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<mask> (born 1969) is a visual artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is a photographer and pop surrealist with a background in documentary photography. <mask> creates tableau with a nuanced visual language that places the mundane and everyday in unusual settings to inspire insight into the human condition. She is most known for her series "Fallen Princesses", created in 2007, which depicts humanized Disney Princesses placed in realistic, modern scenarios. The series envisions how the lives of these famous characters would have played out in the real world, and touches on such everyday scourges as poverty, obesity, cancer and pollution. <mask> was awarded the Arte Laguna special prize in 2012. In 2014, <mask> won the grand prize at Prix Virginia; her work was exhibited in Paris, France.Early life and education
<mask> <mask> was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and in 1976 emigrated to Canada. Goldstein studied art history and photography at Langara College in Vancouver, B.C., and completed her studies in 1993. Photography
<mask>'s career in photography started with photojournalism and documentary work (1993–2000), she went on to photograph editorial and commissioned work for magazines and advertising agencies (2000–2009). Her first public exhibition was Images of Gaza (2001), a series of black and white portraits of people living in the West Bank and Gaza. 'Fallen Princesses' (2009)
<mask>'s first large-scale tableau series Fallen Princesses debuted publicly in 2009. The series was exhibited in numerous galleries, at group show at BYU Museum of Art, and in the Musée De La Femme in Quebec, Canada in 2013. The series consists of 10 photographs depicting Disney Princesses and other Fairy Tale characters placed within a modern environment.By embracing the textures and colors created by Walt Disney, which built a multibillion-dollar empire exploiting these fairy tales, the work questions the notion of the idealistic 'Happily Ever After' motif, composed by Disney, and spoon fed to children throughout the world. 'In the Dollhouse' (2012)
In a series of large-format photographic tableaus, <mask> creates a storyline for the Barbie and Ken dolls, using real-life models. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Ken struggles with his sexuality. Using sequential story-telling, <mask> creates a bright, plastic, pop-surrealist narrative. "The series unfolds a tragicomic tale of the perils of being plastic and the potential for salvation through authenticity. Barbie gets the short end of that stick – in <mask>’s telling of her story, she endures psychological dysfunction, an emotional breakdown, a really bad haircut and, ultimately, decapitation. Ken finds his authenticity and finally realizes true happiness".'Gods of Suburbia' (2014)

"Gods of Suburbia is <mask>’s third large-scale project. The work is a visual analysis of religious faith within the context of the modern forces of technology, science and secularism. The series plays with narrative and religious iconography in order to communicate how organized belief has become twisted within a global framework driven by consumerism and greed"

"By constructing a cosmetic reality, one that mirrors our own, Goldstein doesn't evade discussion, but rather creates it. In doing so, Gods and deities, believed to be too sacred for criticism, are personified and whose religious practices contradict their dogma". 'Modern Girl' (2016)
Modern Girl 2016, Inspired by Chinese advertising posters of the 1930s, Modern Girl examines identity, gender roles, diasporic cultures, and consumerism. By re-imagining iconic Chinese advertisements to critique the beauty, health and wellness industries, Modern Girl investigates how traditional gender roles, and individualistic consumer values have constructed and used women's bodies to market and sell products. According to <mask>, the visual source inspiration of 1930's Chinese advertising posters is central in capturing the tensions of past traditions and the push for modernity: "The breaking away from filial tradition in this era saw the emergence of Asian women coming into their individuality," says <mask>."At the same time, modern gender roles and expectations opened the door to exploit the female form for marketing and advertising campaigns." 'Snapshots From The Garden Of Eden' (2017)
Snapshots From The Garden Of Eden (2017), was commissioned by the Contemporary Jewish Museum Of San Francisco for the group exhibit Jewish Folktales Retold: Artist as Maggid; based on 100 Jewish tales, collected and retold by folklorist Howard Schwartz, in the book 'Leaves From The Garden Of Eden'. For this Goldstein photographed a series of 11 large-scale black and white theatrical images, modernized scenes from each of the four primary types of tales: fairy tales, folktales, supernatural tales and mystical tales. The series features rich and ethnically diverse characters, made up of divine royalty, temptresses, supernatural spirits, and Hasidic figures. Goldstein uses dreamscapes and symbolism to explore, and subvert popular traditional Jewish themes like destiny, temptation, justice, wisdom, blind faith and circumstance. Snapshots From The Garden Of Eden is a traveling series, exhibited at the Museo Ebraico, Venice, in 2018, and currently being presented internationally at Jewish museums and centers. 'The 10 Commandments' (2019)
<mask> <mask>'s latest work The 10 Commandments (2019), inspired by the election of Donald Trump in 2016, exposes the deceit, hypocrisy and misogyny displayed within the US body politic.The series seeks to examine the socio-political makeup of America through its political icons, the presidential figures that mark the most notable and controversial chapters in American history. Each tableau features a President portrayed through the prism of their politics, popularity and/or notoriety, further contextualized by a contemporary backdrop, and assigned one of the postulates of the Ten Commandments. These, often humorous, narrative juxtapositions aim to deconstruct the layers of political deceit, exposing latent hypocrisies and challenging the integrity of a system that is supposed to be a model of democracy and social progress. Although most political of her work yet, it aligns with the theme she continues to revisit in her art, one of disillusionment. Modern Girl Curator: Alex Cousens
Group, The Arts Company, Nashville, USA Dollhouse, Fallen Princesses Curator: Langley Burton
Group, Aesthetica Art Prize, Future Now, York Gallery London, England. Princess, Snapshots From The Garden Of Eden Curator: Cherie Federico

2019

Group, Musée de l’Homme, Paris, France. Alimentations: Nourritures/ Cultures/ Natures, The Last Supper, East Vancouver, 2014.Curators: Virginio Gaudenzi, Alexis Amen
Group, Juming Museum, Taipei, Chance and Coincidence, Taiwan. Fallen Princesses Curator: Hung-Chih Wang
Group, Pasinger Fabrik, Yes We Ken, Munich, Germany. In The Dollhouse Curators: Augusta Laar, Stefan-Maria Mittendorf
Solo, Head On Photography Festival, Sydney, Australia. Gods Of Suburbia Curator: Moshe Rosenzveig

2018

Solo, Addis Foto Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Gods Of Suburbia, Curator: Aida Muluneh
Solo, Museo della Padova Ebraica, Padua, Italy. Snapshots From The Garden Of Eden, Curator: Domenico Maria Papa
Solo, Castello Cavour, Turin, Italy. Art Site Festival.Fallen Princesses. Curator: Domenico Maria Papa
Solo,Venice Jewish Museum, Venice, Italy. Snapshots From The Garden Of Eden. Curator: Marcella Ansaldi
Solo, Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy. Gods and Princesses Curator: Opus In Artem
Group, Ian Potter Museum, University of Melbourne, Australia. 'All the better to see you with: Fairytales transformed’ Curator: Samantha Comte

2017

Festival, Lishui Biennial Photography Festival, Lishui Museum, China. Where Does The Future Get Made?Gods Of Suburbia. Curator: James Ramer
Solo, Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Jewish Center, Vancouver, B.C. Snapshots From The Garden Of Eden. Curator: Linda Lando
Group, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, US. Jewish Folktales Retold: Artist as Maggid. Curators: Pierre-François Galpin, Renny Pritikin
Festival, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, Ont. Fallen Princesses.Curator: Belinda Chum Gallery House
Festival, Auckland Festival Of Photography, Auckland, NZ. Gods Of Suburbia Curator: Shahidul Alam
Group, Leaves from the Garden Of Eden: One Hundred Classic Jewish Tales, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco. "Curator: Pierre-François Galpin" → ·issou· ←

2016
 Festival, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu South Korea. Curator: Issack Kim
 Solo, Palazzo Flangini, Venice, Italy. Curator: Galleria Bianca Maria Rizzi
 Solo, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, Arizona. Curator: Tiffany Fairall
 Group, Once Upon in A Fairy Tale, Mart Photography Centre Yekaterinberg, Russia. Curator: Artem Berkovich
 Solo, <mask> <mask>, Modern Girl, Virginie Barrou Planquart, Paris, France.Curator: Virginie Barrou Planquart
 Solo, Gods Of Suburbia, Capture Photo Festival, Vancouver. Curator: Kim Spencer-Nairn
 Group, The Girl Next Door, Haarlem, Holland
 Group, Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, USA
 Solo, Collections, Central Dupon, Paris, France
 Festival, Gods Of Suburbia, Art Souterrain, Montreal, Quebec. Curator: Raymond Cantin
 Solo, In The Dollhouse, Rize Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland. Curator: Immechien Bonnet
 Solo, Gods Of Suburbia, Madison Gallery, CA, USA. Curator: Lorna York

2015
 Festival, Fallen Princesses, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie En Gaspesie, Quebec, Canada. Curator: Claude Goulet. Solo, Fallen Princesses, Playtime Productions and Opiom Gallery- Public Exhibition, Mediathèque, Mouans-Sartoux, France.Curator: Hélène Girault
 Festival, In the Dollhouse, Fotografica Bogota Bianal- Photography Museum Colombia. Museum Director: Gilma Suárez
2014
 Solo, In the Dollhouse and Fallen Princesses, Prix Virginia Overall winner, Paris, France: Jury Curated Organizers: Marie Descourtieux and Sylvia Schildge
 Festival, Fallen Princesses, Rencontres Internationales De La Photographie En Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada Jury Curated: Festival Director, Claude Goulet
 Group, Gods Of Suburbia, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India. Curator: Igor Zanti / Arte Laguna
 Catalogue Inclusion, In The Dollhouse, Musée d'Orsay Paris, France, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Catalogue Curator: Marie-Paule Vial, Director. 2003
 Group, David, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. Curator: Ian McGuffie
2001
 Solo, Images of Gaza, Naamat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel Sidney and Gertrude Gallery, Vancouver, B.C

