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Nicolaas Pieter Johannes ("Niklaas" or "<mask>") <mask> (3 August 1864 – 11 March 1926) was a Boer from the South African Republic – also known as the Transvaal Republic – and later a citizen of South Africa who was considered by some to be a prophet of the Boers. Consequently, his nickname became "<mask>" (Afrikaans for "seer"). <mask>'s visions were typically wrapped in a patriotic, religious format, and have been interpreted by believers as predictions of future events. During the Boer War he became a trusted companion, if not advisor to General de la Rey and President Steyn. The extent of his influence with these figures is disputed, though the devoutly religious de la Rey seemed to have considered him a prophet of God. Early life
<mask> was born on the farm Palmietfontein in the Potchefstroom district, the son of <mask> and Anna Catharina Janse <mask>. He only received 20 days of formal school training at the Rooipoort farm school, and spent much of his youth as a cattle herder.He could never write, but assisted by his mother, he learnt to read from the Bible. He never read anything else. At age 16, he participated in a government expedition against the rebellious tribal leader Mabhogo. He contracted and survived malaria on the expedition and afterwards settled near Wolmaranstad in the then western ZAR. At age 21 he was an elected elder for the Hervormde Kerk, perhaps due to his scriptural knowledge. He married Anna Sophia Kruger in 1884. Boer war
<mask> and his brother Pieter were commandeered to participate in the second Anglo-Boer War under General Sarel P. du Toit.<mask> however remained unarmed and never fired a shot. His contribution was to be a stream of visions and prophesies for the duration of the war. As the seer would later explain, he believed that a nightly visitor woke him only a day before the outbreak of the war, with a message that his work was dedicated to God. Following this vision, <mask> was beset with a fear that would not dissipate. When this disturbed state continued into their sojourn in Kimberley, his superiors sent him home. Experiencing no relief, he returned to the Siege of Kimberley, where he believed a new vision had revealed to him the defeat and loss of life that the war would bring about. Shortly afterwards, possibly at Graspan, his disturbed state lifted permanently as a soldier was wounded on his side, as, according to <mask>, another vision had forewarned.<mask> then travelled with general Piet Cronjé but escaped the encirclement by British forces at Paardeberg. Subsequently, he travelled with different commandos, where a number of apparently accurate predictions established his reputation. A report of his visions attracted the attention of General de la Rey, who recruited <mask> for his commando. On 7 December 1900, General de Wet found himself cornered against the Caledon River, which was in flood, while British forces were assailing his position. When his surrender appeared imminent, a message from De la Rey was delivered by a Boer scout. <mask> had allegedly foreseen the situation and the message outlined an escape route, which was duly followed, leaving the pursuers to flounder in the torrent which De Wet had just traversed. De la Rey, also hard pressed by his enemy, dispatched <mask> to accompany President Steyn to Roodewal, De Wet's safe retreat in the northern Free State.Here <mask> advised them to wait upon two horsemen which he described, who arrived the next day with a message from acting President Schalk Burger. On 13 September 1901, <mask> found himself in the camp of Commandant Roux at Rietkuil near Vredefort. Sensing imminent danger, he advised those present, who had just retired for the day, to depart from the camp at once. Roux was slow to take heed, and his men even more so, as scouts had not observed enemy units. <mask>, his wife and children escaped on a cart, shortly before the greater part of the camp was captured in a surprise attack. Flight from the enemy
In January 1901 <mask> had a vision indicating the flight of three Boer women, who were soon found and rescued by his host Willem Bosman. Days after rejoining De la Rey's commando he had visions of members of his own family being captured, and asked for leave to assist them.The <mask> family fled from their farmhouse as British forces approached, but the wagon train carrying the elderly, women and neighbours was surprised and captured by traitors the following morning. <mask>'s parents, eldest daughter Hester and four younger children were subsequently interned at the Mafeking concentration camp. <mask>, his wife, eldest son Willem and two daughters travelled with a group which managed to evade their pursuers, and <mask> once again joined De la Rey's commando. Upon meeting his wife again in mid October 1901, they found their farmhouse destroyed. <mask>'s ominous premonition concerning their daughters, Anna and Maria, was confirmed when news arrived that they and two relatives had died during an outbreak of measles in the concentration camp. Closing stage of war
<mask> was present when Commandant Van Aardt's company returned from the action at Yzerspruit on 25 February 1902. Van Aardt was in a despondent state as his brother was missing in action.<mask> however assured him that his brother was neither dead nor captured, but alive, though in great pain. The wounded soldier was returned to camp the same evening, carried on the horse of a burgher who found him. Before the Battle of Tweebosch, <mask> gave a number of predictions indicating how the enemy would approach along the Harts River, and when he deemed them most vulnerable. He also envisaged how the victory would enhance De la Rey's reputation. Methuen's force collapsed in the face of De la Rey's sudden attack on 7 March 1902, and Methuen was captured. On 17 March 1902, President Steyn, in the company of De Wet and Hertzog, arrived at Zendelingsfontein, De la Rey's headquarters near Klerksdorp, to consult De la Rey's physician about an eye ailment. <mask> was once again dispatched to guard the president.Around the 23rd he had a vision of English troops arriving, but the president was unwilling to heed his warning, until De la Rey intervened urgently on <mask>'s behalf. The president departed for the safety of the Molopo River on the evening of the 24th. British troops arrived at Zendelingsfontein during the early hours of the 25th and captured two of De la Rey's adjutants. Gaining entry to General Kemp's war council in the bushveld region, he soon warned them against attacking a retreating enemy, which would leave them vulnerable to encirclement. At the subsequent Battle of Harts River on 31 March 1902, some British units did fall back, though some Canadians stood their ground until overpowered by burgher forces. Kemp, though partially or grudgingly heeding the seer's visions, was generally reluctant to give him credit. World War I Rebellion
When the Union of South Africa came out in support of the Allied Powers in World War I, Van Rensburg allied with the rebels.The rebellion received a fatal blow even before it started, when the influential general Koos de la Rey was accidentally killed on 15 September 1914. De la Rey, when killed, was en route to General J. G. C. Kemp, who subsequently organised the rebellion in western Transvaal. On 2 November, Kemp addressed a public meeting at Vleeskraal, near Schweizer-Reneke, with the locally influential Van Rensburg at his side. <mask> also addressed the assembly, and assured them that his visions indicated they had little to fear. 610 men then joined the rebel cause, and with conscription imminent, the number of rebel volunteers grew to 1,800. General Kemp decided on a company of 720 men, mostly farmers, which included <mask> and his son. They departed immediately on a journey to join Manie Maritz in German South-West Africa.After a desert trek and much hardship they linked up with Maritz's company on 29 November. Rebels under De Wet and Beyers were rounded up by South African forces in the days that followed. Returning to South Africa, Maritz and Kemp engaged government forces at Nous, Lutzputs and finally at Upington, on 3 February 1915. <mask>'s son Willem was mortally wounded in the Upington clash, and the whole rebel force captured, with the exception of Maritz who fled via German South-West Africa, to Angola and from thence to Portugal. <mask>, like his comrades, received a prison sentence. He however served about a year, first in Boksburg, then in the Old Fort, Johannesburg. Post-war years
After his release Nicolaas <mask> returned to his farm Rietkuil, near Wolmaranstad.Some of his visions were then recorded by reverend Dr Rossouw. <mask>'s daughter Anna Badenhorst also recorded a set of visions up to his death at age 61. The latter set is considered to be difficult to interpret and not very coherent. With the outbreak of World War II, the collections of visions were considered inflammatory. Distribution was prohibited and some copies seized on orders of prime minister Jan Smuts. Upon Anna's death her handwritten documents were transferred to Lichtenburg museum's archives, where they were rediscovered in 1991. The farm and <mask> Rensburg family cemetery are located 11 km from Ottosdal, in the North West Province.Visions
His mother commented on his visual hallucinations as a toddler, and said that these seemed to disturb him. General Hertzog described him as someone continuously distracted by a maze of imagery and symbolism. 700 visions have been documented. <mask> interpreted his hallucinations as visions that were usually connected to the welfare of the Boere, the Netherlands and Germany. For example, a vision of the sisal plant was interpreted as a portent of an important meeting, assembly or parliament. <mask>'s visions have been described by some as predictions of local events, such as the death of general Koos de la Rey and the political transition of South Africa. <mask> and his followers have also interpreted his visions as being connected to international events, such as the start of World War I and the rise of Communism.He did not interpret all of his visions, and some have been posthumously applied to more recent events as prophecies. Reitz's assessment
Boer soldier Deneys Reitz's account of the Boer War contains a colourful objective account of one of the seer's predictions (shortened):

... a prophet, a strange character, with long flowing beard and wild fanatical eyes, who dreamed dreams and pretended to possess occult powers. I personally witnessed one of the lucky hits while we were congregated around the General's cart. <mask> was expounding his latest vision to a hushed audience. It ran of a black bull and a red bull fighting, until at length the red bull sank defeated to its knees, referring to the British. Arms outstretched and eyes ablaze, he suddenly called out: See, who comes? ; and, looking up, we made out a distant horseman spurring towards us.When he came up, he produced a letter from General Botha, hundreds of miles away. General de la Rey opened it and said: "Men, believe me, the proud enemy is humbled". The letter contained news that the English had proposed a peace conference. "Coming immediately upon the prophecy, it was a dramatic moment and I was impressed, even though I suspected that <mask> had stage-managed the scene. Of the general's sincerity there could be no doubt as he firmly believed in the seer's predictions." Contemporary relevance
The Suidlanders, an ethnonationalist Afrikaner survivalist group, are heavily influenced by the prophecies of Van Rensburg. Notes

