John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson,  (13 December 1844 – 13 March 1932) was an Irish politician and judge. He was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1905 to 1928.

Early life and career
Atkinson was born at Drogheda, County Louth, the eldest son of Edward Atkinson, a physician, of Glenwilliam Castle, County Limerick and Skea House, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, and his wife Rosetta.

He was educated at the Belfast Academy and later at Queen's College Galway, which he attended from 1858 to 1865. He won Junior Scholarships in the Science Division of the Faculty of Arts, 1858–9, 1859–60 and 1860–1. He was awarded the B.A. degree in mathematics with first-class honours in 1861, and pursued a varied postgraduate career – from initial study of the sciences (with Senior Scholarships in Mathematics, 1861–2, and Natural Philosophy, 1862–3) he moved into Law, gaining a first-class Diploma in Elementary Law in 1864. A further Senior Scholarship, this time in Law, followed, and he graduated with a first-class LL.B. in 1865. Throughout his university career, he was noted as an orator of distinction, and served as Auditor of the college's Literary and Debating Society for the 1862–63 session.

Atkinson was called to the Irish Bar in 1865 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1880 at the early age of 35. He practised as a QC on the Munster Circuit. He was elected a Bencher of the King's Inns in June 1885. In 1890, he was called to the English Bar by the Inner Temple, and was elected a Bencher there in 1906. Atkinson represented the Times Newspaper before the Parnell Commission in 1888.

Political life
Atkinson was politically active throughout his career at the Bar, and in 1889 was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland. He became Attorney-General for Ireland in 1892, and later that year was appointed a Privy Councillor. In January 1893, having left the office of Attorney-General, he called a motion at a Unionist meeting in County Fermanagh declaring renewed opposition to Home Rule. At a meeting in March of that year (1893) at Leinster Hall Atkinson declared that a breach in the Union between the United Kingdom and Ireland would mean an end to civil and religious liberty. In December 1893 he was selected to represent the Unionist Party in North Londonderry. His candidature was endorsed by Arthur Balfour, then leader of the House of Commons, with the words –"it is important that the loyalists of Ulster be represented by eloquent and able men". Atkinson was elected a Conservative M.P. for North Londonderry in 1895; upon his election, he was again appointed Attorney-General, an office he held for the next ten years. During this time, he was closely involved in the framing of many significant pieces of legislation, including the Irish Land Act, 1896, and the Local Government Act, 1898.

Appointed as a law lord
On 19 December 1905, he was appointed to the House of Lords as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and life peer under the title Baron Atkinson, of Glenwilliam in the County of Limerick, the first Irish barrister to be appointed as a Law Lord directly from his practice at the bar – Judges John Fitzgerald and Michael Morris had served on the Irish Bench for many years before their respective appointments. For the title of his life peerage, he chose Glenwilliam, after Glenwilliam Castle in County Limerick, the home of his father.  Atkinson's appointment, however, was not met with universal approval by his profession. As a former member of the cabinet he was seen as a political judge, however his industry and keen sense of justice came to be seen as a valuable addition to the bench. On his appointment as a Law Lord, he withdrew from active politics, limiting his contributions on political matters in the House of Lords to the discussion of Irish matters, such as the Irish Land Bill in 1909, to which he tabled several amendments. Atkinson retired as a judge in 1928, and died at his home at 39 Hyde Park Gate, London on 13 March 1932. A portrait by John St Helier Lander hangs in the Bar Room of King's Inns, Dublin.

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References

Sources
T.C. Tobias, 'Atkinson, John, Baron Atkinson (1844–1932)', rev. Sinéad Agnew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Obituary, The Times, 14 March 1932. see also reply by Arthur Balfor on 15 March 1932.

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John Doukas Komnenos (1128 – September 1176) was a son of Andronikos Komnenos. Through his father, he was a grandson of Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos. He was doux (military governor) of Cyprus from 1155 until his death as well as being appointed a protovestiarios in 1148.

Life
He fought in the Byzantine–Hungarian wars in the early 1150s. In 1156, Cyprus was attacked by Raynald of Châtillon and Thoros II, Prince of Armenia; Thoros and Raynald both conducted widespread plundering of the island: the Franks and Armenians marched up and down the island robbing and pillaging every building that they saw, churches and convents as well as shops and private houses. The crops were burnt; the herds were rounded up, together with all the population, and driven down to the coast. John opposed the attack but was captured by Raynald and Thoros and was taken prisoner to Antioch.

The nightmare lasted about three weeks; then, on the rumour of an imperial fleet in the offing, Raynald gave the order for re-embarkation. The ships were loaded up with booty; and every Cypriot was forced to ransom himself.

John was presumably released from captivity in Antioch, as he took part in the Battle of Myriokephalon under Manuel I Komnenos. The Byzantines were defeated and John Doukas died during the battle, shortly after 17 September 1176.

Marriage and children

John Doukas was married around 1146 to a woman later known as Maria, a Taronitissa, possibly daughter of John Taronites, pansebastos sebastos. The couple had at least two children:
Maria (c. 1154 – 1208/1217), married firstly to Amalric I of Jerusalem; from this marriage she had a daughter, the future Isabella I of Jerusalem and then married secondly to Balian of Ibelin, amongst the children produced from this marriage was John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut.
Alexios Komnenos, led a rebellion against Andronikos I Komnenos, but was captured, blinded and imprisoned, died unmarried in 1187.
 (probably) Theodora (fl. 1140) wife of Bohemond III, prince of Antioch.

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Blizzard is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, who are primarily enemies of Iron Man.

The Donnie Gill incarnation has had the most appearances, appearing in several forms of animated media and video games as well as a live-action incarnation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portrayed by Dylan Minnette, though the Gregor Shapanka and Randy Macklin incarnations have also appeared in animation.

Publication history
Created by Stan Lee and Don Heck, the Gregor Shapanka version of Blizzard appeared as Jack Frost in Tales of Suspense #45 (Sept. 1963), and as Blizzard beginning in Iron Man #86 (May 1976). He was killed off in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #20 (Nov. 1986).

The Donnie Gill Blizzard first appeared in Iron Man #223 (Oct. 1987) and was created by David Michelinie and Bob Layton.

The Randy Macklin version of Blizzard first appeared in the Marvel Holiday Special #2 (Jan. 1993) and was created by Sholly Fisch and Tom Morgan.

Fictional character biographies

Gregor Shapanka

Gregor Shapanka is a Hungarian scientist obsessed with immortality, and decides that the study of cryonics is the first step towards his goal. Shapanka takes a job at Stark Industries to fund his research and attempts to steal directly from Tony Stark. After being caught and fired by Tony Stark for trying to steal from Tony Stark's secret vault, Gregor creates a suit containing cold-generating devices and is dubbed by the newspapers as "Jack Frost." He attempts to raid Stark Industries where he captures Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan, but is defeated by Iron Man.

Several years later, Gregor Shapanka escaped prison and attacked Stark's Long Island industrial complex using a new far more powerful cold-generating battle suit and calling himself Blizzard. This time, Blizzard was out to steal Stark's climatron device which could be used to alter weather patterns. Blizzard nearly froze Iron Man to death, but Iron Man was rescued by Potts. Iron Man caused Blizzard's battle suit to short-circuit and then captured him.

Gregor Shapanka obtained financing for recreating his cold-generating costume from multimillionaire Justin Hammer. Blizzard formed a partnership with two other clients of Hammer known as Blacklash and the Melter. Together, the three criminals attacked a hotel casino in Atlantic City, only to be defeated by Iron Man and private bodyguard Bethany Cabe.

Shortly thereafter, Shapanka reconstructs his cold suit in prison. When Electro uses his electrical powers to break out of the adjoining cell, Shapanka is caught in the blast and the suit is fused to his body. Electro and Blizzard then join forces to take over the Daily Bugle, but are stopped by Spider-Man and Daredevil.

Some months later during the "Demon in a Bottle" storyline, Justin Hammer hires Blizzard to join an army of supervillains and battle Iron Man.

Blizzard's body somehow gained the ability to generate intense cold without artificial means. Feeling alienated from humanity, Shapanka (again calling himself Jack Frost) went to live in an ice palace he created within a mountain. The Hulk found Jack Frost's new home and destroyed the ice palace. Jack Frost was seemingly killed in the collapse of his ice domain.

Gregor Shapanka reappeared in the guise of Blizzard. Somehow, Blizzard had lost his bodily power to generate cold and once again needed his battle suit to create low temperatures. Shapanka returned to crime and formed a gang to aid him. However, upon robbing a bank in New York City, Blizzard and his henchmen were found and defeated by Spider-Man and were taken into police custody. Thanks to his lawyer, Blizzard was soon back at large and kidnapped Bobby Saunders (a boy whom he saw speaking with Spider-Man). Through Saunders, Blizzard intended to get revenge for his most recent defeat. Blizzard mistakes a villainous version of Iron Man from the year 2020 for the modern Iron Man and attempts to ambush him. The future Iron Man however is on an urgent mission to find Bobby Saunders (who would grow up to be a terrorist in 2020) and instantly kills Blizzard with a repulsor blast.

Donald Gill

Born in Delaware, Donald "Donnie" Gill was a professional criminal hired by Justin Hammer (who gave him a cryogenic suit resembling the original Blizzard's suit). Since Blizzard was vaporized by Iron Man 2020, Donnie adopted the name. His first mission involved working with the Beetle and Blacklash to capture Force, who had betrayed Hammer. However, Blizzard was clumsy and annoyed his teammates with his amateurish mistakes (such as creating an ice wall blocking the path to their objective). After encasing Blacklash in ice, the trio fled as reinforcements arrived to protect Force.

