Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is an Australian former professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham Classic, a quarterfinal finish at the 2014 Indian Wells Open and fourth round appearances at the 2008 Australian Open, the 2014 Australian Open and the 2014 US Open; she also won 22 ITF singles titles.

Dellacqua's career highlights, however, have all come in doubles. She has won seven WTA Tour doubles titles, 23 ITF doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed-doubles title, at the 2011 French Open. She reached the finals of all four major events in women's doubles, appearing in seven finals from 2008 to 2017, however failed to win a title. She won her biggest women's doubles title at the Premier Mandatory 2015 Madrid Open, partnered with Yaroslava Shvedova. Dellacqua achieved her highest singles ranking of world No. 26 in September 2014, and career-high doubles ranking of No. 3 in February 2016.

Personal life
Dellacqua lived in Woodvale, Western Australia. She attended Woodvale Primary School from kindergarten to year seven and then Woodvale Senior High School, before moving to Canberra to train with the Australian Institute of Sport at the age of 16. Throughout her early life she was an active member of local tennis clubs and teams.

Dellacqua and her partner Amanda Judd have three children.

Career overview

2003–2007: First steps
From 2003 to 2007 Dellacqua won eleven singles and thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, most of them at $25k-level, spread out across Australia. She also won the $50k Bronx Open in August 2007. At the 2007 US Open, she won her first Grand Slam main-draw match against Yaroslava Shvedova, before losing to defending champion Maria Sharapova in the second round. She finished the 2007 season ranked No. 78 in singles and 123 in doubles.

2008: Breakthrough

Dellacqua began the year by reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open and upset 15th-seeded Patty Schnyder, and former champion and world No. 1, Amélie Mauresmo, but eventually lost to third seed Jelena Janković. The performance meant she surpassed Alicia Molik to become the highest ranked Australian female tennis player.

The French Open again showed Dellacqua's improved ability as she defeated the ninth-seeded Marion Bartoli and Nathalie Dechy in the first two rounds but she was knocked out in straights sets by Carla Suárez Navarro in the third round. The doubles proved to be a highlight for Dellacqua as she teamed with Francesca Schiavone to reach the final despite being unseeded. The pair lost in three sets to Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in a match that lasted two-and-a-half hours.

For the first round of the Wimbledon Championships, Dellacqua faced the 12th-seeded Patty Schnyder, who Dellacqua had already beaten earlier this year in the second round of the Australian Open. Although she lost the first set to her again, Dellacqua had a convincing win against Schnyder. In her second round match against French player Pauline Parmentier, Dellacqua won a tight three set match. She faced Nicole Vaidišová in the third round but lost in straight sets. In the women's doubles event, Dellacqua partnered with Nathalie Dechy of France who she already partnered with at the Eastbourne Open. They started by defeating British wildcards Anna Fitzpatrick and Anna Elizabeth Hawkins in the first round. They had an easy second-round match easily beating Tatiana Perebiynis and Alicja Rosolska. They won their third round match over American qualifiers Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears and won a tight quarterfinal match against Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez. Their Wimbledon run ended when they lost to Venus and Serena Williams in two sets. In the mixed doubles event, Dellacqua partnered with American Scott Lipsky. Dellacqua and Lipsky won their first round match against Marta Domachowska and Fernando Verdasco. In the second round, they upset seventh-seeds Mark Knowles and Yan Zi. They eventually lost to ninth-seeded Andy Ram and Nathalie Dechy.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Dellacqua represented Australia in the singles event along with Alicia Molik and Samantha Stosur. Dellacqua had an easy first-round match against Gisela Dulko. In the second round, she lost to 12th-seeded Belarusian Victoria Azarenka. In the doubles event, Dellacqua partnered with fellow Australian Molik. In their first round match, they lost to the Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone in straight sets.

Dellacqua had a bad start at the US Open after losing both of her first-round matches in singles and women's doubles. In the singles, she was beaten by French qualifier Julie Coin in two tiebreaks. In the doubles event, Dellacqua entered the competition seeded ninth with Nathalie Dechy, one of the defending champions of the event. They lost to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska, in three sets. In the mixed-doubles event, she played alongside fellow Australian Jordan Kerr. They lost in the second round against Jonas Björkman and Nadia Petrova.

2009: Injury troubles
Casey Dellacqua started her year in a disappointing performance at the Hopman Cup. Representing Australia alongside Lleyton Hewitt, she only won one of her matches, defeating American Meghann Shaughnessy.

She then participated at the Sydney International, where she lost her first-round singles match against Sara Errani. She found better success in the doubles event, where she partnered with Nathalie Dechy, who she had played with in previous doubles matches last year. They had not lost a set coming into the semifinals, where they beat the third seeds Květa Peschke and Lisa Raymond. They then reached the finals, winning against the world No. 1's and top seeds, Cara Black and Liezel Huber. However, Dellacqua and Dechy lost to Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei.

In the first round of the Australian Open, Dellacqua lost to 19th-seeded Daniela Hantuchová in straight sets. She was singled out for criticism by Australian coach Roger Rasheed for carrying excess weight and not being in match condition. She found better success in the doubles event, partnering with Francesca Schiavone with whom she reached the finals at last year's French Open. Coming to the event seeded they won their first-round match against Petra Cetkovská and Carla Suárez Navarro. They then beat Alla Kudryavtseva and Ekaterina Makarova. They had a walkover in their third round match against Maria Kirilenko and Flavia Pennetta. In the quarterfinal, Dellacqua and Schiavone managed to win after having a bad first set against Patty Schnyder and Anna-Lena Grönefeld. They lost their semifinal against Venus and Serena Williams in just 58 minutes. Reaching the semifinal was the furthest Dellacqua has gone at the Australian Open. After the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, Dellacqua and coach Nicole Pratt decided to go separate ways.

Dellaqua underwent shoulder surgery in February 2009 and was off the court until mid-2009. On her website, Casey stated that the surgery and rehab went really well. She had stated in an interview that she would return to the WTA Tour at the start of the 2010 season. In December 2009, Dellacqua competed in the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff and won a wildcard entry into the main draw. She went undefeated in the round-robin stage of the tournament, and in the elimination rounds. In the quarterfinals she played second-seeded Queenslander Shannon Golds, scraping through in three sets. In the semifinals, she faced sixth seed Sally Peers, winning in straight sets. She overcame Olivia Rogowska in the final, saving three match points and eventually coming back to win in three sets.

2010: Second surgery
Dellacqua received a wildcard into the Brisbane International, but lost in the first round to Sesil Karatantcheva.
She also received a wildcard to the Sydney International, but again lost in the first round, to Vera Dushevina.

In the first round of the Australian Open, she defeated Anastasiya Yakimova. She faced a tougher opponent in her second round match against Karolina Šprem, but eventually won through in two tiebreaks. She was eliminated in two sets in the third round by sixth seed Venus Williams.

After representing Australia at the Federation Cup with Samantha Stosur, Alicia Molik and Rennae Stubbs, Dellacqua entered a $25k tournament in Mildura, which she won in both singles and doubles (with compatriot Jessica Moore).
Her next tournament was a $25k tournament in Sydney. She was defeated in the second round in singles, but won the doubles title with Jessica Moore.

Dellacqua's next tournament was Wimbledon, where she used her protected ranking to gain direct entry into the main draw. She was beaten in the opening round by Bojana Jovanovski.

Dellacqua took the rest of the tour-year off and missed the 2011 Australian Open due to another surgery.

2011: French Open mixed doubles title

Dellacqua came into 2011 having not played since the 2010 Wimbledon Championships because of injury. Her first tournament back from injury was the doubles at the $25k Burnie tournament, partnering Isabella Holland. The pair reached the second round. Dellacqua then played another four $25k tournaments in Australia, playing singles in the last three. In her first singles match back from injury in Mildura, she was beaten by compatriot and doubles partner Olivia Rogowska. Dellacqua again losing first round the next week to Sacha Jones in Ipswich, Queensland. In her final of the five straight $25k Australian tournaments, although having a bad start, Dellacqua defeated country woman Viktorija Rajicic. This was her first singles win in over a year. Dellacqua grew a lot confidence from this win and went on to win the tournament defeating doubles partner Olivia Rogowska in the final in straight sets. Dellacqua had major success in the doubles in these tournaments. Her and partner Olivia Rogowska went on a 16-match winning streak and won four straight tournaments.

Her next tournament was her first WTA Tour main draw since the 2010 Wimbledon, in Estoril as a player under protected ranking. Her first round opponent was Zhang Shuai, whom she defeated in two sets. This was her first WTA main-draw match win since the 2010 Australian Open. Dellacqua lost to fellow Australian Jarmila Gajdošová in the second round. Dellacqua lost in the first round of qualifying for the Madrid Open to Anastasia Rodionova. Retired Australian Doubles great Rennae Stubbs came out of retirement to help former top-10 doubles player Dellacqua on her comeback from injury and played with her in numerous tournament up until the US Open. Their first tournament together was in the Madrid Open. They reached the semifinals defeating fourth seeds Lisa Raymond and Liezel Huber in straight sets along the way. This result put Dellacqua back in the top 120 doubles players.

After failing to qualify in the Rome Masters, and Dellacqua and Stubbs unable to pack up their good doubles form from Madrid, her next tournament was the 2011 Brussels Open. In this tournament, Dellacqua used her protected ranking to avoid qualifying for a spot in the main draw. This move paid off as Dellacqua caused a big upset to world No. 20 and fifth seed Shahar Pe'er in the first round. This was Dellacqua's sixth victory against a top-20 player in her career. Dellacqua lost in the second round in three sets to Ayumi Morita.

Dellacqua received a wildcard into Roland Garros. She lost in the first round to 32nd seed Tsvetana Pironkova. In women's doubles, Dellacqua partnered with Australian Rennae Stubbs and reached the third round, where they lost to fourth seeds, Liezel Huber and Stubbs's last year doubles partner Lisa Raymond. This result put Dellacqua back in the world's top 100 doubles player. Dellacqua partnered with American Scott Lipsky for the 2011 French Open Mixed Doubles Championship. They had a great tournament and caused a major upset, winning the championship by defeating defending champions Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić in a super tiebreak, despite being unseeded. The winners split a check of $145,000. This was Dellacqua's second time in a major final, but her first win in a major (singles or doubles).

