title: Cathy Grier

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<mask> is an American musician. Biography

Early life
<mask> was born in Ogdensburg, New York, where her engineer father helped build the St. Lawrence Bridge. Her family then moved to Connecticut, and her career as a guitar soloist started in 1977 as a senior at Coginchaug High School. In 1979, while working on a music degree at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, she formed her own band. A year later, she teamed up with singer-songwriter Lenore Troia after meeting in Paul Leka’s Connecticut Recording Studio, where <mask> was worked to repay the recording of her first demo learning audio engineering in the process. In 1980, <mask> enrolled in the Berklee College Summer Program and then began to tour with Troia that fall. Troia/Grier and Students of Life (1980-1987)
In 1981, Troia/Grier formed Synergy Records and recorded their first album, titled Don’t Let the First Time be the Last Time, at Studio 19 in Glastonbury, Connecticut.They toured colleges and east coast clubs, opened for larger acts, and were videotaped for Newsweek Broadcasting's syndicated television Show, Today's Woman in April, 1982. In 1983, Troia/<mask> recorded Gut Reaction, their second self-produced album, at Media Sound in New York. The album received a Rising Star feature in the International Rockbill magazine (11/1984). In 1984, the Troia/<mask> Band performed in New York City clubs, opened for The Band at The Lone Star Café, and continued to reach larger audiences. In 1985, after touring the east coast, Troia/<mask> were videotaped live for Connecticut's top music video show, Soundtraxx. They then produced their first music video, titled “Breaking New Ground,” which they submitted to MTV as a group named “Students of Life.” The video won MTV’s basement tape competition in October 1986. Students of Life’s style and sound found their way to Atlantic City.Riding the wave of the MTV generation and bolstered by their MTV basement tape win, critics heralded them as the new breed of casino bands. They first performed at Trump Castle in 1985 and later at Bally’s Casino from 1986-1988. Aware of the pressures and stress of a decade's involvement in the industry, <mask> moved to Key West (a frequent touring location for Troia/Grier) to unwind and soon rediscovered her solo career. Key West solo career
Finding a need to branch out musically in Key West, <mask> took leave from Students of Life. She recorded two live solo tapes, Moonlighting in Key West (1988) and Community (1989) as tributes to her newfound community, and opened for Laura Nyro at Strand Theater (1989). In 1990, she moved back to New York City, where she formed a group and recorded her self-produced album titled New York Sessions. France
In the six years that followed, <mask> traveled to Europe where she toured 100 cities in a Marlboro Music Night Show and wrote and adapted music and lyrics for several French and European recording artists.In 1991, Indra, a Carrere artist, hit #1 on the French dance charts with a Grier penned album. Then, <mask> recorded an album titled Solo (1993), which was released on her own label Shane Music. In 1995, London's Time Out magazine called her music “funkily melodic in a mature and assured style.<mask> returned her focus to New York City in 1996, where she produced and adapted to English an album for EMI artist Nilda Fernandez. Retracing
In 1998, <mask> released Retracing, a 13-song CD recorded in Key West to positive reviews, which praised her music and message. Time Out New York wrote, “Grier mixes folked-up blues with a political mind-set.” The Hudson Current added, “One aspect that distinguishes her from other performers is her concern with political and environmental issues, layered over that blues/rock melodic base.” The album was mostly recorded live and self-produced with back up from local studio musicians and released on her Shane Music label. Comin' Back to Me
In 2002, <mask> released Comin' Back to Me, a solo album, to greater exposure and acclaim. She was featured on Mag Rack’s Guitar Xpress, which has also showcased artists including: The Spin Doctors, Trey Anastasio, and Les Paul.Vintage Guitar magazine wrote, “Playing songs with just your acoustic is certainly an art that some of us never master well enough to make a full album…<mask> does not have that problem, whether playing fingerstyle blues, or mixing poppy chords with her strong voice”. In November 2004, she performed at Radio City Music Hall. The only cover song on the CD, Stevie Wonder’s “Love is in Need of Love Today” was chosen as a reaction to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and meant to express the need for love in tragic times. 2002-present
Since her last album, <mask> has performed in the Music Under New York program, which is sponsored by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority to allow musicians to legally perform in New York City Subway stops. <mask> has embraced the program, lauding it for providing free entertainment during a 2004 appearance on ABC's Insomni-Act program. However, on the Feb. 4, 2009, cover of AM New York, she was juxtaposed with the headline “Playin’ ain’t Payin’,” which documents the difficulty of earning money as a street performer in the recession. She responded to the headline with a new alias and blog, NYCsubwaygirl, where she highlights the advantages of the MUNY program.She has performed in Joe’s Pub to a sold out crowd (June 2010). Joe’s Pub listing “local singer-songwriter and activist <mask> plays a mean slide guitar and sings twice as beguilingly as pretty much any American Idol starlet half her age; at her best, she sounds like a bluesier Carole King.” A favorite performer for non-profit organizations <mask> has entertained to benefit Art For Animals, Habitat For Humanity, NY Junior League, to name a few. As an active supporter of green home building, <mask> has also been featured in Natural Home Magazine (Nov/Dec 2006) for her Columbia County, New York, home that implements passive solar design and nontoxic, eco-friendly materials (Dennis Wedlick, architect). An article she wrote about the process of building a healthy home was published in New York House and has been reprinted in various national publications. From 2006 to 2008 she was a member of the zoning commission for her town. She is currently working on her next recording and writing for her blog, NYCsubwaygirl. Discography
1983: Gut Reaction – Synergy Records
1986: Breaking New Ground – Synergy Records
1988: Moonlighting in Key West – Shane Music
1989: Community – Shane Music
1990: New York Session – Shane Music
1993: Solo – Shane Music
1998: Retracing – Shane Music
2002: Comin' Back to Me – Shane Music

Sources
Del Priore, Joe.Hudson Current. May 29-June 4, 1997. Fortune, Ross. Time Out London. Apr 12–19, 1995. Galtney, Smith. Time Out New York.Aug 7-14, 1997. <mask>, <mask>. New York House “Building A Healthy Home” December 2006. Heidt, John. Vintage Guitar. Mar 2003.
International Rockbill Magazine. “Rising Stars.” Nov 1984.Kallenbach, Laurel. Natural Home Magazine. “Shaker It Up.” Nov/Dec, 2006
Mag Rack. Guitar Xpress. “Street Licks.” Aug 4, 2004. Molinaro, Katie. AM New York.“Playin’ Aint’ Payin.’” Feb 4, 2009
Time Out NY June 2010

References

External links
 NYC Subway Girl

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American women guitarists
Guitarists from New York (state)
People from Ogdensburg, New York
21st-century American women

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title: Mark Walsh (darts player)

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<mask> "Special Brew" (born 2 February 1965) is a former English professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments. He reached No. 6 in the PDC Order of Merit. <mask> reached his first major televised final in 2005, when he was beaten by England's Phil Taylor in the UK Open. Early career
<mask> made his televised debut at the 2002 World Matchplay but suffered a 10-0 whitewash at the hands of John Part. His World Championship debut came in 2004, but he lost 0-3 to Erik Clarys in his first match. He went out to Wayne Mardle 2-4 in 2005.He won his first match at the World Championship at his third attempt in 2006. He was seeded 12th for the event, and beat Warren Parry before losing 0-4 to Dennis Smith in the next round. Professional career

