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Biography of Matt Molloy
Matt Molloy (born 12 January 1947, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon) is an Irish musician, from a region known for producing talented flautists. As a child, he began playing the flute early, and won the All-Ireland Flute Championship at only seventeen years old. Considered as one of the most brilliant Irish musicians, his style that adapts piping techniques to the flute has influenced many contemporary Irish flute players. During the 1970s, Molloy was a member of The Bothy Band and its successor, the re-founded Planxty. He joined The Chieftains in 1979, replacing Michael Tubridy. Over the course of his career, Molloy has worked with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples, Micheál Ó Súilleabháin and Dónal Lunny. Molloy owns a pub on Bridge Street in Westport, County M...
Biography of Carol Heiss
Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins (born January 20, 1940 in New York City) is an American figure skater. She is the 1960 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, 1956 Olympic silver medalist and five-time World Champion (1956–1960). Biography Heiss grew up in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, New York, where she started skating at the age of 6. She was coached by Pierre Brunet. Heiss first came to national prominence in 1951, when she was U.S. Novice Ladies' Champion at age 11. She won the U.S. Junior Ladies title in 1952, and then moved up to the senior level in 1953. From 1953 to 1956, she finished second to Tenley Albright at the national championships. Heiss's 1956 performance qualified her for the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. She won the silver medal, while A...
Biography of Ashley Argota
Ashley Spencer Argota (born January 9, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and student. She is best known for role as Lulu in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP. She also co-starred as Kelly Peckinpaw in Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures on Nickelodeon. Life and career Argota was born in Redlands, California and her background is Filipino, her parents and family being from the Philippines. She began her professional career as contestant on the Arsenio Hall-hosted Star Search on CBS in 2003. She began acting at the age of 14. In 2007, she starred in an independent film titled Schooled. She also appeared in a Nickelodeon celebrity-episode of the series BrainSurge during which she lost during a Sudden Death round to Jerry Trainor. She appeared again in 2011 with other various Nick...
Biography of Jean Rossius
Jean Rossius (born at Cerexhe-Heuseux on 27 December 1890, died 2 May 1966) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won five stages in total in the Tour de France. In the 1914 Tour de France he finished in fourth place in the overall classification, his best finishing. Palmarès 1914 Tour de France: Winner stages 2 and 9 Leading general classification for 4 days (joint with Philippe Thys) 1919 Liège-Malmedy-Liège Belgian National Road Race Championships Tour de France: Winner stage 1 1920 Retinne-Spa-Retinne Tour de France: Winner stages 7 and 15 1922 Paris-Saint-Étienne References ^ Rossius was the winner of the first stage, but received a 30 minute penalty for helping Philippe Thys illegally, therefore he was not leading the general classification aft...
Biography of Kristina Matisic
Kristina Matisic (born December 26, 1968) is currently the host, alongside Anna Wallner, of The Shopping Bags, Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag, and Anna & Kristina's Beauty Call. Matisic was born in Zagreb, Croatia. She has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of British Columbia and a masters degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Southern California. In 1993, Matisic started her career in broadcasting as a news announcer on Mountain FM. The following year, she began working at CKVU-TV in Vancouver as an overnight news anchor, an associate producer and a reporter. In 1997, she was the news anchor and producer of that station's 11:30 PM newscast. The Shopping Bags While there, Kristina met Anna Wallner and hatched The Shopping Bags concept. Their show...
Biography of Amanda Hearst
Amanda Randolph Hearst (born January 5, 1984) is an American socialite, activist, fashion model, and heiress to the Hearst Corporation, William Randolph Hearst's media conglomerate. She is an associate market editor at Marie Claire and the founder of Friends of Finn, an organization dedicated to stopping the inhumane treatment of dogs in puppy mills. She also serves as a co-chair of Riverkeeper's Junior Council. Family and early life She is the child of Anne Hearst, a niece of Patty Hearst, and a great-granddaughter of media mogul William Randolph Hearst. Her father Richard McChesney separated from her mother before Hearst's birth. She is also the stepdaughter of novelist Jay McInerney, and a cousin of Lydia Hearst-Shaw. Hearst attended the Chapin School in New York City, and gradua...
