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 all his children came from his second wife, Sancha. Nonetheless, the maternity of most can be pieced together from documents. On 8 September 1189, Froila and Urraca's daughter Teresa took part in the sale of some land in the Curueña valley to a canon of León Cathedral named Pedro Spina for 80 maravedíes. In September 1203, probably after Froila's death, his second wife, Sancha, together with her children by Froila and three of Froila's children by Urraca, donated their share in the monastery of San Antolín de Huerna that they had inherited to the monastery of Carbajal. Urraca's named children are Nuño, Teresa and María. In January 1211, Sancha donated the church of Villarroañe to the monastery of Santa María de Carracedo for the sake her soul and that of her late husband.It was witnessed by four of her sons: Ramiro Fróilaz, Diego Fróilaz, Rodrigo Fróilaz and Bermudo Fróilaz. On 9 February 1212, Sancha granted her possessions in Tibianes and Pereiro to the monastery of Sobrado, which was witnessed by her sons Ramiro and Diego. On 29 August 1230, Sancha and her children Ramiro, Diego, Rodrigo and Teresa made a donation the monastery of Sandoval on behalf of the souls of Froila and a certain Bernardo, a son of Froila's and Sancho. On 24 September 1234, she granted her land at Noguerosa to the same monastery and the act was witnessed by Diego. Diego was married to Aldonza Martínez de Silva. Religious activity
Froila's religious patronage was diverse. He made early grants to the Cathedral of Santa María in León (1174) and the Benedictine monastery at Sahagún (1175).He and his first wife showed partiality to the military orders. In late 1171, <mask>'s wife Urraca donated some property at Revello near Villalón to the Order of Santiago. He endowed the Knights Hospitaller in 1181 and 1184. Urraca supported the Hospitallers with a gift in 1182. In 1173, <mask> and Urraca granted their property at San Miguel de

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Froila was a loyal servant and occasional courtier of kings Ferdinand II and Alfonso IX of León. Between 1182 and 1184, he served Ferdinand II as alférez, overseeing the royal military entourage. This post was usually reserved for young noblemen at court, and may be an indicator of Froila's age or relative standing. Sometime before 11 August 1189, Froila was granted the title count (Latin comes), the highest noble rank in the kingdom. His father and his brother had borne the title before him. He thus transmitted the female title, countess, to his wives. On 9 April 1192, Froila received as a gift the village of Salientes from Alfonso IX pro bono seruicio ("for good service").It was not the only village in his patrimony. The town of Cifuentes de Rueda had been in his family for generations. In May 1198, Froila and Sancha granted the town a fuero, a municipal charter spelling out the citizens rights and obligations. In 1196, Froila was considered a royal vassal. Tenancies
Froila governed several tenencias (fiefs from the crown) in his career. Although these were not hereditary, several of the fiefs that Froila held for an extended period had been ruled by his father, grandfather or brother before him. As early as 1162, he was governing the Bierzo in western León, probably on behalf of his father, who was its tenente continuously from 1147 until 1169.The first tenencia Froila received from the crown was Castrotierra in 1168. In 1169, shortly after his father's death, Froila received the tenencia of Astorga, which his father and his grandfather, <mask> Díaz, had ruled. The tenencia of Astorga conveyed limited powers in the city of Astorga itself, but substantially more in


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 the surrounding region (its terra). He held Astorga until 1174. In 1185, it was granted to his brother Alfonso, but he died shortly thereafter and by 1186 it had been returned to Froila. He governed it for the next two years until 1188, when the death of Ferdinand II occasioned changes in the tenencias. In 1173 he held briefly the tenencia of Villamor.In 1180–81, he held the Bierzo jointly with his brother Alfonso. In 1186 he was appointed to the vast tenencia of Asturias de Oviedo, where his family's origins lay, and he succeeded Alfonso in the Bierzo. He was re-appointed to govern Oviedo five times (1187, 1189, 1192, 1193 and 1195), but the Bierzo was the centre of his power after the loss of Astorga in 1188. He held it until 1198 with a brief interlude (April 1188–May 1189), when it was held by Velasco Fernández. He also governed the smaller  of  Ulver (1190–92), Valcárcel (1190–93) and Villafranca (1189–94), all traditionally associated with the Bierzo. On the death of Ferdinand II in 1188, Froila was transferred from Astorga to the tenencias of Mayorga, Montenegro, and Sarria. The lands he governed for the crown were rapidly expanded during the early years of Alfonso IX.In 1188, he received the rule of Asturias de Tineo (retained until 1192) and in 1189 a host of other northwestern tenencias: Babia, Faro, Lemos, Monreal and Riba de Esla. Riba de Esla had been held by members of his family throughout the tenth and eleventh centuries. In 1191, Froila became governor of the towers of León, the royal capital, a post, largely honorific, that had been held by his grandfather before him. In subsequent years he ruled the tenencias of Béjar (1192), Almanza (1193), Valle (1194), and Toro (1197). <mask> is last mentioned in a charter of 18 December 1202 and he probably died shortly after. Notes

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Family
<mask> was born on 19 December 1898 in Yongjia, Zhejiang Province. His ancestral home was in Changle, Fujian province. He was born in a poor family. Together with two younger sisters, he was raised by his mother because his father and grandfather died when he was still a teenager.He was named "Zhenduo" (振鐸) by his grandfather. "Zhen" (振) denotes arousing an action and "Duo" (鐸) is a kind of big bell. His grandfather wanted him to ring like a great bell to summon and to arouse people. Besides, his grandfather gave him the childhood name "Mu Guan" (Wooden official 木官). Schooling
In 1917, <mask> began studying at the Beijing Railway Management School (北京铁路管理传习所) and graduated in March 1921. Beyond classroom, he read a lot of books and developed an enormous interest in social sciences, Chinese literature and Western literature and thus developed a critical mind. During the May Fourth Movement, he was a student representative, spreading the news of student movements in Beijing.In 1919, he helped publish two magazines called Xin Shehui (新社會 "New Society") and Jiuguo jiangyan zhoubao (救國講演周報 "National Salvation Speeches Weekly"). In January 1921, <mask> and twelve others, including Mao Dun and Ye Shengtao founded the earliest literary society of the New Literature Movement, Wenxue yanjiu hui (Literary Research Association 文學研究會, also known as the Literary Association), which advocated realism and opposed art for art's sake. Careers

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<mask> had been a journalist, a modern writer, archeology and a literature scholar throughout his life. In May 1921, <mask> helped set up a drama society called Minzhong Xiju She (Demotic opera troupe 民眾戲劇社) with Mao Dun, Ye Shengtao, Chen Dabei, Ouyang Yuqian, Xiong Foxi and other writers. They published a monthly magazine named Xiju (Drama 戲劇) on 31 May in the same year. In 1922, <mask> established the first magazine for children, Children's World (兒童世界) In January 1923, he became the chief editor of a monthly magazine of novel, Fiction Monthly (小說月報). After the May 30 Incident in 1925, he helped founding a newspaper called Gongli Ribao (公理日報).From then on, he wrote many books including Zhongguo Wenxue Shi (History of Chinese literature 中國文學史, 1938) and 1943 Diary (1943年日記). <mask> had been a scholar giving lectures in universities, a researcher of the academy and a journalist since 1931. He taught in the Department of Chinese in Yenching University, in Jinan University from 1935 to 1941 as the Dean of faculty of Arts and in Peking University since 1953. After 1949, he became the Secretary for the Culture Department and Cultural Heritage Department in China. Exile to France
In April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched a sudden attack on thousands of suspected Communists in the area he controlled. Many innocent students and movement activists were killed. Writers, including <mask>, were under political pressure.Therefore, he left his

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 family for France in May 1927. During the years living in Paris, he kept mailing his diary to his wife, which was published as a book named Ouxing Riji (Diary of travels in Europe 歐行日記). Return to China
He continued his journalistic career after coming back to China in 1929 and founded Jiuwang Ribao (救亡日報). In October 1945, he founded a weekly magazine called Democracy (民主) to oppose Chiang Kai-shek's pro-US policy and urge people to stop civil wars. Cultural Preservation
Due to the invasion of Japanese troops, Shanghai was besieged starting from 1937 and many significant cultural assets were lost. In the light of this, <mask> devoted himself to the rescue and protection of aged Chinese documents and antiques. Chen was a founding member of the Shanghai "Rare Book Preservation Society" and its leader.Disguising himself as a staff member in a stationery store, named Chan Sixun (陳思訓), he managed to save many aged books from damage or loss to the outside world. Death
On 17 October 1958, <mask> led national cultural delegates to visit Arabia and Afghanistan. He died in the crash of a Tupolev Tu-104 in Kanash, Chuvashia, Soviet Union during the journey. Journalism
<mask> started his journalistic career in the 1920s during the May Fourth Movement. Together with some classmates including Zhong Tao (仲陶), he got a first taste of editing in starting a publication named Jiuguo Jiangyan Zhoukan (救國講演周刊). The magazine - being published in Wenzhou for only 6 to 7

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 times - was closed by the authorities since it enraged a government official. As one of the founders of a youth magazine, Xin Shehui (新社會), <mask> aimed at criticizing the Beijing government.It began its publication on 1 November 1919, which consisted of four pages. The aims of the magazine was to:

advocate the social service
discuss society problems
introduce social theories
research on common people education
record society matters
criticize society shortcomings
narrate society real states
report news of the organization

<mask> gave many speeches about the student movement in Beijing. On top of criticizing, he wanted to make good use of the New Culture Movement (新文化運動) to publicize and promote new social ideals for the Chinese future development. Chen Duxiu suggested that Xin Shehui could be edited with a more approachable style accepted by the general public. The magazine was finally published on 1 November 1919 throughout China, arousing tides of attention from the public, especially amongst the young readers. However, as <mask> and his co-editors were still inexperienced in editing by that time, the magazine was thought to be immature in editing and too sloganeered. On the hand, the content of the magazine upset the military side of the government.Thus, in one month's time, the government called the publication to a halt. In addition, he established Wenxue Yanjiu Hui (Literary Study Society 文學研究會) with Mao Dun and Ye Shengtao in November 1920.


