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wing with future Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog. He played in the 2005 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with Markham.Junior
Coming off a successful season with the Toronto Young Nationals, <mask> was drafted 20th overall in the 2008 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) draft by the Kitchener Rangers. He made his OHL debut on September 18, 2008, where he recorded two goals and an assist in the 4–2 win over the Plymouth Whalers. By November 13, 2008, <mask> was selected to compete with Team Canada at the 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, where he helped the team win a gold medal by scoring the game-winning goal. A few days later, <mask> was presented with the Rangers Academic Player of the Month Award for his academic success while attending Eastwood Collegiate. After leading the Rangers in scoring through his rookie campaign, <mask> participated in the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, scoring 6 goals for 6 points, while winning the gold medal with Team Canada. Upon his return to the Ontario Hockey League for his sophomore season, he was named an Assistant Captain alongside Mike Mascioli. During the season, <mask> scored 50 goals and led all CHL draft-eligible forwards in goal scoring.He became the first Ranger in 23 years to reach the 50-goal milestone. However, despite leading the league in goals at the time, the NHL Central Scouting Bureau ranked <mask> as the 47th best North American skater during their midterm rankings, and only 34th during the final rankings. This contrasted ratings from other organizations such as ISS and TSN's Bob McKenzie who had him much higher. Professional
Carolina Hurricanes
In his first year of eligibility, <mask> was drafted in the first round, seventh
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overall, by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. At the time of his selection, the Hurricanes’ director of amateur scouting stated ”There’s nobody in the draft that scores goals like <mask>." During his first NHL training camp, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Hurricanes on September 21, 2010, worth $2.7 million. On October 7, <mask> made his NHL debut with the opening roster in the Hurricanes' 4–3 win against the Minnesota Wild during the NHL Premiere Series in Helsinki, Finland.In 16 minutes of ice time, he had two shots. The following day, <mask> recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on Tuomo Ruutu's goal. He also scored the game winning shootout goal to become the third-youngest player in NHL history to score a shootout goal. On October 20, <mask> scored his first NHL career goal against Jonathan Bernier of the Los Angeles Kings in his fifth game of the season. Midway through his rookie campaign, <mask> was named to the 2011 All-Star Game roster as an injury replacement for Sidney Crosby, making him the first member of the 2010 draft class to be named to the All-Star Game, and the first 18-year-old NHL All-Star since Steve Yzerman. He was chosen by fellow Hurricane Eric Staal, captain of Team Staal. He was later named January 2011's NHL Rookie of the Month.At the NHL Awards ceremony on June 22, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada, <mask> was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie, beating-out fellow rookies Logan Couture of the San Jose Sharks and Michael Grabner of the New York Islanders. At that time, he was the NHL's youngest player as well as the first Hurricanes player to ever win the Calder. After his successful rookie campaign, <mask>
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was named to Team Canada's National Team to compete at the 2011 IIHF World Championship, becoming the youngest player in the tournament. However, he returned to the Hurricanes lineup for his sophomore season without a medal after Canada placed fifth. <mask> began the season strong, recording 12 goals and 12 assists in 30 games to lead the team in scoring, yet it would be cut short due to a hit by Andy Sutton. The hit which occurred during a game against the Edmonton Oilers on December 7, 2011, caused <mask> to miss time due to a concussion. He eventually returned to the Hurricanes lineup after missing 16 games on January 5, 2012.As <mask> slowly accumulated to playing again, he was suspended two games for kicking Scott Nichol of the St. Louis Blues on March 15, 2012. During the offseason, and the final year of his Entry Level Contract, <mask> and the Hurricanes agreed to a six-year contract extension worth $34.4 million which would keep him under contract until the 2018–19 season. His third season in the NHL was once again plagued with injuries as on February 14, 2013, <mask> was diagnosed with an upper-body injury, later deemed a concussion, after a game in Toronto. To begin the 2013–14 season, <mask> recorded nine points in nine games to lead the team. On December 4, 2013 <mask> earned his first career hat trick against the Nashville Predators. However, his high scoring play ended during the 2014–15 season when he sustained a concussion on a hit from Washington Capitals defenceman Matt Niskanen. He accumulated only 31 points that season and had an eight game long pointless streak.On December 11, 2015, <mask> recorded his second hat trick against the Anaheim Ducks in a 5-1 victory. Three games later, on
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December 15, 2015, he scored another hat trick, this time against the Philadelphia Flyers. <mask> was named alternate captain of the Hurricanes for the 2016–17 and the 2017–18 seasons. Buffalo Sabres
On August 2, 2018, after eight seasons with the Hurricanes, <mask> was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Cliff Pu, a second-round selection in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, a third-Round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and a sixth-round pick the same draft. In November 2018, <mask> became the second player in Sabres' history to score 20 goals before December, and the seventh player to score at least 20 goals in less than 27 games. On April 6, <mask> scored twice in the season finale against the Detroit Red Wings, upping his total to 40 goals scored on the season, the first time in his career that he has reached that mark. On June 7, 2019, <mask> re-signed with the Sabres on an eight-year, $72 million contract extension with an annual average of $9 million.He has since struggled, scoring just 21 goals and 37 points in 102 games since re signing. Personal life
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<mask> (; born 25 March 1953) is a Croatian sociologist and politician who served as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the centre-left cabinet of Zoran Milanović. She was Croatia's second female Foreign Minister taking the office after Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. She is known as outspoken liberal and an advocate of European integration, anti-fascism, gender equality and LGBT rights. After becoming involved in politics in the early 1990s, <mask> served five consecutive terms as MP, having been elected to the Croatian Parliament in the 2000, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2016 parliamentary elections. She also ran in the 2009–10 presidential election, coming in fifth out of twelve candidates. During her 2008–2011 parliament term she chaired the parliamentary committee for tracking the progress of Croatia's accession negotiations with the European Union. She also held the post of Vice-President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR).Early life and education
<mask> <mask> was born on 25 March 1953 in Zagreb to jurist and university professor Eugen <mask> and Višnja (née Anđelinović) <mask>, a professor of English language. She graduated from II Gymnasium in 1971, after which she enrolled in Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences from which she graduated with a degree in sociology and philosophy in 1976. In 1984, she obtained a doctorate in sociology at the same faculty (PhD Thesis: "The Role of Collective Decision-making in the Realization of Workers' Interests"). Professional career
After graduation, <mask> worked from 1975 to 1979 as a member of the International Research Group doing research on industrial democracy in twelve European countries. From 1976 to 1978 she was a researcher at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Since 1978 she has been working at the Sociology Department of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and teaching courses in the Theory of Industrial Democracy and the Sociology of Politics. In 1978, <mask> was one of seven women who
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initiated the first feminist organization in SFR Yugoslavia Žena i društvo (Woman and society) and was widely criticized by the authorities at the time.From 1992 to 1994, she served as Head of the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Since 2010 she is still formally affiliated with the University of Zagreb, but not teaching due to her active involvement in the politics. <mask> lectured at the University of Chicago, Cornell University, American University, The New School, International Forum for Democratic Studies, Foreign Service Institute, Georgetown University, Wilson Center, and MIT Sloan School of Management. Political career
<mask> <mask> was one of the 28 founding members of the liberal Croatian People's Party (HNS-LD) in 1990, after participating in the Coalition of People's Accord. She left party politics in 1992, but rejoined the same party in 1997 and was later its president between 2000 and 2008, and again since 2013. She first entered the Croatian Parliament in the 2000 parliamentary election, and has been reelected in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015. In 1992 <mask> was the co-founder and director of the Erasmus Guild, a nongovernmental, nonpartisan think-tank for the culture of democracy, and the publisher and editor of the journal Erasmus, focusing specifically on different issues of transition in Croatia, countries of former Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe.Erasmus Guild ceased operations in 1998. In 2005 and 2008, she was made Chairwoman of the National Committee for EU negotiations, the body that oversees accession negotiations and is composed of members of parliament as well as representatives of the President, the academic community, employers, and union representatives. In 2006 and 2008 she was elected vice-president of ELDR. In the Croatian presidential election, 2009–2010, <mask> was the HNS-LD candidate. She won 7.25% in the first round, placing fifth out of twelve candidates, and was thus eliminated from the second round. After Kukuriku coalition won the 2011 parliamentary elections, <mask>
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served as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the center-left Cabinet of Zoran Milanović. After Radimir Čačić was expelled from the Croatian People's Party on 23 March 2013 because of his attempts to destabilize the party, <mask> become party president once again.<mask> was reelected to the Parliament on 2015 parliamentary elections and served as a Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament between 3 February 2016 and 14 October 2016. She was reelected to the Parliament at the 2016 extraordinary parliamentary elections. After HNS decided to enter coalition with conservative Croatian Democratic Union party, <mask> left HNS and with three other MPs was co-founder of the new social-liberal and centre-left party: the Civic Liberal Alliance. She continued to be an MP until the 2020 parliamentary election, when she chose to retire from politics instead of opting to run for re-election. UN Secretary-General candidature
On 3 September 2015 the Croatian Government decided to nominate <mask> as the official Croatian candidate for the 2016 UN Secretary-General selection. Her nomination was officially submitted on 14 January 2016. The UN's role in the Haiti cholera outbreak has been widely discussed and criticized.There has been indisputable evidence that the UN is the proximate cause for bringing cholera to Haiti. Peacekeepers sent to Haiti from Nepal were carrying asymptomatic cholera and they did not treat their waste properly before dumping it into Haiti's water stream. When asked if Haitian cholera victims should be compensated, Ms. Pusic initially indicated that they should be, but then said the question should be studied further by expert panels; "it has been studied for years, and the United Nations has claimed immunity from prosecution." Another issue that has been brought up is the sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers. This gross problem was brought to light after Anders Kompass exposed the sexual assault of children by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic. She was asked about her stance on peacekeepers' accountability
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during the UN Secretary General informal dialogues. Palestine, the United Kingdom, and the United States all asked about how she would tackle the issue of sexual abuse by peacekeepers.<mask> repeatedly referred to the three reports that have addressed peacekeeping SEA, citing that she would follow and implement much of the same principles. For one, she stated that peacekeepers who have committed atrocities against their people should not be allowed to serve as peacekeepers within a certain number of years. She also emphasized a strong command structure and a faster reporting and processing of cases. <mask> participated in the UN debate that was held on 12 July 2016. On the question of the Hungarian ambassador to the UN concerning which way of leadership is needed by the UN and the world, <mask> replied that standards have dropped in the past 20 years, stating that "phrases and lack of accountability are currently very popular. I believe that we do not want leadership that is based on platitudes and speaking only what people want to hear. ", adding that today's leaders need vision, persistence and courage.She stated that she wanted to be Secretary-General because the UN topics of peace, human rights and development have taken center stage throughout her life. When commenting on the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), she stated that the court wasn't perfect, but that it would have been much worse without it, adding that it sent an important message; "If you commit a war crime, you will be caught." <mask> expressed her concern about the wave of cynicism in current national and international politics. In addition, she stated that being a female candidate was important, and noted that the UN had been dominated for 50 years by men. After receiving 11 'discourage' votes on a first informal closed-door straw poll of the 15-member UN Security Council that was held on 21 July 2016, <mask> decided on 4 August 2016 to withdraw from the race and focus on the 2016 extraordinary parliamentary elections. Activism
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is very popular in the Croatian LGBT community. In 2011, Zagreb Pride attenders awarded her with the "gay friendly person of the decade".She has been regular attendant at Zagreb LGBT pride. Her brother Zoran is a civil rights and peace activist, serving as President of the Civic Committee for Human Rights, and chairman of the Anti-Fascist League of the Republic of Croatia since 21 March 2015. Private life
<mask> is married to a Lithuanian-American entrepreneur Jurgis Oniunas with whom she has a daughter Daina who is a film director. She speaks Croatian, English, and German fluently. In 2017 French President François Hollande awarded <mask> with the highest order of France, Legion of Honour for "advocating European goals and contributing to the co-operation between France and Croatia." During the awarding ceremony held on 17 January 2018 in the residency of the French Ambassador in Zagreb, French ambassador to Croatia Philippe Meunier stated: "You knew how to convey the European values and the tolerance we share, our shared values - your condemnation of hate speech, your interest in cooperating with minorities, your concern for the value of cultural and ethnic diversity in Croatia, and your humane speech about accepting refugees." Bibliography
Democracies and Dictatorships, Durieux, Zagreb 1998
The Leaders and the Managers, Novi Liber, Zagreb 1992
Industrial Democracy and Civil Society, Sociološko društvo Hrvatske, Zagreb 1986.Industrial Democracy in Europe, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981 (co-author)
European Industrial Relations, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981 (co-author)
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<mask> (born 9 January 1967) is an Irish Independent politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry constituency since 2016, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Kerry South constituency. He previously served as Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs from 2016 to 2020. Prior to entering national politics, he was involved in local politics in County Kerry and pursued business interests. Family life
He is the youngest son of Jackie Healy-Rae, who was a TD for Kerry South from 1997 to 2011, and a brother of Danny Healy-Rae who is also a TD. His mother, Julie Healy, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., but grew up in New York City, New York. He has 5 children, two of whom were found guilty and convicted of assault charges in 2019. His son, Jackie junior, was elected as a councillor for Castleisland LEA at the 2019 Kerry County Council election.Local politics
Healy-Rae is a former member of Kerry County Council, and was first elected to the Council at the 1999 local elections, representing the Killorglin local electoral area. He retained his seat with an increased vote at the 2004 local elections. Reality television
In autumn 2007, <mask>-Rae took part in a reality television show on RTÉ called Celebrities Go Wild, set in the "unforgiving landscapes" of Connemara, County Galway. He emerged as the winner, having received the largest number of votes from the "viewing public". In June 2011, news broke of a voting scandal, for which journalist Senan Molony received the award for "Scoop of the Year" at the National Newspapers of Ireland's Journalism Awards. It was revealed that Healy-Rae had received 3,636 votes, from a phone in Leinster House, at a cost of €2,600 to the Irish taxpayer, the premium-rate calls being charged on a tariff designed to raise money for charity. Only limited information was available as to how the calls were made.Speculation that an automated dialler had been employed was discounted by the Irish
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Independent, which suggested they were made over 31 hours using "redial". The Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett, described it as "an outrageous abuse of facilities", while the Taoiseach Enda Kenny, said the money spent on the calls should be paid back. On 29 June 2011, Healy-Rae said that while he was not involved in the calls, he would pay the money back. In October 2017, Healy-Rae appeared on Livin' with Lucy. National politics
Healy-Rae was elected for the Kerry South constituency at the 2011 general election, when his father Jackie retired from national politics. He, like fellow Independents <mask> and Noel Grealish, were not members of the Technical group in the 31st Dáil. He missed two-thirds of votes in his first Dáil term, despite being signed in for his expenses on each day a vote was taken.Healy-Rae was appointed to the board of the Citizens' Information Board in April 2009. He was asked twice to resign his position from the board because of a conflict of interest between his subsequent membership of the Dáil and his membership of a body advising the Minister for Social Protection. After he refused to resign, the Minister dismissed him in July 2011. On 9 December 2011, having earlier participated in a debate on social welfare, he took ill at Leinster House and was advised to leave the Dáil chamber. Health minister James Reilly, a medical doctor, tended to him outside the chamber, he was brought from Leinster House on a stretcher, placed in an ambulance and rushed to St. James's Hospital. His political platform includes opposition to tighter controls on drinking and driving. His father and brother have also expressed similar views on such legislation.In January 2012, Healy-Rae proposed changing Ireland's number plate system so that the supposedly unlucky number 13 would be dropped for the year 2013 to save the Irish car industry. Healy-Rae has raised The Hum in Dáil Éireann after witnessing it himself while meeting some of his constituents
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who were "nearly gone out of their minds" with it. The official response he received, was described by Healy-Rae as "away with the fairies gobbledygook." He topped the poll in Kerry at the 2016 general election; his brother Danny was elected alongside him. This was the first time that two siblings from the same constituency were elected to the Dáil. A short while later, on the evening of 20 March 2016, <mask>-Rae experienced being unintentionally "tossed around by a cow" who was after calving in a shed at his farm near Kilgarvan. He was taken to hospital with his injuries.At the general election in February 2020, he topped the poll again, and was re-elected on the first count. Property Development
