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<mask> (born December 7, 1979), nicknamed Jacaré (), is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist and submission grappler, who competed for UFC. A highly regarded grappler on the world stage, <mask> is also the former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion, and has also formerly competed for DREAM, and Jungle Fight. Background
<mask> was born in Vila Velha, Brazil, into a cafuzo family and was raised in Cariacica, Brazil. <mask> had a rough upbringing, and on the day he turned 15, he saw one of his good friends get shot to death. After this event, <mask>'s mother moved him to Manaus to go and live with his brother and he started training in Judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu when he was 17. He is an eight-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, including gold medals in the Openweight class in 2003, 2004 and 2005. His other credentials include the 2005 77–87 kg ADCC Champion and the 2005 ADCC Absolute Division runner-up, only losing to Roger Gracie who outweighed him by approximately 25 lbs.Along with Roger Gracie and Marcelo Garcia, <mask> is widely considered to be among the greatest BJJ practitioners of his time. Mixed martial arts career

Early career
<mask> made his mixed martial arts debut on September 9, 2003, at Jungle Fights inaugural event where he lost to Jorge "Macaco" Patino by KO at 3:13 into the first round. He returned to mixed martial arts eight months later at Jungle Fight 2 securing a submission win over Victor Babkir under a minute into the first round. His next fight was in April 2006 at Jungle Fight 6 where he got his second win, defeating Alexander Shlemenko by an arm triangle choke submission. He went on to fight twice before the end of 2006, winning both fights by submission during the first round. In 2006, <mask> fought and drew with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture in a grappling contest. After the match <mask> was invited by Couture to train at his gym.<mask> accepted and started training at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas. <mask>'s first fight of 2007 was on May 19 with him scoring a submission win due to strikes over veteran Bill Vucick at Gracie Fighting Championships: Evolution. He would next fight twice within a two-week period on September 29 and October 13, scoring two submission wins both within the first round. DREAM
In 2008, <mask> signed with Japanese MMA-promotion DREAM and was scheduled to participate in the 2008 DREAM Middleweight Grand-Prix. In the first round of the tournament, at DREAM 2 on April 29, 2008, he defeated Ian Murphy by a rear-naked choke submission in the first round. This secured him a place in the quarter-finals which took place at DREAM 4 on June 15 where he fought former ICON Sport Middleweight Champion Jason "Mayhem" Miller. The fight went the distance with <mask> continuously going for submissions with Miller escaping multiple rear-naked choke, leglock and armbar-attempts while mounting his own offense on the feet.<mask> was awarded a unanimous decision victory which secured him a place in the semi-final of the Middleweight Grand-Prix. In the semi-finals which took place at DREAM 6 on September 23, <mask> defeated Zelg Galesic early in the first round by armbar submission. The victory earned him a place in the finals of the tournament and a shot at the DREAM Middleweight Championship against Gegard Mousasi that same night. In the fight <mask> was knocked out early in the first round by an upkick as he attempted to dive past Mousasi's guard to land a strike of his own. After participating in the tournament, <mask> left Xtreme Couture and went to San Diego to train with Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, before leaving to train with Anderson Silva and André Galvão in preparation for Silva's upcoming bout with Thales Leites at UFC 97 at Black House. <mask> fought in the DREAM Middleweight Championship in a rematch with Jason Miller at DREAM 9 after Gegard Mousasi vacated the title when moving up to Light Heavyweight. The fight was called a no contest due to an illegal kick to the head that opened up a gash on <mask>'s head.Strikeforce
<mask> made his Strikeforce debut on December 19, 2009, at Strikeforce: Evolution with a first-round submission win over Matt Lindland, via arm-triangle choke. In this fight, <mask> showed a major improvement in his stand up game and striking. <mask> faced Joey Villaseñor on May 15, 2010, at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery. He won the fight via unanimous decision, dominating the first round, being very aggressive, achieving the mount position and almost achieving the submission, but slowed down on the 2nd and 3rd round. <mask> fought Tim Kennedy on August 21, 2010, at Strikeforce: Houston for the vacant Strikeforce Middleweight Championship, and won via unanimous decision. <mask> then defended the belt for the first time against Robbie Lawler, on January 29, 2011, at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg. In his second defense, <mask> lost his Middleweight Championship against American Kickboxing Academy fighter Luke Rockhold via unanimous decision (50–45, 48–47, and 48–47).On March 3, 2012, <mask> made his sixth Strikeforce appearance against late replacement Bristol Marunde. <mask> won via arm-triangle choke, submitting Marunde at 2:43 of the final round. On August 18, 2012, <mask> faced Derek Brunson in his seventh Strikeforce appearance. <mask> dropped Brunson early with a counter right hand which planted Brunson on the mat and landed three ground strikes, knocking out Brunson in just 41 seconds. <mask> faced UFC veteran Ed Herman at the final Strikeforce card, Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine, on January 12, 2013. He won via submission in the first round. Ultimate Fighting Championship
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<mask> signed a five-fight deal with the UFC in January 2013.<mask> was expected to make his promotional debut against Costas Philippou on May 18, 2013, at UFC on FX 8. Philippou pulled out of the bout in early May, citing a cut above his eye, and was replaced by Chris Camozzi. <mask> arm-triangle choked Camozzi unconscious in the first round. <mask> next knocked out Yushin Okami in the first round on September 4, 2013, at UFC Fight Night 28. 2014
<mask> beat Francis Carmont by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, and 30–27) on February 15, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 36. After, he said he was injured during his training camp and would require a minimum of six weeks for recovery. <mask> was expected to rematch Gegard Mousasi on August 2, 2014, at UFC 176.When the event was cancelled, the bout was rescheduled for September 5, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 50. <mask> won via submission in the third round, earning his first Performance of the Night bonus award. 2015
<mask> was expected to face Yoel Romero on February 28, 2015, at UFC 184. <mask> pulled out of the fight on January 15, due to pneumonia. The bout was rescheduled for April 18, 2015 at UFC on Fox 15. Romero pulled out of the fight a week before the event, citing a ligament and meniscus tear in his knee. <mask> instead rematched returning veteran Chris Camozzi, submitting him with a first-round armbar.The bout with Romero was scheduled for a third time, eventually taking place on December 12, 2015, at UFC 194. <mask> lost the bout via split decision. 12 of 17 media outlets scored the bout in favor of <mask>, and 3 of 17 scored it a draw. 2016
<mask> faced Vitor Belfort on May 14, 2016, at UFC 198. He won the fight via TKO in the first round and was awarded a Performance of the Night bonus. <mask> was expected to face Luke Rockhold in a rematch on November 27, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 101. However, the pairing was cancelled on November 1, 2016, after Rockhold was ruled out of the contest after sustaining an undisclosed injury.As a result, <mask> was removed from the card as well. 2017
<mask> faced Tim Boetsch on February 11, 2017, at UFC 208. He won the fight via submission in the first round. The win also earned <mask> his third Performance of the Night bonus award. <mask> fought Robert Whittaker on April 15, 2017, at UFC on Fox 24. He lost by second-round TKO. During the event weekend, <mask> signed a new, eight-fight deal with UFC.2018
A rematch with Derek Brunson took place on January 27, 2018, in the main event at UFC on Fox 27. <mask> won the fight via TKO in the first round. This win earned him the Performance of the Night bonus. <mask> faced Kelvin Gastelum  on May 12, 2018, at UFC 224. He lost the fight via split decision. The fight also received Fight of the Night honors. <mask> was expected to face David Branch on November 3, 2018, at UFC 230.However, on October 19, 2018, It was reported that <mask> replaced injured Luke Rockhold  to face Chris Weidman in the event. He won the fight via knockout in the third round. Both fighters earned Fight of the Night honors. 2019
<mask> was scheduled to face Yoel Romero on April 27, 2019, at UFC on ESPN 3. However, it was reported in early April that Romero pulled out of the bout due to illness. <mask> remained on the card and faced Jack Hermansson in the main event at UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Hermansson. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.<mask> moved up to the Light Heavyweight division and  faced  Jan Błachowicz on November 16, 2019, at UFC Fight Night 164. He would lose the fight by split decision. 2020
<mask> was scheduled to face Uriah Hall for a middleweight bout on April 18, 2020, at UFC 249. However, on April 9, Dana White, the president of UFC announced that this event was postponed and the bout and event were rescheduled for May 9, 2020. On May 8, <mask> had to withdraw from the fight after testing positive for COVID-19. <mask> was expected to face Marvin Vettori on December 12, 2020, at UFC 256. However, the bout was scrapped when it was revealed Vettori would be serving as a late replacement to face Jack Hermansson at UFC on ESPN 19 and <mask> instead faced Kevin Holland.He lost the fight via knockout in the first round. 2021
<mask> faced André Muniz on May 15, 2021, at UFC 262. He lost the fight via technical submission in the first round after his arm snapped while trapped in an armbar. <mask> underwent surgery to repair his right humerus. The bout was the last of his prevailing contract, making him a free agent after the organization did not re-sign <mask>. On August 10, 2021, <mask> announced that he was retiring from MMA, hinting at a return to BJJ. Personal life
<mask> and his wife, Larissa Carvalho, have three children.On October 8, 2020, <mask> revealed the plans to start his own BJJ Academy in Orlando, Florida. In 2022, he expressed plans for a debut in boxing.

