Valet (center) and lackey (right) serve wine. Illustration from H. Reuß zu Köstritz: Der korrekte Diener, Paul Parey Verlag, Berlin 1900; p. 21

A lackey or lacquey is a term for a uniformed manservant, in its original meaning (attested 1529, according to the Oxford English Dictionary).

The modern connotation of "servile follower" appeared later, in 1588 (OED).^[1]

Etymology[link]

There are several theories about the origins of the word. By one theory, it is derived from Medieval French laquais, "foot soldier, footman, servant", ultimately from Turkish ulak, literally "a messenger".^[1] In Gaelic, it is a surname related to the word for stone, leac → lackey. Lackey can also mean runner, worker, one-upper.

Modern Australian use of the term refers to a blue collar working class man, who is generally over-worked and under-paid.

Usage in Popular Culture[link]

Lackey is typically used as a derogatory term for a servant with little or no self-respect, who belittles themselves in order to gain advantage.^[2] Such advantage is often assumed to be slight, temporary and often illusory. For common verb usage see Toady and Henchman.

References[link]

Brad Lackey
Nationality	United States
Motocross career
Active years	1970 - 1982
Teams	ČZ, Kawasaki, Husqvarna, Honda, Suzuki
Grands Prix
Championships	500cc - 1982
Wins	7
GP debut
First GP win

Brad Lackey (born July 8, 1953 in Berkeley, California) is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship.^[1][2] He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans.

In 1970, Lackey received sponsorship from a local CZ dealer and by 1971, he finished second in the AMA 500cc motocross national championship.^[2] In 1971, CZ sent Lackey to Czechoslovakia to enter a training camp. He also got his first taste of the World Championship Motocross Grand Prix circuit when he raced in a few 250cc GP races while attending the training camp.^[2] The Kawasaki factory offered him a sponsored ride in 1972 and he won the AMA 500cc motocross national championship in dominating fashion and, was the highest placed American rider in the 1972 Trans-AMA motocross series.^[2] However, he had his sights set on the world championship Grand Prix events held in Europe. In 1973, Lackey set out on what would eventually be a ten year quest for a 500cc Motocross World Championship, which at the time was the most prestigious class in motocross competition.^[3] Over the years, he rode for several different factories including, Kawasaki, Husqvarna, Honda and Suzuki, finishing as high as second in the world in 1978 and 1980. He often encountered bad luck with bike failures at inopportune times,^[2][4] prompting the European motorcycling press to dub him "Bad Luckey."^[5] It seemed as if he would never attain his goal. Finally, in 1982, after a ten year struggle, he was able to clinch his first and only 500cc Motocross World Championship aboard a Suzuki.^[3][6] After his triumph, Suzuki scaled back their racing efforts and Lackey was left without a sponsor. He decided to retire on top, as world champion.

Lackey was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999.^[2] Today, Lackey continues his involvement in the sport of motocross taking part in vintage motocross racing.

Motocross Championships[link]

• 1972 A.M.A. 500cc Motocross National Champion
• 1982 F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Champion
• 2000 Over 40 AHRMA Champion

External links[link]

• Brad Lackey Home page
• Brad Lackey; Victory At Long Last, by Don Phillipson, Cycle, October 1982

References[link]

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Tamara Lackey is a professional photographer, author, workshop teacher^[1] and international speaker. Her work has been published in numerous lifestyle magazines including Vogue, O – The Oprah Magazine, Town & Country, Parenting Magazine, Food & Wine, The Knot Men's Journal,; in trade outlets such as Professional Photographer, Professional ImageMaker and Rangefinder; and on national television programs including NBC’s The Martha Stewart Show and ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.^[2]

In 2008, Lackey released her educational book The Art of Children’s Portrait Photography, which got favorable reviews,^[3][4] and praise from a writer at shootsmarter.com^[5] and aspiring photographers.

Lackey then teamed with Rex Ballard to produce Inside Contemporary Children's Photography, a 90-minute video released in January 2010.^[6]

In 2010 Lackey also worked with Kubota Image Tools to develop a "Kubota Artist Series Style Book & DVD Tutorial", The Tamara Lackey Style Book, to instruct viewers on improving their own portrait and children’s photography using "Kubota Actions" (proprietary Photoshop plugins).^[7]

Lackey once again paired with Rex Ballard to develop a guide to help “everyday photographers” capture more from their life moments. Tamara Lackey's Capturing Life Through (Better) Photography teaches simple tips and tricks to transform point-and-shoot images into little works of art.^[8] It includes a 100-page book and 90-minute full-feature DVD sold individually or as a bundle with included quick reference guide.

