title: Jacqueline McKenzie

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 Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton, the co-artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company, invited <mask> to star in their production of Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) at the Sydney Opera House, Drama Theatre. Co-starring Mandy McElhinney, this production went on tour to Melbourne Theatre Company, Wollongong, Canberra and Parramatta Riverside Theatre, earning <mask> a Best Actress nomination at the Green Room Awards for her role as Mrs Givings.This was <mask>'s first play since her critically acclaimed turn as Catherine in David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize–winning play Proof, which sold out at the Sydney Opera House in 2003. In 2012, she accepted Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton's invitation to star in the Australian premiere of the two-hander Sex With Strangers by American playwright Laura Eason (House of Cards) for the Sydney Theatre Company. This critically acclaimed production co-starred Ryan Corr and was directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. An award-winning director of many films including How to Make an American Quilt, this was Jocelyn's first play. In 2013, <mask> starred in the seminal role of Margaret (a.k.a. Maggie) in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams for Belvoir St., directed by Simon Stone, co-starring Ewen Leslie (as Brick) and Marshall Napier (as Big Daddy). A sell-out production with an extension season at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, <mask>'s performance, in the role that made Elizabeth Taylor famous, was highly acclaimed: "<mask> has far more scope in this play than she had in the recent Sex with Strangers to display her mesmerizing and neurasthenic talents that are so reminiscent of the early Judy Davis.She squirms, hops, skips and flops through the drama with a manic intensity that is breathtaking to watch from the first scene when she works her way through about a dozen changes of clothing and many pairs of 'hot' shoes during her long and intense opening monologue" and "<mask> has been playing some major roles in Sydney recently but here is a great one, finally worthy of her ability, and she rises to it magnificently. Her Maggie is full of feverish energy, and hard-won, hard-edged glamour that a woman who has clawed herself up out of poverty to become the wife of the descendant of a crass but very rich family might be expected to display. She is better than them. She is beautiful, her smile is always bright but brief glimpses of self-doubt betray her origins, and her eyes betray her desperation." "This is a good production, made great by <mask>'s beautiful performance." <mask> returned to the Sydney Opera House in 2014 to play Liza in Andrew Upton's adaptation of the Gorky classic Children of the Sun for the Sydney Theatre Company. Co-starring with Justine Clarke and Toby Truslove, under the direction of Kip Williams, the production was immensely successful, garnering <mask> a nomination for Best Actress at the 2014 Sydney Theatre Awards.In 2014, <mask> reunited with her Romper Stomper co-star, Russell Crowe, to perform in his feature-film-directing debut, The Water Diviner, in which he also stars. With a handpicked cast that included Yılmaz Erdoğan, Olga Kurylenko, Ryan Corr, Jai Courtney, Steve Bastoni and Cem Yılmaz, The Water Diviner was nominated for eight AACTA awards including Best Supporting Actress in a feature film for <mask>, who played the role of Russell's grieving wife Lizzie. For this performance, <mask> won Best Supporting Actress at the 2014 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards. Films to be released: Force of Destiny, written and directed by Paul Cox and starring David Wenham and Shahana Goswami. This will premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival; Fell, written and directed by Kasimir Burgess and starring Matt Nable and Daniel Henshall. In 2015, <mask> starred alongside Richard Roxburgh and Cate Blanchett in the Sydney Theatre Company production of The Present, by Anton Chekhov. Adapted by Andrew Upton, this production was directed by John Crowley.That production moved in 2016/17 to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in Manhattan for the Broadway debut of <mask> and the rest of the cast. She also starred as Orlando in the Sarah Ruhl play Orlando, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf (made famous by the 1992 film directed by Sally Potter and starring Tilda Swinton). Directed by Sarah Goodes, Orlando ran at the Sydney Opera House for the Sydney Theatre Company. <mask> was nominated for Best Actress in Orlando and Best Supporting Actress in The Present at the 2015 Sydney Theatre Awards. 2016 to present
In 2016, <mask> reunited with her former Stark! co-star Ben Elton for his romantic comedy Three Summers filming in Perth. The ensemble also featured Robert Sheean, Magda Szubanski, Michael Caton and Rebecca Breeds.In August 2016 <mask> filmed the independent movie Harmony in Wollongong and Sydney, Australia. <mask> starred as Jane Chandler in Australian feature film The Gateway in October 2016. Written by  Michael White and directed by John Soto, the sci-fi film also starred Myles Pollard and Ben Mortley. The film follows the journey of a particle physicist who, grieving over the loss of her husband in a car crash, uses a revolutionary machine to bring him back with dire consequences for her family. In May 2017, SBS announced that <mask> had been cast in their new four-part drama Safe Harbour about a group of Australians who come across a boat of refugees whilst sailing on vacation. The mini-series, produced by Matchbox Pictures, also stars Phoebe Tonkin, Ewen Leslie and Joel Jackson. In June 2017 <mask> began filming Luke Sparke's movie Occupation (film) with Charles Mesure, Temeura Morrison and Dan Ewing about a group of town residents banding together after a devastating ground invasion.In August 2017, <mask> started shooting the TV series Romper Stomper, a follow-up to the 1992 cult classic movie in which she starred with Russell Crowe. The series, conceived and directed by Geoffrey Wright (creator of the original film) and produced by John Edwards, premiered on Australian streaming platform Stan on New Years Day 2018, breaking all records for original content. The series is due to air in the United Kingdom on the BBC later in 2018. For her role in the series <mask> was awarded a Logie for Most Outstanding Supporting Actress at the Logie Awards of 2018. At the CinefestOZ awards in August 2017, <mask> was honoured with the Screen Legend Award, recognising her contribution and excellence in the film industry. Starred alongside Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi and Bryan Brown in the movie Palm Beach (2019) . This was directed by Rachel Ward.Reunited with friends from drama school, Essie Davis and Daniel Lapaine, on the hit film Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (a spinoff of the series Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries)

2019 saw <mask> return to the Sydney Theatre Company to play Alice in Lucy Kirkwood's Mosquitoes (play) at the Sydney Opera House. In 2020,  she starred in series 2 of the Stan original series Bloom alongside Jackie Weaver and Bryan Brown. She also reprised her award-winning role "Sharon Sinclair", from the series Halifax f.p., in the reboot Halifax: Retribution . In 2021, <mask> appeared with Annabelle Wallis in James Wan's horror film Malignant, and starred alongside Jane Seymour in Australia feature film Ruby's Choice. Music
<mask>'s hobbies include composing and recording music. Past collaborators include Vic Levak (Balligomingo) who co-wrote "Shy Baby" and Jim Hayden (Electrasy). When her 4400 co-star Joel Gretsch heard her song "Shy Baby", he took it to the producers of the show and as a result, it was used in the second-season finale "Mommy's Bosses" of The 4400."Shy Baby" went on to be included in The 4400 soundtrack CD, released in April 2007. Art and painting
An avid painter (since working with Aaron Blabey on the Paul Cox film The Human Touch), <mask>'s paintings have appeared in several publications, including Venice Magazine and OK!. In the Fox TV series Mental, her paintings became set dressing, adorning the walls of her character's office in the final episodes of the show. Personal life
In 1996, a portrait of <mask> by Australian narrative painter Garry Shead was a finalist in the Archibald Prize and the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. She is a former partner of actor Simon McBurney. She has a daughter. Filmography

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Theatre
Oliver!as Nancy, school production
1991: Child Dancing as Julie-Ann, Griffin Theatre Company, dir. Michael Gow
1991: Twelfth Night as Viola, dir. George Ogilvie, Q Theatre Penrith
1991: The Master Builder as Kaja Fosli, Belvoir, dir. Neil Armfield
1991: Rebecca as Mrs de Winter, Marian Street Theatre, dir. George Ogilvie
1992: The Barber of Seville as Rosine, Marian Street Theatre, dir. Peter Kingston
1992: Vassa (Maxim Gorky) (as Natalia, NIDA, dir. John Clarke
1994: Hamlet as Ophelia, Company B (Sydney) and Playhouse (Melbourne), dir.Neil Armfield, with Geoffrey Rush, David Wenham, Richard Roxburgh, Gillian Jones
1995: Saint Joan as Joan, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House dir. Gale Edwards
1997: The Governor's Family as Lara Mountgarrett, Belvoir, dir. Neil Armfield
2000: The White Devil as Isabella, Sydney Theatre Company and Brooklyn Academy of Music (2001), dir. Gale Edwards, with Angie Milliken, Marcus Graham, Jeremy Sims, Julia Blake, Bruce Spence, Hugo Weaving, Philip Quast, Paula Arundell
2001: Educating Rita as Rita, Williamstown Theatre Festival, dir. Bruce Paltrow, with Edward Herrmann
2002:The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui as Dock Daisy, Schimmel Center (New York), Complicite, dir. Simon McBurney, with Al Pacino, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Billy Crudup Paul Giamatti, Tony Randall, Charles Durning, Linda Emond, Chazz Palminteri, Dominic Chianese, Lothaire Bluteau
2003: Proof as Catherine, by David Auburn, Sydney Opera House dir. George Ogilvie, with Barry Otto
2011: In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) by Sarah Ruhl, as Catherine Givings, Sydney Opera House and Melbourne Theatre Company, dir.Pamela Rabe
2012: Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason, as Olivia, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse
2013: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Margaret, Maggie the Cat. Belvoir, dir. Simon Stone
2014: Children of the Sun by Maxim Gorky as Liza, dir: Kip Williams adapted by Andrew Upton, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House
2015: The Present by Anton Chekhov as Sophia, adapted by Andrew Upton, Sydney Theatre Company dir. John Crowley; at the Sydney Theatre; in 2016/17 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in Manhattan
2015: Orlando as Orlando, adapted from Virginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography by Sarah Ruhl, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House
2019: Mosquitoes by Lucy Kirkwood as Alice. Dir: Jessica Arthur for Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House. Awards and nominations

