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<mask> began the 2018 season by drawing more walks than in previous years. He was batting .219 with 21 home runs and 50 RBIs when he was named a starting outfielder for the 2018 MLB All-Star Game. He finished the season with a career-high 130 walks, 34 home runs, a .249 batting average, and 100 RBIs, marking his first season reaching triple-digit RBIs. He became a free agent after the 2018 season. Philadelphia Phillies

On March 2, 2019, <mask> signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. This deal set the record for the largest MLB contract until Mike Trout signed a 12-year, $430 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Angels. <mask> chose to wear No.3 with the club, as the number he wore with the Nationals (34) was being considered for retirement by the Phillies in honor of the late Roy Halladay. At his first press conference, <mask> misspoke saying "We want to bring a title back to

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2019 season
<mask>'s first hit as a member of the Phillies was a 465-foot home run to the second deck of the right field bleachers at Citizens Bank Park on March 30, 2019, off Jesse Biddle of the Atlanta Braves. On August 15, 2019, <mask> hit a walk-off grand slam against the Chicago Cubs. On September 3, 2019, <mask> would bat his 100th RBI of the season for the second consecutive year and was the first Philadelphia Phillies player since Ryan Howard in 2011 to hit for 100 RBIs or more in a season. However, the Phillies missed the playoffs, while <mask>'s former team, the Washington Nationals, went on to win the World Series. 2020 season
In March 2020, the Major League Baseball season was suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 15, <mask> took to Instagram and suggested a potential 135-game season that would last from July through November.Major League Baseball eventually settled on a 60-game season that began on July 24. <mask> hit .268/.420/.542 with 13 home runs and 33 RBIs and led the majors with 49 walks during the season. 2021 season: Second NL MVP
In 2021, <mask> batted .309/.429/.615 with 35 home runs and 84 RBIs in 141 games. His slugging percentage led the major leagues. He also led the National League with 78 extra-base hits and tied for the major league lead with 42 doubles. He won his second career National League MVP award. Career accomplishments

 2× NL Most Valuable Player (2015, 2021)
 6× MLB All-Star selection (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
 National League Rookie of the Year (2012)
 2× NL Hank Aaron Award (2015, 2021)
 Silver Slugger Award (2015, 2021)
 ESPN MLB Person of the Year (2015)

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 All-Star Futures Game selection (2011)
 Golden Spikes Award (2010)
 SWAC Player of the Year (2010)
 Baseball America High School Player of the Year (2009)

All-Star games
<mask> has been known to stay in the dugout until the final out of All-Star Games, even though in that particular event, players who have been removed from the game are permitted to leave the dugout before the game is over.Many players who do leave early go right to the shower and then leave the park. During each of his first four All-Star Games, <mask> indicated that he had remained for the entire game, anticipating the opportunity to re-enter should his team require it due to a shortage of players by reason of either injury or ejection. <mask> participated in the 2018 Home Run Derby. <mask>'s father also participated as the pitcher for <mask>'s at-bats. <mask> won the derby with nine home runs hit in 47 seconds. Opening Day
<mask> is known for hitting home runs on Opening Day and became the first player in MLB history to hit five home runs in opening games before the age of 25. Personal life
<mask> resides in Henderson, Nevada, during the off-season.His father, Ron, is an ironworker in Las Vegas and his mother is Sherilyn <mask>. <mask> attributes his work ethic to the lessons he learned from watching his father: "I wanted to come out and I wanted to work hard because he worked hard. He did it for over 25 years." <mask>'s older brother, Bryan, also played in the Washington Nationals organization. While playing on different teams within the Nationals organization, the <mask> brothers spoke by phone "almost every day" during the baseball season, according to <mask>. When he

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texts: was a youth in Las Vegas, he also played alongside Joey Gallo and Kris Bryant. <mask> is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.He has spoken publicly about his decision to abstain from alcohol. In 2014, he said that he sometimes drinks coffee during the baseball season. Though serving a mission is strongly encouraged for male members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who are between the ages of 18 and 26, it is not required. <mask> decided his mission rested on the diamond. In a 2016 interview, he said, "Coming up to the draft and trying to make that decision, I always thought that my Heavenly Father upstairs always just wanted me to be a walking Book of Mormon, you could say,” [...] “I knew that I could touch a lot of people’s lives playing and trying to be the best Mormon that I can be on and off the field." <mask> and his girlfriend Kayla Varner were engaged in 2014, but their wedding that was set for January 2015 did not take place. In July 2016, Kayla announced the couple's reconciliation and re-engagement.<mask> married his longtime girlfriend in a ceremony at the San Diego California Temple in December 2016. Their first child, a son, was born in Las Vegas on August 22, 2019, while <mask> was with his wife on paternity leave. Their second child, a daughter, was born in November 2020. In 2018, the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation and the District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation renovated a baseball field in the Takoma neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and named it <mask> Harper Field. <mask> owns a customized Mercedes-Benz CLS that is outfitted with a low-light glow bat enclosure

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 in the trunk and Nationals curly "W" insignia on the rear of the car; the insignia replaced the Mercedes logo. <mask> is a fan of the Vegas Golden Knights of the NHL. He dropped the puck before a game in their inaugural season and put the Golden Knights' logo on his bat during their run to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2018.After his first son's birth, the Vegas Golden Knights gifted him a personalized jersey. Endorsements and other media appearances
<mask> was featured in an episode of ESPN E:60. He was featured in another ESPN magazine in 2015, this time displaying naked in ESPN's The Magazine 2015 Body Issue. <mask> also received a sponsorship deal with a nutritional supplement company that focused on active lifestyles, MusclePharm. He also endorsed the barbershop chain and hair product line Blind Barber. See also

 List of largest sports contracts
 List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders
 List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career games played as a right fielder leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career OPS leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders
 List of National League annual slugging percentage leaders
 List of people from Las Vegas
 List of Philadelphia Phillies award winners and league leaders
 List of Washington Nationals team records

References

External links

<mask> at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
<mask> at Baseball Almanac
<mask>  at Baseball Gauge

1992 births
Living people
Baseball players from Nevada
Hagerstown Suns players
Harrisburg Senators players
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<mask> (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released six comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album in 28 years and went platinum. He performed an HBO special in late 2006, Vicious Circle, a straight-to-DVD special titled Rough Around The Edges (which is included in the album of the same name), and a Comedy Central special in 2009 titled Isolated Incident. He is known for his use of observational, often vulgar, and sometimes dark comedy. He is one of the first comedians to use a personal webpage and MySpace to build a large fan base,
and in 2006 was described as "alarmingly popular". As an actor, <mask> has appeared in films since 1997, including Mystery Men, Waiting..., Employee of the Month, Good Luck Chuck, Dan in Real Life, Mr. Brooks, and My Best Friend's Girl.He also provided the lead voice role in the 2013 animated family film Planes, and its 2014 sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue. He was the second comedian (after Andrew Dice Clay) to sell out Madison Square Garden's large arena space. Early life and education
<mask> was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the second son of Donna Jean (née Ford; died 2006) and George F<mask> (died 2007). He has an older half-brother, Darryl, and five sisters. He grew up in a Catholic family of Irish descent. <mask> was raised in Arlington, Massachusetts, where he attended Arlington High School. <mask> has described himself as having been "pretty quiet, pretty introverted, shy" as a child,

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 although he was a "wild child" at home.He overcame his shyness in his junior year of high school, when he began acting and doing stand-up comedy. After graduating from high school, he studied graphic design in college as a back-up plan, in case he did not achieve success in comedy. He now designs all of his merchandise, including the cover of his album, Harmful If Swallowed. Career

Early work
In 1990, <mask> began performing stand-up in comedy clubs. On October 30, 1992, <mask> and a group of local emerging improv/sketch comedians were scheduled to appear at the Boston Garden as part of local radio station WBCN's "Rock of Boston" music concert. Although they anticipated appearing earlier in the lineup, they were scheduled to perform between popular band Spin Doctors and the final headline act Phish, making them somewhat nervous but determined to do well. Moments after they took the stage however, the crowd, neither expecting nor appreciating a comedy act at this late stage in the evening's program and impatient for Phish to go on, expressed their displeasure by throwing their shoes at the stage.Robert Kelly, also on stage as a member of the comedy group, pleaded with the audience to settle down and let them perform their act; the crowd instead escalated to throwing lighters. Sustaining minor injuries, <mask> and the comedy group left the stage. <mask> described the incident – as well as how dejected he felt and his resulting determination to someday return to the Boston Garden and perform successfully someday – as part of a web series for The Tonight Show entitled "Worst I Ever Bombed". Stand-up