The trio again tried to capture Force, who was protected by Iron Man. Although Blizzard fought better, when Force entered the fight, he neutralized the villains' powers. Blizzard, the Beetle, and Blacklash split up, fled and rested until their powers returned. Force found Blizzard, whose powers were ineffective against him, so Blizzard fought him with bare hands. Force repelled him, blasting him through a wall. Blizzard doggedly tried to blast Force again (despite warnings), and was electrocuted. The Beetle and Blacklash abandoned Blizzard; Chemistro blamed them for their failures, and they were arrested.

Before Blizzard could be jailed, he was rescued by the Rhino for Hammer. His loyalty to Hammer increased, although Iron Man tried to mentor him. Hammer negotiated with Iron Man for Blizzard, forcing the latter to help him take down the Ghost. Iron Man agreed, but Blizzard refused to believe that Hammer betrayed him. After hearing a recording, Blizzard was crushed; he surrendered to Iron Man, and was saved by Chemistro and the Melter.

After solo missions against the Avengers and the New Warriors, attending the A.I.M. Weapons Expo with several other supervillains and joining the largest group of the Masters of Evil, Blizzard worked with a smaller team (including villains the Constrictor, Crossfire and the daughters of the Tarantula and Batroc the Leaper). Their mission failed after interference from Agent X and his allies.

Blizzard attacked the She-Hulk in a bar; instead of defeating him, she invited him for a drink. Drunk, he contemplated his lack of recognition. Before collapsing in a stupor, Blizzard noted that he liked the She-Hulk. After reverting to her Jennifer Walters persona she collapsed, vomiting, on top of him.

With the Avengers disbanded, the Beetle (now known as MACH-IV) decided to form a new group of Thunderbolts. Like the original Thunderbolts, they were former villains seeking redemption for their crimes as superheroes. Gill was one of the first members invited to join by MACH-IV, and he agreed. However, he lacked confidence despite his desire to help people. As a Thunderbolt, Blizzard fought several enemies, including Fathom Five, the Wrecking Crew, and the Purple Man.

Blizzard and fellow Thunderbolt the Speed Demon became close friends. When the Speed Demon tried to commit crimes with the Shocker, Blizzard convinced him to use his former Whizzer outfit and a tracking device. Angry with Blizzard, the Speed Demon tied him upside-down and naked on a bridge. Although doubting his status as a superhero and feeling hopeless, Blizzard gained strength from the others (especially Songbird, who insulted him and dismissed him from the group when she became its leader).

Baron Zemo, forming a group to fight Songbird's Thunderbolts, recruited Blizzard (who spent his days in bars after his firing by Songbird). His new teammate, the Fixer, enhanced Blizzard's abilities. He battled the Thunderbolts; the groups were soon assimilated, and Blizzard helped them against the U-Foes during the Civil War. Against the Overmind, Blizzard proved himself to his teammates by shielding them (and Songbird).

In the final battle against the Grandmaster, Blizzard's suit was destroyed after the Wellspring energy was released and he was pardoned for his past crimes. Blizzard later appeared as an inmate at the Raft.

Blizzard later aligns himself with Iron Man, Zeke Stane, Whirlwind, and the Living Laser against the Mandarin but is defeated by the Mandarin's forces.

During the "Infinity" storyline, Blizzard was seen with Whirlwind robbing banks when they are approached by the Spymaster. Blizzard and Whirlwind are recruited by the Spymaster to join him and his villain allies (consisting of the Constrictor, Firebrand IV, the Titanium Man, the Unicorn, and Whiplash IV) in a plot to attack the almost-defenseless Stark Tower. During the briefing, Blizzard suddenly collapses. When Blizzard regains consciousness, he discovers that his skin has turned white. Blizzard had been exposed to the Terrigen Mists unleashed upon the face of the entire Earth by Black Bolt. Being unknowingly an Inhuman descendant, Blizzard experienced Terrigenesis, which causes the manifestation of his latent powers. Blizzard thought that this was his opportunity to "be part of something bigger" and decided to leave the Spymaster's team. However, he and Whirlwind were brutally attacked by the Spymaster and the Titanium Man when they tried to leave. Blizzard and Whirlwind were forced into taking part of the assault to Stark Tower. After the Spymaster used teleporter discs to teleport some Iron Man armors to the buyers, he escaped and left Blizzard and the rest of his accomplices to be discovered by the heroes, which were using the tower as a base. They managed to defeat the heroes, and they were offered to be taken to the Spymaster by the Titanium Man. When they arrived to a spaceship where the Spymaster was, they were ambushed by him and the Titanium Man, who revealed himself as Captain Atlas of the Kree (who were the masterminds behind the heist). Blizzard and the other villains managed to escape custody and started fighting the Spymaster, the Titanium Man and the army of Iron Men (controlled by the Spymaster). The actual Iron Man arrived to the spaceship, after having tracked down the armors, and helped Blizzard and his allies defeat the enemies. During the fight, Blizzard used the powers he discovered of being like a human battery to overcharge the armors and deactivate them, but he fainted and fell off the spaceship's cargo door. A suit Iron Man was controlling rescued him, but to let his friends escape, Blizzard froze himself and the suit. Blizzard was taken to S.H.I.E.L.D. custody and was left under the simulation he had been delivered to the Inhumans to prove himself as the changed man Blizzard thought he was....until S.H.I.E.L.D. could know what to do with him.

The Assassins Guild hired Blizzard to target Elektra. He fought Elektra in the Arctic and was defeated.

During the "Avengers: Standoff!" storyline, Blizzard was shown to be incarcerated at Pleasant Hill which is a S.H.I.E.L.D. prison disguised as a gated community where the inmates are transformed into model citizens using the powers of Kobik.

Blizzard later accompanied Korvac, Controller, and Unicorn in fighting Iron Man and Hellcat. During this time, he was seen wearing one of Gregor Shapanka's old costumes.

Mickey Quaid
At the time when Donnie Gill was unavailable, Justin Hammer had a man named Mickey Quaid become a substitute Blizzard to assist Afterburner, Beetle, Blacklash, Boomerang, and Spymaster in fighting Silver Sable and the Wild Pack.

Randy Macklin

Randall "Randy" Macklin, an ex-criminal, fails to find work following his release from prison and uses a spare Blizzard costume he was safeguarding for his friend Donnie Gill. Macklin, however, is quickly defeated by Iron Man, who offers him a legitimate job at Stark Enterprises.

Jim

A man named Jim became the fourth Blizzard upon being granted cryokinesis by the Mandarin and Zeke Stane as part of their plans to revamp and upgrade the different enemies of Iron Man. His first mission is to freeze desalinization plants in Abu Dhabi, where it would leave the country with no water. It was revealed that the Mandarin had a bomb placed in Jim's neck to ensure his compliance.

When Iron Man tries to persuade his enemies to turn against the Mandarin, Blizzard heeded the call as Iron Man deactivated the bombs on them. Blizzard aligns himself with Iron Man, Zeke Stane, Whirlwind, and the Living Laser against the Mandarin and his Titanomechs. During the battle, Blizzard is impaled by a Titanomech.

Powers and abilities
All the Blizzards have similar powers, derived from their costumes. Micro-circuited cryogenic units make it possible to emit freezing rays, which lower the temperature of the surrounding air (or objects) and release ice as projectiles.

Donnie Gill's costume is upgraded by supervillains the Beetle and the Fixer. This enables even greater manipulation of cold, where Gill can encase people in snow and ice, create an ice barricade or generate "ice sleds" for transport. Following his Terrigenesis, Blizzard also developed electricity manipulation, where he can manipulate electrical currents and charge the energies in his body.

Other versions

Earth-X
In the Earth-X reality, the Donnie Gill version of Blizzard has the same history. He was killed by Norman Osborn prior to the Green Goblin's rise to power.

House of M: Masters of Evil
In the House of M reality, the Donnie Gill version of Blizzard appears as a member of Hood's Masters of Evil.

Power Pack
The Donnie Gill version of Blizzard appears in Iron Man & Power Pack issue #2 with Speed Demon. He kidnaps Irena Crumb (daughter of millionaire Arnold Crumb, and a school rival of Julie Power's) from her school and takes her to an abandoned warehouse across town, where he tortures her. Speed Demon runs in, telling him that Power Pack has found them; Power Pack bursts in, and a fight ensues. At one point, Blizzard freezes the ground, causing Speed Demon to slip and smash into him. The Pack captures Blizzard, and Lightspeed takes his mask so she can rescue Irena from Speed Demon incognito. Afterwards, Blizzard and Speed Demon are arrested.

