask>' parents separated to allow his father to find work without geographic dependence. In the fall of 1931, <mask> moved with his mother to his extended family's farm near Columbia City, Indiana, where food and support were more readily available.In 1933, <mask> began playing piano. His father having reunited with the family, they moved to Rochester, New York, in 1935 and in that city he began his musical efforts on tenor sax and clarinet. Two years later, <mask> began deepening his developing passion for music by listening to Fats Waller's daily radio show. He was also influenced at a young age by listening to Fletcher Henderson's big band radio broadcasts out of Nashville, Jimmie Lunceford, Duke Ellington, and Cab Calloway. <mask> would later describe "[his] time up until the age of eight or so [as] really just traveling from one place to another". As early as 4th grade, <mask> sold cigarettes and candy door-to-door in order to contribute to his family's income for essential items. <mask>' interest in performing further grew in 6th grade when the public school system offered a loaned musical instrument to any student who was interested, and further musical instruction if he could get into the school band.Initially <mask> chose the trumpet, then the trombone, but eventually settled on the clarinet, which he played in the school band. The following year <mask> attained his lifelong nickname of "<mask>" due to former St. Louis Cardinals star <mask> signing on to manage and play for the hometown minor league team, the Rochester Red Wings. <mask>' classmates saw a resemblance between the two, and the nickname stuck. Later in his career, <mask> also attained the nickname "the Knife" for "his 'slashing and chopping technique', which had a humbling effect upon musicians fortunate enough to gig with him". In 1943, <mask> skipped school for a week in order to see Ellington play local gigs. He eventually met Rex Stewart, who further introduced him to Harry Carney and other band members. This led to <mask> being able to take lessons from Skippy Williams, who was the tenor saxophonist in Ellington's band.<mask> switched to the tenor saxophone in the fall of 1943 due to his jobs as a box cutter in the mail order room of a jazz store and an usher at a movie theater, which gave him enough money to buy the instrument. His job at the jazz store also allowed him to listen to all of the newest available jazz records  and led to his emulation of Coleman Hawkins, who he had heard play locally in 1945, and interest in the music of Don Byas. <mask>' first steady gig came in 1946 with a six-piece group led by Ben Smith, which then caused him to drop out of school in the 11th grade due to working six nights a week. Early playing career
At age 16, <mask> and his mother moved to Detroit, where he soon began playing with Willie Wells, who he had heard play for Fletcher Henderson, Fats Navarro, Tommy Flanagan, and Willie Anderson. He had received casual instruction from Wardell Gray and Billy Mitchell, and played with a group led by Little John Wilson as well. Through the employee discount from his job at Grinnell's, a music store in Detroit, <mask> purchased what would become his main instrument: the baritone saxophone. He initially purchased a used Bundy baritone saxophone, but later traded it in for a new Selmer 'Balanced Action' E-flat baritone in 1948, which he used until 1978.This switch proved to be successful, as he was soon playing in Lucky Thompson's band. In Detroit, <mask> also met several jazz musicians who would become future performing partners, including trumpeter Donald Byrd. He attended Wayne State University. <mask> became interested in Wardell Gray's approach to the saxophone, later naming Gray and Harry Carney as his influences. He also spent time in a United States Army band, and briefly had a tour of duty in Korea. Upon returning from Korea, <mask> began playing at the Blue Bird Inn in Detroit where he played with Thad Jones under the leadership of Beans Richardson. When Jones left to play with Count Basie, <mask> then became the music director at the Blue Bird.In late 1954 <mask> left the Blue Bird to join Kenny Burrell's group at Klein's Show Bar, also in Detroit, where he would later become musical director following Burrell's departure. Following the recommendation of friend Oscar Pettiford, <mask> joined the Stan Kenton Orchestra in 1956, where he played for a majority of the year until leaving the group to form a new ensemble with Lee Katzman and Mel Lewis in Los Angeles. Before moving to California, <mask> also recorded with Kenny Clarke, Curtis Fuller, and Quincy Jones. In April 1957, <mask> joined Chet Baker's group, where he played for about a year. He later moved to New York City, where he performed on the album Baritones and French Horns with Cecil Payne (later re-issued as Dakar as by John Coltrane, who also played on the album), worked with Lee Morgan on The Cooker, and briefly worked with Benny Goodman's band in 1958. During this time, <mask> also began working with Charles Mingus, performing on one of Mingus's Atlantic albums of the period, Blues & Roots, which includes <mask>' extended solo on "Moanin'". Thereafter, he recorded with Mingus sporadically until the latter's death in 1979.<mask> formed a quintet with Donald Byrd in 1958 that lasted until 1961. Following the breakup of the Donald Byrd–Pepper Adams Quintet, <mask> Jones–Pepper Adams Quintet. During this phase, he performed with the likes of Teddy Charles, Pony Poindexter, Marcus Belgrave, Thelonious Monk, and Lionel Hampton. In September 1963, <mask> made an agreement with Motown Records for an exclusive recording contract and an exclusive management contract with International Talent Management, a Motown affiliate. Prior to signing with Motown, <mask> turned down an offer from Harry James to play in his Las Vegas-based band because it was extremely commercial and presented few opportunities to solo, despite its $10,000 annual salary. Partnership with Thad Jones
He later became a founding member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, with whom he played from 1965 to 1976, and thereafter continued to record Jones's compositions on many of his own albums. <mask> also co-led a quintet with Donald Byrd from 1958 to 1962, with whom he recorded a live date, 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (Riverside), featuring Elvin Jones, and a sequence of albums for Blue Note.During this time he also played with the Sal Salvador Big Band at the Diamond Beach Club in Wildwood, New Jersey, in August 1965, along with Teddy Charles in early 1966, and Ella Fitzgerald in 1967. Most of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band performances took place at the Village Vanguard in New York City, along with many colleges and other locations around the United States, Europe, and Asia. The 18-year period spent with Thad Jones was filled with almost constant touring when the band was not playing their steady gig at the Village Vanguard. One of the ensemble's most frequent performing locations outside the United States was the Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark. Solo career
<mask>' solo career began in 1977 in California, where he initially stayed with John and Ron Marabuto. He soon played gigs with Mingus, Baker, and Hampton, with whom he went on a two-month European tour in 1978. On March 18, 1978, <mask> purchased a new Selmer baritone saxophone that served as his interim back-up instrument for his original saxophone that he had been using since 1948.In 1979, <mask> played several gigs with Per Husby across Norway. On June 5, 1980, the Berg Larsen mouthpiece <mask> had been using for 32 years finally broke, which led him to replace it with a Dukoff D-5 mouthpiece and a Bari plastic reed. The following day <mask> premiered his new set-up at One Step Down in Washington, D.C.