Personal life
Goldstein lives in East Vancouver with her filmmaker husband, Jonas Quastel. She has two daughters, Jordan and Zoe. References

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2020 The Guardian, The 10 Commandments
DOHO MAGAZINE - The 10 Commandments
The Sydney Morning Herald
Arttribune
KQED
L'Oeil De La Photography
Dina <mask> and Pop Surrealism
China girl: <mask> <mask>'s Satirical Pinups
AI-AP: Profiles
<mask> <mask>, Modern Girls
*Times Of Israel
NERDsociety Interview
In The Dollhouse in Feature Shoot
2013 Moulot, Dora.Le Monde- France
2013 Sarno, Marco. La Repubblica- Italy
2013 Folie-Boivin, Émilie. Le Devoir- Canada
Dark and Twisted Fairy Tales

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<mask> (born September 16, 1983) is an American former professional baseball outfielder / first baseman / designated hitter (DH). He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, and Kansas City Royals. <mask> was a prospect for the Red Sox organization, where he made his MLB debut in 2007. During the 2008 season, he was sent to the Pirates as part of a trade to acquire Jason Bay. <mask> struggled in Pittsburgh, and he played for the Phillies in 2011. <mask> joined the Athletics in 2012, where he became a strong contributor. He was named to appear in the 2014 MLB All-Star Game.After the 2014 season, the Athletics traded him to the Indians. <mask> was then traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 2015. Professional career

Boston Red Sox
<mask> was drafted in the eighth round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft by the Boston Red Sox, out of Loganville High School in Loganville, Georgia. He was an 18-year-old infielder and pitcher when drafted, but transitioned into an outfield role. <mask> climbed up the ladder of minor league ball, starting with the Gulf Coast Red Sox. He then played for the Lowell Spinners, Augusta GreenJackets and Sarasota Red Sox. He spent two years with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in 2005 and 2006, and played for the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox.On August 6, 2007, <mask> was called up to Boston to replace Eric Hinske when Hinske was placed on bereavement leave. He recorded his first major league hit against Scot Shields of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He was optioned back to Triple-A Pawtucket on August 10 to make room for Hinske, who was returning from bereavement leave. On September 1, <mask> was recalled to Boston when major league rosters expanded to 40 players. During the MLB Japan Opening Series 2008 at the Tokyo Dome, <mask> hit his first major league home run. After playing the first two games of the season, <mask> was optioned back to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox on March 26. He was recalled on April 29, and was batting .286 on May 3 when he was diagnosed with appendicitis and brought to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy.Pittsburgh Pirates
On July 31, <mask> was traded along with pitcher Craig Hansen to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three-team deal that sent Manny Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Jason Bay to Boston. <mask> immediately became the team's starting left fielder, replacing the departed Bay. He was later shifted to right field. He batted .222 with a .288 on-base percentage for the Pirates, in 158 at-bats. He was the opening day right fielder for the Pirates in 2009, but with the emergence of Delwyn Young and Garrett Jones he was demoted from that role. He did see time pinch hitting and some starts. He finished 2009 with 20 doubles, four triples, seven home runs, 41 runs batted in, one stolen base, and a .236 average, .304 on-base percentage, and .364 slugging percentage in 385 at-bats.After hitting 3-for-37 in spring training in 2010, and batting .154 in 26 at-bats during the beginning of the season, <mask> was designated for assignment by the Pirates on March 29. He later cleared waivers and was outrighted to AAA (Indianapolis Indians). Philadelphia Phillies
In December 2010, <mask> signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. He spent most of the season in the minor leagues, and was called up to the big league club on September 16 after playing for the AAA Lehigh Valley IronPigs in the International League Championship series. He became a free agent on October 18. He was hitless in six at-bats for the Phillies. Oakland Athletics
On December 1, 2011, <mask> signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics.Playing in Class AAA, <mask> considered retiring from baseball so that he could return to Georgia and work as a firefighter. On June 6, 2012, nine days before <mask> could opt out of his contract, the Athletics promoted <mask> to the major leagues. <mask> struggled in his first five games, but hit five home runs in the next four games. <mask> earned his third career walk-off by hitting a single, allowing Yoenis Céspedes to score, against the New York Yankees on July 20. <mask> again earned another walk-off, this time with a home run, in the bottom of the 10th inning on September 29 against the Seattle Mariners. In 2012, <mask> teamed up with Chris Carter for a first base platoon. He posted a .291/.358/.596 line with 21 home runs, which was third on the team behind Cespedes (23 home runs) and Josh Reddick (32 home runs), in 265 at-bats.On April 30, 2013, Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Barry Enright surrendered a two-run walk-off home run to <mask> in the nineteenth inning. The home run (<mask>' second of the night), which ended the longest game in Athletics history, took place over six and a half hours after the first pitch, which was thrown by the Athletics' Dan Straily 7:05PM PT the previous day. <mask> had an overall good 2013 season hitting .256 with 30 homers and 87 RBI. <mask> had a hot start to the 2014 season with a .265 batting average, 23 home runs, and 71 RBI (only behind A's teammate third baseman Josh Donaldson). In addition to this, <mask> had 3 grand slams through July 24 (one each against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros). Along with several teammates, <mask> represented the Oakland Athletics at the 2014 All-Star Game in Minneapolis. <mask> hit two home runs, one being a two-run no doubter to right field in the top of the first inning, the other a three-run blast to deep center during the top of the sixth in the 2014 American League Wild Card Game against the Kansas City Royals.<mask>'s 5 RBI night set a new record for the Athletics for most RBI's in a single postseason game, but it was not enough to secure victory for the A's as the Royals won 9-8. Cleveland Indians
On December 8, 2014, the Athletics traded <mask> to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Joey Wendle. During the off-season, he had surgery to correct a hip labral tear and gluteal tear, affecting his performance in 2015. As <mask> commented, he had lost torque in his swing. Thus, he "hit fly balls with the same rate, struck out at the same rate, walked at almost the same rate. Those fly balls were not going over the fence, they were caught." He played 94 games with Cleveland, hitting 15 home runs with 50 RBI.St. Louis Cardinals

On July 30, 2015, the Indians traded <mask> to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for minor league pitcher Rob Kaminsky. He collected his first hit with the Cardinals, a single, on August 1 in a 6–2 loss to the Colorado Rockies. His first RBI for the club occurred the next day, also against the Rockies, a game-winning single to score Jason Heyward in the bottom of the ninth inning. He hit his first home run as a Cardinal on August 27 in the top of the fifth against the Arizona Diamondbacks. On September 1, <mask> hit a three-run, walk-off home run against the Washington Nationals at Busch Stadium for an 8–5 win. He combined to hit 19 home runs and 58 RBI with Cleveland and St. Louis in 2015. An arbitration-eligible player prior to the 2016 season, <mask> and the Cardinals agreed to a one-year, $8.25 million contract on January 15, 2016, a raise from $6.5 million.On April 10, he hit his first home run of the season off Williams Pérez of the Atlanta Braves, and the first of his career against Atlanta, thus giving him a home run against all 30 teams. His tenth home run of the season overall, hit against the Milwaukee Brewers on June 1, was his third as a pinch hitter, helping to tie the franchise record for pinch hit home runs in a season as a team with 10, set in 1998. He hit the longest home run in Busch Stadium history in a 4–2 loss to Kansas City on June 30, 2016, which traveled , and to that point, was the second-longest home run of the season in the major leagues. The Cardinals placed <mask> on the DL on July 5 with an ankle sprain, and he returned on August 2. Kansas City Royals
On February 1, 2017, <mask> signed a two-year, $12 million contract with the Kansas City Royals. The contract included a mutual option for the 2019 season. Second stint with the Athletics
On January 29, 2018, <mask>, along with Ryan Buchter, was traded to the Athletics in exchange for Jesse Hahn and Heath Fillmyer.<mask> was designated for assignment on March 4. After his designation, <mask> announced he would retire if he did not find another major league job. He was released two days later. Personal life
<mask> and his wife, Allison, married when he was 20 years old and she was 18. They had their first child, Jayden, in 2010, and their second child, Brody, in 2013. <mask> is a distant cousin of country music singer Alan Jackson. See also

 Boston Red Sox all-time roster
 Cleveland Indians all-time roster
 Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster
 Pittsburgh Pirates all-time roster
 Oakland Athletics all-time roster
 St. Louis Cardinals all-time roster

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title: Louis George Carpenter