Lackey has also presented internationally ^[9] at industry workshops and events, which include serving as a keynote speaker at the National Association of Professional Child Photographers’ Retreat^[10] and participating as a panel judge for the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) International Print Competition.^{[citation needed]}

Combining artistry with spontaneous authenticity, Lackey’s new web series, the reDefine Show, examines the inspiring stories of top-tier creative artists who make it work. Lackey’s interview style showcases her abiding interest in real conversations that share practical tips, innovative methods, and previews of the newest and most useful technologies on the market.

Notes[link]

1. ^ "Children's Portrait Photography with Tamara Lackey", creativelive.com. Accessed 17 November 2010.
2. ^ "Credits". Photography. http://ll.abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition/as-featured-on/creasey-family/373755. 
3. ^ Marianne Drenthe, review in Professional Photography, reproduced here in Lackey's website. Accessed 17 November 2010.
4. ^ Auey Santos, review, San Francisco Book Review, 15 December 2009. Accessed 17 November 2010.
5. ^ Nick Coury, in a piece reproduced here in Lackey's website. Accessed 17 November 2010.
6. ^ Scottbaby, "A Mini Review of Tamara Lackey’s Contemporary Children’s Photography Instructional DVD", photofocus.com, 18 May 2010. Accessed 17 November 2010.
7. ^ This is the product page of The Tamara Lackey Style Book at kubotaimagetools.com.
8. ^ Capturinglifebetter.com is its website.
9. ^ "Imaging USA 2010". speaking engagements. http://tamaralackey.com/imaging-usa-2010/. 
10. ^ Tanya Alexis, "NAPCP retreat 2010: A full recap", National Association of Profession Child Photographers, 7 July 2010. Accessed 17 November 2010.

External links[link]

• Tamara Lackey
• reDefine Show
• Capturing Life Through (Better) Photography
• Technorati Interview, Tamara Lackey Talks Photographing the Famous
• Interview, Posing Images: Family Fun Fair 2011
• Kubota Click Interview, Meet Photography Dynamo and Classy Superstar, Tamara Lackey!
• CreativeLive Interview
• The Photography Parlour Interview
• The Dedicated Photographer Interview
• Go4ProPhotos Interview
• Interview by Crash Taylor

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Catherine Hall (born 1946, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England) is a feminist historian from Great Britain. Since 2009 she has been Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History at University College London. Her work explores the interrelation between metropole and colony in an attempt to rewrite the narrative of certain aspects of 'British history' in the mid nineteenth century empire period.

Family[link]

She is married to Professor Stuart Hall.

Bibliography[link]

• Civilising Subjects: Metropole And Colony In The English Imagination, 1830-1867 (2002)
• Cultures Of Empire: Colonisers In Britain And The Empire In Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries (2000, editor)
• Defining The Victorian Nation: Class, Race, Gender And The British Reform Act Of 1867 (2000, editor, with Keith McClelland and Jane Rendall)
• Family Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle Class 1780-1850 (1987, new ed. 2002, with Leonore Davidoff)
• Gendered Nations: Nationalisms And Gender Order In The Long Nineteenth Century (2000 editor, with Ida Blom and Karen Hagemann)
• White, Male And Middle-Class: Explorations In Feminism And History (1992)

External links[link]

• UCL Staff Profile

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Mark D. Wallace is an American businessman, former diplomat and lawyer who has served in a variety of government, political and private sector posts. He served in several positions during the administration of President George W. Bush, including as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Representative for UN Management and Reform.

He is currently the CEO of Tigris Financial and CEO of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI).

Political career[link]

Prior to government service, Wallace was a practicing commercial litigation attorney in Miami, Florida. He began his political career under Florida Governor Jeb Bush and was active in his election campaigns in 1994, 1998 and 2002.^[1]

In 2000 Wallace played a key role working for then Governor George W. Bush’s legal team in the decisive Florida recount in 2000 where he served as counsel to the campaign in Florida and was a spokesman for the legal team in various national media outlets.^[2][3] Wallace was portrayed in the HBO movie Recount for his role in the disputed presidential contest.^[4]

During President Bush's administration from 1999 to 2003 Wallace served in a variety of federal government general counsel positions. At the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), he oversaw and managed all aspects of the FEMA Office of General Counsel, and acted as counsel to the FEMA-led New York and World Trade Center recovery effort in the wake of the 2001 September 11 attacks. He also served as the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), during the INS’ transition from the DOJ into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 reorganization. After the reorganization Wallace served as the first principal legal advisor to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services for the Department of Homeland Security.^[5]

In 2003, Wallace joined President George W. Bush’s reelection campaign as the deputy campaign manager. In addition to his day-to-day responsibilities of assisting in the management of the national campaign, Wallace was the campaign’s lead liaison to the Republican National Convention, the campaign’s representative in debate negotiations, and led the campaign’s debate team at each of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates.^[5]

