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<mask>, known professionally as <mask> (May 30, 1891 – October 23, 1943), was an American jazz violinist, bandleader, and radio personality, often introduced as "The Old Maestro". He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue, being part of the first generation of "stars" of American popular music, alongside other artists such as Paul Whiteman (a fellow violinist and bandleader), Ted Lewis and Al Jolson. Career

Early years
<mask> was born Bernard Anzelevitz (another source says <mask>itz) in Bayonne, New Jersey. He attended Columbia University and the New York College of Music. By the age of 15 he was teaching violin, but this experience apparently diminished his interest in the violin for a time. <mask> performed in vaudeville, appearing with Charles Klass as The Fiddle Up Boys in 1912 and with Phil Baker as Baker and Bernie, but he met with little success until 1922 when he joined his first orchestra. Later, he had his own band, The Lads, seen in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound short, <mask> and All the Lads (1924–25), featuring pianist Oscar Levant.He toured with Maurice Chevalier and in Europe. Radio and other performances

<mask> and his orchestra were heard November 15, 1926, via a remote broadcast from the Hotel Roosevelt in New York City, on the first NBC broadcast. In 1928, he starred in the Broadway musical, Here's Howe, as Dan Danny. His musical variety radio shows through the 1930s, usually titled, <mask>, The Old Maestro received ratings that placed him among radio's top ten programs. He was heard on radio as early as 1923, broadcasting on WJZ and the NBC Blue Network in 1930–31, sponsored by Mennen. After a 1931–32 run on CBS, sponsored by Blue Ribbon Malt, which was acquired by Pabst Beer (during Prohibition, they sold malt syrup, the primary ingredient in brewing "homemade beer"), he was heard Tuesdays on NBC from 1932–1935, also with Pabst. His announcer during this period was Jimmy Wallington.On the Blue Network from 1935–1937, <mask>'s sponsor was the American Can Company. He returned to CBS in 1938, sponsored by U.S. Rubber. With Half-&-Half Tobacco as a sponsor, he hosted a musical quiz program from 1938 to 1940. From 1940–41, Bromo-Seltzer was his sponsor on the Blue Network. Wrigley's Gum sponsored The Ben Bernie War Workers' Program (1941–43). He also made guest appearances on other radio shows. He appeared in four feature films Shoot the Works (1934), Stolen Harmony (1935),Wake Up and Live (1937), and Love and Hisses (1937)

His theme was "It's a Lonesome Old Town" and his signature trademark, "yowsah, yowsah, yowsah" (also spelled "yowsa" or "yowza"), became a national catchphrase.The term was memorably used by a character in the film They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Richie Cunningham in a 1976 episode of Happy Days, "They Shoot Fonzies, Don't They?" (1976), by the band Chic with their hit "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (1977), Frank Zappa in his 1979 single "Dancin' Fool" and Ritch Brinkley as Cappy in 1994's comedy, Cabin Boy. Announcers for <mask>'s programs included Harlow Wilcox, Harry von Zell and Bob Brown. His radio shows featured comedy from Lew Lehr and Fuzzy Knight, and the line-up of vocalists included Buddy Clark, Little Jackie Heller, Scrappy Lambert, Pat Kennedy, Jane Pickens, Dinah Shore, and Mary Small. To boost ratings, Walter Winchell and <mask>, who were good friends, staged a fake rivalry similar to the comedic conflict between <mask> and Fred Allen. This mutually beneficial "feud" was a running gag on their radio appearances and continued in two films in which they portrayed themselves: Wake Up and Live (1937) and Love and Hisses (1937).They are also caricatured in the Warner Bros. cartoons The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937) as "<mask>ie" and "Walter Finchell" and The Coo-Coo Nut Grove (1936) as "<mask>ie" and "Walter Windpipe". Recordings
<mask>'s orchestra recorded throughout the 1920s and 1930s on Vocalion (1922–25), Brunswick (1925–33), Columbia (1933), Decca (1936), and ARC (Vocalion and OKeh) (1939–40). In 1923 <mask> and the Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra recorded "Who's Sorry Now?". In 1925 <mask> and his orchestra recorded "Sweet Georgia Brown". <mask> was the co-composer of this jazz standard, which became the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters. Personal life

On December 24, 1915, <mask> married Rose Harris (maiden; 1893–1965) in Manhattan, New York. They had a son, Jason H<mask> (1918–1969).<mask> and <mask> separated in September 1931 and divorced September 1935. In October 1935, <mask> remarried Dorothy P. Wesley (1908–1990) in Miami, Florida. <mask> died from a pulmonary embolism in October 1943, aged 52, and was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery, in Queens, New York. <mask> has a star at 6280 Hollywood Boulevard in the Radio section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated February 8, 1960. Selected discography
 "Sweet Georgia Brown" July 1925 (#1 hit for 5 weeks)
 "Sleepy Time Gal" March 1926 (#1 hit for 4 weeks)
 "Ain't She Sweet" May 1927 (#1 hit for 4 weeks)
 "Marching Along Together" August 21, 1933 (Columbia)
 "We Won't Have to Sell the Farm" (Columbia)
 "The Duke Is on a Bat Again" (Columbia)
 "Ain't That Marvelous" (Columbia)
 "This Is Romance" Voc. Frank Prince, Sept. 19, 1933 (Columbia)
 "You Gotta Be a Football Hero", Sept. 19, 1933 (Columbia)
 "Shanghai Lil", Sept. 26, 1933 (Columbia)
 "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf", Sept. 26, 1933 (Columbia)

References

Bibliography
 Dunning, John.On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, Oxford University Press, 1998. External links

<mask> and All the Lads (1924-25) made in Phonofilm by Lee DeForest
Ben <mask> recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings

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<mask> (; born October 1956) is a former lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China who was sentenced to prison for corruption. He served as the Deputy Director of the PLA General Logistics Department (GLD) from December 2009 to February 2012. During his tenure he oversaw the consolidation and sale of military real estate assets. Prior to that, he served as the chief of the barracks and housing division of the GLD, in charge of upgrades to the facilities and residences of army personnel. Born into a family of farmers, Gu joined the military when he was 17 years old. He worked in Northeast China, but was transferred back to his home province during the downsizing of the PLA in the 1980s. He then worked in logistics coordination for the Jinan Military Region, and was rapidly promoted thereafter.Gu attained the rank of major general (shao jiang) in July 2003 and lieutenant-general (zhong jiang) in July 2011. <mask> was removed from office in 2012, as the authorities opened a far-reaching corruption investigation which resulted in the seizure of many Gu family assets. In 2015, Gu was tried and convicted on charges of bribery, embezzlement, illegally moving public funds, and abuse of power by a military court, and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve. Biography

