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<mask> (born Yeshe Perl; December 3, 1975) is an American rapper from Hollywood, California. His debut self-titled solo album was released Nov. 7, 2006 on Interscope/Shoot to Kill Records in association with MySpace Records. Frequent topics of <mask>'s songs are his experiences with substance abuse and prostitution. Early life
<mask> was raised in a Jewish family and had a turbulent childhood. His paternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors who were imprisoned at Auschwitz. Though his father cleaned up his act and began attending Alcoholics Anonymous, he was struck and severely injured by a drunk driver leaving a meeting. At age 19, <mask> made the decision to take his father off life support, ending his life.During his late teens, <mask> briefly adhered to Orthodox Judaism in an effort to stay off the streets. <mask> continued as a sex worker and drug dealer until finding success in the music industry. By his early 20s, <mask> married, had a daughter, and moved to Portland, Oregon. While battling drug addiction, <mask> moved in with his sister (also a drug addict) with the hope that they could aid each other in recovery. During this time, his sister relapsed and died from a heroin overdose. Deciding that he wanted more out of life, <mask> decided to move back to Los Angeles and make a final attempt to clean up his act. It was shortly after this return to Southern California that <mask> met Simon Rex and began to gain recognition for his music.Street art
<mask> is a member of the Los Angeles-based graffiti crew CBS (Can't Be Stopped / City Bomb Squad). Personal life
<mask> has two younger half-brothers (who are identical twins). He has helped them relocate to the Los Angeles area and enter the music industry. <mask> was the main investor in a series of self-named apartment complexes in Camarillo, California and Sunnyvale, California. Style
The majority of <mask>'s work has themes of hard drug use, particularly in reference to his consumption of heroin and crack cocaine, an unusual style in hip hop, where the artist more commonly refers to the sale of such substances. Another popular theme in <mask>'s music is his seduction, and sexual encounters with women. This is coupled with his overtly sexualized image, often performing with heavy eye makeup and no shirt.Career
Upon moving to Los Angeles, he was befriended by ex-MTV VJ Simon Rex who encouraged <mask> to rap and collaborated with him. The two began passing out demos to Hollywood clubs and soon developed a following among fans of the Santa Cruz nightclub scene. Upon entering the rap scene in 2000, <mask> first adopted the stage name, "The Relevant" and made his first appearance on Met Fly (who would later be known as Andre Legacy)'s album entitled "Wiggin' Out". In 2004, <mask> first collaborated with Existereo of the Shape Shifters's on the song "No Class." He later collaborated with Existereo again on: "Couple o'Shitbags & The Fly's That Go With 'em" (2005), "Wrong Side" (2006), "I Love Who" (2007). In November 2006, <mask> released his self-titled debut solo album. Released through Interscope/Shoot to Kill Records in association with MySpace Records, the album spawned the singles "Jane Fonda" and "Mr.Right". In January 2007, <mask> contributed lyrics and vocals on Unwritten Law's "Shoulda Known Better." That same year, he was featured in a Boost Mobile rap commercial with fellow rappers Jermaine Dupri and Young Jeezy. In 2011, after years of back and forth wrangling with Interscope, <mask> was released from his recording contract. He is currently signed to Suburban Noize Records. On March 12, 2012 he digitally released a 4-track EP entitled On the Ave. His second solo album, Loaded was released on April 24, 2012. On October 1, 2013, <mask> released a 5 track EP titled I Get Even Even, and then later released a music video for the track Hollywood (feat.Paul Oakenfold). Three years later on November 25, 2016, he announced that his third album, Teardrops on My Tombstone would be available on Valentine's Day 2017. Dyslexic Speedreaders
After <mask> became close friends with Simon Rex, they formed a rap group called the Dyslexic Speedreaders. The group included <mask>, Simon "Dirt Nasty" Rex, Andre Legacy, and Beardo as the four members. Andre Legacy was <mask>'s friend since elementary school and Beardo was <mask>'s friend from their work together in the modelling industry. In 2004, the Dyslexic Speedreaders released their first album which was entitled Catching Up To Wilt. In 2007, the Dyslexic Speedreaders collaborated with the Living Legends and Luckiam on the song, "Nevermind."In 2008, the Dyslexic Speedreaders released the Shoot To Kill Mixtape. In 2009, <mask> released "What Do You Say?" which was also part of The Hangover soundtrack and featured Dirt Nasty and Andre Legacy. However, <mask> announced through his Myspace page that this would be the last song that the Dyslexic Speedreaders would release. After years of friendship and musical collaborations, the group disbanded after <mask> had a dispute with the other members over unpaid loans. On November 7, 2010, <mask> announced on theFIVE10 Radio that he was leaving his label and that his relationship with Dirt Nasty and Andre Legacy had been strained due to money issues. He told JC of theFIVE10 Radio that Dirt Nasty and Andre Legacy never paid him back for all the money he had put into developing them and that was the reason they were not talking.He stated that there was still room for reconciliation by saying, "No one slept with anyone's chick." Dirt Nasty is reported to have responded to <mask>'s comment, stating "Well I know that <mask> didn't sleep with ANY chicks, because everyone knows that he prefers dick." During his July 31, 2011 interview on Stefanie's Rock Show, <mask> stated that he briefly reunited with the Dyslexic Speedreaders for an unplanned one time performance. He attended the Roxy with his daughter while Dirt Nasty and Andre Legacy were scheduled to perform that night. During the course of the show, <mask> accepted an invitation to perform on stage with his former bandmates. He said he is open to the possibility of future reunions. In November 2015, <mask> and Dirt Nasty officially reconciled by releasing a 5-song collaborative EP entitled "Married to the Game".Controversy
In March 2007, <mask> was booed off the stage while opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, in Oklahoma City. The next day, Red Hot Chili Peppers lead guitarist John Frusciante wrote a letter to the band's fans in Oklahoma City, accusing them of booing <mask> for personal issues, and having a lack of "regard for humanity." Tours
 "Stroke Me Tour" (2009) (Feat. Beardo & Ke$ha)
 "Blazed & Confused Tour" (2009)
 "Loaded/Jaegermeister Tour" (2012)
 "Not Enough Credit for a Payday Advance Tour" (2015)
 "Married to the Game Tour" (2016)

Discography

Singles
 "Jane Fonda" (2006) - Self Titled (#36 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart)
 "Mr. Right" (2007) - Self Titled
 "Fuckin Em All" (2009) - Non Album
 "What Do You Say?" (2009) - The Hangover Soundtrack
 "Stroke Me" (2007) - Non Album
 "I Wanna" (2010) - Non Album
 "I Luv LA!" (2010) - Non Album
 "Tight Blue Jeans" (2011) - Loaded
 "Rock Bottom" (2011) - Loaded
 "I'm Hot" (2012) - Loaded
 "Mr Right" (2013) - Loaded
 "More Junk" (2012) - Loaded
 "Girlfriend" (2012) - Loaded
 "I Like It Raw" (Feat.Speedball) (2012)
 "Hollywood" (Feat. Paul Oakenfold) (2013)
 "Red Light District" (2018)
 "End of My Line" (2018)
 "Dolly Parton" (2018)
 "Freeway" (2018)
 "Jacques Cousteau" (2018)
 "Future Atomic" (2018)
 "Two Time Loser" (2018)
 "Another Quarter" (2018)
 "Blue Medusa" (2018)
 "Davy Crockett" (2018)
 "Billy Shakespeare" (2018)
 "Black Trans-Am" (2019)
 "Woke AF" (2020)
 "Ultra-Violence" (2020)

References

External links

 Official website
 Video Interview with <mask>
 Audio Interview with <mask>

1975 births
Living people
Jewish American musicians
American hip hop musicians
Jewish rappers
Musicians from Los Angeles
People from Hollywood, Los Angeles
Rappers from California
American male prostitutes
21st-century American rappers
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title: Michelle McQuaid