1990s
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 to New York City and began performing. Two years later, he moved to Los Angeles, where he still lives today. His big break came in 1998 when he appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend. In 2000, <mask> did a half-hour special on Comedy Central Presents.Since then his special has won the Comedy Central Stand-up showdown twice in a row. 2000s
In 2003, <mask> released his first CD/DVD, Harmful If Swallowed. He signed a contract with Comedy Central Records. The album is certified platinum. He released his second CD/DVD in 2005, entitled Retaliation. This album went double platinum and made <mask> the first comic in 27 years to have an album in the top 5 on the Billboard charts after Steve Martin's A Wild and Crazy Guy moved as high as #2 in late 1978. He performed at the MTV Video Music Awards, and then afterwards he joined Snoop Dogg in presenting the award for Best New Artist.On April 15, 2005, <mask> performed his first HBO Special entitled Vicious Circle. Vicious Circle was filmed "in the round" at the TD Garden. The same year, <mask> shot two pilot episodes for his own sitcom, Cooked. The sitcom was not picked up and the two pilot episodes were later released on DVD as the Lost Pilot. That same year, he embarked on a 30-day, 20-show college tour called Tourgasm with his longtime friends Robert Kelly, Gary Gulman, and Jay Davis. The tour was filmed and was later made into a 9-episode documentary on HBO. On December 3, 2005, <mask> hosted Saturday Night Live (SNL).He would then go on to host the premiere of season 32 of SNL a year later. The same year <mask> launched his own company, Superfinger Entertainment, in order to

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texts: produce his own albums and videos. In 2006, <mask> headlined for Dave Attell's Insomniac Tour and hosted the 2006 Teen Choice Awards alongside Jessica Simpson. The following year he won the award for Best Comedian. On November 12, 2007, <mask> became the second comic to sell out Madison Square Garden's large arena space after Andrew Dice Clay accomplished this feat in 1990. He did two sold-out shows in one night. The show was filmed and would later be put onto a DVD to be sold on <mask>'s third comedy album.<mask> won the Big Entertainer Award at the VH1 Big in '06 Awards, and Rolling Stone magazine's Hot Comic of the Year. The following day, November 13, 2007, he released his third CD/DVD entitled Rough Around The Edges, which was filmed live at Madison Square Garden in New York City. During that time, he embarked on his first arena tour. On April 10, 2007, <mask> broke the Laugh Factory's endurance record (previously held by Richard Pryor) by performing on stage for three hours and 50 minutes. Dave Chappelle would break the record five days later by performing for six hours and seven minutes. Chappelle beat that record on December 3, 2007, by performing for six hours and twelve minutes. On January 1, 2008, <mask> broke Chappelle's record, by performing on stage for seven hours.From May 23, 2008, to May 25, 2008, <mask> reunited with Robert Kelly and Al Del Bene for three shows at The Coliseum in Caesars Palace. From May 29-June 4, 2008 the trio went to Iraq to perform for the troops. Del Bene was the Emcee, Kelly was the feature, and <mask> was the headliner. He finished his fourth album, Isolated Incident; a performance which

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 aired on Comedy Central on May 17, 2009, with the release of the record following two days later. He kicked off that tour at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, on April 25, 2009. This album was the last as part of <mask>'s four-record deal with Comedy Central Records. The new album was performed at Laugh Factory in Hollywood, which is considered to be <mask>'s home base, where he goes to work on new material.He released the DVD version of Isolated Incident in November 2009. 2010s
In 2012, <mask> caused a minor controversy when a joke he made in a comedy club about the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting was recorded and made the headlines.He later took to Twitter to apologize, "I am devastated by the recent tragedy in Colorado & did not mean to make light of what happened. I made a bad judgment call with my material last night & regret making a joke at such a sensitive time. My heart goes out to all of the families & friends of the victims." In 2014, Showtime aired <mask>'s Troublemaker special. In September 2016 <mask> headlined with Sebastian Maniscalco at the Oddball Comedy Festival in Dallas, Texas, and the Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival in Irvine, California. He also toured Canada in November at the annual "Just For Laughs" comedy festival.In May 2018 he performed at Hard Rock Rocksino in Northfield Park, Ohio. At the end of 2018 <mask> announced the "Tell It Like It is" Tour, his first full-scale stand-up tour since "Under Oath" in 2013. The tour began in February 2019 in Huntington, New York and concluded in November in Los Angeles, California. Film
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On November 18, 2010, it was announced that both <mask> and Josh Hamilton would be starring in Neil LaBute's 2011 Broadway production of Fat Pig; however, before the show began it was postponed for financial reasons. Television
His first TV role was playing a quarterback named Kyle on the 1995 ABC comedy Maybe This Time, which starred Marie Osmond, Betty White and Ashley Johnson. In October 2005, during an interview with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, actress Charlize Theron leaned forward and allowed <mask> to kiss her backside. In May 2012, it was announced that <mask> would be starring in the new NBC comedy Next Caller. On October 12, 2012, the show was canceled prior to its airing after filming four out of six episodes. Comedic style
<mask>'s style is principally "long-form storytelling" and "multipurpose phrases". <mask> says his onstage persona is a combination of the personalities of his mom, Donna, and his dad, George."My mother is like a Looney Tunes cartoon. She's wiggly ... She has the ability to tongue in cheek a lot, and do it in a way where she's being physical. My dad is the polar opposite. He always had a little 'what the fuck' in his voice. Even if he knew nothing about what he was talking about, he could sell it. So I looked at these two extremely funny people and created a


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Reception
One reviewer noted that <mask> attracted a young, growing audience through colorful observations and high energy performances.Commentators in a variety of media sources have characterized <mask>'s humor as unfunny. Comedian Ron White has criticized <mask> for his lack of real material and for his inflated ego; saying "[He] does not make me laugh, at all, in any way, shape or form." When asked about his opinion of <mask> on The Howard Stern Show, comedian Nick DiPaolo said "he doesn't make me laugh, but that doesn't mean he's not funny." On Boston radio station WBCN, <mask> was named by radio show Toucher and Rich to a tournament of the top 16 "Worst Comedians" and, based on listener voting, was voted the "Worst Comedian" of all. In the Michigan Daily, Elie Zwiebel and co-author Jesse Bean wrote that "he's managed to become one of the most overrated comics ever" and that his act is "boringly stagnant". In an interview with Jason Tanamor of Zoiks! Online, Tanamor asked <mask> why he was so despised.<mask> stated that he'd had conversations with his therapist, attributing some of the negativity to his alpha demeanor. Add to that, <mask>'s highly successful career. "Unfortunately, what you find is, you know in your graduating class with the guys you came up with, there's going to be some dudes in front of you that don't want you catching up, and there's going to be some guys behind you that maybe they've never had an opportunity. That, coupled with, like you said, reaching the Billboard charts with 'Retaliation' and a lot of people going, 'Who the fuck does he

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 think he is?' Jim Breuer talked about <mask>'s reputation within the comedy industry, saying: "Everyone kills this guy ... Not one comedian comes on [my Sirius radio show] and says 'I'm so happy for him', which is weird. ... They can't stand this poor guy."Breuer went on to say that he personally thinks <mask> is a "tremendous performer". Paul Provenza said that he was not a fan of his earlier work, but "...caught a couple of <mask> shows at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, and he was fantastic", and became a fan because he felt he had "matured". Accusations of plagiarism
Comedian Joe Rogan claimed that <mask> performed a bit on an episode of Premium Blend that Rogan had developed on I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday, and claimed to have performed the routine earlier in clubs with <mask> present. In 2010 Rogan had <mask> as a guest on his podcast, telling him that he was a "good dude" and that he was "...glad we put all that shit past and hung out...I think you are doing some awesome shit." <mask> replied: "That means the world hearing that from you, Joe ... You've got a lot of integrity and I've always had a lot of respect for you." There was also widespread Internet discussion regarding 3 bits from <mask>'s 2005 album Retaliation, and similar bits from comic Louis C.K. 's 2001 album Live in Houston.In 2011, <mask> played himself in an episode of Louie, scripted by C.K., centering on a fictional encounter between the two comics during which they discuss the controversy. In an interview in 2012, Louis C.K. defended <mask>, saying "I don't think he stole from me knowingly... I think he sort of got some of my jokes in his head and got

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 sloppy. He's a good guy and not capable of maleficence." Tours

 Tourgasm 2005 (w/ Robert Kelly, Gary Gulman, Jay Davis)
 Dave Attell's Insomniac Tour 2006 (w/ Dave Attell, Greg Giraldo and Sean Rouse)
 Rough Around The Edges Tour 2007
 Globo Thermo Tour 2008 (w/ Robert Kelly and Al Del Bene)
 Isolated Incident 2009
 Under Oath 2013
 Tell It Like It Is Tour 2019

Personal life
<mask> has stated that he does not drink or take drugs. <mask>'s half-brother Darryl was his business manager until 2008, when it was discovered that Darryl and his wife had embezzled millions of dollars from <mask>.Both were convicted and sentenced to prison for the embezzlement. In 2017, <mask> began dating Kelsi Taylor, who is 26 years his junior. Discography