Early life
<mask> was born and raised in the village of Dongbaicang (), in the outskirts of the city of Puyang, Henan. He was the son of <mask> Yansheng (), a farmer born in 1924, and a woman from a neighbouring village. <mask> Junshan was the eldest of six children. Gu studied at Dongbaicang Primary School (), then he attended Nanlixiang Middle School ().He was considered a "troublemaker" during his teenage years, and an unremarkable student. In 1971, <mask> joined the People's Liberation Army and was assigned to Shenyang Military Region, in China's northeast. He operated instruments for a local air force division as a cadet in Liuhe County, Jilin. Gu was considered a mediocre soldier in terms of technical ability and competence, but was adept at managing relationships with his officers. However, he received "poor" ratings several times in his performance evaluations, and was publicly reprimanded several times by his superior Zhang Longhai (). <mask> was widely recognized in his division, however, for his adept ability to earn the trust and patronage of higher-ranked officers, sometimes through doing favours or giving gifts. Gu also became involved with Zhang Longhai's daughter, Zhang Shuyan.The elder Zhang was initially reluctant about the pairing, even going as far as transferring <mask> into a different town to take up a job training new soldiers in order to avoid further liaisons with his daughter. However, eventually <mask> and Zhang married anyway. Career in Puyang and Jinan Military Region
In June 1985, the government announced a significant scaling down of the PLA, forcing soldiers to pursue other professions. Gu was transferred back to work in his hometown of Puyang, Henan province, and remained in the military with the help of his father-in-law, Zhang Longhai. His wife was given a job in Puyang's police department. In the next decade, Gu worked as a military liaison with the Zhongyuan oil field () of Sinopec. Zhongyuan sponsored several programs in the local military, including a jointly operated rubber factory.By this point, Gu had earned the rank of major (shaoxiao), and soon rose to become one of the people in charge of the office running the joint military-business operations in the area. He mainly worked to manage relationships between the factory and various government and military stakeholders. Gu's detractors say that he used this period to profit off of selling commodities at inflated prices and then dividing the spoils to earn favours, though his immediate superior had a positive impression of Gu's work, saying that he was very competent and excelled at any task he was given. By March 1993, Gu had become the Puyang military district's chief of logistics. In 1994, Gu was noticed by a visiting general from Jinan in neighbouring Shandong province, who spoke highly of his work and later transferred him to work in the production department of the Jinan Military Region. A few years later he was offered a leading post at the Jinan PLA Ground Force College (). He then went on to study at the PLA National Defence University, a breeding ground for China's top military brass.General Logistics Department
In 2001, Gu was transferred to work in Beijing as a deputy chief of the barracks and housing division () of the PLA General Logistics Department, with full oversight on the army's housing upgrade program. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General two years later. Between 2005 and 2007, the General Logistics Department spent some 500 million yuan in housing upgrade projects. Beginning in 2007, the PLA also undertook a massive barracks upgrade project. A few years later, the military also began consolidating many of its real estate holdings. This consolidation resulted in the sale and rent of military properties in central areas of large cities, including Beijing and Shanghai. The Caixin investigation into Gu concluded that he took approximately 6% of proceeds from the sale of a piece of land in Shanghai worth some 2 billion yuan (~$326.8 million).It also alleged that Gu owned numerous massive condominium properties in the 2nd Ring Road area of Beijing, where real estate is known to fetch astronomical prices. Gu allegedly also struck deals with real estate companies, taking a 60% cut of profits from land sales. Corruption case
In December 2009, Gu became the Deputy Director of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department. This made Gu only one step away from becoming one of the directors of the PLA's "big national departments", and potentially achieving a full General (shangjiang) rank. Gu's meteoric rise was linked to Central Military Commission Vice Chairman and Politburo member Xu Caihou. Gu worked under Xu when Xu was the chief political commissar of the Jinan Military Region in the late 1990s. During Xu's daughter's wedding reception, Gu allegedly gave a cash card worth some 20 million yuan (~$3.2 million) to Xu's daughter.Since <mask>'s ascension to the top ranks in Beijing, Gu's youngest brother <mask> Xianjun (), otherwise known as "Gu San" (谷三; lit. "Gu number three"), built a large factory in Puyang to supply the military with office and residential furniture. It is believed that the success of the factory was due to the backing of <mask> <mask> in the procurement of military contracts. In addition, Caixin reported that <mask> San, who was the local village chief for nearly ten years, also built a real estate 'empire' in the area near the <mask> old family home. <mask> San and his associates were said to have achieved this through selling public land without consultation, buying land at below market value through real estate companies which were controlled by the Gu family, as well as taking kickbacks from local developers in exchange for aiding them in the bidding process for development projects. When villagers attempted to complain about the abusive practices, such as through public petitioning to the authorities, they were often met with resistance from officials with whom Gu maintained good relationships. In particular, <mask>'s wife Zhang Shuyan, a police official in charge of petitions, was also said to have prevented the fair hearing of the villagers' petitions.Liu Yuan, the political commissar of the General Logistics Department, first proposed to take action against Gu in late 2011. Hu Jintao, Chairman of the Central Military Commission himself asked for <mask> to be suspended, but was met with resistance by the top military brass. In 2012, bypassing military authorities, Hu asked the party's own anti-corruption agency, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, to intervene in the case. It was said Gu would initially be charged with taking bribes of less than $1 million. Gu remained in his position as deputy director of logistics until February 2012, when his name was removed from the Ministry of National Defence and related military websites. Military disciplinary officials headed to Puyang for investigation at around the same time. <mask> was formally removed from office in May 2012.Upon Xi Jinping's accession to become General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, China's top leader at the 18th Party Congress in November 2012, <mask>'s case took a new turn. Xi, apparently incensed at the extent and wide reach of the scandal, ordered the investigation on Gu be widened. On January 12, 2013, investigators descended on Gu's hometown to raid his family compound. Investigators found large crates of luxury liquor, a gold model boat, and a gold Mao statue in storage. Investigators also found a large Forbidden City-style 'imperial compound' under construction; locals reported that Gu's family had hired artists from the imperial museum in Beijing to design the compound. In March 2014, state media publicly announced Gu's corruption investigation. Gu was charged with corruption, bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power by the PLA Military Procuratorate.His case was then moved to court martial. <mask> was the highest-ranked military official to be charged with corruption since the Wang Shouye scandal in 2006. Chinese-language media also reported that during the investigation, Gu gave evidence against Xu Caihou, alleging that Xu offered promotions in exchange for money. Soon after, Xu became subject to his own corruption probe, and on June 30, Xu was expelled from the Communist Party of China. <mask> was tried in secret in military court, as is customary for officers of his rank. It was reported in August 2015 that Gu was convicted on charges of embezzlement, taking bribes, giving bribes, moving public funds, and abuse of power. He was sentenced to death, with a two-year-reprieve, which is usually commuted to life imprisonment.He was also stripped of his lieutenant general rank. Family
Gu married Zhang Shuyan (), whose name has also been written as Zhang Suyan (), the daughter of army political commissar Zhang Longhai (). Zhang Shuyan was an official in the Puyang police department, in charge of petitions. Gu was the eldest son of his parents; he has three sisters and two brothers. His siblings all own homes in the Puyang area of Henan province. The family also built a Forbidden City-style 'imperial palace' compound in Puyang, which fell into disrepair shortly after the Gu Junshan corruption case was opened. Gu's youngest brother, <mask> Xianjun (), also known as <mask> San (), was the local village chief for ten years before quitting in the summer of 2010.<mask> San left town amid his brother's corruption investigation in February 2012. <mask>'s father, <mask> Yansheng, was a farmer. After <mask>'s ascension to top posts in Beijing, he commissioned an author to write what was widely regarded as a hagiography of his father titled Struggle for Life and Death () as a testament to his own revolutionary heritage. <mask>'s father is buried in a prominent local cemetery with the conspicuous "revolutionary hero" designation written on his tombstone. Notes

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<mask> (21 July 1897 – 30 June 1934) was a German Nazi politician and Deputy to Ernst Röhm, the Stabschef of the Sturmabteilung (SA). <mask> was one of the earliest members of the Nazi Party and a leading member of the SA in Munich, participating in the Beer Hall Putsch and becoming a notorious enforcer of the party. He held several high-ranking positions in the Nazi administration until he was executed during the Night of the Long Knives in June 1934. Early life

<mask> was born on 21 July 1897 in Munich, the illegitimate child of <mask> and Lieutenant <mask>, a native of Hamburg from a merchant family for whom she was a nanny. In 1903, <mask> gave birth to a second child, <mask>, who is also believed to have been fathered by Parish. In 1915, <mask> joined the Bavarian Army to fight in World War I after graduating from his Gymnasium, and fought on the Western Front as a field artillery operator. <mask> suffered a serious head wound in late 1915, earned the Iron Cross 1st Class and 2nd Class, and was discharged as a Leutnant in 1918.Political career
After the war, <mask> became involved in the Freikorps movement. From 1919 to December, 1922, <mask> served as leader of a unit in Freikorps Roßbach  that fought in West Prussia and the Baltic States under Gerhard Roßbach. In March 1920, <mask> participated in the Kapp Putsch, and relocated to the Mecklenburg-Pomerania area after the coup's failure like most participating Freikorps Roßbach members. In July 1920, <mask> was involved in the murder of Willi Schmidt, a 20-year-old farm worker who allegedly wanted to reveal hidden arms caches of the Freikorps. <mask> returned to Munich following Schmidt's murder, and in 1922 became Führer of the Munich Ortsgruppe, the local Freikorps Roßbach group. In December 1922, <mask> became Member #78 of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), and transferred the Ortsgruppe to the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the party. <mask> was appointed leader of the Second Battalion in the Munich SA Regiment and soon became one of the SA's leading members.In November 1923, <mask> was one of two thousand Nazi that participated in the Beer Hall Putsch, being assigned to take the Hotel Vierjahreszeiten. <mask> was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for his part in the failed coup d'etat and was held, together in the same cell with Adolf Hitler, at Landsberg Prison. <mask> was released prematurely in September 1924 while the SA and NSDAP were both still banned, taking over the leadership of the Second Battalion of the Munich Frontbann Regiment until 1925 when he joined the re-legalized SA and NSDAP. From 1925 to August 1926, <mask> was federal director of the Schilljugend, a right-wing youth organization founded by Gerhard Roßbach now affiliated with the SA and NSDAP. In 1926, <mask> enrolled in Erlangen University to study law, and became a Standartenführer of the SA. On 22 January 1928, <mask> was arrested in Schongau for his involvement in Willi Schmidt's murder in 1920, which was exposed during a blackmail attempt. <mask> was transferred to Stettin as the main defendant in the trial for Schmidt's murder.The prosecution demanded the death penalty for Schmidt's murder, but the judgement of the Stettin court was 15 years in prison for manslaughter, later lowered to 5 years. On 15 June 1928, the NSDAP deputy Wilhelm Frick referred to <mask>'s conviction in a Reichstag speech as "Outflow of infernal Jewish hatred of the front spirit, against the spirit of national resistance." On 14 May 1929 <mask> was released from custody by a decision of the Stettin court for a "bail" of 5000 Reichsmarks. In 1929, <mask> was also convicted of the murder of communist Conrad Pietrzuch, who had been beaten to death by an SA gang led by <mask>. The trial had to be reopened due to a technical error, and <mask> soon received an amnesty because of his supposedly "patriotic" motive. <mask> held numerous prominent political positions concurrently with his SA positions. From August 1929 to June 1930 he was the SA-Führer of Standarte X in Munich, the Nazi Party headquarters.He was also an Ortsgruppenleiter (Local District Leader) in the Munich Party organization and served as the Adjutant to Gauleiter Adolf Wagner. From May to August 1930 he was the Gau Propaganda Leader in Gau Groß-Munich under Wagner. From June to November 1930, he was additionally appointed as Acting Gauleiter of Gau Oberpfalz, the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria. Then in November, he became a staff member in the News and Press Department of the Obersten SA-Führung (Supreme SA Leadership) serving there until April 1931. In September 1930, <mask> was elected to the Reichstag for electoral district 8 (Liegnitz) and remained a Reichstag deputy until his death. Deputy to Ernst Röhm

