title: Linda Goode Bryant

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<mask> (born July 21, 1949 in Columbus, Ohio) is an African American documentary filmmaker and activist. She founded the gallery Just Above Midtown (JAM), which will be the focus of an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in the fall of 2022 organized by curator Thomas Lax. In 2009, <mask> started Project EATS, an urban farming initiative for black and brown communities in New York City. Early life, family, and education
<mask> was born in Columbus, Ohio to parents Floyd and <mask>. In 1972 <mask> received her Bachelors of Art degree in studio art with a minor in drama at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1980 she received her Master of Business Administration degree in management from Columbia University in New York City. Career
After graduating from Spelman College, <mask> moved to New York City in 1972 and became a fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and then was hired as the director of education at the Studio Museum in Harlem.Her work in museums highlighted the disparities in the art world and led her to found Just Above Midtown (JAM), a gallery that supported African-American artists and artists of color. Just Above Midtown (1974-1986)
In 1974, at the age of 23, <mask> <mask> founded Just Above Midtown (JAM), a New York City non-profit interdisciplinary artists’ space that spotlighted and supported new work by African-American artists and artists of color, many of whom created abstract work, used affordable materials, and created video and performance art. The first exhibition at the gallery, Synthesis: A combination of parts or elements into a complex whole on view from November 19–December 23, 1974, featured work by David Hammons, Camille Billops, Elizabeth Catlett, and Norman Lewis. Originally located on West 57th Street, JAM was the first gallery space to exhibit the work of African-American artists and other artists of color in a major gallery district. At JAM’s inception, works by artists of color were primarily exhibited in community centers and cultural institutions in African-American, Native American, Latino and Asian communities. JAM was met with resentment and hostility from nearby galleries. JAM emerged during the recession and was created with the purpose to initiate social change.During this time there was a distinct difference in the value of white artists compared to non-white artists within the art industry. <mask> <mask> intended JAM to be a place where black artists could be free from the oppressive views of the commercial industry. In 1977, JAM moved to 178-80 Franklin Street in Tribeca as a result of an increase in rent costs. Tribeca offered a larger space and was located further downtown compared to the location on West 57th Street. While it continued to operate as a commercial gallery and exhibition space, <mask> <mask> and her team emphasized live events, such as performances, readings, video screenings, and lectures which included business seminars. JAM initiated a seminar and service program called "The Business of Being an Artist". This program was meant to provide materials and opportunities for artists.In May 1982, <mask> <mask> and Janet Henry published the first issue of Blackcurrant, a broadsheet publication that focused on the work of artists affiliated with JAM. in 1984, JAM moved to its final location at 503 Broadway and ceased being a commercial gallery instead functioning as studio space for artists. JAM's publication Blackcurrant became B Culture, was edited by Greg Tate and musician and producer Craig Dennis Street, and included features on music, art, literature, and popular culture. JAM officially closed in 1986. JAM offered artists, many of which are now established figures in the field, early opportunities to show their work including David Hammons, Butch Morris, Senga Nengudi, Lorraine O’Grady, Maren Hassinger, Adrian Piper, Fred Wilson, and Howardena Pindell. The Museum of Modern Art will present "Just Above Midtown: 1974 to the present," the first museum exhibition on the gallery. It will be curated by Thomas J. Lax and open in the Fall of 2022.It will present archival material historicizing the gallery alongside artwork shown at JAM. Filmmaking
<mask> <mask> co-produced and directed Flag Wars (2003) with Laura Poitras, which became a cinéma vérité Emmy Award-nominated documentary. Flag Wars was filmed over four years and was set in her hometown, Columbus, Ohio. The film explores the events that take place when white homosexual homebuyers move to a working class primarily black neighborhood resulting in conflicts due to the strong difference in culture and values of each group. This film displays themes of prejudice, gentrification, privilege, poverty, and politics. <mask> <mask> and Poitras received the Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award in 2003 for Flag Wars. She also directed other films including a segment of Time Piece (2006), a documentary displaying the reflections of several American and Turkish Artists, Hurricane Teens (1998), Can You See Me Now?(2006), and a reality television documentary called Mustafa (2004). Apart from directing, <mask> <mask> was also a part of the film Colored Frames, a documentary that looks at the influences and experiences of black artists in the past fifty years. Awards
<mask> <mask> has been recognized with numerous awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship (2004) and Peabody Award. In 2020 she was recognized for her achievements by Anonymous Was A Woman, a grant-making organization focused on supporting women artists over 40 years of age. Activism

Active Citizen Project (ACP) and Project EATS
<mask> <mask> is a Founder and the Executive Director of the Active Citizen Project (ACP), a non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst and laboratory for broad-based public activism using art and new media as tools for social change. Under the auspices of the Active Citizen Project, <mask> <mask> also developed Project EATS in 2008 during the Global Food Crisis. Project EATS is a network of New York City urban farms that offers community programs and economic opportunities.She has a philosophy on art and how it relates to food and life. She expresses this through her involvement in Project EATS and believes in the importance of caring for others. References

External links
 Project EATS

1949 births
African-American film directors
American activists
Spelman College alumni
Columbia Business School alumni
Living people
Artists from Columbus, Ohio
Film directors from Ohio
African-American art dealers
American art dealers
Women art dealers

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title: Emperor Xiaowu of Jin

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<mask> of Jin (; 362–396), personal name Sima Yao (), courtesy name Changming (), was an emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (266–420) in China. During his reign, Jin saw his dynasty survive a major attempt by Former Qin to destroy it, but he would nevertheless be the last Jin emperor to actually exercise imperial power, as his sons Emperor An and <mask> would be controlled by regents and warlords. Emperor <mask> died an unusual death—he was killed by his concubine Honoured Lady Zhang after he insulted her. Early life
Sima Yao was born in 362, when his father Sima Yu was Prince of Kuaiji and prime minister for his grandnephew, <mask>. Sima Yao's mother, Li Lingrong, was originally a servant involved in textile production but, based on a magician's words that she would bear his heir (his sons all having died early by that point), Sima Yu took her as his concubine and she gave birth to Sima Yao. As he was born at dawn, she named him Yao, with the courtesy name Changming, both meaning "dawn". A year later she gave birth to his brother, Sima Daozi.As the oldest surviving son of Sima Yu, Sima Yao was designated as the heir apparent early in his life, and in 365, when he was just three years old, Emperor Fei offered the greater title of Prince of Langya to his father and the title of Prince of Kuaiji to him. Sima Yu declined, both personally and on his son's behalf, and Emperor Fei did not insist on them taking on the greater titles. In 371, having lost a devastating battle to the Former Yan general Murong Chui in 369, the paramount general Huan Wen accused Emperor Fei of impotence and of not being the biological father of his sons. He then deposed him and made Sima Yu the new emperor (as Emperor Jianwen), although actual power was in Huan's hands. In 372, Emperor Jianwen grew ill and he named Sima Yao crown prince but in his will, he offered the throne to Huan, if he wanted it. When his official Wang Tanzhi () objected, Emperor Jianwen gave approval for an amendment, written by Wang, wherein Huan was only compared to the statesmen Zhuge Liang and Wang Dao. Nevertheless, when <mask>wen died, many officials were apprehensive of Huan, and not immediately willing to declare Crown Prince Yao as the new emperor.Finally, at the instigation of Wang Biaozhi (), Crown Prince Yao took the throne as Emperor <mask>. Early reign
The new emperor was only 10 years old, therefore his cousin; Empress Dowager Chu (Emperor Kang's wife), served as regent, but the decisions were actually being made by Xie An and Wang Tanzhi; Huan Wen, apparently fearful of being entrapped, declined an offer to be regent. In 373, Huan Wen died and the fears of a Huan usurpation dissipated as his brother and successor, Huan Chong, was committed to the survival of the imperial government. A major issue for the Jin government was the continued military pressure exerted by the powerful northern rival, Former Qin. In 373, Former Qin attacked and seized Jin's Liang (梁州, modern southern Shaanxi) and Yi (益州, modern Sichuan and Chongqing) provinces. Internally, however, Jin was apparently well-governed by Xie and Huan Chong. In 375, Emperor <mask> married Wang Fahui (the daughter of the official, Wang Yun () as his empress.He was 13 and she was 16. He also started studying the Chinese classic texts and writing poetry. In 376, Empress Dowager Chu officially removed herself from the regent position and returned her powers to Emperor <mask>, although the decisions were still largely being made by Xie. In 376, the Jin vassal, Former Liang, was attacked by Former Qin. Jin forces, under Huan Chong's command, attempted to relieve the pressure on Former Liang by attacking Former Qin, but Former Liang fell quickly and Huan Chong withdrew his forces. In apprehension of a Former Qin attack, Jin evacuated much of its population north of the Huai River to regions south of the river. In 378, Former Qin made major attacks against the important Jin cities of Xiangyang, Weixing (魏興, in modern Ankang, Shaanxi), and Pengcheng.While general Xie Xuan was able to immediately recapture Pengcheng after it fell, Xiangyang and Weixing were taken by Former Qin forces in 379. In 380, Empress Wang died. Emperor <mask> did not have another empress for the rest of his life. In 381, Emperor <mask> began to study Buddhist sutras and he established a Buddhist study hall inside his palace, inviting monks to live within. In 383, Huan Chong made a counterattack against Former Qin, hoping to recapture Xiangyang and the southwest. However, after initial losses, Huan abandoned the campaign. The Battle of Fei River

