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# Ralph J. Marino

Ralph John Marino (January 2, 1928 – April 6, 2002) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Temporary President of the New York State Senate from 1989 to 1994.

## Life

Marino was born on January 2, 1928, in Rochester, New York. He served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1947. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1951; and from Fordham University School of Law in 1954. He met his wife Ethel Bernstein while studying at Syracuse. They married in 1954, and settled in her hometown of Oyster Bay on Long Island, and had three children. Marino practiced law in Oyster Bay, and entered politics as a Republican.
Generally considered a Rockefeller Republican, he was first elected to the Senate in 1968 and became known for protecting Long Island's interests in Albany. He succeeded Warren M. Anderson as Temporary President and Majority Leader in 1989.
He was one of the very few downstate politicians to hold the Senate Majority Leader position and the first Long Islander to hold the position. Marino frequently sparred with Governor Mario Cuomo on the budget. The budget grew under his tenure as majority leader by some 50%.
He opposed George Pataki's nomination for governor in 1994. Pataki won the election, and as de facto party leader engineered a caucus room coup against Marino with the aid of much more conservative Republicans from Upstate and Western New York. Despite the fact that Marino's deputy and closest ally, Jess J. Present, was in fact from Western New York, Pataki's opposition and the growth of the budget resulted in his ouster in November 1994. He was succeeded by Joseph Bruno, a conservative from the Capital District.
After sitting in the 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th, 190th and 191st New York State Legislatures, Marino resigned his Senate seat on February 8, 1995.
He died on April 6, 2002, in Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, New York, of tongue cancer. His wife Ethel died May 10, 2004.

## Sources

* ↑ Ex-Majority Chief Resigns From State Senate in The New York Times on February 9, 1995
* ↑ Ralph J. Marino, Former State Senate Leader, Dies at 74 in The New York Times on April 7, 2002
* ↑ Deaths; MARINO, ETHEL (NEE BERNSTEIN) in The New York Times on May 12, 2004
New York State Senate :
| Preceded byHenry M. Curran | New York State Senate 3rd District 1969–1972 | Succeeded byCaesar Trunzo |
| Preceded byJohn D. Caemmerer | New York State Senate 5th District 1973–1995 | Succeeded byCarl Marcellino |
| Political offices |||
| Preceded byWarren M. Anderson | Temporary President of the State Senate 1989–1994 | Succeeded byJoseph Bruno |
# Edwyn E. Mason

Edwyn E. Mason (February 6, 1913 – July 9, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He was born on February 6, 1913, in De Peyster, St. Lawrence County, New York. He attended school and high school in Ogdensburg. He graduated B.Sc. from Oswego State Teachers College in 1938. He graduated from Albany Law School, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in Hobart, Delaware County, New York.In 1941, he married Melva Bettinger, and they had two children.
Mason was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1953 to 1972, sitting in the 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th, 176th, 177th, 178th and 179th New York State Legislatures. He was an alternate delegate to the 1960 Republican National Convention.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1973 to 1978, sitting in the 180th, 181st and 182nd New York State Legislatures. Afterwards he moved to Zephyrhills, Florida.
He died on July 9, 2003, in Zephyrhills, Florida.
# Mahip Chadha

Mahip Chadha was an Indian writer and a former colonel in the Indian Army. He served in The Second Battalion The Third Gorkha Rifles.

## Early life

Chadha was born in a Sikh family. He was commissioned on 25 December 1966 and after serving Indian Army for 34 years retired on 30 June 2000.

## Life after the army

After retirement Chadha worked in several jobs. He finally retired as President of Helios Aviation. He resides in New Delhi and started writing as a profession in 2009. He has written four books. He founded the publishing house Creative Crows Publishers in New Delhi in 2014. It is now run by his partner Tannaaz Irani and daughter.

## Death

Mahip Chadha died of cardiac arrest in his sleep on 10 January 2017.