References

External links

Profile by Veronica Hayden-Jones, Global BC, 21 May 2009
STC Profile at the Sydney Theatre Company September 2014
"10 Questions: <mask>, actress, 46" by Michael Bodey, The Australian, 6 September 2014
"Children of the Sun review: Female stars set Kip Williams' stage alight" by Jason Blake, The Sydney Morning Herald, September 2014
"IGN interview: The 4400s <mask>" by Eric Goldman, IGN, 24 August 2006
"Can 4400s Diana See the Future?"by Matt Webb Mitovich, TV Guide, 2 June 2006
"On Duty", The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 11 June 2011
"Proof", review, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 June 2003
"Hot blush" by Catherine Keenan, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 June 2003
"Entertain us: <mask>", interview by Nathan Olivieri, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 February 2013
Russell Crowe casting his directorial debut
The Water Diviner with stills shot

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title: Mei Yamaguchi

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, formerly known by her ring name , is a Japanese female mixed martial artist and kickboxer. Her former nickname comes from the V1 armlock wrestling move. <mask> currently fights as a lightweight in the Jewels promotion. She has a notable victory over Yuka Tsuji and was the final Valkyrie Featherweight Champion. She is currently ranked #5 in the ONE Championship Women's Atomweight rankings. On , <mask> announced that she would begin competing as a freelance fighter and changed her ring name to V.V. Early life
<mask> was born in Tokyo, Japan on .While living in Los Angeles, California, she studied some of her elementary school years before returning to Japan. She also studied abroad in the United States during her university years. <mask> began to learn karate during her residence in the United States around the age of 7 years old, yearning to be like Jackie Chan. During college, she started training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. After returning to Japan, she joined Butoku Kai. She currently serves as the leader of the Morishita branch. In 2005, <mask> entered into the Max Jiu-Jitsu Academy.Mixed martial arts career
<mask> started her professional career in MMA in the lightweight tournament of Smackgirl-F 2007: The Next Cinderella Tournament 2007 First Stage on , where she defeated Anna Saito by submission due to a rear naked choke. Yamguchi won her next fight in Smackgirl, defeating Saori Ishioka with a kneebar, forcing Ishioka to tap in the second round in the semi-finals at Smackgirl-F 2007: The Next Cinderella Tournament 2007 2nd Stage on . On  at Smackgirl 2007: Queens' Hottest Summer, <mask> defeated Emi Tomimatsu by split decision, winning the final of the Next Cinderella Tournament 2007 in the lightweight division. In her last fight with the promotion Smackgirl and her fourth professional match, <mask> was defeated via split decision by Emi Fujino on  at Smackgirl 7th Anniversary: Starting Over. Her next bout would be at the first event for the promotion Valkyrie, Valkyrie 01, where she lost by unanimous decision against women's MMA legend Yuka Tsuji on . It was just the fourth time that Tsuji had been taken to a decision. <mask> rebounded by winning her next two bouts in the inaugural Valkyrie women's featherweight tournament.The first was a unanimous decision win over Emi Fujino on  at Valkyrie 02 in a rematch of their 2007 bout. The second tournament bout was against Kyoko Takabayashi, whom <mask> was able to defeat with a close split decision at Cage Force & Valkyrie on , winning the tournament in the process and earning the right to face Yuka Tsuji for Valkyrie's Featherweight championship. At Valkyrie 04, in her second match against Tsuji, <mask> was once again the underdog, but she managed to defeat Tsuji with a rear naked choke in only 76 seconds. This was the first time that Tsuji was defeated by a fellow Japanese fighter and only the second time that she had been defeated in her MMA career. <mask> became Valkyrie's Featherweight Champion in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in the history of women's mixed martial arts. On , <mask> faced Kyoko Takabayashi in a rematch of the 2009 featherweight tournament final and <mask>'s first defense of Valkyrie's featherweight title. <mask> barely retained with a contentious majority draw in which the dissenting judge scored the fight in favor of Takabayashi at Valkyrie 08.<mask> faced "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba at Pancrase Impressive Tour 3 on . She defeated Sunaba by majority decision. <mask> next faced Akiko Naito at Pancrase Impressive Tour 4 on . She defeated Naito by armbar submission in the first round. <mask> faced Seo Hee Ham in a Jewels vs. Valkyrie match at Jewels 15th Ring on . She was defeated by unanimous decision. <mask> faced Mika Nagano at Jewels 17th Ring on .She won the fight by split decision. <mask> fought outside Japan for the first time in her MMA career when she faced Katja Kankaanpää at Botnia Punishment 11 on  in Finland. She was defeated by unanimous decision. On , <mask> faced Emi Tomimatsu in a rematch at Jewels 20th Ring. She defeated Tomimatsu by unanimous decision. <mask> next faced Megumi Fujii at Vale Tudo Japan 2012 on . She was defeated by unanimous decision.On , <mask> faced Seo Ye Jung at Jewels 24th Ring. She defeated Jung by submission due to an armbar in the first round. In her second fight outside Japan, <mask> faced Patricia Vidonic at Pacific Xtreme Combat 40 on  in Guam. She was defeated by split decision. <mask> faced Julie Mezabarba as part of an alternate bout for the Atomweight World Grand-Prix at ONE Championship: Empower on September 3, 2021. She lost the bout via unanimous decision. <mask> faced Jihin Radzuan at  ONE Championship: Bad Blood on February 11, 2022, as a late notice replacement for Jenelyn Olsim.She lost the bout via unanimous decision. Submission grappling and shoot boxing career
<mask> tried her hand in submission grappling, first in the Abu Dhabi Combat Club Japan Trial final qualifier in the under-55 kg class, where she was defeated by points by Yasuko Mogi on . In her second and final submission grappling match, she was once again defeated by points; this time by women's MMA star Miku Matsumoto at DEEP X03 on . <mask> has had a more successful run in shoot boxing. She began competing on , in the shoot boxing tournament Girls S-Cup 2009, where she defeated by decision South Korean female Muay thai kickboxer Su Jeong Lim and fellow mixed martial artist and karateka Madoka Okada before losing against female shoot boxing rising star Rena Kubota in the tournament final. <mask> won her next two bouts by decision. She participated in the shoot boxing Girls S-Cup 2010, defeating Samanta van Dole by technical submission (standing guillotine choke) and losing against Ai Takahashi by unanimous decision after an extra round.On , <mask> entered the 2011 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup tournament. She faced Mina in the opening round and was defeated by majority decision. <mask> entered the 2012 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup on . She defeated Namtarn Por Munagpetch and Lorena Klijn to advance to the final round, but lost to Rena Kubota via unanimous decision in the tournament final. <mask> faced Lorena Klijn in a rematch at Shoot Boxing 2013: Act.3 on . She was defeated by unanimous decision. <mask> was scheduled to compete against Du Peiling at the 2013 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup Japan Midsummer Festival on .However, Peiling suffered an injury and <mask> instead faced Chihiro Kira. She defeated Kira by unanimous decision. For Inaugural ONE Championship Women's Atomweight title. |-
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title: Isaac Carothers

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<mask>Ike<mask> is a former alderman of the 29th Ward on the far west side of the City of Chicago. He was first elected in 1999. He resigned in 2010 after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges. Family and early life

<mask> grew up in Chicago where he attended public elementary school and then De La Salle High School. He earned a degree in Political Science from DePaul University and his Masters in Criminal Justice from Chicago State University. Both Carothers' father and grandfather were city employees active in local politics. <mask>'s grandfather, <mask> "Ike" Sims, was a Department of Sewers employee, Illinois State Representative and 28th Ward committeeman.<mask>'s father, <mask>, was a Streets and Sanitation ward superintendent. <mask> replaced his father-in-law, <mask> "Ike" Sims as committeeman in 1976. While alderman, <mask> and his assistant Ozzie Hutchins threatened to block a $14.5 million Bethany Hospital expansion unless they received $15,000 worth of remodelling in their ward office. Both <mask> and Hutchins were convicted of conspiracy and extortion on August 23, 1983. <mask> was sentenced to three years in the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana and was defeated in his next election in the 28th Ward by Ed Smith in a run-off in early 1983. Early career

<mask> and his brother were both Cook County deputy sheriffs. In 1985, a federal judge ordered <mask>, his two sons, and a fourth man to pay $152,000 in damages for a campaign of physical violence and intimidation organized by <mask>, from prison, against a political opponent, independent incumbent State Representative Arthur Turner of the far west side 17th District who had challenged <mask>' former assistant, Ozzie Hutchins.Turner's aides were threatened with guns and one aide suffered severe injuries to the side of his head and broken bones. Turner and his aides filed a civil lawsuit following their election defeat by Hutchins. U.S. District Judge Charles Kocoras said <mask> appeared to be the ringleader and "organized their acts of intimidation" by force, while his brother used his deputy's position to verbally threaten the plaintiffs. <mask> was ordered to pay $25,000 damages. Isacc <mask> worked for the Cook County Defender's Office. In 1989, he was hired as a Superintendent for the Department of Water. <mask> was hired as Director of Internal Audit for the Chicago Park District in 1993 and named Deputy Commissioner of Streets and Sanitation in 1997.Aldermanic career