Biography of Cornelius Crone
Cornelius Carolus Stephan Crone (December 26, 1914 in Utrecht - November 9, 1951 in Arnhem) was a Dutch writer of sad stories, usually located in Utrecht. After his 1936 debut Gymnasium en liefde (‘Gymnasium and love’), he wrote Het feestelijke leven (‘The Festive Life’). In contrast with what the title suggests, it is not a happy story: those who are dear, die. Biography on http://www.erasmuspc.com/index.php?id=18146&type=article Crone used a method, that he would use since then: he took down flashes, observations (‘emotion factors’) on strips of paper, that he numbered and put into a book. The Festive Life was based on over a thousand of these notes. Crone was not a productive author, no thick novels, he deliberated each word, comma, space for days, only to reject the result after ...
Biography of Emperor Zhenzong of Song
Emperor Zhenzong (December 23, 968 – March 23, 1022) (also Chen-tsung) was the third emperor of the Song Dynasty of China. He reigned from 997 to 1022. Zhenzong was the third son of Emperor Taizong. His personal name was Zhao Heng and his temple name Zhenzong means "True Ancestor". Zhenzong's reign was noted for the consolidation of power and the strengthening of the dynasty. The country prospered, and its military might was further reinforced. However, it would also mark the beginning of a foreign policy towards the Khitan Empire (Liao Dynasty) in the north that would ultimately result in humiliation. In 1004, the Khitan waged war against the Song empire. Zhenzong, leading his army, struck back at the Khitan. Despite initial successes, in 1005 Zhenzong concluded the Shanyuan Treaty. Th...
Biography of Lars Boom
Lars Boom (born 30 December 1985) is a professional cyclo-cross and road racing cyclist who was born in Vlijmen (Noord-Brabant) in the Netherlands. Boom rides for UCI ProTeam Rabobank cycling team, having previous ridden for the junior and continental teams. Boom is the current World Champion in this discpline. He has also been the Dutch national cyclo-cross champion in his discipline since 2001 - being the Dutch Junior Cyclo-Cross champion from 2002 to 2003, Under 23 National Champion from 2004 to 2006. Early wins During the 2005-2006 cyclo-cross season, Boom who just turned 20 years of age, scored several wins including a win ahead of Sven Nys in the Grand Prix Sven Nys as well as the win in the Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse after Bart Wellens was disqualified for having kicked a...
Biography of André Aciman
André Aciman (born 2 January 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt) is a writer, currently distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of City University of New York teaching the history of literary theory and the works of Marcel Proust. His memoir, Out of Egypt (1995), won a Whiting Writers' Award. He previously taught creative writing at New York University and French literature at Princeton University. In 2009 Aciman was Visiting Distinguished Writer at Wesleyan University. Influences:Marcel Proust, James Joyce. Aciman was born in Egypt in a French-speaking home where family members also spoke Italian, Greek, Ladino, and Arabic. His family were Jews of Turkish and Italian origin who settled in Alexandria, Egypt in 1905. Aciman moved with his family to Italy at the age of fifteen and then to N...
Biography of Vernon Wells (actor)
Vernon George Wells (born 31 December 1945) is an Australian film and television actor who has built his career around action-type films, most often cast as a villain. He began appearing on Australian television shows in the mid-1970s, such as Homicide and Matlock Police and All The Rivers Run. He is best known to international audiences for his role of "Wez", in the 1981 science fiction action film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. After Mad Max 2, Wells began appearing in Hollywood films, such as the military action film Commando (1985) (as Bennett), which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the science fiction comedy Innerspace (1987), which starred Martin Short, Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan. In the 2000s, Wells acted in the television series Power Rangers: Time Force portraying the series' m...