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<mask> (December 17, 1944 – February 11, 2005) was an American science fiction author. Chalker was also a Baltimore City Schools history teacher in Maryland for 12 years, retiring during 1978 to write full-time. He also was a member of the Washington Science Fiction Association and was involved in the founding of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Career and family life

<mask> was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Some of his books said that he was born in Norfolk, Virginia although he later claimed that was a mistake; he attended high school at the Baltimore City College. Chalker earned a BA degree in English from Towson University in Towson, Maryland, where he was a theater critic for the school newspaper, The Towerlight. During 2003, Towson University named Chalker their Liberal Arts  Alumnus of the Year.He received a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Chalker intended to become a lawyer, but financial problems caused him to become a teacher instead. He taught history and geography in the Baltimore City Public Schools from 1966 to 1978, most notably at Baltimore City College and the now defunct Southwest Senior High School. Chalker lectured on science fiction and technology at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and numerous universities. Chalker was married in 1978 and had two children, David, a game designer, and Samantha, a computer security consultant. Chalker's hobbies included esoteric audio, travel, and working on science-fiction convention committees. He also had a great interest in ferryboats; at his fiancée's suggestion, their marriage was performed on the Roaring Bull boat, part of the Millersburg Ferry, in the middle of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania.Science fiction
Chalker joined the Washington Science Fiction Association during 1958, and during 1963 he and two friends founded the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Chalker attended every World Science Fiction Convention, except one, from 1965 until 2004. He published an amateur SF journal, Mirage, from 1960 to 1971 (a finalist nominee for the 1963 Hugo Award for Best Fanzine), producing ten issues. Another journal, Interjection, was published 1968–1987 in association with the Fantasy Amateur Press Association. Chalker also initiated a publishing house, Mirage Press, Ltd., for releasing nonfiction and bibliographic works concerning science fiction and fantasy. Chalker's awards included the Daedalus Award (1983), The Gold Medal of the West Coast Review of Books (1984), Skylark Award (1980), and the Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Award (1979). He was twice a nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and for the Hugo Award twice.<mask> was posthumously awarded the Phoenix Award by the Southern Fandom Confederation on April 9, 2005. Chalker was a three-term treasurer of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Chalker was also the co-author (with Mark Owings) of The Science Fantasy Publishers (third edition during 1991, updated annually), published by Mirage Press, Ltd, a bibliographic guide to genre small press publishers which was a Hugo Award nominee during 1992. The Maryland Young Writers Contest, sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, was renamed "'The Jack L. Chalker Young Writers Contest" effective April 8, 2006. Novels
Chalker is best known for his Well World series of novels, but he also wrote many other novels (most, but not all, part of a series, or large novels which were split into 'series' by the publishers), and at least nine short stories. Many of Chalker's works involve some physical transformation of the main characters. For instance, in the Well World novels, immigrants to the Well World are transformed from their original form to become a member of one of the 1,560 sentient species that inhabit that artificial planet.Another example would be that the Wonderland Gambit series resembles traditional Buddhist jataka-type reincarnation stories set in a science fiction environment. <mask> announced that Wonderland Gambit might be made into a movie, but supposedly its close resemblance to The Matrix resulted in the project being canceled. At the time of his death, Chalker left one unfinished novel, Chameleon. He was planning to write another novel, Ripsaw, after Chameleon. Illness and death

On September 18, 2003, during Hurricane Isabel, Chalker passed out and was rushed to the hospital with a diagnosis of a coronary occlusion. He was later released, but was severely weakened. On December 6, 2004, he was again rushed to hospital with breathing problems and disorientation, and was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and a pneumothorax.<mask> was hospitalized in critical condition, then upgraded to stable condition on December 9, though he did not regain consciousness until December 15. After several more weeks in deteriorating condition and in a persistent vegetative state, with several transfers to different hospitals, <mask> died on February 11, 2005, of kidney failure and sepsis at Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Some of Chalker's remains are interred in the family plot at Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore. The remainder were distributed off a ferry near Hong Kong, the ferry between Hainan Island and the Chinese mainland, a ferry in Vietnam, White's Ferry on the Potomac River in Virginia on Father's Day 2007, and on author H. P<mask>'s grave in Providence, Rhode Island on December 17, 2005. Bibliography

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 <mask>. Chalker Young Writers' Contest
 <mask><mask> at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

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is a Japanese politician, journalist, historian, social critic and biographer of literary figures such as Yukio Mishima and Osamu Dazai. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Tokyo from June 2007 until becoming Acting Governor on 1 November 2012 following the resignation of Shintaro Ishihara. He was elected Governor in a historical landslide victory in December 2012, but announced his resignation on December 19, 2013, following a political funds-related scandal; his resignation was approved and became effective December 24, 2013. Early life
<mask> was born in Nagano Prefecture; his father died of angina when <mask> was three years old. He attended elementary and junior high schools affiliated with Shinshu University, and ultimately enrolled at Shinshu in 1966. He graduated from Shinshu University in 1970 and moved to Tokyo, where he was married later in the year. He enrolled in graduate school for political science at Meiji University in 1972, and had two children, born in 1974 and 1978.Career as author
<mask>'s 1983 book   describes the findings of the . During the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, the Institute would be accused of being part of Japan's militaristic machine, but <mask> asserts that it was little more than a think-tank, of which the purpose was to examine dispassionately the consequences of a total war. Its conclusion was that "there [would] be no way for Japan to win the war because of its clear material inferiority. The war [would] be drawn out. The Soviet Union [would] butt in, and Japan [would] be defeated. Therefore, going to war with the United States must absolutely be avoided." This book was followed in 1987 by , concerning the development of the image of the Emperor, and the biographies of Yukio Mishima, Osamu Dazai and Kikuchi Kan: Persona (Perusona, 1995), Picaresque (Pikaresuku, 2000), and .In 2009, his 1993 book  was published in English. In 2012, <mask>'s 1995 biography of Mishima was published in English under the title Persona: A Biography of Yukio Mishima, edited and adapted by Hiroaki Sato and published by Stone Bridge Press. <mask>'s examination of public affairs led him to bitter criticisms of Japan's ruling classes and their reluctance to enact reform. His longstanding proposal was for the privatisation of the four public highway corporations, and reform of the postal savings system that finances them. As a result, he joined Prime Minister Junichirō Koizumi's taskforce and served on the commission to examine the Japan Highway Public Corporation (Nihon Doro Kodan). His insistence that cuts be made was so uncompromising that some other appointees declined positions on the board. <mask> said that Japan lost World War II because the government at the time ignored data suggesting Japan would be unable to defeat the Allies and forbade access to the information before Tokyo declared war in 1941.He has further argued that this action is being repeated today by bureaucrats with respect to the economy. He advocated that people share accurate information with respect to Japan's economic situation, that is not necessarily issued by bureaucrats, in efforts to help a debt-ridden Japan. He claims that "any reform can be implemented if people share more accurate and objective data than that (initially) released by authorities." Political career

On 15 June 2007, Governor Shintaro Ishihara announced that <mask> had agreed to serve as a lietenant governor for the capital stating that "our opinions might differ but I believe it is healthy for us to debate and discuss many of our differences." <mask> was initially at odds with LDP lawmakers in the metropolitan assembly during confirmation hearings, and shortly thereafter overturned an LDP-sponsored urban redevelopment initiative, although Ishihara later pressured <mask> to cooperate with the LDP lawmakers. Upon his resignation in 2012, Governor Ishihara designated <mask> as his interim successor; <mask> was elected as governor of Tokyo in the 2012 Tokyo gubernatorial election with the largest number of votes in Tokyo history. His platform included reform of the Tokyo Electric Power Company and the merger of Tokyo Metro with the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation subway network, although he made minimal progress with either issue following his election.Role in Olympic bid

