Name	Paris
Common name	Paris
Image size	280px
Caption	Paris, with the Eiffel Tower in the foreground and the skyscrapers of La Défense in the background
Image flag	Flag of Paris.svg
Image flag	Flag of Paris.svg
Image flag size	85px
Image coat of arms	Grandes Armes de Paris.svg
Image coat of arms size	120px
Flag legend	City flag
Coat of arms legend	City coat of arms
City motto	Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: It is tossed by the waves, but does not sink)
Latitude	48.856667
Longitude	2.350833
Time zone	CET (UTC +1)
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris (75)
Mayor	Bertrand Delanoë
Party	PS
Term	2008–2014
Subdivisions entry	Subdivisions
Subdivisions.	20 arrondissements
Area km2	105.4
Area footnotes	but the Paris metropolitan area has a population of 11,836,970 (January 2007), with a permanent settlement by the end of the same century on the Left Bank Sainte Geneviève Hill and the Île de la Cité. The Gallo-Roman town was originally called Lutetia, but later Gallicised to Lutèce. It expanded greatly over the following centuries, becoming a prosperous city with a forum, palaces, baths, temples, theatres, and an amphitheatre. The city reclaimed its original appellation of "Paris" towards the end of the Roman occupation.
Title	Administrative structures

Category:3rd-century BC establishments Category:Capitals in Europe Category:Host cities of the Summer Olympic Games Category:World Heritage Sites in France Category:European Capitals of Culture Category:Companions of the Liberation

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Name	Joe Parisi
State	Wisconsin
State assembly	Wisconsin
District	48th
Term start	2005
Term end	Present
Succeeded	Incumbent
Party	Democrat
Date of birth	October 24, 1960
Place of birth	Madison, Wisconsin
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Madison
Spouse	married

Joseph T. 'Joe' Parisi is a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 48th Assembly District since his election in 2004.

State Representative Joe Parisi represents Wisconsin's 48th Assembly district. The district encompasses McFarland, Monona, Town of Blooming Grove, Town of Dunn, and the far eastern portion of Madison. Land-use in the district ranges from high-intensity urban and heavy industrial to high-quality natural areas as well as several miles of Lake Monona shoreline.

Representative Parisi's political positions reflect the middle-class values of the district with an emphasis on improving neighborhood schools, restoring justice to the state's correctional system, protecting natural resources, and maintaining high ethical standards in government.

External links

Wisconsin Assembly - Representative Joe Parisi official government website

Follow the Money – Joseph T Parisi

*2008 2006 2004 campaign contributions

Campaign 2008 campaign contributions at Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Category:Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Wisconsin Democrats

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Angelo Parisi (born January 3, 1953 in Arpino, Frosinone, Italy) is a French judoka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. At his Olympic debut in 1972 he represented Great Britain.

References

sports-reference

Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:British judoka Category:French judoka Category:Olympic judoka of France Category:Judoka at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category:Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for France Category:Olympic silver medalists for France Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Great Britain

Name	Ricardo Almeida
Other names	Big Dog
Birth date	November 29, 1976
Birth place	New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality	Brazilian2008-
Mma win	13
Mma kowin	0
Mma subwin	4
Mma loss	4
Sherdog	11

Ricardo Almeida (; born November 29, 1976) is a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu grappler residing in Bordentown, New Jersey.

Background

Almeida is a third degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Renzo Gracie, and part of the Gracie Barra Combat Team. Almeida is a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, PRIDE Fighting Championships, Grapplers Quest and a former Middleweight King of Pancrase. In Pancrase he had notable wins over Nathan Marquardt and Kazuo Misaki.

Marquardt incident

On November 30, 2003, Almeida was involved in an altercation with middleweight opponent Nate Marquardt in a Pancrase title fight. Marquardt was put into a guillotine choke in which the referee believed he tapped out. The referee was unable to immediately separate the fighters and the choke remained applied around Marquardt's neck after Marquardt's apparent submission. After the choke was let go, Marquardt threw a strike at Almeida's face, prompting both corners to storm into the ring – including Renzo Gracie, who was cornering Almeida and kicked Marquardt in the face. The confrontation came to an end and Marquardt approached Almeida after the bout to congratulate him. Almeida then vacated his title in July 2004.

Hiatus

Almeida retired for a four-year period after a six fight win streak to focus on running his Jiu-Jitsu school in Hamilton, New Jersey. He now fights in the Welterweight division in the UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

His return bout in the UFC occurred at UFC 81, where he submitted Rob Yundt at 1:08 in the first round. Almeida's next fight was against Patrick Cote, where he lost a close split decision.

Almeida returned at , this time on the preliminary card, to face Matt Horwich, winning by unanimous decision. His next fight took place on August 8 in Philadelphia against Kendall Grove at UFC 101. Almeida won by outgrappling his opponent for the majority of the bout and controlling the fight to earn a unanimous decision victory.

He was scheduled to fight Jon Fitch at UFC 106 but had to withdraw due to a knee injury suffered while training.

Almeida faced Matt Brown on March 27, 2010 at UFC 111 in his welterweight debut. Almeida defeated Brown by rear naked choke at 2:30 in round 2.

