title: Chris von Rohr

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 started writing right after his dismissal from Krokus.An autobiography entitled Hunde wollt ihr ewig rocken (Dogs, do you wanna rock forever) that gave the reader a direct, honest and genuine insight to the childhood and youth of the musician as well as behind the scenes recollections during his rock star days with Krokus. Subsequently, the literary work, in which the author recalls the highs and lows of his career in his own words, became a cult book and bestseller not only for rock and metal fans. That same year, <mask> <mask> also started his collaboration with the Swiss hard rock band Gotthard, via their band manager Marco Antognini. This cooperation turned out to be the beginning of a success story for both sides, as already the first, released in 1992, self-titled studio album Gotthard reached a significant chart position by making it to #5 in the Swiss charts. A year later, besides his duties with Gotthard, <mask> also re-released his 1987 solo album Hammer and Tongue, this time however under the title The Good, The Bad and The Dög including the bonus track "See You Walking". Following this reissue, <mask>’s focus was again entirely on Gotthard and what followed was, despite or because of persistent internal tensions - at least in Switzerland - a single musical triumph. All of the following studio and live albums of the band, produced by <mask>r, particularly  Dial Hard in 1994, G. in 1996, D-Frosted  in 1997 and Open in 1999 reached number 1 in the Swiss album charts.Moreover, even several singles were able to rank in the music charts of the Alpine republic of Switzerland. After that <mask>r participated on the ninth studio album of Polo Hofer & The Schmetterband (a Swiss dialect band) called  Härzbluet, which was released in January 2000. The two songs "Es saftigs Müntschi" and "Bärner” were both co-composed and co-produced by <mask>r. Through his connections in the music biz <mask>r initiated and produced the song "Who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot", a duet by Polo Hofer with the U.S. blues musician Willy DeVille. This short detour into Swiss dialect collaborations was followed by a very significant private event of the successful musician and producer: the birth of his daughter Jewel in 2001. Nevertheless, there was no resting on his laurels - on the contrary: With the studio album Homerun in 2001, which included the number-one single "Heaven", and the compilation One Life One Soul: Best of Ballads in 2002, he produced two other releases with Gotthard, which in turn landed at # 1 on the Swiss album charts. However, despite the successful joint working relationship over the last 11 years, that had its up’s and down’s and was not always easy for both sides, band and mentor <mask>r parted ways anno 2002.Second bestseller, "Meh Dräck" and varied activities (2002–2008)

Following the separation with Gotthard and with respect to his varied activities, a very all-around phase was about to begin. While he was working on his second book, he served as co-producer on Trybguet, the fifth studio album by Swiss dialect band Patent Ochsner, which was released in February 2003. This album jumped to # 1 in the Swiss album charts. Finally, in November 2003, his second literary work Bananenflanke (the second part of his autobiography) was published and rather quickly turned out to be another best seller for <mask>r. At the same time, his first bestseller, Hunde wollt ihr ewig rocken was released as a five-CD audiobook. On top of that <mask>r started in November 2003 his TV career as a juror in the first series of the talent show MusicStar that was broadcast by Swiss TV’s SF zwei. During this time, a documentary was published in February 2004 entitled Krokus: As Long as We Live, which dealt with the turbulent history of Krokus in an informative and multi-perspective way by letting people that were part of this journey tell their story in their own way.The creation of this film ultimately initiated the reconciliation of <mask> <mask> and <mask> Arb - and the subsequent reunion of the original line-up of Krokus. Von Rohr earned even more popularity with his slogan "Meh Dräck" during a broadcast of MusicStar, when he discouraged candidates to continue a music career due to their lackluster performance. The cult status that evolved because of his saying, convinced him eventually to write a song with the same title. This was ultimately released as a single and Meh Dräck! reached number 14 in the Swiss Singles Chart. Furthermore, «Meh Dräck» was even chosen as "word of the year 2004" in Switzerland. From December 2004 to February 2005 <mask>r appeared again as a juror in the second season of the talent show Music Star.Meanwhile, he also produced the live recorded acoustic album of the band Lovebugs, which also shot to # 1 in the Swiss album charts. After completion of the second season, <mask> eventually left Musicstar to get back to work as a radio moderator. The broadcast VollRohr – Rock’n’Talk (full power ahead - Rock'n'Talk) was heard from May 2005 to June 2006 on various radio stations in Switzerland. Alternating with Peter Bichsel, Peter Scholl-Latour and Helmut Hubacher, <mask> started in 2005 also to write each month's column Notabene for the magazine Schweizer Illustrierte. Meanwhile, he additionally started in October 2005 together with Roman Kilchsperger on SF two a late-night TV show called  Black’n’Blond. Here, at the first broadcast of the show, <mask> got the attention of the Swiss television viewers my mooning the camera. However, the producers of the Schweizer Fernsehen (Swiss television) show were not convinced about the sustainability in the long run and Black’n’Blond was incidentally cancelled in September 2006.But <mask>'s absence on TV was short-lived, as he could be seen from October to December 2006 as a juror in the uniquely produced talent show  Superstar, which was broadcast on Swiss TV channel 3+. In December 2007 - despite Marc Storace still touring with the then active line-up of Krokus - an increased movement to revive the classic line-up of Krokus started when the Storace, <mask>, <mask> and Steady performed in the Swiss TV show Die grössten Schweizer Hits (The Greatest Swiss Hits of All Time). After their performance and a standing ovation, the original members of the band were presented with the Diamond Award for over a million records sold in Switzerland. After that event, an artistic pause was announced on the band's own website. Return of original Krokus line-up and third bestseller (2008–present)

Following the artistic pause, Krokus re-formed in the same line-up that at the end of 2007 performed in the TV show Die grössten Schweizer Hits, i.e. frontman Storace, guitarist <mask>, bassist <mask>r and drummer Steady. Shortly thereafter, the return of rhythm guitarist Mark Kohler was announced, and the original line-up that recorded the 1982 album  One Vice at a Time was reunited at last.Subsequently, the original Krokus line-up performed their much acclaimed reunion concert at the Stade de Suisse football stadium in Bern; then the band contributed the anthem for the Hockey World Cup, that was held in 2009 in Switzerland, called "Live for the Action". Next started the work on Krokus' 16th studio album called Hoodoo, which was recorded mostly at the House of Audio in Winterbach and <mask> himself is credited as the producer of the album, which was released in February 2010. It was the second time only in the history of Krokus that the album debuted at No.1 on the Swiss album charts and ultimately earned the band platinum status in their home country. Following the release of the album, the band played numerous large festivals and a few headlining shows in Europe until late December 2010. Simultaneously <mask>r found himself again in front of a TV audience as of July 2010, hired as a profiler of 3sat and their broadcast Tonspur – Der Soundtrack meines Lebens (Soundtrack - The soundtrack of my life). Before the preparations on a new album of Krokus could take place, <mask> <mask> published his third book Sternenstaub (Stardust) in October 2011, which includes some of the columns he had written over the years for the renowned magazine "Schweizer Illustrierte". The literary work of the multi-talented, most successful rock musician and producer in all of Switzerland even jumped to No.9 of the Swiss Fiction Book Charts and therefore established itself as a bestseller, like his two autobiographies Hunde wollt ihr ewig rocken (Dogs, do you want to rock forever) and Bananenflanke. After <mask>r finished work on 2012 as executive producer of the debut album of Swiss hard rock band Fox, he started recordings of Krokus' seventeenth studio album in the famous Abbey Road Studios in London in the fall of 2012. Again, <mask>r is also credited as producer of Dirty Dynamite, which finally was released in February 2013. Mandy Meyer, who in the meantime had joined the band permanently (again) as third guitarist, was part of the recording of this album. Like his predecessor Hoodoo, it shot straight to No. 1 of the Swiss album charts before earning platinum award status in the Alpine republic of their home country, Switzerland. Krokus followed up with some headlining concerts in Switzerland, during which Flavio Mezzodi was introduced as the band's new regular drummer.In the summer of 2013 the band appeared at several festivals throughout Europe. In January 2014, 35 years after the release of Metal Rendez-Vous, Krokus receive from their record company a 4x Platinum Award. The album, which sold around 3 million copies worldwide and is considered the most successful hard rock album of Switzerland, was co-produced by <mask>r. Last year's 4th sold-out show at the Kofmehl, a.k.a. "The House Of Rust" in their hometown of Solothurn was recorded and the live album, produced by <mask>r, would be released in April/May 2014 in 45 countries around the world as Long Stick Goes Boom: Live From Da House Of Rust. Immediately after release it shot to #3 in the Swiss album charts. This was the first live album of Krokus that <mask>r played on.Starting out the 2014 concert season, the band embarks on a German tour, followed by multiple festivals all over Europe. Mein Trip durch den Rockdschungel, Steinblatt-Verlag, Lugano 1991 (also released as 5-CD audiobook). <mask> <mask>: Bananenflanke. Neue Geschichten aus dem Rock-Dschungel, Steinblatt-Verlag, Biel 2003. <mask> <mask>: Sternenstaub. Die besten Kolumnen. Giger Verlag, Altendorf 2011.References

External links

 Official Website
 Official Website of Krokus
 Songs composed and produced by <mask> <mask>
 Sendung «Schawinski»'' Roger Schawinski im Gespräch mit <mask> Rohr. Video in: Schweizer Fernsehen from 30. April 2012 (Online, 27 Minuten)