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<mask> (March 28, 1861 – September 12, 1935), was a college Professor and later the Dean of Engineering & Physics at Colorado State University formerly known as the Colorado Agricultural College. He was also a mathematician and an irrigation and consulting engineer. Family
<mask> was born on March 28, 1861, the son of <mask> and <mask>. His siblings included two notable brothers, Professor Rolla C<mask> of Cornell University and jurist William L<mask>. He married Mrs. Mary Jane Cliff Merrell (a librarian at Michigan State Agricultural College—now Michigan State University—and the second woman graduate from the college) in 1887 in Michigan. They had a son and daughter before she died in 1921. He remarried in 1922 to Katherine M. Warren.<mask> died in Denver, Colorado on September 12, 1935. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Lake Orion, Oakland County, Michigan. Schooling
<mask> graduated in 1879 from the Michigan State Agricultural College with a Bachelor of Science degree. He studied at Johns Hopkins University from 1879 to 1881 then from 1881 to 1883 he was tutored at the University of Michigan literary department. From 1881 to 1888 he served as an assistant to his brother, Professor Rolla C<mask>, in teaching courses at the Michigan State Agricultural College. In 1883 he was awarded his Masters of Science degree from Michigan State Agricultural College. <mask> began teaching mathematics at Michigan State Agricultural College and did so from 1883 to 1888.<mask> was recruited by President Charles Ingersoll and accepted the chair of the Engineering & Physics Department of the then Colorado Agricultural College. It was there where he began the first organized and systematic college program for irrigation engineering. Those completing such instruction were awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Irrigation Engineering. In addition, <mask> was a strong advocate to expand education opportunities to minorities and women. He helped promote and organize newly accredited degree programs despite opposition from those unwilling to change. <mask> declined the Presidency of that college (later university) in 1891 and several times during his tenure. Despite difficultly to enact change, he was significant in being able to help transform the farm focused college into a university of higher learning.In 1889 he became the director of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station. <mask> was one of the foremost leading experts on irrigation systems. During his life he investigated irrigation systems not only in North America but also in Canada and Europe. This led to his engineering consulting and water law. He became Colorado's State Engineer which he held for several years while still teaching. In 1911, <mask> left academics and established an engineering consulting firm in Denver, Colorado. This covered not only included Irrigation Engineering but consulting on hydraulic construction projects and the problems associated with such projects.He did this traveling around Canada, the United States and Western Europe with his brother running the office until his retirement in 1922. He left many papers to the University and was given an honorary doctorate before his death in 1935. Further work
In 1907, <mask> concluded a report for the British Columbia Irrigation commission to assist them in implementing in engineering the irrigation of southern BC. This led to the eventual development of the BC Ministry of Agriculture eight present watershed and demand areas. Reportedly, he reviewed and edited geological reports from several countries. Books
One example of a book written by <mask> has the title, "On the measurement and division of water" published by the Colorado Agricultural College - Agricultural Experiment Station in Fort Collins, Colorado. This book and other like it show his primary focus on water and irrigation.The artesian wells of Colorado and their relation to irrigation / (Fort Collins, Colo. : State Agricultural College, Agricultural Experiment Station, [1891])
Forests and snow / (Fort Collins, Colo. : Agricultural Experiment Station of the Agricultural College of Colorado, 1901)
The loss of water from reservoirs by seepage and evaporation / by L.G<mask>. (Fort Collins, Colo. : State Agricultural College, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1898)
Losses from canals from filtration or seepage / (Fort Collins, Colo. : State Agricultural College, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1898)
The measurement and division of water / (Fort Collins, Colo. : State Agricultural College, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1890)
Meteorology of 1897, with illustrations / (Fort Collins, Colo. : State Agricultural College, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1898), / by L.G<mask>, also by Robert E. Trimble
On the measurement and division of water / (Fort Collins, Colo. : Agricultural Experiment Station of the Agricultural College of Colorado, 1911)
Seepage or return waters from irrigation / (Fort Collins, Colo. : State Agricultural College, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1896)

Papers
<mask> left his academic papers related to water resources, education, irrigation and outside field work to Colorado State University after he retired in 1922. These papers detail the early work in organizing and stressing the importance of water education in modern societies. His papers also include lantern slides of the Zola Dam in France. And correspondence of queries, students, letters of recommendation and other papers of academic nature.A joint effort of the University Libraries and the Colorado Water Institute created a "Guide to the Papers of <mask><mask>" and covers the years from 1888 to 1919. It resides at the Morgan Library at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Additional papers, legal papers, articles about and newspaper clippings are at the Denver Public Library. This biographical type collection reflect his work as a "Colorado irrigation engineer who specialized in irrigation and water-use practices in the Rocky Mountain region." Awards
For his promotion of education science and engineering which had an impact not only in America, but also Canada, England and France, <mask> was given several honors. In 1895 he was decorated by the French government with the Chevalier du Merite Agricole. In 1900 he was awarded a Gold Medal for his scientific education at the Paris Exposition.By 1900 <mask> was elected a member of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

In 1927, <mask> was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Colorado State University. References

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title: Miranda Hart

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<mask> (born 14 December 1972) is an English actress, comedian and writer. Following drama training at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, <mask> began writing material for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and making appearances in various British sitcoms, including Hyperdrive (2006–2007) and Not Going Out (2006–2009). <mask> reached a wider audience with her self-driven semi-autobiographical BBC sitcom <mask>, which is based on her earlier BBC Radio 2 radio series <mask>'s Joke Shop (2008). The television sitcom ran for three series and several Christmas specials from 2009 to 2015, and earned her three Royal Television Society awards, four British Comedy Awards and four BAFTA nominations. From 2012 to 2015, she appeared as Camilla "Chummy" Fortescue-Cholmondeley-Browne in the BBC drama series Call the Midwife. She made her Hollywood debut in the action comedy film Spy (2015). <mask> has also written four books: Is It Just Me?(2012), a semi-autobiographical book; The Best of Miranda (2014), a compilation of scripts from the TV series; Peggy and Me (2016), a description of her life since owning her titular dog; and <mask>'s Daily Dose of Such Fun! (2017), in partnership with Comic Relief. She embarked on her first stand-up tour, My, What I Call, Live Show, which toured arenas in the UK and Ireland in 2014 and was later released on DVD. In 2017, <mask> presented the Royal Variety Performance in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, making her the first solo female presenter in 105 years. Early life

<mask> was born on 14 December 1972 in Torquay, Devon, the child of Captain <mask> Dyke and Diana Margaret Luce, daughter of Sir William Luce, Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Aden, and sister of Lord Luce. <mask> is from an aristocratic background, but does not consider herself upper class, stating that her aunt and uncle live in a castle that they cannot afford to run. Her father was commanding officer of  when it was sunk during the 1982 Falklands conflict, and he was badly burned trying to escape the stricken warship.She has a younger sister, Alice Louisa <mask>. Education and training

<mask> grew up in Petersfield, Hampshire. She was privately educated at Downe House, near Thatcham, Berkshire, an independent girls' boarding school. She was a classmate and friend of the sports presenter Clare Balding, who was head girl. She attended the University of the West of England, Bristol, graduating with a 2:1 in political science. She then completed a postgraduate course in acting at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts. In 2002, she performed a solo show in Edinburgh, and in 2004 she pitched a comedy show to the BBC.At her read-through for BBC executives, Absolutely Fabulous writer and star Jennifer Saunders was present. Career