Almeida faced former UFC Welterweight Champion and UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes on August 7, 2010 at UFC 117 and lost via technical submission (Anaconda choke).

Almeida faced TJ Grant on December 11, 2010 at UFC 124.Almeida defeated Grant by unanimous decision.

Almeida is expected to face Mike Pyle on March 19, 2011 at UFC 128.

Personal life

Ricardo and his wife have three children.

Grappling credentials

ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship

ADCC 2003 88–98 kg: 4th place

ADCC 2001 88–98 kg: 2nd place Openweight: 4th place

ADCC 2000 Openweight: 3rd place

ADCC 1999 88–98 kg: 3rd place

ADCC 1998 88–98 kg: 2nd place

CBJJ Pan American Championships

1999 Brown Belt pesado: 1st Place

CBJJ Brazilian Championships

1997 Brown Belt Pesado: 1st Place

1996 Purple Belt Médio: 1st Place Purple Belt Open Weight: 3rd Place

Mixed martial arts record

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References

External links

Ricardo Almeida Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy

Ricardo Almeida, Pancrase profile

Category:American practitioners of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Category:American mixed martial artists Category:Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Category:Brazilian mixed martial artists Category:Welterweight mixed martial artists Category:Mixed martial artists from New Jersey Category:American people of Brazilian descent Category:Living people Category:1976 births

Name	Lavrentis Machairitsas Λαυρέντης Μαχαιρίτσας
Background	solo_singer
Born	May 11, 1956
Origin	Volos, Greece
Instrument	guitar, singing
Genre	Rock
Occupation	musician, songwriter
Years active	1982-present
Associated acts	Termites
Url	http://www.machairitsas.gr/

Lavrentis Machairitsas (, born 11 May 1956) is a popular Greek rock musician from Volos.

He was born in Volos, and began taking piano lessons at the age of 6. These lessons lasted a year. At the age of 9 he bought his first record, which was Help! by the Beatles. After three years he discovered the record Revolver by the Beatles.

His first job was at a record store (Minos Matsas), but due to his lack of punctuality he was fired (chance has it that his current label is MINOS-EMI). He dropped out of school at a very young age, because he didn't like school and because he had also started a fight with one of his teachers, which led to an expulsion from all high schools. He went through countless jobs, and served in the army for 14 months (plus an additional 5 to 6 months in military prisons).

When he left the army, he started singing with Panos Tzabelas in Syntrofia. At the age of 20 he (as Larry), with Pavlos Kirkilis (Paul), Takis Bassalakis (Jimmy), and Antonis Mitzelou formed a band called P.L.J.

They all moved to Paris hoping for a musical career outside of Greece. In 1982, their first album titled "Armageddon" was released by Polygram. Their producer was Giannis Doulamis. Even though at the time the genre of rock played in "Armageddon" was not very popular, it is now considered to be one of the best Greek rock albums. In their second album they changed their name to Termites, and started singing in Greek. In 1984, their third record gained positive feedback and they began gaining popularity. Giorgos Ntalaras is also featured in this album. In 1986 they released their fourth album by Virgin. The last studio record from Termites was "Perimenontas Tin Vrochi" (Waiting For the Rain) which came out in 1988.

In 1989 he began his solo career as a writer and a performer. His first album was "O Magapas Kai I Sagapo", by Minos-Emi. In 1991 he released the disk "Didymoteicho Blues", which was certified Gold.

In 1993 "Rixe Kokkino Stin Nichta" was released. Many other artists are featured. Since 1993, he has been working closely with Dionysis Tsaknis, another very well known and respected Greek musician. In almost all their live appearances they are together. Their live performances have also been recorded and turned into records.

In 1995 he released "Parathyra Pou Kourase I Thea". This is considered by many to be his best album yet. In 1996 he released "Pafsilypon". This album featured many other artists and was a great success. 3 years later, he released another album titled "Etsi Drapetevo Ap' Tis Parees". Once again, he worked with a lot of very well known musicians, especially in the song "Kai Ti Zitao". He then composed the music for the movie Enas Kai Enas, and then released his next personal work, "To Dialeimma Krataei Dyo Zoes". He also wrote the music for Giannis Kotsiras' album "Xylino Alogaki".

His latest release is the two-disk album "Tosa Chronia Mia Anasa". It includes one new song with the same title as the album itself, and 34 of his best songs. It's his first his first "Best of" album.

Besides the many albums, Lavrentis Mahairitsas pairs up with Dionysis Tsaknis every summer and has held countless concerts all around Greece. He has also held concerts with Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Haris Alexiou, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Christos Thivaios, and many more.

Lavrentis Mahairitsas has stayed loyal to his field of Greek music (rock), and to composing. That is why he is considered to be one of the most important Greek musicians and composers.

