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 Berkeley, would help him with his dyslexia. He attended Henry M. Gunn Senior High School and graduated in 1983 where he rose to the top of his class. <mask> got interested in music early in life. He recalls creating original musical works at the age of five using pots and pans on the floor of his kitchen at home in northern California.In 1987, he graduated from University of California, Berkeley, with a B.A. in English Literature. <mask> began musical work as a drummer. During high school, he performed with Fast Forward, consisting of <mask> on drums, Nick Dement (guitar), Ben Austin (bass), and Greg Magel (guitar). Though the precocious <mask> was still in high school, the other three were students at neighboring Stanford University. With the breakup of Fast Forward, Austin and Magel departed; <mask> and Dement added new bassist Scott Lockhart and formed the trio Splash. Stanford University student Lawrence Schoeffler made a music video for their song "Suzaie" as part of his graduate portfolio in film production, which was broadcast on MTV Basement Tapes (1983) and won a Bronze Medal at the International Film & TV Festival of New York.Puck and Natty
<mask> then formed Puck and Natty (the name originating with the Shakespeare characters, but also serving as a playful poke at a well-known Bay Area jazz duo, Tuck & Patti), a 'funky rap masta' group, with Detroit rapper Herman Anthony Chunn in 1992. Puck and Natty was short lived; however, their track, "Just Wanna Be Your Friend" landed on a soundtrack album of the hit TV show Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1992. In a 1999 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, <mask> provided a synopsis of the way things went down. "'You want me to do a song for your TV show that I've never seen? No problem,' recalled <mask> & Zen because of a complaint from the jazz duo, Tuck

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 & Patti. Third Eye Blind and mainstream success

<mask> formed Third Eye Blind in 1993 with Kevin Cadogan. They played small gigs around the San Francisco Bay Area for years and were, for the most part, unknown until they were signed in 1996 by Elektra Records. The band's deal with Elektra was later reported as the largest publishing deal ever for a previously-unsigned artist. <mask> has written or co-written every song on the band's five studio albums and one EP. <mask> won two California Music Awards for Best Songwriter. along with bandmate Cadogan; in addition, he was nominated three years in a row as Best Vocalist and won Artist of the Year.Other work

Producing career
<mask> has produced for Third Eye Blind and several music artists. In 1997, he co-produced Third Eye Blind's self-titled debut studio album with Eric Valentine. The duo also helmed production on The Braids' debut studio album, Here We Come (1999). He co-produced follow-up Blue (1999) and Out of the Vein (2003) with Arion Salazar and Third Eye Blind, while acting as the sole producer on Ursa Major (2009), Dopamine (2015), and We Are Drugs (2016). In 2004, <mask> co-wrote four songs for and produced Vanessa Carlton's second studio album, Harmonium. He co-wrote five songs for Carlton's follow-up, Heroes & Thieves (2007), in addition to co-producing the effort with Irv Gotti and Linda Perry. In 2015, <mask> produced Spencer Barnett's extended play, 13 Summers In.In 2020, <mask> co-wrote Blackbear's "I Feel Bad". Acting career
<mask> made his acting debut with a cameo in the film Rock Star (2001) playing Bradley, the lead singer of the fictional band Black Babylon. He has also appeared in the former Nickelodeon series All That, and he appeared on the MTV candid camera show Punk'd when Vanessa Carlton was the subject of one of Ashton

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In 1987, <mask> graduated as valedictorian of his class from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in English literature. <mask> was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome preceding the release of Third Eye Blind (1997).<mask> was in a three-year relationship with actress Charlize Theron until October 2001. Some of Third Eye Blind's third album, Out of the Vein, explores the emotions <mask> experienced as a result of their breakup. From 2002 to 2007, <mask> dated Vanessa Carlton. When asked about living as a high-profile musician, he stated "Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess. I also get to live in North Beach and go to a pub and drink my pint and go to a café and drink my coffee. I carry groceries home on the tank of my motorcycle.I find pleasure in things that are simple. Is that a rock star's life? It is for me." <mask> is a supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement. He is an advocate for gay rights, stating that he was influenced by queer culture in San Francisco. In 2016, <mask> voiced support for Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Discography

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 members. Grandmaster Doc-Fai <mask> continues to provide instruction traveling throughout the world conducting seminars.As of 2015, <mask>-Fai has been training in Choy Li Fut Kung Fu for 56 years and teaching martial arts for 47 years. Currently he is considered to be one of the highest ranking Choy Li Fut masters in the world and was just awarded "Grandmaster of the Year" by the FIOGA, Federation International of Grandmasters Association, based in China. Timeline
1948 - Born in Wangshan Village of the Wushan area, Doumen district, Zhuhai City, Guangdong province
1960 - Immigrated to San Francisco, California. 1963 - Began training with Lau Bun who brought Choy Li Fut to the United States and founded the first Hung Sing Kwoon of Choy Li Fut in America. 1967 - Begins teaching students after the death of Lau Bun. 1968 - Opened his first school in San Francisco, California. 1974 to 2003 - Taijiquan instructor at San Francisco City College.1976 - Became the first official disciple of both Great Grandmasters Hu Yuen Chou and <mask>. 1976 to 1997 - Studied in Hong Kong for his senior advanced level martial arts training each year during consecutive summers and winters. 1977 - Became one of the first California state certified acupuncturist and licensed practitioner of Traditional Chinese medicine. 1986 - Founded the Plum Blossom International Federation. 1986-1993 - Became regular columnist for Inside Kung Fu Magazine. 1987 - Promoted to grandmaster of his federation for both Choy Li Fut and Taijiquan (T'ai chi) by Hu Yuen Chou before his retirement. 1987 - Promoted to grandmaster status by his teacher <mask>.Coach for the United States team competing in the Republic of China International Taijiquan Federation's World Championship Push Hands competition. 1987

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 - The only U.S. team to win at this tournament, placing second only to Taiwan. 1990 - Team again placed second. 2000 - 2011 Resumed his Bi-monthly column with Inside Kung Fu Magazine
2004 - Head Instructor of the Tai Chi Club of the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center in San Francisco. 2004 - Coach to the largest U.S. team of 40 competing in the First World Traditional Wushu Tournament held in Zhengzhou, China. His team wins totalled 72 medals; 20 gold, 38 silver, 14 bronze. 2006 - Accompanied by 50 students, Zhan Jiang City of China, First Traditional Wushu Invitational Competition, the "Hua Jian Garden Cup."His team members took home 63 medals;45 were gold, 12 silver, and 6 bronze. The competition was held in the Xu Wen County Public Square with over 60,000 observing the competition over two nights. 2006 - In April 2006, <mask>-Fai raised the funds for renovating the original residence of Chan Heung (), the founder of Choy Li Fut kung fu in the King Mui Village of China for the Chan family, to set up the house as a museum. 2015 - Inducted into the FIOGA (Federation International Of Grandmaster's Association) Hall of Fame and awarded "Grandmaster of the Year." Plum Blossom International Federation
In 1986, <mask>-Fai established the International Plum Blossom Federation. As of 2016, the federation has over 300 schools in 40 countries worldwide. Federation schools can be found throughout the United States, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Philippines, and Tahiti.<mask>-Fai has certified instructors from his students down to the fourth generation teaching in his international federation. Awards and recognitions
1986 - Selected as one of the top 50 most influential martial arts personalities in the world by Inside Kung

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1991 - Awarded the Kung Fu Artist of the Year by Black Belt magazine. 2003 - Inducted to the Martial Arts History Museum's Martial Arts Hall of Fame. 2003 - Referred to as a National Treasure in a Special Edition of Inside Kung Fu Magazine. 2005 - Picked as one of the Top 18 Greatest Sifus in America by Inside Kung Fu Magazine. 2007 - Selected as Inside Kung Fu Magazine's 2007 Instructor of the Year. 2013 - Certification of 10th Level Duan in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Federation International of Grandmaster Association (FIOGA)

Publications
 Featured on the covers of Martial Arts magazines over 20 times
 Written over 200 articles.Bimonthly columnist for Inside Kung Fu Magazine from 1986–1995 and 2000-2011
Authored featured articles in the following magazines from 1980 through 2003
Inside Kung Fu Magazine
Karate Illustrated magazine
Karate Kung Fu Illustrated magazine
American Karate magazine
Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine
Black Belt Magazine
 Authored several books
Choy Li Fut Kung Fu: The Dynamic Fighting Art Descended From the Monks of the Shaolin Temple by Doc Fai <mask> and Jane Hallander (1985) - History of Choy Li Fut Kung Fu. Description and examples of basics stance, hand techniques and includes basic training forms sets. Shaolin Five Animals by Doc-Fai <mask> (1987) - Historical background of the Shaolin Five Animals and the techniques incorporated within the hand forms. Tai Chi Chuan's Internal Secrets by Doc Fai <mask> and Jane Hallander (1991) - An in depth discussion on advanced Tai Chi techniques. Produced 9 instructional videos