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title: Larry Alcala

type: original

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Lauro "<mask><mask> (August 18, 1926 – June 24, 2002) was a well-known editorial cartoonist and illustrator in the Philippines. In 2018, he was posthumously conferred the National Artist for Visual Arts title and the Grand Collar of the Order of National Artists (Order ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining). Biography
He was born on August 18, 1926 to <mask> and Elpidia Zarate in Daraga, Albay. Through a scholarship from Manila Times granted by the publisher Ramón Roces, he obtained a degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at the University of the Philippines (UP) in 1950. He became a professor at the same university from 1951 to 1981. He also received the Australian Cultural Award accompanied by a travel study grant in 1975. He started his cartooning career in 1946 while still attending school.After World War II, he created his very first comic strip, Islaw Palitaw, which was printed on the pages of the Filipino weekly magazine Liwayway. In 1947, he created the comic strip Kalabog en Bosyo, using Taglish as the medium of communication of his characters. He pioneered animated cartoons for television commercials of products such as Darigold Milk in 1957 and Caltex in 1965. His campaign for the advancement of illustration and commercial art in the Philippines resulted to the establishment of the Visual Communication Department at the UP College of Fine Arts. In 1997, the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) granted him the title Dean of Filipino Cartoonists, an achievement award for his lifetime dedication to the art of capturing humor in the character and everyday life in the Philippines. In 1991, he promoted the formation of a group of young children's book illustrators called Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang INK). All in all, he made over 500 cartoon characters, twenty comic strips, six movies, two murals, and 15,000 published pages in his 56 years of professional cartooning career.He believed in the far-reaching role of cartoons in education and value formation. He died on June 24, 2002 when he was 75. His cartoons
His most popular cartoon series was Slice of Life, which is a reflection of the many unique aspects of everyday life in the Philippines. He captured the interest of his weekend patrons by giving them the task of looking for his image cleverly concealed within the weekend cartoon. He did the same with his other comic strip Kalabog en Bosyo. His cartoons had been tapped in advertising campaigns, such as corporate calendars, print ads, promotional T-shirts and in San Miguel Beer cans. In 1988, his Slice of Life received the Best in Humor award and was also cited for helping to keep alive the Filipino's ability to laugh at himself, through the lively marriage of art and humor, and through commentaries that are at once critical and compassionate, evoking laughter and reflection.Slice of Life appeared on the pages of the Weekend Magazine. Mang Ambo
Mang Ambo is the personification of the Filipino according to <mask>a. Mang Ambo, the character, is an incorrigible cock-eyed innocent, possessing a small town charm amidst urban sophistication. Through Mang Ambo and the other characters of a fictional place called Barrio Bulabog, Alcala exposed the follies and foibles of Philippine society in general and of cosmopolitan life in particular. In this cartoon strip's characters, he also affirmed the Filipino's peculiar coping mechanism of laughing at himself in the face of adversity but still absorbing life's vicissitudes with resilience. Mang Ambo made its debut in 1960 as a full-page feature in the Weekly Graphic. The cartoon series later became the first Alcala comic strip to be compiled in book form.Kalabog en Bosyo
Alcala's most enduring comic strip was Kalabog en Bosyo that first appeared on the pages of Pilipino Komiks in 1947. It eventually became the longest running cartoon series created by a Filipino. Decades before Slice of Life, Alcala was already doing cameo roles in his Kalabog en Bosyo comic strips, but instead of portraying himself with a moustach, spectacles and side burns, he rendered himself in a crew-cut, younger and about 100-pounds thinner profile. An onomatopoeic Tagalog word, the name of the character, Kalabog, refers to the thud sound produced after the impact of a falling object finally reaching solid ground. In Kalabog en Bosyo, Alcala pioneered in the blending of Tagalog and English or Taglish as the medium of communication among his characters. The comic misadventures of the two bungling detectives namely Kalabog and Bosyo had been transposed into films by Sampaguita Pictures in 1957, starring the Filipino actors-comedians, Dolphy and Panchito Alba. Public Affairs TV, Channel 13, 1963-1964
Design artist, Mobil Philippines, 1961-1962
Supervising Animator, Universal Animated Productions, 1959-1960
Movie Consultant, Kalabog and Bosyo, 1986
Movie Consultant, Asiong Aksaya, GP Productions, 1977
Movie Consultant, Kalabog and Bosyo, Sampaguita Pictures, 1957
Movie Consultant, Tipin, Sampaguita Pictures, 1956
Scriptwriter, Dos por Dos, Channel 2, 1974
Advertising Artist, Pan Pacific Advertising, 1948-1949

Clubs and organizations
Alcala had been affiliated with the following clubs and organizations:
Adviser, Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas (SKP), 1989-2002
President, Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas (SKP), 1979- 1989
President, Art Directors Club of the Philippines, 1963-1964
Vice President, Society of Philippine Illustrators and Cartoonists (SPIC) 1962-1963

Awards, citations and recognitions
He received recognition from the following entities:
U.P.College of Fine Arts
The Board of Directors of the U.P. Alumni Association,
The Office of the Mayor of the City of Manila, Philippines
The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY)
The Archdiocese of Manila Catholic Press Awards
The Citizens' Council for Mass Media 1970 CAM Awards
The Komiks Operation Brotherhood, Inc. (Komopeb) (Life Achievement Award)
Samahan ng mga Manunulat, Artist, at Patnugot at mga Manggagawa sa Komiks
SPIC-NPC Annual Art Awards
The Society of Philippine Illustrators and Cartoonists
The Society of Philippine Illustrators and Cartoonists (3rd SPIC Annual Art Awards)
The Galleria Bernice L
The U.P. College of Fine Arts Alumni Foundation, Inc. The University of the Philippines Alumni Association
The Philippine Council of Industrial Editors
The United Artists and Core Corporation, the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc.
Operation Smile
The Bureau of Land Transportation
The Safety Organization of the Philippines, Inc. The Veterans Memorial Medical Center Diabetes Association
The University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City
The Positive Artists Group (Pamana award)
The U.P. College of Fine Arts
The University of the Philippines (Service Award, 25 years of service)
Caltex and D.O.S.T
Philips -Boy Scouts of the Philippines, Parol Festïval 1986
The National Manpower and Youth Council Office of Vocational Preparation
The Department of Laboratories Veterans Memorial Medical Center
NAFC, DECS, DENR, DA
The Gawad CCP Para sa Telebisyon sa Taong 1988
St. Patrick Commercial Appreciation Award
The National Environmental Protection Council Awards
The City of Bacolod
Caltex-DECS-DOST Science Art Contest

References

External links
Larry Alcala, Sr. by Lauro Alcala, Jr.
Larry Alcala: Illustrator, Storyteller by May M. Tobias
Slice of Life
Mang Ambo
Kalabog en Bosyo

1926 births
2002 deaths
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Comic strip cartoonists
Filipino cartoonists
Filipino illustrators
National Artists of the Philippines
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title: Ellis Valentine

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<mask> (born July 30, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is remembered for having one of the all-time great throwing arms. "There's a plateau where you can't throw the ball any harder and you can't be any more accurate", said former Montreal manager Felipe Alou. "That was <mask>." Montreal Expos

