In 2015, Raimondo became the 75th Governor of the State of Rhode Island. She is the first woman to be Governor of Rhode Island. She was the General Treasurer for the State of Rhode Island from 2011 through 2015.
On January 7, 2021, President-elect Joe Biden nominated Raimondo to serve as the United States Secretary of Commerce in his cabinet. Her nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 2, 2021 with a 84-15 vote.
Pete Ricketts
John Peter "Pete" Ricketts (born August 19, 1964) is the 40th and current Governor of Nebraska and former Chief Operating Officer of Ameritrade.
He was the Republican nominee for the 2006 U.S. Senate race in Nebraska, which he lost to then incumbent Ben Nelson. He ran for Governor of Nebraska in the 2014 election, this time defeating the Democratic nominee, Chuck Hassebrook. He was inaugurated as Governor in January 2015.
Charlie Baker
Charles Duane "Charlie" Baker, Jr. (born November 13, 1956) is an American businessman and politician. He is the 72nd and current Governor of Massachusetts, since 2015. He was a cabinet official under two Massachusetts governors, spent ten years as CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. He was also the Republican nominee for Governor of Massachusetts in his unsuccessful bid in 2010.
Doug Ducey
Douglas A. "Doug" Ducey (born April 9, 1964) is the 23rd and current Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona. He is a member of the Republican Party, and was sworn in as Governor on January 5, 2015. He also served as the 32nd State Treasurer of Arizona.
Susan Howard
Jeri Lynn Mooney (born January 28, 1944), also known as Susan Howard, is an American actress and writer. She works in both movies and television series. She played Maggie in "Petrocelli". She played Donna in "Dallas" from 1979 to 1987. In "The Love Boat", she played Cynthia.
Mooney was born in Marshall, Texas.
Lance Percival
John Lancelot Blades Percival, known as Lance Percival (26 July 1933 – 6 January 2015), was an English actor, comedian and after-dinner speaker. He was known for making the voices of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in the animated series "The Beatles".
Percival died in January 2015, aged 81. He will be cremated at Putney Vale Cemetery on 20 January 2015.
Marshall, Texas
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Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. (September 7, 1926 – January 9, 2015) is an American movie producer. His best known movies were "Mystic Pizza" (1988), "" (2003), and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (2013).
Goldwyn was born in Los Angeles, California. He was the son of actress Frances Howard and the pioneer motion picture mogul Samuel Goldwyn. He attended Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. He served in World War II. He was married twice and had six children including Tony Goldwyn and John Goldwyn.
Goldwyn died from congestive heart failure on January 9, 2015 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 88.
Imre Kertész
Imre Kertész (9 November 1929 – 31 March 2016) was a Hungarian author. He was a Holocaust concentration camp survivor. He wrote his autobiographical roman "fatelessness". In 2002, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was born in Budapest, Hungary.
Kertész died in Budapest, Hungary from complications of Parkinson's disease on 31 March 2016, aged 86.
Kosta
Kosta is a locality in Lessebo Municipality in Kronoberg County in Sweden. There were 884 people living in 2010. The locality is located between the towns of Kalmar and Växjö. Kosta is known for the glassworks Kosta glasbruk.
Hovmantorp
Hovmantorp is a locality in Lessebo Municipality in Kronoberg County in Sweden. In 2010, 2,991 people lived in the locality.
Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett (born 17 July 1960) is a television producer based in Los Angeles. He was born in London and raised in Dagenham. He has been married to the actress Roma Downey since 2007.
Burnett has produced shows including Survivor, The Voice (TV series) The Celebrity Apprentice, The Apprentice, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, and The Contender.
Haga Church
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The Voice (TV series)
The Voice' is a singing competition created in the Netherlands by producer John de Mol and singer Roel van Velzen. The show is now a franchise with countries across the globe hosting their own version. The show first aired on 17 September 2010.
The way The Voice works is different in some countries, but most retain these rounds and rules. Kids versions are made as well. Almost anyone 8 and up can apply to be on the show. However, only contestants that are teenagers and up can apply to compete on the show where adults compete.
Note: Contestant & Artist mean the same thing.
A certain number of contestants perform, hoping to impress the coaches. The contestant(s) pick(s) a song to perform, and the judges listen to the contestant blindly, only judging their voice because they are turned away from the contestant, to avoid bias against certain people. If a coach likes a contestant's voice enough, the coach can press their button and they will turn around and see who the contestant is. The contestant does not stop performing until their song is over. If more than one coach turns, the contestant gets to decide which coach they would like to work with. If only one coach turns, the contestant just goes on their team after talking about the performance. If no coaches turn, the contestant is eliminated. Although the coaches do give advice to all contestants that perform. Once a coach's team has a certain number of artists, they may no longer add artists to their team.
The block is a feature that prevents another coach from getting an artist. If a coach blocks, they must press their block button for that contestant, hit their button to turn around and see the contestant, and finally turn around before the coach they decide to block turns around. Only one block can be performed per performance. If a coach tries to block an artist that is already blocked, their block will not work.
In the battles, coaches decide to pair two artists from their team against each other, performing the same song in a "boxing ring" type arena. The paired artists train together with their coach to improve upon their skills. Each sings a different parts of a song, relay style. The artists perform at the same time in the battles. Once the song is over and the coaches make their comments, it is up to the contestant's coach to decide who is the winner of the battle. The winner advances to the knockouts. Coaches have saves and steals which they can use to save an artist on their team, or steal one from another team. However, these are limited.
In the knockouts, the remaining artists once again battle each other, however this time they work individually with their coach. Also, each artist performs their own song and they do not sing at the same time. Like the battles,Once the song is over and the coaches make their comments, it is up to the contestant's coach to decide who is the winner of the battle. The winner advances to the Live shows. Coaches usually only have steals in this round which they can steal an artist from another team. However, these are limited.