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Before her own series was commissioned, <mask> made appearances in various British sitcoms. In Not Going Out she initially appeared as an acupuncturist. However, her performance impressed producers so much that they wrote a regular role for her as Barbara, a sarcastic and clumsy cleaner. She continued to play the part until the production of <mask> in 2009. <mask> earned a British Comedy Award nomination for her role as Teal in two series of the BBC television comedy sci-fi sitcom Hyperdrive, which ran from January 2006 to August 2007. She also appeared in even smaller roles in French & Saunders, My Family and Other Animals, Nighty Night, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar of Dibley as a speed-date programmer, Lead Balloon, William and Mary, Smack the Pony (for which she wrote and performed in a couple of sketches and a number of video diaries), Stupid!, Monday Monday as Tall Karen, and as a minicab driver in the Channel 5 comedy Angelos, which ran for 6 episodes.<mask> is best known for her performance in her self-titled, self-penned and semi-autobiographical sitcom <mask>, which started recording for BBC Two in 2008 and began airing on 9 November 2009. The situation comedy also features Sarah Hadland, Tom Ellis, Patricia Hodge, James Holmes, and Sally Phillips. The series is based on <mask>'s semi-autobiographical writing and followed a television pilot and the BBC Radio 2 comedy <mask>'s Joke Shop. Described as an "old-fashioned" sitcom, it received positive comments from critics and <mask> won the 2009 Royal Television Society award for comedy performance for her role in the first series. A second series was commissioned and filming started in mid-2010. The series began airing on BBC Two and BBC HD on 15 November 2010. A third series began broadcasting from 26 December 2012 on BBC One.Repeats of the show have begun airing on UKTV Gold. She also presented a BBC spoof programme looking back over 2009 called 2009 Unwrapped with <mask>. A similar show looking back over 2010 was also broadcast in December 2010. In 2014, she announced that her sitcom Miranda would come to an end after two final episodes due to air in December 2014. She appeared as guest host of Have I Got News for You in October 2009, December 2010 and again in December 2011. On 27 December, she was a team member on Big Fat Quiz 2011, a quiz about the events of that year presented by Jimmy Carr, appearing alongside David Walliams (team blue). As a fan of the series, <mask> has also appeared twice on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two.On Boxing Day 2011, she appeared in an episode of Bear Grylls' Wild Weekend. She also scaled down one of the Alps with Bear Grylls in a show with him in March 2013. She has appeared on the Graham Norton Show 7 times, on 10 May and 3 December in 2010, 29 April 2011, 19 October 2012, 20 December 2013, 24 October 2014 and 8 May 2015. In January 2013, <mask> appeared on Room 101 along with Reggie Yates and John Craven. In 2012, <mask> began to appear in the BBC One drama Call the Midwife, playing the character of "Camilla 'Chummy' Fortescue-Cholmondeley-Browne". As part of the 60-year Diamond Jubilee celebrations, <mask> co-presented a number of segments at the Diamond Jubilee Concert in 2012. In 2013, <mask> presented a one-off interview show with her hero Bruce Forsyth entitled When <mask> Met Bruce.In December 2013, <mask> appeared in David Walliams' film adaptation of his book Gangsta Granny. She played Linda, Ben's mother. Also in December 2013, she was lined up to star in To Love, Honour and Betray (Till Divorce Do Us Part), the TV version of Kathy Lette's novel. In December 2017, <mask> took part in Celebrity Send To All in the third series of Michael McIntyre's Big Show. In 2017, it was reported that her sitcom <mask> may return for a fourth series, and was said to be in the conception stage. However, in early 2018, <mask> denied the rumours were true, stating that while she had "thought about" it, "that's all." A 10-year anniversary special of <mask>, filmed at the London Palladium in 2019 and described by <mask> as "a party (not a new episode)", aired on BBC One on 1 January 2020.Film
<mask> played a cameo in David Baddiel's feature film The Infidel and appeared in World of Wrestling, a short film by Tim Plester, in which she played "Klondyke Kate", a wrestler billed as "hell in boots." The film was released in late 2007 alongside its companion shorts Blakes Junction 7 and Ant Muzak. <mask> made a cameo appearance as a loan officer in the 2007 comedy film Magicians which featured David Mitchell and Robert Webb, both stars of the long running television series Peep Show. In 2013, 12 in a Box was released, a feature film in which <mask> plays a small role that was originally made in 2007. In 2015, she co-starred in the comedy film Spy, which was filmed on location in Budapest, Hungary. In 2020, <mask> played "harmless chatterbox" Miss Bates in the Jane Austen adaptation film Emma., alongside Anya Taylor-Joy and Bill Nighy. Radio
Her semi-autobiographical series <mask>'s Joke Shop was aired on BBC Radio 2 in 2008 and went on from there to be developed into the television series Miranda.<mask> has also presented comedy specials for the network alongside Jon Holmes. In October 2011 she attracted criticism after co-hosting The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Holmes while Chris Evans was on holiday. The website Digital Spy reported that some listeners were unhappy with the quality of the programme. The BBC issued a statement in response saying, "<mask> is one of the UK's best-loved comedians and BBC Radio 2 felt it appropriate to bring her warmth to its audience for a week. Jon Holmes is a highly experienced presenter from BBC Radio 6 Music [...] BBC Radio 2 appreciates if their presentation wasn't to everyone's liking, but feels it's important to be able to bring new talent to its output and hopes its audience understands the importance of maintaining a breadth of content on the network." Live performances
Avoiding the normal stand-up circuit for more character-based comedy, including an appearance in the Edinburgh and touring show The Sitcom Trials, <mask> has written her own theatre material for the Edinburgh Fringe. Her one-woman shows include <mask> – Throbs, It's All About Me and <mask>'s House Party.She also performed in Alecky Blythe's 2006 play Cruising at the Bush Theatre. She was among the performers at the Diamond Jubilee concert held outside Buckingham Palace on 4 June 2012. <mask> embarked on her first tour in 2014, titled My, What I Call, Live Show, performing in arenas in the UK and Ireland. Tickets went on sale on 17 December 2012. Comic Relief
<mask> was the second contestant to be voted off the third series of Comic Relief does Fame Academy in 2007. Two years later, she appeared in the final sketch from comedy duo French and Saunders, which was broadcast during Red Nose Day 2009. In 2010, she and six other TV celebrities raised over £1 million for the charity Sport Relief cycling from John O'Groats to Land's End.She starred as a judge on both series two and three of Let's Dance for Comic Relief, alongside other guest judges including Kelly Brook, Rufus Hound and Louie Spence in 2010 and 2011. In aid of Comic Relief, a <mask> mini-episode set in the world of Pineapple Dance Studios was broadcast on 18 March as part of Red Nose Day 2011. She took part in a Red Nose Day edition of Celebrity MasterChef in 2011, which she won. <mask> also co-presented Sport Relief 2012, which concluded with her and fellow comedian David Walliams dancing semi-naked to ABBA's "Dancing Queen". She also donated a signed <mask> script to be auctioned in aid of Comic Relief. Stage
It was revealed in February 2017 that <mask> would star as "Miss Hannigan" in the West End production of Annie. Books
<mask> released a book in October 2012 titled Is It Just Me?, featuring stories, anecdotes and life advice delivered in her own style.In January 2013 it was announced that she was writing a second book, called Peggy and Me, which was to be published on 9 October 2014, but was pushed back to 2015 and finally released in October 2016. The Best of Miranda, a compilation of scripts from the TV series <mask>, was published on 23 October 2014. In partnership with Comic Relief, <mask> released a book called <mask>'s Daily Dose of Such Fun! in 2017, which featured something unique for the reader to do each day in the year. Also in 2017, she published The Girl with the Lost Smile, released in October. Personal life
<mask> is a Christian; she once said to fellow theist Victoria Coren Mitchell, "It's scary to say you're pro-God". She lives in Hammersmith, West London.In her early twenties, <mask> had an unsuccessful trial at Queens Park Rangers' women's team; she revealed this during Would I Lie to You. During a special guest exclusive on the BBC Red Button, her first guest was her friend Clare Balding who was head girl in their schooldays. Filmography

Awards and nominations
In 2010, <mask> won the Best Comedy Performance award from the Royal Television Society for her performance in <mask> and was also nominated for best comedy writing. She and Patricia Hodge were both nominated for "Best Comedy Actress" awards at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival 2010. In 2011, she won "Best Comedy Actress" and "People's Choice Award for the King or Queen of Comedy" in the British Comedy Awards 2011, where <mask> also won "Best New British TV Comedy" and was nominated for "Best Sitcom". The same year, she was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Actress in a comedy role and her hit BBC Two sitcom <mask> was nominated for the BAFTA YouTube choice award, the only award voted for by the public. Tours