Later in 383, Former Qin's emperor, Fu Jiān, launched a major attack against Jin, intending to destroy it and unite China.At the Battle of Fei River, however, his forces panicked after trying to retreat to draw Jin forces across the river, and his army was routed with great losses, including his brother and prime minister, Fu Rong. Former Qin began to collapse after this defeat and never again posed a threat to Jin. Middle reign
After defeating Former Qin forces, Xie Xuan spearheaded a campaign to regain lost territory, and Jin captured most of the Former Qin provinces south of the Yellow River, as well as regaining Liang and Yi provinces. However, Prime Minister Xie An, who was most credited with the victory, began to lose favor in Emperor <mask>'s eyes; Xie's son-in-law, Wang Guobao (), unhappy that Xie did not give him important posts, began to flatter both Emperor <mask> and his brother, Sima Daozi, the Prince of Kuaiji, as a means of undercutting Xie. Xie remained prime minister, however, until his death in 385; he was replaced by Sima Daozi. Both Emperor <mask> and Sima became obsessed with feasting and drinking, and neither spent much time on affairs of state. In 387, Emperor <mask> named his oldest son, five-year-old Sima Dezong, crown prince, notwithstanding the fact that Sima was developmentally disabled—so severely that even after he grew older, he was described as not being able to talk, dress himself, or to tell whether he was full or hungry while eating.In 390, <mask> began to tire of how his brother, Sima Daozi, was taking his favors for granted, and he decided to look for counterbalancing forces. He made the officials Wang Gong (王恭, Empress Wang's brother) and Yin Zhongkan () key regional governors, despite warnings that both Wang and Yin were talented but narrow-minded, and might create issues later. Late reign
By 395, the conflict between Emperor <mask> and Sima had flared into the open, but because of the intercession of Empress Dowager Li, Emperor <mask> did not remove his brother. After further mediation by Xu Miao (), the relationship between the brothers seemed to be restored. By 396, <mask> was spending so much of his time on drinking and women that he was not tending to important matters of state. His favorite consort was the beautiful Honoured Lady Zhang. In late fall 396, when she was almost 30 years old, Emperor joked at a feast saying, "Based on your age, you should yield your position.I want someone younger." That night, after Emperor <mask> fell drunk, she ordered all the eunuchs away, bribing them with wine, and then ordered her servant girls to suffocate Emperor <mask> by putting a blanket over his face. She further bribed the attendants and claimed that the emperor died suddenly in his sleep. The death was not investigated and the next day, Sima Dezong assumed the throne as Emperor An, with Sima Daozi as regent. Era names
 Ningkang (寧康 níng kāng) February 19, 373 – February 8, 376
 Taiyuan (太元 tài yuán) February 9, 376 – February 12, 397

Family
Consorts and Issue:
 Empress Xiaowuding, of the Wang clan of Taiyuan (; 360–380), personal name Fahui ()
 Empress Dowager Ande, of the Chen clan (; 362–390), personal name Guinü ()
 Sima Dezong, Emperor An (; 382–419), first son
 Sima Dewen, Emperor Gong (; 386–421), second son
 Guiren, of the Zhang clan ()
 Unknown
 Princess <mask>ling (; d. 432)
 Married Xie Hun of Chen, Duke Wangcai (; d. 412)
 Married Wang Lian of Langya ()

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362 births
396 deaths
Jin dynasty (266–420) emperors
Jin dynasty (266–420) Buddhists
Chinese Buddhist monarchs
4th-century Chinese monarchs

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title: Terry Burrus

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<mask> is an amazing American keyboardist, composer, record producer, conductor, business, realty and fashion designer executive. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he started touring as a teenager playing with jazz fusion violinist Michał Urbaniak and singer Jean Carne, while still in high school in New York. At that time <mask> replaced Urbaniak's keyboardist Barry Eastman (who wrote "You Are My Lady" years later for Freddie Jackson). Burrus was brought to Jean Carne through percussionist-producer Norman Hedman who was one of Burrus's musical mentors as a child. Later on through these types of associations, Burrus went on to play with trumpeter Tom Browne, drummer Lenny White and singer Melba Moore. Recommended by his friend pianist Kenny Kirkland, who was the keyboardist for Sting during the mid-1980's, Burrus had moved on to play with the great Lena Horne in her award-winning show Lady and Her Music in 1984. The Lena Horne Quintet consisted of <mask> on piano and keyboards, Ben Brown on bass, Rodney Jones on guitar, Wilby Fletcher on drums, Ron Bridgewater on Saxophone along with music director Linda Twine and an array of musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra.While still playing for artists, Burrus was releasing solo recordings and concertizing on his own. In 1983 <mask> released his first solo single, called "Love Rockin'", for Arista Records a funk/electro/soul piece written and with all vocals and instruments by Burrus, with high-school buddy Omar Hakim on drums. This was known as <mask> Burrus And Transe, produced by <mask> and Marcus Miller, another high-school friend. Burrus and Miller, along with drummer Poogie Bell, Bobby Broom, another high-school guitar friend, and Bernard Wright (also a high-school companion) went on to play for an off-Broadway show written by Weldon Irvine in 1977 called Young Gifted And Broke at the Billie Holiday Theater in Brooklyn, New York. Irvine had co-written with Nina Simone the famed song "To Be Young, Gifted and Black". Return To Forever's drummer and jazz fusion pioneer Lenny White joined the "Young Gifted And Broke" crew of musicians as a replacement drummer for Poogie Bell at times, and this is where Burrus became estatic over the magic of Lenny White. This was during the high post Chick Corea Return to Forever season.As time went on, <mask> became a highly respected and successful recording session man, playing on recordings of Michael Jackson, Toni Braxton, Janet Jackson, Swing Out Sister, Mariah Carey, The Cardigans, Donna Summer, Lisa Stansfield, Gloria Estefan, Madonna, Aretha Franklin, Phyllis Hyman, Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, Satoshi Tomiie, <mask> and others. Being no stranger to synthesizers and electronic sounds, Burrus is said to own just about every electric keyboard that has come out since the Wurlitzer electric piano. In addition Burrus has always been intrigued by the great classical masters, having studied the artistry of Mozart, Beethoven, Handel and others during his school days in New York, and in his contemporary piano compositions and playing can be heard classical influences. He performs many classical piano recitals around the world as well playing as in the jazz and pop genres. Burrus has been sideman/music director on many tours of Jazz Explosion, as they were known in the 1980s and '90s, as well as on soul, dance and gospel concerts with the Harlem Gospel Singers, Lionel Hampton, Gato Barbieri, George Benson, Angela Bofill, Larry Carlton, Bill Withers, Ramsey Lewis, Crown Heights Affair, Chaka Khan, Ronnie Laws, The Main Ingredient, Johnny Kemp, Stanley Clarke, Noel Pointer, Bobbi Humphrey. Burrus also wrote and produced with the president of Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble, including "Living In Confusion" and "Forever With You" for Phyllis Hyman. Burrus wrote "I Just Love You So Much" for Billy Paul and wrote/produced "Love Goddess" for Lonnie Liston Smith.Burrus also wrote and produced "I'll Wait for You" and "The One And Only Lady In My Life" for Virgin recording group Burrell, among a long list of other compositions and productions to his credit. With contributions to the many remixes of artists from the 1980s and '90s to the present day, reinforcing the sound of house music and electronic music, his early associations working with Def Mix Productions, Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, Satoshi Tomei and <mask>, Junior Vasquez, Paul Simpson, Winston Jones, Dave Shaw, Jellybean Benitez, Tony Humphries, François K and many other international and American DJ producers have rooted him well on the dance-floor and in the remix world. Burrus has created sounds in electronica that he has extended into the world of Techno, Trance, Ambient, World music and more, his piano style especially being prevalent and dominant in the 1990s on many recordings by well known and new artists around the world. From his teenage days as a jazz fusionist to funkster to house and electronica pioneer, Burrus has been an ambassador of electronic music. Early life
<mask>'s interest in the organ and piano began at the age of five in Brooklyn at the Washington Temple Church Of God In Christ, a Pentecostal church under the founder Pastor Bishop F.D. Washington. <mask>'s mother Carter Lee and father James had been singing in the choir there since the mid-1950's.By the time <mask> was five his parents enrolled him at the Alfred Miller Music school where he excelled to the point where he was playing gospel hymns a year or so later. He went on to study music in New York City at the La Guardia School of Arts (formerly known as the High School Of Music and Art) and later attended Long Island University in New York. He gained a deeper affection for jazz, improvising, classical and composing. All the time while in school he was recording in his personal home recording studio and public studios as well as playing concerts worldwide as a sideman with Jean Carne, Michael Urbaniak, Tom Browne, Stanley Turrentine, Lenny White, Lena Horne, Phyllis Hyman, Crown Heights Affair and The Main Ingredient with Cuba Gooding. <mask> always credits Sticks Evans, his junior high-school music teacher at John Coleman I.S.271 Junior High School in Brooklyn, for giving him encouragement and inspiration as a youngster. Stick Evans played drums for Aretha Franklin and Sammy Davis, Jr. Apart from being his teacher and mentor, Stick Evans regarded <mask> as a little brother or even a son, and it was through this relationship that Burrus acquired strength to go on in the music world in life. In the late 1980's <mask> even took a newly built apartment in mid-Manhattan in the area where Evans lived for many years until his death in 1994.Blog Talk Radio
 Paris Events
 Broadway World Bonnie Rose, Stephen S. Miller (2021). OndaJazz
 Fran James Cross Rhythms (1992). <mask>us Review
<mask>us Soul Of Jazz Review. Peter's Contemporary Jazz (1996). Lena Horne Quintet https://sentinelarchivemrdia.blogspot.com
Allmusic.com

