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Superhumans Center
The Superhumans Center is an specialist clinic for the treatment and rehabilitation of war victims with specialist in orthopaedic trauma, reconstructive and Plastics Surgery, Facial Surgery and Ear Nose and Throat Surgery as well as rehabiliation specialists and prostheticians. Many patients are dependent on a prosthesis due to amputation. The focus of the clinic is a personalized approach to body and facial reconstruction, limb reconstruction and prothesis, free tissue transfer and complex plastic surgical reconstruction of muscles nerves and soft tissue, exoskeletons, powered by domestically manufactured state-of-the-art medical devices but also psychological support for patient. Co-founded by Andrey Stavnitser and Philipp Grushko, the center operates several departments, including surgical, traumatological, physical, PTSD and a pediatric reconstruction department. Howard Graham Buffett provided the initial funding of $16.3 million (USD). On April 14, 2023, the hospital in Wynny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Graham Buffett
Howard Graham Buffett (born December 16, 1954) is an American businessman, former politician, philanthropist, photographer, farmer, and conservationist. He is the middle child of billionaire investor Warren Buffett. He is named after Howard Buffett, his grandfather, and Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett's favorite professor. Personal life Howard G. Buffett grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, with two siblings – older sister Susan and younger brother Peter. He has been active in business, politics, agriculture, conservation, photography, and philanthropy. In August 1977, he married Marcia Sue Duncan. Also in 1977, he began farming in Tekamah, Nebraska. His father purchased the property for $760,000 and charged him rent. Buffett later married Devon Morse, born Devon Armour Goss. They had a son, Howard Warren Buffett, who was born on October 14, 1983. Buffett currently resides in Decatur, Illinois, from where he oversees a family farm in Pana, Illinois, and three foundation-oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olena Zelenska
Olena Volodymyrivna Zelenska (née Kyiashko; born 6 February 1978) is a Ukrainian screenwriter who is the current First Lady of Ukraine as the wife of President of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenska was named by Time (magazine), ''Time'' as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2023. Early life and career Olena Kyiashko was born on 6 February 1978 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR. She studied at Kryvyi Rih Gymnasium No. 95, where she met her future husband, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In 2000, she graduated from Kryvyi Rih Technical University, majoring in "Urban and Construction Management", receiving a specialist diploma. She also graduated from a music school with a piano class. In 2003, she and Zelenskyy married. Olena and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are the parents of two children: daughter Oleksandra (born on 15 July 2004) and son Kyrylo (born on 21 January 2013). The family has several pets: two dogs, a cat, a parrot, and a guinea pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Liashko
Viktor Kyrylovych Liashko (; born 24 April 1980) is a Ukrainian politician and physician. He has been Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine since 20 May 2021. He was Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine from 2019 to 2021. Biography Viktor Liashko was born on 24 April 1980 in the village of Osova in Rivne Oblast. In 2003 he graduated from the Bogomolets National Medical University. From 2003 to 2010, he worked in the sanitary and epidemiological service of Kyiv Oblast. Later, he moved to the Ministry of Health, starting as a chief specialist and eventually becoming director of the State Sanitary Department of Ukraine. From 2014 to February 2018, he served as a Chairman of the Non-governmental organization "Infection Control in Ukraine". From 2015 to 2018, he acted as a public health consultant in the "HIV Service Reform in Action", a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project. In addition, from 2014 to 2016, Viktor Liashko was one of the experts in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and controlled 5 companies remaining of once more than 400. Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called ''Student''. In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. He opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records—later known as Virgin Megastores—in 1972. His Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he started the Virgin Atlantic airline and expanded the Virgin Records music label. In 1997, he founded the Virgin Rail Group to bid for Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain, passenger rail franchises during the privatisation of British Rail. The Virgin Trains brand operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from 1997 to 2019, the Virgin CrossCountry, InterCity CrossCountry franchise from 1997 to 2007, and the Virgin Trains East Coast, InterC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sting (musician)
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, activist, and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for New wave music, new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, New-age music, new-age, and worldbeat in his music. Sting has sold a combined total of more than 100 million records as a solo artist and as a member of the Police. He has received three Brit Awards, including Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist, Best British Male Artist in 1994 and Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2002; a Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe; an Emmy Award, Emmy; and four Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations. As a solo musician and as a member of the Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trudie Styler
