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List of people from Columbia, Missouri

This is a list of the people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the American city of Columbia, Missouri, and its surrounding metropolitan area.

Attending college in Columbia
Many people have lived in Columbia temporarily, while attending one of the city's institutions of higher education; such people are not included in this list.  For lists of people who attended college in Columbia see: 
 List of Columbia College alumni
 List of Stephens College alumni
 List of University of Missouri alumni

A–D

James William Abert – soldier and explorer
Thomas M. Allen – clergyman
Benjamin Anderson – economist
Gary Anderson – football player
Judy Baker – politician
Matt Bartle – politician
Rob Benedict – actor
William Duane Benton – judge
Rebecca Blank – educator; U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Philemon Bliss – judge
John William Boone – musician
Stratton D. Brooks – college president
Fleda Brown – poet
Jessica Capshaw – actress
Russ Carnahan – politician
Jack D. Crouch – hotelier; father of Jack Dyer Crouch, II
Derek "Deke" Dickerson – musician

E–L

Carl Edwards – NASCAR driver
Sara Evans – country singer
Jane Froman – poet; performance artist
Nicole Galloway – politician
Chuck Graham – politician
Ken Griffin – organist
Eugene Jerome Hainer – Nebraska politician
Jeff Harris – politician
Peter Hessler – journalist
Darwin Hindman – mayor of Columbia (1995–2010)
Jon Hamm – actor; appeared in the television series Mad Men
Brett James – singer

William Jewell – educator
Leon W. Johnson – second mayor of Columbia
Tyler Johnson – baseball pitcher
Daniel Webster Jones – Mormon pioneer
Kraig Kann – golf commentator
E. Stanley Kroenke – sports mogul
Ken Lay – chief executive, Enron
Grace Lee – radio and television personality
Guy Sumner Lowman, Jr. – linguist

M–S

Jeff Maggert – professional golfer
William Rainey Marshall – fifth Governor of Minnesota
Tom McVea – politician
William L. Nelson – politician
John Neihardt – poet
Don Nardo – author
Michael Paul Oman-Reagan – artist
Carlos Pena Jr. – singer
James S. Rollins – 19th-century politician
Jesse M. Roper – 19th-century naval officer
Charles Griffith Ross – press secretary for U.S. President Harry S. Truman
Felix Sabates – philanthropist
Therese Sander – farmer; politician
Max Schwabe – politician

Jon Scott – television journalist
John F. Shafroth – Colorado politician
Clay Shirky – writer
Apollo M. O. Smith – aviation executive
William Smith – actor
William J. Stone – 28th Governor of Missouri

T–Z

 Blake Tekotte – baseball player
 Malcolm Thomas – professional basketball player
 Nischelle Turner – television personality
 Zbylut Twardowski – nephrologist
Charlie Van Dyke – radio personality
Andrew VanWyngarden – musician
James "Bud" Walton – co-founder, Wal-Mart
Sam Walton – co-founder, Wal-Mart
Edwin Moss Watson – editor; publisher
David Wax – member, rock band David Wax Museum
Norbert Wiener – mathematician
Lisa Wilcox – actress
Roger B. Wilson – 52nd Governor of Missouri

Related pages
 List of people from Missouri

Columbia
Julián Pastor

Julián Pastor Llaneza (18 October 1943 – 24 August 2015) was a Mexican movie director, actor, screenwriter, editor, and photographer. He was known for directing the movie No One Writes to the Colonel. Pastor was born in Mexico City.

Pastor died in Mexico City at the age of 71.

References

Other websites

 

1943 births
2015 deaths
Mexican movie directors
Mexican movie actors
Mexican screenwriters
Photographers
Writers from Mexico City
Gurgen Dalibaltayan

Gurgen Dalibaltayan (; 5 June 1926 – 1 September 2015) was an Armenian military commander. He was the Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces during the Battle of Shusha on 8–9 May 1992. The battle took place during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Dalibaltayan was born in Bogdanovka, Javakheti, Georgian SSR (present-day Ninotsminda, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia). He was married to Shushanik Dalibaltayan (née Khachatryan). They have two children, a daughter Varduhi (b. 1952) and a son Varazdat (b. 1954).

Dalibaltayan died on 1 September 2015 in Yerevan, aged 89.

References

1926 births
2015 deaths
Armenian people
Generals
Soviet military people
Alan Menken

Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer, songwriter, conductor, music director and record producer. Menken is best known for his scores and songs for movies produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. 

His scores and songs for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards. 

He also composed the scores and songs for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Newsies (1992), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Home on the Range (2004), Enchanted (2007) and Tangled (2010).

References

Other websites

Internet Broadway database Listing
Internet Off-Broadway database Listing 
MusicalTalk interview with Alan Menken
 
 The Whole New World of Alan Menken
 Alan Menken: "Beauty and the Beast captures the magic of Disney animations and brings it to the stage"  Alan Menken in Barcelona's Beauty and the Beast

1949 births
American movie score composers
Living people
Best Original Song Academy Award-winning songwriters
Writers from New York City
Academy Award winning composers
Grammy Award winners
Tony Award winning actors
Emmy Award winners
Playtime Is Over (mixtape)

Playtime Is Over is the debut mixtape by Trinidan-American rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on July 5, 2007 by Young Money Entertainment and Dirty Money Entertainment. The mixtape includes guest appearances from Hell Red, Red Café, Murda Mook, Ransom, Gravy, Lil Wayne, Angel De-mar, and Ru Spits. Before releasing the mixtape, Minaj released five songs with rap group the Hoodstars. She left the group to start up a solo career. She used to upload songs on her Myspace page. With that she met Fendi, CEO for Brooklyn label Dirty Money Entertainment. Through that she met Lil Wayne who saw her appearance on the DVD The Come Up.