Early years
<mask> played football and baseball at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles. He was the first professional athlete ever signed out of Crenshaw when the Montreal Expos selected him in the second round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft. He was quickly recognized as one of the top prospects in the Expos' lauded farm system.He batted .289 with 27 home runs and 195 runs batted in over four different levels in four seasons to earn a September call up to Montreal at the end of the  season. In his fifth major league at-bat, he hit his first major league home run off the Pittsburgh Pirates' Jim Rooker. He remained in the Expos' line-up semi-regularly through the end of the season, posting a .364 batting average. Gary Carter, who was an All-Star and finished second in National League Rookie of the Year balloting as the right fielder for the Expos in 1975, was shifted back to his natural position behind the plate for the  season to make room for <mask> in right field. After batting just .238 with two home runs and six RBIs through the middle of May, he was shipped back to the Triple-A Denver Bears for more seasoning. He rejoined the Expos in mid-July, and batted .285 with five home runs and 33 RBIs the rest of the way. Cromartie & Dawson
On April 15, , <mask> hit the first ever home run at Olympic Stadium.He also hit two inside-the-park home runs for the home crowd during the Expos' inaugural season in their new stadium. Joining him in Montreal's outfield for the 1977 season would be 22-year-old center fielder Andre Dawson and 23-year-old left fielder Warren Cromartie. Their youth, speed and power soon made them the talk of the baseball world. <mask> was the first to emerge as a star; he was the Expos' sole representative at the 1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. Already recognized for his exceptional arm by this point in his career, he engaged in a throwing contest before the game with the Pittsburgh Pirates' Dave Parker, Los Angeles Dodgers' Reggie Smith and San Diego Padres' Dave Winfield, who were also recognized as having the finest throwing arms in the National League. For the season, he batted a team leading .293, and finished second to Gary Carter with 25 home runs and 76 RBIs. He, Cromartie and Dawson turned it up a notch in .<mask> led the major leagues with 25 assists from the outfield to receive a Gold Glove Award as one of the National League's top three defensive outfielders. Meanwhile, Cromartie and Dawson also led their respective positions in outfield assists to give the Expos the unquestionable top defensive outfield in the major leagues. With their bats, <mask> and Dawson tied for the team lead with 25 home runs apiece, <mask> had a team leading 76 RBIs, Dawson scored a team leading 84 runs and Cromartie had a team leading .297 batting average. Suspension
The Expos were in a pennant race for the entire  season, however, <mask>'s 1979 season got off to a bumpy start. He was one-for-three with an RBI in the Expos' match-up with the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on April 21, but that only brought his batting average up to an even .200, and his RBI total to four. In the eighth inning, with two outs and a runner on second, <mask> drew a walk, bringing future Hall of Famer Tony Pérez to the plate. Bruce Sutter induced a ground ball to short; Cubs shortstop Iván DeJesús flipped the ball to second baseman Ted Sizemore to force <mask> at second, and end the threat.<mask> disagreed with the call, and tossed his batting helmet into short right field in frustration. Believing that the helmet was tossed at him, second base umpire Steve Fields ejected <mask> from the game. Outraged, <mask> charged the umpire and bumped him. <mask> received a three-game suspension and $500 fine for his actions. The controversy seemed to do him some good, as he started hitting right after the incident occurred. <mask> hit a pinch hit three-run home run to carry the Expos to a 7–5 victory over the San Francisco Giants in his first game back, and went 12-for-33 with ten RBIs in his first ten games back from his suspension. In the first game of a May 27 doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals, he drove in six runs to carry the Expos to an 8–3 victory.In the second game, he drove in a seventh run to establish a club record for RBIs in a doubleheader. The next day, he drove in four runs against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Expos won a franchise best 95 games in 1979 to finish two games back of the Pittsburgh Pirates. For his part, <mask> batted .276 with 21 home runs and a career high 82 RBIs. Shattered cheekbone
On May 30,  <mask> was hit in the face with a pitch by Roy Thomas of the St. Louis Cardinals. His cheekbone cracked in six places, and he was forced to miss over a month of action. At the time of the incident, <mask> was leading his team with 27 RBIs, and was batting just under .300.With slugging third baseman Larry Parrish also out of the line-up with a wrist injury, the Expos did surprisingly well in <mask>'s absence; they went 21–16 to take a half-game lead in the National League East over the Phillies. When <mask> finally returned on July 10, he began wearing part of a football face mask on his helmet. Though it looked strange, it briefly caught on with other players who were worried about similar injuries. He batted .331 with nine home runs and 39 RBIs over the rest of the season, as the Expos found themselves in a three-way race with the Pirates and Phillies in the NL East. <mask> played hurt through much of his team's stretch drive toward the pennant, but he was sidelined for much of it with a pinched nerve, a hip injury and a hand injury. On September 21, <mask> injured his wrist, ending his season. The Expos surrendered first place in the division to the Phillies on the second to last day of the season.New York Mets
<mask> got off to a slow start in . He was batting .211 with three home runs and fifteen RBIs when he was sidelined by a pulled hamstring in his left leg on May 19. He was still on the disabled list when the Expos dealt him to the New York Mets for Jeff Reardon, Dan Norman and a player to be named later. <mask>'s first season at Shea did not go as well as planned. It did, however, have an interesting side effect on the Mets' line-up. Dave Kingman, who batted fourth in the Mets' line-up, began seeing better pitches with <mask> behind him. Over the first sixteen games in which Kingman and <mask> batted fourth and fifth in the line-up, Kingman clubbed seven home runs with sixteen RBIs.<mask>, meanwhile, batted just .176 over that stretch with one home run and seven RBIs. Almost as if National League pitchers realized they had nothing to fear from <mask>'s bat, Kingman began seeing tougher pitching again, and hit just three more home runs over the rest of the season. With new manager George Bamberger and George Foster added to their line-up for , the Mets went into Spring training with high hopes. As things turned out, the Mets narrowly avoided losing one hundred games, and finished last in their division. <mask> went 31 games to start the season without driving in a single run. From there, <mask> put up respectable numbers, seven home runs and 33 RBIs, through the Mets' 6–4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on August 13. After which, <mask> called the New York Mets "the worst organization in baseball" to New York reporters.As one might imagine, this charge did not sit well with Mets management. Bamberger and Mets GM Frank Cashen met with <mask> on August 15, and offered to try to trade the disgruntled outfielder. They were unable to find a taker despite the impressive .327 batting average <mask> put up over the rest of the season. California Angels
<mask> was selected by just one team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, in the MLB re-entry draft when he became a free agent at the end of the season. When the California Angels' Bobby Clark suffered a back injury playing Winter ball in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, it opened up a vacancy in the Angels' outfield. <mask> signed with his home team on January 21, . After straining his Achilles tendon during Spring training, he failed to make it onto the field for his new club until their 25th game.He appeared in 86 games for the Angels in , batting .240 with thirteen home runs and 43 RBIs. At the end of the season, he signed a multi-year deal with the Angels, however, a bruised heel kept him off the field for the entire  season. He logged just four plate appearances on a rehab assignment with the Edmonton Trappers, and was released at the end of the season. Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers, who were in last place in the American League West and in dire need of offense, signed <mask> to a minor league pact on July 6, . He played well, batting .314 with ten home runs and 33 RBIs in 46 games for the triple A Oklahoma City 89ers, but it did not translate to major league success when he joined the Rangers in September. He was not offered a contract for , but received an invitation to Spring training that he declined, retiring instead. Career stats

Alongside Steve Garvey, George Brett, Ken Brett, Tommy Lasorda and Fred Lynn, <mask> appeared in the "Superstar/Salem" episode of Fantasy Island during the series' first season (original air date: March 25, 1978).Gary Burghoff plays an accountant with the fantasy of being a Major League Baseball pitcher. <mask> is one of his strikeout victims. After retiring from baseball, <mask> Rent-a-Car earning $4.25 per hour. In his first baseball-related job since retirement, <mask> managed Antelope Valley in the short-lived Golden State League in . His tenure with the financially doomed league lasted just a week into the season. Post-playing career
<mask> fought drug and alcohol addiction throughout his career. In September 1986, a year after retiring, he moved from Southern California, and immediately entered drug rehab in Phoenix, Arizona.After cleaning up, he took a position as a drug counselor with St. Luke's Hospital, and began helping others overcome similar issues. He holds a certificates in behavioral-health and chemical dependency counseling. <mask> currently lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where he works as a counselor at a local church and is a member of the Texas Rangers Alumni Association. He is the co-founder and president of PastPros, a web-based service that allows sports fans to purchase memorabilia directly from retired athletes. Also, 2014 <mask> founded RAFT Recovery inc. A 501 c 3 non profit that coaches individuals struggling with addictive behaviors. His charitable work does not stop there. The program also provides a lawn service for disabled seniors in the Dallas, Fort Worth area and surrounding communities.References

External links
, or Ultimate Mets Database
<mask>'s Official Website
Centerfield Maz
The Joy of being <mask>: 'If You Don't Like it, You Can Move to Toronto

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Memphis Blues players
Montreal Expos players
National League All-Stars
New York Mets players
Oklahoma City 89ers players
Québec Carnavals players
Texas Rangers players
West Palm Beach Expos players
People from Helena, Arkansas
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Baseball players from Los Angeles
Crenshaw High School alumni
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople

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title: Mike Downey (producer)

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<mask>  is an Irish-British film producer. He is the co-founder and CEO of Film and Music Entertainment and  the Chairman of the European Film Academy. Early years
<mask> was born in Devon, the son of <mask> (née Flood) and <mask>, who were economic migrants from Kildare, Ireland. The family moved to Taunton, Somerset, where he attended the St Georges Roman Catholic School and Huish's Grammar School aka Richard Huish College. Education and career
After gaining a BA in French with Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick, <mask> went on to continue post-graduate studies at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle (as a Boursier du Gouvernement Francais/French Government Scholar), and Paris X Nanterre. While working towards his MA and then PhD, he taught at the Lycée Charlemagne and at the theatre school at the Théâtre des Amandiers, under Patrice Chereau. The eighties saw <mask> working as a theatre director France, Germany, the former Yugoslavia and the U.K. in theatres as varied an eclectic as The Gate (London), Bac To Bac Theatre (Exeter), Atelje 212 (Belgrade), Studiotheater and Theater Rechts der Isar (Munich) and the UK's National Student Theatre Company.In 1986 and 1987, <mask> curated a number of film programmes at the National Film Theatre. Among the most significant were the three major seasons he programmed of Yugoslav Cinema. In 1986 he also published his first book, The Self Managing Screen was written by <mask> to coincide with a major retrospective of television fiction at the British Film Institute he curated at the National Film Theatre on the subject of television fiction during the time of the Socialist Federal Republic of Jugoslavija. It was in 1990 that <mask> co-founded Moving Pictures International magazine in London and it rapidly became one of the key international trade papers serving the global film industry, alongside Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Screen International. A decade later in 2000 <mask> joined forces with fellow producer Sam Taylor, to create the UK-based independent production house Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) as part of a public offering on the Frankfurt Neuer Markt. F&ME is based in Dublin, Ireland. His work as a film maker has seen projects developed with novelists James Ellroy, the late Gunter Grass, and Thomas Keneally (Schindler's List); IDA writer Rebecca Lenckiewicz, VICE Group founder and CEO Shane Smith, as well as directors like Volker Schloendorff, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, and Julien Temple; and writers of the ilk of Lee Hall, Colm Toibin, and David Grossman.In his relatively short career as a film producer he has worked with a wide range of directors including Peter Greenaway, Agnieszka Holland, Pawel Pawlikowski, Andrzej Jakimowski, Rajko Grlic, Srdjan Karanovic, Juraj Jakubisko, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, and Stephen Daldry, as well as a multitude of other helmers the length and breadth of Europe, South America, Africa and India. In 2002 he wrote and edited The Film Finance Handbook, published by Wallflower Press, which acts as a guide for anyone planning to set out as a producer of films. In 2004 <mask> joined the European Film Academy Board and was elected deputy chairman in 2014, and was also elected as EFA chairman in 2020. He has served two terms as a BAFTA Council member and in 2008 he was a member of the BAFTA Film Committee. <mask> rejoined the BAFTA Council in 2020. <mask> is founder and President of the Motovun Film Festival in Croatia, artistic advisor to the Zagreb Film Festival, artistic director to the Antalya Film Festival and former artistic board member of the Pula Film Festival. He has been a trustee of the White Ribbon Alliance since 2010, and  was on the International board of trustees of The Isango Ensemble, a South African theatre company.A member of the Asia Pacific Screen Academy (APSA) since 2017, <mask> was as a former APSA Cultural Diversity Award winner a jury member at the 2019 APSA's. Serving on over 20 international juries at film festivals worldwide including the Sarajevo Film Festival, Festival do Rio de Janeiro, Cottbus International Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Motovun Film Festival, Sofia International Film Festival, Transylvania International Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival, Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI) and Zagreb Film Festival. <mask> is also an Alumnus of The Sundance Institute, and quondam Thomas Ewing Professor of Film at Ohio University. Recognition
In 2009, <mask>'s work as a producer was honored with a retrospective at the Croatia's largest cultural event, the Zagreb Film Festival. In 2014 he received Producer of the Decade Award from the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, presented by Stephen Daldry. In 2015, Prague's Febiofest also celebrated <mask>'s career as a producer with a retrospective tribute. In September 2020 it was announced that <mask> would be the Honorary President of the 2020/2021 jury for the revamped LUX Prize, renamed LUX – the European Audience Film Award by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy (also known as LUX European Audience Film Award).It was also in September 2020 that <mask> launched the International Coalition for Film Makers at Risk (ICFR) at the Venice Film festival. The ICFR aims to activate the film community's collective response to filmmakers who face political persecution for their work. <mask> is a founder and board member, and the European Film Academy, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and IDFA are the founding partners of the ICFR, with activities that include advocacy, support, monitoring, and observation. <mask> was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to British cinema. Selected filmography
Charuga (1991, directed by Rajko Grlic) (associate producer)
Before the Rain (1994, directed by Milcho Manchevski) (thanks)
Pony Trek (1995, directed by Titta Karakorpi) (William)
13th Rider (TV Series, 1997– ) (William)
Cannes: The Agony and the Ecstasy (1998, directed by Stephanie R.M. Smith) (self)
Dubrovnik Twilight (1999, directed by Željko Senečić) (producer)
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Josephine (2001, directed by Rajko Grlic) (co-producer)
Falcons (2002, directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson) (Producer)
Deathwatch (2002, directed by Michael J. Bassett) (producer)
Loving Glances (2003, directed by Srdan Karanovic ) (producer)
Cold Light (2004, directed by Hilmar Oddsson) (co-producer)
Niceland (Population.