External links
 Suid Afrika, Profeet en helde (Afrikaans)
 Lichtenburg Museum: Nicolaas Pieter Johannes <mask> (1862 – 1926) The Boer Prophet
 SABC NEWS:"Boeremag" What drives men to attempt the overthrow of a government?F.H. Pretorius: <mask> <mask> – Wat is die Waarheid? ; Wat kom ná Siener? (Afrikaans)

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<mask> (born c. 1974) is an Indian-born American academic, and the Heinz Riehl Chair Professor of Business at New York University's Stern School of Business and the Director of the Masters of Business Analytics program at NYU Stern. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Wharton School of Business. He is the author of TAP: Unlocking The Mobile Economy which is a double winner in the 2018 Axiom Business Book Awards and has been translated into five languages (Korean, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Japanese and Taiwanese). He is a Leonard Stern Faculty Scholar with an MBA scholarship (the <mask> Scholarship) named after him. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Wharton School of Business. In 2014 he was named by the blog Poets and Quants as one of the "Top 40 Professors Under 40 Worldwide" and by Analytics Week as one of the "Top 200 Thought Leaders in Big Data and Business Analytics". In 2017 he was recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the Top 30 Management Thinkers globally most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led in the next generation.Thinkers50 also bestowed the Distinguished Achievement Award Nomination for 'Digital Thinking' in 2017. In 2019, he was recognized by Web of Science citation Index in the top 1% of researchers selected for their significant influence in their fields over a 10-year period (2008-2018). He is a recipient of the prestigious INFORMS ISS Distinguished Fellow Award, given to recognize individuals who (i) have made outstanding intellectual contributions to the discipline with publications that have made a significant impact on theory, research, and practice and (ii) intellectual stewardship of the field as reflected in the mentoring of doctoral students and young researchers. His rise from assistant to full professor in 8.5 years at NYU Stern is widely regarded as one of the fastest in the history of the entire Information Systems, operations and Marketing academic disciplines in business schools globally. He has consulted in various capacities for Alibaba, Apple, Berkeley Corporation, CBS, Dataxu, DFS Group, Facebook, HR Ratings Mexico, Marico India, Microsoft, NBC Universal, OneVest, Samsung, Showtime, Snapchat, Verizon, Yahoo, 1-800-Contacts, and 3TI World, and collaborated with Adobe, Alibaba, China Mobile, Google, IBM, Indiegogo, Microsoft, Recobell, Telefonica, Travelocity, Via, and many other leading firms on realizing business value from IT investments, internet marketing, business analytics, mobile marketing, digital analytics, social media, and other areas. He serves as an Advisor to many start-ups in the US, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and China including Lucidity, Adrealm, Leverage Edu, Netcore, Co-FoundersLab, Ibus Networks, ZeroWeb, and EywaMedia amongst others. He occasionally serves as an expert witness for information technology and consumer-related litigation and has provided expert testimony in multiple trials and depositions.He has experience in securities, intellectual property, antitrust and competition, trademark and copyright infringement, and merger appraisal cases. He has provided expert deposition or trial testimony in several high profile litigation matters, including the Facebook 2012 IPO matter, the Verizon-AOL merger appraisal matter, the Federal Trade Commission's anti-trust case against 1-800-Contacts, the Snapchat patent violation case against Vaporstream, the counterfeit goods case against Amazon, the Yahoo privacy breach matter, and the interactive music streaming royalty rate case between Apple, Amazon, Google, Spotify, and the Copyright Royalty Board. He is affiliated as a Scientific Expert with Compass Lexecon. He has served as the Chief Data Scientist of 3TI World in China. Life and work
Ghose received a B.Tech in Instrumentation and Control Engineering in 1996 from NIT Jalandhar in India, an MBA in 1998 from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), and a MS in 2002 and a PhD in Management Sciences in 2004 from Carnegie Mellon University. He has published more than 100 papers in premier scientific journals and peer reviewed conferences, and has given more than 250 talks internationally. He is a frequent keynote speaker in executive gatherings and thought leading events globally.His research has received 15 best paper awards and nominations. He is a winner of the NSF CAREER award and has been awarded 16 grants from Adobe, Google, Microsoft and several other corporations. His research analyzes the economic consequences of the Internet on industries and markets transformed by its shared technology infrastructure. He has worked on product reviews, reputation and rating systems, digital marketing, sponsored search advertising, wearable technologies, mobile commerce, mobile advertising, crowdfunding, and online markets. He also plays a senior advisory role to several start-ups in the Internet space. He has been interviewed and his research has been profiled numerous times in the BBC, Bloomberg TV, New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes, NBC, Xinhua, Time, LA Times, Reuters, Washington Post, New York Daily, National Public Radio, Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, CNBC, China Daily, Knowledge@Wharton, and elsewhere. He teaches for the Master of Science in Business Analytics Program for Executives (MSBA), which is jointly hosted by NYU Stern and NYU Shanghai and in the UG, MBA, TRIUM and EMBA programs.<mask>'s research interests are in the field of analyzing the "economic consequences of the Internet on industries and markets transformed by its shared technology infrastructure." His work primarily discusses the machinations and effects of Internet and electronic systems on social economic impact. Subtopics of this research include: crowdfunding, search engine advertisement monetization, mobile commerce, and commerce in social media. Publications
Ghose is the co-author of over thirty publications and working papers. A selection:

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<mask> (23 January 1905 – 6 December 1953), alias Karakuliambro, was a Polish poet. He is well known for the "paradramatic" absurd humorous sketches of the Green Goose Theatre. Biography
Born to a lower-middle-class family in Warsaw, <mask> was evacuated with his parents at the outbreak of World War I, and from 1914 to 1918 he lived in Moscow, where he attended a Polish school. Returning to Poland in 1918, he studied classics and English language at the University of Warsaw, submitting a dissertation on a non-existent nineteenth-century English poet, Morris Gordon Cheats. His literary debut came in 1923 and was a member of the Kwadryga group of poets, and he was linked to satirical and political publications. In 1930 he married Natalia Avalov. From 1931-33, he held the post of cultural attaché in Berlin.From 1934-36 he was in Vilnius. He settled there at 2 Młynowa Street. There, in 1936, the couple's daughter Kira was born. Through his works, Gałczyński refers to the atmosphere of Vilnius, and that which Adam Mickiewicz left behind. With the outbreak of World War II, <mask> received a draft card from the army. He took part in the Polish September Campaign of 1939. On 17 September, he became a Russian prisoner of war and was later captured by the Germans.He spent the duration of the occupation in the Stalag XI-A prisoner-of-war camp in Altengrabow, his poems printed secretly in anthologies. After the war he travelled to Brussels and Paris, returning to Poland in 1946. He established The 13 Muses Club in Szczecin in 1948 before moving back to Warsaw, and produced work for numerous weekly magazines. Many of his postwar pieces, including "A Poem for the Traitor" ("Poemat dla zdrajcy"), an attack on Czesław Miłosz, "Chryzostom Bulwieć’s Trip to Ciemnogród" ("Podróż Chryzostoma Bulwiecia do Ciemnogrodu") and the panegyric "Stalin is Dead" ("Umarł Stalin") (1953), were written according to socialist realist conventions. In 1950, he became the object of an ideological battle, his artistic work denounced by Adam Ważyk at the Reunion of Polish Writers as petit bourgeois. In the later years of his life, he wrote several greater poetic forms:
 "Jan Sebastian Bach's Easter" (1950) ("Wielkanoc Jana Sebastiana Bacha")
 "Niobe" (1951)
 "Wit Stwosz" (1952)
 "Olsztyn Chronicle" (1952) ("Kronika Olsztyńska")

