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<mask>'s biggest and best-known role was as the love interest of Little Bo Peep, Tom-Tom, the Piper's Son, in the 1934 Laurel and Hardy musical film Babes in Toyland, based on the famed 1903 operetta by Victor Herbert.Not only did <mask> play the romantic lead, but he also performed several musical numbers, including "A Castle in Spain." Despite being placed under a contract with MGM, <mask> did no films directly for the studio. Rather, he was loaned out for other assignments, such as attending Warner Bros. for two musical shorts: Springtime in Holland (1935) and Carnival Day (1936). In the former, he was cast as a Dutch milk seller, and sang the numbers "The Girl on the Little Blue Plate" and "Beside the Zuider Zee". In Carnival Day, he played a jockey who romances a flower girl (Joan Barclay), and sang the numbers "The Rose in Her Hair" and "Steppin' Along." MGM released his next feature, The Bohemian Girl, but similar to Babes in Toyland, it was made by producer Hal Roach independently, and reunited Laurel and Hardy with <mask>; the feature also gave <mask> a small role—a gypsy singer who performs a number from the Michael William Balfe—Alfred Bunn opera of 1843. A test <mask> had done for Roach ended up in Pick a Star, an MGM musical comedy film that also featured Laurel and Hardy in a non-speaking guest bit; <mask> was briefly seen as a nightclub singer.Even though he studied acting with Irving Pichel, no further film opportunities came to <mask>, other than a potential film series in Australia that in time, failed to materialize. Life in New York and

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<mask> moved to New York City in 1937. There, he made radio recordings for Thesaurus Transcriptions with Nathaniel Shilkret and his Orchestra, and a year later, he recorded nine songs for Victor Records with Leo Reisman's orchestra. He also started to perform on network radio again, first with the Schaefer All-Star Parade on NBC, which ran from 1938 to 1940, as well as the NBC Blue Network's Music Appreciation Hour in 1938, and the RCA Magic Key [The Magic Key] during the 1938–39 season. <mask> also had a weekly program on the radio station WEAF (later known as WNBC (AM)) every Thursday. In 1938, he was one of the finalists on NBC's Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air, losing to John Carter by a single vote. In 1939, he made his concert recital debut at The Town Hall, singing selections from Johannes Brahms, Francesco Cavalli, Alessandro Stradella, and Richard Strauss.<mask> made his Broadway debut in October 1940 as the featured singer in It Happens on Ice, and in 1942, he sang the role of Camile de Jolidon in Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow at Carnegie Hall. In his final Broadway role, he played Almaviva in Once Over Lightly in 1942 with Igor Gorin and Grace Panvini; the production was based on Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville. In 1940, <mask> again recorded for Victor Records, and continued to be heard on radio in musical programs such as The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, and Music Hall of the Air (Radio City Music Hall), and the game program So You Think You Know Music. <mask> also served in World War II, and was present at Guadalcanal. 1946 was an eventful and prosperous year for <mask>. Not only did he continue to be very active in radio, but he also signed with Decca Records and became a member of the

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texts: Metropolitan Opera. While at Decca, he recorded operettas and popular songs, and was a vocalist with the Guy Lombardo and Russ Morgan orchestras.For his debut at the Met, <mask> sang the role of Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, the same role he did in the English-language version of the opera Once Over Lightly four years prior. He remained at the Met until 1950, but also continued to appear on radio in series including The Pet Milk Show and The American Album of Familiar Music. <mask> had his own television series, <mask> Sings, in the early 1950s, airing every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. His other television work included appearances on NBC Television Concert Hall in 1948, singing Rodolfo's aria from La bohème on Your Show of Shows in April 1950, and performing Christmas hymns on a holiday edition of Juvenile Jury in December 1951. During this time, <mask> also created more records for RCA Victor including the tenor roles in excerpts from Victor Herbert operettas with soprano Doretta Morrow. After leaving the Met, <mask> appeared for two months at the Capitol Theatre, then spent the next several years giving concerts (appearing with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, among others), performing in summer stock, and working supper- and nightclubs. In 1960, he and Mimi Benzell did an album from the musicals Can-Can and Kiss Me, Kate for Design Records.On television, <mask> was an occasional guest on late-night talk programs such as The Jack Paar Show in September 1961. Toward the end of the 1960s, <mask> had grown fatigued of constant traveling and launched yet another music career, this time, as a vocal teacher. His students included both Broadway and opera singers, and he continued to teach for the

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While on the set of Babes in Toyland, <mask> fell in love with fellow co-star Alice Moore, who played the Queen of Hearts. They eloped to Yuma, Arizona and married there on October 17, 1935. They divorced on March 14, 1939.In 1940, <mask> married Ethel Blume, a radio actress who appeared on The Adventures of Helen, The Aldrich Family, Easy Aces, John's Other Wife, and Joyce Jordan, M.D. The two had one child, <mask> <mask> II, who at one point would star in an episode of Juvenile Jury in 1954. Death
<mask> died on June 18, 1998 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, New York City, and was survived by his wife and son. He is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. Not long before his death, <mask> told writer Laura Wagner (Classic Images, June 1998): "I did my best, I tried to be a nice guy. I helped people whenever I could, and I never complained. ... For a country boy from a cotton patch in Macon, Georgia—I think I did pretty good."His wife, Ethel Blume, died in Brookline, Massachusetts on January 16, 2014, two days after her 95th birthday. Filmography

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<mask>  (born 10 March 1960) is an Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and a friar of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Since 12 November 2014, he has been the ninth Catholic Archbishop of Sydney. He served as the third Bishop of Parramatta from 4 March 2010 to 12 November 2014, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney. Early life and education
<mask> was born the eldest of five children in Crows Nest, Sydney, to Gloria Maguregui, whose father was of Spanish Basque origin and whose mother was half Italian and half Romanian – she migrated with her family to Australia from Asia in the 1950s – and <mask>, a pharmacist from Ashfield with Anglo-Irish roots. He was baptised at St Therese's Church, Lakemba and attended the parish school in 1965 and 1966. The <mask> family lived in Belmore, Canterbury and Wiley Park before moving to Longueville and Manly. <mask> attended St Michael's Primary School in Lane Cove, Holy Cross College Ryde and Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, where he was dux in 1977.He studied at the University of Sydney for six years, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in history with first-class honours and a Bachelor of Laws. He then practised law at the commercial law firm Clayton Utz where he drafted contracts for the redevelopment of the Queen Victoria Building. He took leave from his job as a lawyer to go backpacking around Europe to discern his vocation. Priesthood
<mask> entered the Order of Preachers in 1985 and studied for the priesthood in Melbourne, receiving an honours degree in theology from the Yarra Theological Union, a member institution of the Melbourne College of Divinity (now called the University of Divinity). He worked for a time at Uniya, a centre for social research in Kings Cross, on immigration and refugee issues, and at Holy Name Parish in Wahroonga, Sydney. He was ordained to the priesthood at Holy Name Church in Wahroonga by Eusebius Crawford OP, Bishop of Gizo, on 14

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texts: September 1991. He undertook doctoral studies in bioethics at the University of Oxford until 1995, matriculating from University College, while residing at Blackfriars Hall.His Doctor of Philosophy degree was granted for a thesis on "Justice in the Allocation of Healthcare". His academic work has included lecturing in Australia and overseas and publishing many books and articles on bioethics and morality. In 1994 he appeared on two British television programs, the bioethics series Brave New World and a special edition of the live discussion program After Dark. From 1995–2000, <mask> was a lecturer at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. From 2000 to 2003 he was the foundation director of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne, the Australian campus of a postgraduate pontifical institute with nine campuses around the world. The principal work of the institute was in teaching and research on questions concerning respect for human life and the dignity of the person and support for marriage and family life. The Australian campus ceased operations in December 2018.He is ex officio  chancellor of the Catholic Institute of Sydney (having previously served as the deputy-chancellor) and Adjunct Professor of Bioethics at the University of Notre Dame Australia. Prior to his episcopal appointment, <mask> was the Master of Students (seminarians) and Socius (deputy) to the prior provincial of the Dominican order in Australia and New Zealand. In the Melbourne archdiocese, he was Episcopal Vicar for Healthcare, spokesman for the archdiocese on matters of ethics, a visiting lecturer at the Catholic Theological College and secretary to the Senate of Priests. His community engagements have included being Chaplain to the Parliament of Victoria, a member of the Infertility Treatment Authority of Victoria, chair or member of several hospital ethics committees, a conventual chaplain ad honorem to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and a

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 chaplain to various other organisations. He has also had various engagements in parish life and the pastoral care of the handicapped and the dying. In August 2003, <mask> debated euthanasia activist Philip Nitschke at the Great Hall of the University of Sydney. Episcopate