<mask> began composing "Urban Dreams" on July 29, 1980, on a flight to London for a short European tour. <mask> finally replaced his original Selmer E-flat 'Balanced Action' baritone saxophone in December 1980 after 31 years of use. In 1981, <mask> performed with Rein de Graaff's trio, Per Husby's trio, and the Franco D'Andrea trio for three short European tours. When in New York City, <mask> performed at Fat Tuesday's several times during this period of his career, one of which, Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session, earned him a Grammy nomination in 1984 for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance as a Soloist. In later years, <mask> toured England and continental Europe several times, performing there with local rhythm sections, and he performed with a Count Basie tribute band at the Grande Parade du Jazz in Nice.Leg injury and end of career
<mask>' life was severely altered by the leg injury he sustained in December 1983, which was caused by his car's parking brake becoming disengaged on his slanted driveway. This led the car to pin <mask> up against his garage door, crushing his leg and restricting him to bed rest for the following five months. Despite the long recovery from his injury, <mask> began playing again and exhibited his love for performing in October 1984 by flying from New York City all the way to Singapore for a one-night gig, then returning two days later. He eventually regained the strength in his leg to move without the use of a wheelchair or cane in January 1985, after more than a year of recovery. <mask> was a chain smoker for most of his life. While in Sweden in March 1985, he visited a chest specialist at the suggestion of a friend, Gunnar Windahl, and was diagnosed with lung cancer. He was hospitalized for testing later that month in New York, then was forced to take a break from performing or traveling for two months that summer in order to undergo radiation treatments.A benefit concert was held for <mask> on September 29, 1985, in New York City that featured Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Foster, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, and the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, among others. Despite his various health issues, <mask> continued pushing himself professionally, which was exemplified by his stretch in Dublin, Ireland, April 4–6, 1986, when he played five gigs over three days with five different bands. <mask> was diagnosed with pleurisy in April 1986 and died of lung cancer in Brooklyn, New York, on September 10, 1986. His final performance took place on July 2, 1986, at the Spectrum in Montreal as part of the Montreal Jazz Festival. Before counting off the first song, he received a standing ovation from the crowd. Style
<mask> was in many ways the antithesis of near-contemporary baritone players Gerry Mulligan and Serge Chaloff, who favored melodic cool jazz. In contrast, <mask> managed to bring the cumbersome baritone into the blisteringly fast speeds of hard bop.Gary Carner, <mask>'s biographer, described his style as having "very long, tumbling, double-time melodic lines. And that raw, piercing, bark-like timbre." <mask> "succeeded in elevating [the baritone saxophone] to the level of all other solo instruments [with] blinding speed, penetrating timbre, distinctive sound, harmonic ingenuity, precise articulation, confident time-feel, and use of melodic paraphrase". Throughout his career, <mask> consistently chose musical expression over large paychecks, as "[he] repeatedly recalled with great satisfaction his decision to play [in groups focused on musical expression] rather than to change his style to secure better paying jobs with now little-known white musicians". A large part of <mask>' appeal was that "[he] had the remarkable ability to blow low with enormous power and swing, becoming a hefty addition to big band reed sections. He also was an equally dominant voice in small groups, adding ferocious excitement and stamina". Despite his prowess at hard bop, <mask> was also adept at ballads and slower numbers.An example is his contribution to the album Chet (1958) including a solo on the bittersweet "Alone Together" that critic Dave Nathan described as "one of the album's high points". Awards and honors
He won DownBeats New Star award in 1957 and was named baritone soloist of the year for 1980. <mask> was nominated three times for a Grammy Award, including nominations for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance as a Soloist for Reflectory in 1979 and Best Jazz Soloist for The Master.... In the 1975  Playboy magazine annual music poll, he was named an All Star's All-Star. In 1967 <mask> received the Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition award from DownBeat. From 1979 to 1982, <mask> won the award for best baritone saxophonist from DownBeats International Jazz Critics' Poll on four consecutive occasions, something <mask> attributed to his frequent touring of Europe throughout his career. In December 1982, <mask> won the DownBeat Readers' Poll award for the best baritone saxophonist in the world, unseating Gerry Mulligan, who had held that distinction since 1953.Discography

