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name	Tim Paterson
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Tim Paterson (born 1956) is an American computer programmer, best known as the original author of MS-DOS, the most widely used personal computer operating system in the 1980s.

Paterson was educated in the Seattle Public Schools, graduating from Ingraham High School in 1974. He attended the University of Washington, working as a repair technician for The Retail Computer Store in the Green Lake area of Seattle, Washington, and graduated ''magna cum laude'' with a degree in Computer Science in June 1978. He went to work for Seattle Computer Products as a designer and engineer. He designed a schematic of Microsoft's Z-80 SoftCard which had a Z80 CPU and ran the CP/M operating system on an Apple II.

A month later, Intel released the 8086 CPU, and Paterson went to work designing an S-100 8086 board, which went to market in November 1979. The only commercial software that existed for the board was a standalone version of Microsoft BASIC. The standard CP/M operating system at the time was not available for this CPU and without a true operating system, sales were slow. Paterson began work on QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) in April 1980 to fill that void, copying the APIs of CP/M from sources including the published CP/M manual so that it would be highly compatible. QDOS was soon renamed as 86-DOS. Version 0.10 was complete by July 1980. By version 1.14 86-DOS had grown to 4,000 lines of assembly code. In December 1980 Microsoft secured the rights to market 86-DOS to other hardware manufacturers.

While acknowledging that he made 86-DOS compatible with CP/M, Paterson has maintained that the 86-DOS program was his original work and has denied allegations that he referred to CP/M's code while writing it. When a book appeared in 2004 claiming that 86-DOS was an unoriginal "rip-off" of CP/M, Paterson sued the authors and publishers for defamation. The judge found that Paterson failed to 'provide any evidence regarding “serious doubts” about the accuracy of the Gary Kildall chapter. Instead, a careful review of the Lefer notes ... provides a research picture tellingly close to the substance of the final chapter' and the case was dismissed on the basis that the book's claims were constitutionally protected opinions and not provably false.

Paterson left SCP in April 1981 and worked for Microsoft from May 1981 to April 1982. After a brief second stint with SCP, Paterson started his own company, Falcon Technology, which was bought by Microsoft in 1986. Paterson did a second stint with Microsoft from 1986–1988 and a third stint from 1990-1998. During his third stint at Microsoft, he worked on Visual Basic.

After leaving Microsoft a third time, Paterson founded another software development company, Paterson Technology, and also made several appearances on the Comedy Central television program ''Battlebots''. Paterson also races rally cars in the SCCA Pro Rally series, and even engineered his own trip computer which he integrated into the axle of a four-wheel drive Porsche 911.

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Notes

External links

Paterson Technology, a company founded by Tim Paterson

Tim Paterson's blog

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Myron Clark Williams (May 2, 1870 Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York - December 18, 1946 Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut) was an American banker and politician.

Life

He was the son of George N. Williams, a banker, and Abigail (Clark) Williams (daughter of Governor Myron H. Clark). He was educated at Canandaigua Academy, and graduated from Williams College in 1892, as a member of The Kappa Alpha Society. He later served for many years as a Trustee of Williams. After graduation he became a clerk at the First National Bank in New York City, then at the New York Guarantee and Indemnity Company, and later at the United States Mortgage and Trust Company of which he became Vice President. On April 29, 1897, he married Anna Murphy Plater in Nashville, Tennessee, a portrait of whom by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury is in the Williams College Faculty Club/Alumni Center, Williamstown.

In 1905, he left US Mortgage & Trust to co-organize the Columbia Trust Company of which he became Vice President. On October 23, 1907, he was appointed by Governor Charles E. Hughes Superintendent of Banks. In November 1909, he was appointed New York State Comptroller to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles H. Gaus, and remained in office until the end of 1910. Afterwards he became President of the Windsor Trust Company and then of the Industrial Finance Corporation.

He served as a Red Cross representative with the First American Infantry Division in World War I. He was in the field at the Battles of Cantigny and Château-Thierry. Later he was Field Director of the Bureau of Army Field Service, in charge of all Red Cross service during the Argonnes Campaign. He finished the war with the rank of major, and in 1922, he was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross for his services.

Mary Clark Thompson was his aunt.

Sources

His marriage, in NYT on April 30, 1897

His appointment as Bank Superintendent, in NYT on October 24, 1907

His appointment as Comptroller, in NYT on November 12, 1909

Assumes presidency of Windsor Trust, in NYT on June 16, 1911

The Conspicuous Service Cross awarded, in NYT on December 3, 1922

The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Williams, C to D at politicalgraveyard.com Political Graveyard News Canandaigua 1946 at www.usgennet.org His will filed, transcribed from ''Ontario County Times Journal'' of January 2, 1948, at usgennet

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is a Japanese photojournalist and media producer who was one of the first exclusive photographers for the Japanese magazine ''Focus'' when it was launched. In 1985, he was the first photojournalist to reach the crash site of the Japan Airlines' jumbo jet crash, which resulted in the deaths of 520 people.