On 1 May 1931, <mask> was appointed Deputy to SA-Stabschef Ernst Röhm, the effective commander of the SA and a close friend of Hitler. Then in July 1931, <mask> also became SA-Führer of SA-Gruppe Silesia.After the Nazi seizure of power, <mask> was appointed Polizeipräsident (Police President) in Breslau on 25 March 1933. He was also named Deputy Gauleiter to Helmuth Brückner in Gau Silesia. In addition, he became the Special Plenipotentiary to Silesia of the SA Supreme Leadership. In April, he secured a position on the Prussian State Council. On 20 April 1933 he was promoted to SA-Obergruppenführer. In July 1933 he became SA-Führer of the new SA-Obergruppe III with oversight of three SA Gruppe, namely, Berlin-Brandenburg, Ostmark and Silesia. On 15 March 1934, Silesia was raised to the status of an Obergruppe (VIII) and <mask> remained in charge.Now at the height of his power, <mask> would hold all these posts until his death. In early 1933, the establishment of Nazi Germany led to Hitler, now with access to the state apparatus including the Reichswehr, no longer requiring or desiring the street fighting antics of the SA, and seeking to marginalize the organization. Röhm was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany as de facto commander of the SA, and considered by Hitler to be one of few people who posed a threat to his leadership. Hitler already had a personal aversion to <mask> who, as Röhm's loyal Deputy, was perceived as a threat by extension. Death
On 30 June 1934, <mask> and many other SA leaders were executed shortly after their arrest during the Night of the Long Knives. Hitler identified <mask> as one of the principal members of a "small group of elements which were held together through a like disposition" in his Reichstag speech of 13 July 1934. <mask>'s younger brother, Oskar, was an Obersturmbannführer of the SA, and on the morning of 1 July 1934, he heard a radio report concerning the execution of his brother.Soon after, Oskar <mask> and SA-Obersturmbannführer Werner Engels, reported to the Polizeipräsidium in Breslau, where they were immediately placed under arrest by SS men. From there, they were driven that night to a forested area near Deutsch-Lissa (now Wrocław-Leśnica, Poland). At dawn on 2 July 1934, the two were shot on orders of SS-Obergruppenführer Udo von Woyrsch. Character and attributes
<mask> had developed a reputation for brutality as an enforcer of the SA, known for personally killing political opponents of the NSDAP despite his high-ranking status. In his diaries, Joseph Goebbels described <mask> as "an unbalanced person, full of storm and urge, a child's head", attributing his violent nature to his background. Contemporary sources often pointed out <mask> as being unusually tall and powerfully built but with a contradictory youthful, boyish face. Homosexuality
<mask> was an open homosexual, as were Röhm and several other leading members of the SA.On 12 May 1932, <mask> had been arrested for assaulting Helmuth Klotz, a publicist and former NSDAP member who had defected to the Social Democratic Party, for which <mask> was suspended from the Reichstag. Klotz had published letters from Ernst Röhm that addressed his homosexuality in March 1932. The Social Democratic Party's newspaper, the Münchener Post, publicized <mask> as belonging to Röhm's homosexual circle of friends. Hitler had tolerated the prevalence of open homosexuals in the SA leadership despite ideological opposition to homosexuality and the public embarrassment to the party. However, <mask>' homosexuality later proved to be convenient for Hitler during the upcoming purge of SA leaders, as it could tie him and others to the "Röhm Putsch", a fictional coup d'etat plot of the SA. Awards and decorations
1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class, 11.03.1916
1914 Iron Cross 1st Class, 1916
Military Merit Order (Bavaria) 3rd Class with Crown and Swords, 11.05.1917
Military Merit Order (Bavaria) 4th Class with Swords, 05.07.1918
1918 Wound Badge, 1918
Tiwaz (rune), c.1932
Honour Chevron for the Old Guard, February 1934

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<mask>g (; born August 28, 1996), known mononymously as Sejeong, is a South Korean singer, actress, songwriter and musical actress signed under Jellyfish Entertainment. She was the runner-up contestant in Mnet's survival show Produce 101, and debuted as member of the project girl group I.O.I. She's also a former member of Gugudan and its subgroup Gugudan SeMiNa. Following the group's disbandment, she's currently active as a solo artist and actress. She is best known for her lead roles in the television series School 2017 and The Uncanny Counter as well as Netflix variety show Busted! Early life and education
<mask>eong was born in Gimje, North Jeolla Province, but moved to Anyang, Gyeonggi where she stayed with her mother and older brother at her aunt's house. Her parents split when she was a child, leaving her mother to single-handedly raise her and her brother, and she has previously stated that she did not contact her father until she was in her third year of middle school.<mask> is currently studying practical music at Hanyang Women's University. Career

Pre-debut
In 2012, <mask> participated in the second season of competition television show K-pop Star 2 at the age of 16. She did not make it through the second round ranking audition, but Yang Hyun-suk brought her back as a wildcard for the casting round, where she performed a duet of Taeyang's "I Need A Girl" with fellow contestant Jo Yoo-min. Yang cast the both of them, grouping <mask> with contestants Nicole Curry and Lee Soo-kyung for the final casting round. At the end of the round, she was eliminated from the competition. Produce 101 and I.O.I

In January 2016, she represented Jellyfish Entertainment together with fellow trainees <mask>-young and Kang Mi-na on the reality survival show Produce 101 for the chance to debut in an Mnet project girl group. All three were assigned to "Group A" in the first episode of the program, and she achieved the first-place ranking on several episodes, earning the nickname "God Sejeong".The program came to an end on April 1, 2016, and the final line-up of I.O.I, consisting of the top 11 poll-winners, was announced. <mask> finished second overall, with 525,352 votes, becoming an official member of the girl group. I.O.I officially debuted on May 4, 2016, with their debut title track "Dream Girls". I.O.I promoted as a whole for events and advertising gigs for less than a year and officially disbanded in January 2017. The members returned to their respective agencies at the end of their contracts. 2016–2018: Gugudan, variety shows and acting debut