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<mask> (; born August 29, 1944) is an Israeli retired  who served in the IDF for 35 years until his release with the rank of major general, in 1998. After his release, he volunteers in the social, educational and business fields. Serves as chairman and strategic advisor of several companies in Israel and abroad, and serves as chairman of "Yahad - United for Israel's Soldiers", chairman of the association "After Me!" and chairman of an association that operates drug and alcohol rehab villages. Yair built and heads the Rabin Leadership Program at the IDC Herzliya. Military service
<mask> was born in Kibbutz Ein Hanatziv, grew up in Tel Aviv and attended Ironi D. High School in the city, was a member of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth movement. He enlisted in the IDF in August 1963 as part of the Nahal Gar'in (Core Group).At the end of his basic training, he was sent to his displeasure for a Squadron Commanders Course in Shivta, which he completed as an outstanding Company trainee and even remained as an instructor. At the end of the Officers Academy which he then proceeded to, he returned to serve as a platoon commander at the Squadron Commanders Course and when asked to sign for permanent service, he asked for and even conditioned it on moving to the Paratroopers' Brigade. His request was accepted and he served as a platoon commander and deputy company commander in the Parachuted Nahal Battalion, the 50th Battalion and eight months later was appointed company commander. In the Six Day War, <mask> served as the Hod (Spearhead) company commander who were first to break into the Rafah tensions, at the head of the 50th Battalion which led the Paratroopers' Brigade, under the command of Raful. <mask> fought at the head of his company and managed with his one half-track with ten soldiers on, to break through about a mile and a half into the heart of the compound, fighting hundreds of enemy soldiers. Their progress was halted when the half-track was hit and exploded and three of the ten soldiers killed and the rest wounded; <mask> was severely wounded but fought along his soldiers in the Egyptian soldiers attacking them. His rescue from the battlefield took place many hours later.In 1968, he began his academic studies and chose the psychology track. In 1971, he completed his undergraduate studies and began his master's degree studies. In the same year, he returned to active service and was an instructor in the IDF Officer Candidate School. In this role, he identified the main issue of the Officers Academy and which was a dropout rate of over 50% of the cadets in the school and chose to serve as the Officers Academy psychologist. As the school's psychologist, he invented and developed the system for the sorting and formation of the cadets at the entrance to the academy. At a later stage, his method was transferred to the Paratroopers Brigade and the various patrols. Since then, <mask>'s system has been used as the IDF's sorting system for admission to elite units.In 1972, <mask> returned to the Paratroopers' Brigade and was appointed Deputy Commander of the Parachuted Nahal Battalion until August 1973 when he left for the Inter-Armed College of Command and Staff. In October 1973, with the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, <mask> was a Major ranked student at The Inter-Armed College of Command and Staff. On the morning of Yom Kippur, he was asked by the commander of the Paratroopers Brigade to go back to the 50th Battalion, whose soldiers were manning the border outposts, in the southern half of the Golan Heights. <mask> was sent to serve as a Deputy Commander of the 50th Battalion. The battalion commander was wounded in a parachute training two weeks earlier, and Menachem Zatursky the Deputy Commander took his place. <mask> arrived at the battalion headquarters at El Al, under the heavy Syrian shelling that opened the war. There it became clear to him that the connection with Zatursky and the operations officer who had both gone out into the field had been lost.<mask> took command of the battalion. The battalion took part in the difficult containment battle against the Syrian offensive in the southern Golan Heights. Already on the evening of Yom Kippur, the southern sector was left without tanks in the face of the Syrian division's attack. At dawn the next day - Sunday, after the Syrians occupied Tel Saki and Ramat Magshimim and reached a range of  from the battalion's headquarters, <mask> was ordered to retreat with all the fighters at headquarters to the Sea of Galilee. <mask>, orders his soldiers to retreat towards Ein Gev, while he decides to be left alone, at his observation post, located near the front line, watching the Syrian division preparing to resume its attack south-ways. <mask> kept in touch with his fighters trapped in outposts inside the territory occupied by the Syrians. When the first reserve tanks arrived in the sector, Yair positioned them to stop the Syrian attack, which reached up to 700 meters from its position and was stopped.The next day, <mask> led the second rescue attempt of the Tel Saki and post 116 fighters, and managed to reach the besieged and wounded and rescue them. <mask> was able to recover the battalion that was badly damaged, with the help of his demand from the IDF High Command to allow the battalion to return and participate in the fighting. <mask> crossed the Suez Canal and led at the head of his battalion the advance of the three armoured brigades of the Baran Division, against the Egyptian commando and outposts in the agricultural buffer zone along the freshwater canal and lakes. The battalion fought for more than a hundred miles, as far as the outskirts of the city of Suez. <mask> was careful to make use of the battalion's advantages and conducted all the fighting in the Egyptian complexes along the tens of kilometres in infantry fighting, which surprised the Egyptians who waited for Israeli tanks with anti-tank missiles. In all the long days of fighting on the other side of the Suez Canal not one of the battalion's soldiers was killed. In 1975, <mask> was appointed commander of the Company Commanders Course and was sent to the United States to attend a one-year Command and Staff course of the United States Army.Upon his return from the United States, <mask> was promoted to the rank of colonel and served as head of Combat Theory at the Infantry and Paratroopers Chief Division. In Operation Litani, Yair commanded a combined brigade battle team of two radar school battalions: the 906th and 17th Battalions and the 53rd Armoured Battalion, under the Infantry and Paratroopers Chief Division, Brigadier General Uri Simchoni. The forces, under <mask>'s command, conquered Tel Chalaaboun, Tel 850 and junction Chaff - al Hawa, killing 55 terrorists. Then, Yair founded the Anti-Missile Brigade, "Hazi HaEsh" Division, and was appointed commander of the Officers Academy. In 1981, <mask> was appointed commander of the Paratroopers Brigade. That same year, as the Paratrooper Brigade Commander, Yair led two raid operations deep in Lebanon, in response to artillery fire between the PLO and the IDF. Yair commanded Operation "Zilzal" More than  deep in Lebanon.In this operation, <mask>'s force had one man killed and seven wounded, and under heavy fire coming from all the hills and buildings around, Yair managed to rescue the force with the help of two Yasur helicopters, which returned to Israel with bullet holes all around. In the first Lebanon War, <mask> served as the Paratrooper Brigade Commander as well. In accordance with <mask>'s proposal, the Paratroopers' Brigade made a vertical flank - an amphibious landing from the sea north of Sidon in the depths of Lebanon, about  from the border, the brigade continued to lead IDF forces to the suburbs of Beirut. During the first three days, the brigade advanced and fought, detached from the rest of the IDF forces, moving from the direction of the Israeli border up north. The choice of the mountain axis -  long, made in light of the joining to the Armoured corps forces, was supposed to delay the brigade's forces, compared to the advanced IDF forces on the short coastal axis, only  towards Beirut. However, in test of time, Yair's decision was correct, and the Paratroopers were indeed the first force to arrive to Beirut and to join the Christian forces on the Beirut - Damascus axis. During the battles, <mask> was lightly wounded.After the Sabra and Shatila massacre, Performed by the Christian phalanxes, <mask> entered the refugee camp at the head of a group of soldiers to reassure its terrified residents. Following the distress among his fighters, who witnessed Sabra and Shatila events, <mask> demanded to meet with Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and instead met with Defense Minister Arik Sharon. <mask> demanded that he take responsibility for what happened in Beirut, so that the blame would not fall on IDF fighters. After the war, <mask> was appointed Division Commander, and he built and established the Airborne 98th Division. After converting to the Armoury Core, he commanded an armoured division in reserve, the "Pillar of Fire" Division and a Battalion Commander's course. During this time he returned to the academy in order to complete his master's degree in psychology at Bar-Ilan University, while studying for an MBA at Tel Aviv University. In 1987, before graduating, he was called to the post of commander of the Lebanese sector, Division 91, when the IDF was inside Lebanese territory.In this position, <mask> made a significant change in the planning of operations and activities in the sector, where instead of the initiative and planning of operations being carried out at the command and division level and from there to the battalions and companies, <mask> decided that the commanders in the field would be the ones to initiate and plan the activities. This change has doubled the amount of activities and operations and streamlined them. Under his command, the division carried out about eighty operations and raids across the border. In 1988, <mask> was promoted to the rank of major general and was appointed commander of the Northern Corps, which commanded five divisions whose mission was fighting on the Syrian front. In 1992, <mask> was appointed head of the Manpower Directorate at the General Staff of the IDF. Immediately upon taking office, he made a fundamental change in the method of recruitment to the IDF each candidate for recruitment will go through the selection system, fulfil his preferences and wishes and according to this will be assigned to the various units even before his enlistment. This significant change resulted in the shortening of the recruitment process to one day instead of 4–5 days, allowing the start of basic training within one day and over 85% of the recruits were placed according to their first or second preferences.He also made changes to improve the service conditions of the permanent servants and established the "Hever" club which was the first consumer club in the country. As part of his role, he chaired the committee, alongside Professor Asa Kasher, who worked for three years to compile and write the Code of Ethics for the IDF - an "IDF Spirit" document. In 1990, he published a book, Etty from Lebanon, about the paratroopers' fighting in the 1982 Lebanon War. In 1995, when he was about to be released, he was asked by Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin to serve as an IDF attaché in Washington, during the period of contacts and talks on an agreement with the Syrians, and served there for about three years. After military service
In 1998, <mask> was released and became involved in social and educational activities, he serves as chairman, on a purely voluntary basis, of a number of associations that operate in these areas. <mask> serves as chairman of the organisation that operates rehab facilities from drugs and alcohol in Ilanot and Hartuv, he is the chairman "After Me!" - Youth Leads a Change, a social educational movement which prepares thousands of youth and young people from the geographical and social periphery for significant service in the IDF and leadership positions in the community.Since 1982, while still in active service, <mask> helped establish and promote the "Association for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa" in the most difficult area of mixed Jaffa, and he continues this activity to this day. <mask>, served for seven years as chairman of the board of directors of Hadassah Youth. Today, <mask> is the chairman of "Yahad - United for Israel's Soldiers" after merging the Association for the Welfare of Israel's Soldiers and the LIBI Foundation into one organisation, in 2015. Upon taking office, he made a number of significant changes, first and foremost stating that 100% of all donations will go to the soldiers. He stated that the soldier at the center is the organisations primary goal, the organisation's expenses were significantly reduced and the number of volunteers for the organisation increased. Since 2009, he has been leading a unique leadership program - the Rabin Program at the IDC Herzliya. The program is unique in academia, bringing together outstanding students from the various schools of the Interdisciplinary Centre, for an annual program.The course, taught by <mask> himself, is called "Practical Leadership," which expresses the unique concept of leadership that <mask> developed about 40 years ago and which he teaches in the IDF and various civilian bodies. It combines various lectures and practical experience of students, initiating and establishing social projects. In parallel with his volunteer activities in the various associations, <mask> works and is active in the business field. <mask> served and still is chairman and a strategic consultant to companies and business ventures in various fields. Among other things, the infrastructure company that built the Krayot bypass highway, Yagur Junction and the Jezreel Valley Railway, the Supergum company, high-tech companies, agricultural development, building ventures and other companies. Since 2003, he serves as a strategic advisor to one of the largest law firms in the United States with the help of a team of experts he has assembled. <mask>, holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Bar-Ilan University.In 2009, joined the faculty of the School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at IDC Herzliya. Public Committees

 The head of the committee, along with Professor Asa Kasher, for writing the code of ethics “IDF spirit”. The Committee for the Investigation of the Events of Joseph's Tomb in Nablus. Committee for the Investigation of the Events of Mount Ebal - 2000
 Committee for Determining Eligibility for Compensation for Captive Persons - 2001
 Committee for the Study of Combat and the Production of Lessons and Conclusions in the 91st Division, during the Second Lebanon War - 2006
 The Committee for the Examination of the Behavior of IDF Commanders in the Second Lebanon War, based on IDF values. Personal life
<mask> lives in Hod Hasharon, is married to Edna, a father of four children and a grandfather of 13 grandchildren. In 1990, he lost his daughter, Captain Shlomit <mask>, who was the operations officer of the 113 Apache Squadron and was killed in a plane crash with four of her fellow pilots. References

