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 looks at the inhabitants of Luanda and the changes that they have undergone since independence, one year after the publication of Yaka. The novel is notable for using the story of a German shepherd's wanderings through Luanda to structure it, and for containing a variety of narrative voices. In 1989, he published Lueji, a work similar to A Revolta na Casa dos Ídolos in that it draws parallels between Angolan history and the contemporary situation in the country. The novel juxtaposes the princess Lueji, an important figure in 17th-century Angolan history, with a young ballerina who is dancing the role of Lueji in a contemporary piece. In the words of Ana Mafalda Leite, "The author writes chronologically of the two women, whose lives eventually begin to merge in the novel." In the novel, <mask> recreates the history of seventeenth century Angola. This is a project that he would undertake again with the 16th century in his 1994 novel A gloriosa família.New literary directions and the Prémio Camões

In the 1990s, <mask>'s writing continued to exhibit interest in Angola's history, but also began to examine the political situation in the country with a greater sense of irony and criticism. His first novel of the decade, the 1992 A geração da utopia, addresses many of the issues first raised in Mayombe, but from the perspective of the post-independence reality of Angola. The Angolan Civil War and intense corruption in the government both led to a questioning of the revolutionary values espoused in the earlier novel. Ana Mafalda Leite describes the novel as "a critical and sceptical book, not to say a book of disillusionment, certainly one far removed from Mayombe's heroic virtues." In this novel, <mask> analyzes his characters psychologically in greater depth than he had done in his earlier works and assumes a very critical stance. The novel, spanning three decades, is divided into four parts, each of which covers an important aspect of Angola's 20th century, including Portuguese colonial oppression, the war for independence, the civil war, and the brief respite from the war that occurred in the early 1990s. <mask>'s interest in history remained evident in this book, but his criticism of the Angolan establishment was something new that would reappear again and again.His next novel of the decade, O Desejo de Kianda, published in 1995, continues to manifest the disillusionment exhibited in A Geração da Utopia. The novel takes more of a magical realist approach than any of <mask>'s former works, positing a situation where several of Luanda's largest buildings collapse into Kinaxixi square with all the inhabitants left unharmed. The heroine, a character named Carmina Cara de Cu, leaves her career as a government bureaucrat and becomes an arms dealer. In an essay on the novel comparing the collapse of the buildings that is the focal point of the novel to the attacks of September 11, 2001, Phillip Rothwell writes that the novel "in some ways continues <mask>'s profound and damning portrayal of a betrayed utopia". The next year he published a different sort of novel, A Gloriosa Família. This work examines the story of the Van Dúnem family, a prominent Angolan family of Dutch descent. Pepetela spent years researching the story of the Dutch in Angola in order to write the novel.This novel does not display the same cynical and disillusioned tone as his other novels of the decade did, instead being a broad historical narrative that does incorporate a somewhat magical realist tone. While this novel stands quite apart from much of the author's other work, the fascination with Angolan history prominent throughout his career probably comes to its truest fruition in this work. As the situation in Angola in the 1990s grew more and more dangerous, <mask> began spending more time in Lisbon and Brazil. By this point in his life his writing had brought him renown throughout the Portuguese-speaking world. In 1997 he was awarded the Camões Prize, the world's highest honour for Lusophone literature. <mask> is the first Angolan and the second African author to win this prestigious award. Satire and foreign horizons in the new millennium

<mask> has continued to be a prolific writer throughout the 2000s.His work has taken a satirical turn with the series of "Jaime Bunda" novels, detective novels that cast a satirical view on life in Luanda in the new decade. Stephen Henighan writes that the character of Jaime Bunda, a bumbling detective with roots in two of Angola's most prominent families, represents the changes that the Luanda Creole population has undergone in the view of Pepetela. Rather than representing a revolutionary vanguard that will create a new Angolan identity, the Creoles of Luanda are depicted in the novels as a kleptocratic oligarchy. Jaime Bunda is a parody of James Bond, whose name stems from his oversized backside ("bunda" in Portuguese). The character is obsessed with both James Bond films and American private-eye novels, something that Henighan claims is "ideologically charged" and illustrates elements of Angola's underdevelopment. In the first of the novels, Jaime Bunda, agente secreto, published in 2001, the protagonist investigates a murder and rape that eventually leads him to a South African counterfeiter named Karl Botha, a reference to former South African prime minister P.W. Botha, who had mandated the South African intervention in Angola in the 1970s and 1980s.The second novel, Jaime Bunda e a Morte do Americano, published in 2003, is set in Benguela instead of Luanda, and deals with American influence in Angola, as Jaime Bunda investigates the murder of an American and tries to seduce an American FBI agent. This novel also presents Pepetela's critique of U.S. foreign policy, as the heavy-handed behavior of the Angolan police mirrors the ways that Americans dealt with suspected terrorists during the same period. The novels were published by the Portuguese publisher Dom Quixote and were extremely popular in Portugal, having also had some success in other European countries, such as Germany, where Pepetela had been relatively unknown in the past. <mask> also published other types of novels during the decade. His first book to be published in the 2000s was A Montanha da Água Lilás (2000), a children's book that also looks at the roots of social injustice. In 2005, after the success of the Jaime Bunda novels, he published Predadores, his sharpest critique of the Angolan ruling class yet. The novel takes place in post-independence Angola and follows the story of Vladimiro Caposso, a lowly bureaucrat who becomes a businessman.Igor Cusack describes the protagonist as a "murderous, philandering businessman gangster ... living in a sea of fellow sharks". Though he began criticizing the nouveau riche class in Angola as far back as A geração da utopia, it can be seen through the Jaime Bunda novels and Predadores that by the 2000s this theme had become a dominant one in <mask>'s work. The final years of the 2000s have seen a continuation of <mask>'s prolific career, with novels appearing in 2007, 2008 and 2009. The 2007 novel O Terrorista de Berkeley, Califórnia is entirely set in the U.S. and has minimal connection to Angola. The book deals with current attitudes about terrorism and also with aspects of technology present in modern society. As with several of his earlier novels, <mask> claimed in a recent interview with the Angolan Diário de Notícias that this novel was not intended to be published, but rather that he wrote it for himself. His next novel, O Quase Fim do Mundo (2008), was also written as a personal exercise.It is a work that begins to touch on the realm of science fiction, portraying the challenges facing people who find that they are the last living beings left on earth. These characters, who have survived a global disaster, congregate on a small piece of land in Africa (that Pepetela stresses is very close to where humanity is thought to have originated) and are challenged with attempting to create some kind of new world. This book continues the trend begun with O Terrorista de Berkeley... in that it is not set in Angola, nor does it deal explicitly with the Angolan reality. The last novel of the 2000s, O Planalto e a Estepe, while it does deal with Angola, continues to reflect the internationalization of Pepetela's themes in the past decade. The book deals with a love affair between a white Angolan and a Mongolian whom he met while studying in Moscow. The novel also returns to some of Pepetela's earliest themes of discovering Angolan nature through its descriptions of the protagonist Júlio's childhood in Huíla province. In addition to dedicating himself to his writing, <mask> also taught.From 1982 until his retirement from teaching in 2008 he was a professor of sociology in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Angola, now known as the University of Agostinho Neto. He was a visiting professor at Rutgers University in 2002 and the University of California Berkeley in 2003. Novels
 As Aventuras de Ngunga, 1972
 Muana Puó, 1978
 Mayombe, 1980
 O Cão e os Caluandas, 1985
 Yaka, 1985
 Luandando, 1990
 Lueji, o Nascimento de um Império, 1990
 A Geração da Utopia, 1992
 O Desejo de Kianda, 1995
 Parábola do Cágado Velho, 1996
 A Gloriosa Família, 1997
 A Montanha da Água Lilás, 2000
 Jaime Bunda, Agente Secreto, 2001
 Jaime Bunda e a Morte do Americano, 2003
 Predadores, 2005
 O Terrorista de Berkeley, Califórnia, 2007
 O Quase Fim do Mundo, 2008
 O Planalto e a Estepe, 2009
 A Sul. o Sombreiro, 2011
 O Timido E As Mulheres, 2013
  Se o Passado Não Tivesse Asas, 2016
  Su Excelência de Corpo Presente, 2018

Plays
 A Corda, 1978
 A Revolta da Casa dos Ídolos, 1980

Awards
 Camões Prize, 1997
 Prince Claus Award, 1999
 Prémio Literário do Correntes d'Escritas, 2020

See also
Literature of Angola
Culture of Angola
War novel
Postcolonial literature

Notes

External links
 Official Website of the author
 Profile from Mertin Litag
 Profile from Heinemann
 Profile from Vidas Lusófonas