From 1950 to 1953, he was associated with the forester’s lodge at Lake Nidzkie, where he wrote numerous works, including "Olsztyn Chronicle". It is there that his museum is currently located.He published the volumes of poetry Enchanted Droshky (1948) ("Zaczarowana dorożka"), Wedding Rings (1949) ("Ślubne obrączki") and Songs (1953) ("Pieśni"). He also produced translations, or paraphrases, of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1952) and Ode to Joy by Friedrich Schiller. He is portrayed, under the name of 'Delta,' in Miłosz's The Captive Mind (1953). Death
He died on 6 December 1953, aged 48, following a third heart attack. Artistic legacy
<mask>'s poetry is an inspiration to many authors of popular music; some of his poems having a number of interpretations. They were used by Olga Lipińska in her TV cabaret among others. At the time of the People's Republic of Poland, his poem Beloved Country (Ukochany kraj) was made into a socialist feel-good song.A musical, Beloved Country, was directed by Janusz Józefowicz at Studio Buffo musical theatre. The most famous songs based on a Gałczyński text include the following:
 "The Ballad about Two Sisters" ("Ballada o dwóch siostrach"), with music by Stanisław Staszewski, sung by Kazik Staszewski with Kult
 "The Ballad about Two Sisters" ("Ballada o dwóch siostrach"), with music by Adam Sławiński, sung by Stan Borys
 "The Ballad about Easter Ham" ("Ballada o Wielkanocnej szynce"), with music by Krzysztof Knittel, sung by Jan Kobuszewski
 "Barbara Ubryk" ("Barbara Ubryk"), with music by Krzysztof Knittel, sung by Jan Kobuszewski
 "What Have I Done? "/"What am I Guilty of?" ("Cóżem winien"), with music by Adam Tkaczyk, sung by Tkaczyk with Wyspy Dobrej Nadziei
 "The Woodpecker and the Girl" ("Dzięcioł i dziewczyna"), sung by Maryla Rodowicz
 "The Woodbine" ("Dzikie wino"), music Wojciech Trzciński, sung by Magda Umer
 "Today I Was Lying Again" ("Dziś znowu leżałem"), with music by Jerzy Derfel, sung by Jan Kobuszewski
 "If You Were to Stop Loving Me One Day" ("Gdybyś mnie kiedyś"), with music by Tomasz Łuc, sung by Katarzyna Groniec
·"I Say! Let Us In" - II and III part of "Seven Heaven" poem ("Hola, wpuść nas! A Green Goose foundation was formed in Warsaw in September 2007. Gałczyński was portrayed in the book The Captive Mind (Zniewolony umysł) by Czesław Miłosz; he is Delta.There is Konstanty Ildefons <mask> Street in Warsaw. Institutions named after Gałczyński
Approximately 30 schools in Poland are named after Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, among them Secondary School No 1 in Otwock, Secondary School No 2 in Olsztyn, Gymnasium No 7 in Częstochowa, Primary School No 7 in Legnica, Gymnasium No 2 in Stargard Szczeciński and in Poznań Secondary School No 20 and, until 2000, the former Primary School No 37. <mask> is also the patron of libraries, one community centre and the Happy Islands Foundation for Friends of Children with Cancer. The Green Goose Theatre
Among <mask>'s best known works are the satirical mini-pieces of the Green Goose Theatre ("Teatrzyk Zielona Gęś"). Several hundred of these ostensible dramas, usually only a few lines long, appeared in the Kraków literary journal Przekrój. They frequently parody serious drama and cultural icons – in Hamlet and the Waitress, Hamlet is unable to choose between coffee and tea in a café and expires from indecision to be buried in a coffin marked HAMLET IDIOT, while in Greedy Eve Adam fails to get a bite of the apple, causing the entire Bible to be "a total loss". The final curtain is frequently brought into the action, being variously scripted as falling "optimistically", as coming down accidentally and then going up again, or as being lowered by an anteater.Further reading
 Mortkowicz-Olczakowa, Hanna (1961). Bunt wspomnień. Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. References

External links

 Official Website of Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński -- English sub-site of the Polish website

 Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski Museum
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  A Song of the Soldiers of Westerplatte
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is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist currently working for Professional Wrestling Wallabee. He started his career with Battlarts in February 2007 and remained with the promotion for four years, winning the B-Rule Tournament in 2009. During his tenure, <mask> also represented Battlarts in major Japanese promotions such as New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Zero1 and American promotion Chikara, where he took part in the  Young Lions Cup VIII tournament in August 2010. After the folding of Battlarts, <mask> began working for DDT Pro-Wrestling, where, as a representative of the Crying Wolf stable, he became a one-time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, before parting ways with the promotion in July 2012. Professional wrestling career

Battlarts (2006–2011)
<mask> began training professional wrestling with Battlarts in 2006, when the promotion accepted his third application to enter its training program. He eventually made his in-ring debut on February 25, 2007, losing to Manabu Hara. During the rest of 2007, Yano faced the likes of Yuta Yoshikawa, Kota Ibushi and Ryuji Hijikata, losing all of his matches.As Battlarts only held an event every two months, <mask> also made regular appearances for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and women's wrestling promotion Ice Ribbon, losing all of his matches in those promotions as well. <mask> finally picked up his first win at a Battlarts event on March 9, 2008, submitting Akifumi Saito with the Larsson. Despite his first win, <mask>'s second year in professional wrestling also included mostly opening matches and losses. Through Battlarts' and especially its top star Munenori Sawa's relationship with Pro Wrestling Zero1, Yano also made appearances for the promotion, most notably taking part in the 2008 Tenkaichi Jr. tournament. On January 10, 2009, <mask> entered the B-Rule Tournament, advancing directly to the semifinals, after Yuta Yoshikawa was unable to wrestle in his first round match. Later that same day, <mask> defeated Super Tiger II in his semifinal match to advance to the finals, where he would defeat veteran Alexander Otsuka via points to win the entire tournament. Finally out of the opening match spot, Yano main evented his first Battlarts event on February 15, when he and Munenori Sawa were defeated in a tag team match by Super Tiger II and Yuki Ishikawa.The following June, <mask> entered the 2009 B-1 Climax tournament, but failed to advance from his round-robin block. During 2009, <mask> also made debuts for Apache Pro-Wrestling Army, Pro Wrestling Freedoms, Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) and Osaka Pro Wrestling. On January 17, 2010, <mask> made it to the finals of his second B-Rule Tournament in a row, but was this time defeated by Yujiro Yamamoto. During the year, Yano teamed regularly with Munenori Sawa, while also debuting a new look, inspired by the Joker from the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises. On August 28, 2010, <mask> made his American debut, when he represented Battlarts in Chikara's eighth Young Lions Cup tournament in Reading, Pennsylvania. In his first round match, <mask> defeated Mike Sydal with a submission. Later that same day, Yano wrestled in a six-way elimination semifinal match, from which he was the third man eliminated by Obariyon.The following day, <mask> defeated Green Ant in a non-tournament match. The finish of the match had to improvised, after Green Ant legitimately broke his arm, after <mask> performed one of his signature moves, Calf Branding, on him. Back in Japan, <mask> began working regularly for Professional Wrestling Wallabee, a promotion founded by the male wrestlers of Ice Ribbon, becoming the promotion's first TV Champion in October 2010. <mask> later went to unify the TV Championship with the Capture International and Ricky Fuji Aggressive World Heavyweight Championships, creating what he referred to as the "Indie Triple Crown". On October 8, 2010, <mask> made his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), losing to Tomohiro Ishii at a NEVER event, a New Japan project aimed at showcasing up-and-coming wrestlers not signed to the promotion. On January 23, 2011, <mask> once again made it to the finals of the B-Rule Tournament, but was, for the second year in a row, defeated there by Yujiro Yamamoto. On March 21, Yano was defeated by Battlarts founder Yuki Ishikawa in a main event singles match.The following day, Battlarts announced <mask>'s resignation from the promotion, which had announced it would be folding before the end of the year. <mask> returned to take part in Battlarts' final event on November 5, 2011, defeating Kenji Takeshima in the opening match. DDT Pro-Wrestling (2011–2012)
On November 13, 2011, <mask> began working regularly for the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion, when he teamed with Antonio Honda and Yasu Urano to defeat Hoshitango, Mikami and Tomomitsu Matsunaga in a six-man tag team match. Following the event, Honda announced that the three men, along with Yuji Hino, had formed a stable named "Crying Wolf". All four members of Crying Wolf remained undefeated for the rest of the year, with <mask> ending his year by pinning Michael Nakazawa on December 31 in a tag team match, where he and Antonio Honda defeated Do Hentai Dan (Nakazawa and Hikaru Sato). Crying Wolf's win streak ended at the first event of 2012 on January 8, when the four members were defeated in an eight-man tag team match by Daisuke Sasaki, Keisuke Ishii, Masa Takanashi and Shigehiro Irie. During the following months, Crying Wolf developed a storyline rivalry with the Homoiro Clover Z stable, with Crying Wolf picking up six-man tag team victories on January 29 and March 4, and finally defeating Danshoku Dino, Hiroshi Fukuda, Kudo and Makoto Oishi in an eight-man elimination tag team match on March 18.On April 1, <mask> took part in the annual Anytime and Anywhere battle royal, a match combining elements of a regular battle royal and a ladder match, where he managed to grab the "Box Office Rights Anytime, Anywhere" contract to earn the right to book a DDT event of his own. On April 8, <mask> took part in a ten-minute, six-person battle royal for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. Towards the end of the match, <mask> pinned Kana to win the title, however, just twenty seconds later, Kana rolled him up to regain the title. On July 1, <mask> used his "Box Office Rights Anytime, Anywhere" contract to book a co-promoted event between DDT and Professional Wrestling Wallabee. The following day, DDT announced that the promotion and Yano had agreed to terminate his DDT contract due to "ideological differences". Other promotions (2012–present)
Following his departure from DDT, <mask> concentrated on his work with the Professional Wrestling Wallabee promotion, where he now also held a backstage executive role. While also continuing to work for other small promotions, including Apache Pro-Wrestling Army, Freedoms, and Ganko Pro Wrestling, <mask> returned to Zero1 on February 8, 2013, working in an opening tag team match.Personal life
<mask> cites Kendo Kashin as his main influence in wanting to become a wrestler himself. He later also became a fan of Bruiser Brody, adopting many of his in-ring mannerisms, including his signature "huss" chant, while also billing himself from Detroit, Michigan, Brody's hometown. <mask> has wrestled as both "Kendo Ke Ita" and "Brody Boy" in honor of his idols. <mask> is a fan of soccer, having played the game with some success in high school, and has named two of his signature moves after Swedish soccer players Freddie Ljungberg and Henrik Larsson. Championships and accomplishments
Battlarts
B-Rule Tournament (2009)
Chika Puroresu Exit
Capture International Championship (1 time)
DDT Pro-Wrestling
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
Professional Wrestling Wallabee
Wallabee TV Championship (1 time)
Wallabee World Martial Arts Championship (1 time, current)
Tenryu Project
International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Hikaru Sato
VKF Wrestle Naniwa
Ricky Fuji Aggressive World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Mixed martial arts record

