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Clay Silvas (born 7 March 1998) is an American professional footballer forward who plays for Deportivo Toluca F.C. Premier in Liga Premier de México.
Career
Youth
From 2015 to 2017, he played for the Sacramento Republic Under-17's and Under-18's. In total, he scored 11 goals in 15 games during his time there.
Warriors FC
Clay was spotted training and playing preseason friendlies with Warriors FC in 2017. Soon afterwards, he signed for the Singaporean club, However, injuries have impeded his progress and he is yet to make a start in the S.League despite being the top scorer of the 2017 Prime League.
Playing style
Silvas is known for his acceleration and his ability to get out of tight spaces. The American forward is known for his goalscoring prowess as well.
Personal life
His older cousin, Diego Silvas, is also a footballer who plies his trade in the S.League as a forward for Tampines Rovers.<ref name="fourfourtwo"/>

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Professor Natti Ronel (born 1958) is an Israeli clinical criminologist, specializing in the treatment of addictions, violence and victimization, served as Head of the Criminology Department at Bar-Ilan University (2013-2016). Ronel is the theorist and founder of Positive Criminology, Positive Victimology and of the "Graceway" for self-change and formal therapy (also known as Grace Therapy). He is currently working on the development of Spiritual Criminology, which is an innovative approach to criminology based on a vast field of knowledge derived from different spiritual traditions. Referring to a spiritual perspective, this novel approach generates a synthesis of contemporary criminological knowledge. Ronel also works privately with individuals suffering from any type of addiction, addicts’ families, people with criminal background, youth in distress, individuals suffering from violence, victims of violence and injury, as well as people seeking for spiritual change in their lives.
Biography
Natti Ronel was born in 1958 in the city of Holon, Israel. He graduated from the Haim Kugel High School’s science program with honors (1976). He started his undergraduate studies in the department of psychology and a special program for outstanding students at the University of Haifa and obtained his B.A. in Psychology and Humanities from the special program for outstanding undergraduates at Tel-Aviv University (1984). Following a 2-year journey abroad, mostly in Asia, he enrolled for a direct PhD program in the Institute for Criminology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem under the supervision of renowned criminologist and recipient of the Israel Prize, Professor Menachem Amir (1995). He did his post-doctoral research at the Tel-Aviv University Bob Shapell School of Social Work, under the supervision of Professor Meir Teichman (1997). During his graduate and postgraduate studies he was awarded numerous scholarships for his achievements.
Teaching and research
Since 2003 Ronel has been holding different teaching positions in the Department of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. During 2013 - 2016 he served as the Head of the Department. Throughout his academic career, he has lectured at Tel-Aviv University Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Rupin College, Tel-Hai College and Netanya College. He was the Researcher-in-Chief at The Forum for Children and Youth Affairs (1998-2002), an institution that was associated with "Elem" charity for youth in distress and the Tel-Aviv University Bob Shapell School of Social Work. In addition, Ronel held training seminars geared at counseling professionals in various settings such as the Israeli Prison Service, Israeli Anti-Drug authority, "Selah" Addiction Treatment Centers in Beer-Sheva and the Central School for Social Welfare Workers.
Research topics
Narcotics Anonymous and addiction recovery
Ronel began his research career with his doctoral thesis about the organization "Narcotics Anonymous" (NA). He published several articles in both Israeli and international journals based on this research. His postdoctoral research focused on the moral development of addicted individuals during their recovery.
Volunteers with youth
Ronel led various studies about youth in different situations of distress and on the different services for youth in distress, including volunteering with youth in distress and youth on the streets. Based on this research he first developed the concept of "perceived altruism", which relates to the perception of the volunteers in the welfare services as altruistic, and to the influence this perception bears on the recovery process of those who benefit from the service. Ronel also directed a research on youth with an addicted parent, and on the basis of its findings he first defined the concepts of "subjective risk and protective factors".