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Living people
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People from Benguela
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<mask> (10 February 1824 - 14 March 1900) was a Congregationalist preacher and the principal of several schools. As a Congregational minister, his father took the family from <mask>'s birthplace of Litchfield, Connecticut, to Boston, Massachusetts, and Cincinnati, Ohio, by 1832. After college and some teaching experience, <mask> later settled in Elmira, New York, where he was minister of a Congregational church. His services became popular and he presided over construction at a new church to accommodate the large congregation. <mask> became a close friend of writer Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) and presided at Clemens' marriage to Olivia Langdon. A memorial statue was erected to him in Elmira, where he worked and lived most of his life. Early life and education
<mask><mask> was born in Litchfield, Connecticut to <mask> and his wife Harriet Porter.His father was a minister in the Congregational Church and the family was raised as observing Christians. <mask> was one of thirteen children, including Henry Ward (who became a noted minister and abolitionist activist), William, Catherine, Edward, Mary, George, Harriet (later known as an anti-slavery activist and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin), Charles, Isabella, and <mask>. Following Lyman <mask>, their father, <mask>' brother Henry Ward and later <mask> also became ministers. In 1826 the family moved to Boston, Massachusetts. Several years later, their father was called to another church and they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1832. From 1836 to 1839 <mask> went to preparatory school in Marietta, Ohio. In 1839 he attended college in Jacksonville, Illinois; he graduated in 1843.He spent a year with his father in Cincinnati and a year with his brother and minister, Henry Ward <mask>, in Indianapolis, studying theology. Beecher worked for a year at the Ohio Medical University, as an aid to the professor of chemistry and pharmacy. Work as a teacher
<mask> worked formally in several educational institutions. In 1846 he became the principal of the North-East Grammar School in Philadelphia. From 1848 to 1851, he was the head of the High School in Hartford, Connecticut. <mask> married Olivia Day in 1851; she died two years later. <mask> was ordained at age 28, and he began his preaching career in Brooklyn, in the area of Williamsburg.His brother Henry Ward <mask> had a congregation in Brooklyn. Home on Watercure Hill
<mask> moved to Elmira, New York, in 1854 and took residence at the Gleason Sanitarium on Watercure Hill. This was an area of sanitariums established for treatment of tuberculosis (TB), which had no known cure. A combination of rest and good, cold, dry air was considered beneficial. In 1857 a cottage was built for him near the Sanitarium. It was a Victorian home with its own library; it had an artesian well in the basement, where Beecher would take plunge baths. Professional life
After teaching in public schools in other places, in 1854 <mask> moved to Elmira, New York, to preach at a local Congregational church.There he became a close friend to the famous author Samuel Clemens ("Mark Twain"). In 1857 <mask> married his second wife, Julia Jones. She was his deceased wife's cousin, and granddaughter of Noah Webster, author of Webster's Dictionary. Civil War
"When war broke out, <mask> worked indefatigably on behalf of the Union cause. He delivered numerous sermons denouncing secession and defending the Union.He also travelled throughout upstate New York to recruit badly needed troops for New York regiments. ...<mask>'s joining the 141st New York Regiment in September of 1862—he was mustered in as chaplain on 12 September 1862
and discharged on 10 January 1863—was the culmination of his efforts on behalf of the Union cause." In 1863 to aid the cause of the Union in the Civil War, which had been underway for two years, Beecher started a regiment with A.S. Diven (the Army depended on wealthier private individuals to recruit men and outfit them with arms, horses, and uniforms), the 107th regiment, which was soon sent to the front.Later, <mask> aided Colonel Hathaway in raising the 141st regiment and would go into the field with them as a chaplain, serving into 1864. Return to civilian life
He sailed to South America due to depleted health in November 1866. He returned 1 May 1867, feeling rejuvenated. <mask> was intimately involved with both teaching and preaching, as was typical of clergy. He also participated in a range of sports when his health was good enough: Baseball, target shooting, battledore (similar to badminton), cycling, cricket, and croquet. <mask> also enjoyed indoor games of euchre and billiards. In 1870, along with the Rev.Joseph Twichell, he officiated over the marriage of Samuel Clemens ("Mark Twain") to Olivia Langdon. Ministry
In 1854 <mask> went to the town of Elmira, New York to preach at the Independent Congregational Church. When his services became overcrowded, <mask> held the service at the newly constructed opera house and, weather permitting, at Eldridge Park. When <mask> arrived, the church was a moderate-sized wooden structure. Now known as Park Church, it is located on the west side of Wisner Park on North Main Street in Elmira. The growing congregation overwhelmed it. After one of his popular services, he asked the congregation if they felt a new church was necessary.Estimates were that a suitable one would cost  fifty thousand dollars. The vote was almost unanimous in favor of a new church, and total pledges of about eighty thousand dollars were given toward that goal. To support its community, the new church also had a facility for social gatherings and events such as banquets and parties, as well a large hall where the children could play. <mask> started a public library at the church, donating his personal collection. The church held two services; one in the morning, the other in the evening. (<mask> also ministered to the prisoners of the Elmira Prison Camp). Later in life two services conducting two services was too taxing on <mask>'s health, and he cancelled the evening service.To provide another forum, <mask> founded a club of male youths, who would meet on Tuesday nights. <mask> would ask them to report on something interesting they observed during the previous week. He also sent his pupils to mechanics, locomotive shops and other places, in order to learn through observation. During his preaching career in Elmira, Beecher was the head of the Sunday school run by the Park Church. It had about 700 members, ranging in age from five to past fifty. Different classes were led by volunteers. Death and legacy
<mask><mask> died 14 March 1900, aged 76 years.At his funeral service both a priest and a rabbi spoke. His wife Julia survived him. A statue in <mask>'s honor was erected at Wisner Park. T.K<mask> Elementary School, located in Elmira, was named in his honor. See also
 New England Congregational Church and Rectory
 Beecher family

Notes

References
 Jim Peebles, pastor “Beecher Stories”, Elmira, NY
 “True to History”, Twin Tiers homes, The Star Gazette, January 27
 Barbara Cunningham, “The Past Lives”, The Star Gazette
 The Elmira Gazette, 1873, volume 1 issue 6
 W.S.B. Mathews, “A Remarkable Personality” (essay)
 Dorothy Holt, 1951, “Elmira’s First Citizen”
 Arthur Booth, “<mask><mask> and some personal recollections”
 “Recollections of Mr. Beecher”, by a former member of the Tuesday night club

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People from Litchfield, Connecticut
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<mask> (6 July 1945 – 16 February 1968) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his "outstanding courage, superb leadership and indomitable fighting spirit" on 16 February 1968, during the Vietnam War. Biography
<mask> was born on 6 July 1945, in Corpus Christi, Texas, and grew up in Groton, New York. He graduated from Edmeston Central High School, Edmeston, New York, in 1963, and from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, with a B.A. degree in history on 19 April 1967. During his school years, he was a senior patrol leader of the Boy Scouts of America and President of the Methodist Youth Fellowship. <mask> was battalion commander of his NROTC unit and a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity while attending Miami University. Marine Corps service
In 1967, <mask> was commissioned a Marine Corps second lieutenant upon graduation from Miami University.He completed The Basic School, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia, in November 1967. In December 1967, he arrived in the Republic of Vietnam, where he was assigned duty as a platoon commander of "Team Box Score", 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. While on patrol  northwest of Đông Hà in Quang Tri Province on 16 February 1968, his unit was engaged by People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) soldiers. Wounded in the firefight, Lt. <mask> called in air strikes and direct artillery fire while he guided his troops to a helicopter evacuation zone. After successfully guiding the majority of his men to the landing zone, he stayed behind to tend to one wounded soldier, calling for an additional air evacuation to remove the wounded soldier from the area. Short on ammunition and continuing to direct artillery fire, he was killed in action when the second helicopter he had boarded crashed after being hit by PAVN fire. Military awards
<mask>'s military decorations and awards include:

Medal of Honor citation

The President of the United States in the name of United States Congress takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to

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"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a platoon commander with the 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company.While on a long-range reconnaissance mission, 2d Lt. <mask>' eight-man patrol observed seven enemy soldiers approaching their position. Reacting instantly, he deployed his men and directed their fire on the approaching enemy. After the fire had ceased, he and two patrol members commenced a search of the area, and suddenly came under a heavy volume of hostile small arms and automatic weapons fire from a numerically superior enemy force. When one of his men was hit by the enemy fire, 2d Lt. <mask> moved through the fire-swept area to his radio and, while directing suppressive fire from his men, requested air support and adjusted a heavy volume of artillery and helicopter gunship fire upon the enemy. After attending the wounded, 2d Lt. <mask>, accompanied by another Marine, moved from his relatively safe position to confirm the results of the earlier engagement. Observing that several of the enemy were still alive, he launched a determined assault, eliminating the remaining enemy troops. He then began moving the patrol to a landing zone for extraction, when the unit again came under intense fire which wounded two more Marines and 2d Lt. <mask>.Refusing medical attention, he once more adjusted air strikes and artillery fire upon the enemy while directing the fire of his men. He led his men to a new landing site into which he skillfully guided the incoming aircraft and boarded his men while remaining exposed to the hostile fire. Realizing that one of the wounded had not embarked, he directed the aircraft to depart and, along with another Marine, moved to the side of the casualty. Confronted with a shortage of ammunition, 2d Lt. <mask> utilized supporting arms and directed fire until a second helicopter arrived. At this point, the volume of enemy fire intensified, hitting the helicopter and causing it to crash shortly after liftoff. All aboard were killed. 2d Lt. <mask>' outstanding courage, superb leadership and indomitable fighting spirit throughout the day were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Navy.He gallantly gave his life for his country." Other honors and recognition
In 2001, a memorial honoring <mask> was dedicated on Main Street in the village of Groton, Tompkins County, New York. <mask>' name is inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall) — on Panel 39E – Row 071. Graves Hall, Officer Barracks, The Basic School, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, is named in honor of <mask> <mask>

<mask> Lounge, Millett Hall, Miami University, is named in honor of 2ndLt <mask>. His medal of honor and citation are on display there. Lt. Terrance C. <mask> Marine Corps League Detachment # 1330, Butler County Ohio is named in honor of 2ndLt <mask> C<mask> Award. Name enshrined at the Pentagon's "Hall of Heroes" 2nd.Fl. ; Corridor 10, left at the ramps. See also
List of Medal of Honor recipients
List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War

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Further reading

 John R<mask>, The Bleed: With the Marines in Vietnam and the RLI and Selous Scouts in Rhodesia, (2012: available at Amazon as a Kindle eBook or in paperback);

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1968 deaths
20th-century Methodists
American Methodists
American military personnel killed in the Vietnam War
Burials in New York (state)
Miami University alumni
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People from Corpus Christi, Texas
People from Edmeston, New York
People from Groton, New York
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients
United States Marine Corps officers
Vietnam War recipients of the Medal of Honor
United States Marine Corps personnel of the Vietnam War

