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<mask> (born 6 July 1988) is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . In November 2015 she was announced as part of the  team's inaugural squad for the 2016 season. <mask> qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and finished 26th in the Women's Road Race. Career

Road

Junior career
Starting in 2002, after being identified by the South Australian sports institute talent identification program, <mask> began her cycling career. Cycling was not the first sport <mask> picked up, having done ballet, running, triathlons and basketball beforehand, the last of which she had family ties to. Despite an interest in pursuing basketball as a career before cycling, <mask> admits her height 'always let [her] down'. Initially, <mask> disliked cycling, citing that she was 'Tiny and one of the worst in [her] group' on the track, but soon discovered her love for the sport when she placed third in her first road race in the state championships.After several podiums in junior Oceania games, one of <mask>'s first international wins came in 2008 at the Sea Otter Classic in California, having made a solo attack in the last few laps despite a  wind. She then went on to win the race the following year by winning solo again. Senior career
<mask> joined her first European based team in 2010 with the  after a contract with another team fell through. Due to communication issues, both team and rider decided to part ways in the middle of 2011. <mask> then rode for the  team until the end of the season. In 2012 <mask> joined the Australian team . Here, she picked up some of her major wins.One of which was a win in stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia Femminile. In the stage, <mask> attacked with over  to go and ended the stage with an eight-and-a-half minute advantage over the competition and at one point was virtually in the race leader's jersey. With , <mask> also picked up her first major one day event win at the 2013 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, with <mask> winning in a sprint against Megan Guarnier to claim her first spring classics victory. For 2014, <mask> joined . She recorded several stage podiums in the 2014 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche and finished second in the mountains classification. <mask> represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games, losing out on a bronze medal in the road race in a two-up sprint with South Africa's Ashleigh Moolman. The following year, she finished third in stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia Femminile.After  folded at the end of the 2015 season, <mask> joined  for the 2016 season; <mask> finished third at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and won stage four of the Giro d'Italia Femminile. The following year, she won stage one of the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen. In 2018, <mask> was again selected to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games, where, as road captain, she was part of the team that supported Chloe Hosking to the gold medal. On 19 May 2021, it was announced that <mask> was included within the Australian road cycling team for the delayed Tokyo Olympics, marking her Olympic debut. In a tough and humid road course, <mask> finished as the best placed Australian in 26th place, almost three minutes seconds behind race winner Anna Kiesenhofer of Austria. On 27 October 2021, it was announced <mask> would remain as part of the Canyon-SRAM team for a further two years, continuing her mixed program of road and gravel racing through until the end of 2023. Gravel
<mask>'s first participation in a gravel event was in August 2019 where she, along with  teammate Ella Harris, lined up in the Steamboat Springs gravel event (SBT GRVL) in Colorado, four days before the Colorado classic road cycling tour.<mask> completed the blue course in second behind Harris with a time of five hours and six minutes. In 2020, when <mask> renewed her contract with , it was announced she would be competing in a mixed program which would include gravel racing. This program was due to start in June 2021 but due to her selection at the Olympics this was postponed to August 2021. To commence her four-race-long gravel calendar in 2021, <mask> participated in her second SBT GRVL on 15 August. For her return, <mask> competed in the longer  black course and finished 8th in her group, in a time of 7 hours, 32 minutes and 45 seconds. Six days later, she competed in the North Carolina Belgian Waffle Ride (BWR) hosted in Asheville. <mask> completed the  "waffle" course in 5 hours, 30 minutes and 42 seconds, recording a third-place finish.<mask>'s third gravel race of the year was due to be the three-day event hosted by Gravel Epic in Marrakesh on the 7–9 October. However, due to complications caused by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, this was postponed to spring 2022. The final gravel race of 2021 was held on October 31 and was the  Belgian waffle ride hosted in Lawrence, Kansas. In the race, <mask>, along with Flávia Oliveira and Hannah Shell, made an early breakaway within the first 10 miles. With around a fifth of the race completed, Shell was dropped by the leading pair and Oliveira made a solo attack at mile 22, leaving <mask> solo and second on the road. Despite this, not long after, <mask> caught up to Oliveira and passed her for the lead of the race and competed solo for the remaining miles to secure her first win in gravel racing by almost ten minutes ahead of second place. Personal life
Since February 2020, <mask> has been in a relationship with Finnish Formula One (F1) driver Valtteri Bottas.

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title: Chris Lilley (comedian)

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<mask> (born 10 November 1974) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, director, producer, and musician. He is known for his creation and portrayal of several fictional characters in the mockumentary television series We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year (2005), Summer Heights High (2007), Angry Boys (2011), Ja'mie: Private School Girl (2013), Jonah from Tonga (2014), and the web series Lunatics (2019). He is a two-time winner of the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor. Early life
<mask> was born in Turramurra, on Sydney's Upper North Shore, and was the youngest of four siblings. He was raised in Turramurra and attended Pymble Public School. He later studied at Barker College, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Contemporary Music) with a Diploma of Education from Macquarie University in Sydney, when he graduated in 1997. He began his career in his twenties as a stand-up comedian while also working as a childcare worker at Turramurra North Public School and a shop assistant.Career

In 2003, <mask> made his debut in Big Bite, a Seven Network comedy programme, in which he portrayed extreme sports enthusiast Extreme Darren and the high-school drama teacher Mr G, a character that he continued in Summer Heights High. Big Bite was nominated for Best Television Comedy Series at the 2003 Australian Film Institute Awards, marking the first time a comedy programme from a commercial television network had ever been nominated at the Australian Film Institute Awards. It did not win. The producers co-credited Lilley; however, the show lasted only one series before being spun off into a comedy/variety programme. <mask> was a recurring guest on the programme, but it was cancelled after only a few episodes. <mask> appeared in the film satire Ned, based on the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. He appeared as the "MSN Butterfly" in a series of television advertisements and Cinema for MSN.He has also appeared on the Hamish & Andy radio show. In 2015, Lilley was the main actor for The Stafford Brothers, Rick Ross and Jay Sean's "When You Feel This" music video. We Can Be Heroes

After the cancellation of Big Bite, Lilley created We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year, a six-part series on the ABC, in which he portrayed various characters nominated for the Australian of the Year Award. The series was co-written with Ryan Shelton. Lilley portrayed several characters in the series: Phil Olivetti, a self-obsessed police officer; Ricky Wong, a Chinese Australian university physics student from Melbourne; Pat Mullins, a 47-year-old housewife with a dream to roll on her side from Perth, Western Australia to Uluru, Northern Territory; Daniel Sims, a teenage boy who donates an eardrum to his deaf twin brother, Nathan (both Daniel and Nathan later appeared in "Angry Boys"); and Ja'mie King, a narcissistic girl attending a private high school in Sydney (Ja'mie later appeared in "Summer Heights High" and "Ja'mie: Private School Girl"). Lilley was nominated for Best Comedy Series and Best Lead Actor in Television at the 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards, and won the Best New Talent and Most Outstanding Comedy Program awards at the Logie Awards of 2006. He also received a Rose d'Or award in Switzerland for Best Male Comedy Performance.Following the series' success, it was sold to other countries under the new name The Nominees. Summer Heights High

Lilley's second mockumentary series, Summer Heights High, aired on ABC TV in 2007. In the series, Lilley played the series' three main characters at a public school: Ja'mie King, Mr G and Jonah Takalua. In March 2008, Lilley released a single, "Naughty Girl", based on the series, and performed in character as drama teacher Mr G.

At the 2008 Logie Awards he was nominated for four awards including Most Outstanding Actor and Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Television, and won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor and the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program. The series was sold to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Lilley embarked on a promotional tour of the United States in October 2008 to promote the U.S. broadcast of the series, which began airing on HBO on 9 November 2008. The BBC began showing the programme on BBC Three in June 2008.When asked whether there would be a second series, Lilley stated, "I never thought about it in the beginning because it was always a one-off thing. I'm not into just cashing in and rolling off into a second series that is not as good. I really enjoyed making the show, so the thought of writing and going back there again is really fun and exciting, but I haven't made a decision on what to do next." The characters from the show have gathered attention and praise from popular celebrities including Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Lindsay Lohan, Ed Sheeran and Kylie Jenner. Angry Boys

Angry Boys, Lilley's third mockumentary series, aired on ABC in Australia and BBC in the UK in 2011, and HBO in the US in 2012. The 12-part comedy series features six vastly different new characters played by Lilley. The show introduces S.mouse!, a US rapper; Jen Okazaki, manipulative Japanese mother; Blake Oakfield, a champion surfer; Ruth "Gran" Sims, a guard at a juvenile detention facility; and her grandchildren, South Australian twins Daniel and Nathan Sims (who also featured in We Can Be Heroes).Lilley won the inaugural AACTA Award in 2012 for Best Comedy Performance in Television for Angry Boys. Ja'mie: Private School Girl

Ja'mie: Private School Girl, which aired in 2013, is a six-part half-hour comedy series. It was produced by Melbourne-based production company Princess Pictures and <mask>, and was a co-production between the ABC in Australia and HBO in the US. It was pre-sold to BBC Three in the UK. On 8 September 2013, Lilley revealed that the returning character to the series was Ja'mie King, from We Can Be Heroes and Summer Heights High; he also revealed the title of the show. Lilley won the 2014 Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor for his performance in Ja'mie: Private School Girl. Jonah from Tonga

On 26 November 2013, <mask> confirmed that he would be reviving Jonah Takalua for a new show in 2014, titled Jonah From Tonga.Jonah had been introduced in <mask>'s 2007 series Summer Heights High. At the conclusion of that series, Jonah was expelled from Summer Heights High School. In the new series, his father, Rocky Takalua, has sent him back to his homeland of Tonga to live with his uncle and their family in order to get Jonah's life back on track. The six-part series was produced by Princess Pictures and <mask>y in conjunction with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The show was originally posted online on the ABC iView service, available for viewing by Australian residents, and on BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom, from 2–4 May 2014, before airing on ABC1 from 7 May 2014 and BBC Three from 8 May 2014. In New Zealand Māori Television screened the first episode on 29 July 2017, but then withdrew later episodes. Lunatics