Phenomenological criminology
Ronel took part in a study on the process of forgiving in bereaved Israeli parents, and also directed a large number of phenomenological studies on criminal careers, mainly on the rehabilitation of offenders and on the experience of victims of violence, On the basis of these different studies, he developed the Criminal Spin Model that offers a descriptive phenomenological explanation on the acceleration of criminal behavior in its various manifestations. Based on this approach, he further developed both "Positive Criminology" and "Positive Victimology" perspectives, which have also been the subject of extensive research. These innovative approaches to criminology and victimology are gaining worldwide acclaim, and they are presented in important international congresses.
Therapeutic approaches
Graceway and The Twelve Tools
In the 1990s Ronel started developing "Graceway" which is both a path leading to personal change and a therapeutic approach used by mental health professionals in Israel, This approach originated in the 12-step recovery program of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), the international mutual aid fellowship for alcoholics, expanding it to a large variety of human conditions, behaviors and personality disorders, problem and distress areas.
Graceway deepens the 12-step program by adding professional knowledge from behavioral and social sciences. It mainly brings added value through the spiritual knowledge stemming from an array of traditions and attempts to derive the essence common to the different spiritual methods. In the 90’s Ronel worked in both group and individual therapy with violent men and their spouses. This accumulation of experience contributed to his establishment of Graceway as a therapeutic strategy. Since then, Ronel has held many Graceway training seminars for professionals from a wide range of disciplines, and has lectured about the method in different international conferences.'
In 2019 Ronel published "The Twelve Tools: From Dependence to Independence Through Spiritual Change" in which he defines twelve pragmatic tools of change that represent Graceway. The leading mottos of the tools are "To be the grace that we want to meet" and "To live the Spirit that we are." The different tools address these aims from different points of view, to provide a holistic system of self of professionally aided change.
Positive Criminology
Positive Criminology places an emphasis on social inclusion and on unifying and integrating forces at individual, group, social and spiritual levels that are associated with the limiting of crime. Traditional approaches’ study of crime, violence and related behaviors emphasizes the negative aspects in people’s lives that are associated with deviance and criminality. A common understanding is that human relationships are affected more by destructive encounters than by constructive or positive ones. Positive Criminology aims to broaden our understanding beyond the usual focus of criminology on separating, excluding, and disintegrating forces and processes that lead individuals and groups to embrace deviant and criminal lifestyles and activities. Positive criminology argues that a different approach is viable, that is, a positive, life changing effect of positive experiences. These positive experiences contribute to rehabilitation and recovery by enhancing change in three dimensions - social integration, emotional healing and spirituality - that constitute indicators of positive direction.
Publications - books
Ronel, N., & Haimoff-Ayali, R. (2009). In the shadow of addiction: Vulnerability and hope among adolescents who grew up with an addicted parent. Kiriat Bialik, IL: Ach, 178 pages (Hebrew).
Ronel, N., Chen, G., Timor, U. & Elisha, E. (2011). Retorno: An orthodox Jewish therapeutic community for addiction treatment. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 204 pages (Hebrew).
Ronel, N. (ed.)(2012). Gone with the spirit. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 252 pages (Hebrew).

Ronel, N., Jaishankar, K., & Bensimon, M. (eds.)(2008). Trends and issues in victimology. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 338 pages.

Jaishankar, K., & Ronel, N. (2013)(eds.). Global criminology: Crime and victimization in a globalized era. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 376 pages.

Ronel, N., & Segev, D. (2015)(eds.). Positive Criminology. London & New York: Routledge, 355 pages.
Ronel, N. (2019). The Twelve Tools: From Dependence to Independence Through Spiritual Change. Amazon, 275 pages.
Further reading
Natti Ronel and Ya’ara Toren (2012). Positive Victimology - An innovation or "more of the same"? Temida. 15(2), 171-180.