In February 2018, <mask>-Rae listed 11 properties for letting or rental and two either being renovated or awaiting planning permission in the register of TDs’ interests. In March 2020, it was reported that he had added three properties to his portfolio in the 2019 Register of TD's interests, bringing the number of properties to 21. The three new properties include a house in Clonkeen for which purchase was going through contract stage, a house in Tralee at the same stage and a property in Kilgarvan that is in the process of being renovated. In May 2020, he was refused planning permission to convert the ground floor of Nancy Myles Pub in the Ballymullen area of Tralee. The plan was for four apartments and had met with strong local opposition. The council's decision was appealed by a number of locals and a conservation organisation.The majority of the decision to refuse was based on the grounds that the proposal would not allow the residents enough natural light or amenity standards. It was the second time the appeals board has overturned a decision by Kerry County Council to grant him a change of use for the pub. In February 2021 the Register of Members Interests was published, covering 2020, revealing that he remained the largest landlord in the
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Dáil, with 5 plots of land, 16 properties. A quarter of TDs are landlords or property investors. Other interests
He has also listed in the register of TDs interests that he is a postmaster, farmer, plant hire business operator and shop owner. His plant-hire business has worked for the Health Service Executive and he has a contract for providing fuel to Kerry County Council. In May 2020, a complaint was lodged with the clerk of the Dáil over his failure to declare his interest in The Skellig Hotel Experience, a company that ran the Skellig Star Hotel in Cahersiveen.He had a 25% share in the company after investing €25,000 in January 2019, but there was no entry for his shareholding on the Oireachtas Register of Interests. Oireachtas members are required to declare any shareholding over €13,000. When controversy over the leasing of the hotel <mask>-Rae said that he was not involved in the leasing of the hotel, but he later accepted the Skellig Hotel Experience held the lease. The company was sold in December 2019 to Paul Collins who runs Direct Provision centres. <mask>-Rae was adamant that he had no knowledge that it would be converted into a Direct Provision centre. Other
In December 2019, he was transferred to hospital after a fire at his shop. In May 2020, he called for the Leaving Certificate exams in 2020 to be cancelled due to COVID-19, in contrast to his brother Danny who said that the exams should go ahead in 2020 with proper social distancing, possibly using public buildings such as community centres and libraries.Publications
Time to Talk: Stories from the Heart of Ireland, Gill, Ireland 2018. A Listening Ear: More Stories from the Heart of Ireland, Gill, Ireland 2019. References
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<mask> (April 20, 1841 – February 4, 1920) was an American businessman, industrialist and philanthropist. He was called "America's Match King" because of his controlling interest in the Diamond Match Company, which had 85 percent of the market in 1881. He founded the city of Barberton, Ohio in 1891 and moved his manufacturing plant there in 1894. It produced 250 million matches per day. He also founded the Akron City Hospital. Biography
<mask> (called O.C.) was born the second son of George and <mask> in Middlebury, a small Ohio village later annexed by Akron.His father made matches by hand, which his sons sold door to door. O.C. received a common school education, and at age 15 began working for his father. At age 16, O.C<mask> became the company salesman. At 20, he was a partner in the business, and by 21 the general manager. The company had difficulties through the American Civil War, and O.C.'s older brother, George H<mask>, who was a soldier, died of dysentery, one of the many war casualties of disease. By 1880 the Barber Company had become the biggest match-producing company in Ohio and one of the largest in the nation. Unregulated competition made it difficult for the Barber Company to keep stable. In 1881, the Barber Company and 11 other match-producing companies merged into the Diamond Match Company, which dominated the match market, holding 85 per cent of the U.S. Market. <mask> was long a leader in his own home town, Akron. He was, for many years, president of the First National Bank of Akron, and when it was consolidated with the Second National Bank under the name of the First-Second National Bank he was unanimously elected to the presidency of the
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combined institutions. To expand manufacturing operations, <mask> purchased a large area from Norton Township founding the city of Barberton in 1891.He intended it to be a model for industrial and residential development. <mask> developed its early stages through The Barberton Land and Improvement Company. Within a few years, the city had expanded with industrial and residential areas, growing at such a rate it was nicknamed "Magic City". It attracted many new immigrants to its industrial jobs. In 1894 <mask> moved his match-making plant from Akron to Barberton, which helped the city's economy. The factory produced 250 million matches each day. In 1889, <mask> founded and organized the American Straw Board Company.He was one of the early manufacturers of rubber products, and organized and managed the Diamond Rubber Company up to the time of its acquisition by the B. F. Goodrich Company. The sewer-pipe and steel-tube industry next engaged his attention, and he became a western pioneer in this line of endeavor. He founded the Stirling Boiler Company which was merged with the Babcock & Wilcox Boiler Manufacturing Company of Barberton and Bayonne, New Jersey, the concern thus becoming the largest manufacturer of steel boilers in the world. For a number of years, they constructed four-fifths of the product used by the United States Navy. One of the biggest achievements of <mask>'s career, particularly from the humanitarian and economical standpoints, was the establishment, with Frederick Grinnell and others, of the General Fire Extinguisher Company. <mask> was the founder and sole owner of the O. C. Barber Concrete Company, whose plant at Barberton was said to be
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the largest of its kind in the world. It also made art works in concrete.He originated the O. C. Barber Fertilizer Company, of Barber, Virginia. He also undertook the development of large tracts of land in and about the city of Canton, Ohio, in connection with which he has organized and operated a large plant under the name of the O. C. Barber Allied Industries Company. Some of these lands contain valuable coal, lime, and clay properties. He was the originator and guiding spirit of Barber Subways, at Cleveland. His plans called for the building of an underground system of subways connecting every railroad entering Cleveland, at the Lake Front, thus facilitating the handling of freight, and the establishment of the great warehouse system on the Lake Shore, where he owned large frontages. In 1905, he began his last project, to create a scientific farm. He gradually purchased more than .In 1909, <mask> used his wealth to commission construction of a three-story, 52-room mansion in Barberton; it was completed in 18 months. Over long, the mansion was designed in the French Renaissance Revival style by the Akron architects Harpster & Bliss. It cost more than $400,000 to construct and had an area of . Among its amenities was an elevator with a glass skylight. On the grounds were gardens and a park, designed by a Chicago landscape architect firm. The extravagant building was reported by local and national papers; the New York Times called it the "finest mansion between New York and Chicago." <mask> and his family moved into the mansion in October 1910.It stood until 1965, when it was demolished. In addition, <mask> had 35 structures built as part of his experimental,
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scientific Anna Dean Farm, which covered . He named it after his daughter Anna and her husband, Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan. These were also in the French Renaissance Revival style, as he believed farm buildings should be both beautiful and functional. He intended to have a farm that operated as efficiently as industry. For education, he opened the grounds to the public weekly on Sundays. Many of his facilities were the largest in the world at the time, such as the greenhouses, covering and heated by the Heating House; Barn #3, long, wide and three stories high, the largest barn in the world when constructed in 1912, and the Brooder Barn's incubator.He raised 50,000 chickens, which were allowed "free range". <mask> had a barn for 140 thoroughbred Belgian draft horses, used for show and for farm work. In 1920, <mask> died at his mansion in Barberton. He willed his farm to Case Western University, intending it to serve as the basis of an agricultural college, but he failed to complete the financing before his death. Since neither his widow nor the university was able to operate the farm, the university sold most of the property. It was divided and redeveloped. Family
After the American Civil War, when <mask> was 26, he married Laura Brown of Coventry, Ohio.They had one daughter Anna, the namesake years later for a lake and park in Barberton, and a son <mask>, who died young. Anna Dean Farm was named after their daughter and her husband, Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan. Laura died in 1894. After being a widower for 20 years, in 1915 <mask> married <mask>, who had worked as his secretary and shared his vision. Legacy and honors
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survive. Six are owned and maintained by the Barberton Historical Society, which is stabilizing them. The eight surviving buildings are Barn No.1, the Colt Barn, the Creamery, the Piggery, the Brooder Barn, the Poultry Manager's Office, the Feed Barn, and the Heating House, gradually being renovated and restored for other uses. Two are now used as private residences. The most significant, the former dairy barn, Barn No. 1, was restored in 1985 by the Yoder Brothers, horticulturalists who use it for their world headquarters. Its silos resemble castle towers and are visible from across the city. They are constructed of red brick edged in white concrete block, with royal blue trim and red tile roofing. The other barns have been structurally stabilized and at least partially restored.All but one may be renovated for other economic uses. Barberton, Ohio
The Barberton Erie Depot
Barber near Chico, California was named after him. He had the neighborhood built as workers' housing for the employees of the Diamond Match factory in Chico. At its peak, Barber also had orchards, shops, a swimming pool, social hall, and neighborhoods of bungalow houses. <mask> faced stiff competition by local manufacturers, and in 1908 he consolidated his operations in Ohio. The village of Barber was eventually absorbed into the town of Chico, California. He founded Akron City Hospital in 1904 and in 1906 the Akron Chamber of Commerce.References
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<mask> is an American writer, filmmaker, college professor, podcast creator and radio host who focuses on music, film and popular culture. <mask>, who is editor-in-chief of Relix, grew up in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Ticket Masters
In April 2012, Plume/Penguin published the revised, expanded edition of <mask>'s latest book, Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped, in North America and the U.K. ECW Press issued the original hardcover edition of the book, co-authored with Josh Baron, in 2011. Ticket Masters explores the emergence of computerized ticketing and the rise of the modern concert industry. It is the first book to chronicle the origins, development and ongoing strategies of companies such as Ticketron, Ticketmaster, Live Nation and StubHub, the efforts of numerous independent competitors and bands such as the Grateful Dead, The String Cheese Incident and Phish. The Wall Street Journal reviewer Ken Kurson wrote, "A clear, comprehensive look at a murky business, the book is also an encyclopedia of information about the rise, decline and rebirth of the live music industry." Similar assessments appeared in Rolling Stone, Maclean's, Pollstar and other outlets.A revised expanded paperback edition was published by Plume in 2012. <mask> has gone on to appear as a panelist and deliver keynotes about the subject at numerous industry events, including: CMJ, the Ticket Summit, the International Ticketing Association Conference (INTIX), the IAVM Arena Management Conference, by:Larm and the International Music Festival Conference. He has commented about ticketing issues for a variety of media outlets. and also has lectured on this topic at college campuses. <mask> continues to write about ticketing and the concert industry for Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Bloomberg View. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
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Ticket Masters first came to him in the mid-1990s, while a graduate student at Harvard University's History of American Civilization program, when he explored reports of ticket scalping on Charles Dickens' final American speaking tour. <mask> happened upon such accounts (as well as those related to the "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind) while writing his doctoral dissertation on Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.In Direct Verdict: The Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Trial Discourse, <mask>, who also earned a J.D. at Columbia Law School, worked from the original trial transcripts, dozens of newspaper reports and other primary sources to explore the silent film comic's life before and after his manslaughter trials that followed the death of actress Virginia Rappe on September 9, 1921. Directed Verdict examines not only on prevailing attitudes towards Hollywood and a new culture of celebrity but also tabloid journalism, the onset of Prohibition and the emerging, oft-contradictory roles of women in the 1920s. <mask> received his PhD in 2000 and his dissertation committee consisted of Henry Louis Gates, Werner Sollors and Ellen Fitzpatrick. After serving as a teaching fellow and tutor at Harvard, <mask> has gone on to teach at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Roger Williams University and the University of Rhode Island. Long May They Run podcast
In September 2019, Variety reported that <mask> would be the writer and host of a new podcast titled Long May They Run. Cadence13 launched the music-themed, documentary-style podcast, with a focus on bands that thrive in the live setting.Phish is the subject of season one. Variety notes that the season "will offer a deep dive into the history of Phish as well as its impact on music culture, the industry and beyond," through over 75 interviews, including those with the band members and management. Season one launched on September 16 with "A Pattern Language"
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and "A Timless Way of Building" the first two episodes of the 10 slated for season one. The series immediately topped the Apple podcast U.S. music charts. The New York Times named it one of six notable podcasts to launch that month. The subject of season 2 has yet to be announced. John Popper memoir
In December 2015, Billboard published an exclusive cover reveal for Suck and Blow: And Other Stories I'm Not Supposed To Tell, the autobiography of longtime Blues Traveler frontman John Popper, which <mask> co-authored.The New York Post hailed Popper's "off-beat, hilarious new memoir" in a two-page review. <mask> and Popper later discussed the book during an event at New York City's Strand Bookstore. Popper supported Suck and Blow with numerous media appearances, including a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on which Popper played alongside vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine. The Post later named Suck and Blow to its list of "The 40 best books of 2016 you must read immediately." Grateful Dead: Liner Notes, Journalism and Novel
<mask> has contributed liner notes to the Grateful Dead's RFK box set and Garcia Live Volume Eight (He previously drafted liners for Matisyahu, Spin Doctors and others). A chapter on the Grateful Dead's pioneering mail-order ticketing service appears in Ticket Masters.<mask>'s 2017 Billboard piece on the band explored the group's licensing deals with Warner/Rhino Entertainment and additional plans for its intellectual property. In 2017 he also wrote a Relix cover story on Dead & Company, which followed up his earlier cover stories on the band. His other related articles include interviews with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and pieces that have focused on Brent Mydland and the missing soundboard tapes recorded by Betty-Cantor Jackson, His conversation with Deadhead Bill Walton appeared in Relix Conversation video series, while previous installments with Warren
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Haynes & John Scofield and Luther Dickinson & Anders Osborne all touched on their time performing in Phil Lesh and Friends. In 2015 <mask> served as editor of the official Fare Thee Well daily programs, securing a welcome message from President Obama. He served in a similar capacity for the Dead reunion shows at Alpine Valley in 2002. The 2015 Billboard piece that first shared the cover for John Popper's memoir, also revealed that <mask>'s next project was a "Grateful-Dead themed novel. Rare Bird Books published Might As Well in the spring of 2016.One reviewer described it as "a highly entertaining (and wildly funny) fictionalized multi-character account of a Grateful Dead show, which details the experience of both the lot scene and an actual show (for those who could get tickets) at Brendan Byrne Arena in the fall of 1989." <mask> later revealed in an interview that the general excitement from the Fare Thee Well shows had inspired him to revisit the band's touring days. The era that provides the backdrop to Might As Well is the same time period <mask> subsequently wrote about in the box set Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989. Wetlands Preserved
In 2004 his interest in film as well as an ongoing focus on live music led <mask> to begin work on the feature-length documentary Wetlands Preserved: The Story of An Activist Rock Club. <mask> directed the film, which utilized archival footage, soundboard recordings and the efforts of a dozen digital animators to relate the story of Tribeca nightclub Wetlands Preserve. The documentary also includes music and interviews with Dave Matthews, Bob Weir, Questlove and Warren Haynes as well as members of Phish, moe., Agnostic Front, 311, the Disco Biscuits and many others. Wetlands Preserved, shown at such festivals as SXSW, Woodstock and Asheville (where it won top documentary honors), was released to theatres by First Run
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Features on March 14, 2008.The New York Times wrote, "Wetlands Preserved is a fond account of the rising, thriving and eventual closing of the TriBeCa club known as the Wetlands Preserve." Other positive reviews appeared in the New York Daily News, Newsday and additional outlets. Wetlands Preserved was later acquired for television by the Sundance Channel
Jambands, the Jammy Awards and Relix
While still a graduate student, <mask> wrote two books, The Phishing Manual (Hyperion, 1996) and Jam Bands (ECW Press, 1998).<ref>Andy Smith "Enthusiasm for jam translates into guide," Providence Journal, January 14, 1999</ref> In the summer of 1998, shortly before the publication of the second book, <mask> created Jambands.com along with webmaster Andy Gadiel (who would go on to create the JamBase website). <mask> is often said to have coined the term jam band. However, in 2003, with the publication of an expanded edition of Jambands (Backbeat Books, 2003) and later in Peter Conners book, JAMerica (Da Capo, 2013) <mask> indicated it that he only popularized it, although he is responsible for recasting it as a single word.<mask>nick Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music & Scene, Backbeat Books, 2003, JAMerica, p. 79. During the summer of 1999 <mask> produced the Jambands.com tour, which traveled from Maine to Maryland over two weeks and featured performances by such groups as: The Disco Biscuits, The Slip, STS9, Deep Banana Blackout and Percy Hill with special appearances by Allman Brothers Band members Butch Trucks and Oteil Burbridge (Budnick later served as board member for Trucks' Flying Frog Records). In 2000 Budnick created the Jammy Awards along with Wetlands owner Peter Shapiro.The inaugural edition of this awards show took place on June 22, 2000, at Irving Plaza, where <mask> co-hosted with the musician Peter Prince while wearing a tuxedo, a tradition <mask> would repeat at