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<mask> (December 24, 1932 – February 20, 1992) was a college football player and coach at the University of Iowa. He was also a high school football coach for 24 years in the state of Ohio. Early life and playing career
<mask> was born on Christmas Eve at the height of the Great Depression. He grew up in Ohio and played high school football at Youngstown's East High School. After graduating from high school in 1952, he enrolled at the University of Iowa. Commings spent his first two years at Iowa, lettering as a sophomore in 1953. That season, Coach Forest Evashevski's Hawkeyes finished the year ranked ninth in the nation in the final AP Poll.With the Korean War raging abroad, Commings signed up with the Marine Corps, serving for two years before returning to Iowa. He played his junior season in 1956 on the offensive and defensive lines. That Iowa team won the Big Ten Conference title, and Commings started in the 1957 Rose Bowl for the Hawkeyes, helping Iowa to a 35–19 victory. As a senior in 1957, Commings helped Iowa to a 7–1–1 record and a number six ranking in the final AP Poll. He was good friends with fellow lineman Alex Karras, who later had success as a professional athlete and actor. Though Karras won the 1957 Outland Trophy, it was <mask> at the end of the year that was voted as Iowa's 1957 MVP. In his three years at Iowa, Commings helped the Hawkeyes to a 21–5–1 record, and Iowa finished the year ranked in the top ten of the AP poll in each of his three years as a Hawkeye player.Early coaching career
<mask> was an assistant coach at Iowa for two seasons in 1958 and 1959 before leaving to become a high school coach in Ohio. He coached Struthers High School in Struthers, Ohio, for seven seasons from 1962–1968, compiling a 50–16–4 record. Commings then took over at Massillon Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio. In five seasons from 1969–1973, <mask>' teams had a combined 43–6–2 record. His 1970 Massillon team had an undefeated 10–0 record, outscoring their opponents 412–29 and winning a state poll championship. His 1971 team lost two games by one point each but outscored their other eight opponents 287–18. His 1972 team took a 10–0 record to the first Ohio state playoffs before losing.His 1973 team was unbeaten before dropping its season finale to archrival Canton McKinley. The 21–0 loss to the Bulldogs was his worst loss in five years at Massillon. Iowa coaching career
In 1974, Iowa football was in the midst of an extended slump, having not had a winning season since 1961. The school had just fired their previous coach, Frank Lauterbur, for having a 4–28–1 record over three years, and Iowa was gaining a reputation as a coaching graveyard, and many wondered if any coach could win at Iowa. Commings let it be known that he wanted the job badly, and he even came to Iowa to campaign for it. At one of these rallies, Commings told reporters, "I feel I can win at Iowa. Obviously, it's going to take football players, but I don't feel anybody has a better rapport with the high school players than me.We have always had a very sophisticated football program at Massillon. My coaching staff (nine men) is larger than at most colleges." Commings appealed to Iowa fans, because he had a Hawkeye background as a player and assistant coach during the Rose Bowl years. Though he had never coached at the college level, he had had tremendous success coaching high school football in Ohio, a state known as a hotbed for football talent. Finally, his enthusiasm for the job was evident. Commings stated that the Iowa job was the only college job he would ever want, and he offered to work with a one-year contract if necessary. If he did not deliver on his promise to win at Iowa, he could be let go after just one year.Commings said, "All I want is the job. If they had told me I had to pick corn in the off-season to get the job, I'd have done it." Iowa athletic director Bump Elliott took <mask> up on his challenge, making him the 23rd head coach in the history of Iowa football by signing him to a one-year contract for the 1974 season. He was the third Iowa graduate to take the reins as Iowa's head football coach, joining John G. Griffith in 1909 and Leonard Raffensperger in 1950–1951. Unfortunately, Iowa was riding a school-record 11 game losing streak, and Iowa's first four games in 1974 were against teams ranked in the top 20 of the AP Poll. After a road loss at Michigan, <mask> coached his first home game in Iowa City against #12 UCLA. He told his team, a two touchdown underdog, before the game, "You are unique.In addition to being ridiculed for last season, you have the nation's toughest schedule. Now you have a chance to show people all over America what desire and determination can prove. It may be that you are the chosen children." The Hawkeyes shocked the country, and most of its fans, by pulling a 21–10 upset. Iowa fans sported "Chosen Children" badges, and Commings' contract was extended to three years. The Hawks also defeated Northwestern to snap a nine game conference losing streak in 1974 and ended the year with a 3–8 record. Iowa had another 3–8 record in 1975, but three of the losses were by four points or less.The Hawkeyes were competitive again, and <mask>' contract was extended through 1979. In 1976, the Hawkeyes, nicknamed the "Wild Bunch", stunned Penn State, the number 11 ranked team in the nation, in Happy Valley for Iowa's first non-conference road win in 11 years. Iowa finished the 1976 season with a 5–6 record, agonizingly close to a winning record. The 1977 season was highlighted by Iowa's first game with Iowa State in 34 years. The first meeting between the two schools after such a long suspension in the series was met with great anticipation across the state. Seemingly, the only person unexcited about the game was <mask>, who said, "I'd rather be playing Utah." Before the game, Iowa State coach Earle Bruce had Iowa State change into special jerseys emblazoned with the phrase "Beat Iowa" across the chest above the numbers.Iowa defeated the Cyclones, 12–10, in a defensive struggle. Although Commings was not a big fan of the rivalry, that win probably earned him another year after a disappointing season in 1977. Iowa had a record of 4–7, although some sources note that UCLA was forced to forfeit their win against Iowa due to an ineligible player and list Iowa's record that season as 5–6. Whether it was 4–7 or 5–6, the fact remained that Iowa had posted its 16th consecutive non-winning season, which was now the longest streak in the nation. The feeling among fans seemed to be that <mask>, in his fifth year, needed to deliver a winning season in 1978. Iowa's starting quarterback in 1978 was <mask>, Jr. He performed well, but the team did not.After winning the opening game, the 1978 Hawkeyes lost their next eight games and ended the year with a 2–9 record. <mask>, who had one year left on his contract, said that he thought the school had a "moral and legal" obligation to allow him to coach in 1979. Bump Elliott disagreed, and <mask> was relieved of his duties after the 1978 season. <mask> had accepted the Iowa football head coaching job with glee. Later, he admitted, "It's a tougher job than I figured. No one outside of coaching has a concept of what it takes. I guess the answer still is that it takes time.There are so many things involved." His Iowa ties and the fact that he considered the Hawkeye coaching position as his dream job made his firing especially painful. But while he delivered several shocking wins, the overall record was poor. Commings was the tenth man to coach Iowa for at least five years, and his record of 17–38 was the poorest among the ten. Commings was replaced by Hayden Fry, who would coach the Hawkeyes for 20 years and have the most wins of any coach in Iowa football history. Return to high school ranks
Commings turned down an offer from the university to take another job within the athletic department. He remained in Iowa City for several months as a representative of an insurance agency.During the 1979 season, he was a color commentator for Iowa football games. But coaching was always in his blood. In 1980, <mask> took a job at GlenOak High School in Canton, Ohio. He coached there for 12 seasons, compiling a 76–44–1 record. <mask> was diagnosed with cancer in 1991 and turned his football team over to his son, <mask>, Jr. He died within six months, survived by his wife, Sharon, and another son, Don. In 24 seasons as a high school coach in Ohio, Commings had a 169–66–7 record.Head coaching record

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title: Susan Archer Weiss

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<mask> (, Talley; February 14, 1822 – April 7, 1917) was an American poet, author and artist. Losing her hearing as a child, she rarely mingled in society beyond a select circle of friends, finding her happiness in her home. Her life was essentially that of a poet, though she also painted. In September 1859, a collection of her poems was issued by Rudd & Carlton, of New York City. Her name was included among those of young writers in American Female Poets, Sarah Josepha Hale's Woman's Record, and other similar works. <mask> was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe. She died in 1917.Early life and education
<mask> Talley was born in Hanover County, Virginia, February 14, 1822, on the plantation of her paternal grandfather. She was descended from a French Huguenot who, escaping the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, fled to the United States, and settled in Virginia. This grandfather served in Lee's Legion of the American Revolutionary War. Her father studied law under Judge Robert Taylor of Norfolk, Virginia. Her mother was a daughter of Captain <mask>, of one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Norfolk. <mask> passed her first eight years on the plantation, after which, the family moved to Richmond, Virginia, when on account of ill health, her father had resigned the practice of his profession, and retired. It was in Richmond that she entered school.Though of an exceedingly happy temperament, <mask> rarely mingled with other children, but would spend most of her time in reading, study, or in wandering amid the woods and meadows that surrounded her father's residence. At nine years of age, she suddenly and entirely lost her hearing due to scarlet fever, making it necessary to remove her from school. She had been quick at learning, and in the brief period of her school life, had advanced rapidly, so that the slight knowledge thus acquired served as a foundation for her future self-education. When she was ten years old, she developed a talent for drawing, which her father took pains to cultivate. Her crayon drawings, many of them original in design, and especially her miniature portraits, were remarkable for their execution and finish. She exhibited equal skill in watercolors and oil painting. At the age of eleven, by accident, some of her verses were read by her father.He showed them to Benjamin Blake Minor, editor of the Southern Literary Messenger, who published them in his magazine, where, in a few years, her contributions attracted much attention. It may be said that from the time when she left school till she was sixteen, her life was passed in the solitude of her home, where she seemed to derive from books a constant and ever-increasing enjoyment. It was not until she was in her fifteenth year that the nature and force of her talents were noticed by her most intimate associates. She became interested in the work of her cousin, the sculptor, Alexander Gait (1827- 1863), and spent many hours in his studio. One day he gave her a small block of plaster, out of which, without assistance or model, she cut with a pen-knife a female head so plainly the work of genius that Gait took it with him to Italy, where it was seen by Thomas Crawford and Horatio Greenough, who were enthusiastic in their desire that she should devote herself to sculpture, but her father's death hindered her from doing so. Career
After <mask>' family removed from Richmond to a suburban residence, she became absorbed in her pictures and her writing and in the society of a choice circle of friends, where she led a happy life. In 1859, she had a volume of her poems printed in a small edition and distributed among editors and critics, by whom it was received with flattering notice, but the commencement of the Civil War, interfering with literary enterprises, prevented the publishing of a second edition in those years.During the war, she was deprived of her home, which had been converted into a fortification for the defense of the city. She thus became, for some time, a resident between the two opposing armies. During the Civil War, she was accused by the National authorities of being a spy, and was arrested and imprisoned at Fort McHenry, Baltimore. While there, in 1863, she married Col. von <mask> (d. 1869), a German officer, of the Union army, with whom she, for some years, resided in New York City. The marriage proved an unhappy one, and she was compelled to sue for divorce and possession of their only child. As she declined to accept alimony, and had been by the war deprived of nearly all her property, she decided to support herself and child by writing prose and stories. She contributed to New York City newspapers, to Harper's, Scribner's, and other magazines, until she developed a painful affliction of the eyes, which for some years incapacitated her from writing.In later years, she resided with her son, in Richmond, Virginia. <mask> died April 7, 1917. Style
What is most noticeable in <mask>' poems is their rhythmical harmony. The only instance in literary history in which so melodious a versification was attained under similar circumstances was that of James M. Nack, the deaf poet of New York, whose writings were published several years earlier by Prosper Montgomery Wetmore. There was not in Nack's poems, however, any single composition that could be compared with "Ennerslie", in grace, or variety of cadences. It was said that this poem, without being an imitation, would remind the reader of one of the finest productions of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Selected works

 The home life of Poe
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 The battle of Manassas
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 Lady Claire
 Past and Present
 The Soul's Creed
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title: Fred Roti