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<mask> (, born 1973) is a Decision Making and Negotiation researcher. He is the Vice Dean of Adelson School of Entrepreneurship at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, a lecturer, and an author. Biography
Maaravi was born and raised in Holon. After graduating from high school, he served in the military in a unit that aims to assist high school students & soldiers alike in improving their Arabic. After his military service, he completed a double-major B.A. (psychology and the "Amirim" interdisciplinary honors program) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During his studies, he traveled numerous times to the Far East and worked as a tour guide in China, Nepal, and Tibet.Maaravi received his Ph.D. in business administration from the Tel Aviv University. His doctorate is dealing with the psychological aspects of business negotiation. Among others, Maaravi lectured at Tel Aviv University. Now, Maaravi is the Vice Dean of the Adelson School of Entrepreneurship in the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. Also, he consults in various fields of business and organizational psychology. Writing
<mask>'s first book "The Juice Tree", is a children's book illustrated by the illustrator Shahar Kober and published in 2010 by "Hakibbutz Hameuchad - Sifriat Poalim Publishing Group". The book depicts a "social dilemma" and teaches important insights on correct community conduct."The Juice Tree" has received warm critique in Israel and was included in the Israeli education ministry's recommended books for 2010-2011. Following the success in Israel, the book was translated to Korean in 2011. His second book "Friendship and Magic", which was also illustrated by Shahar Kober, was published in 2011 by the same publishing house. The book describes a tale in which a creative solution is needed in order to solve a conflict and demonstrates the meaning of an integrative negotiation. These two books are part of a continuing project that aims to expose children and their parents through simple children's books to basic insights in social science thus helping them be better members in their community. A short story written by Maaravi called "Every Great Forest Begins with One Small Tree" was published in the children's Anthology "Klompopo Island and more stories", 2010 by "Hakibbutz Hameuchad - Sifriat Poalim Publishing Group". During 2015 Maaravi's book "You Deserve Better – how to succeed in the negotiation of your life" was published by "Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir" publishing group.This book takes a wide view on negotiation in different aspects of life, and suggests a practical toolbox to improve in these fields, based on research from the fields of social and behavioral studies. Moreover, Dr. Maaravi continues to publish opinion pieces in the daily Israeli press. Research
Dr. Maaravi engaged in research in the areas of decision making, negotiation, creativity and innovation. Specifically, Dr. Maaravi focuses on the feasibility to offer second in a negotiation, the effect of different traits on the negotiation process, the impact of the first offer on various factors in bargaining, and on innovative methodologies for studying entrepreneurship and research. His papers were published, among others, in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and the Judgment and Decision Making journal. Published works

Books

 <mask> Maaravi, The Juice Tree, Hakibbutz Hameuchad - Sifriat Poalim Publishing Group, 2010
 <mask> Maaravi, Friendship and Magic, Hakibbutz Hameuchad - Sifriat Poalim Publishing Group, 2011
 <mask> <mask>, You Deserve Better – how to succeed in the negotiation of your life, Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir" publishing group, 2015

Academic Articles

 Levy, A., & Maaravi, Y. (2018).The boomerang effect of psychological interventions. Social Influence, 13(1), 39-51
 <mask>, Y. (2018). Using hackathons to teach management consulting. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 1-11. <mask>, Y. (2018).Running a research marathon. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 55(2), 212-218. <mask>, Y., Idan, O., & Hochman, G. (2019). And sympathy is what we need my friend—Polite requests improve negotiation results. PLOS ONE, 14(3), e0212306. <mask>, Y., & Hameiri, B. (2019).Deep pockets and poor results: The effect of wealth cues on first offers in negotiation. Group Decision and Negotiation, 28(1), 43-62. <mask>, Y., & Levy, A. (2017). When your anchor sinks your boat: Information asymmetry in distributive negotiations and the disadvantage of making the first offer. Judgment & Decision Making, 12(5). <mask> Y., Ganzach Y., Pazy A., (2011) Negotiation as a form of persuasion: Arguments in first offers.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 101 (2), pp. 245-255. <mask> Y., Pazy A., Ganzach Y. (2011) Pay as much as you can afford: Counterpart’s ability to pay and ﬁrst offers in negotiation. Judgment and Decision Making. 6, pp.275-282. <mask>, Y., Pazy, A., & Ganzach, Y. (2014). Winning a battle but losing the war: On the drawbacks of using the anchoring tactic in distributive negotiations. Judgment and Decision Making, 9(6), 548-557. Roizman, M., Hoffman, G., Ayal, S., Hochman, G., Tagar, M. R., & <mask>, Y. (2016, March).Studying the opposing effects of robot presence on human corruption. In 2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (pp. 501-502). IEEE. Opinion Pieces
 Op-Ed about the origins of creativity and challenges facing Israel's education system, The Marker
 Op-Ed dealing with the need for a new perspective on the social protests in Israel, Ynet news
 Op-Ed about the connection between the Jewish orthodox sector and Israel's social protests, The Marker
 Op-Ed dealing with the importance of individual responsibility in a democratic regime

References

External links

 Interview with <mask> Maaravi about negotiation and children (Hebrew), Channel 10
Dressing for success: How wealth and status cues affect negotiation
The Anchoring Bias Can Get Talks off to a Strong Start

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<mask>á (; born 23 April 1989) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Vaidišová is an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist as well as a two-time quarterfinalist at Wimbledon. She started playing tennis when she was six years old, enrolling to train at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Bradenton, Florida. Her serve was considered her biggest weapon. Her powerful groundstrokes, with her serve, collaborated well together to produce an aggressive, all-round game. On 9 August 2006, at the age of 17 years, she became the 12th-youngest player in WTA Tour history to be ranked in the top 10. She achieved a career-high ranking of world No.7, on 14 May 2007. Her form dipped shortly after, and at the time her retirement was announced in 2010, she was ranked at No. 177. Her stepfather announced that she had retired in March 2010, citing "lack of interest in tennis" as the primary reason, but she returned to the sport in September 2014. However, in July 2016, she retired once more due to injuries. Career

2003–2004: Instant success
Vaidišová debuted in 2003 by reaching three consecutive finals and winning the ITF tournament in Plzeň, Czech Republic. In 2004, her first full year as a professional, Vaidišová finished the year as a top 100 player.As a qualifier at only her third WTA Tour main draw at inaugural Vancouver, she became the sixth-youngest singles champion in tour history at an age of 15 years, three months, and 23 days. She also became the lowest-ranked player (No. 180) and second qualifier (of three) to win a title in 2004. During the summer, she played World TeamTennis for the Sacramento Capitals and was named the league's Female MVP and Female Rookie of the Year. <mask> won her second title of the year at the Tashkent Open, defeating Virginie Razzano in the final. On 18 October, she made her top 100 debut at No. 74, becoming the youngest player in the top 100 at the time.Later in the year, Vaidišová reached the quarterfinals at the Japan Open in Tokyo. She made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open, losing to defending champion and No. 1, Justine Henin, in the first round. Vaidišová finished the year with two WTA titles and a win-loss record of 31–8. 2005–2007: Consistency and top 10 debut

In early January, Vaidišová reached her first quarterfinal of the season in Hobart. She picked up her first Grand Slam singles victory in her Australian Open debut, by reaching the third round before falling to top seed Lindsay Davenport. In April, she made her top 50 debut at No.47 and reached her first career Tier I quarterfinal at the Charleston Open. She posted her first top 10 victory over defending French Open champion Anastasia Myskina, before eventually losing to Patty Schnyder in the quarterfinals, and making her top 40 debut as a result at No. 34 on 18 April. In May, Vaidišová reached her first Tier III final in Istanbul, losing to top seed Venus Williams in the championship match. She made her debut at the French Open where she fell to 22nd-seeded Francesca Schiavone in the second round. In August, Vaidišová reached the quarterfinals at Toronto, losing to Justine Henin. At the US Open, she reached the fourth round for the first time at a Grand Slam event before losing to Nadia Petrova.<mask>'s captured her first title of 2005 (and third of her career) in Seoul, defeating top seed Jelena Janković in the final without dropping a set during the week. She followed by winning her second straight tour singles title in Tokyo, winning when Tatiana Golovin retired in the final. On 10 October, Vaidišová made her top 20 debut at No. 18 and extended her winning streak to 15 matches, by winning her third consecutive tour singles title and fifth of her career; she defeated Nadia Petrova for the first time in the final of the Bangkok. With her three consecutive titles, Vaidišová became the first player since Lindsay Davenport in 2004 to win three titles in three weeks, and also became the sixth woman to win five tour singles titles before her 17th birthday (after Tracy Austin, Andrea Jaeger, Monica Seles, Jennifer Capriati and Martina Hingis). Vaidišová captured her sixth WTA Tour title at the Tier III event in Strasbourg in May 2006. In June, she made a semifinal run at the French Open, her best Grand Slam performance to date.She defeated world No. 1 and home favourite, Amélie Mauresmo, in the fourth round and Venus Williams in the quarterfinal. However, she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the next round, despite being only two points away from victory several times. At Wimbledon, she got to the fourth round before losing to Li Na. Vaidišová's fourth-round appearance meant that she has advanced to the round of 16 or better in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments. In July, Vaidišová went 2–0 during the Czech Republic's 3–2 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs loss to France. She reached the semifinal on her debut in Stanford, losing to Kim Clijsters.Vaidišová reached her career-first Tier I semifinal in San Diego, losing to Clijsters again. After her success in San Diego, Vaidišová moved from No. 12 to No. 9, her first career top 10 debut, becoming the 12th-youngest player in tour history to crack the top 10, at an age of 17 years, three months and two weeks. At the US Open, she made it to the third round, but lost to Jelena Janković, who later made it to the semifinal. Vaidišová defeated Mauresmo for the second time at the Kremlin Cup, after rallying from 1–6, 2–5 down and three match points in their quarterfinal match. However, she lost to Nadia Petrova for a third time in their four meetings in the semifinal afterwards.She managed to finish 2006 at No. 10, making it her most successful season. Beginning 2007, Vaidišová reached the semifinals of the Sydney International, beating Ana Ivanovic for the first time before falling to Jelena Janković. She went on to reach her second Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open, losing to eventual champion Serena Williams. She skipped a large majority of the clay season with a right wrist injury. However, she reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, where she was defeated by Jelena Janković. In her first grass-court tournament of the season at Eastbourne, Vaidišová lost in the quarterfinals to Justine Henin.At Wimbledon, she lost to Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals after failing to convert three match points. She earlier had defeated defending champion Amélie Mauresmo in the fourth round and Victoria Azarenka in the third round. Vaidišová was out for two months after Wimbledon due to glandular fever. She returned at the US Open, where she lost to Shahar Pe'er in the third round. Moving into the indoor season, she played the Kremlin Cup, losing to Serena Williams in the quarterfinals. The next week in Zürich, Vaidišová reached the semifinals, achieving a notable victory over Jelena Janković. In the semifinals, she lost to Justine Henin in three sets.She finished the year by making another semifinal in Linz. 2008–2010: Struggles and retirement