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<mask> was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Sydney and titular Bishop of Buruni by Pope John Paul II on 16 July 2003 and consecrated by Cardinal George Pell at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on 3 September 2003.He took "Speaking the truth in love" (Ephesians 4:15) as his episcopal motto. He was the parish priest of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Watsons Bay and Episcopal Vicar for Life and Health in the Archdiocese of Sydney, as well as serving on the Australian Bishops' Commission for Doctrine and Morals and as chair of the Catholic Schools Board, chair of the Catholic Education Commission of New South Wales, deputy chancellor of the Catholic Institute of Sydney and an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia. He has been a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life since 2004. <mask> was the organiser of World Youth Day 2008 held in Sydney. This was the largest youth gathering and largest religious event ever held in Australia. It attracted 250,000 young people for a week-long festival and 400,000 people for the final Mass with Pope Benedict XVI, which was held at Randwick Racecourse. Bishop of Parramatta
<mask> was named the third Bishop of Parramatta by Pope Benedict XVI on 8 January 2010 and was installed on 4 March 2010 in St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta.As Bishop of Parramatta, <mask> oversaw the implementation of Faith in Our Future, the pastoral plan for the Diocese of Parramatta, which focussed on growing and sharing faith in the areas of families, youth, ethnicity, vocations and evangelisation. Under his episcopate, <mask> continued as chair of the Catholic Education Commission of New South Wales and adjunct professor in theology

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 at the University of Notre Dame Australia. He was also a member of the company of the Australian Catholic University and served as a member of the Australian Bishops' Commission for Pastoral Life, as chair of the Anti-Euthanasia Task Force and as the Bishops' Delegate for Youth. <mask> issued a number of pastoral letters to priests and the faithful of the diocese on the themes of confession ("Come back to Me with all your heart", Lent 2011), pastoral planning ("Faith in Our Future", Lent 2012), the child abuse crisis (with the other New South Wales bishops, "Sowing in Tears", Lent 2013), Personal Vocation ("Thy Kingdom Come", Christ the King 2013) and the Eucharist ("This Wonderful Sacrament", Corpus Christi 2014). Following a significant increase in vocations to the priesthood in the Diocese of Parramatta, he directed the building of the new Seminary of the Holy Spirit at Harris Park. On 20 December 2011, he received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Notre Dame Australia. Archbishop of Sydney
On 18 September 2014, Pope Francis appointed <mask> as Archbishop of Sydney.The next day, <mask> called for harmony in the community in light of counter-terrorism raids that had just begun. He said, "As a religious leader though I think people of faith have something very important to do and to say at the moment. [These are] troubled times in our world and even in our own city. We need to bring some calm and some restraint and some wisdom at this time." <mask> was installed as Archbishop of Sydney on 12 November 2014 in a ceremony attended by the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Clover Moore), the Premier of New South Wales (Mike Baird) and John Howard, a former Prime Minister of Australia, as well as other politicians and leaders of Orthodox Christian and other religious communities in Sydney. On 6 May 2015, Pope Francis appointed <mask> a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. On 13 August 2015, <mask> debated world renown moral philosopher,


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In July 2008, when asked at a World Youth Day press conference about an alleged case of clerical sexual abuse in Melbourne years earlier, <mask> said: "Happily, I think most of Australia was enjoying delighting in the beauty and goodness of these young people and the hope — the hope for us doing these sorts of things better in the future — as we saw last night [at World Youth Day], rather than, than dwelling crankily, as a few people are doing, on old wounds." The father of the alleged victims and advocates for survivors of abuse reacted angrily and criticised <mask>'s language. One said: "We've had non-stop calls from family members who are angry and distressed about this young Bishop's response." <mask> later said his comment was taken out of context: "I called

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 the reporters cranky and, boy, did I get jumped upon ... they said I was calling the abuse victims cranky, which I certainly wasn't doing." When he became archbishop, <mask> committed the church to doing better in its response to child sexual abuse cases. Upon being named archbishop, he said, "Victims of abuse and all young people must come first – no excuses, no cover-ups. The Church must do better in this area and I am committed to playing a leading role in regaining the confidence of the community and of our own members."He stated that the "Church in Australia is going through a period of public scrutiny and self-examination" and expressed his hope that it "will emerge from this purified, humbler, more compassionate and spiritually regenerated." He lamented the institutionalised child sexual abuse that occurred historically in his former Diocese of Parramatta and took the opportunity to apologise for what he acknowledged as the Church's failure to properly assist victims. Speaking of previous abuse cases, he reiterated his desire for openness and change saying, "We want to make sure every child is safe and cherished going forward." At the Mass for his installation as Archbishop of Sydney, <mask> said: "To survivors of abuse and all affected I say: the Church is - I am - profoundly sorry for what happened. All young people must be cherished and protected. The Church can do better and I am committed to giving a lead in this area. I pray that the Church will emerge from this period of public scrutiny humbler, more compassionate and spiritually regenerated.Only then will we regain credibility and trust in many people's eyes." He repeated this apology at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and held a service of Prayers of Forgiveness and Reparation at St Mary's Cathedral following the release of the commission's final report. Views

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<mask> has consistently opposed the legalisation of same-sex marriage. According to The Independent newspaper, this is "part of his general stance against increased rights for LGBT people." New Ways Ministry has drawn attention to a number of "LGBT-negative statements" <mask> has made. In March 2017, <mask> stated that businesses such as Qantas and Telstra should not sponsor Pride events aimed at supporting LGBT staff or encouraging non-discrimination, nor lobby in favour of the legalisation of same-sex marriage. He accused private sector chief executives of applying "pink bans" to other companies or executives that did not support such issues. In August 2017, during the political debate to determine whether Australia should introduce same-sex marriage, <mask> argued that religious schools, charities and hospitals could be coerced to comply with the "new view of marriage" if the majority of Australians opted for a change in legislation and that teachers would not be free to follow the "traditional" church teaching on

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 marriage, but instead be forced to teach a more "politically correct" curriculum. He said that religious believers would be vulnerable to discrimination suits and could even lose their jobs if same-sex marriage is legalised.He also wrote a letter to all parents of children in Catholic schools across New South Wales to advise them to vote no to a change in the law. Same-sex marriage was subsequently introduced to Australia by an act of federal parliament in December 2017 following widespread support in a national postal survey. <mask> said he was "deeply disappointed" with the result. Gonski Report
In 2017, the Turnbull Government decided to adopt the key recommendations of the 2011 Gonski Report commissioned by the Gillard Government. There were concerns from the Opposition and other faith-based education providers that the needs-based funding model the Government proposed to adopt would disproportionately affect faith-based schools. In response, <mask> welcomed the Government's decision to adopt a needs-based funding model but decried its falling short of what Gonski recommended in his original report. He also denied all allegations that the Catholic Church was asking for special treatment for its schools with respect to funding and stated that whilst, on a cursory examination, needs-based funding seemed equitable, it would disproportionately affect students from poor socioeconomic backgrounds in low-fee Catholic schools.Writings

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Australian people of Basque descent
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<mask> (born December 11, 1950, in Bronxville, New York), is an entertainment lawyer and manager who specializes in representing rock and roll acts, as well as independent investors, music publishing catalogs, and independent music labels. He has represented over 30 acts in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, including The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5, Carlos Santana, Aerosmith, The Beach Boys, ZZ Top, Fleetwood Mac, Bee Gees, Earth, Wind And Fire, <mask> and The Doors, which is believed to be more than any other entertainment attorney. As a partner and head of the Music Department in the entertainment law firm of Ziffren Brittenham, Branca is one of a handful of attorneys to have been included in all editions of the prestigious Best Lawyers in America. Marquis Who's Who named Branca the World's #1 Music Attorney in 2019. Branca is currently the chairman of The Michael Jackson Company, and serves as Co-Executor of the Michael Jackson Estate. Billboard named Branca its 2016 "Lawyer of the Year"

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His mother, Barbara May Theresa Werle (October 6, 1928 - January 1, 2013) was an entertainer and Harvest Moon Ball winner who danced on The Ed Sullivan Show. Werle's acting credits include the Elvis Presley films Tickle Me, Harum Scarum (1965) and Charro!(1969); Battle of the Bulge (1965), The Rare Breed (1966), Gunfight in Abilene (1967) and Krakatoa, East of Java (1968), as well as recurring roles in the television series San Francisco International Airport (1970–1971) and The Virginian, during the 1960s and 1970s. She moved to Los Angeles when Branca was four to pursue her show business career. <mask> lived with his father, also named <mask>, who later served as the New York State Athletic Commissioner. (His uncle, <mask>, pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers for many years, including the 1947 World Series. He is portrayed in the Jackie Robinson biopic 42 as one of Robinson's earliest

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 supporters.) At age 11, <mask> moved to LA, and at 13, started a rock band, The Other Half, for which he played guitar. Three years later, he played with a band that occasionally opened for The Doors at LA's Hullabaloo Club.He majored in music at Los Angeles City College before transferring to Occidental College. Upon graduating, he enrolled at UCLA School of Law, serving as editor-in-chief of one of the law reviews, and received his degree in 1975. While working as an estate planner at the firm of Kindel & Anderson, <mask> came across a Time profile of <mask> which mentioned entertainment lawyers. <mask> realized that this field of law was his true calling. Career highlights

Michael Jackson

<mask> was hired by Jackson after he fired his father Joseph Jackson as his manager of his career. He was also an instrumental in the production and release of Michael Jackson's Thriller short film. Before Thriller, music videos typically had budgets of $50,000—however, Jackson spent over $1 million on the music video of Thriller.<mask> financed it by persuading Showtime to pay $1.2 million for a Making of "Thriller" video, the first "making of" documentary for a music video. In the video, Jackson turns into a werewolf. At the time, Jackson was a Jehovah's Witness, and church elders berated him for promoting demonology. Jackson ordered <mask>, who had the sole copy, to destroy it. <mask> told Jackson that Bela Lugosi, whom Jackson adored, and who played Dracula in the movies, was also religious and had put a disclaimer at the beginning of Dracula stating that he didn't endorse vampirism. This anecdote persuaded Jackson to put a similar disclaimer on Thriller and allow it to be released. In the five days following, the Thriller album - already out for 1½ years, sold another million copies.Ultimately, Thriller sold an estimated 110 million copies. The success of the video caused rock groups and record companies to

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 toured from 2011 to 2014 and closed as the eighth-highest-grossing tour of all time; a second, permanent "Cirque" show, Michael Jackson: One at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, which opened in June 2013 and of which he is also a producer; a best-selling Ubisoft video game; a Spike Lee documentary, Bad 25, which Branca also served as producer; the 2014 #1 hit album Xscape; and the "Slave to the Rhythm" "holographic" Jackson performance featured at the Billboard Music Awards, the first of its kind. Additionally, Branca and the estate brought in Tony Award winning Director/Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage to create MJ the Musical, opening in February 2022, and an upcoming feature film about Jackson’s career produced by Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) producer Graham King that Branca hopes will become “the largest grossing, most acclaimed biopic in the history of Hollywood.”

