Pashko Vasa
-Governor of Lebanon-

Stefi Gjine
-growing tennis player-




Gjine draws on athletic genes

REGINA (CP) - Growing up in an athletic family, it was natural for Stefi Gjine to be successful in sports, especially tennis.

The tennis phenom from North Vancouver, B.C., grew up with the strong support of her parents, who were elite athletes in Albania. Now at only 15-years-old, she has 124 trophies in her collection.

"I'm telling you I love tennis," Gjine said. "I used to play the under-14, under-16 and under-18 (in B.C.) and I won all three of them. From that tournament on, they wouldn't let me play all three."

Since she was 11, Gjine has been winning the province's top two events. She stepped onto the national stage at her first Canada Summer Games this week.

(...)

Gjine's dad says he's really glad both Stefi and her 11-year-old sister Jenny inherited the athletic gene.


The rest : www.tsn.ca/tennis/news_story.asp?id=133180

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Igli Tare
-football player-




NAME: Igli TARE
POSITION: Forward
HEIGHT: 191 cm
WEIGHT: 87 kg
BIRTHDATE: July 25, 1973
NATIONALITY: Albanian
HOMETOWN:Vlora, Albania

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Rahim Ademi

-Croatian Army General of Kosovo-Albanian Origin-



Born and raised in the village of Karač, Vučitrn muncipality of Kosovo, Rahim Ademi finished the Yugoslav military academy in Belgrade in 1976 and was assigned to a station in Rogoznica near Šibenik in Croatia, where he got married and had two children.

In 1986, the Military Court in Sarajevo convicted him of counterrevolutionary acts and Albanian irredentism, but after serving a year and a half in jail, the Supreme Military Court agreed with his appeal and acquitted him. He would spend the next years serving as an officer in Sinj until 1990 when the war in Croatia was starting and he deserted from the Yugoslav People's Army in order to help create Croatian army formations in that part of the country.

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Gjergj Kastrioti
"Skenderbe"

-Albanian National Hero-




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A great man not only for Albanians but for the whole Europe

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Enver Idrizi

-Former World and European Karate Champion in Absolute Category-



The European karate champion in absolute category in 1995 was Enver Idrizi (of Albanian nationality), also ex-champion of the world (1994).

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Shefki Kuqi
-English Premer league,Blackburn Rovers-



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Kreshnik Qato

-Albanian World Champion Boxer-

 

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William G. Gregory

-Astronaut-



1996

EVENT: Mother’s Day
DATE: April 19, 1996
LOCATION: Micalli Terrace - Brooklyn, NY

DETAILS: AAWO organized this event to honor mothers and their contribution to our community. A special guest at this event was the first Albanian astronaut, William Gregory.

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Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I

-Orthodox Priest-




Patriarch Athenagoras I was born in the province of Ioanina, Epirus on March 25, 1886, at that time still apart of the Ottoman Empire. The son of the village doctor, his mother died when he was only 13. In 1903, he entered the Halki Theological Academy near Istanbul. In 1910, he graduated with his degree in theology, was tonsured as a monk and ordained as a deacon. In December of 1922, while still a deacon, he was elected as the Metropolitan of the island of Corfu. In 1930, he was elected the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America and served as our Archbishop until 1948. During his 18-year tenure, the women’s Philoptochos, the philanthropic arm of the Church was established. He also established an orphanage, St. Basil’s Academy, and a seminary, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Elected Patriarch of Constantinople in 1948, Athenagoras was active in the ecumenical movement, seeking to establish better relationships among Christians. Perhaps most notable was his meeting with Pope Paul VI in Jerusalem in 1964, which resulted in the mutual lifting of the anathemas that had separated Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians since 1054 AD. This symbolic gesture opened the possibility of authentic dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches for the first time in centuries. Patriarch Athengoras died on July 7th, 1972.

The excerpts below are taken from a book, Conversations with Patriarch Athenagoras written by the French Orthodox theologian and writer, Olivier Clement in 1969.