As governor, <mask> served as the Chairman of Tokyo's successful bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He attended the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in order to launch Tokyo's campaign for the Games. He created controversy in April 2013 when he made a comment that was seen as a criticism of the Muslim world, as well as Istanbul and their bid for the 2020 Olympics: "Well, compare the two countries where they have yet to build infrastructure, very sophisticated facilities. So from time to time, like Brazil, I think it’s good to have a venue for the first time. But Islamic countries, the only thing they share in common is Allah and they are fighting with each other and they have classes." Criticizing rival bids is forbidden under IOC rules; following <mask>'s statement, Tokyo 2020 made a statement saying that they "have the utmost respect for all candidate cities and have always taken pride in bidding in a spirit based on the Olympic values of excellence, respect and friendship.”  <mask> apologized for his comments a few days later and stated that he was "fully committed" to respecting IOC rules. Japan later won its bid for the Olympics under <mask>'s chairmanship.Money scandal and resignation
In November 2013, <mask> became embroiled in a scandal concerning cash he received from the Tokushukai hospital group led by Torao Takuda, father of Lower House member Takeshi Tokuda. <mask> claimed to have borrowed 50 million yen as a personal loan from Tokushukai, delivered to him in cash in exchange for a written IOU in November 2012, and that he repaid the loan in cash in September 2013. The loan was interest and collateral-free, and the funds were kept in a safe deposit box rather than in a bank account, without being reported to Japanese campaign finance authorities as part of <mask>'s assets. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Assembly conducted four days of public questioning of <mask> in December, over the course of which <mask>'s recollection of events changed in several respects. The Assembly then established a special committee to investigate <mask>, the first incidence of the assembly formally investigating a governor. The Asahi Shimbun called for <mask>'s resignation in an editorial on December 12, while the Mainichi Shimbun called him "no longer viable" as a governor on the same day. A Sankei Shimbun poll released on December 16 found that 89% of Tokyo respondents thought that <mask>'s explanation of the funds was not credible, while 63% thought he was no longer an appropriate representative of Tokyo as an Olympic host city.<mask> announced his resignation as governor on December 19, 2013, following direct pressure from various senior political figures including ex-Governor Ishihara and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. In his resignation speech, he characterized himself as an "amateur" at politics and expressed hope "that our next governor will be a real political pro who can guide Tokyo successfully through the Olympics." He expressed his desire to continue writing following his resignation as governor. The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly approved and formalized his resignation on December 24. <mask> was succeeded as interim governor by Vice Governor Tatsumi Ando. His term of office as governor was the shortest in Tokyo history at only 372 days. Yōichi Masuzoe won the February 2014 election to determine <mask>'s final successor as governor.In June 2016 Masuzoe also stepped down after a money scandal. Personal life
<mask> is a runner who jogs every day, and completed the 2012 Tokyo Marathon. He also holds a black belt in judo. Publications

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External links
 Official profile in English
 Photograph of <mask>'s appointment as Vice Governor

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<mask> (September 6, 1925 – August 29, 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His particular style of electric blues was popular with blues as well as non-blues audiences. <mask>'s songs such as  "Honest I Do" (1957), "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (1960), "Big Boss Man" (1961), and "Bright Lights, Big City" (1961) appeared on both Billboard magazine's rhythm and blues and Hot 100 singles charts. <mask> influenced other musicians, such as Elvis Presley, Hank Williams Jr., and the Rolling Stones, who recorded his songs. Music critic Cub Koda describes him as "perhaps the most influential bluesman of all," due to his easily accessible style. Biography
<mask> was born in Dunleith, Mississippi, United States. He learned the harmonica and guitar from his friend Eddie Taylor.After several years of busking and performing there, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1943. He was then drafted into the U.S. Navy and served in World War II. He was discharged in 1945 and returned briefly to Mississippi, marrying his girlfriend, Mary (henceforth known as <mask>). He then moved to Gary, Indiana, to work at an Armour meat-packing plant. <mask> was an uncredited background singer on many of his recordings, notably the hits "Baby What You Want Me to Do", "Big Boss Man" and "Bright Lights, Big City". By the 1950s, <mask> had established himself as a popular musician. He joined the Gary Kings with John Brim and played on the street with Willie Joe Duncan.<mask> failed to gain a recording contract with Chess Records, but signed with Vee-Jay Records through Brim's drummer, Albert King. At Vee-Jay, <mask> began playing again with Eddie Taylor and soon released "You Don't Have to Go", his first hit record. It was followed by a long string of hit songs. <mask> maintained his reputation despite his rampant alcoholism; his wife sometimes had to help him remember the lyrics to his songs while recording. In 1957, <mask> developed epilepsy, though the condition was not correctly diagnosed for a long time, as <mask> and doctors assumed it was delirium tremens. When Vee-Jay Records closed, his manager signed a contract with the fledgling ABC-Bluesway label, but <mask> never produced another hit. In 1968, he toured Europe with the American Folk Blues Festival.<mask> died of respiratory failure in 1976, in Oakland, California, eight days short of his 51st birthday. He is interred in the Lincoln Cemetery, in Worth, Illinois. <mask> was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. Influence
The Rolling Stones have cited <mask> as a major influence on their sound, and their early set lists included <mask>'s songs "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby", "The Sun Is Shining" (played by the Stones at the 1969 Altamont concert), "Bright Lights, Big City", and "Shame, Shame, Shame". "Little by Little", the B-side of their February 1964 UK hit single "Not Fade Away" was a pastiche of "Shame, Shame, Shame". "Honest I Do" was included on their first album, The Rolling Stones (subtitled England's Newest Hit Makers in America), in 1964 (the U.S. edition also included "Little by Little"). For their 2016 release, Blue & Lonesome, they recorded a version of <mask>'s "Little Rain".The Yardbirds recorded "I Ain't Got You" for the B-side of their second single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" with guitarist Eric Clapton. With Jeff Beck, they recorded the Reed-inspired instrumental "Like Jimmy Reed Again", which was released on a reissue of their album Having a Rave Up. The Animals considered <mask> one of their main sources of inspiration and recorded versions of "I Ain't Got You" and "Bright Lights, Big City". Van Morrison's group Them covered "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Baby, What You Want Me to Do", both of which are on the album The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison. "Big Boss Man", sung by Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, was regularly performed by the Grateful Dead in the 1960s and early 1970s and appears on their live album Grateful Dead

Elvis Presley recorded several of <mask>'s songs, having a hit with "Big Boss Man" in 1967 and recording several performances of "Baby, What You Want Me to Do" for his 1968 TV program. (Presley's 1964 hit "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" is a different song from that recorded by <mask>.) "Baby, What You Want Me to Do" was also covered by Wishbone Ash on their 1972 album Live Dates.Johnny and Edgar Winter performed it live in 1975 and included it on their album Together. Omar Kent Dykes and Jimmie Vaughan released the album On the Jimmy Reed Highway as a tribute to <mask>. Bill Cosby covered four of <mask>'s songs, "Bright Lights, Big City", "Big Boss Man", "Hush Hush" and "Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth", for his 1967 album, Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings. The Steve Miller Band covered five of <mask>'s songs: "You're So Fine", on the 1968 album Sailor, and "I Wanna Be Loved (But by Only You)", "Big Boss Man", "Caress Me Baby" and "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby", on the 1986 album Living in the 20th Century. Bob Dylan paid tribute to <mask> with the song "Goodbye Jimmy Reed" on his 2020 album Rough and Rowdy Ways. Discography

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 Webpage with detailed biography and photographs
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Jacopo Carucci (May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557), usually known as <mask>, <mask>, or simply <mask>, was an  Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents a profound stylistic shift from the calm perspectival regularity that characterized the art of the Florentine Renaissance. He is famous for his use of twining poses, coupled with ambiguous perspective; his figures often seem to float in an uncertain environment, unhampered by the forces of gravity. Biography and early work

Jacopo Carucci was born at Pontorme, near Empoli, to Bartolomeo di Jacopo di Martino Carrucci and Alessandra di Pasquale di Zanobi. Vasari relates how the orphaned boy, "young, melancholy, and lonely", was shuttled around as a young apprentice:

Pontormo painted in and around Florence, often supported by Medici patronage. A foray to Rome, largely to see Michelangelo's work, influenced his later style. Haunted faces and elongated bodies are characteristic of his work.An example of <mask>'s early style is a fresco depicting the Visitation of the Virgin and St Elizabeth, with its dancelike, balanced figures, painted from 1514 to 1516. This early Visitation makes an interesting comparison with his painting of the same subject which was done about a decade later, now housed in the parish church of St. Michael Archangel in Carmignano, about 20 km west of Florence. Placing these two pictures together—one from his early style, and another from his mature period—throws <mask>'s artistic development into sharp relief. In the earlier work, Pontormo is much closer in style to his teacher, Andrea del Sarto, and to the early sixteenth century renaissance artistic principles. For example, the figures stand at just under half the height of the overall picture, and though a bit more crowded than true high renaissance balance would prefer, at least are placed in a classicizing architectural setting at a comfortable distance from the viewer. In the later work, the viewer is brought almost uncomfortably close to the Virgin and St. Elizabeth, who drift toward each other in clouds of drapery. Moreover, the clear architectural setting that is carefully constructed in earlier piece has been completely abandoned in favor of a peculiar nondescript urban setting.The Joseph canvases (now in the National Gallery in London) offer another example of <mask>'s developing style. Done around the same time as the earlier Visitation, these works (such as Joseph in Egypt, at left) show a much more mannerist leaning. According to Giorgio Vasari, the sitter for the boy seated on a step is his young apprentice, Bronzino. In the years between the SS Annunziata and San Michele Visitations, Pontormo took part in the fresco decoration of the salon of the Medici country villa at Poggio a Caiano (1519–20), 17 km NNW of Florence. There he painted frescoes in a pastoral genre style, very uncommon for Florentine painters; their subject was the obscure classical myth of Vertumnus and Pomona in a lunette. In 1522, when the plague broke out in Florence, Pontormo left for the Certosa di Galluzzo, a cloistered Carthusian monastery where the monks followed vows of silence. He painted a series of frescoes, now quite damaged, on the passion and resurrection of Christ.These frescoes reveal especially strongly the influence of Albrecht Dürer's engravings, which often provided inspiration to Pontormo after he returned to Florence. Main works in Florence

The large altarpiece canvas for the Brunelleschi-designed Capponi Chapel in the church of Santa Felicita, Florence, portraying The Deposition from the Cross (1528), is considered by many Pontormo's surviving masterpiece. The figures, with their sharply modeled forms and brilliant colors are united in an enormously complex, swirling ovular composition, housed by a shallow, somewhat flattened space. Although commonly known as The Deposition from the Cross, there is no actual cross in the picture. The scene might more properly be called a Lamentation or Bearing the Body of Christ. Those who are lowering (or supporting) Christ appear as anguished as the mourners. Though they are bearing the weight of a full-grown man, they barely seem to be touching the ground; the lower figure in particular balances delicately and implausibly on his front two toes.These two boys have sometimes been interpreted as angels, carrying Christ  in his journey to Heaven. In this case, the subject of the picture would be more akin to an Entombment, though the lack of any discernible tomb disrupts that theory, just as the lack of cross poses a problem for the Deposition interpretation. Finally, it has also been noted that the positions of Christ and the Virgin seem to echo those of Michelangelo's Pietà in Rome, though here in the Deposition mother and son have been separated. Thus in addition to elements of a Lamentation and Entombment, this picture carries hints of a Pietà. It has been speculated that the bearded figure in the background at the far right is a self-portrait of <mask> as Joseph of Arimathea. Another unique feature of this particular Deposition is the empty space occupying the central pictorial plane as all the Biblical personages seem to fall back from this point. It has been suggested that this emptiness may be a physical representation of the Virgin Mary's emotional emptiness at the prospect of losing her son.On the wall to the right of the Deposition, Pontormo frescoed an Annunciation scene (at left). As with the Deposition, the artist's primary attention is on the figures themselves rather than their setting. Placed against white walls, the Angel Gabriel and Virgin Mary are presented in an environment that is so simplified as to almost seem stark. The fictive architectural details above each of them, are painted to resemble the gray stone pietra serena that adorns the interior of Santa Felicità, thus uniting their painted space with the viewer's actual space. The startling contrast between the figures and ground makes their brilliant garments almost seem to glow in the light of the window between them, against the stripped-down background, as if the couple miraculously appeared in an extension of the chapel wall. The Annunciation resembles his above mentioned Visitation in the church of San Michele at Carmignano in both the style and swaying postures. Vasari tells us that the cupola was originally painted with God the Father and Four Patriarchs.The decoration in the dome of the chapel is now lost, but four roundels with the Evangelists still adorn the pendentives, worked on by both <mask> and his chief pupil Agnolo Bronzino. The two artists collaborated so closely that specialists dispute which roundels each of them painted. This tumultuous oval of figures took three years for Pontormo to complete. According to Vasari, because Pontormo desired above all to "do things his own way without being bothered by anyone," the artist screened off the chapel so as to prevent interfering opinions. Vasari continues, "And so, having painted it in his own way without any of his friends being able to point anything out to him, it was finally uncovered and seen with astonishment by all of Florence..."

A number of Pontormo's other works have also remained in Florence; the Uffizi Gallery holds his mystical Supper at Emmaus as well as portraits. Many of Pontormo's well known canvases, such as the early Joseph in Egypt series (c. 1515) and the later Martyrdom of St Maurice and the Theban Legion (c. 1531) depict crowds milling about in extreme contrapposto of greatly varied positions. His portraits, acutely characterized, show similarly Mannerist proportions.Lost or damaged works

Many of <mask>'s works have been damaged, including the lunettes for the cloister in the Carthusian monastery of Galluzo. They now are displayed indoors, although in their damaged state. Perhaps most tragic is the loss of the unfinished frescoes for the choir of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence which consumed the last decade of his life. His frescoes depicted a Last Judgment day composed of an unsettling morass of writhing figures. The remaining drawings, showing a bizarre and mystical ribboning of bodies, had an almost hallucinatory effect. Florentine figure painting had mainly stressed linear and sculptural figures. For example, the Christ in Michelangelo's Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel is a massive painted block, stern in his wrath; by contrast, Pontormo's Jesus in the Last Judgment twists sinuously, as if rippling through the heavens in the dance of ultimate finality.Angels swirl about him in even more serpentine poses. If <mask>'s work from the 1520s seemed to float in a world little touched by gravitational force, the Last Judgment figures seem to have escaped it altogether and flail through a rarefied air. In his Last Judgment, Pontormo went against pictorial and theological tradition by placing God the Father at the feet of Christ, instead of above him, an idea Vasari found deeply disturbing:

But I have never been able to understand the significance of this scene, ... I mean, what he could have intended to signify in that part where there is Christ on high, raising the dead, and below His feet is God the Father, who is creating Adam and Eve. Besides this, in one of the corners, where are the four Evangelists, nude, with books in their hands, it does not seem to me that in a single place did he give a thought to any order of composition, or measurement, or time, or variety in the heads, or diversity in the flesh-colours, or, in a word, to any rule, proportion or law of perspective, for the whole work is full of nude figures with an order, design, invention, composition, colouring, and painting contrived after his own fashion ...

Critical assessment and legacy

Vasari's Life of Pontormo depicts him as withdrawn and steeped in neurosis while at the center of the artists and patrons of his lifetime. This image of Pontormo has tended to color the popular conception of the artist, as seen in the film of Giovanni Fago, Pontormo, a heretical love. Fago portrays Pontormo as mired in a lonely and ultimately paranoid dedication to his final Last Judgment project, which he often kept shielded from onlookers.Yet as the art historian Elizabeth Pilliod has pointed out, Vasari was in fierce competition with the Pontormo/Bronzino workshop at the time when he was writing his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. This professional rivalry between the two bottegas could well have provided Vasari with ample motivation for running down the artistic lineage of his opponent for Medici patronage. Perhaps as a result of Vasari's derision, or perhaps because of the vagaries of aesthetic taste, <mask>'s work was quite out of fashion for several centuries. The fact that so much of his work has been lost or severely damaged is testament to this neglect, though he has received renewed attention by contemporary art historians. Indeed, between 1989 and 2002, Pontormo's Portrait of a Halberdier (at right), held the title of the world's most expensive painting by an Old Master. Regardless as to the veracity of Vasari's account, it is certainly true that <mask>'s artistic idiosyncrasies produced a style that few were able (or willing) to imitate, with the exception of his closest pupil Bronzino. Bronzino's early work is so close to that of his teacher, that the authorship of several paintings from the 1520s and '30s is still under dispute—for example, the four tondi containing the Evangelists in the Capponi Chapel, and the Portrait of a Lady in Red now in Frankfurt.Pontormo shares some of the mannerism of Rosso Fiorentino and of Parmigianino. In some ways he anticipated the Baroque as well as the tensions of El Greco. His eccentricities also resulted in an original sense of composition. At best, his compositions are cohesive. The figures in the Deposition, for example, appear to sustain each other: removal of any one of them would cause the edifice to collapse. In other works,  as in the Joseph canvases, the crowding makes for a confusing pictorial melee. It is in the later drawings that we see a graceful fusion of bodies in a composition which includes the oval frame of Jesus in the Last Judgement.Anthology of works

Early works (until 1521)

Mature works (1522–30)

Late works (after 1530)

See also

 Lost artworks

References

Further reading
Krystof, Doris. Joseph Carrucci, known as Pontormo 1494–1557. Köln: Konemann, 1988. Keener, Chrystine. (2021). Pontormo's lost frescoes at San Lorenzo : political propaganda and dynastic symbolism /. External links