In other media

Television
 Gregor Shapanka / Jack Frost appears in the "Iron Man" segment of The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Chris Wiggins.
 The Donnie Gill incarnation of Blizzard appears in Iron Man, primarily voiced by Chuck McCann with Neil Ross voicing him in the episode "The Beast Within". This version is a servant of the Mandarin.
 The Donnie Gill incarnation of Blizzard appears in Iron Man: Armored Adventures, voiced by David Orth. This version is a cryogenics scientist and former employee of Stark Industries CEO Obadiah Stane who was left scarred and vowed revenge. Additionally, Gill wears a technological suit equipped with a freezing ray attached to his right arm. Throughout the first season, Gill attempts to exact revenge against Stane twice, only to be foiled by Iron Man each time. In the second season, Gill is hired by Justin Hammer to kill Iron Man. Following a string of failures, Gill is said to have been killed by Hammer / Titanium Man.
 The Donnie Gill incarnation of Blizzard appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Troy Baker. In the episode "Breakout, Part 1", he escapes from the Vault and fights Iron Man. In the episode "The Man Who Stole Tomorrow", Gill is apprehended by the Avengers and remanded to Prison 42. In the episode "Assault on 42", Gill joins forces with the Avengers and his fellow inmates to fight Annihilus, but is killed in the ensuing battle.
 The Donnie Gill incarnation of Blizzard makes non-speaking appearances in Ultimate Spider-Man.
 Donnie Gill appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portrayed by Dylan Minnette. This version is initially a cadet at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy. Introduced in the episode "Seeds", he and his friend Seth Dormer build a weather device to impress industrialist, Ian Quinn. However, the device causes a super-storm that kills Dormer. Gill is taken into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s custody, but develops cryokinetic powers. As of the episode "Making Friends and Influencing People", Gill perfected his powers while he was incarcerated and was unknowingly brainwashed by Hydra before escaping during their attempted takeover of S.H.I.E.L.D. An undercover Jemma Simmons tries to apprehend him, but her superior Sunil Bakshi uses a post-hypnotic trigger phrase to reactivate Gill's mind-control. Gill is sniped by Skye and lost in the ocean, though his body is never recovered.
 The Donnie Gill incarnation of Blizzard appears in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, voiced by Hideo Ishikawa in Japanese and Patrick Seitz in English.
 The Randy Macklin incarnation of Blizzard appears in the Spider-Man episode "Spider-Man on Ice", voiced by Trevor Devall. This version is initially a low-level henchman of Hammerhead before acquiring a cryogenic gauntlet from Harry Osborn. Despite being slowly mutated by the gauntlet, Macklin dubs himself the Blizzard, attacks Hammerhead's gang, and attempts to freeze Manhattan. However, Spider-Man acquires thermal technology from Harry and disarms Macklin before leaving him for the police.
 The Donnie Gill incarnation of Blizzard appears in the Marvel Future Avengers episode "The Mystery Mist", voiced again by Hideo Ishikawa in Japanese and Kyle McCarley in English. This version is a low-level gangster who was betrayed by his former gang before being exposed to Terrigen Mist and developing cryokinesis.

Video games
 The Donnie Gill incarnation of Blizzard appears as a boss in The Invincible Iron Man.
 The Donnie Gill incarnation of Blizzard appears as a boss and playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
 The Donnie Gill incarnation of Blizzard appears in Marvel Heroes, voiced by Michael Benyaer.

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James Manos Jr. is an American film and television writer and producer.

Career
Manos worked as a co-producer and writer on the first season of The Sopranos. In 1999, Manos won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for his work on the episode "College" of The Sopranos. The award was shared with his co-writer, The Sopranos creator David Chase.

He then completed two seasons as consulting producer on The Shield. He developed, produced, and wrote the pilot of Dexter, the Showtime drama series which lasted 8 seasons. He was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for best dramatic series for his work on the first season of Dexter.

Manos recently was the Executive Producer for 7 episodes of Ice for Direct TV and E-One Entertainment and executive produced the 8-episode order of South of Hell for Sonar Entertainment and WeTv. He wrote and sold the half-hour series "Staying Brown" about two Puerto Rican ladies from the barrio on the lamb in Europe to Amazon as well as the one-hour comedy "The Slow and Complete Decompensation of Jim Manos" to TNT. He wrote "Chess" for the writer/producers David McFadzean and Matt Williams and "Brand" a series about the world of counterfeiting high end merchandise.

He wrote an independent feature film "I Am Lupe," about La Lupe, an incredible Afro-Cuban entertainer. Lauren Velez will star under direction by Manos himself. Arturo Sandoval is slated to score the film. Manos also wrote "The Ladies" for HBO's producer, Joe Pichirallo and a one-hour series "Crossroads" for Graham King.

He produced the award-winning movie The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom, starring Holly Hunter and Beau Bridges, for HBO. The movie was nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards and won three. Additionally, it won the CableACE Award for Best Picture of the year.

He also produced the critically acclaimed Apollo 11 and The Ditchdigger's Daughters.

A trained theater director, James received a degree from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York in English/Theater and studied as a director at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England. James also studied acting and later taught acting classes in New York. He has directed numerous plays regionally and in New York, including Inge's The Disposal, Mrozek's Vatzlav, Ionesco's The Lesson, Molière's The Doctor in Spite of Himself, and Arthur Miller's Some Kind of Love Story.

He also just completed a one-man Off-Broadway show "In the Pocket" which tells the life of Mark Rivera, a virtuoso musician who has always been a "sideman" but now he wants to stand in the limelight.  He also wrote the black comedy, The Misconception which is being developed with the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City for an Off-Broadway run.

Manos is also a novelist having written "Little Ellie Claus" published by Simon Schuster and "Marked", a cop franchise as a graphic novel for Graphic India, the Sharad Devarajan, and Gotham Chopra imprint.

He is represented by Michael Van Dyke at Inspired Entertainment and Alan Grodin at Weintraub, Tobin, Chediak, Coleman, and Grodin.

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Manos is a Greek Orthodox Christian.

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Alexander Polishchuk () is a Russian conductor and Meritorious Artist.

Conductor
Polishchuk have graduated from Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 1991 and after it worked as an assistant to Professor Ilya Musin following by 1988 winning at the All-Union Conductors' Competition. Since 1990 he has conducted numerous works at both Mariinsky Theatre and Saint Petersburg Philharmonic. As his fame grew nationally, he began to do international performances as well with Covent Garden's Royal Opera House being his first international place for performance. There, her performed one of the Red Square's concerts with Russian National Orchestra after which he returned to Russia. When he returned, he continued collaboration among Russian ballet and theatres such as the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre and Kyiv Opera.

From 1989 to 1991, he worked with Helikon Opera and both Bolshoi and Mikhaylovsky Theatres, with which he had international performances as well. By 1991 he became a principal conductor of the St. Petersburg Municipal Symphony Orchestra where he served till 1995 and then next year became Saint Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra's artistic director and principal conductor.

Two years later he became guest conductor-in-chief of the Russian Chamber Orchestra in London and in the beginning of the 21st century till 2008 held the same positions at the Chamber Orchestra of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic and worked as a conductor of both the Saint Petersburg House of Music and Novosibirsk Philharmonic with which society he also toured the world. He has performed his work throughout all former Soviet Union republics and traveled throughout Europe (except the Balkans, the Mediterranean states, Norway, Spain and states of former Yugoslavia). He also traveled to such Asian countries as Japan, Singapore and Taiwan at which he performed at such places as Classical Nights in Megève, and various Christmas Festivals such as Musical Kremlin and Classic and Modern at Novosibirsk. While being in France he appeared at both Music in the Mountains and Pablo Casals Festival which were followed by German and Swiss festivals as well. It is important to mention that from 1995 to 2002 professor Polishchuk was an artistic director of the Peter the Great Master Class and Workshop and from 1998 to 1999 was a guest professor and conductor of the Royal Academy College of Music as well.

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John Ryerson Neff (December 14, 1844 – November 14, 1913) was a farmer and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He represented Moosomin in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1898.

He was born in Troy, Wentworth County, Canada West. Neff served on the municipal council for Wentworth County. He came to Moosomin in 1882. He served four years as a member of the Executive Council for the Northwest Territories.

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Andrew Martin Fairbairn, FBA (4 November 18381912) was a Scottish theological scholar, born near Edinburgh.

Education
Fairbairn was educated at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Berlin, and at the Evangelical Union Theological Academy in Glasgow. He entered the Congregational church ministry and held pastorates at Bathgate, West Lothian and at Aberdeen.

Educator
From 1877 to 1886 he was principal of Airedale College, Bradford, England, a post which he gave up to become the first principal of Mansfield College, Oxford. In the transference to the University of Oxford of the existing Spring Hill College, Birmingham, he took a considerable part, and he exercised influence not only over generations of his own students (most famous of which is probably Peter Taylor Forsyth), but also over a large number of undergraduates in the university generally. He was granted the degree of M.A. by a decree of Convocation, and in 1903 received an honorary Doctor of Literature degree. He was also awarded Doctor of Divinity degrees from Edinburgh and Yale universities, and a Doctor of Laws from the University of Aberdeen.

His activities were not, however, limited to his college work. He delivered the Muir lectures at Edinburgh University (1878–1882), the Gifford lectures at Aberdeen (1892–1894), the Lyman Beecher lecture at Yale (1891–1892), and the Haskell lectures in India (1898–1899). He was a member of the Royal Commission on Secondary Education in 1894–1895, and of the Royal Commission on the Endowments of the Welsh Church in 1906. In 1883 he was chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. He resigned his position at Mansfield College in the spring of 1909. He was a prolific writer on theological subjects.

Reception
William Boothby Selbie writes in The Life of Andrew Martin Fairbairn:
Among the subjects which occupied his attention in the years 1902 and 1903 were two articles for the second volume of the Cambridge Modern History... The first of these was on "Calvin and the Reformed Church," and the second on "Tendencies of European Thought in the Age of the Reformation." In Calvin Fairbairn had a subject altogether to his mind, and his study of him is among the best things he ever wrote.

Works
 Studies in the Philosophy of Religion and History (1876)
 Studies in the Life of Christ (1881)
 Religion in History and in Modern Life (1884; rev. 1893)
 Christ in Modern Theology (1893)
 Christ in the Centuries (1893)
 Catholicism Roman and Anglican (1899)
 Philosophy of the Christian Religion (1902)

References

1838 births
1912 deaths
Scottish scholars and academics
Scottish Christian theologians
Academics from Edinburgh
Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Yale Divinity School alumni
Scottish Congregationalists
Principals of Mansfield College, Oxford
Fellows of the British Academy

Andrew Martin Fairbairn


Ibrahim El Batout () is an Egyptian filmmaker, based in Cairo, Egypt. Born in Port Said on 20 September 1963.