Career

Kohira graduated from College of Art, Nihon University completing his bachelor's degree in photography in 1976. After his graduation, he flew to the United Kingdom and stayed there for about a year. During his stay there, he roamed about Europe, visiting many European countries.

Kohira came back to Japan in 1977, where he worked for various magazines as an editorial photographer. Meanwhile, he pursued his aspiration for being a photojournalist and got involved in the launch of a Japanese magazine called ''Focus''. He became one of the magazine’s exclusive photographers.

In 1987, Kohira moved to Los Angeles with his family, where he worked as a global photojournalist until he came back to Japan in 2009. He later became a media producer. Kohira now lives in Tokyo. He is CEO of Kohira Persons Project Co. Inc., Director of Octavia Records Inc., and Executive Director of the Gohan Society Tokyo Bureau.

Episodes

During his stay in UK, Kohira met Malcolm McLaren in London and was asked to do a photo shoot for Sex Pistols before their debut.

At ''Focus'', Kohira was initially a member of the Column section. After the fire at Hotel New Japan, he moved to the News and Affairs section.

When the Japan Airlines jumbo jet crashed into Osutaka Ridge in Gunma Prefecture on August 12, 1985, Kohira was the first photographer who reached the crash site. There he discovered the crash survivors. Six years later, he published a photo book ‘4/524’ in Japan and the United States of America simultaneously.

Kohira accompanied Masayoshi Son as a photographer when Son interviewed Bill Gates on July 23, 1987.

Kohira and Paul Saffo, who was then a Roy Amara fellow at Institute for the Future, traveled together in Japan and the US, thinking about how they should tell about the tragedies caused by the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the world in the next 100 years. After this trip, Kohira published a book ‘Gembaku no Kiseki’ from the Japanese province of Shogakukan.

Kohira met Tomoyoshi Ezaki, a recording producer, in Vienna. This encounter has led Kohira to do over 200 photo shoots of classic CD jackets.

Kohira also organizes IT forums in Kokura, Kitakushu, where he was born.

Kohira did the photo shoot for the book cover of Haruki Murakami's book ''What I Talk About When I Talk About Running''.

Bibliography

4/524 (a photo collection of the Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash)

Silicon Road (a collection of PC portraits)

This Is Nomo (a photo book of Hideo Nomo)

Gembaku no Kiseki (journey book of tracing tragedies of a-bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki: co-authored by Kohira and Paul Saffo)

Scarecrows in Atlanta, Crocodiles in Alabama (a photo collection of folk arts: co-authored by Kohira and Mizumaru Anzai)

He Was Born in Memphis (a Trip in the US: co-authored by Kohira and Mizumaru Anzai)

References

External links

Official site

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Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade ( ; b. February 26, 1988, in Providence, Rhode Island ) is a professional boxer from the United States best known for winning the 2007 world championships as an amateur. He made his professional debut October 23, 2008. Demetrius represented the United States in the 2008 Olympics. He is trained by David Keefe and his father, Paul Andrade.

Amateur career

A Providence native of Cape Verdean descent, southpaw Andrade began boxing in 1994 at the age of 6. His nickname is "Boo Boo" and he currently competes in the light middleweight division.

Andrade won the United States Amateur Boxing Championship in 2005, and repeated it in 2006 when he also won the National Golden Gloves. He again won the National Golden Gloves in 2007, but did not compete in the U.S. Amateurs that year due to injury.

Andrade initially struggled at the international level, losing to Eastern European opponents at the World Cup in 2005 and 2006. However, he won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, losing controversially in the gold medal match to Brazilian hometown favorite Pedro Lima by a narrow 7-6 margin.

He won Gold at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, where he beat Kakhaber Zhvania, Dmitrijs Sostaks, 2005 silver medalist Magomed Nurutdinov, Jack Culcay-Keth, Adem Kılıçcı in the semifinal round and then battered Non Boonjumnong of Thailand in the finals, a match in which Andrade inflicted a standing eight count upon Boonjumnong and was leading by a score of 11-3 in the second round when Boonjumnong retired with an injury to his right arm.

Andrade qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but without doubt lost in 1/4 final to Kazakh fighter Nurlan Meirmanov 2:17 who afterwards has become the world champion a year later.