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21st-century American pianists
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African-American classical pianists
African-American male classical composers
American classical pianists
American keyboardists
American male pianists
American pop pianists
Classical musicians from New York (state)
Living people
Musicians from Brooklyn
21st-century African-American musicians

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title: Genndy Tartakovsky

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<mask> (; born ) is a Russian-American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, storyboard artist, comic book writer and artist. He is best known as the creator of various animated television series on Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, including Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Sym-Bionic Titan, and Primal. He co-created Sym-Bionic Titan and directed the first three films in the Hotel Transylvania series. Additionally, he was a pivotal crew member of The Powerpuff Girls and worked on other series such as 2 Stupid Dogs and Batman: The Animated Series. Tartakovsky is known for his unique animation style, including fast-paced action and minimal dialogue. Throughout his career, Tartakovsky has won five Emmy Awards (3 Primetime and 2 Creative Arts), three Annie Awards, one WAC Winner, one OIAF Award, one Winsor McCay Award, among other nominations for his works. Early life
<mask> was born <mask> () on 17 January 1970, in Moscow, to Jewish parents.His father worked as a dentist for government officials and the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. <mask> felt that his father was a very strict and old-fashioned man, but they had a close relationship. His mother, Miriam, was an assistant principal at a school. He has a brother, Alexander, who is two years older and a computer consultant in Chicago. Before coming to the United States, his family moved to Italy. There, <mask> was first drawn to art, inspired by a neighbor's daughter. Tartakovsky later commented, "I remember, I was horrible at it.For the life of me, I couldn't draw a circle". <mask>'s family moved to the United States when he was seven due to concerns about the effect of antisemitism on their children's lives. The family originally settled in Columbus, Ohio and later moved to Chicago. He was greatly influenced by the comics he found there; his first purchase was an issue of Super Friends. <mask> began attending Chicago's Eugene Field Elementary School in the third grade. School was difficult because he was seen as a foreigner. He went on to attend Chicago's prestigious Lane Tech College Prep High School and says he did not fit in until his sophomore year.When he was 16, his father died of a heart attack. Afterwards, <mask> and his family moved to government-funded housing, and he began working while still attending high school. To satisfy his ambitious family, which was encouraging him to be a businessman, Tartakovsky tried to take an advertising class, but signed up late and thereby had little choice over his classes. He was assigned to take an animation class and this led to his study of film at Columbia College Chicago before moving to Los Angeles to study animation at the California Institute of the Arts with his friend Rob Renzetti. There he met Craig McCracken. At CalArts, Tartakovsky directed and animated two student films, one of which became the basis for Dexter's Laboratory. After two years at CalArts, Tartakovsky got a job at Lapiz Azul Productions in Spain on Batman: The Animated Series.There, "he learned the trials of TV animation, labor intensive and cranking it out". While he was in Spain, his mother died of cancer. Career
Craig McCracken acquired an art director job at Hanna-Barbera for the show 2 Stupid Dogs and recommended hiring Rob Renzetti and <mask> as well. This was a major turning point in <mask>'s career. Hanna-Barbera let <mask>, McCracken, Renzetti and Paul Rudish work in a trailer in the parking lot of the studio, and there <mask> started creating his best-known works. Dexter's Laboratory grew out of a student film with the same title that he produced while at the California Institute of the Arts. <mask> co-wrote and pencilled the 25th issue of the Dexter's Laboratory comic book series, titled "Stubble Trouble", as well as several stories which are collected in the Dexter's Laboratory Classics trade paperback.Additionally, he helped produce The Powerpuff Girls, co-directed several episodes and served as the animation director and a cinematographer for The Powerpuff Girls Movie; he co-wrote one of the franchise's comics. Both Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls were nominated repeatedly for Emmy Awards. Tartakovsky created the action-adventures series Samurai Jack, which premiered in 2001; he also wrote comics for the franchise. The series won him an Emmy in the category of "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)" in 2004. Star Wars creator George Lucas hired Tartakovsky to direct Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–2005), an animated series taking place between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. The series won three Emmy awards: two for "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More)" in 2004 and 2005, and another for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation" (for background designer Justin Thompson in 2005). Tartakovsky was not involved in the 2008 follow-up series.In 2005, <mask> was appointed creative president of Orphanage Animation Studios. In 2006, he was chosen as the director for a sequel to The Dark Crystal, but was replaced and the film was later scrapped. Tartakovsky served as animation director on the pilot episode of Korgoth of Barbaria, which aired on Adult Swim in 2006 but was not picked up as a series. He also directed a series of anti-smoking advertisements, one for Nicorette in 2006 and two for Niquitin in 2008. In 2009, Tartakovsky created a pilot entitled Maruined for Cartoon Network's The Cartoonstitute program, which was not picked up. In 2009, it was announced that Tartakovsky would write and direct a Samurai Jack film from Fred Seibert's Frederator Studios and J. J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions. In June 2012, Tartakovsky said that he had a story to conclude the series and title character's story, but the project had been shelved after Abrams moved on to direct Star Trek.In 2010, Tartakovsky created storyboards for Jon Favreau's Iron Man 2. He created a new series for Cartoon Network, Sym-Bionic Titan, between 2010 and 2011. He had hoped to expand on the initial season, but it was not renewed. On 7 April 2011, an animated prologue by Tartakovsky for the horror film Priest premiered online. In early 2011, <mask> moved to Sony Pictures Animation, where he made his feature film directing debut with Hotel Transylvania (2012). In July 2012, he signed a long-term deal with Sony to develop and direct his own original projects. In June 2012, Sony announced that <mask> was slated to direct a computer-animated Popeye feature.On 18 September 2014, Tartakovsky revealed an "animation test". In March 2015, Tartakovsky announced that despite the well-received test footage, he was no longer working on the project. He moved onto directing original story Can You Imagine?, announced in 2014, but it was cancelled. Tartakovsky directed Hotel Transylvania 2, the sequel to Hotel Transylvania, released in 2015. In December 2015, Adult Swim announced that <mask> would return for a final season of Samurai Jack, during which he stepped away from Sony Pictures Animation. When the series finished airing in 2017, <mask> returned to Sony and directed Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018). After its financial success, two original projects were announced: an R-rated comedy called Fixed and an action-adventure film entitled Black Knight.In May 2019, it was announced that Adult Swim had commissioned a new series from Tartakovsky entitled Primal, which is about "a caveman at the dawn of evolution ... [and a] dinosaur on the brink of extinction". It began airing on 7 October 2019. On 11 May 2020, it was announced that <mask>'s Popeye project was being revived by King Features Syndicate, with T. J. Fixman writing the script. Tartakovsky later clarified that he was not working on it yet and funding was still needed, saying that if he had the time he would do it. <mask> was involved in the development of the video game Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time, which was released on 21 August 2020. On 28 October, a new series by him called Unicorn: Warriors Eternal was announced; it will focus on a group of teen heroes, drawing inspiration from world mythology, and is being billed as all-ages animation. It is being produced by Cartoon Network Studios to be aired on Cartoon Network and HBO Max as part of an attempt by WarnerMedia to reach a broader range of the "older kid and tween market."This was confirmed in a February 2021 announcement which mentioned the series. Personal life
Tartakovsky married Dawn David in 2000 and has three children with her. Filmography

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Television

Bibliography

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

 Genndy's Scrapbook (Samurai Jack Season 2 DVD, Disk 2)

External links

 <mask> Tartakovsky at About.com

1970 births
California Institute of the Arts alumni
Columbia College Chicago alumni
American animators
Jewish American artists
Living people
Soviet emigrants to the United States
American film directors
Russian voice directors
American voice directors
People from Moscow
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Primetime Emmy Award winners
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Sony Pictures Animation people
Soviet Jews
Russian expatriates in Italy
American animated film directors
American storyboard artists
Cartoon Network Studios people
Hanna-Barbera people
Annie Award winners
Russian animators
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title: Edvard Moser