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References

External links

Official blog
Ganko Pro Wrestling profile
Puroresu Sano Damashii profile
Puroresu Central profile

1988 births
Living people
Japanese male mixed martial artists
Japanese male professional wrestlers
Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture
People from Matsubara, Osaka

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<mask> (born May 22, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver in the Canadian Football League for the Edmonton Eskimos, BC Lions, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He also was a member of the New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League. He played college football at Angelo State University. Early years
<mask> attended Alice High School, where he helped start a run by the Coyotes as a playoff powerhouse through the 1990s. As a senior in 1993, he caught 75 passes for 1,971 yards (26-yard average), which at the time, gave him a high school national record for most yards receiving in a single season. He also had a career-high 309 yards receiving game. That season, his team reached the Class 5A Region IV finals, while he received All-state, South Texas MVP and District MVP honors.College career
Brazzell attended Blinn College. He transferred to Angelo State University after his sophomore season. As a junior, he recorded 34 receptions for 474 yards and 5 touchdowns. He tied a school record with 11 receptions against Tarleton State University. As a senior, he posted 47 receptions for 1,091 yards (23.3-yard average) and 13 touchdowns. He became the second player in school history to register over 1,000 receiving yards in a season and led the conference by averaging 109.1 receiving yards per-game. Against Northeastern State University, he had 11 receptions for 216 yards and 3 touchdowns.He earned second-team All-American and first-team All-Lone Star Conference honors. Despite playing only two seasons, he finished ninth on the Rams' All-time receiving list (1,565 receiving yards). Professional career

New York Jets
<mask> was selected by the New York Jetsin the sixth round (174th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft, because they coveted his track speed. He was waived on August 30 and later signed to the team's practice squad. He was released on September 5, 1999. Dallas Cowboys
On September 6, 1999, he was claimed off waivers by the Dallas Cowboys. He made his NFL debut on special teams in the 41-35 season-opening victory against the Washington Redskins.He was deactivated for the next 3 games. He was cut on October 14 and signed to the practice squad. Because of injuries to the receiving corps, he was promoted to the active roster in week 14 and registered his first reception in a 20-10 win against the Philadelphia Eagles, a 12-yard catch from quarterback Troy Aikman. The next week, he finished with a season-high 62 yards on two receptions against his former team the Jets. He earned his first NFL start in the 27-10 playoff wildcard loss against the Minnesota Vikings. In 2000, he played in 9 games, recording only 2 receptions for 12 yards, while playing mainly on special teams and finishing in a tie for seventh place with 10 special teams tackles. He missed the final two regular season games due to a shoulder injury.On August 28, 2001, he was released to make room for wide receiver Anthony Lucas. CFL career

2001 season
On October 15, <mask> was signed to the practice roster of the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League. On November 4, he made his debut in a 32-26 win against the Montreal Alouettes, a game in which he had three receptions for 76 yards. He also had one reception for nine yards in Edmonton's 34-16 Western Final loss to Calgary. 2002 season
<mask> played in 11 games in his second season, finishing fourth among Edmonton wide receivers with 30 receptions for 546 yards and three touchdowns. One of hia personal highlights was a 101-yard reception for a touchdown from Jason Maas in a 27-21 season-opening win against the Calgary Stampeders. He continued to make big plays in the post-season, registering 4 receptions for 79 yards in a 33-30 Western Final against Winnipeg.In the 25-16 Grey Cup loss against Montreal, he had three receptions for 65 yards. 2003 season
<mask> signed with the BC Lions as a free agent on March 25. He played in all 18 games for B.C. that season. He finished second on team, and sixth in the CFL, with 1,111 yards on 68 catches including six receiving touchdowns. He registered five 100-yard receiving games. He had perhaps his best game of the season in the Lions' 26-20 victory on September 20 against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers when seven receptions for 157 yards.He had the first multi-to game of his CFL career when he hauled in a pair of scores in the Lions' August 22 victory against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Brazzell had two catches for 11 yards in the Lions' 28-7 Eastern Semifinal loss in Toronto. 2004 season
In 2004 <mask> finished fourth on the BC Lions in receiving with 49 receptions for 906 yards and eight touchdowns in 16 games. He had three 100-yard games during that span. Brazzell was equally effective in the post-season for the Lions. He had three catches for 40 yards and one touchdown in B.C. 's 27-25 Western Final overtime victory against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.He also had a pair of passes in the Leo's 27-19 loss to the Toronto Argonauts in that year's Grey Cup championship. 2005 season
In 2005, <mask> signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. During his brief stay in Hamilton, Brazzell had 22 catches for 252 yards and two touchdowns in six games. Brazzell had signed with the Ti-cats on the promise that he would only play the wide receiver position, but the Ti-cats coaching staff had Brazzell play slotback for them. This outraged Brazzell, as he saw himself as a deep threat receiver, something that playing slotback did not let him do. On August 9, 2005, <mask> was traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in exchange for Canadian receiver Kamau Peterson. The trade quickly showed to be one sided, with Brazzell hauling in 12 passes for 307 yards and two touchdowns in his first 3 games as a Bomber, surpassing his yard total and matching his touchdown total that he had posted in 6 games as a Ti-cat.He finished the season with 46 catches for 708 yards and six touchdowns. 2006 season
In 2006, he experienced a season of ups and downs. He started the season strong with a multiple touchdown game against the Edmonton Eskimos on July 1 and a couple more touchdowns in other games. By mid season his play started to flounder, with him being totally neutral during many games. At the end of the season he picked his play up to finish the season with 43 catches for 604 yards and 7 touchdowns. Although Brazzell was scheduled to become a free agent on February 16, 2007, he chose to re-sign with the Blue Bombers. 2007 season
Brazzell played 7 games for the Blue Bombers until he injured his ankle in September.In those games he had 17 receptions for 182 yards and one touchdown. He was released on February 5, 2008. References

External links
 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Player Profile

1976 births
Living people
People from Alice, Texas
Players of American football from Texas
American football wide receivers
Canadian football wide receivers
Blinn Buccaneers football players
Angelo State Rams football players
New York Jets players
Dallas Cowboys players
Edmonton Elks players
BC Lions players
Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
Winnipeg Blue Bombers players
American players of Canadian football

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<mask> (23 March 1860 or 23 March 1861 – February 1932 or March 1932) was a French painter, engraver and designer who was associated with the Symbolist movement and was one of the founders of the Salon de la Rose + Croix. Later he formed his own atelier. Sources differ over the details of his birth and death. Personal life
<mask> was born in Algiers, and died in either Naples, or Marlotte, Seine-et-Marne. Early career
<mask>'s earliest works were orientalist scenes of markets and musicians and the street life of his youth in Algeria. In 1888 he travelled to Paris where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Auguste Herst and Fernand Cormon. He was linked to Numa Gillet.From 1890 he exhibited at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Move towards Idealism

Point was influenced by Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and was a member of the first Nabis group. In 1894 he made a trip to Italy with Hélène Linder (1867-1955) (later Mme Berthelot) where he saw Sandro Botticelli's Primavera for the first time outside of an engraving. The experience made a deep impression on him and he wrote that his eyes "first opened up" on seeing it, leading soon after to attempts to establish a movement in France to resurrect the art of the 15th and 16th centuries. The influence of Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci became evident in his work, for instance in the c. 1895 Eternal Chimera. Hélène Linder became an ideal female model for <mask> who often painted her in a Leonardesque style but dressed like a muse from Botticelli. Leonardo da Vinci's Study for the head of Leda (study for an original painting now lost) seems to have influenced the hair styles that he gave Hélène.Hélène married French diplomat Philippe Berthelot just before the start of the First World War. Philippe Jullian described <mask> as moving, at this time, from a "dreamy realism to a detailed idealism". Symbolism

Soon, <mask> was moving towards fully fledged Symbolism. He made a determined effort to reject the modern world and the realism of Zola and Courbet. He adopted Rosicrucianism and became a friend of "Sâr" Peladan. Edward Lucie-Smith described him as a "medievalizing painter ... whose style mingled the influence of Moreau with that of the Pre-Raphaelites". From 1892 to 1896, <mask> exhibited at the Salon de la Rose+Croix and with Léonard Sarluis he designed the poster for the fifth salon of that group.It depicted the Ideal in the form of Perseus holding the severed head of Émile Zola in reference to the Greek myth in which Perseus decapitated the Gorgon Medusa. For the Symbolists, Zola exemplified in literature the oppressive Naturalism they rejected. Subjects at this time were usually  mythological, such as his 1897 The Siren which included a typical Symbolist femme fatale figure luring men to their doom. Also in 1897, Point contributed an original lithograph titled the Golden Legend (Fr. Légende dorée) to the L'Estampe Moderne. The journal included four original prints in each issue and Point's was issued in Number 5, September 1897. Other artists who contributed included Alphonse Mucha, Henri Fantin-Latour and Edward Burne-Jones.Atelier de Haute-Claire