Professional career

Following the disappointment of not gaining a medal at the Olympics Andrade then turned professional and had his first pro fight in October 2008, which he won at Northern Quest Casino, Airway Heights, Washington beating Patrick Cape by second round knockout. He went on to win a TKO over Eric Marriott before making his Friday Night Fights debut against Tom Joseph on March 6 with a 1st round TKO victory then only 2 weeks later a second round KO win against Arnulfo Javier Romero. On June 19, 2009 he won the unanimous decision against Tony Hirsch. And another KO against Chad Greenleaf in the second round

Professional boxing record

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References

External links

Official Website

World Championships 2007

Demetrius Andrade Amateur Boxing Record

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name	Kevin Maurice Johnson
order	55th
office	Mayor of Sacramento
term start	December 2, 2008
predecessor	Heather Fargo
birth date	March 04, 1966
birth place	Sacramento, California
party	Democratic
profession	Basketball player, Politician
alma mater	University of California, Berkeley (B.A.)
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Kevin Maurice Johnson (born March 4, 1966) is the current mayor of Sacramento, California. He is Sacramento's first African American mayor. Prior to entering politics Johnson was a basketball player in the NBA, playing point guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns. As a basketball player, he was a three-time NBA All-Star and five-time All-NBA selection who holds many records for the Phoenix Suns franchise. At University of California, Berkeley, Johnson had been a two-time All-Pac 10 Conference player who was also an honorable-mention All-American by the Associated Press sportswriters.

Early life

Johnson was born and raised in Sacramento, the son of Georgia West and Lawrence Johnson. After Johnson's father drowned in an accident in the Sacramento River, he was raised by the Peat family, Johnson's grandparents. He would go on to become a local standout at Sacramento High School, where he starred in both baseball and basketball, leading the state of California in scoring as a senior (32.5 ppg).

Basketball career

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Number	7, 11
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height in	1
weight lbs	190
Birth date	March 04, 1966
Birth place	Sacramento, California
Career start	1987
Career end	2000
Draft year	1987
Draft round	1
Draft pick	7
Draft team	Cleveland Cavaliers
College	California (1983-1987)
Teams	Cleveland Cavaliers (1987–1988) Phoenix Suns (1988–1998, 2000)
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Stat2value	2,404
Stat3label	Assists
Stat3value	6,711
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University of California

Despite excelling at two sports in high school, Johnson decided to play basketball exclusively at the collegiate level, and accepted a scholarship to play basketball for the University of California, Berkeley. Playing all four seasons, Johnson ended his college basketball career in 1987 as the school's all-time leader in assists, steals, and scoring (since eclipsed by Lamond Murray and Jerome Randle). He was also the first player in the Pac-10 Conference to post a "triple-double" in statistics, and he was named to the Pac-10's all-conference First Team in both his junior and senior seasons, averaging 17.2 points and 5.0 assists in his final basketball season. His number 11 is retired. Originally drafted in 1986 to play professional baseball with the Oakland Athletics as an infielder, Johnson spent his collegiate summers with the A's minor-league team in Modesto, California, but after being advised by a scout that his future was in basketball, Johnson never looked back to baseball, and he was the seventh selection overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1987 NBA Draft.

Phoenix Suns

Originally drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers to challenge the incumbent point guard Mark Price of Georgia Tech for the starting spot, Johnson found himself on the bench as Price's backup during the 1987-88 NBA season because Price significantly improved during training camp and convincingly won the starting job. On February 28, 1988, Johnson (along with his teammates Mark West and Tyrone Corbin) was traded to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for the forward Larry Nance, Mike Sanders, and a future draft pick. Phoenix also received a draft pick in the trade - one that was used the next season to select the Suns stalwart guard Dan Majerle. Adjusting rapidly to the change of scenery and much-increased playing time, Johnson excelled, and he was named the NBA Rookie of the Month in April 1988, averaging 15.1 points, 10.6 assists, 5.6 rebounds, and an .864 free throw percentage for the month.

That next year in his first full season with Phoenix, Johnson emerged, averaging 20.4 points and 12.2 assists to win the NBA's Most Improved Player Award. It was also the first of three straight seasons in which he averaged at least 20.0 points and 10.0 assists, joining Oscar Robertson and Isiah Thomas as the only players in league history to accomplish that feat for three consecutive seasons. From 1989 to 1991 he was selected to the All-NBA Second Team, earning Third Team honors in 1992 and Second Team honors again in 1994. KJ also was selected to the NBA All-Star Team in 1990, 1991, and 1994 and made the playoffs every year of his career after his rookie season. In the 1991 NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte, KJ wore #41 instead of his familiar #7. NBC announcers Bob Costas and Mike Fratello speculated it was to honor teammate Mark West, who was not picked to participate in the 40th All-Star Game, despite his valuable contributions on the boards and in the trenches for the Suns on a nightly basis.