Trudie Styler (born 6 January 1954) is an English actress, director, and film producer. Early life and family Styler was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, the daughter of Pauline and Harry Styler, a farmer and factory worker. When Styler was two years old, she was hit by a van. She received severe facial injuries that left her badly scarred and required several plastic surgery operations up until the age of 18. Her classmates nicknamed her "scarface", which caused her to feel for many years that she was "not a very attractive person". She attended North Bromsgrove High School, where one of her teachers was the singer-songwriter Clifford T. Ward. Acting career Styler trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and went on to appear in various period BBC productions. She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, in which she played multiple major roles. Her theatre credits also include '' The Vagina Monologues'', ''Twin Spirits'', and ''The Seagull''. She has appeared in many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liev Schreiber
Isaac Liev Schreiber ( ; born October 4, 1967) is an American actor. He has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award as well as nominations for nine Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. Schreiber's early film roles include ''Mixed Nuts'' (1994), '' Party Girl'' (1995), '' The Daytrippers'' (1996), and '' Big Night'' (1996). He acted in the first three '' Scream'' films (1996–2000), ''Ransom'' (1996), '' The Hurricane'' (1999), ''Hamlet'' (2000), '' Kate & Leopold'' (2001), '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), '' The Painted Veil'' (2006), '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' (2009), '' Pawn Sacrifice'' (2014), and ''Spotlight'' (2015). He acted in the Wes Anderson films '' Isle of Dogs'' (2018), ''The French Dispatch'' (2021), and '' Asteroid City'' (2023). He made his directorial film debut with '' Everything Is Illuminated'' (2005). He made his Broadway debut in '' In the Summer House'' (1992). He earned the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Group
Virgin Group Ltd is a British multinational venture capital conglomerate founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell in February 1970. Virgin Group's date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House, who class it as a holding company; however, Virgin's business and trading activities date back to the 1970s. The net worth of Virgin Group was estimated at £3 billion as of early 2023. History The name "Virgin" arose in 1970 when Richard Branson and Nik Powell formed a record shop, first as mail order and in 1971 with a physical store. They considered themselves virgins in business. Branson has described the "V" in the logo as an expressive tick, representing the Virgin seal of approval. The original logo from 1973 was a completely different design intended to be used for the record company that was founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell. The logo was designed by British science-fiction artist and designer Roger Dean. According to Richard Branson in interv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verka Serduchka
Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko (; born 2 October 1973), better known as his drag persona Verka Serduchka (, ; , ), is a Ukrainian comedian, actor, and singer. He in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 as Verka with the song " Dancing Lasha Tumbai", finishing in second place. He has sold over 600,000 records. He has appeared in films, most notably a cameo as Verka in the American comedy film ''Spy'' (2015). Early life Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko was born to a working-class family in Poltava on 2 October 1973. His mother, Svitlana Volkova, came from the noble Khomentovsky family, who were friends with the artist Ilya Repin. In 1980, at the age of seven, he lost his father to lung cancer. Since childhood, he had a talent for drawing and music, and he entered art school in 1984. His talents were manifested in other areas as well; he was the captain of the KVN school team, played as a schoolboy for the '' CPTU No. 30'' team, and performed annually on the stage in the summer children's ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen (band), Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. Mercury defied the conventions of a rock frontman with his theatrical style, influencing the artistic direction of Queen. Born in 1946 in Sultanate of Zanzibar, Zanzibar to Parsis, Parsi-Indian parents, Mercury attended British boarding schools in India from the age of eight and returned to Zanzibar after secondary school. In 1964, his family fled the Zanzibar Revolution, moving to Middlesex, England. Having previously studied and written music, he formed Queen in 1970 with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor (Queen drummer), Roger Taylor. Mercury wrote numerous hits for Queen, including "Killer Queen", "Bohemian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmytro Derevytskyy
Dmytro Derevytskyy (Ukrainian: Дмитро Деревицький) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur, founder and main shareholder of the ALLO group of companies. Early years and education Dmytro Derevytskyy was born on December 23, 1973, in Dnipropetrovsk, the Ukrainian SSR SSR may refer to: Businesses, entertainment and products * Solid State Records, a Christian record label * Chevrolet SSR, a Chevrolet small truck * Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa * Small Screen Rendering, a technology part of Opera Min .... Dmytro's father, Hryhorii Derevytskyi, was an entrepreneur who organized one of the first construction cooperatives in the city. His mother Hanna taught Ukrainian and English. In 1995, Derevytskyy graduated from Dnipro State University with a degree in economics. In 2005, he graduated from the International Institute of Management and received a Master of Business Administration (MBA). Career In 1996 he opened two home appliance stores. With his father, Hryhorii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Hryvnia
The ( ; , ''hrn''; sign: ₴; code: UAH) has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996. The hryvnia is divided into 100 kopiykas (). It is named after a measure of weight used in Kievan Rus'. Etymology The currency of Kievan Rus' in the 11th century was the ''grivna''. The word is thought to derive from the Slavic ''griva''; which compares with the Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian word (''griva'', meaning "mane"). It might have indicated something valuable to be worn around the neck, that was usually made of silver or gold, and may be related to the Bulgarian and Serbian term ''grivna'' (, "bracelet"). Following Ukraine's declared secession from Russia in 1917, the Ukrainian People's Republic named its currency hryvnia after the grivna of Kievan Rus'; these were designed by Heorhiy Narbut. The word was used to describe silver or gold ingots of a certain weight. Currency sign The hryvnia sign is a cursive Ukrainian letter He ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