UN Ambassadorship[link]

In 2005 President Bush nominated Wallace to serve in the United States Department of State, United States Mission to the United Nations as Ambassador, U.S. Representative for UN Management and Reform and Alternative Representative of the United States to Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Senate confirmed his appointment in 2006.^[6]

During his tenure as Ambassador to the United Nations, Wallace most notably sought to uncover corruption in UN programs in such places as North Korea and Burma.^[7] He exposed the "Cash for Kim" corruption scandal in North Korea, revealing, among other issues, that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) had funneled millions of dollars in hard currency to North Korea without assurance that North Korea’s dictatorship would use the money to help the North Korean people instead of diverting it to illicit activities including the country’s illegal nuclear program.^[8] Wallace accused the program of being "systematically perverted for the benefit of the Kim Jong Il regime" and the media drew parallels between UNDP’s corruption in North Korea and the Oil-for-Food scandal in Iraq several years earlier.^[9] The Wall Street Journal wrote that the finding of the Cash for Kim investigation "vindicates" Wallace, "who led the charge for transparency at UNDP."^[10]

In addition he led the U.S. delegation’s "no" vote against using UN money to pay for the 2009 "Durban II" conference, describing it as "noxious to my country and a disgrace in the International Community."^[11][12] He further opposed the 2008-2009 UN Biennium Budget for its "ad hoc" and "piecemeal" approach that ensured spending increases in the UN general budget that far outpaced the general budget increases of member states.^[11]

While at the UN, Wallace also launched the UN Transparency and Accountability Initiative that focused on eight areas of reform related to member states’ access to UN financial documents, ethics, financial disclosure, oversight mechanisms, IPSAS accounting standards and administrative overhead.^[13]

Upon his departure from the U.S. State Department, The Wall Street Journal editorial board compared Wallace to a list of "distinguished" Americans who tried to make the United Nations live up to its original ideals including Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Jeane Kirkpatrick and John Bolton.^[14] The opinion piece noted that although Wallace was unpopular with some officials who didn’t want to risk their engagement with North Korea over corruption, "he’s the one who had it right."^[14]

2008 U.S. presidential campaign[link]

During the 2008 presidential campaign Wallace was a senior advisor to Senator John S. McCain. In that role, he led the debate preparation team for Senator McCain’s running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.^[15][16] After the debate, The New York Times commented that Governor Palin's debate performance against Democrat Joe Biden "exceeded expectations in this highly anticipated face-off, though those expectations were low after she had stumbled in recent television interviews."^[17] Wallace was portrayed in the HBO movie Game Change by actor Ron Livingston for his work on the McCain campaign.^[18]

Current work[link]

Wallace currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Tigris Financial Group, a New York City-based investment, advisory and asset management firm that focuses on natural resources and the natural resources sector through its Electrum Group of Companies. In that capacity, he headed the transaction team for Silver Opportunity Partners in its acquisition of Idaho's historic Sunshine Mine. Regarding that acquisition, Wallace told Bloomberg Businessweek, "It was no doubt a complicated and risky transaction. Through our expertise, we were able to minimize the risk involved, resolve litigation, and reunite the patchwork and fractured ownership interests that inhibited the mine and limited its value over the last decade."^[19] In 2011, Sunshine Silver Mines filed its S1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission describing its intention to go public on the NYSE and TSX.^[20]

Wallace’s work with Electrum has included leading its investment and operational entry into the Polish mineral sector through Śląsko Krakowska Kompania Górnictwa Metali Sp. z o.o. (SKKGM) and Amarante Investments S.p. z.o.o. (Amarante). In 2011, SKKGM commenced a drilling program at its Bolesławiec-Iłowa and Osiecznica-Nowiny concessions in Lower Silesia and at its concession near Myskow.^[21] Also in 2011, Amarante announced its application to the Polish government for nine concessions for mineral exploration in and near Wroclaw and Kobierzyce. In relation to their work in Poland, Wallace was quoted as saying that the Group’s team hopes “to make discoveries of copper, tungsten and silver in Poland.” In the same article, Wallace stated that gold, due to the uncertain business environment, has “practically become a currency again,” and that the Group’s belief that supply and demand fundamentals would continue to be the key economic driver for copper, silver and other metals.^[22]

Wallace has also attempted to secure the necessary regulatory approvals and community support for Electrum’s efforts to explore its Paramount mine claims in eastern California’s Bodie Wilderness Study Area. Wallace spoke for Electrum’s Cougar Gold subsidiary at a February 2011 meeting in California. There, he explained that additional exploratory drilling in the area cannot occur until the Wilderness Study Area designation is removed.^[23] In an August 2011 Wall Street Journal article, Wallace described the Bodie dispute as "'the tip of the spear' in a growing national debate over balancing conservation and resource extraction."^[24] In the Los Angeles Times he described the great potential of Paramount. "A lot of us are quite fond of the people there. This could be a real success story."^[25]