Dellacqua reached the second round of a Wimbledon warm-up tournament at the Birmingham Classic. She lost in the first round of qualifying in singles and the main draw first round doubles at the Wimbledon Championships. To warm up for the US Open, Dellacqua played a $100k tournament in the Bronx. She qualified and made the second round losing in three sets. In her final two tournaments before the US Open, she both times lost in the second round of qualifying. Dellacqua received a wildcard into the US Open and even though receiving a good draw avoiding a seed, she lost in the first round to Alizé Cornet.

Dellacqua returned to Australia to play six straight $25k tournaments to end her year. Dellacqua went on a giant run winning all six events, losing just three sets in 30 matches. These wins gained her entry back into the world's top 150. She played doubles in three of these tournaments with Olivia Rogowska. Although they suffered a shock semifinal loss in their first tournament, they went on to win the next two tournaments. That meant that Dellacqua and Rogowska won six $25k tournaments together in 2011. Dellacqua's final tournament of the year was the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff where Casey was the hot favourite to win after her 30-match winning streak. Dellacqua was stunned in her first round-robin match by then 15-year-old Ashleigh Barty in straight sets. Barty went on a giant killing run to win the tournament. Dellacqua did recover from the first loss and won her next two round-robin matches comfortably but was unable to reach the semifinals because of the first loss. Dellacqua was rewarded from her good year though and was given a direct entry wildcard into the tournament. Dellacqua finished 2011 ranked No. 156 in singles and 56 in doubles.

2012: Return to top 100

Dellacqua had a better year in 2012, she played in the main draw of every Grand Slam event, consistently represented Australia in Fed Cup, went to the Olympics and reached her first WTA semifinal.

Dellacqua started her year at the Brisbane International losing in the first round. She partnered with Ashleigh Barty in the doubles event. They knocked out the top seeds in the first round and eventually made the semifinals. She then played at Hobart and reached the second round. At the Australian Open, she played singles, doubles and the mixed with Chanelle Scheepers and Matthew Ebden, respectively. In the singles, she defeated Bojana Jovanovski in the first round, after losing to her two weeks prior in Brisbane. She then faced eventual champion Victoria Azarenka in her second-round match and fell in straight sets. She lost in the first round of the women's doubles and second round of the mixed doubles. Dellacqua and Jelena Dokić won their doubles tie in the Fed Cup against Switzerland.

In her next tournament, Dellacqua was only a matter of points away from defeating top 30 player Maria Kirilenko in a WTA event in Thailand. She eventually lost in three sets. Dellacqua then played two Premier tournaments in the Middle East. A qualifying loss in Dubai and making the second round in Doha. Dellacqua lost in the doubles first rounds in both these tournaments with Samantha Stosur. Dellacqua then headed to Kuala Lumper and crushed Bojana Jovanovski. Dellacqua had a disappointing second-round loss to Hsieh Su-wei. Dellacqua made the semifinal of the doubles with Jarmila Gajdošová. Dellacqua then qualified for Indian Wells Open but lost in the first round. Dellacqua and doubles partner Samantha Stosur made the quarterfinals going down in a close three-set match.

After heading to Germany to play Fed Cup which Australia was successful getting back into the world group, Dellacqua headed to Japan to play two $50k events. The first she was a shock exit in the second round on a hardcourt. The second, which was on a grass court, was a lot better for Dellacqua who went on to win the tournament. The Western Australian tweeted that it was tennis great Roger Federer who inspired her throughout her time in Fukuoka, the reason she altered her racquet string configuration during the week. The win in Fukuoka meant Dellacqua would rise into the WTA top 100 singles rankings for the first time since 2009. She then played her final French Open warm-up tournament at a $100k tournament in Prague. This was her first tournament on clay this year. Although the Fed Cup ties were on clay. Dellacqua had a good first round match but lost in the second round. She did make the doubles final with Akgul Amanmuradova though. They went down to Alizé Cornet and Virginie Razzano. A week before the French Open, she played doubles with Anastasia Rodionova in Belgium and made the semifinals. At the French Open, she only entered in the singles and the doubles in which she partnered Russia's Alexandra Panova. Despite being the defending champion in the mixed, she did not gain entry, though her partner Scott Lipsky did participate partnering Vladimíra Uhlířová. In the singles, she drew 21st seed and eventual finalist Sara Errani in the first round. After taking the first set, she succumbed in three tight sets. She reached the second round in the doubles, before losing to compatriots and 14th seeds, Jarmila Gajdošová and Anastasia Rodionova, in three sets.

Dellacqua had a disappointing result at a $75k in Nottingham, although winning the doubles event with Eleni Daniilidou. Dellacqua then made the third round of a WTA event in Birmingham but had to withdraw from the third round after falling ill.
At the Wimbledon Championships she participated in the singles and the doubles. In the first round, she drew another seed in the ninth seed Marion Bartoli, she fell in two sets. In women's doubles, she partnered Samantha Stosur in what would be a slight rehearsal for the Olympic Games. They reached the second round, before falling to the top-seeded Huber and Raymond, in three tight sets.

A month later, Dellacqua returned to London and SW19 for the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was only entered in the women's doubles alongside Samantha Stosur, they lost to the eighth seeds Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez in the first round. Dellacqua stated that the Olympics was the highlight of her year, despite playing just the one match.

Dellacqua started her U.S. hardcourt season at a $50k tournament in the Bronx and lost in three sets in the second round. She then headed to Cincinnati to play the Western & Southern Open. Dellacqua beat two tall left handers in straight sets to qualify for the main draw but had a loss to fellow qualifier Johanna Larsson. Dellacqua's hardcourt season got a lot better the next week in Dallas where she qualified and made the semifinals. Along the way defeating fourth seed and top-30 player Yanina Wickmayer. She almost caused another major upset in the semifinal against second seed Jelena Janković but went down in two sets. This was Dellacqua's first WTA main-draw semifinal. The result also got Dellacqua back in the world's top 65. Taking loads of confidence into the US Open where she received a wild card in the main draw. However, she removed from the wildcard list after one of several players withdrew and was promoted to the last entry in the main draw as the fifth and final alternate in the tournament. She cruised past qualifier Lesia Tsurenko. Dellacqua's draw got a lot tougher though in the second round, drawing the No. 9 seed Li Na, who had won the big warm-up tournament in Cincinnati and also the 2011 French Open. Dellacqua played some of her best tennis but went down in two sets. In the doubles event, Dellacqua and partner Eleni Daniilidou almost took down top seeds Huber and Raymond but finally going down in three sets.

Dellacqua struggled through her Asian swing making qualifying exits in China, Japan and again in China. It got slightly better making the second round of a tournament in Osaka after the high ranking meaning she didn't have to qualify. She finished her year at a $75k event in Japan, where she lost in the quarterfinal in three sets. She went on to win the doubles event with country woman Ashleigh Barty. They didn't drop a set all tournament and won the final in straight sets. She finished 2012 ranked 88 in singles and 67 in doubles. With her singles ranking being well inside the top 100, it meant for the first time since 2008 Dellacqua would not have to play the Australian Open wildcard playoff.

2013: Doubles success
Dellacqua was scheduled to play at the Hopman Cup but had to withdraw due to an injury. Ashleigh Barty took her place. She was awarded a wildcard into the Sydney International but had a first-round loss to Kimiko Date-Krumm. Dellacqua was given a tricky draw at the Australian Open where she had to play young American Madison Keys who was bringing form and confidence into the match. Dellacqua fought hard but went down in two sets. The doubles, however, was a different story. Dellacqua partnered fellow Australian Ashleigh Barty who was only 16 years old. They opened the tournament by cruising past Francesca Schiavone and Polona Hercog. They stunned the third-seeded team of Maria Kirilenko and Lisa Raymond and then 14th-seeded team of Natalie Grandin and Vladimíra Uhlířová to reach the quarterfinals. The duo then reached the semifinal by defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Šafářová. Their semifinal was played on Rod Laver Arena and Dellacqua and Barty reached the final by defeating Zheng Saisai and Varvara Lepchenko becoming the first Australian duo to reach the women's doubles final of the Australian open since 1977. Despite their best efforts they were defeated by top-seeds Errani and Vinci in the final. They dropped the opening set in just 29 minutes, but gained composure in the second. In the final set, the Italians won the match and took home the title after being defeated the previous year.

Dellacqua then headed to Thailand to play the Pattaya Open where she was a direct entry into the main draw. She played Luksika Kumkhum in the first round where she was defeated. She also played doubles with Kimiko Date-Krumm, finally winning her first WTA level doubles title. Dellacqua then travelled to the Czech Republic to play in the Fed Cup World Group, where Australia was defeated 4–0 by the Czech Republic. Casey participated in the doubles alongside Ashleigh Barty, they were defeated by Czech pair Hlaváčková and Hradecká. After taking a two-week break, she then played at the Malaysian Open. She lost in the opening round to eventual champion Karolína Plíšková. She did not participate in the doubles.

Dellacqua then competed at the Indian Wells Open where she breezed through qualifying defeating Marta Sirotkina and Nastassja Burnett. Although in the first round, she was defeated convincingly by Anabel Medina Garrigues. In the doubles, she partnered Date-Krumm once again, having just previously won in Thailand. They reached the semifinals but were defeated by the fourth seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in a tight three-set match. After Indian Wells, she competed in the Miami Open and drew third seed Lauren Davis in the opening round of qualifying. Despite leading 6–1, 3–1 she was defeated in three sets. In the doubles, she again partnered Kimiko Date-Krumm; they were given a tough draw against the top-seeds Errani and Vinci in the opening round. They put up a good fight, but succumbed in a third set tiebreak.

Dellacqua took some time off in April. She travelled to Switzerland for Fed Cup but didn't participate because it was a dead rubber. She played two ITFs also, losing the second and first rounds, respectively. She then travelled to Paris for the French Open. In the women's singles draw she need to gain entry through the qualifying draw. She won her first match against Ana Vrljić but lost to 21st seed Irina Falconi in a tough three-set match. In the women's doubles she again played alongside Barty; they were seeded 14th. However, they lost in the opening round in three sets. In the mixed doubles, she partnered defending champion Mahesh Bhupathi. They also lost in the first round.

Dellacqua then headed to the Birmingham Classic and the start of her grass-court season. She gained entry to the main draw via the qualifying draw. She was seeded 11th and defeated Vera Dushevina and Caroline Garcia in straight sets. She drew Daniela Hantuchová in the opening round and lost in straight sets. In the doubles, she partnered Barty once again, seeded third, and were the eventual champions. This was Dellacqua's second WTA doubles title and Barty's first. Casey then travelled to Wimbledon for the Championships. In the ladies' singles qualifying rounds, despite defeating the top seed Paula Ormaechea in the second round, she lost in the final round to Carina Witthöft. She was seeded 12th in the doubles, alongside Ashleigh Barty, and made it to the final, losing in two sets. In the mixed doubles, she partnered Scott Lipsky with whom she won the 2011 French Open mixed title. They were seeded 13th and lost in the third round.