Since Jackson's passing, the Jackson estate has generated $600 million in income, erasing the $500 million debt it maintained at the time Jackson died. In May 2013, the CBS news show 60 Minutes did a segment about the estate and called this turn-around "the most remarkable financial and image resurrection in pop culture history." In 2019 follow by the release of Leaving Neverland, focuses on two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who allege they were sexually abused as children by the singer, he and the rest of the estate condemned it as a "tabloid character assassination". The issues has cause them to filed a $100 million lawsuit against HBO, petitioning a court to compel their arbitrate cooperation regarding the film's broadcast. As Jackson is dead, HBO cannot be sued for defamation. Instead, the estate claimed HBO had violated a 1992 agreement never to disparage Jackson's public image, stipulated in the terms for broadcasting his concert film Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour.Eventually, he and


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 the estate sued at HBO for violating a non-disparagement clause in a 1992 contract by agreeing to run the documentary. The suit sought to compel HBO to litigate the issue in a public arbitration process and claimed that the estate could be awarded $100 million or more in damages. The suit accused HBO of fabricating lies with a financial motive. HBO did not stop the airing of the documentary on March 3. On September 19, Judge George Wu tentatively denied HBO's motion to dismiss the estate's lawsuit. Branca said HBO has been trying to suppress the other side of the story. "I've never seen a media organization fight so hard to keep a secret," Branca said.On the following day, Judge Wu gave a final ruling to deny HBO's motion to dismiss the case, granting the Jackson estate's motion to compel arbitration. On October 21, 2019, HBO filed a Notice of Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking appellate review of the District Court's order granting the Jackson estate's Motion to Compel Arbitration and shortly after applied for a stay of the arbitration proceedings. However, on November 7, he and the estate lost with HBO won its motion to stay the arbitration proceedings leading Branca to pending HBO's appeal to the Ninth Circuit. Artist representation
For the Rolling Stones' 1989 Steel Wheels tour, Branca crafted a deal which, for the first time, centralized ticket sales, sponsorships, promotions and logistics with a national promoter, rather than numerous local promoters. Today, virtually all major concert tours follow this model. In 1991, Branca put together what's considered rock's first mega-deal, a four-album deal for Aerosmith with Sony, estimated to be worth $50 million. In 2005, Branca brokered a ground-breaking 360 deal between Korn and EMI, which made EMI a partner in all of Korn's operations.EMI earned a stake in all of Korn's touring and merchandise, instead of only


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In 1985, Branca facilitated one of the most famous music publishing deals in history, the purchase of ATV Music Publishing for Michael Jackson. In 2008, changes in the tax law that allowed songwriters to pay a small capital gains tax instead of a larger income tax prompted Branca to advise some of his clients that this was the perfect time to sell their music publishing catalogs, thereby establishing new precedents in valuation. Ensuing sales included: Kurt Cobain and Nirvana copyrights; Steve Tyler's Aerosmith publishing catalog of 160 songs to Primary Wave Music Publishing for $50 million; Julian Lennon's share of The Beatles' royalties, and the catalog of the legendary song-writing team of Leiber & Stoller to Sony/ATV, which created a new yardstick by which the worth of catalogs was measured. He also sold Berry Gordy's Jobete Music

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 to EMI, which changed the method and standard by which catalogs were valued. In 2009, Branca beat out Wall Street investment banking houses to represent the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and sold their catalog for an excess of $200 million, despite predictions by the Wall Street Journal and others that the catalog wouldn't fetch more than $150 million.He also represented Sony Corporation of America in the $2.2 Billion acquisition of EMI Music Publishing and EMI and Sony/ATV in the sale of the Virgin Music catalogue. In addition, Branca helped songwriters such as Don Henley of The Eagles regain copyrights of their songs, or to help them secure royalties that they've lost, as he did with <mask> of Creedence Clearwater Revival. These deals prompted Marty Bandier, CEO and chairman of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, to call <mask> the "number one music publishing lawyer in the country." Personal life

At Branca's first wedding, Michael Jackson was Best Man and Little Richard Penniman served as minister. <mask> currently lives in the gated community of Beverly Park in Los Angeles, California. His home has been described as a palatial estate that "resembles a vine-covered Italian villa" with such celebrities as Rod Stewart, Brian Wilson, Sylvester Stallone, Eddie Murphy and Denzel Washington living nearby. He has two sons, <mask> and Dylan Gregory from his second marriage, and a daughter, Jessica, from his first.In March, 2019, <mask> married for the third time to model and actress Jenna Hurt, 34, at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles. Public service
<mask> helped Buddy Arnold form the Musicians Assistance Program, which later merged with MusiCares, which provides help to members of the music industry who need treatment for drug and alcohol addiction, as well as assistance for other financial, medical and personal crises. He currently serves as Chair Emeritus of Musicares. For his support, the Grammy Foundation

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 honored him with its 2012 Service Award. Additionally, he is on the Board of the Grammy Museum, the Board of Trustees of Occidental College and on the Executive Committee of UCLA's Pauley Pavilion Renovation Campaign Committee, the goal of which is to transform the pavilion into a world-class sports and cultural facility for the university and community. Branca is a member of the Advisory Council for the Barack Obama Scholars Program at Occidental College. Through his work on behalf of Jackson's Estate <mask> has become outspoken advocate of protecting the deceased from defamation.At a June, 2019, UCLA Law School panel titled “Truth Be Told? Documentary Films Today,<mask> stated: “The purpose of the First Amendment is supposedly getting at the truth, but the lack of defamation protection for an individual no longer living isn’t helpful in that regard. If copyright protection is life plus 75 years, there’s no reason a defamation suit shouldn’t be life plus 20, 30 or even 40 years.”

<mask> is a Distinguished Alumni of Los Angeles City College. He also co-founded Club 42, an integrated youth baseball league honoring Jackie Robinson, a teammate and friend of <mask>'s uncle, Ralph, on the Brooklyn Dodgers, and Branca serves as a director of the Jackie Robinson Foundation. In 2020, Branca was named to the Inaugural Board of Advisors for the Dean of the Herb Albert School of Music at UCLA. Hobbies
<mask> is an ardent baseball card collector, and has many rare cards. He also has a noted collection of Italian antiques, and is an ardent basketball and music fan.References

Sources
Website: www.johnbranca.com
Musicares and Musicians' Assistance Program Merge To Provide Assistance
The Emotions and Magnificence of <mask>'s Card Collection
<mask> Represents Musicians
Recording Stars Challenge Record Labels
Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine – 2005 – Profile of <mask>

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<mask> (28 December 1842 - 9 July 1920) - in religious Angelico - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who founded the Franciscan Sisters of the Lord. Lipani settled on the religious life (despite his parents insisting he become a diocesan priest instead) but later joined the Franciscans after his parents relented; he did his religious formation as well as his theological and philosophical studies in Palermo where he was ordained in 1865. But new legislation forced religious orders to dissolve and he instead began to serve as a teacher in Caltanissetta for over two decades before being given a parish church to renovate and act from. He later was able to help restore his order in the region and founded a religious congregation dedicated to tending to the poor. The beatification process for Lipani had opened in the late 1990s in the Caltanissetta diocese and he became titled as a Servant of God; he became titled as Venerable in mid-2019 after Pope Francis confirmed that Lipani had practiced heroic virtue throughout his life. Life
<mask> was born on 28 December 1842 in Caltanissetta as the sixth of eight children born to <mask> and Calogera Raitano. He was baptized on his birthdate in his local parish church.His siblings (in order) were:
 Pietro
 Pietro
 Benedetto Michele
 Michele
 Michelangelo
 Damiana
 Teresa
He received his Confirmation in 1849 from the first Bishop of Caltanissetta Antonino Maria Stromillo. He had expressed a desire to become a priest in a religious congregation despite his parents opposing that idea. His parents suggested to him that it would be better that he enter the diocesan priesthood so that he could remain in his hometown; this was important to them more so since his brother Pietro - a diocesan priest - died not long after his ordination in their