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title: Rudi Martinus van Dijk

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<mask> (27 March 1932 – 29 November 2003) was a Dutch and Canadian composer of orchestral, chamber and vocal music. In all <mask>'s music, whichever of his stylistic trends it seems immediately to favour, the voice of a highly original creator is to be heard. Sources, as Béla Bartók noted, are much less important in framing a composer's achievement than the use he makes of them. The discriminating ear that makes <mask>'s orchestral music at once beguiling and immediately recognisable as a personal expression is also to be discerned on the smaller sound-scale of his chamber compositions. And one of <mask>'s most notable characteristics - a purposeful firmness of the bass line - imbues his music in all genres with an unfailing sense of logical and expressive direction, even in the context of a highly inflected harmonic chromaticism. It would be a bold annotator who ventured to pin <mask>'s artistic origins down to one or other national or stylistic source. What can be said is that he has, with unusual success, blended an emotional intensity at times evocative of the world of Austro-German expressionism with a fascinating subtlety and indirectness of utterance suggestive rather of French affinities.From time to time, the analyst with a taste for such trouvailles may detect what seem like 12-note series in <mask>'s writing; but these are the incidental consequence of his avoidance of casual note-repetition, and they are never exploited in systematic serial manner. For <mask> is no follower of systems, but rather a creator with the richly endowed imagination of a poet, a thinker, and a voracious reader to bring to expression, and the single mindedness needed to realise that aim. One of the properties of mercury is that it does not amalgamate with the matter in which it has contact, but rather remains by its very nature intrinsically unadulterated in form. It is this unadulterated quality, which is the watermark of <mask> <mask> <mask>'s compositional creative process; a quality, which marks him as a composer belonging to all ages and, at the same time, to no age at all. Biography

Childhood and early musical career (1938-1955)

<mask>'s musical background began on the piano at the age of six. In 1944, he took up preparatory piano studies with Corrie Vierdag  at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. From the age of 18, <mask> continued as a full-time student at the conservatory studying piano with Leon Orthel, oboe with Jaap Stotijn, and composition and analysis with Hendrik Andriessen.<mask> came to the fore as a composer when his Sonatina for piano was chosen and performed at the International Gaudeamus Music week in 1953. Later that year, he was engaged by the Canadian Army to join the Canadian Grenadier Guards Band as an oboist. He married Jeanne Koning and they moved to Ontario, Canada. As a bandsman, he also became a pupil (summer of 1955) of the American composer Roy Harris. Early career and middle years in Canada and the United States (1955–1982)

On a regular basis in the 1950s and 60's, <mask> not only composed background music for educational programmes but used his improvisational skills as a pianist live on radio for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. This relationship would later culminate in the World premiere of his Four Epigrams for Symphony Orchestra (1962) with the CBC Symphony conducted by Walter Susskind as part of the CBC's National School Broadcast series Finding Out about Music. As an original musical work commissioned by the CBC, "The Four Epigrams for Symphony Orchestra point up the two main ingredients in a work composed with young listeners in mind: powerful, shifting rhythms, and dramatic colour contrasts."The Canada Council enabled <mask> to further his composition studies in Paris (1964-1965) with Max Deutsch, a pupil of Arnold Schoenberg. During this time, he concluded his piano studies with Kendall Taylor in London. Between 1964–1966, <mask> also worked at the British Broadcasting Corporation, London  in educational television programmes  which were broadcast throughout the world. From 1966 onwards, teaching became part of his musical life. <mask> returned with his family to Canada and was appointed teacher of piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He was commissioned by the CBC to write a cantata with librettist George Benson Johnston which <mask> would entitle Now is the Prophet's Time (1967). Its premiere took place in The Netherlands at the Philharmonie Haarlem with the Boy's choir of St. Bavo Cathedral, Groot Omroepkoor, and the Symfonieorkest Haerlem for Dutch radio broadcast conducted by Jan Stulen.In 1972, <mask> was appointed to the Faculty of Music at Indiana University. At this time, his composition Immobile Eden (1972), set to the composer's own text written for the Toronto Lyric Arts Trio, was first performed on National Public Radio in New York City in November 1975. From 1975-1981, <mask> taught Composition and Analysis at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and during this time his Movement for Alto saxophone and piano (1960) was given its premiere. His Concertante for Flute, Harp, Percussion and Strings (1963) had its World Premiere at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto with the Toronto Chamber Orchestra and was televised live on CBC television in January 1964. The French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal wrote in a letter to <mask>, "It is a very well constructed work and remarkably written for the flute." Its European premiere was given in the Netherlands in 1965 with flautist Koos Verheul and members of the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra. It has been played numerous times in Canada, Finland, and the United States.Highlights of the 1978-79 season of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra include the world premiere of <mask>'s The Shadowmaker (1977)  under the direction of Mario Bernardi  and featuring Canadian baritone Victor Braun. It was performed at Massey Hall in Toronto, October 1978. The work was set to a book of poems called The Shadowmaker written in 1969 by the Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwan. The biographer of MacEwan, <mask>, quotes <mask> in her book: "What attracted me to the poetry was the substance behind the subject matter - namely the dream. The poetry attempts, it seems to me, to lift the veil of 'Maya' (illusion). Is our sensuous experience reality or illusion? MacEwan has something in common with Strindberg and D.H. Lawrence, as an explorer of these dark corners of the soul that most of us shut out conveniently, in order to create a safe but illusory reality."As Dutch musicologist Maarten Brandt writes, "The bold and expressionistic side of Berg and Schoenberg is found in <mask>’s The Shadowmaker for baritone and large orchestra, written in 1977. Yet, as in every single composition by <mask>, tonal references are present here as well, demonstrating a kinship not only with Berg, but also with Britten, Henze, Tippett and Martin; all of them composers who have not simply exploited the resources available to them, but rather were grateful ‘inhabitants’ of a rich and saturated musical landscape." In the summer of 1982, the Van Dijk's received word that their son Felix's fiancé (Leanne Salvucci) had died tragically in a fall. On the day of her death, <mask> began composing a violin concerto in her memory. The World premiere of his Violin Concerto (1984) would later be given on September 20, 1991, by the Polish violinist Robert Szreder with the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jan Stulen in the Grote Kerk, Terneuzen as part of the Zeeuws Vlaanderen Festival. Maarten Brandt continues by mentioning the likeness to the Violin Concerto (Berg), "The work is elegiac in tone with musical bursts of hand-wringing tragedy. The regular recurrence of choral melodies inevitably bring to mind associations with the creator of Dem andenken eines Engels.<mask> shares with Alban Berg, a liberal and unorthodox treatment of what tradition has handed down. No matter how unshakable the connection between form and content, it is the content that determines the form in the music of <mask>, and not vice-versa." His return to Europe and last years in the United Kingdom (1985–2003)

In 1985, <mask> returned to Europe with his wife Jeanne. He spent a year focused on his compositions in Casares, Málaga, Spain after which he became composer in residence, taught piano and composition at Dartington Hall in Devon in the United Kingdom. <mask>'s Irish Symphony (1990) was commissioned for radio broadcast by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Dublin as the European Capital of Culture 1991 and was supported by the Dutch funding body, the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. It received its broadcast from the National Concert Hall in Dublin with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colman Pearce on Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The European premiere of Four Epigrams for Symphony Orchestra (1962) was given September 25, 1993, with the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague conducted by Jac <mask>.The Piano Concerto (1994) was given its world premiere on May 22, 1996, by the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra with Australian pianist Geoffrey Douglas Madge conducted by Viktor Liberman. Maarten Brandt notes "<mask>’s brilliant Piano Concerto (also known as three Pieces for Piano and Orchestra) written for Bernard Jacobson, in which the melodic aspect is always primary and as a rule the harmony quickened by a pleasing melos." In the United Kingdom, the Raphael Ensemble commissioned and gave the World premiere of his String Sextet in 1998 at the Brighton Festival, and in that same year British violinist Anthony Marwood commissioned and gave the World premiere of his Sonata for Violin and Piano at London's Wigmore Hall. In 2003, <mask>'s 70th Birthday Concert     was given in London's Purcell Room at the South Bank Centre  which included performances of his music by pianist Kyoko Hashimoto, the Dante Quartet, and the British tenor Ian Partridge who gave the World premiere of <mask>'s Songs of the Tao te Ching. Since then Anthony Marwood has performed his music a number of times on BBC Radio 3. In 2000,  classical Indian Bharatanatyam dancer Mayuri Boonham  commissioned <mask> The Triple Hymn based on a mantra from the Vedic literature to be performed on a UK tour and at the Spring Loaded Festival at the Place Theatre in London. Maarten Brandt writes: "The Triple Hymn is a vibrant dance duet.The music is written for cello, soprano, midrangam, tubular bell and gong, depicting a three-part manifestation of the Goddesses Gayatri, Savitri, and Sarasvati. The work plays on a cross-cultural edge and explores valuable territory. The score is rhythmically challenging, dynamically diverse and evocative." As part of the International Chamber Music Series 2001 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam,  Hyperion records artists the Florestan Trio  performed <mask>'s Piano Trio (2001) which they especially commissioned for the Florestan Festival of Peasmarsh in East Sussex. In 2002, <mask> was commissioned by the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker to write a large-scale work for baritone, full choir and orchestra to commemorate the German/Dutch pianist Karlrobert Kreiten. Kreiten was hailed by the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler as one of the most talented pianists of his generation. Kreiten's life and career were tragically cut short when a Nazi neighbour reported him to the Gestapo for making negative remarks about Adolf Hitler and the war effort.He was arrested for treason by Nazi officers before a matinee performance of a Lizst Piano Concerto in Heidelberg. Kreiten was condemned to death and executed by hanging at the Plötzensee prison in Berlin in 1943. In 2003, <mask> spent the last year of his life completing the composition to be entitled Kreitens Passion, to text by German dramaturge Heinrich Riemenschneider. <mask> lived to attend all three performances at the World premiere of Kreitens Passion in the Tonhalle Düsseldorf performed by the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, baritone Andreas Schmidt,  and the American conductor John Fiore in October 2003. <mask> passed away a month later on November 29, 2003 in Peasmarsh, East Sussex. <mask> is survived by his wife Jeanne Elisabeth <mask> <mask>- Koning ( born Voorburg, Netherlands September 4, 1930– ) and his two sons <mask> <mask> (born Leidschendam, Netherlands, October 5, 1954–) and <mask> <mask> Martinus van Dijk Foundation  is a fundraising charitable music foundation which sponsors aspiring composers and conductors who live in parts of the world where there is political strife and/or economic deprivation.