As leader/co-leader
Baritones and French Horns (Prestige, 16rpm LP issue, 1957) with the Prestige All Stars; conventional LP release of session led by <mask> as Dakar under John Coltrane's name
Pepper Adams Quintet (Mode, 1957)
Critics' Choice (Pacific Jazz, 1957)
The Cool Sound of <mask> (Regent/Savoy, 1957)
The <mask>nepper Quintet (MetroJazz, 1958) with Jimmy Knepper
10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (Riverside, 1958)
Motor City Scene  (Bethlehem, 1960) with Donald Byrd
Out of This World (Warwick, 1961) with Donald Byrd
<mask> Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Workshop Jazz, 1963)
Mean What You Say  (Milestone, 1966) with Thad Jones
Encounter! (Prestige, 1968)
Ephemera (Spotlite, 1973)
Julian (Enja, 1975)
Twelfth & Pingree (Enja, 1975)
Baritone Madness (Bee Hive, 1977) with Nick Brignola
Reflectory (Muse, 1978)
Be-Bop? (Prestige, 1967)
Bull's Eye! (Blue Note, 1967)

With The Mitchells: Red Mitchell, Whitey Mitchell, Blue Mitchell and André Previn
Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (MetroJazz, 1958)

With Hank Mobley
Poppin' (Blue Note, 1957)
With Thelonious Monk

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (Riverside, 1959)

With Lee Morgan
The Cooker (Blue Note, 1957)
Standards (Blue Note, 1967)

With Oliver Nelson
More Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse!, 1964)

With Duke Pearson
 Dedication! (Prestige, 1970, rec. 1961), issued as Minor Mishap (Black Lion, 1989) under Freddie Hubbard's name
Honeybuns (Atlantic, 1965)
Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (Blue Note, 1967)
Now Hear This (Blue Note, 1968)

With Houston Person
Blue Odyssey (Prestige, 1968)

With Pony Poindexter
 Pony's Express (Epic, 1962)

With Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (RCA Victor, 1957)
Portrait of Shorty (RCA Victor, 1957)

With A. K. Salim
Pretty for the People (Savoy, 1957)

With Lalo Schifrin
Black Widow (CTI, 1976)

With Ben Sidran
Too Hot to Touch (Windham Hill Records, 1988)

With Dakota Staton
I Want a Country Man (Groove Merchant, 1973)

With Idrees Sulieman
Roots (New Jazz, 1957) with the Prestige All Stars

With Toots Thielemans
Man Bites Harmonica! (Riverside, 1957)

With Mickey Tucker
Mister Mysterious (Muse, 1978)

With Stanley Turrentine
 The Spoiler (Blue Note, 1966)

With Jimmy Witherspoon
Blues for Easy Livers (Prestige, 1965)

With Joe Zawinul
Money in the Pocket (Atlantic, 1967)

Live recordings released posthumously
Live in Europe (Marge (F), 1977) with the Georges Arvanitas Trio
Pepper Adams Live (aka Live Jazz by the Sea) (1977), live in California
California Cookin' (1983), live in California

References

1930 births
1986 deaths
Hard bop saxophonists
Mainstream jazz saxophonists
Jazz baritone saxophonists
American jazz baritone saxophonists
Musicians from Detroit
Savoy Records artists
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title: Chen Long-bin