2007-2010
He had slipped to 16th in the world rankings for the 2007 World Championship, when he was surprisingly beaten by 19-year-old Dutch player Rico Vonck, thus continuing his poor run at the tournament. He started the year ranked 15th in the world, but had fallen to 32 by November, which put him in danger of failing to qualify for the 2008 World Championship. However, he reached the semi-final of the Ireland Open Classic in September, and won the non-ranked Gleneagle Irish Masters in early November, thus hinting at an upturn in form. He also reached the semi-finals of the PDC German Darts Championship. In the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship, <mask> defeated Adrian Gray in the first round, setting up a second-round match with Taylor.<mask> led Taylor 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 before Taylor won six consecutive legs to beat him 4-3. Despite losing, <mask> stated that from suffering dartitis to pushing the greatest player in the world to the final set at the World Championship was a great victory in its own right. <mask> continued his good form, reaching three quarter finals including the Open Holland Masters and then reached the last 32 stage of the US Open and the UK Open. He followed up with a semi final showing in the PDPA Players Championship Las Vegas and then qualified for the 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic the next day. He beat Bill Davis in the first round before losing to James Wade. He then reached the second round of the 2008 World Matchplay, defeating Colin Lloyd in the opening match of the tournament but lost to Kevin McDine. He reached the second round of the World Grand Prix, beating Steve Beaton in the first round before losing to Terry Jenkins.<mask> missed out on qualifying for the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts but bounced back to reach the semi finals of the inaugural Championship League Darts, winning group eight and then placing second in the winners group, eventually losing to Mervyn King. He then reached the quarter finals of the 2008 European Darts Championship and reached the final of the PDPA Players Championship Holland 2, losing to Wade. <mask> defeated Jamie Caven 3-2 in the first round of the 2009 PDC World Championship, narrowly missing out on a nine dart finish on the way. In the second round he lost 4-2 to King. On 17 January, <mask> hit a nine-dart finish in the Eddie Cox Memorial Players Championship in Gibraltar against Caven to win the deciding leg of their first round match. Having rolled over for four Players Championships, <mask> won £1,600 for the nine-darter. <mask> won his first PDC title in two years, when he won the Coventry Players Championship on 28 March 2009 beating Taylor 6-4 in the final.He added another title with his second career UK Open Regional in Derby, by winning the East Midlands region 6-5 over Raymond van Barneveld. 2010 – present
<mask> was 12th seed for the 2010 World Championship, however he didn't get past the first round after losing 3-2 to former World Champion <mask>. <mask> qualified for the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts as the highest ranked player from the PDC Order of Merit not already invited. He progressed through Group A with victories over Tony O'Shea and Michael van Gerwen but finished second after losing to Scott Waites. He then defeated Group B winner Dean Winstanley 10-9 and former World Champion Ted Hankey 16-14 before losing out 11-16 to Gary Anderson. At the 2012 World Championship he came from a set down to defeat Warren French, 3–1 in the first round. <mask> played Kevin Painter in the Last 32 and came back from 1–3 to level the match at 3–3.He couldn't keep his momentum going, however, as he lost the deciding set by 3 legs to 0 to exit the tournament 3–4. At the World Matchplay, <mask> beat Colin Osborne 10–8 in the first round, before being comprehensively beaten 4–13 by James Wade in the last 16. Despite winning the first set in his first round match against Robert Thornton at the World Grand Prix, he only took one more leg and lost 1–2. <mask> qualified from Group 8 of the Championship League with a 6–5 victory against Steve Beaton. However, he finished bottom of the eight man Winners Group, winning just one of his seven matches. <mask> was whitewashed 0–5 in his opening Group H game of the Grand Slam of Darts, but came back to defeat both Wayne Jones and Christian Kist 5–4. However, his heavy defeat and narrow wins meant that he failed to qualify for the knockout stage on leg difference.After all 33 ProTour events of 2012 had been played, <mask> was 23rd on the Order of Merit, inside the top 32 who qualified for the Players Championship Finals. He was beaten 1–6 by Thornton in the first round. <mask> reached the last 16 of the 2013 World Championship with wins over Darren Webster and Justin Pipe, but then lost to Wes Newton 1–4, having missed three darts to only trail 2–3. He lost 4–5 to Lee Palfreyman in the second round of the UK Open. He failed to qualify for the World Matchplay for the first time in his career and the World Grand Prix for the first time since 2007 due to falling out of the top 16 on the Order of Merit and not winning enough games through the PDC Pro Tour. In October, <mask> reached the quarter-finals of a Pro Tour event for the first time in a year at the 11th Players Championship as he beat the likes of Andy Hamilton and Newton, before his run was ended with a 6–4 defeat against Robert Thornton. He lost 5–0 to Robert Thornton and 5–1 to Andy Hamilton at the Grand Slam of Darts, before a consolation 5–2 victory over Justin Pipe but <mask> was already resigned to finishing bottom of the group.At the 2014 World Championship <mask> missed five darts to extend his first round match against Jarkko Komula into a final set as he lost 3–1. He dropped to world number 31 after the event concluded and was defeated 9–5 by <mask> in the third round of the UK Open. <mask> failed to advance beyond the last 32 of any event after this. He fell to world number 41 ahead of the 2015 World Championship, outside of the top 32 who automatically qualify and could not claim a place via any other route to break a streak of 11 consecutive appearances in the event. 2015 also marked the first UK Open not to feature <mask> (he had played in each one since its inception in 2003) after he failed to win enough matches to qualify. He did qualify for four European Tour events with two first round and two second round exits adding a total of £5,000 to his ranking. <mask> was 65th on the Order of Merit after the 2016 World Championship, just outside the top 64 who remain on tour and so entered Q School.Despite losing in the final round to Vincent Kamphuis on the last day, <mask> had done more than enough to win his place back right away as he topped the Q School Order of Merit. At the 10th Players Championship in July, <mask> reached his first quarter-final in over two years, but lost 6–1 to Andrew Gilding. This helped him qualify for the Finals and, in what was his PDC major event since February 2014, he was edged out 6–5 by Josh Payne in the opening round. Successes
He has won six non-televised PDC titles: the Welsh Regional final of the UK Open in September 2005, the Gleneagle Irish Masters in November 2007, the Coventry Players Championship and the UK Open East Midlands Regional plus two more Players Championships in Barnsley beating Jamie Caven and in Germany beating Andy Hamilton 6–5. 2020
As of the 18th January he has not participated in any darts event. World Championship results

PDC
 2004: Second round (lost to Erik Clarys 0–3) (sets)
 2005: Third round (lost to Wayne Mardle 2–4)
 2006: Second round (lost to Dennis Smith 0–4)
 2007: First round (lost to Rico Vonck 0–3)
 2008: Second round (lost to Phil Taylor 3–4)
 2009: Second round (lost to Mervyn King 2–4)
 2010: First round (lost to <mask> 2–3)
 2011: Third round (lost to Terry Jenkins 0–4)
 2012: Second round (lost to Kevin Painter 3–4)
 2013: Third round (lost to Wes Newton 1–4)
 2014: First round (lost to Jarkko Komula 1–3)

Career finals

PDC major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Performance timeline

References

External links
<mask>'s official website
<mask>'s profile and stats on Darts Database

1965 births
Living people
English darts players
Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders
Sportspeople from Watford
Darts players with dartitis
PDC ranking title winners

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title: Rita Banerji

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<mask> (1967) is an author, photographer and gender activist from India. Her non-fiction book Sex and Power: Defining History, Shaping Societies was published in 2008. She is the founder of the 50 Million Missing online campaign to raise awareness of female gendercide in India. Early career
<mask> started her career as an environmentalist specializing in Conservation Biology. In 1995 she received the Amy Lutz award in Plant Biology from the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) for her PhD work on the effects of acid rain on maize. Other awards and recognitions she has received include:
Morgan Adams Award in Biology for PhD Research; Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Associate member; Botanical Society of America's Young Botanist Recognition Award; Charles A. Dana Fellowship for Research in Ecology; Howard Hughes Grant for research in genetics. She was also listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.Many of <mask>'s projects had a gender perspective. She worked with the Chipko women's grassroots movement in India under the tutelage of eco-feminist Vandana Shiva and for the Institute for Policy Studies and World Resources Institute. Transition to Writing and Gender Activism
At the age of 30 <mask> returned to India and began to write on issues of gender equality and women's rights in India. Her writings and photos have been published in a range of journals and magazines in different countries. In 2009 she received the Apex Award of Excellence for Magazine and Journal Writing. Sex and Power
<mask>'s non-fiction book Sex and Power:Defining History, Shaping Societies was first published in India in 2008. The book was the result of a five-year social and historical study of sex and sexuality in India.In the book <mask> examines why current day India is squeamish about sex, despite a historical openness about the subject shown by worship of lingam and yoni, erotic art in temples, and literature on the art and science of love-making such as the Kama Sutra. She concludes that a society's sexual mores vary over time and are linked to the social groups in power. The 50 Million Missing Campaign
In December 2006 <mask> started 50 Million Missing, an online advocacy campaign to raise awareness of female gendercide in India. The campaign was launched on Flickr, collecting thousands of photos of Indian girls and women from over 2400 photographers. Since its launch the campaign has grown and spread to other social networking sites and also runs information blogs. It is a zero-fund campaign and runs on community effort and participation. The campaign was a consequence of <mask>'s book Sex and Power.She says, "The data on the systemic and mass-scale violence on Indian women and girls I was gathering for my book was playing out in its stark grotesqueness in my everyday reality. A baby girl is abandoned on the streets in my city, and as residents wait for the police to respond, street dogs kill her and start eating her…I saw the connection and for the first time felt uneasy, ashamed and outraged." <mask> contends that the three worst disasters that India faces in the 21st century, are population explosion, an AIDS epidemic, and the female gendercide. These she concludes are a result of India's deeply patriarchal and conservative approach to women and sexual morality, and the "socialized dichotomy" of men from women, and sex from the sacred. In an interview with The Big Issue in the North <mask> says the underlying problem with all three issues is a "virulent patriarchy that is self-indulgent...through [its practice of] multiple partners and irresponsible sex, and it essentially views women as sexual commodities to be used and discarded at will. A woman's only worth is in her production of sons for the continuation of the patriarchy. So daughters are routinely discarded before or soon after birth."Views on India’s female gendercide
<mask> has argued against the view that education and economic development are the solution to India's female gendercide. She states that an analysis of census data indicates that the gender ratio is most imbalanced in the top 20% of the population of India by wealth and education and that the ratio is closest to the natural norm in the bottom 20% of the same scale. She asserts that increased access to education, health care, jobs and higher earnings lead to more abortions of unborn female children, drawing a direct correlation between the number of educational degrees a woman has and the likelihood that she will eliminate unborn daughters. <mask> also claims that high-income professional women are also victims of dowry violence and murder in India. Their education and wealth is no protection, because they are unable to fight off the family and cultural pressures on them to remain in the marriage, regardless of the violence they are subjected to. <mask> contends that it is not economics or education, but rather a cultural misogyny that is the prime factor in India's female gendercide. She says this is most evident in how culture specific crimes like dowry murders and ‘honour' killings hound expatriate Indian women too, and sex-selected abortion is so prevalent, that the Indian communities in certain western countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Norway too have sex ratios that are abnormally skewed against females.<mask> asserts that gendercide needs to be recognised as a gender based hate crime against women, what Diana Russell has termed as ‘Femicide,’ and be dealt with in the same manner as other hate crimes based on race, religion or ethnicity.
. She explains that this lethal hatred of females is rooted in India’s history, religions and traditions, which over the centuries have created a socially permissive environment for extreme and deadly violence against females. She calls this "the acculturation of female homicide." She says,"terms [like] sati, bride-burning, dowry death, doodh-peeti, kuri-mar, and jauhar…[are each] a method of female homicide that was [or still is] widely practised, widely accepted, and culturally-specific to India... When a practice acquires a name in a society, it becomes acceptable at the subconscious level of that community's collective thinking. Its premise becomes sacrosanct, and the lines between crime and culture, and what is permissible and reprehensible, become blurred. It is this deep, historically-rooted acculturation of female homicide that is sustaining female genocide in India. ”