After Wimbledon, Dellacqua headed home to Australia to train and spend time with her family in preparation for the US Open. At the US Open she entered in the singles, doubles and mixed doubles. In the women's singles, Casey had to first go through the qualifying draw to reach the final. She defeated Hsu, Feuerstein and Pervak all in straight sets to reach the main draw where she was defeated by fellow qualifier Ajla Tomljanović in three tight sets of the opening round. After this, she had the women's doubles and mixed doubles. She partnered Ashleigh Barty and Scott Lipsky, respectively. Dellacqua and Lipsky lost in the opening round of the mixed doubles. However, seeded 8th Barty and Dellacqua had a bit more luck. Breezing through to the quarterfinals, along the way defeating Cîrstea & Wickmayer, Cetkovská & Flipkens and ninth seeds Huber & Llagostera Vives. Then they defeated the second-seeded pairing of Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina, in straight sets. They continued on in the semifinals and defeated tenth seeds Sania Mirza & Zheng Jie, in straight sets. Taking Barty & Dellacqua to their second consecutive and third of the season major final. They would meet Grand Slam champions Andrea Hlaváčková & Lucie Hradecká. They lost in three tight sets, despite a strong opening set. This meant, Casey had now reached at least the final of each Grand Slam tournament. It was at the 2013 US Open, Dellacqua announced the birth of her son Blake with her partner Amanda.

Dellacqua took two weeks off, before heading to Tokyo to participate in a WTA Premier-5 level event. In the singles, she gained entry through the qualifying draw and in the main draw she lost to 16th-seed Dominika Cibulková. She also participated in the doubles alongside Barty once again, hoping to gain enough points to reach the Tour Championships. They were seeded second and lost in the opening round. She then travelled to Beijing to in the Premier Mandatory event. She only participated in the doubles with Barty. They were seeded third and lost in the second round. This meant that Barty & Dellacqua were no longer within reach of qualifying for the WTA Finals.

In late October, Casey competed in the $50k back-to-back tournaments in Bendigo, Victoria. She had a successful two weeks, winning both singles tournaments back to back, defeating Noppawan Lertcheewakarn & Tammi Patterson, respectively. Dellacqua finished the year ranked No. 131 in singles and 10 in doubles. Casey alongside Barty was nominated for the Newcombe Medal, a prestigious Australian Tennis Award, awarded to the most successful Australian tennis player of the year. But they unfortunately lost out to Lleyton Hewitt. Casey finished the year at the 2013 December showdown (2014 Australian Open Wildcard Playoff). As the top seed, she went on to win the tournament, defeating Maddison Inglis, Monique Adamczak, Tammi Patterson & Arina Rodionova along the way. Earning herself a ticket to the main draw of the 2014 Australian Open.

2014: Career-high singles ranking and continued doubles success
Dellacqua began her 2014 season at the Brisbane International where she was awarded a wildcard into the singles main draw. She defeated Galina Voskoboeva in the opening round in three sets before losing to world No. 2, Victoria Azarenka, in straight sets. Dellacqua alongside Barty were seeded third in the women's doubles. After winning their first round over Varvara Lepchenko and Raluca Olaru, they had to withdraw in the quarterfinals due to Barty's left adductor injury. Dellacqua then headed to Tasmania for the Hobart International. Dellacqua defeated qualifier Alison Van Uytvanck in the opening round in straight sets, but lost in the second round to Alison Riske in three sets.

At the Australian Open, Dellacqua entered the women's singles draw as a wildcard after winning the Australian Open Wildcard playoff. Dellacua defeated former world No. 2, Vera Zvonareva and 18th seed Kirsten Flipkens to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2010, where she defeated former Australian Open semifinalist Zheng Jie to reach the fourth round where she lost to 30th seed Eugenie Bouchard in three sets. In the women's doubles, Dellacqua and Barty competed as the fifth seeds but lost in the second round to Tímea Babos and Petra Martić. In the mixed doubles, Dellacqua partnered Ross Hutchins of Great Britain. They were defeated by the fourth-seeded team of Andrea Hlaváčková and Max Mirnyi in the opening round. After the tournament, Dellacqua rose to world No. 80 in singles, but dropped to No. 15 in doubles.

Delacqua remained on Australian soil, to participate in Australia's 2014 Fed Cup World Group tie against Russia in Hobart. In the opening rubber, Dellacqua defeated Irina Khromacheva in straight sets. After two more singles wins from Samantha Stosur, Australia advanced to the Fed Cup World Group semifinals for the first time since 1993. Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty closed the tie by winning their doubles match in straight sets, which secured Australia a 4–0 victory over the Russians.

Dellacqua's first event outside of Australia for 2014 was the Indian Wells Open. Seeded fourth in the qualifying draw, Dellacqua defeated Anna Tatishvili and Johanna Konta to qualify for the main draw. Dellacqua then defeated Christina McHale 19th seed Kirsten Flipkens and 13th seed Roberta Vinci before receiving a walkover Lauren Davis in the fourth round. In the quarterfinals, Dellacqua lost to sixth seed Simona Halep in straight sets. This was Dellacqua's best singles performance to date. She also reached the quarterfinals of the doubles event with Barty but the pair lost in straight sets to the top seeds, Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai. She was due to meet Halep again in the second round of the Miami Open, but the Romanian withdrew from the tournament due to injury; instead, Dellacqua faced lucky loser Jana Čepelová, and won in three sets, thus setting up a meeting with 29th seed and former world No. 1, Venus Williams; Dellacqua lost in three sets. In the doubles event, Dellacqua and Barty lost in the first round in three sets to Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova.

Dellacqua chose not to compete in the Madrid Open and instead began her clay court season at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. Seeded third in the qualifying draw, Dellacqua defeated Marina Shamayko and Paula Ormaechea to progress to the main draw where she overcame Magdaléna Rybáriková in three sets to reach the second round for the first time where she lost in straight sets to world No. 2, Li Na. Dellacqua also reached the quarterfinals of the doubles event with Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, defeating Katarzyna Piter/Chanelle Scheepers and Monica Niculescu/Zhang Shuai en route before losing in straight sets to Medina Garrigues and Shvedova. Dellacqua's final event prior to the French Open was the Internationaux de Strasbourg where she upset the fifth seed Elena Vesnina in the first round in three sets before losing to Christina McHale in the second round in straight sets. However, Dellacqua won the doubles event with Barty defeating Tatiana Búa and Daniela Seguel in the final in three sets, coming back from 6–4, 5–1 and three championship points down. At the French Open, Dellacqua defeated Lourdes Domínguez Lino in straight sets to reach the second round for the first time since 2008 where she lost to 23rd seed Lucie Šafářová, in three sets. She and Barty also reached the quarterfinals of the doubles event, defeating Polona Hercog/Paula Ormaechea, Jana Čepelová/Stefanie Vögele and 12th seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Flavia Pennetta en route, before losing to the second seeds and eventual finalists, Errani and Vinci, in straight sets.

Dellacqua began her grass-court season at Birmingham where she competed as the 16th seed in singles and defending champion and second seed in doubles with Ashleigh Barty. Dellacqua defeated Urszula Radwańska and Varvara Lepchenko in straight sets to reach the third round where she upset her second-seeded compatriot and former US Open champion Samantha Stosur in three sets to reach the quarterfinals where she defeated Kimiko Date-Krumm in a match lasting just 48 minutes before losing in the semifinals to eventual runner-up, Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. As a result of her strong singles performance, Dellacqua ascended to a new career-high singles ranking of No. 36 following the event. Dellacqua also reached the final of the doubles event, defeating Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic; Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond and Caroline Garcia and Zhang Shuai en route before losing to the third seeds, Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in straight sets. At the Wimbledon Championships, Dellacqua defeated qualifier Anett Kontaveit in three sets after having been match point down before falling to 4th seed Agnieszka Radwańska in the second round. Seeded sixth in the women's doubles event alongside Barty, the pair defeated Eugenie Bouchard and Heather Watson; Kimiko Date-Krumm and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová and 12th seeds Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova all in straight sets before losing to the second seeds and eventual champions, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in three sets. In the mixed doubles event, Dellacqua competed alongside Jamie Murray as the 10th seeds. After a first round bye, the pair defeated Andreja Klepač and Jesse Huta Galung and sixth seeds Sania Mirza and Horia Tecău to reach the quarterfinals where they fell to the 14th seeds and eventual finalists, Max Mirnyi and Chan Hao-ching.

Dellacqua began her North-American hardcourt season at the Rogers Cup. This was her first appearance at the Canadian Open and she made the second round. At the US Open, Dellacqua made the fourth round before losing to Flavia Pennetta, equaling her best rest at a Grand Slam. She continued her good form by reaching the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open defeating an in-form Sabine Lisicki and Marina Erakovic in the first and second round respectively, before falling to Garbiñe Muguruza despite being up a set. At the Wuhan Open, Dellacqua reached the third round by defeating Vinci and Pavlyuchenkova, but ultimately lost to Caroline Wozniacki.

2015: Career-high doubles ranking and injury
Dellacqua commenced the season at the Hopman Cup, losing all three rubbers to Agnieszka Radwańska, Alizé Cornet and Heather Watson. She then played the Hobart International where she was the top seed for the first time at a WTA Tour event. She lost in the second round. Dellacqua then played at the Australian Open as the 29th seed. She defeated Yvonne Meusburger in straight sets before losing to eventual semifinalist Madison Keys. She also played in the women's doubles as the 15th seed with Kimiko Date-Krumm. They lost in the second round. She then traveled to Stuttgart for the 2015 Fed Cup World Group where she played in the doubles, losing to the partnership of Görges/Lisicki. Dellacqua next played the Dubai Tennis Championships losing in the second round to Lucie Šafářová despite winning the first set. She then traveled to the Qatar Ladies Open where she lost in the first round to Venus Williams again after taking the first set. She next played at the Malaysian Open as the third seed but lost in the first round to eventual semifinalist Hsieh Su-wei. Dellacqua then withdrew from the Indian Wells Open where she was defending quarterfinalist points. This saw her fall down to 42nd in the WTA rankings. Despite this she was the 32nd seed at the Miami Open where she lost in the second round (after having a first round bye) to Belinda Bencic in three sets.