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<mask> () is a Taiwanese contemporary sculptor. Biography
<mask> was born in 1964 in Taipei, Taiwan. He received a BFA from the Fine Arts Department at Tunghai University, and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He is known for using the cultural debris of our modern society, such as old, discarded books, newspapers, phonebooks, and magazines as the medium for his sculptures. <mask> is self-taught in carving wood, but started showing interest in our paper culture as a viable material for art – phonebooks, magazines, and computer paper when PC’s began growing popular in 1993. The advent of the personal computer changed the entire nature of information documentation – a role books used to play. Thus, by turning paper into the original wood for his sculptures, <mask> offers renewed value to the meaning of paper.He uses chainsaws, drills, band saws, sanders, and scissors, along with other carpenter's tools to shape his remarkable busts and figures, which appear stone, or even marble like from a distance. <mask> who has won prizes in Europe, Taipei, and Japan, has exhibited extensively at galleries and museums for many years in Japan, Korea, France, (Germany), Hong Kong, Italy, London, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States, and can also be found in numerous international public and private collections. He has been awarded artist fellowship grants from Taiwan's National Endowment for the Arts, the Joan Mitchell Foundation in New York and the Freeman Foundation. In 1995, he received the Visitor's Prize of the Sixth Triennial of Small Scale Sculpture in Stuttgart, Germany. And in 1998, he received the Silver Prize at the Osaka Triennial in Japan. For <mask>, using recycled materials to make art stresses the challenges presented by endless human consumption and waste, as well as the tantamount ecological problems of waste accumulation and disposal, the destruction of forests, and the mindless use of nonrenewable resources. The reams of used computer paper disprove the assurance of the electronic paper-less office, which instead augments the use of paper, as printing is made much easier.Furthermore, his choice of medium also poses as a commentary on the loss of books as aesthetic objects, which have been replaced by mass-produced cheaply made paperbacks. Books are extremely important to <mask>. However, it is not the book itself, but its educational heritage, literary importance, historical knowledge, and the sacredness of the written word that he treasures most. The type of materials he acquires in a sense determines the sculpture he creates. While in New York, he scoured the streets of Manhattan collecting discarded refuse, scouted offices for their rejected reams of paper, visited brownstone streets to gather cast off telephone books when new ones were distributed. And now, living in Taipei, <mask> obtains his material from university libraries and bookstores, publishing companies, archeological museums, and telephone companies. The special quality of <mask>'s works is that people can still read the pages.“I try to make sculptures that are appropriate for the content of the books. In my concept, the form and content is united together; the content gives me the idea of the form. Yellow Pages give me one kind of idea; books discarded from libraries inspire different styles…" Often, his art reflects the content of the pages within, such as one hanging installation featuring spirals of books with peepholes in which one can view a scene from the story within the original pages.

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title: Sister Souljah

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<mask> (born Lisa Williamson, January 28, 1964, Bronx, New York) is an American author, activist, musician, and film producer. She gained prominence for Bill Clinton's criticism of her remarks about race in the United States during the 1992 presidential campaign. Clinton's well-known repudiation of her comments led to what is now known in American politics as a <mask>jah moment. Early life
<mask> was born in the Bronx, New York. She recounts in her memoir No Disrespect that she was born into poverty and raised on welfare for some years. At the age of 10, she moved with her family to the suburb of Englewood, New Jersey, a suburb with a strong African-American presence. Englewood is also home to other famous black artists such as George Benson, Eddie Murphy, and Regina Belle.There she attended Dwight Morrow High School. <mask> disliked what American students were being taught in school systems across the country. She felt that the school systems intentionally left out the African origins of civilization. In addition, she criticized the absence of a comprehensive curriculum of African-American history, which she felt that all students, black and white, needed to learn and understand in order to be properly educated. She felt that she was being taught very little of her history, since the junior high school and high school left out Black history, art, and culture. "I supplemented my education in the white American school system by reading African history, which was intentionally left out of the curriculum of American students," she commented. From 1978 to 1981 she attended Dwight Morrow High School, which had a relatively even distribution of black, Latino, and Jewish student enrollment and a majority-black administration during the time of her studies.She was a legislative intern in the House of Representatives. <mask> was also the recipient of several honors during her teenage years. She won the American Legion's Constitutional Oratory Contest, for which she received a scholarship to attend Cornell University's Advanced Summer Program. In her college years she traveled widely, visiting Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Finland, and Russia. Her education was reinforced with first-hand experiences as she worked in a medical center in Mtepa Tepa, a village located in Zimbabwe, and assisted refugee children from Mozambique. She also traveled to South Africa and Zambia. She graduated from Rutgers University with a dual major in American History and African Studies.She became a well-known and outspoken voice on campus and wrote for the school newspaper. One of her noted campus initiatives was spearheading a campaign to bring Jesse Jackson to Rutgers to speak against the university's controversial investments in apartheid South Africa at the time, when disinvestment from South Africa was a heated political issue. <mask> was part of the Rutgers Coalition for Divestment, which successfully prompted the Rutgers University administration to divest US$3.6 million in its financial holding companies doing business in that country. Sister <mask> and students across the state of New Jersey also organized a successful campaign to get the state of New Jersey to divest more than US$1 billion of its financial holdings in apartheid-era South Africa. In 1985, during her senior year at Rutgers University, she was offered a job by Reverend Benjamin Chavis of the United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice. She spent the next three years developing, organizing, and financing programs such as African Survival Camp, a six-week summer sleepaway camp in Enfield, North Carolina. She also became the organizer of the National African Youth-Student Alliance and outspoken voice against racially motivated violence in cases such as the race murder at Howard Beach, the racially motivated murder of Yusuf Hawkins, and more.Career