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Tom Perrotta
-Writer-




Good to Know
Some fun factoids from our interview with Perrotta:

"My mother is Albanian."

"I don't eat eggs."

"My dog lived to the ripe old age of 18."

source - biography

Tom Perrotta did not take well to being a parent. "I had gone to great lengths to invent myself as somebody who had a certain level of coolness," he told Terry Gross, in a 2004 interview for NPR's Fresh Air, "and parenthood is about the least cool role you can take on. For anybody who has any sort of bohemian leanings or aspirations or self-delusions, parenthood is a jolt to the very fiber of your being."

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Donald Leka
-Founder, Chairman and CEO
TransMedia, Inc.-



“Donald Leka launched Transmedia during one of the toughest economic climates in recent history. Donald appeared on CNN to introduce his company to the business community on September 7, 2001. A few days later, the tragic events of September 11 changed the world, drastically altering technology investment and spending in Transmedia’s target markets.

Many technology companies went out of business, or stopped developing new technology. Donald had another plan, redoubling Transmedia’s development and sales efforts and securing angel investment and strategic partner investment, with fair valuations and terms for the company.

The rest here

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Alexander III the Great





Sir William Woodthorpe Tarn, of the British Academy, regarded worldwide as having written the definitive work on Alexander the Great, states in the opening paragraph of his book Alexander the Great that "Alexander certainly had from his father (Philip II) and probably from his mother (Olymbia) Illyrian, i.e. Albanian, blood!"*

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Laura Mersini
-theoretical physicist ; Famous Cosmologist-



Early and Late Times Universe, Dark Energy, Observational Constraints on Theoretical Models in Cosmology, Phenomenological Implications of String Theory, Transplanckian Physics, Extra Dimensional Scenarios and Brane-Worlds in Cosmological Issues

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Tony Dovolani
-US Dancer-


Tony Dovolani with Stacey Keibler

# Style: Latin
Nationality: Albanian
Based in: New York

BACKGROUND:

Born in Kosovo, Tony began folk dancing at age three. When he was 14, his entire family moved to the United States and Tony got the opportunity to attend classes at a Fred Astaire Dance Academy. From that moment on, he knew he had found his passion. Since that time, Tony has traveled the world and won many championships.

Tony also had role as a Latin bad boy in the hit film, Shall We Dance? and spent time coaching Jennifer Lopez.

DANCING:

Ballroom dancing is all about the woman, according to Tony. He believes the man is meant to be the frame for the picture of beauty as presented by the woman.




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Enrico Cuccia

-MASTER OF ITALIAN FINANCE-



Cuccia was the man of "determining importance" for Italy's fragile post-war economy.
Political, bank, finance and business leaders all agree that Cuccia's death marks the end of an era.

Prime Minister Giuliano Amato said that Mr. Cuccia's death preceded by only a few days the formal closing of IRI, the state holding company set up in the 1930's to nationalize private companies after World War II. The Prime Minister remarked that the coincidence of these two events mark the end of an era and the turning point of a capitalism which is more open and competitive.

Newspapers talk of Cuccia as the silent string-puller of Italian capitalism.

Transport Minister, Pierluigi Bersani, praised Mr. Cuccia for his contribution to "the solutions that helped Italian finance and industry emerge".

Bank of Italy Governor, Antonio Fazio stated that Cuccia " was a man who always worked for his country"

Confindustria President, D'Amato remembered that Cuccia 'has always fought to defend private enterprise and the market". "Italy will miss this man of great intelligence and experience" he goes on to say.

Industrialist Giovanni Agnelli remarked that with his death "Italy loses the most important character of this century".

Alfonso Desiata, president of the Generali, Italy's largest Insurance Company, recalled the "high example of professional ethics" given by Cuccia throughout his life.

Rainer Masera, administrator of the San Paolo-IMI bank, underlined Cuccia's " great respect for the value of the bank as an enterprise" while Davide Croff, administrator of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, highlighted Cuccia's "exceptional qualities, a man who has given a great deal to Italian finance and economy".