In March 2018, it was announced that <mask> had been signed by Netflix to create a 10-part series, with the titular character not yet disclosed.Filming began at the Bond University campus on the Gold Coast, Queensland. On 10 April 2019, a trailer surfaced online showing a number of new characters. The show is called Lunatics and features a group of eccentric characters with different talents or oddities. Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that <mask> would star in the lead role. Lunatics was released on 19 April 2019 exclusively on Netflix. Lunatics features six different characters, all played by Lilley, which include fashion retailer Keith Dick; estate agent Quentin Cook; 7-foot college student Becky Douglas; 12-year-old Gavin McGregor, who is an heir to an earldom; ex-pornstar Joyce Jeffries; and South African Jana Melhoopen-Jonks, a celebrity pet psychic who is also a lesbian. Lilley collaborated with The Jonas Brothers and Paris Hilton with his Lunatics characters Keith Dick and Jana Melhoopen-Jonks.Personal life
<mask> has been vegetarian since the age of five. He dated Milly Gattegno from The Faders DJ from 2014 to 2016. <mask> currently resides in Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales. Controversies
Lilley's series Summer Heights High gained significant controversy, criticism and media scrutiny for its portrayal of such issues as mental disabilities, homosexuality, sexual abuse, and racism. Even before the series aired, some community groups complained about a "rape joke" and Mr G's inappropriate "touching" of a boy with Down syndrome. The Herald Sun reported that parents and some teachers have considered the possibility that the show is influencing children to misbehave at school. Students were reportedly imitating Jonah and Ja'mie, repeating lines that were bullying, racist, and homophobic.Education Union branch president Mary Bluett stated in response that the show was "clearly tongue-in-cheek". After episode three, in which a character called Annabel dies after taking ecstasy, the family of Annabel Catt, a girl who died taking drugs at the 2007 Good Vibrations Festival in Sydney, complained that the program had been lampooning Annabel's death. ABC apologised to the family, stating that the situation was purely coincidental and assured them that the filming of the episode in question had been completed eleven days before her daughter's death. ABC thereafter began to display a message before each episode stating that there is no link between the series' characters and people in real life. On 29 July 2017, Lilley was the subject of criticism after posting a remix on his Instagram account of a music clip entitled "Squashed Nigga", starring the character S.mouse from Lilley's 2011 TV show, Angry Boys. The music video featured an indigenous boy lying on the ground with his arms splayed. On 24 July 2017, the court case based on the death of Elijah Doughty had ended in controversy and was the subject of pro-Aboriginal protests.Just like the real case, Lilley's music video described an Aboriginal boy being run over and killed. It was reported that many who criticised Lilley's inopportune timing were blocked from his Twitter account, with Lilley later deleting his social media accounts. Lilley's series Jonah from Tonga was called "racist" and resulted in protests from academics and Tongan youth concerned at the inaccurate and demeaning portrayals of Tongan culture. The show received criticism for Lilley’s imitation of a person of colour, which was dubbed by certain media commentators as “brownface”, an act they have compared to blackface minstrel shows of the 19th century and early 20th century. The creators of the 2004 ABC TV documentary series Our Boys stated that Lilley drew inspiration for the Jonah character from their work. The subject of Our Boys recalled being "absolutely embarrassed, full of hate, angry and exploited" by the "racist" Jonah character that was based on him. The series' director, as well as a teacher at Canterbury Boys High School also felt that the character "exploited" the Tongan students who Lilley had met while visiting the school after seeing Our Boys on television in 2004.Many major US civil rights organisations wrote to HBO expressing their "deep concern" over Jonah From Tonga. These included the NAACP, National Hispanic Media Coalition, American Indians in Film/TV, Empowering Pacific Islander Communities and The Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (which itself includes the Asian American Justice Center, Asian Pacific American Advocates, Japanese American Citizens League, Media Action Network for Asian Americans, National Federation of Filipino American Associations, and more). In 2019, <mask> was again accused of blackface by journalists for his Lunatics character Jana Melhoopen-Jonks, a South African woman. This accusation was later acknowledged to have been unfounded, as this character is "clearly white." Following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, BBC iPlayer removed Jonah from Tonga from its online streaming service. On 11 June 2020, Netflix confirmed it had removed four of Lilley's series from its streaming service, also in response to the Black Lives Matter protests and movement. In the weeks following these events, Lilley posted multiple videos of content involving the Jonah character to his YouTube channel.In Lilley's defence, Australian media outlet Sky News presenter Rowan Dean accused the censorship of Lilley's series (as well as other notable programs such as Little Britain) as being political correctness. Filmography

 The Monday Dump (2001)
 Young Lions (2002)
 Ned (2003)
 Big Bite (2003–2004)
 Hamish & Andy (2004)
 We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year (2005)
The Panel (2005)
 Summer Heights High (2007)
The 50th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2008)
The Spearman Experiment (2009)
 Angry Boys (2011)
 Ja'mie: Private School Girl (2013)
 Jonah from Tonga (2014)
 Stop Laughing...This Is Serious (2015)
 Lunatics (2019)

Discography

Singles
 "Naughty Girl" (2007, ABC Records) (Mr G)
 "Slap My Elbow" (2011, ABC Records) (S.mouse)
 "Squashed Nigga" (2012, ABC Records) (S.mouse)
 "Learning To Be Me" (2013, ABC Records) (Ja'mie King)

Albums

 Summer Heights High Official TV Series Soundtrack (2007, ABC Records)
 Angry Boys Soundtrack (2012, ABC Records)
 <mask>y Theme Songs (2014, ABC Records)
Lunatics Soundtrack (2019, ABC Records)

Podcasts

 Ja'miezing (2021) (as Ja'mie King)
Jana's Yard (2020) (as Jana Melhoopen-Jonks)

Awards and nominations

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References

External links
<mask> Lilley official website
<mask> Lilley official Facebook fan page
<mask> Lilley official Twitter
<mask> Lilley official Soundcloud

1974 births
Australian stand-up comedians
Australian male comedians
Australian male television actors
Australian television writers
ARIA Award winners
People educated at Barker College
Macquarie University alumni
People from Sydney
Living people
Male television writers
Television controversies in Australia
Race-related controversies in television
Obscenity controversies in television
21st-century Australian male actors

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title: John Worsley (artist)

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<mask> (16 February 1919 – 3 October 2000) was a prolific British artist and illustrator, best known for his naval battle scenes, and portraits of high-ranking officers and political figures. One of the very few active service artists of the Second World War, Worsley was the only person to render contemporary sea-warfare in situ, and the only official war artist captured by the Germans. Detained in the infamous prisoner-of-war camp Marlag O, Worsley documented prison life with supplies provided by the Red Cross, his expertise employed in the forging of identity papers, and an ingenious escape attempt requiring the construction of a mannequin named Albert R.N. During his lifetime, Worsley was president of the Royal Society of Marine Artists: sixty-one of his paintings – including portraits of Field Marshal Montgomery, and the First Sea Lord, Sir <mask> – hang in the Imperial War Museum, with another twenty-nine pictures archived in the collections of the National Maritime Museum. Life

Worsley spent his childhood on a coffee farm in Kenya, his family having emigrated from Liverpool just six months after his birth. In 1928 he was sent back to England and was enrolled in St. Winifred's boarding school, from  where Worsley won a scholarship to Brighton College, after which he spent three years studying fine art at Goldsmiths' School of Art. After graduating, in 1938, Worsley secured work as a commercial illustrator, mainly working on romance magazines.At the start of World War Two, Worsley joined the Royal Navy and spent three years on convoy escort duty in the Atlantic and the North Sea. During that period <mask> served on HMS Laurentic, HMS Lancaster and <mask> was aboard the Laurentic when it was torpedoed and sunk in November 1940. Worsley's painting of that incident, based on sketches he made at the time in an open lifeboat, plus his drawings of wartime life at sea gained the attention of Kenneth Clark – the director of War Artists' Advisory Committee –who appointed him as one of the two full-time artists attached to the Commander-in-Chief's staff, Malta. In 1943, the Navy dispatched Worsley to an island in the north Adriatic, where he hoped to record an attempt by Allied saboteurs to establish a base camp, but the Germans intercepted his party, forcing them to surrender. As a prisoner, Worsley documented camp life with warmth, accuracy, and humour. He also directed his talent to covert pursuits, including the creation of counterfeit documentation, and Albert, an ingenious life-size figurine, crafted from newspaper, a wire frame, and human hair.The figurine had blinking ping-pong ball eyes that were powered by a pendulum made from a sardine tin. For four days, Albert successfully deceived the prison guards, masquerading as an officer during roll-call, while the lieutenant he had replaced made good his escape. However, the escapee was eventually recaptured, and Albert was hidden for the next escape. After the war, Worsley remained under Naval engagement, painting portraits of high-ranking officers for the Admiralty, before securing a commission for the popular children's weekly, Eagle, and its companion paper, Girl, achieving his greatest success with The Adventures of P.C. 49, a comic strip featuring the exploits of a British constable. Aside from illustrating comics, periodicals, and advertisements - including a series of Army Recruitment posters out of the Boy's Own mould, Worsley also assisted Scotland Yard; his ability to draft from description secured the capture of the nurse implicated in the notorious London baby-snatch of 1990. By 1970, Worsley entered the arena of family entertainment, rendering hundreds of large plates for televised adaptations of The Wind in the Willows, Treasure Island, A Christmas Carol, and The Little Grey Men, later released as large-format prints for children.During his lifetime, he illustrated over forty books, concluding with a record of his exploits during the Second World War. <mask> died on 3 October 2000 at the age of 81. A collection of his wartime sketches, found in his studio after his death, were displayed by his step-daughter on a special edition of the BBC television programme Antiques Roadshow on 8 September 2019, marking 80 years since the start of World War II. At that time, they remained in the ownership of his family. Selected works