Pontormo's paintings and drawings illustrated
Pontormo at Olga's Gallery
Giorgio Vasari's Vita
A diary of his last two years survives
Pontormo.Pictures and Biography
"Jacopo Carucci <mask>, his life and works", by Frederik Mortimer Clapp, Oxford University Press, 1916
Official website of the Church of San Michele Arcangelo, Carmignano, home of the Visitation

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<mask> (August 10, 1972December 16, 2012) was an American poet. He published three books of poetry before his death: Murder Ballads, which won the 2005 Elixir Prize in Poetry; A Murmuration of Starlings, which won the 2008 Colorado Book Award in Poetry; and Persons Unknown, an editor's selection in the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry. A fourth book, Abide, was released posthumously, in 2014. That same year he was also named a posthumous recipient of the Witter Bynner Fellowship by the U.S. Poet Laureate. <mask> was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 1972 to David and <mask>, who worked respectively as a steelworker and history teacher. Shortly after <mask>'s birth, his parents moved with him back to Alabama, where five generations of their families had lived.<mask> grew up with his brother Joe in Gadsden, Alabama, where the family lived in a rural house. <mask> was a big fan of rap music, including LL Cool J and Run DMC, and covered their joint bedroom in posters of his favorite rappers. <mask> graduated from Southside High School in Gadsden in 1990. That year he started at Auburn University, where he eventually earned a B.A. in English. He received his M.F.A. and Ph.D. in creative writing and English literature from Cornell University.Career and editing

<mask> worked as an associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver, where he was an editor for Copper Nickel, a nationally recognized student literary journal which he had helped found. In the spring of 2011, <mask> was the Richard B. Thomas Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College. During the 2011–2012 academic year, he was a visiting faculty scholar at Emory University's James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference. In addition, <mask> served as a founding editor for storySouth and as a contributing editor for Shenandoah magazine. He also founded the online journal Thicket, which focused on Alabama literature. In 2005, when fiction writer Brad Vice was accused of plagiarism in his short story collection The Bear Bryant Funeral Train, <mask> took the lead in defending the author. Vice was accused of plagiarizing part of one story from the 1934 book Stars Fell on Alabama by Carl Carmer.<mask> noted that Vice had allowed the short story and the similar section from Carmer's original book to be published side by side in the literary journal Thicket. To <mask>, Vice thus "implicitly acknowledges the relationship (and) allows the evidence to be made public". <mask> added that doing this allowed the readers to enter the "intertextual space in which (Vice) has worked", and Vice was using allusion in his story, not plagiarism. <mask> said that, according to his own analysis, Vice did not violate copyright law. Vice's collection was republished two years later. <mask> wrote one of the introductions to this new edition of The Bear Bryant Funeral Train. Poetry

York's poetry appeared in journals and magazines including The New Orleans Review, The Oxford American, Poetry Daily, Quarterly West, and The Southern Review.His first book of poems, Murder Ballads, won the 2005 Elixir Prize in Poetry. According to one reviewer, "Context matters, but good poetry is not bound by it. <mask> <mask>'s Murder Ballads — a collection of 35 poems in four parts, published by Elixir Press — is a book where context matters. But the finely crafted poems—what Shenandoah editor R.T. Smith rightly calls <mask>'s "demanding poetic"—are not bound by that context". His sophomore book, A Murmuration of Starlings, won the 2008 Colorado Book Award in Poetry and was published through the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry. His third book, Persons Unknown, was published in 2010 as an editor's selection in the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry by Southern Illinois University Press. Both books chronicled and eulogized the martyrs of the Civil Rights Movement.Reception
Natasha Trethewey described A Murmuration of Starlings as

a fierce, beautiful, necessary book. Fearless in their reckoning, these poems resurrect contested histories and show us that the past—with its troubled beauty, its erasures, and its violence—weighs upon us all . . . a murmuration so that we don't forget, so that no one disappears into history. According to <mask> in The Rumpus,
York's study into the Civil Rights Movement is not meant to be an indictment of the American consciousness; rather, he strives to present the stories of these persons unknown so that his reader cannot help but reflect on this murderous chapter in American history. He never sinks into oblique facts, but he does not forget them, either. He never ignores the simple truth that he is writing poetry, and crafts a collection that is moving and substantial. Persons Unknown is a necessary addition to the oeuvre of civil rights literature and the conversation it (still) invokes.In 2009, <mask> was the University of Mississippi's Summer Poet in Residence. On February 14, 2010, <mask> was awarded the Third Coast Poetry Prize. He had already received a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in poetry. His fourth book, Abide, was published in 2014. That year he was posthumously named as the recipient of the Witter Bynner Fellowship by the U.S. Poet Laureate. Death
<mask> died on December 16, 2012, from a stroke.<mask> had completed a new poetry manuscript, titled Abide, shortly before his death. The book was published by Southern Illinois University Press. Awards and honors

2014 National Book Critics Circle Award (Poetry) finalist for Abide

Selected publications
 Abide (Southern Illinois Press, 2014)
 Persons Unknown (Southern Illinois Press, 2010)
 A Murmuration of Starlings (Southern Illinois University Press, 2008)
 Murder Ballads (Elixir Press, 2005)
 The Architecture of Address: The Monument and Public Speech in American Poetry (Routledge, 2005)

References

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Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: <mask> <mask> Papers, 1972-2012. 1972 births
Auburn University alumni
Cornell University alumni
University of Colorado Denver faculty
2012 deaths
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Poets from Alabama
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<mask> (2 February 1962 – 15 July 2021) was an English professional darts player, commonly known as The Viking. He won the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship and the 1999 Winmau World Masters. Darts career
<mask> made his first appearance on the stage at Lakeside in the 1995 BDO World Darts Championship and reached the semi-finals before losing to Richie Burnett. Another semi-final defeat followed in 1996, this time to Steve Beaton. On both these occasions, his victor then went on to claim the title. Second round defeats followed in 1997 (to Marshall James) and 1998 (to Raymond van Barneveld) before <mask> made it to the semi-final stage of the World Championship for third time in 1999, but was defeated by Ronnie Baxter. His 2000 campaign ended in the quarter-finals at the hands of Chris Mason and his fourth semi-final loss in 2001 was to Ted Hankey.In 2002 and 2003 he went out in the first and second rounds respectively. <mask> finally put an end to his "nearly man" reputation in the 2004 World Championship. His run saw him win his first match comfortably, 3–0 against qualifier Brian Derbyshire. He then beat former Masters champion Tony West 3–0, and teased a 9-dart leg in the third set. He defeated Darryl Fitton in the quarter-finals 5–4, and then stunned Van Barneveld, the defending world champion and strong tournament favourite, by recovering from 0–3 and 2–4 down to win the match 5–4, in what is still considered one of the most dramatic and exciting matches in BDO history. In the final, <mask> defeated Mervyn King, hitting a 139 checkout to take the eighth set 3–2 when King had reached a double-18, and then recovering from 2–0 down in the next set to take it 3–2 with double-8, and win the match by 6 sets to 3. Showdown with Taylor and health concerns
On 21 November 2004, <mask>, as reigning BDO world champion, faced off against Phil Taylor, the reigning PDC world champion, in a best-of-13-sets match at Purfleet's Circus Tavern.The special pay-per-view event was billed as "The Showdown" and was promoted and broadcast by Sky Sports. During the match, <mask> became unwell and complained of shortness of breath. He took a break after the seventh set and was advised not to continue by medical staff at the venue. Taylor was leading the match 5–2 at the time and declared the winner by default. After the incident <mask> visited a doctor, and following medical tests he was informed that, as a result of long term alcohol damage, his liver was operating at only 25% capacity. He was advised to stop drinking alcohol immediately. <mask>'s health had long been a concern; at one point he weighed  and was in the habit of regularly consuming 24 bottles of lager before going on stage to play darts.He admitted to the media that he had felt more comfortable playing when not fully sober. The doctors' advice led <mask> to seek help and assistance via the television programme Celebrity Fit Club, where he became friends with the journalist and TV presenter Paul Ross. While getting an exercise regime underway to try to lose some weight, in January 2005 <mask> returned to the Lakeside World championship as defending champion, but was defeated 3–2 in the first round by Dutchman Vincent van der Voort. He failed to progress past the first round of any of the other BDO majors that year, although he did reach the final of the Masters of Darts event, where he lost 7–1 to Phil Taylor. <mask> made another Lakeside appearance in 2006 but again suffered a first round exit, this time losing 3–0 to Australia's Simon Whitlock. <mask> was scheduled to face Whitlock again in the first round of the 2007 BDO World Darts Championship, but prior to the tournament starting he was again hospitalised after complaining of chest pains and breathing difficulties. Subsequently, he had 18 litres of bile drained from his lungs and was to remain in hospital for three weeks.<mask> was withdrawn from the tournament, with Whitlock receiving a walkover to the second round. Less than one week after being discharged from hospital, <mask> suffered what was initially thought to be a minor stroke, but which turned out to be severe breathing difficulties caused by further fluid build-up in his lungs. He eventually made a full recovery. In 2008, <mask> applied for a liver transplant. Although initially on an emergency liver transplant list, he subsequently lost 17 st (108 kg, 238 lbs) in weight and stopped drinking alcohol completely, leading to an announcement in December that, due to the improvement in his physical well-being, he probably would not now require a transplant for five years. Return to darts