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<mask> (December 18, 1920 – September 20, 1999) was an American Democratic politician from Chicago, Illinois. He was a state senator for six years, and an alderman for 24 years. He was a loyal member of the "Machine" established by Mayor Richard J. Daley, and widely believed to be an associate of the Mafia. In 1993, he was convicted in Federal court of 11 criminal counts, and was sent to prison. Background
<mask> was born in an apartment in Chinatown. <mask>'s father, <mask>, Sr., known as "Bruno the Bomber", was a henchman of Al Capone, was arrested twice in murder investigations, and was the first capo of what became the 26th Street/Chinatown "crew" of the Chicago Outfit. He owned a grocery store on the 2100 block of S. Wentworth Avenue, less than six blocks away from Capone's headquarters, the Lexington Hotel, at 2135 S. Michigan Avenue.<mask>'s start in city government was modest: he shoveled asphalt on a city paving crew. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as a machine-gunner on a boat in Europe. On his return to Chicago, Roti became active in the Democratic Party, serving as a precinct captain, and held a succession of mundane city and county jobs. The diminutive <mask> was nicknamed "Peanuts" because of his size and called "<mask>" by his friends. <mask> was also the brother-in-law of Frank "Skids" Caruso, <mask>, Sr.'s successor as capo. Illinois State Senator (1951–1957)
In 1950, <mask> was tapped by the Democratic Party organization to run for Illinois state senator from the 1st District. At the time of his slating by the 1st Ward Democrats, Roti was described as "a state revenue department investigator and precinct captain."<mask> faced nominal Republican opposition in the election on November 7, 1950. He won easily, and served from 1951 to 1957. In the state legislature, <mask> was a member of a bipartisan bloc of West Side lawmakers linked with organized crime, known as "The West Side Bloc." He was a consistent opponent of anti-crime bills. In 1956, the state legislature was redistricted, and <mask>'s district was broken up. Roti retired from the legislature in 1957, returned to precinct work, and took a patronage job as a drain inspector with the city Department of Water and Sewers. Chicago alderman (1968-1993)
In 1968, <mask> was tapped by the Democrats to replace 1st Ward Alderman Donald Parillo, who had resigned.Roti won the special election of 11 June. <mask> was re-elected with little opposition to a full term in 1971, and again in 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991. He became Chairman of the Buildings Committee. The "literary club": "Booth One" at Counsellor's Row
Roti's 1st Ward in Chicago was unique in that it included most of downtown Chicago, the "Chicago Loop", and City Hall. <mask> was thus unique in having his ward office and political office directly across the street from his offices in City Hall. However, Roti's favorite location for political business was "Counsellor's Row", a restaurant also across LaSalle Street from City Hall, very popular with politicians. Roti usually occupied "Booth One" with his cronies, who included several aldermen, ward committeemen, state legislators, and other prominent Democrats.The group was nicknamed "the literary club". In 1988, a busboy discovered a secret FBI video camera monitoring Booth One. Indictment and conviction
In 1990, Federal prosecutors indicted Roti and four other Chicago Democrats for numerous acts of corruption, including racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, bribery, and extortion. The charges were based on evidence including recordings from "Booth One". On January 15, 1993, <mask> was found guilty. He was convicted on 11 counts, including two out of three "fixing" charges: taking $10,000 for influencing a civil court case and $7,500 to support a routine zoning change, both in 1989. But he was acquitted of the most serious allegation, sharing $72,500 for fixing a Chinatown murder trial in 1981.Roti was sentenced to four years incarceration and served three years in a minimum-security prison in Oxford, Wisconsin followed by six months in a work-release program with The Salvation Army. "Made man"
In 1983, former FBI agent William Roemer told the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that "informants continue to advise through the years {that} former 1st Ward alderman John D'Arco and Roti were the front men for businessman Pat Marcy and for the mob." Roti was identified as a member of La Cosa Nostra in the 1991 Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States. On August 11, 1999, in a civil racketeering complaint against the Chicago Laborers District Council (CLDC), the Justice Department described Roti:<mask>i was convicted of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) conspiracy, bribery, and extortion regarding the fixing of criminal cases in the Circuit Court of Cook County, including murder cases involving organized crime members or associates and was sentenced to 48 months' imprisonment. Roti was released from prison in 1997. As First Ward alderman, Roti was a key political patronage boss and, along with his co‑defendant Pat Marcy, a fixer for the Chicago Outfit. Roti has directly participated in interfering with the rights of the members of Laborers' International Union of North America in the selection of their officers and officials in that he has improperly influenced the selection of officers of the CLDC and has been responsible for the pervasive hiring of mobster Angelo "the Hook" LaPietra's crew members and associates at the Chicago Streets and Sanitation Department.Roti is a "Made Member" of the Chicago Outfit. An ill Roti never commented on the allegations. <mask> died September 20, 1999, at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center from complications from cancer. Legacy
Roti's legacy lives on through the many City of Chicago employees whose hiring he effected. He also led the fight for Chicago's handgun ban in Chicago's City Council. Roti was instrumental in the appointment of William Hanhardt as Chief of Detectives of the Chicago Police Department. Hanhardt was the Chicago Outfit's main plant, was convicted in 2001 of masterminding multi-million-dollar jewelry thefts, and served 10 years in prison.See also
List of Chicago aldermen since 1923

References

External links
 Illinois House of Representatives, 91st General Assembly, House Resolution HR0425, Roti memorial resolution
 The Roti Family special section, Chicago Sun-Times
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title: Maor Farid

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Dr. <mask> (; born April 20, 1992) is an Israeli scientist, engineer and artificial intelligence researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, social activist, and author. He is the founder and CEO of Learn to Succeed () for empowering of youths from the Israeli socio-economic periphery and youths at risk, a regional manager of the Israeli center of ScienceAbroad at MIT, and an activist in the American Technion Society. He is an alumnus of Unit 8200, and a fellow of Fulbright Program and the Israel Scholarship Educational Foundation [he]. Dr. <mask> was elected to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list of 2019, and won the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism. Early life
Maor was born in Ness Ziona, a city in central Israel, as the eldest son for parents from immigrating families of Mizrahi Jews from Iraq and Libya. His parents, who have not obtained high school education, had to work in multiple jobs in parallel in order to allow Maor and his siblings to gain a formal education. Maor suffered from severe diagnosed Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from a young age, and was classified as a problematic and violent student.His ADHD issues were diagnosed only after he began his university studies. However, inspired by his parents’ background, he aspired to excel at school for a better future for his family. During elementary school, Maor attended local quizzes about Jewish history and Zionism, which significantly shaped his identity and national perspective. <mask> graduated high school with the highest GPA in school. Later he was recruited to the Israel Defense Forces and drafted to the Brakim Program [he] – an excellence program of the Israeli Intelligence Corps for training leading R&D officers for the Israeli military and defense industry. Maor graduated the program with honors and was elected by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and Unit 8200, where he served as an artificial intelligence researcher, officer, and commander. During his Military service, he received various honors and awards, such as the Excellent Scientist Award, given to the top three academics serving in the Israel Defense Forces.In 2019, <mask> completed his military service in the rank of a Captain. Maor was the first member of his family to graduate high-school, obtain academic education, and complete full military service. Education and academic career
During serving in Brakim Program, Maor completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Technion in Mechanical Engineering with honors, in four years. Then, he initiated his Ph.D. research as a collaboration with the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) in parallel to his duty military service. The main goals of his Ph.D. research were predicting irreversible effects of major earthquakes on Israel's nuclear facilities, and improving their seismic resistance using energy absorption technologies. The mathematical models developed by <mask> were able to forecast earthquake effects on facilities with major hazard potential, and predicted the failure of liquid storage tanks due to earthquakes took place in Italy (2012) and Mexico (2017). The energy absorption technologies used, increased in up to 90% the seismic resistance abilities of those sensitive facilities.The research results were published in multiple papers in peer-reviewed academic journals and presented in international academic conferences. Later, this research expanded to an official collaboration between the Technion and the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, which aims to implement the findings obtained on existing sensitive systems, and won funding of 1.5 million NIS from the Pazy foundation of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission and the Council for Higher Education. In 2017, <mask> completed his Ph.D. with honors and as the youngest graduate at the Technion for that year, at the age of 24. In the graduation ceremonies, he honored his parents to receive the diplomas on his behalf. At the same year, he served as a lecturer at Ben-Gurion University in an original course he developed as a solution for knowledge gaps he identified in the Israeli defense industry. In 2018, Dr. <mask> served as an artificial intelligence researcher at a Data Science team of Unit 8200, where he developed machine learning-based solutions for military and operational needs. In 2019, <mask> won the Fulbright and the Israel Scholarship Educational Foundation [he] scholarships, and was accepted to post-doctoral position at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he develops real-time methods for predicting earthquake effects using machine learning techniques.In 2020, <mask> was accepted to the Emerging Leaders Program at Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At the same year, he received the excellence research grant of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities for leading his research in collaboration between MIT and the Technion. Social activism
Influenced by childhood experience, Dr. <mask> focused on empowering youths from disadvantaged backgrounds from an early age. Between the years 2010–2015, he served as a mentor of a robotics team from Dimona in FIRST Robotics Competition, a mathematics tutor in ‘Aharai!’ program [he] for high-school students at risk in Dimona and Be'er Sheva, and a mentor and private tutor of adolescence and reserve duty soldiers from disadvantaged backgrounds. In 2010, he initiated “Learn to Succeed” (Hebrew: ללמוד להצליח)  project, for mitigating the social gaps in the Israeli society by empowering youths from the social, economical, and geographical periphery for excellence, self-fulfillment and gaining formal education. In 2018, Learn to succeed became an official non-profit organization. At the same year, <mask> led a crowdfunding project of 150,000 NIS in order to expand the organization to a national scale.In 2019, he published the book “Learn to Succeed”, in which he describes his struggle with ADHD, the violent environment in which he grew up, and the changing process he went through from being a violent teenager to becoming the youngest Ph.D. graduate at the Technion. The book was given to more than two thousand youths at risk and became a top seller in Israel shortly after its publication. Maor dedicated the book to his parents and to the memorial of his friend Captain Tal Nachman who was killed in operational activity during his military service in 2014. The organization consists of hundreds of volunteers, gives full scholarships to STEM students from the periphery who serve as mentors of youths, both Jews and Arabs, from disadvantaged backgrounds, runs an hotline which gives online practical and mental support to hundreds of youths, parents and educators, initiates inspirational activities with military orientation to increase the motivation of its teen-age members for significant military service, and gives inspirational lectures to more than 5,000 youths each year. In 2019, Maor initiated a collaboration with Unit 8200 in which tens of the program’s members are being interviewed to the unit. This opportunity is usually given to students with the highest grades in the matriculate exams in each class. In 2020, Dr. <mask> established the ScienceAbroad center at MIT, aiming to strengthen the connections between Israeli researchers in the institute and the state of Israel.Moreover, he serves as a volunteer in the American Technion Society. Honors and awards