He has worked as a director, producer and cameraman capturing stories mainly about human loss, suffering, and displacement since 1987. He has directed numerous documentaries for international TV channels, such as ZDF, TBS, and ARTE. His documentary work has been honored by the Rory Peck Trust (2003), and has received the Axel Springer Award in Germany (1994 and 2000). As well as that his drama Ein Shams took home the Golden Bull, the top prize at the 54th Taormina Film Festival, 2008.

Ein Shams (The Eye of the Sun)
 Script Tamer El Said and Ibrahim El Batout
 Camera Hesham Farouk Ibrahim
 Editor Ahmed Abdalah
 Music Amir Khalaf
 Sound Mohab Mostafa Ezz
 Art Director Shaima Aziz
 Production and Sales Sherif Mandour
 Cast Hanan Youssef, Boutros Boutros Ghaly, Ramadan Khater, Hanan Adel, Samar Abdelwahab, Mariam Abodouma

Synopsis
From once being the capital of Egypt during the Pharaonic era and a sacred location marked by the visit of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, Ein Shams has become one of Cairo's poorest and most neglected neighbourhoods. Through the eyes of Shams, an eleven-year-old girl inhabitant of this neighborhood, the film captures the sadness and magic that envelops everyday life in Egypt. In a series of heart-rending events, the diverse characters of the film showcase the intricacies of Egypt's political system and social structure, and give a glimpse into the grievances of the Middle East region and the complex relationships of its nations.

Feature films
 2005 Ithaki (D.O.P., Producer, Writer, Director)
 2008 Ein Shams, The Eye of the Sun (Writer and Director)
 2010 Hawi  (Writer, Director, Producer and DP)
 2012 Winter of Discontent

Selected documentaries

 1996 Slavery in Southern Sudan (ZDF)
 1998 The Beginning of the War in Kosovo (ZDF)
 1999 The War in Kosovo (ZDF)
 1999 Nagib Mahfouz: Passage du siecle (ARTE)
 2000 A Day of an Ambulance Driver in Ramalla, Palestine (ZDF)
 2001 Three German Women Living in Gaza (WDR Germany)
 2001 The River that Connects Future EC Countries (ZDF)
 2002 Pilgrimage to Mecca (ZDF)
 2002 Drug Addiction in Kuwait (ZDF)
 2003 Mass Graves in Iraq (ZDF)
 2004 Baghdad (ZDF)
 2006 26 Seconds in Pakistan (Islamic Relief Foundation)
 2007 I am a Refugee in Cairo (Al Jazeera International)

Awards and honors
 1991:Honorary Award TBS for the coverage of the first Gulf War
 1994 Axel Springer Award for Female Circumcision in Ethiopia
 1996 ECHO for The Victim of a War that Ended
 2000 Axel Springer Award for A Day of an Ambulance Driver in Ramalla
 2003 Rory Peck Sony International Impact Award Finalist for Mass Graves in Iraq
 2008 The Golden Tauro at the Taormina Film Festival for Ein Shams
 2008 The Best First Film Award in Rotterdam Arab Film Festival for Ein Shams
 2008 Special Jury Mention in Cathage International film Festival For Ein Shams ( Eye of the Sun )
    2010    Best Arab Film Award Doha Tribeca Film Festival for Hawi
    2011    The Jury Award Rabat International Film Festival for Hawi
    2011    Best Film Award Beirut International Film Festival for Hawi
    2011    Best Screen Play  Beirut International Film Festival for Hawi
    2011    Honorable mention San Francisco Arab Film Festival for Hawi

External links and references
 Ithaki blogspot (Arabic)
 Article about Ibrahim EL Batout in Al-Ahram Weekly (English)
 Article about Ithaki by Joseph Fahim (English)
 Article about Ein Shams by Joseph Fahim (English)
 Article in Al Hayat (Arabic)
 The Rory Peck Awards 2003
 http://www.iloubnan.info/en/detail/16/67528

1963 births
Living people
Egyptian documentary filmmakers
Egyptian film directors
Egyptian film producers
People from Port Said

Ibrahim El Batout


Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) is a cancer treatment and research institution in Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. MSKCC is one of 52 National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. It had already been renamed and relocated, to its present site, when the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research was founded in 1945, and built adjacent to the hospital. The two medical entities formally coordinated their operations in 1960, and formally merged as a single entity in 1980. Its main campus is located at 1275 York Avenue between 67th and 68th Streets in Manhattan.

In U.S. News & World Report 2021–2022 Best Hospitals, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is ranked the second-best hospital for cancer care in the nation after MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

History

New York Cancer Hospital (1884–1934)
The hospital was founded on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in 1884 as New York Cancer Hospital by a group that included John Jacob Astor III and his wife Charlotte. The hospital appointed as an attending surgeon William B. Coley, who pioneered an early form of immunotherapy to eradicate tumors. Rose Hawthorne, daughter of author Nathaniel Hawthorne, trained there in the summer of 1896 before founding her own order, Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne. In 1899, the hospital was renamed General Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases. In 1902, Arabella Huntington made a  (equivalent to $million in ) bequest in memory of her late husband Collis Potter Huntington to establish the first cancer research fund in the country, the Huntington Fund for Cancer Research.

Around 1910, James Ewing, a professor at Cornell University's medical college,  established a collaboration with Memorial Hospital with the help and funding of industrialist and philanthropist James Douglas, who gave $100,000 (equivalent to $million in ) to endow twenty beds for clinical research, equipment for working with radium, and a clinical laboratory for that purpose.  Douglas' enthusiasm and funding for development of radiation therapy for cancer inspired Ewing to become one of the pioneers in developing this treatment.  Ewing soon took over effective leadership of clinical and laboratory research at Memorial.  In 1916 the hospital was renamed again, dropping "General" to become known as Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases.

The first fellowship training program in the U.S. was created at Memorial in 1927, funded by the Rockefellers. In 1931 the then-most-powerful 900k-volt X-ray tube was put into use in radiation-based cancer treatment at Memorial; the tube had been built by General Electric over several years.  In 1931 Ewing was formally appointed president of the hospital, a role he had effectively played until then, and was featured on the cover of Time magazine as "Cancer Man Ewing"; the accompanying article described his role as one of the most important cancer doctors of his era.  He worked at the Memorial until his retirement, in 1939. Under his leadership, Memorial became a model for other cancer centers in the United States, combining patient care with clinical and laboratory research, and it was said of him that "the relationship of Ewing to the Memorial Hospital can best be expressed in the words of Emerson, 'Every institution is but the lengthening shadow of some man.' Dr. Ewing is the Memorial Hospital".

Memorial Hospital and the Sloan Kettering Institute (1934–1980)
In 1934, John D. Rockefeller Jr. donated land on York Avenue for a new location. Two years later, he granted Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases (Memorial Hospital) $3.0million (equivalent to $million in ) and the hospital began their move across town. Memorial Hospital officially reopened at the new location in 1939.  In 1945, the chairman of General Motors, Alfred P. Sloan, donated $4.0million (equivalent to $million in ) to create the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research through his Sloan Foundation, and Charles F. Kettering, GM's vice president and director of research, personally agreed to oversee the organization of a cancer research program based on industrial techniques. The originally independent research institute was built adjacent to Memorial Hospital.

In 1948, Cornelius P. Rhoads became the director of Memorial. Rhoads had run chemical weapons programs for the United States Army in World War II, and had been involved in the work that led to the discovery that nitrogen mustards could potentially be used as cancer drugs.  He fostered a collaboration between Joseph H. Burchenal, a clinician at Memorial and Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings at Burroughs Wellcome, who discovered 6 MP; the collaboration led to the development and eventual wide use of this cancer drug.

From the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s Chester M. Southam conducted pioneering clinical research on virotherapy and cancer immunotherapy at MSK; however he conducted his research on people without their informed consent. He did this to patients under his care or others' care, and to prisoners.  In 1963 some doctors objected to the lack of consent in his experiments and reported him to the Regents of the University of the State of New York which found him guilty of fraud, deceit, and unprofessional conduct, and in the end, he was placed on probation for a year. Southam's research experiments and the case at the Regents were covered in The New York Times.

In 1960, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center was formed as a new corporation to coordinate the two institutions, and John Heller, the former director of the National Cancer Institute was named its president. At the end of the 1960s, as the field of pediatric oncology began seeing success in treating children with cancer, Memorial opened an outpatient pediatric day hospital, partly to deal with the growing number of cancer survivors.

In the early 1970s, Burchenal and Benno Schmidt, a professional investor and trustee of MSK, were appointed to the presidential panel that initiated the U.S. federal government's War on Cancer in the early 1970s.  When Congress passed the National Cancer Act of 1971 as part of that effort, Memorial Sloan Kettering was designated as one of only three Comprehensive Cancer Centers nationwide.

In 1977, Jimmie C. Holland established a full-time psychiatric service at MSK dedicated to helping people with cancer cope with their disease and its treatment; it was one of the first such programs and was part of the creation of the field of psycho-oncology.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (1980–present)
In 1980, Memorial Hospital and the Sloan-Kettering Institute formally merged into a singular entity under the name Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

In 1990 it entered an agreement with Amgen to receive royalties for recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, the basis for neupogen and neulasta, earning the institute well over $100 million.

In 2000, former NIH director Harold Varmus became director of MSK. During his tenure, he helped build new facilities, strengthened the bond between MSK's clinical and research arms, and fostered collaborations with other institutions, including Weill-Cornell Medical College and Rockefeller University.

In 2006, MSK opened the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center, a 23-story building that houses over 100 laboratories. In 2009 it opened the  Evelyn H. Lauder  Breast Center.

