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<mask> (born September 3, 1963) is an American politician and non-profit leader who is the former mayor of Portland, Oregon. He grew up in Newport, Oregon, attended the University of Oregon and worked on a number of campaigns before taking office as a Portland commissioner. Among them was Vera Katz's run for mayor of Portland. After she won, he served as her chief of staff for eleven years and then went back to school, earning a degree in political science. In 2004, <mask> was elected to the Portland City Council, serving four years on the council earning a reputation as a "policy-driven advocate for sustainability, the arts, and gay rights". He was elected to a four-year term as mayor of Portland in the May 2008 primary, with 58% of the vote and a dozen other candidates on the ballot. He was the first openly gay mayor of a top-30 U.S. city.In July 2011, <mask> announced that he would not seek a second term as mayor. He had an approval rating of 56% eight months before he left office. In 2021, he became Portland's director of strategic innovations for the office of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. Early life and education
<mask> was born at St. James Hospital in Butte, Montana, on September 3, 1963. He is the third of four children born to <mask>—a special education teacher and high school basketball coach—and his wife, Karalie (née Gibbons). When <mask> was born his family lived on ranch eight miles outside Whitehall, Montana. When he was a year old, his family moved to Richland, Washington, for a year, and then on to Newport, Oregon.His maternal grandfather Francis Gibbons immigrated from Ireland to Portland. Because of the Irish birth of his maternal grandfather, <mask> holds dual Irish and American citizenship. In 1966, <mask> and his family moved from Montana to the Oregon coast. As a boy, <mask> and his friends were almost always outside, rain or shine, fishing and crabbing off the cannery docks and digging for clams in the mudflats. "The only thing that would bring him inside was food," said <mask>' Mom. When <mask> was thirteen, his parents moved to Eugene, Oregon, where they divorced. <mask> and his three siblings lived with their mother and survived at times on food stamps and public housing assistance.When his mother could not find work in Eugene in 1979 and moved to Portland, <mask> stayed in Eugene, living largely on his own and supported himself working as a cook at a Mr. Steak restaurant throughout most of his high school years. He graduated from high school in 1982, then started at the University of Oregon in 1984, but did not finish. <mask> went back to college while working full time in 1999, at Portland State University. He graduated with a BA in political science in 2002 from the University of Oregon. Summarizing his early life, the Willamette Week noted that <mask> "got a rough start in life. Not a lot of closeted, bullied, small-town welfare kids with divorced parents grow up to be the mayor of a major U.S. city. But unlike some politicians, <mask> has not made his personal story a platform.His tough upbringing in Newport shapes his priorities." Career

Early career
<mask> began his career in politics as a staffer on Peter DeFazio's 1986  campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in Oregon's 4th district. He dropped out of the University of Oregon to work on Peter DeFazio's successful bid for Congress. Not earning much, to save money, he'd sleep on a floor futon in the campaign headquarters." After DeFazio won, <mask> worked as a communications and policy assistant in his Oregon office, and on his re-election campaigns until 1988 when, <mask> went to work for the Democratic House Campaign Committee, in Salem, Oregon and for Democratic Majority Leaders David Dix and Carl Hosticka. <mask>' first political position on his own came in 1988 when he was elected Chair of the Lane County (Oregon) Democratic Party. In 1990, <mask> worked as the Oregon director for the highway safety organization Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH).He next worked on Vera Katz's mayoral campaign in Portland and served eleven years as her Chief of Staff. He remained closeted at work until he became her Chief of Staff in 1993. He broke the news for the first time to a prospective employer to Mayor Vera Katz in 1992 after she offered him the job as her campaign manager, to which she replied 'Sweetie, I don't give a damn.'" In discussing not disclosing his sexuality, <mask> noted he came from a "family of tough Montanans" where "there's a premium on being tough and strong, and being queer and a faggot wasn't strong". Portland City Council
In a 2004 election for a seat on the Portland City Council, <mask> won significantly fewer votes than rival Nick Fish in the primary election, but defeated Fish in the general election. Following the primary, <mask> shifted campaign managers and tactics from a focus on traditional fundraising to grassroots outreach. <mask> was Portland's Commissioner of Public Utilities.He ran the Portland Office of Transportation (commonly abbreviated as "PDOT") and the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES). He also served as Portland City Council's liaison to the Arts and Culture and Small Business communities. As part of managing PDOT, he inherited the responsibility to oversee development of the Portland Aerial Tram, one of the world's few urban aerial trams. It links the South Waterfront district to the upper campus of Oregon Health & Science University. During its development, the project was plagued with cost overruns and opposition from some residents impacted by the project. When <mask> assumed responsibility, he replaced the external consultants responsible for the poor cost estimates with in-house expertise. The project was completed on time and within the revised budget with the tram opened to the public in January 2007.<mask> and his staff maintained a blog highlighting their activities in the community, especially pertaining to <mask>' priorities such as arts and culture, livability and environment, and transportation. 2008 mayoral campaign

In October 2007 <mask> announced his intentions to run for Mayor of Portland and kicked off his campaign at the Wonder Ballroom in Northeast Portland in February 2008. His main opponent was Sho Dozono, a civic leader and businessman, although 13 candidates filed for mayor. In the primary election, held May 20, 2008, <mask> captured 58 percent of the vote and was elected without the need for a run-off. Dozono, his nearest opponent, received 34 percent of the vote. <mask> took office on January 1, 2009. Portland became the largest U.S. city to have ever elected an openly gay mayor.(In December 2009 Houston, Texas, the nation's fourth largest city, elected Annise Parker, who is an out lesbian, surpassing Portland as the largest American city ever to have an openly gay mayor. Houston was the largest city to have elected an openly gay mayor until Lori Lightfoot was elected mayor of Chicago in 2019)