Albums

Other releases
 2006: <mask>'s Tourgasm (3DVD)
 2007: The Lost Pilots (DVD) Sony Pictures Television. Singles
 "I'll Never Be You" (2006)
 "Forward" (2007)
 "Drunk Girl/Red Car" (2010)

<mask> co-wrote and performed the song "Ruthie Pigface Draper" for the Dan In Real Life film with Norbert Leo Butz. <mask> provided guest vocals on the 2011 song In the Future by Steel Panther from their third studio album Balls Out. Filmography

References

External links

1972 births
Living people
20th-century American comedians
21st-century American comedians
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
American people of Irish descent
American stand-up comedians
Male actors from Cambridge, Massachusetts
People from Arlington, Massachusetts
Comedians from Massachusetts
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<mask> was born in 1969 in Jerusalem. She spent several years in the US and the UK. Between 1990 and 1995, she studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. During this time, she spent one-semester as an exchange student at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. She currently lives and works in Israel. Art career

<mask> is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work includes drawing, sculpture, video and performance art, sometimes self-standing and sometimes forming whole environments.Her complex works touch on social, historical, political, and ecological issues, embracing topics such as homelessness, banishment, and the relationships between victim and
victimizer and between decay and growth. As much of her work is concerned with the human condition, the body (often her own) is a key motif and guide. Using salt, sugar, paper and ready-made objects, <mask> creates large-scale in site installations, which totally change the spaces she works in. One of <mask>'s best-known works is Salt Works, a series of salt sculptures created by immersing metal sculptural frames into the Dead Sea. Exhibitions

1990s
In 1994, <mask> showed in the group exhibition 'Tranzit' in the haunted spaces of floor 5, at the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, and in Export Surplus, the Bugrashov Gallery's street show. Both shows were part of ArtFocus 1, and both early exhibitions dealt with

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 nomadism and place, and deciphering the essence of these sites. In one, she inhabited a homeless shelter; in the other Landau created a castaway group show on the water breakers in front of Bugrashov beach.In 1995 she showed her work Iron Door Tent with Guy Bar Amoz at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. In 1996 <mask> exhibit at the 'Witte de With'. Following her Rotterdam experience, <mask> made and showed 'Resident Alien I' the following year in the Herzliya Museum, and after that in Documenta X and at the 47th Venice Biennale. She deformed the metal floor of the cargo containers using heat and intense hammering to look like a function as hills. <mask> represented Israel at the Venice Biennale in 1997 and again in 2011. She exhibited at Documenta X in 1997. In 1999 <mask> exhibited her work in the Chisenhale Gallery, London, and then at Spacex in Exeter.The following year, she won the first Times/ArtAngel Open commission: to transformed a concrete mixer into a music box, she had every intention of "living in it forever and traveling with the story performed with it in the streets…". 2000’s
In her 2001 New York City Exhibition, Sigalit turned the Thread Waxing space into a cotton candy crater, spinning the sweet fibers around herself and the audience, to the music of "Arab-Snow". Returning to Israel during the outburst of the Second Intifada, she worked with Haaretz newspaper front pages, transforming them each day into sculptures of fruit. Her outdoor drying area was the studio's roof, where she

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 took her replete balls-crops-growths to dry. These balls were main part of her "The Country" Installation (2002) at the Alon Segev Gallery in Tel Aviv-Yafo. She opened "The Endless Solution" in 2004 at the Tel Aviv Museum. In "The Dining Hall" (2007) at Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, (Germany), She made a chain of installations dealing with private, communal, and public food, feeding and starving.Culminating in a monumental public sculpture of bloody doner kebabs, dedicated to the Turkish doner kebab carvers in the streets of Germany. In 2008 she exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, project 87. In 2008 her work Salt sails+Sugar knots was shown at Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris. 2010s
In 2012 she showed her work Caryatid at The Negev Museum of Art, Beersheva, Israel. In 2015, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona featured a semi-retrospective of her work. In 2019 she showed her work Salt Years at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg. 2012 – Soil.Nur.sing, kamel mennour, Paris. 2013 – ‘The Ram in the Thicket’ Maison Hermes in Ginza, Tokyo. Curator: Reiko Setsuda
 2013 – ‘ZBIB EL-ARD’ Har-El Printers & Publishers, Jaffa. Curator: Matti Harel

Permanent collections
<mask>'s work is included in the collections of:
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
Centre Pompidou,
Magasin III, Stockholm
 Jewish Museum, New York
 Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art,
 Israel Museum,
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
 Pomeranz Collection,
 Tiroch DeLeon Collection,
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<mask>, MBE (born 31 October 1972) is an English retired rugby union player who played scrum half for Northampton Saints and then London Wasps. During his international career he toured with the British & Irish Lions three times and was part of England's 2003 Rugby World Cup winning side. He won 77 caps for his country in total, including nine as captain and was England's most capped scrum half until passed by Danny Care. <mask> was best known for his trademark 'sniping runs' and played the whistle well, often scoring tries from 'tap and go' penalties. When called upon, he could also demonstrate his versatility by kicking goals. Since retiring, <mask> has become a team captain on A Question of Sport besides appearing on various reality shows and is a commentator and presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live's rugby programme. <mask> currently works as a health ambassador for Sodexo, a global food and facilities provider.In early 2014, he was appointed as director for business development at the flexible workplace company, Instant. Rugby career

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<mask> joined Northampton in 1991 after leaving school and was among the last generation of players to have started their careers during the amateur era. Before rugby union became openly professional in 1995 he worked as a security guard and coached at Spratton Hall School. He formed a successful half-back partnership with Paul Grayson, winning the 2000 Heineken Cup (though he missed the final through injury) and finishing runner-up in the Anglo-Welsh Cup three times. In the club's 130th anniversary poll he and Grayson were voted by fans into the all-time dream XV. In 2004, <mask> moved from Northampton to London Wasps after his contract was not renewed and won the Premiership title in his first season. On 7 April 2006, <mask> announced that he would be retiring from rugby completely at the end of the season and on 14 May 2006, he played his last game of Premiership rugby, when Sale denied Wasps their chance of winning the Premiership title four years in a row and so equalling

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In 1993, <mask> was a member of the England Sevens team which won the inaugural Sevens World Cup in Scotland. <mask> and competition teammate Lawrence Dallaglio are therefore the only players to have won the World Cup at both the 15- and 7-a-side games. <mask> made his international debut for England in December 1995, against Western Samoa, but would have to fight with Andy Gomarsall, Austin Healey but mostly Kyran Bracken for the England number 9 shirt. <mask> went on the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa as third-choice scrum half behind Rob Howley and Austin Healey but injury to Howley and some good performances saw him make the starting line-up. In the first test with ten minutes to go, <mask> broke from the base of a scrum and threw an overhead dummy that checked the four Springboks allowing him to scamper in for the winning try. That victory was the start of a 2–1 series win, clinched when he fed Jeremy Guscott for the series-winning drop goal. <mask> captained England for the first time when he was chosen as captain for the infamous 1998 "tour from hell" in the absence of more experienced internationals.Despite the disastrous results he would go on to establish himself in the starting XV. He became first-choice scrum half at the 1999 Rugby World Cup after Bracken's withdrawal due to injury and scored England's first try of the competition just eight minutes into the opening match, a 67–7 win, against Italy. He was captain in the 2000 Six Nations and often in the absence of Martin Johnson. In the 2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, <mask> went as second-choice scrum half behind Howley. Howley played in the first two tests but was injured for the third, where <mask> played. Controversially however, <mask> was one of the mid-week side opposed to the training regime of coach Graham Henry and publicly criticised him, although this did not cause as much stir as Healey's similar comments. He and Healey avoided being sent home but were fined by the disciplinary

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 committee.Later in the week he redeemed himself by converting Healey's try during extra time to win a closely tied match against the Brumbies. <mask>'s career nearly ended after sustaining a neck injury during the record 53–3 win against South Africa in November 2002, when he was headbutted by Springbok skipper Corné Krige. He became an integral part of the England side, winning his 50th cap against Ireland on the same day England won the 2003 Six Nations Grand Slam. That same year he was a crucial part of the team that won the World Cup. He played a vital role in winning the final tie against Australia in Sydney on 22 November 2003. With less than a minute remaining in extra time he made a completely unexpected break gaining a vital 20 metres upfield. From the later ruck he fed the ball to Jonny Wilkinson for the winning drop goal.In the autumn of 2004, he failed to turn up to an England training camp due to a previously arranged commitment to appear on A Question of Sport, resulting in him being dropped from the England squad for the 2004 Autumn internationals. A return to the 2005 Six Nations was expected and <mask> rejoined the Elite Player Squad for the tournament, playing well enough to earn a place on the 2005 British Lions tour to New Zealand, managed by Sir Clive Woodward. <mask> returned to the England fold in 2005 but had limited opportunities in a disappointing Six Nations campaign as Harry Ellis started at number nine for four of the five matches. Media career
In 2004 <mask> joined the long-running BBC TV quiz show A Question of Sport, featuring as a regular team captain opposite Ally McCoist and subsequently, Phil Tufnell. In September 2006 he appeared in BBC One's Celebrity MasterChef programme, beating Roger Black and Hardeep Singh Kohli, to win the final. He took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2006, partnered by Lilia Kopylova. Although appearing initially to be an unlikely contender, he came second, only beaten in the final by cricketer Mark Ramprakash.He later returned to the show in 2008 to