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every Jammys. Over successive years the Jammys would move to the Roseland Ballroom and then to the Theater at Madison Square Garden, where, in its final installment in 2008, Phish received the Lifetime Achievement Award on the eve of the band's announcement that it would return to the stage after a four-year hiatus. In 2001 <mask> also began his ongoing association with Relix Magazine, which acquired Jambands.com. His Relix cover stories have included profiles of Phish, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Ray LaMontagne and My Morning Jacket, Carlos Santana, The Allman Brothers Band, Bonnie Raitt and Grace Potter, Ryan Adams, Zac Brown Band, Tenacious D, Warren Haynes, Tedeschi Trucks Band,<mask>nick. "A Joyful Noise", Relix, January–February 2016 Gary Clark Jr., moe., Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, a H.O.R.D.E. Retrospective The String Cheese Incident and Dave Matthews Band. In his role at Relix he created the official Bonnaroo Music Festival daily newspaper, the Bonnaroo Beacon and event newspapers for Phish's festivals, the Grateful Dead's 2002 Terrapin Station reunion shows and Dave Matthews Band.<mask> edited the three daily programs for Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead in Chicago on July 3–5, 2015, in which the surviving members of the Grateful Dead—Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart—joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti. <mask> secured a special message by President Barack Obama which appeared in the program (He later explained, "The whole thing was a surprise. I wanted to keep it from the band members until they saw it in the program....It all happened rather quickly. It made perfect sense to me since Chicago is the President's town and the 'Core Four' had been supportive of his initial campaign. Back in October 2008 Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart reunited to perform at the
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Change Rocks event for then-candidate Barack Obama. They later took the stage at the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural ball in January 2009. So I contacted the White House, described the event, although they seemed quite aware of it, and received the message a day later.They even sent along the official image to run with the President's words.") He also programmed the Live Soundtrack Cinema at the inaugural Lockn' Festival, a film tent that designed to "unite the musical side with the visual side by having the audio feed from the stage playing as specifically-selected features, shorts and animated films that complement the music are screened." At the second Lockn' Festival, he edited the official four-day festival newspaper, The Lockn' Times, which debuted that year. In September 2013, he was named editor-in-chief at Relix, sharing the role with Mike Greenhaus. The Lockn' Times and Bonnaroo Beacon continue to be published. Jam Nation Radio
In the fall of 2000 <mask> and Jefferson Waful began co-hosting the Jam Nation radio show. Jam Nation originated from WMRQ in Hartford, Connecticut, where it aired Sunday nights from 8 to 10 PM.Twice a month the show hosted a one-hour electric performance from musical acts, with appearances by such groups as Derek Trucks Band, STS9, Galactic, Keller Williams and Umphrey's McGee (for whom Waful would eventually become lighting director). Jam Nation'' was soon syndicated on the fledgling XM Satellite network where it aired until 2009, ending its run following XM's merger with SIRIUS. He continues to make guest DJ appearances on SiriusXM. Notes
Living people
American music critics
American music journalists
Harvard University alumni
21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
American documentary filmmakers
People from East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Film directors from Rhode Island
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Jon-<mask> (April 26, 1939 – June 22, 2008) was an American paranormal investigator, photographer, and cryptozoologist interested in such phenomena as UFOs, crop circles, the Loch Ness Monster, and Bigfoot. Throughout his career, he owned three separate, small-scale museums that featured displays, mostly photographs, of alleged UFO, Nessie, and Bigfoot sightings. He made guest appearances on national radio and television shows, but was criticized by fellow cryptozoologists and skeptics alike for not providing substantive evidence to back up his claims of the existence of paranormal beings. Personal life
Born <mask> in Duluth, Minnesota, he was the son of Col. <mask>, a World War II army physician, and Margaret (née McGilvry) <mask>. He had three siblings: Ross, Peter, and Pam. His family came from Oslo, Norway. Education
<mask> attended the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado for two years.He studied sociology at Tulane University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1961. He studied law for one year at Boalt Hall at University of California, Berkeley. He later graduated with an MBA from U.C. Berkeley in 1966. Career
After graduation, <mask> became a city planner in the Bay area, but wearied of a traditional job and decided to hunt for Bigfoot instead. "I don't do what most MBAs do," he said, "Most people in my class are bored to death or dead. The object in life is not simply to make money."Rather, he believed his most important task was to "find out why we're here (on Earth)"
Throughout <mask>'s career as a photographer, paranormal investigator, and crypto-researcher, he collected photographs, castings, and other memorabilia that, to him, represented evidence of the existence of UFOs and alien life, the Loch Ness Monster, as well as Bigfoot. He appeared on several nationwide radio and television shows, including Coast to Coast AM, The
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Tonight Show, and Late Night with David Letterman. In reference to his explorations, <mask> compared himself to Galileo, Louis Pasteur, and the Wright brothers. In 1983, <mask>, then director of the Crypto Zoological Society, spent a week in Scotland videotaping what he believed were three monsters in Loch Ness. In February, 1989, <mask> opened the Crypto-Zoology Museum, housed in the corner of Trancas Restaurant in Malibu, CA. The museum had its start on October 31, 1986, when he opened his home to visitors to see his collection. The display primarily consisted of photographs from <mask>'s research into the phenomena of the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and the Mokele M'Bembe of Africa.According to <mask>, the museum focused on "creatures of fact or fancy" that "to the best of our knowledge appear to be verified, or haven't at least been debunked." When Trancas Restaurant went out of business, <mask> put the museum's contents in storage. Most of it was lost to fire in 1993. On October 31, 1996, Halloween, <mask> opened the in San Francisco, California, which featured crop circles. He charged a nominal entrance fee ($3 for adults; $2 for children), but the museum's closing, reportedly, was "due to lack of any substantial evidence." After this museum closed, <mask> repaired electrical appliances for a company called Captain Neon. In 1997, <mask> opened a third museum in North Beach, CA, which he called the Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster Museum.It was billed as the city's "strangest museum" and consisted of photographs, drawings, and articles devoted to such topics as the Roswell Declaration, Bigfoot, and a sea serpent named "Sassie" which, allegedly, lived in the San Francisco Bay. Cryptozoology
<mask> defined cryptozoology as "the search for mysterious creatures." His searches included hidden "animals"—those that could, theoretically, exist in nature—and hidden "critters" or those that
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looked like animals, but resisted capture: the Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch, and Quixacotal Big Bird. Bigfoot or Sasquatch
<mask> became intrigued with the idea of Bigfoot after seeing an article in the newspaper about alleged sightings of the creature. On an expedition to see whether or not the story was true, he claimed he saw a Bigfoot cross the road in front of him from about 200 feet away. Though he later returned with his camera and was unable to find the creature, <mask> was then convinced of its existence. He also purportedly saw Bigfoot standing 6 feet tall and walking in a "loose, limbo-dance style", and, at another time, eating apricots in an orchard around Vacaville, CA.He frequented a camp with other researchers, an alleged "window site" in the Bear River Reservoir area of Eldorado National Forest where he asserted that "evidence of Bigfoot is almost routinely seen." While he insisted that the exact location not be revealed to the public, <mask> did agree to take skeptic Robert Sheaffer on a five-day expedition there in 1999. It was only after Sheaffer left the site, having seen nothing unusual, that <mask> reported manifestations of Bigfoot. <mask> said he heard Bigfoot's voice telling him "We're not what you think we are, we're here, but we're not real, like what you think is real." Along with the photographs of leaves and shadows <mask> believed showed images of Bigfoot, he also reported having seen Bigfoot footprints that turned into deer tracks, confirming for him that the creature had the ability to shift its shape. He theorized that Bigfoot creatures share a "space-time origin and connection with UFOs and come from an alternative universe by a wormhole." <mask> explained away the need for physical evidence, such as hair, blood and bones, to prove the existence of Bigfoot by arguing that the creature is an "inter-dimensional shape-shifter that can warp in and out of
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physical reality."He theorized that they may be "the product of tulpas or thought forms created by people or other entities." In an editorial for the journal Current Anthropology, <mask> argued that the study of the "wild man", Sasquatch, was "the proper study of either parapsychologists or Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence scientists, not anthropologists." Loch Ness Monster
To Beckjord, the Loch Ness monster (Nessie) was a space alien pet left on Earth in a form of energy that could interact with human beings. He described Nessie as a cat-like faced creature, 15–30 feet long, 7–10 feet thick with a body that "looks like a cross between Halley's Comet and the Concorde jet." He claimed to have videotaped three, which he named Faith, Hope and Charity, on a visit to Drumnadrochit, Scotland in 1983. <mask> admitted that the images might not be "exactly and positively" Nessie, but asserted that "90 percent of the people who have viewed the films believe the images are alive." Loveland Frog
Beckjord speculated that the Loveland Frog might be the extinct 10-ft.-long bipedal dinosaur, Coelophysis.Ri
In response to a Roy Wagner article, published in the ISC annual journal Cryptozoology (and later reprinted in Fate Magazine, August 1983), <mask> traveled to Papua New Guinea to search for ri, or mermaids. Wagner's article described eyewitness accounts and sometimes daily sightings of "an air-breathing mammal, with the trunk, genitalia, and arms and head of a human being, and a legless lower trunk terminating in a pair of lateral fins or flippers." After his own investigation and determining that the locals were killing, butchering and eating dugongs—and not mermaids--, <mask> concluded that no unknown animal was being seen in that area. UFOlogy
<mask> believed in space alien visitations to Earth, crop circles and creative forces that sculpted rock, lava and sand on Mars to resemble people
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on Earth like Ted Kennedy, Tammy Faye Bakker and others. He tried to sell his Kennedy-on-Mars photos, which <mask> discovered while analyzing NASA satellite photos of the planet, to raise money to investigate crop circles in England. <mask> took images of what he described as three "blobs-of-light" UFOs and witnessed two instances of unexplained light over Malibu and Sepulveda Pass, respectively. <mask> believed in a government cover up of the existence of UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence and advocated making that information available to the general public."A lot of this weirdness is right under our noses. We may belong to aliens. We may be experimental animals. But I can't prove it." Criticism
<mask>'s firm belief that Bigfoot and similar entities were inter-dimensional shape-shifters who could "manipulate the light spectrum so that people can't see them" brought him into conflict not only with skeptics, but other Bigfoot researchers as well, who argued for proof of physical remains. He had what is described as "well-publicized arguments" with writers of the Skeptical Inquirer and certain members of the International Society of Cryptozoology and was considered "a person non grata among more conventional Bigfoot researchers." He would, literally, fight for his beliefs with his fists and was banned from contributing to online forums because of postings that were allegedly abusive.Robert Sheaffer, a founding member of the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, asserted that <mask> "doesn't have one bit of proof. To allay <mask>'s proclamations that "all skeptics were too timid and closed-minded to actually go out into the woods and confront the Bigfoot evidence for themselves," Sheaffer accompanied <mask> on a 5-day Bigfoot expedition in 1999. He was disappointed at <mask>'s continued lack of evidence and attributed <mask>'s interpretations of rock
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formations, leaves and shadows as Bigfoot faces or skulls to "the workings of an overzealous imagination." CNN correspondent Rusty Dornin wrote in 1997 "Faces on Mars, the Loch Ness monster, or an alien with a name tag (Andy)--if it's far-fetched and unproved, Beckjord buys it. And it's all on display at his storefront 'museum'." <mask> maintained that "With the card-carrying skeptics, we will never win. There are more people who have seen UFOs than voted for President Clinton."All the references cited for his academic credentials are newspaper interviews relying on <mask> as source. It is highly doubtful any of these degrees are real. <mask> was a gifted liar according to numerous people he talked into giving him money for his endeavors. One Los Angeles woman gave him close to $40,000 in the early eighties to make a movie about the Loch Ness monster which he vacationed in Scotland with no resultant movie. She sued him and an article appeared about it in the Los Angeles Times around 1982–3 in which he shrugged off the suit with "I have no assets". Death
After battling prostate cancer, <mask> died at the age of 69 on June 22, 2008, near his home in Lafayette, California, where he was a caretaker for the Crosses of Lafayette, a monument to casualties of the Iraq War before his death. Memberships
Crypto Zoological Society
Mensa
National Cryptozoological Society
Project Bigfoot
Awards
Esquire Magazine's 1991 'Dubious Achievement Award' for "the discovery of a volcanic formation on Mars that resembles Senator Edward Kennedy."References
1939 births
2008 deaths
American Internet celebrities
American people of Norwegian descent
Bigfoot
Deaths from cancer in California
Cryptozoologists
Deaths from prostate cancer
Forteana
United States Air Force Academy alumni
Haas School of Business alumni
People from Duluth, Minnesota
Tulane University alumni
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UC Berkeley School of Law
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<mask> (19 July 1847 – 16 April 1916), also known as <mask>, was a British barrister, author, company promoter and social figure. He is best known for being the defence lawyer for Ahmed 'Urabi after the failure of the Urabi Revolt. Early life
<mask> was the son of the Rev. <mask>, vicar of Bradpole, in Dorset, England, and Frances Jane, daughter of <mask> of Pembroke. He entered Lincoln's Inn as a law student in 1866 and after taking the examination to enter the Indian Civil Service, went in 1869 to India, where he became Assistant Magistrate and Collector of Patna, Bengal. In 1872 he conducted a survey of the ruins of the Nálanda monasteries at Burgàon, and formed a magnificent collection of sculptures from the region, going on to establish a museum for the collection. The colonial administrator and explorer Sir Harry H. Johnston noted that Broadley was "very orthodox on account of his father" and "was led into rude interruptions of any speech which traversed the belief that the Earth was only six or seven thousand years old".In 1871 <mask> delivered a public lecture English Legislation for India. He also put forward the view that imprisonment for civil debts should be abolished. In 1872 he spoke at a large meeting on education in Bengal, where he condemned the educational policy of the Indian Government. He was not punished, but later that year he spoke at a public meeting of the Dacca People's Association. His remarks on educational policy and on the Criminal Procedure Code, which were reported in newspapers and created angry discussions, were objected to by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, Sir George Campbell and officially denied. <mask> applied for leave, which Campbell rejected, demanding an explanation. In May 1872 it was reported that charges of a serious nature had been brought against <mask>: he was suspended and sent to Patna pending an investigation.The following month he was reported to have been posted to Noynabad, and ordered to remain there, having been invested
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with the power to try cases arising from riots of the Muslim Ferazi sect. In November the Calcutta Gazette reported him as being officially on leave and transferred to Chittagong by Campbell's order. When a warrant for his arrest for homosexual offences was issued, <mask> absconded. One report stated that "his reputation was known to every Englishman who ever lived in India", and his presence was taboo in European clubs in Malta and Egypt. Due to the scandal he was unable to return immediately to England. He moved to Tunis, where he worked as a lawyer and as a correspondent for The Times. One of his clients was the Bey of Tunis.He also became influential in freemasonry, founding the prestigious Drury Lane Masonic Lodge, which is likely to have aided his social rise. In 1882 he published The last Punic war. Tunis, past and present, which drew admiring reviews, Vanity Fair writing: "If Mr. <mask>'s book on Tunis were only read by all citizens who influence the policy of Ministers, I question very much whether anything like our Egyptian crime could be repeated. The dullest would see how far we have been led". Given <mask>'s knowledge of Muslim law, and the fact he was "abnormally clever", that same year Wilfrid Blunt engaged him as counsel for Ahmed ʻUrabi, otherwise known as Aribi Pasha, an Egyptian nationalist who was put on trial in Cairo for insurrection. <mask> forced the compromise which enabled Pasha and his companions to be sent as pensioners to Colombo. <mask> was paid 10,000 guineas, and was henceforth nicknamed '<mask> Pasha' by his friends, the press, and English Society.Return to England
Following the trial <mask> returned to England as the agent and legal adviser of the ex-Khedive Ismail. His social skills also saw him appointed de facto editor of Edmund Yates' periodical World, and despite his previous disgrace, for a few years he achieved an exceptionally high profile in London Society. "He knew everyone in London and all paid court to him." Of his 40th birthday party
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in 1887 one newspaper recorded: "Princes and princesses, peers and peeresses, bishops and baronets, diplomatists and doctors, members of Parliament and musicians, authors and artists, actors and actresses availed themselves of the opportunity of offering birthday congratulations". An Indian official suggested that <mask> had not been compelled to return to India to answer the charges against him, as such a threat hanging over the head of the editor of an important society newspaper guaranteed that he would not publish anything of embarrassment to those in high places. Of "Falstaffian proportions", <mask> was described as "that strange being…who, amongst other avocations, acts as a sort of social broker 'for bringing together people who would not otherwise meet' ". According to one report "he had the faculty of attaching himself to and 'running' whomsoever was the most amusing and useful person of the hour".They included the 'nitrate king' John Thomas North and would-be national leader General Georges Boulanger. It was at <mask>'s Regents Park home, Cairo Cottage at 2 Beta Place, that Boulanger made his London debut. <mask> also became connected with the management of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, acting as a financial and business adviser to Augustus Harris. <mask>'s social ascendency continued until 1889 when his portrait by Spy appeared in the magazine Vanity Fair. Edward VII, then Prince of Wales, whose sons' portraits had also appeared in the magazine, and who had knowledge of <mask>'s reputation in India, took offence at his inclusion. After making enquiries at Scotland Yard, the magazine's owner Edmund Yates dismissed <mask>, and published an apology. <mask> was told to leave the country within 12 hours.The reason was not just the earlier scandal in India: <mask> was implicated as a client of the male brothel at the centre of the Cleveland Street Scandal. With the Prince of Wales' equerry involved, and rumours also connecting his eldest son, the Prince was reported to be "in