Biography

Illustrations
 Guy Morgan (1945), P.O.W., Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc. ()
 Guy Morgan (1945), Only Ghosts can Live, Crosby Lockwood & Son
 Stephen MacFarlane (pseud. John Keir Cross) (1946), Detectives in Greasepaint, Peter Lunn
 <mask>ir Cross (1946), Studio 'J' Investigates, Peter Lunn
 Robert Harling (1946), The Steep Atlantick Stream, Chivers, Chatto & Windus ()
 The Illustrated London News (ed. Sir Bruce Ingram) (1949)
 Eric Romilly (1949), Bleeding from the Roman, Chapman & Hall
 Thomas Cubbin, with an introduction by Henry Major Tomlinson (1950), The Wreck of the Serica, Dropmore Press
 Eagle Annual Number 2 (1953) (ed.Marcus Morris), Hulton Press
 Eric Phillips and Alan Stranks (1953), P.C. 49 "Eagle" Strip Cartoon Book, Preview Publications (UK) Ltd
 Alan Stranks (1954), P.C. 49 "Eagle" Strip Cartoon Book Number 2, Andrew Dakers Ltd
 Alan Stranks (1954), On the Beat with P.C. 49, Preview Publications (UK) Ltd
 Alan Stranks (1955), PC 49 Annual, Andrew Dakers Ltd
 Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown (1949), Saltwater Summer, Collins ()
 George Beardmore (1956), Belle of the Ballet's Gala Performance, Hulton Press
 George Beardmore (1957), Belle of the Ballet's Country Holiday, Hulton Press
 George Beardmore (1958), Scandale a la Cour, Dargaud
 George Beardmore (1958), Le Secret De La Ballerine, Dargaud
 Ships (1962), Watson-Guptill Publications
 <mask> Williams (1963), God in the Space Age, Church Information Office
 Macdonald Hastings (1971), Sydney the Sparrow, Ward Lock ()
 Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, retold by Jane Carruth (1975), Golden Press ()
 Johanna Spyri's Heidi, retold by Jane Carruth (1975), Award ()
 Anna Sewell's Black Beauty, retold by Jane Carruth (1975), Award ()
 Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers, retold by Jane Carruth (1976), Award ()
 Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, retold by Jane Carruth (1977), Award ()
 R.D. Blackmore's 'Lorna Doone, retold by Jane Carruth (1979), Purnell ()
 Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, retold by Jane Carruth (1982), Award ()
 Kenneth Grahame (1982), The Wind in the Willows, Purnell ()
 – (1983), Mr. Toad (Tales from The Wind in the Willows), Purnell ()
- (1983), Home Sweet Home (Tales from The Wind in the Willows), Purnell ()
 – (1983), Toad's Adventures (Tales from The Wind in the Willows), Purnell ()
 – (1983), The River Bank (Tales from The Wind in the Willows), Purnell ()
 – (1983), The Open Road (Tales from The Wind in the Willows), Purnell ()
 – (1983), The Further Adventures of Toad (Tales from The Wind in the Willows), Purnell ()
 John Worsley (1984), foreword to A Roving Reporter: A Tribute to the Memory of Donald Charles Orbach 1914–1982
 Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, retold by Jane Carruth (1984), Award ()
 Charles Dickens, ed. Jane Wilton-Smith (1985), A Christmas Carol, Gallery Books ()
 Alan Stranks (1990), The Adventures of P.C. 49 (Eagles Classics), Hawk Books ()
 Kenneth Grahame (1990), Mr. Toad (the Wind in the Willows Library), Award Publications Ltd ()
 Barry O'Brien, Kaj Melendez, and Mirza Javed (1962), Ace London, Fleetway Publications; repub.(2011) Cuauhtemoc Publishing Ltd ()

Selected filmography
 The Captive Heart (1946)
 Albert R.N. (1953)
 Anglia Story Series: The Wind in the Willows (1969)
 – The Winter of Enchantment (1970)
 – A Christmas Carol (1970)
 – Treasure Island (1972)
 – Baldmoney, Sneezwort, Dodder and Cloudberry (The Little Grey Men) (1975)
 – The Whisper of Glocken (1976/ 1980)

See also
 Treasure (magazine)
 Marlag und Milag Nord

References

Further reading
 Eagle and Dan Dare website: <mask>orsley and Eagle Magazine
 Brighton College: notable Old Brightonians
 Illustration Art Gallery, 17 April 2013

External links

 Royal Museums Greenwich
 IMDB

1919 births
2000 deaths
Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
British children's book illustrators
British comics artists
British illustrators
British war artists
British World War II prisoners of war
People educated at Brighton College
Royal Navy officers
Royal Navy personnel of World War II
World War II artists
World War II prisoners of war held by Germany

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title: Arthur Ashkin

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<mask> (September 2, 1922 – September 21, 2020) was an American scientist and Nobel laureate who worked at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies. <mask> has been considered by many as the father of optical tweezers,
for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 at age 96, becoming the oldest Nobel Laureate until 2019 when John B. Goodenough was awarded at 97. He resided in Rumson, New Jersey. <mask> started his work on manipulation of microparticles with laser light in the late 1960s which resulted in the invention of optical tweezers in 1986. He also pioneered the optical trapping process that eventually was used to manipulate atoms, molecules, and biological cells. The key phenomenon is the radiation pressure of light; this pressure can be dissected down into optical gradient and scattering forces. Early life and family
<mask> was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1922, to a family of Ukrainian-Jewish background.His parents were Isadore and <mask>. He had two siblings, a brother, Julius, also a physicist, and a sister, Ruth. One older sibling, Gertrude, died while young. The family home was in Brooklyn, New York, at 983 E 27 Street. Isadore (né Aschkinase) had emigrated to the United States from Odessa (then Russian Empire, now Ukraine), at the age of 18. Anna, five years younger, also came from today's Ukraine, then Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Within a decade of his landing in New York, Isadore had become a U.S. citizen and was running a dental laboratory at 139 Delancey Street in Manhattan.<mask> met his wife, Aline, at Cornell University, and they have been married over 60 years with three children and five grandchildren. She was a chemistry teacher at Holmdel High School, and their son <mask>, is an art professor at Cornell University. Education
<mask> graduated from Brooklyn's James Madison High School in 1940. He then attended Columbia University and was also a technician for Columbia's Radiation Lab tasked with building magnetrons for U.S. military radar systems. He joined the U.S. Army reserves on July 31, 1945. He continued working in the Columbia University lab. During this period, by <mask>'s own account, three Nobel laureates were in attendance.<mask> finished his course work and obtained his BS degree in physics at Columbia University in 1947. He then attended Cornell University, where he studied nuclear physics. This was during the era of the Manhattan Project, and <mask>'s brother, <mask>, was successfully part of it. This led to <mask>'s introduction to Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and others who were at Cornell at the time. He received his PhD degree at Cornell University in 1952, and then went to work for Bell Labs at the request and recommendation of Sidney Millman, who was <mask>'s supervisor at Columbia University. Career
At Bell Labs, <mask> worked in the microwave field until about 1960 to 1961, and then switched to laser research. His research and published articles at that time pertained to nonlinear optics, optical fibers, parametric oscillators and parametric amplifiers.Also, at Bell Labs during the 1960s, he was the co-discoverer of the photorefractive effect in the piezoelectric crystal. Within various professional society memberships, <mask> attained the rating of fellow in the Optical Society of America (OSA), the American Physical Society (APS), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He retired from Bell Labs in 1992 after a 40-year career during which he contributed to many areas of experimental physics. He authored many research papers over the years and held 47 patents. He was recipient of the Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science in 2003 and the Harvey Prize in 2004. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1984 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 1996. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2013.He continued to work in his home lab. Besides optical tweezers, <mask> is also known for his studies in photorefraction, second harmonic generation, and
non-linear optics in fibers. Recent advances in physics and biology using optical micromanipulation include achievement of Bose–Einstein condensation in atomic vapors at submillikelvin temperatures, demonstration of atom lasers, and detailed measurements on individual motor molecules. <mask>'s work formed the basis for Steven Chu's work on cooling and trapping atoms, which earned Chu the 1997 Nobel Prize in physics. Nobel Prize
On October 2, 2018, <mask> was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical trapping, sharing it with Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou who received the other half of that year's prize. <mask> "was honoured for his invention of 'optical tweezers' that grab particles, atoms, viruses and other living cells with their laser beam fingers. With this he was able to use the radiation pressure of light to move physical objects, 'an old dream of science fiction', the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said."<mask> was awarded half of the Prize while the other half was shared between Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland for their work on chirped-pulse amplification, a technique "now used in laser machining [that] enables doctors to perform millions of corrective laser eye surgeries every year". At 96, <mask> was the oldest Nobel Prize laureate to be awarded the prize, until John B. Goodenough received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 at the age of 97. He died on September 21, 2020 at the age of 98. References

External links

Frontiers in Optics 2010. The Optical Society. National Academy of Engineering: Member listing
National Academy of Sciences: Member listing
<mask>'s Book on Atom Trapping
Frederic Ives Medal
  including the Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2018 Optical Tweezers and their Application to Biological Systems

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American Nobel laureates
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title: Pierre de Villiers

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<mask> (born 26 July 1956) dit <mask> is an  Army General of the French Army and a former Chief of the Defence Staff. Following a disagreement with Emmanuel Macron, Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, he tendered his resignation on 19 July 2017. Biography

House Le Jolie de Villiers

Pierre <mask>on is a member of the House of Le Jolis de Villiers () established in the 16th century. His brother is the French politician <mask>. Military career