## Works

Grit, Guts, and Gallantry was the book written by Col Mahip Chadha. It was released on 8 January 2011 By H. E General J J Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd.), Governor, Arunachal. The book is an account of the author's journey through the NDA and the IMA. It is a motivational book and serves to act as a much needed career counseling requirement, for students of classes 9 to 12, so that they can consider the Armed Forces of India as a viable career option. It also assists children in the National Cadet Corps to understand the Army better. For enlisted soldiers it assists them to understand what the transformation from soldier to officer means.
Soljer Soljer is the second book published by Mahip Chadha. Soljer Soljer is a story based on an imaginary infantry battalion of the Third Gorkha Rifles – the Sixth battalion.
# Love Shines (film)

Love Shines is a documentary film about Canadian songwriter Ron Sexsmith by filmmaker Douglas Arrowsmith. The film is produced by Paperny Entertainment and commissioned by The Movie Network and Movie Central with funding from Astral Media's Harold Greenberg Fund and the Rogers Documentary Fund.
It was nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 for Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series, Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series, and Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series.

## Synopsis

Love Shines follows Ron Sexsmith as he attempts to turn his niche following into mainstream success by recording his album Long Player Late Bloomer with legendary producer Bob Rock.

## Release dates

Love Shines had its world premiere as a "special presentation" at the 2010 Vancouver International Film Festival and won audience awards at SXSW 2011 and the 2011 Maui Film Festival. It also screened at the 2011 Hot Docs Festival in Toronto. It debuted on television on BBC Four in March 2011 and on HBO Canada in May 2011.

## Subjects interviewed

* Ron Sexsmith – singer, songwriter
* Steve Earle – singer, songwriter and producer
* Elvis Costello – singer, songwriter
* Leslie Feist – singer, songwriter
* Tony Ferguson – vice president of Interscope Records
* Daniel Lanois – producer (U2, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris)
* Bob Rock – producer (Metallica, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe)
* Rob Bowman – Grammy Award–winning professor, author and critic
* Kiefer Sutherland – actor, co–owner of Ironworks Studios
* Michael Dixon – Ron Sexsmith's manager
* Colleen Hixenbaugh – Ron Sexsmith's wife
* Christopher Sexsmith – Ron Sexsmith's son
* Dorothy Grodesky – Ron Sexsmith's mother
# Samuel L. Greenberg

Samuel L. Greenberg (November 12, 1898 – April 24, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

Greenberg was born on November 12, 1898, in New York City. He graduated from Public School No. 149 in 1911; from Boys High School in 1914; from Columbia College; and from New York University School of Law in 1919. During World War I he served in the U.S. Navy. He married Esther (died 1987), and their only child was Gloria Mae (Greenberg) St. Lifer.
Greenberg was a member of the New York State Senate from 1943 to 1972, sitting in the 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th, 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th, 176th, 177th, 178th and 179th legislatures. He was Chairman of the Committee on Finance in 1965.
He was an alternate delegate to the 1948 and 1952 Democratic National Conventions.
He died on April 24, 1992.

## Sources

* ↑ New York Red Book (1963–1964; pg. 74)
* ↑ ESTHER GREENBERG in The New York Times on January 31, 1987
* ↑ "Samuel L. Greenberg" at Social Security Info
New York State Senate :
| Preceded byJoseph A. Esquirol | New York State Senate 8th District 1943–1944 | Succeeded byJohn J. Crawford |
| Preceded byElmer F. Quinn | New York State Senate 12th District 1945–1954 | Succeeded byFred G. Moritt |
| Preceded byJohn G. Macdonald | New York State Senate 17th District 1955–1965 | Succeeded byJames H. Shaw, Jr. |
| Preceded byJerome L. Wilson | New York State Senate 22nd District 1966 | Succeeded byWilliam J. Ferrall |
| Preceded byWilliam C. Thompson | New York State Senate 19th District 1967–1972 | Succeeded byJeremiah B. Bloom |
# Joseph M. Margiotta

Joseph M. Margiotta (June 6, 1927 – November 28, 2008) was an American political boss who ran the Nassau County, New York Republican Party, considered "one of the most powerful political organizations in New York State", until his 1983 convictions on federal charges.