Vaidišová played three hardcourt tournaments in Australia to start the year. She reached the semifinals of the Sydney International, defeating Jelena Janković in the quarterfinals before losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals. The week after the Australian Open, Vaidišová won both of her Fed Cup singles matches in the tie against Slovakia. Following that, she lost six consecutive matches. As the 18th seed at Wimbledon, she had an unexpected run to the quarterfinals, losing to Zheng Jie. She finished the year with another pair of consecutive losses, and had tumbled to No.41 in the world over the course of the season. In 2009, Vaidišová's ranking fell out of the top 100. She often was spotted watching numerous matches of her boyfriend Radek Štěpánek. At the end of the year, Vaidišová was ranked No. 187. Vaidišová started 2010 by playing ITF Women's Circuit events. Later in March, her stepfather and former coach Ales Kodat announced her decision to retire from her professional career at the age of 20 due to a lack of interest in tennis."Her agent told me last week... she's fed up with tennis and that's understandable. She started very young", Kodat said. Kodat said she had turned down a wildcard to play in Miami starting on 23 March. 2014: Comeback
Vaidišová received a wildcard to compete in the ITF Albuquerque, a $75k event, starting on 15 September. This marked her return to professional tennis in over four years. She won her first match in straight sets against Sesil Karatantcheva, before losing in the second round to Johanna Konta 6–1, 1–6, 4–6. 2015
At the Monterrey Open in March, she qualified for her first WTA Tour main draw since 2010 but she drew top seed and defending champion Ana Ivanovic in the first round.Vaidišová lost 1–6, 6–7; she had qualified for the main draw only seven hours before her match against Ivanovic. She played at Miami Open as wildcard. She won her first-round match against Tímea Babos in straight sets, and lost in the second round to No. 3 seed Simona Halep, in three sets. 2016: Second retirement
In July, Vaidišová announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis. Personal life
Vaidišová was introduced to tennis by her mother Riana. She has three younger brothers, Filip, Oliver and Toby.She speaks Czech, English, and German. Vaidišová became engaged to fellow Czech tennis player Radek Štěpánek, who is 11 years older, in late 2007. It has been suggested that the relationship was the cause of Vaidišová's decline in tennis. The two married on 17 July 2010 at Prague Castle. In June 2013, Vaidišová and Štěpánek announced that they had filed for divorce. In 2018, they remarried and became parents of a daughter, Stella. Endorsements
Vaidišová was the face of Reebok and has been featured in their "I Am What I Am" and "Run Easy" campaigns.She also endorsed Citizen Watches and its Eco-Drive design. She is represented by Olivier van Lindonk of IMG. During her career, she used Yonex racquets. In 2007, Vaidišová was featured in Virtua Tennis 3, a videogame developed by Sega and released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation Portable. WTA career finals

Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Singles: 3 (2–1)

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Vaidišová's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.No. 1 wins

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<mask> (, ; September 2, 1912 – January 31, 1947) was an Indonesian-born tennis player who represented the Republic of China in the Davis Cup. He was from the Peranakan Chinese ethnic group. He was the first Chinese player ever to win a major international tournament. He won twice the British Hard Court Championships and the Surrey Grass Court Championships on one occasion. He was a Swiss, Italian and Swedish champion as well. Early years
<mask> was born and raised in Java to a poor family in an eggplant farm where his father, Han Ting was the head of the village. He had three brothers and three sisters.After he had been dropped out of school he started playing tennis at the age of 14, while working in a sports equipment store. In the early years he had troubles to make his father understand his admiration for the game. In 1929, he won the Central Java Tennis Championship. In 1932, his parents died. He won the All-Java Championship in 1933. In 1933, he won the Chinese national championships topping Qiufei Hai of Shanghai. In 1935, he became the Chinese national champion for the second time after beating compatriot <mask> Hooi Hye and subsequently was named the top Chinese player.Local people raised money for him to support his post-graduate education in Switzerland. In 1936, he arrived to Great Britain to attend college, and he was offered a job at the Chinese Embassy. He studied commerce in London. Later he was sponsored by the Dunlop Rubber Company. Tennis career
He played his first international matches in 1934 when he toured Sumatra challenging the Netherlands Davis Cup team. In Kisaran, he met Cornelius Bryan (Champion of Sumatra) whom he beat in three sets. In doubles, Bryan and team member Hendrik Timmer  scored a three-set victory against the Chinese.Then they moved to Siantar where at the inaugural of the Simeloengoen Club two one-set matches were held. Bryan and <mask> went toe-to-toe in singles with <mask> victorious. Then he faced Alsbach and won six to four. This was followed by the doubles between Timmer-Bryan and Alsbach-<mask>, which was abandoned due to Bryan's injury with <mask>' leading one set and one break in the second, while the Bryan was serving to stay in the match. In Medan, he beat Bryan and had his match with Alsbach interrupted as it started raining. In 1935, the Dutch Indies Tennis Association invited a couple of European players to play a series of exhibition matches in the Orient. In Surabaya, he paired with Nami to face Giorgio de Stefani and Enrique Maier and lost in two sets.Then the party traveled to Surakarta where singles matches were held and <mask> faced de Stefani with the Italian coming out victoriously. Then on a rematch in Semarang, <mask> prevailed for the first time over de Stefani in front a home crowd of two thousand. While touring America, <mask> reached the doubles finals of the 1935 Kansas City Championships with Lewis D. Carson, losing to Wilbur Coen and William Kiley. The same year, he debuted in the Davis Cup against the United States Davis Cup team and lost all three of his rubbers. <mask> won numerous tournaments in Europe, most notably winning the British Hard Court Championships twice, in 1938 and 1939 and was a runner-up in 1946. In 1934, he was scheduled to represent his country at the 1934 Far Eastern Games, which was cancelled. He met Giorgio de Stefani again for the Dutch Championships in 1936, losing to him.Also in 1936, he reached the fourth round of the 1936 French Championships in singles and reached the third round of the mixed doubles with Mademoiselle Terwinot. In the New Year's Eve tournament of 1936–1937 at the Beausite L.T.C. de Cannes, he defeated Vladimir Landau and won the doubles as well with him. At the same event, he and miss Simonne Mathieu won the mixed contest. In January 1937, he won the Monegasque Championships against Gaston Médécin. In February, he captured the Gallia L.T.C. de Cannes title, beating home favorite Jacques Brugnon in straight sets.They paired for the doubles of the Nice Lawn Tennis Club where they triumphed over Jean Lesueur and William Robertson. <mask> also took the singles trophy. Also in February at Carlton Club of Cannes, Brugnon and <mask> were on the opposite side in the mixed semifinals where they teamed with Simone Matthieu and Nancy Liebert respectively. In the end, the French couple advanced to the finals. For the men's doubles, Brugnon and Robertson formed a team this time and met in the final with <mask> and Landau. In May, he clinched the Priory tournament from Daniel Prenn. In July, he won the Midlands Counties tournament in Edgbaston.In September, he was in both singles and doubles finals of the Hungarian International Tennis Championships in Budapest. He was a finalist for the Paris International Championships in the same month where he was beaten by Croatian Franjo Punčec. In March 1938 at the International Championships of Cairo, he was defeated by Roderich Menzel in the semifinals. In April, he defended his South of France title against Swiss Max Ellmer and this time gained the doubles crown with Brugnon. In May, defeated Bunny Austin for the British Hard Court Championships title and won the doubles title as well with Irishman George Lyttleton-Rogers against the British duo of Donald William Butler and Frank Wilde. In June, he reached the Queen's Club Championships final, defeated by Bunny Austin. In October, he won the Sussex Club title in Brighton from Dennis C. Coombe of New Zealand.Later that month, he reached the fourth round of the 1938 Wimbledon Championships, scoring victories over Harold Hare, Georg von Metaxa and Ian Collins. In February 1939, he won his second Gallia championships in singles and doubles with Jacques Brugnon. In March, Brugnon and <mask> lost the International Championships of Cairo doubles to the team of Gottfried von Cramm and Pat Hughes. In April, he claimed his first Italian trophy at the L.T.C. di Rome International Championships, defeating Constantin Tanacescu for the title. In May, he took the Surrey Grass Court Championships against Murray Deloford in straight sets. Later that year, he won the Hastings tournament.In 1945, he won the Midlands Counties Championships for the second time and retained his title the next year against Argentine Enrique Morea. In 1946, he went for the North of England title but was eliminated in both the singles and doubles finals by Jack Edwin Harper and Harper-Cam Malfroy respectively. In May, he served the first and only Davis Cup victory for the First Republic of China by winning all three of his rubbers against the Denmark Davis Cup team. While in London on 31 January 1947, <mask> was admitted to hospital with double pneumonia and died soon after. <mask> appeared in six Davis Cup ties for China from 1935 to 1946. He won eight of his 18 rubbers. In the club level scene he represented the International Tennis Club of Great Britain.During World War II
On January 27, 1940 he married Jane Margaret Gordon Balfour, daughter of E.J. Gordon Balfour, a judge in Ceylon. They met in England at the Queen's Club where both of them practised. They moved to the Dutch East Indies and stayed there for the time of the war. In order to help his country against the Empire of Japan he participated in a series of exhibition matches with Englishman Pat Hughes in the Malacca Lawn Tennis Club. The ticket sales income was transferred to the Malaya Patriotic Fund and the War Fund. In 1940 he became Malayan Champion in singles and mixed doubles.He continued on to get featured in exhibition matches in 1941. Playing style
In a 1938 article contemporary Australian tennis player and subsequent chairman of Lawn Tennis Association of Victoria Mervyn Weston described <mask> as a drop shot expert, who has a fine control over the ball disguising it so well that it reached a "deadly effect". He had a whipped forehand accompanied by an excellent net game and service and assisted by a formidable backhand. He possessed an athletic body type with a height of 5'11". He was a calm but opportunist player. Career titles