Cuccia was still in control of Mediobanca and the news of his death boosted all the "Mediobanca galaxy" shares.

The race towards succession has already started though Cesare Geronzi, President of the Banca di Roma, the biggest Mediobanca share holder, stated that there are no vacancies (Cuccia was honorary president) and that there will be no revolutions, but only international alliances that will have to be accelerated". Mediobanca, he said, "will continue to be a merchant bank and any change will need time, meditation, and agreement of shareholders". He also stated that he does not understand the reason for the boost on the Stock Exchange.

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What does the Cuccia name mean?
Last Name: Cuccia
from a feminine form of Cuccio.
from an Albanian family name derived from kuqi ‘red’; the surname is recorded chiefly in Piana degli Albanesi in Palermo province, the home of an ancient Albanian community.

www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?html=b&ln=Cuccia&sourcecode=13304

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Ty Treadway
-US/Albo Actor-



He has an Albanian Eagle on his necklace.

www.tytreadway.com/

Actor - filmography
(2000s) (1990s)

1. "Cold Case"
- Revenge (2005) TV Episode .... Brad Witham
2. "JAG"
- The Sixth Juror (2005) TV Episode .... Ben Hewitt
3. SOAPnet Salutes ABC Daytime (2003) (TV) .... Host
4. "SoapTalk" (2002) TV Series .... Host
5. Soulkeeper (2001) .... Male Prostitute
6. I/O Error (2001) .... Ian/Owen
7. "One Life to Live" (1968 ) TV Series .... Dr. Colin MacIver (2000-2001)/Dr. Troy MacIver (2001-2003, 2003-2004)
8. ...Or Forever Hold Your Peace (2000) .... Gabe

9. "Just Shoot Me!"
- Jack Vents (1999) TV Episode .... Repairman
10. Heaven & the Suicide King (1998 ) .... Tommy Tucker

Filmography as: Actor, Himself, Archive Footage

etc...

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Another pic with an Albanian t-shirt !

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Girolamo De Rada

-Arbëresh Writer-



Girolamo De Rada (1814-1903), known in Albanian as Jeronim De Rada, is not only the best known writer of Italo-Albanian literature but also the foremost figure of the Albanian nationalist movement in nineteenth-century Italy.

Born the son of a parish priest of Greek rite in Macchia Albanese (Alb. Maqi) in the mountains of Cosenza, De Rada attended the college of Saint Adrian in San Demetrio Corone. Already imbued with a passion for his Albanian lineage, he began collecting folklore material at an early age. In October of 1834, in accordance with his father’s wishes, he registered at the Faculty of Law of the University of Naples, but the main focus of his interests remained folklore and literature. It was in Naples in 1836 that De Rada published the first edition of his best known Albanian-language poem, the ‘Songs of Milosao,’ under the Italian title Poesie albanesi del secolo XV. Canti di Milosao, figlio del despota di Scutari (Albanian poetry from the 15th century. Songs of Milosao, son of the despot of Shkodra). He was soon forced to abandon his studies due to a cholera epidemic in Naples and returned home to Calabria. His second work, Canti storici albanesi di Serafina Thopia, moglie del principe Nicola Ducagino, Naples 1839 (Albanian historical songs of Serafina Thopia, wife of prince Nicholas Dukagjini), was seized by the Bourbon authorities because of De Rada’s alleged affiliation with conspiratorial groups during the Italian Risorgimento. The work was republished under the title Canti di Serafina Thopia, principessa di Zadrina nel secolo XV, Naples 1843 (Songs of Serafina Thopia, princess of Zadrina in the 15th century) and in later years in a third version as Specchio di umano transito, vita di Serafina Thopia, Principessa di Ducagino, Naples 1897 (Mirror of human transience, life of Serafina Thopia, princess of Dukagjin). His Italian-language historical tragedy I Numidi, Naples 1846 (The Numidians), elaborated half a century later as Sofonisba, dramma storico, Naples 1892 (Sofonisba, historical drama), enjoyed only modest public response. In the revolutionary year 1848, De Rada founded the newspaper L’Albanese d’Italia (The Albanian of Italy) which included articles in Albanian. This bilingual ‘political, moral and literary journal’ with a final circulation of 3,200 copies was the first Albanian-language periodical anywhere.