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texts: hometown due to bronchopneumonia. But Lipani had settled on the religious life and it was strong enough that his parents later relented and gave him their blessing. Lipani entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin at their convent in Caccamo near Palermo to commence his novitiate period on 23 October 1861; he received the habit and also assumed the religious name of "Angelico". He completed his novitiate period on 24 October 1862 and made his initial profession that December before he was transferred to Palermo to undergo his philosophical and theological studies under the Jesuits. He made his solemn profession on 23 October 1865 and received his elevation to the diaconate on 1 November 1865 from Bishop Agostino Franco.<mask> received his ordination to the priesthood on 3 December 1865 from Archbishop Domenico Maria Ciluffo e Costa. <mask> decided to remain in Palermo so that he could complete his studies. But his time in the religious life would be short lived since legislation was enforced not long after his ordination that suppressed religious congregations. This forced him to set aside his habit and leave the convent and take up the diocesan clerical cassock. He placed himself under the direction of the Bishop of Caltanissetta Giovanni Battista Guttardauro and awaited his next assignment. He obtained permission from the bishop in 1868 to preach and began to dedicate himself to the spiritual direction and material assistance of the Third Order Franciscans in the area while in 1874 being assigned to teach Latin grammar to seminarians which he did until 1899. During this period he had helped to form three future bishops as well as a prominent medical professor and the future canon Michele Gerbino (whom he would later collaborate with towards the end of his life).The bishop also made him the rector for a small church on the diocese's

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texts: outskirts named Signore della Città and it was there that he began renovations and promoted collections for the poor; the renovations were completed in 1877. In September 1883 he acquired several houses that he renovated for the families of the sulphur miners that died in the mine collapses in Gessolungo in 1881 and Tumminelli in 1882. In October 1884 he worked with twelve orphans to pick out a house for them while aiding two women in becoming professed religious. This formed the basis for his religious congregation that he founded on 15 October 1885 called the Franciscan Sisters of the Lord. The order received diocesan approval from Bishop Ignazio Zuccaro while the Countess Adelaide Testasecca became a great benefactor for the order and would provide art pieces to them. Lipani also promoted Catholic publishing through the Svegliarino dei Terziari Francescani publication that began in December 1879 and was published each month; he wrote articles himself to explain the Third Order Franciscans as well as other spiritual topics. He also was a big promoter of social justice initiatives in favor of the poor and ministered to those who were poor in the area.In 1899 the bishop gave him the San Michele alle Calcare convent to replenish the order in that region in gratitude for his work as a teacher and among the poor. In September 1912 his health started to decline and so he attained permission from the Provincial Minister for permission to live with his two sisters at home. His sisters Damiana and Teresa looked after him. <mask> died in mid-1920 at his home and since 19 October 1947 his remains are housed in his old church after his remains were transferred from a grave at Santa Maria degli Angeli. The decree of praise came from Pope Pius XII - himself a Third Order Franciscan - on 7 December 1950 and full papal approval for his order came from


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 Pope John XXIII - also a Third Order Franciscan - on 30 August 1960. In late 2008 his order had 310 sisters in 54 houses in places such as the Philippines while their general headquarters is located in Rome. Beatification process
The beatification process for the late priest launched on 30 June 1997 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints titled Lipani as a Servant of God and issued the official "nihil obstat" (no objections) edict that declared no impediments would prevent the cause being launched.The Caltanissetta diocese launched a diocesan process of investigation on 11 October 1997 and later closed it on 9 July 2001; the C.C.S. in Rome validated this process on 2 May 2008 after determining it completed its work and adhered to C.C.S. rules for conducting causes. The postulation (officials in charge of the cause) submitted the official Positio dossier to the C.C.S. on 23 February 2016 for evaluation. Nine theologians issued their unanimous approval to the cause on 17 January 2019 as did the C.C.S. cardinal and bishop members later on 18 June 2019.<mask> became titled as Venerable on 5 July 2019 after Pope Francis confirmed that the late priest had practiced heroic virtue throughout his life to a sufficient degree. The current postulator for this cause is the Capuchin priest Carlo Calloni. References

External links
 Hagiography Circle
 Official website
 Conferenza Italiana Ministri Provinciali Cappuccini

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<mask> (3 July 1918 – September 2006) was a Spanish film actor, who made over 85 appearances in film between 1956 and 1982. He is a familiar face in Italian westerns, having appeared in a total of 32 Spaghetti Western films throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. <mask> is probably best known for his roles in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western films of the 1960s and 1970s, portraying minor characters in the trilogy of films A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), and Once Upon a Time in the West in 1968. He acted in many other westerns prolifically including the tortured sheriff in Four of the Apocalypse (1975). His most notable role in Leone's films (where he is more recognizable) is in For a Few Dollars More when he plays the character of a cornered enemy of the main evil villain who tortures him and murders his family before killing him. <mask> died in September 2006 in Madrid. Taylor
 Navajo Joe (1966) - <mask> - Member of Duncan's Gang
 The Big Gundown (1966) - Dave - Pioneer (uncredited)
 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Clem, Member of Angel Eyes' Gang
 Con la muerte a la espalda (1967) - Electra Agent
 Face to Face (1967) - Wallace (uncredited)
 Train for Durango (1968) - Safe Guard (uncredited)
 A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968) - Bounty

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 All'ultimo sangue (1968) - Gunman (uncredited)
 ...dai nemici mi guardo io!(1968) - Jack Garland (uncredited)
 Los que tocan el piano (1968) - Entrenador
 Uno a uno sin piedad (1968) - Bartender
 The Cats (1968)
 They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968) - Man at Control Center (uncredited)
 The Mercenary (1968) - Officer
 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) - 2nd Member of Cheyenne's Gang (uncredited)
 Cemetery Without Crosses (1969) - Rogers Ranch Hand (uncredited)
 El taxi de los conflictos (1969) - Policía
 Battle of the Commandos (1969) - Pvt. Bernard Knowles
 Garringo (1969) - Deputy Sheriff Tom
 Taste of Vengeance (1969) - Bandit Leader
 A Bullet for Sandoval (1969) - Confederate Corporal (uncredited)
 The Price of Power (1969) - Brett (uncredited)
 Manos torpes (1970)
 Un par de asesinos (1970) - Deputy
 Arriva Sabata! (1970) - Man in Sheriff's Office
 Compañeros (1970) - Captain Jim
 Uccidi Django... uccidi per primo!!! (1971)
 Un aller simple (1971) - (uncredited)
 Si estás muerto, ¿por qué bailas? (1971) - McClintey
 Boulevard du Rhum (1971) - Un tireur (uncredited)
 Su le mani, cadavere! Sei in arresto (1971) - Ballor
 Long Live Your Death (1971) - Mr. Callofen (uncredited)
 La cera virgen (1972)
 La garbanza negra, que en paz descanse... (1972)
 Cerco de terror (1972) - Willy
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 Dans la poussière du soleil (1972) - Swann
 Condenados a vivir (1972) - Soldier
 Sonny and Jed (1972) - Croupier (uncredited)
 Il coltello di ghiaccio (1972) - Vice-commissioner
 What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution? (1972)
 Secuestro a la española (1972)
 The Scarlet Letter (1973) - Captain
 Ricco (1973)
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 Fasthand (1973) - Jack, Hearse Driver (uncredited)
 Santo contra el doctor Muerte (1973)
 Las señoritas de mala compañía (1973) - Mozo 3
 Onofre (1974) - Comisario
 El padrino y sus ahijadas (1974) - Defensor
 Odio mi cuerpo (1974) - Cliente del Night Club
 Vacaciones sangrientas (1974)
 The White, the Yellow, and the Black (1975) - Colonel
 Four of the Apocalypse (1975) - Sheriff Being Tortured (uncredited)
 Night of the Walking Dead (1975) - Patrick
 El comisario G. en el caso del cabaret (1975)
 Con la música a otra parte (1975)
 Muerte de un quinqui (1975)
 El libro de buen amor II (1976) - Justicia
 Guerreras verdes (1976) - Guardia Civil
 Un día con Sergio (1977) - Camarero
 El espiritista (1977)
 Cabo de vara (1978) - (final film role)

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Clotilde-<mask> (November 21, 1871 – June 7, 1946)  was a French scientist primarily known for her discovery with her mentor Paul Carnot of Hémopoïétine" (erythropoietin). She also pioneered work that led to the development of organ transplantation. She was the first woman in France to receive both a "docteur en médicine” (doctorate in medicine) and a docteur ès naturel sciences (doctorate in natural sciences). Early life and education
Deflandre was born in the 7th arrondissement of Paris on November 21, 1871. Her father, Gustave Edouard Deflandre (1851-1909) was a railroad employee,  a composer of religious music, and an organist at Dom Rue Simart 3 in Paris. Her mother, Marie Eugénie Giboz (1848-1938), was born in Autouillet, a commune in the Yvelines department of Northern France. She was working as a shop clerk at the time of her marriage to Deflandre in Paris on Sept 14, 1871.The Deflandres had three children, Jules Gustave (1870-1921), Clotilde and Georges Edouard  (1876- ). Jules Gustave was the father of the paleogeologist <mask> (1897-1973). Career and research
In 1895, Mlle. Deflandre was working in the laboratory of Augustin Nicolas Gilbert at the hospital Broussais in Paris with Carnot. Her study, examining the ability of skin grafts from black guinea pigs to persist in white guinea pigs, had a profound effect on the modern field of organ transplantation and was cited byPeter Medawar winner of the 1960 Nobel Prize for his work on immunocompetence. Medawar referring to her paper stated that ”it has been known for fifty years that if black guinea pig skin is grafted to a white area on the same animal, a process that may non-committally