In 2010, Craig B. Thompson, an oncologist and researcher, was appointed MSK's president and CEO. The following year, MSK was rated the third most successful nonprofit in terms of FDA-approved drugs and vaccines, behind the National Institutes of Health and the University of California system. In 2012, Thompson appointed José Baselga as physician-in-chief, who directed the clinical side of MSK. That same year, a collaboration with IBM's Watson was announced with the goal of developing new tools and resources to better tailor diagnostic and treatment recommendations for patients. The director of SKI, the research arm of MSK, Joan Massagué was appointed in 2013. Baselga resigned in September 2018 after information came out regarding millions of dollars he received from pharmaceutical companies without disclosing a financial conflict of interest.

In 2015 it opened the Josie Robertson Surgery Center for outpatient surgeries, named in honor of the wife of philanthropist  Julian Robertson .

In 2017, the Food and Drug Administration approved an MSK-developed immunotherapy, CAR-T, for certain applications in leukemia and lymphoma. The FDA approved the first academic or commercial tumor identification test MSK-IMPACT in November 2018.

In 2020 it opened The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care as an outpatient facility.

In April 2022, MSK announced a $50 million donation from The Starr Foundation to aid in expanding funding for basic cancer research and discovery science. The donation will establish The Starr Foundation programme for Discovery Science at the Sloan Kettering Institute, the goal of the institute is to drive next-generation cancer breakthroughs.

In June 2022, a small trial of an experimental treatment found that tumors vanished in all 14 patients diagnosed with early stage rectal cancer who completed the study by the time it was published.

MSK has expanded into regional sites, including in Westchester County, New York, Commack, Hauppauge, Rockville Centre on Long Island, and Bergen County, Monmouth County, and Basking Ridge in New Jersey.

MSK currently employs over 1,200 physicians and treats patients with approximately 400 types of cancer annually.

Associated facilities and programs

The Memorial Sloan Kettering Bendheim Integrative Medicine Center had occupied 1429 First Avenue on the corner of East 74th Street in Manhattan. The former bank was built in the 1930s by Perkins and Will as architects. It was remodeled for use by Memorial Sloan Kettering in 1997.

The Center for Image-Guided Intervention was opened in June 2010 in the Memorial Hospital building to oversee image guiding activities across MSK. In October 2012, the Sillerman Center for Rehabilitation was opened, moving rehabilitation out of Memorial Hospital and closer to the Rockefeller Outpatient Pavilion.

The New York Proton Center opened in 2019 as a partnership between Memorial Sloan Kettering, Montefiore Health, and Mount Sinai Health System. The center was the first Proton therapy center to open in New York state. The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center opened at 530 East 74th Street between York Avenue and FDR Drive January 2020. Perkins Eastman designed 750,000sq ft facility in collaboration with Ennead Architects, and ICRAVE. Thornton Tomasetti served as structural engineer, with Jaros, Baum & Bolles providing MEP engineering.

India Center
The center launched its India facility in Chennai in August 2022, to provide telemedicine services in collaboration with iCiliniq to facilitate second opinion from the cancer specialists, without the need to travel to a U.S. facility.

Training
Approximately 1,700 medical residents and Fellows are in training at MSK. There are 575 postdoctoral researchers training at MSK labs and a combined 288 PhD and MD-PhD candidates.

In 2004, the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences was opened at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The first students graduated in 2012. As of January 2019, the dean of the graduate school is cell biologist Michael Overholtzer. The founding dean, serving for over a decade, was molecular biologist Ken Marians.

The Tri-Institutional MD–PhD Program is a partnership of MSKCC, Weill Cornell Medicine, and The Rockefeller University. The dual degree program takes advantage of the close proximity of these three institutions for collaboration on biomedical research and medical training. MSKCC also has an academic partnership with Weill Cornell Medicine known as the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

Notable faculty

Presidents
The following individuals have served as president, first of the overarching corporation (1960–1980), and later of the combined hospital (1980 onwards).
 John R. Heller, 1960–1961
 Richard D. Vanderwarker, 1962–1971
 David Walsh, 1971–1973
 Lewis Thomas, 1973–1980
 Paul A. Marks, 1980–1999
 Harold Varmus, 2000–2010
 Craig B. Thompson, 2010–2022
 Selwyn M. Vickers, 2022–

Presidents of the Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases
 John E. Parsons, 1884–1915
 Herbert Parsons, 1915–1917
 George C. Clark, 1917–1919
 Herbert Parsons, 1919–1923
 Walter Douglas, 1924–1932
 Harry P. Robbins, 1933–1944
 Reginald G. Coombe, 1945–1950
 Laurance Rockefeller, 1950–1958
 B. Brewster Jennings, 1958–1961
 Ogden White, 1962–1964
 John M. Walker, 1965–1973
 James D. Robinson III, 1974–1980

Presidents of the Sloan Kettering Institute
 Frank A. Howard, 1945–1959
 Frank L. Horsfall, 1960–1971
 Leo Wade, 1971–1972
 Robert A. Good, 1973–1980

Others

 James P. Allison
 Kathryn V. Anderson
 Murray Brennan
  Carol L. Brown
 Samuel Danishefsky
 Nori Dattatreyudu
 Lisa DeAngelis
 Jeffrey Drebin
 Jimmie C. Holland
 Maria Jasin
 David Kissane
 Iris Long
 Scott W. Lowe
 Joan Massagué
 Kenneth Offit
 Lloyd Old
 Nikola P. Pavletich
 Mark S. Ptashne
 James Rothman
 Alexander Rudensky
 Valerie Rusch
 Charles Sawyers
 Lorenz Studer

Reputation
In 2015, Charity Watch rated Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center an "A". That same year, heads of the charity received $2,107,939 to $2,639,669 salary/compensation from the charity. CEO Craig B. Thompson received $2,554,085 salary/compensation from the charity.

See also
MD Anderson Cancer Center
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Tri-Institutional MD–PhD Program
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences

References

External links

Cancer research organizations
1884 establishments in New York (state)
Buildings and structures completed in 1973
Cancer hospitals
Charles F. Kettering
Hospitals established in 1884
Hospitals in Manhattan
Institutions founded by the Rockefeller family
Medical research institutes in New York (state)
NCI-designated cancer centers
Universities and colleges in Manhattan
Upper East Side

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center


"Let It Bleed" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of the NBC superhero drama series Heroes, the seventy-second episode overall. It is the second episode in the 2-part mid-season premiere after the 2009 holiday hiatus. The episode aired on January 4, 2010.

Plot

After escaping from the carnival, Edgar attempts to kill Noah Bennet in a rage, though Noah stops him with a taser. Keeping him in a freezer to slow down his heart rate and prevent him from escaping, Noah begins to interrogate him about the Carnival. Edgar doesn't reveal much, but Lauren suggests he stop torturing him and simply try talking with him. Noah suggests they work together to stop Samuel Sullivan, to which Edgar finally agrees and gives him detailed information about the Carnival layout. After Noah and Lauren begin discussing a raid on the area, Edgar becomes worried that people may be harmed, saying their home must remain intact and that Samuel is the only problem. Edgar escapes from his bonds and flees, taking the drawn Carnival map with him.

At Nathan Petrelli's wake, Peter Petrelli and Claire talk about how their elders, Angela Petrelli and Noah, had always lied to them, including Nathan's death. Angela is worried that Peter's grief may cause him to get himself harmed, and urges Claire to help him deal with Nathan's death. Claire talks to Peter in the kitchen where she cuts herself whilst chopping vegetables. The cut hurts her and does not immediately heal. Peter explains that he still has the Haitian's ability to block others' abilities. Shortly afterwards Claire discovers that Peter has gone to try to stop a crazed office worker from killing his colleagues after being fired. Claire finds Peter attempting to stop the bleeding from one of the wounded; Peter then instructs her to help the woman while he goes to stop the shooter despite Claire's protests. The gunman approaches Claire, though Peter arrives and attempts to talk him down. Though he almost succeeds, the gunman shoots him, though not before Peter manages to subdue him. Peter copies Claire's ability to heal, though not before Claire makes sure Peter won't do anything reckless again. Later, Peter and Claire talk on a rooftop, where Peter promises Claire he won't go after Sylar for revenge. He then asks Claire if she is still in touch with her ex-boyfriend, who had the ability to fly. Later, Peter is shown flying off into the sky in honor of Nathan.

Sylar returns to the carnival, confronting Samuel over what he plans to do with all the people with abilities he has been collecting. Sylar pins Samuel to a wall but finds he can't kill him. Samuel uses the opportunity to incapacitate Sylar with his abilities. Samuel then asks Lydia to use her powers on Sylar to find what he really wants. Lydia reveals to Sylar that he is afraid of dying alone, after being told the same thing by Hiro Nakamura years earlier. Sylar acquires Lydia's ability and discovers she wants to use Sylar for her own means, specifically to stop Samuel, and angrily leaves her. Samuel reveals to Sylar that he loved a woman, Vanessa, though she lives outside the Carnival and Samuel is afraid that she won't accept him for who he really is. Sylar wonders if he is meant to stay or not, and decides to let the ink show. The tattoo on Sylar's arm is revealed to be that of Claire, and the episode ends with Sylar watching Claire through her dorm window.

Critical reception
Steve Heisler of The A.V. Club rated this episode together with Upon This Rock a F.

Robert Canning of IGN gave the episode, together with Upon This Rock, 7.3 out of 10.

References

External links

Heroes (season 4) episodes
2010 American television episodes

Let It Bleed (Heroes)


Palaestina Salutaris or Palaestina Tertia was a Byzantine (Eastern Roman) province, which covered the area of the Negev, Sinai (except the north-western coast) and south-west of Transjordan, south of the Dead Sea. The province, a part of the Diocese of the East, was split from Arabia Petraea during the reforms of Diocletian in c.300 CE and existed until the Muslim Arab conquests of the 7th century.