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<mask> (; born 27 April 1962) is a Norwegian professor of psychology and neuroscience at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. In 2005, he and <mask> discovered grid cells  in the brain's medial entorhinal cortex. Grid cells are specialized neurons that provide the brain with a coordinate system and a metric for space. In 2018, he discovered a neural network that expresses your sense of time in experiences and memories located in the brain's lateral entorhinal cortex. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2014 with long-term collaborator and then-wife <mask>, and previous mentor John O'Keefe for their work identifying the brain's positioning system. The two main components of the brain's GPS are; grid cells and place cells, a specialized type of neuron that respond to specific locations in space. Together with <mask> he established the Moser research environment, which they lead.<mask> was born to German parents who had moved to Norway in the 1950s, and grew up in Ålesund. He received his education as a psychologist at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo and obtained a PhD in neurophysiology at the Faculty of Medicine at the same university in 1995; in 1996 he was appointed as associate professor in biological psychology at the Department of Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); he was promoted to professor of neuroscience in 1998. In 2002, his research group was given the status of a separate "centre of excellence". <mask> <mask> has led a succession of research groups and centres, collectively known as the Moser research environment. He is an external scientific member of the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, with which he has collaborated over several years. Background and early life
<mask> was born in Ålesund to German parents Eduard Paul <mask> (1928–2013) and Ingeborg Annamarie Herholz (1931–). His parents had grown up in Kronberg im Taunus, a suburb of Frankfurt, where <mask>'s grandfather <mask> had been Lutheran parish priest.<mask>'s father trained as a pipe organ builder and emigrated to Norway together with his friend Jakob Pieroth in 1953 when they were offered employment at a pipe organ workshop at Haramsøy. They later established their own workshop and built many church pipe organs in Norway. The <mask> family originally was from Nassau; Moser is a South German topographic name for someone who lived near a swamp or mire (South German Moos). <mask> <mask> grew up at Hareid and in Ålesund. He was raised in a conservative Christian family. <mask> <mask> married May-Britt <mask> in 1985 when they were both students. They announced that they are divorcing in 2016.Career
<mask> <mask> was awarded the cand.psychol. degree in psychology at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo in 1990. He was then employed as a research fellow at the Faculty of Medicine, where he obtained his dr.philos. doctoral research degree in the field of neurophysiology in 1995. He also has studied mathematics and statistics. Early in his career, he worked under the supervision of Per Andersen. <mask> went on to undertake postdoctoral training with Richard G. Morris at the Centre for Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, from 1995 to 1997, and was a visiting postdoctoral fellow at the laboratory of John O'Keefe at the University College, London for two months.<mask> returned to Norway in 1996 to be appointed associate professor in biological psychology at the Department of Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. He was promoted to full professor of neuroscience in 1998. <mask> is also head of department of the NTNU Institute for Systems Neuroscience. He is a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the American Philosophical Society, and the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. He is also an Honorary Professor at the Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. Honours
1999: Prize for young scientists awarded by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
2005: 28th annual W. Alden Spencer Award (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University)
2006: 14th Betty and David Koetser Award for Brain Research (University of Zürich)
2006: 10th Prix "Liliane Bettencourt pour les Sciences du Vivant" 2006 (Fondation Bettencourt, Paris)
2008: 30th Eric K. Fernström's Great Nordic Prize (Fernström Foundation, University of Lund)
2011: Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
2011: Anders Jahre Award (with May-Britt <mask>)
2012: Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize (with May-Britt <mask>)
2013: Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (with May-Britt <mask> and John O'Keefe)
2014: Karl Spencer Lashley Award (with May-Britt <mask>)
2014: Foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences. 2014: Körber European Science Prize
2014: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with May-Britt <mask> and John O'Keefe)
2018: Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (with May-Britt Moser)

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Edvard Moser has been a member of the board of reviewing editors in science since 2004 and he has been reviewing editor for Journal of Neuroscience since 2005.<mask> <mask> chaired the programme committee of the European Neuroscience meeting (FENS Forum) in 2006. Selected publications

<mask>, E.I., Mathiesen, I. & Andersen, P. (1993). Association between brain temperature and dentate field potentials in exploring and swimming rats. Science, 259, 1324–1326. Brun, V.H., Otnæss, M.K., Molden, S., Steffenach, H.-A., Witter, M.P., <mask>, M.-B., <mask>, E.I. (2002).Place cells and place representation maintained by direct entorhinal-hippocampal circuitry. Science, 296, 2089–2284. Fyhn, M., Molden, S., Witter, M.P., <mask>, E.I. and <mask>, M.-B. (2004). Spatial representation in the entorhinal cortex. Science, 305, 1258–1264 .Leutgeb, S., Leutgeb, J.K., Treves, A., <mask>, M.-B. and <mask>, E.I. (2004). Distinct ensemble codes in hippocampal areas CA3 and CA1. Science, 305, 1295–1298. Leutgeb, S., Leutgeb, J.K., Barnes, C.A., <mask>, E.I., McNaughton, B.L., and <mask>, M.-B (2005). Independent codes for spatial and episodic memory in the hippocampus.Science, 309, 619–623 . Hafting, T., Fyhn, M., Molden, S., <mask>, M.-B., and <mask>, E.I. (2005). Microstructure of a spatial map in the entorhinal cortex. Nature, 436, 801–806. Colgin, L.L, and <mask>, E.I. (2006).Rewinding the memory record. Nature, 440, 615–617. Sargolini, F., Fyhn, M., Hafting, T., McNaughton, B.L., Witter, M.P., <mask>, M.-B., and <mask>, E.I. (2006). Conjunctive representation of position, direction and velocity in entorhinal cortex. Science, 312, 754–758. Leutgeb, J.K., Leutgeb, S., <mask>, M.-B., and <mask>, E.I.(2007). Pattern separation in dentate gyrus and CA3 of the hippocampus. Science, 315, 961–966. Fyhn, M., Hafting, T., Treves, A., <mask>, M.-B. and <mask>, E.I. (2007). Hippocampal remapping and grid realignment in entorhinal cortex.Nature, 446, 190–194. Hafting, T., Fyhn, M., Bonnevie, T., <mask>, M.-B. and <mask>, E.I. (2008). Hippocampus-independent phase precession in entorhinal grid cells. Nature 453, 1248–1252. Kjelstrup, K.B., Solstad, T., Brun, V.H., Hafting, T., Leutgeb, S., Witter, M.P., <mask>, E.I.and <mask>, M.-B. (2008). Finite scales of spatial representation in the hippocampus. Science 321, 140–143. Solstad, T., Boccara, C.N., Kropff, E., <mask>, M.-B. and <mask>, E.I. (2008).Representation of geometric borders in the entorhinal cortex. Science, 322, 1865–1868. <mask>, E.I., <mask>, M-B. (2011). Crystals of the brain. EMBO Mol. Med.3, 1–4. <mask>, E.I., <mask>, M-B. (2011). Seeing into the future. Nature, 469, 303–4
Jezek, K., Henriksen, EJ., Treves, A., <mask>, E.I. and <mask>, M-B. (2011).Theta-paced flickering between place-cell maps in the hippocampus. Nature, 478, 246–249. Giocomo, LM., <mask>, E.I., <mask>, M-B. (2011) Grid cells use HCN1 channels for spatial scaling. Cell, 147, 1159–1170. Igarashi, KM., Lu L., Colgin LL., <mask> M-B., <mask> EI. (2014) Coordination of entorhinal-hippocampal ensemble activity during associative learning.Nature 510, 143–7. References

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title: Dale Brown

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<mask> (born 2 November 1956) is an American writer and aviator known for aviation techno-thriller novels. At least thirteen of his novels have been New York Times Best Sellers. Early life
<mask> was born in Buffalo, New York, and was one of six children. At 15, he began flying instruction, eventually earning a private pilot's license. He graduated in 1978 from Penn State University with a degree in Western European history. Career

