Month: April 2017
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Nido Qubein
About Nido Qubein Business leader and motivational speaker who has served as the president of High Point University since 2005. He has authored dozens of best-selling self-help and business development audiovisual programs and books distributed worldwide. After moving to the United States in 1966, he earned a bachelor s in human relations from High Point…
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Maria Aitken
About Maria Aitken English theatre director, actress, and writer whose Tony Award-winning play The 39 Steps played on Broadway for three years. She graduated from St. Anne s College in Oxford with an M.A. in English Literature. She performed with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company and was nominated for a BAFTA…
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Yannick Alléno
About Yannick Alléno French chef who has been awarded three Michelin stars throughout his career. He has worked at Pavillon Ledoyen, Le Cheval Blanc, and One&Only The Palm in Dubai. He released several books such as Sauces, Reflections of a Chef in 2014. He studied at Santo Dumont High School in Saint-Cloud. He started learning how to…
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Adam Zampa
About Adam Zampa Cricket leg spin bowler and right-handed batter who is known for his career throughout Australia. He debuted for the Australian national team in the Twenty20 International (T20I) tournament on March 4, 2016. He made his first-class cricket debut with New South Wales in 2012. He subsequently began his time with the South…
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Suelen Bissolati
About Suelen Bissolati Fitness model and motivational speaker whose photos of her training and her inspirational posts have garnered her 210,000 followers on Instagram. Her first Instagram post was on February 7, 2016, and was a photo of her at carnivale. She won WFBB Fitness Model Brazil in 2018. Suelen Bissolati Her husband Carlos Cordeiro is…
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Patty Wagstaff
About Patty Wagstaff American pilot and World Aerobatics Champion who was inducted into the International Women s Aviation Hall of Fame. She took her first flying lesson aboard a Cessna 185 aircraft. She won the Betty Skelton First Lady of Aerobatics award six consecutive times, beginning in 1988. Patty Wagstaff Her father was a pilot…
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Al Downing
About Al Downing Pitcher for the New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1961 to 1977; turned to broadcasting after retirement. He starred at Rider University, before signing with the Yankees as a free agent in 1961. He was an All-Star in 1967 while with the Yankees and then, after…
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Colin Varanyak
About Colin Varanyak BMX rider who turned pro in 2015 with Reynolds company, Fiend Bikes. He ranked 7th at BMX Street in X Games Minneapolis. He has more than 70,000 followers on his colinlikewhat Instagram account. He started riding dirt bikes at age three and racing by five. He competed in the UCI World Championships by age 11. Colin Varanyak He…
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Julia Scotti
About Julia Scotti National touring comedian who made headlines on America s Got Talent for not only being one of the oldest contestants the show had ever seen, but for also revealing herself as transgender. She made it to the quarterfinals. She was known by the name Rick Scotti for the first 28 years of…
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Rhys Chatham
About Rhys Chatham Avant-garde and minimalist composer, guitarist, and trumpet player who gained acclaim for his guitar orchestra compositions. He was the first music director of the lower Manhattan experimental art space The Kitchen while in his teens. He was a piano tuner for and student of La Monte Young, a pioneer of avant-garde music.…
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Saeed Ajmal
About Saeed Ajmal Pakistani cricket spinning master who began playing in the Test and T20 sides in 2009. He mad his ODI debut vs India in summer of 2009, soon replacing the veteran Danish Kaneria in the limited-over format. Showing his spinning ability early on, he became the leading wicket-take in Tests in 2011, taking…
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Andrew Jenks
About Andrew Jenks Filmmaker who created and starred in the MTV show World of Jenks. He was also the creator of Andrew Jenks, Room 335. He directed his first film Andrew Jenks, Room 335 at the age of 19. He was the founder of the Hendrick Hudson Film Festival. He also created the Zen of…