Background
In 106, the territories east of Damascus and south to the Red Sea were annexed from the Nabataean Kingdom and reformed into the province of Arabia with capitals Petra and Bostra (north and south). The province was enlarged by Septimius Severus in 195, and is believed to have split into two provinces: Arabia Minor or Arabia Petraea and Arabia Maior, both subject to imperial legates ranking as consularis, each with a legion.

By the 3rd century, the Nabataeans had stopped writing in Aramaic and begun writing in Greek instead, and by the 4th century they had partially converted to Christianity, a process completed in the 5th century.

Petra declined rapidly under late Roman rule, in large part from the revision of sea-based trade routes. In 363 an earthquake destroyed many buildings and crippled the vital water management system.

The area became organized under the late Roman Empire as part of the Diocese of the East (314), in which it was included together with the provinces of Isauria, Cilicia, Cyprus (until 536), Euphratensis, Mesopotamia, Osroene, Phoenice and Arabia Petraea.

Byzantine rule in the 4th century introduced Christianity to the population. Agricultural-based cities were established, and the population grew exponentially. Under Byzantium (since 390), a new subdivision further split the province of Cilicia into Cilicia Prima, Cilicia Secunda; Syria Palaestina was split into Syria Prima, Syria Salutaris, Phoenice Lebanensis, Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and eventually also Palaestina Salutaris (in the 6th century).

History

Palaestina Tertia included the Negev, southern Transjordan, once part of Arabia Petraea, and most of Sinai. Petra was the usual residence of the governor and Metropolitan Archbishopric. Palestina Tertia was also known as Palaestina Salutaris. According to historian H. H. Ben-Sasson,

See also
 Hauara

References

States and territories established in the 300s
6th-century establishments in the Byzantine Empire
7th-century disestablishments in Asia
Classical Palestine
History of Jordan
Holy Land during Byzantine rule
Israel in the Roman era
Judea
Late Roman provinces
Political entities in the Land of Israel
Provinces of the Byzantine Empire
Sinai Peninsula
States and territories disestablished in the 7th century
Transjordan (region)

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Major Richard William George Hingston    (17 January 1887 – 5 August 1966) was an Irish physician, explorer and naturalist who worked in India with the Indian Medical Service. He wrote several books based on his travels and natural history observations.

Early life
Hingston was the son of Rev. Richard Edward Hull Kingston (1859–1883), of Aglish, County Waterford, and Frances Sandiford. Most of his early life was spent in the family home at Horsehead in Passage West, County Cork.

He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at University College Cork. He graduated from the National University of Ireland with first-class honours in 1910, and almost immediately obtained a position in the Indian Medical Service. He secured second place in the I.M.S. examination, among the eminent group which included T. A. Hughes, the physiologist, Clive Newcomb, the research chemist, and Henry Shortt, the parasitologist.

In 1913, he was seconded from military duty as naturalist to the Indo-Russian Pamir triangulation expedition. In 1914 he went on war service and saw action in East Africa, France, Mesopotamia, and the N.W. Frontier, gaining two mentions in dispatches and the Military Cross for gallantry in action.

Naturalist and author
In 1920 he published a book detailing his 1914 & 1916 travels in the Himalayan valley of Hazara, in what is now Pakistan, entitled A Naturalist in Himalaya. He was elected to the Royal Geographical Society on 22 June 1922, proposed by Lt.-Col. Williamson Oswald and seconded by John Scott Keltie.

In 1924, he was appointed medical officer and naturalist to the Mount Everest Expedition, although he was not a mountaineer by profession but rather a doctor and naturalist. As a naturalist he collected 10,000 animal samples (insects for the largest part), and 500 plant specimens during the 1924 expedition. Among his finds were a species of spider he discovered living at 22,000 feet (later named as Euophrys omnisuperstes), the highest known habitat for any animal. There he also studied and later published his findings on the effects of high altitudes on the human body in Physiological Difficulties in the Ascent of Mount Everest, published in The Alpine Journal (1925).

Despite his lack of official climbing skills, Hingston was able to come to the aid of Edward Norton at Camp IV when Norton was struck by snow blindness.

From 1925 till 1927, he acted as surgeon-naturalist to the Marine Survey of India on H.I.M.S. Investigator. This post enabled him to conduct new and innovative research which provided rich fields of scientific treasure for several I.M.S. officers such as Alcock and Sewell.

Hingston retired from the Indian Medical Service on pension in 1927. He immediately joined the Oxford University expedition to Greenland. In the following year he took command of an expedition sent by the same university to British Guiana. His account of the expedition was published in his book A naturalist in the Guiana forest in (1932). He subsequently undertook a mission to Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika to investigate the methods of preserving the indigenous fauna.

He was recalled to military duty in India in 1939, and remained there until 1946. After the second world war, Hingston retired to his home in Passage West, County Cork.

He wrote copiously, attractively, and accurately. Although most of his work appeared in scientific journals, he had a number of books to his credit. Most of the specimens he collected are housed at The Natural History Museum in London.

Books

A naturalist in the Himalaya (London: Witherby, 1920), he told of the spiders, ants, and butterflies of the high valleys;
A naturalist in Hindustan (London: Witherby, 1923) detailed the lesser fauna of the plains of the United Provinces.
Problems of Instinct and Intelligence (London: Arnold, 1928).
The Meaning of Animal Colour and Adornment (London: Arnold, 1933).
 Darwin (Great Lives) (London: Duckworth, 1934).
He also contributed to
Norton, E.F.  The Fight for Everest : 1924 London: Arnold, 1925.

Arms

References

External links
 A Naturalist in the Himalaya (1920) (Scanned book)

1887 births
1966 deaths
20th-century Irish medical doctors
British entomologists
Coleopterists
Indian Medical Service officers
Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society
Indian Army personnel of World War I
Recipients of the Military Cross
20th-century Irish zoologists
People from Passage West
Alumni of University College Cork
People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
Medical doctors from County Cork
Scientists from County Cork

Richard Hingston


Emil Steinberger (December 20, 1928 – October 12, 2008) was an American endocrinologist and  founding president of the American Society of Andrology.

Early life
Steinberger was born in Berlin, Germany and grew up in Trzebinia, Poland. In 1939 he fled with his family to Soviet territory where they spent two years imprisoned in the Gulag Nuziyary and later settled in Kazakhstan.

Education
He began medical studies which he later continued in Frankfurt am Main and, following emigration to the United States in 1948, at Iowa University.

His medical degree was gained in 1955.

Career
Steinberger then volunteered for a two years service as a senior medical research officer at the National Naval Medical Center.

Following a training at Wayne State University Medical School, from 1965 to 1971 he chaired the Department of Endocrinology and Human Reproduction at the Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia.  Afterwards he joined the Texas Medical Center and worked at the Department of Reproductive Medicine and Biology. In 1974 Steinberger was a founding member of the American Society of Andrology and was its first president until 1977.

His research focused on the hormonal control of spermatogenesis. He performed pioneering work in many aspects of sperm function, fertility preservation, physical and chemical gonadotoxic agents, as well as in the endocrine treatment of women with ovulatory dysfunction. Continuing to work in academia, he worked at the University of Texas until 1984, when he left to establish the Texas Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology. He published more than 400 medical research papers and trained more than 50 postdoctoral fellows from the United States and abroad.

After retiring from active medical practice in 2001, he also published two autobiographical books and published a column in the Jewish Herald-Voice. Together with his wife Anna he is the founder of the Steinberger Endowment Fund for Docent Education and the Steinberger Fund at the Houston Holocaust Museum.

Steinberger was honored with the Cody award, presented annually by the Retired Physicians Organization to a retired physician for contributing to the arts and literature. He died of lung cancer in 2008.

References

External links
 Houston loses physician, researcher and author, Jewish Herlad-Voice, October 2008
 The Emil Steinberger Memorial Lecture, American Society of Andrology website
 Emil Steinberg - In Memoriam, Biology of Reproduction, April 2009, Vol. 80, No. 4.

American endocrinologists
1928 births
2008 deaths
Holocaust survivors
Polish emigrants to the United States
20th-century American Jews
Iowa State University alumni
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston faculty
People from Houston
21st-century American Jews

Emil Steinberger (endocrinologist)


New X-Men may refer to:

 New X-Men (2001 series), written by Grant Morrison, retitled from X-Men (Vol. 2)
 New X-Men (2004 series), by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, continuing from New Mutants (Vol. 2) and originally titled New X-Men: Academy X

New X-Men


Frederick "Doc" Doherty (June 17, 1887 – February 12, 1961)  was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Doherty played hockey for several professional ice hockey teams from 1908 until 1916, including a stint with the Toronto Ontarios in the National Hockey Association (NHA). He also played in the Maritime Professional Hockey League and the Ontario Professional Hockey League. After returning from World War I duty, he played one game in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens to end his career. He played on several league champions, leading to play in several Stanley Cup championships, but was not a member of a Stanley Cup-winning team.

Personal information
Doherty was born in Westwood, Ontario, in 1887 to John and Ellen (O'Grady) Doherty.

Doherty married Rose Anna Sirois in 1915. He died in Montreal in 1961, survived by his wife, a brother and two sisters.

Playing career
Doherty became a professional in the 1908–09 season, appearing in seven games with the Guelph Royals and ten games with the Galt Pros, both of the Ontario Professional Hockey League. He continued to play with Galt through the 1910–11 season. In January 1910, Galt traveled to Ottawa to play the Senators in a two-game, total-goal Stanley Cup challenge series, losing by an aggregate score of 15–4. Doherty appeared in both games, scoring a goal in game one. On March 13, 1911, the Pros returned to Ottawa for a one-game challenge match. The Senators prevailed 7–4. Doherty again scored one of Galt's goals.