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 be called infection takes place: the white skin that surrounds the black graft blackens centrifugally. Conversely, white skin grafted to a black area in due course blackens.”   He formulated the hypothesis that differentiated cells in the adult organism “breed true and preserve forever in cellular inheritance their specificity of histological type", an important concept that led to the further development of tissue transplantation.In 1903, Mlle. <mask> received a docteur-ès-sciences from the University of Lille on “Fonction adipogénique du foie dans la série animale” (The adipogenic function of the liver in a series of animals) again with Carnot and Gilbert in Paris. She was only the fourth woman to receive a docteur-ès-sciences in France. The others included the astronomer Dorothea Klumpke, Mlle. Rodeau- Lozeau and the Nobel Prize winner, Marie Curie. Deflandre's work grew out of the interest of 19th century biologists, especially Claude Bernard, on the metabolic functions of the liver. She methodically studied adipo -hepatic function in a series of invertebrates and vertebrates.She also examined the ability of a fatty liver to repair damage from drugs such as cocaine

After working as a school teacher at the Collège de Jeunes Filles in Rouen, Mlle. Deflandre resumed her studies for her docteur en médicine. Carnot and Gilbert had a long-standing interest in opotherapy— the use of an organ extract to replace a missing humoral factor. Carnot's quest for a hematopoietic stimulating substance found in blood was firmly in this tradition. Working again with Carnot in Gilbert's laboratory, Deflandre set out to determine the factors that control red blood


texts: cell production for her thesis work. Carnot and Deflandre showed that injecting a small amount of the serum of a rabbit that had been previously bled resulted in an considerable increase in red blood cells the day after injection in normal recipient rabbits. They also showed that while the serum from an animal that had been bled was active, that of a normal animal was not.They found that the serum, rather than the formed elements of the blood, was responsible for the activity. Repeated bleeding resulted in an increase in serum activity. They named this substance hémopoïétine and postulated that it was a member of a group of cytopoïetines, now referred to as cytokines. Between 1906 and 1907, two articles by Carnot and Deflandre appeared in the “Comptes Rendus de L’Académie des Science”:  describing the existence of a blood borne factor that could stimulate red blood cell production and the possible clinical application of this serum. These articles laid the intellectual foundation for the entire field of growth factors—that is proteins that are produced at one site and act on a distant target cell population. The first report received attention in both the scientific community and in the press. Deflandre ’s thesis for her docteur en médicine "Les Applications du Sérum Hémopoïétique" (The applications of hematopoietic serum) was approved by the Pharmacy Faculty of the University of Lille in 1910.The failure to reproduce her findings led to the loss of interest in this work. However, in 1947 Eva Bonsdorff and colleagues were able to reproduce the initial findings of Carnot and Deflandre and renamed the active substance erythropoietin. World-wide sales


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 of recombinant erythropoietin were around $7 billion in 2012

Late in her career and after her marriage to Dr. Léon Dufour,  Deflandre began a collaboration with Gaston Roussel (1877-1947) at the Roussel-Uclaf laboratories, one of the forerunner companies of Sanofi. Roussel had trained as a veterinarian and received a doctorate in medicine at the University of Paris. While there, he became acquainted with the work of Carnot and Deflandre, repeated their initial experiments and then used horses to scale up production of hémopoïtine for commercial use. His first product, Hemostyl, was widely used until the 1950s for treatment of anemia. Gaston and Deflandre (as Dufour-Deflandre) published a series of studies on the mineral content of embryonic materials as part of the continuing work of the Roussel laboratories to isolate active agents from organs for clinical use, again guided by the principles of opotherapy.Roussel Laboratories was among the first to produce steroid hormones for medical use. Personal life
Deflandre married Dr. Léon Adolphe Dufour on the 8th of November in 1921 in the 18th arrondissement in Paris. Dufour was a pioneer in infant nutrition working primarily in Fécamp in Normandy. He was the founder of the “Goutte de lait” (Drop of milk), an organization that devised safer methods of infant feeding to reduce childhood mortality  Dufour died on May 23, 1928. Deflandre was also the aunt of <mask> (1897-1973), a noted paleo geologist. Mme. Dufour-Deflandre died at 74 on June 7, 1946 in Paris.She was buried in Eglise St. Etienne in Fécamp on June 13, 1946. References

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<mask> (December 21, 1951) is an American academic who is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. She was also the President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute. She is author or editor of more than 25 books and more than 500 articles on education policy and practice. Her work focuses on school restructuring, teacher education, and educational equity. She was education advisor to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and was reportedly among candidates for United States Secretary of Education in the Obama administration. Education
Darling-Hammond was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Darling-Hammond received her B.A.magna cum laude at Yale University in 1973, and an Ed.D. (Doctor of Education), with highest distinction, in urban education at Temple University in 1978. Career
Darling-Hammond began her career as a public school teacher in Pennsylvania, from 1973 to 1974. In 1985, after completing her doctorate degree program, she began working as a Social Scientist for the RAND Corporation. Darling-Hammond was a Senior Social Scientist and Director of the RAND Education and Human Resources Program when she departed for academia in 1989. From 1989 to 1998, Darling-Hammond was a professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She came to Stanford in 1998.In September 2015, Darling-Hammond launched the Learning Policy Institute, a research and policy think tank, with headquarters in Palo Alto, California, and an office in Washington, D.C. She serves as president and chief executive officer. In 2019 California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Darling-Hammond to succeed Michael Kirst as president of the California State Board of Education. Darling-Hammond was president of the American Educational Research Association and a member of the National Board for


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 Professional Teaching Standards. She has served on the boards of directors for the Spencer Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and the Alliance for Excellent Education. Policy work on equity, quality, and teaching
Darling-Hammond has been engaged in efforts to redesign schools. As Chair of the Model Standards Committee of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC), she led the effort to develop licensing standards for beginning teachers.As Chair of the New York State Council on Curriculum and Assessment she oversaw the process of developing the state's learning standards, curriculum frameworks, and assessments during the early 1990s. From 1994-2001, Darling-Hammond served as executive director of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, chaired by Governor James B. Hunt, a blue-ribbon panel whose work put the issue of teaching quality on the map nationally and led to sweeping policy changes affecting teaching and schooling. Under her leadership, the commission carried out a strategy to build understanding and action for leveraging major improvements. The commission developed a national coalition as well as state and local partnerships in more than 25 states that built engagement and commitment to the issue of teacher quality, leading both to legislative changes and organizational reforms of schools and teacher education programs. The commission also carried out a public education campaign that brought the issue of teacher quality to a high level of public visibility. In 2006, Education Week named the commission's lead report, "What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future," one of the most influential research studies affecting U.S. education.In 2006, Education Week said that Darling-Hammond was one of the nation's 10 most influential


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 people affecting education policy over the last decade  She has received honorary doctorates from seven universities in the United States and abroad. She has also received numerous awards for her work over the course of her career. Learning and teaching standards
While William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College, Columbia, Darling-Hammond co-founded the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching (NCREST), which documented highly successful school models and supported a range of school reform initiatives in New York and nationally. As Chair of New York State's Council on Curriculum and Assessment in the early 1990s, she helped to fashion a comprehensive school reform plan for the state that developed new learning standards and curriculum frameworks to focus on learning goals and more performance-oriented assessments. This led to an overhaul of the state Regents examinations as well as innovations in school-based performance assessments and investments in new approaches to professional development. As Chair of the Model Standards Committee of the Chief State School Officers' Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC), she led the development of licensing standards for beginning teachers. These were ultimately incorporated into the licensing standards of more than 40 states and became the foundation for a new teacher certification standards related to teaching competencies rather than merely the counting of course credits.She has been instrumental in developing performance assessments that allow teachers to demonstrate their classroom teaching skills as they are applied in practice, as an early member of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and, later as a co-founder of the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT). The PACT consortium,


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 comprising more than 30 university- and school-based teacher preparation programs, has designed and is implementing a performance assessment that examines how teachers plan, teach, and evaluate student learning in the classroom. The PACT assessments are now authorized for use in licensing California teachers. Developing schools and programs
Darling-Hammond began her career as a public school teacher and has co-founded both a preschool/day care center and a charter public high school serving low-income students of color in East Palo Alto, California. In a community where only a third of students were graduating and almost none were going onto college, this new Early College High school – which admits students by lottery – has created a pipeline to college for more than 90 percent of its graduates. The school, along with seven others, is a professional development school partner with the Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP), which prepares teachers for high-needs schools. Darling-Hammond led the redesign of the STEP program for this new program, and its successes have been acknowledged through recognition in several studies as one of the nation's top programs.Darling-Hammond has worked with dozens of schools and districts around the nation on studying, developing, and scaling up new model schools—as well as launching preparation programs for teachers and leaders. Through the School Redesign Network (SRN) at Stanford University, she worked with a network of urban districts to redesign schools and district offices. Darling-Hammond has said, "Lagging far behind our international peers in educational outcomes--and with one of the most unequal educational systems in the industrialized world--we need, I believe, something much more than and much different from what NCLB offers.” She also praised the law for drawing