A Call for a Feminist Revolution in India
According to <mask>, India has not experienced a sexual revolution in the same way as that seen in Europe and North America, which established each woman's independent and individual rights and choices over her own body and sexuality.She believes it is very important for the women's movement in India to have such a revolution particularly in context of putting the gendercide in perspective for Indian society. As she points out, this is because, "It is about the recognition of women as individuals with certain fundamental rights, including that of safety and personal choices, which no one, not even the family, can violate… A girl or woman, within the Indian cultural context, is regarded as a family’s property. She does not have the ownership of her own body… And so it is the parents, the husbands, and in-laws who have the prerogative to decide and make the choices regarding a girl or a woman’s being. Whether or not she is allowed to live [before or] after birth…Who she can or cannot marry… Her husband is entitled to sex whether she wants it or not. He decides when and how many children he wants and what sex they should be. He and his family can torture her to extort more dowry wealth, or subjugate her to repeated pregnancies and excruciating abortions to rid female progeny as always is the case with female feticides…[There is] yet another constrictive, dictatorial authority that asserts its power over an individual woman’s being in India – that of culture and society. It decides what constitutes the prototype of a "good Indian woman" – and directs everything from her demeanor and costume, to what her roles and goals in society ought to be..
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Interviews

Women on Women's Rights: With <mask>ji Women's Web, 26 September 2012

Alam Bains.Interview with <mask>: Award-winning Author, Photographer, Gender Activist. Youth Ki Awaaz, 9 January 2012. 50 Million Missing Campaign. Heart to Heart Talks, 7 December 2011

Anjum Choudhry Nayyar. Author of Sex and Power, <mask> Talks Marriage, Divorce and Raising Strong Daughters. Masalamommas: An Online Magazine for Today's Moms with a South Asian Connection, 31 October 2011

Colin Todhunter. Delink Wealth and Weddings.Deccan Herald. May 2011. Soraya Nulliah. Interview with <mask> – Part I. My He(Art) Full Blog. 8 March 2011. Soraya Nulliah.Interview with <mask> – Part II My He(Art) Full Blog. 13 April 2011

India's Silent Gender Cleansing. The Asia Mag! 3 April 2009. Power at Play. The Indian Express, 18 March 2009. Ciara Leeming.Author Q and A: <mask>. The Big Issue in the North, 20–26 July 2009. Fifty Million Missing Women: <mask> Fights Female Genocide. Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly, 29 August 2008. Anasuya Basu. Sex Through the Ages. The Telegraph, 15 March 2009.Colin Todhunter. Where Have They All Gone? The Deccan Herald, 11 October 2008

References

External links
 <mask> at Wordpress.com
 The 50 Million Missing campaign at Wordpress.com

Indian feminist writers
George Washington University alumni
Indian feminists
Indian women activists
Indian women's rights activists
Indian women photographers
Mount Holyoke College alumni
Indian women essayists
Living people
1967 births

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title: Barbara Marx Hubbard

texts:
<mask> (born <mask>; December 22, 1929 – April 10, 2019) was an American futurist, author, and public speaker. She is credited with the concepts of "The Synergy Engine" and the "birthing" of humanity. Early life and education
A Jewish agnostic, <mask> was the first of four children of Irene (née Saltzman) and <mask>, a toy maker. In her youth she attended the Dalton School in New York City. She studied at L'Ecole des Sciences Politiques at La Sorbonne in Paris during her junior year of college, and received a B.A. cum laude in Political Science from Bryn Mawr College in 1951. Career

As an author, speaker, and co-founder and president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution, <mask> posited that humanity was on the threshold of a quantum leap if newly emergent scientific, social, and spiritual capacities were integrated to address global crises.She was the author of seven books on social and planetary evolution. In conjunction with the Shift Network, she co-produced the worldwide "Birth 2012" multimedia event. She was the subject of a biography by author Neale Donald Walsch, The Mother of Invention: The Legacy of <mask> <mask> and the Future of "YOU". Deepak Chopra called her "the voice for conscious evolution". <mask> was an American modern-day female futurist, carrying her ideas across the millennia. Throughout her life, she had questioned what would make life easier as well as make people happy. For <mask>, she did not like the molds that were expected out of herself as well as others, and in the 1970s she started speaking at futurist conferences about her findings.Those aided in her interest to the movement and resulted in her attending, speaking at, and creating conferences. With that, she dedicated her life to sharing the potential today's modern world has in achieving a better society and came up with the idea of "birthing" humanity. In 1998, she had written and published a successful book titled “Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential". which was about her futurist ideas in making a better society as well as focusing on what the conscious mind can do if it is aware of its power. <mask> went as far as creating her own organization called the Committee for the Future and later created others such as Women of Vision in Action, The Alliance for the Advancement of Conscious Evolution as well as 7 others. <mask> helped set modern futurism into momentum and took measures to make sure the ideas continued beyond her. Her name was placed in nomination for the vice-presidency of the United States on the Democratic ticket in 1984, and at which convention she gave a speech upon being nominated.She was the first woman to be nominated for the Vice Presidency of the United States on the Democratic ticket. She also co-chaired a number of Soviet-American Citizen Summits, introducing a new concept called "SYNCON" to foster synergistic convergence with opposing groups. In addition, she co-founded the World Future Society, and the Association for Global New Thought. Personal life and death
<mask>'s daughter Alexandra Morton is a marine biologist and her sister Patricia Ellsberg is the wife of Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. <mask> fell ill with knee swelling on April 3, 2019, and was taken to the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado, to receive treatment. She was later sent to the hospital emergency room. On April 6, a doctor reported that she had not woken from treatment easily and her condition continued to worsen.On April 8, <mask> expressed that she was preparing to leave and died on April 10. Bibliography
 The Evolutionary Journey: A Personal Guide to a Positive Future (1992 edition with Barry Weins and Wabun Wind). Evolutionary Press, 1982. The Hunger of Eve: One Woman's Odyssey Toward the Future. Island Pacific Northwest, 1989. The Revelation: Our Crisis is a Birth (The Book of Co-Creation). Foundation for Conscious Evolution, 1993.The Revelation: A Message of Hope for the New Millennium. Nataraj Publishing, 1995 (2nd ed.) Excerpts reprinted by permission of Hay House in the Monthly Aspectarian, available online: Part I, August 1996 and Part II, September 1996
 Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential. New World Library, 1998. Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence. Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2001. Birth 2012 & Beyond: Humanity's Great Shift to the Age of Conscious Evolution.Shift Books, 2012. Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential. Revised Edition. New World Library, 2015. The Suprasexual rEvolution: Toward the Birth of a Universal Humanity. With Marian Head. Marlin Press, 2012
52 Codes For Conscious Self Evolution: A Process of Metamorphosis to Realize Our Full Potential Self.With Carolyn Anderson. Foundation for Conscious Evolution, 2011

Multimedia
 Humanity Ascending; OUR STORY DVD (2007)
 Visions of a Universal Humanity DVD (2010)
American Visionary: The Story Of <mask> <mask> DVD (2017)

References

External links
 BarbaraMarxHubbard.com (same as Evolve.org), her website. <mask> <mask>'s Vice-Presidential Nomination Speech : 1984 Democratic National Convention Speech

Articles and interviews

 "The Autobiography of <mask> <mask>"
 with Jeffrey Mishlove in Thinking Allowed, Conversations On the Leading Edge of Knowledge and Discovery "The Planetary Birth Part I: What Is the Meaning of Our Power?" with Dennis Hughes in "Share Guide: The Holistic Health Magazine and Resource Directory"
 Evolution by choice, not chance
 with Diane M. Cooper in The Spirit of Ma'at, Volume 1 No. 5 "The Futurists Creating Peace"
 with Judy Williams in PlanetLightworker.com Evolutionary Party Line
 with Elizabeth Debold in A Fusion of Genius
 with Duncan Campbell in Living Dialogues - Evolutionary Citizen Solutions in a New Energy World

2019 deaths
1929 births
New Thought writers
Bryn Mawr College alumni
American non-fiction writers
Writers from New York (state)
20th-century American Jews
Jewish agnostics
The Futurist people
American agnostics
21st-century American Jews

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title: Joan As Police Woman

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<mask> (born July 26, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and producer who releases music as <mask> As Police Woman. She began her career playing violin with the Dambuilders and played with Black Beetle, Antony and the Johnsons, and Those Bastard Souls. Since 2004 she has released her solo material as Joan As Police Woman. She has released five regular studio albums, one EP, a number of singles and two albums of cover songs. Throughout her career, she has regularly collaborated with other artists as a writer, performer and arranger. Early life
Born at the Saint Andre Home in Biddeford, Maine, to an unmarried teenage mother, Wasser was given up for adoption at infancy. She was raised in Norwalk, Connecticut, with her adoptive younger brother Dan, who is a visual artist.She credits her background as an adopted child with her "very extroverted" personality and dressing up a lot. She explained that "when you are in a situation where you're not blood-related to your family, it does become extremely obvious that you're born with your personality". Wasser began with piano lessons at age six and had her first violin lessons at age eight. She played violin in school and community orchestras before leaving Norwalk for her college studies. At the age of 18, Wasser began her music career during her studies at the College of Fine Arts, Boston University. She studied music under, among others, Yuri Mazurkevich and played with the Boston University Symphony Orchestra. Wasser soon grew disillusioned and found that she "didn't want to make classical music my life, the Beethoven symphonies have already been played a million times and I am not going to do it any better".Instead, she joined a number of local punk bands trying "to bridge the gap between the guitar and the bass and play the violin really loud". Career

The Dambuilders

In 1991, Wasser joined the Dambuilders who were signed to Elektra Records in 1994. Wasser featured on three albums as a violinist. The band played a number of shows on the East Coast, and found an admirer in Colin Greenwood of Radiohead. On stage, Wasser managed to stand out with "bright costumes and dyed, often dreadlocked hair". In 1995, the band appeared on Lollapalooza followed by the release of the album Ruby Red. Wasser augmented her role within the band, adding guitar and keyboard parts, singing vocals, as well as co-writing several songs as found on the album Against the Stars.Wasser first began to make a name for herself in the indie rock world during her time in The Dambuilders as she developed her aggressive style of playing, which led to work outside the group. Wasser moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1996, while The Dambuilders disbanded in October 1997. Black Beetle
In May 1997, her boyfriend of three years, musician Jeff Buckley, drowned accidentally in Memphis. She found it "such a traumatic experience of loss. I needed to grieve but I didn't know how". She continued to play with Those Bastard Souls, a band started in 1995 by a close friend of the couple, Dave Shouse of the Grifters. They made a record entitled Debt & Departure attempting to respond to Buckley's death.In late 1997, she created a band with the remaining members of Buckley's band called Black Beetle and finished an eponymous album that was never released. This was the first project where she was writing as well as fronting a band. She commented, "I found singing terrifying at first, I didn't know about the boundaries of my voice and I had no idea what words I wanted to say. The violin had been my voice for so long." Antony and the Johnsons