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<mask> (born July 30, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. She currently plays lead on Team Suzanne Birt. She is a three-time PEI junior champion and five-time PEI Scotties champion. Career
<mask> competed at the 2007 Canada Winter Games as third for the Sarah Fullerton rink. They finished with a 1–5 record. She represented PEI at three Canadian Junior Curling Championships also as third for Fullerton from 2010 to 2012. In 2010, they finished seventh with a 6–6 record.In 2011, they improved from their previous season finishing in eighth with a 7–5 record. At her final trip to the juniors in 2012, they finished eighth, once again with a 6–6 record. While still in juniors, Team Fullerton entered the 2012 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts. They finished round robin play with a 4–1 record and clinch second place. In the semifinal they played Kim Dolan. Starting off quite comfortably, Team Fullerton was up 6–1 after the fourth end, however after giving up four stolen points in ends eight and nine, they tied the game in the tenth. After some troubles in the extra end, without hammer, Team Fullerton ultimately lost the game 10–9.Out of juniors, <mask> joined the Suzanne Birt rink for the 2013–14 season with Shelly Bradley and Susan McInnis at third and lead. They won the Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic World Curling Tour event and finished second at the Curl Atlantic Championship. At the 2014 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they missed the playoffs with a 1–3 record. The next season they were able to win the 2015 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts by defeating Kathy O'Rourke in the semifinal. They finished in ninth place with a 4–7 record at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The team disbanded after the season. After taking a season off, McQuaid joined the Robyn MacPhee rink as lead for the 2016–17 season.They won the Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic and finished runner-up at the Lady Monctonian Invitational Spiel. The team was successful at the provincial championship, defeating Veronica Smith in the semifinal of the 2017 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts. They finished 3–8 at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Team MacPhee also won the provincial championship the following season, and finished 2–6 at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Birt returned to competitive curling after the season and took over as skip for the team. Team Birt had a very strong 2018–19 season, not missing the playoffs in any of their tour events. They won the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, finished runner-up at the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel and had semifinal finishes at both the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and the New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel.The team won five straight sudden-death elimination games at the 2019 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts to claim the provincial title. The team did improve their record at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, finishing in sixth place with a 6–5 record. Team Birt played in nine tour events the following season and qualified in eight of them, only missing the playoffs at the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic. This year, they won the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel and were finalists at the Atlantic Superstore Monctonian Challenge and the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic. They had semifinal finishes at The Curling Store Cashspiel, the New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel and the Dave Jones Stanhope Simpson Insurance Mayflower Cashspiel and a quarterfinal appearance at both the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and the Tour Challenge Tier 2. They defended their title at the 2020 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team had an eighth-place finish at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, finishing with a 5–6 record.Team Birt began the 2020–21 season with two runner-up finishes at the 2020 The Curling Store Cashspiel and the 2020 Dave Jones Stanhope Simpson Insurance Mayflower Cashspiel. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Prince Edward Island, many teams had to opt out of the 2021 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts as they could not commit to the quarantine process in order to compete in the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. This meant that only Team Birt and their clubmates Darlene London's rink entered the event. In the best-of-five series, Team Birt defeated Team London three games to zero to earn the right to represent Prince Edward Island at the 2021 Scotties in Calgary, Alberta. At the Tournament of Hearts, they finished a 4–4 round robin record, failing to qualify for the championship round. The Birt rink had two appearances in finals to begin the 2021–22 season. The team lost in the final of the 2021 Oakville Fall Classic to Team Jamie Sinclair and the final of the 2021 Oakville Labour Day Classic to Team Tracy Fleury.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the qualification process for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials had to be modified to qualify enough teams for the championship. In these modifications, Curling Canada created the 2021 Canadian Curling Trials Direct-Entry Event, an event where five teams would compete to try to earn one of three spots into the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. Team Birt qualified for the Trials Direct-Entry Event due to their CTRS ranking from the 2019–20 season. The team went 1–3 through the round robin, finishing in last place and not advancing directly to the Trials. Team Birt had one final chance to advance to the Olympic Trials through the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials where they finished the round robin with a 4–2 record. This qualified them for the double knockout round, where they lost both of their games and were eliminated. The team had two more tour stops during the season, which included winning the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic and reaching the semifinal of the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel.The 2022 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts was cancelled due to the pandemic and Team Birt were selected to represent their province at the national women's championship. The team finished the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts with a 4–4 record, fifth place in their pool. Personal life
<mask> works as a team lead for Veterans Affairs Canada. She began curling when she was 5 years old. Teams

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Canadian women curlers
Curlers from Prince Edward Island
Living people
Sportspeople from Charlottetown

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title: Suzy Mandel

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<mask> (born 6 March 1953) is a former actress and model best known for her roles in such 1970s British sex comedies as Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Intimate Games (1976), Come Play with Me (1977), The Playbirds (1978), and Adventures of a Plumber's Mate (1978), and for her appearances on The Benny Hill Show. Early life
Born in London, <mask> grew up on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent and later in Essex at Epping, Woodford and Buckhurst Hill. She was partly raised by her grandparents "who owned bars and clubs and holidays camps". Beginning at age 13, she attended London Academy of Modeling in London. Career

Early years
She began her career as a coat model but was also a catwalk model and later a photographic model. Later, she modelled lingerie and was a contestant on Miss TV Times (broadcast on UK television on 14 June 1974 and presented by Hughie Green). In sex comedies
<mask>'s acting career in British sex comedies began in 1976, with her first film, Intimate Games.Benny Hill saw Intimate Games, and this led him to cast <mask> on his eponymous show. She appears in multiple roles on two 1977 episodes of the series (broadcast in the UK 26 January 1977 and 23 March 1977). Of Hill and Jackie Wright's famous "head slapping" routine, she said "Jackie Wright was a chain smoker and he would often hide his cigarette in his mouth or behind his back during scenes. In fact, you could often see a little plume of smoke rising behind him if you looked close enough. Benny would slap his head to fan the smoke away." On the big screen she quickly became a favourite of both British sex film directors and audiences. Soon she was receiving equal billing with Mary Millington, the UK's biggest sex symbol of the 1970s.Millington and <mask>'s film, Come Play With Me still stands as one of the longest-running films in British film history, and ran continuously at the Moulin Cinema in London's West End from 1977 to 1981. Performing in the US
After the release of her final British sex film, You're Driving Me Crazy, Mandel moved to Los Angeles where, in 1979, she attended the Lee Strasberg Institute for about a year, studying acting and voice. She also studied with noted voice and dialect coach Robert Easton. Mandel continued acting, appearing in the film The Mistress of the Apes (directed by B-movie specialist Larry Buchanan). She appears in the 1980 film The Private Eyes starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts as Hilda, the Upstairs Maid. She guest starred on television shows like The Love Boat. She also appeared in the hardcore film Blonde Ambition (also known as Can I Come Again), which was shot in New York City in 1977, but only released in 1980.Blonde Ambition stars <mask> as Sugar Cane, half of a talentless duo of singers who become embroiled in the search for a missing brooch. Directed by the eccentric Amero Brothers, the role required <mask> to strip while ice skating, impersonate a drag queen, play the tuba and perform in hardcore sex scenes. (She used a body double for the last.) Later years
<mask> eventually moved behind the scenes, working on the horror comedy Dead Men Don't Die (1991) starring Elliott Gould as well as co-producing Love Bites, starring Adam Ant, in 1993, (she appears briefly onscreen as well). In 1996, <mask> revealed in the British newspaper The People that she had quit show business to work as a nurse, caring for people dying from AIDS after several of her friends had died from the disease. For a short period of time, she ran an art gallery in Beverly Hills, California. However she returned to the nursing work, until 2001, when she was "involved in a very serious accident" which caused her to retire from that work.In 2006, she returned to producing, working with adult video director Jennifer James on a series, Inside Erotica. The 2014 tongue-in-cheek British television documentary The Golden Rules of Porn (broadcast on More4 on 9 August 2014) included <mask> discussing her roles in the soft-core British comedies Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Come Play with Me, The Playbirds and sharing her thoughts on bad chat-up lines and high heels. Personal life
<mask> has been married more than once. On 16 August 1981, she married wealthy British film financier Stanley Margolis. Margolis had owned Tigon British Film Productions, the company that released some of her best-known British films, and that would later co-produce the 1993 film True Romance. She and Margolis divorced in 1994. (TV show, BBC 1970s)
The Benny Hill Show (TV show, Thames 1977) ...Various roles
The Dick Emery Show (TV show, BBC 1977) ... Dawn, the biker chick
Within These Walls (TV show, LWT 1970s)
Z-Cars (TV show, BBC 1970s)
Van der Valk (TV show, 1970s)
Target (TV show, BBC 1970s)
Jackanory Playhouse (TV show, 1970s)
George Sands (TV show, 1970s)
Nice Day Tomorrow (TV show, 1970s)
The Liver Birds (TV show, BBC 1970s)
The Sweeney (TV show, Thames 1970s)
Rock Follies (TV show, Thames 1970s)
The Barry Humphries Show (TV show, BBC 1977)
The World of Pam Ayres (TV show, LWT 1977)
The XYY Man (TV show, Granada 1970s)
The Other One (TV show, BBC 1970s)
Play of the Month: The Country Wife (TV show, BBC 1977)
Mr. Big (TV show, BBC 1977)
Play of the Month: The Ambassadors (TV show, BBC 1977)
Get Some In! (TV show, BBC 1977) ... Non-responsive W.A.A.F. Pennies from Heaven (TV show, BBC, 1978)
The Love Boat  (TV show, ABC 1980) ... Trina
Kawasaki (TV Commercial, 1980s)
Toyota (TV Commercial, 1980s)
Nissan (TV Commercial, 1980s)
Red Mountain Coffee (TV Commercial, 1980s)
We're Making It (TV show, series regular, 1980s)
Sunset Strip (TV show, series regular, 1980s)
All Nonsense Network News (TV show, series regular/opera reporter, 1980s)
Love Bites (1993)

Magazine covers
Whitehouse issue 27
Whitehouse issue 25
Park Lane issue 21
Playbirds issue 14, 1977
Playbirds issue 13, 1977
National News issue 8
Lovebirds issue 6
Cine Revue 1 May 1980, Vol. 1, Iss. 18

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Page 3 girls
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title: Gary Klein (producer)