Dellacqua started her clay.court season at the Family Circle Cup where she again drew Bencic in the first round, she then lost in straight sets. She had better luck in the doubles partnering Darija Jurak, where they reached the final but lost to the partnership of Sania Mirza/Martina Hingis. Dellacqua then played the Premier Mandatory Madrid Open causing an upset over former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in straight sets. She then lost to world No. 9, Agnieszka Radwańska, in straight sets. Dellacqua had better success in the doubles, partnering Yaroslava Shvedova. The pair defeated the sixth seeds Garcia/Srebotnik in straight sets and backed this up with a win over Liang/Marosi. They then defeated the fourth seeds Hsieh/Pennetta for a spot in the semifinals where they defeated the seventh seeds and reigning Australian Open champion pairing of Mattek-Sands/Šafářová. They then played in the final against third seeds, Muguruza/Suárez Navarro, and won the title in three sets. This was Dellacqua's first Premier Mandatory title and her fourth doubles title overall. Dellacqua then withdrew from the Italian Open and Strasbourg Open. She then played at the French Open singles where she lost in the first round to fellow Aussie Ajla Tomljanović. Dellacqua there partnered again with Yaroslava Shvedova, and they reached their first Grand Slam final as a team. They defeated Chan/Davis, Cornet/Linette, and eighth seeds Garcia/Srebotnik to reach the quarterfinals. They followed this up with straight sets wins over 13th seeds Krajicek//Strýcová and second seeds Makarova/Vesnina to reach the final. The pair then lost in three sets to the reigning Australian Open champions Mattek-Sands/Šafářová.

Dellacqua began her grass-court season at the Nottingham Open where she was the sixth seed. She defeated Sesil Karatantcheva in the first round, before losing to eventual champion Ana Konjuh. Her next tournament was the Premier-level Birmingham Classic where she defeated Lauren Davis in the first round. She next faced former world No. 1, Jelena Janković, and lost in straight sets. Dellacqua next played at Eastbourne where she defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová in the first round before losing to eighth seed Karolína Plíšková. Dellacqua then played at Wimbledon where she defeated former Wimbledon quarterfinalist Tamira Paszek in straight sets. She then caused a big upset over 17th seed and recent French Open quarterfinalist Elina Svitolina to reach the third round and equal her best Wimbledon performance. She then played former Wimbledon finalist and 13th seed Agnieszka Radwańska and despite leading 4–0 in the second set, she lost in straight sets. She also contested the women's doubles with Shvedova as the ninth seeds. They lost in the quarterfinals to Hingis/Mirza, 5–7, 3–6.

Dellacqua began her summer hardcourt season participating the qualifying event at the Rogers Cup, but fail to get to the main round. In first round, she teamed with Yaroslava Shvedova but lost to all-rising-stars pair Kristina Mladenovic and Karolína Plíšková. Her next event was Cincinnati Open. She qualified to the main round, but lost to Mona Barthel in the first round. In doubles event, she and Shvedova reached the final, where they lost to the sisters pair Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan. At the Connecticut Open, she and Shvedova lost in the quarterfinals. At the US Open, she lost in the first round to qualifier Anett Kontaveit in the singles competition. However, she teamed with Yaroslava Shvedova to reach their second Grand Slam final of the year in the doubles competition. Once again, they finished runner-up, this time to top-seeded pair Mirza/Hingis, which means Dellacqua's Grand Slam final record in women's doubles event fell to 0–6.

In October, Dellacqua was in the women's doubles semifinal of the China Open when she fell and hit her head on the cement. This forced Dellacqua and Shvedova to withdraw from the 2015 WTA Finals.

2016: Limited play
Still suffering the effects of the fall at the 2015 China Open, Dellacqua withdrew from the Australian summer. In February, Dellacqua travelled to Bratislava to play Fed Cup and partnered Samantha Stosur to win the deciding rubber against Slovakia. In March, Dellacqua was given a wildcard into the San Antonio Open. This was her first singles match in five months, and she lost 1–6, 0–6 to Tsvetana Pironkova. While she wanted to play Indian Wells and Miami, she realised she wasn't "physically and mentally 100%" so decided to take more time off and get it right. She didn't play again in 2016.

2017: Doubles return
Dellacqua's comeback commenced at the Brisbane International where she was given a wildcard into the women's doubles with Ashleigh Barty. The pair lost in the first round, 17–19 in the match tie-break to Srebotnik/Spears. Dellacqua and Barty were given wildcards into the Australian Open. Together, they reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the second time, after wins over Kichenok/Kichenok, Hingis/Vandeweghe and Grönefeld/Peschke.

Career statistics

Grand Slam tournament finals

Women's doubles: 7 (7 runner-ups)

Mixed doubles: 1 (title)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Doubles

Mixed doubles

References

 April 2008: Dellacqua Supports C.F Day
 March 2008: Casey Dellacqua within reach of place in tennis top 50
 March 2008: Casey Dellacqua advances to fourth round of Pacific Life Open
 March 2008: GIANT SLAYER DELLACQUA CONTINUES SEASON ONSLAUGHT
 March 2008: Casey Dellacqua and Mariya Koryttseva – two of tennis's brightest prospects
 Feb 2008 – Dellacqua Through to Pattaya Round 2
 Jan 2008: Jankovic defeats Dellacqua Aus Open 4r
 Jan 2008: After 4r AO Loss
 Jan 2008: Casey Dellacqua Australian Open 2008 Tennis
 Jan 2008: Jelena Jankovic moves into Australian Open quarterfinals, beats Casey Dellacqua
 Jan 2008: Casey Dellacqua defeats Amelie Mauresmo at Australian Open
 Jan 2008: Casey Dellacqua Stuns Amelie Mauresmo, Becomes New Australian Number One
 Jan 2008: Casey Dellacqua: last local girl standing at the Australian Open
 Dec 2007 The Age – Dellacqua Interview
 Aug 2007: Aussie Dellacqua to face off with Sharapova
 Jan 2007: Aussie Watch – Casey Dellacqua
 Dec 2006 The Age – Dellacqua Interview

External links

 Casey Dellacqua – official website

 Playing history at CBS SportsLine.com

Video
 Dream Run Ends For Dellacqua (2008 Aus Open 4r News)
 Dellacqua Defeats Mauresmo (2008 Aus Open 3r News)
 Dellacqua In, Molik Out (2008 Aus Open 2r News)
 Dellacqua Defeats Schnyder in Aus Open 2r 2008 News Highlights

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Australian people of Irish descent
Olympic tennis players for Australia
Sportswomen from Western Australia
Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
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The Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW) is a biographical reference work in the Dutch language. It was published in ten parts between 1911 and 1937 by Sijthoff, Leiden, and the editors were P. C. Molhuysen and P. J. Blok. The lexicon contains more than 22,000 short biographies on important or at least notable Dutch people born before 1910. The NNBW was compiled by several hundred historians and other experts. It is considered one of the most important reference works for Dutch history.

It has been digitalised through a collaboration between the Digital Library for Dutch Literature (dbnl) and the Institution for Dutch History (ING), and both organisations have made the NNBW fully available to everyone on their respective sites.

It has been supplemented by the Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland 1880–2000.

External links
 Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek at the Huygens Institute
 Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek at the Digital Library for Dutch Literature

1937 non-fiction books
Dutch biographical dictionaries


Blanche of Valois (baptised Marguerite; 1317–1348) was Queen of Germany and Bohemia by her marriage to King and later Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. She was the youngest daughter of Charles of Valois and his third wife Mahaut of Châtillon.

Early life
Blanche grew up at the French court of her cousin Charles IV of France, who was a nephew to her father. She spent much time with Charles' wife Marie, who was an aunt to her future husband.

A betrothal between Blanche and Charles, eldest son of John of Bohemia was contracted in 1323. Charles had been staying at the French court as he had been sent by his father to be educated; he had been baptised Wenceslaus but changed his name upon the betrothal in honour of King Charles.

The importance of Blanche's position grew when King Charles died without male heirs and so Blanche's brother succeeded as Philip VI of France. He had his son and heir John betrothed and later married to Charles' sister, Jutta.

Marriage
At Prague in May 1329, Blanche and Charles were married. The couple lived apart for the first several years of marriage as they were both about 13 years old; Blanche lived in Luxembourg whilst Charles was in Italy focusing on securing the Empire with his father. The couple began to live together upon Charles' return in 1334, when they are now about 18 years old, at which time, the couple were made Margrave and Margravine of Moravia. Blanche entered Prague on 12 June with French ladies and courtiers. The couple clashed with the Bohemian nobility who had gained strength because of King John's frequent trips abroad; despite this challenge, Blanche learned Czech and German, had a social life and would remain in Bohemia when Charles traveled abroad. Within the first year of married life, the couple had a short-lived son.

Blanche was close to her stepmother-in-law, Beatrice of Bourbon. As French was the native language of both women, they communicated easily. Blanche was more popular at court than Beatrice; she was always compared unfavourably to Blanche and this was possibly because Beatrice never learned Czech or German whilst Blanche did.

John put pressure on Blanche due to the birth of only a daughter, Margaret, and the absence of a living male child. The pressure resulted in Blanche moving to Brno in 1337; for the next several years, Blanche and Charles had no children. However, the couple had a second daughter in 1342 named Katherine. On 11 July 1346, Charles was elected king of Germany in opposition to Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV. His election was supported by Pope Clement VI, who was at odds with Louis. While the conflict in Germany continued, Blanche's father-in-law John allied himself with Blanche's brother, King Philip. John was killed in the Battle of Crécy (26 August 1346). Charles escaped the battlefield relatively unharmed and succeeded to the Kingdom of Bohemia. Blanche became queen.

On 11 October 1347, Louis IV died suddenly and Charles gained wider recognition as king of Germany. However, less than a year later on 1 August 1348, Blanche died after a short illness aged thirty-two. Her death was a large blow to Charles who still did not have a son and heir, large political loss with France and a full-fledged marriage. Desperate for a son, Charles remarried the following year to Anna of Bavaria. Seven years after the death of Blanche, Charles became emperor; he was eventually succeeded by his son Sigismund, whom he had with his fourth wife Elizabeth of Pomerania.

Blanche was buried in Saint Vitus, Prague Castle.

Children
Blanche and Charles had two daughters:
 Margaret of Bohemia (1335–1349). Married Louis I of Hungary.
 Katharine of Bohemia (19 August 1342 – 26 April 1395). She first married Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, then Otto V, Duke of Bavaria.

In media
Blanche was portrayed by Czech actress Daniela Kolářová in the 1969 film Slasti Otce vlasti.