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 dance with Elaine Paige in Sport Relief does Strictly Come Dancing to raise money for Sport Relief, where they came second. In January 2007 it was announced that <mask> would be joining BBC Radio Five Live as summariser for the commentary on England's forthcoming Six Nations Championship games. He went on to cover the 2007 Rugby World Cup for the BBC. He also presents 5-Live's weekly Rugby show. He was recently on an edition of www.888.com TV poker special where he finished second. In 2008 <mask> co-hosted Mitch and <mask>'s Big Fish, a seafood lovers tour of the British coast, in which he and Mitch Tonks tasted and cooked a variety of fish dishes using the catch of the British fishing ports. In 2010 <mask> hosted Monster Munchies for Good Food, where he challenged two teams to make a monster sized local delicacy in 24 hours, which were unveiled at a local show and were judged on size, presentation and taste.The size they were aiming for was that of a small car. Charitable work
<mask> is the 2013 President of children's medical research charity Sparks, whose mission is to ensure that all babies are born healthy and stay healthy. <mask> attended their 2012 Winter Ball along with other supporters of the charity such as Lady Gabriella Windsor, who was in attendance in place of her mother, Sparks Royal Patron, Princess Michael of Kent. In 2015, he fronted a cycle ride for the charity from the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to Twickenham in London, 150 mile in one day. He is an Honorary President of the rugby charity Wooden Spoon improving the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in Britain and Ireland. He posed nude in the women's magazine Cosmopolitan in support of the testicular and prostate cancer charity Everyman. <mask> has been supporting the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) since 2004, and became a UNICEF UK ambassador in 2009.In June 2009, he took time out while broadcasting for the Lions tour in South Africa to visit UNICEF programmes focusing on education, shelter and HIV/AIDS. He completed

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 the 2007 London Marathon for charity, in 4 hours 35 minutes and 39 seconds. Patron of The National Hospital Development Foundation (NHDF)
Patron of Beating Bowel Cancer – a leading UK charity for bowel cancer patients, working to raise awareness of symptoms, promote early diagnosis and encourage open access to treatment choice for those affected by bowel cancer. Personal life
Born in Birkenhead, <mask> was raised in Buckinghamshire and attended the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe after passing the 12-plus (Buckinghamshire students at the time took the exam a year later). While in school he excelled in cricket and football before deciding to concentrate on rugby. He was married to German-born former model, Carolin Hauskeller, and the couple have two sons. <mask> announced their separation via social media on 21 September 2020.<mask> is a supporter of Everton F.C. In 2012, on the CBBC series 12 Again <mask> revealed at age twelve he played an extra in the video to Culture Club's song The War Song in 1984 dressed up as a skeleton. In 2016, <mask> revealed how his family went through "two weeks of hell" as his two-year-old son battled meningitis W135. In 2017, <mask> joined forces with The Big Tick Project, which looks to raise awareness about the dangers of ticks and tick-borne disease in the UK after revealing he had contracted Lyme disease. He was bitten by a tick in a London park early the previous year. See also
 List of top English points scorers and try scorers

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Premiership Profile
 Profile & Statistics on ESPN Scrum
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1972 births
Living people
British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England
England international rugby sevens players
England international rugby union players
English rugby union players
Male rugby sevens players
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Northampton Saints players
People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
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is a Japanese artist, composer, and performer who played a key role in the development of Fluxus. A co-founder of the seminal postwar Japanese experimental music collective Group Ongaku, she is known for her investigations of the nature and limits of sound, music, and auditory experiences. Her work has been widely circulated as Fluxus editions, featured in concert halls, museums, galleries, and non-traditional spaces, and re-performed by other musicians and artists numerous times. She is best known for her work of the 1960s and early 1970s, especially Spatial Poem, Water Music, Endless Box, and the various instructions in Events & Games, all of which were produced as Fluxus editions. Now in her eighties, she continues to produce new work. Biography

Early Training and Group Ongaku
<mask> was born in Okayama, Japan. She began music lessons as a child and studied music at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1957 under composers Yoshio Hasegawa and Minao Shibata, graduating in 1961.In 1960, while still a student, she co-founded Group Ongaku (Group Music) to explore improvisation and action. Members of this collective included Takehisa Kosugi, Shukou Mizuno, Mikio Tojima, and Gen’ichi Tsuge, with Yasunao Tone joining later. <mask> returned to Okayama in March 1962 after completing her Bachelor's degree and a year of graduate study at the Tokyo University of the Arts. In a solo performance at the Okayama Cultural Center she performed her own new compositions alongside those of American composers John Cage and Morton Feldman. Between 1963 and 1964 she began to compose what she termed "action poems," eliminating musical notation from the score entirely in favor of verbal instructions to be

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Several incidents connected Shiomi to Fluxus, leading George Maciunas to invite her to New York in 1964. Art historian Midori Yoshimoto explains that both Toshi Ichiyanagi and Yoko Ōno had mentioned Shiomi's work to Maciunas, and art historian Colby Chamberlain notes that a card in Maciunas' file records a recommendation of Shiomi from Toshi Ichiyanagi by letter, written after she performed in his concert at the Sogetsu Art Center, on January of 1962.<mask> further explains that while working on the action poems Mirror Piece and Endless Box in 1963, she made a trip to Tokyo where she was introduced to Nam June Paik by a mutual friend. Upon showing Paik her action poems, he promised to send her work to George Maciunas who was apparently so enamored of the work that he had it turned into the edition that funded her flight to New York. From 1964 to 1965, <mask> lived in New York City, working closely with George Maciunas and contributing to Fluxus events, editions, and communal life. <mask> and Shigeko Kubota had flown over together on the same flight, and both initially lived near Maciunas's loft in Soho. As a result, <mask> worked closely with Maciunas, Kubota, and Takako Saito, hosting communal fluxus dinners whose labor primarily ended up falling to the women, and producing Fluxus editions in the evenings until Kubota and <mask> took up part-time evening work. After her arrival in New York, Maciunas continued to incorporated many of her works, such Water Music (1965) and Disappearing Music for Face (1965), into Fluxus editions. His enthusiasm for incorporating her work into Fluxus editions secured her place as a seminal member of

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 the loose collective, and has led many artists and musicians—both in and beyond Fluxus—to perform her work at both impromptu events and formal concerts.While based in New York, <mask> participated in several live performances, including the Perpetual Fluxfest at Washington Square Gallery in 1964 where she performed six pieces—Double Windows, Direction Event, Air Event, Passing Music, Water Music, and Disappearing Music for Face—which all incorporated audience participation, expanding the role of "performer" within her work. While living among other New York-based Fluxus artists, she also came to more actively re-conceive of the boundaries of performance beyond formal events. Upon her arrival, Maciunas had secured temporary living arrangements for Kubota and her and helped them move extra furniture from his loft to theirs in what Maciunas jokingly referred to as a "carrying event." Of her experience in New York, she described it as a time in which she, "looked at various things in her daily life from different viewpoints and transformed them into nondaily actions (performance), and made a feedback of these actions into my daily life again." Late 1960s
She returned to Japan in 1965 when she could no longer extend her tourist visa, but continued her relationship with Fluxus artists through mail art correspondence. She began her Spatial Poem series while still in New York. <mask> solicited Fluxus members from all over the globe to participate by inviting them to respond to an instruction and the collected responses constituted the work.The nine Spatial Poems were published together in a booklet in 1975. From 1965 to 1970 <mask> <mask> lived in Tokyo and taught piano. Sometime between 1967

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 and '69 she changed her given name from Chieko to <mask> in accordance with Japanese onomancy (seimei handan), a shift reflected in some of the Fluxus editions from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Upon her return to Japan, <mask> reconnected with members of the Japanese avant-garde, and remained active in the Tokyo art and music scene until her marriage in 1970. Her activities were particularly important for the development of the genre of intermedia in the late 1960s, as evidenced by her participation in key intermedia events including From Space to Environment and Cross Talk/Intermedia. 1970s to Today
Upon her marriage in 1970, however, <mask>'s ability to travel regularly for rehearsals and performances was severely limited. She shifted her activities to what she could accomplish from her base of operations in Minoo, Osaka, completing much of the Spatial Poem series between 1970 and 1975.Music historian Miki Kaneda has described <mask>'s strategy of this time as a covertly feminist one, aimed at appropriating domestic technologies, such as the postal system, and adapting them toward her performative ends rather than breaking the constricting structures of the patriarchial order that chained her to the home. In Kaneda's words, "<mask>’s Spatial Poems are a ‘submission to the inconvenience of the situation’, but also a performative intervention into the ‘distribution of the sensible’ of her immediate surroundings." After 1977, she returned to work on her own compositions but continued her links with Fluxus, including organizing the Fluxus Media Opera in Kobe in 1995 and participating in events and exhibitions that re-examined the legacies of Fluxus in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Once