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In 2009, <mask> in his inauguration speech said his top three priorities were creating more family-wage jobs, reducing the high school dropout rate, and making Portland more sustainable. In his first State of the City address on February 27, 2009, <mask> outlined his goal of making Portland "the most sustainable city in the world". <mask> emphasized reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and investment in efficient green energy as essential to the city's energy-environmental goals and called on the Oregon State Legislature to provide incentives for the expansion of green energy companies, notably Vestas Wind Systems, into the Portland metropolitan area. Later that year, <mask> was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing related to a consensual sexual relationship with a young adult he met in 2005. <mask> said the deception about the relationship was warranted because a political opponent had falsely accused him of having sex with a minor, but later apologized. That year he also established a local economic stimulus plan by fast-tracking capital improvement projects, secured a Major League Soccer franchise, began work on the Oregon Sustainability Center established a free-bus-ride program designed to help low-income students more easily get to school, helped secure $2.5 million in new grants designed to help the city reduce diesel emissions, began construction of 15 miles of bike boulevards, and consolidated the city's permitting process.<mask> announced his support of new regulations for horse-drawn carriages in September 2009 after a horse died in downtown Portland a month earlier. <mask> recommended that planners at the Revenue Bureau write new city codes that would cover working conditions for equine businesses and their animals. In September 2009, he opposed the $4 billion, twelve-lane replacement for the I-5 bridge over the Columbia River, a plan he had once supported. <mask> stated, "I'd rather settle for a bad bridge for another 25 years than a terrible bridge that punishes Portland for another 100 years." The twelve-lane idea was a compromise deal <mask> helped write with then-Mayor Royce Pollard of Vancouver, Washington, in February, 2009. That deal helped get the Portland City Council to agree for a bridge of up to twelve lanes, something Vancouver wanted in exchange for its support of Portland's MAX Light Rail extension across the I-5 bridge. <mask> focused on improving the local economy by attracting large, sustainable employers to Portland, including a $200-million investment by the company Vestas.In 2010, <mask> in his State of the City address was praised by environmental organizations and criticized by coal advocates for his successful efforts to shrink Portland's carbon footprint through programs such as Clean Energy Works, the nation's first on-bill financing for home retrofitting. <mask> also became known for leading the creation of Portland's "Citizen Reports" iPhone application. He also appeared in Portlandia'''s second episode as <mask>, assistant to the Mayor of Portland. In November of that year, <mask> fired the police chief and then fired a police officer who had shot and killed an unarmed citizen. He recruited a wind company to spend $66 million on development and hire 400 employees, established the city's first economic development plan, developed programs designed to reduce Portland's high school dropout rate and make the city more sustainable, and, along with the rest of the city council, adopted gun control regulations that are designed to reduce shootings. In 2011, <mask> established curbside composting, banned single-use plastic bags, adopted a transgender-inclusive health plan for city employees, recruited a photovoltaic company to move to and invest $340 million in infrastructure in Portland, recruited several TV and movie companies to do business and spend about $100 million on production in Portland, established the $2.1 million seed fund to help start-up businesses in Portland, supported Occupy Portland at first, but later dispersed the camps, and cracked down on gangs with a 14-month police undercover operation that resulted in the arrests of 31 gang members. On July 29, 2011, <mask> announced on his official city blog that he would not seek a second term as Portland's mayor.Non-profit work
Just 16 days after expiration of his term as Mayor of Portland, <mask> was named as executive director of the City Club of Portland, a non-profit organization best known as the host of public civic policy meetings. After applying for the job in December 2012, <mask> was selected from a pool of 80 applicants for the position, which paid him $80,000 in 2013. <mask> characterized his new position as a "fantastic opportunity to do community building, work on improving the civic health of the city, and to support the members' work in researching tough public policy issues. Established in 1916, the City Club of Portland had about 1500 members and four paid employees in 2013. During his two-year tenure, City Club membership grew by 47 percent and corporate sponsorships doubled. On January 14, 2014, <mask> announced that he was leaving the City Club to become director of U.S. Climate Initiatives at the World Resources Institute, a global nonprofit dedicated to environmental sustainability.<mask> moved to Washington, D.C. as a result. In November of 2017, <mask> was accused of sexual harassment by a former aide when he was mayor, and in December of 2017, he left his position at the World Resources Institute, although the allegations were not a factor in his choice to resign. The Willamette Week interviewed 10 staffers who were present at the time relating to the allegations and found "none say they believe <mask> had sexually harassed Gonzalez. Moreover, none recalled Gonzalez ever complaining about harassment." Return to Portland
In 2020, <mask> returned to Portland and ran for City Council, but lost in the primary by about 2,000 votes. In 2021, he became the director of strategic innovations for mayor Ted Wheeler. In that job, he is currently leading efforts to clean up and revive the city after the coronavirus pandemic and protests.Personal life
From 1992 until 2004, <mask> was in a long-term relationship with Greg Eddie. During that time, in 1993, he was outed as gay by the alternative newspaper Willamette Week. In 2007, the former couple, in a challenge to the state constitution, filed suit against the State of Oregon to dissolve their domestic partnership and divide <mask>' future pension. After his break-up with Eddie, <mask> was, for the first time, both openly gay and single. <mask> lamented his lack of "gaydar". He said this made him decide to date only men who asked him out first. In 2005, <mask> met Beau Breedlove, a 17-year-old interning for Oregon State Representative Kim Thatcher.In September 2007, <mask> denied rumors of a sexual relationship between the two, calling the allegations scurrilous, and adding that they played into stereotypes of predatory gays. In January 2009, after being confronted with a story in Willamette Week, <mask> acknowledged lying about the nature of their sexual relationship. Breedlove confirmed <mask>' accounts. <mask> apologized, saying he had lied to avoid accusations of grooming a minor and the likely disruption such allegations would cause in his mayoral campaign. <mask> cited the "swift public condemnation" of former mayor and governor Neil Goldschmidt in 2004 by the news media as weighing heavily in his decision to lie. "[N]o one's going to believe me [that he was eighteen]". Oregon had already seen several prominent political sex scandals; prior to Goldschmidt's, there was one involving Senator Bob Packwood in 1992.The "well-funded newsroom" of The Oregonian had been criticized for failing to pursue both stories. In the Goldschmidt case, the Oregonian publicly debated with Willamette Week over which publication reported more accurately and aggressively. <mask> also announced his intention to remain in office. News of the deception led Oregon Attorney General John Kroger to initiate a criminal investigation in January 2009. By June, his office announced that no charges would be filed and that there was "no credible evidence" of inappropriate sexual contact before the age of consent. Before Kroger's findings were made public, several newspapers called for <mask>' resignation. The Portland Mercury and the board of the Portland Area Business Association, the LGBTQ chamber of commerce, spoke out against resignation.Out magazine columnist Dan Savage noted what he saw as hypocrisy, homophobia, and sex panic about age disparity in sexual relationships. In July 2009 a recall campaign asserted that <mask> had lost the trust of the public and other elected officials to ill effect on the city's economy. It fell short of gathering the necessary number of signatures.Willamette Week  "Total Recall: Mayor <mask>' would-be recallers need to collect 358 valid signatures a day. Do they stand a chance?," by Allison Ferre (July 8th, 2009 – retrieved on July 16th, 2009). A second effort began in late 2009, with financial backing from over a dozen regional businesses. The backers posited that a "lack of trust and political capital" was affecting their businesses' bottom lines. However, it too failed due to lack of sufficient signatures.<mask> also dated Christopher Stowell, artistic director of Oregon Ballet Theatre. <mask> met his partner Peter Zuckerman in 2008. Zuckerman is an American journalist and author who has focused his career on court reporting, investigative journalism, adventure stories, and socially progressive political campaigns. <mask> had a recurring role on the IFC show Portlandia as assistant to Portland's fictional mayor played by Kyle MacLachlan. He also appeared as himself in "The Hour of Death", a 2012 episode of the Portland-based NBC show Grimm''. Filmography

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 List of LGBT people from Portland, Oregon

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<mask> is an Indian violinist and a music composer. He performed as the conductor, string arranger, violinist and choral arranger for the album Winds of Samsara, which won the Grammy Award for the Best New Age Album in 2015. He is reported to be the first Indian violinist recognized by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, The Grammys, United States and the first Malayali musician to receive the honour. <mask> has won several accolades for his Music Compositions including a nomination to HollyWood Music in Media awards and Silver Medal from Global Music Awards. <mask> estimated to be performed at more than 3000 concerts around the globe. <mask> has composed music for Malayalam and Kannada films, documentary films, corporate movies and advertisements.One of the best violinists known for his own compositions and noted for introducing contemporary styles on violin amalgamating western music with Indian classical; His experiments in Indian music with different styles of music from different parts of the world like blues, Latin, Indo jazz etc brought him to be one of the famous violinists in India. He is an avid humanitarian and philanthropist, donating and raising money for beneficial causes and supporting charities.Awards and recognitions

 2020 - <mask> <mask> had nominated for Hollywood Music in Media Awards for the world category for his composition "Sparkling Celebrations"
 2019 - <mask> <mask>'s original composition - “Saraswati”, which highlights cultural harmony by blending western and Carnatic styles has won Silver medal (Outstanding Achievement award) from Global Music awards in 2019. 2018 - He was also the Music Director for the film Urvi which has been nominated by the Los Angeles Film Awards in 2017 and won the best feature film at New York city film awards in 2018. 2015 - Recognized by The Grammy, where he performed as the conductor, string arranger, violinist and choral arranger for the album Winds of Samsara, which won the Grammy Award for the Best New Age Album. 2001 - He scored the background music for a Malayalam film " Kharaaksharangal " which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film. Recognitions

 Represented Kerala & Lakshadweep NCC directorate as the cultural leader at the Republic Day Camp Held in New Delhi in 1990. He was awarded a scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resource and Culture, Govt. of India, New Delhi for the years 1992–1994.He was honored by Oommen Chandy the Chief Minister of Kerala for his achievements in music on 25 August 2015 in Thiruvananthapuram , the capital city of Kerala. He is the first Indian violinist to serve as the Brand Ambassador for Roland Corporation Japan, and Cantini Electric violin, Italy. Performances
<mask> <mask> has performed widely in India and across the World with various groups, musicians and at numerous prestigious events (>3000 performances). <mask> <mask> has composed “Burning Love” for Pope Francis for his 83rd birthday celebration at HongKong and Macau on 13th and 15th of Dec 2019. The music track was accompanied by a chamber orchestra from Vienna conducted by Francois-Pierre Descamps and the soprano by the famous German singer Barbara Kajetanowicz along with his solo violin. <mask> <mask> composed this music in Raga Jog combining different styles music from different parts of the world. His notable concerts include the performance at the Miss World pageant in 2001, opening act for Canadian rock musician, Bryan Adams and representing India at the World Military Games.He represented Kerala and Lakshadweep NCC (National Cadet Corps) (India) Directorate as the Cultural Leader at the Republic Day Camp Held in New Delhi in 1990. He is the first Indian violinist to perform in United Nations as part of "Breathe life for healthy people-Healthy planet" for first WHO global conference on Air pollution and Health. He is also part of famous Indian singer Lucky Ali's band and Ricky Kej Live. Musical style and compositions
<mask> <mask> is skilled in both Indian Classical and Western music. His original musical compositions merges elements of these different styles and genre. His music always has an Indian soul, and He introduced contemporary styles on violin, introduced a new genre “Contemporary Indian World Fusion”. He is excellent on different genre’s like World fusion, Indian classical, Classical, Indian blues, Indo jazz, Blues, Indian folk music, Folk music.He experiments on violin’s possibilities with other instruments and comes up with great compositions. Philanthropic work
Apart from being a famous violin player and Music director, <mask> <mask> spends time on charity activities, fund raising programs and he is the patron of the charitable organization (Little flower charitable society) – a movement to improve the quality life of poor. Manoj has initiated a campaign to recognize independent musicians in India. “He pointed out that the music industry needed a boost. This can be in the form of awards for non-film music, which would be a game-changer. Cinema is the pivot around which majority of musicians revolve. But the fact is that hardly 20 per cent of the musicians, singers included, manage to break into films.The rest of them simply survive without recognition for their talent and hard work.” Manoj wants to change this imbalance, albeit gradually. Internationally the scene is so different. “Michael Jackson, Brian Adams and Shakira became stars through parallel music and not by singing in films. Even in India, there was a time when independent musicians such as Daler Mehndi, Alisha Chinai and Lucky Ali, and their albums were so popular. Manoj’s mission is to “Change Lives through Music” as well as to make and perform music for those who rarely find their way to concerts, like a performance he had done on Bangalore jail. He recognizes that such performances are very inspiring. The happiness and joy from the audience is a different”.Early life
<mask> <mask> was born in Olarikkara, in Thrissur District of the south Indian state of Kerala. Post his graduation, he moved out to Bangalore to pursue a career as a Music composer, Live performer and a Violinist. <mask> <mask> is a Licentiate (degree) (LTCL) performer in Violin from the Trinity College London. Manoj first picked up the violin when he was 13. During his childhood days, he always used to get fascinated by a melodious sound coming from his church Choir. Later realized that the beautiful sound was coming from Violin, the eagerness towards that sound always made him sit next to the church choir, violin player and watch the violinist play. The mesmerizing sound haunted him all the time and that got developed into a wish that he should learn that instrument.As a child, he used to sing quite well and participated in all competitions. His father was the first to notice his interests in music and asked him if he is interested to learn any instruments, and that realization reached to Leslie Peter, started learning Violin from his Guru,  Kerala's’s famed tutor Sri. Leslie Peter in Kalasadan, Thrissur. While he was doing his bachelor's degree, he was awarded scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resources and Culture, Govt. of India, New Delhi. And wanted to pursue this passion seriously and hence moved out from academic studies. This was a very tough decision as it was very unusual, rare and not accepted among the crowd.Post completion of his graduation at St. Aloysius college in Thrissur, Fr. Thomas Chakkalamattath, director of Chetana Music Academy guided him to Pondicherry for further studies in western classical music. Studied in Pondicherry for 3 years till he completed Licentiate certification (LTCL) under the guidance of Sr. Mary Judith. At the same time, he used to travel to Bangalore, Mumbai, and Chennai for master violin classes from luminaries like Philomena Thumboochetty, Galina Heifetz and Arvind Santwan. Manoj has drawn inspiration from renowned musicians like L Subramanyam, Stephane Grappelli, Jean Luc Ponty, John Mac,  Yanni and the journey of the popular violinist began. <mask> <mask> married to Susha Varkey and has two children - <mask> and Niya Rose. He resides in Bangalore