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<mask> (born 26 March 1974) is a Nigerian pastor and former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is best remembered for his various unusual and colourful hairstyles. After winning several major trophies with Auxerre in French football, <mask> went on to play for both Milanese clubs, Internazionale and Milan. He also appeared in the top-level leagues of England and Germany. At international level, <mask> made 42 caps for Nigeria between 1994 and 2005, taking part in two World Cups and two African Championships. He also represented his country at the 1996 Olympics, winning a gold medal. Club career

Early years
Born in Port Harcourt, <mask> was discovered by Monday Sinclair, who recruited him to play for Sharks.He started playing professionally with Obanta United in 1989, before returning to Sharks in 1990. <mask> then played for Enugu Rangers in 1991, before joining Julius Berger in 1992. Auxerre
Following successful trials in early 1993, <mask> joined French side Auxerre led by Guy Roux. He was on the bench during a 2–2 UEFA Cup draw against Tenerife on 15 September 1993, but failed to make his debut. <mask> eventually played his first competitive game for the club in a 0–0 away league draw at Toulouse on 5 March 1994. He became a first team regular in the following season, making 31 appearances in all competitions. In the 1995–96 season, <mask> helped Auxerre win their first league title in the club's history, alongside such players as Laurent Blanc and Sabri Lamouchi, among others.They also won the national cup, thus collecting the double. <mask> subsequently made seven appearances in the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League, as the club was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the eventual champions Borussia Dortmund. Internazionale and Milan
In June 1997, <mask> was transferred to Italian side Internazionale, on a four-year deal. He made his competitive debut for the club in a 1–0 Coppa Italia victory over Foggia on 3 September 1997. Subsequently, <mask> scored his first goal for Internazionale in a 2–1 Serie A

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 win against Atalanta on 9 November 1997. He also scored the extra time winning goal against Schalke 04 in the 1997–98 UEFA Cup quarter-finals. Eventually, Internazionale won the competition led by Ronaldo and Iván Zamorano, with <mask> being sent off in the final against Lazio.In the next season, <mask> made 21 league appearances, as the club missed securing a spot in UEFA competitions. He failed to make any appearance in the 1999–2000 season, being three times an unused substitute. In the 2000 winter transfer window, <mask> switched to Internazionale's crosstown rivals Milan. He made his debut for the club on 24 March 2000, coming on as an injury time substitute for Andriy Shevchenko in 2–0 win over Juventus. On 14 May 2000, <mask> managed to score his only goal for Milan in a 4–0 victory over Udinese. England and Germany
In November 2000, <mask> moved to English club Derby County, on an initial three-month loan. He made his debut for the Rams on 18 November 2000, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 home league win over Bradford City which was Derby's first league win of the season.In January 2001, <mask> signed an extension to stay with the Derbyshire side until the end of the 2000–01 season. He helped the team avoid relegation, making 18 appearances, as Derby won 31 out of their 42 total points with him in the lineup. In May 2001, <mask> eventually left the club because his "international commitments". In November 2001, <mask> joined German club 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a free transfer. He made his debut for the team in a 5–1 home league win over St. Pauli on 17 November 2001, starting the match and earning a yellow card in the process, before being substituted in the 81st minute. In April 2002, <mask> was released by the club due to their "total disagreement".He made a total of 10 league appearances in the 2001–02 season. In August 2002, <mask> trained with English side Manchester City for 10 days. He eventually failed to get a contract due to lack of fitness. Partizan
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 will join the reigning FR Yugoslavia champions Partizan. He arrived in Belgrade for the final negotiations with the club five days later. On 30 January 2003, <mask> signed an 18-month contract with Partizan. He made his official debut for the club on 1 March 2003, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–2 home league victory over Radnički Obrenovac.<mask> scored his first goal for Partizan in a 4–0 home league win over Vojvodina on 7 May 2003. Under Lothar Matthäus, the club convincingly won the 2002–03 First League of Serbia and Montenegro. Afterwards, <mask> was one of the most influential players on the way to helping Partizan reach the group stage of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, eliminating Newcastle United on penalties in the third qualifying round. He managed to record three appearances in Group F, despite missing numerous games in the first half of the 2003–04 season due to injuries. In February 2004, <mask> left the club by mutual consent. Later years
In August 2004, <mask> signed a one-year contract with Qatari club Al-Arabi. He scored his only goal for the side in a 1–1 league draw away at Al-Wakrah on 4 November 2004.<mask> subsequently returned to England, penning a one-year deal with Plymouth Argyle in July 2005. He made his debut for the club on 27 August 2005, picking up a yellow card in a 0–1 loss to Hull City. <mask> appeared in only five games for Plymouth, before his contract was terminated in October 2005. In January 2007, <mask> was close to signing with Croatian club Rijeka, but failed his medical. He eventually moved to Iran and signed a one-year contract with Paykan in August 2007. <mask> failed to make a start with the club, having his contract terminated by mutual consent only three months later. In February 2008, <mask> reportedly claimed to be joining Segunda División side Xerez, but the club's president denied any knowledge of the player's arrival.International career
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 caps for Nigeria, making his debut in a 1–3 loss to Sweden on 5 May 1994. <mask> was also a member of the Olympic squad that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He played every single minute of the tournament. Two years later, <mask> was named in the 22-man squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, together with Jay-Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, and others. They reached the second stage of the tournament, being eliminated by Denmark in the round of 16. In the 2000 African Cup of Nations, <mask> played the full 90 minutes in all of Nigeria's games in the competition, as they finished runners-up to Cameroon.He also represented his country in the tournament's 2002 edition, finishing in third place. Additionally, <mask> was a member of the team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He made two appearances in the "Group of Death", as Nigeria finished bottom of the table, behind Sweden, England and Argentina. After the tournament, Nigeria coach Festus Onigbinde blamed <mask> for the team's failure, stating that the player "flouted' his instructions. In January 2004, <mask> suffered an injury during the team's training session that ruled him out of the African Cup of Nations. He returned to the national team on 17 August 2005, making his final appearance for the Super Eagles in a friendly against Libya. Style of play
Primarily a centre-back, <mask> was a physically commanding and powerful defender.Although he lacked significant pace, <mask> was known for his ball-winning abilities, commitment, and hard-tackling style of play, as well as his forward surging runs. Personal life

Religion and beliefs
A devout Christian, <mask> admittedly used charms before games during his professional career as a footballer. He eventually became a pastor after his footballing days. In 2014, <mask> founded a church called "Shelter in the Storm Miracle Ministries of All Nation" in Lagos. Age controversy
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Auxerre
 Championnat de France: 1995–96
 Coupe de France: 1993–94, 1995–96

Internazionale
 UEFA Cup: 1997–98

Partizan
 First League of Serbia and Montenegro: 2002–03

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Nigeria
 Olympic Games: 1996
 Africa Cup of Nations: Runner-up 2000

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<mask> (6 June 1920 – 11 January 1977) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a night fighter ace credited with 58 aerial victories claimed in 171 combat missions making him the tenth most successful night fighter pilot in the history of aerial warfare. All of his victories were claimed over the Western Front in Defense of the Reich missions against the Royal Air Force's (RAF) Bomber Command. Born in Reinfeld, Schleswig-Holstein, <mask> grew up in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. Following graduation from school, he joined the military service in 1939 and was trained as a pilot. In early-1941, he transferred to Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing) where he became a night fighter pilot and claimed his first aerial victory on the night of 26/27 July 1942. In Oktober 1943, <mask> was appointed Staffelkapitän. Following his 34th aerial victory, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 June 1944 and was appointed Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of I. Gruppe (1st group) of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (NJG 2—2nd Night Fighter Wing).He claimed his last five aerial victories on 15/16 March 1945 and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves on 15 April 1945. <mask>, who later served as a Hauptmann der Reserve (captain of the reserves) in the German Air Force, died on 11 January 1977 in Reinfeld, Schleswig-Holstein. Early life and career
<mask> was born on 6 June 1920 in Reinfeld, Schleswig-Holstein near Bad Oldesloe, in Weimar

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 Germany. He was born into a family of carpenters  who ran a furniture making business. After attending school and passing his Abitur (School Leaving Certificate) he opted to join the Luftwaffe as a Fahnenjunker (Officer candidate) on 1 October 1939, one month after the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which began World War II in Europe. On the 1 February 1941, as an officer candidate, he advanced to the rank of Leutnant. In early 1942 he was assigned to 4.Staffel (Squadron) of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (NJG 3—Night Fighter Wing 3). World War II