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 In January 1923, he took over the position of chief editor of  Fiction Monthly from Mao Dun. He was the chief editor on and off for nearly 9 years. He advocated a literary advocacy of "Blood and Tears" and supported a writing style of realism. In June 1925, he founded a newspaper called Kongli Ribao (公理日報) with Wu Yuzhi and Ye Shengtao in Shanghai. This newspaper was aimed at criticizing the "May Thirtieth Incident" and the rising foreign imperialism in China.Also, he contributed in various newspapers like Jiuguo Jiangyan Zhoubao (救國講演周報) and Xinxue Bao (新學報) to awaken Chinese people from old traditions. These articles were mainly about social issues and the evil deeds of the old traditional practices. <mask> wrote articles from different aspects like the liberation of women, morality, social psychology and the liberation of political power. They all advocated more people to rethink the old values position. Contribution to literature

Translation
<mask> was proficient in foreign languages including English, Russian, Indian languages, Greek and Latin. He did a great job in translating a lot of Russian and Indian literature. <mask> had started translation of Russian literature since early 20s.His works included the works, paper and preface of Turgenev (1818-1883), Gogol (1809-1852), Chekov (1860-1904), Gorky (1868-1936) and Tolstoy (1828-1910). <mask> also translated many Indian literature. He mainly translated the poems as well as the Indian

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 ancient-times fable such as Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). <mask> had translated a prominent number of Tagore's poems to Chinese since the 1920s. In October 1922, he published his translation of Stray Birds (飛鳥集). In August 1925, he published The Indian Fable (印度寓言). There were 55 translation works of his in total.<mask> started his study in Greek and Roman literature in his early age. In 1929, he published The Story of Love (戀愛的故事). Afterwards he translated The Hero Legends of Greek and Roman Myth Legends (希臘羅馬神話傳說中的英雄傳說). Then in 1935, he published a book called The Legends of Greece (希臘神話), which was three to four times thicker than his previous one. After liberation, in the second edition of The Legends of Greece, he introduced Karl Marx's well-known discourse in The Introductory of political and economical criticism (政治經濟批判導言) which was about ancient times mythology to analyze Greek mythology. Literature Union
As the previous newspapers and magazines were banned by the government, <mask> believed that a proper established literature union would make things run easier. In January 1921, he established Wenxue Yanjiu Hui (Literary Study Society 文學研究會), which literally means literature research union, with Mao Dun(茅盾), Ye Shengtao (葉紹鈞) and 12 other people in the related field.The Union's first publication was Wenxue Xunkan (文學旬刊). It was published along with the well known newspaper called Shishi Xinbao (Current events newspaper 時事新報). He revealed


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 realism of literature. He thought that literature must contribute to "life":

We need the "blood" of literature, "tears" of literature. Both of them will become the trend of Chinese literature; the writing consists of not only "blood" and "tears", but also consists of "literature"; the "blood" and "tears" experience and feeling of author are aesthetic for success in writing. Literature should consist of the highest ideal of the author, which form the soul of the article, in order to make it meaningful to the readers and the whole of society. Classical literature
Starting from the late 1920s, <mask> was teaching Chinese literature History in universities.At that time, he did much in making research in Chinese classical writing. For example, he used his pen name, Bao Fun, to write Yuenqu Xulu (元曲敍錄) in the Novel Monthly (小說月報). Also, he finished editing The History of the Chinese Literature (中國文學史) in 1930. Romanticism
<mask> put heavy emphasis on emotional elements in literature, highlighting its importance in distinguishing between literature and science. He advocated that literature functions to instill a passion in the readers' heart. One example was the historical novel, Arrest of the fire stealer (取火者的逮捕). (1996).Yi dai cai hua: <mask> zhuan 《一代才華:鄭振鐸傳》 (Biography of <mask>). Shanghai: Shanghai People's Press (上海人民出版社). <mask>, Erkang. (1998). Shiliu you hong le: huiyi wo de fuqin <mask>uo 《石榴又紅了：回憶我的父親鄭振鐸》 (The pomegranates are red again:

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 Remembering my father, <mask>uo). Beijing: Renmin University Press (人民大學出版社). Chen, Fukang.(1997). Ming jia jian zhuan shu xi:<mask> 《名家簡傳書系-鄭振鐸》(Biographies of famous figures: <mask>uo). Beijing: Zhong guo hua qiao publishing house (中國華僑出版社). Zheng, Zhenduo & Zheng, Erkang. (1986). Zhongguo xian dai zuo jia xuan ji - <mask> 《中國現代作家選集 – 鄭振鐸》. (Selected works of modern Chinese authors – <mask>) Hong Kong: San lian shu dian Xianggang fen dian; Beijing: Renmin wenxue Press (人民大學出版社).<mask>, Erkang. (2002). Xing yun gao qiu : <mask>uo zhuan 《星隕高秋 : 鄭振鐸傳》(Star fallen at height of autumn: Biography of <mask>uo). Beijing: Jinghua Press. Lu, Rongchun. (1998). <mask>uo zhuan (Biography of <mask>) 《鄭振鐸傳》.Fuzhou: Haixia wenyi Press (華廈文藝出版社). External links
A concise biography of <mask> (English)
A description of famous scholar (Chinese)
The literary works of <mask> 鄭振鐸文集 (Chinese)
The Love story between <mask> and Gao (Chinese)
President of "Pole Raising Club". <mask> 抬杠會長鄭振鐸 (Chinese)
Content of The World's Library edited by <mask> (Chinese)

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texts: <mask> () (born May 21, 1984) better known as <mask>, is a Swedish-Persian actor, music therapist, singer, songwriter, screenwriter and philanthropist living in Los Angeles, California. He won the Jury Prize award at the 2017 Cannes International Film Festival Entr'2 Marches for his leading role in motion picture Love is Blind, portraying the visually-impaired Italian American Giovanni. Love is Blind also won an award for disability awareness and was screened at Palais des Festival et des Congrès which is the most famous movie exhibition in the world. <mask> was also named as a Judge in the panel of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Cannes Film Festival International Entr'2 Marches He was the lead actor in Children's Hospital Los Angeles production Healthcare in the Cloud, which premiered at the 2018 Society of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards, raising over $8 million for children's vision health. He portrayed as the manic depressed French-American painter named Vincent, in 2017 European Cinematography Award-winning drama motion picture Camelia. He also received another international claim via his outstanding and comedic role as Cadiz in the  Just Cause 4 commercials for Square Enix, PlayStation and Xbox, as well as his lead role in the international hit music video "Hurt People" performed by international artists Aloe Blacc and Gryffin which reached over 1 million views on VEVO and YouTube. <mask> has also been a guest-star on the Steve Harvey show on NBCUniversal, as well as The Late Late Show with James Corden on CBS.His commercial acting credits include giant brands such as Google, PlayStation, BMW, Puma, MGM Grand, Mercedes-Benz, Prada, Facebook, Hewlett Packard,  KIA, Ford, Samsung, Disney, NBA and Guitar Center to name a few. He was also nominated for Best lead male actor in comedy film Villa, a 2017 Official Selection at Premio Tortoreto alla Cultura in Italy, AM Film Festival in Egypt and International Festival of Short Films on Culture & Tourism, India. <mask> <mask>'s National TV breakthrough started when he was 17 years old, participating on Sikta Mot

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 Stjärnorna (Aiming at the Stars), a national talent show program televised on TV4 (Sweden). organized by FremantleMedia (American Idol). After two auditions where 4000 participated, he became one of the 45 to enter the show acting and singing "Hero" (by Enrique Iglesias) live on national television, winning the second place award. He won the Jury Prize for Best Short Screenplay for his screenplay Bachata at the 2021 New York Movie Awards, 2021. He won the Best Drama Short Screenplay award at 2021 Austin After Dark Film Festival  and at the 2021 CFIFF Changing Face International Film Festival in Australia.His music credits include music written, sang and released on Fox TV shows Bones and The Goodwin Games  as well Cannes Film Festival Entr'2 Marches winning film Love is Blind  and Crown Prince of Heaven. According to MTV.com, he is also listed as one of the few multilingual actors, musicians and music therapists outside of Shiraz. He is also known to be the first Persian to introduce Music Therapy to the Persian population, where music is used to help increase quality of life for individuals with psychological and physical deficits. He is also being a philanthropist contributing to the special needs and disability communities through arts, film and music therapy. Acting, TV and Commercials

<mask> <mask>'s National TV breakthrough started when he was 17 years old, participating on Sikta Mot Stjärnorna (Aiming at the Stars), a national talent show program televised on TV4 (Sweden). organized by FremantleMedia (American Idol). After two auditions where 4000 participated, he became one of the 45 to enter the show acting and singing "Hero" (by Enrique Iglesias) live on national television, winning the second place award.His acting career blossomed through a silver lining leading to international awards at Film Festivals in Cannes, Los Angeles and Belgium. He took on the acting career after a car accident where he suffered from depression and pain. He attended acting workshops part of his rehabilitation. His passion for acting grew as he auditioned for the role of a blind man