Carothers was elected alderman in 1999 after defeating eight opponents, including the incumbent, Alderman Sam Burrell, in a February first round, and a ninth opponent, Floyd Thomas, in an April run-off. Carothers highlighted a new police station, a senior housing development, a movie theater, and new restaurants as some of his accomplishments. Carothers served on five committees: Committees, Rules and Ethics, Finance, Aviation, Special Events and Cultural Affairs Transportation and the Public Way. Just two years after being elected alderman, Carothers was appointed chairman of the city council's Police and Fire Committee. Carothers' name appeared more often than any other alderman's on a list of clouted job-seekers and their political sponsors unveiled by federal prosecutors in June 2006 during the trial of patronage chief Robert Sorich. In 2008, Carothers was one of seven Chicago aldermen who between them got ten of their children good-paying summer jobs with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. In 2008, Carothers paid a relative more than $30,000 from a taxpayer-funded payroll account available to aldermen without scrutiny."All of us (aldermen) have family members on the payroll," said Carothers, while declining to clarify if the William Carothers on his payroll was his father or his brother, both named William. Indictment, cooperation with FBI, conviction, and resignation

In 2007, Carothers accepted $11,000 in campaign contributions from a real-estate developer seeking zoning changes who was cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigations. In 2007, the office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Patrick Fitzgerald subpoenaed Carothers demanding documents including seven years worth of aldermanic expense records; 29th Ward zoning changes; ordinances introduced by Carothers, and correspondence between Carothers and the mayor's office regarding zoning changes. The subpoena further demanded information on comments made and votes taken by Carothers since January 2001 before two city council committees. Beginning in early 2008, and for more than a year, Carothers worked undercover with the FBI and secretly wore a wire. Carothers was a member of the city council's Aviation Committee, whose duties include approving contracts at the airports. Carothers rented space for his ward office from one of the companies of local businessman Wafeek "Wally" Aiyash.Carothers wore a hidden microphone and a video camera to secretly capture his meetings with Aiyash in June 2008. Aiyash gave Carothers $9,000, and offered a $100,000 bribe, Aiyash thought Carothers could help him open five restaurants in Chicago's two airports. The federal charges against Aiyash alleged that Aiyash had a corrupt relationship with Carothers before the alderman began cooperating with federal authorities. The US Attorney's office in Chicago indicted Carothers on federal corruption charges on May 28, 2009. Galewood Yards was a  former rail-yard and industrial site in the 29th Ward on the city's west side,  the largest undeveloped tract of land within city limits. Real-estate developer Calvin Boender sought to transform the site into a mixed-use residential and commercial project. Boender paid for approximately $40,000 in home improvements to Carothers' residence and provided him with meals and tickets to professional sporting events, which Carothers illegally accepted, in exchange for Carothers' official acts supporting successful zoning changes for the project.Carothers and Boender were indicted on federal fraud and bribery charges. Carothers was charged with four counts of wire or mail fraud and one count each of accepting a bribe and filing a false federal income tax return. The indictment also sought forfeiture of at least $40,000 from Carothers, representing the financial benefits he received in home improvements. Carothers also asked Boender to donate to the campaign of Carothers' aunt, Anita Rivkin-Carothers, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2004, and Boender enlisted two others to give contributions on his behalf. Boender and his associates donated about $55,000 to Carothers, according to campaign-contribution records. On March 18, 2010, a federal jury convicted Boender on five counts including bribing Carothers for a zoning change. Carothers initially pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in federal court on Monday, June 8, 2009.A plea deal called for prosecutors to drop four wire and mail fraud charges. On February 1, 2010, Carothers pleaded guilty to one count of failing to report the home improvements on his income taxes and to one count of corruptly accepting items of value for supporting the zoning change for the Boender project. Carothers agreed to a 28-month prison term, continued cooperation with prosecutors, and $40,000 in restitution. Under state law, the guilty plea requires that Carothers' city council seat be vacated immediately, and hours after entering the plea, Carothers resigned from the city council in a letter to Mayor Richard M. Daley. Father William and son <mask> were convicted of almost the same crimes three decades apart, described as "...perhaps the most striking combination of aldermanic nepotism combined with Chicago-style corruption..." by the Chicago Tribune. William's was the eleventh, and <mask>'s, the 28th, conviction of a Chicago alderman since 1972. <mask> was released from prison in March 2012.Candidate for Cook County Board of Commissioners

<mask> announced his candidacy for the office of Commissioner on the Cook County Board at a meeting of the 37th Ward Democratic Organization. Carthers' candidacy is supported by Alderman Emma Mitts of the 37th Ward. On November 25, 2013, Carothers filed nominating petitions to get on the March 2014 primary ballot. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said she would not support Carother's candidacy. "It takes a special sort of chutzpah to run for public office after doing time for public corruption," the Chicago Tribune editorialized. Personal life

Alderman <mask> is married to his wife Sharron, and they have two sons, Sherman and Matthew. Carothers attends Original Providence Baptist Church on Chicago's west side.Carothers' aunt, Anita Rivkin-<mask>, is currently a judge on the Circuit Court of Cook County in the domestic violence court. As an attorney, Rivkin-Carothers represented white supremacist Matthew F. Hale before the Illinois Supreme Court, defended Gangster Disciples leader Larry Hoover in federal court, and represented Tina Olison in her custody battle with Alderman Edward M. Burke and his wife Anne over Olison's child "Baby T". In 2004 Rivkin-Carothers unsuccessfully challenged incumbent US Representative of the 7th Congressional District Danny K. Davis. References

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<mask>ers archive at the Chicago Reader
<mask> Carothers archive at the Huffington Post

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title: Lucía Andrea Morett Álvarez

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<mask> (May 24, 1981) is one of three survivors of the bombing of Santa Rosa de Sucumbíos occurred on March 1, 2008 by the Colombian Air Force against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), located in Ecuador, is currently wanted by Interpol for extradition to Colombia for an arrest warrant issued by the Municipal Criminal Court 32 of Bogota in Colombia. The attack caused the death of guerrilla leader Raul Reyes, the FARC members and four Mexican students, leading to a regional diplomatic crisis around Colombia's violation of Ecuadorian territorial sovereignty. The Labour Party nominated her as a candidate for Federal Deputy for the election of July 5, 2009 but she lost, therefore lost immunity. Biography

<mask> was 11 when she immigrated to Spain with her family where they lived for four years (1993 to 1996), until her father got a scholarship to pursue a doctorate from the University of Córdoba. She traveled extensively with her sister and parents, mainly in Europe but also Africa and the Americas. She toured through Portugal, France, Morocco, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Czech Republic as well as Cuba. Back went to Texcoco.She attended high school at the University of the State of Mexico. She worked at the Faro de Oriente, in a theater workshop for children. Along with her sister <mask> Alvarez, (a graduate who now works at the Institute of Engineering at UNAM), has supported actions to promote the release of the Cerezo Contreras brothers, members of the FZLN, identified by the Mexican government as members of subversive movements. In October 1998, <mask> <mask> was arrested by Mexican authorities because the two intercepted and shouted slogans against former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo at a public event, where he demanded the fulfillment of the San Andrés Accords. They were released by a judge fined qualifier Texcoco. On August 26, 2004, participated in the march to the Interior Ministry to protest the death of activist Noel González EZLN. Both are supporters of the EZLN and part of the "Other Campaign" in the Federal District.Lucía studied dramatic literature and theater at the National University of México (UNAM). She finished her studies and fulfilled her social service requirement at the Mexican Radio Institute (IMER) gathering information for the National  News System, that was later broadcast through Radio Antenna news. She has a certificate of speech. Later, she started working to write her thesis project, "The theater of collective creation in Latin America: two cases, Cuba and Colombia." Trip to Ecuador

In February 2008, <mask> <mask> and four Mexican mates, traveled to Ecuador, where she visited the camp of Raúl Reyes on February 3 after she attended a congress of leftist Bolivarian groups where delegates from the FARC also attended and showed a video with a message from Raúl Reyes to those attending the congress, in Quito. Morett claimed that she had been in camp for academic porpuses. However, on February 9, 2009, Colonel Mario Pazmino, former director of military intelligence during Operation Phoenix Ecuador, showed images that belie the claims of Morett according to which her visits to the FARC were academic.According to Pazmino, Morett would have been to other camps in the FARC. Santa Rosa de Sucumbios air raid

On March 1, 2008, <mask> Morett was sleeping on a FARC camp located in the town of Santa Rosa, Sucumbíos Province. At midnight on Saturday was the Colombian Air Force aerial strike. Morett was located far from the epicenter of the attack, was wounded with shrapnel and bullets in her right buttock, leg, ankle and her shoulder. The raid succeeded in killing Raúl Reyes, second-in-command of FARC, as well as some two dozen individuals present in the encampment, including the four Mexican fellow from <mask> <mask> (Soren Ulises Avilés Ángeles, Fernando Franco Delgado, Juan González del Castillo and Verónica Natalia Velásquez Ramírez), invited to the camp after attending a Bolivarian congress in Quito. Newspaper articles

Following the events, some newspapers published a number of complaints against Morett. These newspapers are The Chronicle (a Mexican newspaper), according to a sheet alleged that broke the bicameral National Security Committee of Congress, <mask> Morett is part of the "Coordinadora Continental Bolivariana Chapter Mexico," which was confirmed by Isa Conde.The paper notes that Morett was part of the "Mexican Movement of Solidarity with the People Fights Colombiano", whose headquarters were a cubicle next to a cafe in the Cerezo brothers, linked them with EPR. Also, in the Mexican newspaper, El Siglo de Torreón reported that <mask> and several Mexican youths were being trained by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on the site of the jungles of Ecuador that was bombed by Colombia. Statements by the Colombian government