On June 10, 2016, YMC Entertainment revealed that <mask> would not be taking part in I.O.I's unit promotions but would instead return to her agency to debut and promote with its upcoming girl group. On June 28, 2016, while still a member of I.O.I, <mask> with her fellow I.O.I member Kang Mina officially debuted as a member of South Korean girl group Gugudan with their debut title track "Wonderland".On November 23, 2016, <mask> participated in Jellyfish Entertainment's music channel project Jelly Box and released the single "Flower Way" (), produced by Zico, along with a music video. The single topped seven major charts upon its release and received an All-Kill. <mask> received her first music program trophy as a solo artist with "Flower Way" on the November 30 episode of Show Champion making her one of the fastest soloist to win in a music show. On January 12, 2017, <mask> released the song "If Only" for the OST of the popular Korean drama The Legend of the Blue Sea. Later that year, she collaborated with Lee Tae-il of Block B for the digital song "I Like You, I Don't" which charted at number 8 in Gaon Music Charts. <mask> also collaborated with NCT's Doyoung titled "Star Blossom" for SM Station Season 2 music project. Aside from singing, <mask> established herself as an "ace" in variety shows with her multiple streak guesting in popular entertainment programs.<mask> hosted the new KBS show Talents for Sale alongside <mask>-kook, Lee Seo-jin and Noh Hong-chul
where she displayed a variety of talents on the show and earned the nickname 'Variety Cheat Key'. She would later get a "Rookie Variety" nomination in the 15th KBS Entertainment Awards. In March 2017, she joined the reality-documentary Law of the Jungle in Sumatra headed by the chief <mask>ung-man in a remote area in Sumatra, Indonesia. <mask> displayed her athletic and survival skills such as diving and fishing for several episodes earning her a "survival ace" nickname by the producers. She was awarded with a Best Challenge Award on the 11th SBS Entertainment Awards. Later on, <mask> once again showed her physical skills and was dubbed as "Wonder Sejeong" when she joined the Boat Horn Clenched Fists crew on a fishing mission in Imjado, an island in county in South Jeolla Province with <mask>-min, Lee Sangmin, <mask>ung-man whom she worked with in Law of the Jungle and among others. In July 2017, she took on her first major acting role as the lead, Ra Eun-ho, in KBS2's teen drama School 2017 where she won a "Best New Actress" award at the 31st KBS Drama Awards for her performance as the bubbly and charismatic Eun-ho.She also sung the OST for the series with her group Gugudan titled "Believe in this Moment". In September 2017, it was confirmed that <mask> will be a fixed cast member in Netflix's first Korean variety show Busted! alongside variety veterans Yoo Jae-suk, <mask>-min, Lee Kwang-soo,  Ahn Jae-wook, actress Park Min-young and fellow idol Oh Se-hun. The variety show spanned for three seasons with Lee Seung-gi joining the cast in its second season. That month, she also became a permanent MC for OnStyle's Get It Beauty alongside Honey Lee, Lee Se-young and Sandara Park. In January 2018, <mask> Jong-won's Alley Restaurant a cooking-variety program hosted by celebrity chef Baek Jong-won. <mask> and fellow Jellyfish Entertainment artist LEO of VIXX were chosen to sing the official cheer song entitled "We, the Reds" for the South Korea national football team for the 2018 World Cup Tournament.In June 2018, she was cast as one of the members of MDRS team led by <mask>-man in their third time working together, with actress Ha Ji-won and 2 PM's  Nichkhun for tvN's sci-fi variety program Galileo: Awakened Universe that explores the idea of life on Mars. All the members flew to Utah, United States to the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), the largest and longest-running Mars surface simulation facility in the world. They were the first Korean entertainment crew to set foot on the Research Station. In June 2018, a Gugudan subgroup named Gugudan SeMiNa was formed with <mask> and fellow Produce 101 alum members Mina and Nayoung. They debuted on July 10, 2018, with the title track "SeMiNa". In September 2018, <mask> released the song "Lover" for the OST of the popular Korean drama Mr. Sunshine. 2019–present: Solo career, musical debut and success in drama
In 2019, <mask> went on to take her second leading role in the mystery romantic-comedy drama I Wanna Hear Your Song where she played a timpanist who lost her memories due to traumatic events.She would later win the K-Drama Hallyu Star Award on the 2019 KBS Drama Awards for the role. After a year of hiatus as a singer and three years since her solo debut song, <mask> released the single "Tunnel" in collaboration with Dingo Music on December 2, 2019, followed by her first self-written and composed EP titled Plant (), with its lead single of the same name, released on March 17, 2020. She received her second music award show trophy on The Show  for her single. She wrote and composed all the tracks from her EP, except for the lead single. <mask> released the OST  "All of My Days" for the popular drama Crash Landing on You, which charted at number 50 on the Gaon digital chart followed by "What My Heart Says" for the OST of Record of Youth. She later released the digital single "Whale" on August 17, 2020. <mask> then went on to make her musical debut as the female lead in Return: The Promise of the Day, an original army musical that deals with the topic of excavating the remains of the heroic soldiers who sacrificed themselves to protect their country during the Korean War.On July 15, 2020, she was confirmed to have been cast as one of the four main characters for the drama adaptation of the popular webtoon  The Uncanny Counter. She played the role of Do Hana, a counter who has the ability to sense evil spirits from afar as well as the ability to read and enter the memories of the person she touched. Before filming the drama, <mask> together with her co-stars trained in an action school to prepare for their respective roles. The drama went on to become the highest-rated OCN series of all time and its immense popularity led to a renewal for season 2. <mask> also contributed to the drama's OST through her self-written and composed song "Meet Again” which charted at 147 on the Gaon Digital chart. After two years of inactivity, on December 31, 2020, Jellyfish Entertainment officially disbanded Gugudan and on May 11, 2021, <mask> renewed her contract with the company as a solo artist and actress. On March 9, 2021, it was revealed that <mask> was in the middle of preparing for a comeback.The EP would be <mask>'s official debut as a solo singer after gugudan's disbandment. The teaser video for her comeback was released on March 17, 2021, and on March 27, 2021, two days ahead of the release of her EP and single, <mask> officially announced in her official social media accounts the name of  her fandom, "Sesang" which translate to "World" in English. <mask> released her second self-written and composed EP titled I'm with its lead single "Warning" on March 29, 2021. She would later promote her single in various music and entertainment shows. She was also featured in MC Mong's Flower 9 album with the song "Can I Go Back". On April 5, 2021, it was announced that <mask> would make her second musical appearance through Red Book, a musical drama about women's growth that seeks pride and dignity in the Victorian era, which was the most conservative. She played Anna the protagonist of the story who defied all odds against prejudice about women in the Victorian era.<mask> performed from June 7 to August 24, 2021, for a total of 28 shows. Red Book Musical received a viewer rating of 9.9 out of 10 and currently holds the highest viewer rating among the top 20 sales for 2021 Musicals. The musical would later on win the Best Picture Award as well as Best New Musical Actress nomination for <mask> in the 2022 Korean Musical Awards. On May 4, 2021, <mask> and the members of I.O.I celebrated their fifth debut anniversary with a reunion live stream show called "Yes, I Love It!". On July 23, 2021, <mask> collaborated with Municon and released the digital single "Baby I Love U", which is a remake of the same song by Japanese singer TEE. On August 2, 2021, <mask> was confirmed to be the female lead for the SBS drama A Business Proposal adapted from the webtoon with the same title, with Ahn Hyo-seop, which premiered in February 2022. At the end of 2021, <mask> hosted the 2021 MBC Entertainment Awards with Jun Hyun-moo and Lee Sang-yi.<mask> will have her first solo fan meeting at the Yes 24 Live Hall on March 26, 2022. Endorsements
<mask> is considered 2021's Top CF star for her work as an advertising model in various fields such as food, architecture, home appliances, games, and public service advertisements. Previously, she also took first place in 2017's Female Advertising Model Brand Reputation survey for the month of June and July. She was the Global Advertising Model for Crocs Come As You Are campaign alongside international models Natalie Dormer, Zooey Deschanel, Gina Jin, and Japanese model Suzu Hirose. In 2018, she was selected as the brand model for Coca Cola's Spring Summer campaign with actor Park Bo-gum. She was the exclusive model for Lotte High-Mart and was paired with Astro's Cha Eun-woo for Lotte's popular Water Park Commercial Film. In January 2019, she became the new face for the alcoholic beverage, Good Day Soju alongside celebrity chef Baek Jong-won.<mask> was also featured in an advertisement for Dong Won Tuna together with actor Jo Jung-suk. In 2020, she and her The Uncanny Counter cast mates, Yeom Hye-ran and Moon Suk modeled for Dyson Coral™ Hair straightener product. <mask> and Yeom participated in a three-episode web variety show titled The Uncanny Touch for the product's promotion. <mask> also endorsed Beauty Products such as Manyo Factory Brand Cosmetics, Acwell, and Myskin Solus. Food and beverage products such as Cocolab, Sunkist Fruit Cider, and Viyotte. Online and RPG games Sudden Attack, Destiny Child: Defense War, and Armis where she released a music video for the games' promotion. Other popular advertisements such as Samsung's virtual assistant Bixby, GH Basic Housing,  Oella (Home Appliances) and among others.<mask> participated in campaigns such as "Online Smoking Cessation" for Korea Health Promotion and Development Institute, Korea Creative Content Agency's Campaign to "Eradicate the use of Illegal Webtoon Distribution Sites" and National Health Insurance Corporation's "Smoking Cessation Treatment". Personal life
Before debut, <mask> participated in track and field competitions in elementary and middle school and was part of the Theatre Club in her high school. <mask> passed Jellyfish Entertainment's auditions through a competition of 3,000 to 1 ratio thus becoming a trainee. She majored in Practical Music and was a trainee for two years before joining Produce 101. While being a trainee on the show she earned the nickname "God Sejeong" for consistently ranking first place and never ranking below second place but the nickname has been since widely used for excelling in various fields. <mask> is oftentimes called the icon of "Flower Way" through broadcasts and media after her famous speech to her mother, "I will only let you walk on the flower road from now on," during the first elimination round of Produce 101 where she won first place. Her first solo song "Flower Way" was based on the letter <mask> wrote for her mother in Talents for Sale where she was an active MC.Image and influence
In a 2016 guesting for You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook, <mask> revealed her goals she wanted to realize in her career in five years: a triple threat in singing, acting and variety which she achieved when she won awards in music, drama and entertainment in 2016 and 2017. She later on added musical and songwriting in her 2021 appearance which she accomplished in the same year with her self written  EP and as the lead character in Red Book musical. In August 2021, she won the Multi-tainer Award at 2021 Brand of the Year Awards for her works on various entertainment field such as music, drama, variety and musicals. Aside from singing and acting, <mask> is a sports enthusiast and known for her athletic skills and strong physique and have been featured on various entertainment shows and headlines thus receiving the tag "Strong Female Idol." <mask> together with her group Gugudan are three-time gold medalists in three consecutive years and record holders for the Women's Archery Competition in Idol Star Athletics Championships  and a gold medalist and record holder with her I.O.I and Gugudan member Mina  in Women's Bowling Competition. <mask> was the main vocalist for both I.O.I and Gugudan and is known for her sweet powerful raspy voice as well as for her emotional healing songs. <mask> is also known for her crescent moon eye smile and bright personality on and off stage.<mask> cites IU, Girls' Generation's Taeyeon and Ailee as her role models in singing and often uses their songs in her practice sessions. Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Compilation appearances