Following the 1939 aerial Battle of the Heligoland Bight, Royal Air Force (RAF) attacks shifted to the cover of darkness, initiating the Defence of the Reich campaign. By mid-1940, Generalmajor (Brigadier General) Josef Kammhuber had established a night air defense system dubbed the Kammhuber Line. It consisted of a series of control sectors equipped with radars and searchlights and an associated night fighter. Each sector named a Himmelbett (canopy bed) would direct the night fighter into visual range with target bombers. In 1941, the Luftwaffe started equipping night fighters with airborne radar such as the Lichtenstein radar. This airborne radar did not come into general use until early 1942.NJG 3 was initially based at Stade, defending northern Germany. On 3 April 1942 <mask> was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class () for his service. It is not clear whether <mask> had claimed any aerial successes prior to the award. 4./NJG 3 received credit for the

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 destruction of three bombers on the night of the 1/2 April 1942, between 00:20 and 01:28. The names of the claiming crews are not listed and the type of enemy aircraft and location is also omitted from German records. <mask>'s first official victory was recorded on the night of the 26/27 July 1942 when he shot down a Royal Air Force (RAF) Handley Page Halifax southwest of Pellworm at 01:019. This night, Air Marshal Arthur Harris, Air Officer Commanding (AOC) RAF Bomber Command sent a force of 181 Vickers Wellingtons, 77 Avro Lancaster, 73 Halifax, 39 Short Stirling and 33 Handley Page Hampdens against Hamburg, in one of the first raids against the city, before Operation Gomorrah, exactly a year later.By the date of this first victory, <mask> had transferred to 5. Staffel. <mask>'s second victory occurred on 17 January 1943 when he claimed a Lancaster over Hademarschen at 21:59. The victory was recorded with 4. Staffel, indicating he had returned to his original unit. <mask> was promoted to Oberleutnant on 1 February 1943. Ruhr and Baltic
The night war escalated dramatically in 1943.Harris felt that Bomber Command has amassed sufficient resources to attack and destroy the Ruhr where large concentrations of German war industry was located, and particularly the steel producing centres of Germany. Harris had 53 squadrons available, of which 17 were medium bomber units. Harris also had pathfinder units equipped with H2S radar which mapped the terrain and could penetrate through haze and smoke for greater

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texts: bombing accuracy. Bomber Command also utilised "window" to confound German ground radar in July. The attacks were dubbed the Battle of the Ruhr (March–July 1943). <mask> and NJG 3 were heavily involved in countering Bomber Command's operations. On the night of 10/11 March 1943, <mask> claimed his third victory.At 22:12 south of Middelfart, Denmark. This victory report suggests <mask> had once again returned to 5. Staffel. He was also the only German night fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe to claim a victory this night. Bomber Command reported the loss of two Lancasters on mine-laying operations this night. The bomber was identified as Lancaster I ED305, KM-S, No. 44 Squadron RAF crashed into Lille Bælt.Pilot Sergeant Brian T. C. Smith, Flight Engineer Sergeant Gordon R. Black RCAF, navigator Flying Officer Robert H. Carr, Bombardier Sergeant Charles H. D. Cook, wireless operator Geoffrey S. Love, air gunners Sergeant Charles V. Brown and Alfred Healey were killed in action. On 13 March <mask> was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class () and appointed Staffelkapitän of 1./NJG 3. On 30 March at 00:50, over Welmbüttel, <mask> shot down a Halifax. <mask> became a night fighter ace on 21/22 June when he claimed a Stirling west of Antwerp, Belgium, at 01:32. His victim was claimed out of a 705-strong force that bombed Krefeld. 262 Lancaster, 209 Halifax, 117 Stirling, 105 Wellington bombers, supported by 12 de Havilland Mosquitos took part. Bomber Command lost 44; 17 Halifax and exactly nine each of the

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texts: Lancaster, Stirling, and Wellington types were lost.On the night of 29/30 July 1943 <mask> achieved his most successful night to date, downing four bombers. Over Hanover at 23:10 and southeast Heide at 00:23 he claimed an unidentified heavy bomber and a Lancaster to increase his personal telly to 8. Hovering in the same sector he downed a Halifax southeast of Heide at 00:40 and then northeast of the town that <mask> caught and shot down another Halifax at 00:52 for his 10th victory. One of the bombers was No. 158 Squadron RAF Halifax II, JD277 NP-G. Flying Officer A. H. Boyle survived but pilot Flight Sergeant N. R. McDonald and five others were killed. The other may have been Halifax II JB956, KN-O of No.77 Squadron RAF flown by Flight Sergeant George Henry Sutton. All eight men were killed on their 11th operation. <mask> was flying a Dornier Do 217 on this operation. On 17/18 August 1943, Harris ordered Operation Hydra, a series of attacks against the Peenemünde Army Research Center producing V-weapons. <mask> scrambled to intercept but only caught one Lancaster with his radar operator east of Flensburg at 02:57. <mask> spotted the bomber caught in searchlights and fired off an identification flare to force the anti-aircraft batteries to cease-fire against the bomber. <mask> swiftly dispatched the bomber, identified as ED725 PM-P.It belonged to No. 103 Squadron RAF and P. J. O'Donnell and his crew were killed. On 23/24 August <mask> claimed his 12th victory southeast of Thomsdorf at 00:58. <mask>

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 did not score a victory again until 27/28 September 1943, when he accounted for a Lancaster over Hanover. The report lists <mask> as belonging to 4./NJG 3 at this time. <mask> claimed his 14th victory northeast of Stendal. The report described the enemy aircraft as a four engine bomber but did not specify the type.The 15th claim was filed that same night, when he reported a Lancaster shot down over Haguenau. Berlin and North Sea
On 18 November 1943 Harris began his Berlin offensive. Stab./NJG 3 under Helmut Lent was based at Stade, I./NJG 3 under Hauptmann Walter Milius, based at Vechta, II./NJG 3 under Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, at Schleswig, III./NJG 3 under Major Bart, also at Stade, and IV./NJG 3 under Major Simon at Grove, prepared to meet the offensive. II./NJG 3, to which <mask>'s most recent unit, 4. Staffel, belonged was equipped with an assortment of Junkers Ju 88C, Messerschmitt Bf 110G and Dornier Do 217 night fighters. <mask>'s 16th and first success in the defence of Berlin occurred in the early evening of the 1 December 1943, when he claimed a Stirling shot down over the Frisian Islands at 15:54. It was one of only two claims submitted by a German night fighter pilot on this night.The other was reported shot down by a Feldwebel Weilding north of Aschaffenburg at 21:15. Bomber Command sent 19 Stirling and 12 Halifax aircraft to the Frisians and to the east coast of Denmark on mine-laying operations. Two Stirlings were reported missing. Stirling III EH880 of No. 75 Squadron


texts: RAF, piloted by Warrant Officer G. J. S. Kerr was one of the missing aircraft. All the crew perished when it crashed after reaching base. It hit a house at the end of the airfield and five children were killed.Stirling III, EF191, WP-H, of No. 90 Squadron RAF also crashed near Esbjerg in Denmark. Sergeant J. L. Blackwood, E. Draper, J. H. Flack, Warrant Officer J. E. Nixon, Flight Sergeant C. E. Quickfall, Sergeants H. E. Steele and R. G. Whitmarsh were killed. On 28/29 January 1944 <mask> scrambled with 4. Staffel and shot down a Halifax and Lancaster at 02:34 and 02:37. The location of these successes are not recorded. Seventeen days later he accounted for victory number 19 northeast of "Hallersleben" (possibly Fallersleben) at 20:03.On this date, <mask> was awarded the German Cross in Gold (). <mask> reached the 20-mark on 24/25 February 1944 when he shot down a heavy bomber at 22:02 between Metz and Baden-Baden. Bomber Command switched their effort to Augsburg on 25/26 February 1944. Harris committed 594 bombers, including 461 Lancasters and 123 Halifax bombers supported by 10 Mosquitos. South of Augsburg he accounted for his 21st victory at 22:43. On 15/16 March <mask> gained a 22nd victory on 23:12 southwest of Stuttgart. On the night of the 22/23 March <mask> achieved two victories at 21:28 near Hanover and two north and northwest of Frankfurt at 21:48 and 21:54 to reach 25.<mask> scored again at 22:14, his fourth bomber of the night. North of Berlin scored again on 24/25 March at 22:28 as


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 the Berlin offensive came to an end. On the night of the 30/31 March 1944, Bomber Command suffered heavy losses on a raid to Nüremberg. The British dispatched 795 aircraft, including 572 Lancasters, 214 Halifaxes and nine Mosquitos. A further 49 Halifax aircraft were sent on minelaying operations in the Heligoland area, 13 Mosquito night fighters were sent to German night-fighter airfields, 34 Mosquitos flew on diversions to Aachen, Cologne and Kassel. 95 bombers were lost: 64 Lancasters and 31 Halifaxes which amounted to 11.9 per cent of the force. It was the largest Bomber Command loss of the war.Some German night fighter pilots scored heavily this night but Hauptmann <mask> accounted for just a single claim—a Lancaster—southwest of Bonn at 00:26. Pointblank and Normandy
In April 1944 Bomber Command turned to support the American United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Pointblank directive with greater regularity. Against the wishes of Harris, Bomber Command now turned to attacking rail yards, bridges and communications to facilitate Operation Overlord and the D-Day landings when they occurred. II./NJG 3 was based at Vechta on 1 April 1944, at the outset of the offensive. On night of the 22/23 April 1944 Bomber Command attacked targets throughout Germany. <mask> caught a Halifax south west of Düsseldorf at 01:23 and another northwest of the city at 01:44 for his 30th victory. One of <mask>'s victims was Avro Lancaster I DV394, KC-M, from the famous No.617 Squadron RAF "Dambusters". Flight Lieutenant