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<mask> (born September 28, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American songwriter and Grammy nominated record producer. He graduated from Long Island University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. In the era which included classic rock, country, punk, disco, pop, record producer <mask> was well known for working across genres and often crossing over genres such as country music legends Dolly Parton and Glen Campbell with "Here You Come Again" and "Southern Nights," arguably the beginnings of country music being accepted by mainstream pop audiences. From Carrie Underwood to Taylor Swift it would be difficult to imagine their mainstream pop success today without looking back to Parton and <mask>’s produced rendition of the Mann/Weill-penned “Here You Come Again.” Until then, like television actors trying to get into movies to capture mainstream success, country music had tried and failed to crossover many times before. <mask>’s production of “Here You Come Again,” with a never done before piano intro by musician David Foster playing piano, <mask> devised a sound with an ingenious idea placing masking tape across the keys inside the piano. The sound, often recreated since, had a metallic, yet subtle quality that was instantly recognizable. Record Producer <mask> liked a “memorable intro or hook,” was not alone.Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain noted on many occasions the importance of a simple catchy intro in a great pop song which Cobain, a well known Beatles fan, was trying to recreate with his own style of music. In 1962, <mask> co-wrote the international pop hit song "Bobby’s Girl". He continued songwriting for a short time including “Guess Who?”(Kornfeld/<mask>), which was included on Dusty Springfield’s “Dusty” album. However, it was obvious early on that <mask> had an ear and talent for record production (technology and music) which later proved true. Singer/songwriter Tim Hardin, despite being recognized as a great songwriter in music circles had struggled to gain traction as a mainstream artist. His immense talent was difficult to capture on tape in a recording studio. In 1968, <mask> produced Tim Hardin’s ”Live in Concert 3.” Hardin changed Record Producer <mask> labels and in 1969 his first studio release for Columbia Records “Suite for Susie Moore and Damion: We are One, One, We Are” was producer by <mask> reaching 129 on Billboard’s top 200 album charts.In his review for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote of the reissue that included Bird on a Wire: "There's a lot of pain in this disc, to be sure — it's hard to find a Hardin song that didn't have some — but also a level of lyrical and musical excellence that one should feel privileged to partake of." 1968, <mask> produced “Tim Hardin 3 Live in Concert” 1969, <mask> produced the Hardin album Suite for Susan Moore and Damion: We Are One, One, All in One. In 1974, Mac Davis, while working on a new album wrote the song "Stop and Smell the Roses". This was a phrase Doc Severinsen, band leader of The “Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” had mentioned to Davis, giving Doc co-writing credit. However, the song was not proving an easy recording as the album was being produced by Rick Hall known as the “Father of Muscle Shoals Music." Columbia Records went to young record producer <mask>, then 32, asking if he'd like to give what they were hoping to release as the first single “Stop and Smell the Roses,” a shot at production and they’d choose which producers rendition they preferred as the single. Ultimately the <mask> version won out.It went to #1 on Billboard Magazine's Adult Contemporary charts and was a top 10 pop hit. In 1975, <mask> recorded Johnny Cash's album John R. Cash. In an attempt to try something new and revive his career the "Columbia bosses" wanted Cash to record other people's material, covers. It did not prove successful. Cash later blamed it on the "bosses," finding no fault in the production. He mentioned he'd work again with <mask> down the line. In 1976-1977, <mask> began working with Glen Campbell.This resulted in the pop and country #1 hit "Southern Nights". Upon Campbell's crossover to the pop charts, Dolly Parton and RCA Records wondered if he could do the same for her. In 1977, <mask> produced Dolly Parton's classic pop hit album Here You Come Again. It was the first of three albums he'd produce for Parton resulting in country and pop hit records. In 1976, Barbra Streisand had just won an Academy Award for her song "Evergreen". <mask> began working with Streisand in 1977 on her album Superman. "My Heart Belongs to Me" hit #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts and the album went to #4 on Billboard's top 100 resulting in double platinum album.In 1978, Streisand's Songbird album was released. It proved another double platinum album and at this point, Streisand was doing an album a year with <mask>. In 1979-80 <mask> produced Streisand's Wet album. This included the #1 single "Enough is Enough,” a smash-hit duet with Donna Summer, often sites as the last great disco hit and end of an era. He would then produce Janis Ian’s 1981 album Restless Eyes, her last to dent the Billboard Top 200 and her last album to be released in the US until 1993. <mask> stopped producing records in 1987. He joined EMI Records/EMI Music Publishing’s CEO/Chairman Charles Koppelman in 1989 becoming an executive at the company.While there he transitioned to the publishing division full time working with CEO/Chairman Martin Bandier. Koppelman, Bandier and <mask> originally worked together at The Entertainment Company in (1975-1982). The company was financed by Real Estate Tycoon Samuel J. LeFrak. They were led by CEO Charles Koppelman who oversaw all aspects of the company with Martin Bandier as General Counsel and <mask> leading the creative side of the business as record producer. <mask> remained with Koppelman and Bandier at EMI and went on to have a 20 year run as an executive at the company. <mask> stopped producing records in 1990 and began 20-year career as an executive at EMI Music Publishing. References

External links
Interview with <mask> on producing Barbra Streisand: http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/interview/gary_klein.htmlhttps://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Record-Producers-Eric-Olsen/dp/0823076075

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title: Maximilian von Spee

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<mask> (22 June 1861 – 8 December 1914) was a naval officer of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), who commanded the East Asia Squadron during World War I. Spee entered the navy in 1878 and served in a variety of roles and locations, including on a colonial gunboat in German West Africa in the 1880s, the East Africa Squadron in the late 1890s, and as commander of several warships in the main German fleet in the early 1900s. During his time in Germany in the late 1880s and early 1890s, he married his wife, Margareta, and had three children, his sons Heinrich and Otto and his daughter Huberta. By 1912, he had returned to the East Asia Squadron as its commander, and was promoted to the rank of Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral) the following year. After the outbreak of World War I in July 1914, Spee led his squadron across the Pacific to the coast of South America. Here on 1 November, he defeated the British 4th Cruiser Squadron under Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock in the Battle of Coronel, sinking two of Cradock's cruisers and forcing his other two ships to retreat. A month later, Spee decided to attack the British naval base in the Falkland Islands, but a superior British force surprised him. In the ensuing Battle of the Falkland Islands, Vice Admiral Doveton Sturdee's squadron, which included two powerful battlecruisers, destroyed the East Asia Squadron.<mask> and his two sons, who happened to be serving on two of his ships, were all killed, along with about 2,200 other men. Spee was hailed as a hero in Germany, and several ships were named in his honor, including the heavy cruiser , which was built in the 1930s and was defeated in the Battle of the River Plate during World War II. Early career

<mask> was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 22 June 1861, though he was raised in the Rhineland in Germany, where his family had an estate. He joined the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in 1878 and initially served in the main German naval base at Kiel. He was commissioned an officer at the rank of Leutnant zur See (Lieutenant at Sea), and was assigned to the gunboat , which was sent to western Africa. During this voyage, the Germans signed treaties with local rulers in Togo and Cameroon, creating the colonies of Togoland and Kamerun, respectively. In 1887, Spee was transferred to Kamerun where he commanded the port at Duala.He contracted rheumatic fever while there, and had to be sent back to Germany to recover, though he occasionally suffered from rheumatism for the rest of his life. After returning to Germany in 1889, he married his wife, Margareta <mask> der Osten-Sacken. With her he had two sons—Otto, born on 10 July 1890, Heinrich, born on 24 April 1893—and one daughter, Huberta, born on 11 July 1894. In December 1897, Spee was stationed in Germany's East Asia Squadron after it seized the concession at Kiautschou Bay, with its port at Tsingtao. Here, he served on the staff of Vizeadmiral <mask> Diederichs. During the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900, Spee saw action at Tsingtao and on the Yangtze. After arriving back in Germany, he was promoted to the rank of Korvettenkapitän (Corvette Captain) and assigned as the first officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship .Between 1900 and 1908, Spee held command of several ships, including the aviso , the minelayer , and finally the pre-dreadnought . During this period, he was promoted to Fregattenkapitän (Frigate Captain) on 27 January 1904 and to Kapitän zur See (Captain at Sea) exactly a year later; his command of Wittelsbach followed the latter promotion. In 1908, he was assigned as the chief of staff to the commander of the North Sea Station, and in 1910 he was promoted to the rank of Konteradmiral (KAdm–Counter Admiral). Spee was then assigned as the deputy commander for the reconnaissance forces of the  High Seas Fleet. East Asia Squadron

In late 1912, Spee was given command of the East Asia Squadron, replacing KAdm Günther <mask>igk on 4 December. Spee raised his flag on the armored cruiser , and departed on a tour of the southwest Pacific along with Scharnhorsts sister ship , during which Spee made visits to several ports, including Singapore and Batavia. Spee was promoted to Vizeadmiral the following year.Over the following year and a half, Spee met with the leaders of several East Asian countries. From 1 April to 7 May 1913, Scharnhorst took Spee to Japan to meet the Taishō Emperor. Later in the year, Spee met with Chulalongkorn, the King of Siam. In May 1914, Spee took Scharnhorst and the torpedo boat  on a visit to Port Arthur and then to Tianjin; Spee continued on to Beijing, where he met with Yuan Shikai, the first President of the Republic of China. He came back aboard Scharnhorst on 11 May and the ship returned to Tsingtao. Spee thereafter began preparations for a cruise to German New Guinea; Scharnhorst departed on 20 June. The two armored cruisers proceeded to Nagasaki, Japan, where they coaled in preparation for their tour.While en route to Truk in the Caroline Islands, they received news of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. On 17 July, the East Asia Squadron arrived in Ponape in the Carolines, where the ships remained while tensions steadily rose in Europe. In Ponape, Spee had access to the German radio network, and he learned of the Austro-Hungarian declaration of war on Serbia on 28 July, followed shortly thereafter by the Russian mobilization—tantamount to a declaration of war—against Austria-Hungary and possibly Germany. On 31 July, word came that the German ultimatum that Russia demobilize its armies was set to expire; Spee ordered his ships' crews to prepare for war. On 2 August, Wilhelm II ordered German mobilization against Russia and its ally, France. Following Germany's violation of neutral Belgium during its invasion of France, Britain declared war on Germany. World War I