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<mask> (born October 30, 1957) is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative for  from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated in his attempt to win an open seat in the 2014 United States Senate election in Iowa. Early life, education, and law career
<mask> was born in Grinnell, Iowa, the son of Marcia L. (née Sherwood) and Byard C<mask>. He has English, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry. His family owned a farm in nearby Brooklyn, Iowa. <mask> attended college at Iowa State University where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law.<mask> worked as a trial lawyer in Waterloo with Dutton, Braun, Staack, & Hellman, PLC for 23 years, beginning in 1983. U.S. House of Representatives

Elections
<mask> won an open seat battle in the 1st district after eight-term Republican congressman Jim Nussle stepped down to make an unsuccessful run for Governor in 2006. The 1st district had been in Republican hands since 1979. However, eastern Iowa has swung heavily Democratic since the 1990s. The district has supported the Democratic candidate for President in every election since 1988 until the 2016 United States presidential election. The district, which was numbered as the 2nd District for most of the period from Iowa's statehood until 2003, became even more Democratic when much of the Quad Cities area, including Davenport and Bettendorf was shifted into it from the old 1st District (now the 2nd). 2006
In the 2006 midterm election, <mask> defeated Republican opponent Mike Whalen, a Quad City businessman.2008
<mask> became the second member of Iowa's congressional delegation to issue an endorsement in the 2008 presidential race, announcing his support on December 5, 2007, for former North Carolina Senator John Edwards in a press conference in Waterloo. On April 30, 2008, <mask> threw his support behind Senator Barack Obama following Edwards' withdrawal from the race. 2010
In 2010 Braley defeated GOP challenger Ben Lange, an attorney from Independence, by only about 4,000 votes out of more than 215,000 cast. Ultimately, a 4,300 vote margin in <mask>'s home county, Black Hawk County, allowed him to overcome coattails from Terry Branstad and Chuck Grassley and secure a third term. Grassley carried every county in the district; Branstad carried all but three. 2012
On April 3, 2012, <mask> announced his reelection campaign in his hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Due to redistricting, Braley lost heavily Democratic Davenport but picked up equally Democratic Cedar Rapids and several other northeastern Iowa counties.Lange and Dubuque businessman Rod Blum announced their candidacy to run in a 1st District Republican primary to face <mask> in a general election. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Braley led all Iowa Congressional candidates in out-of-state contributions, receiving about 3.5 times the amount of donations from out-of-state contributions as he has from in-state; a Republican activist and <mask>'s political opponent both filed House ethics complaints against <mask> as a result, but the charges were found to be without merit. <mask> raised an approximate total of $2.46 million for his re-election campaign, The sectors following two and three behind the lawyers and lobbyists were labor groups, and health groups, raising approximately $223,000 and $157,000 respectively. Braley spent approximately $2.11 million of what he raised being spent during the course of the campaign. Lange won the Republican primary, and faced <mask> in a rematch. In the general election, <mask> won reelection by a much wider margin than in 2010. Positions
The non-partisan, non-profit website OnTheIssues.org labels <mask> a "Populist-Leaning Liberal."Climate change
<mask> told the Des Moines Register in a December 23, 2008 article that Congress cannot wait to enact reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, saying "We have ignored this problem for far too long." On June 26, 2009, Braley voted to pass an emissions trading measure in order to limit greenhouse gas emissions and set new requirements for electric utilities. Economy
Braley voted to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Braley supports raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour. According to  a press release from four-term Pennsylvania Republican Charlie Dent, in a display of bipartisanship, Braley sat with Dent at President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address. Afterwards Braley praised the address, saying: “I’m glad the President so strongly emphasized strengthening the middle class tonight. I was especially encouraged by his focus on economic fairness, creating jobs, and investing in education.The American middle class is being squeezed more than ever, yet Wall Street bankers and big corporations are making record profits.”

Braley opposes the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Health care
On November 7, 2009, Braley voted for House passage of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which included a public health insurance option. On March 21, 2010, Braley voted for the final version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Abortion
Braley has taken a pro-choice stance, having received 100% ratings from Planned Parenthood in 2008, 2010, and 2012, as well as 100% position ratings from NARAL Pro-Choice America in 2007, and 2009 through 2012. On May 4, 2011 Braley voted against HR 3, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which passed the House 251 to 175. On October 13, 2011 he voted against HR 358, Amends Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Prohibit Abortion Coverage.This bill passed the House and was referred by the Senate to Committee. On May 31, 2012 <mask> voted against HR 3541, the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2012. This bill failed to pass the House. Firearms
Braley has received an "F" rating from the National Rifle Association. Agriculture
<mask> has received varied agricultural interest group ratings in his time in office. In 2007 he received a 90% rating from the National Association of Wheat Growers, as well as a 2007-08 91% rating from the American Farm Bureau Federation and a '07-08 100 Family Advocacy Score from the National Farmers Union. His ratings were maintained for the most part in 2008 with an 86% from the National Association of Wheat Growers, and a 2009-2010 score of 100% from the National Farmers Union.However he has recently fallen out of favor with the American Farm Bureau Federation, with his 2009-2010 rating being only 43% and his 2011 rating dropping a further ten points to 33%. On February 29, 2012, Braley voted against HR 1837 - Water Resources in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley which passed the House, and would require the Secretary of the Interior to reallocate water for irrigation purposes. On August 2, 2012, he voted for HR 6233 - Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 which has passed the house and would provide supplemental agricultural disaster financial assistance for the 2012 fiscal year. Braley came under harsh criticism after it emerged that he had criticized Republican Senator Chuck Grassley as "a farmer from Iowa, who never went to law school"; a later press release emphasizing his background in the agricultural sector contained misspellings of basic farming terminology. Tort reform
<mask> has been a long time opponent of tort reform. Government shutdown
<mask> defended keeping the House gym open for members and lamented the cutbacks to the gym's services, including cancellation of towel service. Braley noted that gym was one of the few places where Democrats and Republicans could build relationships.He further noted, "...we pay a fee to belong to the House gym. So this is no different than if you're working for an employer that offers a wellness program." Foreign policy
During a debate in September 2014, <mask> stated that he had recently voted to authorize strikes against terrorists in Syria and Iraq. However, according to "The Weekly Standard," the vote cited by Braley was actually to arm Syrian rebels who are fighting ISIS. On June 19, 2014, Braley voted for an amendment to prohibit the use of funds for combat operations in Iraq. Legislation
<mask> sponsored 101 bills, including:

110th Congress (2007–2008)
 H.R. 872, a bill to create a competitive grant program to promote education and training in bioenergy and other agricultural renewable energy sources, introduced February 7, 2007
 H.R.1873, a bill to revise and expand small business contracts, introduced April 17, 2007
 H.R. 3381, a bill to prohibit the suspension of military active-duty deployment limits by the President for national security purposes from being used to deny the payment of a high-deployment allowance to a member of the Armed Forces if the member is otherwise qualified, introduced August 3, 2007
 H.R. 3548, a bill to require federal executive agencies to use Plain English in official documents, introduced September 17, 2007, reintroduced in the 111th Congress as H.R. 946. H.R. 946 was signed into law October 13, 2010. H.R.5167, a bill to prohibit the President from granting immunity to the Iraqi government for torture and terrorism committed during the Gulf War unless certain conditions are met, introduced January 29, 2008
 H.R. 5620, a bill to establish minimum standards for good manufacturing practices for the minimal processing of produce, including sanitation and water standards, introduced March 13, 2008
 H.R. 6235, a bill to require that all flags used by the federal government be entirely manufactured in the United States, introduced June 11, 2008, reintroduced in the 111th Congress as H.R. 2853, in the 112th Congress as H.R. 1344, and in the 113th Congress as H.R. 2355
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 punishments for employers who willfully violate child labor requirements, introduced September 10, 2008