Fulbright Scholarship for post-doctoral studies. Given by the US State Department for distinguished scientific excellence and leadership skills (among 8 winners from all disciplines) (2019). Israel Scholarship Education Foundation (ISEF) [he] postdoctoral fellowship for academic and personal excellence (among two winners from all disciplines) (2019). Moskowitz Prize for Zionism, leadership and social entrepreneurship for the establishment of Learn to Succeed association for empowering of youth at risk from the social, economical and geographical periphery, and mitigating social gaps in the Israeli society (among 2 winners) (2019). Elected on the 30 Under 30 list of Forbes magazine. The list members are considered as game-changers in their field, and expected to be key figures in the future (among 30 winners from all disciplines) (2019).Elected as Brakim Excellent Officer, received the Excellent Commander Award of Unit 8200, and other military honors, for excellence, leadership and distinguished contribution (2019). B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. graduation at the Technion with honors (2010–2017). Personal life
<mask> is married to Michal. They live in the Greater Boston area, Massachusetts. Interviews and articles

 Ilan Leserovich, "The sons of the poor ones", Israel Hayom national daily newspaper, 2018. Avr Gilad and Tali Metz, "Without proper assistance, youths from the periphery have no chance to succeed", TV interview at Ha'Olam Ha'Boker [he] morning show, 2018.Yael Dan, "They don't need your mercy, but only your guidance" radio interview at Galei Tzahal (Army Radio), 2018. Nadav Abekasis, "From a violent youth to the establishment of Learn to Succeed" at Tel-Aviv Radio, 2018. Ofer Noiman, "Giving youths at risk essential tools for success" radio interview at Tel-Aviv Radio, 2019. Yakov Sitruk Dahan, "Learning critical financial skills" at Sheva Journal, 2019. "Empowering the periphery in the Zionism of the 21st century", YouTube video, the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism 2019. "I wish you to change the world" YouTube video Speech on behalf of the Forbes 30 Under 30 list of 2019. Hadas Bashan, Forbes 30 Under 30 – <mask> <mask>, Forbes magazine, 2019.Hadas Bashan, "The economic periphery has a tremendous advantage in the world of research" , Forbes magazine, 2019. Fulbright Program, "Meet a Fulbrighter", an interview for Fulbright magazine, 2019. References

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 Learn to Succeed - the official website

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title: Merlijn Twaalfhoven

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<mask> (born February 14, 1976, Wapserveen) is a Dutch composer. He graduated from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2003. <mask> is internationally active in creating innovative projects and writing new music for orchestras, choirs and chamber music groups. He collaborated with Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Holland Festival, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, the Dutch National Ballet and Springdance festival, among many others. With his non profit organization La Vie Sur Terre he frequently produces large scale projects on location with local artists and musicians, for example in Cyprus, Japan, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, Syria, and Central Europe. <mask> is a member of the  Alpbach Laxenburg Group. He was a speaker about the role of arts in conflict areas at Aspen Institute Washington and Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, CO.In 2014 and 2015, <mask> Twaalfhoven created "Bridging The Divide", a conversation with Tomáš Sedláček and Gloria Benedikt, linking economics and the irrational, positioning artists as agents of change. He was co-founder of Citizen Artist Incubator together with Gloria Benedikt, which was funded by Creative Europe and brought together 30 artists in two editions. The 2016 of Citizen Artist Incubator took place at IIASA. Twaalfhoven was a speaker about the role of arts in conflict areas at Aspen Institute Washington, TEDx Amsterdam, the European Forum on Culture 2013, 2016  and Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A. In 2017 he founded the Turn Club. Artistic vision
For Twaalfhoven, musical expression revolves around communication: 'A work of art doesn't mean anything if the audience is not touched by it' He tends to take music out of its traditional surroundings, to mix it with other expressions of Western or non-Western culture. He also tends to get the musicians out of their usual behaviour patterns and so stimulate interactions with the audience.His projects often take place at alternative concert locations such as a shipyard in the Amsterdam harbor, an old warehouse, or a nature spot. Politics are part of a majority of his work. This can be seen by the areas of social tension he brings his works to (for example Cyprus or the Palestinian Territories). He often speaks and writes about his outspoken vision on art and its function in society. A few illustrations are: his speech during TEDx Amsterdam conference in 2009, his professorship at ArtEZ School of Arts (see Research), as well as his published articles and book (see Publications). City composer
Twaalfhoven was the first 'citycomposer' in the Netherlands. He performed this task for the municipality of Zaanstad where he was appointed for one year on September 25, 2006.Local musicians, professionals, actors, visual artists and volunteers played leading roles at all performances. The post of citycomposer is not unique to the Netherlands. For instance Ghent in Belgium had a citycomposer appointed for the first time in 2004. Twaalfhoven's work in Zaanstad culminated in a large main event: 'Droomzomernacht', an adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, performed with over 150 local musicians, dancers and actors
In October 2010 he has been appointed for the task of citycomposer again, this time in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. Selected projects
 The Music on Troubled Soils Conference (Jerusalem, 2008). <mask> was a speaker at this conference, which discussed the role of music in troubled regions such as Israel, Cyprus and South Africa. Al Quds Underground (2009/2010) Festival in East Jerusalem.Western and Palestinian musicians and actors collaborate in about 150 small performances in living rooms. La Nuit n'est pas un chocolat (2002–2006) Yearly spectacle combining contemporary music, theater, cookery and dance. (Performance location: Paradiso, Amsterdam 2002–2006)
 Long Distance Call (2005) A project in Cyprus with musicians from both sides of the border. They performed on rooftops to bridge the buffer zone that is dividing the island into a Greek and a Turkish part. Symphony for All (2006) Performed by professional and amateur musicians together with school children
 Torenhoog Mijlenbreed (2009) Large scale composition for modern carillon (named 'de Zingende Toren', designed by artist Bernard Heesen) and about 500 school children and 9 professional singers, performed at the opening of 'Cultuurcampus Vleuterweide'. Holland Festival (2016). 276 bassoon players gathered in the Royal Concertgebouw in an attempt to raise the popularity of this instrument, composed by <mask> Twaalfhoven.Four Drifting Seasons (2017) – world premiere by composer <mask> <mask> at the Concert for a Sustainable Planet at Carnegie Hall, NYC. This concert was organized by the  United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). Musical Postcards: <mask> <mask> is a member of the Musical Postcards Team. Discography
1 Gram Of Time 2005 (CD by Amstel Quartet for which Twaalfhoven composed the title song) Amstel Records AR 004. Off Limits  2006 (Cd by Susanna Borsch on which she plays 'Winter in/m April' by Twaalfhoven. Karnatic Lab Records ASIN B000SKKD1I. Dusting For Prints 2009 (CD by Esquire Saxofoon Kwartet on which they play Majority Deviation (2004) by Twaalfhoven).Bonte Koe Records (BKR 014). Research
From 2004 to 2008 <mask> was a professor in 'PopKunst' at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in the Netherlands. He performed research on how artists could reach a new and diverse audience without compromising their artistic vision and ideas. During his studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam he performed artistic research on Japanese aesthetics. Publications
Column in Kaap Kunst art magazine, no.7, pag.35 [2010]. Utrecht: Kunstfactor. Article in Jaarboek Actieve Cultuurparticipatie, pag.85–87 [2010].Utrecht: Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie. Book: Art In Society – Twaalfhoven, Merlijn [2009]. Zwolle: De Jonge Hond. On Peace – column for Treaty of Utrecht [2009]. Article in journal Boekman 72: Art and Audience, pag.40–45 [2007]. Amsterdam: Boekmanstichting. Necessity of Desintegration in Kennist Loont 2007–2011, pag.40–43 [2007].Utrecht: Dutch University Press. Articles in Trans Artists magazine [2005]. Amsterdam: TransArtists. Article in journal Boekman 62: Art and Money, pag.74–75 [2005]. Amsterdam: Boekmanstichting. Article in daily newspaper Trouw [2004]. Amsterdam: De Persgroep Nederland.De Veelte – website on Japanese Aesthetics [2003]. <mask> Twaalfhoven wrote blogs for Citizen Artist Incubator. Awards and recognitions
Audience Award and Jury Award during the :nl:Nederlandse Muziekdagen 2003
Honourable mention young composers at the International Rostrum of Composers 2003 for 'If you reveal...'
2nd prize at the KBC Aquarius composition contest 2002 for 'If you reveal...'
2nd prize at the Jur Naessens Muziekprijs competition 2002
NOG Stimuleringsprijs (encouragement prize), awarded by Nederlands Ballet Orkest (Dutch ballet orchestra) in 2000 for GUSH. Amsterdamprijs voor de kunst – nominee (2015)
 Torch bearer award (2016)
 Gieskes Strijbis Podiumprijs – nominee (2017)

See also
2009 Arab Capital of Culture
List of Dutch composers

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External links
Official website of Merlijn Twaalfhoven
Foundation: laviesurterre.nl
Projects in the Middle East: arabica.nu
Vision behind professorship: popkunst.nl
www.adamsebire.info Cameraman, editor, director. (Made documentary of project 'Echoes across the Divide')
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Symphony For All in the Netherlands: Videolink
Symphony For All in Jordan: Videolink

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Dutch classical composers
Dutch male classical composers
People from Westerveld

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Merlijn Twaalfhoven
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Merlijn
Merlijn
Merlijn
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Merlijn
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