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 the Long Leaf Pine by Governor Jim Hunt in recognition of her service to North Carolina. Just a year before receiving the prestigious award, she had been elected to the National Women's Hall of Fame. Her most recent honor was at the University's 2009 Founder's Day celebration where she became the first woman to be honored at the event.In 2011 Gardner Street Neighborhood Park was renamed in her honor. Activities and organizations
Aside from her time as the mayor of Raleigh, she was an active member of the community. She served as President for the University Park Homeowners Association, Inc. (1981) and the North Carolina Senior Citizens Association, Inc. (1982). She also served a Vice Presidency for the North Carolina Senior Citizens Association from 1979–1981, as well as holding such a title for the Women in Business Advisory Council, Inc. (1979) and was the first Vice President of Precinct #1- Raleigh. <mask> was on the Board of Directors for the North Carolina State University Humanities Foundation, Inc. (1981), the Committee on Constitutional Integrity, Inc. (1982), the North Carolina State Youth Council (1981), and the Executive Board of Directors in 1981. She was also an active committee member of several other organizations such as the Wake County Chapter of the United Nations in 1980, where she was appointed to the Mayor's committee for the United Nations. Among the many organizations that <mask> participated in, she was a member of the League of Women's Voters, Mordecai Square Historical Society, Raleigh N.O.W., and the Wake Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to name a few.<mask> also served as a charter member of the Wake County Democratic Women, an Associate member of both

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 the Wake County Democratic Men and the Wake County Young Democrats, and was on the Executive Committee of the Elon College Alumni Association. References

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Richter, Pam. "Historic Founder's Day celebration to take place next week." The Pendulum. 3 March 2009. Belk Library Website. Belk Library, Elon University.27 March 2009. <http://www.elon.edu/pendulum/Story.aspx?id=1753>. "Inventory of the Isabella Cannon Collection, 1904–2000 Mss.Coll.013." Elon University. 16 April 2009. <http://www.elon.edu/library/ead/msscoll013isabellacannon.xml#id0x0a69cc00>. Owens, Adrienne."North Carolina's Elon University Secures Grants for $2.6 Million." Times-News. 15 January 2003. Newspaper Source Plus. Belk Library, Elon University. 27 March 2009. "Raleigh Mayoral Vote Caps Struggle Over Growth; Immigrated From Scotland Persuaded by Coalition."The New York Times. 13 November 1977: 26. ProQuest. Belk Library, Elon University. 27 March 2009. <http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20A1FFB3C5F14738DDDAA0994D9415B878BF1D3&scp=1&sq=isabella%20cannon&st=cse>. "Who was <mask>?"Elon University. 16 April 2009. < http://www.elon.edu/e-web/academics/international_studies/icannon.xhtml>. External links
 Oral History Interviews with <mask>    from Oral Histories of the American South

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<mask> (born 29 June 1963) is a German violinist. She was supported early in her career by Herbert von Karajan, and has had several works composed especially for her, by Sebastian Currier, Henri Dutilleux, Sofia Gubaidulina, Witold Lutosławski, Norbert Moret, Krzysztof Penderecki, André Previn, Wolfgang Rihm, John Williams and others. Early life
Mutter was born in the German town of Rheinfelden, which lies some  east of Basel on the northern bank of the High Rhine river, across which lies the Swiss town of the same name. She began playing the piano at the age of five, and shortly afterwards took up the violin. Inspired by a recording of violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Wilhelm Furtwängler, she began studying with Erna Honigberger, a pupil of Carl Flesch. After Honigberger's death she continued her studies with Aida Stucki at the Winterthur Conservatory. Career
Mutter's playing began to receive attention and she stopped attending school to devote herself full-time to music.Conductor Herbert von Karajan arranged for her to play with the Berlin Philharmonic. Only 13 years old at the time, she made her public debut on stage in 1976 at the Lucerne Festival, where she played Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major. In 1977, she performed at the Salzburg Festival and with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim. At 15, <mask> made her first recording of the Mozart Third and Fifth violin concerti with Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. In 1980, Mutter made her American debut with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. In 1985, at the age of 22, she was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (London) and head of its faculty of international violin studies and in 1986 an honorary member.In 1988, she made a grand tour of Canada and the United States, playing for the first time at

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 Carnegie Hall. In 1998 she played and recorded for CD and DVD the complete set of Beethoven's Violin Sonatas, accompanied by Lambert Orkis; these were broadcast on television in many countries. In October 2006, on French television, Mutter appeared to indicate that she would be retiring when she turned 45, in 2008. However the following month she said that her words were "misinterpreted" and that she would continue to play as long as she felt she could "bring anything new, anything important, anything different to music". Repertoire
Though her repertoire includes many classical works, Mutter is particularly known for her performances of contemporary music. Several pieces have been specially written for or dedicated to her, including Henri Dutilleux's Sur le même accord, Krzysztof Penderecki's Second Violin Concerto, Witold Lutosławski's Chain 2 and the orchestral version of Partita, and Wolfgang Rihm's Gesungene Zeit ("Time Chant"), Lichtes Spiel, and Dyade. In August 2007, she premiered Sofia Gubaidulina's Violin Concerto No.2 "In tempus praesens." Her ex husband, conductor and composer André Previn, dedicated his Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie" (2001) to her; they recorded the pièce with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2003 and were awarded a Grammy for the recording in 2005. World renowned film score composer and five times Academy Awards winner John Williams composed original music for her, including a pièce for violin, strings and harp called "Markings" (2017), a collection of arrangements of movie themes composed by him for violin and orchestra (recorded by <mask> and Williams with the Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles in "Across the Stars", 2019) and Williams' second violin concerto (composed 2021, to be recorded by <mask> with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the author as conductor, in 2022). <mask> also

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 appeared as soloist in John Williams' debut concert with the Wiener Philharmoniker on 28 and 29 January 2020, recorded by Deutsche Grammophon and released in the live album "John Williams in Vienna", which became the best-selling album of orchestral music in 2020. She has received various prizes, including several Grammys throughout her career and the Polar Music Prize and the Praemium Imperiale, both in 2019. Appearance
<mask> is known for appearing on stage wearing elegant strapless gowns. <mask> found that fabric on her shoulder was too slippery to hold her violin firmly while she was playing.She also received advice on her appearance from Karajan who insisted she have her hair styled and that she "go to Paris and get a decent dress". Around 18 years of age she purchased a few dresses (on sale) from Chanel and had them shortened: "That’s when my love for custom-made started". She has also worn Givenchy. She used to wear John Galliano of Dior, but severed ties after an "anti-Semitic outburst" by him. She currently wears dresses by Nicholas Oakwell. Mutter prefers red, orange and green colors because they match her Stradivarius violin. Instruments
She owns two Stradivarius violins: The Emiliani of 1703, and the Lord Dunn-Raven Stradivarius of 1710.She also owns a Finnigan-Klaembt dated 1999 and a Regazzi dated 2005. Discussing her Stradivariuses, Mutter has said:

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In 1989, <mask> married her first husband, Detlef Wunderlich, with whom she had two children, Arabella and Richard. Wunderlich died of cancer in 1995. She dedicated her 1999 recording, Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, to his memory.She married the pianist, composer, and conductor André Previn in 2002. The couple divorced in 2006, but continued to collaborate musically and maintained their friendship. On 26 March 2020, <mask> announced that she was tested positive for COVID-19. Awards and recognition
 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance:
 Anne-Sophie <mask> and Lambert Orkis for Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1–3, Op. 12; Nos. 1–3, Op.30; "Spring" Sonata) (2000)
 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra):
 Anne-Sophie <mask> and André Previn (conductor) for Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade (2005)
 Anne-Sophie <mask>, Krzysztof Penderecki (conductor) and the London Symphony Orchestra for Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 2, Metamorphosen  (1999)
 Anne-Sophie <mask>, James Levine (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berg: Violin Concerto/Rihm: Time Chant (1994)
 Naming of Anne-Sophie-Mutter-Weg in Wehr, Baden-Württemberg (Eng: Anne-Sophie Mutter way) (27 August 1988)
 Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (1999)
 Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art (1999)
 Sonning Award (2001; Denmark)
 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (2002)
 Herbert von Karajan Music Prize (Baden-Baden, 2003)
 Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2005)
 Victoires de la Musique Classique (2006)
 Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (2007)
 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (2008)
 Mendelssohn Prize (Music category) (Leipzig, 2008)
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<mask>. (; born May 28, 1986) is an American-born naturalized Armenian professional basketball player who plays at the center position for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Armenian national team internationally. Standing at a height of , he won the EuroLeague Best Defender award twice, and reached the EuroLeague Final in 2015, while playing with Olympiacos. In 2011–12, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League. Dunston earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2017. Early life
<mask> was born in southern Kentucky, and grew up in LeFrak City, Queens. He is a graduate of St. John's Preparatory High School.He is the nephew of former professional baseball player Shawon <mask>, a former No. 1 pick in the MLB. College career
<mask> attended Fordham University, where he played college basketball with the Fordham Rams. He finished his collegiate career by being named to the First Team All-Metropolitan, Second Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference, and Atlantic 10 Conference All-Defensive Team. In his college career, Dunston appeared in all 120 of Fordham's games, starting in 118 of them. He finished his college career in second place on Fordham's all-time scoring list, with 1,832 career points, in third place on Fordham's all-time rebounds list, with 993 career rebounds, and as Fordham's career blocked shots leader, graduating with 294 career rejections. Professional career
Dunston played with Mobis Phoebus in the Korean Basketball League.In 2010, he signed with the Greek League club Aris, but left the team in February 2011. After leaving Aris, he signed with the Israeli League club Bnei HaSharon. Following the 2010–11 season, Dunston joined the Israeli League club Hapoel Holon. In 2011–12, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League. Reports said that Dunston was on the verge of signing a guaranteed contract with the NBA's Brooklyn Nets