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texts: in motion picture Love is Blind, a population which he had been working for since he was 16 years old within healthcare and music therapy. <mask> <mask> won the Jury Prize award at the 2017 Cannes International Film Festival Entr'2 Marches for his leading role in motion picture Love is Blind, portraying visually-impaired Italian-American Giovanni. Love is Blind also won an award for disability awareness and was screened at Palais des Festival et des Congrès. The film also received an official selection and nominated as the best short film at Hollywood Screening Film Festival and WE Care Film Festival in India, becoming a worldwide success for promoting disability awareness.<mask> <mask> did also compose the Official film soundtrack for Love is Blind <mask> <mask> was also named as a Judge at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival International Entr'2 Marches. <mask> <mask> then continued giving back to the disability community through film as he also starred as the lead actor in Children's Hospital Los Angeles production Healthcare in the Cloud, which raised over $8 million for children's vision health and pr. Healthcare in the Cloud premiered at 2018 Society of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards. With <mask> <mask>'s experience of working with population with mental health disorders, he took on the leading role of manic depressed French-American painter, Vincent, in motion picture Camelia, that won the 2017 European Cinematography Award. He also received another international claim via his outstanding and comedic role as Cadiz in Just Cause 4 commercials for Square Enix PlayStation and Xbox, as well as his lead role in the international hit music video "Hurt People" performed by international artists Aloe Blacc and Gryffin which reached over 1 million views on VEVO and YouTube. He portrayed as Randy Rigatoni, a Guinness World Record Judge in Oliver Tree's attempt to ride the biggest scooter in the world, with the video becoming top 6 trending videos on YouTube with over 1.2 million views within a day. <mask> <mask> has also been a guest-star on the Steve Harvey show on

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 NBCUniversal, as well as The Late Late Show with James Corden on CBS.He was also the lead actor in comedy film Villa, a 2017 Official Selection at Premio Tortoreto alla Cultura, Italy and International Festival of Short Films on Culture & Tourism, India. <mask> <mask> also composed the soundtrack for Love is Blind as well as being the poster and art director. His other outstanding and comedic international role was as Cadiz in Just Cause 4 commercials for Square Enix, PlayStation and Xbox. He also acted as the lead actor in comedy film Villa, an Official Selection in 2017 IFFC International Film Festival in India. Commercials include: Disney, Kia, BMW, TESLA, MGM GRAND, Cadillac, HP, Samsung, NBA, Vivo Phone China, Guitar Center, Independence Day Resurgence, Westin Hotels, Clorox, El Vato, Los Defensores etc. Awards and nominations

Music
<mask> <mask>'s music has been featured on several TV Shows, films and video games. His song "She Wants to Fly" (feat.Levi Whalen) was featured on Fox TV show Bones on May 12, 2014. The song was originally written for Freedom in Iran during the 2009 Presidential Elections and has previously been featured on the soundtrack of Cannes Film Festival movie Crown Prince of Heaven in 2010. It has also been broadcast on major TV networks around the world such as Peace Day Television show which has featured world figures Dalai Lama, Bono, U2, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie etc. His dance-pop song "Never Be Lonely" (feat. Levi Whalen) was on June 3, 2013, featured on Fox TV show The Goodwin Games. "Never Be Lonely" is also featured as the dance track for the web video game Good Game Disco made by Goodgame Studios. He also composed the Official Film Soundtrack for Love Is Blind, which won the Jury Prize at 2017 Cannes International Film Festival Entr'2 Marches, as well as being the Official Selection for the 2017 WE Care Film Festival, India and nominated as Best Short in 2017 Hollywood Screening Festival.His song "Paradise" (feat. Levi Whalen) was on May 1, 2015, voted as #1 song at top 100 Indie Dance/Disco chart on Spinnin' Records

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 Talent Pool. The song was also voted as number 1 song at March top 10 House dance chart on House Charts.com

His pop music with his cultural musical blend of Eurodance, World Rhythms and Electronica. <mask> <mask> is also known for writing and performing his works for Freedom, Human Rights and Health foundations with all music & lyrics written by him. His music is multilingual, which includes songs released in English, Spanish, Italian and Swedish. <mask> <mask> joins Andrea Bocelli, The Beatles and Elvis Presley for releasing Consuelo Velázquez famous song "Bésame Mucho", via Shiraz Records, which makes it the first Duo/Latin house version in history, produced by Levi Whalen and co-sung with singer Jacqueline Padilla. On April 21, 2013, <mask> <mask> became the first artist to release his Pop Electronic and Progressive House rendition of world-famous Italian song "Caro Mio Ben" featuring UK based producer Kryphon."Caro Mio Ben" was written by Italian composer Giuseppe Giordani, and made famous by Luciano Pavarotti. He is the executive producer of Caro Mio Ben music video which had world premiere on MTV.com on August 9, 2013. He has also co-directed, produced, and edited two of his music videos "100 Miles" and "Heaven Knows", which have been broadcast through mainstream medium giants such as MTV UK and featured at the Laemmie Theaters Santa Monica SMC Film Festival. On January 14, 2012, <mask> <mask> was signed by music publishing company Winogradsky/Sobel to have his music pitched for television, film and video games etc. becoming the first artist in the company representing Pop/Euro-Dance and World Music genre

<mask> <mask>'s single "Miracle" (feat Si Ana) released February 2012 via Royalty Recordings was featured for ten weeks on world's largest dance music store Beatport as Top Staff Pick in the pop/rock category. <mask> Nami's music is also listed on FairShareMusic, with profits going to human rights and health support organizations such as Red Cross, War Child, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, Amnesty International, Cancer Care & Research etc. Music

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According to MTV.com, <mask> <mask> is also known for being the first Iranian to introduce music therapy to the Iranian population, where music is used to help increase quality of life for individuals with psychological and physical deficits.That includes his several TV appearances on giant Iranian media television stations such as IRAN TV, Radio 670am KIRN Los Angeles with journalist, author Homa Sarshar, Mardoom TV and TinTV and invitations to speak at UCLA. He has been awarded several scholarships and awards for his music therapy practice and accomplishments. His recent awards include:The 2014 James R Simpson Merit Scholarship awarded by President Dianne Harrison of California State University, Northridge, The Royal Swedish Music Academy Award in 2013 and the Bayramian Art Scholarship Award in 2012 and 2013, for his music therapy studies and accomplishments. <mask> <mask> does also spend his time making motivational and guest speaking appearances. Speeches include Music Therapy, the positive influence of music on children and his music and cultural journey from Iran to Sweden to Los Angeles. His speeches also include leading instrumental music improvisation and therapeutic music instrumentation with the audience. Invitations include Stand Up to Cancer at UCLA, Music Entrepreneurship classes at California State University, Northridge, Music For Your Heart Foundation in Miami, Children's Boosh Foundation in Los Angeles, International Children Foundation in Santa Barbara, Cottage Health System in Santa Barbara and California State University, Channel Islands.<mask> <mask> is also the author of "The Effects of Music Therapy on Movement and Vocalization in Adult Male with Intellectual Disability and Cerebral Palsy: A Case Study and Treatment Plan", a clinical case study on how music therapy interventions on individuals with disabilities is so effective that it can help increase their speech and improve physical skills, which in turn can assist individuals with disabilities to communicate within their community more clearly and making their inclusion easier. He

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 emphasizes on how vocalization aids in the development of functional communication skills, helping individuals with Intellectual Disabilities communicate their specific needs, wants, and discomforts within the community, which will help increase their personal independence and quality of life. Guest appearances and performances

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Featured songs

Education
<mask> <mask> graduated with honors on May 19, 2014, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Therapy from California State University, Northridge. He graduated with honors, Music A.A from Santa Monica College and a Music and Media Composing degree from ITM Sweden. Philanthropy
<mask> <mask> Co-Founded Non-Profit Organization Opportunitree to help the community, children, elderly and individuals with disabilities. He spends a lot of time doing humanitarian work, raising awareness for human rights and health support organizations. He has been involved and contributed to charities such as:Red Cross, War Child, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, Amnesty, WWF, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK and ActionAid.He is also active bringing the importance of Music, Music Therapy to the community, children, elderly and individuals with disabilities. <mask> <mask>'s major contribution was by sharing disability awareness through of Drama film, Love Is Blind. <mask> <mask> portrayed the lead blind actor as well as composing the official film soundtrack. The film was awarded the 2017 Jury Prize award at Cannes International Film Festival Entr'2 Marches, as well as official selection at WE Care Film Festival, India. <mask> <mask>'s song She Wants To Fly was also written for Freedom and Human Rights in Iran, which has been featured at Peaceday TV and Cannes Film Festival motion picture Crown Prince of Heaven. He has also been a guest artist at Charities such as: Children's Boosh Foundation at Taglyan Place, Los Angeles, Music for your Heart Foundation in Miami, Stand Up 2 Cancer at UCLA, International Children Foundation in Santa Barbara to name a few. His music is also listed on FairShareMusic, with profits going to

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 human rights and health support organizations.Books
<mask> <mask>, the author of "The Effects of Music Therapy on Movement and Vocalization in Adult Male with Intellectual Disability and Cerebral Palsy: A Case Study and Treatment Plan", where he shows a clinical case study on how music therapy interventions on individuals with disabilities is so effective that it can help increase their speech and improve physical skills, which in turn can assist individuals with disabilities to communicate within their community more clearly and making their inclusion easier. He emphasizes on how vocalization aids in the development of functional communication skills. It also helps individuals with Intellectual Disabilities communicate their specific needs, wants, and wants, and discomforts within the community. Improving gross motor skills would help individuals to increase their personal independence, not only at the day care center but also in the community. In general, both vocalization and gross motors skill development helps to improve the self-help skills of individuals with disabilities, which in-turn increases quality of life. - Clinical Case Studies [22]

Basketball
As a teenager, <mask> <mask> played as a Shooting guard (SG) in the team Brahe Basket in Sweden. He accomplished receiving 2 Most Valuable Player Awards as the best player in Jönköping during the 1995/1996 and 1996/1997 season and 1 Most Valuable Player Award as the best player of Southern Sweden during the Swedish Championship Basketball Competition in 1997/1998 season.References

External links
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 Arsi Nami bio on The Corsair Santa Monica
 Arsi Nami on Google Play
 Arsi Nami on Amazon
 Arsi Nami on Google Books
 Arsi Nami on iTunes