The East Asia Squadron consisted of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the light cruisers , , and .At the time, Nürnberg was returning from the west coast of the United States, where Leipzig had just replaced her, and Emden was still in Tsingtao. Spee recalled his ships to consolidate his forces; Nürnberg arrived on 6 August and the three cruisers plus their colliers moved to Pagan Island in the Marianas, at that time a German colony. Emden and the liner , which had been converted into an auxiliary cruiser, joined the squadron there on 12 August. The four cruisers, accompanied by Prinz Eitel Friedrich and several colliers, then departed the central Pacific, bound for Chile. On 13 August, Commodore <mask> Müller, captain of the Emden, persuaded Spee to detach his ship as a commerce raider. On 14 August, the East Asia Squadron departed Pagan for Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. While en route across the Pacific, Spee relaxed formalities aboard his ships, integrating the messes for officers and non-commissioned and engineering officers.To keep the German high command informed, on 8 September Spee detached Nürnberg to Honolulu to send word through neutral countries. Nürnberg returned with news of the Allied capture of German Samoa, which had taken place on 29 August. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sailed to Apia to investigate the situation. Spee had hoped to catch a British or Australian warship by surprise, but upon his arrival on 14 September, he found no warships in the harbor. Spee decided against attacking the Allied troops ashore, since doing so would risk killing Samoans and damaging German property. On 22 September, Scharnhorst and the rest of the East Asia Squadron arrived at the French colony of Papeete. The Germans attacked the colony, and in the ensuing Battle of Papeete, they sank the French gunboat Zélée.The ships came under fire from French shore batteries but were undamaged. Fear of mines in the harbor prevented Spee from seizing the coal in the harbor. Spee then continued across the Pacific, passing through the Marquesas Islands, where his ships acquired supplies including fresh meat by barter, purchase, or confiscation. On 12 October, the squadron reached Easter Island, where it was reinforced by Leipzig, , and four more colliers. <mask>'s ships were off the coast of Chile by 1 November, when he learned that the British cruiser  was moored in Coronel, ostensibly alone; he decided to try to sink the ship. Battle of Coronel

Glasgow was assigned to the 4th Cruiser Squadron, under Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock; as it turned out, Glasgow was joined by the armored cruisers  and  and the auxiliary cruiser . After discovering the entire squadron off Coronel, Spee decided to engage the British ships, but he delayed the action using his ships' superior speed until later in the day, when the setting sun would silhouette Cradock's ships.The German ships would meanwhile be obscured against the Chilean coast, making the task of the British gunners more difficult. At 18:07, Spee issued the order to open fire, with his two armored cruisers battling Cradock's armored cruisers and his light cruisers engaging Glasgow and Otranto. Cradock quickly detached Otranto, as she had no place in the line of battle. By 18:50, Gneisenau had disabled Monmouth and so shifted fire to Good Hope; the combined firepower of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau neutralized Good Hope by 19:23. Spee then withdrew his two armored cruisers and sent in his light cruisers to finish off Monmouth and Good Hope. The British had lost both ships and suffered more than 1,600 dead, including Cradock, though the German ships had expended around 40 percent of their ammunition supply. Spee had inflicted the first defeat on a Royal  Navy squadron since the Napoleonic Wars a century earlier.After the battle, Spee took his ships north to Valparaiso. Since Chile was neutral, only three ships could enter the port at a time; Spee took Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Nürnberg in first on the morning of 3 November, leaving Dresden and Leipzig with the colliers at Mas a Fuera. There, Spee's ships could take on coal while he conferred with the Admiralty Staff in Germany to determine the strength of remaining British forces in the region. In addition, Spee sought to counter British press reports that attempted to minimize their losses and exaggerate German casualties. A reception followed at the German Club of Valparaiso, though Spee insisted that the event be restrained in tone. He received a bouquet of flowers to celebrate the victory at Coronel; Spee replied that they would do nicely for his grave. He stated that,

While in port, Spee received the order from the Admiralty Staff to attempt to break through to Germany.The ships remained in the port for only 24 hours, in accordance with the neutrality restrictions, and arrived at Mas a Fuera on 6 November, where they took on more coal from captured British and French steamers. Dresden and Leipzig took their turn in Valparaiso, after which the re-formed squadron continued south and rounded Cape Horn into the South Atlantic. In the meantime, the Royal Navy sent a pair of battlecruisers— and —commanded by Vice Admiral Doveton Sturdee to hunt down <mask>'s squadron and avenge Cradock's defeat. Battle of the Falkland Islands

On the morning of 6 December, Spee held a conference with the ship commanders aboard Scharnhorst to determine their next course of action. The Germans had received numerous fragmentary and contradictory reports of British reinforcements in the region; Spee and two other captains favored an attack on the Falkland Islands to destroy the British wireless station there, while three other commanders argued that it would be better to bypass the islands and attack British shipping off Argentina. Spee's opinion carried the day and the squadron departed for the Falkland Islands at 12:00 on 6 December. The ships arrived off the Falkland Islands two days later; Gneisenau and Nürnberg were delegated for the attack.As they approached, observers aboard Gneisenau spotted smoke rising from Port Stanley, but assumed it was the British burning their coal stocks to prevent the Germans from seizing them. As they closed on the harbor,  shells from the elderly battleship , which had been beached as a guard ship, began to fall around the German ships, which prompted Spee to break off the attack. As Spee withdrew, Sturdee quickly got steam up in his ships and sortied to chase the Germans. By 13:20, the battlecruisers had caught up with Spee, who realized his armored cruisers could not escape the much faster battlecruisers. He ordered the three light cruisers to attempt to break away while he tried to hold off the British squadron with Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Sturdee instead ordered his cruisers to chase down the fleeing German light cruisers while Invincible and Inflexible dealt with Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Spee deftly maneuvered his ships, taking the leeward position; the wind kept his ships swept of smoke, which improved visibility for his gunners.This forced Sturdee into the windward position and its corresponding worse visibility. Scharnhorst straddled Invincible with her third salvo and quickly scored two hits on the British battlecruiser. The German flagship was herself not hit during this phase of the battle. Sturdee attempted to widen the distance by turning two points to the north to prevent Spee from closing to within the range of his numerous secondary guns. Spee counteracted this maneuver by turning rapidly to the south, which forced Sturdee to turn south as well to keep within range. This allowed Scharnhorst and Gneisenau to turn back north and get close enough to engage with their secondary 15 cm guns. Their shooting was so accurate that it forced the British to haul away a second time.The British gunfire became increasingly accurate, and by 16:00, Scharnhorst had begun to list badly, while fires raged aboard the ship. Spee ordered Gneisenau to try to disengage while he turned Scharnhorst toward his attackers in an attempt to launch torpedoes at them. At 16:17, Scharnhorst capsized and sank, taking her entire crew with her, including Spee. The British, still focused on Gneisenau, made no effort to rescue survivors. Gneisenau, Leipzig, and Nürnberg were also sunk. Only Dresden managed to escape, but she was eventually tracked to the Juan Fernández Islands and sunk. The complete destruction of the squadron killed about 2,200 German sailors and officers, including both of Spee's sons; Heinrich died aboard Gneisenau, and Otto was killed aboard Nürnberg.<mask> was hailed as a hero in Germany and the men of the East Asia Squadron were celebrated in the press, which emphasized their bravery and refusal to surrender. In September 1917, the second  was named Graf Spee, and was christened by Spee's widow Margarete. Construction of the ship had not been completed by the time of the Armistice of 11 November 1918, and she was broken up for scrap by 1921. In 1934 Germany named the new heavy cruiser  after him; as with the earlier vessel, a member of Spee's family christened the ship, this time his daughter. In December 1939, Admiral <mask> was scuttled by her crew after the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Uruguay. Between 1959 and 1964 the Federal German Bundesmarine operated the training frigate Graf Spee. The wreck of Spee's flagship Scharnhorst was found off the Falklands on 5 December 2019, almost 105 years to the day after her sinking.Wilhelm Graf <mask>, head of the <mask> <mask> family, called the location of the wreck "bittersweet", remarking that the family took comfort "from the knowledge that the final resting place of so many has been found, and can now be preserved, whilst also being reminded of the huge waste of life. As a family, we lost a father and his two sons on one day. Like the thousands of other families who suffered an unimaginable loss during the First World War, we remember them and must ensure that their sacrifice was not in vain." Footnotes