Natti Ronel (2009). The criminal spin: Towards an alternative criminological theory. In K. Jaishankar (ed.), International perspectives on crime and justice (pp. 126-145). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

The House Between is an online science fiction series created by American author, John Kenneth Muir "for internet and DVD distribution". According to Muir, the show is an independent, low-budget production: "...we steered our own ship, without committee, without interference," he noted in a column called Independent TV in August 2006, "Our production team was sequestered in an empty old house during the shooting schedule. Over the span of seven very, very long days we shot seven original half-hour scripts."
Story
The House Between tells the mysterious story of five strangers, Astrid, Arlo, Travis, Bill Clark and Theresa, who awaken to find themselves trapped in a strange, empty Victorian house. There is no furniture in the house, and all the exits (doors and windows) are painful to the touch. In short order, the five protagonists begin to reckon not just with each other and their differences, but with the unusual abode, which seems to possess mystical properties, according to the series creator. "Each new room represents a different mind-state, a different manifestation of their inner selves. The house understands their secrets, their guilts, their fears...their dreams...their nightmares"
According to an interview with creator Muir at "The Thunder Child", he was inspired to create the series, at least partially, by Jean-Paul Sartre's play, No Exit. He recounts: "In the existentialist drama, Hell was actually a sort of sitting room. The idea of the play was literally “Hell is other people,” to quote one character; that for eternity you have to cope with someone you don’t like, someone different from yourself. And you can never get away from them.
I got to thinking, “hmmm that’s not just Hell&hellip;that’s life on Earth!” People who are religious, people who are scientists, lawyers, psychics: we all share the same speck of dust in space, and must find a way to get along here, lest the human race destroy itself. So that underlying metaphor, the house as Earth, became a sub-text, an important crux of the series."
In the same interview, Muir lists other inspirations including The Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, and the original The Outer Limits. The House Between has been compared to Doctor Who in its early black and white days, by radio host Howard Margolin on Destinies: The Voice of Science Fiction. In a live radio interview on Friday, February 23, 2007, Margolin noted: "In the tradition of the original Twilight Zone and early Doctor Who...a series that succeeds on the strength of the writing and the characters."
Joseph Maddrey, the producer of The House Between lists further details of the series creation: "He said it was partly inspired by his frustration with the ABC series “Lost” - which was continually resorting to flashbacks, rather than dealing with the present dilemma of its characters - and partly inspired by Jean Paul Sartre's play No Exit. I immediately thought of Night of the Living Dead, the brain-child of ten friends who volunteered their time and money to make a film that transcended its minimal production values. To his credit, John understood that minimal production values did not necessarily reduce the scope of storytelling possibilities. He was determined to explore questions of physics, psychic phenomenon, mysticism, religious fundamentalism, politics, greed and good old fashioned personality disorders&hellip; on 2% of the budget of the famously low-budget Night of the Living Dead."
The House Between has been called "an entertaining and mysterious series that represents what is possible for future online shows" The series had its premiere in Chesapeake, Virginia July 31, 2006 when a rough cut of the first episode "Arrived" and a series trailer was shown at the convention called Fantasci.
First season
Seven episodes were created for the first season, and the series began airing on VEOH February 16, 2007.
Episodes
;1.1 "Arrived" (February 16, 2007): Astrid awakes in a mysterious, empty house where all the exits and windows are frozen. She meets Arlo in the kitchen, then Bill and Travis, two other denizens. They argue about how to escape the house, only to learn that the walls aren't what they seem. The episode ends with the arrival of a fifth person.
;1.2 "Settled" (March 3, 2007): Theresa, the new arrival in the house, claims to be a "psychic astronaut." Meanwhile, Bill is confronted with the diary of his daughter Samantha, which keeps re-appearing. At the same time, Astrid is haunted by a song she once wrote (called The House Between), and forced to relive her suicide attempt.
;1.3 "Positioned" (March 16, 2007): Travis takes over Arlo's kitchen, demanding "services" in exchange for food. While the others try to get him out of the kitchen, Arlo relates a story about his childhood that reveals a new element about the house.