1973 to 2003
After two years of preparatory corniche () at Prytanée National Militaire, <mask> was admitted to the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1975, promotion « Captain Henri Guilleminot » (). He entered at the end of his scholarity the Armoured Cavalry Arm and joined the Cavalry School of Saumur within his specialty, promotion « lieutenant <mask>uld ». He was a section platoon chief of AMX30 tanks at the 2nd Dragoon Regiment in 1978.He entered between 1979 and 1987 to the 4th Dragoon Regiment, which also housed a platoon of AMX30 tanks. He commanded a divisionary reconnaissance squadron of the 7th Armoured Division. He was then on three different occasions an instructor of sous-officiers and lieutenants at Saumur. From 1989 to 1990, he was a candidate at the Superior War School of the 103rd promotion of the ESG, then from 1990–1991, he was a candidate at the Superior Inter-arm Course (XLII session of the CSI). He was then designated as the regimental commander of the 501st-503rd Combat Tank Regiment. In June 1999, he commanded during five months the mechanized infantry battalion of the Leclerc brigade, which entered first in Kosovo with operation KFOR. During twelve years, he was in post in Paris at the general staff headquarters of the French Army, then at the inspection of the French Army and member of the financial affairs direction of the Ministry of the Armed Forces.2003 to 2008
From September to June 2004, he was an auditor at the Center of High Military Studies and at the Institute of High National Defense Studies. Deputy to the Chief of the Prime Minister's military cabinet on 1 July 2004, he was promoted to Général de brigade on 1 September 2005. He was designated commandant of the 2nd Armoured Brigade and arms commandant of the court of Orléans () on 1 August 2006, a function which he occupied until 31 August 2008. In parallel, from December 2006 to April 2007, he commanded the Regional Capital Command RCC in Afghanistan which regrouped 2500 military personnel from 15 nationalities. 2008 to 2014
He was nominated as at the Head of the Prime Minister's military cabinet on 15 September 2008, a function which occupied until March 2010, date in which he was replaced by <mask> Courrèges d'Ustou (). By decree on 11 March 2010, he was nominated to the functions of Major General of the Armed Forces at the general staff headquarters of the armed forces. 2014
Général <mask> was appointed on 15 February 2014 Chief of the Defence Staff succeeding Admiral Édouard Guillaud.Charged with attacks against the Islamic State after the November 2015 Paris attacks, he judged that the necessary military attacks against this entity can only but guarantee peace and security, by recalling the comfort means of the French Armed Forces. He coordinated the exterior operations of Operation Barkhane in Sahel, Operation Sangaris in Central African Republic and Opération Chammal in Syria and in Iraq. He was also equally in charge of the interior natured anti-terrorist operation, Opération Sentinelle. 2015
The French Foreign Legion, on 30 April 2015, commemorated their 152nd anniversary of Camaron in presence of <mask>. Commemorating also the 70th Liberation Anniversary, Général <mask> declared that " Commemorating Camerone is commemorating the courage, the cult of the mission, the respect of senior veterans, giving the youth a formidable message of hope for the future", while also adding that "« honor and fidelity are always values which gather »". During the ceremony, Adjudant-Chef François Monarcha, born in Poland 98 years and «4 months ago»- the senior veteran was insisting on this precision-, was part of the main parade as he was accompanied by a former Harki and a non-commissioned officer of British origin. Addressing the legionnaires, Général <mask> declared "« Your regimental colors and flags do not have enough folds and space in them to house and contain all your titles of glory » ".2016
In December 2016, <mask> called for an increase in armed forces' budget from 1.7% to 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) before 2022. This would allow France to meet the NATO defense spending requirements currently met by only the United States, Greece, United Kingdom, Estonia and Poland. 2017
In March 2017, <mask> once again expressed support for increasing the defence budget to 2% of GDP by 2022 - an increase of about three billion euros per year. Emmanuel Macron announced a promise to increase the defence budget to 2% by 2025 and Marine Le Pen announced in Lyon that she wishes to see the defence budget increased to 3% of GDP in order to build a new aircraft carrier, hire 50,000 new military personnel and progressively reintroduce compulsory military service, starting with a 3-month commitment. Disagreement with Emmanuel Macron on military budget
On 11 July 2017, Minister of Public Action and Accounts Gérald Darmanin announced that part of the government's plan to reduce spending, the military were going to be cut by 850 million euros in 2017. The following day, Le Monde reported that <mask> met with the Defense Committee in the National Assembly and told them "I will not get fucked over like this". The conversation was caught on tape and leaked by Le Monde.Also, accordingly to Le Figaro, <mask> unleashed his fury, and added monumentally "I can no longer look my guys in the eyes if we reduce our means further". Emmanuel Macron, during a speech to the armed forces on 13 July 2017, affirmed his plan to raise the defence budget to 2% of GDP by 2025. During the speech, Macron publicly called out <mask> numerous times addressing the recent leak reported by Le Monde. 14 July Bastille Day military parade
During Bastille Day military parade, Général <mask> and President Macron, as customary for the Chief and Commander-in-Chief of the French Armed Forces, ride together side by side standing, in the same vehicle during the ceremonial parade. Resignation
Following the Bastille Day parade, <mask> posted on Facebook a criticism of the Macron government's plans to reduce defence spending. Le Journal du Dimanche reported on 16 July 2017 that Macron was possibly looking to replace <mask> stating "The Republic doesn't work like this" Macron then went on to say that he has confidence in <mask>. Général <mask> stepped down on 19 July 2017 due to budget cuts and disagreements with President Emmanuel Macron.This was the first time in the 5th Republic that a Chief of the Defence Staff has forcibly resigned. A press release was issued on francetvinfo's website. On the same day, Macron confirmed Army general François Lecointre as <mask>' replacement. Macron described <mask>' behaviour surrounding his resignation as "undignified". While <mask> was leaving the Ministry of Armed Forces, a crowd of soldiers and military personnel applauded him. Military ranks

Honours and decorations

<mask> <mask> is an Honorary Caporal (bestowed) of the Troupes de marine (2014). See also
 Édouard Guillaud
 Bruno Dary
 Benoit Puga
 Jean Maurin
 Hervé Charpentier
 François Lecointre

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title: Vic Ruggiero

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<mask> "<mask><mask>, (also known as Rugaroo, <mask> or Lord Sluggo) is a musician, songwriter and producer from New York City who has played in reggae, blues, ska and rocksteady bands since the early 1990s, including The Slackers, Stubborn All-Stars, SKAndalous All Stars, Crazy Baldhead and The Silencers (not to be confused with the Scottish rock band The Silencers). He has also performed with punk rock band Rancid, both live and in the studio. He has released four solo acoustic albums and continues to tour and record worldwide. <mask> is known primarily as a singer and organist, although he also plays piano, bass, banjo, cigar box guitar, guitar, harmonica and percussion. <mask> is known for his deep distinct Bronx accent. His lyrics usually follow several themes, including the apocalypse, dark humor, political distrust, paranoia, murder, irony, romance and loneliness. His songs have ranged from narrative ballads to whimsical tunes inspired by Beat generation poets, authors and songwriters, including Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and John Lennon.Biography
Ruggiero started playing piano by ear as a fifth grader and sang with the Metropolitan Opera at age 12. While attending Ardsley High School in 1986, he played in a hardcore group Sic & Mad fronted by his friend Happy, which is how he met Marcus Geard and Ara Babajian who would later become the bass and drummer behind the Slackers. Sic & Mad played a unique cocktail of art-punk, avant-garde, New York hardcore, hip-hop, reggae, psychedelia and ska music. Starting in 1992, The Slackers started as a trio (<mask>, Luis, Marcus) and extension of Sic & Mad. Early incarnations of the group were sometimes billed as The Redlights. Later, TJ joined the group on second guitar, Marq on vocals and after 2 years, Dave and Jeremy joined as the first official horn section on tenor sax and trumpet, respectively. Glen joined on trombone/vocals in October 1997 and Ara became the band's drummer in 2001.<mask> soon became the focal point of The Slackers, also making appearances with the Stubborn All-Stars, Rancid and a host of other groups. In the late 1990s, he began making his own records and released some of these under his own label, Special Potato Records. <mask> has recorded several solo albums on which he plays guitar, harmonica, percussion and sings: To Live in Shame/Understanding New Jersey, Alive at the Ladybug House, Hamburguru (2007), Something In My Blind Spot (2008), On the Rag Time (2009), Songs for Clandestine Lovers (2009). Collaborations with Zoot 16GB (Meatball and Sushi Party, 2009), Kepi Ghoulie (The New Dark Ages, 2009) and wrote songs for the book/CD production, Do Not Feed The Cats in Iraq (2010) with Phil Nerges. He has worked as the producer behind a number of releases using Special Potatoe Records as the distribution outlet for many of these early works. Ruggiero's production style has a distinctively raw sound quality to it: by not erasing sounds that would traditionally be unwanted in a recording, such as doors closing or musicians cuing each other, his productions capture a live-band atmosphere more closely. <mask> has also been responsible for the production of releases from European ska artists, including Mr T Bone and The Moon Invaders and has performed with Shane and the Ashes, The Phenomenauts and The Forthrites.Special Potato
Special Potato Records began in New York during the early 1990s. The label (sometimes spelled "special Potatoe") began as the primary outlet for self-released albums and those featuring members or alumni of The Slackers. After the initial release of a Nods record, followed by a solo record, over time, Special Potato became the calling card for distribution of Ruggiero's early works and continues to release albums. An innovative solo artist and collaborator, Ruggiero has written, recorded and produced dozens of albums that have introduced rocksteady, ska and reggae to younger generations of listeners. His solo albums in particular are influenced by early rock n roll, doo-wop, blues and punk rock. The Slackers