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On July 9, 2013, Dunston signed a two-year contract with Olympiacos.In his first EuroLeague season, he averaged 10.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.1 steals and league-leading 1.3 blocks over 29 games played. Olympiacos however finished the participation in the EuroLeague by losing 2–3 to Real Madrid in the quarter-final series. On May 6, he was voted the EuroLeague Best Defender of the season. On May 6, 2015, he was named the EuroLeague season's Best Defender for the second season in a row. Anadolu Efes
On June 23, 2015, Dunston signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Anadolu Efes. On May 18, 2017, he signed a two-year contract extension with Anadolu Efes. On May 23, 2019, Dunston signed another two-year contract extension with the club.He signed a two-year extension on July 26, 2020, with an option for another year. On November 6, Dunston was ruled out for a month following an eye injury. National team career
On June 16, 2015, he was included on the list of candidates of the senior Slovenian national basketball team for the EuroBasket 2015, by team selector Jure Zdovc. However, he didn't get a Slovenian passport in time, so he wouldn't represent Slovenia at the EuroBasket. In June 2016, Dunston arrived in Yerevan, to represent the senior Armenian national basketball team in the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries. players
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<mask> (born 29 January 1969) is an Australian comedian, media personality and former radio presenter. He first came to fame when he won his round of the comedic talent search Raw Comedy in 1996. Soon thereafter, he began working at Triple J, on mid-dawn and drive shifts before hosting the Triple J Breakfast Show with Wil Anderson. He later hosted Breakfast on 702 ABC Sydney. He is a patron of science-related events and programs, including the University of Sydney's Sleek Geeks Science Prize (category in the Eureka Prize). He collaborated with Karl Kruszelnicki for the long-running Sleek Geek Week tour (as part of National Science Week). He hosts events and panels, writes mathematical recreation books, and performs his own comedy at events around the country.He is an avid supporter of the Australian rules football team, the Sydney Swans, and was declared their number one ticket holder for the 2016 season. Early life
Born on 29 January 1969, in Sydney, <mask> grew up in the Hunters Hill/Gladesville area. A few hours after birth, he suffered a seizure, and doctors found blood between his brain and scalp. Twice in the first two days of his life, a priest was called to give the last rites. Between the ages of three until about 11, <mask> underwent a series of operations by eye surgeon Fred Hollows. The deadening of the eyelid muscle led to permanent ptosis (drooping of the upper eyelid) and noticeable facial asymmetry. He later received a transplant from a donor (who had been in a motorcycle accident) in an operation, allowing him to "open" that eye.His father Larry, died from prostate cancer in 2004. He has a brother David, and a younger sister, Leisha. <mask> attended Boronia Park Public School, where his favourite teacher, Ms Russell, nurtured his lifelong love of mathematics when he was in second grade, in 1976. In 1981 he won a scholarship to attend St Aloysius' College in Sydney, and was a vice-captain of the College and Captain of the Australian Schools Debating Team. He graduated with a score of 200 out of 200

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 in four-unit maths. His earliest job was selling newspapers, and during university worked as a dishwasher at a pancake restaurant. He was a member of Scouts Australia.He was the first in his family to attend university, and originally enrolled to study arts-law. This included economics and philosophy, but he dropped out of those subjects and took up maths to "round it out", but eventually changed to a maths major. He graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science with first class honours in pure mathematics in 1991. While at university, he was one of the world's top-ranked debaters, reaching the final round of the World Universities Debating Championship three times (1990, 1992, 1996) and winning World's Best Individual Speaker (1996). He also won the Australasian debating championship twice (1988, 1990). He was also President of the University of Sydney Union. Career

He was secretly entered into the Triple J Raw Comedy Championship in 1996 by a former girlfriend, and won the NSW championship (although this has also been reported as winning the second prize, as he came second in the national competition).Television
<mask> has been a host of ABC science shows Quantum, FAQ and Sleek Geeks. He was a regular guest on the O'Loghlin variety comedy show since its first episode in June 1999. In October 2001, he hosted the Visions for a Nation Federation Forum. This focused on the views of leading Australians about the challenges facing Australia in the 21st century. It later screened on the ABC. In August 2002, he made a guest appearance on Cheez TV (Channel Ten), playing a burglar with an aversion to old Wham! songs.Radio
Spencer was spotted by radio station Triple J's senior broadcaster, Helen Razer, at the 1996 Raw Comedy Finals, when he provided a live impromptu weather segment involving mathematical equations. This entertaining approach to presenting maths via the weather has been noted by other mathematicians. He was invited to do occasional work at Triple J, and then hosted segments during


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 the midnight-to-dawn shifts. He did guest spots entitled "Bloking up" on Razer and Judith Lucy's Ladies Lounge afternoon show. When Lucy left Triple J for Melbourne's FOX-FM, he joined as co-host of the Departure Lounge. Helen Razer left in 1998. In 1999, <mask> was later promoted to solo hosting of the breakfast show for approximately 18 months.Wil Anderson joined Triple J in April 1999, beginning their renowned co-hosting of the breakfast show. The highest-number of mathematical references made by <mask> on an episode the show was 32 instances on 7 March 2001. In 2002, Anderson and <mask> created a fictional metal band, Salmon Hater, with a single 6.66 - One Hundredth of the Number of the Beast. It was rated as number 26 in Triple J's Hottest 100. Both Anderson and <mask> chose to retire from the breakfast show in 2004. They hosted a comedic tribute show, The Last Time, which toured around Australia and focused on their six years in co-hosting the show. The tribute show's title was a mocking take on John Farnham's farewell tour, which was not actually his last tour.On 20 February 2006, he began presenting Breakfast on 702 ABC Sydney, replacing Angela Catterns. His hosting was described as having transformed ABC 702 into a "...science and maths, women's sports and soft rock loving place to be..." On 6 December 2013, <mask> hosted his last breakfast radio program for ABC 702, concluding 14 years of radio broadcasting at the age of 44. His farewell live show included Alex Lloyd performing a rewritten version of his song Amazing. For his final radio survey, <mask> was ranked second in the breakfast slot. He was replaced on ABC 702 by fellow Triple J alumni, Robbie Buck. <mask> hosted the Smile High Club radio show programme on Qantas Airlines radio channel, Q, circa 2010. Presentations and hosting

<mask> has hosted science-related events and held guest spots at a wide range of festivals and conferences, and has been described as "the Eddie McGuire of edgy cultural events."<mask> was interviewed about issues

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 affecting teens, for George Negus' New Dimensions' special screenings during Youth Week in 2003. He went through Channel 7's Wheel of Fortune's formal audition process in April 2004. He then played on the show in June 2004. He became a carry-over champion and won a telescope. For several years, he has hosted both the Eureka awards and the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science award ceremonies. The Eureka awards have included a sponsored namesake award: the online <mask>/University of Sydney Eureka Schools Prize for Lateral Thinking. The namesake award was issued in 2003 and 2004.<mask> has presented televised coverage of Tropfest for a number of years, including 2006 and 2013. He interviewed Breaking Bad scriptwriter Vince Gilligan during the Sydney Writers' Festival in 2014. Controversies and criticism

Publications

Books
<mask> has written several mathematical recreation books. Articles
In August 2002, <mask> provided commentary in an ABC online article about the interpretation of the AKS algorithm. Compilation CD trilogy
The ABC published a trilogy of compilation CDs of <mask>'s breakfast music. The CD series was issued under the Mytunes series name (distinct from the MyTunes program used to circumvent iTunes restrictions). They included Mytunes (2011), Mytunes 2 (2012) and Mytunes 3 (2013).Interviews