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<mask><mask> is a litigation and employment law attorney based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Mr. <mask> is licensed to practice law in Florida, New York and Washington, D.C. Personal background
<mask><mask> was born in New York City on April 7, 1970, the son of <mask> and <mask>. <mask> was a vice-president for CBS in New York City from 1980 to 1987. After working in the corporate environment, <mask> pursued the artistic path, attending the Florence Academy of Art in Italy. <mask> currently has several sculptures on permanent exhibition in Asheville, North Carolina, St. Augustine, Florida, and Las Vegas, Nevada as well as The Vatican, Italy. <mask> was the namesake of his great-aunt, <mask>, who hosted a talk radio show in New York City from 1942 to 1945.Her radio show was recorded and broadcast from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building in the CBS Studios. The radio program was discontinued when a B-25 Mitchell crashed into the north side of the 79th floor of the building. In 1946, <mask> conceived the idea of the first interfaith postage stamp. It was known as "The Four Chaplains" and commemorated the sacrifice of four clergymen in the United States Army who gave up their life preservers to other service men aboard the troop transport . The four clergy died so that other servicemen could live. The United States Post Office approved the stamp in 1948 for general sale and circulation. It was the first postage stamp ever issued by the Post Office commemorating a Jew, <mask> Goode.From this recognition, there now exists a stained glass window in the chapel of the Pentagon. Educational background
<mask> attended Nova Elementary School and Nova Middle School in Davie, Florida. He went on to attend Coral Springs High School in Coral Springs, Florida. While a high school student, <mask> was a member of the National Honor Society, Debate Team and Math Team. United States Senator George S. LeMieux was a fellow debate team member at Coral Springs High School. Mr. <mask> graduated in the top five percent of his high school class in 1988. He then attended the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida, where he majored in English literature and mathematics at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.He was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity, was routinely appointed to the Dean's List for academic excellence, and was active in campus politics. He graduated in 1992 as a University of Florida Presidential Scholar. This award was presented to students graduating with excellent academic credentials and esteemed community service. <mask> then attended the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He was immediately recognized for his advocacy skills. He was the only first-year law student in his class chosen for both the University of Florida Trial Team and the Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Board. He earned the award of Champion Advocate at the 1995 Mock Trial Competition sponsored by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America in Salt Lake City, Utah.<mask> also competed in appellate argument competitions in Chicago, New York City, and St. Louis. He graduated from law school in 1995. He was one of just two law students who received upon graduation election into the international advocacy honorary known as The Order of Barristers, signifying excellence in litigation skills. Work history
Mr. <mask> was immediately admitted to the Florida Bar and went to work for Josephs, Jack and Gaebe, a litigation boutique in Miami. He represented U-Haul International and its affiliates and was also involved in multimillion-dollar commercial litigation throughout Florida. Mr. <mask> then worked for the law firm of Gunster Yoakley. Mr. <mask> was subsequently courted by the law firm of Gordon, Hargrove and James in Fort Lauderdale, later known as Sedgwick Law Firm.He accepted the position and represented AT&T, BellSouth, Yahoo!, U-Haul, Carrier Corporation, Schindler Group, Otis Elevator Corporation, the UTC Companies and W.R. Grace and Company. Mr. <mask> filed a lawsuit on behalf of W.R. Grace and Company against American International Group (AIG) seeking reimbursement of hundreds of millions of dollars paid by W.R. Grace to resolve mass tort asbestos claims denied under an alleged fraud exclusion of various insurance policies. AIG eventually capitulated  following depositions taken by Mr. <mask> of various executive vice-presidents and days before Mr. <mask> was scheduled to take the court-ordered deposition of AIG chairman Hank Goldberg. After this success, Mr. <mask> was the youngest attorney ever made partner at Sedgwick Law Firm. Shortly after being elected a law partner, and at the request of several clients, <mask> started his own law firm, The Wolff Law Firm, in 2005. In addition to working as a commercial litigator, <mask> is currently general counsel of Lynch Holdings, L.P., a holding company for various assets including real estate, securities and intellectual property. Mr. <mask> is actively involved in the valuation, purchase, defense and licensing of such assets.He also acts as personal counsel for high net-worth individuals, directors and executive officers of companies such as Barnes & Noble, Peloton, Sam's Club, Wal-Mart, eBay, Gilt Groupe, AirTable.com, Hiller Industries, Nike, Two Sigma and CVS. Mr. <mask> also represented San Felasco Nurseries, one of the six Florida license holders for the growth and sale of medical marijuana. Mr. <mask> assisted San Felasco Nurseries during its application process, its appeal process, and ultimately its successful achievement of a license to grow and sell medical marijuana. Mr. <mask> went on to represent Acreage Holdings, one of the largest cannabis-related investment firms in the world. Mr. <mask> also represented the lead investor in a $21 million Series B capital raise for Jane Technologies, the largest online cannabis inventory reservation system in the United States. In 2020, Mr. <mask> represented the individual who became Chief Executive Officer of eBay during the global COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first, completely virtual hire of a Chief Executive Officer of a public company in the United States.Published works
In addition to his work with some preeminent clients, Mr. <mask> was involved in a matter for Boca Burger, a division of Kraft Foods. Mr. <mask>, along with other members of his law firm, were successful at the trial court level. However, the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal disagreed with Mr. <mask>, and sanctioned his law firm for defending the matter. The issue was appealed and reached the Florida Supreme Court. The Florida Supreme Court agreed with Mr. <mask> and his law firm. The Florida Supreme Court held that the appellate court incorrectly adjudicated the matter, reversed the decision of the appellate court, reversed sanctions, determined that the issue of preemption pursuant to the Florida Food Safety Act was a valid defense presented at the initial stages of litigation. These decision has been cited over forty-five (45) times by Florida courts since 2005.Mr. <mask> has been the managing partner of The Wolff Law Firm located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Wolff Law Firm has been in continuous existence since 2005. Among other matters, Mr. <mask> successfully defended claims of usury. Mr. <mask> has countless awards and innumerable public service activities. Mr. <mask> is admitted to practice law in Florida, New York and Washington, D.C.  Mr. <mask> currently holds an AV-Rated Preeminent ranking of 5.0 out of 5.0 by the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review System. Less than five percent of all attorneys are AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2010, Mr. <mask> was also selected as a "Florida Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyers Magazine.Less than five percent of lawyers are selected by the magazine after a nomination and peer-review process. Mr. <mask> effectively represents Fortune 100 companies, Florida 500 Companies, and some of the wealthiest businesspersons in South Florida. <mask> has been practicing law for over 25 years, and The Wolff Law Firm has been in business for over 15 consecutive years. Mr. <mask> is listed in Who's Who of American Law, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders, has been seen on television on CNN with Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room and in publications such as The Miami Herald, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, the New York Daily News, the South Florida Business Journal and Daily Business Review. Mr. <mask> currently represents construction companies, air conditioning companies, roofing companies, health care companies, marijuana-related businesses, foreign real estate investors and vitamin companies around the world. Among the most notable clients, The Wolff Law Firm represented Alcor Life Extension Foundation, the largest cryonics company in the world. Mr. <mask> advocated for—and successfully obtained—on behalf of an Alcor member the first known "virtual autopsy" in Florida.The virtual autopsy was performed using a portable CT Scan in Hillsborough County, Florida to avoid intrusion into the brain of an Alcor member after death. The matter received a great deal of media attention. In February 2010, Mr. <mask> successfully obtained an order from a court in Palm Beach County, Florida for the second virtual autopsy known in Florida for yet another Alcor member. Mr. <mask> was also interviewed extensively on ABC News, Good Morning Phoenix on KTVK, and The Denver Post in connection with litigation over an Alcor member from Colorado Springs, Colorado who left her remains to Alcor pursuant to the Colorado Disposition of Remains Act and the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. The family of the Alcor member sought revocation of the anatomical gift based on an alleged change of a financial beneficiary in connection with a life insurance annuity. Alcor prevailed in court and the written desire of the Alcor member to be cryopreserved was fulfilled. Mr. <mask> also successfully represented San Felasco Nurseries in its application process for one of six licenses in Florida to grow and sell medical marijuana.Mr. <mask> also assisted in the challenge process, and the ultimate award process to enable San Felasco Nurseries to commence the growth, cultivation, packaging and sale of medical marijuana in throughout Florida. Mr. <mask> was often quoted in new outlets during the application and award process, including his representation of marijuana trade associations. He continues to assist early-stage cannabis companies with licensure and business development in Florida. References

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title: Johnnie Cochran

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<mask>. (; October 2, 1937 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer and civil activist best known for his leadership role in the defense and criminal acquittal of O.J. Simpson for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. He often defended his client with rhymes like "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit!" Cochran represented Sean Combs, Michael Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Stanley Tookie Williams, Todd Bridges, football player Jim Brown, Snoop Dogg, former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe, 1992 Los Angeles riot beating victim Reginald Oliver Denny, and inmate and activist Geronimo Pratt. He represented athlete Marion Jones when she faced charges of doping during her high school track career. Cochran was known for his skill in the courtroom and his prominence as an early advocate for victims of police brutality. Early life
Cochran was born in 1937 in Shreveport, Louisiana.His father, <mask> <mask> Sr. (1916–2018), was an insurance salesman and his mother sold Avon products. The family relocated to the West Coast during the second wave of the Great Migration, settling in Los Angeles in 1949. Cochran went to local schools and graduated first in his class from Los Angeles High School in 1955. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business economics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1959 and a Juris Doctor from the Loyola Law School in 1962. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and the fraternity's 45th Laurel Wreath laureate. Legal practice

Inspired by Thurgood Marshall and the legal victory that Marshall won in Brown v. Board of Education, Cochran decided to dedicate his life to practicing law. Cochran felt his career was a calling, a double opportunity to work for what he considered to be right and to challenge what he considered wrong; he could make a difference by practicing law.In A Lawyer's Life, Cochran wrote, "I read everything that I could find about Thurgood Marshall and confirmed that a single dedicated man could use the law to change society". Despite setbacks as a lawyer, Cochran vowed not to cease what he was doing, saying: "I made this commitment and I must fulfill it." Early career

After passing the California bar exam in 1963, Cochran took a position in Los Angeles as a deputy city attorney in the criminal division. In 1964, the young Cochran prosecuted one of his first celebrity cases, Lenny Bruce, a comedian who had recently been arrested on obscenity charges. Two years later, Cochran entered private practice. Soon thereafter, he opened his own firm, Cochran, Atkins & Evans, in Los Angeles. In his first notable case, Cochran represented an African-American widow who sued several police officers who had shot and killed her husband, Leonard Deadwyler.Though Cochran lost the case, it became a turning point in his career. Rather than seeing the case as a defeat, Cochran realized the trial itself had awakened the black community. In reference to the loss, Cochran wrote in The American Lawyer, "those were extremely difficult cases to win in those days. But what Deadwyler confirmed for me was that this issue of police abuse really galvanized the minority community. It taught me that these cases could really get attention." By the late 1970s, Cochran had established his reputation in the black community. He was litigating a number of high-profile police brutality and criminal cases.Los Angeles County District Attorney's office
In 1978, Cochran returned to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office in the leadership position of First Assistant District Attorney. Though he took a pay cut to do so, joining the government was his way of becoming "one of the good guys, one of the very top rung." He began to strengthen his ties with the political community, alter his image, and work from within to change the system. Return to private practice