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title: Ian Young (academic)

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<mask>, AO (born 17 January 1957) is an Australian academic. He is the Kernot Professor of Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He previously held the senior administrative roles of Vice-Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology (2003–2011) and Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (2011–2016). <mask>'s field of research is Ocean Engineering and particularly the role of wind-generated ocean waves. His work has focused on the development of global wave prediction models, extreme wind and wave conditions, tropical cyclone generated waves, nearshore sea states and the role of global winds and waves in climate change. <mask> is an Honorary Fellow of Engineers Australia, a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, received the Centenary Medal "in recognition for his services to research" in 2000 and became an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 2012 for his "services to higher education and research". He was awarded the Lorenz G. Straub medal for research in Hydraulic Engineering in 1986, the National Medal for Education by the Vietnamese government in 2012 and has been ranked by Engineers Australia as one of Australia’s top 100 Engineers.In 2017, he was awarded the Kevin Stark medal for excellence in Coastal and Ocean Engineering. Education
<mask> attended Pimlico State High School and then studied Civil Engineering at James Cook University. He completed three degrees at James Cook, graduating with BE(Hons) (1979), MEngSc (1982) and PhD (1984). His PhD study was focused on Ocean Engineering and particularly ocean surface waves. Research and career
<mask> was a postdoctoral research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg Germany (1983–1984), where he studied under Klaus Hasselmann. His post-doctoral work was focused on the use of ship radar to measure ocean waves, this work ultimately leading to the development of the WaMoS radar system. <mask> returned to Australia in 1984 and took up a teaching and research role at the Australian Defence Force Academy, where he remained until 1998.During this period, he rose through the academic ranks to become a full Professor in 1994 and Rector of the institution in 1998. At this time, <mask>’s research focused on the development of global numerical wave models, the development of nonlinear wave processes, shallow water waves and tropical cyclone wave models. His work on spectral wave models underpinned the development of today’s global models such as WaveWatch. His field research at Lake George near Canberra pioneered understanding of the growth of waves in finite depth conditions and has become a standard approach for engineering design in such situations. In 1999 he was appointed to the role of Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Adelaide and subsequently became Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) in 2001. In 2003 he became the 2nd Vice-Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, where he served until 2011 when he became the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University in Canberra. In 2016 he returned to Melbourne to take up the position of Kernot Professor of Engineer at the University of Melbourne.Following 2010, <mask>'s research has focused on the role of ocean wind and waves in climate and climate change. This work has largely been achieved by building long-term databases of satellite observations of the ocean from altimeter, radiometer and scatterometer instruments. A series of publications in this field have highlighted changes in global wind speed and wave height climates over the past 30 years and pioneered this field of research. Administrative posts
<mask>’s term as Vice-Chancellor of Swinburne was marked by a transformation of the university from a largely teaching institution to one with high quality focused research activities. This sparked a rise in the university’s place in international rankings, entering the top 500 universities in the world in 2010. <mask> also transformed the Hawthorn campus of Swinburne through a multi-year capital development. He led a major redirection of Swinburne’s education programs with the creation of Swinburne Online, an online services company, established through a joint venture partnership with Seek in 2011.During this same period, <mask> had a national role, representing Australia’s universities as a Director of IDP Education, an international student recruitment company. <mask>’s period as Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University was often controversial. Internally, <mask> set out to restructure the finances and administrative structures of the institution, a process which required financial restraint and a voluntary early retirement scheme in 2014. Externally, <mask> became Chair of the Group of Eight in 2014, a time when the Australian Government proposed the deregulation of Australia’s university system. The Group of Eight became a strong supporter of this policy and hence <mask> was a public advocate. Ultimately, the controversial proposal was unable to pass the Australian Senate and hence did not come into effect. <mask> also expanded philanthropy at ANU and in 2012, alumnus Graham Tuckwell donated AUD 50 million to the university, this amount increasing to AUD 100 million in 2016.At the time, this was the largest philanthropic donation ever received by an Australian university. When <mask> retired from ANU in 2016, the University was ranked 19 in the world, the highest ranking ever achieved by an Australian university and he had put in place a major capital program to transform the built infrastructure of the ANU campus. Business activities
Outside of his university research roles, <mask> is also involved in business activities. He is the President and CEO of Conviro, President of CloudCampus and Director of VERNet. He is also the Director of International Centre for Democratic Partnerships, a member of the Questacon Advisory Council and Chair Advisory Board of Cluey. Awards and honors
1986 - Lorenz G. Straub medal for research in Hydraulic Engineering
1998 - Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Australia
2001 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
2000 - Centenary Medal, Australian Government
2011 - Honorary Fellow, Engineers Australia
2012 - National Medal for Education by the Vietnamese Government
2014 - Officer of the Order of Australia, AO
2017 - Keven Stark medal for excellence in Coast and Ocean Engineering

Selected publications
<mask>, I.R., Rosenthal, W. and Ziemer, F., 1985, "A Three-Dimensional Analysis of  Marine Radar  Images for the Determination  of  Ocean  Wave Directionality  and Surface Currents", Journal of Geophysical Research,  Vol. 90, No.C1, 1049-1060. <mask>, I.R., Hasselmann, S. and Hasselmann, K., 1987, "Computations of the response of a wave spectrum to a sudden  change  in  wind  direction", Jnl. Physical Oceanography, Vol. 17, No.9, 1317-1338. <mask>, I.R. and van Vledder, G.Ph., 1993, "A Review of the Central Role of Nonlinear Interactions in Wind-Wave Evolution", Phil. Trans.Roy. Soc. Lond. A , 342, 505-524. <mask>, I.R. and Verhagen, L.A., 1996, "The Growth of Fetch Limited Waves in Water of Finite Depth. Part I: Total Energy and Peak Frequency", Coastal Engineering, 28, 47-78.<mask>, I.R. and Burchell, G.P., 1996, "Hurricane Generated Waves as Observed by Satellite", Ocean Engineering, 23, 8, 761-776. <mask>, I.R. and Verhagen, L.A., 1996, "The Growth of Fetch Limited Waves in Water of Finite Depth. Part I: Total Energy and Peak Frequency", Coastal Engineering, 28, 47-78. <mask>, I.R., Zieger, S. and Babanin, A.V., 2011, "Global trends in wind speed and wave height", Science, 332, 451-455. <mask>, I.R.and Ribal, A., 2019, "Multi-platform evaluation of global trends in wind speed and wave height", Science, 364, 548-552. Ribal, A. and <mask>, I.R., 2019, "33 years of globally calibrated wave height and wind speed data based on altimeter observations", Sci. Data, 6, 77. References

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title: Qigong (artist)