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<mask> joined the Air Force ROTC while in college. He received a commission in the United States Air Force in 1978.He was a navigator-bombardier (now known as a weapon systems officer (WSO)) in the B-52 Stratofortress G-model long-range heavy bomber and the FB-111A Aardvark medium range fighter-bomber. <mask> received several military decorations and awards, including the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Combat Crew Award, and the Marksmanship ribbon. He rose to the rank of Captain and has 2,500 hours of flight time in B-52s. He left the Air Force in 1986, having never seen combat. He is a Life Member of the Air Force Association and the U.S. Naval Institute. Writing
<mask>'s first paid writing was a review of Fort Apocalypse for Compute!'s Gazette. In 1986, while still in the Air Force at Mather Air Force Base in Sacramento County, California, he wrote his first book, Flight of the Old Dog. His novels have been published in 11 languages and distributed to over 70 countries. He published 11 bestsellers in 11 years. <mask> has been represented by literary agent Robert Gottlieb of Trident Media Group. Bibliography
<mask> tends to stay with the same characters over a long period of time. Many of the characters introduced in Flight of the Old Dog are still around for the latest, although a few have been killed in previous books.Most of his books occur in the same timeline, with a few exceptions. Silver Tower, published after Flight of the Old Dog, a mostly independent novel with no character references, is first linked by mention of the SkyBolt module in Battle Born. However, the novel is merged into the Patrick McLanahan saga when some of its main characters and the fictional military space station Armstrong appear in Strike Force. Chains of Command, which features Rebecca Furness and Darren Mace, was actually a separate series, but later, the characters reappeared in Battle Born and were merged into the Dreamland and McLanahan series. Hammerheads focuses on Admiral Ian Hardcastle, who later reappeared in Storming Heaven. However, the book can be part of the overall Patrick McLanahan continuity because of his and General Elliott's appearances, plus the book taking place over two years since the events of Flight of the Old Dog (which is referred to in passing). The Dreamland series coauthored with Jim DeFelice covers the gaps between the Patrick McLanahan series novels.While most of the old characters are only mentioned in passing, some of the technology depicted in the series was later merged into the main series, starting with Air Battle Force. Henri Cazaux, the main villain of Storming Heaven, was referred to in The Tin Man. His own right-hand man, Gregory Townsend, would be the book's main antagonist. Patrick McLanahan series
<mask>'s novels mostly center on a character named Patrick McLanahan, whose exploits as a US Air Force officer date back over 25 years. Flight of the Old Dog (1987) - A Soviet anti-ballistic missile laser destroys US strategic assets while the Kremlin argues the system's legality before the UN. USAF Lieutenant General Bradley Elliott recruits a team of officers to work on a modified B-52 bomber, called the Old Dog. A raid on Dreamland, itself coupled by the discovery of a B-1 Lancer strike team on the Soviet laser, forces the Old Dog crew to take the mission on themselves.In a heroic act, crewmember David Luger risks his life to save the bomber from destruction. Sky Masters (1991) - The pullout of US forces from the Philippines in 1994 sparks Chinese plans to occupy the Spratly Islands and Mindanao with the connivance of a Filipino Communist vice-president who declares a coup. McLanahan and the heavy bombers of the US Air Battle Force lead the American counterattack over Davao City. The novel also has a small cameo appearance by Day of the Cheetah antagonist Kenneth Francis James. Night of the Hawk (1992) - A simple defector extraction raid in Lithuania in late 1992 uncovers evidence that a member of the Old Dog crew, David Luger, survived the events of Flight of the Old Dog and was brainwashed to work on a new stealth bomber at a secret facility in Vilnius. Amidst the political upheaval in the country, General Elliott, McLanahan, and John Ormack join a US Marine contingent in assaulting the facility and rescuing Luger. Day of the Cheetah (1989) - In 1996, Kenneth Francis James - a Soviet deep-cover agent posing as a USAF officer - steals the new Dreamstar thought-controlled fighter.McLanahan and the High-Technology Aerospace Weapons Center scramble to recover it from James, or destroy it if necessary. Shadows of Steel (1996) - In May 1997, the US initiates covert operations to stop Iran's new carrier task force from controlling the Persian Gulf sea lanes. Now running a diner in Sacramento after the fiasco depicted in Day of the Cheetah, Patrick McLanahan is recalled to active duty to fly a B-2 Spirit mission over Iran. Fatal Terrain (1997) - Set a month after the ending of Shadows of Steel, Taiwan's declaration of independence forces China to go to war. The Old Dog crew is brought back to save the world from Chinese domination, but not everyone could come home alive. The Tin Man (1998) - A few months after the events of Fatal Terrain, Patrick McLanahan faces a new enemy, right in his home turf in Sacramento, California. The novel also introduces his brother, Sacramento police officer Paul McLanahan.Battle Born (1999) - In 2000, McLanahan is assigned to turn a group of Nevada Air Guard B-1 pilots into America's premier tactical air strike force. A new threat created by a sudden reunification of the Korean peninsula hastens the training. Warrior Class (2001) - Set in 2001, Russian billionaire Pavel Kazakov builds a huge pipeline through the Balkans with the support of the Russian Army and everybody gets rich. To make the scheme viable, he also finances the deployment of a secret stealth fighter-bomber originally developed by the same company that employed Dave Luger. However, a new US president and his brand of leadership tie McLanahan's hands from doing anything about Kazakov. Wings of Fire (2002) - When Libya plots to invade and control Egypt, McLanahan and his advanced force, the Night Stalkers, are sent in to stop the chaos. However, the consequences are personal for his family.Air Battle Force (2003) - The US deploys a new aerial strike force into Turkmenistan to fight a ragtag Taliban army and later a Russian invasion. The humiliation forces Russian General Anatoly Gryzlov to launch a coup, especially after McLanahan's forces level the Russian Air Force's strategic bomber base in Engels. Plan of Attack (2004) - Out of revenge for what happened in Air Battle Force, General Gryzlov orders a nuclear bomber strike against the United States, eliminating nearly all of its land-based strategic forces. Demoted to brigadier general and reassigned off the Air Battle Force after defying one order too many in Turkmenistan, McLanahan tries to convince the Air Force leadership about the threat. When the Russians attack, he and the rest of the Dreamland crew take matters into their own hands to save what is left of America. Strike Force (2007) - Three years after the events of Plan of Attack, now-Lieutenant General McLanahan uses new XR-A9 Black Stallion spaceplanes to intervene during a new crisis in Iran, where Shadows of Steel antagonist General Hesarak al-Buzhazi has launched a rebellion against the fundamentalist regime. Shadow Command (2008) - Set in 2009, the novel pits McLanahan and his team against a new US president, Joseph Gardner, who connives with Russia to take him down.Rogue Forces (2009) - Reverting to the private sector, Patrick McLanahan and former US President Kevin Martindale operate their own Private military company (PMC), Scion Aviation International. Their latest contract: stabilizing Iraq as US forces withdraw from the country. However, Kurdish raids into Turkey force Ankara to unleash its arsenal of former US aircraft against the rebels and McLanahan's team is caught in the crossfire. Executive Intent (2010) - The US deploys a new orbital bombardment system, the Thor's Hammer, with a Pakistani ballistic-missile battery hijacked by terrorists firing on Indian cities as the first target. However, some of the missiles destroys a chemical weapon, of which the chemicals injure civilians, which prompts Pakistan and nearby countries to help grant Indian Ocean access to China and Russia. McLanahan must join forces with Brigadier-General Kai Raydon to prevent war. Meanwhile, US Vice-President Kenneth Phoenix begins challenging President Gardner's leadership.A Time For Patriots (2011) - An economic collapse in late 2012 triggers destabilization efforts in the entire country. Now retired and flying for the Civil Air Patrol, McLanahan and his son Bradley enlists fellow citizens to eliminate a new terrorist threat. Tiger's Claw (2012) - China's test of a new anti-ballistic missile system in 2013 threatens US forces in the Pacific. Still reeling from the recession depicted in the previous novel, President Kenneth Phoenix recalls McLanahan again for combat duty - with Bradley James along for the ride after being kicked out of the Air Force Academy. The twice-retired general uses a new combined-arms concept using B-1s to challenge the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which has rolled out a massive arsenal. However, a raid into China turns out to be the elder McLanahan's last. Starfire (2014) - Bradley struggles to live without his father by devoting his efforts to develop and launch a new orbital solar power plant that has the potential to aid space exploration.However, with China and Russia flexing their military muscle, US President Phoenix pushes ahead with the militarization of space. Iron Wolf (2015) - When Russia invades Ukraine to protect ethnic Russians, a small group of surviving Ukrainian soldiers provoke the Russian military, hoping for a response that will draw in NATO. The Polish government worries about Russia's aggression and hires Scion Aviation to defend them against Russia. Brad McLanahan is pulled out of his internship at Sky Masters to mold the individual hot-shot pilots of Scion into an effective fighting force. Price of Duty (2017) - Russia builds a new cyber warfare facility to take on the new Alliance of Free Nations, and Scion's Iron Wolf team must work to protect the Alliance from Russia's ambitions to bring back the old Soviet. The Moscow Offensive (2018) - Brad McLanahan and the heroes of the Iron Wolf Squadron—must counter a dangerous Russian strike from within the homeland. The Kremlin Strike (publish date May 2019) - no description given.Eagle Station (publish date May 2020) - The sixth Brad McLanahan book. Act of War series
 Act of War (2005) - The US assembles Task Force Talon, a special anti-terrorist unit of military personnel and police officers equipped with the most advanced combat equipment. Their first assignment: to destroy GAMMA, a terrorist group that detonated a nuclear device on a major facility run by top energy producer Kingman Group. Edge of Battle (2006) - Rivalry between drug lords in Mexico and an increased flow of illegal immigrants across the US border heightens the tension between both countries. Task Force Talon is assigned to man a new base in southern California to combat the threat. Independent series
 Silver Tower (1988) - The US successfully activates the new military space station Armstrong in the then-future of 1992. Feeling threatened by the station's potential for US space supremacy, the USSR plots to destroy it as part of a plan to invade Iran and threaten the Persian Gulf oil reserves.It is up to General Jason St Michael and his team aboard the Armstrong to stop Soviet forces coming into the area. Hammerheads (1990) - The US activates the new Border Security Force as part of efforts to stop drug smuggling operations handled by a former Cuban Air Force officer in cahoots with the Medellin cartel (with Patrick McLanahan and General Elliott making cameo appearances). Chains of Command (1993) - Russian President Valentin Sen'kov plans an invasion of the Ukraine in 1995. When the invasion gets underway, the US is prompted to send an Air Force Reserve F-111 unit to help the Ukrainians. The novel introduces future McLanahan saga characters Lieutenant Colonel Darren Mace and Major Rebecca Furness, the USAF's first female combat pilot. Storming Heaven (1994) - The absence of an air-defense network on US soil prompts terrorist Henri Cazaux to use airliners covertly equipped with bombs in attacking many airports. When the danger goes national, Hammerheads protagonist Ian Hardcastle, now an admiral, is tasked with getting the network up and running to stop Cazaux's activities.Short stories
 Leadership Material (2001) - Set in the Arabian Peninsula post-Desert Storm in March 1991, then-Major McLanahan flies with the Old Dog crew in combating an Iranian Blackjack-E, a version of the TU-160 Blackjack bomber that was reportedly upgraded with designs lifted from the Megafortress. Meanwhile, back in the US, Colonel Norman Weir, an officer on the USAF promotions board, reviews McLanahan's service record as a candidate for lieutenant colonel and recommends his discharge. However, the US president orders Weir to destroy the discharge form, saying that McLanahan has proven himself as an officer (without elaborating further). The story was <mask>'s contribution to Stephen Coonts' Combat war stories anthology. It has peripheral references to Hammerheads and Sky Masters (although a canonical error). Dreamland series
<mask> and Jim DeFelice have created more than a dozen <mask>'s Dreamland books. Dreamland (2001)
 Nerve Center (2002)
 Razor's Edge (2002)
 Piranha (2003)
 Strike Zone (2004)
 Armageddon (2004)
 Satan's Tail (2005)
 End Game (2006)
 Retribution (2007)
 Revolution (2008)
 Whiplash (2009)
 Black Wolf (2010)
 Raven Strike (2011)
 Collateral Damage (2012)
 Drone Strike (2014)
 Target Utopia (2015)
 Puppet Master (2016)
 Act of Revenge (2018)