Track listing

References

2007 albums
Hip hop albums
Hip hop soul albums
R&B albums
Mixtape albums
Nicki Minaj albums
Sucka Free

Sucka Free is the second mixtape by Trinidadian-American rapper Nicki Minaj. The album was released on April 12, 2008 through Young Money Entertainment and Dirty Money Records. Sucka Free features guest appearances from fellow rappers Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Jadakiss, Lil' Kim; a person who Minaj would argue with later on in her career and Ransom.

The making of Sucka Free

Just after Minaj's previous mixtape, Playtime Is Over, was released in 2007, Minaj released Sucka Free with label mate Lil Wayne after he saw her on the Queens-made DVD series called The Come Up. Lil' Wayne helped Minaj with making the mixtape.

Track listing

References 

2008 albums
Hip hop albums
Dance albums
R&B albums
Mixtape albums
Nicki Minaj albums
Beam Me Up Scotty (mixtape)

Beam Me Up Scotty is the third mixtape by Trinidadian-American rapper artist Nicki Minaj; it was released on April 18, 2009 by Trapaholics Records. It features guest verses from rappers Bobby V, Brinx, Busta Rhymes, Drake, Gucci Mane, Gudda Gudda, Jae Millz, Lil Wayne, Red Café, Ricky Blaze, Rocko, Ron Browz, and Shanell.

Track listing

Sample credits
"Itty Bitty Piggy" contains a sample of "Donk" performed by Soulja Boy Tellem.
"Mind on My Money" contains a sample of "Live Your Life" performed by T.I.
"Go Hard" contains a sample of "Go Hard" performed by DJ Khaled.
"Get Silly" contains a sample of "Get Silly" performed by V.I.C.
"Still I Rise" contains a sample of "No Matter What" performed by T.I.
"Beam Me Up Scotty" contains a sample of "Kill the Bitch" performed by Sasha.

Release history

References

2009 albums
Hip hop albums
Electronica albums
R&B albums
Mixtape albums
Nicki Minaj albums
M. M. Kalburgi

Malleshappa Madivalappa Kalburgi (; 28 November 1938 – 30 August 2015) was an Indian scholar of Vachana sahitya (Vachana literature) and academic. He was the vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi. A noted epigraphist of Kannada, he was awarded the National Sahitya Akademi award in 2006 for Marga 4, a collection of his research articles.

Kalburgi was shot dead in the morning of 30 August 2015 at his residence in Dharwad district of Karnataka by two unidentified men.

References

1938 births
2015 deaths
Indian academics
Indian murder victims
Indian writers
Murders by firearm
People murdered in India
Volkswagen Golf Mk7

The Volkswagen Golf Mk7 is the seventh generation of the compact car Volkswagen Golf. It succeeded the Mk6 in 2009.

Models
2 door GTI
4 door GTI
4 door TDI
4 door SportWagen
4 door R
4 door base
2 door base
4 door eGolf

References 

Volkswagen Golf
Harry Hughes

Harry Roe Hughes (November 13, 1926 – March 13, 2019) was an American politician. He was a member of the  Democratic Party. Hughes was the 57th Governor of Maryland from 1979 to 1987.

Hughes died at his home in Denton, Maryland from pneumonia-related problems on March 13, 2019 at the age of 92.

References

1926 births
2019 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia
Governors of Maryland
US Democratic Party politicians
In My Mind

In My Mind is the first studio album by American recording artist and record producer Pharrell Williams. It was released on July 25, 2006. The album features the hit single "Can I Have It Like That" which features American singer Gwen Stefani. The album is mainly a hip hop album with R&B styles.

Reviews

The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics.

Track listing
All songs produced by Pharrell Williams.

Grammy Nomination
The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards. It lost to Release Therapy by Ludacris.

Notes
 A song titled "Mamacita", which featured reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee was leaked in early 2006 and was supposed to be the third single from the album, but it did not appear on the final track listing, nor was there a video for the song, but it is featured in the movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
 Not on the official album, "Big White Spaceship" (featuring Timbaland & Magoo) is actually an early project with Timbaland & Magoo called Surrounded by Idiots. Pharrell recalls in an interview: "In seventh grade I met Chad. That's twenty years ago by now. Like I said earlier, we started producing beats together. But then again, I also played with this famous group which consisted of Timbaland, Magoo, myself and some other guy. Chad wasn't a part of the group, so I was in The Neptunes and in Surrounded by Idiots at the same time." A few tracks produced by the group float around on the Internet, this being the most distributed. In 2005 Danny! recorded a remix to this song, removing vocals from Timbaland & Magoo, and placed it as a hidden track on his F.O.O.D. album.
 The song "Skateboard P Presents: Show You How to Hustle" is featured in the game Need for Speed: Carbon.
 Other songs presumed to be B-sides or possibly just unreleased Pharrell compositions include "Creamsickle" and "I Need Love".
 The album cover is a reference to the art style of BAPE, a Japanese street clothing company that is popular in the urban scene. Williams and founder Nigo launched the first American store in New York together.
 The initial pressing offered buyers a choice of three covers; each cover had Pharrell pictured with either a Blue Ice Cream sweater, Red and White Polo Shirt, or White Billionaire Boys Club T-shirt as shown above.
 A remixed version of the album, titled "Out of My Mind", was produced, but was never officially released. This remixed version of the album featured interpolated instrumentals by drummer, Questlove and James Poyser, of the hip hop group The Roots.