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Group Ongaku
Group Ongaku formed in 1961 around a desire to reorient their attention toward improvisational elements that they felt had been lost in modern Western music, and "rediscover the meaning of music, which they thought had been minimized." Toward this end, Group Ongaku hosted performances by artists including John Cage, La Monte Young and George Brecht, and explored the possibilities of objets sonore or sound objects, a key element of Musique concrète. They pursued sounds that would stretch the meanings of both music and auditory experiences. Such non-musical sounds included a vacuum cleaner, radio, and kitchenware as well as experiments with magnetic audiotape. According to the artist:This explosion of activity [of Group Ongaku] was characteristic of our insatiable desire for new sound materials and new definitions (redefinition) of music itself. Every week we discovered some new technique [or] method for playing a previously unthought-of 'objet sonor,' and argue endlessly about how to extend its use, and what relationships of sound structure could be created between each performer. We experimented with the various


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 components of every instrument we could think of, like using the inner action and frame of the piano, or using vocal and breathing sounds, creating sounds from the (usually unplayable) wooden parts of instruments, and every conceivable device of bowing and pizzicato on stringed instruments.At times we even turned our hands to making music with ordinary objects like tables and chairs, ash trays and a bunch of keys.During this time <mask> was increasingly drawn to experiences that shifted attention away from the intentionality of "playing" instruments, and toward an awareness of the act of listening. Her 1961 compositions Mobile I, II, III extended performance off the stage and even outside of the performance hall, with performers positioned behind the stage curtain and even in the lobby. This strategy was intended to draw attention to the spatial aspects of sound, inciting audiences to understand the constructed environment and thereby "destroy the hierarchical representation of a musically privileged space." In a related vein, it was during this time that <mask> had the revelation, while playing with keys during an improvisation session, that her focus had shifted from finding ways to produce sounds to experimenting with actions that produced sound incidentally. This was the line of investigation she took up upon Group Ongaku's dissolution in 1961. Action Poems
In 1962 <mask> returned to her family home in Okayama, and found herself working in a different manner. Art historian Sally Kawamura states that <mask> was inspired by her rural surroundings to compose works that could be performed in non-traditional settings including the out-of-doors.She began working on instructional pieces,

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 composed of words invoking actions, which she termed "action poems." This approach grew out of her increasing doubt about the real nature of music, and her growing belief that its essence did not reside in sound waves per se, but rather in sensations of time that could include physical actions. While many of her "action poems" consisted of written imperatives, she also began making objects that visually and physically invoked action. Examples of these early "action poems" include Boundary Music, which instructed performers to "make the faintest possible sounds of a boundary condition," and Endless Box, a series of nested paper boxes <mask> described as "a visual diminuendo" that performers could un-nest and manipulate. In 1963 <mask> was introduced to George Brecht's event scores through Yoko Ōno and Ichiyanagi Toshi, and she recognized her work fell into a similar vein, thus she began referring to these works as "events." By the time she took up correspondence about her instructional scores with Maciunas, the name "event" stuck. Thus one of the first Fluxus editions of <mask>'s work published by Maciunas (with help from Takako Saito) was Events and Games of 1964: a box containing double-sided cards with <mask>'s instructional scores in English on one side and Japanese on the other.Water Music
Although created in 1964 just before she went to New York, it was first performed during her time there, and exemplifies <mask>'s increased focus on audience participation as well as her new awareness of everyday actions as potential performances. The basic instructions read:1. Give the water still form. 2. Let the water lose its still form.After she performed the instructions privately with


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 medium to the next."Spatial Poem
<mask> launched what would become her best known and most ambitious work just before leaving New York in July 1965 by sending out instructions to a list of addresses George Maciunas kept on file of Fluxus-friendly individuals. Unlike most mail art at the time, what she sent out was not a work that others would simply receive, but rather a set of instructions to which she was soliciting responses. Through this simple conceit, <mask> created performances that spanned geographic distance and time, addressing her growing concern with the privileging of traditional event dynamics that require everyone to simultaneously meet in the same architecturally delineated space. The full series of Spatial Poem events are as follows (invitation texts can be seen on the MoMA's archives page):Spatial Poem No. 1 (Word Event), 1965

Spatial Poem No. 2 (Direction Event), October 15-16, 1965

Spatial Poem No. 3 (Falling Event), until August 31, 1966

Spatial Poem No.4 (Shadow Event), December 11-31, 1971

Spatial Poem No. 5 (Open Event), July 15, August 5, 1972

Spatial Poem No. 6 (Orbit Event), May 3-23, 1973

Spatial Poem No. 7 (Sound Event), March 5-6, 1974

Spatial Poem No. 8 (Wind Event), October 7-27, 1974

Spatial Poem No. 9 (Disappearing Event), June 2-July 22, 1975The first four events were turned into Fluxus edition objects, namely a map with pins of responses for Word Event, an offset-printed graphic map of responses indicating directions and locations for Direction Event, a calendar from which pages could be ripped for Falling Event, and a microfilm with plastic viewer for Shadow Event. The full final set of responses were compiled by <mask> into an editioned


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 book in 1976, allowing a retrospective overview of the sets of events that comprised the Spatial Poem performances.Art historian Jessica Lynne Santone sees Spatial Poem primarily as a window into Fluxus' networked community, serving "as an illustration of the process of community in formation, an event that is a function of the circulation of performance and document." Art historian Kristine Styles takes this a step further in claiming the work is a quintessentially Fluxus performance, creating "a sort of metaphysics of the dynamics of social exchange and human action that extends from the infra to the supra—from the personal to the political, from the regional to the international.” Music historian Miki Kaneda however, takes a cue from art historian Midori Yoshimoto's assertion that the work responded to the specific situation—a mother of two young children—Shiomi found herself in in the early 1970s. Kaneda focuses on how Spatial Poem allowed Shiomi to remain active in Fluxus networks even after marrying and having to run a household in Osaka. Kaneda focuses on how Shiomi uses the technologies and media at hand for a busy housewife and mother outside of the art centers to redefine the parameters of performance, creating the possibility of domestic performances so as to allow her everyday experiences to serve as a continuation of her investigations into sound. Technological Interests
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 Cross Talk/Intermedia event, both in early 1969. Yet in the 1960s these uses of electronic technologies were intended more as a means of exploring the gaps between different media or bridging across traditionally distinct media, as signaled by her use of Dick Higgin's term "intermedia," rather than explicit content in her work. In the Fluxus Media Operas of the 1990s, she set narrative instructions against conflicting music triggered by electronic sensors, playing with the intelligibility of a voices in a performance using international phone calls and electronic synthesizers, or commissioning a text for performers to respond to that indicted the computer-synthesized voice.Select Artworks
<mask> <mask> composes events with music and environmental action. Selected works include:
Mirror, 1963
Boundary Music, 1963
Event for the Midday in the Sunlight, 1963
Endless Box, 1963–64
Events and Games, 1964
Shadow Piece II, 1964
Air Event, 1964
Water Music, 1964
Disappearing Music for Face, flipbook, 1965
Disappearing Music for Face, 1966 (Film, 16mm black and white, 11:41)
Compound View no. 1, 1966
Spatial Poems no. 1-no. 9, 1965-1975
Flying Poem no. 2, 1989
Balance Poem no. 1-no.Gaze. Power. A Cultural History of the Bath, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany, 2020

Humor Has It, Nam June Paik Art Center, Gyeongju, South Korea, 2021

Select Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
Fluxus Balance & Balance Poems, Galerie J & J Donguy, Paris, 1995

Collagen und Multiples, Galerie & Edition Hundertmark, Cologne, 1998

New Works of Visual Poetry, Xebec Hall, Kobe, 2004

An Exhibition – An Event  [Une exposition – un événement), Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2013

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<mask> <mask> & Takuma Uematsu: Exploring The Stars, Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo, 2019

Discography
Her work has been recorded and issued on cassettes and CDs, including:
 Requiem for George Maciunas (1990)
 An Incidental Story On The Day Of A Solar Eclipse #1#2#3  (1998, Edition Hundertmark)
 Fluxus Suite (A Musical Dictionary Of 80 People Around Fluxus) (2002, ? Records)
 Satoko Plays <mask> <mask>—Fractal Freaks (2005,