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Bernardo Bilota

-Arbëresh Poet, Folklorist-



Bilota Bernard, 1843-1918. Poet, folklorist, Arbresh fromFrasnita of Cosenza. Known as initiator of two Arbereshlinguistic congresses held in Koriljano Calabro, 1895 and inLunger in 1897.

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Bill Kovach

-Director of the Harvard Fellowship; Award Winning Journalist-



Bill Kovach, who has been called "a newsroom hero" for his unwavering principles as an editor and "the conscience of American journalism" for his uncompromising advocacy of high professional standards, will receive the 48th Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for journalism at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, on Thursday, November 9.

The award, established in 1952, is presented annually to honor important contributions to the nation’s journalistic achievement and to remember Lovejoy, an 1826 Colby graduate who was America’s first martyr to freedom of the press.

As the 2000 Lovejoy Fellow, Kovach will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at 8 p.m. in Colby’s Lorimer Chapel before he delivers an address. The Lovejoy convocation is open to the public.

Kovach, the son of Albanian immigrants who settled in Tennessee (his father never learned to read or write), rose to editorial positions at The New York Times, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Washington Post. For 11 years, until last June, he led The Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, which strives to elevate journalism standards through publications, seminars, conferences and fellowships. In 1999 Kovach published Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media with co-author Tom Rosenstiel, a study of news coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky controversy.

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Oni Pustina
-Model in Italy-



His website

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Shefki Kuqi

-Famous finnish footballer-



Shefki Kuqi (born November 10, 1976 in Kosovo) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers F.C. in the English Premiership. He is a big and strong striker - nicknamed The Kosovar Ox - who is known more for his determination than technical skill. Shefki is the elder brother of Njazi Kuqi, who plays for Birmingham City.

Kuqi started his playing career with MP Mikkeli, shortly after emigrating to Finland. He also played for HJK Helsinki and FC Jokerit – with whom he was the Veikkausliiga top scorer in 2000 – in Finland, before joining Stockport County in January 2001. Kuqi then had a spell at Sheffield Wednesday before joining Ipswich Town. Kuqi's 20 goals in the Championship for Ipswich in the 2004-05 season earned him a move to the Premiership with Blackburn. In the current season alone, Kuqi has notched up 7 goals and 7 assists thus far.

Kuqi has received some media attention - especially from Match of the Day - for his spectacular, and unusual, goal celebration: the swan dive (or flying Finn). Where Kuqi jumps forward with both arms out, in what could be described as an attempt to glide like a bird, before crashing to the ground. Although, it looks like a celebration which may cause injury Kuqi has been reported to have said it does not hurt him.

Kuqi made his debut for the Finnish national team on August 18, 1999 against Belgium. He is a regular squad member of the team.

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Vasile Lupu

-Sundimtar i krahines Rumune te Moldavise ne periudhen 1634-1653-

 

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Ambeta Toromani

-Famous in Italy-

 

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Candan Erçetin




(Kjo osht kengetare me prejardhje shqiptare nga Shkupi, eshte seksi dhe ka fame shume ne Turqi edhe kjo qe mbi 10 vite edhe shume kenge turke ose disa kenge shqiptaret ja kane vjedhur kesaj)

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Yeþim Salkým



(Eshte kengetare e famshme eshte kjo shume, deri vone se kam dite qe osht me prejardhje shqiptare perndryshe sikur Candan Ercetin ka shume fame...perndryshe baba vet eshte deshmor i turqve ne luften e Cannakales)