Guest book chapters
<mask> was interviewed about how to pursue a safe and happy sex life, for Julie McCrossin's book, Love, Lust and Latex (2000). He was interviewed for a chapter on prelabour in Lucy Perry's book, Cheers to childbirth: a dad's guide to childbirth support (2010)

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<mask> and producer Jo Chichester were interviewed for episode nine of ABC's television series Artzone in 1999. Personal life
<mask> was prompted to lose 25 kilograms in 2000, at the behest of his then-girlfriend, Elke Taylor. He met his ex-wife Melanie Mossman at a pub trivia night, telling her an answer in the quiz ("The actor is George Clooney and the film is Solaris."). On the final day of his breakfast show in

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He is an avid cyclist and has participated in multiple cycling events in Sydney for charity. In March 2001, he led the cyclist portion of Oxfam Community Aid Abroad's Walk Against Want Victoria Park Fundraiser. He gave a presentation on the importance of planning for cyclists at the PIA 2003 National Congress. In November 2003, he took part in the cycling City to Surf, which fundraised for people in NSW with multiple sclerosis. In February 2004, he launched the new Central Sydney Bicycle map, which shares information on the easiest ways to cycle around Sydney.In May 2005, as part of the Greenhouse Advisory Panel, he advocated for car registration fees to link with engine size, to help people focus

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 on their greenhouse impact and environmental footprint. He agrees with Danish urban planner's blueprint for a better Sydney, commenting in 2007 that pedestrian access should be improved in the heart of Sydney, including marked lanes for cyclists. He had made similar cycle lane commentary in April 2003 for an article about what he would institute if he were City of Sydney's Lord Mayor. For the first day of hosting breakfast for ABC 702, he cycled 4 kilometres to work for his 5:30am shift. He is often spotted around Sydney, pedalling or wearing his bike helmet and cycling clothes. Football
<mask> took part in a celebrity game of football in June 2003, May 2004, and May 2005, to fundraise for the Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children (now Redkite). Sydney Swans
In April 2006, he was master of ceremonies during a corporate function held before the Sydney Swans versus Geelong match.In March 2009, he MC'd a cocktail party for the Swans Foundation, which offers a scholarship scheme. In May 2012, he was master of ceremonies for the Swans Ladies Lunch. In June 2012, to commemorate the Swans' 30 years in Sydney, he wrote for the Daily Telegraph about his ideal Swans team list. In October 2015 he was named as the number one ticket holder for the Sydney Swans for the 2016 season. In July 2017, as master of ceremonies, <mask> launched the Sydney Swans' Diversity Action Plan The plan is focused on disability empowerment, LGBTIQ pride, multicultural inclusion, and advancement of women. Golf
In 2017 <mask> played the Jack Newton celebrity classic the longest running and most successful celebrity pro-am golf tournament in Australia. Political views and activities
In 1992, <mask> spoke at the constitutional monarchists' attack on the Australian Republican Movement, at the University.In the 1996 by-election, while he was a student and part-time mathematics teacher at Sydney University, <mask> ran as an independent candidate. He was with the Anti-Super League Party (ASLeeP) or Australians Against Further Super League party,

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 competing for Paul Keating's seat of Blaxland. The party received 499 votes. In November 2000, an article in the satirical Chaser newspaper alleged that <mask> refused to play a song by Little Johnny (pseudonym of Pauline Pantsdown), because of his "conservative leanings". In 2014, <mask> spoke out against the government's proposed funding cuts to the ABC, and accused politicians of hiding loathing for the broadcaster behind arguments around inefficiencies. In 2015, he was one of 61 prominent Australians who signed an open letter urging the Prime Minister to call a moratorium on new coal mines as part of a global climate change agreement. Community, charity and advocacy work

Representative roles
<mask> is an ambassador for The Fred Hollows Foundation.He is the national Patron for Dry July, having supported the cause ever since it began, prompted by a phone call to his breakfast radio show in 2007. He is on the board of directors of Redkite (formerly The Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for kids). General contributions
He coached the University of Sydney second grade women's football team. Since December 2001, he has been a Fellow of the University Senate. He had also served a term from 1992 to 1995. He is a member of the NSW Premier's Advisory Committee on Greenhouse and Global Warming and the NSW Health Department's Clinical Ethics Review Committee. He was part of the assessment panel for the NSW Medical Devices Fund in 2014.In June 1999, he supported senator Natasha Stott Despoja's stand against the GST package, providing a poem to be read out at a function at Adelaide's Stag Hotel. He sought corporate sponsorship to help the Australian Chess Team, issuing a national plea in 2002. The request was a success, and the team were able to attend the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia, with financial help from condom maker Ansell. <mask> took part in the Starlight Cup in October 2002 (sponsored by Hewlett-Packard) and December 2003 (sponsored by Qantas), wherein former tennis greats competing against celebrities. In

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<mask> has advocated for better science literacy through educational reforms and improved resourcing for science teachers and laboratories in Australian primary schools. He has also urged high school students to do mathematics subjects to improve university outcomes and Australia's development. <mask> has highlighted the perceived failings of the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR), in terms of how subjects are weighted, and impact the final rankings for students. He has supported National Literacy and Numeracy Week by being a surprise visiting mathematics teacher. Lurnea High School was the winning school for his guest teaching spot in 2004. In 2002, he was one of the suspects in the scientific whodunnit, "Who stole the Minister's malibu? ", a forensic science program held across schools nationally.In 2010 <mask> donated $10,000 worth of books through the Dymocks Literacy Foundation to encourage children from non-English speaking backgrounds to learn to read and write in English. The donation was for students at Blaxcell Street Public School (Granville), where he had been "Principal for a Day" in 2006. In 2012, <mask> gave a book to each student at La Perouse Public School. This was to launch The Book Bank Project (partly funded by <mask>) and the National Year of Reading. In 2013, he was listed as an ambassador for The Book Bank program. In 2013, he signed the "And in Science..." petition, which called for a science section during Australian television and radio news broadcasts. The campaign was organised by Rohan Kapitany, and gathered over 2300

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 signatures, but it was ultimately unsuccessful.In 2016, he was a Numeracy Ambassador for National Literacy and Numeracy Week. He hosted a maths workshop at Gosford High School. On the eve of the global March for Science (April 2017), <mask>, along with 44 other public figures and members of the scientific community, signed a letter in support of international scientific endeavour. Recognition

In 2012, Main-belt asteroid 18413 Adamspencer was named after him. In 2012, he was ranked 49th in the Weekend Australians list of "Top 50 most influential in higher education". On 3 February 2018, <mask> was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science honoris causa award by Edith Cowan University. Portraits
In 2002, photographer Lisa Giles included <mask> in a collection of 50 portraits in the exhibition Schools of Thought, focused on people associated with the University of Sydney.In the same year, artist Nafisa Naomi painted a portrait of <mask>, which featured in the exhibition A Lingering Doubt at the ArtHouse Hotel. In 2005, National Library of Australia staff member Greg Power photographed <mask> at the fundraising Wave Aid: the tsunami relief concert. The image has been included in the National Library's collection. In 2010, artist Melissa Beowulf entered her portrait of <mask> in the Portia Geach Memorial Award, which reached the finals. <mask> has commented on his "stern pose" in the painting. In 2014, photographer David Stefanoff selected <mask> as one of a selection of famous faces projected onto trees and landscapes. References

External links

 <mask>'s website
 <mask>'s profile on ABC
 AusStage profile listing comedic performances

 "Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers" (TED2013)

1969 births
Living people
Australian male comedians
Australian mathematicians
Australian DJs
Triple J announcers
Radio in Sydney
Australian soccer coaches
Australian people with disabilities
University of Sydney alumni
People educated at St Aloysius' College (Sydney)
Australian television personalities
Australian radio

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<mask> (born August 13, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Boogie", he played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, where he was an All-American in 2010. He left Kentucky after one season, and was selected with the fifth overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. In his first season with the Kings, <mask> was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and from 2015 to 2018, he was named an NBA All-Star. He is also a two-time gold medal winner as a member of the United States national team, winning his first in 2014 at the FIBA Basketball World Cup and his second in 2016 at the Rio Olympics. High school career
<mask> attended LeFlore Magnet High School. He was a first-team Parade All-American in 2009 and played in the 2009 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, finishing with 14 points and 8 rebounds.<mask> also played in the 2009 Nike Hoop Summit at the Rose Garden in Portland and the Jordan Brand Classic at Madison Square Garden where he scored 10 points for the black team. He led LeFlore to the Alabama class 6A Final Four against Hillcrest that beat Austin High School to progress to the state championship; falling short to future college teammate Eric Bledsoe and Parker High School. College career