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After a few years of learning Violin, his teacher offered him to play for concerts, he was truly excited about this offer, since he was still in his 10th grade.He was the youngest in the popular band of Kerala, Thrissur Kalasadan. This gave him an opportunity to perform with legendary singers like KJ Yesudas, KS Chitra, P Jayachandran etc. This also given him an opportunity to play for studio recording sessions, movies and album at a very young age. Post Completing Licentiate of Trinity College London (LTCL)  performer in Violin, Sr. Judith introduced him to Mrs. Sunderlal, Director of Bangalore School of Music, who offered him to teach at Bangalore Music School and as well started performing at the Bangalore Chamber of Orchestra. After collaborating with multiple bands, he established his own the world fusion band “ManojGeorge 4Strings”, production house “NewWave Productions” and the music school “Manoj George School of Music”. ManojGeorge 4Strings - The world fusion music band

ManojGeorge 4Strings is established in 2009, and performs for numerous occasions for corporate events, music festivals, Public events, and College fests. The band’s captivating, high-energy performances transport audiences back in time as it blends musicianship, creativity and tradition.Live music shows are heavily engaging, entertaining, exciting for the audience. The band sprinkles in their own original compositions and other famous compositions that fans of all ages can enjoy. The band has collaborated with several legendary musician’s, chamber orchestra’s from different parts of the world. Manoj <mask> School of Music

The music school in Bangalore was established in 2009. <mask> <mask>’s passion for music, his interest to share his experience and knowledge to the next generations made him initiate this endeavour. His music academy has three centre’s - Kasavanahalli, and Sarjapur road, Bangalore. <mask> <mask> also finds time in taking music classes in Sarjapur Road center whenever he is in Bangalore.My Journey with Violin

<mask> <mask> has published his first book "My journey with violin - Violin Method for Beginners" in September 2020 by Lucky Ali. The book is a guide to beginners describing how to play violin and read music in a simple way. This Violin tutorial is available in amazon. Audio/Minus Track of this book is available in <mask> <mask>'s YouTube channel "",”

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<mask> (born September 4, 1984) is an Argentine actress, singer and theater director. She is known for her performances in the series Chiquititas, Rebelde Way, El Patrón de la Vereda, Atracción x4 en Dream Beach and for having been part of the pop-rock band Erreway along with Felipe Colombo, Benjamín Rojas and Luisana Lopilato. Biography
<mask> was born on September 4, 1984, in El Palomar, Buenos Aires province. Her father <mask> is a grocer and her mother Nora Roldán is a podiatrist. She has two older brothers, Melina and Rodrigo. .

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In 1987 she made her television debut when she was only three years old in the musical program Canta Niño, joining the cast with her older sister, Melina. She sang in "La banda de Canta Niño" and also sang some songs as a soloist, such as «Señora Vaca» with which she did the casting, «Será como mamá y papá», «Somos el mundo» (Spanish version of We Are the World by Michael Jackson), the original in English, «Estrelinha» in Portuguese and «Pubbli-pubbli-pubblicità» and «La Ciribiricoccola», both in Italian with her sister. At age eight she began studying acting.She previously practiced rhythmic gymnastics and participated in competitions. At twelve she began her career as an actress in the children's telenovela Chiquititas, created and produced by Cris Morena, with Nadia Di Cello being the actresses who lasted the longest in the cast. She participated from 1996 to 2001 in the theatrical seasons of it. In 2001 she filmed her first film called Chiquititas: Rincón de luz starring Romina Yan and Facundo Arana. In 2002 and 2003, she starred alongside Benjamín Rojas, Luisana Lopilato and Felipe Colombo in the Rebelde Way series, a fiction for adolescents created and produced by Cris Morena. At the same time, she joined the musical band named Erreway, along with her co-stars, and published the first album "Señales". With the success of the series and the band begins the "Señales Tour" presenting the songs of the album throughout Argentina, along with the more than fifteen musical performances of "Rebelde Way, el show", which includes the final concert, carried out at the Gran Rex theater in Buenos Aires.In 2003 Erreway released his second album entitled "Tiempo" and started the "Nuestro Tiempo" tour. She traveled to Israel, giving eighteen concerts at the Nokia Sport Center Stadium in Tel Aviv, along with the cast of the series. In 2004, she shot her second movie called Erreway: 4 caminos. This is accompanied by the publication of Erreway's latest album entitled "Memoria", which includes all the themes of the film. Presenting the album, Erreway gives his last tour and the group splits to embark on new projects of their own. That same year she participates as a villain in the series Floricienta where she appears in the role of Paloma/Julieta Mónaco. In 2005, she obtained the first adult leading role of her, as Sisí Ponte, along with the actor Gustavo Bermúdez in the telenovela El Patrón de la Vereda.She performed the theme song for it. She also makes a guest appearance on the series ¿Quién es el jefe? as a judge. In 2006, she was part of the cast of Gladiadores de Pompeya broadcast by Canal 9. That year, after the success of the Rebelde Way series in Spain, broadcast since 2004 on several channels, the "Erreway Fever" returns. Two new albums are released, a compilation called "The Rebelde Way album" and a live one, "Erreway In Concert". After the success in sales, the albums "Señales" and "Tiempo" were published in Spain.In July Felipe Colombo and <mask> travel to Spain to represent Erreway with various record companies and press conferences. In December they met again, this time without Luisana Lopilato, for the "European Tour", with concerts in several Spanish cities and all tickets sold out. In 2007, in Spain, Luisana Lopilato, was chosen "The beautiful young international actress" (she won among actresses such as Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel and others). That same year the telecomedy Son de Fierro was released on Channel 13, where she plays the partner of Felipe Colombo in the role of Karina. The series becomes the most successful fiction of the year. With the return of Erreway behind her back, the group begins to record without Luisana, a new album called "Vuelvo", which would only be published in Spain and which included songs from the album "Memoria" recorded again by the trio. That same year the complete Erreway anthology was published in Spain.The new Spanish tour was finally canceled, as was the publication of the album "Vuelvo" that was already recorded. At the end of 2008, the series Atracción x4 was premiered in Dream Beach where, after a long time, she returned to share the script with Luisana Lopilato, playing Malena Lacalle, one of the members of the group "Latinas". This TV show replaced the Patito feo series, ending in 2009. In 2010, she starred in the horror film Penumbra, shot in the city of La Plata and directed by the García Bogliano brothers, where she played Victoria, one of the clients interested in the Marga's department. In 2012, she published a new song called «Solo me salva amar» with her new band formed with Felipe Colombo and Guillermo Lorenzo, "La Miss Tijuana". After the success of the first song, another song called «Vuelvo» is published in July. Since 2010 she walked away from fame.In 2011, <mask> totally devotes herself to her Arcoyrá project, getting on a caravan to tour the country with her art space. This lifestyle, which included sleeping in the fields and cooking on a stove, attracted media attention. She also directed the play Una noche en el castillo. Personal life
<mask> is the godmother of Aurora together with  (Benjamín Rojas), the daughter of her Erreway partner, (Felipe Colombo). from 1998 to 2000,2001-05she was the girlfriend of her partner from Chiquititas and Rebelde Way, Benjamín Rojas.She opened a cultural center in San Telmo called Arcoyrá with her friends and with the help of Felipe Colombo. Some time later, when <mask> decided that she no longer wanted to live in Buenos Aires, her art space was taken over by her friends who set up that space with her and it was renamed Teatro Mandril. Away from Arcoyrá, she began to travel through Argentina with her motorhome called "Teodoro" for a long time, accompanied by her friends.She lived in "El Peladero", an independent art space located on the outskirts of Bahía Blanca, Argentina, where she was in charge of carrying out different community tasks, such as growing her own food and serving the bar on weekends. Filmography

Television programs

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Movies

Discography

Soundtrack albums

 1996 — Chiquititas Vol. 2
 1997 — Chiquititas Vol. 3
 1998  — Chiquititas Vol. 4
 1999 —  Chiquititas Vol. 5
 2000 — Chiquititas Vol. 6
 2001 — Chiquititas Vol.7
 2001 — Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz
 2005 — El Patrón de la Vereda
 2007 — Son de Fierro
 2008 — Atracción x4
 2009 — Atracción x4