Ruggiero is best known as the front man of the Third Wave Ska and Ska band The Slackers (1992–present). Early incarnations of the band were billed under The Nods, The Redlights and Sic & Mad.Smashing stereotypes of "Ska" as happy, uptempo, and shallow music, New York City's ska revolutionaries, the Slackers, play with an aggressive edge. In 1996, the New York Times declared the Slackers to be part of "the sound of New York". Alternative Nation stated that their music is "protest music made for dim, sweaty basements, The Slackers would sound at home supporting Rancid as well as some grizzled New Orleans electric blues trio." The LA Weekly wrote about, "their unfettered energy, unerring skankability, and playful anger." The band is known for releases featuring reggae legends like The Congos, Glen Adams of the Upsetters, Cornell Campbell and Doreen Schaeffer. In addition to these collaborative works, over the years, they have also released a dub record, collaboration with DJ Boss Harmony (who arranged and refiltered tracks), compilation of forgotten tracks, alternate versions, and remakes from the band's recording vaults. The band has also put out 3 live albums; Live at Ernestos (2000), Upsetting Ernestos (2005), Slack in Japan (2005).Since their start in 1992, the band has released two DVDs; The Slackers: A Documentary (2007) and Live at the Flamingo Cantina (2009). Solo albums
It didn't take long for <mask> to get his solo career started during breaks from The Slackers. A multi-instrumentalist and pioneering producer, the New York-based singer-songwriter continues to astound audiences with his trademark vocal chops, command of keys and edgy brand of bluesy rock n roll as a one-man band. When on the road by himself, Ruggiero primarily plays guitar, harmonica and percussion. <mask> has released several acoustic solo albums in the U.S., including Understanding New Jersey & Living in Sin, Alive at the Ladybug House, On the Rag Time, Something in My Blindspot and  THIS Two songs on the latter ("Lonely Nites" and "Innocent Girl") were re-recorded in July 2007 for the album Something in My Blindspot. This album was recorded in Berlin and released on February 15, 2008 by German label 'Moanin'. The track "Animales" also appears on the album, Alive at the Ladybug House.In "Something in My Blindspot", <mask> sings and plays guitar, bass, organ, piano and banjo. Lisa Müller from the German ska/swing band Black Cat Zoot sings on four songs. The album also features a brass band, Fanfara Kalashnikov. Drums are played by Andrei Kluge from the ska band Rolando Random & The Young Soul Rebels. Hamburguru is a solo album that has only been released in Japan by the Ska in the World label. Some songs on the album have been previously released on the demo entitled Top Secret Bounty and Clues. On Hamburguru, he plays in his typical fashion as a "one man band" on vocals, guitar, harmonica, kick drum and hi-hat.THIS (album) is a Hi-Fidelity recording of fan-favorites, released on the Unison Music label. (UM59) Recorded and Produced by Bruce Witkin and Ryan Dorn at the Unison Music studio in Los Angeles. <mask> performs the keyboards, guitars, mandolin, accordion, and harmonica. Bass performed by Bruce Witkin and Drums performed by Rob Klonel. Acoustic guitar on "Oklahoma" by Mitch Goodman. Ruggiero maintains a solo touring schedule, he collaborated with The Forthrights and The Ashes as well as acoustic musicians and singers, including Chris Murray, Kepi Ghoulie, Lisa Müller and Maddie Ruthless on live and studio recordings. <mask>'s music is primarily distributed by Asian Man Records, Hellcat Records, Ska in the World, Moanin' Music and Whatevski and he continues to tour and release new material.<mask> is best known for his working-class roots, political radicalism, fiery personality and unique style of ska, punk rock, blues and rock music. He has played in bands like The Nods, SKAndalous All-Stars, Stubborn All-Stars, The Silencers, Da Whole Thing, David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7, Crazy Baldhead Sound System, Victor Rice Octet, Sic & Mad, Tremoflex9000 and more. His guest appearances include famous artists like Rancid, The Transplants or Roger Miret and the Disasters. He has been seen playing many different kinds of organs, such as Roland VK-7, Roland VK-8 and Roland VK-09, Korg CX-3, Hammond XB-1G, Hammond XK-2, Rheem Mark 7 as well as a Rhodes Piano. Discography

Solo albums
 Understanding New Jersey & Living in Sin – 2001 (Moanin' Music)
 This is Special Potatoe, Vol. 1 – 2002 (Damaged Goods)
 Alive at the Ladybug House – 2004 (Thought•Squad)
 Mean & Nasty / Yes It's True (7" Single) (2005) (Ska in the World)
 Top Secret Bountry and Clues – 2006 (Also known as "Blues and Clues," and "Bounty and Clues".) Box
 InBetweenTheLines – 2009
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With Maddie Ruthless
 Policeman – 2011

With Faintest Idea
 Increasing The Minimum Rage'' – 2016
 Hammond B3 Organ on track 1: Circling The Drain

References

External links
 <mask>'s website
 Interview with Ruggiero from Tastes Like Chicken (2003)
 Interview with Ruggiero from In Music We Trust (1998)
 Interview with Ruggiero from Ska Blah Blah (2007)

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title: Judith Blau

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<mask> (born April 27, 1942) is an American sociologist and professor emerita of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Most of her academic career has been devoted to teaching and writing about human rights, and she retired to Wellfleet, Massachusetts, where she continues to teach. Education and career
<mask> was awarded a BA from the University of Chicago in 1964 and a MA, also from Chicago, in 1967, and a PhD in 1972, from Northwestern University. Blau taught at Baruch College as an assistant professor from 1973 to 1976, held a post-doctoral fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1976–1978), taught at the State University of New York at Albany (1978–1982), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1982–2013) where she founded and chaired the Social and Economic Justice minor within the Sociology department. She founded and directed the Human Rights Center of Chapel Hill and Carrboro in 2009, which was an NGO that advocated for the rights of refugees and migrants. Her husband, <mask> taught in the same department, as emeritus professor, until his death March 12, 2002. She has two daughters, Reva Blau and Pamela Blau.<mask> also taught at Nankai University in Tienjin, China, Hunter College, New York University, Mary Baldwin College and spent an academic year at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. Her early career was devoted, first to a study of scientists and, then, to a study of architects. In the early 1970s, both physics and architecture were undergoing dramatic transformation. Physicists had early access to the internet, allowing them to participate in international scientific exchanges, in defiance of the Cold War. Postmodernism was displacing modernism in architecture, just as postmodernism affected philosophy and art theory. She has worked in several sociological specialties, and gradually discovered that she could wed her passion for social and economic justice with the same scholarly discipline she brought to her study of communications among scientists. In her current research on constitutions, she has found that the U.S. is an outlier in two respects: it never ratifies human rights treaties and has not revised the Constitution's Bill of Rights.The United States is in a small minority of states that do not recognize economic, social and cultural rights. The US is also an outlier on economic inequality, with immense gaps between the 1 percent and the 99 percent. Memberships and awards
<mask> served on the Executive Council of the American Sociological Association, on the Board of the North Carolina chapter of ACLU, as President of the Southern Sociological Society, and was editor of Social Forces. She founded the U.S. chapter of Sociologists without Borders in 2002. <mask> served as its president from 2002 to 2011. She was the recipient of the 2006 Lester F. Ward  Award of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology, the 2013 annual Orange County Pauli Murray Award, and the American Sociological Association's Distinguished Career Award for the  Practice of Sociology, and is a lifetime honorary member of the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame. Publications
Human Rights: Beyond the Liberal Vision, co-authored with Alberto Moncada, is a book that critiques American society.It has been called a "brave book" by the journal Social Forces. Sole-Authored and Sole-Edited Books
 Architects and Firms. Cambridge: MA: MIT Press, 1983. The Shape of Culture: A Study of Contemporary Cultural Patterns in the U.S. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Social Contracts and Economic Markets. New York: Plenum, 1993. Blackwell Companion to Sociology (ed.)Malden MA: Blackwell, 2001. Race in the Schools: Perpetuating White Dominance? Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2003. Recipient of the American Sociological Association's Oliver Cromwell Cox Award. The Paris Agreement: Climate Change, Solidarity and Human Rights. New York, NY: Palgrave 2017
 Crimes Against Humanity: Climate Change and Trump's Legacy of Planetary Destruction. New York: Routledge, 2018.Co-Authored Books (Selected)

<mask>, Mark La Gory, and John Pipkin, eds., Professionals and Urban Form. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1983. .
John Pipkin, Mark La Gory, and <mask>, eds. Remaking the City: Social Science Perspectives On Urban Design. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1983. .
 <mask> and Alberto Moncada, Human Rights: Beyond the Liberal Vision. Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. <mask> and Alberto Moncada, Justice in the United States: Human Rights and the U.S. Constitution. Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.<mask> and Alberto Moncada, Freedoms and Solidarities: We Humans. Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. <mask> and Alberto Moncada, Human Rights: A Primer. Boulder: Paradigm, 2009. <mask> and Louis Edgar Esparza, Human Rights: A Primer. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2016.<mask>, David L Brunsma, Alberto Moncada and Catherine Zimmer, The Leading Rogue State: The U.S. and Human Rights. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2008. Reva <mask>, <mask>, Climate Chaos and Its Origins in Slavery and Capitalism (Anthem Sociological Perspectives on Human Rights and Development) Hardcover – September 15, 2020