Biography of Ibrahima Bakayoko
Ibrahima Bakayoko (born December 31, 1976 in Séguéla) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a striker for PAS Giannina in the Greek Superleague. Club career Playing in France with Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, Bakayoko was rated highly enough by then Everton manager Walter Smith that Smith was willing to pay £4.5m for Bakayoko's services in October 1998. However, he failed to impress in the 23 games he played, only finding the net 4 times; Everton fans referred to Bakayoko affectionately as 'Baka-joke-o' due to his appalling performance on the football field and also "Back O the Echo" after the local daily newspaper. He was sold for £4m in June 1999 to Olympique de Marseille. A spell in Spain with Osasuna followed, before Bakayoko returned for a third spell in France, this time re...
Biography of Richard Edson
Richard Edson (born January 1, 1954) is an American actor and musician. Biography Edson was born in New Rochelle, New York. He has one brother, Steven, who resides in the Boston area, and two sisters: Andrea, who resides in Newton, Massachusetts and Jennifer, who resides in New York City. His father Arnold was one of the first Marine officers to land at Guadalcanal in August 1942. His mother Marian, a retired school teacher, resides with his father in New Rochelle. Music career From 1981 to 1982, he was Sonic Youth's original drummer and played drums for Konk at the same time. After the release of Sonic Youth's self-titled debut album, Edson left the band to play with Konk full-time. Edson also played horns with San Francisco band The Offs on the group's eponymous 1984 album. ...
Biography of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II (26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250), was one of the most powerful Holy Roman Emperors of the Middle Ages and head of the House of Hohenstaufen. His political and cultural ambitions, based in Sicily and stretching through Italy to Germany, and even to Jerusalem, were enormous; however, his enemies, especially the popes, prevailed, and his dynasty collapsed soon after his death. Historians have searched for superlatives to describe him, as in the case of Professor Donald Detwiler, who wrote: A man of extraordinary culture, energy, and ability – called by a contemporary chronicler stupor mundi (the wonder of the world), by Nietzsche the first European, and by many historians the first modern ruler – Frederick established in Sicily and southern Italy something very much lik...
Biography of Maggie Rizer
Maggie Rizer (born Margaret Mary Rizer on January 9, 1978 in Staten Island, New York) is an American model, actress, and AIDS activist. She is also ambassador for Operation Smile. Personal life Maggie was born to Maureen and Kevin Rizer. Her parents divorced before she was a year old when her father announced he was gay. Ten years later her mother married John Breen. Her extended family includes siblings Julia, Patricia, Katie, and Jake. The family, who lives in upstate New York, appeared in a 2001 Teen Vogue layout. Rizer married Iranian businessman Alex Mehran on September 18, 2010 in Lake Placid, New York. On November 23, 2011, she gave birth to her first child, Alexander Rafahi Mehran III. Modeling career Rizer's high school graduation portrait was hung in Burns Photogr...
Biography of Charlie Nicholas
Charles "Charlie" Nicholas (born 30 December 1961 in Cowcaddens, Glasgow, Scotland) is a former professional football player from Scotland. During his career, he played as a striker for Celtic, Arsenal, Aberdeen and Clyde, and the Scottish national team. After retiring from playing he began a new job as a panelist on the Sky Sports show Soccer Saturday. Club career Celtic Nicholas started his career with Celtic, making his debut in 1980 at the age of 18. He had a superb 1982-83 season which saw him score a total of 50 goals in all competitions (including 29 in the league) and win the Scottish Footballer of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards. Nicholas had the envious choice of being offered a contract at Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal. He had interviews at both...
Biography of Fennesz
Christian Fennesz (born 25 December 1962) is an Austrian guitarist active in electronic music, often credited on albums simply as Fennesz. Fennesz uses guitar and notebook computers to make multilayered compositions that blend melody and conventional musical instruments with harsh, irregular glitch-influenced sounds and washes of white noise. He lives and works in Vienna, Austria. Biography Fennesz was born and raised in Austria and studied music formally in art school. He started playing guitar around the ages 8 or 9. He became involved in the Viennese techno scene of the early 1990s. From there on, he began to collect his own equipment and produce music based loosely around guitar and synthesizer sounds. Since the 1990s, Fennesz played live with Ryuichi Sakamoto, with Britis...