Sources

http://portal.kithara.gr/modules.php?name=kiSongdb&file;=index&func;=bio&who;=maxairitsas+laurentgs

http://vidq.gr/maxairitsas/viografiko.htm (Greek)

Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Greek entehno singers Category:Greek musicians Category:Greek rock singers Category:Modern Greek-language singers Category:People from Volos

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Giovanni Parisi (December 2, 1967 – March 25, 2009) was an Italian boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Biography

A native of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Parisi began his professional career in 1989 and won the Vacant WBO Lightweight Title by defeating Javier Altamirano in 1992. He later defeated former champion Freddie Pendleton and in 1995 challenged Mexican leyend Julio César Chávez for the WBC Light Welterweight Title, losing a unanimous decision. Parisi went on to capture the WBO Light Welterweight Title and defend it successfully six times. He lost the WBO light-welterweight belt to Carlos Gonzalez in May 1998, and failed in a challenge for the welterweight title against Daniel Santos in July 2000.

He last fought in September 2006, when he lost a majority decision against Frederic Klose in Milan for the European welterweight crown.

On 25 March 2009, Parisi was driving a car at Voghera, near Pavia, when it crashed head-on with a truck. Parisi died at the scene; he was 41.

References

External links

sports-reference

Category:1967 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Featherweights Category:Italian boxers Category:Olympic boxers of Italy Category:Olympic gold medalists for Italy Category:People from the Province of Vibo Valentia Category:Road accident deaths in Italy

Name	Cliff Parisi
Birthdate	May 24, 1960
Birthplace	London, England
Yearsactive	1982–present
Occupation	Actor
Domesticpartner	Tara Wyer (2009–present)

Cliff Parisi (born 24 May 1960) is an English actor of Italian descent, largely recognised for his performance as Rick 'Minty' Peterson in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.

Career

Parisi began his career in 1982 when he started touring the UK as a stand-up comedian. He continued working as a stand-up comedian for the next seven years before being offered a bit part in the film Queen of Hearts in 1989. Interested in taking up acting, Parisi changed his vocation and after a series of bit parts landed his first noticeable character: Lunchbox in the TV series Chancer. Parisi was then given bigger parts on television, most noticeably on the TV series' Kavanagh QC, Bramwell and A Prince Among Men. After finishing the former TV series, Parisi then auditioned for what would be his most famous role: Minty Peterson in EastEnders. He was recommended for the part by close friend and EastEnders actor Steve McFadden and since his inception into the soap opera in 2002 the public have seen his character Minty form a close friendship with Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves) and evolve from a cold-hearted landlord to a hapless unlucky-in-love mechanic and then to finding love with both established characters Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison) and Manda Best (Josie Lawrence). He made his final appearance on 21 September 2010, ending 8 years on the show.

In 2010 it was announced that he would be leaving EastEnders.

Personal life

Parisi has three children; Mandy (born 1981), Dean (born 1987) and Jack (born 1991) from previous relationships. On 14 July 2009 Parisi announced that he and his girlfriend, BBC production assistant Tara Wyer, were expecting a baby together. Tara gave birth to Cliff's fourth child a son named Arthur on 28 December 2009. The couple first met in February 2009 before formally beginning a relationship in April and, since discovering the pregnancy, are now living together in Parisi's home in Highgate, North London and plan to marry.

Filmography

Queen of Hearts (1989) - Manager

A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1990)

Can You Hear Me Thinking? (1990) - Biker

KYTV (1990, 1993)

Chancer (1990) - Lunchbox

The Pleasure Principle (1991) - Police Officer

Boon (1991) - John Preston

The Guilty (1992) - Cliff

Gone to Seed (1992) - Robin

Sean's Show (1992) - Police Officer

The Darling Buds of May (1993) - Bill Jackson

The Upper Hand (1993) - Gary

Bermuda Grace (1994) - Gary Foster

Drop the Dead Donkey (1994) - Paramedic

Under the Moon (1995) - Clifford

N7 (1995) - Alvin

Kavanagh QC (1995–2001) - Tom Buckley

Bramwell & Bramwell II (1995–96) - Daniel Bentley

Glam Metal Detectives (1995) - Security Guard

Pie in the Sky (1996) - Inspector Dave Smith

A Prince Among Men (1997) - Dave Perry

The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) - Uri

Our Boy (1997) - Jeff

The Saint (1997) - Pub Waiter

Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's... (1997) - Sprott

From Hell (2001) - Bartender

Hot Money (2001) - Bob Hoodless

Casualty (2000) - Paul Farrell

Sunburn (2000) - Reggie Roach

EastEnders (2002–2010) - Richard "Minty" Peterson

Helen West (2002)

Bedtime (2002)

Waking the Dead (2003) - Tony King

The Bill (2003) - Anthony Spall

References

External links

Category:1960 births Category:English soap opera actors Category:English television actors Category:English people of Italian descent Category:Living people Category:Italian British actors

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Carla Fracci (born 20 August 1936 in Milan, Italy) is a ballet dancer and actress. Her career highlights include Nijinsky, Giselle (American Ballet Theatre), Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances: Erik Bruhn 1961-1967.

FAO Ambassador

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO was founded on October 16, 1945 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme was initiated in 1999. On 16 October 2004, Carla Fracci was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

External links

Carla Fracci (at 70) with principal dancer Fabio Grossi - gala performance at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome

FAO Goodwill Ambassador website

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