Five years later, Cochran returned to private practice, reinventing himself as "the best in the West" by opening the <mask> <mask> Jr. law firm. In contrast to his early loss in the Deadwyler case, Cochran won 760,000 for the family of Ron Settles, a black college football player who, his family claimed, was murdered by the police. In 1990, Cochran joined a succeeding firm, Cochran, Mitchell & Jenna, and joined Cochran, Cherry, Givens & Smith in 1997. The Cochran Firm has grown to have regional offices located in fifteen states.In most of his cases Cochran represented plaintiffs in tort actions and opposed tort reform. Due to his success as a lawyer, Cochran could encourage settlement simply by his presence on a case. According to Rev. Jesse Jackson, a call to <mask> Cochran made "corporations and violators shake." Cochran's well-honed rhetoric and flamboyance in the courtroom has been described as theatrical. His practice as a lawyer earned him great wealth. With his earnings, he bought and drove cars such as a Jaguar and a Rolls-Royce.He owned homes in Los Angeles, two apartments in West Hollywood and a condo in Manhattan. In 2001, Cochran's accountant estimated that within five years he would be worth 25–50 million. Clients
Before the Simpson case, Cochran had achieved a reputation as a "go-to" lawyer for the rich, as well as a successful advocate for minorities in police brutality and civil rights cases. However, the controversial and dramatic Simpson trial made Cochran more widely known, generating a variety of opinions about him. Cochran had often liked to say that he worked "not only for the OJs, but also the No Js". In other words, he enjoyed defending or suing in the name of those who did not have fame or wealth. Cochran believed that most glorious moment as a lawyer occurred when he won the freedom of Geronimo Pratt.Cochran said he considered Pratt's release "the happiest day" of his legal practice. In the words of the Harvard Law School professor Charles Ogletree, Cochran "was willing to fight for the underdog." Rev. Jesse Jackson believed Cochran was the "people's lawyer." Magic Johnson proclaimed Cochran was known "...for representing O. J. and Michael, but he was bigger and better than that". O. J. Simpson

During closing arguments in the Simpson trial, Cochran uttered the now famous phrase, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." He used the phrase, which had been devised by fellow defense team member Gerald Uelmen, as a way to try to persuade the jury that Simpson could not have murdered Nicole Brown Simpson nor Ron Goldman.In a dramatic scene, Simpson appeared to have difficulty getting the glove on; stained with blood of both victims and Simpson, it had been found at the crime scene. Cochran did not represent Simpson in the subsequent civil trial and Simpson was found liable for the deaths. Cochran was criticized during the criminal trial by pundits, as well as by prosecutor Christopher Darden, for suggesting that the police were trying to frame Simpson because they were racist. During the trial, Cochran successfully convinced the jury that the prosecution did not prove Simpson was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that the police planted evidence against Simpson. Robert Shapiro, co-counsel on the Simpson defense team, accused Cochran of dealing the "race card" "from the bottom of the deck." In response, Cochran replied it was "not a case about race, it is a case about reasonable doubt...", noting "there are a lot of white people who are willing to accept this verdict." Abner Louima
<mask> successfully represented Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant living in Brooklyn who was sodomized with a broken broomstick by officer Justin Volpe while in police custody.Louima was awarded an $8.75 million settlement, the largest police brutality settlement in New York City. Tension broke out between Louima's original lawyers and the new team headed by Cochran. The former team felt that Cochran and his colleagues were trying to take control of the entire trial. Sean Combs
In 2001, Sean (P. Diddy) Combs was indicted on bribery and stolen weapons charges. He hired Cochran for his defense. Cochran effectively fought for Combs' freedom, and Combs was acquitted. In 2002, Cochran told Combs that this would be his last criminal case.Cochran retired after the trial. R. Kelly and Allen Iverson later asked for his services in criminal cases but he declined to represent them. Stanley Tookie Williams

<mask> Cochran defended 17-year old Stanley Tookie Williams in a robbery trial in the early 1970s. Williams at the time was a known member of the Westside Crips street gang. After less than 10 minutes on trial, Williams was acquitted of all charges. Years later, Williams was arrested for assaulting LAPD personnel and was acquitted with <mask> <mask> as counsel. Cochran did not represent Williams at his multiple murder trials in the 1980s.Michael Jackson

<mask> also represented Michael Jackson when he was accused of child molestation. However, the case was settled out of court by Jackson and his accuser. Illness and death
In December 2003, <mask> was diagnosed with a brain tumor. In April 2004, he underwent surgery, which led him to stay away from the media. Shortly thereafter, he told the New York Post that he was feeling well and was in good health. He died from the brain tumor on March 29, 2005, at his home in Los Angeles. Public viewing of his casket was conducted on April 4, at the Angelus Funeral Home and April 5, at Second Baptist Church, in Los Angeles.A memorial service was held at West Angeles Cathedral, in Los Angeles, on April 6, 2005. His remains were interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. The funeral was attended by his father <mask> Sr. and numerous former friends and clients, including O. J. Simpson and Michael Jackson. Posthumous ruling
On May 31, 2005, two months after Cochran's death, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its opinion on Tory v. Cochran. The court ruled 7–2 that in light of Cochran's death, an injunction limiting the demonstrations of Ulysses Tory "amounts to an overly broad prior restraint upon speech." Two justices, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, said that Cochran's death made it unnecessary for the court to rule. Lower courts, before Cochran died, held that Tory could not make any public comments about Cochran.Legacy

On January 24, 2006, Los Angeles Unified School District officials unanimously approved the renaming of Mount Vernon Middle School, Cochran's boyhood middle school, to Johnnie L <mask> Jr. Middle School in his honor. The decision received mixed responses. In 2007, the three-block stretch of the street in front of the school was renamed "Johnnie Cochran Vista". In 2007, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles opened the new Johnnie <mask> Jr. Brain Tumor Center, a research center headed by noted neurosurgeon Keith Black, who had been Cochran's doctor. Cochran's family created an endowed chair, the <mask> <mask> Jr. Chair in Civil Rights, at his alma mater, Loyola Law School of Loyola Marymount University.Cochran's footprints are featured on the Northwest Louisiana Walk of Stars in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. In popular culture

After the Simpson trial, Cochran was a frequent commentator in law-related television shows. Additionally, he hosted his own show, Johnnie Cochran Tonight, on CourtTV. With the Simpson fame also came movie deals. Actor Phil Morris played attorney Jackie Chiles, a character parody of Cochran, in several episodes of Seinfeld. He was satirized in the animated sitcom South Park, in which he appears using a confusing legal strategy called "the Chewbacca defense", a direct parody of his closing argument when defending O.J. Simpson.Cochran took these parodies in stride, discussing them in his autobiography, A Lawyer's Life. Additionally, he appeared as himself in The Hughleys, Family Matters, The Howard Stern Show, Arli$$, CHiPs '99, Bamboozled, Showtime, Martin, and JAG. Ving Rhames played <mask> in the film American Tragedy (2000). Cochran is mentioned in the 2011 musical comedy The Book of Mormon, where he is depicted as being in hell alongside Genghis Khan, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Adolf Hitler for "getting O. J. free". Cochran was portrayed in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) by actor Courtney B. Vance. Vance won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance. In November 6, 1995, in season 3, episode 8, "The Party's Over" of The Nanny, the final joke is Cochran's line from O.J.Simpson's trial: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." To Fran's dismay, her elderly lawyer uncle refers to her skimpy skirt barely covering her buttocks, only to fall asleep in mid-session afterwards. References

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The Cochran Firm's website
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title: Trisno

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<mask> (18 July 1978), known professionally as <mask>, is a singer and teacher from Singapore. In 2000, he was the lead singer of Urban Xchange, which evolved to Parking Lot Pimp. He has performed alongside Stacy Orrico, Jamie Cullum, Jay Sean, Missy Higgins and Ben and Joey of The Click Five. He collaborated with John Lennon, Brian McKnight, Mr. Cheeks from The Lost Boyz, Malaysian hip-hop duo Too Phat, Malaysian singer Camelia, Singaporean rapper Sheikh Haikel, and Taiwanese pop singer Evonne. With his sizzling buttery voice, Trisno has captivated local and international audience. Coupled along with his versatility in music and adept talent at working the crowd, he is described as "the guy who was born to be a performer". Early years
Trisno was born into a musically inclined background.His mother, Dahlia Ahmad, was a recording artist at EMI. Dahlia's sister and brother, Hamidah Ahmad and Eddie Ahmad, were also recording artists and recorded a duet titled Mawarku (translated in English as My Rose), which was a major hit in the 1970s. This song has been popularised by Siti Nurhaliza and group 2 by 2 from Malaysia. Early on in his life, <mask> was exposed to the musical world. His mother brought him to her jazz performances across the region when his father, Ishak Ahmad, was often overseas. Backstage, Trisno would never fail to catch a glimpse of his mother singing and performing in front of the masses. From then on, his musical journey began.Growing up, <mask> listened to music from genres ranging from jazz to Motown to Latin. His early influences include Spyro Gyra (jazz), Shakatak (jazz-funk), Frank Sinatra (vocal jazz) and Julio Iglesias (Latin). Mostly disguised as a toilet singer, his talent was only first spotted at the age of 14. His stepfather, Redwan Ali, exposed him to musicians such as David Sanborn, Miles Davis, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. Trisno learnt the importance of music from educational perspective such as music notation, song composition and studio works. <mask> continued learning music and has become adept at piano, acoustic guitar, bass guitar and electric guitar. He obtained 8th grade in bass guitar at Yamaha Music School.Music career