1984 births
Living people
People from Shiraz
California State University, Northridge alumni
Swedish male actors
Swedish male singers
Swedish people of Iranian descent
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<mask> (born January 28, 1945) is an American author. His best known book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004), in which <mask> claims to have played a role in an alleged process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal of corporations, banks, and the United States government. The book's claims were met with skepticism and rebuttal by some, but spent more than 70 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has been published in at least 32 languages, and is used in many college and university programs. <mask> has also written about mystical aspects of indigenous cultures, including shamanism. Biography
<mask> graduated from the Tilton School in 1963. He subsequently attended Middlebury College for two years before dropping out. He later earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Boston University in 1968.He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador from 1968 to 1970. He spent the 1970s working for the Boston strategic-consulting firm Chas. T. Main; he claims to have been screened for this job by the National Security Agency (NSA) and subsequently hired by Einar Greve, a member of the firm (alleged by <mask> to have been acting as an NSA liaison, a claim that Greve has denied). As Chief Economist at Chas. T. Main, <mask> and his staff advised the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, U.S. Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He worked directly with heads of state and CEOs of major companies. <mask>'s time at Chas T. Main provides the basis for his subsequent published claims that, as an "economic hit man", he was charged with inducing developing countries to borrow large amounts of money, designated to pay for questionable infrastructure investments, but

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 ultimately with a view to making the debt-laden countries more dependent, economically and politically, upon the West.He wrote:

In the 1980s <mask> left Main and founded and directed an independent energy company. In the book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, <mask> claims that his company was successful due to 'coincidences' orchestrated by those appreciative of his silence about the work he says he did as an economic hit man. <mask> is a founder and board member of Dream Change and The Pachamama Alliance, nonprofit organizations devoted to promoting environmentally sustainable and socially just societies. He has lectured at Harvard, Oxford, and more than 50 universities around the world, and is the author of eight books on global economics and indigenous cultures. He has been featured on ABC, NBC, CNN, CNBC, NPR, A&E, the History Channel, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Der Spiegel, and many other publications, as well as in numerous documentaries. He was awarded the Lennon Ono Grant for Peace 2012, and Rainforest Action Network Challenging Business As Usual Award, 2006. <mask>'s story is the main theme in part II of the movie Zeitgeist: Addendum, released in October 2008.In that same year, he appeared in the film, The End of Poverty?. His life as an economic hit man is detailed in the full-length movie, Apology of an Economic Hit Man. He also appears in the films The Weight of Chains by Boris Malagurski, released in December 2010, Let's Make Money (in German) by the Austrian director Erwin Wagenhofer, released October 2008, and Four Horsemen by Ross Ashcroft, released in 2012. Controversy
Sebastian Mallaby, economics columnist of the Washington Post, reacted sharply to <mask>' book: describing him as "a conspiracy theorist, a vainglorious peddler of nonsense, and yet

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texts: his book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, is a runaway bestseller." Mallaby, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, holds that <mask>' conception of international finance is "largely a dream" and that his "basic contentions are flat wrong." As an example, Mallaby states that Indonesia reduced its infant mortality and illiteracy rates by two-thirds after economists persuaded its leaders to borrow money in 1970. Articles in the New York Times and Boston magazine, as well as a press release issued by the United States Department of State, have referred to a lack of documentary or testimonial evidence to corroborate the claim that the NSA was involved in his hiring by Chas T. Main.After an extensive investigation, the New York Times concluded that "the arc of Mr. <mask>'s career seems to be described accurately," although they did not find evidence to support "some of his fancier claims," including those involving the NSA. In a 2006 statement, a State Department release claims that much of the book "appears to be a total fabrication... the National Security Agency is a cryptological (codemaking and codebreaking) organization, not an economic organization... Neither of [its] missions anything remotely resembling placing economists at private companies in order to increase the debt of foreign countries." <mask> responds that Wikileaks and Edward Snowden documents clearly demonstrated that the NSA is involved in a wide range of activities that have nothing to do with codemaking and codebreaking and that often serve to undermine other countries and their leaders. The State Department also claims that <mask> has alleged U.S. Government complicity in "the assassinations of President <mask>. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., former Beatle <mask>, and several unnamed U.S. senators who

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 had died in plane crashes." Questioned in a recorded interview about the State Department claims on the assassinations, <mask> replied, "No, I've never alleged that. I probably opened a question as to whether it might have been that way."There is no mention in any of his books about U.S. Government complicity in these assassinations. <mask>, however, does allege that two of his clients, President Jaime Roldós Aguilera of Ecuador and Omar Torrijos of Panama, had been assassinated and the US government had been involved, adding "I know. I was there." Bibliography
 Touching the Jaguar: Transforming Fear into Action to Change Your Life and the World (2020), Berrett-Koehler Publishers; . The New Confessions of an Economic Hitman (2016), Berrett-Koehler Publishers; . (2008)
Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)
Let's Make Money (2008)
Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama (2009)
The Weight of Chains (2010)
Four Horsemen (film) (2012)
American Empire (2012)
Money & Life (2012)
Project Censored the Movie (2013)
Gold Fever (2013)
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)

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External links

touchingthejaguarbook.com – Touching The Jaguar book website
 johnperkins.org <mask> Official Web Site

<mask>: The Shadow World of the Economic Hitman, March 2016 interview from peak prosperity.com
Confessions of Economic Hit Man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oARBdBtGenM&t=2s)(A 2007 speech by <mask>, summarizing the basic points of his book, given at the Veterans for Peace National Convention). 1945 births
Living people
People from Hanover, New Hampshire
American activists
American political writers
American anti-globalization writers
American male non-fiction writers
American spiritual writers
Middlebury College alumni
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title: Karen Fann

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<mask> (born September 1, 1954) is a Republican member of the Arizona Senate, representing Arizona Legislative District 1. Fann became President of the Arizona Senate in 2019. After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election and Donald Trump and other Republicans made false claims of electoral fraud, Fann ordered an audit of the election results in Maricopa County. The audit was widely seen as an illegitimate "effort to undermine valid election results". Fann announced on November 2021 that she would not run for re-election when her current term ends in January 2023. Career
Fann is the second female Senate President in the history of Arizona. She was first elected in November 2016 to represent Legislative District 1, which covers 8,000 square miles throughout Yavapai County and portions of Maricopa County.She previously served this district from 2011 to 2016 as a State Representative. Fann moved to Prescott at the age of four and has been a life-long Republican. She continues to serve as a precinct committeeman and is a member of the Rotary International and Elks. She currently serves as the Vice-Chair of both the Finance Committee and the Transportation and Technology Committee and as a member of the Natural Resources, Energy and Water Committee. Fann's previous experience includes:
2019–2020 Arizona Senate Chairman, Rules;
2002–2009 Town of Chino Valley Mayor and Councilman;
2007–2009 BQAZ Statewide Transportation Board;
2005–2009 Chairman and Board, Central Yavapai Metropolitan Planning Organization (CYMPO);
2006–2009 Chairman and Board, Upper Verde River Watershed Protection Coalition;
2005–2008 Governors Rural Water Legislative Study Committee;
2002–2007 and 1992–1994 Northern Council of Governments (NACOG);
1992–1995 Prescott City Mayor Pro Tem and Councilman. 2020 Presidential Election Audit

In April 2021, Fann ordered an audit of the election results in Maricopa County, hiring a firm that was founded by a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist who promoted false claims of fraud. Under Fann, the Republican-controlled Senate invoked claims of fraud and used its subpoena power to demand the county turn over all its 2.1 million ballots and related presidential election materials to the Senate.In response, the Maricopa


title: Anton Graff

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<mask> (18 November 1736 – 22 June 1813) was an eminent Swiss portrait artist. Among his famous subjects were Friedrich Schiller, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Heinrich von Kleist, Frederick the Great, Friederike Sophie Seyler, Johann Gottfried Herder, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Moses Mendelssohn and Christian Felix Weiße. His pupils included Emma Körner, Philipp Otto Runge and Karl Ludwig Kaaz. Life and work

<mask> was born as the seventh child of the craftsman <mask> and <mask> née Koller at Untertorgasse 8 in Winterthur, Switzerland (the house does not exist anymore). In 1753 Graff started studying painting at the art school of Johann Ulrich Schellenberg in Winterthur. After three years he left Winterthur for Augsburg. There he worked with the etcher Johann Jakob Haid.However, only one year later he was forced to leave Augsburg. He was too successful. The members of the local painters guild feared his competition. With a letter of recommendation from Johann Jakob Haid, he moved to Ansbach where he found employment with the court painter Leonhard Schneider until 1759. Graff travelled frequently to Munich to study the paintings in the different collections. In 1759 he went back to Augsburg and later moved to Regensburg. In 1765 he went back to Winterthur and Zurich.It was there where he received an invitation from Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn, the newly appointed Director of the recently established Dresden Art Academy, to apply for a post at the Dresden Art Academy. Graff hesitated to do so. He

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texts: thought he was not good enough to work for the princely court of Saxony. To give Hagedorn an impression of his talent he sent a self-portrait to Dresden. The self-portrait arrived on 16 January 1766, in Dresden. It was so well received that only one day later Hagedorn worked out <mask>'s employment contract. On 7 April 1766, Graff arrived in Dresden where he was appointed court painter and teacher for portrait painting at the Dresden Art Academy, a post he kept for life although he got better paid offers at other academies, among others in Berlin.In early 1788, the Prussian Minister <mask> von Heynitz made Graff the financially very attractive offer to work for the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin. On 7 May 1789, Graff informed Count Camillo Marcolini, general director of the Dresden Art Academy, about this. Marcolini reacted straight away. On 20 June 1789, Graff was appointed Professor for portrait painting at the Dresden Art Academy. Graff made portraits of nearly 1,000 of his contemporaries and was the leading portrait painter in Germany in the late 18th and early 19th century. Graff was also the main portrait painter of German poets between the Enlightenment and the early Romantic periods. Many of them were also his friends, like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe whom he met in Dresden in 1768.Graff was the favourite portrait painter of the German, Russian, Polish and Baltic nobility. Among others he portrayed Stanislaw Kostka Potocki. His most important clients included Catherine the Great of