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<mask> (7 October 1945 – 10 September 2019) was a West Australian author, poet, lecturer, journalist, editor, and lawyer. Biography
Colebatch was the son and biographer of Australian politician Sir <mask> (1872 – 1953). His mother Marion, Lady <mask>, was the daughter of long-time Fremantle mayor and parliamentarian Sir Frank Gibson, and had served as an Australian Army nursing sister. He graduated BA Hons and MA in History/Politics and PhD in Political Science from the University of Western Australia. He later attained degrees in law and jurisprudence. Colebatch nominated as a candidate in the 1977 and 1993 state elections for the seat of Perth as the Liberal candidate, and although he was not elected to the Legislative Assembly on either occasion, on the second attempt he came within 0.12% of winning the seat from the Australian Labor Party, which had held it since 1968. <mask>. P<mask> is not to be confused with author Dr <mask><mask> who was born in 1944 and has taught political science at several universities.Writing
Colebatch's work includes eight volumes of poetry (starting with Spectators on the Shore in 1975), and a series of 18 science-fiction stories published in the US in the Larry Niven series The Man-Kzin Wars. Man-Kzin Wars XII, containing three more stories by Colebatch (two written in collaboration with M. J. Harrington) was published in February 2009. He also published works of political, social, legal and economic commentary. He was described in Penguin's "A New Literary History of Australia" published in 1988, as having had "a quiet but steady career" in Australian poetry at that time. He was a regular contributor to publications including Quadrant and his 1999 book Blair's Britain was chosen in The

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 Acashic, 2011. Time Machine Troopers, Acashic, 2011. Poetry
Collections
 The Light River, Connor Court, 2007. List of poems

Non-fiction
 Claude de Bernales: The Magnificent Miner: A Biography, Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 1996.Steadfast Knight: A Life of Sir <mask>ch  with a foreword by Geoffrey Blainey. Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2004. (biography of his father)
 Return of the Heroes : The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Social Conflict, Cybereditions Corporation, 2003. Good work and friendship : the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Western Australia 1909-2009,Victoria League, 2010. The Modest Member, the official biography of Bert Kelly MHR, Connor Court Publishing, 2012
 Australia’s Secret War: How Unionists Sabotaged Our Troops in World War II, Quadrant Books, 2013. Fragile Flame : The Uniqueness and Vulnerability of Scientific and Technological Civilization, Acashic, 2013
 Caverns of Magic (Cybereditions, 2006), a survey of caves in myth, legend and story, and of the development of speleology, with a foreword by naturalist and conservationist Harry Butler
 Blair's Britain:  British Culture Wars and New Labour was chosen as a Book of the Year by the London Spectator.Book reviews

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Further reading
 Tony Thomas, "<mask>ch", Quadrant, October 2013, pp. 59–63. 1945 births
Australian anti-communists
Australian biographers
Male biographers
Australian lawyers
Australian science fiction writers
Australian people of English descent
People educated at Christ Church Grammar School
Writers from Perth, Western Australia
Journalists from Western Australia
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Nurkurniati Aisyah Dewi (born 4 March 1970 in Jakarta, Indonesia), better known as Nia <mask>, is an Indonesian film director. Her movies are known for tackling subjects controversial or "risky" in Indonesia such as homosexuality, migrant workers, and polygamy. <mask> began her film career directing video clips and commercials in the mid-1990s until directing the made-for-television Mencari Pelangi in 1998. Three years later, she directed her first feature film, Ca-bau-kan, after founding her own production house. The next film she directed, 2003's Arisan!, was critically acclaimed and one of her most successful works. Her third directorial effort, 2006's Berbagi Suami, was controversial yet successful. Dinata has faced heavy censorship and controversy in Indonesia because of the subjects she covers.However, she has also won critical acclaim internationally, being called Indonesia's "most talented new filmmaker" in 2006. Two of the films she direct have been submitted to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Biography
<mask> was born Nurkurniati Aisyah Dewi in Jakarta on 4 March 1970. As a child, <mask> watched movies weekly. After finishing high school, she received a bachelor's degree in mass communications from Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, where she became interested in cinematography. She then took a filmmaking course at New York University. After returning to Indonesia, she took her first job as an apprentice reporter for Seputar Indonesia.She later began directing video clips and commercials with Iguana Productions in the mid-1990s, studying the techniques on her own. <mask> made her directorial debut with the 1998 made-for-television film Mencari Pelangi (Looking for the Rainbow), which won two national awards. She then started her own production company, Kalyana Shira Film, around 1999. Her first

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texts: feature film, Ca-bau-kan, was produced by Kalyana Shira and dealt with the trials and tribulations of Chinese Indonesians in pre-independence Indonesia. After being trimmed from its original running time of 160 minutes to 124 minutes for commercial viability, the film—adapted from the novel by Remy Sylado—was critically panned; <mask> herself was satisfied, saying it was "as good as it could be for that short running time". She produced Sekar Ayu Asmara's debut, Biola Tak Berdawai, the following year. The next film she directed, 2003's Arisan!(The Gathering), had gay themes and was produced on a small budget. It is considered one of her more commercially successful films, being seen by over 500,000 people, and the first Indonesian film dealing with homosexuality. Its success surprised her, as most of the commercially successful films at the time were horrors and children's films. After the success of Arisan!, Dinata was able to find more sponsors for her movies. In 2004, she was invited to join the Cannes Young Directors Program, and the following year she produced Joko Anwar's directorial debut Janji Joni (Joni's Promise). Another film she directed, 2006's Berbagi Suami (Love for Share), about polygamy in Indonesia, was based on her personal experiences when her father took a second wife. In 2007, Dinata produced Quickie Express, described in the press as a sex comedy but by Dinata herself as a "love story with social content".This was followed by the short-film collection Perempuan Punya Cerita (Chants of Lotus), which featured one directed by her, Gara-Gara Bola (Soccer Riot), which she produced, and the documentary Pertaruhan (At Stake). In 2009, Dinata and the Kalyana Shira Foundation she runs started the Indonesian International Children's Film Festival. The festival showcases both local and international children's films and involves


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 children in all aspects of the festival. , it has been run three times. , Dinata is producing a sequel to Arisan!. Filming was expected to begin in May, with the release scheduled for 1 December 2011, eight years after the first instalment. In 2011 <mask> also collaborated with Ucu Agustin on Batik: Our Love Story, a documentary on the traditional textile batik.<mask> directed, while Ucu served as screenwriter. Controversy
<mask>'s works, dealing with issues that are often at odds with the social values of the Muslim-majority Indonesia, have been controversial. After the success of Arisan!, she began receiving hate mail that accused her of promoting homosexuality and said that she was going to hell. During the promotional tour for Berbagi Suami, she was accosted by a male audience in Makassar, who disagreed with the perceived anti-polygamy message in the film and stated that she had clearly not researched Islam's views on the practice. Another film she produced, Long Road to Heaven, was banned in Bali for a time for its depiction of the 2002 Bali bombings. Despite the controversies arising from her works, <mask> has stated that she will never practice self-censorship. Although the versions of her works released in theatres and on DVD are censored (the censorship being her "biggest challenge"), Dinata holds onto the original cuts for special viewings.Having dealt with censorship since the beginning of her career and fighting against it in the Constitutional Court of Indonesia in 2007, <mask> continues to argue against laws permitting film censorship. Style
Dinata focuses on the "little people" and her films are often social commentaries. She also includes a female perspective of gender issues in her works. She considers herself an independent filmmaker, and values feature-length films over television shows and commercials. Jane Perlez, writing


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 for The New York Times, has noted that <mask> is "more art house than Hollywood", showing fearlessness in addressing pressing Indonesian social issues. Although she enjoys watching teen movies like Clueless and Cruel Intentions, she does not intend to direct any as "wouldn't have the passion". Awards and recognition

Perlez described <mask> as Indonesia's "most talented new filmmaker" in 2006.Two of the films she directed (Ca-bau-kan and Berbagi Suami) and one she produced (Biola Tak Berdawai) were submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 2004 Citra Award for Best Film for Arisan! 2004 MTV Indonesia Movie Awards for "Best Director" for Arisan! 2006 Hawaii International Film Festival for Best Feature Love for Share

Awards and nominations

Personal life
She is married to a computer engineer  and has two children. She also enjoys watching movies and is a fan of Woody Allen. Filmography
As director
Ca-bau-kan (The Courtesan; 2002)
Arisan! (The Gathering; 2003)
Berbagi Suami (Love for Share; 2006)
Perempuan Punya Cerita (Chants of Lotus) (2008)
Arisan!2 (The Gathering 2; 2011)
Ini Kisah Tiga Dara (Three Sassy Sisters; 2016)
A World Without (2021)

As writer
Arisan! (The Gathering; 2003)
Berbagi Suami (Love for Share; 2006)
Meraih Mimpi (Chasing Dreams; 2009; an adaptation of Sing to the Dawn)
Arisan! 2 (The Gathering 2; 2011)

As producer
Ca-bau-kan (The Courtesan; 2002)
Biola Tak Berdawai (The Stringless Violin; 2003)
Janji Joni (Joni's Promise; 2005)
Quickie Express (2007)
Long Road to Heaven (2007)
Perempuan Punya Cerita (Chants of Lotus) (2008)
Pertaruhan (At Stake) (2008)
Tanah Mama (Mother's Land) (2015)