<mask> first committed to Alabama-Birmingham on February 28, 2008, but never signed a letter of intent. <mask> decommitted from UAB and committed to Memphis on March 9, 2009. He reopened his recruitment after then Memphis coach John Calipari was hired at Kentucky. On April 7, 2009, <mask> decided to follow John Calipari to Kentucky. He signed his letter of intent on April 15.At Kentucky, <mask> averaged 15.1 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. Led by <mask> and John Wall, the Wildcats reached the Elite

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Sacramento Kings (2010–2017)

2010–14: All-Rookie honors and controversies
On April 7, 2010, <mask> announced that he would forgo his final three seasons of collegiate eligibility and enter the 2010 NBA draft, where he was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the fifth overall pick. On July 7, 2010, <mask> signed his rookie contract with the Kings, worth about $7 million for the first two years with a team option for the third and fourth years. <mask> was named the Rookie of the Month for July during the NBA Summer League. <mask> was also named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team at the end of the 2010–11 season. On January 1, 2012, head coach Paul Westphal sent <mask> home from the Kings' home game against the New Orleans Hornets, saying that <mask> was "unwilling/unable to embrace traveling in the same direction as his team; it cannot be ignored indefinitely."<mask>, who had been averaging 13.0 points and 11.3 rebounds per game at the time of the dismissal, reportedly demanded to be traded from the Kings. <mask> later denied asking to be traded. On January 5, 2012, Westphal was fired from the Kings, leading many to speculate that the head coach's tumultuous relationship with <mask> was a factor in his being replaced. On February 8, 2012, <mask> was selected to play in the Rising Stars Challenge. He played for Team Chuck, with a mix of rookies and sophomores. On November 11, 2012, the league suspended <mask> for two games without pay for confronting San Antonio Spurs color commentator Sean Elliott "in a hostile manner" after he criticized <mask> for attempting to bully Tim Duncan on the court. <mask> was apparently informed of Elliott's remarks after the game.He left the locker room and waited on the court for Elliott to finish his post-game show before confronting

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 him. Some criticized the suspension as overly harsh and based more on <mask>' reputation than what actually happened, while others said he needed to grow up and learn a lesson about confronting the media. <mask> apologized to Elliott in person before a game against the Spurs in March 2014, which Elliott said he appreciated. On December 22, 2012, <mask> was suspended indefinitely from the Kings, who accused him of "unprofessional behavior and conduct detrimental to the team". The suspension was lifted on December 24, 2012. The season was up-and-down for <mask>, who posted career-highs in Player Efficiency Rating, field goal percentage, and free throw percentage, but led the NBA with 16 Technical Foul infractions, was ejected several times and suspended by both the league and the Kings. On September 30, 2013, <mask> signed a reported four-year, $62 million contract extension with the Kings.After signing the contract, <mask> announced he would donate $1 million of his salary to the families and community of Sacramento. He opened the season with a 30-point, 14-rebound performance against the Denver Nuggets. On February 26, 2014, <mask> received a one-game suspension for punching Patrick Beverley in the stomach. On March 11, <mask> recorded a career-high 6 blocks, along with 13 points and 14 rebounds, in an 89–99 loss to the Detroit Pistons. 2014–16: First All-Star selections
After averaging career-highs of 23.5 points, 12.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks over the first 15 games of the season, <mask> was diagnosed with viral meningitis on December 7, 2014. He subsequently missed 10 games with the virus and showed no signs of a let up in his return to action on December 18 against the Milwaukee Bucks as he recorded 27 points and 11 rebounds in the 107–108 loss. On January 30, 2015, <mask> was named to replace the injured Kobe Bryant

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texts: as a Western Conference All-Star in the 2015 NBA All-Star Game.<mask>' selection marked the first time a Kings player earned All-Star honors since Brad Miller and Peja Stojaković represented Sacramento in 2004. On April 1, 2015, <mask> recorded his second career triple-double with 24 points, 21 rebounds, 10 assists, 6 blocks and 3 steals in a 111–115 loss to the Houston Rockets. In doing so, he became just the fourth player in NBA history to collect 20+ points, 20+ rebounds, 10+ assists and 5+ blocks in a single game, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chris Webber and Tim Duncan. In the following game on April 3 against the New Orleans Pelicans, <mask> became the first Kings player to record back-to-back triple doubles since Chris Webber did so in 2005. In just under 42 minutes of action, he recorded 24 points, 20 rebounds and a career-high 13 assists in a 95–101 loss. He joined elite company as one of only three players to have consecutive 20-point, 20-rebound, 10-assist games; the others being Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain. On October 28, 2015, <mask> recorded 32 points and 13 rebounds, as well as 4-of-5 three-pointers, in a season opening loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.<mask> had hit just four three-pointers in his previous 167 games and had never hit more than four in an entire season. After missing four games with an Achilles injury between November 3–7, <mask> returned to action on November 9, and recorded 21 points and 12 rebounds in a loss to the San Antonio Spurs. <mask> went 4-of-5 from three-point range for a second time on November 11, finishing the game with 33 points to help the Kings defeat the Detroit Pistons 101–92. Two days later, he scored a season-high 40 points in a 111–109 win over the Brooklyn Nets. On November 16, he was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday,

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 November 9 through Sunday, November 15. It was the third career Player of the Week award for <mask>, who led the Kings to a 3–1 record on the week. On January 4, 2016, <mask> recorded 33 points and a season-high 19 rebounds in a 116–104 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.On January 21, in a win over the Atlanta Hawks, he recorded 24 points and 15 rebounds for his ninth straight double-double and his 24th of the season in 34 games. On January 23, he scored a career-high 48 points in a 108–97 win over the Indiana Pacers. On January 25, he was named Western Conference Player of the Week for a second time in 2015–16. He went on to top his career-high mark in emphatic fashion that night, scoring 56 points in a 129–128 double overtime loss to the Charlotte Hornets. His 56 points set a record for the 2015–16 season, and broke Chris Webber's franchise record of 51 points. On January 28, he was named a Western Conference All-Star reserve for the 2016 NBA All-Star Game, earning his second straight All-Star nod. On February 5, he recorded his first triple-double of the season and fourth of his career with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a 128–119 loss to the Brooklyn Nets.On February 19, he had 37 points, 20 rebounds and four blocks against the Denver Nuggets, recording his ninth career double-double with 20-plus points and rebounds, breaking the previous Sacramento record set by Webber. 2016–17: Final season in Sacramento
In the Kings' season opener on October 26, <mask> scored a game-high 24 points in a 113–94 win over the Phoenix Suns. He backed that up the following night against the San Antonio Spurs, recording 37 points and 16 rebounds in a 102–94 loss. On October 31, with 14 points and 12 rebounds against the Atlanta Hawks, <mask> became the Kings' career double-doubles leader with 246, surpassing Chris Webber's

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 245. On November 18, he scored a season-high 38 points in a 121–115 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. On December 20, he set a new season high with 55 points in a 126–121 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. On January 18, 2017, he recorded his fifth career triple-double with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in a 106–100 loss to the Indiana Pacers.On January 30, 2017, he was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, January 23 through Sunday, January 29. On February 3, 2017, <mask> recorded his sixth career triple-double with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in a 105–103 loss to the Phoenix Suns. Four days later, he was suspended one game without pay for receiving his 16th technical foul of the 2016–17 season. In addition, <mask> was fined $25,000 for making an inappropriate statement and gesture after leaving the playing court following the Kings' 109–106 overtime win against the Golden State Warriors on February 4 at Golden 1 Center. New Orleans Pelicans (2017–2018)

On February 20, 2017, <mask> and teammate Omri Casspi were traded to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for Tyreke Evans, Buddy Hield, Langston Galloway, and 2017 first-round and second-round draft picks. He made his debut for the Pelicans three days later, recording 27 points and 14 rebounds in a 129–99 loss to the Houston Rockets. On March 3, 2017, he had 19 points and a season-high 23 rebounds in a 101–98 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs.His 23 rebounds tied the Pelicans' franchise record held by Tyson Chandler. Two days later, he had 26 points and 15 rebounds before fouling out in the Pelicans' 105–97 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, marking <mask>' first win as a Pelican. On March 21, 2017, <mask> had his most prolific performance as a Pelican, recording 41 points and 17 rebounds in a 95–82 win over the