In September 2007, after a nine-month absence from darts due to his health issues, <mask> made a low-key return to the oche at the Turunc Open in Turkey. <mask> did comparatively well, reaching the semi-final of the singles event where he lost to the eventual winner Martin Phillips from Wales.During his lay-off from the game, <mask> had lost 10 stone (63.5 kg, 140 lbs). He won one match in an attempt to qualify for the 2008 Lakeside World Championship, but went out in the last 128 and also lost in his opening match at the last 136 stage of the Winmau World Masters. He then received an invitation to play at the Zuiderduin Masters in December 2007 – but lost both matches 0–5, to Mark Barilli (averaging 53.43) and to Co Stompé (averaging 76.20). Move to the PDC
<mask> made his PDC debut in March 2009 at a Players Championship in Coventry, losing his preliminary round match 6–4 against Gary Scratchley. After ending his first six tournaments with no prize money and without a single win, <mask> won his first match at the East Midlands Players Championship, beating Jon Archer 6–4 and earned £200 for his efforts. He eventually lost to James Wade in the last 64 stage. He also won £200 in Austria and a combined total of £400 over two tournaments in Nuland.As of October 2011, <mask> was ranked 303 in the PDC Order of Merit, having not won any prize money since October 2009. After steady improvement in results and increased practice to regain his skills, in 2013, he made a return to competitive tournament darts. Return to the BDO
It was announced that <mask>u in May 2013. <mask> was awarded a wild card for the televised stages at the 2014 BDO World Trophy and faced Alan Norris in the first round. He was beaten 6–2 by Norris.In October 2015, <mask> advanced through a field of almost 200 players to qualify for the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts (a PDC major), winning one of two BDO UK Qualifiers. He was unable to qualify from a group consisting of Adrian Lewis, Michael Smith and Wayne Jones. His only victory, 5–3 against Jones, was his first televised win in over ten years, since the Masters of Darts in February 2005. <mask> also received a wildcard for the 2015 Zuiderduin Masters. He failed to qualify from his group because of an inferior legs difference to Brian Dawson. Also in 2015, <mask> notably reached the quarter-finals of the Jersey Classic and the last 16 of the Hal Masters, German Masters and BDO International Open. In September 2015, <mask> was awaiting clearance to play darts for the White Bear in the Chorley Darts and Dominoes League.He extended his partnership with Winmau for a further five years in April 2016. <mask> was unveiled as an ambassador for the British Disability Darts Association (BDDA) in May 2016. Handed another wildcard for the 2016 BDO World Trophy, <mask> lost 6–2 to Glen Durrant in round one. 2018
He attempted to qualify for the 2018 World Masters, reaching the last 272. World Championship results

BDO

 1995: Semi-Final (lost to Richie Burnett 2–5)
 1996: Semi-Final (lost to Steve Beaton 3–5)
 1997: 2nd Round (lost to Marshall James 2–3)
 1998: 2nd Round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 2–3)
 1999: Semi-Final (lost to Ronnie Baxter 1–5)
 2000: Quarter-Final (lost to Chris Mason 3–5)
 2001: Semi-Final (lost to Ted Hankey 2–5)
 2002: 1st Round (lost to John Walton 0–3)
 2003: 2nd Round (lost to Gary Anderson 1–3)
 2004: Winner (beat Mervyn King 6–3)
 2005: 1st Round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 2–3)
 2006: 1st Round (lost to Simon Whitlock 0–3)
 2007: Withdrew from competition due to ill health

Career finals

Independent major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Performance timeline

Outside darts
<mask> was the eldest of four children and had a brother and two sisters. He grew up in Charlton, south-east London and attended Charlton Manor Primary School and Eaglesfield Secondary School. He was a keen track-and-field athlete in his younger days and was nicknamed 'The Whippet' at school.<mask> was a fan of Rangers, and paraded his BDO World Championship trophy before a game at Ibrox Stadium in 2004. He was also a fan of Millwall, and paraded his trophy at half-time of a match at The Den. Death
On 15 July 2021, <mask> died in hospital from organ failure after a long battle with health problems. He was 59. References

External links
modusdarts.tv
<mask>'s first radio interview since falling ill BBC Sportsweek with Garry Richardson

English darts players
BDO world darts champions
1962 births
2021 deaths
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Sportspeople from Dartford
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<mask> (born November 4, 1988) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Oklahoma State, where he earned All-American honors in 2008. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft, where he earned three Pro Bowl berths and was named an All-Pro in 2014. Early years
<mask> was born on Galveston Island at The University of Texas Medical Branch on November 4, 1988. He and his family later moved to Lufkin, Texas, where he attended Lufkin High School. While at Lufkin High School, he played high school football for the Panthers football team. As a junior, he caught 48 passes for 1,025 yards and 16 touchdowns.<mask> led Lufkin to a 14–1 record, including an appearance in the 5A Division II state semifinals, where they lost 46–28 to Todd Dodge's Southlake Carroll. In his senior year, <mask> had 53 receptions for 1,207 yards with 21 touchdowns, and was an All-State selection. Lufkin finished the season with an 11–1 record, after losing 38–25 to Round Rock in the area round of the playoffs. After the season, <mask> participated in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl. He was named an All-American by Parade and SuperPrep. <mask> competed in track and field and was one of the state's top competitors in the triple jump (top-jump of 14.17 m). As a standout hurdler, he had personal bests of 14.56 seconds in the 110-m hurdles and 40.70 seconds in the 300-m hurdles.He was also a member of the 4 × 100-m (42.62) and 4 × 200-m (1:28.35) relay squads. Recruiting
Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, <mask> was listed as the no. 9 wide receiver prospect in the class of 2007, and the second from Texas behind only Terrence Toliver. Recruited by numerous major programs, including most Big 12 schools, <mask> took official visits to Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech, before committing to the Cowboys on January 29, 2007. He was just the fourth Parade All-American to sign with Oklahoma State since 1985. College career
<mask> attended Oklahoma State University from 2007 to 2009 and was a member of the Oklahoma State Cowboys football team coached by Mike Gundy. 2007 season
On September 1, <mask> made his collegiate debut against Georgia and had one reception for seven yards in the 35–14 loss.On September 22, against Texas Tech, he had five receptions for 51 receiving yards and his first collegiate receiving touchdown, a five-yard reception from Zac Robinson, in the 49–45 victory. On October 20 against Kansas State, he had three receptions for 37 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns in the 41–39 victory. On November 10, against Kansas, he set a school record for receiving yards in a game by a freshman with 155 in the 43–28 loss. In the 2007 Insight Bowl, he recorded nine receptions for 117 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns in a 49–33 win against the Indiana Hoosiers. As a freshman in 2007, he finished second on the team with 43 receptions for 622 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns in 12 games. 2008 season
On September 6, against Houston, he had nine receptions for 236 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns to go along with a punt return touchdown in the 56–37 victory. On September 27, against Troy, he had six receptions for 118 yards and three receiving touchdowns in the 55–24 victory.In the next game, against Texas A&M, he had 106 receiving yards, three receiving touchdowns, and a punt return touchdown in the 56–28 victory. On October 18, against Baylor, he had 11 receptions for 212 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns in the 34–6 victory. On November 1, against Iowa State, he had nine receptions for 171 yards and four receiving touchdowns in the 59–17 victory. On November 29, against Oklahoma, he had six receptions for 91 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns in the 61–41 loss. On December 30, against Oregon in the 2008 Holiday Bowl, he had 13 receptions for 167 yards and a receiving touchdown in the 42–31 loss. He finished the 2008 season with 87 receptions for 1,480 receiving yards and 19 receiving touchdowns, including two punt returns for touchdowns. 2009 season
<mask> was ruled ineligible for the rest of the 2009 season on October 7 for violating an NCAA bylaw.He failed to fully disclose his interaction with Deion Sanders, a former NFL player, to the NCAA. He was considered the best wide receiver in 2009 and a possible Heisman Trophy contender before the suspension. In three games, he finished with 323 receiving yards, four receiving touchdowns, and a punt return touchdown. College statistics

College awards and honors
 2007 Second-team freshman All-America
 2008 First team All-America by AFCA-Coaches, Associated Press, Walter Camp, Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly, Sports Illustrated