Also as part of his work with Electrum, Wallace serves on the board of directors of Niocan Inc., a Canadian TSX listed company whose Quebec mining assets focus on niobium and iron ore.^[26]

United Against Nuclear Iran[link]

Wallace also serves as Chief Executive Officer of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), a bipartisan non-profit dedicated to prevent Iran from producing nuclear weapons. Wallace founded UANI in 2008 alongside former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, the late Richard Holbrooke and Dennis Ross.^[27] Under Wallace, UANI and its Advisory Board has grown to include prominent foreign policy experts such as Graham Allison, Les Gelb and Fouad Ajami, and former government officials including former U.S. Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend, former Mossad Chief Meir Dagan, former head of the German Intelligence Service Dr. August Hanning, and former head of the British MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove, among others.^[28]

Since its founding, Wallace has led UANI in dozens of successful business and corporate campaigns that have called on such multinational firms as General Electric,^[29] Huntsman,^[30] Caterpillar,^[31] Ingersoll Rand,^[32] Porsche, Hyundai,^[33] Fiat,^[34] Royal Dutch Shell,^[35] Terex^[36] and Siemens^[37] to end their business dealings in Iran. Wallace and UANI led the first successful campaign to convince a Chinese company to end its work in Iran. After various discussions between Wallace, UANI and Huawei, the company announced that it was scaling back its business in Iran. The decision by Huawei and the role of UANI was prominently featured in the news media including The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times^[38] and Reuters.^[39] In The Wall Street Journal piece, Wallace was quoted saying of the decision: "This is a significant milestone. For the first time a major Chinese business is pulling back from Iran in the face of mounting international scorn for Iran’s brutal regime."^[40]

Wallace and UANI launched a campaign calling on SWIFT to terminate its relationships with Iran’s banks and financial institutions, arguing that SWIFT was in violation of U.S. and EU sanctions by affording Iranian banks BICs and access to SWIFT and, therefore, access to the international financial system.^[41] Subsequently, SWIFT announced that it would comply with new EU sanctions and cease providing messaging services to sanction designated Iranian banks. “It’s a good positive step forward and it will cause real difficulties for the regime,” said Wallace.^[42] SWIFT’s decision and UANI’s campaign were extensively covered in media outlets around the world.

UANI and Wallace have pursued a successful “Auto Campaign” that has focused on the lucrative Iranian automobile industry. UANI has called on international automobile manufactures to leave Iran including, among others, Nissan, Fiat, Peugeot, GM and Hyundai.^[43] Every year, UANI launches its annual Hotels Campaign, calling on all New York area hotels and venues to refuse to host President Ahmadinejad and the Iranian delegation during the United Nations’ annual meeting in New York City.^[44]

Wallace and UANI have authored and/or supported a variety of federal and state legislative and regulatory initiatives designed to enhance Iran’s economic isolation. Their model legislation has been incorporated into both federal bills and state bills, including the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA),^[45] the Iran Transparency and Accountability Act (ITAA),^[46] the Iran Financial Sanctions Improvement Act of 2012 (H.R. 4179 as introduced by Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Congressman Brad Sherman),^[47] California’s Iran Contracting Act of 2010 (AB1650) and New York’s Iran Divestment Act of 2011 (A08668) among others.^[48] In May 2012, Wallace along with Meir Dagan, August Hanning, R. James Woolsey, Lord Charles Guthrie and Kristen Silverberg co-authored an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal calling for “the most robust sanctions against Iran in history” as a means “for the international community to truly isolate the regime.”^[49] Wallace described a proposed strategy to implement such sanctions during testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 17, 2012 by proposing legislation focused on four areas, namely Banking, Insurance and Reinsurance, Disclosure and Debarment and Shipping (UANI BIDS) in order to achieve an “economic blockade” of Iran.^[47]

Wallace is a frequent media contributor and op-ed author and has been featured in news outlets around the world including The Wall Street Journal,^[50] The New York Times,^[51] the Financial Times,^[52] CNN,^[53] Fox News,^[54] Huffington Post,^[55] the New York Post,^[56] and CNBC.^[57]

Wallace also serves on the Board of Advisors of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center.^[58]

Personal life[link]

Wallace attended the University of Miami, where he received both his Bachelor's and law degrees.^[1] He is married to Nicolle Wallace, a New York Times best-selling novelist and political commentator who served as President George W. Bush’s communications director and senior advisor to Senator John McCain’s 2008 presidential bid.^[59]

References[link]