Biography of Heather Childers
Heather Star Childers, born on January 7, 1969 in Charlotte, North Carolina, is an American television news personality. She is the co-anchor of America's News Headquarters and co-host of Fox and Friends First for the Fox News Channel. She signed on with Fox News in late 2010. Biography Early years Heather Childers grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a young child she attended Sharon Elementary School, in the Foxcroft area of Charlotte, and is a 1987 graduate of Myers Park High School. Childers stated that other Fox News on-air correspondents Ainsley Earhardt and Anna Kooiman, attended the same elementary school, although at different times and none were classmates of each other. (Kooiman also attended Myers Park HS) At 16, she crashed her 1964 Chevrolet Corvair into a tree on ...
Biography of Sophie Moone
Sophie Moone, born Renáta Somossy on December 24, 1981 in Budapest, is a Hungarian adult model, director, and actress (in 90 films)....
Biography of Dina Tersago
Dina Tersago (born on January 3, 1979 in Puurs, Antwerp) was Miss Belgium 2001 and her country's representative at both Miss Universe 2001 and Miss World 2001. She started a relationship with Wim Gevaert her dance partner. Before she had a relationship with Mathias Coppens. She now is a famous TV personality, hosting Boerk zkt. Vrouw, Superhond 2007 en Superhond 2008 and starring in the fictional soap Brix and Bongers, introduced in Het Geslacht De Pauw, alongside Bart De Pauw, afterwards he was replaced by Tom Van Landuyt....
Biography of Fiona Allen
Fiona Allen (born January 3, 1965 (source: Imdb)) is an English comedian and actress. Career Allen has appeared in many sketch shows, including Smack the Pony, Goodness Gracious Me and The All Star Comedy Show. She has also appeared in many television dramas including Dalziel and Pascoe and Coronation Street, as well as the sitcom Happiness alongside Paul Whitehouse. Subsequently she appeared as Sandra, in the film version of the Viz comic strip The Fat Slags, and as a panelist on one episode of Mock the Week. Allen appeared in the first episode of the second series of the E4 teenage drama Skins, playing Maxxie's mum Jackie Oliver. Jackie is married to Walter who is played by Bill Bailey. She also appears in BBC drama Waterloo Road as Georgia Stevenson, playing the former lover of T...
Biography of Marjolaine Bui
Marjolaine Bùi-Thế, born on January 1, 1981 in Paris, is a French TV host, singer, and a former reality TV contestant of Vietnamese descent. Reality TV 2003 : Greg le millionnaire (TF1) 2004 : Marjolaine et les millionnaires (TF1) 2009 : Next made in France (Virgin 17) 2011 : Carré ViiiP (TF1) TV host 2008 : Play Hit (Game One) 2009 : Bullrun USA, les rois du rallye (TF6) (en coanimation avec Camille Lafitte) 2009 : Estate of panic : le manoir de la peur (NT1)...
Biography of Scott Gomez
Scott Carlos Gomez (born December 23, 1979) is an American professional ice hockey center of both Mexican and Colombian descent, currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career In the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, Scott Gomez was selected with the 27th pick of the first round by the New Jersey Devils. His father is Carlos, a Mexican-American, and his mother is Dalia, a Colombian-American. At the time, he was playing for the Tri-City Americans of the WHL, and had just been named to the WHL's All-Rookie Team. In the season after he was drafted, he justified the Devils' decision by scoring 108 points in 58 games for the Americans. This earned him a spot on the WHL West First All-Star Team. The year before, Gomez led the South Surrey Eagles of the...
Biography of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Gonzalo Andrés Domingo Fernández de Córdoba (31 December 1585 – 16 February 1645) was a Spanish military leader during the Eighty Years' War, Thirty Years' War and the War of the Mantuan Succession. Biography He was born at Cabra, in what is now the Province of Córdoba and was the third son of Antonio Fernández de Córdoba Cardona y Requesens, the Duke of Soma and was great-great-great grandchild of his namesake Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, the Great Capitan. In 1624 was awarded the title of the first Prince of Maratea. He participated in the battles of Wimpfen and Fleurus, as well as in Höchst whereby Ernst von Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick were defeated. From 1621 to 1623, commanded the Spanish troops in the Palatinate, and Flanders, and defeated the Anglo-German Protestan...