Charts and certifications

Charts

Certifications

References

2006 albums
Debut albums
Hip hop albums
Pharrell Williams
R&B albums
Ciara: The Evolution

Ciara: The Evolution (simply known as The Evolution) is the second studio album by American recording artist Ciara, released on December 5, 2006, by LaFace Records. It was released two years after Ciara's debut Goodies. The album features guest appearances from fellow R&B singer-songwriter R. Kelly who featured on the remix to the lead single "Promise", rappers Chamillionaire, 50 Cent and Lil' Jon.

Reviews

Ciara: The Evolution received mixed reviews from music critics.

Track listing

Notes
 Track listing and credits from album booklet.
  signifies a vocal producer
  signifies a co-producer

Sample credits
 "That's Right" contains samples from "Fix It in the Mix" written by Tony Butler, as performed by Pretty Tony and "Jam the Box" written by Tony Butler and Sherman Nealy, as performed by Pretty Tony.
 "C.R.U.S.H." contains a portion of the composition "122 BPM", written by Larry Linn.
 "Make It Last Forever" contains a sample from "Think (About It)", written by James Brown, as performed by Lyn Collins and contains a portion of the composition "It Takes Two", written by James Brown and Robert Ginyard.
 "Do It" contains samples from "You Really Got Me", written by Raymond Davies, as performed by The Kinks and "Push It", written by Herby Azor and Raymond Davies, as performed by Salt-N-Pepa.

Personnel

 Executive Producers: Ciara Harris and Phillana Williams
 Management: Phillana Williams for TPF Management
 Mastered by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound, NYC
 A&R: Mark Pitts and Ethiopia Habtemariam
 A&R Administration: Shay Young
 A&R Coordination: Leticia Hillard and Jill Tschogl

 Sample Clearance: David Schmidt, Kobie "The Quarterback" Brown, Donato Guadagnoli
 Art Direction and Design: Courtney Walter
 Photography: Markus Klinko and Indrani
 Styling: John Moore
 Make Up: Yolonda Frederick for Goldfinger Creative
 Mix engineer:  Dylan "3-D" Dresdow
 Hair: Shirlena Allen for Dawn To Dusk Agency

Charts

Chart succession

Certifications

Release history

References

2006 albums
Ciara albums
Hip hop albums
R&B albums
Basic Instinct (album)

Basic Instinct is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Ciara. It was released on December 10, 2010, by LaFace Records and Jive Records. Executively produced by A&R agent Mark Pitts, Ciara, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, Basic Instinct returns Ciara to her urban roots with mid-tempo R&B, hip hop and dance songs.

Critical response

Basic Instinct received, on average, positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72.

Track listings

Notes
Track listing and credits taken from album booklet.
 denotes a vocal producer
 denotes a co-producer
"Basic Instinct (U Got Me)" samples "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor.
"Heavy Rotation" contains a portion of "Baby Baby" written by Rogers Andrell, Brian Flemming and Gerald J. Coats.

Personnel
Credits for Basic Instinct adapted from Allmusic.

The Agency – Producer
Alex Al – Bass
Chris Bellman – Mastering
Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges – Composer
Ciara Harris – Executive Producer, Composer, Primary vocals
Martin Cooke – Assistant Engineer
Steven Dennis – Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
Lauren Evans – Background vocals
Iain Findlay – Assistant Engineer
Yolonda Frederick – Make-Up
Chris Galland – Assistant Engineer
Jesus Garnica – Mixing Assistant
Steven Gomillion – Photography
Josh Goodwin – Vocal Engineer
Mark Gray – Mixing Assistant
Josh Gudwin – Vocal Engineer
Kuk Harrell – Vocal Engineer, Vocal Producer
Travis Harrington – Mixing Assistant
Jaycen Joshua – Mixing
Dennis Leupold – Photography
Giancarlo Lino – Mixing Assistant
Chris Bellman – Audio mastering

Mike Molina – Composer
Monte Neuble – Keyboards
Terius "The-Dream" Nash – Executive Producer, Producer
Luis Navarro – Assistant Engineer
Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – Engineer
Mark Pitts – Executive Producer, A&R
Zachariah Redding – Assistant Engineer
Marni Senofonte – Stylist
Kelly Sheehan – Engineer
Jason Sherwood – Assistant Engineer
Kenneth "Soundz" Colby – Producer, Composer
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart – Executive Producer, Composer, Producer
Anthony Taglianetti – Assistant Engineer
Brian "B-Luv" Thomas – Engineer
Michael Thompson – Guitar
Pat Thrall – Engineer, Vocal Effect
Randy Urbanski – Assistant Engineer
Courtney Walter – Art Direction, Design
Tyler "T-Minus" Williams – Composer, Producer
Kiyah Wright – Hair Stylist
Andrew Wuepper – Engineer, Mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

2010 albums
Ciara albums
Dance albums
Hip hop albums
R&B albums
Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are created by the [United Nations] and promoted as the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. They replaced the [Millennium Development Goals] that expired at the end of 2015. The SDGs run from 2015 to 2030. There are 17 goals and 169 specific targets for those goals.