See also
 Asteroid 100732 Blankavalois
 Środa treasure

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Grenzach-Wyhlen is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, 7 km east of Basel, and 8 km south of Lörrach. It has borders to Inzlingen and Rheinfelden (Baden) in Germany, and Riehen (BS), Birsfelden (BL) and Kaiseraugst (AG) in Switzerland.

History
Grenzach-Wyhlen was established on January 1, 1975 from the two independent municipalities Grenzach and Wyhlen in the course of the Baden-Württemberg reform of the local governments.

First settlements in today's municipality area are of Celtic origin, belonging to the Hallstatt culture in the early 1st millennium BC. The Celtic settlement was followed by Roman settlements and from the 3rd century on by Alemannic ones. The name "Wyhlen" originates in Alemannic "ze wilon", meaning "at the farmstead".

The Roman settlement was called Carantiacum (well of Carantius). From this name today's name Grenzach emerged. In 1982 remains of a Roman villa were excavated. Later on some ruins of an outbuilding were found and archaeologically investigated too. 1991 more walls were found, which were restored and are now visible to the public.

The first documented mentioning of the settlement was in the 13th century CE, when Grenzach and Wyhlen were under Frankish rule. In the late Middle Ages the villages were separated by a national border. Grenzach came to the Margraviate of Baden, while Wyhlen belonged to Further Austria.

In the Thirty Years' War and in later military conflicts the villages suffered severe devastation. With the founding of the Grand Duchy of Baden Wyhlen also became Badisch, so that after more than 500 years the two places were again under the same territorial rule.

References

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 Grenzach-Wyhlen: History & Images

Lörrach (district)
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Rivka Neumann (; born 12 May 1956) is an Israeli actress.

Neuman started her acting career at the age of 15, when she left Kibbutz Mishmaroth, in order to pursue her desire for acting. She was accepted to Nissan-Nativ Acting Studio, one of the best acting schools in Israel, and graduated its preparatory and acting classes four years later.

In the many years of her acting, Rivka has performed on the stages of the most respected theaters in Israel: the Habima National Theater, the Cameri Theater, the Beit Lessin Theater, the Khan Theater in Jerusalem, and the Beer-Sheva and Haifa Municipal Theaters.

In the beginning of the 1990s, Rivka decided to become an independent actress who enjoyed maximum freedom to choose her acting roles.

Rivka Neumann has a unique ability to transform on stage, as seen in the play Devorah Baron in which her character grew 35 years older in the duration of the play.

Neuman has played a wide variety of main and secondary roles in theaters, television and films, including comedies, dramas and romance. Rivka was also involved in independent productions, including students', on a voluntary basis as part of her ambition to interact with the new generation of Israeli artists. Rivka also has a habit of sketching portraits and events that occur during the preparation of a play, some of which were presented in an exhibition in 2004.

Neuman took the part of Adella in The House of Bernarda Alba by Lorca, Alice in Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Angie in Top Girls by Carol Churchil, Anabela in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford, Bailke in The Grand Prize by Sholem Aleichem, Barblin in Andorra by Max Frisch, Bat-Sheva in After the Holidays by Yehoshua Kenaz, Bela Barlow in Rubber Merchants by Hanoch Levin, Bessie in Marvin's Room by Scott McPherson, Cherubino in The Follies of a Day or The Marriage of Figaro by Peter Turini, Chorus Leader in Medea by Euripides, Deirdre in Remembrance by Graham Reid, Elinor in Abandoned Property by Shulamit Lapid, Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible by Miller, Hanzi Brand in Kastner by Moti Lerner, Isabella in Measure for Measure by Shakespeare, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, Kasandra in The Lost Women of Troy by Hanoch Levin, Katia in The Storm by Ostrovsky, Leila in The Screens by Jean Genet, Martha in The Nest by Franz Xavier Kroetz, Martirio in The House of Bernarda Alba by Lorca, Natasha in Three Sisters by Chekhov, Queen of Sheba in The Queen of Sheba by Samy Grunman, Rea in Romulus the Great by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Sara in Apples from the Desert by Savion Liebrecht, Sofya in Wild Honey by Chekhov, The Housekeeper in Doña Rosita by Lorca, The Second in Family by Ravid Davara, The Sewer-keeper's Apprentice in Beheading by Hanoch Levin, Ursula in The Fossil: Scenes from the Heroic Life of the Middle Classes by Carl Sternheim, Wendla in Spring Awakening: Tragedy of Childhood by Frank Wedekind, Yonit in The Murder of Pierrot by Eran Baniel, Zippora Aharonovitz in Devorah Baron by Yehudit Katzir.

Neumann acted in several Israeli films, such at the trilogy by Assi Dayan: Life According to Agfa (1992), An Electric Blanket named Moshe (1995) and The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum (1997); and the films Sweet Mud (2006), HaAsonot Shel Nina (2003), Berlin-Yerushalaim (1989) and as Mary in Jesus (1979).

Neumann received the Israeli Theatre Award for the best supporting actress in 2006, for her part in Apples from the Desert.

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David Williamson Shaffer (born May 10, 1964 in New York City, NY) is the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Learning Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the department of Educational Psychology, the Obel Foundation Professor of Learning Analytics at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, a Data Philosopher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, and Principal of EFGames, LLC.

Education and career
Shaffer received an A.B. in History and East Asian Studies (1987) from Harvard University and his M.S. (1996) and Ph.D. (1998) in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT. Shaffer was a student of James J. Kaput, Mitchel Resnick, William J. Mitchell and Seymour Papert, who studied with Jean Piaget.

Shaffer began his career as a teacher at The Mountain School, an independent school in Vershire, VT. He taught and worked as a teacher-trainer in the US Peace Corps in Nepal from 1989–1991 in a secondary-level science and math teacher development program sponsored by the Asian Development Bank.

After completing his studies at MIT, Shaffer taught in the Technology in Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and conducted research in medical education at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

In 2001, Shaffer became an assistant professor in education psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was promoted to associate professor in 2006, to full professor in 2008, and became the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Learning Science in 2016. He has also been the Obel Foundation Professor of Learning Analytics at Aalborg University in Copenhagen since 2016, a principal investigator at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research since 2001, and a faculty affiliate of the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison since 2005.

In 2008, Shaffer founded EFGames, LLC, an educational game development and consulting firm.

Shaffer was a Marie Curie Fellow at Utrecht University from 2008–2009, and received a Fellowship to the European Institute for Advanced Study at École normale supérieure de Lyon for 2015.

Theories
Shaffer is a scholar in the fields of the Learning Sciences, Education, and Educational Psychology best known for his work on computer games and learning. Shaffer's research was originally based on the development of epistemic games, or games that simulate real-world problem solving.

Based on studies of how people learn to solve complex problems in realistic settings, Shaffer developed epistemic frame theory, which suggests that professional thinking is best understood not in terms of knowledge and skills in a professional domain, but rather as an epistemic frame composed of knowledge, skills, values, and identity linked by a particular professional epistemology—-a way of making decisions and justifying actions. This theory has been tested in a range of professions, including architecture, journalism, urban planning, and engineering.

Building on epistemic frame theory, Epistemic Network Analysis (ENA) is a mathematical technique used to quantify the development of epistemic frames. Based on Social Network Analysis, ENA creates network models of the connections a person or group of people makes among the frame elements (skills, knowledge, values, identities, and epistemologies) of a professional practice.

ENA is an example of quantitative ethnography, a term coined by Shaffer to describe a set of research methods leveraging novel statistical models and data visualization techniques to augment the scale and power of rich qualitative analyses. Originally developed to identify meaningful differences between groups of learners, quantitative ethnographic approaches have also been used to analyze data from other disciplines, such as history and systems engineering.

Epistemic Games
Shaffer has been involved in the creation and study of several epistemic games.

Pandora Project
Players become high-powered negotiators, deciding the fate of a real medical controversy: the ethics of transplanting organs from animals into humans. Along the way, they learn about biology, international relations, and mediation.

Escher's World
Players become graphic artists and create an exhibit of mathematical art in the style of M.C. Escher. Based on an architectural design studio, the game helps players learn to think like designers about geometry and graphic art.

Journalism.net
Players become reporters working for an online newsmagazine. Working with professional journalists and interviewing community leaders, these young reporters learn about how journalists think about news and its important relationship to the community.

Digital Zoo
Players become biomechanical engineers. Using Sodaconstructor, a sophisticated physics simulation, they design wire-frame character prototypes for an upcoming animated film. Players meet with clients and engineering experts, and present their work, developing real-world skills while learning concepts in science and engineering.

Urban Science
Players engage in the professional practices of urban planning and learn how to become ecological thinkers in the process. They work together to tackle the urban issues that face their city, using iPlan, a Geographic Information System (GIS) tool that helps them develop a comprehensive plan for their community.

Land Science
Land Science extends the game Urban Science. In Land Science, players become interns at the office of a fictitious urban and regional planning firm, Land Management Associates. Players weigh the trade-offs of land use decisions in ecologically-sensitive areas, interact with virtual stakeholders and use iPlan, a custom-designed Geographic Information System, to develop land use plans for local and national sites.

Nephrotex
Players are welcomed as early career hires into the fictitious company Nephrotex, whose core technology is the ultrafiltration unit, or dialyzer, of a hemodialysis machine. The players' assigned task is to design a next-generation dialyzer that incorporates carbon nanotubes and chemical surfactants into the hollow fibers of the dialyzer unit. Since design is a foundational discipline for engineers, we focus on bringing engineering design to first-year engineering students.

Epistemic Network Analysis
Epistemic network analysis (ENA) was originally developed as a tool to model connected understanding that characterizes complex learning in communities of practice in terms of epistemic frames. Although originally designed to assess epistemic frames in virtual game environments, ENA is used more generally to quantify the structure of connections that constitute complex thinking as they manifest in discourse, or more generally to quantify and visualize the development of any phenomenon, such as fMRI data on brain activity, that can be characterized by changes in connections over time.

Application of ENA to data on learning
In ENA, logfiles from learning activities are coded for the presence of key elements in a target domain, such as engineering or journalism. For any two elements of the target domain, the strength of their association in an epistemic network is computed based on the frequency of their co-occurrence the logfile data. The model of linkages between elements over time quantifies the development of a network.

These models can be projected into a high-dimensional space. Trajectories of change over time in networks can be visualized as paths through this space, and differences between networks (including possible convergence towards some ideal configuration) can be measured by calculating the distance between networks. Because changes in network structure are linked to specific points in time, ENA can associate key changes in complex and collaborative thinking with specific activities that learners undertake.