From 1896 to 1901 <mask> lived in Marlotte, where he founded the Atelier de Haute-Claire not far from the home of the Barbizon school. Around the turn of the century, the distinction between the fine and decorative arts was beginning to break down and Point became increasingly interested in the latter. He sought to emulate William Morris in revolting against nineteenth-century materialism and produced applied art, including furniture, jewellery, fabrics, ceramics and wallpaper that harked back to the techniques and styles of the Middle Ages. Everything was hand-made to a very high standard of craftmanship in an effort to avoid the alienating effect of industrial mass production. As a result, however, the products of the atelier were luxury items that could only be purchased by an elite and the project therefore failed to meet one of its key objectives. The Symbolist journal L'Ermitage criticised the works of the Haute-Claire group for amounting to religious icons fit only for reverence in a case in a museum and having little to do with the France of today. One such ornate object was the Coffret d'Ophélie (Ophelia Box), a box in the form of a medieval reliquary, that referred to the Ophelia of Shakespeare much celebrated by the Pre-Raphelites.The box included bronze, cabochon, champlevé enamelling, cloisonné, ivory, gold and other expensive materials and techniques. A number of similar boxes exist from the atelier, including an alternative Ophelia box (1903) and a Coffret aux serpents (1897–99), both in the Musée d'Orsay. The number of different materials and processes involved in making each box meant that production was complex and a number of different craftsmen were required to make each one, for instance, noted ceramicist Charles Virion. Philippe Jullian described the products of the atelier as more Neo-Byzantine than art nouveau. A diverse group of people visited Haute-Claire, including Oscar Wilde just months before his death in 1900. Wilde was in exile in France following imprisonment in Britain. Early and orientalist works

Symbolist works

Later works

References

Further reading
Doré, Robert.(2010) <mask>: De l'Orientalisme au Symbolisme: 1861–1932. Paris: B. Giovanangeli. Fort, P., C. Mauclair, S. Merrill et. al. "<mask> et son oeuvre", La Plume, special issue, Paris 1901. Jumeau-Lafond, Jean-David. (1999) Les Peintres de L'âme, le Symbolisme idéaliste en France.Gent: Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon. External links

<mask> Point and Islamic Architecture, MyLearning.org
Armand Point nudes
<mask> Point ~ Pittore simbolista
Catalogue interministériel des Dépôts d'Oeuvres d'Art de l'Etat – Armand Point
Logis de Haute-Claire; Quelques Artistes et Visiteurs

1932 deaths
People from Algiers
French Symbolist painters
1860 births
Year of birth uncertain
Rosicrucians
French portrait painters
19th-century French painters
French male painters
20th-century French painters
20th-century male artists

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<mask> (née Harmon; June 25, 1945 – April 27, 2018) was an American primitive painter, actress, and author, once married to the actor and musician <mask>. Early life
<mask> was the daughter of American football star Tom Harmon and actress/model Elyse Knox. Her younger siblings are model-actress Kelly Harmon and actor Mark Harmon. She attended Marymount High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Bel Air, along with other children of celebrities including Mia Farrow, who was one of her closest school friends. In 1963, at age 17, she married teen idol <mask> and gave birth to their first child six months later. Career

Acting
Following her marriage to Rick in 1963, she joined him and his family on their television show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as a regular cast member, first appearing in the episode "Rick's Wedding Ring". In 1965, she co-starred with Rick in the romantic comedy Love and Kisses, in which they demonstrate the troubles of a young couple of school age who get married—an "inspired casting", according to one critic.She also played police officer Jim Reed's wife Jean on Adam-12, guest-starred on other series and appeared in a few theatrical films, including The Resurrection of Broncho Billy, which won an Academy Award for best live-action short film. She retired from acting in 1982 following Liar's Moon. Art

<mask> had painted since the age of 17, and had her first one-woman art show in 1967. Her work, which was described as "widely acclaimed", is in the primitive genre, and has been likened to that of Grandma Moses. Her oil paintings sold for up to $5,000 in the 1970s. <mask>'s brightly colored primitives found favor with Jacqueline Kennedy, Mia Farrow, Tyne Daly, Dwight Yoakam and other celebrities. Her art career received a boost when Kennedy purchased her painting When the Kennedys Were in the White House.Her paintings are conceived without perspective and are brightly colored with many figures included. Judy Blundell said, "Any symbolism is straightforward and honest. As an artist she is not concerned with being clever or elusive; she is simply using her talent as a means of true visual documentation." Subjects include When the Kennedys Were in the White House (1964) and The Day He Died (1990), a memorial to her father painted on a window frame that depicts a country church and rain clouds. In 1999, her paintings were published in a coffee-table-sized autobiography, Out of My Mind. The paintings document her life story and are supplemented with diary entries and poems. In 1988, <mask> met the director-producer Mark Tinker, who asked her what she wanted to do with her life.She told him, "I want to paint." Personal life

Marriage to <mask>
<mask> first met <mask> when she was "just another 12-year-old fan" of his. They began dating on Christmas Day 1961, when she was 16 and Rick was 21. A year later, the couple announced their engagement. They were married on April 20, 1963 in a Catholic ceremony at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Los Angeles. <mask> was pregnant, and Rick later described the union as a "shotgun wedding". Rick, a non-practicing Protestant, received instruction in Catholicism before the wedding and signed a pledge to have any children of the union baptized in the Catholic faith.The couple went on to have three more children, but their extravagant lifestyle forced Rick to tour for long periods, placing great pressure on the marriage. By 1975, the <mask>s were on the verge of breaking up. When Rick returned from a tour in 1977, he discovered <mask> had moved him out of their home and into a rented house. Less than a month later, she found him there with two Los Angeles Rams cheerleaders. Rick later claimed that she had set him up to use the incident against him in court. In October 1977, <mask> filed for divorce and asked for alimony, custody of their four children and a portion of community property, but the couple temporarily reconciled. In April 1980, the couple bought Errol Flynn's 1941 Mulholland Drive estate for $750,000.<mask> wanted Rick to give up music, spend more time at home, and focus on acting, but Rick continued touring relentlessly. The dispute over <mask>'s career created unpleasantness at home. In October 1980, <mask> again filed for divorce. Attempts to negotiate a preliminary settlement agreement were unsuccessful. In February 1981, <mask> was temporarily granted custody of the children and $3,600 monthly spousal support. Rick was required to pay family expenses such as property taxes, medical bills, and school tuition. <mask> claimed that Rick was hiding assets, but in fact he was almost broke.Each accused the other of drug and alcohol abuse and of being a poor parent. After two years of acrimony, the couple was divorced in December 1982. The divorce was financially devastating for Rick, with attorneys and accountants taking more than $1 million. Speaking in a 1998 documentary about the <mask> family, Ozzie and Harriet: The Adventures of America's Favorite Family, <mask> said of her marriage to Rick: "I spent my whole life fighting the fairy tale. First trying to be it, then trying to tell the truth." Children
<mask> and <mask> had four children. Their first, daughter Tracy, was born six months after the wedding on October 25, 1963 at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California.She weighed four pounds, one ounce, and was slightly premature. As a preschooler, Tracy appeared in Yours, Mine, and Ours with Lucille Ball. In her teens, she attended the exclusive Westlake School for Girls. During her parents' marital difficulties, she stayed with her father at the Mulholland Drive house. Tracy went on to become a professional dancer as well as a successful film and television actress. Twin sons Gunnar <mask> and Matthew Gray <mask> were born on September 20, 1967. They moved in with their father as soon as they turned 18, three months before his tragic death.Shortly after, they formed the band <mask>, which is still active. Their fourth child, Sam Hilliard <mask>, was born on August 29, 1974. At six years of age he was placed in the care of his maternal grandparents and became the subject of a custody battle between <mask> and her brother Mark Harmon in 1987. Sam earned a degree in psychology and a minor in film from Boston College and has been working in the music business. After <mask>'s death in a plane crash in 1985, his four children inherited what was left of his estate. Custody case
In 1987, two years after Rick's death, <mask> was undergoing drug rehabilitation when her brother Mark Harmon and his wife Pam Dawber petitioned for custody of <mask>'s youngest son Sam, on the grounds that Kristin was incapable of good parenting. Sam's psychiatrist testified that the 13-year-old boy depicted his mother as a dragon and complained about her mood swings and how she prevented him from being with his siblings.During his parents' divorce battle between 1980 and 1982, Sam was under the care of his aunt Kelly before moving in with his grandparents for 18 months and eventually going to live with Harmon and his family. Harmon dropped the custody petition after his sister made allegations of cocaine use by Dawber. <mask> retained custody, although Harmon was granted visitation rights. <mask>, her brother Mark and her son Sam also agreed to enter family therapy. Marriage to Mark Tinker
<mask> married TV producer and director Mark Tinker in 1988; they divorced in 2000. After the divorce, <mask> moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Death
On May 1, 2018, <mask>'s daughter Tracy confirmed on Facebook that her mother had died suddenly of a heart attack at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico on April 27, 2018.Tracy wrote, "her heaven would be her dogs, sushi, and a Santa Fe sky." References

External links

 Filmography for <mask> <mask> at The New York Times

 "Broncho Billy" (1970) short film

American film actresses
2018 deaths
1945 births
Place of birth missing
American artists
American television actresses
American memoirists
Place of death missing
American women memoirists
21st-century American women