Colombian government representatives have made statements on Morett. The Colombian former vice-president Francisco Santos Calderón said that the FARC are training Chileans and Mexicans. The words said from Brussels, Belgium were: "Do not forget that we already find pictures of Raúl Reyes in Chilean and Mexican boys who were being trained so they could return to countries we do not know for what purpose" . Statements from the Ecuadorian government

The government of Ecuador's President, Rafael Correa, said that Morett stay as a tourist injured by the bombing in Colombia. Although later when it became clear his involvement with the FARC leadership was asked to withhold for investigation.It was not because <mask> Morett had left the country in the direction of Nicaragua, invited by President Daniel Ortega for several months. Return to Mexico

Morett returned to Mexico City on December 4, 2008 accompanied by the deputies of the PRD party, Isidro Pedraza Chávez, José Antonio Almazán González, Aleida Alavez Ruiz. The arrival was greeted by a crowd at the airport which sought to protect her from any arrest attempt by the General Attorney of the Republic. On July 9, 2009 the Office of Colombia took steps to seek the extradition of Lucia Morett accusing her of being part of the International Committee of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and to develop activities within the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), for the guerrilla group according to several files found in the computers of the guerrilla leader Raul Reyes. The circular issued by the Interpol on July 3 on Morett said: "Warning: a person considered armed, dangerous and violent." Morett expected results of the July 5 in Mexico to know if she was elected federal deputy in Mexico's Federal Elections 2009, which would give immunity to avoid extradition to Colombia.6 But because the outcome of the July 5 not favored and 32 municipal criminal court of Bogotá called the arrest warrant, Interpol red card against reactivated Morett. With her potential immunity lost and knowing that she was a fugitive from justice, Morret chose to hide.On March 2, 2010 <mask>'s father, Jorge L<mask>, publicly declared that she was hidden someplace in Mexico trying to avoid arrest and extradition. References

External links
UNAM Charter on <mask> and Andean crisis
<mask> Morett to denounce international terrorism PGR
Interpol page
Colombia began proceedings to extradite <mask>, Attorney accused of complicity in terrorist acts of the FARC

Living people
1981 births
People from Mexico City
Survivors of terrorist attacks

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title: Billy Jack Haynes

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<mask> (born July 10, 1953) is a retired American professional wrestler better known as <mask>. Professional wrestling career

Early career (1982–1984)
<mask> started wrestling in 1982 at the age of 28. He trained in Stu Hart's Dungeon pro wrestling school and briefly wrestled in Hart's Stampede Wrestling under his given name, forming a tag team with Bruce Hart. He started wrestling as <mask> in the Pacific Northwest territory but had to change his name when Tom Laughlin (who starred in the movie Billy <mask>) threatened to sue him. He added his real last name to the gimmick and continued to work as a babyface. It is rumored that <mask> served time for manslaughter before becoming a pro wrestler. Championship Wrestling from Florida and Pacific Northwest Wrestling (1984–1986)
He feuded heavily with Rip Oliver until 1984, when he had a run in Championship Wrestling from Florida where he feuded with Kendo Nagasaki for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship winning the title from him.They then had a brief run in World Class Championship Wrestling in 1985, managed by Sunshine. Due to internal conflict between Fritz Von Erich and <mask>, he was written out of the organization, jobbing to Rip Oliver in a storyline where Rip bloodies and injured <mask>. He rarely stayed put in any federation that he went to. During that time he faced off against the debuting Shawn Michaels. He started splitting his time between Portland Wrestling and CWF and wrestled with partner Wahoo McDaniel and won the NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship and in Jim Crockett Promotions where they feuded with Ole and Arn Anderson. He had just begun a feud with The Barbarian over who was the strongest man in the territory when he abruptly left the company after a confrontation with Jim Crockett in his office which became physical. World Wrestling Federation (1986–1988)
In 1986, <mask> went to the World Wrestling Federation and feuded with Randy Savage over the Intercontinental Championship and then with Hercules Hernandez over who was stronger, more muscular, and who had a better version of the full nelson (their mutual finishing maneuver).Their feud in the WWF peaked with what was dubbed "The Battle of the Full Nelsons" at WrestleMania III, where the two men battled to a double count-out. After the bell, Hercules' manager Bobby Heenan kneed <mask> in the back while he had Hercules in a full nelson out on the floor. <mask> chased Heenan into the ring where Hercules blindsided him with his trademark chain, hitting <mask> multiple times and (Kayfabe) cutting his forehead (in reality, <mask> had bladed himself with a small razor hidden in the tapes around his wrists after the first hit. He was actually seen on camera taking the razor out of his wrist tapes while chasing Heenan around the ring). In the months to follow, the two had a series of "chain matches," where they were attached at the wrist by a foot long chain which could also be used as a weapon during the match. <mask> later teamed with fellow Oregon native Ken Patera who had returned to the WWF. <mask> saved Patera from a beating at the hands of Hercules and Harley Race after Patera's return match.The pair would later feud with Demolition after a television match where Demolition left <mask>, Patera, and Brady Boone (who played <mask>' cousin) beaten and lying in the ring. <mask>' departure from the WWF in January 1988 has been a subject of controversy considering dramatic changes in the story as <mask> repeated it. In one version, he says he quit the WWF after refusing to do a job in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. Another account of the same incident reported that he actually wrestled the match with the finish reworked and then was fired afterwards. Later career (1988–1996)
<mask> returned to Oregon in 1988 and wrestled in their independents, including forming his own promotion, Oregon Wrestling Federation. In the summer of 1989, he returned to Portland and immediately feuded with The Grappler. By the end of the year, he would form an alliance with former rival Rip Oliver and his son Larry.On April 14, 1990, he turned on the Olivers during a match with The Grappler, The Equalizer, and Brian Adams, turning heel for the first time in his career. As a heel, he feuded with the Olivers, Scott Norton, and Scotty the Body. In October 1990, he did several shows for Herb Abrams' Universal Wrestling Federation, where they built up another strongman feud between <mask> and Ken Patera. In May 1991, <mask> returned to the major promotions when he appeared under a mask in World Championship Wrestling as Black Blood in Kevin Sullivan's stable. Soon after The Great American Bash, he was fired in July 1991, due to a pay dispute. At the time he was fired, he suffered a severe knee injury. Instead of recuperating, he went back to Portland, where he feuded with top babyface Steve Doll and Demolition Crush.After PNW shut down in 1992, <mask> took time off to recover from his knee injury he suffered in WCW, which took eighteen months to fully recover from. His first matches back was in June 1994, where he wrestled shows that were co-promoted by PNW's successor Championship Wrestling USA and Mexico's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in Vancouver, Washington. He showed up next in the United States Wrestling Association in 1995 and retired in early 1996. Personal life
On March 16, 2013, <mask> was hospitalized because he was suffering from an aortic aneurysm, and liver and kidney issues. In October 2014, the Portland Tribune reported that <mask> filed a lawsuit in federal court against WWE, alleging "egregious mistreatment of its wrestlers for its own benefit, as well as its concealment and denial of medical research and evidence concerning traumatic brain injuries suffered by WWE wrestlers." This litigation was taken after research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which was attributed to causing the deaths of Chris Benoit in 2007 and Andrew Martin in 2009. <mask> also sought for the court to grant class action status for hundreds of former wrestlers and to force WWE to establish a medical trust fund to pay for wrestlers who suffer from injuries that took place in a WWE ring.Former WWE stars Vito Lograsso and Adam Mercer filed a class action lawsuit against WWE in January 2015 while being represented by the same lawyer as <mask>, Konstantine Kyros. In March 2016, the suit was dismissed by Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant. At the time of dismissal, dozens of former WWE wrestlers had joined a class action lawsuit under Kyros's counsel. Championships and accomplishments
Championship Wrestling from Florida
 NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) - with Wahoo McDaniel
Oregon Wrestling Federation
OWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
Pacific Northwest Wrestling
 NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
 NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Stan Stasiak (2) and Ricky Vaughn (1)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (1984)
PWI ranked him #143 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
United States Wrestling Association
 USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
World Class Championship Wrestling
WCCW Television Championship (1 time)

References

1953 births
American male professional wrestlers
Living people
Professional wrestlers from Oregon
Professional wrestling promoters
Stampede Wrestling alumni

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title: Connor Chapman

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<mask> (born 31 October 1994) is an Australian professional footballer who plays for Brisbane Roar. He has represented Australia at under-17, under-20, and under-23 level. Early years
<mask> grew up in South Western Sydney and began playing organised football at the age of five with his local club Moorebank Sports. At the age of ten he successfully trialled for the Westfields Sports High School football program and he also began playing representative football with Southern Districts within the Football NSW metropolitan reps competition. At the age of eleven he represented NSW Primary Schools (NSWPSSA) at the Australian School Sports football carnival in Darwin and at the age of thirteen he represented Football NSW at the Football Federation Australia National Youth Championships in Coffs Harbour. As a 14-year-old, <mask> received his first national team call up to a Joeys training camp in Canberra and he subsequently played in two friendly matches against Japan. That same year he received a scholarship to the then fledgling Central Coast Mariners Academy through the Mariners' development link with Westfields Sports High School.He was also invited to the UK to train with Sunderland A.F.C. Reserves and Academy at the Academy of Light. Following two separate visits to the Academy of Light, <mask> was offered a position at the club's academy, however, visa regulations resulted in that deal falling through. Season 2010-11: National Youth League & U17 World Cup

When <mask> was 15, he left his home in Sydney to commence a two-year live-in football scholarship at the A.I.S. in Canberra. Whilst at the A.I.S., he played a total of 32 A-League National Youth League matches during the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. He captained the A.I.S.National youth League team for 23 of those matches, and also captained the Australian U17 national team at the 2011 U17 World Cup in Mexico. Club career