Urban Xchange
As <mask> served his national service, he met music producer Terry Lee. Under the direction of Lee, <mask> appeared on "Serenade Volume 3" in the song "My Lady, My Bonnie, My Wifey" in an album compilation of Asian-American musicians that was released in the United States. With Lee and five others, including Vanessa Fernandez and Munir Alsagoff, they formed Urban Xchange in 2000. The group was signed to Universal Music Group after a Coca-Cola endorsement deal for the "Life Tastes Good" campaign set for Asia. The debut album was released in  2001 titled How Did We Get Here?, which includes songs such as "Stupid", which was on high rotation on local radio and MTV. The second album, self-titled, was released in 2002 with the single "Buzzin". In 2001, MTV named Urban Xchange artist of the month, and they appeared on the Rush Hour 2 soundtrack with the song "I wanna be like Jackie Chan".Two years later, in 2003, Urban Xchange won tBest Regional English Album at the AIM awards in Malaysia, and were nominated for Best/Favourite Singapore Artiste in MTV Asia Awards 2003. The group performed alongside Europe's classical pop quintet Wild, British R&B popstar Jay Sean, Australian folk singer Missy Higgins, and American singer Richard Marx in EMI Rainbow of Sound Showcase 2004 in Bangkok. Urban Xchange also appeared in Elle Singapore January 2002 edition as 'Hot Musicians' to look out for in 2002. Urban Xchange's achievement and fame in local and regional scene was rooted in "its fusion of sounds" Pivotal to their success was Hans Ebert, who was vice-president of Universal Music Asia Pacific and then joining EMI. Recorded Music Southeast Asia as advisor to chairman in September 2002. When Urban Xchange was reborn as Parking Lot Pimp, Ebert maintained close affiliation and support for the new band. Parking Lot Pimp
In 2005, Urban Xchange evolved into Parking Lot Pimp, boasting psychedelic and space rock.It was composed of four members of Urban Xchange – Trisno, Vanessa, Terry, and Munir, as well as Jeremy Green, an American rapper. The shift in music genre and band image was primarily because of boredom of Urban Xchange and hip-hop. Their album Welcome to our frequency was released in 2005. They were named MTV Advance Warning Artiste. In 2005 and 2006, Parking Lot Pimp featured on America Online Music. This album included the song "Blow"

Solo
Trisno has sung at various bars including J bar, Blue Bar Bistro and Indochine, and performs at the annual MOSAIC music festival. In the first Singapore edition of Don't Forget the Lyrics!held by MediaCorp in 2008, <mask> was the guide vocalist. In 2009, he performed alongside fusion band Novo Bloco. for the Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Festival held in Zirca (Singapore). The Trisno Trio
In 2011, <mask> led the formation of The Trisno Trio, an eclectic acoustic group, with Clifford Gomez (a.k.a. "Cliffy") and Abdul Rahman (a.k.a. "Joey"). Sennheiser Asia's Sound Heroes
In August 2012, Sennheiser Electronic Asia ("Sennheiser Asia") launched its regional marketing campaign entitled "The Pursuit of Perfect Sound", to mark its twentieth anniversary of direct presence in the region.Shortly after, in September 2012, The Trisno Trio were named as one of Sennheiser Asia's Sound Heroes. On 16 November 2012, The Trisno Trio were showcased as one of eleven Sennheiser Asia Sound Heroes in Sennheiser Asia's twentieth anniversary celebrations held at Zouk Singapore. Egypt
In March 2013, Trisno Trio launched their debut album entitled "Egypt". Songs from Egypt have made various headlines locally and overseas. For example, <mask> was invited on Mediacorp Suria's beauty-cum-talent competition, Ratu, as a guest artiste to showcase Trisno Trio's song, Ratu. Since launch of Egypt, Trisno Trio have performed at various events such as Singapore's Mosaic Music Festival, Sonic Spree Music Festival and ONE (Singapore)'s second annual gala "ONE BALL 2013". In October 2013, Trisno Trio performed and was nominated for two awards – "Best Collaboration" & "Best Duo / Group" – at 2013 Anugerak Planet Muzik 2013.Teaching career
<mask> continues to share his passion for music with youths in schools and institutions through teaching. His students are taught from a variety of music specialisation subjects such as music production, strum & sing guitar classes, rap mission, vocal classes and world-music/hip hop acid production. Some of the schools that he has taught in are Saint Gabriel's Secondary School, Pierce Secondary School and Canberra Secondary School. Collaborations (group and solo)
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(US) With rapper from US, Mr. Cheeks of The Lost Boyz, on Urban Xchange's first album, track titled Cheeky
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(MALAYSIA) With award-winning hip hop duo, Too Phat, on Urban Xchange's self-titled album, track titled That Booty Song
(MALAYSIA) With Ruffedge & V.E. 2006
SoundwaveS by People's Association @ the Esplanade Concert Theatre guest appearing alongside Dick Lee and Joi Cai Chun Jia
Trisno Ishak and friends Concert @ the Esplanade outdoors
2007
A Jam Session with Ben and Joey of The Click Five at J Bar, M Hotel Singapore
Lunchbox at the Esplanade. Relax... It's Trisno
2008
MOSAIC Festival 2008 at The Esplanade.

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title: Steve Mariucci

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<mask> (born November 4, 1955), nicknamed "Mooch", is an American sportscaster and former football coach who was the head coach of two National Football League teams, the San Francisco 49ers (1997–2002) and the Detroit Lions (2003–2005), and for a year at the University of California, Berkeley. Early years
<mask> was born and raised in Iron Mountain, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula, where he met best friend and current Michigan State University basketball head coach Tom Izzo. Both attended Iron Mountain High where they were teammates on the football, basketball, and track teams. At Northern Michigan University (NMU) in Marquette, where they were roommates, <mask> was a three-time All-America (Division II) quarterback. As a sophomore in 1975, he led the Wildcats to three postseason wins and the national championship. <mask> signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League in  but was released a month later

Early career
He began his coaching career at his alma mater (1978–79), and moved to Cal State Fullerton  and Louisville  <mask>'s first pro position was as a receivers coach for the USFL's Orlando Renegades in 1985. Later that fall, he had a brief stint in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams as

<mask> returned to college football and joined the USC staff in 1986 and coached wide receiver Ken Henry to a season where he had 807 yards with 7 TDs; WR Randy Tanner also had 408 yards

He then moved to the coaching staff at the University of California, Berkeley (Cal) in 1987. that first season, WR Brian Bedford had 515 yards with 4 TDs and WR Mike Ford had 479 yards   In 1989, WR Brian Treggs had 746 yards

In 1990 and 1991, he was the Golden Bears' offensive coordinator.Quarterback Mike Pawlawski threw for 2,069 yards with 17 TDs and RBs Anthony Wallace and Russell White combined to run for 2,002 yards with 16 TDs. In 1991, Pawlawski threw for 2,517 yards with 21 TDs and White ran for 1,177 yards with 14 TDs; WR Sean Dawkins had 723 yards

<mask> then moved to the NFL, and became the quarterback coach for the Green Bay Packers in 1992 under new head coach  After four years with the Packers, he returned to Cal as head coach in 1996 and went  ending with an Aloha Bowl loss

Coaching career in professional football
Following his season with the Golden Bears, <mask> was considered a leading candidate for several NFL head coaching positions, and was hired by the San Francisco 49ers to succeed George Seifert. In his first season in 1997, the 49ers went  during the regular season, earning home-field advantage in the playoffs in the National Football Conference (NFC). After defeating the Minnesota Vikings in the divisional round, San Francisco hosted the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game, but lost 23–10 in a muddy, rainy contest at Candlestick Park. The defeat was the 49ers' fourth NFC title loss of the 1990s, following losses to the New York Giants in 1990 and the Dallas Cowboys in 1992 and 1993, and it was their third playoff loss to the Packers in as many seasons. In 1998, the 49ers posted a 12–4 record and returned to the playoffs as a wild-card team, finally beating Green Bay in the Wild Card game but lost 20–18 in the divisional round to the eventual NFC champion Atlanta Falcons. The Wild Card Game saw Terrell Owens drop many passes but redeem himself with The Catch II, scoring the winning touchdown.Two losing seasons followed, but in 2001, the 49ers returned to the playoffs after  season, once again to be eliminated by the Packers. <mask>'s final season in San Francisco was 2002. The 49ers won the NFC West with a  record and beat the New York Giants in a controversial wild-card game, posting the third-biggest comeback playoff victory in NFL history (second biggest at the time). However, they were crushed  by the eventual Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the divisional round. On January 15, 2003, the 49ers fired <mask>, reportedly after the coach lost a power struggle with general manager Terry Donahue. As San Francisco's coach, he compiled a 60–43 (.583) record, while his teams earned playoff berths four times. <mask> was named the Detroit Lions' 22nd head coach on February 4, 2003, and was fired on November 28, 2005.In his abbreviated three seasons in Detroit, he compiled a disappointing  record. <mask>'s troubles in Detroit were partially attributed by many fans and experts to poor personnel evaluations by then Lions' general manager Matt Millen, who had signed <mask> to a five-year $25 million guaranteed contract, the NFL's highest coaching contract at the time. During his time in Detroit, the Lions finished no higher than third in their division and never contended for a playoff berth. The decision to fire <mask> came after a  blowout loss on national television on Thanksgiving Day to the Atlanta Falcons. During the Brett Favre–Green Bay Packers dispute throughout the 2008 off-season, Favre criticized the Packers for not interviewing <mask> for their head coaching job in 2006. <mask>, who previously worked with Favre, was figured to be a great candidate for the West Coast Offense style played in Green Bay. <mask> is one of thirteen head coaches since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970 to lead his team to a division title in his first season.<mask> established an NFL mark for consecutive wins by a rookie head coach with an 11-game winning streak, which has since been trumped by Jim Caldwell's  start with the Indianapolis Colts during the 2009 season. Throughout his career, <mask> coached a high number of players (9) inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Hall of Fame inductees coached by <mask> as either their position or head coach include: Tony Gonzalez, Brett Favre, <mask>, Jerry Rice,  Kevin Greene, Rod Woodson, Chris Doleman, Charles Haley, and Terrell Owens. Head coaching record