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<mask> (1913-1988) was an American author who wrote 325 books, including several best sellers, among them two screenplay novelizations penned under the pseudonym Samuel Edwards, The Naked Maja, and 55 Days at Peking. Aside from "Samuel Edwards", which would seem to have been his dedicated by-line for tie-in work, <mask> used the following nine pseudonyms in addition to his own name: Anne Marie Burgess; Michael Burgess; Nicholas Gorham; Paul Lewis; Leon Phillips; Donald Clayton Porter; Dana Fuller Ross; Philip Vail; and Carter A. Vaughan. Life

He was the son of <mask>, who directed the Shubert theaters in Chicago. <mask> attended the University of Chicago, and served as the campus correspondent for the Chicago Herald-Examiner. Following graduation, he became a reporter at the paper. He later joined Chicago-based WGN as a publicity writer, subsequently becoming its talent director and main scriptwriter. After his World War II military experience in Army intelligence, he began writing TV scripts before beginning his career as an author in 1950.He and his wife Marilyn had a son and three daughters. Literary focus

<mask>'s primary focus was on historical novels, mostly stand-alone, with American history receiving considerable attention. Of note, he wrote a number of historical novels about colonial America and also the United States in its formative years. <mask> also wrote a large number of biographies and biographical novels. These included several on U.S. presidents, such as Andrew Jackson, James Polk, and Theodore Roosevelt. Many of his biographic works also focused on notable women in history such as Empress Theodora of the Byzantine Empire; William the Conqueror's formidable wife, Matilda of Flanders; and Pocahantas. During the latter stages of his career, <mask> wrote two series of American historical novels having characters that continued through the series.Using the pen name Dana Fuller Ross, the first was the popular twenty-four book Wagons West series that began in 1978 and is currently being republished. The first four books in this series describe the initial wagon train to Oregon beginning in 1837. Beginning in 1979,  <mask> initiated a second series called White Indian using the pen name of Donald Clayton Porter. Set in the late 1600s, it portrays the life of Renno, a child of settlers, who was raised by the Seneca to become a senior warrior. Bibliography
<mask> was one of the most prolific writers of modern times, with over 150 books verifiably counted to his credit. His work can be divided into three major parts: standalone novels, including biographical ones; series novels, usually under a house pseudonym; and nonfiction. Besides his own name, he also wrote under several pen names.(1970)
 The Crusader: A Novel on the Life of Margaret Sanger (1970)
 The Divine Mistress (1970)
 TR: A Biographical Novel About Theodore Roosevelt (1970)
 Warhead (1970)
 Island in the Wind (1971)
 Talk Show (1971)
 Mirror, Mirror (1971)
 Double Vision (1972)
 Temptation to Steal (1972)
 State Trooper (1973)
 The Exploiters (as by Samuel Edwards, 1974)
 All That Glitters (as by Samuel Edwards, 1975)
 The Caves of Guernica (as by Samuel Edwards, 1975)
 The Swamp Fox: Francis Marion (1975)
 Neptune (as by Samuel Edwards, 1976)
 Special Agent (1976)
 Liner: A Novel About a Great Ship (1977)
 The Smugglers (1977)
 The River Devils (as by Carter A. Vaughan, 1981)
 Yankee (as by Dana Fuller Ross, 1982)
 Pony Express (as by Donald Clayton Porter, 1983)
 Yankee Rogue (as by Dana Fuller Ross, 1984)

The books in the Wagons West series (all as by Dana Fuller Ross):
 Independence! (1978)
 Nebraska! (1979)
 Wyoming! (1979)
 Oregon! (1979)
 California! (1980)
 Texas! (1980)
 Colorado!(1981)
 Nevada! (1982)
 Washington! (1982)
 Montana! (1983)
 Dakota! (1983)
 Utah! (1984)
 Idaho! (1984)
 Missouri!(1985)
 Mississippi! (1985)
 Louisiana! (1985)
 Tennessee! (1986)
 Illinois! (1986)
 Wisconsin! (1987)
 Kentucky! (1987)
 Arizona!(1987)
 New Mexico! (1988)
 Oklahoma! (1989)
 Celebration! : A Biography of Tom Paine (as by Samuel Edwards, 1974)
 The Turbulent Life of Aaron Burr: The Great American Rascal (as by Philip Vail, 1974)
 The Velvet Glove: A Life of Dolley Madison (1976)
 Sad Swashbuckler: The Life of William Walker (1976)
 Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Biography (1976)
 Trelawny's World: A Biography of Edward John Trelawny (1977)
 The Trial of Andrew Johnson (1977)
 The Vidocq Dossier: The Story of the World's First Detective (as by Samuel Edwards, 1977, aka Vidocq: Biography of the World’s First Detective)
 Statue in Search of a Pedestal: A Biography of the Marquis De Lafayette (1986)

References

1913 births
1988 deaths
20th-century American novelists
American male novelists
20th-century American male writers
American historical novelists
Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages

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Jozef "<mask><mask> (30 January 1927 – 20 October 2009) was a Belgian comic book creator. He was best known for his comic strip Jommeke. Biography

Early years
<mask> was born in Berchem, Belgium in 1927. His family came from Koksijde, at the Belgian coast, where his grandfather was a fisherman. <mask>' father Hendrik moved to Antwerp after World War I, and worked in the port. <mask> married Louise Van Den Bos on 5 August 1922. Her father was a council member in Berchem and worked as a painter.He had a great influence on the young <mask>. Hendrik and <mask> had four children, two of which died at a young age. Hendrik <mask> died in 1941 when he was run over by a car while riding his bike. When <mask> <mask> was 5 years old, he went to school in Berchem. He was a good student and a better artist, and when he was 11 years old, he started with drawing classes in the evening at the municipal art school. The most important of his teachers were Lode De Maeyer and Oscar Depoorter, renowned painters. Another field he excelled in at school was writing essays and stories.Aged 13, he had to choose his field of study, and decided to go the technical school of Antwerp to become a technical engineer. Because he was still too young, he first had to stay one year at the technical school of Borgerhout, where he again got very good results. He no longer had the time to go to the local art school, but continued to draw, making caricatures of the teachers, and portraits of pioneers in the field of electricity to decorate the classroom. His teachers, seeing his talent, urged him to drop his technical studies and to focus solely on his art. In 1943 he entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp, led by Baron Isidoor Opsomer, where one of his teachers was Jan Van Der Loo, a portrettist. Here Nys got the background and craftmanship that would serve him throughout his career. At the same time, <mask> <mask> started working at AFIM, a small animation study, with his fellow student Bob de Moor and Ray Goossens.But when the Academy became aware of this, he had to quit his job at the studio to stay at the Academy. He continued his studies until the Academy closed down due to the threat of V-1 flying bombs. After the war, he started working at 't Pallieterke, a satirical weekly newspaper, where he made political cartoons, illustrations, and his first comics. As a child, <mask> had seen Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and it had made a lasting impression on him. In 1947, this inspired him to send a letter to the Walt Disney Company with some samples of his work, hoping to be offered a job there. The Company was not seeking anyone at the time, but the rejection letter was otherwise very encouraging, stating that "Your work was extremely interesting and enjoyed very much by those in the studio who judged it[...]" and "It is the opinion of our art critics that your samples show considerable ability and properly developed and applied, you should go far in an art career" Between 1946 and 1955, he made some short-lived comics (both comic strips and stop comics) for different newspapers, mainly the Gazet van Antwerpen. For Het Handelsblad he produced his first longer series, Amedeus en Seppeke.Meanwhile, he had to fulfill his military duty from 1952 until 1957, working every Saturday with the Air Defense. Jommeke
Jommeke started on 30 October 1955 as a one-page gag comic about a boy of about 6 years old, created for a very popular weekly parochial newspaper Kerkelijk Leven (a weekly circulation of over 500,000 copies on a population of less than 6 million), which had some redactorial pages (including the comic) for the whole of Flanders, and local pages for every parish. The last page of Jommeke appeared in Kerkelijk Leven on 2 November 1958. These gags were collected in three books in 1957 and 1958. In the same newspaper he created 5 biographical comics between 1955 and March 1959, which also appeared as albums in those years. When Jommeke started appearing in the daily newspaper Het Volk on 1 November 1958, it changed into a comic story of 44 pages about an 11-year-old, with his friends and family. Every day, he made 2 strips, in the tradition of the Flemish newspaper comics like Spike and Suzy and Nero, but aimed at a younger audience and with fewer political comments.The series was partially based on his older series Amedeus en Seppeke, reusing some characters and story lines. He also continued the production of biographical, more realistic stories, which are now published in  't Kapoentje, the weekly juvenile supplement to Het Volk. The last of the seven appeared in 1964. <mask> also started in 1963 the fairytale comic Langteen en Schommelbuik (Longtoe and Wobblebelly), which ended after 11 stories because the work on Jommeke became too time consuming. The stories, a spin-off of some figures from the 14th story of Jommeke, were a result of his fascination with the work of Disney. They reappeared in the 168th Jommeke story. Apart from the continuous stories in the newspaper, a few hundred weekly Jommeke gags appeared on the back cover of the Flemish comic magazine Ohee.When in 1965 Marc Sleen left Het Volk, <mask> <mask> took over his series De Lustige Kapoentjes for two years. After this, he worked solely on Jommeke. The series became one of the most popular in Flanders, with loads of merchandising and surrounding publications. A 1967 low budget movie did not become a huge success, with some 30,000 viewers. But the comics sold more each year, raising from 350,000 copies in 1965 to 1 million in 1970. Every year since, at least 1 million copies have been sold, and in 1976 and 1979 more than 2 million Jommeke books were sold. Every new book has an initial printing of some 100,000 copies.The first album, De jacht op een voetbal, is the most often reprinted, with 23 reprints and a total of 448,000 copies sold in 2005. From 1971 on, <mask> <mask> could no longer handle all the work alone and started using contributors, at first as inkers, later also for the writing and drawing of the stories. Nevertheless, he would personally follow up all the work, often taking home drawings to correct them, until very close to his death in 2009. This tight control over Jommeke will reach beyond his demise, since he specified in his testament that the series should be continued, alongside a list of specifications that would guard the overall spirit of the Jommeke universe (no violence, no sexual content, no changes to the overall appearance of the protagonists...). From 1989 until 2005, the weekly youth supplement of Het Volk was called the Jommekeskrant. <mask> worked for many years solely for Catholic newspapers and magazines, and produced many biographies of religious figures. However, in 1970, he and his wife divorced and broke up with the Catholic Church.As of October 2009, 248  albums and more than 50 million copies of Jommeke have been sold. Although some of the comics have been translated in French ("Gil et Jo"), English ("Jeremy") and German ("Peter und Alexander"), the series has only been truly successful in Flanders, where <mask> was considered as one of the four great comic artists, together with Willy Vandersteen, Marc Sleen and Bob de Moor. Most of his other works have appeared in limited, bibliophile editions. Currently, only Jommeke and Langteen en Schommelbuik are easily available in shops. Awards and honours
 1988: A first Jommeke statue in Beveren, Belgium
 1992: Honorary citizen of Koksijde, Belgium
 1995: Honorary citizen of Durbuy, Belgium
 1997: A statue of Jommeke in Middelkerke, Belgium
 1997: A stamp issued by the Belgian Post
 1998: A medal issued by the Belgian National Bank
 1998: A statue of Jommeke in Temse, Belgium
 2005: Gouden Adhemar at Strip Turnhout, Belgium, for his entire career
 2005: A mosaic of Jommeke in Wilrijk, Belgium
 2006: A statue of Annemieke and Rozemieke (from the Jommeke comic) in Middelkerke
 2006: A bas-relief of Jommeke in Temse