The 1992-93 Suns, led by Johnson (despite having missed 31 regular season games due to injury and rest and 2 after the NBA suspended him because of a brawl in a game vs. the New York Knicks) and Charles Barkley, posted an NBA-best 62-20 record. Narrowly escaping first round elimination versus the Los Angeles Lakers, the Barkley-led Suns managed to make it to the NBA Finals, where they fell to the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls in a four games to two game series. KJ averaged 17.8 points and 7.9 assists in the playoffs and established an NBA record for Finals minutes played by logging 62 minutes in Game 3 (a 129-121 triple OT victory) vs. the Bulls. In 1995, the injury-prone KJ was again slowed by injuries but returned to form for the post-season, averaging 24.8 points, 9.3 assists, a .573 field goal percentage, and a .500 three-point field goal percentage in 10 games, including a 46-point, 10-assist effort in a 115-114 Game 7 loss of the Western Conference Semifinals to the eventual champion Houston Rockets. In Game 4 of the previous year's series with eventual champion Houston, in front of a capacity crowd in Phoenix, Johnson completed a remarkable dunk, driving from the baseline, over 7'0" Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon. The shot became an oft-played highlight for the ages and was part of a second consecutive 38-point, 12-assist effort by the point guard.

International competition

In addition to his NBA efforts with the Suns, Johnson also lent his talents to the US national team in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, reuniting with old teammate and rival Mark Price to win the gold medal. Johnson led Dream Team II in both total assists and assists average (3.9 per game) while shooting .471 (16-34) from the field.

Retirement and comeback

Johnson retired after the 1997-98 season, but returned briefly during the 1999-2000 campaign to replace the injured Jason Kidd during the playoff run. Johnson helped the Suns win their first playoff series in five years. After Phoenix lost in the second round to the Los Angeles Lakers, he retired for the second and final time.

Accomplishments and legacy

One of only three players in NBA history (Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson) to have averaged at least 20 points and 12 assists in a season.

One of only three players in NBA history (Oscar Robertson and Thomas) to have averaged at least 20 points and 10 assists in three consecutive seasons.

One of only four players in NBA history (Robertson, Thomas, and Magic Johnson) to have averaged at least 20 points and 10 assists per game in three different seasons.

One of six players in NBA history (Magic Johnson, Stockton, Steve Nash, Deron Williams, and Chris Paul) to have averaged at least 15 points and 10 assists per game over the course of a season while shooting at least .500 from the field.

Along with Magic Johnson, is one of only two players in NBA history to have twice averaged at least 20 points and 10 assists per game over the course of a season while shooting at least .500 from the field. The only other player to produce 20/10/.500 over the course of a single season is Paul.

Johnson was the first player in NBA history to average at least 20 points, 10 assists, a .500 field goal percentage, and 2 steals in a season (in 1990-91); he has since been joined in that regard by Paul (in 2008-09).

Johnson is one of only two players in NBA history (Magic Johnson is the other) to average at least 20 points and 12 assists in a season while shooting at least .500 from the field.

The only team to defeat both Magic Johnson's Los Angeles Lakers and Stockton's Utah Jazz in the same postseason was Kevin Johnson's Phoenix Suns in 1990.

Johnson twice led the NBA in total playoff assists (1990 and 1993).

On March 7, 2001, the Suns inducted Johnson into their Ring of Honor and retired his uniform No. 7 during halftime of a game Phoenix played against the Sacramento Kings, Johnson's hometown team.

NBA record holder for minutes in a finals game, playing 62 minutes in 1993 vs. the Chicago Bulls.

Three time NBA All-Star.

Phoenix Suns' all time leader in free throws made, free throws attempted, and assists.

The Kevin Johnson Corporation

As president and CEO of The Kevin Johnson Corporation, Johnson oversees the operations of several subsidiary organizations specializing in real estate development and management, sports management, and business acquisition. A key component of The Kevin Johnson Corporation includes appearances and public speaking engagements for corporations, academic institutions, and community organizations. Johnson founded the St. Hope Academy in 1989 and served as its CEO until January 2008. St. HOPE is a nonprofit community development corporation whose mission is to revitalize communities through public education, civic leadership, economic development and the arts.

In 2003, St. HOPE formed St. HOPE Public Schools, a pre-K-12 independent charter school system that provides education to nearly 2,000 students in seven small schools.