Doherty also spent parts of the 1910–11 season with Belleville of the Eastern Ontario Professional Hockey League and the Renfrew Creamery Kings of the National Hockey Association. In 1911–12, he played in the Maritime Professional Hockey League with the Moncton Victorias, whose roster was made up largely of Galt players. In March 1912, this team played  a two-game Stanley Cup series with Quebec, losing by a combined score of 17–3. Doherty did not score in either match.

He split 1912–13 between Moncton, the Halifax Crescents and the Toronto Blueshirts of the NHA. In 1913–14 he was with the Toronto Ontarios, followed by single games in each of the next two NHA campaigns, with Quebec and the Montreal Wanderers respectively. His final professional game was with the Canadiens, in 1918–19.

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Fred Doherty


The Hanover Hound is a breed of dog sometimes referred to as a Hanoverian Hound. It is a hunting and tracking dog descended from bloodhounds of medieval times. It was first introduced into France in the 1980s and is still a very rare breed. It was crossbred with the Bavarian Hound, which gave rise to the Bavarian Mountain Hound.

Description

Appearance
These short-haired dogs range in colour from light to dark reddish fawn with a brindled appearance. They may also have a mask. Overall, the Hanoverian Hound is sturdily built with a large head, strong jaws and a deep chest. Their weight ranges from . Males range in size from  while females are slightly smaller, about .

Temperament
Like any working dog, the Hanover Hound fares best living in an area where he can exercise and would not be ideal for city living. They are calm and loyal, but described as persistent and single-minded when tracking.

See also
 Dogs portal
 List of dog breeds

References

External links

German Hannover'scher Schweisshund Club
Hanoverian Hound Foto Album

Dog breeds originating in Germany
FCI breeds

Rare dog breeds
Scent hounds

Hanover Hound


King Sisavangvong (; born Prince Khao  14 July 1885 – 29 October 1959), known by his courtesy name Sisavangvong, was the last ruler of the Lao Kingdom of Luang Prabang and the founding king of the Kingdom of Laos. Born Prince Khao on 14 July 1885, he ascended the throne at the age of 18 following the death of his father. In keeping with Lao tradition, he took the courtesy name Sisavangvong.

Born in the Golden Palace of Luang Prabang during his father's reign under French colonial authority, Prince Khao extended his rule over other Lao kingdoms and built a new royal palace during his reign over Luang Prabang. He briefly ruled as king of the Japanese puppet state of Luang Prabang in late 1945, but was dethroned by the Lao Issara for his pro-French stance. He was later reinstated as monarch by the French in 1946, marking the first time in almost 250 years that a Lao monarch ruled the whole of Laos.

Early life

Born on 14 July 1885, Prince Khao was the eldest surviving son of King Zakarinth and Queen Consort Thong-sy. He was born in the Golden Palace during his father's reign. During his childhood, Khao studied at the Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat in Saigon, and later at the École Coloniale. He eventually returned to ascend the throne.

Ascension
Prince Khao became heir apparent on 15 April 1904 following the death of his father on 26 March 1904. He ascended the throne at the Old Royal Palace in Luang Prabang and was crowned King Sisavangvong on 4 March 1905.

Early reign
In the early years of his reign, Sisavang Vong's residence, the Royal Palace of Luang Prabang, was built by the French. He managed to unite several provinces under his authority, including Houaphan in 1931, Houakhong, Xiengkhouang and Vientiane in 1942, and Champassak and Sayboury in 1946.

Throughout his reign, Sisavang Vong consistently supported the French administration in Laos. In 1945, he refused to collaborate with Lao nationalists, which led to his removal from power when the Lao Issara declared the nation's independence. In April 1946, the French regained control and restored him as king, marking the first time in nearly 250 years that a Lao monarch ruled the entire region now known as Laos.

Sisavang Vong's reign lasted 55 years, during which he ruled over Luang Prabang and Laos. When he fell ill, he appointed his son, Crown Prince Savang Vatthana, as regent. His son succeeded him after his death in 1959. Sisavang Vong was cremated and buried at Vat That Luang (Luang Prabang) in 1961. His funeral procession included a royal funeral carriage, a 12 metre high wooden hearse decorated with a carved seven-headed snake. Many dignitaries attended the state funeral, including Prince Bhanubandhu Yugala, who represented Thailand.

Sisavangvong University was founded in his honour, but was closed in 1975 when the communist regime took control of Laos. Notably, statues of Sisavang Vong remain in Luang Prabang and Vientiane, surviving the communist revolution. These statues show him giving the people a constitution, symbolising his role in achieving independence from the French Union.

Family
Sisavang Vong has been described as the "playboy king". He had 10 wives and 50 children, 14 of which died in a boating accident on the Mekong River.

Wives:
 Princess Kamuni (1885–1915)
 Khamphane (1896–1983), his half-sister by his father's wife Mom La; they had no children
 Khamla, a commoner
 Khamboua, a commoner
 Khamtip, a commoner
 Princess Khamtouan of Luang Prabang, his half sister (one son)
 Princess Kamaduni of the Vang Hnaxxs family
 Mom Khamphoui, a commoner
 Princess Indrakama, a daughter of Prince Jayasena, Prince Sri Dibudinha and his wife, Pong
 Princess Kamuni, daughter of Prince Ko and Princess Duangbadani
 Princess Khamphoui, the daughter of his half-brother
 Chansy (1900–1984), a commoner

Honours
Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia – 1905
Grand Cross of the Order of the Dragon of Annam – 1905
Decoration of the Golden Gong, 1st Class of Annam
Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur of France – 1927 (Commander – 1905)
Grand Officer of the Order of the Black Star of Benin of France – 1935
Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium – 1935
Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France – 1949
Croix de Guerre with Palm of France – 1949
Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri of Thailand – 1955
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit of Vietnam – 1955

See also
Monarchs of Laos

References

1885 births
1959 deaths
Monarchs of Laos
People from Luang Prabang

Grand Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia
Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Recipients of the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures
Laotian anti-communists
19th-century Laotian people

Sisavang Vong


Josef Servas d'Outrepont; name also given as Joseph Servatius von d'Outrepont (21 November 1775 – 8 May 1845) was a German obstetrician born in Malmedy.

He studied medicine at the universities of Mainz, Würzburg and Halle, earning his doctorate at the latter institution in 1798. Afterwards, he continued his education in Vienna under Johann Lucas Boër (1751–1835), and in 1799 settled in Salzburg, where in 1804 he became an associate professor of obstetrics.

In 1816 he moved to Munich, where he gave classes at the school for midwifery, and soon afterwards succeeded Adam Elias von Siebold (1775–1828) as professor of obstetrics at the University of Würzburg. Here he remained until his death in 1845. He made scholarly contributions to a number of medical journals, including the Neue Zeitschrift für Geburtskunde, and was the author of the following books in obstetrics:
 Von der Selbstwendung und der Wendung auf den Kopf, (1817).
 Abhandlungen und Beiträge geburtshilflichen Inhalts, (1822) – Essays and contributions of obstetric content.
 Publications about Joseph d'Outrepont:
 Joseph Servatius von d'Outrepont. Ein Lebensbild by Georg Burckhard (1913).

References
  translated biography @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

1775 births
1845 deaths
People from Malmedy
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Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz alumni
University of Würzburg alumni
University of Halle alumni
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Academic staff of the University of Würzburg

Josef Servas d'Outrepont


Castle Sinclair Girnigoe is located about 3 miles north of Wick on the east coast of Caithness, Scotland.  It is considered to be one of the earliest seats of Clan Sinclair. It comprises the ruins of two castles: the 15th-century Castle Girnigoe; and the early 17th-century Castle Sinclair. They are designated as a scheduled monument.

History

The earlier Castle Girnigoe was built by William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness, probably sometime between 1476 and 1496, but certainly before his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. There is some evidence to suggest that the castle was built on the foundations of an earlier fortalice.

Olave Sinclair, the foud of Shetland, was brought to Girnigoe in May 1573, paralysed after a stroke. In 1577, George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness, imprisoned his own son John Sinclair, Master of Caithness, in Castle Girnigoe, on suspicion of rebelling against his rule.  He was held there for seven years, after which his father fed him a diet of salted beef, with nothing to drink, so that he eventually died insane from thirst. The rebel Earl of Bothwell was at Girnigoe in December 1594.

Expansion occurred in 1606 when Castle Sinclair was built, comprising a gatehouse and other buildings, along with a curtain wall.  These were connected to the earlier castle by a drawbridge over a ravine. The same year George Sinclair, 5th Earl of Caithness, requested the Scottish Parliament to change the name to Castle Sinclair, but because the names Castle Sinclair and Castle Girnigoe were both written down in 1700, both names have been in use since.

Robert Sinclair describes Girnigoe as "an adapted 5-storey L-plan crow-stepped gabled tower house, which sat upon a rocky promontory jutting out into Sinclair Bay. Of interest is the secret chamber in the vaulted ceiling of the kitchen."