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a very stern and unbending mood." Said one newspaper report: "Everybody knows it was H.R.H. caused <mask> Pasha's extinction." Le Figaro later alleged that <mask> had taken Boulanger and his propagandist Henri Rochefort to the brothel; the allegation was dismissed by Boulanger's right-hand man Count Dillon. On the witness stand the rentboy John Saul stated that he had briefly secured employment in the 1889 production The Royal Oak at Drury Lane, which was during <mask>'s time there. Exile
<mask> moved to Paris and then Brussels, where he edited the English language newspaper The Belgian News.In August 1890 it was reported of Broadley that "he has been guilty here of all the practices charged to him and others in Cleveland Street. His last line of operations was to invite young boys and scholars attending school to his rooms to supper." One of the boys informed his mother of the lavishness of these meals provided by a "benevolent old gentleman", which included "stupefying cordials". <mask> was placed under police surveillance. In 1891 he was reported to be 'loafing' in Tunis with fellow Cleveland Street exile Lord Arthur Somerset. <mask>'s ability to reinvent himself provoked a mockingly Wildean paragraph in a British syndicated newspaper column in 1892, which stated that in Brussels he had "renewed his youth" and was:
...in the widest sense "a new man". He in fact insists that he is a disconnected and different Mr Broadley altogether from the gentleman whose adventures while in the service of the Indian Prison department finally excited so much curiosity in London; denies that there was ever such a person as himself, that his portrait ever appeared in Vanity Fair, or that an exalted personage ever intervened fiercely in his affairs.The English colony in Brussels is now divided into two contending camps. One section insists that Mr <mask> is the Mr <mask>, and therefore impossible and insufferable. The other protests that their Mr <mask>, who it appears enjoys the friendship and
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esteem of the King of the Belgians, is fitted to grace any society in which he may find himself." It was subsequently reported that to confirm his identity, the English Club of Brussels went to the trouble of procuring the back number of Vanity Fair which had featured the infamous portrait. Final return to England
In 1894, <mask> quietly returned to England to manage the estates and general affairs of Viscount Cantelupe, who succeeded in 1896 as 8th Earl de la Warr. In April 1896 <mask> met the serial financial fraudster Ernest Terah Hooley, and subsequently worked to promote his investment schemes. Newspaper reports alleged <mask> was "a brilliant financier" and Hooley was merely his ventriloquist's dummy.Later in court <mask> freely admitted that he advised Hooley on nearly all his projects. Hooley purchased Anmer Hall estate, adjoining Sandringham in 1896. Through an intermediary the Prince of Wales requested that he be allowed to purchase the estate from Hooley, ostensibly for his daughter Maud, to which Hooley agreed. It has been alleged that the real reason for the Prince's action was to avoid the possibility of <mask> becoming a constant visitor to the estate, and hence near-neighbour. In 1898, Hooley was made bankrupt. In the Bankruptcy Court, <mask> appeared with Earl de la Warr and two other gentlemen. They were charged with contempt of court in attempting to bribe Hooley to alter his testimony to protect the Earl.<mask> was found guilty of insubordination and perjury and ordered to pay costs. Public opinion considered the treatment of <mask> by the judge very lenient. "<mask> made a beautiful witness", one report suggested, "brimming over with benevolence and pathos. He threatened to commit suicide, too, unless Hooley did something or other, and Hooley seems to have believed him..." Hooley stated on the witness stand that <mask> had intercepted money intended for others, and that he had made a further £80,000 acting as Hooley's promoter, accusations <mask> denied. With
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<mask> again the subject of publicity, in the House of Commons the Home Secretary was asked by a parliamentarian whether <mask> was the same person against whom there was an outstanding warrant for a criminal offence in India, did such warrants apply in England, and if so, why had it not been actioned. The reply was that they did apply, but that he had no other information on the matter. <mask> was denounced by Robert Wright, Justice of the Court of the Queen's Bench, as the real author and organiser of Hooley's deceitful schemes, but escaped bankruptcy and fashioned himself as a country gentleman.He retreated to his home village of Bradpole, Dorset, building a picturesque towered mansion, The Knapp. Last years
The last fifteen years of <mask>'s life were devoted to writing and book collecting, Napoleon and his age being at the heart of it, but also a large collection of works on criminal jurisprudence. He made significant acquisitions of manuscript material, accumulating original letters and documents, as his book Chats on Autographs related. His library included 135 works he had "grangerized" by adding additional illustrations, amounting to about 600 volumes. He also became a prolific author of books on historical topics. In 1906 he even penned a work on the boyhood of his nemesis Edward VII titled The Boyhood of a Great King. It drew at least one scathing review under the headline 'Scissors and Snobbery' which stated: "this stitching together of stale tattle from the Royal nursery may be 'good business': it is not an undertaking which enlists our sympathy.Mr <mask>'s record as an ex-Indian Civilian, ex-barrister, ex-journalist, and ex-company promoter is well known. This volume does not alter our estimate of the writer or the man." <mask> also became a great supporter of the Bath Historical Pageant, including appearing one year as Beau Nash, when he was recorded as holding 'kingly sway' and was "pre-eminently the great success of the ball". In 1911 Broadley made a pilgrimage
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with friends over the route followed by Charles II during his wanderings in late 1651, and wrote a history The Royal Miracle, an interest sparked by the play The Royal Oak. Never married, <mask> died, in the middle of the First World War, on 16 April 1916 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. By the time of his death, <mask>'s crimes had been largely forgotten, and his obituary in The Times and those elsewhere made no mention of them. This prompted novelist and U.S. newspaper columnist Marguerite Cunliffe-Owen to restate them with the observation: "Of course all this is old and forgotten, and if I recall it, it is merely in order to show how very unreliable obituaries are apt to be, and the facility with which even such men as <mask>, if possessed of sufficient cleverness, and of impudence, are able to blind their citizens to their past infamies and to die in the odor of respectability, if not of sanctity"
Legacy
In his will, <mask> left the sum of £8,506, the majority bequeathed to his nephew Lieutenant R.A.L.<mask>, who put his collection up for sale; the Napoleana was purchased en bloc by Lord Curzon, who bequeathed it to Oxford University. It now resides in the Bodleian with 332 of his grangerized books. Other repositories of his grangerized volumes include the Theatre Collection at Westminster City Archives, which holds four scrapbooks Annals of the Haymarket (1911), and the Royal Society, which owns a multivolume copy of Charles Richard Weld's History of the Royal Society. The contents of <mask>'s museum in Bihár have been relocated to the collections of the Indian Museum in Kolkata. His country seat in Bradpole has been subdivided: The Knapp is now St James' Nursing Home, and its former gatehouse is a separate residence. A phonograph recording of <mask> delivering a toast in 1888 to Edmund Yates and Arthur Sullivan survives. Works
English Legislation For India, 1871
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<mask> (December 4, 1947 – November 13, 1985) was an American illustrator and graphic designer. His career was brief but prolific, including movie posters, album covers, and magazine covers. His portrait of comedian Lily Tomlin for the cover of Time is now part of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institution. He was associated with TV Guide for thirteen years. Early life
<mask> was born in Philadelphia. Shortly after graduating from Philadelphia College of Art, his proposed poster art for the Barbra Streisand musical Hello, Dolly! was selected by 20th Century Fox for the film’s campaign after a nationwide artists’ talent search; the artist was 22 at the time.Career
As <mask> came to the attention of New York's art enthusiasts, his illustrations caught the attention of Barry Manilow, "then a young singer/songwriter named who was working with Bette Midler, a newly emerging entertainer in cabaret clubs and piano bars. Manilow introduced the two, and it was quickly decided that <mask> should do the cover of her first Atlantic Records album. The cover, for The Divine Miss M proved to be one of the most ubiquitous of the year." More album covers and posters soon followed, as did a series of magazine ads for designer Oleg Cassini. His movie posters commissions included some of the most important and popular films of the 1970s, including The Champ, Chinatown, Julia, The Last Picture Show, The Last Tycoon, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Muppet Movie, Murder on the Orient Express, Nashville, Papillon, The Shootist, The Sting, (The latter's poster design paid homage to the painting style of J. C. Leyendecker, evoking both his "Arrow Collar Man" and his covers for The Saturday Evening Post) and Woodstock. Although his career was short-lived, his body of work was sizeable, outpacing much of what had been produced by others during his era. His portrait of comedian Lily Tomlin was featured on the cover of Time, and is now housed in the
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permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.In keeping with the magazine's stringent deadlines, <mask>'s illustration was created in only two or three days. TV Guide
Commissioned by TV Guide in 1972 to design a cover featuring the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, in conjunction with a telefilm about their love affair, <mask> then went on to enjoy a 13-year association with the publication, during which time he produced more than 40 covers. <mask>'s magazine work included portraits of: Ingrid Bergman, Johnny Carson, Katharine Hepburn, Mary Tyler Moore, Elvis Presley, Nancy Reagan, Tom Selleck, Frank Sinatra, John Travolta, and Princess Grace, as well as of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, portraits which were created for the television debut of Gone with the Wind. He also created illustrations for the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, and of <mask> for the miniseries Shogun. Among the most famous of <mask>'s illustrations was his portrait of Lucille Ball, which was created for the magazine's July 6, 1974 issue in recognition of Ball's retirement from series television. "I did not want the portrait to be of Lucy Ricardo," <mask> explained, "but I didn't want a modern-day Lucy Carter either. I wanted it to have the same timeless sense of glamour that Lucy herself has.She is, after all, a former Goldwyn Girl. I hoped to capture the essence of all this." Ball then featured <mask>'s work in the opening credits of a two-hour television tribute, CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years. Later career
As film studios changed their marketing style in the 1980s, employing photographs in favor of illustrations, <mask> and other artists were frequently limited to creating work for science fiction, fantasy, and adventure films. In response, <mask> created the posters for Flash Gordon, The Dark Crystal, and Raiders of the Lost Ark which ultimately became his most famous work. <mask> completed two posters, one for Raiders''' 1981 release and another, a
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year later, for its re-release. It has been reported that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg own the originals.Regarding commercial art, <mask> stated, "Commercial art can be and sometimes is art, but if someone hangs a poster, it is still a poster pretending to be something it's not. My work is basically for the printed page, and not for hanging in living rooms... If, however, I paint or draw something that takes people into the realm of fantasy, then I feel that I've accomplished something." Recognition
During his career, <mask> received multiple awards, including the New York and Los Angeles Society of Illustrators award, a Golden Key Award from The Hollywood Reporter, and a Grammy Award, as well as citations from the Philadelphia Art Director's Club. <mask>'s covers were also shown at the Museum of Television and Radio in Beverly Hills, commemorating TV Guide's fortieth anniversary. Posthumously awarded the University of the Art's Silver Star award for Outstanding Alumni in 2009, <mask>'s award was accepted on his behalf at The University of the Arts Commencement Ceremony by his brother, <mask>. In November 2021, <mask> was inducted into the Album Cover Hall of Fame, for this contributions to Bette Midler – Divine Miss M and Songs For The New Depression, and soundtracks to the films Hello Dolly and The Sting.A feature film documentary about <mask>'s life, titled "Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art," was announced in January 2016. Filmmaker Adam McDaniel traveled extensively throughout the United States, conducting interviews with over 50 of <mask>'s friends, colleagues, classmates, teachers, and art collectors, as well as new generations of artists whom <mask> inspired. The film is now in post production. In tandem with the documentary, McDaniel is developing a retrospective art book, with both projects through an exclusive agreement with the <mask> estate. Death
His last film poster was for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the third of George Miller's apocalyptic action
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movies with Mel Gibson. His final completed artwork was for an issue of TV Guide, featuring news anchors Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather. <mask> died less than three weeks later, succumbing to complications from AIDS on November 13, 1985.When he fell ill, he was to have done the poster for the Romancing the Stone sequel, The Jewel of the Nile''. AIDS Memorial Quilt
Adam McDaniel created a panel in <mask>'s memory for inclusion within The AIDS Memorial Quilt. It was unveiled for the first time on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2018, next to The Wall Las Memorias AIDS Monument within Los Angeles' Lincoln Park. Later that month, it was also displayed at an Amsel tribute art show McDaniel curated at Warner Bros. Studios, in Burbank, California. On December 2, 2019, McDaniel handed the panel over to the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. This coincided with World AIDS Day earlier that week (December 1st), and what would have been <mask>'s 72nd birthday (December 4th). See also
List of TV Guide covers
Similar artists
Saul Bass
Jack Davis
Frank Frazetta
The Brothers Hildebrandt
Tom Jung
Sanford Kossin
Frank McCarthy
Bob Peak
Drew Struzan
Howard Terpning
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The <mask>sel Appreciation Site
Official website of the documentary feature "Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art"
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library Catalog <mask>
McDaniel, Adam: The Art & Artistry of <mask>, biography and tribute
Lucyfan.com, Portraits in Stardust: The art of <mask>, Star Notes magazine, Spring 1993
CineMaterial.com – Select listing of <mask>'s art
American Art Archives – Select listing of <mask>'s art
Internet Movie Poster Awards – Select listing of <mask>'s art
Barbra Streisand art by <mask>sel
"Lucy" art by <mask>
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1985 deaths
American magazine illustrators
American graphic designers
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Brigadier <mask>, (24 November 1919 – 7 May 2004) was a senior officer in the Australian Army, seeing service during the Second World War and the Vietnam War. After graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1939 he served in the Middle East and New Guinea during the Second World War. Later, he commanded the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) and the Australian Army Force Vietnam (AAFV) in 1965–66. In 1966, he became the first commander of 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) in South Vietnam. He subsequently filled a number of senior command and staff positions before retiring in 1974. He died in 2004. Early life
<mask> was born in London, England, on 24 November 1919.The youngest son of <mask>, a professional soldier, and his wife Edith Marguerite (née Vautin); his siblings included an older brother born in 1915 in Surrey, England, and a sister. Named after his uncle, <mask>, who had been killed at Gallipoli in 1915 while attempting to rescue a wounded soldier, <mask> was known throughout his life as either "O.D." or <mask>. His father had been commissioned in the Permanent Military Forces (PMF) in 1911, serving in Western Australia. With the outbreak of the First World War <mask>'s father had joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in November 1914, embarking as adjutant of the 10th Light Horse Regiment. On 29 May 1915 he was wounded at Gallipoli and after recovering in England held a number of staff appointments with the 3rd Division on the Western Front in 1917–18. Following <mask>'s birth the family returned to Australia in 1920 so that his father could resume his military career.He subsequently attended a number of schools, completing his secondary education at Scotch College, Melbourne in 1936, where he was
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a member of the athletics and rugby teams. Military career
Early career and Second World War
<mask> subsequently joined the Australian Army in March 1937 as a regular officer in the PMF. His older brother, Donald, was also a professional soldier, having entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1934 and later also reached the rank of brigadier. After completing his own training at Duntroon, <mask> graduated into the infantry as a lieutenant in December 1939, following the outbreak of the Second World War two months earlier. Transferring to the 2nd AIF for overseas service, in July 1940 he took up his first appointment commanding a platoon in the 2/25th Battalion where he saw action in the Middle East in North Africa and Syria. Meanwhile, <mask>'s father had been appointed to command Northern Command in May 1940 and was promoted to major general in July. However, the following year he was posted to Western Command and believed that he had been passed over for a combat command after opposing the Brisbane Line strategy, subsequently retiring in early 1942.By late 1942 <mask>'s battalion returned from the Middle East, and he later served in New Guinea fighting the Japanese at Gona, as well as in the Ramu Valley, the Finisterre Ranges and the New Guinea north coast. He was subsequently posted to Headquarters 18th Brigade as a major during the period 1943–44. In June 1944, he took up a position as an instructor at the Canadian Staff College in Kingston, where he remained until the end of the war. Interbellum
Returning to Australia, <mask> filled a number of staff positions, including postings to the Royal Military College, Army Headquarters and Headquarters Western Command. His father died of pneumonia at Heidelberg, Victoria, on 24
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November 1948. <mask> was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1949 and to colonel in 1951. On 21 June 1956, <mask> assumed command of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) in South Korea deployed as part of the UN garrison which had remained there following the end of the Korean War and oversaw the battalion's final operational activities before its return to Australia.He subsequently took up a two-year appointment in the United States as Australian Military Attache in Washington. In 1959 he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of his service to the Australian Staff Corps. Vietnam War
In 1961, he took up the position of Director of Infantry at Army Headquarters. He subsequently commanded the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) in 1963, before serving as the commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) in 1963–64. Ultimately, <mask> was the only officer to command all three of the original battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment. <mask> took over command of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) on 5 February 1965. Following the arrival of Australian ground forces in South Vietnam in May 1965, he was promoted to brigadier and assumed command of the new headquarters in Saigon, known as the Australian Army Force Vietnam (AAFV).In March 1966, the Australian government further increased its commitment to the Vietnam War, announcing the deployment of a two-battalion brigade with armour, aviation, engineer and artillery support, designated the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF). <mask> was subsequently appointed as its first commander. Based in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, 1 ATF was involved in counter-insurgency operations