Other applications of ENA
The ENA toolkit is available online and has been used to model data from a diverse array of domains, including ethnographic data, log files, video game data, classroom teacher discourse, interview transcripts, and neuroscience imaging.

Selected works
 Shaffer, D.W. (2017) Quantitative Ethnography, Madison, WI: Cathcart.
 Shaffer, D. W. (2007). How Computer Games Help Children Learn. New York: Palgrave.
 Gee, J. P., & Shaffer, D. W. (September/October 2010). Looking Where the Light is Bad: Video Games and the Future of Assessment. Phi Delta Kappa International EDge, 6(1).
 Shaffer, D. W. (2009). Computers and the End of Progressive Education. In David Gibson (Ed.) Digital Simulations for Improving Education:Learning Through Artificial Teaching Environments (pp. 68–85).Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
 Shaffer, D. W. (2009). Wag the Kennel: Games, Frames, and the Problem of Assessment. In R. Fertig (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Effective Electronic Gaming in Education. (pp. 577–592). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
 Shaffer, D. W., Hatfield, D., Svarovsky, G. N., Nash, P., Nulty, A., Bagley, E., Franke, K., Rupp, A. A., Mislevy, R. (2009). Epistemic Network Analysis: A prototype for 21st Century assessment of learning. The International Journal of Learning and Media. 1(2), 33–53.

References

External links
 Epistemic Games Group
 Epistemic Network Analysis Homepage
 WCER Staff Page
 Ed Psych Staff Page
 UW Experts Page
 Nelson Institute Profile

Harvard University alumni
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
Writers from Massachusetts
Writers from New York City
Writers from Wisconsin
1964 births
Living people

David Williamson Shaffer


Maurice is a traditionally masculine given name, also used as a surname. It originates as a French name derived from the Latin Mauritius or Mauricius and was subsequently used in other languages. Its popularity is due to Mauritius, a saint of the Theban Legion (died 287). Mauritius is otherwise attested as a given name of the Roman Empire period, in origin meaning "one from Mauritania", i.e. "the Moor".

Forms in other languages include: Latvian Māris, Spanish Mauricio, Portuguese Maurício, Italian Maurizio, Dutch Maurits,  Greek Μαυρίκιος (Mavrikios), Russian Маврикий (Mavrikiy), German Moritz, Czech Mořic, English Morris. In the form Morris, it is also used as a secularized version of the Jewish name Moishe.

Given name
Late Antiquity to Middle Ages
Saint Maurice also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius (died 287), Roman legionnaire and Christian martyr
Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor
Maurice (bishop) (died 1107), bishop of London, Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England
Maurice of Carnoet (1117–1191), French abbot and saint
Maurice, Count of Oldenburg (fl. 1169–1211), count of Oldenburg
Mauritius (Dean of Armagh) (fl. 13th century), Irish cleric, Dean of Armagh 1238
Maurice of Inchaffray (14th century), Scottish bishop
Maurice Spata (14th to early 15th century), Albanian ruler of Arta from 1399 to 1414/15

Early Modern
Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553), German Saxon nobleman
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1551–1612), duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel or Maurice the Learned (1572–1632), Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567–1625), stadtholder of the Netherlands
Maurice of Savoy (1593–1657), prince of Savoy and a cardinal
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (1619–1681), duke of Saxe-Zeitz
Maurice of the Palatinate (1620–1652), Count Palatine of the Rhine
William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1649–1691), prince of Nassau-Siegen

Modern
Maurice of Battenberg (1891–1914), prince of the Battenberg family and member of the British Royal Family
Maurice of the Netherlands (1843–1850), prince of Orange-Nassau
Maurice Anderson (born 1975), American football player
Maurice Bailey (died 2018), formerly missing person lost at sea
Maurice Binder (1918–1991), American film title designer
Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003), French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist
Maurice Bowra (1898–1971), English classical scholar and academic
Maurice de Bus (1907–1963), French sculptor
Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr. (1909–1994), American politician
Maurice Chevalier, (1888–1972), French actor, singer and entertainer
Maurice Cowling (1926–2005), British historian
Maurice Crum (disambiguation), multiple people
Maurice Deligne (1861–1939), French politician
Maurice Duplessis (1890–1959), 16th Premier of Quebec, Canada
Maurice Duval (1869–1958), French general and aviator
Maurice Evans (disambiguation), multiple people
Maurice Failevic (1933-2016), French film director
Maurice Ffrench (born 1998), American football player
Maurice Elwood Frump (1901–1979), American football player
Maurice Gambier d'Hurigny (1912–2000), French sculptor
Maurice Gamelin (1872–1958), French general remembered for his unsuccessful command of the French military in 1940 during the Battle of France
Maurice Garin (1871–1957), French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 for cheating
Maurice Gibb (1949–2003), British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
Maurice Greene (athlete), American sprinter
Maurice Grevisse (1895–1980), Belgian grammarian
Maurice Healy (campaigner) (1933–2020), British consumer campaigner
Maurice Howard, British art historian
Maurice Hurst Jr. (born 1995), American football player
Maurice Kemp (born 1991), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Maurice LaMarche, Canadian actor
Maurice Leblanc (1864–1941), French novelist and writer
Maurice Leyland (1900–1967), English cricketer
Maurice Line (1928–2010), British library and information scientist
Maurice Meisner (1931–2012), historian of 20th century China
Maurice de Mel, Sri Lankan Sinhala army colonel
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908–1961), French phenomenological philosopher
 Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, birth name of Michael Caine, English actor
Maurice Ndour (born 1992), Senegalese basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Maurice O'Neill (Irish republican) (d. 1942), executed Irish Republican
Maurice Pluskota (born 1992), German basketball player
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), French Impressionist music composer and pianist
Maurice Rioli (1957–2010), Australian football player
Maurice Roëves (1937–2020), English actor
Maurice Rozenthal (born 1975), French ice hockey player
Maurice Ruah (born 1971), Venezuelan tennis player
Maurice Sendak (1928–2012), American known for Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice K. Smith (1926–2020), New Zealand-born American architect
Maurice Salvador Sreshta (1872-1952), Postmaster General of Sri Lanka from 1923-28
Maurice Stuckey (born 1990), German basketball player
Maurice Schwartz (1889–1960), Russian-born actor
Maurice Tornay (1910–1949), Swiss Catholic missionary
Maurice Tulloch (born 1969), British/Canadian businessman
Maurice Vinot (1888–1916), French film actor
Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958), French painter, one of the principals in the Fauve movement
Maurice Watson (born 1993), American basketball player for Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Maurice Wilkins (1916–2004), New Zealand-born English physicist and molecular biologist, and Nobel Laureate

Fictional characters
Maurice, a character from the  1991 and 2017 films based on Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's Beauty and the Beast.
Maurice, Samantha Steven's father in Bewitched.
Maurice, a monster character in the 1989 film Little Monsters
Maurice Lalonde (Highlander character), character in the television program Highlander: The Series
Maurice Levy (The Wire), character in the television program The Wire
Maurice Moss, character from the British sitcom The IT Crowd
Rap Master Maurice, a character portrayed by artist Derek Erdman
Maurice Olgilvie Hedgehog, real name of Sonic the Hedgehog
Maurice Hall, protagonist in the book Maurice by E.M. Forster
 Maurice Conchis from the novel 'The Magus' by John Fowles
 Maurice, a virtuous orangutan who acts as adviser to the noble chimpanzee leader Caesar on Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and War of the Planet of the Apes.

Surname
Ann Maurice (born 1951), American interior designer and house stager, called "The House Doctor"
Arthur Bartlett Maurice (1873–1946), American editor of the Woodbridge (NJ) Register
Benoît Maurice (born 1971), French football central defender
Charles G. Maurice (1911–1997), American teacher of dentistry and pioneer of endodontics
Clément Maurice (1853–1933), French photographer
David Maurice (1626–1702), Welsh priest and translator
David M. Maurice (1922–2002), British ophthalmologist
Emil Maurice (1897–1972), German watchmaker and senior Nazi Party official
Florian Maurice (born 1974), French footballer
Frederick Barton Maurice (1871–1951), British general, military correspondent, writer and academic
Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872), British author, theologian, and socialist
Henry Maurice (minister) (1634–1682), Welsh priest who became an Independent minister
Henry Maurice (theologian) (c. 1647 – 1691), Welsh clergyman and professor
Henry Gascoyne Maurice (1847–1950), English zoologist
Hugh Maurice (1775-1825), transcriber of Welsh manuscripts
James Maurice (1814–1884), American politician from New York
James Wilkes Maurice (1775–1857), United Kingdom Royal Navy officer
Jean-Eudes Maurice (born 1986), French-born Haitian footballer
John D. Maurice, American writer and Pulitzer Prize winner
John Frederick Maurice (1841–1912), English soldier and military writer
María Belén Pérez Maurice (born 1985), Argentinian fencer
Mary Maurice (1844–1918), American actress
Mathias Maurice (1684-1738), Welsh minister and writer
Monica Maurice (1908 – 1995) industrialist, first, and for 40 years the only, woman member of the Association of Mining Electrical Engineers, known as "the Lady of the Lamp".
Paul Maurice (born 1967), Canadian hockey player and coach
Paule Maurice (1910–1967), French composer
Peter Maurice (priest) (1803–1878), Welsh priest and writer
Peter Maurice (bishop) (born 1951), English cleric - bishop of Taunton
Richard Maurice (1893– fl. 1951), Cuban-American filmmaker and labor organizer
Thomas Maurice (fl. 1755–1824), English poet oriental scholar, historian, chaplain and vicar
William Maurice (politician) (1552–1622), Welsh politician (an anglicization of his patronymic, ap Morys)
William Maurice (antiquary) (1620-1680), Welsh antiquary and collector of manuscripts

See also
Moritz (disambiguation)
Morrice, a surname
Morris (disambiguation)
Saint-Maurice (disambiguation)

English masculine given names
Masculine given names
French masculine given names
English-language masculine given names
Lists of people by given name
Surnames from given names

Maurice (name)


The Ukrainian State Film Agency (Ukrainian: Державне агентство України з питань кіно; romanization: Derzhavne ahent·stvo Ukrayiny z pytanʹ kino), known in short as Dergkino (Держкіно), is the central executive body of cinematography in Ukraine. It was created in 2006.

