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Ace Andres
Ace Andres (born June 22, 1958) is an American guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, and political activist. ''The Wave Magazine'' of Silicon Valley, referred to Ace Andres' music in its October 2005 issue as "fast, loud, unapologetically confrontational rock." ''The Wave Magazine'' went so far as to refer to Ace as a Guitar god. In a later issue (April 2006), ''The Wave Magazine'' would use Ace Andres as a synonym for a guitar virtuoso. Biography He was born in Stockton, California to parents that were in the restaurant/nightclub business. Ace was born in the same hospital (Dameron Hospital) around the same time as singer Chris Isaak. Both would attend A.A.Stagg Highschool while living in North Stockton California. Chris was Ace's Highschool President. In the summer of 1968, Ace Andres was introduced to politics. His neighbor was California congressman and House Majority Whip John J. McFall (D)CA. Ace worked in the congressman's re-election headquarters. In 1972 Ace became a Vo ...
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Stockton, California
Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Stockton was founded by Carlos Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquired Rancho Campo de los Franceses. The city is named after Robert F. Stockton, and it was the first community in California to have a name not of Spanish or Native American origin. The city is located on the San Joaquin River in the northern San Joaquin Valley. Stockton is the List of largest California cities by population, 11th largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, 58th largest city in the United States. It was named an All-America City Award, All-America City in 1999, 2004, and 2015 and again in 2017. Built during the California Gold Rush, Stockton's seaport serves as a gateway to the Central Valley and beyond. It provided easy access for trade and transportation to the southern gold mines. The Un ...
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states, while the south was United States in the Vietnam War, supported by the United States and other anti-communism, anti-communist Free World Military Forces, allies. The war is widely considered to be a Cold War-era proxy war. It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973. The conflict also spilled over into neighboring states, exacerbating the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with all three countries becoming communist states by 1975. After the French 1954 Geneva Conference, military withdrawal from Indochina in 1954 – following their defeat in the First Indochina War – the Viet Minh to ...
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004, and previously worked as a civil rights lawyer before entering politics. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. After graduating from Columbia University in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, he enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the '' Harvard Law Review''. After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Turning to elective politics, he represented the 13th district in the Illinois Senate from 1997 until 2004, when he ran for the U ...
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Terri Schiavo
The Terri Schiavo case was a series of court and legislative actions in the United States from 1998 to 2005, regarding the care of Theresa Marie Schiavo (née Schindler) (; December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state. Schiavo's husband and legal guardian argued that Schiavo would not have wanted prolonged artificial life support without the prospect of recovery, and in 1998 elected to remove her feeding tube. Schiavo's parents disputed her husband's assertions and challenged Schiavo's medical diagnosis, arguing in favor of continuing artificial nutrition and hydration. The highly publicized and prolonged series of legal challenges presented by her parents, which ultimately involved state and federal politicians up to the level of President of the United States, President George W. Bush, caused a seven-year (1998 to 2005) delay before Schiavo's feeding tube was ultimately removed. On February 25, 1990, at age 26, Schiavo wen ...
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Johnny And The Doorslammers
Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Variant forms of Johnny include Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni and Johni. The masculine Johnny can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as . Notable people and characters named Johnny or Johnnie include: People Johnny * Johnny Adams (born 1932), American singer * Johnny Aba (born 1956), Papua New Guinean professional boxer * Johnny Abarrientos (born 1970), Filipino professional basketball player * Johnny Abbes García (1924–1967), chief of the government intelligence office of the Dominican Republic * Johnny Abel (1947–1995), Canadian politician * Johnny Abrego (born 1962), former Major League baseball player * Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American rhythm and blues singer * John Laurinaitis, (born 1962) also known as Johnny Ace, American wrestler an ...
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Parker Posey
Parker Christian Posey (born November 8, 1968) is an American actress and musician. Posey is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award nomination, a Satellite Award nomination and two Independent Spirit Award nominations. Posey made her film debut in ''Joey Breaker'' (1993). Following small roles in ''Coneheads'' and the cult classic '' Dazed and Confused'' (both also 1993), she was labeled "Queen of the Indies" for starring in a succession of independent films throughout the 1990s, such as ''Sleep with Me'' (1994), '' Frisk'', ''Party Girl'', ''The Doom Generation'', '' Kicking and Screaming'' (all 1995), ''The Daytrippers'' (1996), ''Henry Fool'', ''The House of Yes'' and ''Clockwatchers'' (all 1997). Her other notable film appearances include ''You've Got Mail'' (1998), ''Scream 3'' (2000), ''Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), '' Personal Velocity'', ''The Sweetest Thing'' (both 2002), '' Blade: Trinity'' (2004), ''Superman Returns'', ''Fay Grim'' (both 2006), ''Broken English'' ...