In 1999, <mask> joined Antony and the Johnsons, initially as a violinist, but eventually as a full-time member. She contributed to their Mercury Prize-winning album, I Am a Bird Now. She explained that she "was called up to stand in for another violinist but by the end of the rehearsal (she) was in the band".The experience was "like a renaissance", and she "was surrounded by gentle people and quiet music [...] I had a space to let go". <mask> As Police Woman
While working with others, Wasser began to develop her own material, which she described as sounding "like old Al Green records". She focused on guitar and singing as "for a long time, I was really content with playing violin [...] and then all of a sudden it wasn't enough". The end of Black Beetle in June 2002 brought the beginning of Wasser's work as a solo artist and the creation of a new band, <mask> as Police Woman. The name was a reference to the TV series Police Woman featuring Angie Dickinson. Wasser found the actress inspirational as "she was really powerful but sexy at the same time" in the role. She also preferred "the name to be funny because, although my music is serious, I like to laugh at tragedy".She formed a new trio in New York City together with Ben Perowsky on drums and Rainy Orteca on bass. Perowsky also co-produced the EP that also featured contributions by Oren Bloedow, Dave Derby and Erik Sanko. She co-wrote the song "My Gurl" with Michael Tighe. The group self-released a five-track eponymous EP in 2004, as Wasser had "decided to do it without a record deal because I wanted to make music on my own terms". In February 2004, Rufus Wainwright asked her to join his band on tour providing backing vocals and strings. In the second half of the year, she joined Joseph Arthur on tour as a violinist. Real Life
In December 2005, Wasser signed a distribution deal with Reveal Records, a British indie label, which subsequently re-released the self-titled debut EP, while adding one track.<mask> as Police Woman's full-length debut, Real Life, appeared in the UK on June 12, 2006, and through PIAS in Europe and elsewhere. She embarked on a tour around Europe where she played a mixture of headlining shows and support slots, including the Guillemots. The album was eventually released in the USA on June 12, 2007, on Cheap Lullaby Records based in Los Angeles. In early 2008, Real Life won in The 7th Annual Independent Music Awards for Best Pop/Rock Album. The album included three singles, "Christobel", "The Ride", and "Eternal Flame", which was supported by a video directed by Leah Meyerhoff. To Survive
Her second album, To Survive, was released in June 2008 and featured Rufus Wainwright on the song "To America". The title referred to the loss of her mother to cancer, where she felt encouraged "to talk about it, [to] put it into words and get it out there”.It was recorded with Rainy Orteca and Parker Kindred, an old friend and drummer of her previous band Black Beetle. The album reached No. 43 in Uncut's review of the year 2008, as well as in Q Magazine's top 50. Musically it was described as having "dance-floor soul and indie-rock influences". With Rainy Orteca departing to pursue her own projects, Wasser and Kindred were joined by Timo Ellis on bass guitar for touring in 2008. At the end of her 2009 European tour, Wasser returned to New York to play a show and release a new album of cover songs, entitled Cover. The Deep Field
In 2011, she released her third album, The Deep Field.It contained the singles "The Magic", "Nervous" and "Chemmie". The Classic
On March 10, 2014, Wasser released her fourth album, The Classic, featuring the single "Holy City", featuring a video filmed by Alex de Campi. Let It Be You
In 2016, Wasser collaborated with Benjamin Lazar Davis and released the album Let It Be You in October. It was preceded by the single "Broke Me In Two". The album received mixed reviews, with DIY noting it as a "curiously unbalanced album", while allmusic.com described it as "a collection of appealingly loose, lush songs full of creativity". The duo followed the release by a UK tour. Damned Devotion
The album Damned Devotion was released on February 9, 2018.Emily Mackay, writing for The Guardian, describes Wasser's return to her "characteristically languorous, smoky zone". Before the album release Wasser released the single Tell Me, with its plea for openness and intimacy. "I am always wanting more intimate dialogue", says <mask>. "Fear of being vulnerable, future tripping and feelings of shame, paranoia and jealousy get in the way. You got to separate now what’s real, what’s not real – stop using jealousy (not real) as a way to avoid having to clarify and tell me what you really want (real). Why don’t we try trusting each other enough to be fully transparent? What is there to lose?"Joanthology
The album Joanthology was released on May 24, 2019. Collaborations
Wasser did considerable session work providing strings and vocals for a number of artists throughout her career. Her resume includes live performances and studio work with Elton John, Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright, John Cale, Sheryl Crow, Scissor Sisters, Sparklehorse, Dave Gahan, Tanya Donelly, Joseph Arthur, and Fan Modine. She has worked with Nathan Larson on his side-project, Mind Science of the Mind and ex-Fishbone member Chris Dowd's Seedy Arkhestra album. In the liner notes to an album by the latter, Dowd praised her as a "soulful mothafucka." In 2006, Wasser contributed backing vocals and violin to the track "Redwings" on Guillemots' debut album Through the Windowpane. She provided vocals and plays the violin on the song "Ballad of a Deadman" alongside David Sylvian on Steve Jansen's album Slope which was released in 2007.Wasser was credited for playing piano, violin, and guitar as well as contributing vocals on Lloyd Cole's 2010 release, Broken Record. In 2013, she started the band 2001 with Benjamin Lazar Davis, which released its first single "Broke Me in Two" in September 2015. In 2014, she released a track on the Printer Clips album, the side-project of Bell X 1's lead singer Paul Noonan. Also in 2014, she began to work and perform with Scottish folk outfit Lau, producing their album The Bell That Never Rang, released in May 2015. In 2015, <mask> performed with the English alternative rock band Placebo on their MTV Unplugged session. She sang a duet with vocalist Brian Molko in the song "Protect Me from What I Want". In 2020, <mask> appeared on the Gorillaz song "Simplicity" from their album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez.Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Live albums

EPs
 <mask> as Police Woman (self-released 2004 – CD; re-released February 27, 2006)

Singles

Compilation appearances
2003: Jane Magazine compilation ("Prime Mover")
2007: Back to Mine: Guillemots ("The Ride")
2008: Mojo Presents The White Album Recovered Vol. 1 ("I Will")
2012: Spirit of Talk Talk (Myrrhman)
2012: The Separate - Orchestral Variations V.01 (This Night Has Opened My Eyes)
2020: Songs for Australia, performing a cover of Gotye's "Hearts a Mess"

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External links

Official website

1970 births
Living people
American violinists
Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni
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Musicians from Norwalk, Connecticut
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Independent Music Awards winners
21st-century American women singers
Antony and the Johnsons members
The Dambuilders members
21st-century American singers
21st-century violinists
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title: George U. Young

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<mask> (February 10, 1867November 26, 1926) was an American businessman and politician. Active initially in journalism, he redirected his business interests to the expansion of railroads and the promotion of mining. Politically he served as Secretary of Arizona Territory and as Mayor of Phoenix. Early life
Born to John Alexander and Elizabeth (Wilson<mask> on February 10, 1867, in Hamburg, Clark County, Indiana. While he attended public schools, he was primarily self-taught. By age 12 he was literate in both Greek and Latin. His mother died when <mask> was a boy and his father moved the family to Kansas in 1879.He began working at age 14, taking a job as a farm hand. A year later he was teaching at a local school. <mask> also began a study of law. After being admitted to the Kansas bar when he was 21, he began a successful legal practice, winning eighteen cases. <mask> left  his legal practice in 1890 and moved to Phoenix, Arizona Territory. Arizona

In Arizona, <mask> became a bookkeeper for a company building a railroad line between Ashfork and Phoenix. He then worked his way up to fireman and engineer with the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad.<mask> was then elected principal for the schools in Williams. He remained there for four years. During this time he became the owner and publisher of the Williams News. In another business venture, <mask> joined with Buckey O'Neill and became an organizer and promoter for the Grand Canyon Railway. Following O'Neill's death, <mask> became the primary force behind the railroad's completion. The effort was financially unsuccessful and <mask> stated losses valued over $75,000 in the venture. <mask> joined an American Railway Union strike in 1904 and never returned to work for the railroads.<mask> married Mary Ellen Smith of Williams on September 26, 1900. The union produced two daughters, <mask>, later Helen Y. Brown and a son, <mask> Jr.. Mary Ellen often went by the name of Ellen M<mask>. <mask><mask> Jr. lived in Mesa, Arizona until he died in the 1970s. Fraternally, <mask> was a 32nd degree Mason. He was also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Knights of Pythias, and the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.Young Mines Company Ltd. (Goldfield, Arizona)