Professional career

NFL Draft
On November 5, 2009, <mask> announced his intentions to enter the 2010 NFL Draft. He was widely believed to be the best wide receiver available. If he slipped by the Broncos, <mask> was projected to fall no lower than the 27th pick to the Dallas Cowboys. After dropping because of character concerns, the Cowboys traded up with the New England Patriots, moving from the 27th to the 24th position to select <mask>.For the move, the team sent a third-round draft choice, which was the 90th overall pick, while receiving the Patriots' fourth-round draft choice, which was the 119th overall pick. Dallas Cowboys

2010 season: Rookie year

<mask> was signed by the Cowboys to a contract very similar to that of Vikings' wide receiver Percy Harvin (five years, $12.05 million, roughly $8.4 million guaranteed) on July 22, 2010. On July 23, 2010, it was announced that <mask> would wear the #88 jersey, the same as Hall of Famer Michael Irvin, and Cowboys legend Drew Pearson. On September 12, <mask> made his NFL debut against the Washington Redskins and had eight receptions for 56 yards. His eight receptions in his NFL debut set a franchise record for most in a player's first game. In the next game, he had a punt return touchdown in the 27–20 loss to the Chicago Bears. On October 17, <mask> caught his first NFL touchdown catch, on a 31-yard pass from Tony Romo.The Cowboys ended up losing that game 24–21. In a Monday Night Football game against the New York Giants, at Cowboys Stadium on October 25, 2010, <mask> caught four passes for 54 yards, two of them for touchdowns, and returned a punt 93 yards for a touchdown, making the longest Cowboys' punt return since Dennis Morgan's 98-yard return during the 1974 NFL season. With that performance, <mask> became the youngest wide receiver in franchise history to total three touchdowns in a single game, breaking Michael Irvin's mark in 1988. On November 15, <mask> caught three passes for 104 yards and one touchdown, to become the first Cowboys rookie with a 100+ yard game since <mask> in 2002. During the fourth quarter of the Cowboys' 38–35 victory over the Indianapolis Colts, <mask> went down with a fractured ankle. Indianapolis' Kavell Conner held onto <mask>'s leg while tackling him on a kickoff return, and the Cowboys immediately took <mask> to the locker room. He was placed on the injured reserve list and had surgery on the fractured ankle.He left the game with one catch for 14 yards and a 35.7-yard average on three kickoff returns. <mask> finished his rookie season with 45 receptions for 561 yards and six receiving touchdowns. <mask> became the first Cowboys rookie to have multiple punt returns for a touchdown in the same season since Kevin Williams in 1993. He was named to the NFL All-Rookie Team for the 2010 season. 2011 season
With the departure of Roy Williams, <mask> won the starting job opposite of Miles Austin. <mask> started the first game of the 2011 season against the New York Jets where he had three receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown in a 27–24 loss. <mask> missed the next game against the San Francisco 49ers due to injury, as the Cowboys won the game by a score of 27–24 in overtime.<mask> started his second game of the season against the division rival and previously undefeated Washington Redskins on a Monday Night Football game. Playing injured, <mask> managed four receptions for 63 yards in the 18–16 victory. In the fourth game of the season against the undefeated Detroit Lions, <mask> had three receptions for 37 yards, one rush for five yards, and two receiving touchdowns in his team's 34–30 loss. In Week 7, the Dallas Cowboys went up against the St. Louis Rams. In the contest, <mask> had the most productive game of his season thus far, hauling in five receptions for 90 yards and a touchdown, helping his team to a 34–7 win. <mask>'s best game of the season was overshadowed by rookie teammate DeMarco Murray's record-breaking day. The following week, in a 23–13 victory over the Seattle Seahawks, <mask> recorded four receptions for 76 yards on nine targets.<mask> fumbled and lost the fumble, both for the first time in his career, as he was tackled near the opponent's 1-yard line. From Week 13 to Week 15, he scored a receiving touchdown in all three games. <mask> finished the season with 63 receptions for 928 yards and nine touchdowns, finishing second on the team in all those categories. 2012 season
<mask> had four receptions for 85 yards in a 24–17 win against the New York Giants in the season opener, which was a rare game played on a Wednesday. The next two games were average performances, totaling only 79 receiving yards on nine receptions and no touchdowns. Dallas lost the game in Week 2 against the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 27–7 and won in Week 3 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by a score of 16–10. In the Week 4, 34–18 loss to the Chicago Bears, <mask> had eight receptions for 105 yards.After the Week 5 bye, <mask> caught his first two touchdowns of the season, while setting his career-high 13 receptions in a Week 6 game against the Baltimore Ravens. With 32 seconds remaining in the game, <mask> caught a touchdown pass from quarterback Tony Romo to bring the score to 31–29. Following a failed two-point conversion, Dallas recovered an onside kick to give the offense one last opportunity to win the game. Kicker Dan Bailey attempted a 51-yard field goal, but it sailed wide left to end the game with a Cowboys' loss. Throughout September and October, <mask> was being criticized in the media for dropping balls, fumbles and running poor routes, but he started to live up to his potential in a Week 8 game against the New York Giants, when he registered 110 yards on only five catches, and almost came up with a last-minute hail mary touchdown, but it was reversed because his hand was ruled out of bounds. Against the Eagles in Week 10, he amassed 87 yards on three catches with one touchdown in the 38–23 victory. In Week 11 against the Cleveland Browns, <mask> had 12 catches for a then-career-high 145 yards.In Week 12, against the Washington Redskins, he head eight receptions for 145 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns in the 38–31 loss. Against the New Orleans Saints in a Week 16 loss, he had the best game of his career to that point, with nine receptions for a career-high 224 yards and two touchdowns. He tied the franchise record for most consecutive games, with seven, with at least a touchdown reception, which is shared with Franklin Clarke (1961–1962), Bob Hayes (1965–1966), and Terrell Owens (2007). His 224 receiving yards were the fourth most in franchise history for a single game at the time. In the last game of the season, <mask> had four receptions for 71 yards in the Week 17 loss to rival and eventual division champions, the Redskins. <mask> finished the 2012 season with 92 receptions for 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns; these ranked 10th, sixth, and third, respectively, among all receivers. He tied the franchise record for most consecutive games, with seven, with at least a touchdown reception, which is shared with Franklin Clarke, Bob Hayes, and Terrell Owens.In addition, he set a franchise record for most games in a single season with multiple receiving touchdowns with four, breaking a mark which was tied with Clarke, Hayes, and Owens. He suffered from several injuries throughout the second half of the season. He injured his finger in early December, opting to play through the injury for the duration of the season, saying that opponents would "have to break my leg to keep me out." He left in the fourth quarter of the final game of the season against the Redskins with a back injury. Head coach Jason Garrett stated after the game that <mask> "could barely walk", with the injury. He was ranked 35th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2013. 2013 season
<mask> started the 2013 season slow with four receptions for 22 yards in a Week 1 36–31 victory over the New York Giants on NBC Sunday Night Football.He bounced back the next week and had nine receptions for 141 receiving yards and a touchdown in a 17–16 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 2. Over the course of the next two weeks, <mask> had ten receptions for 119 yards with three touchdowns, in a 31–7 win over the St. Louis Rams and a 30–21 loss to the San Diego Chargers. In a Week 5, 51–48 shootout loss to the Denver Broncos, <mask> had six receptions for 141 yards and two touchdowns. On October 20, he had eight receptions for