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Elton Buonforte



I have 12 years of experience in modeling, dancing and acting. I have modeled for ad campaigns, commercials,magazines and catalogs including:GIORGIO ARMANI,DOLCE&GABBANA,CALVIN KLEIN AND GIANFRANCO FERRE as a underwear model.
I have also performed as a dancer in numerous music videos.
My acting entails the following movies and television shows:
"Mob Scene" in which I play an F.B.I agent which was shown on Discovery Channel in March 2004.
"No Rules" with Pamela Anderson, Gary Busey and Tom Sizemore, in which I play cornerman, which was shown in summer 2005.
"Living the Dream", I play a dancer.
"The Gun", I play a fighter, directed by Robert Rundle(who directed Hyper Space)
"Partners", I play a waiter and was directed by David Diamond (who directed Happy Days)
Participated in the "2004 Latin Grammy Awards".
"Mr. & Miss Magic Model of the Year Contest 2004", contestant, and I won 2nd prize.
"HERBIE FULLY LOADED", I play a pit crewmember, with Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton and Matt Dillon, was shown from June 2005 in theaters.
"Medium", I play an Arizona cop in the 10th episode of the season alongside Patricia Arquette, on TV in January 2005 on NBC Channel 4.
"Untold stories from E.R.", I play an intern doctor for two episodes, which was already at The Learning Channel, TLC Channel in April 2005.
"BLACK EYED PEAS" Birthday Bash Party in the Highlands Club in Hollywood on December 2005 I was the VIP guest.
I am very professional and easy to work with. I can also could change my look or character that fits best to your product, company or role.

Languages I speak include English, Italian, Albanian and Spanish.

Thank you for visiting my website.
Elton Buonforte

www.eltonbuonforte.com/

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Viktor Eftimiu

-Shkrimtar i Njohur ne Romani-

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Lee Constantine Elia
-Baseball Player-



SPORTS

Lee Constantine Elia (1937– ), baseball player, coach, and manager, managed the Chicago Cubs (1982–1983) and the Philadelphia Phillies (1987–1988 ).

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Valon Behrami

-Switzerland football player-



Behrami, who helped Switzerland reach the World Cup with a goal in a play : off match against Turkey, said he had rejected an apology from the centre:left Social Democratic Party after they issued an electronic mail shot pointing out that he had nearly failed to find refuge in the country.

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OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Biography

Valon Behrami (born 19 April 1985 in Mitrovicë, Kosovë) is a Swiss midfielder currently playing professional football for S.S. Lazio of Italian Serie A.

Of Kosovo-Albanian origin, Behrami moved to Stabio, a village in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, due to war when he was only a child, and he then obtained the Swiss nationality.

Behrami started playing football in Swiss sides FC Stabio, FC Chiasso and FC Lugano. After a number of impressive appearances with FC Lugano, Behrami was jointly signed by Italian teams Genoa and Udinese, and played the Serie B championship with Genoa in 2003. In 2004, Udinese sold its rights on Behrami to Hellas Verona, and therefore Behrami moved to the gialloblu side, again in Serie B. After an impressive season played with Hellas Verona, Lazio signed him in the summer of 2005. He is used to wear the #85 jersey, as he does for Lazio. He has made € 6 000 000 so far in his professional career.

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Switzerland football player-



He is of Albanian origin from Macedonia.

Blerim Džemaili (born 12 April 1986 in Macedonia) is a Swiss football midfielder of Albanian origin who currently, as of May 2006, plays for FC Zürich.

He is a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.


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Blerim Dzemaili, d’origine Albanais de Macédoine, a connu sa 1ère sélection en équipe de Suisse le 1er mars 2006 contre l’Ecosse (3-1). Il joue depuis 5 ans au club suisse de FC Zürich. Agé de 20 ans, il compte déjà 4 sélections et figurent plutôt parmi les remplaçants (62 min. de jeu) de l’équipe Suisse comme Milieu de terrain. Il porte le numéro 15 au mondial Allemagne 2006.