Goals

In August of 2015 193 countries agreed to the following 17 goals:

 No poverty 
 Zero hunger 
 Good health and wellbeing
 Quality education 
 Gender equality
 Clean water and sanitation
 Affordable and clean energy 
 Decent work and economic growth 
 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
 Reduce inequality 
 Sustainable cities and communities 
 Responsible consumption and production
 Climate action 
 Life below water
 Life on land
 Peace and justice.  Strong institutions
 Partnerships for the goals

References

Sustainability
Development
United Nations
Mylo Xyloto

Mylo Xyloto is the fifth studio album by Coldplay. The album was released on October 25, 2011. It was fifth and final studio album of label Capitol Records.

2011 albums
Coldplay albums
Antonio Nirta

Antonio Nirta (22 April 1919 – 1 September 2015) was an Italian criminal. He was the boss of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type organization in Calabria. He was born in San Luca, and, together with his brothers Giuseppe, Francesco and Sebastiano, ruled the comune.

Nirta died on 1 September 2015 in Benestare, Province of Reggio Calabria. He was 96.

References

1919 births
2015 deaths
Mobsters
People from Calabria
Aleksandar Stipčević

Aleksandar Stipčević (10 October 1930 – 1 September 2015) was a Croatian archeologist, bibliographer, librarian and historian. He was best known for studying the Illyrians. He wrote several works on the Illyrians. He was a full professor at the University of Zagreb from 1987 until his retirement in 1997.

Stipčević was born in the village of Arbanasi near Zadar (then Zara, Kingdom of Italy). He was of Albanian ancestry.

Stipčević died on 1 September 2015 in Zagreb, aged 84.

Works
 Gli Iliri ("Illyrians"; 1966)
 Arte degli Illiri ("The Illyrian Art"; 1963)
 Iliri: povijest, život, kultura (1974)
 Bibliografija antičke arheologije u Jugoslaviji (I–II, 1977)
 Kultni simboli kod Ilira ("The Illyrian Cult Symbols"; 1981)
 Povijest knjige ("The History of Books"; 1985, extended edition in 2006)
 Cenzura u knjižnicama ("Censorship and Libraries"; 1992)
 O savršenom cenzoru (1994)
 Sudbina knjige (2000)
 Socijalna povijest knjige u Hrvata (I–III, 2004–08)
 Tradicijska kultura zadarskih Arbanasa (2011)
Some of them are translated to other languages.

He was the editor-in-chief of the second volume of the Croatian Biographical Lexicon (1983–1989).

References

1930 births
2015 deaths
Archaeologists
Croatian writers
Historians
Croatian scientists
Willy Stähle

Willy Juana Stähle (16 June 1954 – 27 August 2015) was a Dutch world water skiing champion. She won a gold for women's figure skiing and a silver medal for women's slalom at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. She was the Dutch Sportswoman of the Year in 1971.

Stähle was born in Amsterdam. Her death was announced on 1 September 2015.

References

1954 births
2015 deaths
Dutch Olympic gold medalists
Dutch Olympic silver medalists
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists
Sportspeople from Amsterdam
Japandroids

Japandroids is a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia.

Career
The band was formed in 2006 by Brian King and David Prowse. King and Prowse met each other in 2000 while they were attending the University of Victoria in Victoria. They started going to live shows together regularly in Victoria and Vancouver after they found out that they had a mutual interest in music. In 2003, Prowse moved to Vancouver and transferred to Simon Fraser University. After King graduated in 2005, he moved to Vancouver to form the band with Prowse. The band was influenced by The Sonics and they started writing music in 2006. The band got their name from a combination of two other band name ideas: Japanese Scream and Pleasure Droids.

The band self-released two EPs: All Lies in 2007 and Lullaby Death Jams in 2008. The EPs were only limited to 500 copies each but were re-released as a compilation titled No Singles in 2010.

Their first studio album titled Post-Nothing was released on April 28, 2009 through Unfamiliar Records and re-released on August 4, 2009 on Polyvinyl Record Co. In March 2009, the website Pitchfork Media named the song "Young Hearts Spark Fire" as a 'Best New Track'. This helped the band gain more recognition outside of Canada.

The band's second studio album Celebration Rock was released on June 5, 2012. The album's first single "The House That Heaven Built" was released on May 15, 2012.

The album received positive reviews. Ian Cohen of Pitchfork said, "Japandroids have gone from having almost none at all [lyrics] to packing their songs with an astonishing command of legend and literalism that all but dares you to feel something." Spin named Japandroids 2012's Band of the Year and rated the album a 9 out of 10. Rolling Stone rated it a 4 out of 5 and listed the album as #10 on their The 10 Coolest Summer Albums of All Time list.

Discography

Studio albums
Post-Nothing (2009)
Celebration Rock (2012)

Compilation albums
No Singles (2010)

References

Other websites
Official website

Canadian rock bands
Indie rock bands
Musical duos
Musical groups established in 2006
2006 establishments in Canada
Opus isodomum

Opus isodomum is an ancient technique of wall building. It uses perfectly cut, completely regular square stone blocks of equal height, and sometimes of the same length.