111th Congress (2009–2010)
 H.R.508, a bill to allow for a $40 refundable tax credit, up to $80 per individual, for the purchasing of digital-to-analog converter boxes, introduced January 14, 2009
 H.R. 2891, a bill to create a loan repayment program for individuals who serve as health care professionals in underserved areas, introduced June 16, 2009, reintroduced in the 112th Congress as H.R. 531 and in the 113th Congress as H.R. 702. A modified version of this bill's program is included in the PPACA. H.R. 3051, a bill to require documents released by health insurance providers, including the government, to be written in Plain English, introduced June 25, 2009
 H.R.4442, a bill to increase security measures for detecting explosive devices in airports and airplanes, introduced January 13, 2010
 H.R. 4512, a bill to require motor vehicle fuel be labeled with its country of origin and that such information be disclosed to consumers, introduced January 26, 2010, reintroduced in the 112th Congress as H.R. 2073 and in the 113th Congress as H.R. 5123
 H.R. 4584, a bill to support the development of wind energy, introduced February 3, 2010
 H.R. 5022, a bill to create a competitive grant program for expanding master's degree physical education programs, introduced April 14, 2010, reintroduced in the 112th Congress as H.R. 3597
 H.R.5435, a bill to deny a tax deduction for income attributable to the domestic production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil and oil products, introduced May 27, 2010. An expanded version of this bill was introduced in the 112th Congress by <mask> as H.R. 851. 112th Congress (2011–2012)
 H.R. 319, a bill to allow veterans to have a day off from work on Veterans Day if they would otherwise be working, introduced January 19, 2011, reintroduced in the 113th Congress as H.R. 3368
 H.R. 1517, a bill to require the Department of Defense to develop a policy of preventing and responding to sexual assault and domestic violence, introduced April 13, 2011
 H.R.2826, a bill to allow non-government employers to reduce their payroll taxes for a temporary time period and allow for a tax credit for employing former members of the National Guard and the Reserves and retaining such employment, introduced August 26, 2011. A similar bill was introduced in the 113th Congress by Braley as H.R. 3648. H.R. 3786, a bill to require federal executive agencies to use Plain English when revising or issuing new regulations, introduced January 18, 2012, reintroduced in the 113th Congress as H.R. 1557
 H.R. 4136, a bill to withhold 10% of federal highway fund allotments to any state that does not have laws prohibiting the passing of stopped school buses, introduced March 21, 2012, reintroduced in the 113th Congress as H.R.4595
 H.R. 4284, a bill to prohibit livestock packers from owning, controlling, or feeding livestock to the extent that the producer no longer materially participates in such operations, with certain exceptions, introduced March 28, 2012
 H.R. 4373, a bill to reinstate and expand tax credits for adoption expenses, introduced April 17, 2012
 H.R. 5796, a bill to establish a fund for former hostages in Iran, to be funded through fines and penalties imposed on individuals linked to the hostage-taking, introduced May 17, 2012, reintroduced in the 113th Congress as H.R. 904 and H.R. 3200
 H.R. 6237, a bill to establish a grant program for small business development centers, with a maximum grant of $250,000, introduced July 31, 2012, reintroduced in the 113th Congress as H.R.1283

113th Congress (2013–2014)
 H.R. 3906, a bill to require congressional districts to be drawn by nonpartisan independent commissions, introduced January 16, 2014
 H.R. 4044, a bill to expand the child tax credit, introduced February 11, 2014
 H.R. 5509, a bill to expand the tax credits and deductions for college expenses and student loan interest rates, introduced September 17, 2014
 H.R. 5560, a bill to provide financial assistance to select individuals who would otherwise discontinue pursuing a degree because of lack of financial assistance, introduced September 18, 2014

Committee assignments
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Caucus memberships
Since 2008, <mask> has been a member of the House Armenian Caucus. In 2009, <mask> founded his own House caucus, the Populist Caucus. The caucus, which he chairs, now has 27 members.According to The Washington Post, it "is devoted to economic issues of interest to the middle-class, from the promotion of fair trade to the creation of well-paying jobs." 2014 U.S. Senate election

In February 2013, <mask> announced that he would seek the United States Senate seat held by retiring Senator Tom Harkin. <mask>'s entrance cleared the field of all potential Democratic challengers and he raised $2.6 million by the end of 2013. By February 2014, <mask> had campaigned in all 99 counties of Iowa. On November 4, <mask> was defeated by Republican state Senator Joni Ernst in the general election. Despite expectations of a close race, Ernst pulled away in the last week, and won by over eight percentage points, helped by a series of gaffes by Braley. House gym and towels comment

In October 2013, the government shut down caused the House gym to lay off staff, including the towel attendants.<mask> complained publicly about the lack of service in spite of paying to use the House gym, remarked, "There’s no towel service, and so we’re doing our own laundry down there." During the 2014 general election, Republicans brought this to the voters' attention. "Farmer from Iowa" comment
In March 2014, video footage was discovered from a January 2014 fundraising event of trial lawyers in Texas in which <mask> assured the audience that he would be a spokesman in Congress for trial lawyers, and commented that Republican Senator Chuck Grassley could become the next chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee if Democrats lose control of the Senate majority. In the video <mask> criticized Grassley as "a farmer from Iowa, who never went to law school". Following the release of the video, <mask> issued an apology to Grassley. In response to the negative coverage generated by his comments, <mask> issued a press release which touted his farming background. The press release included two misspellings of common farming terms.After the errors were pointed out, <mask>'s spokesman stated that he had "lost his fourth-grade spelling bee by mis-spelling 'journey.' I guess my old habits are hard to break." His gaffe was not only seen as an insult to Grassley, but also to Iowa's large farming population, prompting The Hill to name him as one of the "top 10 worst candidates of 2014." Joni Ernst attack advertisement

In June 2014, <mask> released a 30-second ad spot attacking Republican opponent Joni Ernst. The ad stated that despite the fact that Ernst was running as a fiscal conservative, when she “had the chance to do something in Iowa, we didn’t hear a peep.” The ad stated that Ernst never sponsored a bill to cut pork or reduce spending during her time in the Iowa state Senate. Footage of a baby chicken chirping was shown during the ad, interpreted by some as comparing her to a chick. University of Iowa political science professor Timothy Hagle stated that there was a double standard of sexism between Republicans and Democrats, saying "Imagine if a GOP candidate had used a 'chick' in an ad against a female opponent."VA Committee attendance

In the wake of the Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014, it was reported that <mask> missed 15 of the 20 United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearings in 2011 and 2012, including one hearing on a day in which he attended three fundraisers for his 2012 campaign, but which did not overlap with the hearing schedule. <mask>'s campaign responded by saying that he is an outspoken advocate for veterans. The campaign also said that <mask> missed the hearing the day of the three fundraisers because he was at another hearing. The Des Moines Register reported that <mask> was marked “present” at the other hearing but did not ask a question. The paper also reported that <mask> was not seen on video of the hearing, although <mask>'s chair could not be seen at all times in the video. In examining an attack ad against <mask> on this issue, PolitiFact called claims that Braley skipped hearings for fundraisers on September 20, 2012, "Mostly False" but said that Braley did miss close to 79 percent of committee hearings. Dispute  over chickens
In August 2014, <mask> was criticized by Republicans for a dispute he had with his neighbor at his vacation home over the neighbor's "therapeutic" chickens, which <mask> said were always in his yard.When the neighbor brought some eggs as a gift, his wife Carolyn turned them down and said she, <mask>, and a few other homeowners complained about the chickens to the neighborhood homeowners’ association board. <mask> was accused of threatening a lawsuit against the neighbor, which he emphatically denied, and said he handled the situation properly. However, the incident added to the damage caused by his derogatory remark about Senator Grassley being "a farmer from Iowa." Post-Political Career

In 2015, <mask> joined the law firm Leventhal & Puga PC (now known as Leventhal Puga Braley PC) in Denver, Colorado. Electoral history

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<mask> (born in 1971 in Cyprus) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker, scenario writer and novelist, who has also written academic articles about the media. Early life, education and career

<mask> was born on 11 August 1971 in Nicosia in Cyprus. He completed his primary and high school education in Arabahmet Primary School, Şehit Hüseyin Ruso High School and Lefkoşa Türk Secondary School respectively. He studied economics, communication and cinema both local and abroad for his undergraduate, post-graduate and doctorate degrees. <mask> is a Turkish writer, scriptwriter, and director. He is an activist for Occupy Filmmakers and Occupies Writers. Having lectured on economics, media, literature, and cinema at the doctorate level, and has published articles in newspapers and journals, Ferhat then became a producer and a TV and radio host.He has published thousands of articles, several novels, and various film scripts. Silk Road, Autumn, Toy Car, Double Port, When There is Still Time, Kingdom of Lambousa, After Tomorrow, A psychoanalyst on his own couch: Vamik Volkan, Cristal Night are among his published works. <mask> has directed and written screenplays for short films that have appeared at international film festivals, particularly in Italy, India and the Far East. His full-length feature film The Key, based on his own novel Autumn, premiered at the 48th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and was then shown at the 31st Istanbul Film Festival in 2012. It was released in the same year in North Cyprus with a gala opening. This was North Cyprus’s first 35mm feature film. We can say that his film Letters to the Future Documentary is unique in its field.This production, made in collaboration with Serhat Akpınar, the founding president and chairman of the executive board of Girne American University, has an interesting speculative, perhaps mischievous, take on a series of interviews with twenty-five famous people held in the year 2038. Screenplays for in Search of Ancestry, Pinwheel and Wasn’t Easy, followed, and his endeavors in cinema, literature, and research continue. <mask> <mask> teaches Creative Writing and Screenwriting at the academy and he is the owner of the Golden Pen award of Turkey in 2018. He has articles over 7 thousand. He is a columnist at CyprusPost and Shalom newspapers in Cyprus and Turkey. The author also won, "The best book of 2019" award in the UK with "A psychoanalyst on his own couch" book. Author is a member of World Biography Writers.The author is also the script writer of the Kyrenia Museum. Publications