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texts: quite often to Berlin. His father-in-law, Johann Georg Sulzer, introduced him to members of the Prussian court. He became very popular with the Prussian nobility and they were good customers of him.He never forgot how well he was received within the Prussian society. In 1778 he closed the short autobiography with the sentence: "Berlin habe ich viel zu verdanken" (I owe Berlin much). On 16 October 1771, <mask> married Elisabetha Sophie Augusta Sulzer, called "Guste". Graff and his wife had 5 children. The first daughter, Johanna Catharina Henrietta, died the same year she was born in 1772. Another daughter was born in 1779 and died only a few months later. His second son, Georg, died in 1801.In 1803 <mask> underwent cataract surgery. His wife Elisabeth died in 1812. <mask> himself died of typhoid fever in the evening of 22 June 1813, at around 8pm in Dresden. He was 76 years old. He left his two surviving children, Caroline Susanne (she married the painter Karl Ludwig Kaaz, a pupil of Graff) and <mask> (he became a landscapist), a fortune of 40,000 Thaler. Graff was buried in Dresden. His tomb does not exist anymore.Graff was a prolific artist. He painted some 2,000 paintings and drawings. His paintings, especially the portraits, are much sought-after. Many of them are in museums and private collections in Switzerland (Museum Oskar Reinhart), Germany (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden), Russia (Hermitage Museum), Estonia (Kadriorg Palace, Tallinn) and Poland (National Museum, Warsaw). The portraits

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 of gentlemen outnumber the portraits of ladies. In honour of their famous citizen the Berufsbildungsschule Winterthur (BBW) (School for Vocational Training) named their building after Graff. The "Anton-Graff-Haus".In Winterthur and Dresden there are streets named after <mask>f. 2013 jubilee exhibitions take place in the Museum Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur, and in the Old National Gallery in Berlin. Gallery

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Bibliography and catalogue
Berckenhagen, Ekhart: <mask> – Leben und Werk. Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin, 1967 (catalogue raisonné)
 Marc Fehlmann und Birgit Verwiebe (Ed. ): <mask>f: Gesichter einer Epoche. (Exhibition catalogue: Museum Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur; Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.) München: Hirmer, 2013.Further reading
Johann Caspar Füssli: Joh. Caspar Füesslins Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz. Nebst ihren Bildnissen. Orell, Gessner, Füessli. Zürich, 1769–1779 (5 Bde)
Otto Waser: <mask>f 1736–1813. Huber, Frauenfeld u. Leipzig, 1926
Ernest Giddey, Fribourg (Ed. ): Préromantisme en Suisse?Editions Universitaires, 1982 (Colloques de la Société Suisse  des Sciences Humaines)
Martin Bircher u. Gisold Lammel, Zürich (Hrsg. ): Helvetien in Deutschland. Schweizer Kunst aus Residenzen deutscher Klassik 1770–1830. Zürich, Städtische Galerie zum Strauhof, 1990–91; Schwäbisch Hall, Hällisch-Fränkisches Museum, 1991
Roland Kanz: Dichter und Denker im Porträt. Spurengänge zur deutschen Porträtkultur des 18. Jahrhunderts. Deutscher

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<mask> (Varsseveld, the Netherlands 12 June 1863 – Amsterdam, the Netherlands 12 January 1953) was a pastry chef who became the first chairman of the board of directors of the first Dutch Vocational School for Pastry Chefs, established in 1924 in Amsterdam and since 1956 named "De Berkhoff". <mask> became well-known when he presented a traditional English wedding cake to Queen Wilhelmina (1880–1962) and Prince Henry (1876–1934) on the occasion of their marriage in 1901. Henceforth, the wedding cake became standard issue in Dutch wedding festivities. His "Pâtisserie and Refreshment Room" in the Leidsestraat was a household word in and outside Amsterdam, for over seventyfive years. Training
The son of <mask> (1821–1913) and Harmina Kreeftenberg (1834–1913), <mask> belonged to a family of bakers. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were not only bread bakers, but following the custom of their time, they specialized in other products as well, such as gingerbread, sponge cake and pastry making. <mask> decided on a career as a Pastry Chef.After 1879 he began developing and enhancing his skills by starting apprenticeships with various well-known konditoreis and pâtisseries in Dresden, Zurich and Paris. For the final stage of his education, organized by himself, as a Pastry Chef, he trained at Gerstner’s in Vienna. The konditorei was considered thé top among pâtissiers and was Royal Warrant Holder of the Imperial House of Habsburg. Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat 104 en Leidsestraat 46
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On the occasion of the marriage of Queen Wilhelmina (1880–1962) and Prince Henry (1876–1934) in 1901, <mask> took the initiative of presenting a wedding cake to the royal couple. In England in the second half of the nineteenth century, the royal wedding cake was considered as the "flagship of British pastry enterprise", but in the Netherlands of the time the custom was unknown. <mask>´s presentation of a wedding cake to the royal couple gained him ánd the craft of Pâtissier fame. The wedding cake for the marriage of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1937, was made by J. Jongert, teacher at the NADPC Vocational School for Pastry Chefs "De Berkhoff".NADPC Vocational School for Pastry Chefs "De Berkhoff"
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texts: himself to the organization of an apprentice system for future pastry chefs, which had been lacking up till then. After its initial success, the in 1907 established training system and its regulations had proven to be substandard. Meanwhile, the membership figure of the NADPC had nationwide increased sharply, so the board of directors was split into a central board of directors and a local division "Amsterdam", under the supervision of <mask>. In this quality <mask> became the driving force behind the start of a National Vocational School for Pastry Chefs in Amsterdam, the first of its kind in Europe. In 1924, the National Vocational School for Pastry Chefs, supported by grants, both from the National Government and the Amsterdam Local Council, opened its doors on Quellijnstraat 80. In this purpose-built building, students were not only taught vocationally based skills, but also Dutch and modern languages, bookkeeping, commercial arithmetic, penmanship and design. In its senior forms subjects taught, were: food science, legal knowledge, financial management and business management.The school-building also housed the historical collection of the NADPC, which consisted of literature, cookery books, menus and tools. From 1924 to 1933 <mask> would act as chairman of the school’s board of governors. After the school had moved to its present location on the Wibautstraat 220-222 in 1956, its name was changed into "De Berkhoff", in honour of its chairman. As chairman of the central board of directors of the NADPC (1927–1934), and editor of the trade

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 journal The Pastry Shop (1935–1942), <mask> continued to play an important role in Pâtissiers circles for a long time. His efforts to achieve international cooperation among pâtissiers, were rewarded by his appointments as honorary member of the Belgian and French sister organisations. Royal Honours
 Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau (1933)

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Printed sources, Literature, Articles and Internet-publications. Algemeen Handelsblad (AH) (Amsterdam; national newspaper; 1828–1970), archived from: http://kranten.kb.nl
  Barneveld, D., The old Pastry Shop (De oude banketbakkerij) (Bussum 1968)
  Barneveld, D., `W. Berkhoff Chairman of the Central Board of Directors 1927-1934 (W. <mask>.Voorzitter Hoofdbestuur 1927-1934)´, in: The Pastry Shop: Trade Journal for Pâtissiers (De Banketbakkerij. Vakblad voor Banketbakkers) 00 (ca. 1953), pag. 0
  `<mask>, <mask>´, in: The Dutch Knighthoods. 1900-1936 (De Nederlandsche Ridderorden. 1900-1936) 9 (TDK) (Amsterdam 1937), pag. 565
  <mask>, W.(sam. ), `National Association of Dutch Pastry Chefs 50 Years (Nederlandsche Banketbakkersvereeniging 50 Jaar)´, in: The Pastry Shop: Trade Journal for Pâtissiers (De Banketbakkerij. Vakblad voor Banketbakkers) Jubilee Number (Jubileumuitgave) (1935)
  Het Nieuws van den Dag (HNVDD) (Amsterdam; local/regional newspaper 1870-1923), op website: http://kranten.kb.nl (consulted 1870-1914)
  Het Vaderland (HV) (The Hague; national newspaper; 1869–1945), archived from: http://kranten.kb.nl
  Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (NRC) (Rotterdam; national newspaper;

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 1844–1970), archived from: http://kranten.kb.nl
  Rijgers, G. (sam. ), `National Association of Dutch Pastry Chefs 25 Years (Nederlandsche Banketbakkersvereeniging 25 Jaar)´, in: The Pastry Shop: Trade Journal for Pâtissiers (De Banketbakkerij. Vakblad voor Banketbakkers) Jubilee Number (Jubileumuitgave) (1910)
  `Glorious meals of the past. Visiting an old school Pastry Chef (Van luisterrijke maaltijden die tot het verleden behoren.Bij een bezoek aan een banketbakker uit de oude school)´, in: Libelle 8 (1949), pag 8-9
  Wageningen, E. van, `Berkhoff´s Pastry. Sweet dreams of sugar, cream and chocolate (Banket van bakker Berkhoff. Zoete dromen van suiker, room en chocola)´, in: Our Amsterdam (Ons Amsterdam) (1993), pag. 94-97. Wageningen, E. van, `<mask>´s Pâtisserie and Tearoom 1893-1985 (Berkhoff Patisserie Tearoom 1893-1985)´, archived from: http://www.winkelstories.com/Berkhoff00.html
  Wijers, H., `Mister W. Berkhoff 80 years old (De heer W. Berkhoff 80 jaar)´, in: The Pastry Shop: Trade Journal for Pâtissiers (De Banketbakkerij. Vakblad voor Banketbakkers) 00 (1943), pag. 0
  Wijers, H., `Obituary W. <mask> (In memoriam W. Berkhoff)´, in: The Pastry Shop: Trade Journal for Pâtissiers (De Banketbakkerij.Vakblad voor Banketbakkers) 41 (1953), pag. 1
  Zeijden, A. van der, `History of the wedding cake (Geschiedenis van de bruidstaart)´, in: Tradition (Traditie) 3 (2006), archived from: http://www.albertvanderzeijden.nl/geschiedenis_van_de_bruidstaart_.htm