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 to 40. On the night of the 28/29 July 1944 494 Lancasters and two Mosquitos of No.1, 3, 5 and 8 Groups attacked Stuttgart. German fighters intercepted the bomber stream while over France on the outward flight; there was a full moon and 39 Lancaster bombers were shot down, 19 per cent of the force. 307 aircraft (187 Halifax, 106 Lancaster, 14 Mosquitos from No. 1, 6 and 8 Groups) raided Hamburg. German fighters again appeared, this time on the homeward flight, and 18 Halifax and four Lancaster bombers were lost, 12 per cent of the force. The bombing was judged ineffective in the later attack. 119 aircraft of No.1, 4 and 8 Groups also attacked the flying bomb stores area at Forêt De Nieppe without loss. 95 training aircraft flew on a diversionary sweep over the North Sea, and 13 Mosquitos flew to Frankfurt, 50 Mosquito mounted night fighter patrols while five Halifax bombers carried out minelaying in the river Elbe without loss. The conditions and size of the attack saw the Luftwaffe mount a considerable response. This night German night fighters claimed 87 bombers shot down. <mask> claimed a bomber shot down his 41st victory over France at 00:45. On 25/26 August 1944 <mask> downed his last of the campaign at 01:38 at an unknown location. Defence of the Reich
In southern Germany, <mask> commanded the Gruppe against night intrusions.On 2/3 February 1945, he accounted for a Halifax and on 3/4 February a Lancaster. Southwest of Mannheim, he claimed a Halifax at 23:49 on the first night and on the second


texts: a Lancaster at 20:00 over an unreported location. On the night of 7/8 February 1945, <mask> became an "ace-in-a-day" after he claimed six four-engined bombers of unknown type. His victories were claimed at 22:22, at 22:41, at 23:00, at 00:08, at 00:16 and at 00:23 respectively: his 46th to 51st victories. On the night of the 3/4 March 1945 <mask> took part in Operation Gisela, an intruder mission over England. At 23:00 <mask> took off leading I./NJG 2 from their base in Twente to intercept a homeward bound Bomber Command raid. Over England, at 01:04 and 01:26 he claimed two four-engine bombers.According to Heinz Rökker, one of <mask>'s pilots in the group, they flew the Junkers Ju 88G-6 on the mission. The Ju 88s were loaded with bombs and crews were ordered to attack the airfields as well as attack bombers. The group was ordered to fly to the Grimsby–Lincoln area. Rökker was not successful and stated that he believed <mask> to be the only successful pilot of the group that night. On 15/16 March 1945 Bomber Command sent a force of 267 aircraft (134 Lancaster and 122 Halifax bombers plus 11 Mosquitos) of 4, 6 and 8 Groups to bomb Hagen. Six Lancaster and four Halifax bombers were lost. This area attack took place in clear visibility and caused severe damage.The main attack fell in the centre and eastern districts. Another 257 Lancasters and eight Mosquitos of 1 and 8 Groups attacked the refinery at Misburg, on the outskirts of Hannover. Four Lancasters were lost. Ten aircraft—seven four-engine

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 bombers, a B-25 Mitchell, a Mosquito and a Lancaster were claimed shot down by German night fighter pilots this night. Rökker claimed two heavy bombers, the B-25 and Mosquito. Wilhelm Johnen scored his 34th victory against a Lancaster. <mask> claimed the other five between 20:49 and 21:20.The locations for each claim are not recorded. <mask> had claimed his 54th to 58th, and last victories, of the war. <mask> remained in command of I./NJG 2 until the end of the war. On 15 April 1945, <mask> was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves () as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./NJG 2, the 833rd officer or soldier of the Wehrmacht so honored. He was taken prisoner when the German forces surrendered on 8/9 May 1945. He joined the German Air Force as a reservist and died on 11 January 1977. Summary of career

Aerial victory claims
Foreman, Parry and Matthews, authors of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 – 1945, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 58 nocturnal victory claims.Matthews and Foreman also published Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, listing <mask> with 59 aerial victories. Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 05 Ost KH-57". The Luftwaffe grid map () covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about . These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a


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 Iron Cross (1939)
 2nd Class (3 April 1942)
 1st Class  (13 March 1943)
 Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 6 September 1943 as Oberleutnant and pilot
 German Cross in Gold on 28 January 1944 as Oberleutnant in the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 3
 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
 Knight's Cross on 24 June 1944 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 1./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
  833rd Oak Leaves on 15 April 1945 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2

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<mask> (born 27 February 1953) is a Scottish journalist, television presenter and author. He was a main presenter on BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme, Newsnight, from January 2003 until January 2014, and presenter of BBC News at Five on the BBC News Channel. Since 2014 he has served as the Chancellor of the University of Kent. On 11 March 2017, <mask> confirmed via his Twitter profile that he would be leaving the BBC at the end of the month to concentrate on his writing activities. He returned to the BBC later that year as host of Talking Books. He stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for Change UK in London at the 2019 European Parliament election. Early life
<mask> was born in Glasgow on 27 February 1953, the first son born to a manager of a building company.During his first weeks, he suffered from a condition that made him unable to digest milk and his parents feared for his life. He had an operation at just three weeks old. His family lived in Clydebank before they moved to Edinburgh, where he began his education at Duddingston Primary School before gaining a scholarship to George Heriot's School at the age of seven. His Scottish childhood had a profound and long-lasting effect on him. His parents moved to Northern Ireland but he remained in Edinburgh. <mask> was the first in his family to go to university, graduating at the University of Kent with a BA in English and American literature in 1974. Alongside his studies he also wrote for Incant, the university newspaper.He then gained an MA in Anglo-Irish literature with distinction from the University of Leeds. Journalism career
<mask> began working as a journalist in 1976, aged 23, as a junior reporter with the Belfast Telegraph. He joined the BBC in 1977 as Northern Ireland reporter, working under Bernard Cornwell, and extended his role after joining Newsnight in 1982. <mask> was appointed Washington correspondent in 1989 and then, a year

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 later, became the BBC's chief North America correspondent. Based in Washington, <mask>'s responsibilities now extended to shaping the corporation's coverage across the whole of North America, which included reporting on both the earlier George H. W. Bush and Clinton administrations. <mask> has also reported for news and documentary programmes across Europe, Russia, China and North and South America. <mask> combined reporting with presenting from the mid-1980s on BBC One's regional news programme for London and the South East of England – Newsroom South East.He worked as an anchor on the BBC News channel (at the time known as "BBC News 24") from its outset in 1997 and co-presented its prime-time slot with Sian Williams for several years. In January 2003, he joined Newsnight, replacing Jeremy Vine, who had left to take over from Sir Jimmy Young on Radio 2. During his career <mask> has interviewed heads of state and government including Bill Clinton, Jacques Chirac and King Abdullah II of Jordan. He has also interviewed a wide range of cultural figures, including Dolly Parton, Doris Lessing, Penélope Cruz, Angelina Jolie, V. S. Naipaul, Roger Waters, Vikram Seth and Seamus Heaney. <mask> left Newsnight in January 2014, and was replaced by Laura Kuenssberg. In 2005, <mask> interviewed George Galloway on Newsnight about the London bombings. The BBC was reported to have received hundreds of complaints about his interview alleging his questioning was "rude and aggressive".Peter Barron, editor of Newsnight, defended the questioning of Galloway's tactics:

In 2007 a BBC Trust publication investigating impartiality in the organisation criticised an unnamed BBC news presenter for writing an article in the Daily Mirror newspaper entitled "Why the World Needs Hillary", stating they had been "unwise" for doing so. The article appeared to endorse Hillary Clinton to be the next US President and it soon emerged that the news

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course' could make it hard for that presenter to conduct American political interviews". Until 2017, <mask> was the main presenter of Dateline London on BBC News and BBC World News most Sunday mornings at 11 am. Between 2008 and 2017, he also presented the BBC News at Five on the BBC News channel on Fridays and when Huw Edwards was away. <mask> has also hosted BBC Radio 4 factual series Four Corners along with fellow Scottish broadcaster Anne MacKenzie. He had a regular slot on Saturdays and Sundays, working across BBC World, BBC News and BBC One, and co-presented the regular Film Review with Mark Kermode.On 11 March 2017, <mask> confirmed via his Twitter profile that he would be leaving the BBC to concentrate on his writing activities. The Film Review was presented by other presenters although he continued to present Dateline London. He returned on 31 March 2017 to present his final BBC News at Five and Film Review. He returned to the BBC later that year as host of Talking Books. Literary career
<mask> is the author of five novels and four non-fiction books. The novel A Scandalous Man was described by fellow author Bernard Cornwell as "a compelling book, its political sophistication made luminous with wisdom, sympathy and story telling". His fifth novel, Powerplay, was published by HarperCollins in August 2009.<mask>'s first non-fiction book, The United States of Anger published in October 1997 by Penguin, explores America's discontent with itself and was described by the New Statesman as "a vivid portrait of America in the 1990s". <mask>'s 2019 book Brexit Without the Bullshit discusses some of the potential consequences of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union. For several years he also wrote regular columns for The