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I never gave up - 2020: The book, describing the biography of Ersin Tatar, Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, contains the final evaluations of Tatar, who is also a candidate for the Presidency. A Psychoanalyst on His Own Couch - 2019/London: Vamik Volkan puts himself on his couch and tells his fascinating life story as an international psychoanalyst who has seen and studied humans in many parts of the world to the renowned writer, scriptwriter, and director. "Crystal Night" - 2018: The novel "Crystal Night", which's preface is written by Prof. Dr. Vamık D. Volkan and which conveys the Holocaust reality in the most striking language, met with the reader. The actual history that is partaking in the novel is completed in the Turkish Edition with the support of the American Holocaust Museum, and the studies are being continued before the English and Hebrew prints are made. "After Tomorrow" - 2015: Life sometimes fits into the moment with peace and you beat time in someplace. "After Tomorrow", the story of peace beating time.Bringing Akpınar Patisserie, which filled 80 years in particular, and its generally sweet history into today’s world. In a way, "After Tomorrow" is a research and biography study in the taste of the cake. "The Kingdom of Lambousa" - 2013: With the novel "The Kingdom of Lambousa", the author, going back to the depths of more than 30 centuries of history, shares the findings and information that haven't been written before about the wealthiest kingdom of the period. While the book is written with many references, it also includes photographs and myths as well as information that has not been previously published, via British Museum. Being written after a long period of research, the book contains a summary of all the necessary details as well as information about the history as it places important research into the minds of the readers. The book is being presented to the reader with the subtitle: "The Resistance of History, Civilization, and Culture Against Time". "The Lambousa Kingdom" is a novel published by Destek Publishing House and it is available for sale with both e-book and paperback versions all over the world."While There Is Time" - 2011: A novel about the reality of life and trade after World War II and also the story of two brothers, who created a commercial adventure for over 70 years, achieving success while going through hard periods of the history. "While There is Time" is a work of the author that you can find all of the details of the Flaubert School it represents, which have been started with the novel "Autumn" and showed itself in the novel "Toy Car" too. Published by Roman Destek Publishing. "Toy Car" - 2009: The writer extended his reach to Turkey with this publishing. "Toy car" is a novel about the love of a young couple in the midst of the inter-communal conflicts that took place in Cyprus in the '60s and '70s. In addition, the novel has made two editions and has been sold everywhere in Turkey via the Internet. In the novel, alongside a love story, a balanced narrative of all the pains, friendship and hostility of the period are presented to the reader with a special expression.The first edition of the book was printed by the Moss Publishing (Istanbul) and the second edition was printed by the Destek Publishing. "Double Harbour": It is a poetry book published by the author after 14 years of break. The book consists of poems about love and struggle; In addition to the love stories from all over the world, it also includes battles against the pain of newer times. The book, which is also the first ebook of Cyprus, was among the bestsellers of the year it was published. "Autumn" - 2006: One of the author's novels. The book, published in 2006, is based on the real story of a woman's murder in the second half of the 70s in Cyprus. It is the first murder novel written in Cyprus.In 2011, the novel was adapted for cinema and the script the author wrote became a subject for the film "Anahtar" which was produced by him. The book was published by Gökada Publications and Anadolu Publishing. "Silk Road" - 1997/2001: It is the author's first book. It made two prints in 1997 and 2001 and then it was sold out. Published under the title of "6400 Kilometers and a Thousand-Year Book", the book consists of poems and essays that refer to the historical philosophy of the route known as the Silk Road. Both editions of the book were made by AN Graphics. Films and documentaries
"A Section of Philosophy of Derrida": A new documentary by <mask> <mask>.Jacques Derrida was a French linguist and one of the most difficult philosophers of the last century and his field of philosophy became the subject of <mask> <mask>'s documentary. The documentary, which includes evaluations and images of Derrida, examines the field of Derrida philosophy in its general meaning. "Cyprus Turkish Educational Documentary": A documentary covering a period of 500 years, explains the land's education adventure, starting from the pre-Ottoman period to the present day, with the doyens of education. "It Wasn't Easy": This is a biography documentary titled "It Wasn't Easy" directed and written by <mask> <mask>. An important period about ANK Ltd. is being witnessed in the documentary in which the commercial life of one of the well-established companies of the country, Ahmet Nafi Brothers (ANK), is being examined. "Pin Wheel": A documentary about children's games. The scenario of the project and its directing are done by our author.The project is a documentary about children's games that explains and plays 20 games with nearly 100 children. In front of the selected places in the documentary, children have helped history to reach the future by playing old street games. "Pursuit of Genealogy": Famous actor Hüseyin Köroğlu made the voice over of the documentary in which 33 Ottoman works throughout the land were being examined. The documentary has been screened in 26 festivals multiple times. "Letters to the Future": It is a visionary documentary and a first in the world in its own concept. With 250 children drawing about future and with 25 people who are known worldwide talking about the next 25 years regarding 25 different subjects, the project has been kept in a special vault to be opened and watched for the first time in 2038, after 25 years, with the partnership of Serhat Akpınar production. The project targeted many contents including ceremonies and commemorations every year and at special times and it occurred for the first time in the world.The author was the scenarist and the director of the project. The documentary was a production completed in 2014. "Cinema Cinema "- 2014: The deep worries and promises of cinema are explained in this short film with facts including cinema history. The writer, who was the screenwriter and director of the film, also produced the short film by himself. The short film, which was produced at the end of 2014, will be screened at TOFF and PSFF festivals in 2015. "Key" - 2012: This is a feature film adaptation of the author's "Autumn Novel" to the cinema, the script of which is written and produced by him. Coming to the theaters at the same time in both Turkey and Northern Cyprus, the film is about love and femicide while being the first 35mm film in Northern Cyprus.The film was shot in a structure with the characteristics of film noir and was previewed at the Antalya Golden Orange and Istanbul International Film festivals. The film was produced in 2011. "Inversely Awareness" - 2010: A short film about a woman's loneliness and indecision and the struggle of one's mind and heart against all that is happening in life. In the film, the conflicts of a woman's life and the effects of the things that happen out of her control are explained in a striking expression. The author's short film, screened at the Italian RIFF film festival, is an example of a conflict classic. In addition to writing and producing the scripts, the author also directed the film too. This short film was made in 2010.Academic writing
 EU countries controlling the Boards Review the publication (Academic Research-2002)
 Northern Cyprus National Television "TV Program Types" Research (academic papers-2006)
 Individual media state (academic papers-2006),
 The formation of radio and Television Broadcasting in Cyprus, Control and future (academic papers-2007)
 Moment analysis (academic papers-2007)
 Power Heryerdeliği (academic papers-2007)
 "Grandpa" in terms of the examination of the book of Michael Foucault theorems (academic papers-2008)
 Journalism and ethics (academic papers-2008)
 JD Difference Review (academic papers-2008)
 Athens Actions "do not Cry a tear Bomb Us, we have already"-(academic papers-2008)
 Women of the world (literature Survey-2008)
 Toy car (short Film Writer/Director-2009)
 To Understand Kafka (literature Survey-2009)
 Ponaptikon (academic papers-2009)
 JD Detour Review (academic papers-2009)
 "The other was exposed to violence, the dogmas of won! (Academic Philosophy Article-2011)
 Double port (Poetry),
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 ' Kadınınadı! ' (Converted to social media studies)
 Toy car (novel-Turkey-wide II. Edition February 2012)
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 Sexual objects: Women, men consumed (academic Article-April 2012)
 The defeat of the new victory, the new media! -Social media review (academic Article-May 2012)
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<mask> (born 11 August 1974 ) is a Scottish football manager, pundit and former professional player who played as a left winger. His most recent role in football was a stint as the caretaker manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle. His playing career saw him represent Dundee (two spells), Heart of Midlothian (two spells), Rangers, Southampton and Falkirk. He also played 26 times for Scotland in full international matches. After working as a pundit for Sky Sports he was appointed manager of Dundee in 2017 before being sacked in October 2018. Club career
<mask> started his career with Dundee before moving on to Heart of Midlothian in 1996. He helped the Tynecastle side win the Scottish Cup in 1998, their first major trophy in 36 years.<mask> moved to Rangers later that year for £1.9 million, becoming the club's first major Scottish Catholic signing since Mo Johnston. He scored two goals in a 3–0 win for Rangers against their arch-rivals Celtic on 2 May 1999, which clinched the 1998–99 Scottish Premier League title. <mask> left Rangers in 2003, as the club were forced to sell him due to financial problems. Speaking in February 2019, <mask> said that he had been subject to sectarian abuse from Celtic fans that stemmed from his decision to sign for Rangers. He joined Southampton on 5 August 2003, for £1.5 million. A series of injuries made it difficult for him to maintain his place in the team. <mask> scored one goal for Southampton, in a League Cup tie against Northampton Town.His contract with Southampton was terminated by mutual consent in January 2006. On 17 January 2006, <mask> rejoined Hearts. He sustained a medial knee ligament injury while playing in his first match after returning to Hearts, which meant that he missed the rest of the 2005–06 season (including the 2006 Scottish Cup Final). <mask> played in 28 games during the 2006–07 season, but then suffered a double leg break during a game at Celtic Park on 25 August 2007. On 14 May 2008 it was announced that <mask> had signed for Falkirk. He scored on his Falkirk debut, against former club Hearts, and then scored in League Cup ties against Queen of the South and Inverness. His last appearance for Falkirk was in the 2009 Scottish Cup Final.<mask> was released on 22 August 2009 after managerial changes at Falkirk, with outgoing manager John Hughes (the manager that signed him) being replaced by Eddie May. On 12 February 2011, <mask> came out of retirement to help Dundee stave-off relegation from the First Division. He scored a last minute goal in his first appearance, against Raith Rovers. <mask> was inducted into the Dundee FC Hall of Fame in 2016.