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<mask> (, courtesy name Yuanbai , alternatively Qi Gong) (July 26, 1912 – June 30, 2005) was a renowned Chinese calligrapher, artist, painter, connoisseur and sinologist. He was an advisor for the September 3 Society, one of China's recognized political parties. <mask> was born into a Manchu family in Beijing in 1912. Both his great-grandfather and grandfather were Jinshi, the highest Chinese academic title roughly equivalent to a doctoral. He was a descendant of the Yongzheng Emperor through his son Hongzhou, and therefore a member of the Aisin Gioro imperial clan. Upon coming to prominence, he declined to use both the Manchu "Aisin Gioro" or sinicized Jin surname, and went by the legal surname of "Qi" to establish a name for himself removed from that of the Imperial family. Name and ancestry
Qi belonged to the Aisin Gioro clan, the Manchu rulers of the Qing dynasty in China.The character of Qi () used in <mask>'s name was a generation name of the ruling Aisin-Gioro clan as dictated by the Qing Imperial Family during the time of the Xianfeng Emperor. It is possible from this code to discern that <mask> was the 10th Generation descendant of the Yongzheng Emperor, his direct ancestor. <mask>, however, has never used the regal family name to sign any of his calligraphy, paintings, letters, or articles. By refusing the noble surname, Qi wanted to show his resolutions to make a living by himself instead of depending on his noble ancestors. He once responded, tongue-in-cheek, "My surname is Qi and given name is Gong. I do not take from my ancestors, nor do I associate with any 'Eight Banners' brotherhood. I rely on my own ability to make a living."Qi's father died at the age of 19, when Qi was just two years old. <mask> was legally known as "Qi Gong" with "Qi" being his legal surname, but many still regard <mask> as a name in singularity. Therefore, in the English transcriptions of his name he can be variably called "<mask>" or "Qi Gong". His style name (zi) was Yuanbai. Biography
He grew up in extreme poverty and was forced to drop out of middle school while still a teenager. He continued to pursue his love of art and knowledge and managed to become a private student of leading scholars and painters. To support his family and buy books, he often had to sell his paintings and work as a tutor.Initially Qi Gong was better known as a painter than a calligrapher. In 1935, he began work as a teaching assistant at Fujen University in Beijing, which later became Beijing Normal University. He continued teaching Chinese classics and literature at the university and also taught the study of traditional Chinese antiques at Peking University. He tutored Master's and PhD students until a few years before his death. He learned Chinese calligraphy in his childhood, and studied various historical stone inscriptions of calligraphy in detail. He was deft in merging the characteristics of different eras and authors, and versatile in all the writing styles, especially the regular script (kaishu), the running hand (xingshu), and the cursive script (caoshu) styles. His style embodies the essence of great classical calligraphers like Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, yet unique in its own way.He was also a learned scholar in the areas of Chinese ancient song lyrics, phonology, semantics, and Dream of the Red Chamber study, and published extensively in these fields. He was also very versatile in poetry writing and appreciation, and used his own poems in his calligraphy extensively. He also began to develop the eye of an art connoisseur by frequenting the Forbidden City, the imperial palace of China's last Dynasty. He authenticated, salvaged, and preserved abundant rare and valuable cultural relics for the country. He established himself internationally by attending various influential treasure-authenticating events and international academic conferences in countries such as Japan, Singapore, the United States, South Korea, Britain, and France, promoting international cultural exchanges. Qi Gong passed what he had learned from Chen Yuan, as well as his own selfless love, on to his generations of students. Qi Gong set up the Li Yun Grant in 1990 with 1.63 million yuan (US$196.904) of his own money, money raised at a sale of work in Hong Kong during which he sold out more than a hundred painting and calligraphic works of his own.For nearly 30 years, Qi was so busy working as a college teacher that he almost totally abandoned painting and focused on calligraphy in his spare time. It was not until the 1980s that he again picked up a paintbrush. As a renowned artist, Qi Gong served as vice-chairman and later chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers' Association. An outstanding connoisseur of Chinese calligraphy and painting, he worked as director of the National Relics Evaluation Committee. Qi had lived alone in his home and studio on the university campus since his wife Zhang Baochen died in 1975. The couple had no children. Final years
Even though Qi Gong has remained the best-known calligrapher in the public's eye.Since 1999, Qi Gong also headed the Central Research Institute of Chinese History. The institute currently has 29 members, all leaders in their fields of history, the humanities and the arts. Despite the fact that he also chaired the Chinese Calligraphers' Association and served as a senior scholar on a team of national experts on cultural relics, Qi Gong was always unassuming, both among his peers and towards other artists. Before his death in 2005, he was the honorary president of Chinese Calligraphers' Association, director of Cultural Relic Authentication Committee of the State Council, professor of Beijing Normal University, and member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. At Beijing Normal University, where Qi Gong taught classical Chinese language and literature for more than 60 years, teachers and students mourned their professor's death. Qi Gong's death was also met with sadness by the public, and has been especially felt by the country's artists, calligraphers, and art collectors. Marriage
Qi's marriage was arranged by his mother within the clan according to Qing Dynasty tradition.He married Zhang Baochen (1910–1975), a woman he had never met before, at the age of 21. With a lifestyle far removed from Qi, Zhang knew little about calligraphy or painting. She also brought to the family her little brother. Zhang devoted herself to the family. When Qi's mother died in 1957, a grateful Qi kneeled down before her to express his gratitude. Qi was labeled as a "rightist" in Mao's Anti-Rightist Movement in 1957, and became depressed. Zhang encouraged her husband to keep on working and sold her jewelry to buy books for Qi.During the Cultural Revolution (1966–76), Qi was arrested because of his noble family background and was forced to surrender his family's belongings. Zhang had packaged all Qi's works and collections and managed to keep them away hidden. The Red Guards searched their house several times to no avail. Zhang revealed the locations of the manuscripts to Qi before she died, and Qi later retrieved the pieces, which had been well covered in sheets of kraft paper. Legacy
Despite being an acclaimed teacher, <mask> was perhaps more famous as an artist. At the time of his death, people eulogized him as a humorous, modest, generous, and open-minded "old grandpa." Qi wrote a large number of calligraphic pieces that can be seen on a host of landmark buildings, at scenic spots around China, and on many book covers alongside the book titles.To own a piece of calligraphy by Qi Gong is the dream of many of his admirers, let alone those sharp-eyed experts and other enthusiasts. He was deeply grateful to his mentor Chen Yuan who led him towards a lifelong career as a teacher and scholar and who never gave up on the talented Qi Gong, even though Qi lived in poverty and did not even complete middle school. What he also valued most in his life was the pure love and selfless support between him and his wife Zhang Baochen. Family

Yongzheng Emperor
Hongzhou, Prince Hegong of the First Rank
Yongbi, Prince Heqin of the First Rank
Mingxun, Prince Heke of the Second Rank
Yihang, Beili
Zaichong
Puliang 溥良 (died in 1922)
Yulong 毓隆 (died in 1923)
Hengtong (died in 1913) = Ke Lianzhen 克连珍 (died in 1957)
Qigong = Zhang Baochen 章宝琛 (1910–1975)
Heng Guihua 恒季华 (died in 1957)
Relative: Puru (1896–1963)

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title: Gregg Field

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<mask> (born February 21, 1956) is an American record producer and musician, who has worked with many well-known artists. He is a recipient of multiple Grammy and Emmy awards. Early life
<mask> was born in Castro Valley, California, United States. He began playing trumpet at age six and drums at age nine. <mask> is a music producer and musician. As of 2021, he is the Governor of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Recording Academy. Drumming career
Beginning at the age of 19, <mask> toured and played for Ray Charles, Harry James, Mel Torme, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra.<mask> played on his first Grammy-winning album Warm Breeze with Count Basie (1982), was Frank Sinatra's last drummer from 1991 to 1995. He recorded Sinatra's multi-platinum Duets/Duets II. As a Los Angeles session musician, <mask> has also recorded albums for Barbara Streisand, Michael Buble, Placido Domingo, Seal, Barry Manilow, Natalie Cole, Gloria Estefan, Alejandro Fernandez, Barry Manilow, Arturo Sandoval George Benson, Il Volo, Jason Mraz, Bette Midler, Ray Charles, Vanessa Williams, Ella Fitzgerald,  Ledisi, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Dave Koz, Dean Martin, Shelby Lynne, Anne Murray, Johnny Mathis, Matthew Morrison, Patti Austin, Monica Mancini, Al Jarreau, Shelly Berg, Bob Florence, Tom Scott, and Sharleen Spiteri. In 2000, <mask> released his debut solo CD, The Art of Swing. <mask> has recorded or performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The London Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony, The Royal Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony, The New York Pops, The Seattle Symphony, The Detroit Symphony, The Czech National Symphony Orchestra, The Palermo Symphony, The Dallas Symphony, The Toronto Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, The Pittsburg Symphony, The Denver Symphony, The Vancouver Symphony, the Columbus Symphony, the WDR Symphony and Big Band, the BBC Big Band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. <mask> has also performed for American Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. He is an artist representative and clinician for Yamaha Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Drumsticks and Remo.Music producer and music director
<mask> has produced recordings with Stevie Wonder, Josh Groban, Placido Domingo, Ariana Grande, Andra Day, Seal, Alejandro Sanz, Prince Royce, David Bisbal, Arturo Sandoval, The Royal Philharmonic, Aretha Franklin, Ledisi, Monica Mancini, Jonathan Antoine, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Anni-Frid Lyngstad (ABBA), Juan Luis Guerra, The Big Phat Band, Mark O'Connor, the Count Basie Orchestra, Patti Austin, Patricia Sosa, Tom Scott, Clint Holmes, Vicente Amigo, Germán López, Shelly Berg, Jose Serebrier, Jackson Browne, Take 6, Brian Wilson, Dave Grusin, Lizz Wright, Cassandra Wilson and David Alan Grier. In 2018, <mask> received the Emmy for "Outstanding Music Direction” for the PBS special “The Library of Congress-Gershwin Prize” honoring Tony Bennett. Academic career
As of 2021, <mask> is the Chairman of the USC Thornton Music School Board of Councilors and a board member of the University of Miami Frost School of Music. <mask> is a regular guest lecturer at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, the University of Miami Frost School of Music and the Berklee School of Music in Valencia, Spain. I

In 2019, <mask> delivered the commencement address for the USC Thornton School of Music. Author
<mask> is a Vanity Fair magazine contributor. Personal life
<mask> lives in Los Angeles and is married to the Grammy-nominated singer Monica Mancini, daughter of composer Henry Mancini.Awards and nominations

Grammy and Emmy awards
<mask> has won or been nominated in 10 Grammy and Latin Grammy categories, including:

Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year (twice)
Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (twice)
Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals
Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album

For his album Cannon Reloaded, <mask> received the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album nomination. Others
<mask> has been voted into the Modern Drummer magazine Reader's Poll five times. 1n 2009, <mask> received the Idyllwild Arts Foundation Life in Arts award. In 2015, <mask> received the USC Thornton School of Music The Brandon Mehrle Special Commendation Award. References

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Record producers from California
Jazz musicians from California
American jazz drummers