In classical antiquity this technique was perfected and widely used, especially for public buildings (temples, theaters, amphitheaters etc.). One of the most well-known examples is the Parthenon.

Vitruvius briefly described this technique in his De Architectura, 2nd book, 8th chapter as following: A wall is called “isodomum“ when all the courses are of equal height.

Vitruvius further states that the stone blocks of opus isodomum are bound together by mortar, but more often they are not connected with mortar but with metal ties such as iron cramps, fixed in stone blocks with molten lead.

Completely regular isodomum is relatively rare, especially in the provinces. More frequent is isodomum made of stone blocks of the same height but not of the same length. In order to strengthen this type of wall, builders always take good care that the ends of stone blocks in alternating courses of the wall do not match.

Opus pseudoisodomum is a version of opus isodomum mentioned by Vitruvius, describing that it is a kind of stonemasonery in which "the rows of courses do not match but run unequally", referring to the height and length of the blocks, which are nevertheless still perfectly cut.

Vitruvius considered both types of wall construction as Greek, emphasizing that "both kinds are strong".

Footnotes

Bibliography
 Vitruvius 1990 - Marcus Vitruvius Pollio: Deset knjiga o arhitekturi, translated by Matija Lopac, Sarajevo, 1990, p. 41-46
Müller / Vogel 1999 - Werner Müller; Gunther Vogel: Atlas arhitekture 1, translated by Milan Pelc, Zagreb, 1999., p. 3, 31, 60, 61
Suić 1976 - Mate Suić: Antički grad na istočnom Jadranu, Zagreb, 1976, p. 108, 110

Construction
Architectural elements
Vasto

Vasto (; Latin: Histonium, Istonium, and Histonios; formerly also, Guastaymonis, Il Vasto, and Il Vasto d'Ammone) is a town and comune. It is on the Adriatic coast of the Province of Chieti in southern Abruzzo, Italy. The population is now just over 40,000.

References 

Settlements in Abruzzo
Towns in Italy
VH1 Storytellers (Kanye West album)

VH1 Storytellers is the second live album by American hip hop artist Kanye West. It was released on January 5, 2010 by Roc-A-Fella Records. The album was recorded live in February 2009.

Track listing

 "See You in My Nightmares" – 3:13
 "RoboCop" – 6:17
 "Flashing Lights" – 6:41
 "Amazing" – 8:24
 "Touch the Sky" – 9:53
 "Say You Will" – 7:42
 "Good Life" – 6:30
 "Heartless/Pinocchio Story" – 11:01
 "Stronger" – 4:53

References

2010 albums
Kanye West albums
Hip hop albums
R&B albums
The Alesha Show

The Alesha Show is the second studio album from British recording artist Alesha Dixon, the album is her first album to be released in the United Kingdom. It was released on 24 November 2008 in the UK by Asylum Records. The album was billed in Dixon's full name of Alesha Dixon. The album is mainly a R&B album with soul and funk styles.

A deluxe edition of the album was released on 23 November 2009, entitled The Alesha Show – Encore. The first single from the Encore edition was "To Love Again". All the singles released from the album, including the Encore edition, reached the top 15 on the UK Singles Chart.

Reviews

The Alesha Show received mainly good reviews from music critics.

Track listing

Notes
"Don't Ever Let Me Go" samples "Paper Aeroplane" by Angus and Julia Stone.

Release history

Charts

Year End Charts

Certifications

References

2008 albums
2009 albums
Alesha Dixon albums
Funk albums
Soul albums
R&B albums
Victor Navasky

Victor Saul Navasky (born July 5, 1932) is an American journalist, editor, publisher, and author. He is a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He was editor of The Nation from 1978 until 1995, and its publisher and editorial director 1995 to 2005.

References

1932 births
Living people
Educators from New York City
Journalists from New York City
Writers from New York City
Dave Foley

David Scott "Dave" Foley (born January 4, 1963) is a Canadian-American actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, director, producer and writer. He is best known for his work in The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio and the voice of Flik in the 1998 film A Bug's Life.

Personal life 
Foley was born in Etobicoke, Ontario. His mother, Mary, was a homemaker. His father, Michael, was a pipefitter. His father is of Irish descent, and his mother is of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent.

Filmography

References

Other websites 

1963 births
Living people
Actors from Ontario
Canadian movie actors
Canadian stand-up comedians
Canadian television actors
Canadian television directors
Canadian television producers
Canadian television writers
Canadian voice actors
Comedians from Ontario
Dean Jones (actor)

Dean Carroll Jones (January 25, 1931 – September 1, 2015) was an American actor. He was born in Decatur, Alabama.

Jones was best known for his light-hearted leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977. He was known for his roles in The Love Bug and in Beethoven. 

Jones died from Parkinson's disease in Los Angeles, California, aged 84.

Filmography

Film

Television

Broadway appearances

References

Other websites
 
 
 
 

1931 births
2015 deaths
Actors from Alabama
American movie actors
American stage actors
American television actors
American voice actors
Deaths from Parkinson's disease
Disease-related deaths in Los Angeles
Singers from Alabama
Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man is a 2005 American biographical drama movie. It was directed by Ron Howard and it was produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and Penny Marshall. Cinderella Man was released on June 3, 2005.