Notes

Resources
Danny De Laet (1981), De geesteskinderen van Jef Nys, in De avonturen van Amadeus en Seppeke! pages 171–176, Antwerpen, De Dageraad. External links
Alan Hope, "Face of Flanders - <mask> <mask>" - article in Flanders Today
 Jef <mask> in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures

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<mask> (; 20 April 1920 – 11 November 2002) was a South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist, best known for leading the medical ethics inquiry into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, who died from medical neglect after being tortured in police custody. When the South African Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) declined to discipline the chief district surgeon and his assistant who treated Biko, <mask> and a group of five academics and physicians raised funds and fought an eight-year legal battle against the medical establishment. <mask> risked her personal safety and academic career in her pursuit of justice, taking the dispute to the South African Supreme Court, where she eventually won the case in 1985. Born in Pretoria and raised in poverty in Cape Town, <mask> became the first woman to receive a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Cape Town in 1964. <mask> studied the effects of cannabis on the brain and published several articles on the subject. Seeing the therapeutic benefits of cannabis on patients in her own hospital, she became an early proponent of legalization for medicinal use. She headed the neurology department at Groote Schuur Hospital before retiring in 1985, but continued to lecture at Valkenberg and Alexandra Hospital.After apartheid was dismantled in 1994, <mask> testified at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission about her work on the "Biko doctors" medical ethics inquiry. In 1999, Nelson Mandela awarded <mask> the Star of South Africa, the country's highest civilian award, in recognition of her work on behalf of human rights. Early life
<mask> was born at Voortrekkerhoogte in Pretoria, South Africa, on 20 April 1920, to Frank and Georgina <mask>, the second of three daughters. Her mother, who was raised in a Boer concentration camp by <mask>' grandmother, a nurse in the Second Boer War, was also a nurse. <mask> never knew her father, who left her mother alone to raise three daughters in poverty. With her mother unable to care for her family, <mask> spent part of her childhood in a Catholic orphanage where she was stricken with typhoid fever. Her mother later rejoined the family and moved them to Cape Town, where <mask> attended the Rustenburg School for Girls.She enrolled at the University of Cape Town (UCT) medical school where she received her MBChB degree in 1942. Medical career

In Cape Town, <mask> interned at Groote Schuur Hospital; she also worked in the Transkei region as a general practitioner. She earned her MD degree in 1964 from UCT, the first woman to do so. <mask> became head of the neurology department at Groote Schuur Hospital in 1976. She was made an associate professor in 1978. <mask> retired in 1985, but continued to work part-time at both Valkenberg and Alexandra Hospital as a lecturer in the UCT Psychiatry and Mental Health departments. In 1997, UCT made <mask> an associate professor emeritus of neurology; she received an honorary doctorate in medicine from UCT in 2001.According to Pat Sidley of the British Medical Journal, <mask> "was never made a full professor, and believed that this was because she was a woman." Biko affair
South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, who had formerly studied medicine at the University of Natal Medical School, was detained by Port Elizabeth security police on 18 August 1977 and held for 20 days. Sometime between 6 and 7 September, Biko was beaten and tortured into a coma. According to allegations by <mask> and others, surgeon Ivor Lang, along with chief district surgeon Benjamin Tucker, collaborated with the police and covered up the abuse, leading to Biko's death from his injuries on 12 September. According to Benatar & Benatar 2012, "there were clear ethical breaches on the part of the doctors who were responsible" for Biko. When the South African Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) along with the support of the Medical Association of South Africa (MASA), declined to discipline the district surgeons in Biko's death, two groups of physicians filed separate formal complaints with the SAMDC regarding the lack of professionalism shown by Biko's doctors. Both cases made their way to the South African Supreme Court in an attempt to force the SAMDC to conduct a formal inquiry into the medical ethics of Lang and Tucker.One case was filed by <mask>, along with Trefor Jenkins and Phillip Tobias of the University of the Witwatersrand; a second case was filed by Dumisani Mzana, Yosuf Veriava of Coronationville Hospital, and Tim Wilson of Alexandra Health Centre. As <mask> and the small group of physicians pursued an inquiry into members of their own profession, <mask> was called a whistleblower. Her position at the university was threatened by her superiors and her colleagues asked her to drop the case. By pursuing the case against the Biko doctors, <mask> received personal threats and risked her safety. Baldwin-Ragaven et al. note that the medical association "closed ranks in support of colleagues who colluded with the security police in the torture and death of detainees [and] also attempted to silence and discredit those doctors who stood up for human rights and who demanded disciplinary action against their colleagues." After eight years, <mask> won the case in 1985 when the South African Supreme Court ruled in her favor.With <mask>' help, the case forced the medical regulatory body to reverse their decision. The two doctors who treated Biko were finally disciplined and major medical reforms followed. According to Benatar & Benatar 2012, the case "played an important role in sensitising the medical profession to medical ethical issues in South Africa." Cannabis research
<mask> studied the effects of cannabis in 1958, publishing her work in The British Journal of Psychiatry as "A clinical and metabolic study of acute intoxication with Cannabis sativa and its role in the model psychoses". Her work is cited extensively throughout the cannabis literature. She opposed the War on Drugs and was a proponent of the therapeutic benefits of cannabis, particularly for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). <mask> observed first-hand how cannabis (known as dagga in South Africa) relieved spasm in MS patients and helped paraplegics in the spinal injuries ward of her hospital.She continued to study the effects of cannabis in the 1990s, publishing several articles about cannabis-induced euphoria and the effects of cannabis on the brain. Personal life
<mask> was married to editorial writer David Castle of the Cape Times and they had four sons. She was 47 years old when her husband died unexpectedly in 1967. After her husband's death, <mask>'s housekeeper Rosalina helped raise the family. <mask> wrote about the experience in her memoir, Mothering in an Apartheid Society (2002). Death
<mask> struggled with leukemia for some time. Before her death, she told an interviewer, "I shall go on until I drop."She continued to work for UCT as a part-time lecturer at Valkenberg Hospital until six weeks before she died at home in Rondebosch on 11 November 2002. Representing UCT's psychiatry department, Greg McCarthy gave the eulogy at the funeral. <mask> was cremated, and according to her wishes, her ashes were combined with hemp seed and dispersed outside of Valkenberg Hospital where her memorial service was held. Legacy

South African neurosurgeon Colin Froman referred to <mask> as the "great and unorthodox protagonist for the medical use of marijuana many years before the current interest in its use as a therapeutic drug". J. P. van Niekerk of the South African Medical Journal notes that "<mask> led by conviction and example" and history eventually justified her action in the Biko affair. <mask>'s work on the Biko affair led to major medical reforms in South Africa, including the disbanding and replacement of the old apartheid-era medical organisations which failed to uphold the medical standards of the profession. According to van Niekerk, "the most enduring lesson for South African medicine was the clarification of the roles of medical practitioners when there is a question of dual responsibilities.This is now embodied inter alia in the SAMA Code of Conduct and in legal interpretations of doctors' responsibilities". <mask> testified during the medical hearings at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1997. Archbishop Desmond Tutu honored <mask> as "one of the handful of doctors who stood up to the apartheid regime and brought to book those doctors who had colluded with human rights abuse." In acknowledgement of her work on behalf of human rights in South Africa, Nelson Mandela awarded <mask> the Order of the Star of South Africa in 1999, the highest civilian award in the country. Selected publications
Mothering in an Apartheid Society (2002)