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<mask>'s most recent book, How Britain Ends - English Nationalism and the Re-birth of Four Nations, was published in February 2021 and in which <mask> claims a resurgent English nationalism is pulling the United Kingdom apart. Political career
In August 2018, <mask> spoke at a People's Vote rally in Edinburgh. People's Vote is a campaign group calling for a public vote on the final Brexit deal between the UK and the European Union. On 23 April 2019, he was announced as a candidate for Change UK in London in the May 2019 European Parliament election. The party announced its intention to stop Brexit and pursue a second referendum on membership of the EU.It gained 3.4% of the vote nationally and failed to win any seats. In London the party achieved 5.3% of the vote, but this was only just over half of the number required for <mask> as lead candidate to win the 8th and last seat under the d'Hondt system of proportional representation used in the election. In an interview with the Huffington Post, published on 6 May 2019, <mask> stated that, "I want to stop Brexit. Fix Britain. And then I want to reform the things that are wrong with the EU". He added, that he thought Nigel Farage was "affable" and a "good communicator", but whilst he was "more honest on that than many other politicians who support Brexit", his approach was reminiscent of Nazism; "The word 'betrayal' was used in Germany from 1919 onwards and throughout the 1920s with terrible results". <mask> has criticised the way the BBC and other TV and radio news has handled balance.He states that the present mode of balance involves "if you have a Tory on you get a Labour Party person", but says that "that's not what politics is like anymore". He criticises giving equal balance to "someone who really knows what they are talking about" and "someone who is essentially the village idiot". In August 2021 it was


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 announced that <mask> would be a competitor on BBC's Celebrity MasterChef. He left the competition during a quater-final "after serving up an ‘incomplete’ dessert compared to ‘soup’." Personal life
<mask> has been married to rock violinist Anna Phoebe, his second wife, since 2012. They have two children. He was first married in July 1979, to teacher Patricia Warner, and they had two children together.The couple's separation was reported in 2008 and a divorce granted in 2010. <mask>'s hobbies include camping, hiking and skiing. He is a fan of progressive rock, citing King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Colosseum and Pink Floyd as favourite bands, and presented Prog magazine's Progressive Music Awards for three consecutive years between September 2012 and 2014. Awards and honours
<mask>'s report on the military build-up in the Aleutian Islands as part of the Reagan administration's New Maritime Strategy earned him a Royal Television Society award. In 2007 he won a Sony Gold Award for his radio documentary report Letters from Guantanamo on Sami al-Hajj, one of the detainees in Guantanamo Bay. Following the broadcast, al-Hajj was released from American custody. <mask> has received two honorary degrees from the University of Kent: an honorary MA was awarded in 1995, followed by an honorary Doctorate in Civil Law in 2005.He was installed as the sixth Chancellor of the university in July 2014. Bibliography
<mask> has written the following books:

Non-fiction

How Britain Ends - English Nationalism and the Re-birth of Four Nations. Head of Zeus. 2021. Fiction

References

External links
<mask> BBC Newsnight
<mask>'s Personal Website

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Alumni of the University of Leeds
BBC newsreaders and journalists
BBC World News
Chancellors of the University of Kent
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People educated at George Heriot's School
Mass media people from Glasgow
Scottish people of Irish descent
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<mask> (January 15, 1919 – October 10, 1982) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps who was decorated with the Silver Star for his actions as the commanding Officer of a battalion in the Battle of Iwo Jima. At age 24, <mask> was one of the youngest officers in Marine Corps history to be assigned command of a Combat Infantry Battalion. After World War II he was a successful businessman. Early years
<mask> was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Ellis W<mask> and Mildred F. (née Burgess) <mask>. <mask> was a newspaperman before World War II. He was the editor of the Springfield, Massachusetts, "Republican." During the war he was a colonel in the Army of the United States (A.U.S.)and served as deputy chief, Review Branch, Bureau of Public Relations in the War Department and subsequently was deputy assistant chief of staff in the Tenth Army on Okinawa. After the war he was an editor of Sales Management Magazine. <mask> was a graduate of the Milton School, Rye, New York, (1932) and Rye High School (1936). He was the winner of the Lord Jeffery Amherst Scholarship for New York, which paid for four years tuition at Amherst College. <mask> was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) from Amherst (1940) with majors in biology, chemistry and political science. He was president of the Amherst chapter of Delta Upsilon fraternity. Marine Corps service

Military education
On November 12, 1940, <mask> enlisted in the U.S Marine Corps Reserve as a private.He graduated from Officer Candidates Class, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant on February 20, 1941. On May 29, 1941, he graduated from the Reserve Officer's Class, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico. In April 1944, <mask> attended Transport Quartermaster School in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, where he received training in commercial and combat ship loading and dock management. Military training assignments
Immediately following graduation from the Reserve Officer's Class, <mask> was assigned as a staff officer and instructor at the Marine

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In July 1943, <mask> was detached as a captain from Marine Corps Schools and assigned to the 4th Marine Division, commanded by Major General (later General) Harry Schmidt, being formed at Camp Pendleton, California. <mask> performed several staff and command roles in 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines, and served with this unit throughout combat operations against Roi-Namur in the Battle of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands (January 31 – February 3, 1944). <mask> was promoted to major and assigned as Plans and Training Officer of the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines, and participated in the training phase prior to and during initial combat operations at the Battle of Saipan in the Marianas Islands (June 15 – July, 1944). On the fifth day of Saipan operations, <mask> was appointed battalion executive officer for the remainder of the Saipan battle and served in this capacity during the Battle of Tinian (July 24 – August 1, 1944). In October 1944, at the age of 25 and as a major, <mask> assumed permanent command of 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines. He continued in this capacity until the end of the war. As the battalion commander, <mask> was responsible for training, supply, discipline and welfare of a unit of approximately 1,000 men in garrison.As a Landing Force commander, <mask> was responsible for embarking his command abroad 6 naval attack transports. On February 19, 1945, <mask> commanded one of seven battalion landing teams in the initial assault at the Battle of Iwo Jima. <mask>'s command was composed of an infantry battalion plus attachments totaling approximately 1,800 men. He continued as battalion commander throughout the Iwo Jima

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 operation. In October and November, 1945, <mask> returned with and deactivated the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines, at Camp Pendleton. On November 10, 1945, after 60 months of active military services, <mask> was assigned to terminal leave and returned to his home of record in Washington D.C.

Marine Corps career appraisal
According to July 30, 1944, edition of The Sunday Star, "Candidate for "ironman" of the outfit is Maj. <mask><mask> of 1825 Nineteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. In charge of troop deployment during the first days on Saipan when furious Jap resistance was met, the 25-year-old major went 84 hours without sleep, eating only cans  of C rations, spooned out to him while he telephoned.Nerve center of a specialized landing team, he kept its scattered parts united into one hard-hitting, ever-advancing fighting force. If any one man was indispensable in those days when victory hung in the balance, Maj. <mask> was." In a letter to the Commandant of the Marine Corps dated August 26, 1945, Colonel L.B. Cresswell CO of the 23rd Marine Regiment notes:

1. "Forwarded. It is regretted that this officer does not desire to transfer to the regular Marine Corps since he is considered preeminently qualified by experience, mentality and temperament for a career in the military service. I consider him to be one of the outstanding officers in the Marine Corps and believe him to be capable at present, of performing the duties of any rank up to and including Lieutenant Colonel.2. Major <mask>'s experience has been unusually extensive for an officer of his rank and age, including the command of a battalion for a period of ten (10) months and a battalion landing team through all phases of the IWO JIMA campaign. His performance of duty both in combat and in training has been exemplary. 3. Should this officer ever in the future apply for transfer to the regular Marine Corps or for active duty as a reserve officer, it is strongly recommended that such application be approved." Colonel T. A. Holdahl USMC, CO Marine Garrison Forces in a letter to Colonel E.