Nick Flynn series

 Arctic Storm Rising (2021)

Personal life
In 1994, <mask> resided in Folsom, California, near Sacramento, California.He enjoys flying his plane, a Grumman Gulfstream II. He is a mission pilot in the Civil Air Patrol. On the ground, he enjoys tennis, motorcycling, skiing, scuba diving, and ice hockey. <mask> is married. His wife Diane is a retired Sacramento police lieutenant and (like her husband) is also a pilot. They have a son, Hunter, and they reside near Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Legal issues
In April 2004, <mask> pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud.He was charged with creating companies in the West Indies for the purposes of receiving tax deductions from fictitious expenses. The fictitious expenses amounted to more than $440,000, which <mask> claimed on his 1998 income tax filing. He then used the tax deductions to remodel his home in Incline Village, Nevada. See also

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title: Viktor Verzhbitsky

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<mask> () born 21 September 1959, in Tashkent, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan) is an Uzbekistani-Russian film and stage actor. He is well known for playing mobsters, businessmen, and villains and he is well known for playing the role of Zavulon in the 2004 film Night Watch and its 2006 sequel Day Watch. He has been relatively active as an actor on both the small screen and large screen since 1994 when he starred in Timur Bekmambetov's Peshavar Waltz. He has become one of Russia's best known actors. Biography

Early life and education
<mask> was born on 21 September 1959 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR. His aristocratic surname is due to his great-grandfather - a Krakow Pole. <mask> spent his childhood behind the scenes - his grandmother worked in the theater as a dresser.In 1983 he graduated from the Tashkent Theater and Art Institute named after A.N. Ostrovsky. Theatre
In 1983-1995 he played at the Tashkent Academic Drama Theater named after Gorky. In the theater, he played the role of Avrosimov in the Throat of Freedom by Bulat Okudzhava, Treplev in The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, Scipio in Caligula by Albert Camus, Obolyaninov in Zoykin's Apartment by Mikhail Bulgakov, Kolodzhero di Speleta in The Great Magic by Eduardo de Filippo and others. In the Tashkent theater Ilkhom, Verzhbitsky played in the performances Dear Elena Sergeevna Lyudmila Razumovskaya (Volodya), The Scenes by the Fountain Semen Zlotnikov (Koshkin), The house that Swift built Grigory Gorin (Someone). The actor was also busy in the performance of the Tashkent Youth Theater "Ekvus" by Peter Sheffer (Dr. Daisert). In 1995-1998, Verzhbitsky worked in the Moscow New Drama Theater.The list of the roles he played was supplemented by Guatinar in the "Revenge of the Queen" by Eugene Scribe and Ernest Leguwe, Dorant in the "Jourdain" by Jean-Baptiste Molière, Menshikov in the "Assembly" of Peter Gnedich. In 1998-2005 he played at the Et Cetera Theater. They were filled with the role of the Lecturer in the "Guide for those wishing to marry" by Anton Chekhov, Okha in The Death of Tarelkin by Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin, Lanchelot Gobbo and Antonio in William Shakespeare's "Shaylock", Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady" Bernard Shaw, Beattie in "451 Fahrenheit" Ray Bradbury and others. Since 2007, <mask> is an actor of the A.S. Pushkin. In the theater he played the part of Freddie in the play "Locusts" and Ivan Telyatyev in "Raging Money" by Alexander Ostrovsky, Emperor Altome in the production of "Turandot" by Carlo Gozzi. In the current repertoire he plays Otto Marvulia in the "Great Magic" by Eduardo de Filippo. The actor also plays Smerdyakov and Zosima in the play "Karamazov" in the Moscow Art Theater, Pantagruel in the play "Gargantua and Pantagruel" at the Theater of Nations.Film and television
In cinema, <mask> was discovered by film director Timur Bekmambetov, who studied with the actor at the stage design department at the Tashkent Theater and Art Institute. The director directed the actor in the title role in the film Peshavar Waltz (1994) and in a number of commercials. In the advertisement of the bank "Imperial" Verzhbitsky first played the emperor Nicholas I, whose character he later embodied in the series Poor Nastya and One Night of Love. In the advertisement of the bank "Slavyansky" he played the role of Osip Mandelstam. Cooperation with Timur Bekmambetov continued in the films The Arena (2001), Night Watch (2004), Day Watch (2005), Black Lightning (2009) and the Yolki series of films. In total, <mask> played over 80 roles in various films and television series. Among his works of recent years are roles in the films Spy (2012), Treasures of OK (2013), Zaletchiki (2014), the series Intelligence (2012), Caesar (2013) and The Inquisitor (2014).The actor took part in several projects on television. From May to August 2011, along with Roma Zver, he led the "Game" program on the NTV channel, acting as a moderator of the game. From May 2012 to February 2013, he was the host of a series of 80 documentaries "Mystical Stories with Victor Verzhbitsky" on TV-3. In 2012, participated in the shooting of nine games "Fort Boyard", where he played the role of the magician Fur. The premiere took place in February–April 2013 at Channel One. Honors
<mask> received the title People's Artist of Russia in 2011. He was awarded the MTV-Russia award (2006), the Golden Eagle award (2008), and also the prizes of the newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets (2009, 2012).In 2010, <mask>avar Waltz (1994) – <mask>
 Mama Don't Cry (1997) – Igor
 The Barber of Siberia (1998) – adjutant of the Great Count
 The Arena (2001) – Timarkus
 Poor Nastya (2003-2004) – emperor Nicholas I of Russia
 Countdown (2004) – Lev Pokrovsky
 Night Watch (2004) – Zavulon
 Stealing Tarantino (2005) – Salvador
 The Fall of the Empire (2005, TV) – Ganskiy
 Day Watch (2005) – Zavulon
 The Turkish Gambit (2005) – Lukan
 The Case of "Dead Souls" (2005, TV) — Dubbel
 12 (2007) – 11th jury member
 The Irony of Fate 2 (2007) – man at the station
 Paragraph 78 (2007) – member of the war tribunal
 The Admiral (2008) Alexander Kerensky
 One Night of Love (2008) – emperor Nicholas I of Russia
 Black Lightning (2009) – <mask>
 Hooked on the Game (2009) — Boris Gromov
 Yolki (2010) – Igor Vorobyov
 Yolki 2 (2011) – Igor Vorobyov
 Iron Lord (2010) – Svyatozar
 Our Russia. The Balls of Fate (2010) – Victor Marjanovich Ryabushkin
 Spy (2011) – Lezhava
 Branded (2012) – Yuri Nikolaevich
 Yolki 1914 (2014) — Count Vostrikov
 Mafia: The Game of Survival (2015) – creator of the game
 Coach'' (2018) – mayor

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<mask> "Lang" <mask> (September 9, 1939 – May 4, 2020)  was a Northern Mariana Islands politician as a member of CNMI Democratic Party, and also was the fourth Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Elected in 1993, he served one term, leaving office in 1998. During his governorship and most of his political career, <mask> was a member of the Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands, which was not then affiliated with the American Democratic Party. However, he later switched his affiliation to the Covenant Party. As of 2021, he is the last Democrat to serve as governor of the territory. Background

Education
<mask> graduated from the Territorial College of Guam in 1962 with an associate's degree before earning a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Marquette University in 1967. Early career
<mask> was subsequently employed by the Los Angeles, California department of public works.In 1972 he was hired by the Micronesian Construction Company. He founded his own construction company two years later. <mask>'s early career in elective office consisted of one term as a CNMI Senator and three two-year terms as Washington representative. He first ran for governor in 1989. In 1993 he ran again and won. Governorship

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<mask> governed as a fiscal conservative in several ways. He warned the legislature against increasing spending without accompanying measures to increase revenue.However, the legislature implemented an earned income credit which was repealed after <mask> left office because there were not enough funds to pay for it. <mask> frequently battled with the Republican-dominated legislature during his term. His first executive order was a sweeping reorganization of the commonwealth government that was contested by both litigation and by the legislature. It was eventually put into effect. The Republican legislature also frequently rejected <mask>'s appointments; Alexandro C. Castro, who was twice <mask>'s Supreme Court nominee, was twice rejected by the legislature. He was later appointed successfully to that court by <mask>'s successor, Pedro P<mask>, a Republican. As Governor, <mask> was a fierce opponent of federal legislation that would have extended federal minimum wage and immigration laws to the CNMI, which at that time was exempt from those laws.The predominant industry in the CNMI (outside of tourism) was the garment manufacturing industry, which drew chiefly upon female foreign workers, generally from China. These workers were generally paid far less than the minimum wage in the United States and were brought in extensively through the CNMI's immigration system, which differed from that of the United States. Federal legislation signed nearly a decade after <mask> left office altered the minimum wage regulations and immigration system of the CNMI. During his term, <mask> was praised extensively by U.S. Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, including on the House floor in 1997:

DeLay and <mask> shared strong ties to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and both would become infamous in the Jack Abramoff CNMI scandal. Defeat for re-election
In 1997, <mask> ran for re-election in a three-way race. Ultimately, the nominee of the Republican Party, former governor Pedro P<mask>, won the election easily with 45.6% of the vote. Democratic support was split between Governor <mask> and his Lieutenant Governor, Jesus C. Borja.<mask> received 27.4% of the vote and Borja received 27%. <mask> left office in early 1998. Controversy