## Life

Margiotta represented Uniondale in the New York State Assembly from 1966 to 1976, sitting in the 176th, 177th, 178th, 179th, 180th and 181st New York State Legislatures.
Margiotta became chairman of the Nassau Republican Party in 1967, exercising control over political appointments and patronage jobs, and playing an active role in issues including allocation of cable television franchises and bridge tolls. Residents would often call a local Republican committeeman to deal with issues like broken streetlights instead of calling a county agency.
At a campaign rally held in 1972 with a crowd of 15,000 at the Nassau Coliseum as part of Richard Nixon's re-election campaign, Nixon's opening words were "This is the biggest and best rally, Joe Margiotta, I have ever seen".
He was convicted in 1981 for his involvement in a scheme in which a Long Island insurance company would split its commissions with Republican politicians, with some $678,000 brought in over a decade. The government's case relied on the presumption that Margiotta's influence over county government made him a public official subject to federal extortion laws, even though he was not an elected official. Margiotta insisted that he had not broken any laws, stating that "I've been convicted because I’ve been a successful political leader". After his conviction on federal mail fraud and conspiracy charges as part of the municipal insurance kickback scheme, he was forced to resign from his post and spent 14 months in prison.
Among his most successful protégés were former United States Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato, former New York State Republican Party chairman Joseph Mondello, and Dean Skelos, majority leader of the New York State Senate.
Margiotta, a resident of Brookville, New York, died on November 28, 2008, in St. Francis Hospital in Flower Hill, New York, where he had been hospitalized for nearly a week.

## Hofstra University

Margiotta was an alumnus of Hofstra University, which named its field house Margiotta Hall in his honor in 1991. Margiotta was a Hofstra student-athlete and long-time supporter. He founded the Hofstra Pride Club and served as its president for more than 20 years. The Joseph M. Margiotta Distinguished Service Award is given annually by Hofstra in recognition of extraordinary dedication, generosity and service to the Hofstra Pride Club and Hofstra athletics.
# Frank D. O'Connor

Frank D. O'Connor (December 20, 1909 – December 2, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

O'Connor was born on December 20, 1909, in Manhattan, New York City, the son of Irish immigrants. He grew up in Elmhurst and graduated from Newtown High School and Niagara University in 1932, and from Brooklyn Law School in 1934. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. He later practiced law in Queens and became active in politics as a Democrat.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (6th Dist.) from 1949 to 1952, sitting in the 167th and 168th New York State Legislatures. In November 1952, he ran for re-election, but was defeated by Republican Bernard Tompkins.
O'Connor gained fame as a lawyer in 1953, when he defended Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero, a bass player at the Stork Club falsely accused of armed robbery. The story was the basis of the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock movie, The Wrong Man, in which O'Connor was portrayed by Anthony Quayle.
O'Connor was again a member of the State Senate (8th Dist.) in 1955. In November 1955, he was elected as District Attorney of Queens County, and remained in office from 1956 to 1965. He was a delegate to the 1960 and 1964 Democratic National Conventions. In 1966, he was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of New York, losing to Nelson Rockefeller. He was President of the New York City Council from 1966 to 1968.
O'Connor was a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1969 to 1979, and an Official Referee (i.e. a senior judge on an additional seat) of the Supreme Court from 1980 to 1985. From 1976 to 1985, he sat on the Appellate Division.
He died on December 2, 1992, in Booth Memorial Hospital in Flushing, Queens, from head injuries he had suffered 13 days earlier when he fell down a flight of stairs at his home.
# Sanford G. Lyon

Sanford G. Lyon (March 20, 1866 – January 18, 1936) was an American businessman and politician from New York.

## Life

Lyon was born on March 20, 1866, in Ledyard, New York, the son of Hiram Lyon and Abby Gifford. He attended Sherwood Select School in Sherwood.
Lyon entered the hay and grain business in 1885. In 1891, he bought the coal yards and grain elevator in Aurora, where he began conducting the coal, lumber, and grain business and engaged in farming. In 1906, he was elected a director of the First National Bank of Aurora. He was appointed vice-president of the bank in 1908. By time he died, he was president of the bank. He was also elected a director of the Auburn Trust Company at its first meeting in 1906. During World War One, he was a member of the Cayuga County Home Defense Committee and district chairman for the Liberty Loan.
Lyon served as trustee and president of Aurora, and was on the school board for many years. In 1922, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Cayuga County. He served in the Assembly in 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, and 1927. His paternal grandfather Alfred Lyon, maternal grandfather Sanford Gifford, and uncle Coral C. White all previously served in the Assembly.
In 1896, Lyon married Eliza M. Mekell. After she died in 1906, he married Josephine Head of Ithaca. His children were Mrs. Elbert H. Brock, Mrs. Charles L. Cecil, Esther, Sanford Jr., and Malcolm G. He was a Freemason.
Lyon died at home on January 18, 1936. He was buried in Aurora Cemetery.
# Henry Neddo

Henry Neddo (May 12, 1881 – January 11, 1957) was an American businessman, banker and politician from New York.