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against the Viet Cong. During his period in command the task force was successfully established at Nui Dat, clearing a security zone around the base and conducting offensive operations to the edge of the Tactical Area of Responsibility, while a number of significant actions were fought, including the Battle of Long Tan, which established 1 ATF's dominance over the province. <mask> was later awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his command of 1 ATF during this period. In June 1967, <mask> returned to Australia having served nearly two years in Vietnam, and subsequently served on the staff of Australian Headquarters. His final posting was as the Chief of Staff at Headquarters 1st Division, before retiring with the rank of brigadier in May 1974.Later life
Settling in Sydney in his later life <mask> enjoyed sailing and gardening. Married to Dorothy Honor, the couple had a son and two daughters. <mask> died in Burradoo, New South Wales, on 7 May 2004, aged eighty-four. Notes
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2004 deaths
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Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Australian Army personnel of World War II
Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War
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<mask> (born October 10, 1982), more commonly known as simply <mask>, is a Filipino singer, occasional actor, TV host, commercial model, and the first Grand Champion of the ABS-CBN singing competition Star in a Million Season 1 in 2003. <mask> was ABS-CBN's Star in a Million Grand Champion last January 2004. A young balladeer known for his soulful voice, <mask> made his way to stardom through the music scene owing the title Prince of Pop. His much-awaited debut album aptly titled "This Is The Moment" shows that <mask>'s moment has indeed come. His passion for music started during his childhood years. He participated in various singing competitions. His Platinum debut album and succeeding albums, sold-out concerts and a demand for corporate shows, accolades from Awit Awards, Star Awards and Aliw Awards, endorsements for a bank (Bank of the Philippine Island's Express Remit), theme songs for radio stations, and even movies earned him an unusual popularity.His first single, Pagbigyang Muli, remained number one of WRR's hit chart for more than 20 weeks together with his other songs filling up the chart simultaneously. Amidst all these, <mask> still remains charming and this "realness" becomes one of the biggest factors why <mask> has won audiences nationwide. Early life
<mask> was born on October 10, 1982 in Malabon, Metro Manila, Philippines. When he was four, his passion for singing started. He participated in numerous small-town singing competitions. He graduated in high school at Immaculate Conception Parochial School – Malabon
He studied at the Centro Escolar University and took up dentistry, but
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later shifted to Psychology. As soon as he won the singing competition Star in a Million in 2003, he temporarily stopped studying, because of his busy schedule.Eventually, he came back to school and finished college. He graduated in March 2010. Star in a Million
In 2003, <mask> joined Star in a Million singing contest, and became part of the wildcard entry to the Final 10 of the show. He had a good start in the competition, but got eliminated during the third week of the show, when it was still a part of the Sunday noontime variety show ASAP. Nevertheless, his second chance came, and his rendition of R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly", won him the tenth and final slot for the semi-finals round. Eventually he became one of the three grand finalists along with Sheryn Regis (first runner up) and Marinel <mask> (2nd runner up) in the showdown for the title of Star in a Million. "This is the Moment", a song from the musical Jekyll & Hyde, popularized by Martin Nievera, won him the title.Career
In 2004, <mask> released his debut album This is the Moment, and it went platinum after three months of its release. After his debut, he released an extended play, quickly followed by his second album, Loving You Now. The album was released with the hit single "Bakit Ba Iniibig Ka", composed by Ogie Alcasid, and sung as a duet with Asia's Songbird Regine Velasquez. In December 2005, he held his first major solo concert at the Marikina Riverbanks. On October 19, 2007, he staged another major concert at the Araneta Coliseum, entitled <mask> ... Solo at the Coliseum, with Sam Milby, The Company, Nyoy Volante, Danita
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Paner, and Ai-Ai de las Alas as guests. On September 22, 2018, he held his 15th anniversary concert titled Er1k 5antos: My Greatest Moments at the Mall of Asia Arena. Discography
Studio albums
2004 Star in a Million (Double Platinum)
2004 Star in a Million (Repackaged)
2004 This Is The Moment – first major solo album (Triple Platinum)
2005 I'll Never Go (CD-lite) (Platinum)
2005 Loving You Now (Platinum)
2006 Your Love (Gold)
2007 Your Love (Limited Platinum Edition) (Platinum)
2007 All I Want This Christmas (Gold)
2008 Face-Off (compilation of hits, with Christian Bautista)
2009 The Jim Brickman Songbook (Platinum)
2010 All I Want This Christmas (Repackaged)
2011 Awit Para Sa'Yo (Gold)
2013 The <mask> Collection (Gold)
Compilation albums
Love Life (Boy Abunda)
May Bukas Pa Tambayan Album
I-Star 15 OPM
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<mask> (born August 11, 1974) is an American politician from California who is the 45th mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018. Raised in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco, Breed worked in government after college. She was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2012 (taking office in January 2013), and elected its president in 2015. As president of the Board, Breed, according to the city charter, became the acting mayor of San Francisco following the death of Mayor Ed Lee. She served in this role from December 12, 2017, to January 23, 2018. Breed won the San Francisco mayoral special election held on June 5, 2018.Breed is the first black woman, second black person after Willie Brown, and second woman after Dianne Feinstein to be elected mayor of San Francisco. She was sworn in as mayor on July 11, 2018. Early life and education
Born in San Francisco, Breed was raised by her grandmother in Plaza East public housing in the Western Addition neighborhood of the city. Breed later wrote of her childhood in San Francisco: "... five of us living on $900 per month. 'Recycling' meant drinking out of old mayonnaise jars. Violence was never far away. And once a week, we took Grandma's pushcart to the community room to collect government-issued groceries."Her younger sister died of a drug overdose in 2006 and her brother is in prison serving a 44-year sentence for a 2000 manslaughter and armed robbery conviction, for which Breed has repeatedly asked for clemency from the governor's office; in August 2021, she was fined for abusing her office in doing so. Breed graduated with
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honors from Galileo High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science-public service from the University of California, Davis in 1997 and a master's degree in public administration from the University of San Francisco in 2012. Career
Breed worked as an intern in the Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services for Mayor Willie Brown. In 2002, she became the executive director of the African American Art & Culture Complex, where she raised over $2.5 million to renovate the complex's 34,000 square foot space, including an art gallery, theater space, and a recording studio. Breed was named to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Commission in 2004. In 2010, Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed her to the San Francisco Fire Commission.Board of Supervisors
In November 2012, Breed was elected to the District 5 supervisor seat, defeating incumbent Christina Olague, who had been appointed to the seat that year by Mayor Ed Lee after Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was elected sheriff. Following five rounds of ranked-choice voting allocations, Breed won by over 12 points, marking the first time in San Francisco history that a challenger unseated a district supervisor. (The feat has occurred twice since, with Aaron Peskin unseating Supervisor Julie Christensen in 2015 to reclaim his District 3 seat, and Rafael Mandelman beating Supervisor Jeff Sheehy in District 8 in June 2018.) <mask> was inaugurated as District 5 supervisor on January 8, 2013, with then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris administering the oath of office. On January 8, 2015, Breed was elected President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors first by a vote of 8 to 3 and then unanimously. She defeated supervisor
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and support Breed's measure. It passed with 80% support. Polystyrene ban
In 2016, the city of San Francisco passed the nation's strongest ban on sale and use of products made from polystyrene foam, including expanded polystyrene foam (also called Styrofoam) for food service ware, egg cartons, coolers, and packing peanuts. The law made national and international news. In the final week of Breed's 2016 reelection campaign, she released a comical web video about the legislation, "Styrofoam Monster." In the ad, she chases away a bully who is dressed in a costume made of polystyrene foam.The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "The award for most creative campaign ad goes to Board of Supervisors President <mask>d..[It] is akin to an ingenious high school video production." Drug take back legislation
In 2015, the city of San Francisco passed legislation requiring drug manufacturers to fund a drug take-back program in San Francisco, enabling consumers to place unused medications in secure drop-off bins in pharmacies. Unused drugs are often disposed in the trash or toilet which can pollute waterways or lead to accidental poisonings. Breed published an op-ed in support of the legislation. It passed unanimously on March 17, 2015, making San Francisco only the third county in the nation to launch such a program. The program has collected well over 20 tons of medications. Despite her environmental record during her first term on the Board of Supervisors, the local chapter of the Sierra Club endorsed her opponent.This prompted Breed's then-Chief of Staff Conor Johnston to write a scathing article in the San Francisco Examiner accusing the local Sierra Club chapter of hypocrisy and "bewildering
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<mask> (born December 16, 1972) is an American musician and web developer from the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., United States. He is best known as leader of indie-rock band The Dismemberment Plan and as a solo artist. Early life
After picking up various instruments around age 12, <mask> stuck with guitar and began forming bands throughout his high school days at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Fairfax County, Virginia. He was on Lake Braddock's English Team and claimed to be "pathetically happy" upon defeating the english team of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology one year. After "getting out of Fairfax" he attended The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia for three years before dropping out to pursue a band. He worked at the campus radio station WCWM, which he claimed was "worth tuition right there." At WCWM he became well versed in many types of music, "from John Coltrane to German art rock."He continues to have wide-ranging musical taste to this very day, having claimed to enjoy everything from Britney Spears, Gladys Knight, XTC, Fugazi, Ludacris and Go-go. He finds additional inspiration in the music of Harry Nilsson, which he often listens to before a concert. The Dismemberment Plan
In 1993, <mask> formed The Dismemberment Plan with old Lake Braddock friends. Despite his mother's initial reluctance, the band practiced in bassist Eric Axelson's basement frequently and began playing shows. By 1995 they released their debut album ! on D.C. based DeSoto Records. After original
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drummer Steve Cummings left the band, he was replaced by Joe Easley and the band's lineup would remain that way throughout their existence.<mask> was the guitarist and vocalist for The Plan from their formation in 1993 to their final show at the 9:30 Club in D.C in 2003. The band released four LPs and two EPs and gained a large following for their energetic live show, mostly due to <mask>'s "booty-shaking" moves onstage. Their final two studio albums Emergency & I and Change were some of the most revered rock albums in the late-90s and early-2000s . Despite this, the band continued to work freelance jobs on the side to support themselves, <mask> taking up various computer and graphic design jobs. Solo
In 2004, <mask> moved to Seattle, Washington and began working closely in the studio with both Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie, a frequent tourmate of The Plan. <mask> then began doing a nationwide tour of a solo show with just him and an acoustic guitar. The shows consisted of him doing mostly covers of songs varying a wide variety of genres (from Spoon to Fiddler on the Roof and beyond).He also began playing some songs he was working on for a solo album. Around this time, he posted up mp3s of songs he was working on for his solo album as well as a cover of Ludacris's "What's Your Fantasy" which was listed as a "must download" in Entertainment Weekly. In the summer of 2004, <mask> had moved back to the D.C. area and in September 2004 he released his first solo album, Travistan, through Barsuk Records. The album was
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co-produced by Chris Walla. <mask> Hellfighters
In September 2004 <mask> assembled a band to play his solo songs live. Consisting of Brandon Kalber (bass, keyboards), Saadat Awan (drums), David Brown (percussion), Kristen Forbes (keyboards and backup vocals) and <mask> on vocals and keyboards. At first the band's live show consisted of three synths, percussion and drums but <mask> stated "none of us could play keyboards very well, so it was kind of hard after a while."Over time, Forbes left the band, the band introduced guitar & bass to their live sound and the band would begin touring as <mask> Hellfighters. <mask> and the Hellfighters continued to tour for the album and demoed new songs together. By the summer of 2005, the band had come into their own and were playing shows of entirely new material, only playing the occasional <mask>tan song. <mask> and the Hellfighters have finished a new album, titled All Y'all, that was released on August 21, 2007 and is currently streaming on <mask>' website and was produced by <mask>'s former bandmate, Jason Cadell. The album was mixed by Joel Hamilton. The final Hellfighters lineup (as of 2009) was:
<mask>
David Brown
Brandon Kalber
Vince Magno
Thomas Orgren
"Retirement" and current activities
In the summer of 2009, <mask>'s official website was updated to state that he has retired from making music, and that there will be no more shows, records or bands. When The Dismemberment Plan reunited for shows in early 2011, <mask> said of the 'retirement', "I think I just didn’t have any plans
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for any solo music, and I just think I thought it sounded funny to say I was retiring ...I mean, it seems more fun than to say, 'I have no plans.'" <mask> currently works as the director of commercial development for The Huffington Post, and currently plays in a band called Time Travel with Matt Walsh of The Forms. In March 2011, he told Glide Magazine that Time Travel plans on making an album. In May 2012, D.C. label Bad Friend Records released a 7" of previously unheard material the <mask> Hellfighters recorded before breaking up. Personal life
As of mid-2012, <mask> lives in the New York City area, works as a computer programmer (formerly at the Washington Post and then Huffington Post), and is married to journalist and podcaster Katherine Goldstein. <mask>'s other singing outlet has been regular participation in an Episcopal Church choir. Trumpeter of D.C. culture
<mask> is notable for being very vocal about the culture of the Washington, D.C. area.<mask> has always insisted on touring with fellow D.C. acts, both with The Plan and solo. Despite releasing <mask>tan on Barsuk Records, he remains supportive of D.C.-based DeSoto Records. In his lyrics he makes mention to the area (see below), the liner notes to Change feature photos taken around Washington, D.C., notably of The Uptown Theatre. The logo for <mask>tan resembles the flag of the District of Columbia. He's a very active fan of Washington area sports, mainly the Washington Wizards. He placed a link on his website to an online petition to change the name of the Washington
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Nationals to the Washington Grays in honor of the old D.C. Negro leagues team. Both with The Plan and solo he frequently played and continues to play shows at D.C. live venue staples Black Cat, Fort Reno and the 9:30 Club.He has kicked around the idea of doing a tour of the outlying suburbs of D.C since he once lived in Lorton, Virginia and knows how difficult it can be to get downtown for a show. Recently around D.C. he has also done volunteer work with We Are Family D.C., a non-profit organization and returned to his William & Mary days by DJing with WMUC at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has also sung in several D.C. area church choirs, including a recent season with the National Cathedral. In 2005 through most of 2007 <mask> lived in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC with his girlfriend and worked for the website of The Washington Post, heading their advertising programming and production department. D.C. lyrical references
<mask> frequently refers to D.C. area locations and themes in his songs. References include:
The song "13th and Euclid" (!) is named after an intersection in Northwest D.C.
in "Fantastic!"(! ): "I wouldn't go so far as to call it escape, but I'll head my way up I-95"
in "I'm Going to Buy You a Gun" (! ): "I'm going to take you out on I-95"
in "The Ice of Boston" (The Dismemberment Plan is Terrified): "...and I say 'oh fine, mom; how's Washington?!'" The song "The City" (Emergency and I) is about D.C.
in "Spider in the Snow" (Emergency & I): "And as I would walk down K Street to some
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temping job, as winter froze life out of fall, I must have been having a ball." in "Ellen and Ben" (Change): "The Ocean City girls on the boardwalk, singing oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh"
In "My Two Front Teeth Parts 2 & 3" (<mask>tan): "In front of the Gap at the corner of M and Wisconsin" - the song illustrates a Georgetown mugging, in which the narrator loses his two front teeth, as a metaphor for the September 11, 2001 attacks ("The second I saw, but the first was sucker-punch city.") In "Get Me Off This Coin D" (<mask>tan): "You named a town, after me now, and no one there can vote" (from the perspective of George Washington, the last of a series of songs commemorating the four presidents on common United States coinage)
In "Hawkins' Rock" (All Y'All): "Drivin' down I-95, son" and "Drivin' down I-81, yeah"
In "I Do" (All Y'All): "swimming through the heat of a D.C. dawn"
"East Side of the River" (All Y'All) is about the part of Washington, DC, east of the Anacostia River. Discography
The Dismemberment Plan
Can We Be Mature?(EP) (1994)
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Give Me the Cure (compilation) (1996)
Ooh Do I Love You (compilation) (1996)
The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified (1997)
Fort Reno Benefit (compilation) (1997)
What Do You Want Me to Say? (single) (1997)
The Ice of Boston (EP) (1998)
Emergency & I (1999)
Dismemberment Plan/Juno (split EP) (2000)
Change (2001)
A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan (compilation) (2003)
Live in Japan 2011 (2011)
Uncanney Valley (2013)
SoloTravistan (2004)
<mask> HellfightersAll Y'All (2007)Cruisin' (All
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Night Long) (single) (2012)
The BurliesThe Burlies EP'' (2014)
References
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Official site
Blogcritics Interview with <mask>
<mask> guest DJ/interview on Dissonance Radio
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
1972 births
College of William & Mary alumni
Living people
Guitarists from Virginia
People from Lorton, Virginia
Musicians from Washington, D.C.