Political career

Johnson was a 2000 graduate of the Harvard Divinity School Summer Leadership Institute, a program that prepares students for work in faith-based urban economic revitalization. He also has a B.A. in Political Science from UC Berkeley that he completed after his initial retirement from the NBA.

On March 5, 2008, Johnson announced he would run for mayor of Sacramento, his hometown, challenging incumbent Heather Fargo. Election day was June 3, 2008. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote in the nonpartisan election, there was a runoff.

Johnson garnered the endorsement of the Sacramento Police Officers Association (SPOA), the Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange, the Chamber of Commerce, Realtors' Association and Labor Council, among others. Johnson was also endorsed by Sacramento City Council members Steve Cohn (Vice Mayor) and Sandy Sheedy, and by former Sacramento Mayor Jimmie Yee.

On June 4, 2008, Kevin Johnson, who led by 8 percentage points, forced a runoff election for mayor versus the 2-term incumbent. 374 of 378 precincts were reported, and Johnson was ahead of Mayor Heather Fargo 47% to 40%. Five other candidates split the rest of the vote. The candidates needed more than 50% to win the election. Third place finisher Leonard Padilla endorsed Mayor Fargo on June 4, 2008. Johnson, by late May, loaned his campaign $500,000 and raised $490,000, while Fargo raised $340,000 despite having started fundraising in 2005.

2008 primary election for mayor of Sacramento

Candidate	Votes	Outcome
Heather Fargo	27,472 (39.36%)	Runoff
Shawn D. Eldredge	2,462 (3.53%)	Defeated
Richard Jones	679 (0.97%)	Defeated
Write-in	280 (0.40%)	Defeated

Johnson and Fargo had a runoff election in November, won by Johnson.

2008 runoff election for mayor of Sacramento

Candidate	Votes	Outcome
Heather Fargo	67,348 (41.9%)	Defeated

Controversy

Sexual assault and harassment allegations

During the summer of 1995, a 16-year-old girl alleged that Johnson had fondled her. Johnson apologized to the girl when confronted by her with that accusation during a phone conversation recorded by Phoenix police though he also stated that "what you're saying happened, I'm not entirely agreeing happened." The ''Sacramento Bee'' stated that they had received a copy of a proposed settlement agreement, under which Johnson would have paid the girl's family $230,000. After conducting an investigation, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office declined to prosecute, on the grounds that there was not a reasonable likelihood of conviction.

High School investigation

On April 16, 2008, rival mayoral candidate Leonard Padilla distributed a 2007 report of similar allegations made against Johnson at St. HOPE Sacramento High School. The allegations were investigated by local police, but no charges were filed, and the alleged victim recanted her story. On April 29, 2008, a group of female civic leaders including former Sacramento Mayor Ann Rudin, Sacramento Municipal Utility District board member Genevieve Shiroma, and former State Senator Deborah Ortiz demanded the release of the police report on the matter. The teacher to whom the student initially brought the complaint subsequently resigned over the incident, claiming, "St. HOPE sought to intimidate the student through an illegal interrogation and even had the audacity to ask me to change my story." Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel responded, saying, "I think the allegations at the school were handled in the way that you would want them handled. Immediately they followed all the normal protocols that they were supposed to follow. I think it was pretty clear there was nothing there... We did ask the young lady whether anyone had influenced her — her answer was no." The Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness said on May 30, 2008, that Johnson’s actions, though ill-advised, were not illegal.

St. HOPE Academy's alleged misuse of AmeriCorps funds

On April 9, 2009, Acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence G. Brown announced that St. HOPE Academy had agreed to pay $423,836.50 over ten years in settlement of allegations that it did not appropriately spend AmeriCorps grants and education awards and did not adequately document spending of grants. The settlement amount represented one-half of the $847,673 in AmeriCorps funds received by St. HOPE Academy over three years from 2004 to 2007. Johnson, St. HOPE Academy’s founder and former CEO, agreed to pay $72,836.50 of St. HOPE Academy’s $73,836.50 initial payment. In settlement, St. HOPE Academy acknowledged not adequately documenting a portion of its AmeriCorps grant expenditures, and the Corporation for National and Community Service terminated its September 24, 2008 suspension of St. HOPE Academy and Johnson from receiving federal funds, ending questions about Sacramento’s eligibility to receive federal stimulus funds.

See also

List of National Basketball Association career assists leaders

List of National Basketball Association career playoff assists leaders

List of National Basketball Association career playoff turnovers leaders

List of National Basketball Association players with most assists in a game

List of National Basketball Association players with most steals in a game

References

External links

Sacramento Mayor's Office

Official Kevin Johnson for Mayor Website

NBA

Official NBA stats

NBA.com Historical Player Info

Phoenix Suns Legends

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