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The Mamas And The Papas
The Mamas & the Papas were a folk rock vocal group formed in Los Angeles, California, which recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968. The group was a defining force in the music scene of the counterculture of the 1960s. The group consisted of Americans John Phillips, Cass Elliot, and Michelle Phillips and Canadian Denny Doherty. Their sound was based on vocal harmonies arranged by John Phillips, the songwriter, musician, and leader of the group, who adapted folk to the new beat style of the early 1960s. The Mamas & the Papas released five studio albums and 17 singles over four years, six of which made the '' Billboard'' top 10, and have sold close to 40 million records worldwide. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 for its contributions to the music industry. The band reunited briefly to record the album ''People Like Us'' in 1971 but had ceased touring and performing by that time. Some of their most popular singles include " California Dreamin' ...
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Jill Gibson
Jill Gibson (born June 18, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, photographer, painter and sculptor. She is mostly known for her collaboration work with Jan & Dean and for having briefly been a member of the successful 1960s rock group the Mamas and the Papas. She was also one of the main photographers at the historic Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Early life and education Jill Gibson was born in Los Angeles, California on June 18, 1942. She is half-English.''Melody Maker'', July 23, 1966, p. 4, Vol. 41, "New Mama is definitely Jill"''Song Hits'', November 1966, p.19, "Everybody Loves the Mama's & Papa's" Gibson attended University High School (Los Angeles), University High School in Los Angeles. She is a former model. Career Association with Jan & Dean Jill Gibson was studying at University High School (Los Angeles, California), University High School in Los Angeles, California when she met Jan Berry of Jan & Dean fame in 1959. The two were an item for the next seven years. ...
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KSFO
KSFO (560 AM) is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California. It is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a talk radio format. The station's studios and offices are on Battery Street in the SoMa district of San Francisco, along with five other Bay Area Cumulus stations. KSFO transmits with 5,000 watts. When radio waves travel further at night, KSFO switches to a directional antenna using a two-tower array, to protect other stations on 560 AM. The transmitter is on Amador Road in Brisbane, California, near the Islais Creek Channel. Programming KSFO is the only Bay Area talk radio station owned by Cumulus Media. KSFO's schedule is almost made up of nationally-syndicated conservative talk shows. Weekday mornings on KSFO begin with ''This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal'', followed by the ''Fox News Rundown'', ''Armstrong & Getty'' (based at KSTE Sacramento), and ''The Dan Bongino Show''. The remainder of the weekday schedule features ''The Sean Hannity Sh ...
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Michael Savage (commentator)
Michael Alan Weiner (born March 31, 1942), known by his professional name Michael Savage, is a far-right author, conspiracy theorist, Pundit, political commentator, activist, and former Radio personality, radio host. Savage is best known as the host of ''The Savage Nation'', a Broadcast syndication#Radio syndication, nationally syndicated talk show that aired on Talk Radio Network across the United States until 2021, and in 2009 was the second most listened-to radio talk show in the country with an audience of over 20 million listeners on 400 stations across the United States. From October 23, 2012, to January 1, 2021, Michael Savage had been syndicated by Cumulus Media and Westwood One. He holds master's degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Hawaii in medical botany and medical anthropology, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in nutritional ethnomedicine. As Michael Weiner, he has written books on nutrition, Herbalism, herbal medicine ...
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Ellen Tauscher
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher (November 15, 1951 – April 29, 2019) was an American businesswoman, diplomat, and Democratic Party politician who was the U.S. representative for California's 10th congressional district from 1997 to 2009. From 2009 to 2012, she served as the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. She then served as Special Envoy for Strategic Stability and Missile Defense at the State Department. While in Congress, Tauscher was a leading centrist Democrat, and the chair of the New Democrat Coalition, a caucus of moderate Democrats in the House of Representatives. She also served as vice-chairwoman of the Democratic Leadership Council from 2001 to 2005. Early life and career Ellen Tauscher was born in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of John E. O'Kane, a shop steward for the United Food and Commercial Workers union at a ShopRite store in Union City, and his wife Sally, a secretary for Marsh & McLennan in New York City. She graduated ...
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