Biography of Fazıl Say
Fazıl Say is just as much a composer as he is a pianist. He is perhaps the greatest genius of the 20th century's music....
Biography of Elizabeth Hartman
Mary Elizabeth Hartman (December 23, 1943 (source: Imdb) – June 10, 1987) was an American actress, best known for her performance in the 1965 film A Patch of Blue, playing a blind girl named Selina D'Arcy, opposite Sidney Poitier, a role for which she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. The next year, she appeared in You're a Big Boy Now as Barbara Darling, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Early life Hartman was born in Youngstown, Ohio, where she became known to patrons of the Youngstown Playhouse as "Biff" Hartman. After gaining valuable experience in community thea...
Biography of Campy Russell
Michael Campanella Russell (born January 12, 1952 in Jackson, Tennessee), nicknamed Campy, is a former professional basketball player in the NBA. He played the forward position for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks for nine years (1975-1982, 1985) and played in the 1979 NBA All-Star Game. Before joining the NBA, Russell was a star player at the University of Michigan. Prior to being known as "campy," Michael was known by his teammates as "Camperson." Today, Russell works in the Cavaliers' front office as Director of Alumni Relations. He is also a co-host of the Cavaliers' pregame and postgame show (Cavaliers Live, alongside Jeff Phelps) on FS Ohio....
Biography of Jill Wagner
Jillian Suzanne "Jill" Wagner (born January 13, 1979) is an American television actress, model, and game show personality. Early life Wagner was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was raised primarily by her father, David Wagner, a U.S. Marine, and her grandmother. She attended Ledford Senior High School in Wallburg, North Carolina and graduated from North Carolina State University in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in business management. Career After completing college, Wagner moved to California to further her modeling career. In 2003, she was selected as a cast member on the MTV series Punk'd, participating in about a dozen sketches. She appeared in Stuff magazine following her appearances in Punk'd. Wagner was ranked #90 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2004. She posed in...
Biography of Ray Bourque
Raymond Jean "Ray" Bourque (born December 28, 1960) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player. He currently holds records for most goals, assists and points by a defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL). Bourque has become near-synonymous with the Boston Bruins franchise, for which he played 21 seasons and became its longest-serving captain. He finished off his career with the Colorado Avalanche where he won the Stanley Cup in his last NHL game. Playing career Raymond Bourque was born in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada, December 28, 1960 then moved with his family to Montreal at the age of 10. Bourque was the third-round pick of the Trois-Rivières Draveurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Half-way through his rookie season, coach and GM Michel Bergeron ...
Biography of Graham McTavish
Graham McTavish (born on January 4, 1961 in ) is a Scottish television and film actor and voice actor. He played the character Warden Ackerman in Red Dwarf in five episodes of series 8. McTavish has also had many supporting roles in British dramas and films such as Casualty, Jekyll, The Bill, Taggart and Sisterhood. He also played the ill-tempered Mercenary Commander Lewis in Rambo, had a role as Desmond's drill sergeant in the fourth season of Lost, starred in Ali G Indahouse as a Customs Officer and played a Russian pirate in NCIS. He played Ferguson in 4 episodes of season 4 of Prison Break. He has also starred in the film Green Street 2 which was released on 23 March 2009. McTavish provided the voice and motion capture work for the evil psychopath war criminal Zoran Lazarevic in Unc...
Biography of Venetian Snares
Venetian Snares is the main performing alias of Canadian electronic musician Aaron Funk (born January 11, 1975). From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Funk is known for making electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures (mostly 7/4). Up until 2007, he was very prolific, releasing as many as eight recordings a year for such record labels as History of the Future, Isolate/DySLeXiC ResPonSe, Addict, Zod, Distort, Sublight, Low-Res, Planet Mu and Hymen. Funk debuted on a record label in 1999 with the 12" vinyl EP, Greg Hates Car Culture. Prior to this, he self-released material on cassette tape as early as 1992....