Co-edited Books (Selected)
 Arnold Foster and <mask>, eds., Art and Society: Readings in the Sociology of Art. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. <mask> and Norman Goodman, eds., Social Roles and Social Institutions: Essays in Honor of Rose Laub Coser. New Brunswick: Transaction Press, 1995. <mask> and Keri Iyall Smith, eds., Public Sociology Reader.Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006
 <mask> and Marina Karides, eds., The World and US Social Forums. Rowman & Littlefield, 2009. <mask> and Mark Frezzo, eds., Sociology and Human Rights: A Bill of Rights for the 21st Century. Los Angeles: Sage, 2012. Keri Iyall Smith, Louis Esparza and   Human Rights Of the People, For the People: How to Critique and Revise the U.S. Constitution. New York: Routledge, 2017. Articles and Book Chapters (Selected)
 <mask>, "Patterns of Communication and Theoretical High Energy Physicists," Sociometry 37 (1974):  391–406.<mask> and Peter M<mask>, "The Cost of Inequality:  Metropolitan Structure and Violent Crime," American Sociological Review 47 (February 1982):  114–129. <mask>, "Elite Arts, the de Rigeuer and the Less," Social Forces 64 (June 1986):  875–905. <mask>, "The Context and Content of Collaboration:  Architecture and the Social Sciences," Journal of Architectural Education 45 (Fall 1991):  36–40. Kenneth C. Land, Glenn Deane, and <mask>, "Religious Pluralism, Social Conditions, and Spatial Diffusion:  An Analysis of Their Effects on Church Membership," American Sociological Review 56 (April 1991):  237–249. <mask> and Charles Heying, "Historically Black Organizations in the Nonprofit Sector." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly  25 (December 1996):  540–545. <mask>, "Alley Art: Can We….See….. the End of Ontology?" pp. 187–208 in Jonathan Turner (ed. ), Handbook of Sociological Theory (New York: Kluwer/Plenum Press, 2001). <mask>, Vicki L. Lamb, Elizabeth Stearns, and Lisa Pellerin, "Cosmopolitan Environments and Adolescents’ Achievement Gains," Sociology of Education 74 (April 2001): 121-138

 <mask>, "What Would Sartre Say? What Would Arendt Reply?" Social Forces: 85(2007):1063-1078   <mask>, "Globalization," Interview in Islamic Perspectives (Tehran and London), 2 (2010):

 <mask>, "ASA Member Resolution on the Iraq War: Response to Criticisms," Footnotes of the American Sociological Association 31 (September/October 2003): 14.See also
https://sociology.unc.edu/files/2018/08/Judith-Blau-CV-Aug-2018.pdf

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title: Darren Ferguson

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<mask> (born 9 February 1972) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who was last the manager of Championship club Peterborough United. Between his first and third stints with Peterborough, he also managed Preston North End and Doncaster Rovers. As a player, <mask> was managed at Manchester United by his father, Sir <mask>. He won a Premier League title and the FA Charity Shield in 1993 with the club before going on to spend most of his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers and Wrexham in the lower divisions of English football. <mask>'s first managerial appointment was as player-manager of League Two Peterborough United in January 2007. After two successive promotions, and guiding the club to the second-tier of English football for the first time in 17 seasons, <mask> was relieved of his duties on 9 November 2009, with Peterborough United at the foot of The Championship. <mask> was appointed Preston North End manager on 6 January 2010.He was dismissed on 29 December 2010 after a string of poor results. On 12 January 2011, he was again appointed as the manager of Peterborough United, where he took the club to the League One play-off Final at Old Trafford, and in this match won promotion to the Football League Championship, the club's third promotion in four years, with a 3–0 victory over Huddersfield Town. Peterborough United spent two seasons in the Championship after winning promotion. On 4 May 2013, <mask>'s side were relegated to League One after losing to Crystal Palace 3–2 on the final match of the season. Playing career

<mask> was born in Glasgow. He is the son of former Manchester United manager Sir <mask>. He has two siblings: a twin brother, Jason, and an elder brother, Mark.His father brought him through the youth ranks at Manchester United, giving him his first team debut in 1990. <mask> played in United's first 15 games of the new Premier League in 1992–93 during the absence of the injured Bryan Robson, and although he did not start a league game after November, he played enough games to qualify for a title winner's medal at the end of the season (which, at the time, was a minimum of 10 matches). However, his first-team chances were very limited in 1993–94 and he was transferred to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £250,000. His final season at Old Trafford brought just five first team appearances, and with the introduction of squad numbers in the Premier League that campaign he had been issued with the number 18 shirt which would next be worn by Simon Davies. He spent five years at Wolves, during which they qualified for the Division One play-offs twice and finished in the top 10 on four occasions, but never gained promotion to the Premier League. He left Wolves in 1999 to sign for Dutch side Sparta Rotterdam, but only made 14 appearances. Between 1999 and 2007 he played for Wrexham making 310 appearances, scoring 51 goals.<mask> captained them to win promotion to Division Two in 2002–03. He also led the club to its first national trophy (in English football), the Football League Trophy, scoring the second goal himself in a 2–0 win over Southend United in 2004–05. Managerial career
In 2001, 29-year-old <mask> was linked with the management post at Wrexham, following the departure of Brian Flynn. At the time, he assisted caretaker manager Joey Jones. After manager Denis Smith was sacked in January 2007, <mask> was again touted as a candidate, having by now played well over 300 games for the club, but coach Brian Carey was appointed instead. There were suggestions that <mask> and Carey had clashed, as <mask> had expected to be appointed. Carey, who had left <mask> on the substitutes bench for his first game, denied this.The pair had argued a year previously, following a defeat to Leyton Orient. <mask> later stated he was disappointed not to be considered for the management position, and stated the club would have done better under him than they did under Carey. Peterborough United
Shortly after his father celebrated 20 years as manager of Manchester United, <mask> followed him into football management. In January 2007 he left Wrexham to become player-manager of fellow League Two side Peterborough United. Previous manager Keith Alexander had been sacked after a run of six straight defeats. He led the club to a 10th-placed finish in his first season of management. In his first full season of management, he took Posh to second place in League Two, gaining promotion.He was named League Two manager of the month for March 2008, after Peterborough won six games out of eight in the month. In his second full season, 2008–09, he led Posh go to second place and automatic promotion to the Championship. He also won the League One Manager of the Month award for March 2009, following six straight wins. <mask> left Peterborough in November 2009, by mutual consent, with Posh bottom of the table. Preston North End
In January 2010, <mask> signed as manager of Preston North End. His first game at home as a manager was an FA Cup match against Chelsea on 23 January 2010 which his side lost 2–0. On 14 September 2010, <mask> was charged with misconduct by the FA after his behaviour in the tunnel towards the referee after a 4–3 Championship defeat by Burnley.During a disappointing period as manager of Preston, in a spell which lasted less than a year, <mask> had a comeback win in September 2010 when his Preston side beat Leeds United 6–4 after being 4–1 down at Elland Road. After the match <mask> said: "I have never been involved in such an amazing game." After 49 games in charge, winning 13, drawing 12 and losing 24 games, he was sacked as manager on 29 December 2010, with Preston North End bottom of the Championship. Following his sacking by Preston, his father Sir <mask> immediately recalled all three Manchester United players on loan at Preston; Joshua King, Ritchie De Laet, and Matty James. In addition, the Stoke City manager Tony Pulis recalled the two Stoke players on loan at Preston; Danny Pugh and Michael Tonge. This meant that in a single week, Preston had lost five key first-team players, effectively sealing the team's relegation. Return to Peterborough United
In January 2011, Gary Johnson left his job as manager at Peterborough United, with the club several points adrift of the playoff places.On 12 January 2011, <mask> was re-appointed as manager at Peterborough on a four-and-a-half-year contract. His first match ended up in a defeat away to league leaders Brighton & Hove Albion, but the following week, in his first game at London Road since his return, Peterborough beat Hartlepool United 4–0. Peterborough United's promotion hopes was given a boost with a 5–3 win over promotion rivals Sheffield Wednesday. A 0–5 away thumping of Oldham Athletic kept <mask>'s men within touching distance of the automatic promotion places. The club ultimately finished fourth in League One, and after beating Milton Keynes 4–3 on aggregate, reached the play-off Final at Old Trafford against Huddersfield Town. Peterborough went on to defeat Huddersfield 3–0 to clinch a return to the Championship, just one year after they had been relegated. By the end of the season, Peterborough had become the top-scoring side in the whole country, with 106 goals in total; their 46 league games generated a total of 181 goals, or 3.93 per game.Peterborough spent two seasons in the Championship after winning promotion, before being relegated back to League One after losing to Crystal Palace 3–2 on the final day of the season. Peterborough had led the match with seven minutes remaining, but went on to lose in the final minute; a draw would have been enough to keep Peterborough in the Championship. Their total of 54 points during that season is to date the highest amount accrued by a relegated side in Championship history. On 21 February 2015, following a 3–0 away defeat at Milton Keynes Dons which left the team 15th in the League One table, <mask> left Peterborough United by mutual consent. Doncaster Rovers
<mask> was appointed manager of League One club Doncaster Rovers on 16 October 2015. They were relegated at the end of the 2015–16 season, but a third place finish in their only season in League Two saw the club win promotion back to League One in May 2017. <mask> resigned from his role as manager on 4 June 2018, after guiding Rovers to 15th placed finish in their first season back in Sky Bet League One.Second return to Peterborough United
<mask> was re-appointed as manager of League One club Peterborough United on 26 January 2019 for the third time with a deal agreed until the end of season after the dismissal of Steve Evans, with Gavin Strachan as his assistant. In May 2021, after missing out on the previous season's play-offs due to the season being curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, <mask> successfully guided Peterborough to promotion to the Championship. On 20 February 2022, the following day from a last-minute 1–0 defeat to relegation rivals Derby County that left Peterborough in 23rd position, five points from safety, it was announced that <mask> had resigned during a phone call to joint-owner Darragh MacAnthony. Personal life
In June 2003, <mask> married Nadine Metcalfe. On 23 October 2007, he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his estranged wife on the driveway of his father's home in Wilmslow, Cheshire. He was released on bail. He appeared at Macclesfield Magistrates' Court on 23 January 2008, and was charged with common assault, to which he pleaded not guilty.On 10 April 2008, he changed his plea to guilty and was fined £1,500 and ordered to pay £200 in court costs. Managerial statistics