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texts: Memphis Grizzlies. Ten days later, he had 37 points and 13 rebounds in his first game against Sacramento, a game the Pelicans won 117–89. <mask> tied a career high during the game with five three-pointers. On October 26, 2017, <mask> recorded 41 points and 23 rebounds in a 114–106 win over the Kings in Sacramento. Two days later, he recorded his first triple-double of the season with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in a 123–101 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.He was subsequently named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played October 23–29. On November 3, 2017, he had 20 points, 22 rebounds and seven assists in a 99–94 win over the Dallas Mavericks, tying his career high with 20 defensive rebounds. On December 2, 2017, he scored 38 points in a 123–116 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. Four days later, he had 40 points, 22 rebounds and four blocks in a 123–114 win over the Denver Nuggets. On December 29, 2017, he had 32 points and 20 rebounds in a 128–120 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. It was his third game of the season with at least 30 points and 20 rebounds, making him the first player to do that since Kevin Love in 2010–11. On January 22, 2018, Cousins had 44 points, 24 rebounds and 10 assists in a 132–128 double overtime win over the Chicago Bulls.He became the first NBA player since Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1972 to have as many as 40 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists in a game. It was also just the 10th 40-point, 20-rebound, 10-assist game in NBA history. On January 26, 2018, he had 15 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists before injuring his left Achilles in the final seconds of the Pelicans' 115–113 win over the Houston Rockets. Following the game, he was diagnosed with a torn left Achilles, and on January 31, he underwent season-ending surgery. Golden State Warriors

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After not receiving any outstanding contract offers from other teams, <mask> turned his attention to signing with an elite team with the midlevel exception. <mask> called Golden State general manager Bob Myers about joining the Warriors and followed this by speaking to Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green. He subsequently accepted the Warriors' midlevel exception, signing a reported one-year deal for $5.3 million on July 6, 2018.On December 10, 2018, with <mask> nearing a return to the court for the first time since rupturing his left Achilles tendon, he was assigned to Golden State's NBA G League affiliate team, the Santa Cruz Warriors, where he had his first full-contact practice. On January 18, 2019, <mask> made his debut for the Warriors, scoring 14 points before fouling out of the 112–94 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. On April 2, he scored a season-high 28 points to go with 13 rebounds in a 116–102 win over the Denver Nuggets. On April 16, <mask> was ruled out indefinitely after suffering a torn left quadriceps in Game 2 of the first round of the playoffs. He made a return in Game 1 of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors, coming off the bench in his first NBA Finals game. The Warriors lost the series in 6 games as injuries to Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson derailed their chances of winning three straight championships. Houston Rockets (2020–2021)
On July 6, 2019, <mask> signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.<mask> was reunited with his former teammate Anthony Davis on the New Orleans Pelicans. However, he tore his left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in an off-season pickup game in August, and never played a game for the Lakers. They were granted a $1.75 million disabled player exception for <mask> and waived him on February 23, 2020, to sign Markieff Morris.

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 The Lakers won the NBA championship that season and had <mask>' name engraved on their championship rings. On December 1, 2020, <mask> signed a one-year contract with the Houston Rockets. On December 2, the Rockets traded for John Wall, his good friend and former college teammate. On February 23, 2021, the Rockets waived <mask>.In 25 games with the Rockets, he averaged 9.6 points and 7.6 rebounds in 20.2 minutes. Los Angeles Clippers (2021)
On April 5, 2021, <mask> signed a 10-day contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. On April 16, he signed a second 10-day contract and ten days later, he signed for the rest of the season. With the Clippers, he played a total of 16 games, all on the bench. in these 16 games he averaged 7.8 points 4.5 rebounds and 1 assists. His season high with the Clippers was 16 points in a loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. Milwaukee Bucks (2021–2022)
On November 30, 2021, <mask> signed with the Milwaukee Bucks.On December 24, <mask> scored a season-high 22 points alongside grabbing 8 rebounds in a 102–95 win over the Dallas Mavericks. On January 6, 2022, he was waived. During his 17-game tenure with the Bucks, <mask> started 5 games and averaged 9.1 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.1 assists in 16.9 minutes per game. Denver Nuggets (2022–present)
On January 21, 2022, <mask> signed a 10-day contract with the Denver Nuggets. On January 28, he was given a second 10-day contract. On February 10, he signed a third 10-day contract. Finally, at February 25, for remainder of season.National team career

<mask> was a member of the United States national team that won the gold medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. In 2016, he won his second gold medal with Team USA at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Clippers
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Personal life
<mask> is the son of Monique and <mask>. He has four sisters and one brother, Jaleel, who is also a professional basketball player. <mask> has two children. He married his longtime girlfriend Morgan Lang in Atlanta on August 24, 2019. In August 2019, <mask> was captured on an audio recording threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend after she refused to let their son attend his wedding.An arrest warrant was placed on <mask> for a misdemeanor domestic violence charge and a third-degree harassing communications charge. The charges, filed in Alabama, were dropped on November. References

External links

 Kentucky Wildcats bio

1990 births
Living people
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
21st-century African-American sportspeople
African-American basketball players
All-American college men's basketball players
American men's basketball players
Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Basketball players from Alabama
Centers (basketball)
Denver Nuggets players
FIBA Basketball World Cup-winning players
Golden State Warriors players
Houston Rockets players
Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players
Los Angeles Clippers players
McDonald's High School All-Americans
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Milwaukee Bucks players
National Basketball Association All-Stars
New Orleans Pelicans players
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
Sacramento Kings draft picks
Sacramento Kings players
Sportspeople from Mobile, Alabama
United States men's

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<mask> (; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish conductor, composer and viol player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for popularizing the viol family of instruments (notably the viola da gamba) in contemporary performance and recording. As a historian of early music his repertoire features everything from medieval, Renaissance and Baroque through to the Classical and Romantic periods. He has incorporated non-western musical traditions in his work; including African vernacular music. Musical education
His musical training started at age six in the school choir of his native Igualada (1947–55). After graduating from the Barcelona's Conservatory of Music (where he studied from 1959 to 1965) he specialized in early music, collaborating with Ars Musicae de Barcelona under Enric Gispert, studying with August Wenzinger at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland (1968–70) and eventually succeeding Wenzinger in 1974 as professor of viola da gamba at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Ensembles

In 1974 he formed the ensemble Hespèrion XX (known since 2000 as Hespèrion XXI), together with his wife soprano Montserrat Figueras, Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith.Hespèrion XX favored a style of interpretation characterized simultaneously by great musical vitality and maximum historical accuracy. In 1987 he


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 returned to Barcelona to found La Capella Reial de Catalunya, a vocal ensemble devoted to pre-eighteenth-century music. In 1989 he founded Le Concert des Nations, an orchestra generally emphasizing Baroque period, but sometimes also Classical and even Romantic music such as, for example, Sinfonía [por] Grande Orquesta by Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga) (1806–1826). More recently Savall has performed with family members. The family ensemble has included his wife Montserrat Figueras (who died in 2011) and their two children, Arianna and Ferran. Arianna plays the harp and sings, like her mother; Ferran plays the theorbo (bass lute) and sings, not only with his family but also in Barcelona jazz clubs. Savall has incorporated non-western musical traditions in his work; including African vernacular music in Les Routes De L’Esclavage or The Routes of Slavery (2017).Recordings
<mask>'s discography includes more than 100 recordings. Originally recording with EMI Classics, and then from 1975 on Michel Bernstein's Astrée label, since 1998 he has recorded on his own label, Alia Vox. Honours and awards
 2000 –  for service to Catalan culture or for scientific, cultural or civic works in the Catalan language
 2006 – Honorary doctorate from the University of Barcelona
 2008 – Appointed European Union ambassador for intercultural dialogue
 2008 – <mask> and his wife, Montserrat Figueras, were named

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 "Artists for Peace" by UNESCO. 2009 – Handel Prize from the city of Halle, Germany
 2009 – National Music Prize from the National Council of Music and Arts of Catalonia
 2010 – Praetorius Musikpreis Niedersachsen
 2010 – MIDEM Classical Award for his album "Jerusalem – la ville des deux Paix: La paix céleste et la paix terrestre"
 2011 – Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance for Dinastia Borja. Església i poder al Renaixement
 2012 – Léonie Sonning Music Prize
 2013  – Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (France)
 2013 – Honorary doctorate from the University of Basel
 2014 – Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia
 In 2014 he refused the Premio Nacional de Música awarded by the Spanish government, in protest at the government's artistic policies, accusing them of "grave incompetence" and "dramatic disinterest". 2016 – Honorary doctorate from Utrecht University
 2022 - Honorary membership of the Royal Philharmonic Society

Discography with Alia Vox
Full discography as published on Alia Vox website:

 1998 – Joan Cabanilles (AV9801)
 1998 – José Marín (AVSA9802)
 1998 – Les Voix Humaines (AV9803)
 1998 – Elizabethan Consort Music 1558 – 1603 (AV9804)
 1998 – La Folia 1490- 1701 (AVSA9805)
 1999 – El Cant de la Sibil·la (AVSA9806)
 1999 – Jean-Baptiste Lully (AVSA9807)
 1999 – Missa Bruxellensis – Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (AV9808)
 1999 – Diaspora Sefardi