References
Footnotes

Bibliography

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Indonesian film directors
Indonesian women film directors
People from Jakarta
1970 births
Living people
Indonesian film producers
Sundanese people
Asian film

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<mask>Moses<mask> (November 1, 1914 – April 24, 2006) was a Hasidic rebbe and the world leader of the Satmar Hasidim. Early life

<mask> was born on November 17, 1914, in Újfehértó, Hungary. He was the second son of Rabbi <mask>, author of Atzei Chaim, the previous Sigheter Rebbe. His mother, Bracha Sima, hailed from the prominent Halbershtam family. <mask> and his older brother, <mask>, were orphaned in 1926, when they were eleven and fourteen, respectively. <mask> was raised by family friends and relatives, including his uncle, <mask>, and his grandfather, Rabbi Shulem Eliezer Halberstam of Ratzfert. <mask> received rabbinical Ordination, and was appointed dean of the Karacscka yeshiva.In 1936, <mask> married Leah Meir, daughter of Rabbi Hanoch Heinoch Meir of Karecska. In 1939, he became the rabbi of Senta, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). In late spring 1944, the Hungarian government, assisted by Nazi forces led by Adolf Eichmann, began deporting Jews en-masse. <mask> and his wife Leah were sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where his wife and three children were murdered, and he nearly died. <mask> was then transferred to the Brabag plant in Tröglitz, and afterwards to Theresienstadt, where he was liberated in 1945. Post-war
In 1946, <mask> married Pessel Leah, the daughter of Rabbi <mask> of Volovo. Pessel Leah's entire family was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp.The couple initially moved back to Senta, where <mask> led a congregation before the war. When he found out that his brother Yekusiel Yehuda <mask> had been murdered in the Holocaust, he decided to fill

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In 1979, <mask>'s uncle Joel died, without an heir to inherit leadership of Satmar. The most logical successor was his nephew <mask>, then at the age of sixty-six.He was considered intelligent, a scholar, and a good speaker. There was some uneasiness about appointing <mask>, because in the years prior, he had limited contact with Satmar, led his own Hasidic group, and did not necessarily have the same absolutist outlook, level of scholarship, or intense piety, as his late uncle. Nevertheless, it was understood that the community was better off with a leader, and having <mask> as the Rebbe was the best for the community under the given circumstances. The Satmar Council of Elders was a thirteen-member lay-person body elected by Satmar Hasidim. The Council unanimously decided on <mask> as their next Rebbe. <mask> could have turned down the appointment and remained as leader of his small Sighet sect, but leadership of Satmar promised far more power and prestige. The Council and <mask> then negotiated and planned the details on <mask>'s official appointment.A few weeks later, on one day's notice, a general meeting

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 in the main Rodney Street synagogue was announced. At the meeting, in which <mask> was not present, Sender Deutsch, leader of the Council, announced the appointment of <mask> as the new rebbe of Satmar. <mask> refused to be accepted as the new rebbe within the first year of Joel's death. This was done as a sign of bereavement over his uncle, who helped raise him when his father died, and to allow the Satmar community to mourn and adjust to the transition. <mask> continued to live in Borough Park and lead his Sighet community. Around August 1980, <mask> formally succeeded Joel as the Satmar Rebbe in an elaborate "crowning" in Kiryas Joel, New York. At the ceremony, <mask> spoke and acknowledged that he cannot replace Joel, telling the Hasidim not to expect from him what they received from Joel.Some Satmar Hasidim did not accept him as the rebbe, including the Bnei Yoel (or Kagners, opponents), a group of Hasidim who remained loyal to Joel's wife, Fayga Teitelbaum. <mask> <mask> and his aunt Fayga never had a good relationship. Tension between the two began back when Fayga married <mask>. Fayga was Joel's second wife, and Joel already had a grown daughter. The grown daughter and Fayga fought over control of the household, and <mask> sided with his cousin against his aunt. Later, Joel's daughter died, and Fayga failed to bear any children and an heir for Joel. As Satmar Rebbe

<mask>'s start as Satmar Rebbe was marked with more controversy.Soon after becoming Rebbe, <mask> appointed his son Aaron as the chief rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Satmar congregation in Kiryas Joel, New

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texts: York, essentially giving him authority over all the community's affairs. The residents of Kiryas Joel at that time resented the appointment of Aaron, having issues with his personality and controlling nature. <mask> also removed Joel's established personnel from positions of authority, and replaced them with his loyalists. Concerns about <mask>'s level of piety also mounted. Likely false rumors circulated that in the negotiations between the Council and <mask>, prior to <mask> ascending as Rebbe, <mask> made numerous compensation demands, including demands that property be placed in his name, and special fees for High Holiday services. Other likely false rumors claimed that <mask> was engrossed in business, had a stock market ticker-tape in his house, and was busy promoting his real estate investments. As Rebbe, <mask> recognized his stature relative to the stature of his uncle Joel, and considered himself a "custodian" of what Joel created.He stated: "We must not blaze new trails, but study the teachings of my uncle." He continued many of the customs enacted by Joel. The differences between Joel and <mask> were noted in that, unlike the more mystical Joel, <mask> was more practical and plain-spoken. <mask> did not speak out against Zionism as often as Joel, though that may be due to the fact that it did not have the same ideological draw during <mask>'s tenure. Some complained that <mask> was not as charitable as Joel, though that may be because <mask> did not raise as much charity funds as the more charismatic Joel. In 1989, tensions between <mask> and the Bnei Yoel were

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 exacerbated. In an April 1989 Passover speech, <mask> referred to the Bnei Yoel as "infidels".He later enacted a rule that new residents had to obtain permission from village leaders before moving in. In 1990, the two groups erupted in violence when a supporter of Fayga tried to erect a gate outside her home. A melee erupted, hundreds of angry Hasidim poured into the streets, three men were dragged from a car that was then set on fire, and three police officers were injured. Supporters of Alta Fayga in Kiryas Joel claimed that they have been physically attacked, and profanities were written on their sidewalk. Under <mask>'s guidance, from 1980 until 2006, Satmar doubled in size to around 100,000–120,000 followers, the largest Hasidic group in the United States. At the time of his death, Satmar's real estate holdings were valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. <mask> <mask> was the author of a five-volume Hasidic commentary on the Bible entitled Berach Moshe.Succession
In May 1999, <mask> <mask> appointed his third son, Zalman, as the local leader of the Williamsburg congregation. Until then, he had been the leader of Satmar in Jerusalem. This was seen as a signal from <mask> that Zalman was to lead Satmar after his death, overturning the previous assumption that he would be succeeded by his eldest son, Aaron. He was his father's representative in communal affairs, and assumed his father's responsibilities when his father traveled. <mask>'s appointment of Zalman as the local leader caused factions to form around Aaron and Zalman. Aaron's supporters claimed that <mask> had

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 been "swayed by his advisers" to appoint Zalman because they were concerned they would lose influence under Aaron's regime. In April 2006, when <mask> died, the two sides negotiated through intermediaries over who would speak at his funeral, and in what order.Both sides declared their leader as the Rebbe. <mask>'s will named Zalman as his successor, but Aaron's supporters dispute its validity, claiming that <mask> had suffered from dementia since 1997. Death
On April 24, 2006, at the age of 91, <mask> died of cancer. Tens of thousands of members of the Jewish community attended his funeral and burial procession in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and later in Kiryas Joel, New York. Eulogies in the main Satmar synagogue in Williamsburg were said by all the rebbe's children or their husbands, in order of their respective ages. <mask> was buried near his uncle Joel in the sect's cemetery in Kiryas Joel. Then-Governor of New York State, George Pataki, and Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg issued statements in remembrance of <mask>.<mask> was survived by his wife; four sons, Aaron, Lipa, Zalmen Leib, and Shulem; two daughters, Bracha Meisels and Hendy Halberstam. At the time of his death, he had at least 86 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. At the time of his death, his first son, Aaron, and his third son, Zalman Leib, each claimed leadership of Satmar. The second son, Lipa, was the leader of a small congregation, called Zenta-Beirach Moshe Shul, in Williamsburg. His son-in-law, Rabbi Chaim Shia Halberstam, was a Satmar rebbe in Monsey, New York. References