Ratings
Ratings issued by the Dergkino as of the latest amendment in 2015:
Yes : ДА (Дитяча аудиторія): Film aimed for children. They contain no violence or obscenity.
For : ЗА (Загальна аудиторія): Suitable for all.
12: Suitable for children aged 12 and older; those under 12 may be admitted if accompanied by an adult as parents may find upsetting to them.
16: Not allowed for viewing by persons under 16 years of age.
18: Not allowed for viewing by persons under 18 years of age. Additionally, "18" rated features may only be screened in theaters after 18:00, and they may be broadcast on television only after 22:00.
Denied : Відмовлено: Refused a classification by the Dergkino. Content may not be shown, advertised, or distributed anywhere in Ukraine.
Films can get rejected if they promote war, violence, cruelty, and fascism aimed at eliminating Ukraine's independence.

Formerly used
14: Suitable for children aged 14 and older; those under 14 may be admitted if accompanied by an adult.
X21: Not allowed for viewing by persons under 21 years of age. Used to indicate pornography.

Movie organizations
Movie ratings

Ukrainian State Film Agency


Billy Joe Mantooth (July 23, 1951 – July 23, 1986) was an American football linebacker from Clendenin, West Virginia, known as "The Man-Eater" during his playing days. He started his career at Ferrum College; after being honored as an NJCAA All-American in 1970, he transferred to West Virginia University.  He also later played in the NFL.

High school

Born to Rhondle Mantooth and Adabell Bowen Mantooth, Billy Joe Mantooth played his high school football at Herbert Hoover High School. He wore number 31, and played on both offense and defense. It was his skills as a linebacker which won him selection to the West Virginia All-State Football team in 1968.

Mantooth hoped to play Division I football after graduating from high school, but the college coaches said that while he was a very promising linebacker, they advised that at less than 200 pounds, Mantooth needed to "bulk up" to compete at the major college level.

College
Mantooth started his college career playing junior college football for the Ferrum College Panthers.  After earning NJCAA All-American honors in 1970, he was heavily recruited by several different schools.

Recruited by Marshall University/1970 plane crash
Mantooth's name is well known in the story of the 1970 Marshall Thundering Herd football team.  En route back to Huntington, West Virginia from a game against East Carolina, the Marshall team's Southern Airways Flight 932 clipped some trees on approach to Tri-State Airport and the plane crashed at a nearly vertical altitude into a ravine short of the runway. All seventy-five people on board were killed. The football team was decimated: thirty-seven players and five of the eight coaches lost their lives.  The lives of two Marshall coaches were spared due to a recruiting trip trying to bring Mantooth to the Thundering Herd, as assistant coaches Red Dawson and Gail Parker were on their way to see the star linebacker known as "The Man-Eater" at Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia. Dawson had actually driven to the East Carolina game and, joined by Parker (who had switched places with Deke Brackett, another coach), was to drive to Ferrum from Greenville, North Carolina at the game's conclusion. However, en route to see Mantooth, Dawson and Parker heard about the crash on the radio.

West Virginia University
In 1971, Mantooth signed with West Virginia University to finish his college career at a Division I school; he had gained 40 pounds of muscle since high school. He reportedly choose WVU because he was a West Virginia native and because of the excitement around town about new head coach and offensive innovator Bobby Bowden.  Wearing number 50, Mantooth was a co-captain of the WVU football team in 1972.

1972 West Virginia vs. Penn State Game
West Virginia fans clearly remember a key play from the 1972 Penn State game involving Mantooth: Penn State's Bob Nagle fumbled before the goal line, and two West Virginia players—Mantooth and Dennis Harris—successfully pounced on the ball at the three-yard line, yet Penn State was incorrectly awarded a touchdown.

NFL career
In 1973, Mantooth joined the NFL as a linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles when Coach Mike McCormack found Mantooth at the NFL's free agent camp in April.  Mantooth was released by the Eagles that summer before the 1973 NFL season began.  He was drafted by the WFL's Philadelphia Bell in 1974 in the 37th round as the 435th pick, but Mantooth instead remained in the NFL by joining the roster of the Houston Oilers, where he remained until 1975.

The Big Blow
In April 1981, Mantooth, who was 6'3", 230 lb. at the time, was involved in The Big Blow, an altercation where he punched former University of Kentucky football player Dan Fowler, rendering the 6'4", 240 lb. Fowler unconscious. In 1982, a Fayette Circuit Court jury awarded $20,000 ($ in  dollars when adjusted for inflation) to Fowler after he sued Mantooth over the punch, but the award was overturned by Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1983 and then reinstated by the Kentucky Supreme Court in 1984.

Death
A resident of Bridgeport, West Virginia, Mantooth was killed in a one-car crash on Interstate 79 near Sutton, West Virginia on July 23, 1986 (his 35th birthday) while employed by Metec Inc. of Lexington, Kentucky.

Family
Mantooth was survived by his widow, Pam, and daughter, Michelle, who earned her degree in psychology at her father's alma mater and earned a McNair Scholarship for her pursuit of a Ph.D.

He was also survived by his eldest daughter, Amy Coffin. Amy is a graduate of Virginia Tech and resides in Northern Virginia with her husband and three children, plus his older brother, John (nicknamed "Butch"), and three sisters, Rhonda, Tammy, and Loretta.

References

1951 births
1986 deaths
Ferrum Panthers football players
West Virginia Mountaineers football players
American football linebackers
Philadelphia Eagles players
Houston Oilers players
People from Bridgeport, West Virginia
People from Clendenin, West Virginia
Road incident deaths in West Virginia
Players of American football from West Virginia
Sportspeople from Kanawha County, West Virginia

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Bayview Glen School (also known as Bayview Glen or BVG) is an independent, co-educational, university preparatory day school with more than 1,000 students from Preschool to Grade 12, located in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Bayview Glen is a member of the CIS Ontario, CAIS, NAIS and Round Square organizations.

History
Bayview Glen was founded in 1962 by L. Doreen (née Barwick) Hopkins as a nursery school and day camp. The school initially was housed in a barn in the Don River Valley near Crescent School. The site now hosts Crestwood school.

By 1964, Bayview Glen had expanded to include students from age two to Grade 1, and an adjoining property was acquired. By 1969, new buildings had been added and the school grew to include students through to Grade 6.

In 1980, Hopkins died, and the L. Doreen Hopkins Foundation took control in overseeing the school. A permanent facility replaced the barn. Space for an upper school was leased from an engineering firm. In 1985, four teachers, and a grade 7 and 8 class opened the renovated office space. Through the rest of the decade, one grade per year was added. In 1989, the valley property was sold and the lower school moved to the Duncan Mill Campus.

In 1991, The Doreen Hopkins Foundation was taken over by the Macmarmon Foundation and Terry Guest was appointed Headmaster. Also in 1991 Bayview Glen had its first graduating class. In 1998, Bayview Glen acquired the upper school campus located on Moatfield Drive.

In September 2000, the upper school was opened by The Duke of York. The site was complete with a double gymnasium and theatre complex. In 2001, Guest left Bayview Glen and took up the position of Executive Director of Round Square, of which the school is a member. He was succeeded by Stuart Grainger, who was Headmaster until 2003. He is currently the headmaster of Trinity College School in Port Hope.

Eileen Daunt was appointed Head of School in 2003.

Bayview Glen celebrated its 50th anniversary during the 2011–12 academic year.  Diana and Simion Kronenfelds raised money for building a  school facilities, which was later named to honor the notable contributors.

In 2012–2014, Bayview Glen underwent renovations and a building was constructed that would bring the prep school and upper school together. In the spring of 2014, the new Moatfield Campus was reopened by Prince Andrew, on his second visit to the school. The campus offers facilities such as a double gym, an expanded dining hall, a theatre gallery, an alumni hall, new classrooms for specific areas of study, and lounge areas.

In 2022, Eileen Daunt announced her retirement as Head of School, and was preceded by James Lee.

Upcoming projects

Between 2019 and 2021, a new athletics centre will be built, which is taking the place of a several decade-old outside pool area and an inside basketball court for a new building that will have a combination of an indoor pool, for the primary use of their swim team, and an interior gym. This facility will be used for the "lower-school", or students from JK up to grade 5.

Athletics

The school mascot is the Gryphon – representing speed and majesty with its body of a lion and head of an eagle.

There are workout facilities, a gymnasium and a rock-climbing wall. One playing field is adjacent to the lower school and an artificial turf field is behind the upper school.

In the 2016–2017 academic year, Bayview Glen sports teams won 31 CISAA Championships, surpassing the old record of 16 achieved during the 2012–2013 academic year. Every age group from Under-11 to Under-20 was represented on the roster of champions.

House system
Bayview Glen has four houses. Originally named after four Canadian prime ministers, in November 2020 it was officially announced that Bayview Glen would undergo changes to the House System, including renaming the houses. In February of 2022, the houses were renamed. Every student is placed in one of these houses, with the houses competing against each other at sports related events within the student body.

Falcon (Green)
Bear (Red)
Wolf (Purple)
Lynx (Blue)

In the media
Bayview Glen's facilities have appeared in the movie Kiss and Cry (film), based on the story of one of their alumni Carley Allison (Class of 2013), starring Degrassi: The Next Generation co-stars Luke Bilyk and fellow alumna Sarah Fisher

Notable alumni

 Garen Boyajian (2005), actor
 J. Miles Dale (1968), film producer
 Sarah Fisher (2011), actor best known for her role on Degrassi: The Next Generation
 Elliotte Friedman, sports journalist
 Yazmeen Jamieson (2016), soccer player for the Jamaica women's national football team
 Moez Kassam (1999), hedge fund manager
 Jordyn Listro (2013), soccer player for the Canada women's national soccer team
 Lisa Sonshine (2000), children's entertainer, member of the Juno-nominated musical duo Sonshine and Broccoli
 Rawlson King (1995), politician
 Zubin Surkari, Canadian national cricketer
 Len Väljas (2006), cross-country skier
 Bree Williamson (1998), actor

References

External links
Official web site
Profile at the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) website
Our Kids Profile

Round Square schools
High schools in Toronto
North York
Educational institutions established in 1962
Elementary schools in Toronto
1962 establishments in Ontario
Private schools in Toronto

Bayview Glen School


Shu•bi•dua or Shu-bi-dua is a Danish pop group that was formed in 1973 in Copenhagen, as an expansion of the group Passport. Throughout their 40-year history, Shu-bi-dua changed their lineup many times, however their lead singer  was with the band throughout, except for a gap between 1984 and 1987. They have produced many well-known hits in Denmark, like Vuffeli-vov, Hvalen Hvalborg, Står på en Alpetop, Stærk Tobak (to the music from the Phil Medley and Bert Russell song Twist and Shout), Familien kom til Kaffe, Sexchikane, We wanna be free, and many more.