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 attention to achievement gaps and for the right of all children to well-qualified teachers. She has suggested that, in addition to these major breakthroughs, “We badly need a national policy that enables schools to meet the intellectual demands of the twenty-first century (and) we need to pay off the educational debt to disadvantaged students that has accrued over centuries of unequal access to quality education.” She has suggested that federal spending on education is inadequate to achieve the goals of the law. Darling-Hammond on Teach For America
Though Darling-Hammond has acknowledged that Teach For America has brought new talent into the teaching profession, she is better known as a prominent critic of the program. In the spring of 2005, a study published by Stanford researchers including Darling-Hammond, concluded that teachers in Houston who entered without completing training and certification, including Teach For America teachers, were initially less effective than traditionally credentialed teachers and left the teaching profession at higher rates. "Our study doesn't say you shouldn't hire Teach For America teachers," said Darling-Hammond."Our study says everyone benefits from preparation, including Teach For America teachers—that they became more effective when they became certified." Candidacy for Secretary of Education
In 2008, Darling-Hammond was viewed as one of the most likely candidates for United States Secretary of Education in the Obama administration. At the time, others rumored to be under consideration included New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, Jonathan Schnur, chief executive of New Leaders, and Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of the Chicago Public Schools. Obama eventually chose Duncan for secretary of education. Citing commitments in California, Darling-Hammond later indicated


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 that she would not be taking any other positions in the Obama administration. However, Darling-Hammond's involvement in the federal government was not halted with that candidacy. In November 2020, Darling-Hammond was named the volunteer leader of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the United States Department of Education.Books
Darling-Hammond has written a number of books, including:

Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning (coauthored with Jeannie Oakes, 2019)
Empowered Educators: How High-Performing Systems Shape Teaching Quality Around the World (2017)
Be the Change: Reinventing School for Student Success (2015)
Teaching in the Flat World: Learning from High-Performing Systems (2015)
Beyond the Bubble Test: How Performance Assessments Support 21st Century Learning (2014)
Getting Teacher Evaluation Right: What Really Matters for Effectiveness and Improvement  (2013)
The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future (2010)
Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding." (coauthored with Brigid Barron, P. David Pearson, Alan H. Schoenfeld, Elizabeth K., Stage, Timothy D. Zimmerman, et al. ; 2008). Powerful teacher education: lessons from exemplary programs (2006)
Preparing Teachers for a Changing World: What Teachers Should Learn and Be Able to Do (coauthored with John Bransford, 2006)
Instructional Leadership for Systemic Change: The Story of San Diego's Reform (Leading Systemic School Improvement) (2005)
A good teacher in every classroom: preparing the highly qualified teachers our children deserve (coauthored with Joan Baratz-Snowden, 2005)
Professional development schools: schools for developing a profession (coauthored with Judith Lanier, 2005)

References

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 Current Biography (Learning Policy Institute)
 The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF)
 Past Winners of Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education

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texts: <mask> (born October 26, 1970) is an American writer and college professor. <mask> was born in Topeka, Kansas, during his father's service in the United States Air Force. His family lived briefly in Austin, Texas, before moving to Crossett, Arkansas. Except for a two-year period spent in Gloster, Mississippi, and a one-year matriculation at Louisiana Tech University, <mask> lived in Crossett until the age of twenty-eight. He has since lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1994, <mask> earned a BA in English from the University of Arkansas-Monticello. He completed his MA at the University of Louisiana-Monroe in 1997 and his PhD in Contemporary American Fiction and Film in 2006.Since 1995, <mask> has worked in higher education. He taught at the University of Louisiana-Monroe (1995-1998), Louisiana State University (1998-2004, 2006), Baton Rouge Community College (2004-2006), and the University of Alabama (2006-2012). He currently teaches creative writing, American literature, and composition as a tenured professor at the College of Southern Nevada. In 2013, Ink Brush Press published <mask>'s collection of linked short stories, The Subtle Dance of Impulse and Light. In 2014, his screenplay, Candy's First Kiss, won the New York Screenplay Contest's grand prize in horror/sci-fi; third place overall at the London Film Awards Screenwriting Competition; the Gold Prize in horror at the Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest; and Honorable Mention at the WeScreenplay International

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 Screenwriting Competition. This script also won the Grand Prize in horror at the 2015 Hollywood Screenplay Contest. This screenplay was adapted from his short story entitled "An Element of Blank," first published in The Evansville Review.<mask>'s debut novel, Comanche: A Novel, was published by Imbrifex Books in September 2020. and was generally well received. A recording of his virtual book launch is online here. <mask> lives in Henderson, Nevada, with his wife and daughter. He has two other children, a son and a daughter, both of whom live in Arkansas. He has one granddaughter. Publications
<mask> has had dozens of short stories and essays published in various literary journals, magazines, and websites. Books
 The Subtle Dance of Impulse and Light,- published by Ink Brush Press (April 2013)
 Comanche: A Novel— published by Imbrifex Books (September 2020)
 Lord of Order: A Novel— forthcoming from Imbrifex Books (April 2021)
 FREAKS: A Novel— forthcoming from Imbrifex Books (March 2022)

Screenplays
 Candy's First Kiss

Creative Nonfiction
 "My Resistance is Not the Same as Your Hate"–Published in Role Reboot (December 2016)
 "When White Privilege is a Matter of Life and Death"–Published in Role Reboot (July 2017)
 "Assault, Bigotry, and Self-Hatred: Not All Wounds Bleed"–Published in Role Reboot (August 2017)
 "Some Jokes Just Aren't Funny"–Published in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine
 "We Are All Las Vegas, But We Don't Have to Be"–Published in Role Reboot (October 2017)
 "Past, Present,

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 Popcorn"–Published in Wild Violet Literary Magazine (November 2017)
 "Was This Trip Really Necessary?59–66
 "Lost and Found"—Published in First Class 35.2 (2010) pp. 21–31
 "Doesn't Mean They're not Out to Get You"—Published in The Broadkill Review 4.4 (July/August 2010)
 "The Security System"—Published in The Broadkill Review 4.5 (September/October 2010) pp. 38–40
 "The Cat in the Backyard"—Published in Folio (fall 2010/spring 2011 issue) pp. 96–102
 "An Anecdote"—Published in The Broadkill Review 5.1 (January/February 2011) pp. 11–13
 "Dated"—Published in The Broadkill Review 5.2 (March/April 2011) pp. 25–27
 "A Transcript Found on My Hard Drive (I)"—Published in The Broadkill Review 5.3 (May/June 2011) pp. 63–64
 "Just Because You're Paranoid"—Published in The Broadkill Review 5.4 (July/August 2011) pp.62–65
 "Old Shoes"—Published in Metal Scratches issue 13 (2011) pp. 1–7
 "Hook"—Published in Allegory 18.45 (spring/summer 2012)
 "A Face to Die For"—Published in Blue Lake Review (June 2012 update)
 "The Hair on His Cape"—Published in The Evansville Review Vol. XXII (2012) pp. 16–28
  "Hot Wheels for Jesus"—Published in Big Muddy, an Interdisciplinary Journal of the Mississippi River Valley, under the name Brendan West-Moreland, 12.1 (2012) pp. 184–193
 "Phone Tag"—Published in The Mochila Review Vol. 14 (2012) pp. 80–88
 "An Ending"—Published in Separate Worlds (January/February 2013) update, pp.282–297
 "Doing It Like a Man"—Published in The Wisconsin Review 46.2 (2013) pp. 27–34
 "Fifth and


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 Cedar"—Published in Red Rock Review 32 (fall 2013) pp. 37–43
 "An Element of Blank"—Published in The Evansville Review Vol. XXIII (2013) pp. 115–128
 "What Lies in Ambush"—Published inSolstice Literary Magazine (fall/winter 2015)
 "Orville's Song"—Published in Burlesque Press Variety Show (August 2015)
 "Hyacinth"—Published in The Broadkill Review 31 (October 2017 update)
 "An Element of Blank"—Published in Nth Degree (February 2018)
 "Summer Home"—Published in f(r)iction Vol. 11 (summer 2018) pp. 8–15
 "Everyone Here Comes from Somewhere Else"—Published in The Courtship of Winds (winter 2018)
 "Closed for Storm"—Published in The Baltimore Review (winter 2018)
 "Thy Rod and Thy Staff"—Published in West Trade Review Vol.10 (spring 2019) pp. 140–155
 "Salvation is a Joke with No Punchline"—Published in Solstice Literary Magazine (spring 2019)
 "Far Away from the Path and a Little Bit Lost"—Published in Ghost Town "Mating Behaviors of Urban White Males in the Southern United States"—Published in Bluestem "Alien"—Published in The Barcelona Review (October 2019)
 "After We're Gone"–Madville Publishing's Runaway'' Anthology (2019-2020)