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Manchester United
Premier League: 1992–93
FA Charity Shield: 1993

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FAW Premier Cup: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04
Football League Trophy: 2004–05
FAW Premier Cup runners-up: 2004–05, 2005–06

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Peterborough United
Football League One runners-up: 2008–09, 2020–21
Football League One play-offs: 2010–11
Football League Two runners-up: 2007–08
Football League Trophy: 2013–14

Doncaster Rovers
Football League Two third place: 2016–17

Individual
LMA Manager of the Year: 2009 League One
Football League One Manager of the Month: March 2009, February 2011, April 2014, August 2014, October 2019, October 2020, February 2021
Football League Two Manager of the Month: March 2008, January 2017

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<mask> () is a Serbian politician. She served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2001 to 2020 and is now the Minister for Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue in the cabinet of Ana Brnabić. A former and long-time member of the Democratic Party, she was excluded from the party from opposing its boycott of the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election. Early life and career
<mask> was born in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, in what was then the People's Republic of Serbia in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. She trained as a physicist and was an worked at the University of Novi Sad's Faculty of Technical Sciences from 1984 to 1999. From 1999 to 2004, she worked in marketing for JP SPC Vojvodina. Čomić was one of the first Serbian politicians to write a blog, starting in 2006.Politician
Čomić joined the Democratic Party's Novi Sad municipal board in 1992, became a spokesperson for the party at the city and provincial level, led its Novi Sad election headquarters in 1996, and served as president of the party's provincial board from 1998 to 2001. Čomić appeared on the Democratic Party's electoral lists in the 1992 and 1993 parliamentary elections, running in the Novi Sad electoral division. She was not included in her party's assembly delegation on either occasion. (From 1992 to 2000, Serbia's electoral law stipulated that one-third of parliamentary mandates would be assigned to candidates on successful lists in numerical order, while the remaining two-thirds would be distributed amongst other candidates at the discretion of sponsoring parties or coalitions. Čomić was not given a high enough list position on either occasion to receive an automatic mandate, nor was she granted an optional mandate afterwards.) She was elected to the Vojvodina assembly for Novi Sad's thirteenth electoral district in the 1996 provincial election and led the opposition group in the assembly from 1997 to 2000. Re-elected for Novi Sad's tenth district in 2000, she served as the assembly's deputy speaker from 2000 to 2001.At the municipal level, she was a member of Novi Sad's executive committee in 1997. Parliamentarian

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Serbia's electoral system was revised for the 2000 parliamentary election, with the entire country becoming a single constituency. Čomić received the twenty-first position on the electoral list of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, a broad coalition that included the Democratic Party. The list won a landslide majority with 176 out of 250 mandates, and Čomić was selected as part of its parliamentary delegation when the assembly in January 2001. (From 2000 to 2011, all parliamentary mandates were awarded to sponsoring parties or coalitions rather than to individual candidates, and it was common practice for the mandates to be distributed out of numerical order. Čomić did not automatically receive a mandate by virtue of her list position, but she was nonetheless chosen as a Democratic Party representative.) She became a vice-president of the Democratic Party later in the year and served as a deputy speaker of the assembly.In October 2003, Čomić controversially delayed a vote of no-confidence in the government of Zoran Živković. Čomić was a supporter of Živković, and some opposition members charged that the delay was simply a method to buy more time for the government to build a working majority. In the same period, Čomić oversaw a motion of non-confidence (which was ultimately unsuccessful) in assembly speaker Nataša Mićić. Mićić dissolved the assembly for new elections on 13 November 2003. The Democratic Party contested the resulting 2003 parliamentary election on its own, and Čomić received the sixth position on its electoral list. The list won thirty-seven mandates, and she was again chosen as part of the party's assembly delegation. The rival Democratic Party of Serbia emerged at the head of a coalition government following the election, and the Democratic Party served in opposition.In January 2004, Čomić supported Živković's candidacy against Boris Tadić for the vacant Democratic Party leadership. It was reported that Tadić responded by blocking Čomić from becoming the new assembly speaker, a position she had expected to receive. Tadić was chosen as party leader in early 2004, and Čomić was defeated in her concurrent bid for re-election as a party vice-president. She chaired the assembly committees for international relations and European integration in the parliament that followed, and in 2006 she was appointed as part of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA). She supported Serbia's integration into the European Union and criticized what she regarded as efforts to increase Serbia's dependence on Russia. In 2006, she worked with parliamentarians from Montenegro on a regional charter of minority rights. Čomić was again selected as part of the Democratic Party's assembly delegation after the 2007 and 2008 elections.The party returned to participation in government in 2007 and became the dominant force in a coalition government with the Socialist Party in 2008. In that year, Čomić was once again chosen as a deputy speaker of the assembly. She indicated her support for the Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in January 2009, arguing that it was not a separatist document (as some had suggested) and that it would benefit both Vojvodina and Serbia as a whole. 2012–20
Serbia's electoral system was reformed once again in 2011, such that parliamentary mandates were awarded in numerical order to candidates on successful lists. Čomić was given the fifteenth position on the Democratic Party's Choice for a Better Life coalition list in the 2012 election and was re-elected when the list won sixty-seven mandates. This election was won by the Serbian Progressive Party and its allies, and the Democratic Party moved into opposition. Čomić continued to serve in Serbia's OSCE PA delegation and was selected by this organization as a rapporteur for human rights and migration.In November 2013, <mask> headed an OSCE PA delegation overseeing the 2013 Tajikistani presidential election. She was critical of the way the election was handled, saying, "While quiet and peaceful, this was an election without a real choice. Being in power requires abiding by OSCE commitments, not taking advantage of incumbency, as we saw here. Greater genuine political pluralism will be critical for Tajikistan to meet its democratic commitments." <mask> later advocated for the OSCE PA's Baku Declaration. She stood down from her membership in the organization in 2014. Čomić received high positions on the Democratic Party-led lists in the 2014 and 2016 elections and was easily re-elected both times.She was chosen as a deputy speaker after both elections, and in 2014 she was again selected as a party vice-president. She also served as her party's critic on defence issues. The Democratic Party remained in opposition during this time. Čomić was an early supporter of Saša Janković's bid for president of Serbia in the 2017 election. Janković was ultimately endorsed by the Democratic Party and finished a distant second against Aleksandar Vučić of the Progressive Party. During the 2016–20 parliament, <mask> was deputy chair of the parliamentary committee on constitutional and legislative issues; a member of the committee on Kosovo-Metohija, the European integration committee, and the committee on the rights of the child; a deputy member of the environmental protection committee and the defence and internal affairs committee; a deputy member of the European Union–Serbia stabilization and association committee; a member of a commission to "investigate the consequences of the NATO 1999 bombing on the health of the citizens of Serbia, as well as the environment, with a special focus on the impact of the depleted uranium projectiles"; a deputy member of the Serbia's delegation to the South-East European Cooperation Process parliamentary assembly; and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. The Democratic Party began participating in a boycott of the national assembly in early 2019, against the backdrop of significant protests against Serbia's government.Čomić was expelled from the party in early 2020 after attending an assembly session while the boycott was still in place. She indicated that her reason for returning to the assembly was to present draft legislation (which was ultimately successful) requiring at least forty per cent representation of women on election lists at both the republic and municipal levels. She sought re-election to the assembly in the 2020 parliamentary election as a non-party candidate, receiving the fourth position on the electoral list of the United Democratic Serbia alliance. The list did not cross the electoral threshold to win representation in the assembly, and Čomić's term ended on 3 August 2020. Cabinet minister
<mask> was appointed to prime minister Ana Brnabić's cabinet in October 2020 as minister of human and minority rights and social dialogue. In March 2021, Čomić brought forward a draft anti-discrimination law for same-sex unions in Serbia. The legislation extends civic rights to same-sex couples, although it does not address marriage or adoption; Čomić contends that these subjects are matters of family law, whereas her legislation is focused on human rights issues.The rights extended to same-sex unions under the legislation have prompted opposition from more conservative circles. Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić has said that he will not sign the law on the grounds that it violates Serbia's constitution. Čomić has downplayed the importance of Vučić's opposition, affirming the law's constitutionality and saying that its validity will ultimately be determined by Serbia's constitutional court. References