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<mask> made his full international debut for Scotland on 5 September 1998, coming on as a late substitute for Ally McCoist in a goalless draw against Lithuania. His first appearance in the starting line-up was on 31 March 1999 in a 2–1 home defeat to the Czech Republic. <mask> scored three goals for Scotland, including two in UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying matches against the Faroe Islands and Germany. He made 26 appearances for Scotland, with his last coming in a 1–1 draw with the United States in November 2005.Coaching career

Dunfermline
<mask> joined Dunfermline Athletic as a coach in July 2012, initially on a voluntary basis. The club entered administration in March 2013 and suffered a second successive relegation. When Dunfermline exited administration in December 2013, manager Jim Jefferies and <mask> were both offered new contracts. Jefferies retired early in December 2014, leaving <mask> and John Potter in charge of the team. On 30 April 2015, <mask> decided to leave Dunfermline. Dundee manager
<mask>'s first managerial position came at Scottish Premiership side Dundee, where he was appointed on an interim basis on 18 April 2017. <mask> oversaw five matches for his former team, securing the side's place in the top tier of Scottish football.Dundee announced on 29 May that <mask> would leave the club, then had an approach for Jack Ross rejected by St Mirren. On 1 June, <mask> was appointed Dundee manager on a permanent basis. He was sacked by the club on 16 October 2018, with Dundee bottom of the 2018–19 Scottish Premiership after collecting just three points from eight games. Inverness caretaker
After John Robertson was given compassionate leave in February 2021, <mask> was appointed caretaker manager of Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle. <mask> left this position after the 2020–21 season was completed, with Robertson returning in a sporting director role and a new manager to be appointed. Inverness chief executive Scot Gardiner said in May 2021 that the arrangement with <mask> had always been intended to be temporary, but that he had tried to persuade <mask> to stay in the position longer. Media work
<mask> became a pundit for Sky Sports, providing analysis on their coverage of football in Scotland, after he left Falkirk in 2009.<mask> left Sky in June 2017, when he was appointed Dundee manager on a permanent basis. He now works for Sky Sports, BBC and RangersTV as a pundit. Career statistics

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Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each <mask> goal. Manager

Interim manager from 18 April until 29 May 2017. Honours
Heart of Midlothian
Scottish Cup: 1997–98

Rangers
Scottish Premier League: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03
Scottish Cup: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002–03
Scottish League Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03

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<mask> (born November 12, 1991) is an American football wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He played college football at the University of Miami. Early years
<mask> attended Miami Carol City Senior High School in Miami, Florida. He played high school football as a wide receiver and ran track. As a junior, he totaled 23 receptions for 450 yards and seven touchdowns. As a senior, he collected six receptions for 110 yards, before suffering a season-ending injury.In track, he ran a career-best time of 11.69 seconds in the 100 meters at the 2006 Broward County Championships, where he placed 4th. He placed 3rd in the 400 meters at the 2008 Hallandale Invitational, setting a personal-best time of 50.30 seconds. At the 2008 FHSAA 4A Region 4 Meet, he recorded a career-best time of 22.11 seconds in the 200 meters, placing 7th in the prelims. Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, <mask> was ranked as one of top 100 wide receivers in the nation by Scout.com. College career
<mask> accepted a football scholarship from the University of Miami. As a true freshman, he appeared in 9 games focusing on special teams, while registering 4 tackles. As a sophomore, he started 7 out of 12 games, tallying 31 receptions (third on the team) for 415 yards (third on the team), a 13.4-yard average and 4 touchdowns.As a junior, he missed spring practice while recovering from surgery to fix a torn labrum. He started 8 out of 11 games, making 28 receptions (fourth on the team) for 314 yards (sixth on the team), an 11.2-yard average and 4 touchdowns. He did not play in the third game against Bethune-Cookman University because of a concussion. He suffered a broken left thumb in the tenth game against the University of Virginia. As a senior, he started 11 out of 13 games, leading the team with 62 receptions for 1,162 yards (18.7-yard avg.) and 6 touchdowns. He also received the Jack Harding Award as the Hurricanes Most Valuable Player, after setting the school single-season record with 1,162 receiving yards.During his collegiate career, he started 26 of 45 games and had 121 receptions for 1,891 yards and 14 touchdowns for the Hurricanes. College statistics

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Jacksonville Jaguars

2014 season: Rookie year

On May 11, 2014, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed <mask> as an undrafted free agent to a three-year, $1.54 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $5,000. On September 7, he became the first rookie wide receiver in franchise history to start in a season opener. Playing against the Philadelphia Eagles, <mask> caught four passes for 110 yards and two touchdowns from quarterback Chad Henne. His first two receptions in the first quarter both went for touchdowns, making <mask> only the second wide receiver in NFL history to record touchdowns on his first two catches (Charles Rogers of the Detroit Lions was the other in 2003), and the first rookie to ever score two receiving touchdowns in the first quarter of his first game. In his rookie season, <mask> recorded 51 receptions for 677 yards and six touchdowns. 2015 season
On November 29, 2015, <mask> was hospitalized after a head injury during Week 11 against the San Diego Chargers by hitting his head after attempting a diving catch.He was released from the hospital later that day. <mask> did not practice on December 3, 2015, and remained in concussion protocol. On December 4, 2015, the Jaguars announced that <mask> would not play in Week 13 against the Tennessee Titans. <mask> finished the 2015 season with 64 receptions, 1,031 yards and 10 touchdowns, which all remain his current career highs. As of 2015, <mask> holds the record for most touchdowns in first two seasons for an undrafted free agent in NFL history (16), and was the only wide receiver to score a touchdown in seven straight games, all while playing with a sports hernia. He was ranked 89th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2016. 2016 season
On June 2, 2016, <mask> signed a four-year, $40 million contract extension with $16 million guaranteed.<mask> regressed in the 2016 season from his successful season the previous year. He started and appeared in every game up until Week 13. On October 2, he caught his first touchdown of the season against the Indianapolis Colts. On October 27, <mask> caught seven passes for a season-high 98 yards and a touchdown against the Tennessee Titans. In Week 12 against the Buffalo Bills, he caught his third touchdown of the season. He suffered a hamstring injury against the Buffalo Bills that sidelined him for the final 5 games of the season. The Jaguars finished with a record of 3-13 and did not qualify for the playoffs.In 11 games, he posted career-lows in total receptions (35), receiving yards (477), and touchdowns (3). 2017 season
In the season opener against the Houston Texans, <mask>' teammate <mask> was lost for the season due to a torn ACL. As a result, <mask> had to step up in the offense. During Week 2 against the Tennessee Titans, he recorded six receptions for 82 yards and his first touchdown of the season. The next week against the Baltimore Ravens, he caught another touchdown. The last time a Jaguar caught a touchdown in consecutive games was Marqise Lee in November 2016. On October 22, <mask> caught five passes against the Indianapolis Colts and topped 100 yards for the first time since December 2015.On his 26th birthday, <mask> caught a season high seven passes for seventy yards but left the game with an ankle injury against the Los Angeles Chargers. He was declared inactive from the tenth to the fifteenth game of the season with an ankle injury. The Jaguars finished with a 10–6 record and made the playoffs for the first time since 2007. <mask> was shutout in the Wild Card win against the Buffalo Bills and only caught one pass in the Divisional Round win against the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the AFC Championship game against the New England Patriots, he caught six passes for 80 yards. <mask>' 80 yards were the most receiving yards by a Jaguar in the playoffs since Matt Jones in 2006. Including playoffs, <mask> finished the season with 46 catches for 576 yards and a career-low two touchdowns.On March 20, 2018, <mask> was released by the Jaguars. Dallas Cowboys
On March 23, 2018, <mask> signed a two-year contract with the Dallas Cowboys worth up to $12 million, who were looking to upgrade their receiving corps after releasing wide receiver Dez Bryant on April 13. <mask> changed his jersey number to 17 to honor the Parkland Shooting victims. During the season, <mask> was expected to be the main starter as part of a wide-receiver-by-committee approach. He was a backup behind Terrance Williams in the season-opening 16-8 road loss to the Carolina Panthers, where he had one catch for 20 yards. <mask> was named the starter over Williams in the second game against the New York Giants. During Week 5, <mask> scored his first touchdown of the season on a 3-yard pass from Dak Prescott as the Cowboys lost to the Houston Texans on the road in overtime by a score of 19–16.<mask>' production and effectiveness would continue to decrease in the following games. <mask> was used very sparingly in the latter half of the season, losing his starting position after the Cowboys traded a 2019 first-round draft choice to the Oakland Raiders in exchange for Amari Cooper on October 22, to take over the number one receiver role and also gave more playing time to rookie Michael Gallup. In the season finale against the New York Giants, <mask> had a 49-yard reception as the Cowboys narrowly won 36–35. <mask> finished the regular season setting career-lows in receptions (20) and receiving yards (295). He tied a career-low in receiving touchdowns with two. On January 5, 2019, <mask> suffered a serious ankle injury after being tackled by Seattle Seahawks safety Bradley McDougald, in the first quarter of the Wild Card Round of the NFC playoffs. His left foot was turned 90 degrees outward as he laid on the ground and had to be popped back into place by doctors.It was later revealed that <mask> suffered a dislocated ankle and a broken fibula, forcing him to miss the rest of the playoffs. He was placed on injured reserve on January 8, 2019. On July 23, 2019, <mask> was released by the Cowboys due to salary cap reasons after the team asked him to reduce his salary and he declined. Miami Dolphins
On July 26, 2019, <mask> signed a one-year deal with the Miami Dolphins, his hometown team. During a Week 8 14-27 road loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, <mask> caught his first touchdown of the season on a 12-yard reception from Ryan Fitzpatrick. He missed the fourth game against the Los Angeles Chargers with a concussion. On November 16, 2019, he signed a two-year extension with the Dolphins worth $8 million with $3.27 million guaranteed.He finished his first season with the Dolphins with 32 receptions for 416 yards and two touchdowns. <mask> chose to opt-out of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic on August 4, 2020. On August 17, 2021, <mask> was placed on season-ending injured reserve. NFL career statistics

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