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1970 births
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Louisiana Tech University alumni
University of Arkansas at Monticello alumni
University of Louisiana at Monroe alumni
University of Louisiana at Monroe faculty
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<mask> (born July 12, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She rose to prominence after joining The George Duke Band in 1977. During her time with the band, she sang lead vocals on some of their biggest hits: "I Want You for Myself", "Party Down", and "Reach Out". Under the guidance of Epic Records musician and mentor George Duke, <mask> continued booking success by contributing background vocals and writing songs for many singers including Tracie Spencer, La Toya Jackson, Patrice Rushen, Anita Baker, and many other singers. <mask>'s musical genre has varied throughout her career including R&B, funk, soul, adult contemporary, old skool, psychedelia, and pop. Her artistic influences include George Duke, Chaka Khan, Marvin Gaye, and Earth, Wind, and Fire. Throughout her career, <mask> has written songs and contributed background vocals for over 100 different singers and musical groups.Known for her wide, high-reaching vocal range, she is recognized as one of the most successful and musical recorded session vocalists of the era. She has also been a back-up singer for a number of famous artists, including Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Toshinobu Kubota, as well as toured with Yanni for a short period of time, where her popularity has grown among worldwide audiences. Early life
<mask> <mask> was born in Jamestown, California, to Adeline <mask> (née Livingston) and <mask>, a Baptist minister at a local church. <mask> attended Narbonne High School in Los Angeles, California, where she enrolled in dance classes. Her singing talent was discovered when

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 she began performing in school talent shows. <mask>'s interest in music and performing continued after winning a school talent show at age sixteen along with her friends. In 1975, <mask> and Elaine Norwood entered the Battle of the Bands: Hollywood Bowl competition under the group name "Shades of Love".The duo won the contest, becoming the first vocal act in the history of the competition to win. After graduating high school at the age of 17, she received a message from a friend to audition for The George Duke Band. Career

1977–1987: The George Duke Band
At the age of 18, <mask> began a professional singing career when she joined singer/musician George Duke and his band for his tour. During this time, The George Duke Band consisted of George Duke, Josie James, Sheila E., Napoleon Murphy Brock, Charles Foster Johnson, Byron Miller, and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler. In 1978, <mask> contributed background vocals on the title-track album "No One Home" by Argentine composer/pianist Lalo Schifrin. In the same year, she contributed background vocals along with The George Duke Band on Flora Purim's album Carry On. In 1979, <mask> contributed background vocals on the songs "Summer Breezin'" and "I Need You Now", which were featured on George Duke's album A Brazilian Love Affair.In mid-1979, <mask> became the featured vocalist on the single "I Want You for Myself", which was released on George Duke's album Master of the Game. The single charted at number 23 on Billboard's Hot R&B chart and on the Hot Dance Club Songs' chart. In the same year, <mask> began providing background vocals for

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texts: singer Patrice Rushen, whom she met during the recording sessions with Lalo Schifrin. The songs were featured on Rushen's hit album Pizzazz. In 1980, <mask> began contributing background vocals for La Toya Jackson's self-titled debut album. In the same year, she also contributed background vocals and began writing songs for Patrice Rushen's album Posh. <mask> also appears on the album as a guest and featured vocalist for "This Is All I Really Know", a song she wrote for Rushen's album.For a brief time, <mask> joined the band Twennynine and contributed vocals to their first album Best of Friends. <mask> was also present with the band when they performed on American Bandstand. In 1981, <mask> recorded a cover version of Earth, Wind, and Fire's hit single After the Love Has Gone for Stanley Turrentine's album Tender Togetherness. In the same year, she also contributed background vocals for Syreeta Wright's album Set My Love in Motion and Greg Phillinganes's album Significant Gains. In late 1981, she recorded background vocals for Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright's duet album Billy Preston & Syreeta. In 1982, <mask> was featured on Jeffrey Osborne's debut single "I Really Don't Need No Light", which appeared on his self-titled debut album. <mask> also appears a background vocalist on his song "Ain't Nothin' Missin'" and "Baby", which also appear on his album.Later that year, <mask> once again provided background vocals and wrote songs for Patrice Rushen to appear on her hit album, Straight from the Heart. In early 1983, <mask> joined The Gene Dunlap Band. The band released their

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 first album, entitled Tired of Being a Nice Guy. <mask> returned to the George Duke Band and they released their album Guardian Of The Light. <mask> later toured with the George Duke Band for their worldwide tour. During the tour, the George Duke Band recorded their live album Live in Tokyo, Japan 1983, which was also released on DVD. Later that year, <mask> joined Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing Tour as a backup vocalist.The tour also featured, fellow George Duke Band member, Sheila E. and her brother Peter Michael Escovedo. <mask> continued to provide background vocals on Duke's following albums: "Rendezvous" (1984), "Super Keyboards" (1984), "Thief in the Night" (1985), and "George Duke" (1986). In 1985, she recorded two songs that would appear on Rodney Franklin's album Marathon; "Stay On in the Groove" and a duet song "Love Is the Answer" with Darryl Coley. In 1986, <mask> recorded two songs "The First Time" and "It's Your Turn", which were featured in the film Flying: Dream To Believe. In 1987, George Duke formed a R&B group called "101 North", which <mask> was briefly a part of along with fellow George Duke Band members Josie James, Napoleon Murphy Brock, and Carl Carwell. The group released their self-titled debut album in August 1987. 1987–1995: Touring with Toshinobu Kubota and Yanni
In 1987, <mask> was introduced to uprising Japanese singer Toshinobu Kubota, who was impressed with her stage performance during the Japan Aid 2nd Festival in October 1987.Later that year, <mask> re-located to Japan and began recording regularly with Kubota and eventually became a backup

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texts: singer for him during his "I Need Your Funky Thang Tour". In the same year, <mask> met Japanese singer/musician Hiroshi Satoh. Satoh produced a song for <mask> called "Lady of the Nile" and a duet song with Satoh entitled "Together", which appeared on his album Future File. In 1988, she was featured on Kubota's single "Indigo Waltz" from his third album Such A Funky Thang!. In the same year, <mask> returned to America and co-wrote as well as produced songs for Gary Taylor, Paul Jackson, Jr., Alfonz Jones, Anita Baker, Jeffrey Osborne, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Stacy Lattisaw, Howard Hewett, Deniece Williams, and many other singers. She also joined Chaka Khan for her European Tour. In 1989, <mask> appeared on Toshinobu Kubota's single "Give You My Love".The song peaked at number 3 on the Oricon Singles Chart, selling over 150,000 copies in Japan. In 1990, <mask> made a guest appearance Kubota's fourth album Bonga Wanga, in which she sings background vocals on the lead single "Be Wannabe". In the same year, <mask> and Toshinobu Kubota performed a live cover of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway's single "The Closer I Get to You" on a Japan's national music program. In 1991, <mask> joined Toshinobu Kubota during his "Bonga Wanga Spring Tour" as a backup singer. After the conclusion of the tour, she parted ways with the singer. After returning to America, <mask> began providing background vocals and writing songs on many albums for Phil Perry, Diane Schuur, Tevin Campbell, Patti Austin, Aretha Franklin, Phyllis Hyman, and Peabo Bryson. In 1992, she began recording with Go West.She


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 contributed background vocals on the lead single "Faithful" as well as "Tell Me" and "King of Wishful Thinking" for their album Indian Summer. She contributed background vocals for Kenny G's album Breathless. In the same year, <mask> re-joined long-time friend George Duke and performed on his album, Snapshot. In the summer of 1993, <mask> was asked to tour with Greek-American composer Yanni. Along with Darlene Koldenhoven, she performed the song "Aria" during each concert. She continued to tour with Yanni throughout the end of 1995, during end of his Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1995. The performances were recorded live and released on two of Yanni's live DVD: Live at the Acropolis (1994) and Live at Royal Albert Hall (1995).1996–present: Later career
In 1996 and 1997, she contributed background vocals for albums that would be released by Eros Ramazzotti, Celine Dion, Vonda Shepard, and Puff Johnson. In 1998, she was contributed background vocals for the Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey single "When You Believe". In 2000, she recorded with Elton John and Tim Rice for their collaboration album, The Road to El Dorado. In 2001, <mask> appeared on Pat Thomi's album Remote Control as a guest vocalist on the song "Love's Own Time". <mask> would later go on to record music with Gerald Albright, Laura Pausini, Cerrone, Meat Loaf, The Mooney Suzuki, Frank McComb, and <mask> Fiddmont. In 2008, <mask> reunited with George Duke and the original members of The George Duke Band to record "Dukey Treats" and "Mercy" for his album "Dukey Treats". In August 2013, <mask> briefly reunited

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 with The George Duke Band at the George Duke Memorial Service.Along with her bandmates, she gave a brief commentary about her mentor George Duke. She also performed "Brazilian Love Affair" with The George Duke Band and Stanley Clarke. Artistry
Regarding her voice type, <mask> is a lyric soprano. <mask> possesses a five-octave vocal range, and has the ability to reach notes beyond the 6th octave. During her time with the George Duke Band, she often took on the role of singing the high vocal parts of the songs as with "Funkin' for the Thrill" and "Stand With Your Man". Duke stated, "The addition of <mask> made a huge difference in what I was able to write. I composed with the band in mind, utilizing each of their personal musical strengths."Although <mask> has not released a solo album, she has recorded full-length albums with musical groups: 101 North, Gene Dunlap Band, and Twennynine. Her music is generally R&B, but she has written songs for other musical artists that incorporates pop, soul, rock, disco, and funk into the music. She is also fluent in singing Italian and Japanese. Discography

Tours
 1979: George Duke Band Tour (with George Duke)
 1982: Sexual Healing Tour (with Marvin Gaye)
 1983: Guardian of the Light Tour (with George Duke)
 1984: The Woman in Red Tour (with Stevie Wonder)
 1986-87: George Duke Tour (with George Duke)
 1988: European Tour (with Chaka Khan)
 1989: I Need Your Funky Thang! Tour (with Toshinobu Kubota)
 1990: Bonga Wanga Tour (with Toshinobu Kubota)
 1993-95: Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts (with Yanni)