Around 1893, <mask> became interested in prospecting and the promotion of mining stock. In Goldfield, Arizona, later renamed Youngberg, Arizona, <mask> was the president and general manager of Young Mines Company, Ltd..  Young Mines Company Ltd. became the claimant of the multiple Mammoth Lode claim's, otherwise referred to as The Mammoth Mines, which are depicted on several Bureau of Land Management sheets as connected mineral surveys. The original plats for the lode mining claims claimed by Young Mines Company, Ltd. are depicted on U.S. Mineral Surveys No. 3884, 3886 and 1130 (multiple sheets). The Plat was ultimately amended in 1961, along with the corresponding field notes. Then claim(s) were relinquished by claimant in 1967–1968.A hearing examiners order Contest No. Arizona 961, dated September 17, 1968, declared many of the claims invalid. According to the Plat and notes of record, The Mammoth, Mammoth No. 2 and Montezuma lodes, M.S. 1130 were canceled December 16, 1997 (9605), making the cancelling an official part of the field notes of survey. Mineral Survey 3884 which depicted the 'Arpad' et, al. lodes was cancelled February 3, 1999.Derby Mine
Young associated himself with the Derby Mine, which was originally located on January 1, 1900, by located by Silas P. Hill and J.C. Forrest, and the Derby Mining Company in the Thumb Butte Mining District. The promotions of the Derby Mining Company stock took place between the Copper Basin and Mint Valley Mining Districts in the Sierra Prieta Range Yavapai County west of Prescott. There is a rich history of prospects, mining activity and the promotion of mining claims by <mask>. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, lode mining claims were located by prospectors who, like <mask>, identified these claims under both the 1866 Mining Act, and The General Mining Act of 1872. Regularly used by <mask> in his promotions of this popular field was his office letterhead, which read: 'Stocks, Bonds, Lands, Investments; Land and Irrigation Projects Examined; Mine Reports a Specialty. <mask><mask> acted as president, general manager and lessee of the Derby Mining Company in about 1902 and vice president and power of attorney of the later Madizelle Mining Company (1908), offering capital stock in both companies.Certificates were primarily issued through brokers, to investors on the east coast. <mask>'s cattle ranching prospects for the Derby lands were as just as much a part of the ground as his mining promotions. Both were well known throughout the Thumb Butte District, where present day Highland Park is centered. On June 17, 1907, the U.S. Surveyor General for Arizona issued official survey instructions[2] for mineral survey twenty four-twenty four to J.J. Fisher, a U.S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor. This effort resulted in the 'Plat of the (Mining) Claim of <mask>. <mask>, which was incorporated into land patent documents to the Madizelle Mining Company. [3] Official records indicate the mineral plat represents twenty five lode mining claims situated in the Thumb Butte Mining District: Puritan, Puritan No.2, Puritan No. 3, Iron Mask, Derby, Derby No. 2, Derby No. 3, Ellen No. 1, Ellen No. 2, Madizelle, Hugenot, Patsy, Humbert, Italian, Happy Strike, Sunny Side No. 1, Sunny Side, Surenough, Penos Alto No.1, Penos Alto No. 2, Penos Alto no. 3, Highland, Knocker Doom, Protection No.2 and Protection #3. <mask><mask> filed many types of lode mining claim location notices for claims throughout the Thumb Butte Mining District. One of his first mineral discoveries was aptly named the Accidental. <mask>.<mask> was a well known promoter in the Territory, publicly promoting himself, as well as his related mining ventures since the 1890s. In 1912, Geo. U<mask> sat as a director on the Phoenix Real Estate Board, which like the Madizelle Mining Company, also operated from the building block at 403-404 Fleming in downtown Phoenix, present site of the Wells Fargo tower. Regularly used by <mask> was his office letterhead, which read: 'Stocks, Bonds, Lands, Investments; Land and Irrigation Projects Examined; Mine Reports a Specialty.' <mask>'s mining ventures were well known throughout the Thumb Butte District, where present day Highland Park is centered. The primary foundation of present-day Highland Pines, is U.S.Mineral Survey 2424 the 'Plat of the (Mining) Claim of George U. Young, which was incorporated into land patent documents, to the later Madizelle Mining Co., <mask> U. <mask> acting as power of attorney for the company. <mask> is also associated with several other lode mining claim location notices, for claims throughout the Highland Park area. One of his first locations is known as the 'Accidental' Lode Mining Claim. Additional lode mining claims situated in the Thumb Butte Mining District are the Isabella, Big Ben No. 1, Big Ben No.2, Ellen M., Iona, Great Eastern, Last Chance (J.J. Fisher), Star, Lowry Hill, Lowry Cross, Ohio, Norman, Summit, Edgar, Alto, and Protection. Prominent locators working with <mask> in the early 1900s included Thomas Smith, Frank Polson, Thomas C. Hill, Silas 'S.P.' Hill, James R. Lowry, James Samuels, Norman Hale, and Joseph Dougherty. The mining efforts here were all greatly served by the simple flag station with one switch, known by local miners as Summit Station, otherwise known as Sierra Prieta on the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway. This was the main delivery system for the hauling of heavy equipment to the mining activity in the area. Politics

Politically, <mask> was secretary of the Republican territorial committee in 1908. On April 8, 1909, President William Howard Taft nominated him to become territorial secretary.<mask> took his oath of office on May 1 and he held the office until Arizona achieved statehood on February 14, 1912. While in office, <mask>'s primary concern was dealing with Arizona's 1910 constitutional convention. To aid in the efforts, Phoenix's first post office substation was opened adjacent to <mask>'s office on January 2, 1911. The substation dealt almost exclusively with mail related to Arizona's proposed constitution. In 1912, Geo. U<mask> sat as a director on the Phoenix Real Estate Board, which also operated from the building block at 403-404 Fleming in downtown Phoenix, present site of the Wells Fargo tower.On several occasions, <mask> served as acting governor. In July 1911, he granted clemency to several prisoners. This action angered Governor Richard Elihu Sloan, who was vacationing in California at the time. Sloan commented on the issue, saying "This is one reason why I spend so much time at home, I am almost afraid to get out of the territory for this sort of things has happened before." During his final months in office, <mask> oversaw the sale of office furniture belonging to the federal government. With statehood coming, <mask> was a Republican candidate for governor in 1911, but lost in the primary to Edmund W. Wells. He was elected Mayor of Phoenix and sworn in on April 7, 1914.The same year he was the Progressive party candidate for governor. He did fairly well for a third-party candidate, garnering over 10% of the vote, but lost to incumbent Democrat <mask>. P. Hunt and Republican nominee Ralph Cameron/ <mask> ran for reelection as mayor in 1916 but was defeated. He made another unsuccessful run for mayor in 1920. During the 1924 United States Presidential Election, <mask> was a Robert M. La Follette supporter. 1920-1926

After a mining accident at his Goldfield mining operation, <mask> experienced a severe decline in his health, starting from about 1920 on, and in late 1925 he was rendered an invalid. He died from apparent apoplexy on November 26, 1926, at his vacation home near the Derby Mine. He was cremated and his remains interred at Phoenix's Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery.

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title: Antoin Sevruguin

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<mask> (; 1851-1933) was a photographer in Iran during the reign of the Qajar dynasty (1785–1925). Early life
Born into a Russian family of Armenian-Georgian origin in the Russian embassy of Tehran, Iran: <mask> was one of the many children of Vasily Sevryugin and a Georgian Achin Khanoum. Vasily Sevryugin was a Russian diplomat to Tehran. Achin had raised her children in Tbilisi, Georgia, because she was denied her husband's pension. After Vassil died in a horse riding accident <mask> gave up the art form of painting, and took up photography to support his family. His brothers Kolia and Emanuel helped him set up a studio in Tehran on Ala al-dawla Street (today Ferdowsi St.). Celebrity

Many of Antoin's photographs were taken from 1870-1930.Because Sevruguin spoke Persian as well as other languages, he was capable of communicating to different social strata and tribes from his country Iran. His photos of the royal court, harems, and mosques and other religious monuments were compared to the other Western photographers in Persia. The reigning Shah, Nasir al-Din Shah (reigned from 1846–1896) took a special interest in photography and many royal buildings and events were portrayed by Sevruguin. Landscape photography
Because Sevruguin travelled Persia and took pictures of the country, his travels record the Iran as it was in his time. Sevruguins pictures show Tehran as a small city. They show monuments, bridges and landscapes which have changed since then. Ethnographical photography
Some of Sevruguin's portraiture fed preexisting stereotypes of Easterners but nevertheless had a commercial value and today prove to be historical records of regional dress.Photographic studios in the nineteenth century advertised a type of picture known in French as "types". These were portraits of typical ethnic groups and their occupation. They informed the European viewer, unfamiliar with Persian culture, about the looks of regional dress, handcraft, religion and professions. Photographing regional costumes was an accepted method of ethnological research in the nineteenth century. Many European ethnological museums bought Sevruguins portraiture to complement their scientific collection. Museums collected pictures of merchants in the bazaar, members of a zurkhana (a wrestling school), dervishes, gatherings of crowds to see the taziyeh theatre, people engaged in shiite rituals and more. Sevruguins portraits were also spread as postcards with the text: 'Types persans'.Sevruguin was a photographer who had no boundaries in portraying people of all sorts of social classes and ethnic backgrounds. He portrayed members of the Persian royal family as well as beggars, fellow countrymen of Iran or Westerners, farmers working fields, womenweavers at work, army officers, religious officials, Zoroastrians, Armenians, Lurs, Georgians, Kurds, Shasavan, Assyrians, and Gilak. Sevruguin's photographic studio
Many Westerners who lived in Persia and travellers who visited the country brought back pictures from Sevruguin, mentioning him in travelogues of the time. Sevruguin's photographic studio was located on the Avenue Ala al-Dawla and was not the only photographic studio in this street. Local people could have their picture taken in this studio as well. They could pose in front of a painted backdrop. Most pictures were taken as a glass negative and printed out as an albumen print.Often a logo with Sevruguin's name was printed on one side of the picture. Many 19th century tourists misspelled his name, finding it difficult to spell it in Western languages: Sevraguine, Sevrugin, Sevriogin, Segruvian, and Serunian for example. His name was phonetically spelled Sevr-joe-gien. Vandalism
In 1908 the world was denied the rich collection of Sevruguin's images when Cossacks of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (reigned from 1907–1909) inadvertently bombed his store in suppression of Zahiru’d-Dawla, the constitutionalist Governor of Rasht. His house along with the whole street was burned. Up to that point Antoin had seven thousand plus photographs. Only two thousand were salvaged.As the photographs depicted numerous figures associated with the former Qajar regime and showed "conditions far removed from his own notions of a modern westernized nation", Reza Shah Pahlavi (reigned from 1925–1941) confiscated the remaining images. Legacy
After his death from a kidney infection Sevruguin's images resurfaced. He was survived by seven children from his marriage to Louise Gourgenian. His daughter Mary reclaimed a portion of the photos, perhaps through a friendship with Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (reigned 1941–1979). 696 of his negatives survive today. Gallery