Composition credits
All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database under <mask>ong unless otherwise noted. Filmography

Television series

Television shows

Web shows

Musical theatre

Hosting

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

 Official website

1996 births
People from Anyang, Gyeonggi
Living people
Jellyfish Entertainment artists
South Korean female idols
South Korean women pop singers
Swing Entertainment artists
South Korean television actresses
K-pop Star participants
Produce 101 contestants
Gugudan
I.O.I members
21st-century South Korean women singers
21st-century South Korean singers
21st-century South Korean actresses
Gwangsan <mask> clan

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<mask> (born December 16, 1972) is an American former competitive swimmer who was a three-time Olympic gold medalist, a former world and American record-holder, and an eight-time American national college champion. During her international swimming career, Haislett won twenty-two medals in major international championships, including fourteen golds. Early years

Haislett was born in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1972. She was a "water baby"—she learned to swim at 18 months old. At the time, her parents merely wanted her to be comfortable in water, not intending that swimming would become her life focus. She began to train with the St. Pete Aquatics Club at the age of 6. Haislett attended Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg, where she swam for the Lakewood Spartans high school swim team, winning four Florida high school state championships in two years.As a 16-year-old high school junior, she won the 50-, 100- and 200-meter events at the U.S. Open Swimming Championships in 1989. At the 1990 U.S. Short Course Swimming National Championships, she won the national title in the 200-yard freestyle. College swimming career

After graduating from high school, Haislett accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coach Mitch Ivey and coach Chris Martin's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1991 to 1994. As a Gator swimmer, she won NCAA national titles in the 200-yard freestyle for four consecutive years from 1991 to 1994, the 200-yard individual medley in 1993, and the 500-yard freestyle in 1994, and was a member of the Gators' NCAA-winning relay teams in the 4×100-yard freestyle in 1993 and the 4×100-yard medley relay in 1994. She received twenty-eight All-American honors in four years—the maximum number possible. In four years of swimming, she was undefeated in Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition, and was recognized as the SEC Female Swimmer of the Year for four consecutive years from 1991 to 1994, and the SEC Female Athlete of the Year (all sports) in 1993 and 1994. She was the 1993–94 recipient of the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year.International swimming career

<mask> was the first American woman to defeat a swimmer from East Germany in the 100-meter freestyle since the 1972 Summer Olympics; she did so at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle, Washington. At the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia, Haislett won the 100-meter freestyle, and swam the anchor legs for the winning U.S. teams in the 4×100-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter medley relays, ending the East German women's eighteen years of overwhelming dominance in the 100-meter freestyle at the world championships. Haislett also endured the emotional agony of disqualifying her team on an early exchange in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay – a relay race that the American women won in the water. Haislett qualified for four events at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. After finishing a disappointing fourth in the women's 100-meter freestyle, Haislett won the 200-meter freestyle event with a time of 1:57.90 for her first Olympic gold medal. Drafting off German swimmer Franziska Van Almsick, she swam what was described as a "perfect race." She was a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres and Angel Martino, which set a new world record of 3:39.46 in the event final while winning the gold medal.Haislett swam the freestyle leg in the preliminaries of the 4×100-meter medley relay to earn her third Olympic gold medal. Haislett was the first American woman to swim the 200-meter freestyle in under one minute, fifty-eight seconds (1:58), and held the American record until 2003, when it was broken by Lindsay Benko. After six months in residence at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, she announced her retirement from competition swimming in 1995, citing her prior success and waning motivation and competitive desire. Life after competition swimming

Haislett graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications in 1996, and served as an assistant coach for the Florida Gators women's swim team under head coach Kevin Thornton from 1996 to 1997. Afterward, she studied to be a chef at the Florida Culinary Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida, and subsequently worked as the dining room manager and activities director at an assisted living community for seniors. She was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2004, and the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Haislett and her ex-husband have a daughter, Blake, who was born in 2006.World record

Women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay

Note: Record time and location are sourced to USA Swimming's list of world records. See also

 List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
 List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
 List of United States records in swimming
 List of University of Florida alumni
 List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members
 List of University of Florida Olympians
 List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
 World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay

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World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
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Goodwill Games medalists in swimming
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<mask> (born 1961, Mechelen) is a Belgian graphic designer, dramatic adviser, writer and theatre director. Education
<mask> studied visual arts and computer graphics. Collaboration with Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods
<mask> started working in theatre in 1987 at the STUK arts centre and the dance festival Klapstuk in Leuven (Belgium). She was the production assistant on Disfigure Study (1991), the debut choreography by the American choreographer Meg Stuart, who she had discovered in New York. She contributed to her international breakthrough. From 1999 to 2004 she was the graphic designer of Damaged Goods, the dance company of Meg Stuart. Collaboration with others
After Disfigure Study (Meg Stuart, 1991), Tine <mask> was also the production assistant for the American choreographer Dennis O'Connor (Amor Omnia, 1993) and the dramatic adviser for the Belgian choreographer Christine De Smedt (L'union fait la force fait l'union, 1993 and de Hemelschutters).She also worked as a photographer on Too Shy to Stare (2003)  by the American performance artist Davis Freeman, and was responsible for the scenography of Private Rooms (2002), a dance performance by the Canadian dancer / choreographer Sara Chase. For the New Zealand dance and performance artist Simone Aughterlony she worked as the artistic advisor and graphic designer on her pieces Public Property (2004) and Performers on Trial (2005) and as the co-author and advisor on Bare Back Lying (2006). Tine <mask> also designed leaflets, posters and websites for various dance and theatre productions and companies. Own artistic work
Tine <mask> only began to develop her own work in 2002. It originally revolved around her alter ego Trevor Wells, and began with a series of emails, followed by a multimedia project - all under the title The Wherebouts of Trevor Wells. With her visual work she participated in the group exhibition A room or one's own (de Markten, Brussels, 2006 and Kunstlerhaus Betanien, Berlin, 2007). From 2006, a series of theatre texts and theatre productions followed.They were first produced by Palindroom vzw, a production structure that she shared with film artist Els <mask> (Antwerp), Kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk), the Pianofabriek (Sint-Gillis), Workspacebrussels (Brussels), the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region and the Flemish government. International support came from Mousonturm (Frankfurt), PACT Zollverein (Essen) and Gessnerallee (Zürich). Work as a teacher
In November 2008, <mask> <mask>erschot presented a workshop on Meaning of Text in Contemporary Performance at the invitation of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Glasgow), and in April 2009 she tutored students in a workshop on text and dramaturgy at the invitation of the APT Hogeschool (Utrecht). Theatre productions
 I have no thoughts and this is one of them (2006), a monologue in the form of a summary, a worldview built on only denials. Triple Trooper Trevor Trumpet Girl (2009), a theatre piece with two actresses in the form of a failed diary full of questions and concerns about everything and nothing.We are not afraid of the dark (2012), a monologue about survival and therefore also about dying. When in doubt, duck (2015), a performance featuring two actresses and an actor inspired by the translations, rephrasings and infinite flow of multimedia information that floods society. Het betreft liefde (2018), a performance with three actresses based on conversations with children and adults about their love experiences, and on remarkable love stories from history and literature. Publications
The theatre texts of Tine <mask>t are published at De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek (Amsterdam), which has been working since 2009 on making Dutch-language theatre texts better available, both digitally and in book form. In 2013, De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek also published the book A Partial Exposure of A Half Decent Elephant, the first result of a research by Tine <mask>t on the changing meanings of words and concepts through translations, rephrasings and shifts in time. That theme was later featured in the theatre production When in Doubt, Duck. Published theatre texts
 I have no thoughts and this is one of them (Tine <mask>erschot, 2006, De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek #111)
 Triple Trooper Trevor Trompet girl (Tine <mask>erschot, 2008, De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek #110)
 We are not afraid of the dark (Tine <mask>t, 2012, De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek #222)
 When in doubt, duck (Tine <mask>t, 2015, De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek #299)
 Het betreft: liefde (Tine Van Aerschot, 2018, De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek #456)
Other book publications
 A Partial Exposure of A Half Decent Elephant (Tine Van Aerschot, 2013, De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek#199)
In 2015, in full migration crisis, Tine Van Aerschot, with her production structure TREVOR vzw, was also responsible for the re-release of Zjefke in de Grote Oorlog (Zjefke in the Great War) (), a book from 2004 by her father André Van Aerschot.She received the support of the Kaaitheater and the KU Leuven; the then rector Rik Torfs of the KU Leuven wrote the new preface. The full proceeds go to Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen. De Klas van Tine (The Class of Tine)
In 2017, <mask> <mask>t moved from Brussels to Ostend, where she was artist-in-residence at the cultural centre De Grote Post during the season 2017-2018. During the season 2018-2019, she organises De Klas van Tine (The Class of Tine), a series of evenings during which she always talks with another guest "about life and death, about new life and maintaining existing life, about the profane and the human." With the talks she wants to contribute to the cultural life of De Grote Post and the city of Ostend. Her guests include amongst others marine biologist Jan Seys, doula Veerle Peeters and artist Gosie Vervloessem. References