Biography of Edita Vilkeviciute
Edita Vilkeviciute is a Lithuanian model, born on January 1, 1989 in Kaunas. Early life Vilkeviciute was born on New Year's Day of 1989, in Kaunas. Career A Lithuanian model. After her discovery, she signed to Women Management in Milan, and later, VIVA in Paris in 2006. Her runway debut was at Just Cavalli for the spring/summer 2007 shows. She later walked for Paul Smith, Preen, and Marios Schwab in London. She made a comeback after not participating in fashion weeks at Milan and New York at the spring/summer 2008 Paris fashion week, walking for Balenciaga, Chanel, Dries van Noten, Miu Miu, and Louis Vuitton. In late 2008, she participated in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2008, in the PINK section. During the spring/summer 2009 season she walked over 35 runways for some of ...
Biography of Clarrie Grimmett
Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett (25 December 1891 – 2 May 1980) was a cricketer; although born in New Zealand, he played most of his cricket in Australia. He is thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and usually credited as the developer of the flipper. Grimmett was born in Caversham a suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand, on Christmas Day. A schoolmaster encouraged him to concentrate on spin bowling rather than fast bowling. He played club cricket in Wellington, and made his first-class debut for Wellington at the age of 17. At that time, New Zealand was not a Test cricketing nation, and in 1914 he moved to neighbouring Australia, then as now one of the sport's superpowers. He played club cricket in Sydney for 3 years. After marrying a Victorian, he moved to Melbou...
Biography of Michelle Behennah
Michelle Behennah (born January 7, 1977, Singapore) is an English model. Early life Behennah was born in Singapore where her father was a school administrator. The youngest of three children, Michelle relocated to Sheffield, England, after her parents' divorce. Her mother Rosemary eventually remarried and now lives in France where she and her current husband manage an inn. As a child, Behennah aspired to study medicine and become a plastic surgeon. Her mother saw her potential as a model. At the urging of her mother, 14-year old Michelle entered a beauty contest sponsored by a shampoo company.Michelle won the contest. She next entered the 1993 Ford Agency "Supermodel of the World" competition. At this event she was a finalist, along with now fellow model Magdalena Wrobel. Her c...
Biography of Wynton Rufer
Wynton Alan Whai Rufer, CNZM, (born 29 December 1962), is a retired New Zealand footballer, who played as a striker. He spent most of his professional career in Germany with Werder Bremen, winning a total of six titles. He also appeared for the New Zealand national team in its first FIFA World Cup participation, in 1982. He was named the Oceania Footballer of the Century by the Oceania Football Confederation. Club career Rufer was born in Wellington to a Swiss father and a mother of Māori descent. After leaving the city's Rongotai College, he played his first football for Wellington Diamond United, Stop Out and Miramar Rangers. After being voted New Zealand's Young Player of the Year in 1981 and 1982, Rufer attracted the attention of Norwich City manager Ken Brown, who invited ...
Biography of André Vigarié
André Vigarié, born on January 20, 1921 in Le Havre (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on December 21, 2006, is a French geographer. Publications 1964 : Les Grands Ports de commerce de la Seine au Rhin, S.A.B.R.I. 1979 : Ports de commerce et vie littorale, Paris, Hachette. 1983 : Le Navire, le port et la ville, Transports et mutations actuelles, SEDES. 1985 : Les Ports français, 25e Congrès International de Géographie, Résumé des communications, Tome 1, no 35, thème 12, Journal de la marine marchande et du transport multimodal. 1986 : Ports et mers. Mélanges maritimes offerts à A. Vigarié., Éditions Paradigme. 1990 Économie maritime et géostratégie des océans, Paradigme, Collection : Transports et communication, no 28. Les Fronts po...
Biography of Mabel King
Mabel King (December 25, 1932 – November 9, 1999) was an American film, stage and television actress. Early life and career King was born Donnie Mabel Elizabeth Washington in Charleston, South Carolina, the daughter of Rosalie Washington. She was raised in Harlem where she eventually became a gospel and nightclub singer. She did not start acting until her mid thirties, in 1966, when she played the role of Maria in the national touring play of Porgy and Bess. The following year she played the role of Ernestina in the Broadway musical/comedy Hello, Dolly!. Then in 1972, she appeared in the Broadway musical Don't Play Us Cheap. The following year, 1973, she appeared in the film version of the play. That same year she played the Queen of Myrthia in the horror film Ganja & Hess. In Janua...