References

Sources
 L.A. Ferydoun Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn, Gillian M.Vogelsang-Eastwood (eds. ), Sevruguin's Iran / Iran az negah Sevruguin, Late nineteenth century photographs of Iran from the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, Netherlands, Teheran/Rotterdam 1378/1999.Bohrer, Frederick N., ED. <mask> and the Persian Image. London: University of Washington Press, 1999. Iraj Afshar, ‘Some remarks on the early history of photography in Iran’ in Qajar Iran; political, social and cultural change, 1800-1925, E.Bosworth, C. Hillenbrand (eds. ), Edinburgh 1983, pp. 262–2. Iraj Afshar, Ganjine-ye aks-haye Iran.hamrah-e tarikhche-ye vorud-e akkasi be Iran, A treasury of early Iranian Photographs together with a concise account of how photography was first introduced in Iran, Teheran 1371/1992. Exhibition of <mask> <mask>'s Photographs (Archived 2009-10-25) at geocities.com
 Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.12: <mask> Sevruguin Photographs
 Stephen Arpee Collection of Sevruguin Photographs

Further reading

External links

 <mask>'s Images of the Orient: Cultural Migrants Between Armenia and Persia
 Antoin Sevruguin Photographs, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Antoin Sevruguin photographs of Persia, 1880s-1890s, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Accession No. 2017.R.25. The 97 photographs in this collection are representative of <mask> <mask>'s all-encompassing documentation of Persia, and comprise a mixture of studio portraits, outdoor vernacular scenes and landscapes. 1851 births
1933 deaths
Iranian photographers
Iranian people of Georgian descent
Iranian people of Russian descent
Persian Armenians
People from Tehran
People of Qajar Iran
Burials at Doulab Cemetery

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title: Mammad Yaqubov

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<mask> (Məmməd Haqverdi oğlu Yaqubov) is an Azerbaijani scientist, doctor of physico and a mathematical sciences professor. <mask> was born on February 2, 1941, in the village of Mils Julfa region of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. In 1957 he graduated high school #1 in Nakhchivan. In 1962 he graduated from the Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty of Baku State University. Since 1965 he has been working at the university. In 1966 he defended his thesis "the continuation and stability of a class of integro-differential equations" on the physical and mathematical sciences. In 1992, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, defended his thesis on "optimal sliding regimes in systems with distributed parameters and necessary conditions for optimality".Since 1996, <mask> has been the Head of the Department of mathematical methods of control theory of Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty of Baku State University. He is the author of more than 100 scientific articles. He took part in the series of international seminars, symposiums and conferences. For merits in development of science of Azerbaijan by the order of President of Azerbaijan Republic in October 30, 2009 he was awarded with the Order of Glory (Şöhrət ordeni). <mask> Hagverdi <mask> was awarded a diploma "The Best Patriotic Researcher" of 2014 by the European Publishing Press House. Works

Books and monographs:

1. Ordinary Differential Equations course.Manual for high schools. "Education" publishing house. Baku, 1978. (Q.Ehmedov, KHəsənov)

2. Mathematics for classes V dərsliyi secondary schools of Baku, Çaşıoğlu, 2007

3. Mathematics for classes VI dərsliyi secondary schools of Baku, Çaşıoğlu, 2007

4. Algebra manual for classes VII secondary schools of Baku, Çaşıoğlu, 2007

5.Algebra manual for classes VIII secondary schools of Baku, Çaşıoğlu, 2007

6. Algebra manual for classes IX secondary schools of Baku, Çaşıoğlu, 2007

7. Algebra and beginning in the analysis manual for classes X secondary schools of Baku, Çaşıoğlu, 2007

8. Algebra and beginning in the analysis for classes XI secondary schools of Baku, Çaşıoğlu, 2007

9. Ordinary differential equations. Baku, Maarif, 1978, 444 p.

10. A tidy ordinary differential equations.– Baku, 1999, 161 p.

11. Maximum and minimum problems-Baku, Çaşıoğlu, 1999, 84 p.

12. Mathematics. – Baku, Entrant, 2006,2007,2008, 840 p.

13. Mathematics. İssue and Examples-Baku, Çaşıoğlu, 2008, 543 p.

14. V-VI Olympic Exercises.– Baku, Kismet, 2008, 115 p.

15. Mathematics. Issue and examples. Baku, "Chashioglu" Publishing House, 2009. 542 p.

16. V-XI classes of secondary school mathematics teaching material for thematic work plan and review writing samples. Baku, "AM 965" LLC Publishing House, 2009.196 p.

17. Secondary schools mathematics teaching material for the class X thematic work plan and review writing samples. Baku, MBM Publishing House, 2009. 39 p.

18. Mathematics. Translation from Azerbaijani language, "Abiturient" Baku, 2010. 890 p.

19.V-XI classes of secondary school mathematics teaching material for thematic work plan and review writing samples. "AM 965" MMC publishing house, Baku, 2010. 184 p.

The main articles:

1. Some integral inequalities, Izv.ANU Uz.SSR Ser. fiz.mat.nauk 1972, number 1, str.16–22

2. The solution of the boundary-value differential problems. equation with a parameter methods o.f.p.- Dokl.Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan SSR 1973, number 9

3. The necessary optimality conditions for a class of control systems with distributed parametrami.- Izv.AN.Az.SSR, ser.fiz.tehn.i mat. Sciences, 1974, № 2

4. On the optimal control problem for elliptic equations, Izv. Universities. Mat. 1975, number 7, p. 92–98

5.Approximate solution of nonlinear integral equation with a parameter via soche-Tania methods kvazilinearizaatsii and o.f.p.- Dokl.AN Azerbaijan SSR 1975, number 4, p. 3–7

6. Properties of solutions of differential inclusions and their applications in the optimal upravlenii.- Izv.AN Azerbaijani SSR, ser.fiz.teh. and mate. Science 1982, number 5, p. 137–143

7. Optimal sliding modes of elliptic type Dokl.AN USSR, 1984, t.274, number 5

8. Optimal sliding mode in systems described by the equations of elliptic type Izv.AN Azerbaijani SSR, ser.fiz.mat.nauk 1984, number 3. p. 124–129

9. On the extension of the control problem and the theorem of existence of an optimal control by nonlinear elliptic uravneniyami.-Dokl.AN USSR, 1986, t.286, № 6.1316–1319

10. On the sliding modes in a single system with distributed parameters. IMM -Trudy the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences. 1998, t.VIII, / XVI / .210–215

11. Necessary conditions for optimality in a problem described by equation variable tipa.- Azərbaycan EA-nın xəbərləri, IV fizika-riyaziyyat və texniki elmlər seriyası, c.HHIV №3, 2004, p. 50–53

12. Some of the necessary conditions for optimality for systems with impulse vozdeystviyami.- Əməkdar elm xadimi, akademik Ə.İ.Hüseynovun 100 illik yubleyinə həsr olunmuş elmi konfransın tezisləri. Baku, 2007, p. 168

13.Gradient of the functional in a control problem in processes described by partial differential equation of third order, tezis. Modern problems of aprlted mathematics and information technologies – Al Khorezmiy 2009, Tashkent, September 18–21, 2009. p. 132

14. Gradient of the functional in a control problem in processes described by partial differential equation of third order.məqalə Transactions of the international scientific conference "Modern problems of aprlted mathe-matics and information technologies-Al Khorezmiy 2009", Tashkent, September 18–21, 2009. p. 38–40. 15. On the relationship between the sets of decisions and convexified main tasks in a problem upravleniya.Bakı, AMEA-nın məruzələri, T.LXV, c.3, 2010. p. 3 -7. 16. On the relationship between the solution sets the basic and advanced tasks for managing tasks in elliptic equations.International Scientific and Technical Journal "Problems of control and informatics", №4, Kyiv, 2010, 43–52. 17. Elliptic equation slippery regime described in the management of properties. Students, undergraduates, graduate students and young researchers, "Actual problems of mathematics and mechanics", a traditional conference, Baku, 2010. p. 53–55. 18. On the issue of the management of elliptic equation, which describes the presence of optimal control. Students, undergraduates, graduate students and young researchers, "Actual problems of mathematics and mechanics", a traditional conference, Baku, 2010. p. 55–56.19. On the sliding regimes in the processes, described by the third order nonlinear equation. The Third International Conference Problems of Cuber-netcs and Informatics, Baku, september 6–8, 2010. p. 101–102. References

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title: Pedro Fernández (singer)

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José Martín Cuevas Cobos (born September 28, 1969), known by his stage name <mask>,  is a Mexican singer, songwriter, actor, and television host. <mask> began his international career as <mask> at the age of seven. <mask> has recorded thirty-nine albums, acted in seven soap operas, and twenty five films. He has won 4 Latin Grammy Awards. His stage name is composed of the names of two of his favorite singers, (<mask>) Infante and Vicente (Fernandez). Early life
His first album, La de la Mochila Azul, named after the single, was released in 1978. His starring role in the film La niña de la mochila azul (The Girl with the Blue Backpack) was released in 1979 and led to a lifetime career of recording and film contracts.Career

In 2001, his album Yo No Fui won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero Album. His album De Corazón was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album at the 2003 Latin Grammy Awards. In 2009, <mask> starred in Televisa's telenovela Hasta que el dinero nos separe with actress and singer Itatí Cantoral. He won the TVyNovelas Award for Best Lead Actor of 2010 for his portrayal of "Rafael Medina Nuñez" in the telenovela. The couple took home a triumph as Best Couple of the Year and Best Telenovela. In 2010, <mask> won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Song (2010) for "Amarte a la Antigua",

