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[:el]David Sedaris is a comedian, an author and a radio contributor, the great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire. Sedaris was born on 26 December 1956 in New York. His father is...

The famous director George Miller honoured

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[:el]George Miller, the famous director’s contribution has been recognised at this year’s Environmental Media Awards. Held at Warner Bros Studios on October 24, the Mad Max director was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by model and actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who appears in Fury Road....

National Geographic tv presenter

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[:el] Hazen Audel is a National Geographic tv presenter and a biologist. He travels to some of the most inhospitable places on earth in order to master survival techniques that maintained some tribes against the odds, for thousands of years. He is a former Ferris High School biology...

22 ancient shipwrecks discovered near Greek island

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[:el]Shipwrecks were the stuff of lore around the craggy coasts of Fourni, a Greek archipelago in the eastern Aegean Sea. Generations of local fishermen and sponge divers had seen piles of ancient pottery collecting algae on the seafloor. A group of marine archaeologists finally investigated the...

Greek astrophysicist awarded with the Hans Bethe Prize

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[:el] Northwestern University astrophysicist Vicky Kalogera won the 2016 Hans A. Bethe Prize from the American Physics Society (APS). The top-level astrophysics and nuclear physics prize recognizes outstanding work in theory, experiment or observation in the areas of astrophysics, nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics or closely related...

A truly gifted make up and prosthetic artist

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[:el]Crist Ballas is make up artist working for the movies and the television, and is in fact, awarded with an Emmy award for his exceptional work. Ballas owns and operates Metamorphosis Make-Up Artistry; a full service make-up and prosthetic laboratory located in Minnesota. He was...

One of the most accomplished biomedical scientists in the world

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[:el]George D. Yancopoulos is the Founding Scientist, President and Chief Scientific Officer in Regeneron Laboratories. According to Forbes magazine, Yancopoulos’ exceptional research in Regeneron has made him a billionaire. He is the first research and development chief in the pharmaceutical industry to become a billionaire....

A world expert doctor in 3D blood flow dynamics

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[:el] Michail Papafaklis is a leading doctor in invasive and non-invasive three-dimensional imaging of coronary arteries and in hemodynamics. He is a Research Affiliate at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences in MIT Papafaklis was born in Athens, Greece and got his MD in the University of...

Chancellor of the University of Illinois

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[:el]Michael Amiridis is the chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was named UIC chancellor in March 2015 and his appointment was formally approved by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees at its January 15, 2015, meeting. “I’m honoured and at the same time...

A Greek researcher in the US National Academy of Medicine

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