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title: G. O. Mebes

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Baron <mask> (1868 (Riga, Russian Empire, now Latvia) - 1930  (or 1940) (Ust-Sysolsk, Russia), was a leader of Russian Freemasonry, Grand Lodge "Astraea", with more than 200 years of existence at that time, and the founder of the "Initiation School of Western Esotericism". Biography
Mёbes graduated in 1891 from the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Saint Petersburg University and from 1904 to 1917 he taught physic, mathematic and french at the Czarskoye Selo Real school and the Nicolaevsky Gymnasium, at the women's school of the Ministry of Public Education and in the Page Corps and the Nicolaevsky Cadet Corps. He gave up his academic career and devoted himself to the study of the esotericism. Mёbes was one of the leaders of Russian Freemasonry and the Rosicrucian Order, and an active member of the Martinist Lodge and theorician of occultism. The Martinist Lodge was a branch of the French Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Cross. It was started in Russia by the French Occultist <mask> (Papus). At the end of 1910, Mёbes became the Secretary of the St. Petersburg branch of the Order.In August 1912 there was a schism between members of the Lodge and the St. Petersburg branch of the Order, the lodge "Apollonia" guided by Mёbes(with the initiatory name of Butator), which declared its autonomy as member of an independent Order called "Autonomous Martinist russian Obedience", led by Mёbes, which was also leading the lodge "The Star of the North" of Saint Petersburg . The same year he broke with his first wife, <mask>vna Nagornova. From 1911 to 1912 Mёbes was writing under the pen name GOM, was giving lectures in Petersburg entitled A Concise Encyclopedia of Occultism, which was following the theories of Papus. The lectures were extremely popular . There are many recollections of them which are written in the history of Russian occultism at the beginning of the century. In his lectures, GOM drew in Kabbalah and Tarot cards into a single entity, based on Arcana of the Tarot. The 11 December 1912 Mëbes initiated  Nicolas Rogalev <mask> (Nabusar) (1898 - 1972) in the lodge  "The Star of the North" of Saint Petersburg.In 1916 the name of the Order was changed in "Order of Martinist Eastern Obedience". The Chapter of the Order consisted of seven persons, and the occult magazine Isis was the official organ of the russian martinists. From 1918 to 1921, <mask> was reading lectures about the Zohar in St. Petersburg. His second wife, Maria Nesterova, lectured about the history of religion. Initiation School of Western Esotericism
The School had an "external circle", attended by all of his students, as well as some internal groups formed according to the progress of his disciples. In 1912, Mёbes agreed that his disciples should publish the lessons about the 22 Major Arcana of Tarot, lessons through which Mёbes introduced the key concepts of occultism. The book was published as The Course of Encyclopedia of Occultism, and the first edition sold out quickly.In late 1917, when the new Soviet regime began persecuting religion and spiritualism, the School continued operating clandestinely. However in 1926, the School and the domicile of its members were raided by Soviet authorities: the documents destroyed and those who were linked the School were arrested. In the middle of 1928 the Leningradskaya Pravda and the Krasnaya Zvezda newspapers reported that "an investigation int the Great Lodge Astraea, led by the 70-year old Black Occultist Mebes, was opened by KGB agents.". Mёbes was arrested and deported to a gulag in the Solovetsk islands, in the White Sea, sub-Arctic region, where he died in 1930, according to A. M. Aseev, or in 1940 according to  B. V. Astromov-Kirichenko. Posthumous spread of Mёbes's ideas

Nina Rudnikoff, a disciple of Mёbes from the internal circle groups at the School, took all of her notes from Mёbes's lessons about the Minor Arcana of Tarot with her when fleeing Russia. In Tallinn, Estonia, she entrusted them to her friend, the Russian theosophist Catarina Sreznewska-Zelenzeff, who was about to leave Europe and move to Brazil. Rudnikoff asked Sreznewska-Zelenzeff to give her notes to "someone dignified" so that the lessons could be preserved.Years later, in Brazil, Sreznewska-Zelenzeff met Nadia, widow of <mask>, another disciple and friend of Mёbes, and they began living together. Nadia's brother, Alexandre Nikitin-Nevelskoy, another follower of Mёbes's School who had a profound knowledge of esotericism, subsequently moved from Chile to live with them. By combining the notes they had, the three of them reestablished the course of the Minor Arcana of Tarot in its entirety, and it was translated into Portuguese. Some copies of the Encyclopedia reached Brazil and were read by Marta Pécher, who was impressed by the book and attempted to contact former disciples of Mёbes. She translated the book into Portuguese and published it under the title Os arcanos Maiores do Tarô (The Major Arcana of Tarot), edited by Editora Pensamento. A new English translation of the Tarot Majors course was published on 8 February 2020 by Shin Publications, incorporating notes from Meditations on the Tarot by Valentin Tomberg at the end of each Arcana. They have also now published an English translation of the course on the Minor Arcana.Influence
Mёbes's work influenced the writer Mouni Sadhu, who acknowledged that his book, The Tarot, was based on that of Mebes, and the Méditations sur les 22 arcanes majeurs du Tarot by Valentin Tomberg. Bibliography
 . References

External links
 The Mёbes Tarot (1937)

  Tarot Majors, Shin Publications (2020)

  Russian Martinist Ordre, "<mask>ich Mёbes"

 Biography of G. O. Mёbes of the St. Petersburg School

 Meditations on the Tarot - <mask>ich Mebes

Russian Freemasons
Russian occultists
Hermeticists
Russian spiritual writers
Martinism
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title: Fritjof Capra

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<mask> (born February 1, 1939) is an Austrian-born American physicist, systems theorist and deep ecologist. In 1995, he became a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California. He is on the faculty of Schumacher College. <mask> is the author of several books, including The Tao of Physics (1975), The Turning Point (1982), Uncommon Wisdom (1988), The Web of Life (1996), and The Hidden Connections (2002), and co-author of The Systems View of Life (2014). Life and work
Born in Vienna, Austria, <mask> attended the University of Vienna, where he earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 1966. He conducted research in particle physics and systems theory at the University of Paris (1966–1968), the University of California, Santa Cruz (1968–1970), the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (1970), Imperial College, London (1971–1974) and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (1975–1988). While at Berkeley, he was a member of the Fundamental Fysiks Group, founded in May 1975 by Elizabeth Rauscher and George Weissmann, which met weekly to discuss philosophy and quantum physics.He also taught at U.C. Santa Cruz, U.C. Berkeley, and San Francisco State University. He has written popular books on the implications of science, notably The Tao of Physics, subtitled An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism. The Tao of Physics asserts that both physics and metaphysics lead inexorably to the same knowledge. After touring Germany in the early 1980s, <mask> co-wrote Green Politics with ecofeminist author Charlene Spretnak in 1984. He is fluent in German, English, French and Italian.<mask> contributed to the screenplay for the 1990 movie Mindwalk, starring Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston and John Heard. The film is loosely based on his book, The Turning Point. In 1991 <mask> co-authored Belonging to the Universe with David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk. Using Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions as a stepping stone, the book explores parallels between new paradigm thinking in science and in  religion; the authors posit that, together, these new paradigms offer remarkably compatible views about the universe. Capra advocates that Western culture abandon conventional linear thought and the mechanistic views of Descartes. Critiquing the reductionistic Cartesian view that everything can be studied in parts to understand the whole, he encourages a holistic approach. In The Web of Life, Capra focuses on systemic information generated by the relationships among all parts as a significant additional factor in understanding the  character of the whole, emphasizing the web-like structure of all systems and the interconnectedness of all parts.He is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy located in Berkeley, California, which promotes ecology and systems thinking in primary and secondary education. <mask> <mask> is an Earth Charter International Council member. Bibliography

 The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism (1975), <mask>'s first book, challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating striking parallels between Vedic and Oriental mystical traditions and the discoveries of 20th century physics. Originally published by a small publisher with no budget for promotion, the book became a bestseller by word of mouth until it was picked up by a major American publishing house. It has now been published in 43 editions in 23 languages. The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture (1982) explains perceived scientific and economic crises. It begins by outlining and tracing the history of science and economics, highlighting the flaws in the Cartesian, Newtonian, and reductionist paradigms.It explains how such viewpoints have grown inadequate for modern technology and ecology needs, then argues that science needs to develop the concepts and insights of holism and systems theory to solve society's complex problems. Green Politics (1984), co-authored by Charlene Spretnak, analyzes the rise of the Green Party in Germany and similar ecology-oriented political parties in other European countries. It has been published in 7 editions in 4 languages. Uncommon Wisdom (1988) describes dialogues and personal encounters between himself and the thinkers who helped to shape the theme of The Turning Point. It has been published in 16 editions and 12 languages. Belonging to the Universe: Explorations on the Frontiers of Science and Spirituality (1993) was coauthored by David Steindl-Rast and Thomas Matus. The book explores parallels between ways of thinking in science and Christian theology.It has been published in 10 editions in 7 languages. The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems (1996) starts from the conceptual framework presented in The Turning Point, summarizes the mathematics of complexity, and offers a synthesis of recent nonlinear theories of living systems that have dramatically increased our understanding of the key characteristics of life. <mask> makes extensive reference to the work of Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, Ilya Prigogine, Gregory Bateson and others in proposing a new, systems-based scientific approach for describing the interrelationships and interdependence of psychological, biological, physical, social, and cultural phenomena. The book has been published in 14 editions in 10 languages. The Hidden Connections (2002) extends the framework of systems and complexity theory to the social domain and uses the extended framework to discuss some of the critical issues of our time. The Science of Leonardo: Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance (2007). Its central idea is that Leonardo da Vinci's science is a science of living forms, of quality, which can be seen as a distant forerunner of today's complexity and systems theories.The book has been published in 7 editions in 5 languages. Learning from Leonardo: Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius (2013), offers a glimpse into the works of the prescient thinker, Leonardo da Vinci, whose pioneering genius contributed to many scientific fields. The Systems View of Life (2014), co-authored by Pier Luigi Luisi, offers radical solutions to twenty-first century challenges by focusing on the connected world and examining life through its inextricably linked systems. See also
Arne Næss
Center for Ecoliteracy
Da Vinci Medallion
Deep Ecology
Ecoliteracy
Ervin Laszlo
Gaia hypothesis
Gregory Bateson
Hindu idealism
Holism
Systems theory

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Home on the web for the Center for Ecoliteracy
Interview with <mask> <mask> by Francis Pisani