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<mask> (27 March 1923 – 20 May 2012) was a renowned anthropologist and feminist scholar, fondly called <mask>e by many. She was the widow of anthropologist and sociologist <mask> and a younger sister of the late classical singer Sumati Mutatkar. She is survived by two sons, <mask> and <mask>. Known for her work on kinship and in women's studies, she wrote several books including Matriliny and Islam: religion and society in the Laccadives and Women and kinship: comparative perspectives on gender in South and South‑east Asia. Career
Although she had taught earlier at Osmania, <mask>'s academic career really began in 1960 at Sagar University, Madhya Pradesh. She moved to Delhi in 1975. She played a crucial role in shaping the "Towards Equality" report of the Committee on the Status of Women in India (1974), Government of India, discussion of which in the Parliament of India brought women's studies to centre stage in Indian academia via the UGC and the ICSSR.She was a key person in the Indian Sociological Society in the 1970s and was responsible for introducing women's studies concerns into mainstream sociology. She was one of the pioneering and senior faculty in the Institute of Rural Management, Anand, when it started functioning in 1980. One of her studies in the then nascent educational organisation put it on the international map. In IRMA she pioneered a course for the first batch in 1980, termed then "Rural Environment"; a foundation course which attempted to push a "business management techniques program design" towards asking questions about village society. It was  also designed as a preparatory course to the "village field work segment". This was  an innovation for business schools which she pioneered from probably her own sociological field work experiences. This course has been developed further, and split; in 2012, it was offered as three half credit courses, termed "Rural Society and Polity", "Rural Livelihood Systems", and "Rural Research Methods".It continues to be offered as a first semester course, as a preparation for the field work that follows. At the World Sociological Congress of 1984, women activists and women's studies scholars played a dominant role through

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 Research Committee (RC) 32. Dube summed up the session with her comments on the tradition of son preference in India. In a debate in the Economic and Political Weekly in 1982–86 on sex selective abortions, her contribution was noteworthy and her prediction about the direct relationship between deficit of women and increased violence against women proved to be true in later years. Due to the team effort of women's studies scholars (including <mask> <mask>), RC 32 was institutionalised in the World Sociological Congress. Dube invited many activists for the 12th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Zagreb, 24–31 July 1988, to present papers on "Codification of Customary Laws into Family Laws in Asia". In the Congress, <mask>'s speech on feminist anthropologist Eleanor Leacock provided new insights into the departure of feminist anthropologists from the colonial legacy of "Big Brother watching you".Power relations between the North and The South in the construction of knowledge and the hegemonic presence of the ETIC approach in academics were questioned by Leacock as well as by Dube, a proponent of the "dialogical approach" in anthropological and ethnographic research. At different times, <mask> <mask> was associated with the Indian Council of Social Science Research and the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. For short spells she was visiting faculty at several universities in different parts of the world. In keeping with her expressed wish, her eyes were donated after her death. Books and articles
Visibility and Power: Essays on Women in Society and Development, co-edited by <mask> <mask>, Eleanor Leacock and Shirley Ardener and published by the Oxford University Press in 1986, provides an international perspective for the anthropology of women in the contexts of India, Iran, Malaysia, Brazil and Yugoslavia. Her piece, "On the Construction of Gender: Hindu Girls in Patrilineal India", Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 23, No.18 (Apr. 30, 1988), has been used by women's groups for study circles and training programmes. A volume in the series on Women and the Household, Structures and Strategies: Women, Work, and Family (1990), co-edited by <mask> <mask>

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 and Rajni Palriwala, has been useful in teaching women's studies in Economics, Sociology, Geography, Social Work and Governance courses. Women and Kinship: Comparative Perspectives on Gender in South and South-East Asia, by <mask> <mask>, United Nations University Press (1997), argues that kinship systems provide an important context in which gender relations are located in the personal and public arenas. Her celebrated book, Anthropological Explorations in Gender: Intersecting Fields, published in 2001 by Sage, is an important contribution in feminist anthropology in India. It examines gender, kinship and culture by sourcing a variety of unconventional materials such as folk tales, folk songs, proverbs, legends and myths to construct an ethnographic profile of feminist thought. She provides an understanding of the socialization of the girl child in the patriarchal family, with the "seed and soil" theory propagated by Hindu scriptures and epics symbolizing a domination-subordination power relationship between men and women.Her last publication, a Marathi translation of her last book in English, was Manavashastratil Lingbhavachi Shodhamohim, which appeared in 2009. Awards
In 2009 she was given the UGC's Swami Pranavananda Saraswati Award for 2005. In 2007 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Indian Sociological Society. References

1923 births
2012 deaths
Indian anthropologists
Osmania University faculty
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<mask> (born August 30, 1973) is a Cook Island-Australian actress based in the United States. <mask> was born in Rarotonga, brought up on the Gold Coast in Australia and educated in Switzerland. After returning to Australia, she began a degree at Bond University but dropped out at the age of 19 when she was cast in the soap opera Paradise Beach. She had no formal acting training but appeared in the soap for the 18 months it was produced. After Paradise Beach ended, she had casual work on Hey Hey It's Saturday before co-hosting the popular Seven Network series Gladiators. After three series of Gladiators, <mask> was eager to return to acting, so took the role of villain Joanne Brennan in Home and Away from 1995 to 1996. In 1999, she moved to the United States to study acting at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City, then spent 18 months unsuccessfully auditioning for roles in Los Angeles.In 2001, she was cast as Jo Ellison in the British television series Cold Feet. She appeared in the fourth and fifth series and returned to Australia two days after filming the final episode in 2002. In 2004, she appeared in a major recurring role as Dr. Grace Connelly in six episodes of the Australian soap opera All Saints. She returned to America after filming All Saints, where she got a small role as flight attendant Cindy Chandler in the pilot episode of Lost. The role was supposed to be a one-off in the pilot but a producer liked <mask> and the character, so brought her back for a recurring role in the second, third and sixth seasons. Away from acting, <mask> has been involved in efforts to highlight the effects of Soviet nuclear testing in Kazakhstan, including directing a short film. Early life
<mask> <mask> was born on August 30, 1973 in Rarotonga, Cook Islands to Joe and Wendy.Joe, a Cook Islander businessman, met Wendy, an Australian air hostess, while she was in Rarotonga. When <mask> was three years old, the family moved to Australia's Gold Coast, where she attended St Hilda's School for the next nine years. The family travelled

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 extensively in Europe, and <mask> attended a private school in Montreux, Switzerland for four years. While there, she learned to speak French and Spanish. When she returned to Australia, she started a degree in arts and commerce at Bond University, though did not complete it. Career
At the age of 19, <mask> dropped out of University after getting the part of Cassie Barsby in the soap opera Paradise Beach. Like many of the cast, she had no formal acting training, though she turned this to her advantage with "exuberance and energy".<mask> gained acting experience and friendships with Raelee Hill, Megan Connolly, and Isla Fisher, though the series was cancelled after only 18 months. After Paradise Beach ended, she began appearing in the Nine Network variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday. <mask> had no contract with Nine, and was making the appearances as a favor to her friend, host Daryl Somers. Nine Network executives wanted to make her a regular on the show and began using her in publicity material. However, rival network Seven offered her a contract to co-host Gladiators before Nine could make her Hey Hey contract permanent. Her defection to Seven in 1995 caused a small scandal. She described hosting Gladiators as "tough and scary" on account of the live audience.She appeared for three seasons and some international specials before taking the role of Joanne Brennan in Home and Away in an effort to get away from presenting. The character, a secretary who dealt drugs to school children, appeared from 1995 to 1996. She left the soap with the possibility of returning to the character later. Alongside her role in Home and Away, she appeared in a play with Geoffrey Hughes. Until 1999, she continued working as a "jobbing actress", making appearances in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Sale of the Century, and Tales of the South Seas. Eager to move away from soap opera acting, <mask> moved to the United States to study acting with the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City. She then moved to Los Angeles, where she spent 18 months living off her

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texts: savings trying to get auditions.In those 18 months, her only jobs were a single commercial and a job interviewing LA-based film actors for Australian television. In 2001, her lawyer informed her that she would have to travel to Sydney, Australia to be interviewed for her green card. On the day she was due to fly back to Australia, her agent informed her of an audition for the British television series Cold Feet, whose producer was looking for an Australian actress to become a new main cast member. Two weeks later she had moved to Manchester, England and was doing script read-throughs with the rest of the cast. Her character, Jo Ellison, appeared in all episodes of the fourth and fifth series. Two days after filming the final episode in 2002, <mask> left Britain and returned to Australia. In 2004, she appeared on Australian television for the first time since 1999, playing Dr. Grace Connelly in six episodes of All Saints.The day after she completed filming of her scenes, she returned to Los Angeles for the pilot season. She got a small part as a flight attendant in the pilot episode of Lost. <mask>'s scenes, on an airplane set, were filmed over two and a half days in Los Angeles. An early script draft of the pilot called for her character to be seen dead on a beach, though subsequent rewrites removed the scene. A producer liked <mask> and her character, and planned to bring both back to the series at a later date. She returned at the beginning of the second season, when it was revealed that her character, given the name Cindy Chandler, had survived the plane crash in the pilot episode along with other passengers from the tail section of the plane. Despite being asked not to change her appearance too much after the pilot, <mask> had her hair cut, so in her first few episodes of the second season she had to "go through the whole debacle of putting a Rambo scarf around [her] head, which just looked ridiculous."Her episodes for season two were filmed over five weeks and were broadcast in 2005. Her character was abducted in the middle of an

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