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 2000 – La Barcha d'Amore (AV9811)
 2000 – Die Sonaten für Viola da Gamba und Cembalo (with Ton Koopman) – J.S. Bach (AV9812)
 2000 – The Teares of the Muses.Anthony Holborne (AV9813)
 2000 – Carlos V. La Canción del Emperador (AVSA9814)
 2000 – Battaglie & Lamenti (1396–1458) (AV9815)
 2001 – Alfons V El Magnànim (AV9816)
 2001 – Harmonie Universelle (AV9810
 2001 – Johann Sebastian Bach (AV9817)
 2001 – Musikalisches Opfer - J.S. Bach (AVSA9818)
 2001 – Die Kunst der Fuge- J.S. Bach (AV9819)
 2001 – Ostinato (AV9820)
 2001 – Tous les Matins du Monde (AVSA9821)
 2002 – Farnace. Antonio Vivaldi AV9822)
 2002 – William Lawes (AV9823)
 2002 – L'Orchestre de Louis XIII (1601- 1643) (AV9824)
 2002 – Henrich Ignaz Franz Biber (AV9825)
 2002 – Ninna Nanna (AV9826)
 2003 – Monsieur de Sainte Colombe le Fils (AV9827)
 2003 – Le Parnasse de la viole (AV9829)
 2003 – Pièces de Viole du Second Livre. Marin Marais (AV9828)
 2003 – Bella Terra (AV9833)
 2003 – Entremeses del siglo de oro (1550- 1650) (AVSA9831)
 2003 – Alfonso Ferrabosco The Younger (AV9832)
 2003 – Villancicos y Danzas Criollas (AV9834)
 2003 – La Viola da Gama in Concerto - Antonio Vivaldi (AV9835)
 2004 – Homenatge al Misteri d'Elx. La Vespra (AV9836)
 2004 – Musicall Humors. Tobias Hume (AV9837)
 2004 – Isabel I. Reina de Castilla (AVSA9838)2004 – Harmonie Universelle II (AV9839)
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 Royaux.François Couperin (AVSA9840)
 2005 – Du temps & de l'instant (AVSA9841)
 2005 – Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles (AV9842)
 2005 – Don Quijote de la Mancha (AVSA9843)
 2005 – Altre Follie (AVSA9844)
 2005 – La Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid. Luigi Boccherini (AVSA9845)
 2006 – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (AVSA9846)
 2006 – Lux Feminæ (AVSA9847)
 2006 – Orient – Occident (AVSA9848)
 2006 – Metamorphoses Fidei (AV9849)
 2006 – Marin Marais Suitte d’un Goût Etranger (AVSA9851)
 2006 – Christophorus Columbus (AVSA9850)
 2007 – Lachrimae Caravaggio (AVSA9852)
 2007 – Ludi Musici (AV9853)
 2007 – Septem Verba Christi in Cruce. Joseph Haydn (AVSA9854)2007 – Claudio Monteverdi (AVSA9855)
 2007 – Francisco Javier – The Route to the Orient (AVSA9856)
 2008 – Estampies & Danses Royales (AVSA9857)
 2008 – Fantasias for the Viols. Henry Purcell (AVSA9859)
 2008 – Water Music. Georg Friederich Haendel (AVSA9860)
 2008 – Invocation a la nuit (AV9861)
 2008 – Su la Cetra Amorosa. Tarquinio Merula (AVSA9862)
 2008 – Mireu el nostre mar (AV9858)
 2008 – Jérusalem (AVSA9863)
 2009 – Ministriles Royales.Ménestrels royales – Royal Minstrels (AVSA9864A+B)
 2009 – The Celtic Viol – La Viole Celtique (AVSA9865)
 2009 – The Fairy Queen. The Prophetess. Henry Purcell (1659- 1695) (AVSA9866)
 2009 – Maestros del Siglo de Oro (AVSA9867)
 2009 – Peiwoh (AV9869)


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 2009 – Istanbul. Dimitrie Cantemir (AVSA9870)
 2009 – Septem Verba Christ in Cruce. Joseph Haydn (CD/DVD) (AVDVD9868)
 2009 – Le Royaumé Oublié (AVSA9873)
 2010 – The Brandenbourgh Concertos – JS. Bach (AVSA9871)
 2010 – El Nuevo Mundo (AVSA9876)
 2010 – Le Concert Spirituel. Corelli.Telemann. Rameau (AVSA9877)
 2010 – The Celtic Viol II. Treble Viol & Lyra Viol (AVSA9878)
 2010 – Dinastia Borgia (AVSA9875)
 2010 – Pièces de Viole des Cinq Livres. Marin Marais (AVSA9872)
 2011 – Requiem. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (AVSA9880)
 2011 – El Cant de la Sibil·la a Catalunya (AVSA9879)
 2011 – Cançons de la Catalunya Mil·lenària. Planys & Llegendes (AVSA9881)
 2011 – L'orquestre de Louis XV. Jean-Philippe Rameau (AVSA9882)
 2011 – Hispania & Japan (AVSA9883)
 2011 – Aria e Lamenti.Madrigali. Claudio Monteverdi (AVSA9884)
 2011 – Concerts à Deux Violes Esgales. Sieur de Sainte-Colombe (AVSA9885)
 2011 – La Sublime Porte (AVSA9887)
 2011 – Mare Nostrum (AVSA9888)
 2012 – La Voix de l'Emotion. Montserrat Figueras (AVSA9889)
 2012 – Les Quatre Ouvertures. J.S Bach (AVSA9890)
 2012 – Jeanne D'Arc (AVSA9891)
 2012 – Ésprit D'Arménie. Armenian Spirit (AVSA9892)
 2012 – Pièces de Violes 1728. François Couperin (AVSA9893)
 2012 – Pro·Pacem AVSA9894)
 2013 – Messe en Si Mineur .J.S. Bach (AVDVD9896A)
 2013 – Erasmus (AVSA9895)
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 2013 – Esprit des Balkans/Balkan Spirit (AVSA9898)
 2013 – Recercadas del Tratado de Golsas. Diego de Ortiz ( AVSA9899)
 2013 – Orient- Occident II ( AVSA9900)
 2013 – Lachrimae or Seven Teares. John Dowland (AVSA9901)
 2013 – Bal·Kan: Miel & Sang (AVSA9902)
 2014 – Alcyone. Marin Marais (AVSA9903)
 2014 – The Voice of Emotion II.Montserrat Figueras (AVDVD9904)
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 2019 – A. Vivaldi – Juditha Triumphans (AVSA9935)
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 2021 – Couperin – Apothéoses (AVSA9944)
 2021 – Joseph Haydn – La Création (AVSA9945)
 2022 – Beethoven – Révolution Symphonies 6 à 9 (AVSA9946)

Filmography
Savall adapted and performed music for the 1991 Alain Corneau film Tous les matins du monde about composers Sainte-Colombe and Marin Marais.His work on this film earned him a César award from the French film industry in 1992. The soundtrack has sold more than a million copies worldwide. He has composed music for the following films:
 (1991) Tous les matins du monde (All the Mornings of the World) by Alain Corneau
 (1993) The Bird of Happiness (El pajaro de la felicidad) by Pilar Miró
 (1994) Joan the Maiden (Part 1: The Battles; Part 2: The Prisons) by Jacques Rivette
 (1997) Long Twilight (Hosszú alkony) by
 (1997) Marquise by Véra Belmont
 (1998) Secret Defense (Top Secret) by Jacques Rivette

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 Savall and his wife are characters in a 2009 work of fiction, Sır (Secret), by Turkish writer Enis Batur. The plot includes a surprise birthday party for <mask> <mask>. References

External links

 Alia-vox.com, <mask> <mask>'s official website. Complete discography at Medieval.org
 The private website Classic @ la carte is devoted primarily to <mask> <mask>'s works. Misteria Paschalia Festival
 Zachary Woolfe, Interview, "<mask> <mask>'s Never-ending Repertory", The New York Times, 27 March 2015.Retrieved 31 March 2015