The movie got positive reviews from critics. It has a 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Due to a low opening, AMC Theatres advertised on June 24, 2005 that it would offer a refund to any ticket-buyer dissatisfied with the film to try and help boost ticket sales.

Cast 
 Russell Crowe as James J. Braddock
 Renée Zellweger as Mae Braddock
 Paul Giamatti as Joe Gould
 Bruce McGill as James Johnston
 Craig Bierko as Max Baer
 Paddy Considine as Mike Wilson
 David Huband as Ford Bond
 Connor Price as Jay Braddock
 Ariel Waller as Rosemarie "Rosy" Braddock
 Patrick Louis as Howard Braddock
 Rosemarie DeWitt as Sara Wilson
 Linda Kash as Mrs. Gould
 Nicholas Campbell as Sporty Lewis
 Gene Pyrz as Jake
 Chuck Shamata as Father Roddick
 Ron Canada as Joe Jeanette
 Alicia Johnston as Alice
 Troy Amos-Ross as John Henry Lewis
 Mark Simmons as Art Lasky
 Art Binkowski as Corn Griffin
 David Litzinger as Abe Feldman
 Matthew G. Taylor as Primo Carnera
 Rance Howard as Announcer Al Fazin
 Robert Norman Smith as reporter

References

Other websites

2005 drama movies
2000s biographical movies
2000s sports drama movies
American biographical movies
American sports drama movies
English-language movies
Miramax movies
Movies directed by Ron Howard
Movies set in New Jersey
Movies set in New York City
Movies set in the 1920s
Movies set in the 1930s
Universal Pictures movies
Michael Wenning

Michael Harold Wenning (July 5, 1935 – June 28, 2011) was an South African-born American Presbyterian minister. From 1969 to 1977, he was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Durban, South Africa. He was known for performing President Reagan's state funeral.

Early life
Wenning was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied at Texas Christian University and at New York University.

Career
From 1969 to 1977, he was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Durban, South Africa. In 1977 he returned to the United States where he worked for the next three decades as a pastor in various Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations, including one in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Death
Wenning died at his home in Mission Viejo, California from kidney failure caused by leukemia, aged 75.

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Boomer Castleman

Owens Boomer Castleman (July 18, 1945 – September 1, 2015), better known by his stage name Boomer Castleman, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He and Michael Martin Murphey teamed up to make the pop music group The Lewis & Clarke Expedition in the 1960s. His single Judy Mae peaked at #33 in the US charts. He also founded the independent country music record label BNA Records which he later sold to BMG Music. He invented the palm pedal.

Castleman was born in Los Angeles, California. He grew up in Farmers Branch and Dallas, Texas. He had two daughters.

Castleman died from cancer on September 1, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 70.

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Ken Cuccinelli

Kenneth Thomas "Ken" Cuccinelli II ( ; born July 30, 1968) is an American politician. 

In June 2019, President Donald Trump appointed him to be acting Director of the Citizenship and Immigration Services office. He is a former Attorney General of Virginia. In November 2019, he became United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.

He was the Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia in the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial election.

He was elected as Virginia's 46th Attorney General in the November 2009 general election. From 2002 until January 16, 2010 he was a Republican member of the Senate of Virginia, representing the 37th district in Fairfax County. He holds degrees in engineering, law and commercial policy, and co-founded a law firm.

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 Ken Cuccinelli for Governor 
 Ken Cuccinelli at the Virginia Public Access Project
 Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-Fairfax) at Richmond Sunlight

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George Ariyoshi

George Ryoichi Ariyoshi  (有吉良一; born March 12, 1926) is an American politician. He served as the third Governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He became governor when John A. Burns was stepped down.

Early life
Ariyoshi was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. His parents were Japanese immigrants. He studied at the University of Michigan. He served in the United States Army during World War II.

Governor of Hawaii (1974-1986)
When he was elected, Ariyoshi became the first American of Asian descent to be elected governor of a state of the United States.

Ariyoshi's administration was marked by fiscal conservatism as the post-statehood economic boom came to an end. He guided the state through its first economic recession. He has gathered some criticism for having only people with Japanese surnames on his staff, many were relatives.

He also holds the record as the longest-serving state governor in Hawaii, a record likely to remain unbroken because of term limits enacted after his tenure. Ariyoshi is now considered an elder statesman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii.

Personal life
Ariyoshi married Jean Miya Hayashi in 1955. They have a daughter, Lynn, born in 1957; and two sons, Ryozo, born in 1959, and Donn, 1961.

References

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 Honolulu Star Bulletin Article about Ariyoshi's Wife and her book, Washington Place: A First Lady's Story 
 Honolulu Star Bulletin Editorial Column 
 http://www.weekender.co.jp/LatestEdition/010713/baby.html 
 Donn Ariyoshi 
 George Ariyoshi Tribute Site 
 Portrait of Ariyoshi  by Margaret Holland Sargent

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Charles Gyamfi

Charles Kumi Gyamfi (4 December 1929 – 2 September 2015) was a Ghanaian footballer and coach. He became the first African to play in Germany when he joined Fortuna Düsseldorf in 1960, and later became the first coach to lead the Ghana national football team to an Africa Cup of Nations victory. As coach of the Ghana national football team, he won the African Cup of Nations three times (1963, 1965 and 1982), making him the most successful coach in the competition's history.