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Since being fired by the Detroit Lions, <mask> has not returned to coaching. He has since been hired by NFL Network to work on their show NFL GameDay and contribute as an analyst on NFL Network's four-hour pregame show "NFL GameDay Morning," as well as provide follow-up reports from the late afternoon and Sunday night matchups on "NFL GameDay Highlights." Many speculated that <mask> would be considered for the head coaching position at Michigan State after the dismissal of John L. Smith. However, Mark Dantonio was hired to replace Smith.<mask> had been a prospective coach to replace Karl Dorrell at UCLA but such assertions were dismissed with the hiring of Ravens Offensive Coordinator and UCLA alumnus, Rick Neuheisel. He was also speculated to be in talks with the Washington Football Team, who have hired West Coast-style offense personnel since Joe Gibbs' second retirement in early 2008. However, Washington named former Seahawks' QB coach Jim Zorn as the head coach. <mask> now resides in Monte Sereno, California. He has four children: Stephen, Tyler, Adam, and Brielle. His eldest son Tyler is an assistant athletic director at San Diego State University. Adam works in Real Estate in New York City and his son Stephen is country music artist, Stephen Ray

In 2011, <mask> founded the Mariucci Family Foundation.It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing opportunities and support for underserved youth and families. Shortly after Pete Carroll left University of Southern California (USC), <mask> was reportedly seen on campus, and ESPN's Adam Schefter reported shortly thereafter that <mask> was a candidate for the Trojans head coach position and that the university had "made contact" with the announcer. Following the dismissal of Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino in April 2012, <mask> was recommended as a replacement by Carroll. <mask> Turner's departure from San Diego. References

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title: Homer H. Dubs

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<mask> (March 28, 1892 – August 16, 1969) was an American sinologist and polymath. Though best known for his translation of sections of Ban Gu's Book of Han, he published on a wide range of topics in ancient Chinese history, astronomy and philosophy. Raised in China as the son of missionaries, he returned to the United States and earned a Ph.D. in philosophy (1925). He taught at University of Minnesota and Marshall College before undertaking the Han shu translation project at the behest of the American Council of Learned Societies. Subsequently, <mask> taught at Duke University, Columbia University and Hartford Seminary. In 1947, <mask> moved to England to take up the Chair of Chinese at Oxford University, which had been vacant since 1935. He retired in 1959 and remained in Oxford until his death in 1969.Early years
<mask><mask>, like many early American sinologists, had his introduction to the subject as the child of missionary parents in China. Born in Deerfield, Illinois, he spent his childhood in Hunan Province. He studied briefly at Oberlin College and then graduated from Yale University (1914) with a major in philosophy. Subsequently, he earned an A.M. in philosophy at Columbia University and a B.D. at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. He returned to China as a missionary, studying Chinese in Nanjing before moving on to work in Hunan. Returning from China, <mask> attended the University of Chicago and earned a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1925 with a dissertation entitled "The Philosophy of Hsüntze: Ancient Confusionism [sic] as Developed in the Philosophy of Hsüntze", which was the basis for his later two-volume work on the Xunzi.After receiving his degree, Dubs taught philosophy, first at University of Minnesota (1925–27) and then at Marshall College (1927–34). Research and publishing

Throughout his life, Dubs researched and published on a wide range of topics in Chinese philosophy and history. In the mid-1930s he was commissioned by the American Council of Learned Societies to undertake the work for which he would become best known, a translation of Ban Gu's Han shu. During 1934-37, Dubs worked on the translation assiduously with three Chinese collaborators, Jen T'ai, C.H. Ts'ui, and P'an Lo-chi. They produced a copiously annotated three-volume translation of the "Annals" section of the Han shu (chapters 1-12) and the three chapters (99A,B&C) devoted to Wang Mang, published under the title History of the Former Han Dynasty (Baltimore, 1938–55). The first two volumes were awarded the coveted Prix Stanislas Julien of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.Two companion volumes, including a prolegomena and a glossary were planned. Dubs' publications on China (he remained interested in philosophy throughout his life) were characterized by solid scholarship and an extraordinary breadth of interests. He did pioneering work on ancient Chinese astronomy, in particular the observance of eclipses. But the breadth of his education and interests combined with a fertile mind to lead him into curious directions. One was his development of an idiosyncratic system of romanization in which the Chinese characters were replaced by a system of letters and numbers that indicated the pronunciation, tone and constituent elements of the original Chinese graph. Thus, Qian <mask> shu (Wade Giles Ch'ien Han shu) 前漢書 was rendered Ts'ien2R Han4SU-shu1WE. Although he represented his system as a variation on the widely used Wade Giles romanization, the field declined to adopt his "Wade-Dubs" system.Indeed, it was his insistence on using the system for the remaining volumes of History of the Former Han Dynasty that prevented them from being published. Another direction Dubs' interests took him was the pursuit of contacts between Han China and the Roman empire. He wrote several articles on the subject, culminating in the controversial A Roman City in Ancient China. This work purported to show that a Roman legion that had been part of the army of Marcus Licinius Crassus defeated at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 B.C. had settled in Northwestern China. The defeated legion, Dubs speculated, had been relocated further east by the victorious Parthians, for whom they fought in a battle against the Han. Defeated again, they were settled at a place called Liqian  located in modern Yongchang County, Jinchang, Gansu province.Although this story has been seized upon by enthusiastic Chinese of the area and non specialist Westerners, at least two eminent Chinese authorities have shown that the notion has serious shortcomings. Later teaching and activities

Following publication of the first volume of History of the Former Han Dynasty, <mask> taught at Duke University and its Divinity School, Columbia and the Hartford Seminary. He also worked on the Chinese History Project of the Institute of Pacific Relations with Karl August Wittfogel at Columbia University. Finally, in 1947 he was invited to join the faculty at Oxford University, where he took up the chair of Chinese that had been occupied by eminent pioneer Sinologists James Legge and William Edward Soothill. He retired from Oxford in 1959 and subsequently spent the 1962-63 academic year at the University of Hawai'i and lecturing in Australia. He lived in Oxford until his death in 1969. As a person, Dubs was characterized by his generosity and his eccentricity.He was once described as a "Spinozan saint who had missed some of the bigger academic plums because he wouldn't press his pants" and offended some of the Oxford dons by parking his motorcycle in the hallway. Like some others at Oxford, he also dabbled a bit in the occult. But he was an erudite and respected scholar, and his former student <mask> remembered "was always able to relate what he studied as an academic with what he had lived through as a younger man and to remind us by anecdote or example that the ancient texts he taught formed part of a continuum with the living present." At Professor <mask>' death, the material planned for the two companion volumes to the History of the Former Han Dynasty remained unpublished. A group of scholars reworked the manuscripts said to total over 1000 pages to replace the romanization and render it acceptable to an academic press. Responsibility for it was taken over by the Han Dynasty History Project at the University of Washington, where Wittfogel had gone after leaving Columbia. Unfortunately, at the death of the Han Project's director, Jack Dull, the manuscript still had not been published, and with the end of the project, the materials were scattered and some of them lost.Recently, however, the [Glossary] materials have been recovered and are gradually being made available on-line, as have been the three volumes of History of the Former Han Dynasty. Together with the already published materials, they constitute a nearly complete translation or paraphrase of the entire Han shu. Publications
Hsüntze: The Moulder of Ancient Confucianism. Probsthain's Oriental Series 15. London, 1927. (trans.) The Works of Hsüntze.Probsthain's Oriental Series 16. London,1927. Rational Induction: An Analysis of the Method of Science and Philosophy. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1930. (trans.) The History of the Former Han Dynasty. 3 vols.Baltimore: Waverly, 1938–55. Digitized text. (Digitized text does not retain volume or page numbers and alters Dubs' footnote numbering.) Glossary. "Did Confucius Study the Book of Changes?" T'oung Pao 25 (1928): 82-90. "The Failure of the Chinese to Produce Philosophic Systems."T'oung Pao 26 (1929): 96-109. "'Nature' in the Teaching of Confucius." Journal of the American Oriental Society 50 (1930): 233-37. "A Comparison of Greek and Chinese Philosophy." Chinese Social and Political Science Review 17.2 (1933): 307-27. "Solar Eclipses During the Former Han Period." Osiris 5 (1938): 499-532."The Victory of Han Confucianism." Journal of the American Oriental Society 58 (1938): 435-39. "Wang Mang and His Economic Reforms." T'oung Pao 35 (1940): 219-65. "An Ancient Military Contact Between Romans and Chinese." American Journal of Philology 42 (1941): 322-30. A Roman Influence Upon Chinese Painting."Classical Philology 38 (1943): 13–19. "An Ancient Chinese Mystery Cult." 'Harvard Theological Review' 35 (1942): 221-40. (with Robert S. Smith) "Chinese in Mexico City in 1635." "The Far Eastern Quarterly" 1.4 (1942): pp. 387–389. "A Military Contact Between Chinese and Romans in 36 B.C."T'oung Pao 36 (1942): 64-80. "The Political Career of Confucius." Journal of the American Oriental Society 66 (1946): 273-82. "The Reliability of Chinese Histories." Far Eastern Quarterly 6.1 (1946): 23-43. "Taoism." In H. F. MacNair, ed.China. United Nations Series. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1946: 266-89. "The Beginnings of Alchemy." Isis 38 (1947): 62-86. "The Date of Confucius' Birth." Asia Major (new series) 1.2 (1949): 139-46."The Date of the Shang Period." T'oung Pao 40.4-5 (1951): 323-35. "Mencius and Sun-dz on Human Nature." Philosophy East and West 6 (1956): 213-22. A Roman City in Ancient China. China Society Sinological Series 5.London, 1957. "The Beginnings of Chinese Astronomy."Journal of the American Oriental Society 78 (1958): 295-300. "The Archaic Royal Jou Religion." T'oung Pao 46 (1958): 217-59. "Han 'Hill Censers.'" In Søren Egerod, and Else Glahn. Studia Serica Bernhard Karlgren Dedicata. Sinological Studies Dedicated to Bernhard Karlgren on His Seventieth Birthday, October Fifth, 1959.Copenhagen: E. Munksgaard, 1959, 259-64. References
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