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Nick Tosches
-Famous US Writer = half Albanian, Half Italian-



Nick Tosches, d'origine italo-albanaise, a d'abord travaillé pour une marque de sous-vêtements, puis comme chasseur de serpents avant de renoncer à toute activité salariée pour se lancer dans l'écriture. Ses premiers textes furent publiés dans les magazines rock et abordent les racines des musiques populaires américaines (country, rock'n'roll) par une érudition maniaque mais désacralisante et un constant humour à froid. Des caractéristiques que l'on retrouve dans les quinze très beaux poèmes "post-beat" déclamés ici d'une voix à la fois précise et flegmatique par l'écrivain lui-même, lors d'une performance à Beaubourg en mars 2001 en compagnie d'une violoniste, d'un guitariste, d'un percussionniste et - le temps d'un morceau - de la chanteuse-poétesse Patti Smith.

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www.exitwounds.com/Tosches.htm


Later on, I purchased his novel Trinities, which takes place in the fascinating but unsavory world of the Mafia – with which Tosches is very familiar, both from having grown up in Newark, New Jersey, in an Italian/Albanian family, and for having written a now hard-to-find and comprehensive biography of the Sicilian mobster Michele Sindona. I did not read this very good novel until after I had finished reading The Nick Tosches Reader, which is a mighty fine sampler of Tosches’ writing (fiction, non-fiction, book and record reviews, and articles published in numerous magazines, from Vanity Fair, to Rolling Stone and The Village Voice, to name only three) -- if you want to get a good grasp of what Nick Tosches is all abo...

walisabeth.blogspot.com/2005/07/on-nick-tosches.html 

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Saimir Strati

-Artist/Guiness Book recordman-



Saimir Strati speaks in front of the portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci, which he created with industrial nails, at the International Centre of Culture in Tirana, September 4, 2006. REUTERS/Arben Celi

World's largest nail mosaic hammered out

By Benet Koleka

TIRANA (Reuters) - Albanian artist Saimir Strati has hammered tens of thousands of nails into a wooden board over the past 24 days to create a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci and the world's biggest nail mosaic.

"I can officially confirm that we have a new record for the largest nail mosaic of eight square metres," Guinness World Records adjudicator Scott Christie said late on Monday.

The mosaic stood in the main hall of Tirana's pyramid-shaped culture centre, exactly where a larger-than-life sculpture of the late Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha used to stand.

Large-headed nails shone in the light falling on the sides of Da Vinci's flowing grey beard. Smaller black tapestry nails created shadow below his eyes and chin. Three rows of yellow nails framed the portrait.

"I have lost count of the nails, but I think it was around 400 kilos (880 pounds) of nails. I have used different nails. The condition was they should be industrial nails and they are," Strati said.

"My technique resembles (digital) camera pixels. I have used a nail for each pixel," he told Reuters.

A video record of the feat showed him nailing away for up to 12 hours a day.

"This is something quite unique and quite spectacular," Christie told Reuters, adding the mosaic is "a completely new category" for Guinness.

"We did not know quite what to expect before we came, but we are amazed and truly astounded at the fantastic work he has done, days and nights and hour upon hour," he added.

"Someone will have to try to beat that, but I do not think it will be beaten for some time."

(c) Reuters 2006. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world.

This article: http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1312682006

Last updated: 05-Sep-06 14:28 BST


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Gedeon Burkhard
-German Actor (Kommissar Rex)-

He is the great-grandson of Aleksander Moisiu



Great-grandson of famous Albanian actor Alexander Moissi.

(...)Did several TV commercials (including a TV commercial for Japan)

October 2000 his contract he signed for the role as Brandtner in Kommissar Rex ended.

He was sent to bording-school in England by his parents when he was 8.

Became father of a daughter, 13 July 2004, her name is Gioia Filomena

He lived in the USA for three years, from 1995 to 1998.

His 1996 marriage lasted only four months.

Great-grandson of famous Albanian actor Alexander Moissi...