Gyamfi died in Accra, Ghana at the age of 85.

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Aleksander Mandziara

Aleksander Mandziara (16 August 1940 – 2 September 2015), also known as Alfons Mandziara, was a Polish football player and coach. He played for ŁTS Łabędy, Flocie Gdynia, Szombierki Bytom, NAC Breda, and GKS Tychy. He managed GKS Tychy, Pogoń Szczecin, Rot-Weiss Essen, BSC Young Boys, FC Biel/Bienne, LASK Linz, FC Stahl Linz, SV Darmstadt 98, and FC Bern. He was born in Gliwice.

Mandziara died on 2 September 2015, aged 75.

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Mis-Teeq

Mis-Teeq were an English R&B and UK garage girl group. The members were lead singer Sabrina Washington, rapper Alesha Dixon and backing vocalist Su-Elise Nash. A fourth member, Zena McNally, performed on only one song, "Why" (the group's first song). She left soon after to start a solo career.

The group only released two studio albums, Lickin' on Both Sides and Eye Candy. They released a self titled album in the United States in 2004. That album had songs from the group's first two albums. There was also a greatest hits album released in 2005. The group broke up in 2005 after their label went out of business. All of the group's singles reached the UK top 40.

Ever since the group broke up in 2005, there have been rumors about the group releasing more music. On 9 February 2011, it was reported that the group were in talks to do a comeback tour. This was denied by Dixon. Two years later, Dixon said that she would never rule out a reunion.

Discography
Lickin' on Both Sides (2001)
Eye Candy (2003)
Mis-Teeq (2004)
Greatest Hits (2005)

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Ashley Madison

Ashley Madison is a Canada-based online dating service and social networking service. It used for people who are married or in a committed relationship. It promotes affairs. Its slogan is "Life is short. Have an affair." The website was launched in 2001.

The company received attention on July 15, 2015, after hackers stole all of its customer data—including emails, names, home addresses, sexual fantasies, and credit card information—and threatened to post all the data online if Ashley Madison and fellow Avid Life Media site EstablishedMen.com were not permanently closed.

References

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 Official website
 Ashley Madison updates

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Alejandro Maldonado

Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre (born January 6, 1936) is a Guatemalan politician. He was the acting President of Guatemala following the Congress of Guatemala's acceptance of the resignation of Otto Pérez Molina on September 3, 2015. He left office on January 14, 2016.

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Simo Salminen

Simo Veli Atte Salminen (8 November 1932 – 2 September 2015) was a Finnish comic-actor. He was best known for his many performances in movies and television shows by Spede Pasanen. He was known for his roles in Pähkähullu Suomi and in Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit.

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Ora (Rita Ora album)

Ora is the debut studio album by British recording artist Rita Ora, released on 27 August 2012 through Roc Nation.

Track listing

Notes
Track listing and credits from album booklet.
 signifies an additional producer
 signifies a vocal producer
 signifies a co-producer
 "Facemelt" is originally "Brap" written and performed by Bart B More with original vocals performed by Rita Ora.
 "R.I.P." embodies portions of "Heartbeat" written by N. Egbuna and F. Samadzada and performed by Nneka.
 "Fall in Love" embodies portions of "Handguns (Dada Life Remix)" written by Alexis Latrobe.

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Leon Gorman

Leon A. Gorman (December 20, 1934 – September 3, 2015) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the President (1967–2001) and Chairman (2001–2013) of the bard for the clothing company L.L.Bean. He had a reported net worth of $860 million, and, until his death, was the richest person in Maine. He was born in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Gorman died from cancer on September 3, 2015 in Yarmouth, Maine, aged 80.

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Jean-Luc Préel

Jean-Luc Préel (30 October 1940 – 3 September 2015) was a French politician. He was a member of the National Assembly from 1988 until 2012. He represented the Vendée department, and was a member of the New Centre. He was born in Caen.

Préel died on 3 September 2015 in La Roche-sur-Yon, aged 74.

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Graham Brazier

Graham Brazier (6 May 1952 – 4 September 2015) was a New Zealand musician and songwriter. He was best known as a member of Hello Sailor. He was also a member of The Pink Flamingos and The Legionnaires. He was born in Auckland

Brazier died from a heart attack on 4 September 2015 in Auckland, aged 63.

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Wilfred de Souza

Wilfred de Souza (23 April 1927 – 4 September 2015) was an Indian surgeon and politician. He served as the Chief Minister of Goa three times; 18 May 1993 until 2 April 1994, 8 April 1994 until 16 December 1994 and 30 July 1998 until 26 November 1998.

De Souza was born in Kampala, Uganda. He grew up in Goa. He was a Roman Catholic.

De Souza died after a short illness on 4 September 2015 in Panaji, aged 88.

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Geoffrey Bolton

Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton  (5 November 1931 – 3 September 2015) was an Australian historian, academic and writer. He was best known for his research and writings of Western Australian history. He wrote around thirteen books between 1958 and 2008. He also taught at universities such as the University of Western Australia (UWA), Murdoch University and Monash University. In 2005, he was named Western Australian of the Year.

Bolton was born in Perth, Western Australia. He was educated at the Oxford University and UWA. He was married to Carol Grattan and had two sons and five grandchildren.

Bolton died on 4 September 2015 in Perth, aged 83.