Newcastle Jets

2011–12: National Youth League & Mid Season A-League Contract
<mask> joined the Newcastle Jets from the A.I.S. on 15 January 2012, after signing a two and a half-year contract with the Jets. On 18 February 2012, he made his professional A-League debut at the age of 17, where he came on as a 79th-minute substitute against Perth Glory. He made a second substitute appearance in the 2011–12 A-League season, appearing in the Newcastle Jets final match of the season against Sydney FC. 2012–13: A-League and U20 World Cup

The 2012–13 A-League season saw <mask> make his break through into the Newcastle Jets first team, with fifteen starts and two substitute appearances throughout their twenty seven match A-League season. Commitments with the Australian U20 national team, in preparation for the U20 World Cup, meant that he was unavailable for a number of Newcastle Jets matches during the 2012–13 A-League season.2013 A-League All Stars
In July 2013, <mask> received a call up to the inaugural 2013 A-League All Stars Game, featuring twenty A-League players selected to play against Manchester United at ANZ Stadium in Sydney. He was the youngest member of the inaugural A-League All Stars squad at just eighteen years of age and Coach Ange Postecoglou introduced him into the match in the 84th minute. This was Manchester United's only match in Australia during their 2013 pre-season tour of Australasia and a full array of first team players participated including Robin van Persie, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand and Danny Welbeck. The match was reported to be a sell out with more than 83,000 fans and spectators in attendance. 2013–14: A-League and under-23 national team
<mask> made a strong start to the 2013–14 A-League season, starting for the Newcastle Jets in their first six matches of the season before succumbing to an ankle injury. After those first six matches the Newcastle Jets were equal second on the A-league points ladder and were third on goal difference. His injury saw him ruled out of the match day squad for several weeks, during which time he penned a one-year contract extension with the Newcastle Jets, despite strong interest from a number of other A-League clubs.<mask> was selected for the Australian U23 team that competed at the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship, in January 2014 in Muscat, Oman. The resulting travel commitments with the Australian U23 team meant that he was unavailable for a number of Newcastle Jets matches throughout January 2014. Whilst in Oman, the Newcastle Jets parted company with Head Coach Gary van Egmond and appointed Clayton Zane as caretaker. In total, <mask> played nineteen matches for the Newcastle Jets A-League and NYL teams throughout the 2013–14 season with only one loss recorded during his appearances. On 9 May 2014, the Newcastle Jets announced that they had mutually agreed to terminate <mask>’s contract amid reports he was about to be signed by Melbourne Heart. Melbourne City
On 20 May 2014, Melbourne Heart announced that <mask> had been signed on a two-year contract. It was speculated that he was the first signing under the new CFG ownership structure.2014–15: A-League
Within days of joining Melbourne City for the commencement of pre-season training, <mask> was diagnosed with glandular fever. This debilitating illness saw him miss the whole of the 2014–15 A-League pre-season, along with the first eight matches of the season. Despite this setback, he sought to repay the Club's faith by turning in some impressive displays, once available for selection. His performances contributed to a nomination for the NAB Young Footballer of the Year award for the month of February, 2015. 2015–16: A-League
<mask> commenced the 2015–16 A-League season in solid form as a regular within the Melbourne City starting eleven, however, in December 2015 he sustained a medial cruciate ligament tear during a match against Newcastle Jets which rendered him unavailable for selection until the last few matches of the season. 2016–17: 2016 FFA Cup Champions and transfer
<mask> was a core member of the Melbourne City team crowned 2016 FFA Cup Champions, but at the commencement of the 2016–17 A-League season he found himself limited to just a handful of first team appearances. Selection decisions aside, Melbourne City were not defeated in any of the matches that he played in during the 2016 FFA Cup competition and the 2016–17 A-League season.During the January 2017 international transfer window, Incheon United tabled a transfer bid for <mask> and after several weeks of negotiation the transfer was accepted by Melbourne City. Incheon United

Season 2017: K League 1
<mask>’s international transfer to the South Korean K League 1 club Incheon United was completed in January 2017, ahead of the 2017 K League Classic season. Pohang Steelers

Season 2018: K League 1
<mask> signed with another K League 1 club Pohang Steelers in January 2018, ahead of the 2018 K League 1 season. At the end of a successful 2018 season with Pohang finishing 4th in the K League 1, <mask> signed a two-year contract extension with Pohang, tying him to the club until the end of the 2020 season. In February 2019, it was reported by Korean media that <mask> was trying to force a move to Europe and had been infected by a brain parasite, which was reported to be false by <mask>. After suffering a stomach bug during the 2019 pre-season, Pohang were unhappy with <mask>'s recovery plan and following prolonged talks between the club and the player, the club decided to terminate his contract. Western United
On 7 March 2019, <mask> signed with the newly formed A-League team Western United.Daejejon Hana Citizen
On 21 January 2020, <mask> signed with Daejeon Hana Citizen. On 24 February 2021, his contract with the club was terminated. FC Seoul
On 12 July 2021, <mask> signed with FC Seoul. International career
To date, <mask> has represented Australia at the U17, U20, and U23 levels and started in all of Australia's matches at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He captained the U17 team at the 2010 AFC U-16 Championship in Uzbekistan and in Australia's four matches at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. Australia were grouped with the Ivory Coast, Brazil and Denmark and made it out of their group to the knockout phase where they were eliminated by Uzbekistan. He was identified by the FIFA Technical Study Group as one of Australia's two outstanding players for the tournament.He was a member of the U20 national team that progressed undefeated through the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification tournament in Malaysia. <mask> was also selected into the U20 team that competed in Group E at the inaugural 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification tournament in Indonesia and qualified for the finals. He was also selected into the U20 team that qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup by reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship. In June 2013, <mask> was selected into the Australian U20 team that were drawn in Group C at the 2013 edition of the FIFA U20 World Cup, alongside Colombia, El Salvador and the tournament hosts Turkey. Australia were eliminated at the group stage of the tournament. Despite their results, it was widely reported within the Australian media that this particular team had demonstrated an exciting style of football, not evidenced from Australia's youth teams for quite some time. In addition, he was recognized as one of Australia's outstanding players throughout the tournament, having started all three group matches.In December 2013, <mask> was selected into the Australian U23 team that competed at the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship, in January 2014 in Muscat, Oman. As the vice-captain, he captained the U23 team for their first match of the tournament against Kuwait because the team captain did not play. Despite finishing at the top of their group against Kuwait, Syria and Japan, Australia was eliminated at the quarter final stage of the tournament in a 2–1 loss to Saudi Arabia. Career statistics

Club

Honours

Individual

 2013 A-League All Stars Selection
 NAB Young Footballer of the Year Nominee: February 2015

Club

 2016 Westfield FFA Cup Champions

References

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1994 births
Living people
Association football defenders
Association football midfielders
Soccer players from Sydney
A-League Men players
Newcastle Jets FC players
Australian Institute of Sport soccer players
Melbourne City FC players
Western United FC players
Incheon United FC players
Pohang Steelers players
Daejeon Hana Citizen FC players
FC Seoul players
Brisbane Roar FC players
Australian expatriate soccer players
Expatriate footballers in South Korea
K League 1 players
K League 2 players
Australian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
Australian soccer players
People educated at Westfields Sports High School

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title: John Paul Jackson

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<mask> (July 30, 1950 - February 18, 2015) was an American author, teacher, conference speaker and founder of Streams Ministries International. <mask> often focused on supernatural topics like dreams, visions, and dream interpretation as found in the Bible. He developed a number of prophetic training courses. He was the host of Dreams & Mysteries with <mask> found on Daystar. He was also a recurring guest on many shows that include The 700 Club, Sid Roth's It's Supernatural, Benny Hinn's This Is Your Day program, and Joni Lamb's Table Talk among others. At one time he was a member of the controversial Kansas City Prophets, whose practice and doctrine came under fire in the 1980s and '90s. He was the founder of Streams Ministries International, a Christian group that deals especially with the practice known as prophecy.<mask>'s career spanned more than 20 years. He served as the senior pastor of two churches, and he also served on the pastoral staff at the Vineyard Movement's Christian Fellowship in Anaheim, California (with <mask>) and at the former Metro Christian Fellowship in Kansas City, Missouri (with Mike Bickle). In 1997, <mask> launched The Streams Institute for Spiritual Development, a training program for mentoring those who claim to have revelatory gifts. By 2003, more than 12,000 students had enrolled in his courses, which have been held in Canada, Scotland, Poland, England, Switzerland, and Ukraine. In the summer of 2001, <mask> moved his headquarters to the Lake Sunapee region of New Hampshire. In 2008, <mask> relocated the ministry headquarters to the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. The Coming Perfect Storm
In what <mask> referred to as a revelation from the Lord, he released a statement in 2008 called The Coming Perfect Storm.In this statement, he spoke of a time coming to America and the world in which economic, military, religious, political, and geophysical issues and events would occur in a relatively small period of time to make up a perfect storm of calamity. In the summer of 2009, <mask> was a guest on Sid Roth's It's Supernatural! radio and television program which aired on Trinity Broadcasting Network, The Inspiration Network, GOD TV, Daystar and other regional television stations. In the interview, <mask> describes in detail the events that were revealed to him. "I saw the year 2010 was going to be very difficult, especially as you get further into 2010. I saw the year, I kept hearing an angel saying in a deep loud voice, 'The woes of 2012. The woes of 2012.The woes of 2012.' I don’t know what those woes are, Sid. The angel did not tell me about those woes. But there was more emphasis on those woes than almost anything else that I was given." In a 2011 web video series called "The Perfect Storm Revisited", <mask> elaborated more on his original message. In this video, he clarified his earlier statements regarding the year 2012. While stating he still did not know the details of what these "woes" were, he affirmed that he did not believe it would be anything on an apocalyptic or global destructive scale (making a reference to the film 2012).The subject of The Perfect Storm has been discussed on multiple mainstream television programs, including Joni Table Talk, and Sid Roth's, It's Supernatural! <mask> <mask> also hosted a monthly live webinar through his Institute for Spiritual Development (ISD), where he often spoke on current and future events that he claimed supported his initial prophecy. Preparing for the Perfect Storm
Preparing for The Perfect Storm is a <mask> <mask> resource developed to assist with preparing for The Perfect Storm's five elements. It does so by referencing spiritual and practical material, while acting as a portal to news articles that support the prophecies that were first spoken in 2008. The prophecies pertaining to the Perfect Storm have been broken down categorically, as have the news aggregated articles. Periodically, a member of Streams Ministries, which was founded by <mask> <mask>, will write an article under the heading, Symptoms of the Storm, which is intended to bring a compilation of articles together as evidence of The Perfect Storm. He considered mediums and new age material an influence misaligned with scriptural truth.New age materials can create strongholds not of God, but the enemy in disguise preventing truth from being heard. God touched many lives as <mask> and his ministry team touched the lives of many new agers with God’s message. Accordingly, we are to seek God out, like a King who seeks out what is best for his kingdom in regards to answers in our dreams. Declining health
<mask> was diagnosed with cancer in May 2014. Doctors found a huge cancerous growth in his leg. Surgery removed a 12-lb tumour and the operation required 175 stitches. Death
<mask> died on February 18, 2015 following post-cancer treatment complications which left him with pneumonia, pleurisy and secondary tumours on his lungs.He was 64. Publications
<mask> <mask> wrote and self-published several books, many of which have been translated in several languages. He also developed training resources and produced many CD and DVD series, among them:

Books
<mask> <mask>, 7 Days Behind the Veil  (Streams Publishing, 2006). <mask> <mask>, Breaking Free of Rejection  (Streams Publishing, 2004). <mask> <mask>, I AM: 365 Names of God Book  (Streams Publishing, 2002). <mask> <mask>, Unmasking the Jezebel Spirit (Streams Publishing, 2002). <mask> <mask>,  Buying & selling the souls of our children : a closer look at Pokémon (Streams Publishing, 2000).<mask> <mask>, Needless Casualties of War (Streams Publishing, 1999). CDs/DVDs
<mask> <mask>, Power and Authority  (2011)  Audio CD
<mask> <mask>, Keys to Receiving God's Justice  (2009)  DVD
<mask> <mask>, The Kingdom of God in Turbulent Times  (2009)  DVD
<mask> <mask>, The Coming Perfect Storm (2008)  DVD
<mask> <mask>, Understanding Dreams & Visions (2007)  Audio CD

Courses authored and developed by <mask> <mask> <mask>, The Art of Hearing God (1997–2011)
<mask> <mask>, Understanding Dreams and Visions (1997–2011)
<mask> <mask>, Advanced Prophetic Ministry (1997–2011)
<mask> <mask>, Advanced Workshop in Dreams and Visions (1997–2011)

Footnotes

External links
Dreams & Mysteries
Streams Ministries
<mask> <mask> Ministries
<mask> <mask>'s Facebook Fan Page
A <mask> Paul <mask> Resource

American Christian religious leaders
People from Fort Worth, Texas
1950 births
2015 deaths
Writers from Texas
American Christian writers
Prophets in Christianity
American Charismatics

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title: Gediminas

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<mask> (, ;  – December 1341) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 or 1316 until his death. He is credited with founding this political entity and expanding its territory which later spanned the area ranging from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. Also seen as one of the most significant individuals in early Lithuanian history, he was responsible for both building Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and establishing a dynasty that later came to rule other European countries such as Poland, Hungary and Bohemia. As part of his legacy, he gained a reputation for being a champion of paganism, who successfully diverted attempts to Christianize his country by skillful negotiations with the Pope and other Christian rulers. Biography

Origin
<mask> was born in about 1275. Because written sources of the era are scarce, <mask>' ancestry, early life, and assumption of the title of Grand Duke in ca. 1316 are obscure and continue to be the subject of scholarly debate.Various theories have claimed that <mask> was either his predecessor Grand Duke Vytenis' son, his brother, his cousin, or his hostler. For several centuries only two versions of his origins circulated. Chronicles — written long after <mask>' death by the Teutonic Knights, a long-standing enemy of Lithuania — claimed that <mask> was a hostler to Vytenis; according to these chronicles, <mask> killed his master and assumed the throne. Another version introduced in the Lithuanian Chronicles, which also appeared long after <mask>' death, proclaimed that <mask> was Vytenis' son. However, the two men were almost the same age, making this relationship unlikely. Recent research indicates that Gediminias' ancestor may have been Skalmantas. In 1974 historian Jerzy Ochmański noted that Zadonshchina, a poem from the end of the 14th century, contains a line in which two sons of Algirdas name their ancestors: "We are two brothers – sons of Algirdas, and grandsons of Gediminas, and great-grandsons of Skalmantas."This discovery led to the belief that Skalmantas was the long-sought ancestor of the Gediminids. Ochmański posited that the poem skipped the generation represented by Butvydas, and jumped back to the unknown ancestor. Baranauskas disagrees, believing Skalmantas was Butvydas' brother rather than his father, and that Vytenis and <mask> were therefore cousins. <mask> became the Grand Duke in 1316 at the age of 40 and ruled for 25 years. German sources also titled <mask> as Rex de Owsteiten (). Choice of religion
He inherited a vast domain, comprising Lithuania proper, Samogitia, Navahrudak, Podlasie, Polotsk and Minsk. However, these possessions were all environed by the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian Order, which had long been the enemies of the state.<mask> allied himself with the Tatars against the Teutonic Order in 1319. The systematic raiding of Lithuania by the knights under the pretext of converting it had long since united all the Lithuanian tribes, but <mask> aimed at establishing a dynasty which should make Lithuania not merely secure but powerful, and for this purpose he entered into direct diplomatic negotiations with the Holy See as well. At the end of 1322, he sent letters to Pope John XXII soliciting his protection against the persecution of the knights, informing him of the privileges already granted to the Dominicans and Franciscans in Lithuania for the preaching of God's Word. <mask> also asked that legates should be dispatched to him in order to be baptized. This action was supported by the Archbishop of Riga, Frederic Lobestat. Following these events, peace between the Duchy and the Livonian Order was eventually conducted on 2 October 1323. On receiving a favourable reply from the Holy See, <mask> issued circular letters, dated 25 January 1325, to the principal Hanseatic towns, offering a free access into his domains to men of every order and profession from nobles and knights to tillers of the soil.The immigrants were to choose their own settlements and be governed by their own laws. Priests and monks were also invited to come and build churches at Vilnius and Navahrudak. In October 1323, representatives of the archbishop of Riga, the bishop of Dorpat, the king of Denmark, the Dominican and Franciscan orders, and the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order assembled at Vilnius, when <mask> confirmed his promises and undertook to be baptised as soon as the papal legates arrived. A compact was then signed at Vilnius, in the name of the whole Christian World, between <mask> and the delegates, confirming the promised privileges. Thus his raid upon Dobrzyń, the latest acquisition of the knights on Polish soil, speedily gave them a ready weapon against him. The Prussian bishops, who were devoted to the knights, questioned the authority of <mask>' letters and denounced him as an enemy of the faith at a synod in Elbing; his Orthodox subjects reproached him with leaning towards the Latin heresy, while the pagan Lithuanians accused him of abandoning the ancient gods. <mask> disentangled himself from his difficulties by repudiating his former promises; by refusing to receive the papal legates who arrived at Riga in September 1323, and by dismissing the Franciscans from his territories.These apparently retrogressive measures simply amounted to a statesmanlike recognition of the fact that the pagan element was still the strongest force in Lithuania, and could not yet be dispensed with in the coming struggle for nationality. Even though power rested firmly in the hands of the pagans more than twice as many Orthodox Christians lived in his realm than there were pagans inside it. At the same time <mask> privately informed the papal legates at Riga through his ambassadors that his difficult position compelled him to postpone his steadfast resolve of being baptised, and the legates showed their confidence in him by forbidding the neighbouring states to war against Lithuania for the next four years, besides ratifying the treaty made between <mask> and the archbishop of Riga. Nevertheless, disregarding the censures of the church, the Order resumed the war with <mask> by murdering one of his delegates sent to welcome the Grand Master for his arrival to Riga in 1325. He had in the meantime improved his position by an alliance with Wladislaus Lokietek, king of Poland, and had his daughter Aldona baptized for the sake of betrothing her to Władysław's son Casimir III. An alternative view of these events was proposed by a British historian, Stephen Christopher Rowell, where he believes that <mask> never intended to become a Christian himself, since that would have offended the staunchly pagan inhabitants of Žemaitija and Aukštaitija. Both the pagans of Aukštaitija and the Orthodox Rus' threatened <mask> with death if he decided to convert; a similar scenario also happened to Mindaugas, which he desperately wanted to avoid.His strategy was to gain the support of the Pope and other Catholic powers in his conflict with the Teutonic Order by granting a favourable status to Catholics living within his realm and feigning a personal interest in the Christian religion. While he allowed Catholic clergy to enter his realm for the purpose of ministering to his Catholic subjects and to temporary residents, he savagely punished any attempt to convert pagan Lithuanians or to insult their native religion. Thus in about 1339–1340 he executed two Franciscan friars from Bohemia, Ulrich and Martin, who had gone beyond the authority granted them and had publicly preached against the Lithuanian religion. <mask> ordered them to renounce Christianity, and had them killed when they refused. Five more friars were executed in 1369 for the same offence. Despite <mask>' chief goal to save Lithuania from destruction at the hands of the Germans, he still died as a pagan reigning over semi-pagan lands. Also, he was equally bound to his pagan kinsmen in Samogitia, to his Orthodox subjects in Belarus, and to his Catholic allies in Masovia.Therefore, it is still unclear whether the letters sent to the Pope were an actual request for conversion or simply a diplomatic maneuver. The Jewish community of Lithuania prospered during his reign. Incorporation of Ruthenian lands