Erreway

 2002 — Señales
 2002 — Erreway en Grand Rex
 2003 — Tiempo
 2003 — Nuestro Tiempo
 2004 — Nuestro Tiempo
 2004 — Memoria
 2004 — Gira 2004
 2006 — El Disco de Rebelde Way
 2006 — Erreway en Concierto
 2007 — Erreway presenta su caja recopilatoria
 2007 — Erreway en España
 2007 — Vuelvo

La Miss Tijuana
 2010 — Sólo Me Salva Amar
 2010 — Vuelvo
 2011 — Deja que llueva
 2011 —  3 iguanas

Notes

References

External links
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJqOUWBXoNM (Erreway Camila Bordonaba_song: "No hay que llorar /studio album: Memoria 2004). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAIcqO_C41c (Erreway_song: "Tiempo")
 http://www.novebox.com/series/rebelde-way-temporada1/88108 (season 1)
 http://www.novebox.com/series/rebelde-way-temporada2/91392 (season 2)
 http://www.novebox.com/Famosos/camila-bordonaba/88104
 https://web.archive.org/web/20120407035646/http://blogs.ideal.es/unrobin/2008/12/3/entrevista-camila-bordonaba-popstar/

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Argentine female models
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title: Maria Pitillo

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<mask> (born January 8, 1966) is an American retired actress. She has starred in films and on television, most notably as Audrey Timmonds in Godzilla (1998). She also had a recurring role on the TV series Providence. Early life
<mask> was born on January 8, 1966, in Elmira, New York, and grew up in Mahwah, New Jersey. Her parents divorced and her father moved <mask> and her sisters, Lisa and Gina, to Mahwah, New Jersey. She attended Mahwah High School, where she was on the track team, before transferring to Northern Highlands Regional High School. She was prevented from attending her high school graduation ceremony after an altercation with her English teacher.Career

1986–1992
<mask> was living in suburban New Jersey, and working as a department store clerk when a friend invited her to audition for a TV commercial. Her first job was an advertisement for Pepto Bismol. Subsequent commercial work included an ad for Bank of Boston, York Peppermint Pattie, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Chic Jeans, among others. In the fall of 1987, <mask> was cast as Nancy Don (Lewis) on the ABC soap opera, Ryan's Hope, which lasted until that series ended its run in 1989. <mask>'s own words state that she did not consider acting as a serious career choice until after Chaplin (1992). The 1990s

Upon moving to Hollywood, <mask>'s work consisted primarily of television drama (South of Sunset), small parts in theatrical motion pictures, and included starring roles in several Made-For-TV movies. She earned critical praise for her roles in the following: Middle Ages, Escape from Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story, as well as Between Love and Honor.<mask>'s career breakthrough came with the 1995 FOX sitcom Partners. Cast as Alicia Sondergard, the comedy met with critical success for herself, as well as for co-stars Jon Cryer, and Tate Donovan. Partners failed to gain traction with audiences, and was cancelled in the Spring of 1996. After completing Dear God in the summer of 1996, <mask> was contacted by NBC President Warren Littlefield, who had taken notice of her performance in Partners. Littlefield then signed her to a development deal with the network. In early 1997, while trying to acquire a stake in DreamWorks Studios, NBC tried to leverage <mask>, as well as director James Burrows with a project titled Nearly Yours, which actress Parker Posey had dropped out of. DreamWorks and NBC could not come to an agreement, and the deal collapsed.The squabbling between NBC and DreamWorks left the network with a programming hole, and <mask> without a television project for all of 1997. It wasn't until filming began on Something To Believe In (1997), and Godzilla (May 1997), that she returned to work. NBC continued to search for a suitable television project for <mask>, and with input from Littlefield, developed the sitcom House Rules, which aired as a mid-season replacement in March 1998. Godzilla (1998)
<mask> starred as Audrey Timmonds in the TriStar Pictures film Godzilla, which opened in theaters on May 20, 1998. The film and <mask>'s performance were skewered by fans and critics alike:

"At its release, the film was much criticized by Godzilla fans the world over. Kenpachiro Satsuma, the actor who portrayed Godzilla in the second series of films (1984–1995) walked out of a Tokyo screening and told reporters that, 'It's not Godzilla, it does not have the spirit." In 2004, director Roland Emmerich expressed his feelings about the film:

"In interviews promoting The Day After Tomorrow, Emmerich admitted regretting the production of Godzilla, particularly due to the rushed shooting schedule that was required for a Memorial Day weekend release and the studio's insistence on not test-screening the film.However, he defended the film as better than critics gave it credit for, as it was financially successful, and out of all the films he directed, it was the one which parents told him their children enjoyed the most"'. In subsequent years, both Emmerich and writer Dean Devlin said little about the film. It wasn't until Devlin was pressed about the upcoming 2014 interpretation of Godzilla, that he expressed lament about his interpretation of the franchise:

"I know I screwed up my Godzilla,' he said. 'I’d be very happy if they pull it off and do a great one'". Godzilla was nominated in several categories for Razzie awards, and <mask> herself won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress in 1999. <mask> is known to have commented once about her role in Godzilla:

"This movie isn't written for big performances from its actors," <mask> says. "I don't expect a lot from it.It won't be like, `Oh, <mask> is a great actress.' But it's an opportunity for people to see me." Godzilla 2 (1999)

<mask>, Matthew Broderick, and Jean Reno were each under contract for a total of three Godzilla films. The first installment, having earned $379 million during its theatrical run, ensured that a sequel would be considered. Tri Star Pictures, which owned rights to the franchise, called on Centropolis to begin pre-production work on a sequel, which was tentatively named Godzilla 2. Ultimately, there was little enthusiasm to move forward, and the rights to the franchise were allowed to expire. Late career
By 2000, <mask> had starred in the indie film, Dirk & Betty, the comedy-drama, After Sex, and made guest appearances on several television shows.Her last film role was the Made-For-TV movie The Christmas Secret, starring Richard Thomas, and Beau Bridges. It originally aired on CBS, and later broadcast on the ABC Family network as part of their 25 Days of Christmas. She had a recurring role on Providence (2001-2002) as Tina Calcatera, a divorced mother, and love interest of Robbie, played by Seth Peterson, a role which lasted until the series ended in 2002. Unsold pilots
In The Loop (1998)
 Pilot produced, total of seven scripts written. Co-Starred Joely Fisher, and Lisa Edelstein
 Pilot directed by James Burrows, third collaboration with Burrows, second with Edelstein. People Who Fear People (1999) w/Jon Cryer, directed by James Burrows
 Jon Cryer, a Partners Co-star,  participated in this project. This was her second collaboration with Cryer, and fourth with Burrows.<mask>'s role was recast, and this series became The Trouble With Normal (2000)

Follow The Leeds (2003)
 Competed with three other pilots for slot in Lifetime Televisions Fall 2003 line up. Co-starred Sharon Lawrence and Marsha Mason. The Angriest Man in Suburbia (2006)
 Co-starring Mitch Rouse and debuted Kiernan Shipka
 Unclear if this work aired, however, it was posted to YouTube, until Sony had it removed. It's About This Guy (Date Unknown)
 Starred as Maddie Chase

Personal life
<mask> married David R. Fortney in 2002, and lives in Ross, California. She is of Italian and Irish descent. It is most often noted that <mask> got into acting after a chance encounter with a friend, while some publicity material suggests that participating in Summer stock theater provided <mask> the impetus to act professionally. Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Actresses from New Jersey
Actresses from New York (state)
American film actresses
American television actresses
American soap opera actresses
American people of Irish descent
American people of Italian descent
Living people
Mahwah High School alumni
People from Elmira, New York
People from Mahwah, New Jersey
People from Ross, California
21st-century American women
Golden Raspberry Award winners