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<mask> (February 3, 1925 – June 25, 2005) was an American actor. His career lasted more than 55 years in stage, film, television and radio. Among his best-known roles are the meek, nervous, and unpretentious Juror 2 in 12 Angry Men (1957); the benign-seeming gentleman who tries to prevent the Younger family from moving into a whites-only neighbourhood in A Raisin in the Sun (1961); the voice of Piglet in Disney's Winnie the Pooh productions; Vinnie, one of Oscar's poker cronies in the film The Odd Couple (1968); and Emil Peterson, the hen-pecked milquetoast husband on The Bob Newhart Show. Early life
<mask> was born in Platteville, Wisconsin, a son of beer salesman <mask> and his wife Margaret (née Phelan). He was of German and Irish descent. His family moved to Shorewood, Wisconsin in 1930, where he graduated from Shorewood High School in 1943. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served until the end of World War II.Career

After his discharge from the Navy, <mask> began acting in Manhattan, New York City, appearing on the radio comedy The Aldrich Family as Homer Brown. He appeared on early television and played Cadet Alfie Higgins on the 1950s show Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, and he made his film debut in 12 Angry Men (1957), as Juror 2. Most of his roles were playing gentle or nervous individuals, though he appeared as the lawyer J. Noble Daggett in True Grit (1969) and in the original Star Trek episode "Wolf in the Fold" (1967) as Mr. Hengist, a Chief Administrator possessed by the spirit of Jack the Ripper. <mask> was in the original cast of A Raisin in the Sun as housing committee representative Lindner, a role he also played in both the

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 game Kingdom Hearts. Fiedler was also the narrator of several McDonaldland commercials during the 1980s, including when Birdie the Early Bird learns to fly and how the Hamburglar got his stripes. <mask> died of cancer on June 25, 2005, at the age of 80, in Englewood, New Jersey, at the Lillian Booth Actors Home, a residence for retired entertainers sponsored by the Actors' Fund of America. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered on Long Island, New York. Filmography

Lust for Gold (1949) as Barber (uncredited)
12 Angry Men (1957) as Juror 2
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) as Counterman at Hot Dog Stand (uncredited)
Stage Struck (1958) as Adrian
That Kind of Woman (1959) as Eager Soldier (uncredited)
A Raisin in the Sun  (1961) as Karl Lindner
That Touch of Mink (1962) as Mr. Smith
The World of Henry Orient (1964) as Sidney
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) as Rev. Carruthers
Guns of Diablo (1965) as Ives
Girl Happy (1965) as Mr. Penchill
A Fine Madness (1966) as Daniel K. Papp
The Ballad of Josie (1967) as Simpson
Fitzwilly (1967) as Mr. Morton Dunne
The Odd Couple (1968) as Vinnie
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) as Piglet (voice)
Rascal (1969) as Cy Jenkins
True Grit (1969) as Lawyer Daggett
The Great Bank Robbery (1969) as Brother Dismas Ostracorn - Explosives
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970) as Maj. Purvis
Making It (1971) as Ames
The Out of Towners (1971) as conductor on train
Honky (1971)
Skyjacked (1972) as Robert Grandig
Deathmaster (1972) as Pop
Robin Hood (1973) as Father Sexton (voice, uncredited)
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974) as Piglet (voice)
The Fortune (1975) as Photographer
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 as KAOS agent Mr. Hercules (1967, episode "Classification: Dead") and as KAOS agent Felix (1969, episode "Age Before Duty")
Star Trek (1967, episode "Wolf in the Fold") as Administrator Hengist
Bewitched as Fergus F. Finglehoff (1967, episode "Nobody But a Frog Knows How to Live"), Mr. Beams (1969, episode "Marriage Witch's Style"), Silas Bliss Jr. (1969, episodes "Darrin the Warlock" and "Daddy Comes to Visit"), Augustus Sunshine (1970, episode "Turn on That Old Charm"), and Spengler (1971, episode "Three Men and a Witch on a Horse")
Death Valley Days (1968, episode "The Great Diamond Mines") as prospector <mask>lack
The Felony Squad (1968, episode "Man on Fire") as B.G. as Taylor
Mobile One (1975, episode "The Crusader") as Walter James
Phyllis (1975, episode "So Lonely I Could Cry") as Willis Enwright
The Lost Saucer (1975, episode "Land of the Talking Plants") as Chloro Phil
Jigsaw <mask> (1976, episode "The Executioner") as Father Damis
Ark II (1976, episode "The Cryogenic Man") as Norman Funk
Alice as Orville (1976, episode "Vera's Mortician," and 1977, episode "Mel's Happy Burger")
Three's Company (1977, episode "Jack Looks for a Job") as Morris Morris
Switch (1977, episode "Dancer") as Harry Winkler
Tabitha (1977, episode "Arrival of Nancy") as Max
The Rockford Files (1978, episode "The Competitive Edge") as James Bond
Fantasy Island as Mortimer Fox (1978, episode "Trouble, My Lovely/The Common Man") and "Ace" Smith (1978, episode "Carnival/The Vaudevillians")
Quincy, M.E. as Howard Clausen (1978, episode "Matters of Life and Death") and Mr. Weiss (1979, episode "For the Benefit of My Patients")
Vega$ (1979, episode "Demand and Supply") as

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<mask> (; 16 December 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an Iranian artist and a collector of traditional folk art. She is noted for having been one of the most prominent Iranian artists of the contemporary period, and she was the first artist to achieve an artistic practice that weds the geometric patterns and cut-glass mosaic techniques (Āina-kāri) of her Iranian heritage with the rhythms of modern Western geometric abstraction. In 2017, the Monir Museum in Tehran, Iran was opened in her honor. Early life and education
<mask> was born on December 18, 1922, to educated parents in the religious town of Qazvin in north-western Iran. Farmanfarmaian acquired artistic skills early on in childhood, receiving drawing lessons from a tutor and studying postcard depictions of western art. After studying at the University of Tehran at the Faculty of Fine Art in 1944, she then moved to New York City via steamboat, when World War II derailed her plans to study art in Paris. In New York, she studied at Cornell University, at Parsons The New School for Design, where she majored in fashion illustration, and at the Art Students League of New York.Career
As a fashion illustrator, she held various freelance jobs, working with magazines such as Glamour before being hired by the Bonwit Teller department store, where she made the acquaintance of a young Andy Warhol. Additionally, she learned more about art through her trips to museums and through her exposure to the 8th Street Club and New York's avant-garde art scene, becoming friends with artists and contemporaries Louise Nevelson, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, and

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In early 1957, Farmanfarmaian moved back to Iran. Inspired by the resident culture, she discovered "a fascination with tribal and folk artistic tradition" of her country's history, which "led her to rethink the past and conceive a new path for her art." In the following years, she would further develop her Persian inspiration by crafting mirror mosaics and abstract monotypes. Meanwhile her work was featured at the Iran Pavilion in the 1958 Venice Biennale, and holding a number of exhibitions in places such as Tehran University (1963), the Iran-America Society (1973), and the Jacques Kaplan/Mario Ravagnan Gallery (1974). Exile and return to Iran
In 1979, <mask> and her second husband, Abol-Bashar, traveled to New York to visit family.Around the same time, the Islamic Revolution began, and so the Farmanfarmaians found themselves exiled from Iran, an exile that would last for over twenty years. Farmanfarmaian attempted to reconcile her mirror mosaics with the limited resources offered in America, but such lacking materials and comparatively inexperienced workers restricted her work. In the meantime, she placed larger emphasis on other aspects of her art, such as commissions, textile designs, and drawing. Third return to Iran and death
In 1992, Farmanfarmaian returned to Iran and later, in Tehran in 2004, she reaffirmed her place among Iran's art community, gathering both former and new employees to help create her mosaics. She continued to live and work in Tehran until her death. On 20 April 2019 Farmanfarmaian died at her home at the age of 96. Artwork
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 work (a technique known as Āina-kāri), Farmanfarmaian is additionally known for her paintings, drawings, textile designs, and monotypes.Mirror mosaics
Around the 1970s, <mask> visited the Shah Cheragh mosque in Shiraz, Iran. With the shrine's "high-domed hall ... covered in tiny square, triangular, and hexagonal mirrors," similar to many other ancient Iranian mosques, this event acted as a turning point in <mask>'s artistic journey, leading to her interest in mirror mosaic artwork. In her memoir, <mask> described the experience as transformative: "The very space seemed on fire, the lamps blazing in hundreds  of thousands of reflection ... It was a universe unto itself, architecture transformed into performance, all movement and fluid light, all solids fractured and dissolved in brilliance in space, in prayer. I was overwhelmed. "Aided by the Iranian craftsman, Hajji Ostad Mohammad Navid, she created a number of mosaics and exhibition pieces by cutting mirrors and glass paintings into a multitude of shapes, which she would later reform into constructions which evoked aspects of Sufism and Islamic culture. Āina-kāri is the traditional art of cutting mirrors into small pieces and slivers, placing them in decorative shapes over plaster.This form of Iranian reverse glass and mirror mosaics is a craft traditionally passed on from father to son. Farmanfarmaian, however, was the first contemporary artist to reinvent the traditional medium in a contemporary way. By striving to mix Iranian influences and the tradition of mirror artwork with artistic practices outside of strictly Iranian culture, "offering a new way of