References

Further reading

Hoffenberg, Raymond (May 1994). Doctors and society – the Biko lecture. South African Medical Journal, 84: 245–249.McLean, G.R. ; Trefor Jenkins (2003). The Steve Biko Affair: A Case Study in Medical Ethics. Developing World Bioethics, 3 (1): 77–95. Taitz, Jerold (May 1986). Medical Mores, Judicial Review and the Last Days of Steve Biko. The Modern Law Review 49 (3): 374–381.Veriava, F. (2004) Ought the Notion of ‘Informed Consent’ to be Cast in Stone? Vrm v The Health Professions Council of South Africa. South African Journal on Human Rights, 20 (2): 309–320. 1920 births
2002 deaths
Alumni of Rustenburg School for Girls
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Cannabis researchers
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South African women neuroscientists
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Steve Biko affair
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<mask> (born September 22, 1979), better known by her stage name <mask>, is an American singer-songwriter, poet, author and violinist. <mask>'s musical style is described by her as "Fairy Pop", "Fantasy Rock" or "Victoriandustrial". It is influenced by glam rock and from plays, novels, and history, particularly the Victorian era. Performing with her all-female backup dancers The Bloody Crumpets, <mask> incorporates elements of classical music, cabaret, electronica, and glam rock with theatrics, and burlesque. Growing up in Malibu, California, <mask> began learning the violin at the age of four and left regular school five years later with the goal of becoming a world-class violinist; she practiced eight or nine hours a day and read a wide range of literature. Progressing to writing her own music, she studied under various teachers and went to Indiana University, which she left over issues regarding the relationship between classical music and the appearance of the performer. Through her own independent label Traitor Records, <mask> debuted with her classical album On a Day: Music for Violin & Continuo, followed by the release in 2003 of her album Enchant.<mask> appeared in singer Courtney Love's backing band on her 2004 America's Sweetheart tour and returned to Europe. She released the 2006 album Opheliac with the German label Trisol Music Group. In 2007, she released Laced/Unlaced; the re-release of On a Day... appeared as Laced with songs on the electric violin as Unlaced. She later left Trisol to join New York based The End Records in 2009 and release Opheliac in the United States, where previously it had only been available as an import. In 2012, she released the album Fight Like a Girl. She played the role of the Painted Doll in Darren Lynn Bousman's 2012 film The Devil's Carnival, as well as its 2015 sequel, Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival.Life and career

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<mask> <mask> was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 22, 1979. <mask> grew up in Malibu, California. She has stated that "being surrounded by nature and sea had a lot to do with [her] development as a 'free spirit.'" Her mother worked as a seamstress, and she has said that her father was a German immigrant with whom she did not share a close relationship. While not musicians, her family enjoyed various genres of music. When <mask> was four years old, she started learning the violin, and later commented: "I remember asking for a violin, but I don't remember knowing what one was. I might have thought it was a kind of pony for all I know, but I don't remember being disappointed."Four years later, <mask> made her musical debut as a solo violinist performing with an orchestra, and won a competition. At the age of nine or ten, she left regular school with the goal of becoming a world-class violinist. On her time at the school, she remarked, "I hated it anyway, what with the status as 'weird,' 'antisocial,' and the physical threats, there seemed to be no reason to go anymore, so I just didn't." She practiced eight or nine hours a day, had lessons, read a wide range of literature, participated in orchestra practice, and was home-schooled. Growing up, she owned a large CD collection of "violin concertos, symphonies, chamber music, opera, and a little jazz". She began writing her own music and poetry at age thirteen or fourteen, though she never planned to sing any of her songs. She studied under various teachers and attended Indiana University in Bloomington, but left after two years there, because she disagreed with the prevailing views on individuality and classical music.She believed that neither the audience nor the original composer would be insulted by the clothing and appearance of the performer. While convinced that she would only play violin, eighteen-year-old <mask> decided to sing on one of her songs as a way of demonstrating to a major music producer, who wanted to sign her on a label, how it should sound. She became unhappy with the changes done to her songs, and decided to break away from the label and create her own independent record label, Traitor Records. Through it, she debuted with her classical album On a Day: Music for Violin & Continuo, which she recorded in 1997 when she was seventeen years old; its title refers to the fact that the album took only a day to record. It consists of her performing works for the baroque violin accompanied by Roger Lebow on the baroque cello, Edward Murray on harpsichord, and Michael Egan on lute. She considered it "more of a demo despite its length", and released it as "a saleable album" after fans who enjoyed her "rock performances starting asking for a classical album so that they could hear more of the violin." She also debuted with her poetry book Across the Sky & Other Poems in 2000, later re-released in 2005 as Your Sugar Sits Untouched with a music-accompanied audiobook.2001–04: Enchant and collaborations
As part of a recording project, <mask> traveled to Chicago, Illinois, in 2001, and decided to stay because she enjoyed the public transportation system and music scene there. She released the 2001 EP Chambermaid while finishing Enchant—she alternatively labeled the musical style on Chambermaid as "fantasy rock" and cabaret—and wrote the 2001 charity single "By the Sword" after the events of September 11, 2001. According to her, the song is about strength, not violence; the act of swearing by the sword represents "an unbreakable promise to right a wrong, to stay true". On February 26, 2003, <mask> released her concept album Enchant, which spanned multiple musical styles: "new-age, pop and trip hop chamber music". Written during her late teenage years, Enchant revolved around the supernatural realm and its effect on the modern-day world. <mask> labeled it as "fantasy rock", which dealt with "dreams and stories and ghosts and faeries who'll bite your head off if you dare to touch them". The faery-themed "Enchant Puzzle" appeared on the artwork of the album; her reward for the person who would solve it consisted of faery-related items.Her bandmates consisted of cellist Joey Harvey, drummer Heath Jansen, guitarist Ben Lehl, and bassist Jimmy Vanaria, who also worked on the electronics. At the same time of Enchants release, <mask> had several side projects: Convent, a musical group for which she recorded all four voices; Ravensong, "a classical baroque ensemble" that she formed with friends in California; and The Jane Brooks Project, which she dedicated to the real-life, 16th-century Jane Brooks—a woman executed for witchcraft. On the night of the Enchant release party, <mask> learned that Courtney Love had invited her to record an album, America's Sweetheart, and embark on the tour to promote it. Contributing violin and vocals, <mask> appeared in Love's backing band The Chelsea— along with Radio Sloan, Dvin Kirakosian, Samantha Maloney, and Lisa Leveridge—on the 2004 tour. Much of <mask>'s violin work was ultimately not released on the album; she commented: "This had to do entirely with new producers taking over the project after our little vacation in France, and carefully discarding all of our sessions." She performed live with Love and The Chelsea on Late Show with David Letterman on March 17, 2004, and at Bowery Ballroom the next day. In September 2004, her father died from lung cancer, even though he had quit smoking twenty years earlier.Near the end of 2004, she was filmed for an appearance on an episode of HGTV's Crafters Coast to Coast, showing viewers how to create faery wings and sushi-styled soap—both products she sold in her online "web design and couture fashion house", WillowTech House. On December 23, 2004, she appeared on the Chicago-based television station WGN as part of the string quartet backing up Billy Corgan and Dennis DeYoung's duet of "We Three Kings". 2005–09: Opheliac, Laced/Unlaced, and A Bit o' This & That
 <mask> began work on her concept album Opheliac in August 2004, and recorded it at Mad Villain Studios in Chicago. In August 2005, she created the costumes for Corgan's music video for the track "Walking Shade"; she also contributed violin and vocals for the track "DIA" from his 2005 album TheFutureEmbrace. In late 2005, <mask> also recorded vocals and violin for "The Gates of Eternity" from Attrition's 2008 album All Mine Enemys Whispers: The Story of Mary Ann Cotton, a concept album focusing on the Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton. <mask> later protested the release of the song, claiming that it was unfinished, "altered without her permission", and had been intended only as a possible collaboration with Martin Bowes. In January 2006, <mask> performed a song from the album, "Misery Loves Company", on WGN, before the album's release by the German label Trisol Music Group in September.She released the limited-edition, preview EP Opheliac through her own label, Traitor Records, in spring 2006; while the Opheliac EPs were being shipped, <mask> claimed that her offices had been robbed, causing the delay in the album release and the shipping of the EPs. According to her, Opheliac "was the documentation of a completely life-changing and life-ending experience". At one time, <mask> did have plans to film a music video for her song "Liar", which included "bloody bathtubs". Her song "Opheliac" later appeared on the 2007 albums 13th Street: The Sound of Mystery, Vol. 3, published by ZYX Music, and Fuck the Mainstream, Vol. 1, published by Alfa Matrix on June 19. On October 9, 2006, she appeared on the Adult Swim cartoon Metalocalypse as a guest artist and on the subsequent 2007 album The Dethalbum.November 2006 saw the release of the EP Liar/Dead Is the New Alive, which featured remixes of songs from Opheliac and new material. <mask> released her instrumental album, Laced/Unlaced in March 2007; it consisted of two discs: Laced, the re-release of On a Day..., and Unlaced, new songs for the electric violin. She decided to re-release On a Day as Laced because she "felt that it made a nice contrast to the metal shredding fiddle album, "Unlaced", and [...] loved that it was the perfect representation of

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