## Life

He was born on May 12, 1881, on a farm in Whitehall, Washington County, New York, the son of George Neddo (1836–1916) and Delia (Archambault) Neddo (1850–1913). He attended the public schools, and graduated from Albany Business College. Then he worked with his father in the family's century-old boat-building business. At the same time he was an adjuster for several marine insurance companies. He married Mary Barrett (1876–1971), and they had two children. In 1908, he sold the boat business and opened a general store instead. Later he also engaged in banking, and was President of the Merchants National Bank of Whitehall.
He entered politics as a Republican, and was a delegate to the 1898 Republican state convention, and much later a member of the Republican State Executive Committee. He held many local offices, being at times a canal superintendent, town clerk, postmaster, and president of the school board.
Neddo was a member of the New York State Assembly (Washington Co.) from 1941 to 1949, sitting in the 163rd, 164th, 165th, 166th and 167th New York State Legislatures. In January 1947, his 38-year-old son Francis J. Neddo, a lawyer in Saratoga Springs, was killed in a car accident. Neddo was an alternate delegate to the 1948 Republican National Convention. He resigned his seat in 1949, to run for the State Senate seat vacated by the appointment of Benjamin F. Feinberg as Chairman of the New York State Public Service Commission.
Neddo was a member of the New York State Senate from 1950 until his death in 1957, sitting in the 167th, 168th, 169th, 170th and 171st New York State Legislatures.
He died on January 11, 1957, at his home in Whitehall, New York; and was buried at the Neddo Cemetery there.
# John M. Hackett

John Mulford Hackett (January 12, 1881 – January 3, 1954) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

Hackett was born on January 12, 1881, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of John Hackett, an Irish immigrant and district attorney of Dutchess County, and Harriet V. Mulford, daughter of assemblyman David H. Mulford. His brother Henry was a lawyer who served as executor for the wills of both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his mother Sara Delano Roosevelt.
Hackett attended Riverview Military Academy, Columbia University, and Albany Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1904, and began practicing law in 1905. He joined his father's law practice in Poughkeepsie.
In 1921, Hackett was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the Dutchess County 2nd District. He served in the Assembly in 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930. In 1923, he introduced a bill that authorized the construction of the Mid-Hudson Bridge.
Hackett was married to Charlotte Elizabeth Cunneen, daughter of New York Attorney General John Cunneen. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Hackett died at home on January 3, 1954. He was buried in the family plot in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery.
# Elmer F. Quinn

Elmer Francis Quinn (June 16, 1895 – September 2, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He was born in Manhattan, New York City, on June 16, 1895, and attended Grove Street Grammar School No.3 and Townsend Harris High school. He graduated from City College of New York and Fordham University School of Law. He practiced law in New York City, and for some time was confidential secretary to George W. Olvany.
On January 7, 1926, Quinn was elected to the New York State Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jimmy Walker who had been elected Mayor of New York City. Quinn remained in the State Senate until his death in 1952, serving in the 149th through the 168th New York State Legislatures. He was Minority Leader in the State Senate from 1945 to 1952.
He died on September 2, 1952, at St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan, New York City.
# Frederic E. Hammer

Frederic E. Hammer (April 7, 1909 – September 3, 1980) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He was born on April 7, 1909, in New York City. He attended the public schools and graduated from St. John's University.
Hammer was a member of the New York State Senate (5th D.) from 1945 to 1948, sitting in the 165th and 166th New York State Legislatures. In November 1948, he ran for re-election, but was defeated by Democrat James F. Fitzgerald.
He was an alternate delegate to the 1960 and 1964 Republican National Conventions. In September 1960, he was appointed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller to the Workmen's Compensation Board. In November 1963, he ran for D.A. of Queens County, but was defeated by Democrat Frank D. O'Connor.
Hammer was a judge of the New York City Civil Court until 1971, and a justice of the New York Supreme Court (11th D.) from 1972 until his death in 1980.
He died on September 3, 1980, at his home in Neponsit, Queens.