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<mask> appeared on several tracks as a featured guest with the hip-hop group Public Enemy, and she became a full member of the group when Professor Griff was forced to leave after making anti-Semitic remarks. In 1992, she released her only album, 360 Degrees of Power. Statement about riots
<mask> became infamous for her statements about the 1992 Los Angeles riots. In an interview conducted May 13, 1992, she was quoted in The Washington Post as saying, "If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?" The quotation was later reproduced in the media, and she was widely criticized. Presidential candidate Bill Clinton publicly criticized that statement and Jesse Jackson for allowing her to be on his Rainbow Coalition. The incident resulted in the phrase "Sister Souljah moment" being coined to describe a politician's public repudiation of extremist views that are perceived to have some association with the politician's own faction or party.Author
In 1994, <mask> published a memoir titled No Disrespect. In 1999, she made her debut as a novelist with The Coldest Winter Ever. Souljah said that she was the pioneer for starting "a renaissance, or what Chuck D of Public Enemy would call a revolution, of reading." , Souljah was on the New York Times Bestseller List three times. The Coldest Winter Ever was widely acclaimed for making the second wave of the genre known as street literature more popular. About this, Souljah said:  A sequel of the novel, Life After Death, was published in March 2021. Midnight: A Gangster Love Story, originally scheduled for October 14, 2008, was published on November 4, 2008.It tells the backstory of Midnight, a character first introduced in The Coldest Winter Ever. It entered The New York Times bestseller list at No. 7 its first week of publication. The sequel to Midnight, , was released on April 12, 2011. A third Midnight novel, A Moment of Silence, was published on November 10, 2015. , it had sold over 2 million copies. This novel follows the main character, Midnight, as he attempts to reclaim his innocence and his identity while in prison. Another spinoff, A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story, originally scheduled for October 23, 2012, was published January 29, 2013.All of Souljah's novels deal with universal themes of faith, love, and integrity. Most of her novels have become popular among the prison population, with her books being available in many prison libraries. Due to this, she has worked in tandem with Black and Nobel, a Web site that ships books, magazines, and DVDs to prisons nationwide. Her work has also been referenced multiple times in popular culture, including on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. She also contributes occasional pieces for Essence Magazine, and has written for The New Yorker. Community activist
As a community activist, Souljah organized a number of service programs. In 1985, during her senior year at Rutgers University, she developed and financed the African Youth Survival Camp for children of homeless families, a six-week summer sleep-away camp in Enfield, North Carolina.This program ran for more than three years. She has been a motivating force behind a number of hip hop artists' efforts to give back to the community, organizing major youth events, programs, and summer camps with artists such as Lauryn Hill, Doug E. Fresh, and Sean "Diddy" Combs. Souljah was heavily involved with rallies against racial discrimination, police brutality, and the lack of proper education for urban and underrepresented youths. She went on to hold several concerts and protests in New York City, which were supported by many prominent voices in the hip hop community. Souljah was the executive director of Daddy's House Social Programs Inc. for seven years. It is a not-for-profit corporation for urban youth, financed by Sean "Diddy" Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment. Daddy's House educates and prepares youth, ages 10–16, to be in control of their academic, cultural, and financial lives.The students progressing through the program earn support to travel throughout the world. Personal life
<mask> is married to Mike Rich. They have a son named Mike Jr.

Discography

Bibliography
 No Disrespect (1995)
 The Coldest Winter Ever (1999)
 Midnight: A Gangster Love Story (2008)
 Midnight and the Meaning of Love (2011)
 A Deeper Love Inside: the Porsche Santiaga Story (2013)
 A Moment of Silence: Midnight III (2015)
 Life After Death (2021)

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title: Larry Lawton

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<mask> (born October 3, 1961) is an American ex-convict, author, paralegal, motivational speaker, and YouTuber. <mask> gained notoriety for committing a string of jewelry store robberies along the Atlantic Seaboard prior to his arrest in 1996. He spent 11 years in prison, and once released, began a career as a motivational speaker, life coach, and author. In 2007, he started the Reality Check Program to help educate at-risk youths on the consequences of breaking the law. He has acted as a spokesperson for prisoners and prisoner issues, and made appearances in the media as an expert on robberies. Early life
<mask> was born in North Hempstead, New York on October 3, 1961. His first encounter with organized crime was through his father, a metal worker who delivered bribes to the New York mafia.In grades one through six, <mask> served as an altar boy at St. Francis de Chatal in The Bronx, where he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest. <mask> attended Intermediate IS 192 and Lehman High School, but did not graduate. In August 1979, he joined the Coast Guard and took part in the Mariel boatlift. In 1983, having earned his GED, he left the Coast Guard and began engaging in criminal activity, mostly loan sharking and bookmaking. Criminal career
<mask> executed his first robbery when he was 28, an inside job to collect insurance money. He then began robbing jewelry stores along the Atlantic Coast, using his contacts within the Gambino crime family to fence the stolen merchandise. At one point, he purchased an Italian pizza restaurant in North Lauderdale, Florida, which he later burned down as part of an insurance fraud.He became known as one of America's biggest jewel thieves and made the FBI's most wanted list in 1996. Capture
In May 1994, three males robbed a jewelry store in Daytona Beach, Florida, netting $500,000 (nearly $950,000 in 2022) worth of gold and diamonds. The robbers had dropped off jewelry for repairs, and later returned to rob the store. Then in October 1994, four individuals robbed a jewelry store in Palm Bay, Florida. The two store owners were bound while two individuals robbed the store and a third acted as a lookout and the other as the getaway driver. The robbers took $480,000 ($910,600.81 in 2022) worth of gold and diamonds making it the biggest robbery in the city's history. Local police believed there to have been a connection between this robbery and a robbery that took place in May 1994 in Daytona Beach, and contacted the FBI.In 1996, there was a robbery of a jeweler in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. The robbers had been there the day before and returned asking about a ring. The robbers drew what police at the time believed were firearms, and restrained the store owner. The store owner managed to break free and grabbed a .38 caliber pistol and fired five shots at the robbers as they fled. One bullet narrowly missed <mask>, but struck his brother. <mask> later said that he used a BB gun during the robbery. Afterwards, another jewelry store in Lower Bucks County became suspicious of a person they believed was casing the place for a future robbery.They reported the car's license plate, which linked the car to <mask>. <mask> was arrested by the FBI on December 2, 1996, in Florida and charged with the Fairless Hills armed robbery. Fingerprint evidence connected <mask> to the October 1994 Palm Bay heist, and he was charged with that crime as well. <mask> is believed to have hit around 20 to 25 jewelry stores, stealing a self-estimated total of around $15–18 million worth of high-value items, including watches, diamonds, and other gems. <mask> later said he was the biggest jewel thief of the 1980s and 90s operating within the United States of America. Imprisonment
<mask> was offered a three-year sentence in exchange for disclosing his accomplices but did not take the deal. He was sentenced for racketeering and robbery and spent 11 years in prison before being released in 2007.He received an additional sentence in 2002 for giving false witness. While in prison, <mask> earned a paralegal qualification and became a gang mediator. He was incarcerated in many prisons during his sentence, which included Jesup in Georgia, Riker's Island in New York, Edgefield in South Carolina, and Yazoo City in Mississippi. While recounting his prison experiences he said: "I saw inmates stabbed and friends die" and "I saw young men raped and pimped out as prostitutes for other inmates." Another time he said: "I had my arms pinned down, and I was beaten and peed on — by the guards. I was kicked. My ribs were broken.I was beaten once a month." While in prison in 2003, he was caught masturbating and sent to solitary confinement for 27 days as punishment. <mask> filed a lawsuit against  the prison and staff alleging that they violated his rights. The suit was later dismissed. <mask> says he regrets his time spent in prison, because he missed out on seeing his children grow up; his grandmother died, and his father became afflicted with Alzheimer's disease while he was inside. Post-release