While on his guard against his northern foes, <mask> from 1316 to 1340 was aggrandizing himself at the expense of the numerous Ruthenian principalities in the south and east, whose incessant conflicts with each other wrought the ruin of them all. Here <mask> triumphal progress was irresistible; but the various stages of it are impossible to follow, the sources of its history being few and conflicting, and the date of every salient event exceedingly doubtful. One of his most important territorial accretions, the principality of Halych-Volynia, was obtained by the marriage of his son Lubart with the daughter of the Galician prince. From about 23 km (14 mi) south west of Kiev, <mask> resoundingly defeated Stanislav of Kiev and his allies in the Battle on the Irpin River. He then besieged and conquered Kiev sending Stanislav, the last descendant of the Rurik Dynasty to ever rule Kiev, into exile first in Bryansk and then in Ryazan.Theodor, brother of <mask>, and Algimantas, son of Mindaugas from the Olshanski family, were installed in Kiev. After these conquests, Lithuania stretched as far as to the Black Sea. While exploiting Ruthenian weakness in the wake of the Mongol invasion, <mask> wisely avoided war with the Golden Horde, a great regional power at the time, while expanding Lithuania's border towards the Black Sea. He also secured an alliance with the nascent Grand Duchy of Moscow by marrying his daughter, Anastasia, to the grand duke Simeon. But he was strong enough to counterpoise the influence of Muscovy in northern Russia, and assisted the republic of Pskov, which acknowledged his overlordship, to break away from Great Novgorod. Domestic affairs and death
His internal administration bears all the marks of a wise ruler. He protected the Catholic as well as the Orthodox clergy; he raised the Lithuanian army to the highest state of efficiency then attainable; defended his borders with a chain of strong fortresses and built numerous castles in towns including Vilnius.At first he moved the capital to the newly built town of Trakai, but in c. 1320 re-established a permanent capital in Vilnius. <mask> died in 1341, presumably killed during a coup d'état. He was cremated as a part of a fully pagan ceremony in 1342, which included a human sacrifice, with his favourite servant and several German slaves being burned on the pyre with the corpse. All these facts assert that <mask> most likely remained entirely faithful to his native Lithuanian religion, and that his feigned interest in Catholicism was simply a ruse designed to gain allies against the Teutonic Order. He was succeeded by one of his sons, Jaunutis, who was unable to control the unrest in the country, as a result of which he was deposed in 1345 by his brother Algirdas. Legacy

He was a founder of a new Lithuanian dynasty; the Gediminids, and laid the foundations of the state's expansion while sometimes referred as the "true" state founder. In modern historiography, he is also regarded as founder of Vilnius, the modern capital of Lithuania.According to a legend, possibly set in 1322 while he was on a hunting trip, he dreamt of an iron clad wolf, who stood on a hill, howling in an odd manner as if thousand of wolves would be howling at once. He consulted his vision with his priest Lizdeika who told him the dream spoke of a city that must be built at the exact place and decided to build a fortification on the confluence of rivers Vilnia and Neris, where the place of his vision was pointed out. This event inspired the Romantic movement, particularly Adam Mickiewicz, who gave the story a poetic form. <mask> is depicted on a silver Litas commemorative coin, issued in 1996. The Lithuanian folk music group Kūlgrinda released an album in 2009 titled Giesmės Valdovui Gediminui, meaning "Hymns to Ruler Gediminas". Name Gediminas is very popular in Lithuania. <mask> (as Hiedymin or Gedymin) is also widely celebrated in Belarus as an important figure of national history.In September 2019, a monument to <mask> was unveiled in Lida. http://www.epaveldas.lt/recordText/LNB/C1B0002960629/Gedimino_laiskai.html?exId=315462&seqNr=4
In his letters to the papacy in 1322 and 1323, he adds Princeps et Dux Semigalliae (Prince and Duke of Semigallia). In contemporary Low German he is styled simply Koningh van Lettowen, mirroring the Latin Rex Lethowyae (both meaning "King of Lithuania"). <mask>' right to use the Latin rex, which the papacy had been claiming the right to grant from the 13th century onwards, was not universally recognized in Catholic sources. Thus, he was called rex sive dux ("King or Duke") in one source; Pope John XXII, in a letter to the King of France, referred to <mask> as "the one who calls himself rex". However, the pope did call Gediminas rex when addressing him (regem sive ducem, "king or duke"). Issue

It is uncertain how many wives <mask> had.The Bychowiec Chronicle mentions three wives: Vida from Courland; Olga from Smolensk; and Jaunė from Polotsk, who was Eastern Orthodox and died in 1344 or 1345. Most modern historians and reference works say <mask>' wife was Jewna, dismissing Vida and Olga as fictitious, since no sources other than this chronicle mention the other two wives. An argument has been advanced that <mask> had two wives, one pagan and another Orthodox. This case is supported only by the Jüngere Hochmeisterchronik, a late 15th-century chronicle, mentioning Narimantas as half-brother to Algirdas. Other historians support this claim by arguing this would explain Gediminas' otherwise mysterious designation of a middle son, Jaunutis, as his succession would be understandable if Jaunutis were the first-born son of <mask> and a second wife. He is said to have left seven sons and six daughters including:
 Manvydas (Duchy of Kernavė) (c. 1288–1348)
 Narimantas (Duchy of Polatsk)
 Karijotas (Duchy of Navhrudak, Black Ruthenia)
 Jaunutis (Duchy of Zaslawye) initially ruled Vilnius after the death of his father
 Algirdas (Duchy of Vitebsk)
 Kęstutis (Duchy of Trakai and protectorate of Duchy of Samogitia)
 Vytautas
 Maria, married Dmitry of Tver
 Aldona, married Casimir III of Poland
 Aigusta, married Simeon of Moscow
 Elžbieta, married Wenceslaus of Płock
 Eufemija, married Boleslaw-Yuri II of Galicia
 Liubartas (Duchy of Lutsk, Volhynia)

See also
 Gediminids
 Columns of Gediminas

References

Sources

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Barbara "<mask>" <mask> (July 5, 1915 – July 6, 1978) was an American socialite, whose second husband was the founder of CBS, William S<mask>. She was known by the nickname "<mask>" for most of her life. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1958. Early life
Born Barbara Cushing in Boston, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of brain surgeon Harvey Cushing, who was professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins, Harvard and Yale, and his wife Katharine Stone (née Crowell). She grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her older sisters both married into money and prestige: Minnie Cushing was the second wife of Vincent Astor, and Betsey Cushing married James Roosevelt, the son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and then later John Hay Whitney. Together, they were known by the public as by the media as the "fabulous Cushing sisters."As a student at the Westover School in Middlebury, Connecticut, <mask> was presented as a debutante in October 1934 in Boston, with Roosevelt's sons in attendance. Her debut drew attention during the Great Depression, and marked the beginning of her social career. She graduated from Winsor School in Boston in 1934. Career
In 1938, <mask> began working as a fashion editor for Vogue in New York City. Her position at Vogue gave her access to designer clothes, often given in exchange for <mask>'s high profile image. In 1941, Time magazine voted her the world's second best dressed woman after Wallis Simpson and before Aimée de Heeren. She was also named to the best-dressed list in 1945 and 1946.Upon her second marriage in 1947, <mask> left her job at Vogue. Style
Paley set about to curate an ideal social world for herself. The couple had an apartment at the St. Regis and hired interior designer Billy Baldwin to decorate. She and <mask> lived there during the week, while weekends were spent at Kiluna Farm, on  in Manhasset, Long Island, where a succession of landscape architects and garden designers beautified the grounds. The more distant retreat, Kiluna North, on Squam Lake in New Hampshire, was purchased in 1957; there they entertained celebrities who welcomed the privacy;

Though the antisemitic prejudices of society excluded the Paleys from a number of important social functions and exclusive clubs, the <mask>s, nevertheless, kept a circle of high-society friends that included author Truman Capote and fellow socialite Slim Keith. Capote included <mask> and Keith in his group of "swans" (a group of New York socialites) along with Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, and C.Z. Guest.<mask> famously dropped Capote as a friend when he published excerpts of his much-touted work in progress, Answered Prayers, a tell-all of New York's elite. In addition to entertaining, <mask> maintained her position on the best-dressed list fourteen times before being inducted into the Fashion Hall of Fame in 1958. She regularly bought entire haute couture collections from famed fashion houses like Givenchy and Valentino SpA. Her style influenced many women, but as Bill Blass once observed, "I never saw her not grab anyone's attention, the hair, the makeup, the crispness. You were never conscious of what she was wearing; you noticed <mask> and nothing else." Her personal, unconventional style was enormously influential. A photograph of <mask> with a scarf tied to her handbag, for example, created a trendy tidal wave that millions of women emulated.She often mixed extravagant jewelry by Fulco di Verdura and Jean Schlumberger with costume pieces, and embraced letting her hair go gray instead of using dye. Personal life
While working at Vogue, she met and married oil heir Stanley Grafton Mortimer Jr. (1913–1999), the brother of Katharine Mortimer and both of an old and prominent New York family, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in East Hampton, New York, in 1940. Before their marriage ended by 1946, she and Mortimer had two children:

 Stanley Grafton Mortimer III (born 1942), a Harvard graduate who married Siri Larsen in 1971. Amanda Jay Mortimer (born 1944), who married Carter Burden Jr., a Vanderbilt descendant, in 1964. They divorced in 1972 and she married Steven Ross (1927–1992), the CEO of Time Warner, in 1979. In 1981, they also divorced. Several retrospectives have claimed that <mask> neglected her children while in pursuit of social status and depended upon the wealth of her husbands to support her lavish lifestyle.Her daughter Amanda has admitted that their relationship was "virtually nonexistent" and that the distance "was her choice, not mine". After her divorce from Mortimer, she received a settlement based on a trust fund. In 1946, she met William "Pasha" <mask> (1901–1990), who was estranged from his wife Dorothy Hart Hearst (1908–1998), herself the former wife of John Randolph Hearst. Paley was wealthy, with an interest in the arts and a desire to be a part of New York's café society. With <mask>'s social connections, Paley stood a greater chance of being granted entrée into a society which, until that time, had effectively shut him out. For <mask>, Paley offered wealth, security, and worldliness. Following <mask>'s divorce on July 24, 1947, <mask> and <mask> were married (the following year, her ex-husband also remarried to Kathleen Harriman, the daughter of W. Averell Harriman).Together, <mask> and Bill had two additional children:

 William C. "Bill" <mask> (born 1948), who relaunched La Palina, a cigar company originated by grandfather <mask> in 1896. He married Alison Van Metre, daughter of Albert Van Metre, founder of Van Metre Homes. Kate Cushing <mask> (born 1950), who made her "nondebut" in 1968, shortly after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. By many biographers' accounts, Paley was lonely and frustrated as William Paley carried on a chain of extramarital affairs. This psychological battering took its toll on her and her family. She was constantly under the scrutiny of society and the media, who pressed her to maintain the unrealistic image of a social and fashion goddess. These external pressures, as well as a two-pack-a-day cigarette habit, finally affected her health.Final years and death
A heavy smoker, Paley was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1974. In preparation for her impending death, she planned her own funeral, including the food and wine selections that would be served at the funeral luncheon. She allocated her jewelry collection and personal belongings to friends and family, wrapped them in colorful paper, and created a complete file system with directions as to how they would be distributed after her death. Paley died of lung cancer on July 6, 1978, the day after her 63rd birthday. She was buried in the Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church, Cold Spring Harbor, New York. On his death in 1990, <mask> was buried next to her. Legacy
Long after her death, Paley remains iconic in the world of fashion and style."<mask> had only one fault," commented her one-time friend Truman Capote. "She was perfect. Otherwise, she was perfect." Many fashion designers and interior decorators continue to reference <mask>'s style in their own creations. <mask> and her "swans", much like Jacqueline Kennedy during the 1960s, was an example of the young, attractive, and affluent class that many Americans aspired to. In popular culture
<mask> has been portrayed in the following films and mini-series:
 Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (1998) by Joan Severance
 Capote (2005) by Michelle Harrison
 Infamous (2006) by Sigourney Weaver
 Halston (2021) by Regina Schneider in episode 1

In Jacqueline Susann's 1969 novel, The Love Machine, the characters of socialite Judith Austin and her husband Gregory Austin, CEO of a television network, were said to be based on <mask> and <mask>. Dyan Cannon portrayed Judith in the 1971 film version.In the book The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin, <mask> is referred to as the muse of Truman Capote with whom she was a close friend in real life. References

Further reading
Smith, Sally Bedell (1948- ). In all his glory: the life and times of William S<mask> and the birth of modern broadcasting. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1990. Grafton, David. The Sisters: <mask> <mask>, Betsey Roosevelt Whitney, Minnie Astor Fosburgh - The Lives and Times of the Fabulous Cushing Sisters. Villard (1992).Tapert, Annette & Edkins, Diana, The Power of Style - The Women Who Defined The Art of Living Well, Crown Publishers, New York, 1994. Prisant, Carol. Babe & I. Town & Country, December, 2010, pp. 152–156. External links

 Domino magazine's "Editor's Pick - <mask>, featuring a photo of <mask> at her Round Hill Villa in Jamaica
 Fashion designer Zang Toi's Spring 2005 collection inspired by <mask>'s time in Jamaica
 NewYorkSocialDiary.com

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20th-century American women writers
20th-century American writers
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title: Thulani Davis

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<mask> (born 1949) is an American playwright, journalist, librettist, novelist, poet, and screenwriter. She is a graduate of Barnard College and attended graduate school at both the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. In 1992,  <mask> received a Grammy Award for her album notes on Aretha Franklin's Queen Of Soul – The Atlantic Recordings, becoming the first female recipient of this award. She has collaborated with her cousin, composer <mask>, writing the librettos to two operas. <mask> wrote for the Village Voice for more than a decade, including the obituary for fellow poet and Barnard alumna June Jordan. She was a mentor to a young Greg Tate, before he emerged as an influential journalist and cultural critic. <mask> is a contemporary of and collaborator with Ntozake Shange.Biography
<mask> <mask> was born to two African-American educators from Virginia, Willie ("Billie") Louise (née Barbour) <mask> and Collis <mask>, Sr. The <mask>es are prominent in Virginia and the subject of her 2006 book, My Confederate Kinfolk. <mask> graduated from the Putney School in 1966 and continued her education at Barnard College, from which she graduated in 1970. <mask> also attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. After graduating from Barnard, <mask> moved to San Francisco, where she worked as a reporter for the San Francisco Sun-Reporter, reporting on news stories such as the Soledad Brothers trial and the <mask> case. <mask> became a performing poet and worked with a number of musicians and poets in San Francisco. She also joined the Third World Artists Collective, collaborating with Ntozake Shange and others.<mask> returned to New York City in the 1970s. There, she wrote for the Village Voice for 13 years, eventually working her way up to serve as Senior Editor. In 1981, she introduced family friend and protégé Greg Tate to The Village Voice music editor Robert Christgau, who asked Tate to contribute to the Voice, where he quickly established himself as one of the influential cultural critics of his generation. In the mid-1980s <mask> collaborated with her cousin, composer <mask>, on creating their first opera. She wrote the libretto to X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X. The two collaborated again in the 1990s when <mask> wrote the libretto to Amistad (1997), first produced by the Chicago Lyric Opera. Tim Page of The Washington Post thought the work had missed some chances.It was based on a case of an apparent slave mutiny on a Spanish ship, which reached the United States Supreme Court. Page wrote,
"the incident is a welcome historical example of the United States behaving with wisdom and compassion toward the helpless and downtrodden. This is grudgingly and elusively acknowledged in the opera, but nowhere near so forcefully stated as it should have been, particularly with all the distasteful examples of white racism that were paraded throughout the evening. To paraphrase Walt Whitman, the abolitionist movement had been simmering, simmering, simmering, until the Amistad Rebellion brought it to a boil." Amistad received a major revision in libretto and music in 2008 for a new production at the Spoleto USA festival. Opera Today said that it was
"much leaner, more focused and dramatically far more effective than the original. And in so doing they {the <mask>es] created not only a masterpiece of American opera, but further a work that — against a contemporary horizon darkened by undercurrents of racism — resonates today far beyond Memminger and Spoleto USA."After her return to New York City, <mask> also became involved in the creation of documentaries and dramatic films. Her filmmaker brother, Collis <mask>, Jr., introduced her to other black filmmakers. The first documentary she was associated with aired on PBS. She continues to work on creative projects including operas, films, novels, and plays. <mask> is an ordained Buddhist priest in the Jodo Shinshu sect. She founded the Brooklyn Buddhist Association with her husband Joseph Jarman. Works

Books
 My Confederate Kinfolk (2006)
 Maker of Saints (1996)
 Malcolm X: The Great Photographs (1993)
 1959, a novel (1992)
 Playing the Changes (1985)
 All the Renegade Ghosts Rise (1978)

Plays
 The Souls of Black Folk (2003)
 Everybody's Ruby: Story of a Murder in Florida (1999)
 Ava & Cat in Mexico (1994)
 Adaptation, Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1990)
 Paint (1982)
 Shadow & Veil, with Ntozake Shange, Jessica Hagedorn, Laurie Carlos, et al.(1982)
 Sweet Talk and Stray Desires (1979)
 Where the Mississippi Meets the Amazon, with Shange and Hagedorn (1977)

Musical works
 Dark Passages (1998)
 Amistad, an opera, libretto (1997/revised 2008)
 A Woman Unadorned (1994)
 Baobab Four (1994)
 The E. & O. Line, an electronic opera, libretto (1989)
 X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X, an opera, libretto (1986)
 X-cerpts (1987)
 Steppin' Other Shores (1983)
 See Tee's New Blues (1982)

Filmography

Films
 Paid in Full, screenwriter (2002)
 Maker of Saints, co-producer (2010)

Documentaries and recordings
 I'll Make Me a World: Black Creative Minds in the 20th Century
 W. E. B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices (1996)
 Thulani <mask> Asks, 'Why Howard Beach?''' (1988)
 Thulani (1984–86)
 Reflections (2002)
 The Musical Railism of Anne LeBaron (1998)
 Songposts, Vol. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

1948 births
Living people
American women dramatists and playwrights
American women poets
African-American dramatists and playwrights
African-American poets
Barnard College alumni
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American women novelists
African-American novelists
American opera librettists
21st-century American women writers
20th-century American women writers
20th-century American poets
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
21st-century American poets
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American Book Award winners
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20th-century African-American writers
21st-century African-American women
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