In 2012, <mask> starred as the protagonist in the telenovela Cachito de cielo. <mask> wrote the theme song "Cachito de Cielo" for the telenovela and as the theme song's songwriter and performer, he won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Song in 2013.In July 2014, <mask> starred in the Mexican telenovela Hasta el fin del mundo produced by Televisa. <mask> also wrote and performed the theme song for the series and produced an album by the name Hasta El Fin Del Mundo. In 2015, his album Acaríciame El Corazón won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album at the 16th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. <mask> appeared on TV as a team coach for La Voz Kids for seasons three (2015) and four (2016), and as an official presenter/host for the Billboard Latin Music Awards for 2015 and 2016. In September 2016, <mask> collaborated with Grupo Cañaveral for their 20-year anniversary album, recording a Cumbia version of <mask>'s song "Si Te Vas". The Honduran paper La Prensa has called <mask> "one of the most recognized artists not only in Mexico but throughout Latin America for his music and acting which continues today". In November 2017, <mask> recorded “El Mudo” with La Sonora Santanera on their Latin Grammy nominated album “La Fiesta  Continúa”.2018 was an eventful year for <mask>. This year he began celebrating 40 years of his artistic career with a year of concerts and television appearances. In February he was named “Mr. Amigo”. Each year, the Mr. Amigo Association honors a Mexican citizen to promote international friendship and goodwill between the U.S. and Mexico. In March, <mask> released the first single titled from his upcoming new album Arránquense Muchachos. March also saw the release of “Toquen Mariachis Canten” (En Vivo), a duet <mask> recorded with Leo Dan for his new album “Celebrando a una Leyenda” (En Vivo).In May, <mask> recorded another duet “Un Millón De Rosas” with the Grammy winning Tejano Group, La Mafia on their new album “Vozes”. July brought the release of “Como Ella”, the second single from his new album Arránquense Muchachos. In August the complete album was released. In September, the title cut from the album ¡Arránquense Muchachos¡ was nominated by the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards for Best Regional Song. In 2019, along with the continuation of his multi-country “40th Anniversary Tour”, <mask> was selected to perform the opening theme “Como Te Extraño Mi Amor” for the Telemundo new political drama Preso No. 1 an American political thriller television series produced by Keshet International and Telemundo Global Studios  which premiered on 30 July 2019. On August 30, 2019 Spanish singer Natalia Jiménez released her album “México De Mi Corazón” (Mexico of my heart), that includes a duet with <mask>, “Ya Lo Sé Que Tú Te Vas” (I know that you are leaving).In March 2020, <mask> released the cover for his upcoming 40th album with a single titled “Como Te Extraño Mi Amor” (How I miss you my love), written by Leo Dan and encouraged by the popularity of his shorter version performed by <mask> for the theme of the Telemundo political drama Preso No. 1 last year. In 2021 <mask> takes the lead role as the title character in Malverde: El Santo Patrón, an American biographical-drama television series based on the life of the Mexican bandit Jesús Malverde. Produced by Telemundo Global Studios. Awards
Among his many national and international awards over his long career <mask> has been awarded the TVyNovelas Award for Best Actor (2010) for Hasta Que el Dinero Nos Separe, Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album (2001) for Yo No Fui, Latin Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Song (2010) for "Amarte a la Antigua", Latin Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Song (2013) (writer and performer) for "Cachito de Cielo", and the Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album (2015) for Acaríciame El Corazón. (2018)

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Si Te Vas (<mask> song)

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Mexican male film actors
Ranchera singers
Mexican male singers
Mexican child singers
Mexican male child actors
Mexican pop singers
Latin Grammy Award winners
Mexican male telenovela actors
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Male actors from Guadalajara, Jalisco
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Universal Music Latin Entertainment artists
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title: David J. Steiner

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<mask><mask> (February 2, 1965 – December 26, 2016) was an American documentary filmmaker, educator, rabbi, real estate investor, mediator and political activist, best known for the documentary film Saving Barbara Sizemore (2016). Early life

<mask> was born in Chicago, Illinois to a Jewish family, and was raised in nearby Lincolnwood, Illinois. His parents, Robinn Schulman, a nurse whose family owned the company that manufactured Shane Toothpaste (now known as AloeSense), and <mask>, a figurative painter and art instructor, divorced when he was young, but maintained an amicable relationship. As a youth, he began a lifelong affiliation with Habonim Dror, the labor Zionist youth movement. Education

<mask> was educated in Lincolnwood, Illinois area public schools until his sophomore year of high school, when unaccompanied by his family, he moved to Israel. In accord with his socialist values, he lived in the kibbutz community of Hakfar Hayarok. On the kibbutz, <mask> was assigned to the dairy, and was put in charge of the artificial insemination and midwifery process for cows.For the rest of his life, <mask> would incorporate bovine imagery into his work; he really loved cows. <mask> served in the Israel Defense Forces and fought in the 1982 Lebanon conflict. <mask> attended the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC), and then the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) where he studied film, and, taking after his father, painting. As a painter, he was devoted to the styles of expressionist painters such as Alice Neel and  Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, as well as his father. He continued and further developed his political activism while living in Los Angeles and as a film student, took the actor and political activist Edward Asner as his mentor. <mask> learned his style of filmmaking in film school at UCLA. <mask> was drawn to film and comedy.He was strongly influenced by the comic tradition of Jews in America—the Marx Brothers, borscht belt stand-up comedians, Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce, to name a few. Of all things, <mask> was a non-conformist and an experimental visionary, like another one of his heroes, Frank Zappa. These influences would influence <mask>'s later work—both his cinematic work and his writings. As and adult and well in his late 40s, <mask> completed his doctorate in education at the National Louis University in Skokie, Illinois. <mask> undertook rabbinical studies at the Shalom Hartman Institute, the Hebrew Seminary of the Deaf and the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. On November 7, 2017, he was posthumously ordained a rabbi by the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism at a ceremony in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Career
After earning his art degree at UCLA, <mask> returned to Chicago and soon thereafter moved back to Israel, where he married and had three children.He continued his creative efforts in Israel, developing CD-ROM and video content for a multimedia company, Hed Arzi Music, and teaching. <mask> strongly believed that the best way to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict was to find ways to get Israeli and Palestinian youth together to create art, play sports and have constructive dialog, so he started an organization that brought together Israeli and Palestinian youth. It was at this time that <mask>'s son befriended some refugees from South Sudan, which formed the inspiration for the documentary <mask> was working on at the time of his death in Africa in 2016. Upon his return from Israel, <mask> and his family settled in Skokie, Illinois, where <mask> tackled many projects simultaneously. He created educational software products, and invested in residential real estate. Several of his properties were located in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, where <mask> started a book club for homeless individuals in that area. During this time, <mask> also served as director of the religious school at Congregation Solel in Highland Park, Illinois, and completed his doctoral degree in education at National Louis University.<mask> also wrote a number of screenplays at this time. However, becoming a rabbi was important to <mask>, and he was given the opportunity to study at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, so the family returned to Israel. The return was short-lived, as the economic crisis of 2008–2009 resulted in the reduction of the endowment upon which <mask>'s rabbinical program was funded. So the <mask>s returned to the United States, this time to Tarzana, California, where <mask> assumed the position of director of education at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California. After a year in California, <mask> returned to Chicago, as his marriage ended in divorce. Soon after though, he met Diane Kliebard Silverberg, an attorney. Coincidentally, Silverberg  was the daughter of Herbert Kliebard, a noted historian of education at the University of Wisconsin, who was a great influence on <mask>'s academic work in the education field.Silverberg and <mask> eventually became engaged, and together, the two traveled to a number of faraway locations where <mask> was invited to speak and lecture, including Hong Kong. The two also traveled together to Israel, Morocco, Spain, Canada, Cuba, and the United Kingdom. He also gave lectures in Bosnia-Herzegovina. During this time, <mask> resumed his rabbinical studies at the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, as well as extensive training as a mediator. Upon completion of his mediation studies, he started Third Eye Mediation, his professional mediation practice. While attending a mediation conference in Chicago, <mask> met <mask>, an administrator at the Barbara A. Sizemore Academy, an afrocentric charter school on the South Side of Chicago. Speller invited <mask> to the school for a Kwanzaa celebration; the school fascinated <mask>, and he decided to apply his film skills to teach children attending that school to make a documentary film.This became the basis for Saving Barbara Sizemore, <mask>'s 2016 documentary. Film

Saving Barbara Sizemore

<mask>'s documentary Saving Barbara Sizemore was released in the U.S. on August 27, 2016, at the Capital City Black Film Festival in Austin, Texas. The film depicts story of the students, teachers and parents of the Barbara A. Sizemore Academy, a charter school in the Englewood area of Chicago. Barbara A. Sizemore Academy serves an African-American community which is economically disadvantaged and beset by violence. The film documents the school's unique methods, which rely heavily on African culture, customs and social structure. In the fashion of noted documentary filmmaker Michael Moore's classic Roger and Me, <mask> takes a group of school kids to confront School District Superintendent Forrest Claypool and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel about the school district's plans to shut down the school. In so doing, <mask>, who had a doctorate in education, teaches the students not only about how to operate a camera, but also how to use the power of filmmaking as a tool of political advocacy.Untitled Uganda project

In the mid-2000s, when <mask> lived in Tel Aviv with his wife and children, his young son had befriended a pair of South Sudanese boys. After <mask> returned to the United States with his family to take an administrative position as an educational director at Valley Beth Shalom in Los Angeles, he learned that these boys were being deported, part of an overall Israeli government program to deport African refugees. This spurred <mask> to action, and he contacted his friend and UCLA film school classmate, <mask> Egen. He and Egen decided to make a documentary film about the refugee crisis, one that would incorporate the stories of his son's South Sudanese friends into a new documentary, to be filmed in the United States, Israel and Uganda, where the South Sudanese boys were living after their removal from Israel—away from their parents, who were living in war-torn Juba, South Sudan. <mask> and Egen brought with them Sarah Giroux, a camera operator from Chicago, as well as two of the kids who helped make Saving Barbara Sizemore. In December, 2016, they began production of the Uganda portion of the film. They also screened <mask>'s first film at a Ugandan film festival.However on December 26, 2016, <mask> was killed in a bus accident, as their vehicle was hit at high speed by a reckless driver outside of Iganga, Uganda, after the crew attended a holiday party. The other members of the crew escaped with non-life threatening injuries. As of November, 2017, with the film partially completed, the <mask> family and Egen have taken steps to continue and complete the film, as a tribute to <mask> and his legacy. The Come True Project, an Israeli charity established to help support the education of South Sudanese refugee children living in Uganda, established the David J. Steiner Scholarships Fund in furtherance of this purpose. Writings and political activism

