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"this article is about the radio host and hunger activist for the 1960s political figure see bill ayersbill ayres is a talk radio host and executive director and cofounder of world hunger yearayres became a catholic priest for the archdiocese in new york in 1966 but always had a fondness for radio broadcasting starting as wgsm on long island he began hosting and producing a weekly radio talk show on new york radio station wplj 955 fm in 1973 at first called on this rock it featured interviews with rock musicians that focused on the spiritual meaning of the music to them rather than its commercial aspects known onair as father bill ayres and then titled the bill ayres show he has taken thousands of calls and offered advice about personal relational spiritual and social values as well as playing music by artists whose outlook he thought along similar lines as hishe served for ten years at st josephs church in babylon new york until 1979 he resigned from the active priesthood in the early 1980s and focused on charitable work fulltimein 1975 ayres and his close friend folksinger and songwriter harry chapin saw a pressing need to aid the impoverished with basic needs such as food they began world hunger year why an organization with a stated mission to defeat hunger through charity using grassroots efforts and rallying celebrities and leaders to help promote the cause ayres has served as executive director since 1983 ayres and chapin believed that solutions to hunger and poverty are found through longterm solutions like supporting communitybased organizations that empower individuals and build selfrelianceayres has spun off another national hunger coalition the medford group of national hunger organizations he was a founding member of the national jobs for all coalition a fullemployment group suggested their series uncommon sense and is on their advisory board he is also a board member of long island cares long islands food bankhe is the coauthor of the book all you need is love and 99 other life lessons from classic rock songs with radio colleague pete fornatalehe resides in huntington new york with his wife jeannine and has two daughters michelle and suzanne"
"raina kabaivanska bulgarian december 15 1934 is a bulgarian opera singer one of the leading lyricospinto sopranos of her generation particularly associated with verdi and puccini although she sang a wide range of roles born raina jakimowa in burgas bulgaria she studied in sofia with prokopowa and jossifow and made her debut at the bulgarian national opera in sofia as tatjana in tchaikovskys eugene onegin in 1957 the following year she left for italy for further studies with zina fumagalliriva in milan and with giulia tess in vercelli two years later she made a breakthrough in fano italy as nedda in leoncavallos pagliacci in 1961 she gave her first performance at la scala in milan as agnese in bellinis beatrice di tenda opposite dame joan sutherland she sang widely in italy genoa venice parma and notably in turin in 1973 as elena in i vespri siciliani in the only production ever directed by maria callas in 1962 she made her debuts at both the royal opera house in london as desdemona in verdis otello and the metropolitan opera in new york as nedda she went on performing at the bolshoi theatre in moscow the teatro coln in buenos aires the paris opra the vienna state opera the budapest opera the lyric opera of chicago the san francisco opera the dallas opera the teatro dellopera di roma etc she also appeared in a few opera films notably pagliacci opposite jon vickers in 1968 il trovatore opposite franco bonisolli in 1975 and tosca opposite plcido domingo in 1976a versatile singer with a beautiful voice and fine musicianship she is also a singingactress of considerable ability her repertory includeskabaivanska has received the following international opera awards bellini 1965 viotti doro 1970 puccini 1978 illica 1979 monteverdi 1980 the award of accademia medici lorenzo il magnifico florence 1990 the grand prix a life dedicated to the music venice 2000at present kabaivanska is a professor at the accademia musicale chigiana in siena italy she has a master class for performers of puccinis works as well as master classes in spain italy and france she is also a jury member for many prestigious competitions all over the worldkabaivanska delivered an emotional performance of the ave maria from the opera otello by giuseppe verdi to open the funeral mass for luciano pavarotti in modena italy on 8 september 2007mme kabaivanska has recently added another role to her considerable repertoire the comtesse in tchaikowskys queen of spades in a series of five performances 31 january 19 february 2008 at the capitole in toulouse france"
"william patrick is an editor book doctor and ghostwriter and the coauthor of loneliness human nature and the need for social connection he has also written two wellregarded suspense novels he began his career at little brown then moved to harvard university press where he acquired and edited works by the likes of edward o wilson and jane goodall while working at harvard he wrote spirals houghton a novel set in cambridge during the early days of cloning and recombinant dna research his next work of fiction was blood winter viking a thriller about germ warfare which the wall street journal described as a dazzling achievement both gripping and moving lurid and achingly sadas authoritative as the fresh early best of greene and le carre returning to commercial publishing he acquired a number of bestsellers in humanistic psychology including minding the body mending the mind by psychologist and immunologist joan borysenko in 1991 he published iron john a book about men which was the 1 new york times bestseller for ten weeks and remained on the list for more than a year a freelancer since 1999 he has helped shape a number of significant books including tim weiners legacy of ashes winner of the 2007 national book award for nonfiction that same year the measure of a man which he cowrote with sidney poitiers was a selection of the oprah book club that was 1 on the new york times paperback bestseller list for 13 weeks in 2013 he cowrote in my shoes with jimmy choo founder tamara mellon and edited 10 happier for abc news correspondent dan harris"
"raja pervaiz ashraf urdu born 26 december 1950 is a businessman agriculturist and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of pakistan from 22 june 2012 until completing his designated term on 16 march 2013prior to be elevated as prime minister he previously served as the minister for water and power in the yousaf raza gillaniled governmentfrom march 2008 to february 2011 a seniorranking leader in the pakistan peoples party ppp from rawalpindi district ashraf assumed premiership on 22 june 2012 after yousaf raza gillani was disqualified over contempt of court charges shortlisted by the ppp as a candidate for the post he was eventually elected based on a 21189 vote in the national assembly tackling the corruption scandals his one of the major achievements during his premiership was his interest to develop and implement hydro projects in particular neelumjhelum project of 970 mwthe project had received a big jolt when the chinese exim bank refused to release 448 million loan linking it to the restoration of the safe city project in islamabad which has been stopped by the supreme court of pakistan during his tenure water and power development authority wapda had launched a number of mega and mediumsized projects in gilgitbaltistan"