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<mask>r.Sumalee () is a Thai former Muay Thai fighter. He was a 4 times Lumpinee Stadium champion during the golden era of Muay Thai. Biography & career
<mask> started Muay Thai at the age of 14 at the Sit Pongtap camp, he had his first fight the same year for which he was paid 100 baht. He moved to Bangkok two years later to join the Sor.Sumalee gym. <mask> spent his entire career at the Sor.Sumalee gym alongside other champions such as Panomrunglek Por Chaiwat, Superlek Sorn E-Sarn and Jompoplek Sor Sumalee. Known for his vicious knees and lang frame <mask> was a very popular fighter who captured four Lumpinee Stadium titles at 3 different weights during the 1990s. His highest purse was of 200,000 baht.He had memorable wins over notable fighters such as Langsuan Panyuthaphum, Chatchai Paiseetong, Jaroensap Kiatbanchong, Samkor Kiatmontep, Mathee Jadeepitak and Attachai Fairtex. After his retirement <mask> became a muay thai trainer, teaching at Sor.Sumalee and Evolve MMA in Singapore. After coming back to

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 Thailand he opened his own gym in 2015 called Lamnamoon Muay Thai in the Ubon Ratchathani Province. His best student is Robert Sor Thanabowon who won the channel 7 stadium 105 lbs belt in 2019. Titles & honours
Lumpinee Stadium
 1993 Lumpinee Stadium 115 lbs Champion
 1996 Lumpinee Stadium 126 lbs Champion
 1997 Lumpinee Stadium 130 lbs Champion
 1999 Lumpinee Stadium 130 lbs Champion
Rajadamnern Stadium
 1997 Rajadamnern Stadium Fight of the Year (vs Rambojiew Por Thubtim)
World Professional Kickboxing League
 2004 WPKL World 135 lbs Champion

Fight record

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| 2004-03-27 || Win ||align=left| Mustapha Ziani ||  || Rotterdam, Netherlands || Decision || 5||3:00
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| 1999-10-31 || Win ||align=left| Attachai Fairtex ||  || Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand || Decision || 5 || 3:00
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| 1999-08-10 || Win ||align=left| Chokdee Por.Pramuk || Lumpinee Stadium || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision || 5||3:00
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| 1999-03-26 || Loss ||align=left| Khunsuk Sitporamet || Rajadamnern Stadium || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision || 5||3:00
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| 1999-02-10 || Loss ||align=left| Khunsuk Sitporamet || Lumpinee Stadium || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision || 5||3:00
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| 1998-10-30 || Loss ||align=left| Kaolan Kaovichit ||  Lumpinee Stadium || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision || 5 || 3:00
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| 1998-09-29 || Win ||align=left| Rambojiew Por Thubtim || Lumpinee Stadium || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision || 5||3:00
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| 1993-06-08 || Loss||align=left| Kaensak Sor.Ploenjit || Lumpinee Stadium ||  Bangkok, Thailand  || Decision || 5 || 3:00
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<mask> (22 March 1807 – 9 January 1881) was a British merchant. He moved to Ballincollig in 1863 to become managing director of Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills. He played an active part in the social and industrial life of Ballincollig and Cork until his death in 1881. Tobins of Liverpool
The Tobins were an important merchant family in Liverpool at a time when the city was rapidly expanding at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries. <mask>'s grandfather, Patrick, was a native of Ireland and lived on the Isle of Man. Two of Patrick's sons, John and <mask>, became apprentice seamen and later master mariners. They both built their prosperity on the slave trade later branching into palm oil and ivory.They had estates in Africa which employed many black people. After the emancipation many of these slaves came to England, and it was not uncommon to see coloured people in Liverpool who bore a mark identifying them as having once been on the servitude of the Tobins. John became Mayor of Liverpool in 1819 and was knighted on the ascension of George IV to the throne. On 19 July 1821, George IV's Coronation Day, Prince's Dock was opened, and the Tobins ship, May, was the first ship which entered and in honour of the occasion she was exempted from paying Town or Dock Dues. <mask>' father and family
On 6 June 1806, John's brother, <mask>, married Esther Watson, daughter of Richard Watson of Preston in Preston Church. They took up residence in Bold Street in Liverpool. At that time Bold Street had not become a shopping street but consisted of dwelling houses of well-to-do merchants, many of whom had their counting houses at the back.About halfway up the street <mask>, senior, lived in a fine house with a counting house behind. <mask>, senior, had a large family-six boys and six girls. The eldest of these were also called <mask> after his father and he was born

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 on 22 March 1807, and was baptised in St. Peter's Church, Church Street, on 26 June 1807. Very little is known about the young <mask>' upbringing, except, as the oldest son, he naturally became involved in his father's business. Powder mills
In 1833–34, Tobin and company of Liverpool purchased the dilapidated powder mills in Ballincollig from the British Board of Ordnance. <mask> junior was involved in inspecting the buildings before the purchase was concluded for £15,00. With the renovation and the opening of the mills, <mask> junior was sent to Ballincollig by his father to become managing director of the mills.It seems unusual that <mask>, as the oldest son, was not kept in Liverpool to inherit the family in the business. But in the mid-1830s <mask> was the only son available to go to Ballincollig. One son had died at six months, a second was in the Army, a third was not yet twenty, while the fourth, James Aspinall, who later took over to Liverpool business, was only seventeen. It is clear <mask> took an active interest in the running of the mills, which grew rapidly. He is credited with making Ballincollig "almost a model village". In March 1806, on his retirement from his position as managing director, he was presented with "'a magnificent piece of plate' by the supervisors and workmen, a small token of their deep regret…. And of their gratitude for the kindness and humanity with which he always exercised his authority".Family
Shortly after taking up his position as managing director in 1835, <mask> married Catherine Ellis, daughter of Lister Ellis of Crofthead, Cumberland, on 12 September 1835. They had one child, a son, Arthur Lionel, who was born in Ballincollig on 7 August 1837. Arthur became a lieutenant in the 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers with whom he served in the Crimean War and in the Indian Mutiny. He was wounded in the thigh while fighting at the

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 capture of Kaiserbogh, Lucknow (16 March 1858) and died on 12 October 1858. He was buried near Lucknow. Saddened by the death of their only son and child at 21 years of age, Tobin presented a stained glass window to St. Peter's Church, Carrigohane, to commemorate his son. He also presented a memorial to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and endowed a boat in his son's name with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of which Tobin himself was the local representative.Oriel House
<mask> and Catherine lived in Oriel House, Ballincollig, from 1835. But in the early 1850s he rented the castle in Ballincollig and intended to have it 'repaired and protected from further decay'. He also intended to have the grounds around it "tastefully planted". Instead, in the mid-1850s he seemed to live for a while in Bridepark, Ovens. However, after that he lived in the Oriel House until his death in 1881. Travel and antiquities

<mask> and Catherine had a common interest in travel and in the antiquities of the middle and Near East. <mask> was elected member of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, Copenhagen (1849), a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (1853), and a member of the Royal Irish Academy (1869).<mask> and Catherine travelled to North Africa, the Levant and Palestine. In February 1856, he lectured in the Athenium (Opera House) on 'Egypt, Past and Present', an account of a visit Cairo and a journey along the Nile. He concluded that the Turkish empire was doomed and speculated on Egypt's future. George Kelleher has suggested, however, that while <mask> was an 'antiquarian and curio collector in the spirit of the Victorian age', his wife Catherine, 'was a far more considerable cultural figure'. Her interest in antiquaries led her to write two books, "Shadows of the East" (Longmans, 1855) and "The Land of Inheritance" (Quaritch, London, 1863), and to translate a third

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 "Illustration of Discovries at Ninevth" (Longmans, 1859) by Paul-Émile Botta. Activity in Cork
<mask> was very involved in many aspects of the social and commercial life of the Cork area. He was patron of Carrigrohane Church of Ireland Primary School.He was also a Justice of the Peace as well as being Deputy Lieutenant of the county of the City of Cork. Like his father, who was a member of the Dock Committee in Liverpool, <mask> was a member of Cork Harbour Board. He had greatest influence during the 1850s when he was "one of the most active members" of the Executive Committee which organised the Cork Exhibition of 1852. He was also Secretary of the Police Committee, which organised security for the Exhibition. His carriage was one of the fifty which rode in the parade at the opening of the Exhibition
Knighthood. The profits of the Cork Exhibition were used to build the Atheneum (Opera House). <mask> was President of the Atheneum and at its opening on 22 May 1855, he was knighted by the Lord Lieutenant.His Excellency, the Earl of Carlisle, said "In recognition of the services he has rendered for the institution, of the great esteem in which he was held by the citizens of Cork but particularly in reference for the vast goods and great benefits he has dispensed to the public in the conduct of the large manufactory at Ballincollig and especially for his kindness and humanity to the numerous workers over whom he has charge." Hospitals

<mask> took an active interest in the management of a number of the city hospitals. Two of these were the Erinville Hospital and the Eglinton District Lunatic Asylum along the Lee Road. In 1874, he presided over a public meeting, which was called to organise a new hospital for Cork. This was "The County and City of Cork Hospital for Women and Children" which later became the Victoria Hospital. <mask> was elected to the permanent Committee

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