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title: Hariss Harun

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<mask> (born 19 November 1990) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a defender and captains both Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the Singapore national team. He is Singapore's youngest debutant, making his first international appearance at the age of 16 and 217 days. <mask> is known for being a versatile player with combative and play-making abilities. Predominantly a centre-back, <mask> has played as a central midfielder, right-back, or as an attacking midfielder. He is recognised for his leadership skills and is the former captain and vice-captain of Young Lions and LionsXII respectively. Club career

Young Lions

<mask> began his career along with Young Lions in the S.League in 2007. He became the youngest S-League player in 2007, aged 16 years 3 months and 18 days.The Football Association of Singapore had granted <mask> special dispensation from a rule that allowed players only of 18 years and above to play. In August 2007, he was Singapore's winner of Nike's 'Who's The Next' contest and secured a training stint at FC Barcelona's famed academy, La Masia. He trained at the Catalans' youth academy for a week, along with 13 other players from six Asia Pacific countries including South Korea and Japan. He captained the players in three friendly games against players from FC Barcelona's youth academy. <mask> impressed the trainers and returning a week later with the MVP award. 2008 proved to be a difficult year for <mask> as he tore his ligaments in a league match against Super Reds on 26 May when Oh Ddog Yi fell on his right knee. The injury ruled him out for a year, causing him to miss the rest of Singapore's World Cup qualifying campaign as well as the 2008 ASEAN Football Championship.With the help of the Football Association of Singapore and the national team coach Raddy Avramovic, <mask> underwent a 10-day trial with Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua in July 2010, but was ultimately not offered a contract. Injury would strike <mask> again in 2010, when he suffered a right leg fracture in a match against India at the 2010 Asian Games on 11 November 2010. The duration of six weeks that <mask> required for the recovery of his fracture eventually meant that he missed out on a second consecutive ASEAN Football Championship. <mask>' performances were recognized with the S.League Young Player of the Year award in 2010. LionsXII

In December 2011, <mask> was called up to join LionsXII to compete in the 2012 Malaysia Super League. He made his LionsXII debut in a league match against Kelantan in January 2012. His first goal came on the 19th minute against Sabah on 21 January.<mask>' goalscoring form against Sabah would continue when the stand-in captain scored his first career hat-trick in a record 9–0 win on 16 June. He scored with a volley three minutes after Agu Casmir's 19th-minute opener and added a second in the 41st minute. He completed his hat-trick with a Shaiful Esah assist on 73 minutes only. <mask> made 34 appearances and scored 5 goals in all competitions as LionsXII finished runners-up in their first season back in Malaysian football. <mask> missed the start of the 2013 season following a broken right fibula sustained in the 2012 ASEAN Football Championship match against Indonesia. He made his return as a 20th-minute substitute in a 3–0 Super League win over Pahang on 16 February. His first goal of the season came three days later four minutes into a 2–2 draw with Johor Darul Ta'zim.<mask> played a pivotal role for the club as LionsXII capped the successful 2013 season as eventual champions of the Malaysia Super League with an unbeaten home record. In July 2013, <mask> <mask> rejected the offer of a contract from the Portuguese Primeira Liga side, Rio Ave. National Service commitments and salary issues were speculated as reasons why the deal broke down, despite the help of Singapore billionaire Peter Lim and agent Jorge Mendes. Mendes had been negotiating with clubs for one year for <mask> to further his career in Europe. Had <mask> moved abroad, <mask> would have followed the likes of former Singaporean internationals Fandi Ahmad and V. Sundramoorthy in playing for European clubs. Johor Darul Ta'zim

Following <mask>' decision not to join Rio Ave, Malaysia Super League side Johor Darul Ta'zim moved quickly to confirm his signing in a two-year deal worth over US$20,000 (S$25,000) per month in November 2013. On 11 February, <mask> scored his first goal for the club against Kedah in a Malaysia FA Cup match. 4 days later, <mask> scored his first league goal for the club in a Super League match against Selangor.In his first season, <mask> helped Johor win their first Malaysian Super League title. On 31 October 2015, he helped Johor Darul Ta'zim win the 2015 Malaysia Super League and their first 2015 AFC Cup Final against FC Istiklol in Tajikistan. On 9 November 2015, <mask> signed a new 2-year contract with the club, with a monthly salary of US$30,000 (S$43,000), making him the highest paid Singaporean footballer in history. He scored a header from a corner on the opening match day of the 2016 Malaysia Super League against Selangor FA which ended 1–1 with Johor Darul Ta'zim winning the 2016 Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup on penalties (7–6). CE L'Hospitalet
Hariss was to join CE L'Hospitalet on a one-year loan deal, becoming the first-ever Singaporean to play in the Spanish leagues. The move was cancelled 2 weeks after <mask> arrived in Spain due to a taxation problem for the Spanish side, resulting in them being unable to register new players. <mask> was left in the limbo as his parent club, JDT, had all their foreign players slots filled.<mask> returned to Singapore to join Home United on a 3-month loan deal. He made his debut for The Protectors on 1 April in a top of the table clash against Albirex Niigata (S) in a 2–2 draw. Return to Johor Darul Ta'zim
<mask> returned to Johor in 2018 after his loan contract at Home United ended. He made his return on 3 February against Kedah FA in the 2018 Piala Sumbangsih, in which Johor won their 3rd Piala Sumbangsih. He scored his first goal of the season in a 2–1 victory against Perak FA, which also sealed Johor's 5th consecutive league title. On 30 April 2021, <mask> scored the equalizer for his side in a 1–1 draw against Kuala Lumpur FC.JDT and Hariss have mutually terminated the contract on 10 May 2021 in respect of <mask>' decision to return to Singapore due to family matters as the COVID-19 pandemic has made it impossible to travel back home on a more regular basis. Lion City Sailors
Hariss signed for Lion City Sailors on a three-and-a-half-year contract on 10 May 2021.

International career

Youth

<mask> has been capped at all youth levels with the Singapore national football team. He was part of the Singapore national under-23 football team that won the bronze medal at the 2007, 2009 and 2013 Southeast Asian Games. Senior

<mask> was scouted by then-national team coach Raddy Avramovic who gave him his international debut in a friendly against North Korea on 24 June 2007 when he came on as a 70th-minute substitute. He is the youngest ever player to play for the Singapore national team at the age of 16 years and 217 days, breaking the previous record held by Singapore legend Fandi Ahmad who debuted at 17 years, 3 months and 23 days. Avramovic rated <mask> as an "exceptional player" in a 2012 Straits Times interview. <mask> was called up to the Singapore squad for the 2012 ASEAN Football Championship.A shin fracture in a group stage loss to Indonesia ruled him out for the rest of the tournament as Singapore won the competition. He had also missed out on the 2008 and 2010 editions of the competition due to injury. <mask> scored his first senior international goal in the 27th minute of a friendly match against Laos on 7 June 2013. Along with Zulfahmi Arifin, he has been identified by national team coach Bernd Stange as the future of Singapore's midfield. Stange also assessed that he is capable of playing for a "top European club" and in a strong league like the Bundesliga. On 24 July 2010, <mask> was drafted into the Singapore Selection XI squad that was to play against Burnley. He captained the side for the fixture, with the match eventually ending in a 1–0 defeat.On 16 June 2015, <mask> was afforded the chance to captain the national team in a match against Japan. Supposedly a predictable victory for the Japanese team, the match subsequently ended in a shocking 0–0 draw. <mask> scored his 7th international goal in a 2–0 friendly victory over Fiji, helping new head coach Fandi Ahmad to his first win. On 14 November 2019, <mask> made his 100th cap for the national team against Qatar, making him the 13th footballer to have 100 appearances for the national team. On 7 November 2021, <mask> tested positive for COVID-19, just one day before the national team is flew to Dubai for a training camp in preparation for the 2020 AFF Championship. He is then placed under isolation and did not join the team in Dubai. Others

Singapore Selection Squad
He was selected as part of the Singapore Selection squad for The Sultan of Selangor's Cup to be held on 6 May 2017.Personal life

<mask> received his primary education at St. Michael's Primary School and secondary education at St. Gabriel's Secondary School. He graduated with a diploma in Sport & Wellness Management from Nanyang Polytechnic. Born to Singaporean Indian parents of Malayali Muslim origin, a logistics officer, <mask> bin Habib Mohamed and a Housewife, Nisha binte Mohamed Yusoff. His father is his football advisor. He credits his father and uncle for starting his interest in football since the age of 6. On 9 March 2014, <mask> married his girlfriend Syahirah Mohamad in a function hall opposite Jalan Besar Stadium, home ground of LionsXII. They had been dating for over two years and were engaged in February 2013.<mask> is featured in eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 alongside his Singapore teammate Baihakki Khaizan. He will be the second Singaporean to be featured in a video game after Safuwan Baharudin. Career statistics

Club
 Updated 27 Feb 2022

( – ) indicates unavailable referenced data conforming to reliable sources guidelines. Young Lions and LionsXII are ineligible for qualification to AFC competitions in their respective leagues. Young Lions withdrew from the Singapore Cup and Singapore League Cup in 2011 due to scheduled participation in the 2011 AFF U-23 Youth Championship. International goals
Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first. Honours

Club
LionsXII
Malaysia Super League: 2013

Johor Darul Ta'zim
AFC Cup: 2015
Malaysia Cup: 2019
Malaysia Super League: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Malaysia FA Cup: 2016
Malaysian Charity Shield: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020

Lion City Sailors
Singapore Premier League: 2021

International
Singapore
AFF Championship: 2012
Southeast Asian Games: bronze medal 2007, 2009, 2013

Individual
S.League Young Player of the Year: 2010
 2016 AFF Championship: Best Eleven
 ASEAN Football Federation Best XI: 2016

See also
 List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

References

1990 births
Living people
Singaporean Muslims
Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
LionsXII players
Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.players
Malaysia Super League players
Singapore international footballers
Singaporean footballers
Singaporean expatriate footballers
Singaporean people of Indian descent
Association football central defenders
Association football midfielders
CE L'Hospitalet players
Young Lions FC players
Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games
Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore
Southeast Asian Games medalists in football
Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games
Competitors at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games
Competitors at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Singapore
AFC Cup winning players
FIFA Century Club

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