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title: Shomwa Shamapande

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<mask> "Shom<mask> is a political  and business consultant and strategist, who has worked in government affairs, media/communications and Democratic politics. In 1998, he served as an adviser to the South African Center for Human Rights in Pretoria. <mask> was a Senior Adviser to Bill Lynch, former deputy mayor of New York City and Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Party and as a legislative fellow for Congressman Charles B. Rangel of Manhattan. <mask> has also served as a senior communications and government affairs adviser for the Campaign for Better Schools, the corporate public relations firm of Robinson, Lerer & Montgomery, the Democratic National Committee, Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's United Nations Commission for the Legal Empowerment of the Poor and several global corporations including MasterCard and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. And in 2011, <mask> was hired as Global Communications and Media Director for Africare, a major NGO ($60 million) focused on humanitarian and development assistance for Africa. Shamapande has been the Communications Director for several political campaigns including the campaign of Dennis Mehiel, who was the 2002 Democratic Nominee for Lt. Governor of New York State.Mr. Shamapande worked as the Southern Nevada Field Director for the 2008 SEIU Obama for America Presidential Campaign under the campaign's Political Director Patrick Gaspard. Recently he was a vice president at Fenton Communications, the largest public interest communications firm in the United States, where he represented clients including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, UNDP and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. In 2005, Shamapande was appointed to the board of the United Nations Association - New York City Chapter. He has also been described as an example of the Zambian Brain Drain, which is an example of the overall African Brain Drain. Education
Shamapande graduated with a Masters from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and got his bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Adjunct lecturer (Columbia University)
Mr. Shamapande has been an adjunct lecturer at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where he co-taught a graduate level course that focused on executing communication, media and advertising strategies for organizations in a politically dynamic environment. Starting in spring of 2017, Shom Shamapande has served as an adjunct professor in Howard University's Film Program, where he teaches screenwriting and story telling classes.Legal trouble
In August 2005, <mask> Shamapande—while working under a top aid to the Democratic Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi—was charged in a case with intense political undertones, by the Republican District Attorney Denis Dillon. The District Attorney's office alleged that Mr. Shamapande had received over-payments by filing time-sheets for work he did not perform. In the months to follow, District Attorney Denis Dillon also filed similar charges against Robert Cataldo, Mr. Shamapande's co-worker. Cataldo and Shamapande were just two of several employees/consultants investigated by the district attorney. <mask> and his legal team refused to negotiate with the district attorney, however, Robert Cataldo settled the case out of court by accepting a minor violation. Cataldo is presently chief of staff for New York State Senator Diane Savino. Mr. Shamapande, who had worked previously in statewide and national Democratic campaigns, argued during the trial that he was involved in the early stages of County Executive Thomas Suozzi's run for governor including setting up a meeting with political consultant Bill Lynch, attending strategy meetings during the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and writing a "Fix Albany" campaign strategy memo for Mr. Suozzi's  "Fix Albany" campaign.Shamapande's legal team argued, that the duties performed by Mr. Shamapande - while legal - could be politically embarrassing to County Executive Suozzi because they showed that Suozzi was spending a considerable amount of time and resources preparing for a run for governor. Mr. Shamapande's attorney, Domonick Porco, argued that, "Shamapande, who had worked as a political consultant for state and national Democrats, was hired in 2003 to provide political assistance to Suozzi,  then eying a run for governor,"  and his time-sheets were filed in that context. Mr. Porco contended further that, "Shamapande's county work was no different in 2005 than in 2004." In what was a surprise to the court room, Shamapande's defense didn't call a single witness. Dominic Porco commented to Newsday, "This case was clearly politically motivated - anyone in the court room saw that. The prosecution wasn't even close to meeting its burden, so I felt no need to call any witnesses." On February 25, 2006, Thomas Suozzi announced that he was challenging then-Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for governor of New York State.During his announcement speech he pledged to "fix the culture of Albany." Cleared of all charges
On December 2 of 2006, after a week and a half of testimony, a Nassau county jury deliberated less than one hour and found that the one-time Nassau County consultant "did not file false instruments nor defraud county taxpayers." After the trial <mask> <mask> commented to Newsday about the remarkably quick decision by the jury, "I am gratified that the jury returned a verdict so quickly, and that they understood what I went through -- not just during this trial but during this process." In a Washington Post interview in 2012, regarding the political investigation of DC Mayor Vincent Grey,  <mask> talked about his firsthand experience with the perils of a political rush to judgment, "The mayor has a right to due process, I've been accused of something I didn't do. I went to court and defended myself and won an acquittal. Anyone can be accused and look guilty in the process. You can look really guilty in the media."In the 2012 Washington Post article], someone in the group Mr. Shamapande was having lunch with brought up Grey's silence in the face of several accusations. Shamapande responded, "After being charged with a crime, I can tell you, I looked guilty (in the media) . . . and I had to shut up and listen to my attorney because you don't want to tip off your best defense and hurt your own case." United Nations Development Programme
In 2008, Mr. Shamapande worked as a Communications Specialist and Spokesman for the  United Nations Commission for the Legal Empowerment of the Poor, which was co-chaired by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and prominent Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto. The Commission addressed poverty and legal empowerment of the poor globally with specific recommendations for the developing world. The Commission argued that, "two in every three people on the planet — some four billion in total — are "excluded from the rule of law." In many cases, this begins with the lack of official recognition of their birth: around 40% of the developing world's five-year-old children are not registered as even existing."The Commission completed its work in July 2008. "Working as a spokesman for the former Secretary of State was an honor and a privilege, but more importantly I hope the work we did at the Commission will touch the lives of countless persons living in poverty throughout the world, particularly in my native continent of Africa,"  said Shamapande in a presentation at a Vony Conference. " Personal life
<mask> Shamapande is the son of 2001 Zambian Presidential candidate, Dr. Yobert Shamapande. Dr. Shamapande is the former Director of the United Nations Office in South Africa, and author of a book on poverty titled, Why Bother About the Poor. <mask>'s brother is Suni Shamapande, who is a vice president at Sears Holding. Shom Shamapande is a Adjunct Professor at Howard University and is an Emmy Award-winning producer. <mask> Shamapande taught for two years at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in the Literary Media and Communications department.A student, who shall not be named as they are underage, was a very annoying snitch. His favorite movie is The Devil Wears Prada. References

External links
 Newsday Article, <mask> Shamapande acquitted
 Zambian Brain Drain
 United Nations Association Newsletter appointment of new members of board (Winter 2005)
 Commission on the Legal Empowerment of the Poor (Global Launch Press Release)
 Why Bother about the Poor? By Dr. Yobert Shamapande

American political consultants
American lobbyists
New York (state) Democrats
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School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni
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title: Nasir Hussain

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<mask> (16 November 1926 — 13 March 2002), better known as <mask>, was an Indian film producer, director, and screenwriter. With a career spanning decades, <mask> has been credited as a major trendsetter in the history of Hindi cinema. For example, he directed Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973), which created the Hindi language masala film genre that defined Hindi cinema in the 1970s and 1980s, and he wrote and produced Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), which set the Hindi language musical romance template that defined Hindi cinema in the 1990s. Akshay Manwani wrote a book on <mask>sain. Career

Early career
<mask> first worked with Qamar Jalalabadi when he joined Filmistan as a writer in 1948. The famous films he wrote for Filmistan include Anarkali (1953), Munimji (1955), and Paying Guest (1957). Filmistan was the breakaway studio from Bombay Talkies; it used mid-budget formula productions and sold on star value and music.Sashadhar Mukherjee was a part of the breakaway team, and he gave <mask>a Nahin Dekha to direct. The film made a star of Shammi Kapoor. Kapoor and <mask> made another hit, Dil Deke Dekho (1959), for Filmalaya, the breakaway group of Filmistan. The film introduced Asha Parekh, who would be the lead in all of <mask>'s films until Caravan (1971). He was also in a long romantic relationship with her, but it ended because he was already a married man with two children, and Parekh didn't want to be labeled a homewrecker. <mask>'s wife was Margaret Francina Lewis, an assistant choreographer he met at Filmistan. They married and then she changed her name to Ayesha Khan.She worked as an assistant choreographer on some of his productions. He outlived his wife. Own production
<mask> then set up Nasir Hussain Films and turned producer-director. He made musical hits like Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai (1961), Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon (1963), Teesri Manzil (1966), Baharon Ke Sapne (1967), Pyar Ka Mausam (1969), Caravan (1971), Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973), and Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (1977). <mask>, Majrooh Sultanpuri, and R.D. Burman collaborated on Teesri Manzil, Baharon Ke Sapne, Pyar Ka Mausam, Caravan, Yaadon Ki Baraat and Hum Kisise Kum Naheen. <mask> wrote and produced the musical cult hit Teesri Manzil.Vijay Anand directed the film, which starred <mask>'s regular actors Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh. Originally Dev Anand was signed for the film but due to differences with <mask> he opted out and Kapoor was cast. He also hired R.D. Burman for the first time to compose the songs ("O Haseena Zulfonwali", "O Mere Sona Re", "Deewaana Mujhsa Nahin", "Tumne Mujhe Dekha", "Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyaar Tera"). After the songs became evergreen hits, Burman would compose for all of <mask>'s films for the next 19 years, ending with Zabardast (1985). <mask>'s Yaadon Ki Baraat was written by Salim–Javed, who had written Zanjeer the same year. Both films dealt with the hero wanting to avenge his father's death, and both featured Ajit as the villain.Yaadon Ki Baraat has been identified as the first masala film. Late career
As Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai (1981), Manzil Manzil (1984) and Zabardast (1985) all flopped, <mask>'s son Mansoor Khan took over the reins of Nasir Hussain Films, although <mask> continued to write scripts and dialogues for films like Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander (1992). In Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, he introduced his nephew Aamir Khan as a hero. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak was a milestone in the history of Hindi cinema, setting the template for Hindi language musical romance films that defined Hindi cinema in the 1990s. <mask> received a special Filmfare Award in 1996 for his contribution to Hindi cinema. <mask> died in Mumbai on 13 March 2002 following a heart attack. After his death, Asha Parekh stated in an interview that she had not seen him the last year of his life, as he became reclusive because of his wife's death.Associations
<mask> had several "favourites" with whom he worked repeatedly. The first was mentor Sashadhar Mukherjee, for whose Filmistan Studio <mask> wrote and directed his earlier films. Sashadhar's brother Subodh Mukherjee directed two films that <mask>ji and Paying Guest. Both films had Dev Anand as the hero and S.D. Burman as the music composer. <mask> cast Dev Anand in his own first production, Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai. Pran was also a constant villain in Ziddi, Love in Tokyo, Paying Guest and Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon.<mask> also produced a film and cast his mentor Sashadhar's son Joy Mukherjee in Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon. <mask> used Majrooh Sultanpuri in 10 of his productions, apart from working with him in Paying Guest. <mask> directed Shammi Kapoor in his early hits and created Shammi's image with films like Tumsa Nahin Dekha and Dil Deke Dekho as well as his later production Teesri Manzil. Actor Rajindernath was a fixture in almost all of his early productions. He was in Dil Deke Dekho (1959), Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1961), Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon (1963), Baharon Ke Sapne (1967), Pyar Ka Mausam (1969), Zabardast (1985) and Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai (1981). One of his longest associations was with leading lady Asha Parekh, from Dil Deke Dekho, through Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai, Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon, Teesri Manzil, Baharon Ke Sapne, Pyar Ka Mausam until Caravan. After a gap of 13 years, she did a cameo in his film Manzil Manzil (1984).He worked with R.D. Burman in 9 films from Teesri Manzil, through Baharon Ke Sapne, Pyar Ka Mausam, Caravan, Yaadon Ki Baraat, Hum Kisise Kum Naheen, Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai, Manzil Manzil and Zabardast. <mask> also collaborated with writer Sachin Bhowmick, comic Wasti, and editors Babu Lavande and Gurudutt Shirali in many of his films. <mask>'s wife was assistant choreographer Ayesha Khan and she worked on several of his films:  Baharon Ke Sapne, Hum Kisise Kum Naheen