Biography of Michael Mizrachi
Michael David Mizrachi (born January 5, 1981) is an American professional poker player who is the winner of the World Poker Tour 2005 L.A. Poker Classic and the 2010 World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship. Personal life Mizrachi was born in Miami, Florida. He is the younger brother of Robert Mizrachi who has numerous WSOP and WPT finishes to his own name. He has a twin brother Eric Mizrachi (also a poker player) and a younger brother, Daniel, who is a professional magician. Mizrachi is fluent in Hebrew, as his father is of Iraqi Jewish origin. Growing up, Mizrachi wanted to become a doctor but dropped out of college to play poker full-time. Mizrachi is married to Aidiliy, has one son, Paul William (named after his grandfather) and a daughter named Julie Malka ("queen" ...
Biography of Mary Sweeney
Mary Sweeney (born January 1, 1953 in Madison, Wiconsin) is an American film editor and film producer best known for collaborating with the avant-garde American film director, David Lynch. Sweeney worked with Lynch on several critically acclaimed films and television series, most notably as a film editor on the cult hits Twin Peaks, Lost Highway (1997), and Mulholland Drive (2001) for Lynch's Asymmetrical Productions company.. She was the co-author, with John Roach, of The Straight Story (1999). Sweeney was for many years a domestic partner with David Lynch. The couple married in 2006 but filed for divorce one month later, citing irreconcilable differences. Together the couple has one son, Riley Sweeney Lynch, born in 1992. A long-time Hollywood resident, Sweeney is head of The Sul...
Biography of Sara Varone
Sara Varone (born December 27, 1972) is an Italian television host. In 2006 her TV first appearance on Mediaset main channel Canale 5 in the Sunday afternoon show ‘’’Buona Domenica’’’ hosted by Paola Perego. In the show together with Elisabetta Gregoraci held a regular session devoted to “Gossip”. She remained part of the cast until 2009. In 2009 she acted in “Airplane” (a theater adaptation of the movie). And in 2010 in the play “a day long 40 years” with in a Gianfranco D'Angelo. Additional Earned a BS degree in Psychology at La Sapienza university in Rome with the goal to become a sexual psychologist....
Biography of Paul Pressey
Paul Matthew Pressey (born December 24, 1958 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American former professional basketball player. Pressey is widely, though unofficially, credited with being the originator of the point forward position, combining the attributes of a point guard and forward. While playing small forward for the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1980s, Pressey took on many of the ball handling duties, even leading the team in assists for five straight years. Pressey, along with John Johnson, served as a model for later players taking on the point forward role. He is currently an assistant coach with the New Orleans Hornets. In 1992-93 he came out of retirement while an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors to help the team deal with many injuries to other players. He played 18 ...
Biography of Sidney Green (basketball)
Sidney Green (born January 4, 1961, in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American basketball player and coach. A 6'9" forward/center, Green was an All-American selection at UNLV before being selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round (5th pick overall) of the 1983 NBA Draft. In his ten-year NBA career, he played for the Bulls, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs and Charlotte Hornets. He retired in 1993 with 5,080 career points and 4,128 career rebounds. Since retiring from the NBA, Green has been a coach at Long Island University, Florida Atlantic University and the University of North Florida. On September 24, 2009, Green was named Player Development Assistant for the Chicago Bulls. His son, Taurean Green, played for the University of Florida tea...
Biography of Églantine Éméyé
Églantine Éméyé, born on December 23, 1973 in Toulouse, is a French TV host, journalist, and actress....
Biography of Brian Gionta
Brian Joseph Gionta (born January 18, 1979) is an American professional ice hockey player and captain of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL), and is the second American-born captain of the Canadiens and its first sole American-born captain (the first, Chris Chelios, was a co-captain with Guy Carbonneau). He goes by the nickname "Gio" from his teammates and The Rochester Rocket, dubbed by the media. Although small in stature compared to most other players (Gionta is currently the second-shortest player in the NHL; Nathan Gerbe is one inch shorter), he is known for his tenacious play. Playing career Gionta was drafted 82nd overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. The diminutive but fiery forward attended high school at the Aquinas Institute i...