Reality Check program
After release he went to Palm Bay, Florida and started LL Research and Consulting and met a business partner. He also founded the Reality Check program which aims to show teens the consequences of a criminal life.The program is four hours long. <mask> does not hold a degree in child psychology or criminology. High school students can use the time spent in the program towards the 75 hours of community service required for the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Law enforcement officials and judges have supported the program. In 2009, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office spent $4500 on 500 DVDs from the Reality Check program. The DVDs contained condensed versions of <mask>'s program and were 67 minutes long. In 2009 the Rockledge Florida police used the DVDs as part of a community policing project with the money to buy the DVDs procured through asset forfeiture.By 2010, <mask> had shipped 10,000 DVDs across the country. In 2013, <mask> was made an honorary police officer by the Lake St. Louis, Missouri Police Department due to his work after prison. He was the first ex-con to ever become an honorary police officer. The Lake St. Louis police chief praised <mask>'s message about the consequences of going to prison and said it is not a scared straight program, noting that <mask> said "fear doesn't have a lasting impact." <mask> and the police chief later appeared before United States Congress in recognition of the program. However, the superintendent of student services at Brevard Public Schools declined to use the program, and questioned its effectiveness, claiming that "[w]hile the program is well-organized and well-intentioned, it does not follow the scientific evidence-based research guidelines." <mask> also founded the Reality Check Foundation, which is a 501(C)(3) charity that includes a mentoring program, and an annual golf outing.It also hosts an annual bowling tournament. Other
<mask> is an advocate for prisoners and their rights, and comments on the justice system. In 2013, the Brevard County Jail re-introduced chain gangs as a pilot project with the goal of deterring crime. <mask> was critical of the move, saying that "[c]hain gangs send a bad message about [the US]." Instead he proposed a better use of law enforcement resources would be to "help inmates with drug addiction." He was critical of Brevard County stopping letters to inmates in 2013. He said that some of the recipients could be innocent.Other issues he is concerned with include prison conditions as well as post-release debt loads and their influence on unemployed ex-convicts. <mask> has also shown concern over the prevalence of fentanyl-laced heroin, noting that in the past dealers had tried to sell pure heroin without any additives. In 2017, he appeared in a middle school in Havelock, North Carolina to explain his prison experiences. His appearance was part of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. <mask> has made many media appearances. He has appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Christian Broadcasting Network, and Fox News. Often he appears discussing crimes in the media as an expert on robberies.In 2010, <mask> filmed the pilot and sizzle reel for <mask>'s Law, a reality show based on his work with at-risk youth. He also hosted a local talk radio show. In 2012, <mask> self-published Gangster Redemption, an autobiography co-written with Peter Golenbock. The 367-page book covers his early life, his string of crimes, and his post-release career. In 2019, he made a video with Vanity Fair where he analyzed fictional robberies from films such as The Italian Job and Heat. <mask> has a YouTube channel, and he has made videos analyzing heists in movies and video games such as Grand Theft Auto V; he also plays Prison Architect. References