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Entering the final year of his rookie contract, <mask> managed to improve and had the most productive year of his career. He caught 88 passes for 1,320 yards and 16 touchdowns, the latter of which led the NFL and broke Terrell Owens' franchise record of 15 touchdown receptions. As a result, he was selected for his second consecutive Pro-Bowl appearance and was chosen as first-team All-Pro.<mask> caught five passes for 55 yards while the Cowboys were beaten at home in Week 1 by the San Francisco 49ers by a score of 28–17. However, over the next six weeks, the offense improved as they won six straight games and <mask> was dominant over the stretch, catching 41 passes for 535 yards and four touchdowns. During Week 8 against the Washington Redskins, Tony Romo was injured and forced to miss a good portion of the game (he later returned to finish the game). As a result, the Cowboys' offense, with Brandon Weeden under center, struggled and <mask>'s production decreased as a direct result. Romo missed the following week with an injured transverse process, and the Cowboys were beaten by the Arizona Cardinals by a score of 28–17. <mask> had five catches for 45 yards and two touchdowns during this stretch. Romo returned the following week against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and <mask>'s production increased when he caught six passes for 158 yards and two touchdowns in the second quarter alone, making this the most productive quarter of his career.With Romo back for the remaining six games, Dallas began to dominate as <mask> compiled 32 catches for 527 yards and eight touchdowns. In a Week 12 game in that stretch, <mask> scored a late go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter against the New York Giants in the 31–28 victory. He was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 15. During this stretch, Dallas was 5–1 and finished with a record of 12–4, which tied for most wins in the NFL during the 2014 season. <mask> finished with 88 receptions for 1,320 yards and 16 touchdowns. It was his third consecutive season with double-digit touchdowns. The Cowboys made the playoffs for the first time since 2009 and <mask> played in his first playoff game, against the Detroit Lions.In a defensive struggle, <mask> saw double coverage for most of the night and was largely unproductive. However, after some second-half adjustments by the Cowboys, the Dallas offense took advantage of the added attention to <mask> and began to move the ball frequently through the air, targeting <mask>'s counterparts in the receiving corps and the Cowboys won 24–20 after being down 20–7 late in the third quarter. The game was not without controversy; as the  Lions were ahead on the scoreboard, 20–17, facing a third-and-1, quarterback Matthew Stafford threw a pass to tight end Brandon Pettigrew, who was seemingly interfered with by Cowboys linebacker Anthony Hitchens, and the referees threw a flag and announced a pass interference. After about a minute, the referees gathered their flags and declared no foul on the play, which resulted in a fourth-and-1. After an attempt to draw Dallas offsides, Detroit punted the ball back to the Cowboys and Dallas drove 59 yards and scored the game-winning touchdown. In the Divisional Round, the Cowboys lost to the Green Bay Packers 26–21. The game is noted for a controversial call that reversed a complete 31-yard pass to <mask> on fourth-and-2 from the Packers' 32.Although <mask>, covered by Sam Shields, caught the ball with both feet coming down in bounds, <mask> bobbled the ball as he stretched towards the 1-yard line. Referees initially ruled <mask> down at the 1-yard line, but overturned this call as an incomplete pass following a challenge from Packers' coach Mike McCarthy. Referee Gene Steratore explained the decision: "Although the receiver is possessing the football, he must maintain possession of that football throughout the entire process of the catch. In our judgment, he maintained possession, but continued to fall and never had another act common to the game. We deemed that by our judgment to be the full process of the catch, and at the time he lands and the ball hits the ground, it comes loose as it hits the ground, which would make that incomplete; although he repossesses it, it does contact the ground when he reaches, so the repossession is irrelevant because it was ruled an incomplete pass when we had the ball hit the ground." <mask> said after the game that he believed it was a catch without a doubt, and wanted to know why his catch was overturned. Dean Blandino, NFL vice president of officiating, also confirmed that the play was correctly reversed by tweeting "<mask> going to the ground.By rule he must hold onto it throughout entire process of contacting the ground. He didn't so it is incomplete." Later, during the following offseason, according to The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Blandino met with the Cowboys stating "The message to the coaches and players – because we've gone out and visited with every staff – is if you're falling to the ground to make the catch, then you have to maintain the control when you land," Blandino said. "And if you reach or do anything with the football, that's not going to trump that requirement to maintain control." In the offseason, he was ranked 15th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2015. 2015 season

On March 3, 2015, the Cowboys placed the nonexclusive franchise tag, worth $12.823 million, on <mask>. On July 15, 2015, <mask> and the Cowboys reached an agreement on a five-year, $70 million contract that included $45 million of guaranteed money and a $20 million signing bonus.During Sunday Night Football against the New York Giants in the Cowboys' regular season opener, <mask> left the game with a foot injury. An x-ray revealed a fracture in the foot that required surgery. Recovery time for <mask>'s injury required 4–6 weeks. He returned in Week 8 against the Seattle Seahawks and struggled, recording two receptions for 12 yards in a 13–12 loss to the Seahawks in AT&T Stadium. Week 9 against the Philadelphia Eagles, <mask> caught his first touchdown of the season on a day where he totaled five catches for 104 yards in the 33–27 loss. Limited to nine games in the 2015 season, <mask> had 31 receptions for 401 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He was ranked 51st by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2016.On January 6, 2016, he underwent foot and ankle surgeries. For the season, <mask> has sold the most merchandise for a wide receiver and fifth most overall merchandise with only Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Russell Wilson, and Aaron Rodgers selling more than <mask>. 2016 season
<mask> started the 2016 season with a new starting quarterback in Dak Prescott as Tony Romo suffered a back injury in the preseason. After recording a single reception for eight yards in the season opening loss to the New York Giants, he had seven receptions for 102 yards in a Week 2 27–23 victory over the Washington Redskins. <mask> suffered a hairline fracture in his knee in Week 3 against the Chicago Bears, forcing him to miss extended time. He returned in Week 8 against the Philadelphia Eagles. Overall, he finished the season with 50 receptions for 796 yards and a team-high eight touchdowns in 13 games played.The Cowboys finished with a 13–3 record and won the NFC East. <mask>'s most productive performance of the season came in the postseason against the Green Bay Packers in the Divisional Round, where he recorded nine receptions for 132 yards and two touchdowns in a 34–31 defeat. <mask> was named to the Pro Bowl for the third time in his career, replacing Julio Jones, who could not participate due to the Atlanta Falcons advancing to Super Bowl LI. He was ranked 60th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017. 2017 season

<mask> started the 2017 season with two receptions for 43 yards in the 19–3 victory over the New York Giants on NBC Sunday Night Football. During a Week 9 28–17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, <mask> sprained his ankle, and was sidelined for the rest of the game. On November 30, against the Washington Redskins, <mask> passed Bob Hayes for the Cowboys franchise record for receiving touchdowns.Overall, he played in all 16 games in the 2017 season and recorded 69 receptions for 838 yards and six touchdowns as the Cowboys finished with a 9–7 record and missed the playoffs. The Cowboys released <mask> on April 13, 2018, after eight seasons with the team. New Orleans Saints
On November 7, 2018, nine weeks into the 2018 season, <mask> agreed to a one-year, $1.25 million deal with the New Orleans Saints. Two days after signing with the Saints, <mask> tore his Achilles tendon during team practice. He was placed on injured reserve the following day, ending his season without playing a single game with the Saints. 2019
In October 2019, <mask> stated that he was going to rehabilitate and train during the 2019 season. He said he did not plan on retiring and wanted to return to play football in 2019, but did not sign with a team.Baltimore Ravens
On October 27, 2020, <mask> was signed to the Baltimore Ravens' practice squad. He was elevated to the active roster on November 7 and November 21 for the team's weeks 9 and 10 games against the Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans, and reverted to the practice squad after each game. Against the Titans, <mask> recorded his first reception since the 2017 season for a four-yard gain. He finished the game with a season-high four receptions for 28 yards in the 30–24 overtime loss. He was promoted to the active roster on November 28. Right before the Week 13 matchup against the Dallas Cowboys, his former team, <mask> tested positive for COVID-19 and was ineligible to play. He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on December 10, 2020, and activated on December 15.In Week 15 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, <mask> caught an 11-yard touchdown pass, his first touchdown since 2017, in the Ravens' 40–14 win. The next week, he caught an eight-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter of the Ravens' 27–13 win over the New York Giants. He finished the 2020 regular season with six receptions for 47 yards and two touchdowns. NFL career statistics

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Cowboys franchise records
Most receiving touchdowns, career: 73
Most games with at least two receiving touchdowns, single season: (4) (twice, in 2012 and 2014)
Most games with at least two receiving touchdowns, career: (15) (tied with Bob Hayes)
Consecutive games with a receiving touchdown: (7) (tied with Terrell Owens, Bob Hayes, and Frank Clarke)

Personal life
<mask> had a troubled upbringing, born to a 13-year-old mother, Angela, who was arrested for dealing crack cocaine when <mask> was eight years old. He went on to live in eight different homes while attending Lufkin High School. <mask> has two sons, Zayne and <mask> Jr. <mask> was sued in March 2011 for $861,350 for legal fees and the cost of jewelry, which he acquired on credit while a student athlete. The case was settled before court proceedings for between $400,000 and $500,000.On July 16, 2012, <mask> was arrested on a class A misdemeanor domestic violence charge for allegedly striking his biological mother, <mask>. In March 2013, <mask> spoke at an event for Dallas Men Against Abuse. At the event, he stated, "I'm done with domestic abuse." On August 28, 2014, <mask> launched his official brand and apparel line, ThrowUpTheX. On June 22, 2016, <mask> was sued by Texas state senator Royce West for damaging a rented house in DeSoto, Texas. Damage to the rental house totaled over $60,000. In a tweet, <mask> endorsed Kanye West's campaign in the 2020 United States presidential election.See also
 List of Dallas Cowboys first-round draft picks
 List of National Football League annual receiving touchdowns leaders
 List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders
 List of NFL 1,000-yard receiving trios
 List of Oklahoma State Cowboys in the NFL Draft

References

External links

Baltimore Ravens bio
Oklahoma State Cowboys bio

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Dallas Cowboys players
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People from Lufkin, Texas
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