## Sources

* ↑ New York Red Book (1947; pg. 87)
* ↑ HAMMER IN STATE POST in the New York Times on September 23, 1960 (subscription required)
* ↑ Justice Frederic E. Hammer, 71, Of State Supreme Court Is Dead in the New York Times on September 6, 1980 (subscription required)
New York State Senate :
| Preceded byWilliam Kirnan | New York State Senate 5th District 1945–1948 | Succeeded byJames F. Fitzgerald |
# Necyria

Necyria is a Neotropical metalmark butterfly genus.
There are three species which all have colourful iridescent markings. They are forest insects. Some are part of mimetic complexes.
The genus was erected by John Obadiah Westwood in 1851. The subspecies shown in the taxobox is named in Westwood's honour.

## Species

* Necyria bellona
* Necyria ingaretha Nicaragua.
* Necyria duellona Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil.
# Uka

Uka or UKA may refer to:
* UKA (festival), a Norwegian cultural festival
* Uka (restaurant), a Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant in Hollywood, California
* Uka (village), a depopulated village in Kamchatka, Russia, or the river that flows through it
* Ūka, means "come" in Gīkūyū** Uka Airport, a decommissioned airfield in Kamchatka, Russia
* Uka (singer), Mongolian singer
* Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, a surgery to relieve arthritis of the knee
* UK Athletics, a sports governing body
* United Klans of America, a branch of the Ku Klux Klan
* Ükä, a dialect of Standard Tibetan
# Christodoulos Christodoulides

Christodoulos Christodoulides (born August 22, 1976) is a Cypriot judoka who won the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In the final he was defeated by the Australian Tom Hill. He also represented Cyprus at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 73 kg class, but was eliminated by the Portuguese João Neto in the first round. Over his career, he won seven gold medals (two of them as part of a team) for Cyprus in the Games of the Small States of Europe: in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2009.
He was placed 5th and 7th in the Mediterranean Games 1997 and 2001, 7th in the 2003 European Judo Championships in Maribor, Slovenia, and 9th in the 2003 World Judo Championships in Osaka, Japan. In 2004, he was 11th placed in the World Rank List for 73kg men.
He is now 5th IJF Dan and he is the Technical Director of the Cyprus Judo Federation.

## Achievements

| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
| 2003 | European Judo Championships | 7th | Lightweight (73 kg) |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 2nd | Lightweight (73 kg) |
# Foro Iberoamericano Sobre Estrategias de Comunicación

FISEC (Foro Iberoamericano Sobre Estrategias de Comunicación) or "Ibero-American Forum on Communication Strategies" is a nonprofit association founded in 2003 by a group of academic and professional experts as a common meeting point in the field of communication and strategy. It includes more than 350 experts from 120 universities and 130 members of the mass media, institutions and firms from Latin American countries, the United States, Italy, France, Germany and Russia. Among the members are French epistemologist and essayist Edgar Morin, Spanish psychologist José Luis Pinillos Diaz, Colombian philosopher Guillermo Hoyos, cultural anthropologist Constantin Von Barloewen (Harvard University Council, U.S.A.), and communicators and media analysts Jesús Martín Barbero (Pontificia Universidad Javierana, Bogotá), Rafael Alberto Pérez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Jesús Galindo Cáceres (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico), José Carreño (Universidad Iberoamericana de México DF and ex spokesman for the Mexican Government) and Sandra Massoni (Universidad de Rosario, Argentina).
Through the debates carried out during FISEC's 7th International Conference and through a bibliography the organization is developing a “New Strategic Theory” which is explained in the book Hacia una teoría general de la estrategia (Ariel, 2009) written by two of its members with a prologue written by the Latin American Secretary General Enrique V. Iglesias.

## Geography

FISEC is present in 22 countries and has established national chapters in nine of them:
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Dominican Republic
* Mexico
* Peru
* Portugal
* Spain

## Board of directors

The current leadership team of FISEC was elected in October 2016 in Colombia:
* Rafael Alberto Perez (R.I.P) - Honor President.
* Raul Herrera - International President
* Manuel Quiterio Cedeño - Treasurer
* Haydée Guzmán - International Vice-president
* Dino Villegas - International Vice-president