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title: Edward H. Bennett

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<mask> (1874–1954) was an architect and city planner best known for his co-authorship of the 1909 Plan of Chicago. Biography
<mask> was born in Bristol, England in 1874, and later moved to San Francisco with his family. An employee of Robert White, he was encouraged by famous architect Bernard Maybeck to pursue his education at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and was a student there  from 1895 to 1902, thanks to the generosity of <mask>. The training and friendships he made at the École shaped his entire career. After graduating, he spent a short time in New York City with prominent architect George B. Post, who sent him to Chicago to assist architect Daniel H. Burnham in preparing a plan for the military academy at West Point. Burnham found <mask>'s work highly satisfactory and in 1903 invited him to move to Chicago to collaborate on the comprehensive plan for San Francisco, and afterwards, the Plan of Chicago.The completed San Francisco plan was not implemented in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake, but <mask> became well known for his design work and co-authorship of the 1909 Plan of Chicago. While Burnham raised money and visibility for the Chicago Plan, <mask> created the actual layouts and drawings which are so well known today. <mask> also trained with Chicago's then leading country house architect <mask> Doren Shaw. <mask> made Chicago his personal and professional headquarters for the rest of his career. He served on the Chicago Plan Commission in various capacities into the 1930s and developed a substantial private practice and a national reputation as a city planner. Burnham, who largely retired from active practice after 1905, other than for his work in Chicago, directed applicants to <mask>, who, with partners William E. Parsons (1872–1939) and <mask>. Frost (1886–1943), served as a planning consultant to many cities large and small. In the plan for Chicago, Burnham and <mask> created a working document giving substance to the City Beautiful philosophy.From this prototype <mask> developed comparable plans for numerous American cities, including Minneapolis, Detroit, and Portland, Oregon. <mask> married Catherine Jones from the prominent Lake Forest Jones family. They had one son, E. H<mask> Jr., who was also an architect. In 1916 <mask> designed and built their estate, Bagatelle, on the northeast corner of the original Jones estate. The house still stands at the corner of Deerpath and Green Bay Roads in Lake Forest. Bagatelle is an interpretation of the Château de Bagatelle in Paris's Bois de Boulogne. Its classical garden with central fountain echos the design of Grant Park and Buckingham Fountain on Chicago's lakefront.He also owned Deerpath Farm, a dairy farm and country retreat on  just west of Lake Forest which he gave to his son, and which now remains intact as the Deerpath Farm conservation community. For many years, <mask>'s office was located in the penthouse of the Santa Fe building at 80 E. Jackson in Chicago. From this vantage point he could supervise the construction of Grant Park, which he designed as part of the Plan of Chicago, and its structures including Buckingham Fountain and the original Peristyle in today's Millennium Park. His son E. H<mask> Jr. later occupied this same office through the late-1960s. <mask>'s firm was a pioneer in the creation of zoning ordinances and the study of transportation and regional planning as urban design tools. He usually served on a consultant basis, frequently for quasi-public or commercial interests such as the Commercial Club of Chicago. His vision of the city was formed in the application of Beaux-Arts design principles of axiality and the incorporation of monumental public buildings as civic markers, coupled with a systematic ordering of functions for efficiency.After World War I, the nature of planning work changed. Fully three-quarters of the <mask> firm's work done in the 1920s was for official city planning agencies rather than for independent business or civic groups. With the Great Depression, <mask>'s volume of work declined. From the late 1920s, he was involved in planning for the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, and designed a number of structures for it. From 1927 until 1937, <mask> served as Chairman of the Board of Architects responsible for the development of the Federal Triangle in Washington, DC, a large complex of government buildings between the White House and the United States Capitol built to house a number of Federal agencies, including what is now the National Archives and Records Administration. Although most of his life's work reflected the Beaux Arts tradition, <mask> also designed two known modernist structures, one a personal studio on the south grounds of the Bagatelle estate, and the other a house in the artist colony of Tryon, North Carolina. After the retirement and death of his partners, <mask> closed his practice in 1944 and spent the final decade of his life in retirement.In the course of his career, <mask> had worked in nearly 20 states, from California to Florida, as well as in Puerto Rico and Canada. He presented his papers to The Art Institute of Chicago in 1953, and these were supplemented by additional gifts and bequests from his architect son, <mask><mask>, Jr., over the following two decades. In 2008 <mask>'s Grandson, <mask> III donated a substantial collection of <mask>'s personal papers, drawings and photographs including his personal notebooks for the Plans of Chicago and San Francisco to Lake Forest College. Works
 1909 Plan of Chicago
 Buckingham Fountain - Chicago, IL
 Michigan Avenue Bridge - Chicago, IL
 Peristyle at Millennium Park (original) - Chicago, IL
 Civic Center Park - Denver, CO
 1915 Plan for Ottawa
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Coventry, Kim; Meyer, Daniel; Miller, Arthur H. "Classical Country Estates of Lake Forest, Architecture and Landscape Design 1856-1940" (2003), New York: W. W. Norton & Company, pages 209, 211, 227, 288-89; cover photograph
 Cohen, Stuart; Benjamin, Susan. "North Shore Chicago, Houses of the Lakefront Suburbs 1890-1945" (2004), New York: Acanthus Press, pages 41, 43, 302, 307, 319

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 Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest at Google Books Search
 Drawing at the Art Institute of Chicago

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<mask> (, born 22 January 1966) is a Ukrainian journalist, CEO and politician who is Ukraine's Minister of Culture and Information Policy since 4 June 2020. Prior to his Ministership <mask> was a Ukrainian media manager, journalist, producer and the long-term CEO of the 1+1 Media Group. <mask> won a parliamentary seat in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election with the party Servant of the People. Education
In 1990, <mask> graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 2016, he received a diploma from Harvard Business School according to the program “Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports”. In 2018, he completed a study at INSEAD Business School in Singapore according to the program “Value Creation for Owners and Directors”. Management activities in the media
In 1994‒1999 — president of Nova Mova Television Company (production studio), which produced the TV programs “Epilogue” and “Faces of the World” for UT-1 and Inter TV channels.In December 1996, he, together with the whole team of “Epilogue”, moved to a new television and radio company “Studio 1+1”. The Television News Service (TSN), created by <mask>, was broadcast on January 1, 1997 with presenter Alla Mazur. At the same time, the “Epilogue” continued to appear on 1+1 TV Channel, and <mask> became deputy general producer of the channel. In December 1997, he left 1+1 TV Channel. In April 1999, he headed Novyi Kanal TV Channel, where he came by order of the then owner of the Russian Alfa Bank. Oleksandr reformatted and made competitive Reporter News Program, inviting some members of “Epilogue” team to it: Andriy Shevchenko, Ivanna Naida, Ihor Kulias. Under his leadership, in 2000, the channel entered the top three market leaders.From January 2000 to May 2001, he was an advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko (on a voluntary basis). In 2003, he became the informal head of the so-called Pinchuk Holding (Novyi Kanal, ICTV, STB). In August 2004, he retired from responsibility of the holding head, and in January 2005, he left Novyi Kanal TV Channel. In 2005, he became the chairman of the management board and one of the shareholders of Odessa Film Studio CJSC, began to develop a chain of cinemas and cinema distribution. From March to May 2008, he worked in Moscow as the Deputy General Director of REN-TV Channel under a consulting agreement. He was engaged in content programming and TV viewing grid. Since August 2008, he has held a position of General Director of 1+1 Media Group, which includes such channels as: 1+1, 2+2, TET, PlusPlus, Curler, Unian-TV, 1+1 International and Ukraine Today, sales house Pluses and 1+1 company for the production of TV content.In April 2014, against the background of annexation of Crimea to Russia and the armed conflict in the east of Ukraine, he called the Ukrainian TV channels to abandon the broadcast of Russian TV serials about security forces. Later, he spoke in support of a bill banning Russian films and TV serials promoted by armed and law enforcement forces. On November 1, 2018, Russian sanctions were imposed against 322 citizens of Ukraine, including <mask> <mask>. On August 20, 2019, he went out of business and resigned as CEO of the 1 + 1 holding. Producer activity
He was a producer of “Song of Songs”, “House with a Tower”, “Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive”, “At the River”. Moreover, he was the producer of many popular TV serials, including “Milkmaid from Hatsapetovka”, “Tomorrow Will Be Tomorrow”, “Hope as a Confirmation of Life”, “Polka Dot Heaven” and many other.Journalistic activities
1988‒1991 — editor and presenter of the weekly television program “Youth Studio “Hart” on UT-1 Channel, the Ukrainian state television channel. 1991‒1994 — correspondent of the Ukrainian representative office of Reuters British News Agency in Kyiv. 1994 — he created the weekly informational and analytical television program “Epilogue” and became its presenter. In 1998‒1999, based on “Nova Mova” TC on the request of Inter TV Channel, he created the author's TV program in the format of interviews with international celebrities called “Faces of the World” for one television season. The guests of the “Faces” were Dalai Lama, Pinochet, Jean Chretien, Jacques Chirac and others. During the presidential elections of 2004, he conducted a televised debate between Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych. Since May 23, 2011, he had been broadcasting the TV show “Tkachenko.UA” on 1+1 Channel for several years running.Participation in the media market reformation
Since 2005, together with his ex-colleague Andrii Shevchenko, he became one of the activists of the creation of Public Television and Radio Broadcasting in Ukraine and one of the authors of the concept of creating Public Television (Public Broadcasting). Political career
<mask> took part in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election with the party Servant of the People. He was elected  to parliament under number 9 in election list of this party. (The party won 254 seats in the election.) On 29 August 2019 <mask> became Head of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) on Humanitarian and Information Policy. He was also Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of Norway. On 4 June 2020 parliament  appointed <mask> Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine.On 11 November 2021 <mask> handed over a resignation letter due to his disagreement of the decision of the Shmyhal Government to separate the Ukrainian State Film Agency from his Ministry of Culture and other (cultural) budget cuts. On 29 November 2021 Servant of the People faction leader Davyd Arakhamia claimed that the resignation of <mask> was avoided after a talk between <mask> and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal; <mask> denied this and claimed he expected his resignation would be brought to parliament. In response to the destruction of the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum during the Battle of Ivankiv on 27 February 2022, and the loss of its collection of works by Maria Prymachenko, <mask>, requested that Russia be deprived of its UNESCO membership. Private life
Family

Children: daughters Oleksanra (1989) and Eva (2012), son Danylo (2015). Wife – Tkachenko Anna, former Head of 1+1 Digital and Innovations, from January 2021 - head of the digital department of  "Kyiv.live" and "Odessa.live" TV channels. In 1989-2009 he was married to Tetyana Gnedash, Ukrainian screenwriter and Art Forms Production's producer. Awards and achievements
In 2010, 2011, 2012, Oleksandr is among the TOP-200 of the most influential Ukrainians according to Focus Magazine rating.In 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, Oleksandr is among the TOP-100 of the most influential Ukrainians according to Focus Magazine rating. See also
 List of members of the parliament of Ukraine, 2019–24

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 Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian)

21st-century Ukrainian politicians
Living people
1966 births
Politicians from Kyiv
21st-century journalists
Journalists from Kyiv
Ukrainian television journalists
University of Kyiv, Journalism Institute alumni
Servant of the People (political party) politicians
Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Culture ministers of Ukraine
Information ministers of Ukraine

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