Dave Jackson, a Philadelphia resident who serves as executive director of Awake in America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to sleep disorders, relies on reQall to supplement his memory.

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There he worked on projects with Michael Jackson, Dave Brubeck, The Cure, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Mel Torme, Sam Shepard, David Byrne, Norman Mailer, Apple Computer (Knowledge Navigator, Newton) and many others.

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Hall of Famers such as Reggie Jackson, Dave Winfield, and Joe Morgan highlighted an all star cast of former and current players that traveled to Greenwich Village on a frigid winter evening to pay tribute to a man who simply referred to himself as a trade unionist and civil libertarian.

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Reed, Bradley, Monroe, Walt Frazier, Jerry Lucas and Dave DeBuscherre all were elected to the Hall of Fame as players, and Jackson made it as a coach who won a record 11 titles.

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