Ties to Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff

In 1993, the <mask> administration, concerned that the federal government of the United States might attempt to end the CNMI's exemptions from federal minimum wage laws and federal immigration regulations, thus harming the islands' garment manufacturing industry, hired a firm, Preston Gates, to lobby on its behalf. Between October 1993 and September 2001, the firm was paid about $6.7 million by the CNMI government, about 72 percent of the government's overall lobbying payments. In 1995, Jack Abramoff, employed at Preston Gates, took on the CNMI as a client. In October 1996, the contract with Preston Gates expired, but the <mask> administration broke CNMI laws and continued to pay the firm without a valid contract until <mask> left office on January 11, 1998. By the end of <mask>'s term, the CNMI government had paid the lobbyists a total of $5.21 million in public funds.The payment without contract was later judged illegal in an investigation by the CNMI Office of the Public Auditor. In March 1996, March 1997, and October 1997, Abramoff arranged trips to Washington, D.C., for <mask> and his wife. There, <mask> met with Republican leadership in Congress, including Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia), Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-California), and several others. These same congressmen would later lead efforts to extend the CNMI's exemptions from federal minimum wage and immigration laws. On the October 1997 trip <mask> also met with leaders of the Choctaw tribe in Mississippi, another Abramoff client for whom DeLay manipulated legislation. Around this time, Rohrabacher attacked proponents of subjecting the CNMI to federal minimum wage and immigration laws on the House floor, calling descriptions of the human rights violations going on in the CNMI "nonstop, politically driven attack[s] on the government and people of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands." Abramoff later arranged an all-expenses paid trip to the CNMI capital, Saipan, for Rep. DeLay on New Year's Eve in 1997.Although House ethics rules at the time prohibited House members from accepting such gifts from lobbyists, the trip was funded directly by the CNMI and thus was technically allowable. While visiting the islands, DeLay praised <mask>, saying, "You represent everything that is good about what we are trying to do in America." DeLay also attended a reception hosted by Abramoff client Willie Tan of the Tan Holdings Corporation, which had been fined in the past for numerous violations of federal labor laws. Tan, who has been described as "a local powerbroker" in the CNMI, is part of the islands' garment manufacturing industry, notorious for forcing Chinese immigrant workers to live in squalid conditions, work for far less than minimum wage, engage in forced prostitution, and be subjected to forced abortions so they could continue to work. After the trip, Abramoff helped DeLay craft policy that extended exemptions from federal immigration and minimum-wage labor laws to Saipan industries. Abramoff also allegedly paid the expenses for at least two other trips to the Marianas. In both cases, Abramoff was reimbursed by Preston Gates, which was then being paid by the Marianas government.Ultimately, the CNMI ended its relationship with Preston Gates and Jack Abramoff in 2001, years after it was originally ended by <mask> <mask>'s successor, Pedro P<mask>, only to have the contract renewed by the commonwealth legislature under the direction of then-Speaker of the House Benigno R. Fitial. After this and other scandals were publicized, Abramoff pleaded guilty to felony charges related to the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal. Named in the Abramoff scandals and surrounded by associates pleading guilty or facing criminal charges in those scandals, DeLay resigned from the House of Representatives in disgrace in 2006. In 2010, <mask> maintained that Abramoff "did the job" and deserved his pay. Executive Order 94-3 and Sonoda v. Cabrera
In June 1994, Governor <mask> submitted Executive Order 94-3 to the Commonwealth Legislature. The legislature failed to modify or disapprove of the order, thus allowing it to become effective. The order stated:

In December 1995, <mask> appointed Jose A. Sonoda as Director of the Division of Customs Services within the CNMI government's Department of Finance.Sonoda signed a two-year contract and a "Conditions of Employment" agreement, the latter of which made reference to the fact that government employees would serve at the pleasure of the governor under E.O. 94-3. In March 1996, Sonoda received a letter from the governor's Secretary of Finance, Antonio R. Cabrera, which terminated Sonoda's employment under E.O. 94-3. He was given no cause and no notice. Three days prior to his termination, Sonoda had testified at a legislative hearing; believing that his termination was revenge by the Democratic Governor <mask> for his apparent Republican leanings in this testimony, Sonoda filed a lawsuit in district court against Cabrera and <mask>, alleging that they had violated his rights under the United States Constitution to freedom of speech and due process. The district court certified to the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court the question of whether Governor <mask> had violated the CNMI's constitution with E.O.94-3. In April 1997, the Supreme Court answered that <mask> had exceeded his executive power, granted under Article III of the CNMI's constitution:

The Supreme Court also ruled that E.O. 94-3 usurped the power to determine which positions were exempt from the civil service system, held exclusively by the CNMI Legislature under Article XX of the CNMI's constitution. For both of these reasons, the Court said it would rule that particular section of E.O. 94-3 to be unconstitutional. <mask> and Cabrera appealed this decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which ruled in 1999 that it did not have jurisdiction in the case because it did not involve any federal rights or laws, citing the precedent set in Sablan v. Manglona. In 2000, the district court denied Sonoda's motion for summary judgment, instead sua sponte granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants, stating that the reason for Sonoda's termination was irrelevant because <mask> and Cabrera were entitled to qualified immunity as they had reasonable belief that Sonoda could be legally dismissed under E.O.94-3. In 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed this decision, ruling that the defendants were not entitled to qualified immunity:

The appellate court also held that the defendants were not entitled to qualified immunity in the due process claim either, as the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court had ruled that only the legislature could make exemptions from the civil service system in Manglona v. Civil Service Commission in 1992, thus making it a well-established precedent by the time <mask> and Cabrera fired Sonoda. They remanded the case back to the district court to decide on that basis. Sonoda v. Cabrera, therefore, embroiled Governor <mask> in a lengthy legal controversy that lasted well beyond the end of his term and ended up striking down one of his executive orders as unconstitutional and stating that, in firing Sonoda, <mask> had far exceeded his constitutional power. Tax rebate account shortfall
During the 1997 gubernatorial election, <mask> was heavily criticized when there were reports of $29 million missing from the CNMI's trust account for tax rebates. Rumors circulated that <mask> had broken the law in some regard, perhaps by stealing the money. He lost his re-election bid that year.Later the CNMI Department of Finance stated that the $29 million was not missing as only $2 million had ever been deposited; the CNMI legislature had repealed and then reinstated the law requiring that funds be deposited in the account. Later career
After he lost his bid for re-election, <mask> repeatedly attempted to return to the governor's office. In 2001, he ran in a four-way race against Borja (running as a Democrat this time), Republican Juan N. Babauta, and Benigno R. Fitial, who was running as the candidate of the new Covenant Party. Rather than running as a Democrat as he had in the past, <mask> ran as the candidate of the Reform Party, which he had founded in 1999. <mask> was soundly defeated, and Babauta was elected governor. In 2005, <mask> again entered the gubernatorial race, returning to the Democratic Party. After receiving the Democratic nomination, <mask> finished fourth in a four-way contest, with approximately 18% of the vote.Fitial defeated Heinz S. Hofschneider and Babauta by a very small margin. In May 2009, <mask> announced that he had joined the Covenant Party and was allied with Governor Fitial. Rather than seeking the gubernatorial post again, <mask> ran for a seat in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, hoping to represent Precinct 1. <mask> ran on a platform of increased government investment in tourism, reform of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, and economic growth through job creation and increased purchasing power for residents, favoring job creation through new construction projects. He later said in an interview that if elected he would seek to restore the earned income credit, an anti-poverty program implemented by his administration in the 1990s, to increase employment and purchasing power. <mask> won the election and was subsequently selected for the post of Speaker of the House from 2010-2013, a unique three-year term caused by the 2009 and 2012 change in local elections from odd to even years. N.M.I.Const. art. VIII, § 1

See also
 List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress

References

External links
National Governors Association biography

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<mask>. "Bob<mask> (born December 16, 1949) is an American security consultant, professor and media personality from Goldens Bridge, New York. He served two terms as a member of the New York State Assembly, representing northeastern Westchester County, New York. During the Vietnam War, he served with the 7th Cavalry Regiment in the United States Army. Upon his separation from military, he became a member of the New York State Police, where he served with the elite Special Investigations Unit and the New York State Organized Crime Task Force for over two decades. A graduate of Harvard University, <mask> is a nationally recognized expert on criminal justice and security matters. He became an educator in 1996 went on to serve as Chair of the Criminal Justice Department at Iona College.After holding elective office in local government, <mask> ran for and was elected to the State Assembly in a special election in February 2010, and was reelected just eight months later for a second, and this time full two-year term. He is also a columnist for the website Politico. Early life and military career