Biography of Will Wright (game designer)
William Ralph "Will" Wright (born January 20, 1960) is an American video game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis, now part of Electronic Arts (EA). In April 2009, he left EA to run "Stupid Fun Club", an entertainment think tank in which Wright and EA are principal shareholders. The first computer game Wright designed was Raid on Bungeling Bay in 1984, but it was SimCity that brought him to prominence. The game was released by Maxis, a company Wright formed with Jeff Braun, and he built upon the game's theme of computer simulation with numerous other titles including SimEarth and SimAnt. Wright's greatest success to date comes from being the original designer for The Sims. The game spawned multiple sequels and expansions, and Wright has earned many awards fo...
Biography of Virginie Guyot
Commandant Virginie Guyot (born 30 December 1976 in Angers) is a fighter pilot of the Armée de l'Air who achieved an historical first when she was appointed leader of the Patrouille de France, becoming the first woman in the world to command a precision aerobatic demonstration team. Career After following high school and scientific classes prépa in the Prytanée Militaire, an advanced military secondary institution, Virginie Guyot entered the Ecole de l'Air, the French Air Force officers' school, in 1997. After her degree, she joined the fighter pilot training Air Force base in Tours. She received her fighter pilot wings in 2002, just three years after Caroline Aigle, the first woman to reach that position in the history of the Armée de l'Air. She was assigned to the Mirage F1-CR in ...
Biography of Souleymane Diawara
Souleymane Diawara (born December 24, 1978 in Gabou) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a central defender for Olympique Marseille and the Senegal national team. Career Diawara began his career at Havre AC first two seasons in Ligue 1 before the club was relegated. It remains to Le Havre until 2003, before signing the FC Sochaux. November 19, 2002, he made his debut with the Senegalese national team against South Africa in a friendly match. In 2006, he was transferred to Charlton Athletic. The following year he joined the Bordeaux to strengthen the central defense with Marc Planus. Diawara was dropped from the Senegal squad in August 2006, ahead of their friendly with Côte d'Ivoire, due to a breach of discipline. In July 2009, he signed a contract for four years for t...
Biography of Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg (born December 31, 1959) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter in The Replacements, one of the seminal alternative rock bands of the 1980s. He launched a solo career after the dissolution of that band. In recent years, he has cultivated a more independent-minded approach, primarily recording his music at home in his basement. The Replacements Main article: The Replacements (band) In the late 1970s Westerberg was working as a janitor for U.S. Senator David Durenberger, and one day while walking home from work, he happened to hear a band practicing Yes's "Roundabout" in a basement. He talked his way into the band by convincing the singer that the other band members — Bob Stinson, Chris Mars and Tommy Stinson — were going to fi...
Biography of Aqualung (musician)
Matthew "Matt" Hales (born 17 January 1972), better known as Aqualung, is an English singer and songwriter best known in the UK for his song "Strange and Beautiful", which was featured on a television advertisement for the new Volkswagen New Beetle during the summer of 2002 and went on to become a Top 10 hit in the UK singles chart later that year. In the United States, Aqualung is also known for the song "Brighter Than Sunshine", which had considerable airplay and was used in the film A Lot Like Love and various television spots....
Biography of Leonard Peters
Leonard Peters (born December 26, 1981 in Fagaalu, American Samoa) is an American football safety and a rugby player. He was originally signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2007 and was on the Chicago Bears practice squad. He played collegiately at Hawaii. Peters performed as a Polynesian dancer in his native Hawai'i, which includes twirling flaming knives. American Football Career College Peters played in 50 games for the University of Hawai'i at safety, making 290 tackles, defending 20 passes, recording 7 interceptions and two sacks. Professional Peters was signed to the Chicago Bears practice squad on October 3, 2007. He was released by the Bears on August 30, 2008. Move to Rugby union Peters has decided to move to rugby union, a sport from which Ame... |
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