Further reading

External links
 Reality Check Program Official Website
 The Redeemed: <mask> - A&E
 Former Jewel Thief Reviews Famous Heist Movies, From ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ to ‘Heat’ - Vanity Fair
 Posey Presents Reality Check Community Champion Award to Thomas Reed of Rockledge - Congressman Bill Posey

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title: Jacques Villeret

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<mask> (6 February 1951 – 28 January 2005) was a French actor, best known internationally for his role as François Pignon in the comedy Le Dîner de Cons. During his career, he earned many awards including the prestigious medal and title of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. Life and career
<mask> was born Jacky Boufroura in Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France, to an Algerian father and a French mother. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSAD) in the same class as Louis Seigner, the grandfather of Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathilde Seigner. While he was most famous for his role as François Pignon in Le Dîner de Cons; both on the stage and in the film, his other celebrated roles included the extra terrestrial in La soupe aux choux, the autistic Mo in L'été en pente douce, and marshal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel in Papy fait de la résistance. At the time of making the film Un aller simple directed by Laurent Heynemann – a film about integration and racism and the clash of generations – <mask> said that watching the young actors in the film, Barbara Schulz and Lorant Deutsch, reminded him of the insouciance he had had as a young man with his friends at the Conservatoire. When his career was at its height, with the success of Le Dîner de Cons, everything collapsed in a tragedy mirroring the plot of the film.Villeret separated from his wife and suffered an enormous financial downfall due to tax issues, plunging him into depression. <mask> turned to alcohol for comfort, and became an alcoholic. He isolated himself and hid away for long periods. He later said: Alcohol is a friend, but a friend who means you harm. <mask>'s love of his profession helped to bring his career back from the brink. In an interview in 2001 he spoke of his admiration for performers like Johnny Hallyday and <mask> for their level of commitment, and quoted the author Louis-Ferdinand Céline: When I write, I put my balls on the table. In 1979 <mask> married Irina Tarassov, an actress and writer.They separated in 1998. Tassarov wrote about their life together in her book Un jour, tout ira bien. (One day, everything will go well). In 2002 <mask> met Seny, a Senegalese-French widow descended through her grandfather, Mor Diarra N'Dao, from a long line of Sérès nobles of the ancient Kingdom of Saloum, and they fell instantly and deeply in love. They were partners for three years, and she was about to move to Paris to be with him when he died in Évreux in January 2005 of a liver haemorrhage. Seny wrote a memoir of their life together, <mask>, mon bébé blanc, which was published in Paris by Le Cherche Midi in 2005. Filmography
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title: Al Filreis

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<mask> (born 1956) is the Kelly Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, Faculty Director of the Kelly Writers House, and Director of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania. With Charles Bernstein, he founded PennSound in 2003; PennSound is a large archive of recordings of poets reading their own poetry. <mask> is also publisher of Jacket2 magazine and host of a monthly podcast series called "PoemTalk", a collaboration with the Poetry Foundation. Among his books are Stevens and the Actual World, Modernism from Right to Left, and Counter-revolution of the Word: The Conservative Attack on Modern Poetry, 1945-1960. Kelly Writers House
In 1995, <mask> founded the Kelly Writers House, a non-profit, community organization dedicated to creative writing and the literary arts. The three-story cottage in the center of the University of Pennsylvania campus hosts a variety of programs and projects open to the public, including poetry readings, seminars, film screenings, lectures and art exhibits. <mask> also directs the Kelly Writers House Fellows Program, a program that brings different writers such as <mask>, Joan Didion and Art Spiegelman to the Writers House each year for interviews and readings that are broadcast live to a worldwide audience via webcast.Each year <mask> teaches a seminar in which students study the works of the visiting fellows. PennSound
In 2003, Filreis and poet Charles Bernstein started PennSound, a website that serves as an archive of recordings of poets reading their own work. PennSound allows viewers of the site to listen to high quality MP3s of both individual poems and complete modern and historic readings from poets such as John Ashbery, Ezra Pound and Wallace Stevens. PennSound further aims to preserve recordings that could otherwise be at risk for deterioration if not converted from older recorded media. Teaching style
In the late 1990s, Filreis became known as an experimenter in online learning. As a 2001 article in the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Sunday Magazine describes, students in Filreis’s classes prepare for discussions by using listservs and online social media to respond to videos, reading materials, and even cartoons compiled on websites Filreis creates for his classes. <mask>, who believes that real learning occurs through guided discussion and not through lectures, “uses technology to free class time for discussion.”