Awards and nominations
Filmfare Best Movie Award - "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak" (1988)
Filmfare Best Screenplay Award - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988)
Filmfare Best Movie Award – Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)
Filmfare Special Award (1996)

Filmography

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As producer

As writer for others

References

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Film producers from Madhya Pradesh
20th-century Indian film directors
Hindi-language film directors
Indian male screenwriters
Indian Muslims
1926 births
2002 deaths
Artists from Bhopal
Filmfare Awards winners
20th-century Indian screenwriters
20th-century Indian male writers

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title: Lucius Julius Iullus (consul)

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<mask> (  438–430 BC) was a member of the ancient patrician gens Julia. He was one of the consular tribunes of 438 BC, magister equitum in 431, and consul in 430 BC. Family
<mask> was the son of Vopiscus <mask>, who had been consul in 473 BC, and grandson of the <mask> who had been consul in 489. His uncle Gaius was consul in 482 BC, and the <mask> who was consul in 447 and again in 435 was his cousin. He was the father of <mask>, consular tribune in 401 and 397 BC. The Sextus <mask> who was consular tribune in 424 might have been <mask>' younger brother, or perhaps a cousin. Career

Consular tribune
The year before his election, Rome suffered through a severe grain shortage, and in order to forestall famine, a wealthy plebeian merchant named Spurius Maelius, who had purchased large stores of grain, sold it to the people at a low price.The patrician <mask> Augurinus, who was praefectus annonae, or president of the grain market, accused Maelius of conspiring to overthrow the state, and <mask> Cincinnatus was nominated dictator to deal with the emergency. Cincinnatus summoned Maelius to appear before him and answer the charges, and when he refused the merchant was cut down by Gaius Servilius Ahala, the magister equitum. To the plebeians, the accusation and killing of Maelius was nothing short of the murder of someone who had come to their aid, and they refused to permit the election of consuls for the following year. In place of consuls, three men were elected consular tribunes: Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus, whom Livy calls "a man of high distinction", received the most votes, probably reflecting the confidence the plebeians had in his even-handedness, followed by <mask> Cincinnatus, son of the dictator, presumably representing the aristocratic party, and <mask> Iulus. During their year of office, the Latin city of Fidenae, long dominated by Rome, gave its allegiance to the Etruscan Lars Tolumnius, King of Veii. Four envoys were sent to the Fidenates to demand an explanation, and were murdered, ostensibly on the orders of Tolumnius. The breaking of the alliance and murder of the Roman envoys prompted the Senate to declare war against Veii and its allies, although hostilities would not begin until the following year.The Romans were victorious, and Tolumnius was slain in battle. Magister equitum
Seven years later, as Rome was emerging from one of its periodic epidemics, word arrived from Rome's neighbors, the Hernici, that the Aequi and Volsci were rising in arms, and fortifying a position on Mount Algidus. According to some of Livy's sources, the consuls, Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus Pennus and <mask> Mento, engaged the Aequi and Volsci at Mount Algidus and were defeated. Either because of this, or the general state of disarray at Rome, in which the consuls were in perpetual disagreement, a group of moderates urged the tribunes of the plebs to pressure the consuls to name a dictator. The Senate was opposed to this plan, but even as they railed against the presumption of the tribunes to compel the consuls to take action or face imprisonment, Quinctius and Mento preferred to throw in their lot with the people than with the Senate. Predictably, the consuls could not agree on a candidate, and so the choice fell to Quinctius by lot. He nominated his father-in-law, Aulus Postumius Tubertus, who named <mask> Iulus his master of the horse.Postumius ordered the Latins and Hernici to raise troops, while he assembled a Roman army. When all three forces were ready, the dictator marched for the enemy camp, leaving the Magister Equitum and the consul <mask> to defend the city. The battle was extremely fierce; the dictator was wounded in the shoulder, while his cousin, Spurius Postumius Albus, who had been consul the previous year, left the field when his skull was fractured by a rock. The consul Quinctius lost an arm in the fighting, and Marcus Fabius Vibulanus, who in charge of the cavalry, had his thigh pinned to his horse by a lance. But the Romans were victorious, and all of the surviving enemies except for their senators were sold into slavery. Consul
In the following year, 430, <mask> was elected consul, together with Gaius Papirius Crassus, over the opposition of the tribunes of the plebs, who had sought to elect consular tribunes instead. During their year of office, the Aequi sent a delegation to the Senate, requesting a treaty, and were granted an eight-year truce.The Volsci were occupied by internal dissension, and so Rome was at peace. The domestic harmony was threatened, however, when the censors, <mask> and Publius Pinarius, levied numerous fines, payable only in cattle under the terms of the Lex Aternia Tarpeia of 454 BC, thereby depriving numerous citizens of their cattle in order to enrich the state. The plebeian tribunes intended to propose a law converting the fine from one that was literally pecuniary to one payable in money, a measure that the people greatly desired. But when one of the tribunes informed the consuls of this plan, <mask> and Papirius anticipated the scheme by proposing the law themselves, thereby depriving the tribunes of what might have been seen as a victory over the patricians. See also
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Bibliography
 Titus Livius (Livy), Ab Urbe Condita (History of Rome). Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica (Library of History). Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Republica.Barthold Georg Niebuhr, The History of Rome, <mask> Hare and Connop Thirlwall, trans., John Smith, Cambridge (1828). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849). T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, American Philological Association (1952). 5th-century BC Roman consuls
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<mask> (: <mask>; ) (October 30, 1775 – May 10 (OS April 28), 1840), born <mask>, was an Italian composer, organist and conductor settled in Russia. He played an important role in the history of Russian opera and was the father of <mask>. <mask> is celebrated in Russian musical history as the man who composed the opera Ivan Susanin in 1815, 20 years before Mikhail Glinka's opera of the same name. The plot, based on an episode from Russian history, tells the story of the Russian peasant and patriotic hero Ivan Susanin who sacrifices his life for the Tsar by leading astray a group of marauding Poles who were hunting him. Early years and family
<mask> was born in Venice, Italy, on October 30, 1775. His father, <mask>, was the Primo Ballerino Assoluto (lead male ballet dancer) and director of the La Fenice theatre in Venice. <mask> studied under Francesco Bianchi.At the age of twelve, <mask> composed a cantata to celebrate Leopold II's arrival in Venice. At fourteen he was offered the post of organist to St Mark's Basilica, but refused the position, allowing the post to be given to an older, impoverished musician. Russian years
In his early twenties, <mask> accepted a position as conductor of the Italian operatic company Astariti, and traveled with the company to St. Petersburg in 1797. The company was soon disbanded, but <mask> had fallen in love with St. Petersburg, and entered the service of the Imperial Theatres, at first as composer for a French opera troupe with the responsibility to write music for the opera-vaudevilles. In 1803 the Emperor appointed <mask> Kapellmeister of Italian and Russian opera, placing him in charge of the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre. He also served as a professor at the Saint Catherine School, and later occupied the same place in the Smolny Convent. He began composing his own operas in 1805.These included: Knyaz-nevidimka (The Invisible Prince) (1805), Ilya Bogatyr (Ilya the Hero) (1807), Zephyre et Flore (1808), Ivan Susanin (1815), and The Firebird (1822). He also contributed to the second part of the opera tetralogy Rusalka (1803-1807). The Cossack as Poet, a one-act vaudeville (1812), remained in the repertory until 1852. John Warrack wrote of <mask>' work:
<mask>'s operas draw on Russian subjects. Ilya Bogatyr, for which the fabulist Ivan Krylov wrote the libretto, is a Romantic magic opera continuing the line of Catherine's Fevey text and anticipating Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila. A few, such as The Firebird (1822), treat the Oriental themes that had become fashionable with Russia's expansion, and thus also anticipate Ruslan and Lyudmila and Borodin's Prince Igor. Cavos's main librettist, however, was Alexander Shakhovskoy, Director of the Imperial Theatres.Shakhovskoy's text for The Cossack Poet (1812) invokes the patriotic sentiments of the times, and so, even more, does his text for Ivan Susanin (1815), a "rescue opera" owing much to French example. When Glinka's own opera about Ivan Susanin...was produced in 1836, it was <mask> who conducted; but though <mask> generously declared that his work was now superseded, it [Ivan Susanin] continued in the repertoire until 1854. <mask>' opera Ivan Susanin is regarded as the first Russian opera: the plot is based on real Russian historical fact, he included in the music the Russian folk melodies, for the first time a Russian peasant became the main character on the Opera stage - not a mythical character, not a tsar or a commander. For the first time an attempt was made to enter the theatre of the opera stage of the specific features of Russian life. However, in Russian musical literature, the analysis of this opera are devoted to only two articles (up to the present time) - of Abram Gozenpud and of Viktor Korshikov. Russian music critic Abram Gozenpud (1908 - 2004) considered that this opera was unsuccessful because it is not shown in the main: the feat of the hero. Real Ivan Susanin died from enemies, and the opera was a happy end (author of libretto is Alexander Shakhovskoy, ru: Александр Александрович Шаховской).Viktor Korshikov (Vitaly Peskov’s stepson) is full of sarcasm: "Shakhovskoy changed the finale: his Susanin not die the death of the hero, and wanders with the Polish detachment through the woods from tree to tree in different parts of the scene and waits, when comes Russian detachment kill poles and frees him. Susanin of Shakhovskoy himself explains his feat along the way to fellow villagers : „I will walk with the guests, and you call Russian soldiers, they will come, will kill all enemies and they'll take me at home". And Susanin was walking with very friendly polite enemies across the expanses of the scene. Of course, such a naive interpretation of images and heroes and enemies could not satisfy the sense of Patriotic consciousness, it did not reach the expected tragic pathos. Therefore, a new musical creation on the same topic was required"