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Giya Kancheli

Giya Kancheli (; August 10, 1935 – October 2, 2019) was an Georgian composer. After the fall of the Soviet Union he became famous as one of the composers who resisted pressure to conform to official Soviet styles of music. Kancheli has composed many soundtracks for  movies such as Mimino, Kin-dza-dza!, Passport, Blue Mountains, The Eccentrics, and Extraordinary Exhibition.

Kancheli died at his home in Tbilisi on October 2, 2019 at the age of 84.

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Lady Saw

Marion Hall (born 12 July 1972), better known as Lady Saw, is a Grammy Award-winning  Jamaican reggae singer. Hall was born in Galina, Saint Mary, Jamaica on 12 July 1972 and began performing with local sound systems at the age of fifteen. She went on to work with the "Stereo One system" in Kingston. Her performances brought her to the attention of record producers. She recorded her first single for producer Piper, and "Love Me or Lef Me", produced by Olive Shaw received significant airplay. She had her first hit with "If Him Lef" and she topped the Jamaican record charts with "Good Man".

Awards
Lady Saw received a gold certification from the R.I.A.A. for "Smile" with Vitamin C.
Lady Saw received a triple-platinum certification from the R.I.A.A. for "Underneath It All", her 2003 collaboration with No Doubt.
In 2004, Lady Saw earned a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Duo or Group for her featured performance on No Doubt's single "Underneath It All".

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Chandra Bahadur Dangi

Chandra Bahadur Dangi (; 30 November 1939 – 3 September 2015) was a Nepalese farmer and craftsman. He was best known for being the shortest man in recorded history, measuring . Dangi was a primordial dwarf. He broke the record of Gul Mohammed (1957–1997), the shortest adult human whose height was . He was born in Kalimati, Salyan District.

Dangi died from pneumonia on 3 September 2015 in Pago Pago, American Samoa, aged 75.

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Jet d'Eau

The Jet d'Eau (, Water-Jet) is a large fountain in Geneva, Switzerland. The fountain is one of the city's most famous landmarks, and one of the largest fountains in the world. It is located at the point where Lake Geneva empties into the Rhône river.

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Mr. Freeze (roller coaster)

Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast (previously known as Mr. Freeze) is a steel launched shuttle roller coaster.

Other websites
 Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast at Six Flags Over Texas 
 Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast at Six Flags St. Louis 
 Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast (Six Flags Over Texas) at RCDB
 Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast (Six Flags St. Louis) at RCDB

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Unbreakable (Janet Jackson album)

Unbreakable is the eleventh studio album by Janet Jackson. It was released on October 2, 2015. As of September 2015, two R&B tinged singles had been released from the album. One was "No Sleeep" which features American rapper J-Cole. The other was the title track. This will be Jackson's first album with newly recorded material since 2008's "Discipline".

Track listing

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Rico Rodriguez (musician)

Rico Rodriguez MBE (born Emmanuel Rodriguez; 17 October 1934 – 4 September 2015), also known as simply Rico, as well as Reco or El Reco, was a Cuban ska and reggae trombonist. He was born in Havana and grew up in Kingston, Jamaica. He has recorded with many producers, including Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd "Matador" Daley. He was known as one of the first and most distinguished Ska artists.

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Zhang Zhen (general)

Zhang Zhen (; 5 October 1914 – 3 September 2015) was a general of the People's Liberation Army of China, and a former member of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. Zhang was born in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province.

His original name was Zhang Jiansheng(), also named as Zhang Zushou(), Zhang Zhongtian(). He joined the Chinese Communist Youth League in April 1930, and joined the Communist Party of China in July of the same year.

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Chi Haotian

General Chi Haotian (; born 9 July 1929) is a Chinese general of the People's Liberation Army. In May-June, 1989, Chi played an important role in directing the military's enforcement of martial law in Beijing to suppress the Tiananmen Square Protests in the national capital.

Other websites
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1929 births
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Li Yuan-tsu

Li Yuan-tsu (; September 24, 1923 – March 8, 2017) was a Chinese politician. He served under Lee Teng-hui as the eighth Vice President of the Republic of China. Li is of Hakka ancestry. He was born in Pingjiang, Hunan.

Li died of kidney failure on March 8, 2017 in Toufen, Taiwan, aged 93.

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Robert Davi

Robert John Davi (born June 26, 1953) is an American actor, singer, writer, and producer. Davi has performed in more than 130 movies. He has played the roles of main villain and drug lord Franz Sanchez in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill. He was  FBI Special Agent Bailey Malone in the NBC television series Profiler. He played a Vietnam veteran and FBI Special Agent Big Johnson in Die Hard. Davi played the opera-singing heavy Jake Fratelli in The Goonies, Hans Zarba in Son of the Pink Panther and Al Torres in Showgirls.

Davi was trained as a singer. He launched his professional singing career in 2011.  His first album, Davi Sings Sinatra -- On The Road To Romance, hit #6 on the Billboard jazz charts.  Praised for his voice, Davi debuted as a headliner at The Venetian, in Las Vegas, Nevada, six months after the record was released.

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Château de Chaumont

The Château de Chaumont (or Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire) is a castle in Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France. The castle was founded in the 10th century by Odo I, Count of Blois. It is located on top of a hill overlooking the Loire River. It was built to protect the borders between Blois and Anjou.

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