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 looking at ancient aesthetic elements of this land using tools that are not limited to a particular geography," Farmanfarmaian was able to express a cyclical conception of spirituality, space, and balance in her mosaics. Personal life
<mask> married Iranian artist Manoucher Yektai in 1950. They divorced in 1953, and in 1957, she returned to Tehran to marry lawyer Abolbashar <mask>. In 1991, Abolbashar died of leukemia. She has two daughters, Nima and Zahra.While living in Iran, <mask> was also an avid collector. She sought out paintings behind glass, traditional tribal jewelry and potteries, and amassed one of the greatest collections of "coffee-house paintings" in the country—commissioned paintings by folk artists as coffee-house, story-telling murals. The vast majority of her works and her collections of folk art were confiscated, sold or destroyed. Exhibitions
<mask>'s work has been publicly exhibited in museums, including: Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (2006 & 2009), Niyavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran (2007), Leighton House Museum (2008),Beirut Exhibition Centre (2011), Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Haus der Kunst, Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Zentrum Paul Klee, Savannah College of Art and Design Museum and more. Her work has been shown in private galleries including, Rose Issa Projects, London; The Third Line, Dubai; New York; Grey Art Gallery, New York University; Galerie Denise Rene, Paris and New York; Lower Belvedere, Vienna; and Ota Fine Art, Tokyo. <mask> participated in the 29th Bienal de São Paulo (2010);

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 the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane (2009); and the Venice Biennale (1958, 1966 and 2009). In 1958 she received the Venice Biennale, Iranian Pavilion (gold medal).Suzanne Cotter curated <mask>'s work for her first large museum retrospective titled 'Infinite Possibility: Mirror Works and Drawings''' which was on display at the Serralves Museum (also known as Fundação de Serralves) in Porto, Portugal (2014-2015) and then the exhibition travelled to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City (2015). This was her first large US museum exhibition. Commissioned installations
Major commissioned installations include work for the Queensland Art Gallery (2009), the Victoria and Albert Museum (2006), the Dag Hammerskjold building, New York (1981) and the Niyavaran Cultural Center (1977–78), as well as acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Collections
<mask>'s work is included in multiple public art collections worldwide, including: Victoria & Albert Museum;  The British Museum;  the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tate Modern, Queensland Art Gallery, and others. In December 2017, the Monir Museum opened in Negarestan Park Gardens in Tehran, Iran, and is dedicated to showcasing <mask>'s works. With a collection of 51 works donated by the artist, the Monir Museum collection is managed by the University of Tehran. In popular culture
<mask> was named as one of the BBC's "100 Women" of 2015.Bibliography
The first monograph on <mask> <mask>

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 <mask>, Mirror Mosaics, was edited by Rose Issa, and published by Nazar, Tehran 2006; Heartaches, edited by Rose Issa, Nazar publishing, Tehran (2007). <mask>'s memoir is titled A Mirror Garden: A Memoir was co-authored by Zara Houshmand (Knopf, 2007). ;; Her work is documented in Iranian Contemporary Art, Barbican  Art Centre, Booth Clibborn, 2001;  Zendegi, 11 Iranian Contemporary Artists, Beirut Exhibition Centre, 2011 the book, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Cosmic Geometry (Damiani Editore & The Third Line, 2011), which features in-depth interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist, and critical essays by Nader Ardalan, Media Farzin and Eleanor Sims, tributes by Farmanfarmaian's friends Etel Adnan, Siah Armajani, caraballo-farman, Golnaz Fathi, Hadi Hazavei, Susan Hefuna, Aziz Isham, Rose Issa, Faryar Javaherian, Abbas Kiarostami, Shirin Neshat, Donna Stein and Frank Stella. She is referenced in an excerpt from The Sense of Unity: The Sufi Tradition in Persian Architecture by Nader Ardalan and Laleh Bakhtiar (1973), and an annotated timeline of <mask>'s life by Negar Azimi. Women in Abstraction, Centre Pompidou, (2021). Film
The film Monir'' (2014) directed by Bahman Kiarostami, is a documentary about <mask>'s life and work. References

External links
 ArtForum magazine interview with Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
 Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian Interview from 2010 with ArtAsiaPacific at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

 Mohammed Afkhami, Sussan Babaie, Venetia Porter, Natasha Morris."Honar: The Afkhami Collection of Modern and Contemporary Iranian Art." Phaidon Press, 2017. .

1922 births
2019

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Themistoklis "<mask>" <mask> (; born 17 September 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the forty second president of AEK Athens, and is considered one of the finest footballers Greece has produced. In his early childhood and teenage years he lived in the city of Alexandroupoli, in the northeast part of Greece. In a sterling career with Ethnikos Alexandroupolis, Apollon Smyrnis, AEK Athens and Atlético Madrid, <mask> earned his reputation as a "born goalscorer", scoring prolifically for club and country. His power, pace and skill on the ball have been widely praised. Club career

AEK Athens
In his teenage years he played for Ethnikos Alexandroupolis, the local team of his hometown. The scouts of several teams had seen his progress from these years, earning him a move to Athens.He made his professional debut at the age of 20 at Apollon Smyrnis, and his performances sparked a bidding war between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, and the striker's childhood favorite AEK Athens. <mask> refused to join Olympiacos and forced his club president to sell him to AEK. At AEK, <mask> linked up with some of the great Greek players of his generation, including Vassilis Tsiartas, Theodoros Zagorakis, Michalis Kapsis, Grigoris Georgatos, Traianos Dellas, Vassilis Lakis. With his new side, <mask> excelled, scoring on his debut against Ionikos. During his time with AEK, <mask> managed to win three Greek cups and the 1996 Super Cup, he was the topscorer in the 1999 Greek league and second scorer in the 2001 UEFA Cup (1 goal behind topscorer Dimitar Berbatov). He is the top scorer for Greek teams in European

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 competitions having scored 26 goals in 51 games. He has scored five goals in a match twice and is the only Greek player to have scored 4 goals in a European match.Having scored a total of 21 goals in the UEFA Cup he is one of the competition's all-time topscorers. At AEK he scored 190 goals in 266 games (including European, cup and domestic league games) making him the fourth highest goalscorer for the club. On 24 March 2002, the International Committee for Fair Play awarded him with the Fair Play Award, an honorary diploma for his conduct in the Greek Cup Final on 8 May 2000, between the teams of AEK Athens and Ionikos, when <mask> informed the referee he had used his hand to score a goal that had been allowed as valid. Atlético Madrid
After quarrelling with owner Makis Psomiadis, later indicted for forgery, and allegedly being assaulted by his bodyguards, <mask> decided the time had come to leave AEK after the 2002–03 season. He asked and left the team in a mutual consent free transfer, although he was already paid for the rest of his contract. Atlético Madrid beat several other clubs to land the striker's coveted signature. Seeing that his number 11 was taken, he wore the number 21 as a tribute to AEK and the Original 21 fan club.<mask>' first months at the Vicente Calderón Stadium were a tremendous success, he scored six goals and formed a fearsome attacking pair with teenage sensation Fernando Torres. However, a series of serious injuries kept him out of the first team for nearly the rest of the season and severely affecting his chances of getting picked for Euro 2004. Although Atletico wanted to keep him to the roster of

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 the team, <mask> decided to retire from professional football. International career
<mask> made his debut for the Greek national football team on 26 April 1995 against Russia. <mask> became the Greek national team's main source of goals. In 1999, however, along with Michalis Kasapis and Ilias Atmatsidis, <mask> retired from the national team, protesting for injustice in the Greek League. Two years later, after the disappointing tenure of coach Vasilis Daniil was brought to an end after disappointing results, he returned to the international fold.In his first game back, <mask> scored in Greece's 2–2 away draw to England during the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. New coach Otto Rehhagel focused his offense around the quick striker and was rewarded with direct qualification to the Greek team to represent Greece at Euro 2004. Even though struggling with injury, Rehhagel nevertheless included him in his Euro 2004 squad. Greece's new strike force, Zisis Vryzas and Angelos Charisteas, played well enough but <mask> still figured consistently in the team, coming off the bench in all three group games before starting against France, and leading Greece to a tremendous shock victory. After that performance, however, <mask> was seriously injured and did not even dress for Greece's last two games. He amassed 54 caps, netting 17 times for the national team and is among the top 6 goalscorers ever for Greece. Chairman of AEK Athens
With AEK struggling in the wake of Psomiadis' corruption and the prospect of relegation to the fourth division looming, <mask> retired at the relatively young age of 31.His next move, supported by all AEK fans, was to

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 establish a consortium of businessmen and purchase AEK on 27 May 2004, as he had always dreamed. Becoming the club's president, <mask> set a goal that he would remove all debts that AEK owed and make them a force in Europe in the space of five years. He and technical director Ilija Ivić, a former teammate, made several clever signings and fought ferociously for the league title, finishing third when many had expected a mid-table performance. In his second year as president, after signing two promising Greece Under-21 players, as well as adding former star Vasilis Lakis, Ukrainian international striker Oleh Venhlinskyi and one time Inter centre back Bruno Cirillo, AEK achieved UEFA Champions League qualification. Apart from the improvement of the economic standards and the athletic performance of AEK, <mask> called upon the league to do more to reduce violence and hooliganism. On 2 November 2008, <mask> decided that he would quit as chairman of AEK after continuously poor results, stating that he had not achieved his goal in the 5 years plan. <mask> said one of his reasons for quitting was that the team didn't sell 30,000 season tickets; he stated "If I had managed to convince the AEK supporters to come to the stadium then I would not be leaving.In my mind we need 30,000 to become a big team". During <mask>'s presidency, AEK had their first wins in Champions' League and the club made about 12,000,000 euros from selling players to other teams (like Kostas Katsouranis, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Dániel Tőzsér, Sotirios Kyrgiakos etc.). Personal life
<mask> was married to a Greek singer Despina Vandi who was also born in Germany