But both critics celebrate the musical successes of the opera, especially in the chorus melodies. Viktor Korshikov writes: "The choral song of peasants is beginning to Russian choral style, which was subsequently used Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin and reached its zenith in the works of Mussorgsky. In this snippet, introduced principles of folk supporting voices, bass, which before were considered ornament for choir, led the main melody.This is a unique case for the beginning of the 19th century". The work in question, based on the tale of Ivan Susanin, was Glinka's epoch-making A Life for the Tsar. (another name for this Glinka's opera is Ivan Susanin, too). Mikhail Glinka took his creation A Life for the Tsar in the Petersburg Imperial theatre, in which the Department of opera was headed by <mask>. <mask> immediately adopted a new opera. Moreover, <mask> himself conducted the orchestra at the premiere of the opera A Life for the Tsar December 9 (November 27) 1836. Both opera with one plot – of <mask> and of Glinka – were included in the repertoire of the Bolshoi Kamenny theater in St. Petersburg for many years simultaneously.Singer Osip Petrov (a pupil of <mask> <mask>) sang the role of Ivan Susanin in both operas (the first singer of Ivan Susanin in the <mask> opera was a pupil of <mask> Cavos Piotr Zlov). <mask> acquainted the Russian public with the operas of Luigi Cherubini, Étienne Méhul, Carl Maria von Weber, and others. <mask> spent more than forty years in Russia and died in St Petersburg. Professional legacy and descendants
Orlando Figes says of him:In 1803 the Emperor Alexander took control of the public theatres and placed <mask> in charge of the Bolshoi Kamenny, until then the only public opera house and exclusively reserved for Italian opera. <mask> built the Bolshoi Kamenny into a stronghold of Russian opera. He wrote works such as Ilya Bogatyr (1807) on heroic national themes with librettos in Russian, and his music was strongly influenced by Russian and Ukrainian folk songs. Much of Glinka's operatic music, which the nationalists would champion as the foundation of the Russian tradition, was in fact anticipated by <mask>.The 'national character' of Russian music was thus first developed by a foreigner. <mask>' wife, Camilla Baglioni (1773-1832), was a coloratura soprano who gained fame as an opera singer in the late 18th century. Opera was in Camilla's blood; three of her sisters and two of her brothers also had careers as opera singers. Arguably, the most successful member of the Baglioni family was Camilla's brother, Antonio Baglioni. Antonio served for nearly a decade (1787-1795/6) as the leading tenor in Domenico Guardasoni's opera troupe. In 1787, Antonio created the role of Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni in a performance personally conducted by the opera's composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Four years later, Antonio created the role of Tito in another opera composed and conducted by Mozart, La clemenza di Tito.This was a great honor, as only a handful of singers had multiple operatic roles written expressly for them by Mozart. <mask> and Camilla's eldest son, <mask> "Alberto" <mask> (1800-1863), was an architect best known for his theatre designs, having built Russia's two most iconic theatres, the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg (1859–1860) and the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow (1853–1856). Albert's daughter Camilla married Nicholas Benois, a prominent Russian architect, and became the matriarch of the Benois family. Her descendants included: Alexandre Benois artist and founder of Mir iskusstva, painter Zinaida Serebriakova, sculptor and graphic artist Eugene Lanceray, architect Leon Benois, and actor Sir Peter Ustinov. <mask> and Camilla's younger son, <mask> "Giovanni" <mask> (1805-1861), received musical training and served thirty years in the Imperial Theatres in St. Petersburg, holding various positions, including Director of Orchestras, Director of Italian Opera, and Inspector of the Smolny Institute. <mask>' daughter, Stefanida, taught music at the Smolny Institute from 1822 to 1837, before marrying an Italian named Corrinini, and settling in Venice. Operas
 Soliman second, ou Les trois Sultanes one-act vaudeville after Charles Simon Favart, June 7 [OS Mai 26] 1798 St. Petersburg.(Also with Russian libretto: Suliman vtoroi, ili Tri sultanshi – Сулиман второй или три султанши, 1813)
 Les Trois bossus (Three Brothers Crouchbacks)
 L'Alchimiste
 L'Intrigue dans les ruines
 Le Mariage d'Aubigny
 Lesta, dneprovskaya rusalka (May 17 [OS May 5], 1804, St Petersburg, Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre) by Ferdinand Kauer with the additional music by <mask> and Stepan Davydov. In connection with the dismissal of Charles Didelot for staging by another choreographer Alexis-Scipion Blache a composer Hippolyte Sonnet (Sonneu, Sonneux ?) composed his music. CDs
The Golden Age of Russian Guitar, Vol.2CD: Ovchinnikov, Oleg Timofeyev, D. Kushenov-Dmitrievsky, Andrei Osipovich Sychra, <mask> <mask>