Barsuk Records
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<mask> is an American civil rights attorney who in September 2015 became the president of Democrats for Education Reform which promotes more charter schools, school funding and stricter teacher evaluations to revamp public education and resigned in 2017. A former assistant state Attorney General, he was a candidate in the 2014 election for Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, after which he became a partner at Lowenstein Sandler in August 2014. Background
<mask> grew up in the South Ward of Newark. He lost his mother to violence and was raised by his grandmother, a public school teacher. He first attended Newark Public Schools and later received a scholarship to attend Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange. <mask> obtained his bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1996. After graduating he attended Columbia Law School where he served as managing editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review and clerked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.He received his Juris Doctor in 1999. <mask> lives in the South Ward with his wife, Tenagne Girma-<mask>, and their two children. Career
After law school, <mask> clerked for Judge Nathaniel R. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals. He then worked as an associate with Wilmer Cutler & Pickering. Since 2001, <mask> has been counsel at Gibbons P.C., a firm based at the Gateway Center in Newark. <mask> has been an associate professor at the Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall Law School since 2004. In 2008-2010, he took a leave of absence to serve as Assistant Attorney General and Counsel to New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and led several departments, including the Juvenile Justice Commission and the Civil Rights Division.In April 2010, <mask> was elected to the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board. He became a partner at Lowenstein Sandler in August 2014. In September 2015 he became the president of Democrats for Education Reform which promotes more charter schools, school funding and stricter teacher evaluations to revamp public education. Mayoral candidacy
<mask> announced his election bid on May 20, 2013. <mask> was relatively unknown in Newark, where typically one runs first
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for council and then for mayor. <mask> introduced a public safety plan in October 2013 As of January 2014, <mask> had raised the most campaign financing of the candidates. The election took place May 13, 2014 and <mask> was defeated by Municipal Council of Newark Council Member Ras Baraka.Other potential candidates, Council Members Anibal Ramos, Jr. and Darrin S. Sharif,
had earlier dropped out of the race. <mask>' eight-member council slate includes incumbents East Ward Councilman Augusto Amador, North Ward Councilman Anibal Ramos, Jr. and At-large Councilman Carlos Gonzalez and candidates Brian Logan (South Ward). Kevin Waters (West Ward) and Andre Speight (Central Ward). Lynda Lloyd (At-large), and former Assemblyman Wilfredo Caraballo (At-large). In February he received an endorsement of William D. Payne and March from Donald Payne, Jr., both of whom who are part a long time Newark political dynasty. He has also been endorsed by the Teamsters, State Senator Teresa Ruiz and Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor-Marin. <mask> received the endorsements of Board of Chosen Freeholders President Blonnie Watson, Freeholder Vice-President Patricia Sebold and Freeholder D. Bilal Beasley.Hakeem <mask>, the Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York's 8th congressional district in Brooklyn and Queens with roots in Newark, has also endorsed <mask>. In May he received the endorsement of Eva Longoria. <mask> was endorsed by The Star-Ledger. <mask> conceded the race to Baraka at the Golden Dome Athletic Center on election night. Scholarship
In 2015 <mask> has established the Donna Johnson Memorial Scholarship to support the educational development of a young person who has experienced the loss of a parent, guardian, or loved one because of domestic violence, or whose life has otherwise been touched by violence against women. Success Academy Charter Schools
Shavar <mask> resigned from the Board of Directors of the Success Academy Charter Schools in 2017. <mask> is a critic of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and President Donald Trump.This position was in conflict with Success Academy chief executive officer Eva
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Moskowitz, who had supported Hillary Clinton, but was muted in her criticism of Trump until several days after <mask>' resignation. The resignation of <mask> came before Dan Loeb, Success Academy board chair and wealthy hedge fund executive made racial remarks about State Senate Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. These comments triggered a PR crisis in the biggest charter network of NYC. Loeb's statement was the black lawmaker "did more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood." Moskowitz said an apology for these remarks was necessary. The complete post of Loeb ridiculed the legislator for not supporting charter schools. He lauded State Senator Jeff Klein who was always vocal in backing charter institutions.93 percent of students enrolled as Success Academy are either Black or Latino. An article published in the New York Post last April 30, 2018 said Loeb will quit as Success Academy's chairman. Loeb was also criticized because of email exchanges with former Deputy Mayor Richard Buery in 2014 regarding the alleged insensitivity of Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City towards charter school accomplishments. Education reform remains a controversial policy concern in the USA. The National Assessment of Educational Progress published a gloomy report showing many American high school senior students are not yet ready for college. This woeful situation stimulates the schools choice movement and supporters of charter schools which include <mask> <mask>. He demonstrated disappointment regarding the low-key political discussion regarding the worsening quality of primary and secondary education.References
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<mask> Jeffires Mayor 2014
We Need More <mask> Jeffries
S@S Magazine
SOTU 2016: President Obama's Education Legacy
American community activists
Politicians from Newark, New Jersey
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1976 births
Seton Hall Preparatory School alumni
Duke University alumni
Columbia Law School alumni
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Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr associates
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<mask> (12 November 1780 – 6 February 1838) was a Voortrekker leader. Settling in 1814 in the frontier region of the Cape Colony, he assumed command of punitive expeditions in response to raiding parties from the adjacent Xhosa territory. He became a spokesperson for the frontier farmers who voiced their discontent, and wrote the Voortrekkers' declaration at their departure from the colony. He was a leading figure during their Great Trek, and at one stage their elected governor. He proposed Natal as the final destination of their migration and selected a location for its future capital, later named Pietermaritzburg in his honour. The massacre of Retief and his delegation by the Zulu King Dingane and the extermination of several Voortrekker laagercamps in the area of the present town of Weenen led to the Battle of Blood River on the Ncome River. The short-lived Boer republic Natalia suffered from ineffective government and was eventually annexed to the British Cape Colony.Early life
<mask> was born to Jacobus and Debora <mask> in the Wagenmakersvallei, Cape Colony, today the town of Wellington, South Africa. His family were Boers of French Huguenot ancestry: his great-grandfather was the 1689 Huguenot refugee François Retif, from Mer, Loir-et-Cher near Blois; the progenitor of the name in South Africa. <mask> grew up on the ancestral vineyard Welvanpas, where he worked until the age of 27. After moving to the vicinity of Grahamstown, Retief, like other Boers, acquired wealth through livestock, but suffered repeated losses from Xhosa raids in the period. These prompted the 6th Cape Frontier War. (Retief had a history of
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financial trouble. On more than one occasion, he lost money and other possessions, mainly through land speculation.He is reported to have gone bankrupt at least twice, while at the colony and on the frontier.) Such losses impelled many frontier farmers to become Voortrekkers (literally, "forward movers") and to migrate to new lands in the north. Retief wrote their (Dutch speaking settlers/ Boer) manifesto, dated 22 January 1837, setting out their long-held grievances against the British government . They believed it had offered them no protection against armed raids by the native bantus, no redress against Foreign Government Policies (British), and financially broke them through the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which freed their slaves; with compensation offered to owners, which hardly amounted to a quarter of the slaves' market value. Retief's manifesto was published in the Grahamstown Journal on 2 February and De Zuid-Afrikaan on 17 February, just as the emigrant Boers started to leave their homesteads. Great Trek
<mask>'s household departed in two wagons from his farm in the Winterberg District in early February 1837 and joined a party of 30 other wagons. The pioneers crossed the Orange River into independent territory.When several parties on the Great Trek converged at the Vet River, <mask> was elected "Governor of the United Laagers" and head of "The Free Province of New Holland in South East Africa." This coalition was very short-lived, and <mask> became the lone leader of the group moving east. On 5 October 1837 Retief established a camp of 54 wagons at Kerkenberg near the Drakensberg ridge. He proceeded on
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settlement.The deed of cession of the Tugela-Umzimvubu region, although dated 4 February 1838, was signed by Dingane on 6 February 1838, with the two sides recording three witnesses each. Dingane invited Retief's party to witness a special performance by his soldiers, whereupon Dingane ordered his soldiers to capture <mask>'s party and their coloured servants. <mask>, his son (<mask>lis), men, and servants, about 100 people in total, were taken to a nearby ridge, kwaMatiwane, named after Matiwane, one of Dingane's tribal chiefs who were executed in a horrific manner The Zulus killed the entire party by clubbing them and killed Retief last, so as to witness the deaths of his son, and his comrades. Retief's chest was sawn open and his heart and liver removed and brought to Dingane in a cloth. Their bodies were left on the KwaMatiwane hillside to be eaten by vultures and scavengers, as was Dingane's custom with his enemies. Dingane then directed the attack against the Voortrekker laagers, which plunged the migrant movement into temporary disarray and in total 534 men, women and children were killed. Following the Voortrekker victory at Blood River, Andries Pretorius and his "victory commando" recovered the remains of the Retief party.They buried them on 21 December 1838. Also recovered was the undamaged deed of cession from Retief's leather purse, written by Jan Gerritze Bantjes, Retief's secretary, as later verified by a member of the "victory commando", E.F. Potgieter. Two exact copies survive, (either of which could be the original) but legend states the original deed disappeared in transit to the Netherlands during the
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Anglo-Boer War. The site of the Retief grave was more or less forgotten until pointed out in 1896 by J.H. Hattingh, a surviving member of Pretorius's commando. A monument recording the names of the members of Retief's delegation was erected near the grave in 1922. Legacy
The town of Piet Retief was named after him as was (partially) the city of Pietermaritzburg.(It is reported by the Voortrekker Minister of that time, Erasmus Smit, whom served with <mask> Retief, in his Diary, that on 23 October 1838 the Voortrekker "Council of the legislative body...has named the first village settlement... <mask> Maritz Burg. The first name is after the late deceased His Excellency <mask>, formerly the Governor, and the second name is after His Honour the late deceased G.M. Maritz, the President of the Council of policy in the camp." Some however continue to speculate that the "Maritz" part was a naming after Gerrit Maritz, another Voortrekker leader, from the start. However, Pietermaritzburg was originally Pietermauritzburg, thereby incorporating both Retief's first and second name. It was only afterwards that the "u" was dropped and it was decreed that Maritz also be remembered in the title. Rhodes University has a residence named after Retief, in Kimberley Hall.References
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<mask> <mask>, a short biography
<mask> <mask>, biography
Voortrekker Museum, Pietermaritzburg
1780 births
1838 deaths
19th-century South African people
Afrikaner people
Dutch Cape Colony people
Great Trek
History of KwaZulu-Natal
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<mask><mask> (27 March 1937 – 26 March 2020) dubbed "The Frog Man", was an Australian herpetologist and academic, noted for his research on frogs and toads, chiefly with the University of Adelaide. <mask> was born in Britain, and early developed an interest in herpetology. While working as a volunteer at the British Museum, he was advised to go to Australia and Papua New Guinea if he wanted to do any ground-breaking research on amphibians. Around 1958–1959 he hitch-hiked to Australia. He joined the University of Adelaide staff as a laboratory technician in 1961, studying and researching part-time, and by 1971 had been promoted to Laboratory Manager, Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology. In 1974 he qualified MSc, and in 1975 won a position as Lecturer, Department of Zoology. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1979 and was appointed Associate Professor of Zoology in 1984.In 2002 he was awarded D.Sc. and appointed Visiting Research Fellow. His research into amphibians both in Australia and overseas was continuous and extensive, with support from organisations as diverse as the South Australian Museum (in 1965, his first overseas travel grant), the Mark Mitchell Foundation, Rotary International, Australian Geographic magazine, Hamilton Laboratories, Australian National University, Mount Isa Mines and the World Wildlife Fund. Apart from descriptive, habitat, behaviour, identification and taxonomic work, which includes identification of new species, his research investigated novel chemicals which have found or may find, pharmaceutical and industrial uses such as fluid balance medications, sunscreens and adhesives. He investigated frog populations as an indicator of the environmental health of aquatic systems and frog mutations as an indicator of
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pollution. He is one of many who have worked on Australia's Cane toad (previously Bufo marinus, now Rhinella marina) pest problem. He was prominent in research into the world-wide phenomenon of the disappearance of frogs, even entire species, notably in Australia the two species of gastric-brooding frog (Rheobatrachus vitellinus and Rheobatrachus silus), which were declared extinct shortly after their discovery).He was in the forefront of research into Australia's fossil frog record. He was very public in the promotion of frogs as pets, as sources of potentially useful substances, and as an indicator of environmental quality, arguing that a species useful to humans will necessarily be protected. He was involved in a variety of nature documentaries, notably Nature of Australia (1988), ABC Natural History Unit in association with the BBC and WNET, broadcast within their Nature series, and David Attenborough's Life on Earth series (1979). He was a longtime member of the board of the South Australian Museum and its chairman 1982–1992. He was president of the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia and was President of the Royal Society of South Australia 1985–1986. Recognition
Royal Society of South Australia – Verco Medal 1980
Field Naturalists Club of Victoria – Australian Natural History Medallion 1980
Elected Fellow, Australian Institute of Biology 1988
City of Adelaide Citizen of the Year, Australia Day 1993
Order of Australia 1995 "for service to zoology, particularly through the research and conservation of Australian amphibians"
<mask>y Eureka Prize for Science Communication 1997
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1998
Riversleigh Society – Riversleigh Medal 1998 "for contributions to Australian Palaeontology"
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Bibliography
<mask> was the author or co-author of a large number of books and over 300 scientific papers, mostly on amphibians:
<mask><mask> An account of collections of frogs from Central New Guinea Australian Museum, Sydney (1963)
<mask><mask> The frogs of South Australia South Australian Museum, Adelaide (1966)
<mask><mask> Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla E.J. Brill, Leiden (1968)
<mask><mask> The cane toad Bufo marinus : an historical account and modern assessment Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board, Victoria and Agriculture Protection Board, Western Australia (1975).<mask>. <mask> Frogs Collins' Australian naturalist library (1976)
<mask>. <mask> Amphibians of South Australia (section, Handbook of the flora and fauna of South Australia) Government Printers, Adelaide (1978)
<mask>. <mask> There's a frog in my throat/stomach Collins, Sydney (1984)
<mask> A natural history museum : behind the scenes Bookshelf, Gosford, N.S.W. (1992)
<mask>. <mask> Australian frogs : a natural history Reed, Chatswood, NSW (1994)
<mask>. <mask> The action plan for Australian frogs Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra (1995)
<mask>. <mask> Frogs as pets : a guide to keeping the Australian Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) Graphic Print Group, Richmond, S.Aust (1996)
<mask>. <mask> It's true : frogs are cannibals Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, N.S.W. (2004)
Joint authorship etc. <mask><mask> (compiler) An annotated bibliography of the frogs of Papua New Guinea : (up to and including 1971) South Australian Museum, Adelaide (1973)
Linda Trueb and <mask>. <mask> Systematics and evolution of the Greater Antillean hylid frogs Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, Lawrence (1974)
<mask>. <mask>
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and Marion Anstis Taxonomy and biology of frogs of the Litoria citropa complex (Anura: Hylidae) Govt. Printer, Adelaide (1975)
C.R. Twidale, M.J<mask> and B.P. Webb (eds.)Natural history of the Adelaide region Royal Society of South Australia, Northfield, S. Aust. (1976)
<mask><mask> and Angus A. Martin Taxonomic studies of some Australian leptodactylid frogs of the genus Cyclorana Steindachner South Australian Museum, Adelaide (1977)
M.J<mask>, C.R. Twidale and J.K. Ling (eds.) Natural history of Kangaroo Island Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1979)
<mask><mask> (ed.) The status of endangered Australasian wildlife Royal Zoological Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1979)
<mask><mask>, Margaret Davies and Angus A. Martin Australian frogs of the Leptodactylid genus Uperoleia Gray CSIRO, Melbourne (1981)
<mask><mask>, Margaret Davies and A.A. Martin Frog fauna of the Northern Territory : new distributional records and the description of a new species Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1981)
M.J<mask>, C.R. Twidale, J.K. Ling and J.W. Holmes Natural history of the South East Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1983)
<mask><mask> (ed.)The gastric brooding frog Croom Helm, London & Canberra (1983). C.R. Twidale, M.J<mask> and M. Davies (eds.) Natural history of Eyre Peninsula Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1985)
<mask><mask> and Margaret Davies Frogs of the Northern Territory Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin (1986). C.R. Twidale, M.J<mask>, and M. Davies (eds.) Ideas and endeavours : the natural sciences in South Australia Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1986)
<mask>. <mask> ; designed by Lynn Twelftree An introduction to frogs Bookshelf Publishing Australia, Gosford,
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N.S.W.(1987)
M.J. Tyler & G.A. Crook Frogs of the Magela Creek system Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra (1987)
<mask>. <mask> The biology and systematics of frogs : contributions submitted to The University of Adelaide 1958–2002 (Thesis 2002)
M.J<mask> (ed.) et al, Natural history of the north east deserts Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide, S. Aust. (1990)
Ronald Strahan, series editor Encyclopedia of Australian animals : the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife / <mask>. <mask> Frogs The Australian Museum (1992)
<mask><mask>; photographs by Kathie Atkinson Earthworms Bookshelf Publishing Australia, Gosford, N.S.W., (1992)
M.J<mask>, L.A. Smith, R.E. <mask> Frogs of Western Australia Western Australian Museum, Perth, W.A. (1994)
M. Davies, C.R. Twidale and M.J. <mask> (eds.)Natural history of the Flinders Ranges Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide, S. Aust. (1996)
M.J. <mask>, R. Short Identification of diseases contributing to the decline of frog populations in South Australia : final report to the Wildlife Conservation Fund pub. by the authors, Adelaide (1996)
<mask><mask> and Frank Knight Field guide to the frogs of Australia CSIRO Publishing, Colllingwood, Vic (2009)
<mask>. <mask> & Paul Doughty Field guide to frogs of Western Australia (2009)
<mask><mask>, Steve G. Wilson and Angus Emmott Frogs of the Lake Eyre Basin : a field guide Desert Channels Queensland, Longreach, Qld. (2011)
References
External links
Interview with Roger Carthew
<mask><mask>: List of all publications 1958–2006
<mask><mask>: Curriculum Vitae
1937 births
2020 deaths
Australian ecologists
Australian herpetologists
Australian zoologists
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<mask> AM, FAA (26 May 1929 – 9 November 2008) was a German-born Australian bioinorganic chemist, protein crystallographer, and professor of inorganic chemistry who spent most of his academic career at the University of Sydney. His best known contributions to chemistry were his work explaining the unusual structural, electrochemical, and spectroscopic properties of blue copper proteins, particularly plastocyanin. He also introduced protein crystallography to Australia and was a strong advocate for programs to ensure Australian scientists have good access to "big science" facilities. <mask> has received numerous honours, including being elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) by the Australian Government. He was a charismatic lecturer who voluntarily continued teaching well into his formal retirement and imbued his students with a love of science. Biography
Early years and education
<mask> was the first and only son of Karl and <mask> and was born in Breslau in Germany in 1929 (now Wrocław, Poland). In 1938, following a tip-off from a Nazi party member, Karl decided to relocate his Jewish family to Australia.Karl brought his knowledge of detergents (a novelty in Australia at the time) to his new homeland, applying it to the problem of cleaning blood-stained blankets that would otherwise be wasted. After the war, he founded K. H. Freeman Pty Ltd, a detergent and soap manufacturing company; <mask> spent many weekends working in the factory, gaining a practical insight into chemistry. <mask> adapted well to his new environment, quickly mastering his new language and demonstrating his outstanding scholastic ability. He was dux of his primary school, dux of Sydney Boys High in 1945, and took his bachelor's degree with the university medal in chemistry in 1949. He was one of the ten chemistry students in his class at Sydney