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"I am sorry that your son is not staying in the service.His is considered to be the outstanding battalion commander in his division. His late regimental commander, Colonel L.B. Cresswell, spoke of him to me in the highest terms on his way through here. As you probably know, his division is coming home as a unit." Volunteer Reserve
<mask> was not recalled to active duty during the Korean War. However, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on January 1, 1951, in the Marine Corps Reserve. Subsequently, he was promoted to colonel on March 1, 1958, and transferred to the Retired List.Summary of Marine Corps career

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Decorations, medals and awards
<mask> was awarded the following:

Business career
In 1976, <mask> retired as president and chief operating officer of PVO International of Boonton, New Jersey, and San Francisco, California; soybean processors and marketers. He was previously an executive of the General Foods Corporation, administrative vice president of the Economics Laboratory and was president of Fanny Farmer Candy Shops and Anderson-Clayton Foods Inc. Personal
On August 30, 1947, in New York, New York, <mask> married Anne Breeding <mask> (July 22, 1918 – September 30, 2010), a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and daughter of Edwin Charles Breeding and Flora (née MacLean) Breeding. <mask> and <mask> have one daughter, Anne Stowell "Missy" <mask> (February 24, 1949 – ) of Florham Park, New Jersey. <mask> died suddenly on October 10, 1982, of a coronary occlusion in Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Connecticut. He was interred in East Cemetery in Litchfield, Connecticut. On September 30, 2010, <mask> died at home in Litchfield and following a funeral service in the First Congregational Church; United Church of Christ was also interred in East Cemetery.References

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<mask> (September 8, 1927 – March 3, 2002) was an American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, <mask> wrote many popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists. Career
<mask> was born on September 8, 1927, in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up on a farm in Michigan. As a child, he listened to the Grand Ole Opry radio show. In later years, <mask> recalled the personal formative influence of country music:

I was captured by the songs as much as the singer. They grabbed my heart. The reality of country music moved me.Even when I was a kid, I liked the sad songs… songs that talked about true life. I recognized this music as a simple plea. It beckoned me. <mask> completed only nine years of formal education, though he was an avid reader. When he was 12 years of age, he began writing songs, "an enthusiasm fueled by an appetite for books and an ear for a telling phrase." After serving as a paratrooper with the United States Army, he went to Los Angeles, California, hoping to sell his music. <mask> did manual labor while writing songs and pushing his finished material.Eventually, he sold some of his compositions and, after a few minor successes, his song, "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down", recorded by Charlie Walker, went to No. 2 on the country music charts in late 1958. A year later Ray Price had a major country hit with "Heartaches By The Number". Simultaneously, a pop version of the song performed by Guy Mitchell went to No. 1 on the pop chart. Buoyed by these two major hits, <mask> moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1960. Bringing along a large portfolio of compositions, he signed a contract with Acuff-Rose Music.<mask>'s songs were so immediately successful that, in 1961 alone, he had fifteen of his compositions on the country music charts, earning him ten BMI awards. Among his biggest hits was "I Fall to Pieces", co-written with Hank Cochran and recorded by Patsy Cline. Cline and Candi Staton recorded

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 his "He Called Me Baby", which was later a No. 1 C&W hit for Charlie Rich as "She Called Me Baby". Though not often thought of as a writer of rhythm and blues songs, <mask> wrote Joe Simon's No. 1 R&B chart hit "The Chokin' Kind", a million-selling record in 1969. <mask> also wrote the classic Kingston Trio song "Everglades", and the song "Busted", originally a hit for both Ray Charles and Johnny Cash and later a hit for John Conlee who used the song to create awareness for Feed the Children.The song "The Wall" also became a hit for Johnny Cash on his studio album Orange Blossom Special, as well as his Live at Folsom Prison album. <mask> coined the oft-quoted phrase defining a great country song as Three Chords and the Truth. <mask> was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame also in 1997. He died in Nashville in 2002, at the age of 74, and was buried in Nashville City Cemetery. Discography
1961: <mask> Sings <mask>
1965: All Time Favorite Country Songwriter
1967: Mr. Songwriter
1967: Down to Earth
1971: To the Silent Majority with Love
1981: Singer and Songwriter

Song list
Songs written or co-written by <mask>. See also
"Streets of Baltimore"
Waylon Sings Ol' <mask> Owens Sings <mask>

References

External links
Songwriters Hall of Fame
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<mask> ( ; born 8 December 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Adanaspor of the TFF First League, the second tier of Turkish football. After coming up through the youth system of Wycombe Wanderers, for whom he made his debut in the Football League as a 15-year-old, <mask> joined Liverpool in 2012. He spent time on loan at Championship clubs Birmingham City in the 2013–14 season and Derby County in 2014–15. In 2016, he signed for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth for a then club record £15 million fee, and was released in 2020. He spent the 2020–21 season with Derby County, but played little, and joined Adanaspor in January 2022. He has represented England from under-18 to under-21 level. Club career

Early career
<mask> was born in Bermondsey, in the London Borough of Southwark, and attended Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell.He signed for the Wycombe Wanderers youth team in 2007 at the age of 12, following his release from the Charlton Athletic youth team. <mask> came up through the youth system at Wycombe, and made his first-team debut on 9 August 2011 in the League Cup victory against Colchester United at Adams Park, coming on as an extra-time substitute aged 15 years and 244 days. On 15 October, at the age of 15 years and 311 days, he came on in the 90th minute of the victory against Hartlepool United and became Wycombe's youngest-ever Football League player. He made his first senior start against Sheffield Wednesday 14 days later and scored in the 2–1 loss, becoming the youngest Wycombe goalscorer in the Football League. In all, <mask> made 11 appearances and scored once for Wanderers. Liverpool
On 20 December 2011, Premier League club Liverpool signed the 16-year-old <mask> for an undisclosed fee. He initially joined up with the club's under-18 squad.<mask> was called up to the bench for the Premier League game at Southampton on 16 March 2013; he remained unused. Two months later, <mask> made his Premier League debut in the final game of the season, starting the match and assisting Philippe Coutinho for the only

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 <mask> scored his first Premier League goal on the final day of the season in a 1–1 draw at West Bromwich Albion. AFC Bournemouth
On 14 July 2016, <mask> joined AFC Bournemouth on a four-year contract for a club record £15 million fee. A buy-back and sell-on clause was reported to have been included in the agreement. In the first three months of his first season, <mask> was a regular in the starting eleven, but according to manager Eddie Howe he lacked consistency and was dropped to the bench.He returned to the starting lineup as one of 11 changes in the team for an FA Cup tie with Millwall; they lost 3–0. Howe said afterwards that <mask> "hasn't been a regular in the team and that will be a disappointment for him and for us. I still feel there's a lot of potential in there, but obviously he's got to fulfil that when he gets chances like today." He finished the season with 26 appearances, including 13 league starts, and failed to score. <mask> scored his first goal for Bournemouth on 14 January 2018 in a 2–1 victory against Arsenal. <mask> was released by Bournemouth when his contract expired on 30 June 2020. Return to Derby County
On 22 September 2020, <mask> returned to Derby County, where he signed on a two-year contract.He made only one first-team appearance, and spoke in January about his suffering from depression. His contract with Derby County was cancelled by mutual consent at the end of the season. Adanaspor
In January 2022, <mask> signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Adanaspor of the TFF First League, the second tier of Turkish football. International career
On 24 October 2012, <mask> made his national team debut at under-18 level, playing 69 minutes in a 2–0 win against Italy. On 5 September 2013, he made his England under-19 debut in a 6–1 win against Estonia. <mask> scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 win against Montenegro U19 during elite qualification for the 2014 European championships. At the beginning of the 2014–15 season, <mask> made his first appearance for the England under-20 side, playing 90 minutes in a 6–0 win against Romania.In August

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 2015, he received his first call-up to the under-21 squad. Ibe is eligible for Nigeria through his father. The Nigeria Football Federation confirmed in February 2015 that they were monitoring Ibe and would attempt to get him to switch his international allegiance. In August, Nigeria manager Sunday Oliseh made a personal appeal to Ibe in an attempt to convince him to switch allegiance, but a few weeks later, he confirmed that his international future lay with England. Style of play
Former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has described Ibe as "a really talented player with a bright footballing brain" who has the versatility to play as a winger on either flank, as a playmaker or as a striker. Steve McClaren, who managed Ibe during his loan at Derby County, saw Ibe as an exciting player "like the old jinky wingers we used to get in the game". Andy Hunter of The Guardian described Ibe as an "individual of impressive pace, power and control", who produces threatening performances and stands out because of his good temperament, intelligence, creativity and directness.Personal life
In December 2019, <mask> was charged with failing to stop after an accident and careless driving after his Bentley Bentayga ran into a coffee shop in Bromley on 30 July 2019. In January 2021, <mask> revealed that he was suffering with depression, describing himself as being in a "dark place". Career statistics

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<mask> (born 12 October 1979) is an English rugby union coach who played lock for Bath and Saracens. At International level, he represented the senior England rugby union team between 2001 and 2010 and captained them between 2008 and 2010. He was appointed the England forwards coach in December 2015; a role which he left in mid 2020 to become head coach of Leicester Tigers. Club career
Born in Carlisle, Cumbria, <mask> was captain of the Hutton Grammar School rugby team, with whom he went on a tour to Australia. Bath: 1998-2008
<mask> joined Bath in 1998 from Preston Grasshoppers, making his debut against Saracens in December 1998. During this time, he was balancing rugby commitments with study, and graduated from the University of Bath in 2003 with a degree in Economics with Politics. Borthwick had, arguably, his best season for Bath in 2003–04.A central figure in the absence of many senior players due to the 2003 Rugby World Cup, he set about making his mark on the Zurich Premiership. Bath made the League Final that season, losing to London Wasps. He was one of the three nominees for the Zurich Premiership Player of the Year award. In his final game with the club, <mask> captained Bath to victory in the 2007–08 European Challenge Cup. In January 2008, <mask> announced that he would be leaving Bath at the end of the 2007–08 season for Saracens F.C. Saracens: 2008-2014
Following his switch to Saracens, <mask> was named co-captain for the 2008–09 season alongside Andy Farrell. In the 2009–10 season he was named as the captain for Saracens F.C.Injury prevented him from playing for much of the season but he returned for the Guinness Premiership final but not as captain, as Saracens were defeated by the Leicester Tigers. However the following season he started as Saracens won their first Premiership title. On 28 November 2013, <mask> announced he would be retiring at the end of the 2013-2014 season. International career
He first emerged during England's tour of South Africa in 2000.