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<mask> (born <mask>; November 20, 1947 in New York City) Died April 11, 2020  DeLand, Florida  worked as a wardrobe supervisor, costume maker and designer from 1976 to the late 1980s creating stage clothing for a series of rock musicians. She was described as "a Gloria Vanderbilt of heavy metal haute couture" or more simply Queen of Heavy Metal as a sought after professional with a track record in dressing male performers. Greenan established her reputation as a designer over a seven-year period working as wardrobe manager for the rock band Kiss. She subsequently designed costumes for other rock acts specializing but not exclusively working with heavy metal bands. Artists who commissioned designs include Judas Priest, Manowar, Todd Rundgren, Tom Waits and Billy Squier. She worked closely with individuals such as Billy Idol, and Rob Halford to devise costumes that recharged their stage image. Biography
Born in New York City, Greenan's early childhood was spent traveling across the United States with her father, a journeyman printer, and her mother, a secretary who was a highly skilled seamstress.Throughout these years Greenan developed her sewing skills, making her own clothes from the age of 12. The family returned to New York City, where Greenan completed high school. She began her career the summer of her graduation in summer stock theater where she worked for the next few years. This included a season with the Trinity Square Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island working as their sole wardrobe mistress. At 18 she was, according to the artistic director, the youngest wardrobe mistress working in a government funded repertory company in the U.S. Her formal education continued at Hunter College as an art major followed by courses at the Traphagen School of Fashion for pattern making and grading. Becoming costume historian at the Brooks-Van Horn Costume Company in New York City led to work as a wardrobe stylist and prop buyer for commercial photographers and filmmakers.It was through the

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 pornographic film industry with its more casual employment practices that Greenan secured membership to the trade union IATSE - International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. This enabled her to progress into working as a commercial photographer's stylist on advertising campaigns for major corporations such as Eastman Kodak, Seagram and General Mills. By 1973 she was freelancing as an art director working on brands including Tide, Purina, Clorets, Lipton. She worked on various high-profile projects celebrating the United States Bicentennial including the Bicentennial issue of Time Magazine. Her first work in film was as a researcher and associate art director for "American Years" (1976, 48min) directed by Francis Thompson and Jan Kadar for the City of Philadelphia celebrating the US Bicentennial. At 48 minutes long, this was one of the earliest features produced in the IMAX 70mm format. Kiss

<mask>'s career in the rock music business began in 1976 when she was hired by the rock band Kiss following an interview with manager Bill Aucoin and Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.Initially employed to manage the stage costumes from her base in New York while the band toured, she was soon recruited to join the tour itself becoming the only female production member or road crew to travel with the group. From wardrobe maintenance her role developed to coordinating make-up and contributing design work, in addition to tailoring the band members' wardrobe such as brocade jackets and velvet patchwork jeans. Her design work for the stage extended the band's leather-clad look credited to Larry LeGaspi as the first designer to work with Kiss until 1978. Her costume work first appears on the Kiss Alive II album cover in 1977, and subsequently featured throughout the Alive II tour of Japan in 1978. Her first costume designs for the band appeared on the cover of the Love Gun album in 1977. Greenan also produced the costumes worn by the band and their stuntmen for the NBC film "Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park" (also


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<mask>'s freelance work in the rock music industry moved from stage production and tours to costume design, with a break from design in the summer of 1980 when she acted as personal assistant and dresser to Diana Ross. From 1984 she pursued her interest in traditional American needlecraft establishing a business in Florida, Kiloran American Design, now KiloranDesigns. Despite her relocation to the town of Mount Dora, Florida various internationally known musicians sought her out to explore new looks and create costumes that promoted their developing stage personas. This work varied between designing for groups as a whole or focusing on the individual. Examples of working with groups include designs influenced by traditional Middle eastern costume produced for Todd Rundgren and the group Utopia during their 'Egyptian' phase following the recording of the album Ra. Another are the designs produced for the group Manowar, inspired by the comic book and film character, Conan the Barbarian.<mask> worked with Billy Idol to introduce a "Road Warrior" look to his stage persona inspired by the 1981 film Mad Max 2. Working closely with the artist she adapted elements from the designs of Norma Moriceau whose hybrid costumes in the film influenced rock performances and street fashion throughout the early 1980s. Her brief from Rob Halford of Judas Priest was to make him appear more aggressive within the established Heavy Metal look of the group, and her research included being flown to Paris to watch the band perform. She introduced widened shoulders and a sharper line to Halford's costume, retaining the use of real leather loaded with extensive metal

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I spent a lot of time studying S&M clothing, because it uses so much metal, silver and studs. I just tried to tone it down by removing some of the sexual aspects. S&M was heavy metal long before heavy metal was.Greenan's work demanded that she create garments that could withstand the physical demands of live performance, create a strong visual impact from a distance, as well as retain a detailed finish equal to the scrutiny of photographic close-ups. You can't approach this stuff like stage costumes, where you can substitute, say, corduroy for velvet. Those guys stand up close, or they're being photographed, or they're running through a crowd to get to the stage. It can't look fake. No short cuts. Greenan used a small clothing manufacturer whose partner was a master leather worker. She would source materials, supervise the fittings and arrange bill payments.The costs of redesigning a band's look from sketch to concert stage would range between $15,000 to $20,000 in the early 1980s. Greenan insisted on the use of real leather and hand stitched studs. A single outfit could weigh up to 30 lbs. The cost of dressing members of rock groups in this Heavy Metal fashion was estimated by Greenan in an interview of 1985 at between $3,000 and $5,000. Customized boots reached $1,000 a pair. The demands of a tour schedule which included laundering, photo sessions and theft meant that two of everything needed to be produced and maintained. Greenan's work was better known behind the scenes than by the fans of the bands she worked with.As is the case with most production staff in the music industry at the time her name appears in thank you lists on album sleeves. The moniker of "Queen of Heavy Metal" is attributed to Judas Priest in recognition of her experience in the production of performance costumes that epitomized Heavy Metal fashion. References

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<mask> (born October 14, 1930), also known by her Dakotah name Wagmuhawin (Gourd Woman), is a storyteller, traditionalist, historian, scholar and educator of the Dakotah/Hidatsa people and a former director working in health care organizations. Her cultural work has been recognized with a National Heritage Fellowship in 1999 and a United States Artists fellowship in 2015, among many other honors. Early life
Defender was born on October 14, 1930, near Shields on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota. Her ancestors were forced by the military into the Standing Rock area in the 1890s. Her mother, Helen Margaret See The Bear, was a midwife and her grandfather, Tall Man See The Bear, herded sheep. Her father was <mask>, who died when his daughter was only two years old. She received most of her formal education going to a one-room reservation school.From a young age, Defender <mask> was surrounded by the storytelling of her Dakotah-speaking family. Her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother were all midwives and storytellers. Her grandfather would share stories about places, plants and animals in the Wicheyena dialect of the Dakotah Sioux language. <mask> began telling stories at age 11, in both English and Dakotah, usually repeating the stories she heard from her elders. In 1954, <mask> became the second Miss Indian America. Career
After she moved to New Mexico with her husband, Defender <mask> worked in a variety of administrative jobs with Native American-related government agencies, including family planning and health care, before returning to the reservation in 1976. Much of her early working life was spent helping tribal members with land issues, including efforts to compensate Native Americans who lost land or their homes during the building of Missouri River dams.In the 1980s, she taught tribal culture and language at Standing Rock Community College (now known as Sitting Bull College) in Fort Yates, North Dakota. She retired in 1996 from the directorship of the Native American Culture Center at the North Dakota State Hospital in Jamestown. After retiring, she worked

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 as a consultant for Wisdom of the Elders, a symposium of Indian elders based out of Portland, Oregon. It was not until the early 1980s that Defender <mask> began actively telling stories of her people and their culture for audiences. She has given talks and performed her stories in many venues, including teaching the Dakotah language to school children, at colleges and universities across the United States, at churches, at women's festivals, and at storytelling festivals such as the 2001 American Indian Storytelling Festival in Madison, Wisconsin and the 20th anniversary of the Minnesota Storytelling Festival in 2005. She once gave a presentation to NASA scientists at a workshop in Albuquerque, New Mexico about climate change on native lands. Defender <mask> has told her stories throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Iceland, and Germany.Her stories reflect the four main tenets of Dakotah ethics, which are "compassion, being helpful, working hard, and communicating well". She was a Native American Humanities Scholar on an oral history project titled "The Respect and Honor Documentary Project". North Dakota folklorist Troyd Geist has said of <mask>'s storytelling:

Starting in 1984 and continuing for decades, she portrayed her great-grandmother in a program variously titled as "Good Day, Medicine Woman" or "Good Day, a Yanktoni Sioux Woman". Her ancestor lived from about 1850 to 1930, and the performance addressed the values and culture of the Yanktoni Sioux both before and after they were sent to reservations. In the late 1990s, she hosted two radio programs aired on KLND-FM in Little Eagle, South Dakota. The Saturday morning show titled Oape Wanzi featured tribal legend, culture and history presented in the Wichiyena dialect and then in English. She also hosted a Thursday morning call-in show titled Oyate Tawoabdeza ("The Public View") where she and her listeners would discuss local, regional, and national issues important to Native Americans.In 1999, <mask> <mask> released her first spoken word album, The Elders Speak. Her second album, My Relatives Say, was released in