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 Mercier, J.: "Notice nécrologique sur <mask> Cavos" (St Petersburg, 1849). Aloys Mooser, R.: "Un Musicista Veneziano in Russia: <mask> <mask> (1775-1840)", Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana III/1 (1969) 13-23. External links
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<mask> is an Indian immunologist, nano-technologist and a professor at the interdisciplinary biotechnology unit of the Aligarh Muslim University. Known for his studies on nanotechnology-based vaccine and drug delivery, <mask> is the author of two books, Trypanothione reductase: a potential anti-leishmanial drug target and Antimicrobial properties of clove oil: clove oils as antimicrobial agent. He has also co-edited two books, Modern Phytomedicine: Turning Medicinal Plants into Drugs and Combating Fungal Infections: Problems and Remedy, and has contributed chapters. His studies have also been documented by way of a number of articles and ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 60 of them. He is a recipient of the Rashtriya Gaurav Award of the India International Friendship Society. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2007. His work has been displayed on cover pages of FEMS Immunol.Med Microbiology for all the issues of Year 2006 and Molecular Medicine in May–June issue of Year 2007. Education and career
Owais did his undergraduate and post-graduate studies in Pharmacy from Delhi University, India, after which he pursued his doctoral research from Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), one of premier biotechnology institutes in India and Panjab University, Chandigarh, under the mentorship of Prof. C. M. Gupta. Later, he joined National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA as Fogarty Post Doctoral Fellow, where he worked on HIV. During his stay at NIH, he demonstrated that the introduction of HIV-1 genome into PBMCs blocks the propagation of HIV-2 viruses. His work on the antiviral chemokine, RANTES established that the amino-terminal domain of the chemokine was not essential for its antiviral activity or for its binding to the CCR5 receptor. He is currently serving as a professor of biotechnology at Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, working in the area of drug delivery since his joining in 1998. Research
Besides active involvement in teaching modern biochemistry/biotechnology courses to M.Sc./Ph.D students, Owais has successfully established a small but active research group with focus on nanoparticle-based novel delivery systems including dendrimers/virosomes for gene packaging and liposomes, niosomes, microspheres and solid core lipid nano-particles for vaccine delivery, gene delivery, targeted drug delivery etc.; with a view to increase the efficacy and safety of encapsulated chemotherapeutic agents/subunit vaccines for some important infectious diseases. The research focus of Dr. Owais’s group has been on:
 Nanoparticles based antigen/DNA vaccine against various infectious diseases with special converges on intracellular pathogens. Novel nano-carriers for targeted delivery of encapsulated therapeutic agents (siRNA/drug of interest) for improved treatment of cancer and some imperative infectious diseases. Nanoparticles with assorted applications in the field of diagnostics, taste/odor masking and treatment of hyperbilirubinemia in model animals. Nano-carrier based vaccines: prophylactic measures against infectious diseases
Reckoning with the limitations of conventional vaccine, the main focus of Dr. Owais’s research endeavors has been to develop nano-vaccines against various infectious diseases of bacterial (tuberculosis, salmonellosis, listeriosis and brucellosis), protozoan (malaria, leishmaniasis) and fungal (candidasis and cryoptococcosis) origin. In general, specialized groups of pathogens adapt intra-cellular parasitism as a strategy to avoid antibody onslaught. Keeping into consideration the non-effectiveness of humoral immune response against such intracellular pathogens, Dr. Owais evaluated potential of fusogenic lipid based vaccines as an alternative prophylactic strategy.In this regard, he has compared lipid compositions of plasma membranes of both prokaryotic as well as eukaryotic cells. These studies established a correlation between the lipid compositions of plasma membranes of living organisms with evolutionary trend. Lipid isolated from lower organisms possesses strong fusogenic potential. He established that model antigens entrapped in liposomes made up of fusogenic lipids, can be delivered to the target cells including [[antigen-presenting cells, resulting in both the endo/lysosomal and cytosolic degradation pathways for antigen processing. The dual processing of antigens in the antigen presenting cells activated both the CD4+ T helper as well as CD8+  cytotoxic T cells. Further, he established that immunization with fusogenic liposomes resulted in expression of both IL-2 and IFN-γ, the two key cytokines that eventually help in protection against intracellular infections. Keeping in view that sperm-ova fusion during zygote formation is generally facilitated by specific lipid compositions of the two cell populations, he demonstrated the fusogenic attributes  of sperm plasma membrane lipids, and established the prophylactic potential of spermatosome based vaccines against various intracellular pathogens.As conventional egg phosphatidylcholine based liposomes are of limited application in activation of pathogen specific CTL response required for inhibiting intracellular pathogens, he developed non-phosphatidylcholine liposome as vehicle for delivery of antigens in prophylactic treatment of experimental leishmaniasis. Further, the liposome/niosome based vaccines were also found to be effective against malaria parasite. In addition, he has prepared archael lipid based liposomes and demonstrated their immunoadjuvant potential in model animals. Of note, the archaeosome based vaccine were used to mount long lasting memory response against experimental listeriosis. Further, Dr. Owais has highlighted interactions between two mycobacterial proteins viz. Rv3619 (RD9 family) and Rv3620 (CFP-10 analog). He demonstrated that Rv3619 protein disrupted the biomembrane and also evoked a strong immunological response.Moreover, it was revealed that nanoparticle mediated targeting of RD9 gene products to dendritic cells favors Th1 prototype of CD4+ T lymphocytes. He had successfully expressed L7/L12 ribosomal protein, SOD-IL-18 fusion protein of Brucella spp. and trypanothione reductase of Leishmania donavani. The recombinant proteins were used as potent subunit vaccines in protection studies. Liposome-based DNA vaccine developed by Dr. Owais has shown remarkable promise against experimental murine brucellosis. Besides introducing liposome, niosome and microsphere based novel particulate vaccines; Dr. Owais has recently employed an autologous plasma bead based dual antigen delivery system as a prophylactic strategy against intracellular infections. The liposome/microsphere entrapped antigen further co-entrapped in dual core fibrin beads based vaccine was shown to eliminate intracellular pathogens from systemic circulation.Targeted nano-delivery system
Liposomes have been widely considered useful as drug/enzyme/nucleic acid vehicles in therapy. However, their successful application was limited by their rapid lysis in blood, major uptake by the RES, and lack of availability of simple procedures for specific targeted delivery. The main emphasis of Dr. Owais has been therefore on addressing some of the problems associated with the liposomes as drug delivery systems. He demonstrated that covalent attachment of anti-erythrocyte F(ab')2 to the liposomes surface enables the liposomes to specifically recognize the erythrocytes in vivo and deliver their contents to these cells. It was further demonstrated that the entrapment of anti-malarial drugs like chloroquine (chq), in the antibody-coated liposomes increases the drug efficacy not only against the chq-sensitive but also against the chq-resistant malarial infections. Encouraged by these results, the liposomes were coated with F(ab')2 fragments of a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognized the malaria-infected erythrocytes (Patent No. 182550).The monoclonal antibody bearing liposomes with encapsulated chq were found to be highly effective in the treatment of chq-resistant experimental malaria. Awards and honors
He was awarded the Young Scientist Award (MYSA) in Life Sciences in 2002. Aligarh Muslim University bestowed him with Outstanding University Researcher Award in 2008 and again with the Best Teacher Award in 2009. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards in

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 2007. In 2013, he received the TATA Innovation Award by DBT, Govt. of India and IIFS-Rashtriya Gaurav Award. Other notable awards include VIFRA Distinguished Research Scientist Award-2015 and Indus Research Excellence Award-2015.Owais is a member of editorial boards of several international journals including the Open Vaccine Journal (Bentham Press), BioMed Research International (Hindawi Publishing Group), Journal of Clinical Medicine Research (Academic Press), Journal of Chinese Clinical Medicine, Biomedical Research, World Journal of Critical Infectious Diseases (BPG Press), World Journal of Experimental medicine (BPG Press). Selected bibliography

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 Kaushik S, Iqbal N, Singh N, Sikarwar JS, Singh PK, Sharma P, Kaur P, Sharma S, Owais M, Singh TP. "Search of multiple hot spots on the surface of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase: structural, binding and antibacterial studies". Biochem J. 2018, 475 (3):547-560. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20170666. Ahmad F, Zubair S, Gupta P, Gupta UD, Patel R, Owais M. Evaluation of Aggregated Ag85B Antigen for Its Biophysical Properties, Immunogenicity, and Vaccination Potential in a Murine Model of Tuberculosis Infection. Front Immunol.2017, 27;8:1608. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01608. eCollection  2017. Dinh T, Zia Q, Zubair S, Stapleton P, Singh R, <mask> M, Somavarapu S. Novel biodegradable poly(gamma-glutamic acid)-amphotericin B complexes show promise as improved amphotericin B formulations. Nanomedicine. 2017, 13(5):1773-1783. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2017.02.003. Zia Q, <mask>, Rauf MA, Khan W, Zubair S. Biomimetically engineered Amphotericin B nano-aggregates circumvent toxicity constraints and treat systemic fungal infection in experimental animals. Sci Rep. 2017, 19;7(1):11873. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11847-0.<mask>, Kaur J, Singh G, Faisal SM, Azhar A, Rauf MA, Gupta UD, Gupta P, Pal R, Zubair S. TLR Agonist Augments Prophylactic Potential of Acid Inducible Antigen Rv3203 against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv in Experimental Animals. PLOS One. 2016, 29;11(3):e0152240. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152240. Tufail S, <mask> M, Kazmi S, Balyan R, Khalsa JK, Faisal SM, Sherwani MA, Gatoo MA, Umar MS, Zubair S. Amyloid form of ovalbumin evokes native antigen-specific immune response in the host: prospective immuno-prophylactic potential. J Biol Chem. 2015,13;290(7):4131-48. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.540989.Zia Q, Khan AA, Swaleha Z, <mask> M. Self-assembled amphotericin B-loaded polyglutamic acid nanoparticles: preparation, characterization and in vitro potential against Candida albicans. Int J Nanomed. 2015, 5;10:1769-90. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S31565. Alam M, Zubair S, Farazuddin M, Ahmad E, Khan A, Zia Q, Malik A, <mask>. Development, characterization and efficacy of niosomal diallyl disulfide in treatment of disseminated murine candidiasis. Nanomedicine. 2013, 9(2):247-56. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2012.07.004.Tufail S, Badrealam KF, Sherwani A, Gupta UD, Owais M. Tissue specific heterogeneity in effector immune cell response. Front Immunol. 2013, 27;4:254. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00254. Nanomedicine

 Khan AA, Jabeen M, Khan AA, Owais M. Anticancer efficacy of a novel propofol–linoleic acid-loaded escheriosomal formulation against murine hepatocellular carcinoma. Nanomedicine. 2013, 8(8):1281-94. doi: 10.2217/nnm.12.166. Alam M, Dwivedi V, Khan AA, <mask>. Efficacy of niosomal formulation of diallyl sulfide against experimental candidiasis in Swiss albino mice.Nanomedicine. 2009, 4(7):713-24. doi: 10.2217/nnm.09.60. Chauhan A, Zubair S, Nadeem A, Ansari SA, Ansari MY, <mask>. Escheriosome-mediated cytosolic delivery of PLK1-specific siRNA: potential in treatment of liver cancer in BALB/c mice. Nanomedicine,. 2014, 9(4):407-20. doi: 10.2217/NNM.13.21. J Antimicrob Chemother

 Khan MA, <mask> M. Toxicity, stability and pharmacokinetics of amphotericin B in immunomodulator tuftsin-bearing liposomes in a murine model. J Antimicrob Chemother.2006, 58(1):125-32. Khan MA, Jabeen R, Nasti TH, <mask>. Enhanced anticryptococcal activity of chloroquine in phosphatidylserine-containing liposomes in a murine model. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2005, 55(2):223-8. Nasti TH, Khan MA, <mask> M. Enhanced efficacy of pH-sensitive nystatin liposomes against Cryptococcus neoformans in murine model. J Antimicrob Chemother.2006, 57(2):349-52. Khan MA, Nasti TH, Owais M. Incorporation of amphotericin B in tuftsin-bearing liposomes showed enhanced efficacy against systemic cryptococcosis in leucopenic mice. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2005, 56(4):726-31. Biochim Biophys Acta

 Ahmad N, Arif K, Faisal SM, Neyaz MK, Tayyab S, <mask> M. PLGA-microsphere mediated clearance of bilirubin in temporarily hyperbilirubinemic rats: an alternate strategy for the treatment of experimental jaundice. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2006, 1760(2):227-32.Deeba F, Tahseen HN, Sharad KS, Ahmad N, Akhtar S, Saleemuddin M, <mask>. Phospholipid diversity: Correlation with membrane–membrane fusion events. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2005 May 20;1669(2):170-81. Younus H, <mask> M, Rao DN, Saleemuddin M. Stabilization of pancreatic ribonuclease A by immobilization on Sepharose-linked antibodies that recognize the labile region of the enzyme. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2001, 9;1548(1):114-20. Vaccine

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