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 Despite his presence in the line-out, he was not considered heavy enough for international rugby, but later bulked out. A regular choice as the England A team captain, from his debut against Wales A at Wrexham in February 2001, he had already played on the full tour of South Africa the previous summer. Injury prevented him from being considered for the next trip the following year to Argentina.<mask> made his debut for England against France in the 2001 Six Nations. He came on as a blood replacement for Ben Kay in the 25–14 win over Australia in Melbourne in June 2003, his sixth cap. A member of England's wider 2003 World Cup squad, he narrowly missed selection to the final 30. He regained his place in the England squad after the 2003 World Cup and despite England's disappointing results, <mask> was given credit for his solid play. <mask> initially failed to make England's squad for the 2005 Autumn internationals, with Gloucester forward Alex Brown seemingly poised for a start instead, but injury ruled Brown out of contention and <mask> stepped in, playing a significant role against Australia, New Zealand and Samoa. <mask> was selected as a member of the England 2007 Rugby World Cup squad. He played in three Group matches, starting against Tonga.He did not participate in the knockout games. Captaincy
On Sunday 10 February 2008 <mask> was named captain for England's 2008 Six Nations match against Italy in Rome, and on 13 May 2008 he was chosen to captain the full England squad on their 2008 summer tour of New Zealand. And in October 2008 he was named as Martin Johnson's first England Captain for the 2008 Autumn Internationals. Borthwick came under a lot of criticism after England's disappointing 2008 Autumn Internationals in which they suffered heavy defeats to New Zealand and South Africa. However Martin Johnson kept faith in him. In the 2009 Six Nations, Borthwick came under more criticism as England's discipline cost them victories against Ireland and Wales. However, after

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 performing much better against France and Scotland in the last two weeks of the tournament, Borthwick's critics seemed to leave him alone.In January 2010, <mask> was confirmed as England captain for the 2010 Six Nations. After England's 15–15 draw Against Scotland in the 2010 Six Nations, <mask> aggravated an ongoing knee injury and sought medical advice. This meant he was unavailable for selection against France so Tom Palmer was bought in as cover and Lewis Moody was given the captaincy in <mask>'s absence. Due to injury, <mask> was not a member of the 2010 England rugby union tour of Australasia. Post Captaincy
On 1 July 2010, <mask> was dropped from the Elite Player Squad by Martin Johnson. Coaching career
<mask> trained as a coach, taking his initial position in-club from 2012 whilst playing with Saracens, and also attending the University of Hertfordshire. From 2012 he was forwards coach alongside Eddie Jones for  up to and including the 2015 Rugby World Cup, after which he was confirmed as forwards coach for Bristol Rugby under former Bath colleague Andy Robinson.On 15 December 2015 He was confirmed as England Forwards coach. In October 2019, it was reported by BBC Sport that <mask>'s next role would be with Leicester Tigers following the 2019 Rugby World Cup. It was later confirmed he would join the club as head coach for the 2020–21 Premiership Rugby season. References

External links
Saracens profile
Bath profile
Premiership profile
England profile
<mask> photo 1 by sportingheroes. net
<mask> photo 2 by sportingheroes. net

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<mask> (born 1963) is an American artist and former environmental chemist. <mask> is best known for his African-American themed art and styles which blend elements of folk art, naturalism and impressionism. His personal rendition of Barack Obama in acrylic, Obama, the 44th President, was presented in honor of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration. <mask>' art business has sold over 1.75 million fine art products, and he works with a number of prominent corporations. He is also known for his community work, especially advancing arts in children's education. Personal life and early career

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a professional musician-father and a housewife-mother, <mask>' earliest hints of artistic talent began to show at five-years-old. <mask>' first attempt at art was a third-grade freehand sketch of a dog from Archie Comics, which he drew so accurately that friends and family believed it had been traced.Growing up, one of his favorite characters to draw was Wile E. Coyote, and as an adult he continues to enjoy comic books as "refreshing". When he was old enough, <mask> would ride the bus alone to downtown New Orleans so as to be exposed to and spend time with the area artists. He and his friends would in their spare time compete with one another to see who could draw the best designs, and <mask> continued developing his art skills throughout primary school despite only receiving "satisfactory" marks in art class. In elementary school he attended a summer program at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, and later attended an after-school program at Lawless High School. <mask> says that he knew he wanted to be an artist in the seventh grade, and credits his teacher in that class for keeping him focused. <mask> worked for a time with charcoal and pastel before settling on oil and acrylic. He took art classes during high school and enrolled in four months of private art lessons, but is otherwise self-taught.<mask> followed advice from Anna Torregano, his mentor, friend and high school art teacher, and his parents, all of whom advised him to pursue an academic career so as not to

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 become a "starving artist". His mother especially stressed university and earning a professional degree. <mask> earned a B.Sc. in Chemistry at Dillard University on a United States Army ROTC scholarship as well as academic scholarship, and went on to be commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army's Field Artillery Branch. <mask> spent the next ten years working in the field of chemistry, eight years of which were as an environmental chemist at Rollins Engineering Services. <mask> has lived in Louisiana and California, and currently resides in Friendswood, Texas with his wife, Erania. They have a daughter, Chaney, and a son, Tanner.Chaney is an aspiring rap artist and has produced a positive, parent-friendly CD about school and drugs titled Off the Chain. Art career

<mask> maintained a passion for art that preceded his professional art career; he painted throughout his time in the Army and as an environmental chemist, generally working out of a studio in his garage. His first commissions were produced for two co-workers at Rollins. They had wanted to purchase the piece that he was then working on, but he refused and instead offered to paint them two similar pieces, which they purchased for $40. When he first got started, <mask> passed on an opportunity to do work for the J. C. Penney catalog because he was too busy, but ultimately found success in a similar publication. <mask> published his first prints through Market Arts' Dan Rose in Houston, but his art career took off when he noticed that his wife's Avon boutique magazine, targeted at African-Americans, lacked any art. He sent Avon a proposal which they accepted, and through the magazine he sold 42,610 signed prints of Thee Baptism.Since he was still working as an engineer at the time, he autographed the tens-of-thousands of prints during his lunch-break. After quitting his job as an engineer in 1996, <mask> competed against 500 others for, and won, a 1998 Walt Disney Studios commission for art in honor of Black History Month. The piece was used in the 1999 celebration at Epcot Center and appeared on T-shirts, souvenir-mugs, and

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 posters. Art Business

An entrepreneurial-minded <mask> has marketed and sold his art throughout his career. He was already monetizing his creative talents in high school when his classmates and he sold their custom designed T-shirts, first to their school's juniors and seniors, and then throughout the school district. In building his art business over two decades, <mask> engaged in fact-finding missions in search of financial patrons and customers at art festivals, conventions, reunions and libraries, as well as local businesses. <mask> incorporated his business in 1991.He credits his time at Rollins for teaching him that "if you have a quality product and a good form of distribution, you'll succeed". When he first got started, <mask> quickly realized that talent was not alone enough after he had to approach 30–40 galleries until he was picked up by two, one of which closed down. He says that "it's a lot of marketing, planning, exhibiting and a lot of rejection". <mask>'s wife Erenia, a loan officer, manages his business, "T. Ellis Art, Incorporated", out of a League City, Texas studio. <mask> has sold more than 1.75 million fine art products across the country through direct sales, art galleries, catalog outlets, fine art dealers, and licensing, and has marketed community partnership opportunities meant to educate and empower communities by offering maximum returns on minimal investments. In 2005 he signed for representation with art licensing agency "Alaska Momma" with the intent of opening new merchandising avenues in home décor, furnishings, calendars, apparel and stationery. <mask> has affiliated with and had art commissioned by corporations like Walt Disney Studios, Minute Maid, Coca-Cola, Marathon Oil, ExxonMobil, State Farm Insurance, Merck Pharmaceutical, J. C. Penney, Southland Corporation, and Avon Products, Philip Morris USA and Integrity Music.<mask>' works have been sold  through Army and Air Force Exchange Service catalogs and were available exclusively both through Avon's African American Boutique as well as their core brochures. One of his first major sales was of an original depicting