Further reading
 Michaël Bellon, 'We are not afraid of the dark' van Tine <mask>t, in: Brussel Deze Week, 25/02/2012
 Pieter T'Jonck, Gedachteloos, in: De Morgen, 14/03/2007
 Sarah Theerlynck, <mask> <mask>t (theatermaakster): 'Vreemd als werkproces samensmelt met rouwproces', in: De Morgen, 29/02/2012

External links
 Biography of Tine <mask>t on the website of Kunstencentrum BUDA
 Interview with Tine <mask>t, Kaaitheater, 2015
 Kunstenpunt - Persons - Tine van Aerschot according to the Flanders Arts Institute
 Page about Tine Van Aerschot on the website of De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek
 Page about Tine Van Aerschot on the website of Klein Verzet
 The Sunday Scene - Performance Art Podcast live from Veem: #2.With main guest <mask> van Aerschot, 06/12/2015

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Living people
Belgian theatre directors
Belgian graphic designers
Women graphic designers
Women theatre directors

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<mask> (born March 8, 1952) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 67th governor of Virginia from 1994 to 1998 and as a United States senator from Virginia from 2001 to 2007. The son of National Football League head coach <mask>, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1983 to 1991, resigning after he won a special election for Virginia's 7th congressional district in November 1991. After his district was eliminated during redistricting, he declined to run for a full term in 1992, instead running for Governor of Virginia in the 1993 election. He defeated Democratic Attorney General of Virginia Mary Sue Terry by 58.3% against 40.9%. Barred by term limits from seeking reelection to a second term in 1997, he worked in the private sector until the 2000 election in which he ran for the United States Senate, defeating two-term Democratic incumbent Chuck Robb. <mask> ran for reelection in the 2006 election, but after a close and controversial race, he was defeated by Democratic former U.S. Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb.When Webb decided to retire, <mask> ran for his old seat again in the 2012 election but was defeated again, this time by Democratic former Governor Tim Kaine. <mask> now serves on the Reagan Ranch Board of Governors of Young America's Foundation, where he is a Reagan Ranch Presidential Scholar. Early life, education and early career (1952–1982)
<mask> was born in Whittier, California on March 8, 1952. <mask>'s father, <mask> <mask>, was a National Football League (NFL) coach who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002. During the 2006 senatorial campaign, it was revealed that <mask>'s mother, Henrietta Lumbroso, was born to Sephardic Jewish parents in Tunisia. In a 2006 debate, <mask> referred to his mother as being "French-Italian, with a little Spanish blood in her." He has a younger sister, Jennifer, an author and correspondent for NFL Network, and two brothers, including <mask>, a former NFL team executive.He and his family lived there until 1957. They moved to the suburbs of Chicago after <mask>. was hired with the Chicago Bears. Then, the family moved back to Palos Verdes in Southern California after <mask>'s father was named head coach of the Los Angeles Rams in 1966. <mask> graduated in 1970 from Palos Verdes High School, where he was a member of the falconry club and the car club. He was also quarterback of the varsity football team. He then attended the University of California, Los Angeles, for a year. His father had in the meantime taken over the head coaching duties with the Washington Redskins in 1970 and the younger <mask> transferred to the University of Virginia, in 1971, where he received a B.A.degree with distinction in history in 1974. He was class president in his fourth year at UVA, and played on the UVA football and rugby teams. After graduating, <mask> completed a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1977. In 1976, he was the chairman of the "Young Virginians for Ronald Reagan". Out of law school, he served as a law clerk for Judge Glen Morgan Williams of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Virginia House of Delegates (1982–1991)

Elections
<mask>'s first race for the Virginia House of Delegates was in 1979, two years after he graduated from law school. He ran in the 26th House District which was then composed of two seats.He placed third in a field of four candidates. <mask> states that he lost because he wasn't himself and was listening to the advice of his campaign manager who suggested he wear wingtips instead of his usual cowboy boots. He ran again in 1982 for the House in the 58th House District with the cowboy boots and won the election, defeating incumbent Democrat James B. Murray, whose previous 24th House District was eliminated after redistricting, by 25 votes out of nearly 14,000 cast. He faced Murray again in a 1983 rematch, defeating him 53%–47%. He ran unopposed in 1985, 1987, and 1989. The seat he held was the same one held by Thomas Jefferson. Tenure
He was a delegate from 1983 to 1991, representing parts of Albemarle and Nelson counties near Charlottesville.<mask> was a strong advocate for the death penalty, and actively supported expanding it in Virginia. For several years in a row, <mask> introduced a bill that would add murder in commission of an attempted robbery to the list. Each year, the bill died in the House Courts of Justice Committee. <mask> would continue to collect newspaper clippings for his file and followed every murder in the state. <mask> supported a statewide referendum on whether or not to create a state lottery system. In 1986, he proposed a referendum that would allow assets of illegal drug dealers to go to law enforcement. Committee assignments
 House Courts of Justice Committee
 House General Laws Committee
 House Health Welfare and Institutions Committee
 House Militia and Police Committee
 House Mining and Mineral Resources Committee

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 Regional Party Whip
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U.S. House of Representatives (1991–1993)

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1991

Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative D. French Slaughter, Jr., of Virginia's 7th congressional district, decided to resign because of a series of strokes.<mask> faced Slaughter's cousin, Kay Slaughter, who was also a Charlottesville City Councilor. <mask> defeated her 64%–36%. 1992

In the 1990s round of redistricting, <mask>'s district, which stretched from the fringes of the Washington suburbs through the outer portions of the Shenandoah Valley to Charlottesville, was eliminated, even though Virginia gained an 11th district as a result of the 1990 U.S. Census. The Justice Department had mandated Virginia create a new black-majority district in accordance with the Voting Rights Act. The Democratic-controlled legislature decided to dismantle the 7th and split it between three neighboring districts. <mask>'s home in Earlysville, near Charlottesville, was placed in the 5th district, represented by Lewis F. Payne, Jr. However, the largest slice of his old district was placed in the newly redrawn 10th district, represented by fellow Republican Frank Wolf.<mask> moved to Mount Vernon and prepared to challenge Wolf in a primary. However, state Republican leaders had let it be known that he could not expect any support for his planned run for the governorship in 1993 if he made such a challenge. <mask> decided not to run in either district. After Democratic U.S. Representative James Olin of the 6th district decided to retire, there was speculation <mask> could run there. He decided not to move his family and run in the 6th district either. Committee assignments
 United States House Committee on Small Business
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Governor of Virginia (1994–1998)

In November 1993, <mask> was elected the 67th Governor of Virginia, serving from 1994 to 1998. His opponent in the 1993 election, Attorney General Mary Sue Terry, had an early 29-point lead in public opinion polls and a million-dollar fundraising advantage; his other opponent was Independent Nancy B. Spannaus.However, <mask>'s campaign proposal to abolish parole may have resonated during a surge of crime in the state. More importantly, he was running at the start of what would become the 1994 Republican Revolution. <mask> overcame the deficit and won with 58.3% of the vote, the largest margin (+17.4 points) since Albertis S. Harrison Jr. defeated H. Clyde Pearson with a margin of +27.7 points in 1961. <mask> could not run for re-election because Virginia's constitution does not allow a governor to succeed himself; Virginia is the only state that has such a provision. Welfare reform
During his 1993 campaign for governor, <mask> vowed to reform Virginia's welfare system, stating that "Our obligation as a society is to provide a hand up to those in need, rather than a handout ... Welfare is not to be a permanent status for anyone in life." At the time welfare caseloads climbed 36 percent from 1988 while one out of twelve Virginians were receiving food stamps.In March 1995, after an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of support, <mask> signed his welfare reform bill propelling Virginia ahead of the national welfare reform effort,  Among the key provisions outlined in the bill, the Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW) limited Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) benefits for welfare recipients to two years while recipients are required to work within ninety days of receiving benefits. Following VIEW's implementation, welfare caseloads decreased 33 percent, from 73,926 families in March 1995 to 49,609 families in July 1997. In areas where VIEW existed for twelve months, 74 percent were employed versus only 31 percent nationally,. According to the Virginia Department of Health and Human Resource's 1996 annual report, VIEW saved taxpayers 24 million dollar in its first year of existence; with an addition to federal welfare money, the savings total over the following two years comes to just over $70 million

