Valentin Toledo is a Spanish painter currently living in Los Angeles, California. He was born in Seville, Spain and worked for many years as an Art Director for prominent European magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire, and Elle. He also worked as an illustrator for which he was awarded with the LAUS prize for Outstanding Achievement in Illustration and as a photographer he received an award from the French Ministry of Tourism.
Toledo published a book of photographs titled USA, which is distributed exclusively in museums throughout Europe and Asia.
He is now most recognized for his intricate, abstract works on glass. Toledo’s paintings have shown in Madrid, Barcelona, London, Seville, Paris, Frankfurt, throughout Mexico, Los Angeles and New York.
Toledo published a book of photographs titled USA, which is distributed exclusively in museums throughout Europe and Asia.
He is now most recognized for his intricate, abstract works on glass. Toledo’s paintings have shown in Madrid, Barcelona, London, Seville, Paris, Frankfurt, throughout Mexico, Los Angeles and New York.
Tariq Shafi was a British Pakistani cancer consultant who died from Covid-19.
Biography
Dr. Shafi was the lead consultant for haematology at Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford. He routinely volunteered his time and spoke frequently at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Pakistan. Dr. Shafi attended Cadet College Hasan Abdal, and received his Bachelor of Medicine from King Edward Medical University in Lahore, Pakistan in 1984. Dr. Shafi continued to assist his patients over the phone after he himself had been diagnosed and was placed under quarantine.
Death and legacy
Dr. Tariq Shafi died from COVID-19 on May 6, 2020.. He is believed to be the first doctor and sixth health care worker from Kent to die from the virus.. Dr. Shafi is the seventh Pakistani NHS professional to lose their life to COVID-19.
Dr. Shafi's passing is notable in that he had no known underlying health conditions prior to contracting the virus. Instead, his death appears to be part of a larger pattern of ethnic minorities in England and Wales dying of coronavirus at far higher rates than their white peers according to an analysis by the London-based Institute of Fiscal Studies.. Individuals from Pakistani backgrounds were found to have death rates 2.9 times higher than their white British counterparts., ITV News, Geo News, The News International, .
Biography
Dr. Shafi was the lead consultant for haematology at Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford. He routinely volunteered his time and spoke frequently at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Pakistan. Dr. Shafi attended Cadet College Hasan Abdal, and received his Bachelor of Medicine from King Edward Medical University in Lahore, Pakistan in 1984. Dr. Shafi continued to assist his patients over the phone after he himself had been diagnosed and was placed under quarantine.
Death and legacy
Dr. Tariq Shafi died from COVID-19 on May 6, 2020.. He is believed to be the first doctor and sixth health care worker from Kent to die from the virus.. Dr. Shafi is the seventh Pakistani NHS professional to lose their life to COVID-19.
Dr. Shafi's passing is notable in that he had no known underlying health conditions prior to contracting the virus. Instead, his death appears to be part of a larger pattern of ethnic minorities in England and Wales dying of coronavirus at far higher rates than their white peers according to an analysis by the London-based Institute of Fiscal Studies.. Individuals from Pakistani backgrounds were found to have death rates 2.9 times higher than their white British counterparts., ITV News, Geo News, The News International, .
The Total Picture Seminar, a California LLC, was formed by actor Martin Landau, director Mark Rydell, and screenwriter/playwright Lyle Kessler. The purpose is to educate actors, writers, and directors in the aspects of filmmaking. Martin Landau, Mark Rydell, and Lyle Kessler have worked together for many decades at The Actors Studio. They each bring industry experience, prestige, personal success, and a lifetime of teaching experience to this endeavor. The Seminar producer is Jeffry A. DeCola.
Educational
Writers submit five-minute scenes directed and staged for the camera by Mark Rydell working with a cinematographer. Actors are cast from the audience and coached by Martin Landau. The scene content is analyzed and discussed by Lyle Kessler. Clips from motion pictures that Landau, Rydell, and Kessler have been involved with are analyzed for acting, directing, and writing content.
Educational
Writers submit five-minute scenes directed and staged for the camera by Mark Rydell working with a cinematographer. Actors are cast from the audience and coached by Martin Landau. The scene content is analyzed and discussed by Lyle Kessler. Clips from motion pictures that Landau, Rydell, and Kessler have been involved with are analyzed for acting, directing, and writing content.
Neehar Raina (born 1961) studied architecture at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi. His work was recognized with the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for his architectural layout of the 8 acre campus of the Barefoot College near Tilonia. His name had not been initially included in the award which had attributed the project to "an illiterate farmer", but after he wrote a letter of protest, the award was corrected and redesignated to read "A young architect, Neehar Raina, prepared the architectural layout and an illiterate farmer from Tilonia, along with 12 other Barefoot Architects, constructed the buildings."<ref name ="indianexpress"/>
Raina practices architecture from his design studio "Raina & Associates" in Mehrauli, New Delhi.<ref name ="indianexpress"/>
Raina practices architecture from his design studio "Raina & Associates" in Mehrauli, New Delhi.<ref name ="indianexpress"/>