<mask> was a prolific writer of articles, blog entries, screenplays, and academic writings. His blog, titled The Radish: On The Beet with <mask>, ran for six years (2008-2014), and in it, <mask> discussed a variety of topics related to causes that where close to him—peace in the Middle East, the refugee crisis, Israeli politics, mediation, baseball, and more. The name of the blog was derived from the first letters of his name: Rabbi Doctor Shteiner.Israel was always on the forefront of <mask>'s mind, and his writings reflected his advocacy for an inclusive Jewish homeland, one built on democracy, tolerance and progressive values. <mask> was a regular contributor to eJewish Philanthropy, a resource for Jewish organizations and professionals. His articles drew upon his vast knowledge of Jewish history, philosophy and liturgy, as well as popular culture and contemporary themes and issues. <mask> was an early supporter of Barack Obama, and in February, 2007, traveled to Springfield, Illinois in freezing cold weather to watch Obama declare for the presidency at an outdoor event. In the 2016 election cycle, he strongly supported Senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign. Near the end of his life, <mask> also actively supported protests related to police brutality, more particularly those related to police-involved shootings of unarmed African-Americans. Among those who noted the passing of <mask> in December, 2016, was Ameinu, the progressive Zionist organization, whose leadership lauded <mask> for "providing thoughtful writings and event programs that fused Jewish scholarship, Israel education and social justice engagement."In 2017, the Barbara A. Sizemore Academy renamed their media studies center the "David J. Steiner Digital Media Department", in honor of the man whose film helped save their school. As another posthumous honor, the Chicago chapter of the Center for Conflict Resolution named its annual <mask> Dedicated Volunteer Award after <mask>, acknowledging that the over 200 disputes he mediated in just two years is a record that likely will never be broken—or indeed, even approached. Personal life
<mask> had a son and two daughters from a previous marriage. At the time of his death, <mask> was engaged to Diane Silverberg, and the two were living together in Evanston, Illinois. <mask> is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie, Illinois. On June 6, 2018, <mask>'s son Itamar was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 40th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. Filmography

References

External links

 The Radish: On The Beet with <mask>er's blog from 2008 to 2014.

 eJewish Philanthropy link to <mask> articles
   Come True Project: David J. <mask> Scholarships Fund

1965 births
2016 deaths
Film directors from Illinois
20th-century American Jews
American socialists
American documentary film directors
People from Lincolnwood, Illinois
People from Chicago
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
National Louis University alumni
Writers from Chicago
Road incident deaths in Uganda
21st-century American Jews

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title: Teresa Żylis-Gara

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<mask> (23 January 1930 – 28 August 2021) was a Polish operatic soprano who enjoyed a major international career from the 1950s through the 1990s. She made her stage debut at the Opera Krakowska in 1956 in the title role of Moniuszko's Halka, and later recorded Chopin's Polish songs and songs by Karol Szymanowski. After achieving 3rd prize at the ARD International Music Competition in 1960, she became an ensemble member of the Oper Dortmund and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. She was recognised internationally when she appeared at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1965 in the title role of Der Rosenkavalier, alongside Montserrat Caballé, and two years later as Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni. From 1970, she was a long-time member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where she appeared in leading roles including Desdemona in Verdi's Otello, and Puccini's Mimi, Liù and Manon Lescaut. She performed a broad repertoire both on stage as in concert and recital, adjusting flexibly to music from different periods. Her unique voice was described as "both bright and substantial, which means that she can convey the intensity of emotion".She was awarded honorary doctorates, the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Legion of Honour, and a sculpture in a public Polish park. Life and career

Poland
Żylis-Gara was born in Landwarów, Second Polish Republic (now Lentvaris in Lithuania). She studied for nine years at the Łódź Music Academy with . In 1954, Żylis-Gara won first prize at the Polish Young Vocalists Contest in Warsaw which led to engagements to sing on the Polish National Radio and to perform as a soloist with the Kraków Philharmonic. In 1956 she made her professional opera debut with Opera Krakowska in the title role of Moniuszko's Halka. She returned there the following year to portray the title role in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. In 1958 Żylis-Gara won 2nd prize at the Concours of Toulouse and in 1960 she won 3rd prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich.Germany 1960–1970
The ARD competition win led to her engagement at the Theater Oberhausen, where she appeared in many Mozart roles including Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte. She continued her voice training in Germany with Dietger Jacob. She joined the ensemble of the Oper Dortmund in 1962. When the new Opernhaus Dortmund was opened in 1966, she performed the title role in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, alongside Elisabeth Grümmer as Marschallin, Liselotte Hammes as Sophie and Kurt Böhme as Ochs, the Dortmunder Philharmoniker conducted by Wilhelm Schüchter. In 1965 she joined the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. By now fluent in German, she appeared as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, which requires spoken dialogue, and as Agathe in Weber's Der Freischütz. She remained at the houses through 1970, and later returned often as a guest.She also appeared as a guest at the Oper Frankfurt, the Hamburg State Opera, the Cologne Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Vienna State Opera during the 1960s and 1970s. During her residence in Germany, Żylis-Gara was active internationally, beginning in 1965 at the Glyndebourne Festival as Rosenkavalier, with Montserrat Caballé as Feldmarschallin, and in 1967 as Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni. In 1966, she performed for the first time at the Palais Garnier in Paris which led to a contract with the Opéra National de Paris through 1969. In 1968, she made her house debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London as Violetta in Verdi's La traviata. In 1968, she appeared as Donna Elvira at the Salzburg Festival conducted by Herbert von Karajan, at the San Francisco Opera, and in 1969 at the Royal Opera House. Żylis-Gara regarded Mozart's hapless quasi-heroine as her "destiny role." Metropolitan Opera 1970–1984
Żylis-Gara's first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on 17 December 1968, again as Donna Elvira.Irving Kolodin of the Saturday Review wrote of her performance:

After this performance, Rudolf Bing, general manager of the house, offered her a long-term contract with the company beginning in January 1970 with Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute. She remained on the Met roster for the next 14 seasons, portraying such roles as Countess Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Amelia in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, Madame Butterfly, Desdemona in Verdi's Otello, Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannhäuser, Elsa in Lohengrin, Fiordiligi, Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore, Liù in Puccini's Turandot, Marguerite in Gounod's Faust, Mimì in Puccini's La bohème, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, La traviata, and the title roles in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, and Puccini's Suor Angelica and Tosca. Her final and 233rd performance at the Metropolitan Opera was the title role of Puccini's Manon Lescaut on 31 March 1984, with Vasile Moldoveanu as Des Grieux, Allan Monk as Lescaut, and Nello Santi conducting. She was La traviata again for Robert Merrill's 25th anniversary (31 October 1970), and Amelia in Carlo Bergonzi's 25th anniversary gala on 22 April 1972. She took part in the Gala honoring Rudolf Bing, as Desdemona in the love duet from Otello with Franco Corelli, conducted by Karl Böhm. She also joined the Met on tour. In her performances at the Met, numerous artists made their house debuts, including Hildegard Behrens, Neil Shicoff, Kurt Moll, Isola Jones, and Siegfried Jerusalem.A reviewer of Turandot at the Aix-en-Provence Festival wrote that she was "a Liù full of sweetness, whose lovely pianissimi would overcome a heart even colder than that of the cruel princess". In the 1970s, Żylis-Gara appeared as a guest, especially at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Vienna State Opera. She sang annually at the Royal Opera House from 1976 to 1980. She was also a soloist at La Scala in Milan, Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. She also performed in operas houses in Amsterdam and Miami. Personal life
Żylis-Gara was married and had a son. She lived in Monaco from 1980.She died on 28 August 2021 in Łódź at age 91. She was buried on 10 September 2021 in the Alley of Merit at Doły municipal cemetery in Łódź. Awards

Żylis-Gara received a honorary doctorate of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in 2004. The President of Poland awarded her the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 2012 she was appointed officer of the Legion of Honour. She received an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Music in Łódź in 2016. A concert in her honour was performed on the occasion of her 90th birthday at the Teatr Wielki.Recordings
Żylis-Gara recorded in opera, concert and lied, include Chopin's Polish songs and songs by Karol Szymanowski, the title role in Massenet's Manon, (conducted by Jean Fournet), the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss, (conducted by Rudolf Kempe), Rossini's Mosè in Egitto, (conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch), Elvira in Don Giovanni, (with Karl Böhm), and Elisabetta in Don Carlo, (with Thomas Schippers). She recorded the soprano in Mozart's Requiem with Wolfgang Gönnenwein. In 1966 she recorded Bach cantatas with the Windsbacher Knabenchor, conducted by Hans Thamm, including Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 93. She is the soprano soloist in Gönnenwein's 1968 recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion, and recorded the part in a 1969 recording with Peter Schreier, Hermann Prey, Margarita Lilowa and Max van Egmond, played by RAI National Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Claudio Abbado. A performance of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, broadcast from Cologne by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) in 1967, featured Żylis-Gara in the title role, Karl Ridderbusch (Enrico), Vera Little (Giovanna), Gene Ferguson (Percy), Wolfgang Anheisser (Rochefort), Barbara Scherler (Smeton) and Werner Hollweg (Hervey), was conducted by Alberto Erede, and has been reissued on CD. In 1986, she recorded live Bach cantatas for soprano solo including Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199, at the inauguration of the Théâtre La Colonne in Miramas, conducted by Dominique Debart. 26, E. Friedrich Verlag, 1985
 Opernwelt, vol.20, E. Friedrich Verlag, 1979 (interview)

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Commanders with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Deutsche Grammophon artists
EMI Records artists
Harmonia Mundi artists
Immigrants to Monaco
Monegasque women singers
Musicians from Łódź
Officiers of the Légion d'honneur
People from Trakai District Municipality
People from Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939)
Polish operatic sopranos
Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
Warner Music Group artists
20th-century Polish women opera singers
Prize-winners of the ARD International Music Competition

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