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Boys High to go on to become Professors of Chemistry. After receiving his MSc in 1952 under the supervision of Raymond Le Fèvre FRS, <mask> attended Caltech on a Rotary Foundation Fellowship where, at the urging of Linus Pauling, he learned the fundamentals of crystallography. He received a PhD in 1957 for his work on the structure of biuret hydrate, where he completed most of the calculations for the crystal structure by hand.Personal life
<mask> came to Australia with his parents and his sister, Eva. Following the death of his father in 1958, he became a Director of K. H. Freeman Pty Ltd, which continues to operate today. He met Edith Siou in 1964 and they married in 1966. They have two children, Maeva and Philip. Career
<mask> was appointed to the faculty of the University of Sydney in 1954 as a Lecturer, working his way up until he was made the inaugural Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in 1971. <mask> pioneered the use of computers in crystallography in Australia, working on SILLIAC (the Australian cousin of the University of Illinois' ILLIAC machine and Australia's second computer) after its installation in 1956. His research group extended its interests beyond purely organic compounds and on to metal complexes (such as copper biuret, one of the first bioinorganic substances to be structurally determined) and went on to determine the structures of numerous metal complexes of amino acids and peptides.In 1970, the focus of <mask>'s research became protein crystallography and he turned his attention to the blue copper proteins (cupredoxins) and particularly the electron transport protein plastocyanin. The intensely blue colour of plastocyanin and its unusual redox properties had frustrated all attempts to synthesise a small molecule mimic. It was not until 1977 that his group finally determined the structure of plastocyanin crystallised from the poplar tree (see diagram at right); this was
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the first protein crystal structure determined in the southern hemisphere. Together with subsequent work in collaboration with Ed Solomon, this work led to understanding of the unusual geometry of the copper metal site (see diagram at left) as well as the spectroscopic and electrochemical properties characteristic of blue copper proteins. Later in his career, <mask> developed an interest in the applications of EXAFS spectroscopy to metalloprotein structure, collaborating with both James Penner-Hahn and Keith Hodgson. Working together, the <mask> and Hodgson groups were, in 1988, the first to determine a new crystal structure of a protein using the multiple wavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD) method. Throughout his career, <mask> was concerned about the influence of the tyranny of distance on the development of Australian science.For this reason, in 1972 <mask> and Alexander Boden AO, FAA, founded the Foundation for Inorganic Chemistry at the university to bring international scholars to the department to deliver a course for graduate students and give seminars for faculty. The inaugural Foundation scholar was nobel laureate Linus Pauling and the Foundation has brought many other eminent research chemists to Australia. The Foundation has thus functioned to increase Australian awareness of state of the art international research, increased international recognition of Australian research, and allowed graduate students to interact with leading chemists based in institutions far from Australia. Many of the students have gone on to post-graduate or post-doctoral positions with a Foundation scholar. <mask> also provided advice to the Australian Government on the problem of access to "big science" facilities. This included making major contributions to the report Small Country - Big Science in his work for the Australian Science and Technology Council. The report emphasised the need for Australian
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researchers to have access to facilities such as synchrotron X-ray and high intensity neutron sources, and led directly to the formation of the Australian Synchrotron Research Programme (ASRP) to fund access to such facilities.<mask> served as a board member of the ASRP until its functions were subsumed under the newly commissioned Australian Synchrotron in 2008. The Australian expertise developed as a consequence of ASRP-supported research led to the Australian Synchrotron being built a decade sooner than would have otherwise been the case. <mask> retired from his Chair in 1997, and was succeeded by Len Lindoy FAA. Nevertheless, he continued working in research and became Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Emeritus Professor of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences. He also voluntarily continued teaching at first-year level. His lecturing was described as "charismatic" and "teaching was a love and a privilege and never an obligation" for him. <mask> was principally responsible for the establishment of structural biology as a discipline in Australia.He founded the first protein crystallography laboratory in Australia; by the time of his death, there were at least 15 active research groups carrying out protein crystallography in Australia and New Zealand. Many former members of the Freeman research group have moved on to join one of these other groups. The groups interact through the Society of Crystallographers of Australia and New Zealand (SCANZ); <mask> was instrumental in forming the organisation (then called the Society of Crystallographers of Australia) in 1976, and was its Foundation President. Working as a crystallographer, <mask>'s major legacies are the understanding of plastocyanin and other blue copper proteins, and development of the MAD method as an extension of EXAFS spectroscopy. <mask>'s work in ensuring Australian scientists have access to "big science" facilities will continue
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to assist researchers into the future. His teaching also leaves a legacy of "generations of students imbued with a love of science". Honours and awards
<mask> was recognised for his professional achievements with Fellowships in the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) in 1968, the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1984, and the Australian Academy of Science in 1984.<mask>'s contributions were also recognised by the Australian Government with a Centenary Medal in 2001 for "service to Australian society and science in chemistry" and with his appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia in June 2005 for "service to science and scientific research in the field of bio-inorganic chemistry, particularly through the establishment and development of the discipline of crystallography in Australia". <mask> received numerous awards over his long career. In 1980, <mask> received the Burrows Award, the premier award of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the RACI. He was also awarded the 1999 Leighton Memorial Medal which is "the RACI's most prestigious medal and is awarded in recognition of eminent services to chemistry in Australia in the broadest sense." In 2007, he received both the Australian Academy of Science's Craig Medal and an RACI Distinguished Fellowship. Most cited publications
The number of citations indicated for each of the following papers are from Web of Science data as at 22 June 2013:
X-Ray crystal-structure analysis of plastocyanin at 2.7 Å resolution --- 707 citations
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<mask> (17 September 1910 – 27 January 1985) was a botanist with a special interest in mosses and lichens, and a lifelong love and knowledge of flowers. She was entirely self-educated in botany, and corresponded with numerous professional and amateur colleagues, who contributed to her scientific development. She published on bryology, lichenology and vascular plants. The University of Dundee awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1969 for her work as a plant taxonomist and soon after, she was chosen to receive the Linnaean Society's H. H. Bloomer Award for 1973. As well as pursuing her botanical interests, she took charge of the <mask> family's Scottish estate. Early life and family
She was born on 17 September 1910 in Kensington to <mask> née Weston and Commander <mask> CB RN. The family, including her younger sister Frances, lived in London when the girls were little but moved to their estate at Parkhill near Arbroath when <mask> was nine.Soon after that she started to take an interest in plants, accompanying her father on expeditions to study flowers, and joining the Wild Flower Society. She had a governess for a time, but studied independently too, getting a distinction in classics when she took her School Certificate exams at 15. Later, she followed this up with independent study leading to external degrees in classics from the University of London: a BA in 1952 and MA in 1956. She was also a talented pianist with a good grasp of music theory, and qualified as LRAM. During the Second World War <mask> worked in Inverness for the Censorship Department, until her family changed suddenly in August 1943. Less than a week after her
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sister married and moved away, her father died. She took on overall managerial responsibility for the extensive family landholding she inherited, which included 600 acres of farmland.This generated an income which allowed her to pursue her interests. Botany
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In 1931 she joined the Botanical Society of the British Isles and in 1938 joined the British Bryological Society, of which she was made an honorary member in 1980. Sphagnum species were a particular interest, and <mask> became a leading mid-20th century British authority on these. She drew up distribution maps and contributed significantly to records of new sightings: for instance, she found mosses that had not been noted since the 19th century, like Grimmia unicolor and Bryum dixonii. Her correspondence with other bryologists helped her initially when John Bishop <mask> encouraged her studies, and then she became known as a generous, knowledgeable and conscientious correspondent with her botanical friends and acquaintances, including people who asked for help with identifying specimens. Her obituarist in the Journal of Bryology, Dr. E.V. Watson, thought the following were her most important writings on the subject.1956 A bryophyte flora of Wigtownshire. Trans. Br. bryol. Soc. 3, 50-63. 1960 A survey of the bryophytes and lichens of 'The Burn', Kincardine, Trans.Proc. bot. Soc. Edinb. 39, 62-84. 1962 Illustrated Key to Sphagnum mosses. Trans.Proc. bot. Soc. Edinb. 39, 290-301. 1962 The bryophytes and lichens of the Loch Tay area. Rep. Scott.Fld. Stud. Ass. 1962, 20-31. 1966 The bryophytes of the Kindrogan area. Rep. Scott. Fld.Stud. Ass., 1966, 10-16. 1966 The bryophyte
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flora of Angus. Trans. Br. bryol. Soc.5, 1-82. Lichens
<mask> took up lichenology after Walter Watson and R.H. Burn helped introduce her to it, and found herself working in a field that was not thriving in the UK of the 1940s and '50s. She played an important role in reawakening interest in lichens, through her courses at the Kindrogan field centre and her contributions at British Lichen Society field meetings. She was a founder member of the British Lichen Society and contributed many of the Scottish records in W. Watson's Census Catalogue of British Lichens (1953). 1959 A Guide to the Study of Lichens, Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co.
1963 Lichen Illustrations. Supplement, etc., Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co.
1970 Introduction to British lichens, with P. W. James, Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co.Flowers and other vascular plants
Some friends claimed <mask> loved flowers above all other plants, and she enjoyed gardening at Parkhill. She had a special interest in the floras of her home county of Angus and also of East Ross-shire and Mull. Her work in Mull helped initiate a British Museum project on the flora of Mull. 1980 Flora of East Ross-Shire, [Edinburgh] : Botanical Society of Edinburgh
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When she did field work with others, she encouraged beginners and shared her knowledge and enthusiasm with them as she did with experienced naturalists too. Her obituaries describe her walking vigorously over hilly ground in wild countryside seeking out interesting specimens: "tireless tramping". Outdoor work, teaching and writing were among <mask>'s great strengths. She refused opportunities to join formal committees, and when she was given her
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doctorate she never used the title Dr. She was a Fellow of the Linnaean Society (FLS) as well as being honoured by their H.H.Bloomer award.. Shortly before her death at Arbroath on 27 January 1985 her sizeable collection of vascular plants with taxonomic significance was given to the Dundee Museum. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has her cryptogam collection including important lichen records and other material. Parents
Her mother was born Beatrice Dorothy Percy Weston. Her father had a successful naval career as a senior officer. In the year <mask> was born he started a War Office job in London, from which he retired in 1919. For much of his daughter's life he was a locally prominent landowner with a specialist interest in breeding Suffolk sheep.Frances Louise was Mrs. Frances Gunner at the time of her sister's death. References
Additional sources
Natural History Museum Plant Collectors Biography for <mask>, <mask> (1910-1985)
Mark Lawley, <mask> <mask>
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She wrote as <mask><mask>. Sometimes her name is given as <mask> <mask>. 1910 births
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<mask> (also known as <mask>'Hehir and ; 2 June 1920 – 24 November 1996) was an Irish hurling, football and horse racing commentator and journalist. Between 1938 and 1985 his enthusiasm and memorable turn of phrase endeared him to many. He is still regarded as the original 'voice of Gaelic games'. Early life
O'Hehir was born in Glasnevin, Dublin to parents who had moved from Clare. His father, Jim O'Hehir, was active in Gaelic games, having trained his native county to win the 1914 All-Ireland title in hurling. He subsequently trained the Leitrim football team that secured the Connacht title in 1927 and he also served as an official with the Dublin Junior Board. O'Hehir was educated at St. Patrick's National School in Drumcondra before later attending the O'Connell School.He later studied electrical engineering at University College Dublin, but he abandoned his studies after just one year to pursue a full-time career in broadcasting. O'Hehir never played football, but he enjoyed a distinguished hurling career with the St. Vincent's club in Raheny. Broadcasting career
Early career
O'Hehir became fascinated with the radio when he received a present of one as a child. He had just turned eighteen and was still a schoolboy when he wrote to Radio Éireann asking to do a test commentary. O'Hehir was accepted and was asked, along with five others, to do a five-minute microphone test for a National Football League game between Wexford and Louth. His microphone test impressed the director of broadcasting so much
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microphone - saved him from serious injury. Illness and later life
In August 1985 O'Hehir was preparing to commentate on the All-Ireland hurling final between Offaly and Galway. It would be a special occasion as it would mark his 100th commentary on an All-Ireland final. Two weeks before the game he suffered a stroke which left him using a wheelchair and with some speaking difficulties. This illness denied him the chance to reach the century milestone.O'Hehir was subsequently replaced by Ger Canning on television, and on radio by Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. He had hoped to return to broadcasting one day to complete his 100th final; however, this never happened. In 1987 the centenary All-Ireland football final took place and a special series of events was planned on the day at Croke Park. There was a parade of the 1947 Polo Grounds finalists; however, the biggest cheer of the day was reserved for O'Hehir who was pushed onto the field in a wheelchair by his son Peter. Nobody expected the standing ovation and the huge outpouring of emotion from the thousands of fans present and from O'Hehir himself. Over the next few years O'Hehir withdrew from public life. He returned briefly in 1996 when his autobiography, My Life and Times, was published.Death
<mask>'Hehir died in Dublin on 24 November 1996. Centenary
The centenary of his birth was on 2 June 2020. Quotes
"And if there's anybody along the way there listening in, just give us five minutes more" - O'Hehir saving the 1947 Polo Grounds Final for all the Irish
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<mask> (born 19 February 1974 in Paisley) is a Scottish football coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach with Canadian club York United. As a player, <mask> played in the right back, centre back, and defensive midfielder roles for Celtic, Dundee, Valur, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Brechin City. <mask> was admitted into Dundee's Hall of Fame having made 400 appearances for the club. <mask> played on loan for Brechin City while managing the Dundee under-19 side. He became Dundee first team manager in October 2010, when the club had entered financial administration. During this period, <mask> led the team to a club record 23-game unbeaten streak in the league. He has since managed Alloa Athletic, Aldershot Town, East Fife, Raith Rovers and Brechin City.Club career
<mask> began his career with Scottish Premier League side Celtic. He made his début aged 17 and played 22 games, including two Old Firm matches, between 1991 and 1995. <mask> never gained a regular place at Celtic Park and joined fellow Scottish side Dundee in August 1995. He quickly established himself in the team at right-back and was made club captain in 1997, the same year Dundee achieved promotion to the Premier Division. After playing with the Dens Park side for ten-and-a-half seasons, <mask> reached his testimonial year. He also took on the role of joint caretaker manager (with Bobby Mann) for the final two games of the 2005–2006 season following the dismissal of Alan Kernaghan. Valur
At the end of the 2005–2006 season, <mask> transferred to Icelandic outfit Valur, helping them to third place (in 2006) and winning (in 2007) the Icelandic Premier Division, their first championship in 20 years.Partick Thistle and Greenock Morton
During the Icelandic close season, <mask> was loaned
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back to Scottish clubs. In January 2007, he joined Partick Thistle, making 18 appearances and scoring one goal, while in January 2008 he joined Greenock Morton, making 5 appearances until he underwent a cartilage operation which kept him out for the rest of the season. Return to Dundee
On 4 November 2008, <mask> returned to Dundee as U19 coach, with his registration as a player following in January, whereupon he was loaned out to neighbours Brechin City, with the ability to be recalled at any time. Brechin City's status as a part-time team enabled <mask> to continue in his role as U19 Coach at Dens Park. Coaching career
Dundee
On 15 October 2010, <mask> was appointed manager of Dundee. He succeeded Gordon Chisholm, who had been made redundant after the club entered administration. <mask> led the team to a club record unbeaten league streak of 23 games, guiding Dundee to safety despite the team receiving a 25-point deduction for entering administration for the second time in seven years (confirmed after a 0–1 win away to Ross County).This was rewarded, on 10 May 2011, when <mask> signed a new three-year deal at Dundee, contracting him as manager until the end of the 2013–14 season. Despite finishing second in the 2011–12 Scottish First Division, Dundee were admitted to the Scottish Premier League due to the liquidation of Rangers. Dundee struggled in the early part of the 2012–13 Scottish Premier League, winning three out of 22 matches. Despite this, the Dundee board restated their backing for <mask>, citing the difficulty in adjusting to the SPL in unusual circumstances. However, just 47 days later, <mask> and Dundee parted company. His sacking was criticised by St Johnstone manager Steve Lomas, believing <mask> deserved another chance. Alloa
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joined Ross County as the club's Under-20s coach.In January 2014, <mask> was appointed manager of Scottish Championship club Alloa Athletic. He guided Alloa to the final of the 2014–15 Scottish Challenge Cup. Alloa defeated Rangers in the semi-final, with <mask> noting the fact he had become the first Alloa manager to win a match against Rangers. <mask> said in December 2014 that he hoped to return to a full-time management job. After a run of one win in 13 matches, he resigned as Alloa manager in March 2015. Aldershot
On 27 April 2015, Aldershot Town appointed <mask> as their manager. He resigned a year later due to family issues.East Fife
<mask> was appointed manager of Scottish League One club East Fife in December 2016. He left the club on 30 May 2017. Raith Rovers
After leaving East Fife, <mask> took over as manager of recently relegated Scottish League One side Raith Rovers on 30 May 2017. Rovers finished second in 2017–18 Scottish League One, narrowly missing out on automatic promotion and then losing in the playoffs to Alloa. <mask> resigned from his position on 4 September 2018, with the team sitting in second place. Brechin City
<mask> was appointed Brechin City manager in November 2018. On 13 July 2019, <mask> was forced to play himself in a League Cup game against Forfar Athletic due to a shortage of players, nine years after retiring from playing.<mask> left Brechin on 19 August 2019, after they had lost their first three matches of the 2019–20 Scottish League Two season. Forfar and Dundee return
<mask> was made assistant manager for Forfar Athletic underneath manager Jim Weir in October 2019. During <mask>'s short tenure with the Loons, Weir was recovering from a car crash, and eventually had to resign due to complications caused by the crash. As part
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of a new change in management, <mask> left Forfar shortly after. <mask> made his return to Dundee a couple of weeks later, taking up a role in the club's academy headed by Gordon Strachan and Stephen Wright. Dumbarton
<mask> was appointed Jim Duffy's assistant at Scottish League One side Dumbarton in January 2020 after the departure of Craig McPherson. York United
On 23 February 2022, <mask> joined Canadian Premier League side York United as an assistant coach under former Canadian international Martin Nash.Managerial statistics
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Scottish First Division: Champions 1997–98
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Icelandic Premier Division : Champions 2007
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<mask> (1912–2002) was an American women's rights and peace activist, who was the founder, and served as the executive director, of the Colorado Division of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Her UNESCO Club was founded in the year the clubs were first conceived and was the third organization established in the world. In 1967 she was honored as one of the inductees for the Colorado Women of Achievement Award. She was knighted by Italy in 1975 receiving the rank of Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia. In 1991, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame for her many years of peace activism and work with women's rights issues. Early life