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Marie Logoreci
-Actress-


Lady Milford in "Intrigue and Love" by F. Shiler

* The Russian Affair (1947) - Jessie
* Tartuffe (1947) - Elmire
* Deep Roots (1949) - Alisa Lengton
* The Plot of the Condemned (1950) - Christina Padera
* Halili and Hajria (1950) - Fatima
* Six Lovers (1952) - Alyona Patrovna
* Our Land (1954) - Loke
* Intrigue and Love (1957) - Lady Milford
* Seven Knights (1958 ) - Triga
* Hamlet (1960) - Gertrude
* The House of Bernarda Alba (1961) - Bernarda Alba
* The Moral of Madame Dulska (1962) - Tadrahova
* The Great Wall (1966) - Mother Jun
* The Perkolgjinajs (1966) - Mara
* Drita (1967) - Manushaqja - Directed by Marie Logoreci
* The Lass of the Mountains (1967) - Prenda
* Everybody's Roof (1968 ) - The old woman
* The Big Drown (1977) - Gjela

Marie Logoreci (born September 23, 1920 in Shkoder, Albania). She is an actress of Albanian films and drama. She has appeared in several films such as Skanderbeg, Fëmijet e Saj, Toka Jonë. Marie is also well known for her acting on television, such as her recurring appearances on Gjenerali i Ushtrise se Vdekur. She was the most famous on her dramas with her acting.

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Alex Buzo
-Famous Australian playright-





Alex Buzo (23 July 1944 - 16 August 2006) was an Australian playwright and author who wrote 88 works. [1]

Buzo was born in Sydney in 1944 to an Albanian-born father and an Australian mother. He attended The Armidale School in Armidale and The International School in Geneva before graduating from the University of New South Wales.


About his Dad, Zinhi

I mentioned in my writer's post that Zihni, Alex's dad, had come to Armidale for the building of the Oakey Hydro Scheme. As an aside, I spelt Zinhi's name wrongly, failing to add the h. But then, I have always said the name, rarely spelt it!

Zihni Buzo OAM was an Albanian. He used to tell me now he had been in the Boy Scouts with Enver Hoxha who later become communist dictator. Apparently Hoxha was a nasty piece of work even then.

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One of Australia's best known playwrights, Alex Buzo, died on Wednesday August 16, aged 62.

The 62-year-old died at his home in Sydney after a long battle with cancer.

Alex Buzo leaves behind a large body of work, including plays, such as Norman and Ahmed and Rooted, and novels including Tautology, I don't want to sound incredulous but I can't believe it, and A Dictionary Of The Almost Obvious.

Many of his works taught in high schools and universities. Alex Buzo leaves behind a wife and three daughters.


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Tefta Tashko Koço
-Egyptian Soprano-




Soprano Tefta Tashko Koço (1910-1947) was born in Fayoum, Egypt, where her parents had emigrated from the end of the 19th century. In 1921 the family moved to Korçë, and in 1927 Tefta left for Montpellier to learn singing. Between 1932 and 1936 she studied at the Conservatoire National de Musique et de Déclamation in Paris. When she returned to Albania permanently in 1936, apart from her programmes of operatic and chamber music, she also dedicated a great deal of effort to concentrating on learning and performing the Albanian urban lyric songs. She recorded twice for Columbia in Italy, in 1937 and 1942, a selection of the classical vocal repertoire and 45 Albanian urban lyric songs. Tefta was esteemed by national and foreign critics as “a lyric soprano of an excellent training, with a clear and healthy tone, with a cristaline intonation, brilliant vocal technique, discreet gestures and delightful phrasing” (Gllas, Beograd, 14 November 1945). Nearly five years before her death, Tefta and her husband, Kristo, had a son named Eno.

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Doruntina Disha:

- Kosovo Albanian singer living in Norway -




Sources, in Norwegian:

http://www.dreamfactory.no/content/artister/doruntina/index.html
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doruntina_Disha
http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=287319

In Albanian

http://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doruntina_Disha 

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