The Allen Administration's welfare reform law also addressed concerns over single-parent recipients of welfare requiring mothers to name the child's father and provide three additional pieces of information to help locate the non-custodial parent or face loss of all TANF benefits. Since 1995, Virginia has achieved a 98.5 percent rate of paternity identification, the highest in the country. By removing the incentive to break up families, the Allen welfare reform allowed two parent households the same time to receive benefits as single parents. Because this law reversed the incentive of being a single parent TANF cases represented by two parent households increased by over 180 percent.Truth-in-sentencing
In November 1993, <mask>'s campaign promise to abolish parole for those convicted of a felony helped drive him to a landslide victory after trailing from a 33 percent point deficit in the polls to Democrat Mary Sue Terry,

Truth-in-sentencing (TIS) and abolition of parole were ultimately passed in a Special Session of the General Assembly with the House voting 89–7 and the Senate voting 34–4 in favor of the measure. On January 1, 1995, <mask>'s central campaign promise became a reality when TIS and abolition of parole went into effect. According to the law, prison sentences increased for offenders without prior convictions for violent crimes by 125 percent, 300 percent for those with a prior felony conviction that originally had a maximum penalty of less than 40 years, and 500 percent for those with a felony conviction of a violent crime that originally had a minimum penalty of more than 40 years. Between 1994 and 1995, statistics show on average that first degree murders with violent records went from serving 15 years to 46 years. In 1993, nearly half of all offenders released from prison were re-arrested for a new crime within 3 years. TIS ensured that inmates serve a minimum of 85 percent of their sentence. As a result of TIS, first degree murderers went from serving 29 percent of imposed sentence to 91 percent,.While parole was eliminated for those convicted of a felony after January 1, 1995, parole remained in effect for individuals incarcerated prior to TIS reform resulting in a rapid decline in the parole grant rate from 46 percent in 1991 to 5 percent in 1998. Standards of learning
In June 1995, the Virginia Board of Education adopted Governor <mask>'s Commission on Champion Schools recommendation for statewide standardized tests for academic accountability. The Board of Education voted in favor of implementing the Standards of Learning (SOLs) which measures student achievements and ensures accountability for schools in the core subjects of English, mathematics, history, economics, and science. The commission also recommended the creation of an annual 'report card' to grade each public school's performance stating that: "If Virginia's youngsters can't make the grade, then neither should their schools" (2)(9). Experts suggested that in order to improve the quality of learning, a school should emphasize academic goals and effective leadership. By using measurement through tests, the state, teachers, and parents can monitor the effectiveness of schools teaching the basic fundamental subjects (1). <mask>'s legislation used public data of SOLs test scores along with school attendance and drop-out rates to ensure that unsatisfactory schools are accountable by the threat of state takeover through court action.Initially, <mask> succeeded in keeping Virginia's educational reform independent from federal funding by using a line-item veto in the state's budget, a power granted to Virginia governors. <mask> argued that federal funding would force the Commonwealth to adhere to federal regulation, therefore, restricting the freedom of Virginia to craft its own high academic standards education plan. Despite <mask>'s efforts to keep Virginia

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In 1994, <mask>'s administration eliminated Virginia's water toxins monitoring program. The Virginia Toxics Database, which was maintained by the program and contained important baseline toxicity levels for Virginia waters, was locked away in a safe during <mask>'s term as governor. Scientists and government agencies were denied access to the data by <mask>'s Department of Environment Quality.Reporting by The Roanoke Times spurred Virginia legislators to call for an investigation by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. The 1999 investigation found that documents from the database were destroyed and that the concealed data included information on high levels of PCBs in Virginia waterways, including the Rappahannock River. A report by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation found that the DEQ had withheld knowledge of high mercury concentrations in the Shenandoah River. "Disney's America" Controversy

In 1993, The Walt Disney Company announced their plans to build a U.S. history-inspired theme park called "Disney's America" in Prince William County, Virginia. <mask> was a vocal supporter of the park, citing all the new jobs that would be created if the park was constructed. The announcement of the park, however, sparked backlash from both historians and the public. There were fears that Disney would not be truthful in its telling of U.S. history and would resort to a harmful promotion of American exceptionalism.Many also worried the nearby Manassas National Battlefield Park—the site of two major Civil War battles (see the First Battle of Bull Run and the Second Battle of Bull Run)--would be negatively impacted by the park's creation. <mask> went on CNN to debate critics of the project and spoke at a Congressional hearing over the park's creation. In the end, however, plans for the park's creation were scrapped by Disney. Return to the private sector (1998–2001)

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In February 1998, <mask> became a Richmond-based partner at the law firm McGuire Woods Battle & Boothe (now McGuireWoods LLP), as head of its business expansion and relocation team. At the time, <mask> said "I think it's healthy to get out of government. If you stay in too long, you lose track of reality and the real world." According to a disclosure form <mask> filed on May 12, 2000, he was paid $450,000 by the firm between January 1999 and April 2000.Xybernaut
While out of office, <mask> became a director at two Virginia high-tech companies and advised a third, all government contractors that he had assisted while governor. In mid-1998, <mask> joined the board of Xybernaut, a company selling mobile, flip-screen computers. The firm never made a profit – it posted 33 consecutive quarterly losses after it went public in 1996. In September 1999, <mask> and the rest of the company's board dismissed the company's accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, which had issued a report with a "going concern" paragraph that questioned the company's financial health. <mask> made almost no money from the stock, according to his communications director, John Reid. According to the Associated Press, <mask> steered compensation from his board service, other than stock options, to his law firm. He was granted options worth $1.5 million at their peak.<mask> listed them on his disclosure forms for 2002 and 2003, but never exercised them. Commonwealth Biotechnologies
<mask> joined Commonwealth's board of directors about two months after leaving the governor's office in January 1998. "I learned a lot on their board and enjoyed working with 'em, and they seem to be doing all right, I guess," <mask> said in October 2006. Commonwealth granted <mask> options on 15,000 shares of company stock at $7.50 a share in May 1999. <mask> steered other compensation from his board service to his law firm, McGuire Woods. As of late 2006, <mask> had not cashed in any options; the stock as of that date was well under $5 per share, making the options valueless for the moment. Commonwealth reported its first full year of profitability in 2005.Com-Net Ericsson
<mask> became a member of the advisory board of Com-Net Ericsson in February 2000. The advisory board's responsibility was to meet at least twice a year and provide advice and service. <mask> terminated his service on the board before the end of 2000. He was paid approximately $300,000 for his services. U.S. Senate (2001–2007)

Elections
2000

<mask> ran for the U.S. Senate and defeated Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator Chuck Robb 52%–48%. He was the only Republican to unseat a Democratic incumbent that year.2006

<mask>'s term in the Senate expired in January 2007. He sought re-election in 2006. <mask> won the Republican nomination on August 11, 2006, and faced two opponents in the general election: the Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of the Navy James H. Webb, and Gail Parker, a retired Air Force officer and retired civilian Pentagon budget analyst who ran on the Independent Green Party ballot line. <mask> ran a campaign that appealed to cultural, hard right-wing conservatives. During the campaign the Marshall-Newman Amendment was also on the ballot. The pivotal moment in the campaign, and the one to which the vast majority of political observers attribute <mask>'s stunning upset loss to Webb, came on August 11, 2006, at a campaign stop in Breaks, Virginia, near the Kentucky border, where <mask> twice used the racist slur "macaca" (meaning 'monkey') to refer to the dark-complexioned S. R. Sidarth, who was filming the event as a "tracker" for the opposing Jim Webb campaign. In what was dubbed as his "Macaca moment", <mask> said:

 "This fellow here over here with the yellow shirt, Macaca, or whatever his name is.He's with my opponent... Let's give a welcome to Macaca, here. Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia." Sidarth, who is of Indian ancestry, was born and raised in Fairfax County, Virginia. <mask>'s "Macaca moment" quickly went viral and, virtually overnight, it became the hot topic on all of the network and cable television news shows. Webb won by approximately a third of a percent – 8,805 votes. Two days after the election, on November 9, 2006, <mask> held a press conference in Alexandria, Virginia, announcing that he had conceded the race to Webb and would not seek a recount. Tenure
The bills that <mask> introduced or authored in the Senate include:
 Introduced Constitutional Amendment to balance the budget
 Introduced Line Item Veto
 Introduced Paycheck Penalty Legislation, which withholds salaries from Congress until a budget is passed by beginning of the fiscal year
 Introduced National Innovation Act, to promote growth of American science and engineering by grants, scholarships and training
 Introduced "Long-Term Care Act", which would allow people to use their 401(k) accounts to pay for long term care insurance
 Introduced "Flexibility for Champion Schools Act", which would allow states with higher education standards to lower their standards to match federal standards
 Co-authored the Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, which extends the ban on various Internet taxes until 2007

21st century Nanotechnology Research & Development Act
In 2002, <mask> co-sponsored, together with Senators Ron Wyden and Joe Lieberman, bipartisan legislation that promoted nanotechnology research and development in the United States.The 21st century Nanotechnology Research & Development Act was signed into law by President Bush on December 3, 2003. The Act launched the National Nanotechnology Program, to establish goals, priorities, and metrics for evaluation of federal nanotechnology research and development, investment in federal nanotech research and development programs, and provide for interagency coordination of federal nanotechnology activities. The National Nanotechnology Program, the single largest federally funded, multi-agency scientific research initiative since the space program in the 1960s, got $3.63 billion of funding over the period of four years. <mask> was the founding Chair of the Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus. In 2009, he joined the board of the company Nano Risk Assessment, Inc.

Committee assignments
<mask> was a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, the Foreign Relations Committee and the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. <mask> was appointed in the last Congress to serve as the chairman of the High Tech Task Force. <mask> was elected as a member of the Senate Republican leadership as Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2002; he oversaw a net gain of four seats for the Republicans in the 2004 Senate elections.His successor as NRSC chair was Senator Elizabeth Dole. Dole was chairman of the NRSC in 2006, when <mask> was defeated for re-election by Jim Webb. Post-Senate career (2007–present)

Political ambitions
2008 presidential election

Prior to his loss to Webb in the November 2006 senatorial election, <mask> had traveled a number of times to Iowa (the first state with a presidential caucus) and New Hampshire (the first state with a presidential primary). He had been widely assumed to be preparing a run for president. In a survey of 175 Washington insiders by National Journal, released in April 2005, <mask> was the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for the 2008 presidential election. In an insider survey by National Journal a year later, in May 2006, <mask> had dropped to second place, and John McCain held a 3-to-1 lead over <mask>. After the November 2006 election, it was widely assumed that <mask> was no longer a viable candidate for the Republican nomination, principally because of the damage caused by the incidents that caused his double-digit lead in the polls to turn to a narrow defeat that contributed to the Republicans' loss of control of the Senate.On December 10, 2006, <mask> gave an interview in which he stated that he would not seek the 2008 nomination. In October 2007, the campaign of GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson announced that <mask> was one of three national co-chairs for the 2008 presidential campaign. That month, <mask> declined to speculate on his political future. 2009 gubernatorial election

Commenting on the 2009 governor's race in Virginia, <mask> not only said that he had made no decisions but that "Susan and I have listened to a lot of people encouraging us to do that." On January 8, 2008, <mask> said that he would not run for governor in 2009, but later left open the possibility of challenging Democratic Senator Webb in 2012. Political activism
In March 2007, <mask> became a Reagan Scholar with Young America's Foundation. He is also the President of George Allen Strategies, a lobbying and consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, a position he had held since July 2007.Between January 2010 and August 2011, he was paid $347,000 by the firm. In 2009, <mask> started the American Energy Freedom Center, a non-profit conservative think tank that is a project of the Institute for Energy Research. He was paid $20,000 to be the center's chairman in 2010; he ceased his affiliation with the organization in December of that year. In May 2010, Regnery Press published <mask>'s first book, What Washington Can Learn From the World of Sports, in which he drew parallels and contrasts between two of the nation's favorite passions. <mask> suggested that government needed to look no further than the football field, baseball diamond, or basketball court to solve today's pressing problems because, in sports, teamwork is essential, cheating is frowned upon, and the rules don't change. 2012 U.S. Senate election

 On January 24, 2011, <mask> officially announced, through a video on his campaign website, that he was running for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, to reclaim the seat held by Senator Jim Webb, who defeated <mask> in November 2006. As of January 2011, the only other announced Republican candidate was Virginia Tea Party leader Jamie Radtke.In the June Republican primary, <mask> took the party's nod winning more than 65% of the vote, defeating Jamie Radtke (23%), Robert G. Marshall (7%) and E.W. Jackson (5%). In February 2011, Webb announced he would not seek reelection. <mask> faced former Virginia governor Tim Kaine in the November 2012 general election for the seat, and lost by a 53–47 margin. Electoral history

Personal life
<mask> married Anne Patrice Rubel in June 1979. They divorced in 1983. In 1986, <mask> married Susan Brown.The couple has three children. The <mask>s are residents of Virginia Beach, Virginia. <mask> is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is fond of using football metaphors, a tendency that has been remarked upon by journalists and political

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<mask> (born July 26, 1971) is an American author and illustrator of picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, and album covers best known for his Coretta Scott King Award-winning books No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller, Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of <mask>, Deputy U. S. Marshal, and Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Only Passing Through, and the NAACP Image Award-winning Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of <mask>, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change. He has illustrated more than 60 books. Personal life
<mask> was born on July 26, 1971 in Plainfield, New Jersey, to Ludra V. St. <mask> and Gerard A<mask>. His mother was a Louisiana Creole and his father was a pharmacist. He was raised in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, close to the Jerseyland Resort. He went to St. Bartholomew the Apostle Elementary School. <mask> recalls always having an interest in art and drawing characters from comic books from age 5.<mask> began painting illustrations of public broadcasting service shows when he was eight years old. While attending Fanwood High School in 1985, he worked for Commercial Art and Supply, formerly known as Art Mart in Plainfield. He graduated from Fanwood High School in 1989 and attended New York City’s School of Visual Arts. During that time, he worked at the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum bookshop in Manhattan and again after its renovation, as a security guard. During his time on the nightshift it took him six months to complete what would become his debut picture book. <mask> graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 1993, with a BFA. <mask> currently lives and paints in Atlanta, Georgia.Career
His first illustration was published in the Star Ledger, the largest circulated newspaper in New Jersey, in 1990, while he was still attending university. <mask> started his career working on album covers for several record companies, including Moserobie Music, Impulse Records, and MCA Records, mostly working on jazz records. His preferred medium is working with acrylics. His first official illustration job for a book was for a volume of poetry called The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children, with text by Davida Adedjouma, was published by Lee & Low in 1996 and inspired by the works of the painters Ernie Barnes, Pablo Picasso, and Egyptian art. It won him the Coretta Scott King Award at age 25. Since then, many of the books he has worked on have gone on to win major awards, including six more Coretta Scott King Honors, a Caldecott Honor, the Schneider Family Book Award, the NAACP Image Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. His illustrations have also appeared on HBO Kids and the PBS children's show Between the Lions.As a freelance illustrator, some of his clients include The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vibe Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Kennedy Center, Reading Is Fundamental, Marlo Thomas, and Pete Seeger. He cites the works of American artists William H. Johnson and <mask> Bearden and Ezra Jack Keats' children's books as the sources of some of his inspiration. Many of <mask>'s works center on mostly African American historical figures and he has worked on picture book biographies of Muhammad Ali, Sojourner Truth, Billie Holiday, Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong and <mask>, among others. In 2012, <mask> launched a Kickstarter campaign for a combined children's bookstore and arts literary center called GAS ART GIFTS, planned to open in North DeKalb Mall in Decatur, Georgia, but was ultimately unable to meet the goal. After the campaign failed, <mask> relaunched the campaign on Indiegogo with a lower goal, reached success and ended up opening the store shortly after. Today it is an online combination of bookstore and art studio specializing in products and services originating from <mask>'s artwork. Also in 2012, <mask>'s art was displayed on New York City's subway lines in the form of a poster named "The Subway Soiree".It was up for the entire year as a part of the MTA Arts & Design program. 2013 brought more major commissions for <mask>. The biggest of all was the United Postal Service's commission of this artist for the Kwanzaa stamp. Additionally in that year, <mask> did the Congo Square New Orleans Jazz Festival poster showcasing Louisiana legend, Buckwheat Zydeco. In 2017, <mask> was attached as the illustrator for the Sweet Blackberry Foundation's animated shorts based on African American pilot Bessie Coleman, inventor Garrett Morgan and ballet dancer Janet Collins, in collaboration with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actress Karyn Parsons. : A Biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture (HMH, 2009)
 Only Passing Through (Dragonfly Books, 2000)
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 When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat (Chronicle, 2008)
 text by Liza Wheeler
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 text by Pete Seeger and Paul DuBois Jacobs
 The Deaf Musicians (G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 2000)
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