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 a God-like surgeon in an operating-room, sold to the surgeon. <mask>' art has sold for prices ranging from $750 to $30,000. Despite his success, while <mask> initially had hoped to build his business up to Fortune 500 stature, he now finds satisfaction in "helping others through art". Hurricane Katrina

<mask> and his wife are both natives of New Orleans, and much of his art along with his passion for art are inspired by the vibrant city. As a young man, he would search the colorful French Quarter for subjects to paint. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation of parts of the city, the city's role in his art drastically changed so as to reflect the story of hope and rebirth that he saw in the disaster.On the night before the storm hit Louisiana, the <mask> home in Texas was a refuge for 10 New Orleans families, 50 people in all. After the storm, <mask> helped fly home friends stranded outside New Orleans, and he organized colleagues in the art community behind the relief effort. <mask> was allowed to enter the city two weeks after the flood waters subsided in order to survey the damage to his mother's home in the Lower Ninth Ward and salvage her possessions. While travelling among the destroyed houses and deserted city, <mask> witnessed a lone man repairing his home's roof. The contrast resonated with <mask>, and he memorialized the hope he saw in the man's actions through his piece Surviving Katrina. The scene is of rising floodwater that traps a family on their house's roof while the father holds up the Flag of the United States, a flag that to <mask> symbolizes the need for the nation to come together to aid those affected by the storm. In Life Begins Anew, a father holds a baby above floodwaters while another man reaches out to take the child.<mask> describes the scene as symbolizing the promise of a new beginning for those who survived Katrina and its aftermath. As its title indicates, the Katrina: The Hope, Healing and Rebirth of New Orleans collection was for <mask> about showing the power of art to assist the healing process: "The largest piece I did is about how life begins

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 anew and how a person can find hope even after such devastation. I want this work to be uplifting, to be a fresh breath of life for the community." Obama Portrait

One of <mask>' more famous works is an abstract depiction of Barack Obama's signature 'hope' pose. <mask> painted the portrait in honor of Obama's 2008 Presidential inauguration. In Obama, the 44th President, <mask> uses red, blue, yellow, and green acrylic paint to portray Obama as someone who unites people across lines of color, ethnicity, and religion. The piece was presented at a January 19, 2009 gala held by the National Black Chamber of Commerce and the National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation at the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.The proceeds from the autographed prints sold at the event supported NNPA Foundation and the Howard University School of Communications Building Fund (NNPA Media Wing). African-American history

In 2009, <mask> produced an exhibit focusing on the theme of African-American history in light of slavery and emancipation. The exhibit, American Slavery: The Reason Why We're Here, tied into the Juneteenth commemoration of slavery's abolition in the State of Texas. It was located at and included tours of the historic residence of horticulturist Henry Stringfellow, an innovator in organic gardening who was enlightened in how he employed of freedmen. <mask> began the series of works at a 2006 exhibition at the same house. The exhibit's more than 20 paintings were painted with brush and fingers, and <mask> sometimes added a collage of documents. The exhibit included images of the transportation of slaves, the industry of slavery in crop production, and the abolition of slavery.The painting Free At Last includes depictions of Buffalo soldiers, Harriet Tubman, the year "1865", a mighty oak, and in the background, their heads bowed in prayer, the figures of the current owner and restorer of the house, Sam Collins III, and his wife and children. The exhibit also displayed <mask>' famous depiction of Barack Obama, Obama, the 44th President. <mask>' art was featured at a 2011 exhibition at the Rosa Parks

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 Library and Museum. The Museum, at Troy University in Montgomery, Alabama, hosted the exhibit, called Our History, Heritage, and Culture: An American Story, the Art of <mask>, as part of its celebration of Black History Month. T. <mask> has been pictorially documenting African-American lifestyle, history and culture for thirty years. <mask> paintings are in the permanent collection of the DuSable museum, Charles Wright museum, the McKenna museum, Free People of Color Museum, and the Amistad Research Center. The City of Selma, Alabama, commissioned T<mask> as the official artist for the 50th anniversary for the civil rights march, known as "Bloody Sunday".The City and County of Galveston, Texas, recognized T<mask> for the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth. The Juneteenth Freedom Project was exhibited at the State Capitol in Washington, DC at the U.S. Senate Rotunda and House of Representatives Rayburn Building. President Barack Obama and the First Lady, Michelle Obama of the White House has thanked T<mask> for his art and giving. T.<mask> painting of the Tuskegee airmen, "The Lonely Angels" was signed by all the Tuskegge Airmen who were in attendance to receive their Congressional Medal of Honor from the President. President George W. Bush and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi stand amidst 300 Tuskegee Airmen during a photo opportunity Thursday, March 29, 2007, in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. White House. Educational work
<mask> views education as one of his primary missions, and he is involved with several educational initiatives.He has a run a number of art workshops with children, including drawing and touching up the school mural which local sixth-graders paint every year, and joining with his wife Erania to illustrate while she reads aloud to children from books about topics like the Buffalo Soldiers. When working with children with autism, he employs a strategy of engaging the children's creativity in a non-judgemental setting where there is no wrong way for them to express themselves; he hopes to put their art on display at the Houston Children's Museum. He has partnered

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 with the Tom Joyner Foundation to fund-raise for students, while "Art with a Purpose", his own nonprofit program, was awarded a federal grant to help disadvantaged students. <mask> serves together with Gregory Michael Carter as an artist-in-residence for an arts enrichment program at a Galveston, Texas charter school, "Ambassadors Preparatory Academy". The program, called "Ambassadors for Art", is led by school administrators and members of the community through the Gulf Coast Apollo Chapter of nonprofit volunteer service organization The Links, Incorporated. Ambassadors for Art also took part in painting a bust of US President Barack Obama. The bust was one of 45 painted by artists nationwide which were displayed in Detroit's Museum of African American History, part of a project supported by the Smithsonian Institution.He has also worked with other arts education programs like the Peoria Public Schools' "Artreach", in the framework of which he donated five original pieces to the schools and District 150 Foundation. Style

<mask> has over his career created art in a number of styles and has incorporated several primary influences. African American history and African American culture play central roles in <mask>' art, which regularly feature themes like Buffalo Soldiers, cotton fields, and Jazz music; his Jazz works especially lean towards the impressionistic. Other common themes range from fisherman to religious scenes as in Thee Baptism, My Father's Baptism, and Deacon's Door, to African ethnic scenes like Afrimage and Ashanti. The Church-related themes in his art he attributes to formative experiences with his mother at their local house of worship, "Beulah Land Church". While he is best known for his ethnic art, many of <mask>' pieces are landscapes, seascapes, and portraits. <mask> is a self-taught artist.He has describes his style at times as "conventional realism", as a bold blend of realism and impressionism, and as impressionist and naturalist, an old masters' style that is sometimes figurative and sometimes folk art. "I try to capture the essence in one stroke" he said. <mask> has also coined

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 the term "Tedism" to describe his style. "Tedism" blends impressionism, soul, and folk stories to create representational pieces. <mask> considers himself to be a social, political and spiritual artist as well as educator and "creative historian". "I paint subjects that are representative of the many facets of American life as I know it" says <mask>. "I like to think of myself as a creative historian.I was put here to record history...all aspects of American culture and heritage. My sole purpose has always been to educate through my art". He draws inspiration from people's memories of family or from history, and says that he's "a history buff at heart. I read a lot, and I have more books than paint." As an artist who focuses on African American history, <mask> intentionally does not approach its difficult chapters from a position of pain: "I have to be careful what I do [...] there's a power to art. I don't want to be from an angry position. That's out there, and maybe they do that to shake you up and make you think.I want to be one step ahead. When you're talking about healing, you're in the right zone." As such, his images of slavery and historical Southern life focus on positive values such as family, character, and church. <mask> attributes a love for and influence in his art to New Orleans and its rich culture of creativity. He compared the city to an incubator for young talent. The city offered <mask> art clubs and opportunities to design murals for school and create signs for special events. New Orleans gave him access to art classes, summer art programs, and the vibrant Jackson Square, somewhere he could talk with and get to know many artists.<mask>' favorite artists include Henry Ossawa Tanner, Edward Bannister, Jacob Lawrence, Samella Lewis, and John T. Scott, while among his work the favorite painting is Sunday Worship. Achievements

<mask> and his artwork have been widely recognized and honored in many venues. <mask>'s art was featured in 1992 and 1993 for Black History Month at the Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas, near Dallas. The 1993 exhibit, Realism, Symbolism, and Abstraction:

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