Their musical style owed much to folk and Central European schlager, but the core was always light rock. However, like "Weird Al" Yankovic, their musical styles could cover a wide range depending on the lyric or the song being covered. They are the Danish band with most selling albums in Denmark, more than 6 million per 2022. Notable characteristics were word plays and humour, but also often with serious backgrounds - like, sexual harassment, climate change, or life in general. In a Youtube video about the history of the band Bundesen and Hardinger were asked at the end to name a song that represents the band best. Bundesen named "Den røde tråd", a comical but still autobiographical song about his development from working class poverty to find "your place in the sun." Even in the 2000s, the band was able to get the audience to sing along with the first verse.

History
Passport, which in the beginning of 1973 released the single Tomorrow/Everything's Wrong, consisted of the guitarists  and , the drummer , and bass guitarist . The group was extended with the singer Michael Bundesen and keyboard player , and under the name Shu-bi-dua released the single Fed Rock/Tynd Blues, before the group again as Passport released the single Change of the Guard/Highway of Living. Shu-bi-dua was originally thought of as a one-off group, but when the debut single produced the hit Fed Rock, they chose to keep it.

As Shu-bi-dua they quickly gained success, and the name Passport was dropped. In 1974 they released their first self-titled album Shu-bi-dua.
One reason for their success was their often humorous translations of rock classics, made with great care and accuracy, and often with a refined sense of wordplays in their Danish lyrics (largely untranslatable to English). They did, however, also compose music of their own, often straightforward, with simple and catchy tunes, easy to sing, high party energy often built in - several of their hits from the 1970'es are still regular party classics today, with their laid back, energetic style. Some lyrics were intelligent, like "hvalen Hvalborg", about a deceased and stuffed whale friend. Others were simple and/or silly, like "where are the keys" (that's the song's only line), but all their songs are done with great care for detail.
The group also ventured into other projects, like the movie "the red cow" (a major flop) or the Shu-Bi-40 Christmas album with reggae versions of various Christmas songs and carols, and an underlying story about the sale of the Virgin Islands (Saint Creux, Saint John and Saint Thomas) to the US, in which everybody completely forgot the little (fictitious) island of Saint Hans - which also happen to be the name of a Danish mental institution.

After the first album, Poul Meyendorf left the group and was replaced by Claus Asmussen, who was a sound engineer on the first.
Since then the group has had numerous changes in its lineup. Claus Asmussen replaced Poul Meyendorff in 1975,  replaced Niels Grønbech in 1977,  replaced Jens Tage Nielsen, and  replaced Bosse Hall Christensen in 1981. In 1984 Michael Bundesen left the group to become station chief on the Copenhagen TV station Kanal 2, and simultaneously Kasper Winding left to be replaced by Paul Callaby. In 1987  was made a permanent member in the group when Willy Pedersen left. Thorup had been singing backup vocals since Shu-bi-dua 11 in 1985. In 1987 Michael Bundesen returned as lead singer, while  also joined the band. In 1988  replaced Paul Callaby as drummer, and shortly thereafter Søren Jacobsen left the band again. After having made the film Den røde tråd in 1989, they went on a sabbatical until their return in 1992 with the hit single Sexchikane. In the intervening years their back catalog was rereleased on CD in 1990, and in 1991 a Best Of album by the name Stærk Tobak was released. In connection to this they played live in front of 50,000 people on Bellevue Beach. In 1997 Michael Hardinger left the band after 24 years. He was replaced by , and in 2001 Jørgen Thorup left the band to be replaced by . In 2003 their 30th anniversary was celebrated with a 10-CD set called Shu-bi-dua 200 (each CD had 20 songs). In 2005 Claus Asmussen left Shu-bi-dua having been the only original continuous member in the group's 30-year history. The group has, since 2011, been on an indefinite hiatus, since lead singer Michael Bundesen suffered a brain embolism. Michael Bundesen, the focal point of the group, was born May 12, 1949, and died on November 8, 2020.

Lineup
Last line-up (2011)
 Michael Bundesen (vocals), 1973–1984, 1987–2020 (died November 8)
 Kim Daugaard (bass/vocals), 1977–
 Peter Andersen (trommer/vocals), 1988–
 Ole Kibsgaard (guitar/vocals), 1997–
 Jacob Christoffersen (keyboard/vocals), 2001–

Previous members
 Michael Hardinger (guitar/vocals), 1973–1997 (+ lyrics/composer and guest musician in 2005)
 Poul Meyendorff (guitar), 1973–1974
 Niels Grønbech (bass), 1973–1977
 Bosse Hall Christensen (Drummer), 1973–1981 (+ lyrics 1985)
 Jens Tage Nielsen (keyboard), 1973–1981
 Claus Asmussen (guitar/vocals), 1975–2005
 Kasper Winding (Drummer), 1981–1984
 Willy Pedersen (keyboard), 1981–1986
 Paul Callaby (Drummer), 1984–1988
 Jørgen Thorup (keyboard/vocals), 1987–2001
 Søren Jacobsen (keyboard/guitar), 1987–1988

Discography

Studio albums
1974: Shu-bi-dua
1975: Shu-bi-dua 2
1976: Shu-bi-dua 3
1977: Shu-bi-dua 4
1978: 78'eren
1979: Shu-bi-dua 6
1980: Shu-bi-dua 7
1982: Shu-bi-dua 8
1982: Shu-bi-dua 9
1983: Shu-bi-dua 10
1985: Shu-bi-dua 11
1987: Shu-bi-dua 12
1992: Shu-bi-dua 13
1993: Shu-bi-dua 14
1994: Shu-bi-40
1995: Shu-bi-dua 15
1997: Shu-bi-dua 16
2000: Shu-bi-dua 17
2005: Shu-bi-dua 18 (Peaked in DEN: #2)

Compilations and live releases
1975: Shu-bi-dua's værste
1978: Leif i Parken
1981: Duernes bedste
1985: Da mor var dreng
1988: 32 Hits
1991: Stærk tobak!! (3-CD set)
1992: Vi finner oss ikke i sexsjikane (Norwegian)
1994: Live og glade dage
1996: 15 skarpe skud, 1996
1997: 40 bedste
1998: Shu-bi-læum 73–98
2001: Rap jul og godt nytår
2003: Shu-bi-dua 200 (Peaked in DEN: #1)
2004: Symfo-ni-dua
2010: Shu-bi-dua 1–18 (Box) (Peaked in DEN #40)
Shu-bi-dua 1–9 (Box) (Peaked in DEN #2)
Shu-bi-dua 10–18 (Box) (Peaked in DEN #27)
2010: Live i Stockholm (download only)
2013: 40 Års Shu-bi-læum – De 40 Største hits (Peaked in DEN #2)(Certified gold)

Singles
2010: "Midsommersangen" (Peaked in DEN: #32)

References

External links
 Shu-bi-dua official homepage

Danish musical groups
1973 establishments in Denmark
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A Sheikh or shaykh (Arabic: شيخ shaykh; pl. شيوخ shuyūkh), of Sufism is a Sufi who is authorized to teach, initiate and guide aspiring dervishes in the Islamic faith. He has laid all his worldly desires to rest thru the one intense desire for knowing the love of God his beloved. The sheik is vital to the path of the novice Sufi, for the sheik has himself travelled the path of mysticism. Viewed as the spiritual master, the sheik forms a formal allegiance (bay'a) to the disciple of Sufism and authorizes the disciple's travels and helps the disciple along the mystical path. Islamic tradition focuses on the importance of chains and legitimization. In Sufism, sheiks are connected by a continuous spiritual chain (isnad, sanad, silsila). This chain links every previous Sufi sheik, and eventually can be traced back to the Successors, and in later times to the Prophet himself. As Sufism grew, influential shayks began to acquire spiritual centers and waypoints known as khanqah, ribat, and zaouia. Sheikhs duplicate the Prophetic realities, and are also expected to perform and act as an intermediary between the Creator and the created, since the sheikh has arrived close to God through his meditations and spiritual travels. There are several types of such sheikh.

The legitimacy of the sheik is based on the unbroken chain of authors or other sheiks. The shorter the chain the more authoritative the person becomes. Teaching-sheiks provided their disciples with religious instruction as well as theology. During this time student travelled and interacted with different teacher-sheiks. Sufi sheiks flourished throughout the Islamic world more than any other type of personal authority because their mediatory skills were required for the smooth functioning of an agrarian-nomadic economy with a decentralized form of government.

The Directing-sheik
With the advent of institutionalized Sufism in the ninth century came the changed relationship between disciple and sheik. This came at a time in the Islamic world when other institutions were spreading to an ever far-reaching Islamic world, and were facing a collapsing caliphal empire. The sheik became a more authoritative figure, and become synonymous with prophetic traits as well as a totally functional leader. The sheik took on a new role as a permanent and known teacher, not a teaching-guide to a group of disciples. The sheik had permanent residence in a lodge and surrounded himself with his students. The disciples would live with the sheik and would follow the sheiks rules and prescribed behaviors. The lodge became an integral part of the Muslim community, as it maintained land holdings and also supported economic activities in cities. The directing-sheik became an authority for those seeking training and a strengthening of their moral and intellectual character. The shift from teaching-sheik to directing-sheik brought about an unprecedented focus on decorum (adab). Directing-sheiks core characteristic was set within the Sufi context of training others to approach God more closely and intimately. Overall the experience of learning the mystical path of Sufism underneath the guise of the directing-sheik was much more intense than that of the teacher-sheik.

Khirka
The importance of lineage in Sufism is exhibited by one such example as the Khirka. Khirka literally meaning, "Rough cloak, scapular, coarse gown". The cloak acts as an initiation process in Sufism in which the sheik puts his khirka on the disciple, or known as "Investiture with the Cloak". This acts as the manifestation of blessings being transmitted from sheik to disciple. The act is reminiscent of when the Muhammad placed a cloak over Ali. This process solidifies the sheik-disciple relationship and creates an allegiance. After this process the disciple is able to join the Sufi order and continue studying underneath the sheik.

Silsila
Silsila is used in Sufism to describe the continuous spiritual chain that links Sufi orders and sheiks in a lineage relating back to the Prophet Muhammad and his Companions.

Necessary qualifications of a sheik
The basic requirements for a person to be a Sufi sheik are as follows.

See also
 Pir (Sufism)
 Sheikh (disambiguation)

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Religious leadership roles
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Sheikh (Sufism)