In 1672, George Sinclair, 6th Earl of Caithness, was in heavy debt to his fourth cousin, John Campbell of Glenorchy, and transferred the castle to Campbell as payment. When Sinclair died four years later with no heir, Campbell claimed the title Earl of Caithness and married Sinclair's widow. However, Sinclair's first cousin, George Sinclair of Keiss, challenged Campbell's title. This resulted in the Battle of Altimarlach in which Campbell defeated Sinclair in 1680. Glenorchy and some of his troops remained in Caithness for some time and levied rents and taxes on the people, subjecting them to the most grievous oppression. He sent the remainder home immediately after the battle. However, George Sinclair of Keiss continued his opposition and laid siege, with firearms and artillery, to Castle Sinclair Girnigoe which he took after feeble resistance from the garrison. As a result, he and his three friends who had assisted him, Sinclair of Broynach, Sinclair of Thura and Mackay of Strathnaver were declared rebels. The political current having turned in favor of Sinclair of Keiss however, this was quashed. Having failed to regain his inheritance by force, Sinclair of Keiss then turned to the law. Through the influence of the Duke of York and afterwards James II,  he took his place as 7th Earl of Caithness on 15 July 1681, and his lands were restored on 23 September. Campbell of Glenorchy was made Earl of Breadalbane by way of compensation.

Preservation

Since 1998 the Clan Sinclair Trust has been carrying out archaeological research in the castle and are also seeking to preserve the castle. The castle is the only castle in Scotland which is listed by the World Monuments Fund.

Image gallery

See also
Battle of Champions – fought just west of the castle in 1478 or 1464
Castle of Mey
Roslin Castle
Rosslyn Chapel
Sinclair (surname)

References

External links

official website of Castle Sinclair Girnigoe

Buildings and structures in Caithness
Houses in Highland (council area)
Ruined castles in Highland (council area)
Castle
Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Highland

Castle Sinclair Girnigoe


The Gillies Range is a mountain range in Queensland, Australia. It is a chain of summits south of Cairns that separate the Far North Queensland coastal plain from the interior Atherton Tableland. At the foot of the range is the town of Gordonvale.

The Gillies Highway permits road access from the Goldsborough Valley near Gordonvale, to Atherton on the Atherton Tableland via the Gillies Range (famous for its 263 corners, and 800 m elevation change in only 19 km of road). The Gillies Highway and range were named after William N Gillies, a former Premier of Queensland.

See also

List of mountains in Australia

References

Further reading

Mountain ranges of Queensland
Landforms of Far North Queensland

Gillies Range


Margareta Pâslaru or Pîslaru (; born July 9, 1943, in Bucharest) is a Romanian-American singer, actress, composer, lyricist, TV producer, and artistic director. Debuting in 1958, Pâslaru celebrated the 50th anniversary of her career at The Romanian Union of Composers in Bucharest in 2008. Pâslaru was married to Gheorghe Sencovici, a former Olympic skeet shooter, until his death, and the couple had a daughter, Ana Maria, and a grandson, Luca. Pâslaru has lived and worked in the United States since 1983, splitting between Manhattan and Bucharest. She was formerly a resident of Summit, New Jersey.

A multi-talented artist, Pâslaru studied piano, ballet, and painting. Sung in Romanian, the style of her repertoire is very similar to the light pop music of the 1960s by artists such as Barbra Streisand and Petula Clark. She has collaborated numerous notable musicians, among them Radu Goldiș. Two songs from her repertoire were used for the 2005 international prize-winning Romanian film, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu: "Cum e oare" (Telling It Like It Really Is) and "Chemarea mării" (The Waves of the Ocean). Throughout her career, over 65 Romanian composers wrote music for Margareta Pâslaru.

Awards and Distinctions
2021 - The Academic Award and the Trophy of the Romanian Filmmakers Union - UCIN - for Lifetime Achievement.

2019 - The Value Platinum Award given by Youth Festival - at Gong Theater - Sibiu.

2016 - Lifetime Award of Excellence Margareta Pâslaru 'Artist plurivalent' granted by the Union of Authors & Film Producers UARF
2013 - Decorated with the Order of the Crown of Romania, Knight rank by King Michael I of Romania
2013 - Live time Award of Excellence by Confidential TV show
2012 - The trophy  "Women matter"-  Music category
2012 - Award of Excellence given by VIP magazine at Women Superlatives Gala
2011 - Award "Vasilica Tastaman" given by Humoristic Society "Păcală"
2011 - Award of Excellence given by Electrecord record company2011 – The Red Cross Trophy "135 years of Humanity"  al The Red Cross Gala
2011 – Award of Excellence "A life dedicated to music & charity" – Confidenţial TV
2011 –  "Ambassador of the European Year of Volunteerism 2011 for Romania
2010 – The Electrecord Trophy created especially for Margareta Pâslaru honoring 50 years from her first record "Call of the sea" by George Grigoriu at Electrecord Recording Company
2010 – Diploma of Artistic Excellence for collaborating with Top Romanesc Radio România Actualităţi
2010 – Diploma of Excellence of the Record Company Electrecord
2009 – "Person of the Year 2009" in Israel – Gala 10 for Romania, 10 for Israel
2009 – TVR Trophy "Time's Conquerors" for a lifetime dedicated to the Arts
2008 – Trophy of Excellence, Honorary diploma "10 for Romania"
2008 – "Radio Romania 80" Anniversary Award
2008 – Award of Excellence – 50 years from the debut – granted by MediaS
2007 – Award of Excellence – lifetime achievement – granted by Radio Romania News
2007 – Diploma for exceptional merit in supporting disadvantaged people of Romania – and her own STAR on Stars Blv. Callatis Fest. July 12
2006 – Life Time Achievement at "Successful Women" Gala
2006 – Diploma of Excellence for the entirety of artistic activity – Radio Romania – 78 years
2006 – VIP Award of Excellence – September edition LXXIIV
2006 – TVR50 trophy and diploma of Excellence, at TVR jubilee, for her role in Romanian Television history
2005 – The Videographer Award of Distinction – category TV/Program/Arts – "The Best Of..Artists & Their Art", Arlington Texas – USA
2004 – The Communicator Award of Distinction for "Forever Music" ( Cable TV/Educational program category) held in Arlington Texas
2004 – Gold Classic Telly Winner for "Jerome Hines" - Human Mosaics - (Cultural category) at the 25th Anniversary Telly Awards national competition
2003 – Telly Award finalist-Bronze (Cultural category) at the 24th Annual Telly Awards national competition held in Cincinnati OH – USA
2002 – "Women of Excellence Award" Arts & Humanities category – Union County, NJ – USA
2000 – Honorary Citizen of Bucharest
2000 – Honorary Member of the Romanian Red Cross
1999 – "International Stars of Romanian Song" Award, Bucharest – Romania, given by the Union of Composers "Musical Actuality".
1999 – Guest of Honor at UNITER GALA, Bucharest – Romania
1998 – The Humanitarian Distinction in Los Angeles, USA given by the Chamber of Commerce of California – Romania
1997 – Invited as Guest of Honor at the International Golden Stag Festival, Brasov – Romania
1996 – Honorary Member of UNESCO – Romania Club
1996 – Honorary member of UNICEF – Romania
1981 – The Composer Award – for the most popular song in TV contest with "The Magic Diamond" (music: Margareta Paslaru, lyrics E. Rotaru)
1979 – The Lyrics Award for "Pasarea maiastra". Music V. Vasilache Jr. text M. Paslaru, Youth Festival Bucuresti
1975 – First Prize – "Melodiile dragostei" – Music Ion Cristinoiu / lyrics Mihai Dumbravă – Festivalul Mamaia
1975 – Second Prize – "Aici la mine acasă" – Music George Grigoriu / lyrics Angel Grigoriu-Romeo Iorgulescu) – Festivalul Mamaia
1971 – The International Press Prize – Song Festival, Malta
1970 – The Sony Award – Tokyo International Song Festival, Japan
1970 – First Prize – "Această taină să rămână între noi" music Radu Şerban / lyrics Mihai Maximilian – Concursul National de Muzică Uşoară
1969 – The Golden Record of Romania given by Electrecord – Record Company
1969 – The Marble Record Trophy, M.I.D.E.M. – Cannes, France
1969 – The Press Award, Ankara – Turkey
1968 – Third Place, International Song Festival, Sopot, Poland
1968 – The Golden Stag Nominations, International Song Festival Brasov – Romania
1966 – Diploma debut in cinematography -"Tunelul" coo-production Russian-Romanian National Film Fest. "Golden Pelican" Mamaia
1965 – "Seri la malul mării" – music Sile Dinicu / lyrics Aurel Felea, Mamaia Festival
1965 – The Radiotelevizion Award – "Cu tine" – music V. Veselovschi / lyrics A.Storin, Mamaia Festival
1964 – "Ochii tăi" – music Gelu Solomonescu / lyrics T. Balş, Mamaia Festival
1964 – "Două rândunici" – music R. Şerban / lyrics Constantin Cârjan Mamaia Fest
1963 – "Soarele e-ndrăgostit de Mamaia" – music D. Şerbănescu / lyrics A. Felea at the First National Festival Mamaia
1963 – The Union of Writer Award – "How is it?" Florin Bogardo / lyrics M. Fortunescu at The First National Festival Mamaia
1961 – First prize vocal soloist – Margareta Pâslaru at VI edition of Bucharest amateur competition

References

External links
Official site

Official blog
Facebook Page

1943 births
20th-century Romanian actresses
Golden Stag
Living people
Musicians from Summit, New Jersey
Musicians from Bucharest
Romanian expatriates in the United States
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Romanian film actresses
Romanian radio actresses
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Knights of the Order of the Crown (Romania)

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The Minister for Foreign Affairs (外務大臣, Gaimu Daijin) of Japan is the Cabinet member responsible for Japanese foreign policy and the chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Since the end of the allied occupation of Japan, the position has been one of the most powerful in the Cabinet, as Japan's economic interests have long relied on external relations. The recent efforts of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to establish a more interventionistforeign policy have also heightened the importance of the position.

The position is currently held by Yoshimasa Hayashi.

Official website
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Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)