;1.4 "Visited" (April 1, 2008): A scouting party from the malovelent race called "The Outdwellers" infiltrate the house and try to take the wounded Bill's body.
;1.5 "Mirrored" (April 15, 2007): With the hermetically sealed house running low on supplies, Theresa organizes a seance to communicate with their invisible wardens. The seance has unexpected results, however, when a mirror causes "imperfect" reflections of the denizens to act out.
;1.6 "Trashed" (April 29, 2007): A sinister telepath named Sange, an old friend of Theresa's, shows up in the house after a faulty quantum transition and attempts to complete his mission to kill the mysterious "Draftsman."
;1.7 "Departed?" (May 13, 2007): Astrid, Arlo, Bill, Travis and Theresa attempt to make contact with Vitality, the intelligence inside the house. They are soon offered a choice about whether to leave the house or to remain.
Main cast
:Kim Breeding as Astrid
:Jim Blanton as Arlo
:Lee Hansen as Travis Crabtree
:Tony Mercer as Bill T. Clark
:Alicia A. Wood as Theresa.
Guest cast
:Florent Christol as Sange
:Kathryn Muir as Samantha Clark
Crew
:Producer - Joseph Maddrey
:Director of Photography - Rick Coulter
:Stunt Coordinator/Special Effects Director - Rob Floyd
:Lighting Co-Directors - Kevin M. Flanagan and Bobby Schweizer
:Original music - Cesar Gallegos & Mateo Latosa
:Executive Producers - Joseph Maddrey and Kathryn Muir
:Make-up - Rob & Phyllis Floyd
:Writer and Director - John Kenneth Muir
Second season
Eight episodes were created for the second season, and the series began airing on VEOH and GOOGLE VIDEO on January 25, 2008.
Episodes
;2.1 "Returned," (January 25, 2008): The former denizens of the house at the end of the universe are reunited under odd circumstances and with startling gaps in their memories. The House itself is in hibernation mode.
;2.2 "Separated," (February 1, 2008) Written by John Kenneth Muir from a story by Jim Blanton: Arlo is trapped in a frightening alternate quantum reality that is a dark reflection of the house at the end of the universe.
;2.3 "Reunited," (February 8, 2008) Directed by Richard Coulter: Bill's morally ambiguous brother, Sam Clark arrives in the house at the end of the universe proposing a dangerous military operation. He and Astrid clash over matters both personal and related to the operation.
;2.4 "Estranged," (February 15, 2008): Outdwellers are loose in the house at the end of the universe, and the denizens are separated. As one group prepares for battle, Astrid and Theresa attempt to solve the riddle of the group's collective amnesia.
;2.5 "Populated," February 29, 2008): Tempers flare and the temperature rises in the House. Bill and Travis are in conflict, strangers have appeared in the house, and a mysterious visitor has a message for Arlo. Worse, it is now 118 degrees in the house...and getting hotter.
;2.6 "Distressed," (March 7, 2008): Ghosts migrate into the zone of blackness around the house at the end of the universe. Travis has an unwelcome visitor from his past.
;2.7 "Caged" (March 14, 2008) Written by Joseph Maddrey: A mysterious infection strikes down Vitality, the smart house Lar, precipitating an examination of each of the denizens' belief systems during a long and particularly sleepless night at the end of the universe.
;2.8 "Ruined." (March 21, 2008): Dark matter consumes the house at the end of the universe, and Astrid is forced to make a difficult decision.
Main cast

:Kim Breeding as Astrid
:Jim Blanton as Arlo
:Lee Hansen as Travis Crabtree
:Tony Mercer as Bill T. Clark
:Alicia A. Wood as Theresa.