Since the early days of the internet Filreis has also managed three thematic websites: on modern American poetry, on representations of the Holocaust, and on the cultural cold war of the 1950s.The sites provide links to reference material, academic criticism, and primary sources related to each site’s respective subject matter. Bibliography

Books
 Counter-revolution of the Word: The Conservative Attack on Modern Poetry, 1945-60 (University of North Carolina Press, 2008). Modernism from Right to Left: Wallace Stevens, the Thirties, & Literary Radicalism (Cambridge University Press, July 1994)
 Wallace Stevens and the Actual World (Princeton University Press, 1991)
 Tucker's People, by Ira Wolfert (first pub. 1943), University of Illinois series, The Radical Novel in the U.S. Reconsidered (1997). (The novel was republished as The Underworld in 1950.) Secretaries of the Moon: The Letters of Wallace Stevens and Jose Rodriguez Feo, with Beverly Coyle (Durham: Duke University Press, 1986)

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 "The President of This Sentence: Bob Perelman's History" Jacket 39 (2010), special issue ed. Kristen Gallagher
 "Modernist Pedagogy at the End of the Lecture," in Teaching Modernist Poetry, eds.Nicky Marsh & Peter Middleton (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). "Stevens Regarding the Pain of Others," in "Selecting Three Poems by Wallace Stevens: A Roundtable Discussion" (with George Lensing, J. Donald Blount, Jacqueline Vaught Brogan, Stephen Burt & Eleanor Cook), Wallace Stevens Journal, Fall 2009, pp. 252–57
 "Descriptions without Places" (foreword), in Visiting Wallace: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Wallace Stevens, eds. Dennis Barone and James Finnegan (Iowa City, IA: Iowa University Press, 2009)
 "The Stevens Wars," boundary 2 36, 3 (Fall 2009), American Poetry after 1975, Duke University Press, 978-0-8223-6719-2, 225 pages. Ed. Charles Bernstein. "Believing in the World Because It Is Impossible" [on George Oppen], Jacket 36 (late fall 2008)
 "Sounds at an Impasse," Wallace Stevens Journal, special sound issue edited by Natalie Gerber, Spring 2009, pp.16–23. [PDF; Scholarly Commons link]
 "Om PennSound" (or "Audio Archiving"), Audiatur Poetry Festival Magazine, ed. Paal Bjelke Andersen, September 2007, Bergen (translated into Norwegian). "Modern Poetry and Anticommunism," in A Concise Companion to Twentieth-Century American Poetry, ed. Stephen Fredman (Blackwell, 2005), pp. 173–90. [PDF | Selected Works]
 "What's Historical about Historicism," Wallace Stevens Journal (Fall 2004)."Stevens and Communism," Cambridge Companion to the Poetry of Wallace Stevens, ed. John Serio (Cambridge University Press, 2007). "Kinetic Is as Kinetic Does: On the Institutionalization of Digital Poetry," in New Media Poetics: Contexts, Technotexts, and Theories, ed. Adelaide Morris and Thomas Swiss (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006), pp. 123–140. "Tests of Poetry," American Literary History 15, 1 (Spring 2003), pp. 27–35, "A Cambridge Literary History of the US Forum: Poetry.""Stevens/Pound in the Cold War," Wallace Stevens Journal 26, 2 (Fall 2002), pp. 181–193; special "Pound/Stevens Revisited" issue, ed. Glen MacLeod. "Some Remarks on the Institutionalization of E-Poetries," NC1 (Spring/Summer 2002), pp. 84–88; part of "New Media Literature: A Roundtable Discussion on Aesthetics, Audiences, and Histories." "Making Good Books Possible: Remembering Jerre Mangione", Pennsylvania Gazette, November–December 1998
 "Spirit--a Word I Never Use': A Response to Jackson Mac Low and Andrew Levy", Phillytalks 12 (Autumn 1999)
 "On Frets about the Death of the Book", CrossConnect, vol. 1, no.2 (Fall 1995). "Conflict Seems Vaguely Un-American": Teaching the Conflicts and the Legacy of Cold War", Review, volume 17 (1995), pp. 156–71. "'This Posture of the Nerves': Modernism's Partisan Center," Journal of Modern Literature 18, 1 (Winter 1992): 49-64. "Stevens, 'J. Ronald Lane Latimer,' and the Alcestis Press," Wallace Stevens Journal 17, 2 (Fall 1993), 180-202. "Modernism from Right to Left: Stevens, Radicalism, and the 1930s" [chapter 2, part 1 of the book bearing that title], George Arent Library Courier 27, 2 (Spring 1992), 3-23."'Beyond the Rhetorician's Touch': Stevens's Painterly Abstractions," American Literary History, Spring 1992, 230-63. "Stevens's Home Front," Wallace Stevens Journal 14, 2 (Fall 1990), 99-122. "Still Life without Substance: Wallace Stevens and the Language of Agency", Poetics Today, "Art and Literature" issue, ed. Wendy Steiner 10, 2 (Summer 1989), 345-72. "Voicing the Desert of Silence: Stevens' Letters to <mask> Henderson," Wallace Stevens Journal 12, 1 (Spring 1988), 3-20. "Words 'With All the Effects of Force': Cold War Interpretation," a review-essay on Peter Steinberg's The Great 'Red Menace' (1984) and Ellen Schrecker's No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism & the Universities (1986), American Quarterly 39 (Summer 1987), 306- 12. "Wallace Stevens and the Strength of the Harvard Reaction," New England Quarterly 58 (March 1985), 27-45."Wallace Stevens and the Crisis of Authority," American Literature 58 (December 1984), 560-78. References

External links
 <mask>'s PennSound page
 <mask>'s course on Modern and Contemporary American Poetry at Coursera.org

1956 births
Living people
University of Pennsylvania faculty

masks:
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Edward Albee
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Alice Corbin
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