<mask> was born in Jamaica, New York. He dropped out of high school in 1967 and volunteered to join the United States Army, and was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division as an infantryman. He served in combat operations in the Republic of Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. He received an honorable discharge in 1973. Upon his return from his Army service, he worked as a Constable in South Carolina before returning to New York and beginning a 21-year career in the New York State Police, during which he worked as an intelligence officer with elite Special Investigations Unit and the New York State Organized Crime Task Force.<mask> held the ranks of Trooper, Sergeant, Investigator, and eventually was promoted to Station Commander. He was involved in numerous high-profile arrests during his tenure with the State Police. <mask> is a graduate of Palmer College, the State University of New York and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was named a Pickett Fellow in Criminal Justice Policy and Management by the National Institute of Justice in recognition of his contributions to the law enforcement community. He was also once a nationally ranked competitive  sport shooter. After retiring from the State Police he began a career as an educator, teaching at Iona College for thirteen years and rising to become Chairman of the Criminal Justice Department. He also worked as an Adjunct Professor at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Marist College from 1996 to 2010, where he lectured on a wide variety of criminal justice and security-related subjects including criminal investigation, organized crime, white collar crime, terrorism, security management and police procedures. These credentials made him a popular guest as an expert commentator in print, radio, and television media programs throughout the United States.Prior to his transition from public service to politics, <mask> was a regular contributor on network television including ABC, CBS, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and Court TV. <mask> also owns a professional security consulting business, holding certifications as a Certified Fraud Examiner, Crime Prevention Specialist, Certified Criminal Analyst, Certified Protection Professional, Certified Police and Security Officer Instructor, Certified Firearms Instructor and licensed and bonded Private Investigator. <mask>, who calls himself a public servant, resides in the Goldens Bridge hamlet of Lewisboro, New York. He has two sons, one of whom is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Special Forces and also a graduate of the Kennedy School, and another who is an ordained Minister, serving a congregation in southern Florida. Political career

A Republican, <mask> was elected as a town councilman in his home town of Lewisboro from 2000 to 2004. He made his first run for the State Assembly in 2004. From February 2010 to January 2013, he represented Westchester County in the New York State Legislature, which includes the towns of Bedford, Harrison, Lewisboro, Mount Kisco, New Castle, North Castle, Pound Ridge and portions of the City of White Plains in Westchester County, New York.He writes for Politico's Arena, a daily, cross-party and cross-discipline medium which the newspaper calls its "daily debate with policy makers and opinion shapers." As <mask> counted New York State's Governor Andrew Cuomo amongst his constituents, he was generally portrayed as being closely aligned with the Governor, thus furthering the image of bipartisanship and reputation for working across the aisle he sought to cast. 2010 special election
He was elected to the New York State Assembly in a special election on February 9, 2010, defeating County Legislator Peter Harckham in an upset victory. The previous incumbent, Democratic Assemblyman Adam Bradley, had resigned after he was elected Mayor of White Plains in 2009. <mask> previously ran for the seat in 2004, but was defeated by Bradley. Political prognosticators viewed the suburban contest as a sign of a Republican resurgence and a barometer for coming fall elections, where Republicans would eventually go on to make large gains in the United States Senate, House of Representatives, and retake the New York State Senate. <mask> described his victory as "an expression of voter discontent with the state capitol" and the corruption prevalent in New York's State Government.2010 general election
After serving for only eight months, the freshman legislator had to run for a full term. In the 2010 general election, <mask> held the seat by defeating White Plains City Council President Thomas Roach. Winning with a slim 112 vote margin, a month-long recount was necessary before <mask> could be declared the winner, thus earning him a full two-year term representing the 89th District. The 89th Assembly District has over 10,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans, and <mask> is the first Republican to hold the seat in seventeen years. His 2010 election and subsequent reelection are considered significant, as the 89th Assembly District seat to which he was elected is gerrymandered to be a Democratic district, and happens to be the home of prominent Democratic political figures including former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, attorney <mask>. Kennedy, Jr. and George Soros, billionaire financier of numerous progressive causes. <mask> was also outspent by his opponents, although he attempted to overcome these disadvantages by running what he called a "grassroots, front-porch campaign." 2012 general election
As a Republican representing a heavily Democratic district, <mask> placed a large emphasis on bipartisanship.He decried the 2012 redistricting process as partisan gerrymandering, for which he was named a "Hero of Reform" by former New York City Mayor Ed Koch. <mask> voted against the final redistricting bill, which further gerrymandered and renumbered his district from the 89th to the 93rd Assembly District, added the town of North Salem, and significantly reoriented the portion of the City of White Plains contained within the district, which packed more Democratic-leaning voters into the already heavily Democratic district which <mask>, a member of the Republican Party, represented. <mask> sought to earn a reputation as a reformer, and frequently challenged Albany's infamous "dysfunction" in his campaign rhetoric. The press frequently said he is known for his independence from both parties. In an editorial endorsing <mask>, The New York Times called him "the kind out outsider Albany needs." Sensing political opportunity following the redistricting process, White Plains City Councilman David Buchwald launched a challenge to <mask>, citing the district's overwhelming Democratic enrollment advantage. <mask> received endorsements from every newspaper in the district and aired television and radio ads featuring Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo saying, "Assemblyman <mask>, I'll tell you how tough Assemblyman <mask>'s job is.He is MY Assemblyman ... He's doing a great job representing me and this entire district." Despite running a spirited campaign where he was again outspent, <mask> could not overcome party-line voting in the high turnout for incumbent President Barack Obama, although he still managed to garner 47% of the vote in the overwhelmingly Democratic district. Political positions
 <mask> was known as a staunch fiscal conservative and held strong pro-business, anti-tax and limited government positions. Yet he also held environmentalist views considered atypical for most Republican politicians, and his pro-conservation ideals garnered him support and endorsements from organizations such as the League of Conservation Voters and Sierra Club during all of his campaigns. For instance, he was a cosponsor and vocal proponent of a ban on hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale region of upstate New York, a process for natural gas exploration which is known as "hydro-fracking." He received a perfect score on the environment from the statewide group EPL/Environmental Advocates in 2011 and 2012, on the only scorecard that grades New York State lawmakers according to their votes on the environment.His score led all Republican lawmakers in both houses in each of his three years in office. A self-described conservationist, <mask> also received top marks from the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association for what they described as "his actions in defense of our civil rights," as well as from the New York State Farm Bureau, which named him to their prestigious "Circle of Friends." According to Patch Media, a regional outlet covering the 89th Assembly District, he "earned a reputation for being an independent voice in the Legislature, especially on tax policies that he says unfairly penalize Westchester County residents and business owners." As one of only three combat veterans in the State Assembly, he placed a large part of his legislative focus on veterans' issues. He was credited with building the coalition that saved the five New York State Veterans Homes from elimination  in the 2011 New York State budget. The homes are disabled veteran and veterans gerontological elder-care facilities, which were facing steep budget cuts and potential closure of one or more of the facilities, until the cuts were averted due to efforts from twenty-seven State lawmakers. <mask> also introduced legislation to prevent the Federal government from spinning off the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Campus of the VA at Montrose to private developers, by requiring the State to step in and seize the property via grant, purchase, or eminent domain, in order that it be forever used for veteran's purposes.Legislative achievements
In his first 120 days in office, <mask> passed two pieces of legislation, the first of which was signed into law by Governor David A. Paterson as Chapter 294 of the Laws of 2010. <mask> showed an uncanny ability to pass his own prime-sponsored legislation despite being a member of the Assembly's minority, which has a reputation for legislative powerlessness amid the control of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. In 2011, <mask> became the first member of the Minority since 2007 to pass a "statewide" bill, a veterans protection measure which prohibited public employers from abolishing positions of persons absent on military duty. Six other <mask> bills have been signed into law, making him one of the more productive junior lawmakers in Albany. During the legislative session in 2012, <mask> authored and passed a bill to extend the statute of limitations for Vietnam Veterans to bring claims arising from exposure to Agent Orange and other phenoxy herbicides, which was signed into law by Governor Cuomo. He also cosponsored and passed a bill to increase funding for the state's Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), and conduct a health impact assessment of hydrofracking before the state considers whether or not to allow the controversial process to go forward. <mask> also authored a bill to eliminate the Mount Kisco Urban Renewal Agency, a moribund public authority, which was called an "unnecessary mandate" for the village, that successfully passed both houses of the legislature in 2012.He also authored and passed legislation to rename portions of New York State Route 120 in Chappaqua and Purchase for Staff Sergeant Kyu Hyuk Chay, and Specialist Anthony Kalladeen, soldiers from those communities who were killed in action during the wars in Afghanistan, and Iraq, respectively. Election results
 February 2010 special election, NYS Assembly, 89th AD
{| class="Wikitable"
| <mask><mask> (REP - IND - CON) ||...|| 6,966 (55.3%)
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| Peter B. Harckham (DEM - WOR) ||...|| 5,639 (44.7%)
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 November 2010 general election, NYS Assembly, 89th AD
{| class="Wikitable"
| <mask><mask> (REP - CON - TXP) ||...|| 21,263 (50.1%)
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| Thomas M. Roach, Jr. (DEM - IND - WOR) ||...|| 21,151 (49.9%)
|}

 November 2012 general election, NYS Assembly, 93rd AD
{| class="Wikitable"
| <mask>. <mask> (REP - CON) ||...|| 24,609 (47%)
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| David Buchwald (DEM - IND - WOR) ||...|| 29,394 (53%)
|}

References

Bibliography
Neubaer, David W. & Meinhold, Stephen S. Judicial Process: Law, Courts, and Politics in the United States. Fifth Ed. (Wadsworth Cengage Learning, New York 2009). .
Sifakis, Carl. The mafia encyclopedia. (Infobase Publishing, New York 2005). .
Schmalleger, Frank. Criminology today: an integrative introduction.(Prentice Hall,  New York 2002). .
White, Jonathan R. Terrorism and homeland security. Sixth Ed. (Wadsworth Cengage Learning, New York 2009). . External links
 <mask><mask> campaign website
 Faculty Page at Iona University
 <mask>'s column for Politico

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