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 and grew up in Greece. They have a daughter named Melina (2004), and a son named Giorgos (2007). A Discovery Channel documentary entitled Europe's Richest People estimated <mask> and Vandi's combined fortune to be in excess of €25 million in 2014.. The couple announced their divorce on 15 July 2021

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each <mask> goal. Honours
AEK Athens
 Greek Cup: 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2001–02
 Greek Super Cup: 1996

Greece
 UEFA European Championship: 2004

Individual
 Greek Young Footballer of the year: 1995
 Greek Footballer of the year: 1997, 1998, 2002
 Greek Super League top scorer: 1999
 Fair Play Diploma for Act of Fair Play: 2002

Records
 He is the second Greek goalscorer in European competitions scoring a total of 26 goals.He is one of the few player who have scored five goals in a single Greek Super League game. He did so in AEK Athens' 6–1 win against Kalamata during the 1996–97 season. He scored Greece's 500th goal on 6 October 2001 in a match against England. References

1973 births
Living people
People from Giessen
People from Alexandroupoli
German people of Greek descent
German expatriates in Spain
Greek footballers
Greece international footballers
Greek expatriate footballers
Greek expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Association football forwards
AEK Athens F.C. players
AEK Athens F.C. chairmen
Atlético Madrid footballers
Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players
Greek football chairmen and investors
La Liga players
UEFA Euro 2004 players
UEFA European Championship-winning players
Super League Greece players
Footballers

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<mask> (born 26 January 1991) is an Italian-American professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian LBA and Euroleague. He also represents the senior Italian national team. He mainly plays at the power forward position, but he has also played at center. <mask> earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2017. Youth career
The Reggio Emilia native started his career with home town side Pallacanestro Reggiana. After an accumulation of injuries <mask> was called up to train with the senior team in October 2004, at only 13. He sat on the bench during a 24 October league game (an age record) though he did not play and returned to the youth teams afterwards.In October 2006 he participated in the Italian leg of the Jordan Classic Camp international tour, regrouping a selection of the thirty most promising under-16 players, with the MVP earning a trip to the American edition of the camp. <mask> was selected as co-MVP, meeting Michael Jordan and going to the U.S. in April 2007. He talked of recruiting interest from American college UCLA during the same period. Professional career

Pallacanestro Reggiana
In August 2007, he signed a five-year professional contract with Pallacanestro Reggiana and started training with the first team. The same year, in October, the 16-year-old debuted in the Italian national second division LegaDue. In May 2008, during the promotion semi-finals against Aurora Basket Jesi, he replaced injured starter Benjamin Ortner and contributed 16 points and 15 rebounds in a losing effort. He finished the season playing an average of 10.6 minutes with 3.4 points and 2.9 rebounds.During the off-season, the 17-year-old participated in the Reebok Eurocamp in Treviso but did not make an impression on observers (albeit playing against older players, sometimes by five years). He also returned to the U.S., attending the Adidas Nations that pitted international teams of promising youngsters. Though he was praised by an observer for his work ethic, it was also noted that

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 his game (and lack of athleticism) was unsuited to the American game. <mask> started the next season in great form, with 12 points and 18 rebounds followed by 24 points in two games, however, on 21 December 2008, Melli suffered a serious knee injury. Scans revealed an anterior cruciate ligament injury on his left knee, requiring surgery and at least five months of rehabilitation though he would be able to continue his career. He returned to action in 2009–10 as a starter; he averaged 10.7 points and 7.1 rebounds in 28 minutes, though he missed the promotion playoffs because of a shoulder injury. Olimpia Milano

2010–11 season
On the radar of strong sides for some time, <mask> joined Armani Jeans Milano, of the elite domestic Serie A and European EuroLeague in July 2010, signing a four-year deal.After struggling to earn minutes, Melli was loaned to fellow Serie A side Scavolini-Siviglia Pesaro in February 2011. A month later he returned to Milan, to take part in the Italian All Star Game where he contributed 12 points for Italy. Melli finished the 2010–11 season with 3.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 16 minutes per game for Pesaro (compared with 9 minutes for Milan previously). 2011–12 season
The next season saw Melli accrue slightly more playing time but despite some highlights, such as a team-high 17 points in a EuroLeague Group G defeat against UNICS Kazan, he finished the regular season with 3.4 points and 2.7 rebounds in 11 minutes per game (Serie A) and  3.8 points and 1.9 rebounds in 9 minutes per game (EuroLeague). He had more impact in the Serie A playoffs, including decisive performances in the semi-final game 3 against former side Pesaro (5 points in 19 minutes and a good defensive performance, with 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block) and then in game 4 of the finals against future champions Montepaschi Siena where he was part of a second-half fightback to win the game, finishing with 11 points and 4 rebounds in 13 minutes. 2012–13 season
In 2012–13, Melli increased his

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 averages to 5.8 points and 4.1 rebounds (Serie A), 4.6 points and 3 rebounds (EuroLeague), and his minutes to respectively 17 and 15 in a season nearly devoid of highlights both personally and for Milan (eliminated in the domestic quarterfinals and the EuroLeague regular season). An exception was his third successive participation in the December Italian league All-Star Game, in which he top-scored along with Milan teammate Alessandro Gentile (18 points), adding a game-best 10 rebounds.During the summer, he worked out with a number of NBA sides, with an observer commenting that he seemed too light physically for the league, he would go undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft. 2013–14 season
2013–14 proved to be <mask>'s breakthrough season, with his good performances becoming more regular as he cemented his place in Milan's starting five. The first of those decisive contributions came in Milan's second EuroLeague game of the season against Žalgiris, where Melli scored a career-high 20 points, adding 9 rebounds and 2 steals in 25 minutes to earn a PIR of 28. During the decisive 74–73 victory against Brose Bamberg in the penultimate group stage game, he defended Wright as he missed the Brose's last shot which allowed Milan to progress to the Top 16. Though he lad less impact further on as Milan reached the EuroLeague quarterfinals, Melli finished with respectable averages of  5.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.9 steals in around 21 minutes in the competition. Domestically, he regularly posted scored in double figures, including a career-high 24 points against Roma, put against more average games he finished with 6.9 points and  4.9 rebounds in a career-high 21 minutes. Discarding the statistics, Melli had crucial contributions during the Serie A playoffs, starting with 18 points in 22 minutes in the first game against Pistoia.After starting the finals series against defending champions Montepaschi Siena with some off-games Melli exploded in the final two games. In the do-or-die game 6, with


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 Milan trailing, he scored two successive three-pointers to regain the lead before adding a steal and a number of decisive rebounds as Milan won the game to earn a game 7 decider. In that game, he contributed 11 points and a career-high 13 rebounds as Milan won to become Italian champions for the first time in 18 years. 2014–15 season
In July 2014, his contract with Milan was extended for another year. The season proved more difficult for both parties, Melli had an unremarkable season (5.3 points and 3.5 rebounds in the EuroLeague, 5.6 and 4.3 in Serie A) as Milan were stopped in the Italian playoff semi-finals in their title defense and stalled in the EuroLeague Top 16. Brose Bamberg

2015–16 season
<mask> moved abroad in July 2015, signing with German side Brose Bamberg for two years. He cited Brose's strong pursuit of his services and their offering him a more important role in the side as motivation for the move abroad, adding that the presence of compatriots Andrea Trinchieri and Daniele Baiesi as head coach and GM respectively would facilitate his adaptation.<mask> was named the MVP of the Month of November of the 2015–16 Euroleague. 2016–17 season
<mask> was named the EuroLeague Round 11 MVP, after scoring 27 points and grabbing 14 rebounds, in a 70–85 away victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv, on 8 December 2016. He was named to the season's All-EuroLeague Second Team. Fenerbahçe İstanbul
On 8 July 2017, <mask> signed a three-year contract with Turkish club Fenerbahçe. In the 2017–18 EuroLeague season, Fenerbahçe made it to the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four, its fourth consecutive Final Four appearance. Eventually, they lost to Real Madrid, by a score of 80–85 in the finals game. In the finals game, <mask> was the finals top scorer, as he scored 28 points, which was the most points scored in a EuroLeague Finals game by a player since 1985.He had a season-best performance in the EuroLeague Finals, scoring 28 points and grabbing 6 rebounds. Over 36 EuroLeague games played in total, he averaged 8.9

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title: Nicolò Melli

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 points, 5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. New Orleans Pelicans (2019–2021)
On 25 July 2019, <mask> signed with the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). On 22 October 2019, <mask> made his debut in NBA, coming off the bench in a 122–130 overtime loss to the Toronto Raptors with fourteen points, five rebounds and two assists. On 12 February 2020, <mask> replaced Deandre Ayton for the World Team in the Rising Stars Challenge. Dallas Mavericks (2021)
He was traded to the Dallas Mavericks on 26 March 2021, alongside JJ Redick in exchange for James Johnson and Wes Iwundu, in addition to a second-round draft-pick. He made his debut three days later, in a 127–106 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder where he recorded six points in twelve minutes.Olimpia Milano (2021–present)
On 9 July 2021, <mask> made his return to Europe by officially signing with his former club Olimpia Milano. National team career

Italian junior national team
Melli played with the Italian Under-16 side at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, averaging 13.1 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2 blocks per game (all three team bests), as he was selected to the tournament's best five. With the U-18's at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, he averaged 9.5 points and 6.4 rebounds per game (the latter a team best). In the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Melli contributed 10.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1 block per game, in nearly 25 minutes played per game, including 23 points and 11 rebounds in the quarterfinal against Montenegro, to help Italy reach the final. He had an off-game against Spain in the semi-final, grabbing 7 rebounds and scoring 9 points, but shooting 2 for 8 from the floor, and committing four fouls, as Italy had to make do with a silver medal. Italian senior national team
<mask> made his full debut (discounting the All-Star Game) for the senior Italian team in August 2011, though he was rarely called up until 2013. After being called up to the Italy squad for EuroBasket 2013,