<mask>’Amato was born January 20, 1912, in Sunrise, Wyoming, to Italian immigrants, Lorenzo and Anna D'Amato. Her parents had immigrated to the United States in 1908 from Petina, Italy.Her father was a miner, who taught himself blacksmithing and in 1919, moved with his family to Welby, Colorado. Initially, D'Amato attended a Catholic parochial school, but when she learned the school was not accredited, she campaigned for the Adams County School Board to allow she and her brother to attend a school outside of their district. The Board eventually paid half of the children's tuition and allowed them to attend Union High School #1, where they were ostracized as the first Italians in the school. D'Amato worked to overcome the stereotyping of her classmates and became senior class president and the salutatorian of her class. Her graduation with honors enabled D'Amato to earn a tuition waiver scholarship at the University of Colorado, but as her family could not afford her room and board, she did not accept the scholarship. On June 25, 1933, D'Amato married the printer John
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R<mask> and they subsequently had three children: David, Phillip Dominic and Roxanna. Community service
Having experienced personal discrimination, and losses of family members in both World War I and World War II, <mask> was passionate about creating a world focused on peace and tolerance.From the formation of the Steele Community Center in north Denver in 1937, <mask> worked as a volunteer. While serving as a board member of the Steele Center in 1947, <mask> learned that Denver was to host a regional United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) conference. The first UNESCO Club had been established a few months earlier by Koichi Ueda in Japan. Using the center’s registration, she attended the conference as an official observer and collected literature at the event to begin a UN library. She founded a UNESCO group at the Steele Center, though she initially had trouble getting others to support her pacifist views. When no one else would accept the chairmanship, <mask> took the role, planning to hire an executive director. The founding of the organization in 1947, marked only the third UNESCO club in the world, preceded by Ueda's group in Sendai and one founded in Kyoto.Urged to stay on and supported by family members <mask> became the executive director and worked an average of 70 hours per week as a volunteer. Through a school adoption program, <mask> and her club members provided clothing and school supplies to a school in Siculiana, Sicily as their first project and a few months later, adopted a school on the outskirts of Athens. <mask> presented programs on radio and television, at schools and organizations, discussing UNESCO’s projects and relief programs. Her presentations, totaling over 4,000, included her being on agendas
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with governors, congressmen, government officials, and businesswomen, urging international goodwill and cooperation. She traveled throughout the state, and attended conferences in New York City, as well as internationally, including British Columbia, Canada; Italy; Japan; and Mexico. In 1953, <mask> helped create Il Circolo Italiano (The Italian Circle) to promote friendship and understanding for the Italian-American community of Denver. The organization offered free Italian lessons.In 1955, she became a supporter of Japan's Peace Pole Project and in 1984 attended the World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations (WFUCA) World Congress, held in Sendai. Until 1959, the Denver UNESCO organization was operated out of the <mask> family's basement. In that year, she moved the office and International Hospitality Center to the Denver International House and continued as executive director for another fourteen years. <mask> retired in 1974, but she continued her involvement with the International Hospitality Center, hosting foreign visitors and encouraging others to participate. She also attended the International Women's Conference and Tribunal held in Mexico City in 1975. The tribunal was a non-governmental meeting, while the conference was the official government meeting. Both sessions were held at the same meeting so that delegates participated in discussions on official policy and program implementation to improve women's educational opportunities, equality, economic position and collaboration.The 1975 UN World Conference on Women, which was part of the International Women's Year focus, was a precursor in the development of the provisions of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). <mask> felt invigorated by
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the experience and pledged to continue to work for women's empowerment. In 1977, <mask> chaired the Colorado Women’s Conference plan of action committee and received top votes to go as the state delegate to the National Women’s Conference in Houston. In 1979, she established the Genevieve <mask> Educational Trust Fund which provides awards annually to high school students who write essays about the United Nations. In 1983, the United States withdrew its UNESCO membership, citing mismanagement of funds, but <mask> argued for Denver's group, which had never utilized government funds, to continue its independent status. Her campaign was successful and in 1986, the organization changed its name to the UNESCO Association of Colorado. In 1994, <mask> began producing and hosting a weekly radio program called "Focus International", which examined international educational projects and UNESCO initiatives.<mask> died March 10, 2002, in Denver and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Awards and honors
In 1967 <mask> was honored as one of the inductees for the 1966 Colorado Women of Achievement Award along with Elizabeth McAulliffe Calabrese and Sabina O’Malley. She was recognized nationally when she received the Freedoms Foundation's George Washington Medal and received the international Michelangelo Medal from UNESCO. On 15 October 1975, she was knighted by Italy receiving the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1991. See also
List of peace activists
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Oral History Project: Interview with Fiore by Laura McKinley, July 22, 1989. Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
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<mask> (7 May 1963 – 2 February 2020) was a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Dunedin, New Zealand. Best known for his work with the Straitjacket Fits, he later led the band Bike. In 1996 he was shortlisted for the APRA Silver Scroll and in 2008 he was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. Early life
<mask> was born in Wellington in 1963, the eldest of four children of former missionary <mask> and his wife Catherine. The family moved to Dargaville in the Northland Region when <mask> was about three, and later to Christchurch. <mask>'s parents separated in the early 1970s, with Gordon moving south to Dunedin. <mask> joined him around 1974, with his siblings (two boys and a girl) staying in Christchurch, and would attend Logan Park High School.The Blue Meanies and The Orange
Brough, who had always been a keen singer, began his rock music career as the singer for university student band The Blue Meanies, alongside Martin Kean on bass, Max Satchell on guitar and Richard Allen on drums. They were regular performers at venues like Dunedin's Empire Tavern, but didn't leave behind any studio recordings. At the time, <mask> was influenced by 1960s pop. "I spent three or four years listening to that music after I left school. [...] In the sixties they had a strong sense of melody, which influenced me a lot." Following the demise of The Blue Meanies, <mask> formed the Dunedin sound three-piece The Orange with Jonathan Moore (bass, formerly of Bored Games) and Peter Bragan (drums) in 1984. He had "hated just being a frontman", so played guitar as well as singing with The Orange.They played gigs in Dunedin at venues including the Oriental Tavern, where a live recording of the song 'Number One' was made in 1985. It was included in a local compilation tape, Whistle Up A Wind, the next year. Their only studio recording, a five-track EP entitled Fruit Salad Lives, was released by
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Flying Nun Records shortly before the band broke up in 1986. Writing under the pseudonym 'Buffy O'Reilly', Shayne Carter said that "<mask>'s airy vocals and melodic, unabrasive guitar lends the five track EP a floating, almost Chilly quality." Later that year, The Orange disbanded when <mask> and Carter became bandmates. Straitjacket Fits (1986–1991)
<mask> became better known as guitarist and vocalist alongside Shayne Carter in Straitjacket Fits, a role he held from 1986 (prior to that band's first release) until 1991, when he left the group following the tour to support their second album, Melt. In his book, Dead People I Have Known, Carter writes that Straitjacket Fits began as a three-piece, with a mutual friend recommending <mask> as a fourth member.″<mask> seemed a good fit for our band, because I really wanted to have harmonies and another singer, like in The Beatles. The first time <mask> stepped on the mic and played his round, Revolver guitar, we knew we'd hit on a sound." Shayne Carter and <mask> were often likened to Lennon and McCartney – a pair of songwriting, guitar-playing bandmates with different styles (one tending towards pop and the other more aggressive), which made for a successful musical collaboration but a difficult personal dynamic. <mask> was a regular backing vocalist, his voice providing a contrasting counterpoint to Carter's. In his five years with the band he wrote and sang seven songs. Life in One Chord EP (1987)
'Sparkle That Shines' was on the band's debut release, the Life in One Chord EP (1987), and also the UK/US version of Hail (1988). Looking back on the song, <mask> said "I don’t like the singing so much [...] because it’s quite pompous and young.[...] I remember in the studio when it was coming together, you could tell that it was going to work." But he liked the band's first recording: "The first EP, I was really proud of. I was thinking,
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'Shit, I’m on that! I was part of that', it was good." Hail and touring (1988–1989)
'Take From the Years' and 'Fabulous Things' are found on all versions of Hail (the New Zealand version didn't include 'Sparkle That Shines', but the US/UK one did). <mask> said that the album "didn’t come to fruition musically. It wasn’t something I was proud of.[...] I did two songs on that Hail record, and I didn’t like either of them very much." In 1989 Straitjacket Fits toured overseas for the first time, visiting the USA and Europe. "For me it was just a big holiday, to see the world. I was so into American movies and American culture [...] It didn’t bother me if we didn’t have a good gig or not, we were there, doing it!" Melt (1990)
Melt (1990) included 'Down in Splendour', 'Such a Daze', and 'Hand in Mine'. Another Brough song, 'In Spite of it All', was recorded during sessions for Melt and included on the Missing From Melt EP (it was also the b-side of the 'Bad Note For a Heart' single). 'Down in Splendour' was released as a single (Audioculture calls it "the most radio and record company friendly track on the album") and became Brough's most successful Straitjacket Fits song.In 2001, it was voted 32nd in the APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. Departure (1991) and recognition (2008)
<mask>'s time with Straitjacket Fits ended after the band toured North America in 1991, when he "thought that musically I wasn't achieving what I wanted to achieve". Their American label, Arista, wanted more Brough songs from the band and <mask> himself also wanted to write more. The other three members of the band preferred Carter's heavier numbers. There had been "a good tension" between the two songwriters, but "the last few weeks of that American tour were quite argumentative." Carter believed that <mask> had stopped committing to the band: "<mask> went off on a really weird trip, and completely
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dark-manned out. He wasn’t trying at gigs, he would actually give up on stage, we’d be playing a show, and look across at this dude who was sitting there.It just became impossible to work together, and it was no fun either." In a 2008 interview, bassist David Wood said that Shayne Carter and <mask> had "no relationship" and "the two did not work closely together". <mask> left Auckland and moved to Dunedin. Mark Peterson replaced him and was a member of Straitjacket Fits until their split in 1994. While a lot of focus was given to the tension between them, Shayne Carter has written that they also had a lot of common ground. He praised the melody and extra dimension Brough brought to the band, and wrote that Straitjacket Fits "never worked as well" and "became a plainer band" without <mask>. <mask> was invited but did not take part in a Straitjacket Fits reunion in 2005.In September 2008 all five band members, including <mask>, received the Legacy Award at the New Zealand Music Awards, and were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards. Bike (1992–1998)
After leaving Straitjacket Fits <mask> moved to Dunedin, then Auckland. In Dunedin he spent 6 months writing songs, then re-emerged fronting a group known as Tumble before switching the name to Bike (inspired by the 1967 Pink Floyd song of the same name). <mask>'s new band played their first show in Dunedin in October 1992, supporting The Verlaines. In Auckland he put together Bike's first acknowledged line-up, finding drummer Karl Buckley through an advertisement, then recruiting bassist Tristan Mason through a family connection of Buckley's. (Buckley was later replaced by Wayne Bell, then Bevan Sweeney). Bike was deliberately designed as a vehicle for Brough's songs.After being a minority contributor to Straitjacket Fits he wanted to "be in charge of a band where I have to write music". <mask>
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described Bike's sound as "powerful pop songs", while others used descriptions like "soothing, cheerful and sunny". Dave Eggleton, in Ready To Fly, said "Bike's sound was a homage to 1960's psychedalia". Bike first toured New Zealand in 1994, having already been offered an album deal by Flying Nun but not yet released any music. Their first song to be released was "My Love, My Life", on 1995 Abba tribute album Abbasalutely. <mask> described the song as, "drippy - yes but with a worthy enough hook to throw some guitars at." Bike released a self-titled EP in 1996: the song 'Save My Life', was a songwriting finalist at the 1996 APRA Silver Scrolls, and Bike was nominated as 'most promising new band' at the New Zealand Music Awards.Take in the Sun
'Save My Life' was followed up with the single 'Circus Kids' in 1997, and a debut record, Take in the Sun, later that year. Through the previous years of writing, rehearsing and touring, <mask> had a clear template for the album before recording began. "The fact that most of the songs were demoed to death in the proceeding couple of years, meant that going into the studio, I had it fairly well worked out what it was going to sound like in the end, just through a lot of four-track demoing." While the album was funded by Mushroom Records, like all of Bike's material it was released by Flying Nun Records. The American version of the album, part of the March Records catalogue, had a slightly altered cover with different typography. Take in the Sun made the New Zealand album charts, at number 47, in October 1997. The band toured New Zealand and overseas to support the release, while <mask> was featured on the covers of magazines including Pavement and Real Groove.Increased media attention, including a large photo in a Sunday newspaper, led <mask> to worry about being "recognised in the street". The video for Welcome to My World featured Shayne
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Carter, <mask>'s old Straitjacket Fits bandmate, as a policeman. Along with the Circus Kids video, it was directed by Jonathan King. The Save My Life video was directed by Mark Tierney. Bike's music was sometimes heard in the background of television soaps including Australia's Home and Away. This was believed to be main source of Brough's music-related income. As long-time broadcaster Jonathan Alley of RRR recounts, "After a Bike song was licensed for use on television, it created [for] <mask> a bit of windfall and with that money he brought a house."Andy Dandy (2000)
The last <mask> song to be released was a version of James K. Baxter's poem Andy Dandy. It was made especially for the 2000 album Baxter. <mask>'s was one of 12 contributions to the project, which was conceived and managed by musician Charlotte Yates. While he was happy to accept her invitation to be a part of recording the album 'Baxter', he chose not to appear at the accompanying concert. Music critic Graham Reid said that "<mask> has taken one of Baxter's children's poems and turned it into an archetypical dreamscape of layered guitars." <mask> died in Dunedin on 2 February 2020. Public reports of his death were first made two days later, on 4 February.He was 56 years old. Awards
Aotearoa Music Awards
The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965.
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Bike, Straitjacket Fits, and The Orange profiles on Audioculture
Bike – 1997 Single 'Welcome to my world'
1963 births
2020 deaths
APRA Award winners
Musicians from Dunedin
Flying Nun Records artists
Musicians from Wellington
People educated at Logan Park High School
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<mask> (15 October 1844 – 31 October 1899), born <mask>, was an Irish tenor best known for creating, to universally bad reviews, the role of Frederic in the Gilbert and Sullivan hit The Pirates of Penzance in the original New York production. After beginning his career in Italy in 1872, <mask> performed Italian opera in England in 1877–1878 with Mapleson's Italian Opera company. He was then engaged by Richard D'Oyly Carte in 1879 to originate the role of Frederic. After his critical disaster in the role, <mask> toured unsuccessfully with several American opera companies, settling in California in 1881, where he became a successful voice teacher. Life and career
Early life and career
Born at Portobello Barracks near Dublin to Edward Brennan and his wife Margaret, <mask> was the fifth of six siblings. He and his family moved to London by 1851, where he was reportedly a choirboy as a youth and later clerked for a lawyer. An amateur tenor by 1868, <mask> sang with such groups as the Moray Minstrels.By 1872, <mask> travelled to Italy to study music, where he began to perform under the name Signor Ugo Talbo in 1872, appearing in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto, as the title character in Faust and as Alvaro in La Forza del destino, among other roles, and in concerts until at about 1876. He returned to Britain in 1877 and became a principal tenor at Her Majesty's Theatre with Mapleson's Italian Opera company. Still performing as Ugo Talbo, he first sang the Duke in Rigoletto. While The Times review praised him generally, it commented that he still had much to learn. The Era, however, called him "a new tenor of considerable merit. ... He has an excellent voice, of good compass, and sympathetic in quality.It is brilliant and
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effective especially in the upper portion. ... Signor Talbo has, besides, a good stage presence and his acting is characterised by earnestness." He also played the title role in Faust opposite Christina Nilsson. By the end of the season, The Musical Times stated that <mask> "has gradually worn out the welcome accorded to him on his debut". In August that year, he embarked on a two month long concert tour in Scandinavia. After Christmas, <mask> rejoined the Mapleson company as Fabrizio in L'Ombre by Friedrich von Flotow, earning another warm review from The Era. He subsequently toured in 1878 with Mapleson as Carlo in Linda di Chamonix, but afterwards he was seen only in a few concerts with the company and in a few concerts elsewhere.D'Oyly Carte experience
In the autumn of 1879, Richard D'Oyly Carte sent one of his theatrical companies to play the first authorized production H.M.S. Pinafore in America, and the company also prepared for the opening of the next Gilbert and Sullivan opera, The Pirates of Penzance, for its première in New York. Pinafore opened at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on December 1, 1879, and <mask> was cast in the leading tenor role of Ralph Rackstraw. The opening night review of Pinafore in The New York Times commented , "The Ralph Rackstraw, Mr. <mask>, has a light, pleasant tenor voice, which was not thoroughly under his control last evening, and he is also the best actor who has appeared here in the character". On 31 December 1879, he created the role of Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance. <mask>'s Frederic was perhaps the most roundly criticized performance of any Gilbert and Sullivan opera's opening night. Nearly every critic eviscerated him in reviews.The New York Times
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reviewer wrote:
The essential part of the young pirate apprentice received inadequate attention from the tenor. His make-up resulted in his appearing, in the first act, to be of advanced age; he was not, apparently, acquainted with his lines, and his singing was weak and tame. But the others were so spirited and generally enthusiastic that the effect of the opera was not materially injured by this weak spot in the cast. The World was not much kinder: "Mr. <mask> sang some of the airs allotted to the tenor admirably, but he was utterly innocent of any appreciation whatever of the humor of the situations and shamefully ignorant of his lines." The Herald added: "The members of the company were not all perfect in their parts, Mr. <mask> seriously interfering with the full effect of some good points by groping after his cue in a most vague manner." Unkindest of all was the Sun, whose critic said: "Mr. <mask>, the tenor, had unfortunately apparently not thought it necessary to commit his lines, and made nonsense of much of his role, reflecting no credit upon himself, and nearly bringing the play at times into confusion". Similar sentiments were reflected in the Mirror, the Tribune, and The Hour.Sullivan, for his part, was equally displeased, writing to his mother on January 2, 1880: "Our Company and all the Chorus are charming people and devoted to us, and spared themselves no pains or trouble to do their work thoroughly well. All except the Tenor, who is an idiot – vain and empty-headed. He very nearly upset the piece on the first night as he didn't know his words, and forgot his music. We shall, I think, have to get rid of him". <mask> remained with the company in New York until March 6, 1880, when he left the company
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following an argument with Gilbert. In the interim, he had briefly travelled to Philadelphia to play Frederic for the opening of Carte's Second American Company. He apparently played at some additional performances in March and April in Boston and New York.W. S. Gilbert scholar Andrew Crowther noted, "The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance are bound together by their tenor heroes. But Gilbert had problems with his tenors – George Bentham ... and <mask>. ... It is not surprising, therefore, to see that in the next two operas [Patience and Iolanthe] the tenor roles are much smaller and less significant". After D'Oyly Carte
After leaving D'Oyly Carte, <mask> appeared on tour with Tagliapietra's Opera Company in the US in such operas as Il Trovatore, Faust and Martha. He next joined the Blanche Roosevelt English Opera Company as Epitmethius in an unsuccessful production of B. C. Stephenson and Alfred Cellier's The Masque of Pandora in Boston in 1881.Again performing as Signor Ugo Talbo, he then joined an opera company, organized by Max Strakosch Clarence Hess, for a few weeks, in Faust and Mefistofele. After this, in August 1881, he moved to San Francisco, California, where he joined Inez Fabbri's opera company in Carmen and La Dame blanche, but the season was a failure. Nevertheless, <mask> lived for the rest of his life in California, singing in concerts and becoming a successful singing teacher. <mask> died in Stockton, California, in 1899. Notes
References
External links
Discussion of the preparations for Pirates and noting the criticism of <mask>
Irish operatic tenors
1845 births
1899 deaths
19th-century Irish male opera singers
19th-century British male opera singers
Irish emigrants to the
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