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 2001. A review of the album in School Library Journal, which helps librarians with purchasing decisions, concluded with "This enhanced CD will add a great deal to any library seeking to increase its collection of quality Native American folk tales". As of December 2020, the album is held in 47 libraries worldwide. Her third album, Un De' Che Cha Pí ("The Way We Are"), was released in 2003. All three of her albums earned a Native American Music Award for Best Spoken Word recording. She was a presenter at the 2004 opening of the National Museum of the American Indian on the mall in Washington, D.C. Defender <mask> performed along with fellow Native American storyteller Keith Bear at the Library of Congress on August 26, 2006, as part of the Homegrown Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.In 2010, <mask> <mask> was one of four Native American women invited to present the 16th annual Joseph Harper Cash Memorial Lecture at the University of South Dakota. In 2015, at age 85 she received a United States Artists fellowship of $50,000. She was the first person from North Dakota and the first storyteller to win the award. As of late 2019, Defender <mask> continues to present her stories and talks in the upper Midwest. She was the featured guest at the Elder-in-Residence program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in November 2019. In recognition of her work dedicated to the preservation of oral history and in working for the human rights of Native Americans, Defender <mask> has served on several boards and commissions, including Arts Midwest, the North Dakota Council on the Arts, the North Dakota Humanities Council, and the North Dakota Centennial Commission. She was the only Native American on the 18-member Centennial Commission.Personal life
Defender met her future husband William Dean <mask> (previously known as William Diné Yazzie) in 1949 at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, where <mask> was sent following his discharge from the military after World War II. They married in 1969. Her husband worked as a Navajo tribal judge in New Mexico. He was one of

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 the original 29 World War II Navajo code talkers, having been recruited for the job by the military when he was only 15 years old, although he claimed to be 18 at the time. Her husband died in December 1999 and posthumously received a Congressional Gold Medal in 2001 honoring the original Navajo code talkers. One of her two brothers, <mask>, was an underwater demolition technician (Navy frogman) during World War II, who later served in the Peace Corps. He was a member of Advocates for Human and Civil Rights, working for his community on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.He died in December 1995. In 1988, Defender <mask> was one of 15 North Dakota delegates to the Democratic National Convention. She was pledged to candidate Jesse Jackson. In the summer of 2002, <mask>'s home in Shields was destroyed by a prairie fire, including all of her photographs of herself and her family and many antique family heirlooms that she used in her presentations. After the fire, she moved a few miles away to Porcupine, North Dakota, a community of less than 150 people on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, where she still resides as of 2018. She has served on the town's council. The Humanities Consultation (1998)
 Wisdom of the Elders: 1999 South Dakota Oral History Collection (tape 9)
 19th Annual Evening of Storytelling (2016)

Awards and honors
 North Dakota Centennial Commission Award (1989)
 The Bismarck Tribune Award (1990), for people who "work outside the spotlight to enrich the lives of others"
 Nominee for North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award (1993)
 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (1999), which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts
 Native American Music Award, Best Spoken Word recording for The Elders Speak (2000)
 Notable Document Award from the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association for The Elders Speak
 In March 2002, Defender <mask> was one of six women featured on a National Women's History Month poster.The theme for 2002 was "Women Sustaining the American

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<mask><mask> (born October 31, 1951, San Pedro, California) is an American novelist, short story writer, teacher, and lecturer. He has written six novels and numerous short stories spanning the historical, sports, and sociopolitical genres in the young adult field of literature. His first novel, Choosing Up Sides, published in 1998, won the 1999 International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Older Readers and was designated an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. Kirkus Reviews praised Choosing Up Sides, which attacked the once-prevalent views of religious fundamentalists toward left-handed children, as, "No ordinary baseball book, this is a rare first novel." In 2004 <mask> received the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People for his third novel, The Boy Who Saved Baseball. <mask>'s novels have tackled subjects as diverse as the Vietnam War, the war in Iraq, the complexities of exurban land development, jazz fusion, Billy the Kid, the originations of the racial ban against African Americans in Major League Baseball, and the ascension prophecies of 2012. According to Vicki Sherbert, writing in The ALAN Review for the National Council of Teachers of English, <mask> "uses the game of baseball, the glory of music, and the power of the written word to illustrate how young people can overcome everyday, and not-so-everyday, challenges.Each book goes beyond the story of the game, beyond the story of the problem, right to the heart of <mask>'s message: What is really valuable in life?" Early life
Born in San Pedro, California, on October 31, 1951, novelist <mask><mask> grew up

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 be.I would be the storyteller, the historian, the biographer of mixed up, dreamed up characters like these, ‘who push fake morals, insult, and stare, whose money doesn’t talk, it swears.’ Or those who ‘sing in the rat race choir, bent out of shape by society's pliers.’ Characters with eyes, with guts. "<ref>Making the Match: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time, Grades 4-12 (Portland, Maine: Stenhouse, 2003) 5-7.</ref>

Dylan's poems led <mask> to Jack Kerouac's On the Road, then to <mask>'s The Grapes of Wrath, "and back again somehow—with different eyes—to Mark Twain's Roughing It. All journey books, all road poems, all the manic panic of romance and motion that a country boy needs." After high school, <mask> attended the University of California at San Diego. There he played baseball and met his wife, Cheryl, who later became an elementary school teacher in San Diego, where <mask> worked for 25 years as a painting contractor while trying to establish himself as a writer. Writing career

Choosing Up Sides

In 1994, <mask> received the Judy Blume Award and a cash grant from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) for a novel in progress. In 1996, he submitted his first novel, Choosing Up Sides, through Curtis Brown (literary agents), to Philomel Books, then a division of Penguin Putnam in New York, where the novel became the first acquisition of junior editor, Michael Green.Since then, Green has risen to become Editorial Director and Publisher of Philomel Books and has edited all six of <mask>'s novels.Choosing Up Sides is set in southern Ohio in the 1920s. The

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 [Choosing Up Sides] or the cowardice of war [Over the Wall] or one that demonizes anti-environmental developers [The Boy Who Saved Baseball], and so on, if I didn’t write under the cover of baseball."At this point, <mask> began to openly acknowledge and discuss the metaphorical underpinnings of Choosing Up Sides in schools and conferences across the country. Over the Wall

In April 2000, <mask> published his second novel, Over the Wall. Inspired by his sense of outrage at the circumstances surrounding the U.S. Gulf War in the early 1990s and the U.S. bombing of Iraq in 1998, <mask> once again adopted an historical setting in a story about a boy's attempt to reconnect with his father and discover who he is in the process, this time using the "festering wound" of the Vietnam War. "There are many 'walls' in 13-year-old Tyler's life: the literal wall of the baseball field he wants to clear with a mighty slam; the Vietnam Memorial Wall bearing his grandfather's name; and the invisible wall Tyler's dad has built around himself since causing the death of Tyler's sister nine years earlier." "Beginning with the lines, 'People say time heals all wounds. I used to think so. Now I know better.Time won’t heal anything. Time is nothing but a stack of yesterdays,' Over the Wall is a study not only of one family's case of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but the collective case of PTSD which <mask> believes the entire nation has suffered ever since the end of the Vietnam War. When young Tyler Waltern is invited to spend the summer in New York City with his cousin, he launches a book-length journey to find out

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texts: what, if anything, truly will heal his family's wounds. Tyler is determined to make it onto the roster of an all-star baseball team. However, his explosive temper gets in the way of his obvious talent. With the help of his pretty cousin and with the sage advice of his coach, a Vietnam vet who also suffers from PTSD, the young man manages to navigate the risky waters of this passage. In this novel, <mask> parallels the parable of the Good Samaritan to show how, step by daunting step, Tyler's crippling anger dissolves into compassion for the "battered man" who was once his enemy.""By the end", noted Todd Morning in a review for School Library Journal, "Tyler has gained a level of self-awareness by unraveling some of the tangled stories in his family's past and understanding the intricacies lying beneath the surface of life." A Publishers Weekly reviewer wrote that <mask> "tackles tough subjects relating to violence in sports, religious hypocrisy, and the Vietnam War while creating layers of metaphors which neatly unfold..." and described the novel as a "powerful lesson in compassion." Writing in The ALAN Review, Patricia K. Ladd noted "Readers are left questioning societal mores and values, rules and politics, and their own moral development," and Roger Leslie commented in Booklist that Over the Wall is a "fully fleshed-out story about compassion and absolution." After publishing two completely different books in time and place, <mask> began to be noticed for his ability to switch writing style and voice at will. His editor at Philomel, Michael Green, told writer Kelly Milner <mask>s, in an interview on

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