Guest cast
:John Kenneth Muir as Sam Clark
:Craig Eckrich as Sgt. Dexter Brick
:Craig T. Adams as Future Arlo
:Bobby Schweizer as "Pod"-Dave
:Kevin M. Flanagan as "Pod"-Frank
:Kathryn Muir as Samantha Clark
Crew
:Producer - Joseph Maddrey
:Director of Photography - Rick Coulter
:Stunt Coordinator/Special Effects Director - Rob Floyd
:Lighting Co-Directors - Kevin M. Flanagan and Bobby Schweizer
:Original music composed & performed by - Cesar Gallegos & Mateo Latosa
:Executive Producers - Joseph Maddrey and Kathryn Muir
:Make-up - Rob & Phyllis Floyd
:Writer and Director - John Kenneth Muir, except where noted.
Third season
Six episodes were filmed for the third season, and episodes began airing on VEOH and GOOGLE VIDEO on January 30, 2009.
Episodes
;3.1 "Devoured," (January 30, 2009): After the dark matter attack on Vitality, the denizens of the house find themselves in a collapsing quantum universe. Their only hope is to shift into another quantum reality—a dark place already inhabited by a malevolent force.
;3.2 "Addicted," (February 13, 2009): Bill is trapped in a 'Quantum Mirage', a closed universe constructed from his own deepest wishes. What remains of the smart house is feeding off what's left of Bill lifeforce to keep itself alive and so, in order to keep Bill within it, has made his fantasy a (quantum) reality.
;3.3 "Scared," (February 27, 2009): The denizens are under attack from the Lar of their new smart house, an old and malevolent entity named Cronus. A nightmare figure from Arlo's past is ripped from his nightmares and made flesh.
;3.4 "Switched," (March 13, 2009) Written by John Kenneth Muir from a story by Mateo Latosa: When the denizens launch a multi-prong attack on Cronus, the angry Lar retaliates by scrambling their bodies. At the same time, Discarnates overrun the smart house.
;3.5 "Exposed," (March 27, 2009): Sam returns and tries to convince the denizens to join him (or take them by force) to add their DNA to the genetic make up of the outdwellers. Astrid learns the truth about the nature of her existence.
;3.6 "Resolved," (April 10, 2009): The finale of the season and the series in which the denizens find that their smart-house is the last independent one in the known universe, still free of the lobotomizing mind-control of the government's "loop". They realize that for humanity and lars to remain free—the Loop must be destroyed.
Main cast

:Kim Breeding as Astrid
:Jim Blanton as Arlo
:Lee Hansen as Travis Crabtree
:Tony Mercer as Bill T. Clark
:Alicia A. Wood as Theresa
:Craig Eckrich as Sgt. Dexter Brick
Guest cast
:John Kenneth Muir as Sam Clark
:Rob Floyd as Vinnie Coto
:Alison Velasco as Nora Pearce
Crew
:Producer - Joseph Maddrey
:Director of Photography - Rick Coulter
:Stunt Coordinator/Special Effects Director - Rob Floyd
:Lighting Director - Bobby Schweizer
:Original music composed & performed by - Cesar Gallegos & Mateo Latosa
:Executive Producers - Joseph Maddrey and Kathryn Muir
:Make-up - Rob & Phyllis Floyd
:Writer and Director - John Kenneth Muir
Soundtrack Release
An Original Internet Television Soundtrack for THE HOUSE BETWEEN, in the form of an MP3 CD, was released in April 2010 on Powys Media's music label, SOIL. It features 132 cues from the series. Initial copies came with a souvenir bag and medallion. In addition to the full score composed and recorded by Cesar Gallegos and Mateo Latosa (better known as TKU: Tecamachalco Underground), the CD also includes "The House Between (Astrid's Song)"--source music composed and sung by Kim Breeding.
Both composers were interviewed , and selections from the soundtrack were featured, on the August 6th, 2010 Destinies: The Voice of Science Fiction (WUSB).
On the CineRadio Top 20 Airplay report for August 2010, the soundtrack for THE HOUSE BETWEEN charted at #11 for music played on soundtrack music specialty shows.