Early Life and Education Éric Gagné was born on January 7, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Growing up, he played baseball and ice hockey, and was coached by his father Richard. Gagné eventually became a star on Canada’s Junior World Championship teams. As a teenager, he was educated at Montreal’s Polyvalente Édouard-Montpetit High School. Gagné went on to attend Seminole Junior College in Oklahoma, where he became the star pitcher on the school’s baseball team....
That rock has a little brother, a 63kg hunk of quartz that contains about 1,620 ounces of gold, which makes it worth about $1.9 million. Altogether, the RNC find has produced a total of 9,250 ounces of “high grade gold” from 130 metric tons of rock, all dug from deep under the ground over the course of just one week. Generally speaking, gold is usually found by mining operations in small, practically invisible flakes within quartz as seen in the photo above....
Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide toward the end of World War II in 1945. During the war, he and his regime enacted their extreme nationalist ideology through the Holocaust, the systematic genocide of around six million Jews and millions of other people. Hitler is widely regarded as one of the most evil people in world history. Adolf Hitler committed suicide with his lover Eva Braun on April 30, 1945 at 56 years old....
How do you thank a world of travelers and hosts who made this success possible? By helping foster a stronger, global community of course. On Wednesday, Chesky, Gebbia, and Blecharczyk announced they’ll donate a majority of their wealth to Warren Buffet and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s philanthropic initiative, the Giving Pledge. When members make the pledge, they commit to giving away more than 50% of their fortune, either during their lifetime, or as part of their last wishes....
Early Life Alexis Dziena was born Alexis Gabrielle Dziena on July 8, 1984, in New York City. Alexis is the daughter of Alexander and Madeline Dziena, and she has an older brother, Alex, who is a musician. Dziena attended Saint Ann’s School, and her “Bringing Rain” co-star Paz de la Huerta was one of her classmates. During her youth, Alexis spent many summers in Sea Isle City in South Jersey. As a high school student, she took classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and performed in stage productions there....
Early Life Andrew Lincoln is actually a stage name, and the actor’s real name is Andrew James Clutterbuck. He was born on September 14th, 1973 in London, England. When he was still very young, Clutterbuck’s family moved to Hull and then to Bath, where he later attended secondary school. During his time at this school, he participated in a number of the school’s theater productions, sparking his interest in acting as a long-term career....
“Two and a Half Men” Salary At his peak on the series “Two and a Half Men,” Ashton earned a salary of $800,000 per episode. That worked out to roughly $20 million per season, which at one time made him the highest-paid actor on television. Venture Capitalist Ashton Kutcher has also distinguished himself in the world of venture capital. Through his Venture Capital firm A-Grade Investments, Ashton has made early investments in startups like Uber, Airbnb, Spotify, Shazam, Soundcloud, Neighborly, Zenreach, ResearchGate, Kopari Beauty, and “insurtech” service Lemonade....
Gandul, a news publication in Romania, reports that the Administration of Impaired Assets in Romania has made a formal request to the Dubai government to seize the car, as part of an effort to search Tate’s assets scattered throughout the rest of the world for possible criminal ties. If and when the request is granted, the Bugatti will be transferred to a warehouse in an undisclosed location where it will sit until Tate’s case is resolved in one way or another....
He went on to become a frequent correspondent for the “CBS Evening News”, “Eye to Eye with Connie Chung”, and “48 Hours”. He became a household name when he began writing about politics. Many of his books have become bestsellers, including, “Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News”, “100 People Who Are Screwing Up America”, and “A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (And Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media”....
Leon Cooperman is reported to have a net worth in the neighborhood of $3.8 billion, and to his credit, he did start out in a relatively humble environment. He was the first person in his family to graduate from college, getting a degree from Hunter College before getting a job with Xerox. He got his MBA at Columbia Business School (to which he continues to donate a lot of money) while he was with Xerox, and was hired by Goldman Sachs immediately after that....
Garzik is one of the three most important people behind the creation of Bitcoin, after developer Gavin Andresen and the cryptocurrency’s mysterious, pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto. He was the third largest contributor to its code from when he started in 2010 through 2014, and he likens his current relationship to Bitcoin to that of a father of grown-up children: “As a father I enjoy watching my kids grow up, even as they make mistakes or grow in ways that I wouldn’t expect … It is an organism, it’s something that evolves … It hasn’t evolved in the direction of high-volume payments, which is something we thought about in the very early days: getting merchants to accept Bitcoins....
Early Life Brenda Jean Schad was born on April 3, 1968, in Walnut Creek, California. Her birth parents of are of Native American ancestry, descending from Cherokee and Choctaw. Her mother was a teenager at the time of Brenda’s birth. Brenda was soon adopted and raised by a military family. ModelingCareer As a military family, she spent her childhood years all over the world. At the age of 14, while trying on a swimming suit in a store in Japan, she was approached about considering a modeling career....
Early Life Brian Dunkleman was born Brian James Dunkleman on September 25, 1971, in Ellicottville, New York. Brian is the son of Jane and Les Dunkleman, and he has nine older siblings. Sadly, Les passed away when Brian was 11 years old. Pre Idol Before landing “American Idol,” Brian guest-starred on “Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place” (1998–1999), “Dharma & Greg” (1999), “Jack & Jill” (1999), “3rd Rock from the Sun” (1999) “Good vs Evil” (2000), “That ’70s Show” (2001), and “The Hughleys” (2001), and in the 2000 “Friends” episode “The One with the Ring,” he played a jewelry store customer who bought the engagement ring Chandler wanted to buy for Monica....
Early Life and Education Chris Stapleton was born on April 15, 1978 in Lexington, Kentucky and grew up in Staffordsville. His father, Herbert Jr., was a coal miner, while his mother, Carol, worked at the local health department. He has an older brother named Herbert II and a younger sister named Melanie. As a teenager, Stapleton was educated at Johnson Central High School, where he played football and graduated as class valedictorian....
Van Allsburg was also nominated for a Caldecott Medal for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi in 1980. He was nominated for a Hans Christian Andersen Award which is the highest international recognition for children’s books creators. He has also authored the books Ben’s Dream, The Wreck of the Zephyr, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, The Stranger, The Z Was Zapped, Two Bad Ants, Swan Lake, Just a Dream, The Wretched Stone, The Widow’s Broom, The Sweetest Fig, Bad Day at Riverbend, A City in Winter, The Veil of Snows, Zathura, Probuditi!...
Early Life and Education Cynthia Rhodes was born on November 21, 1956 in Nashville, Tennessee into a Baptist family. Her parents are Edna and Adrian. While a student at Glencliff High School, she began her career in show business by singing and dancing at Opryland USA. Film Career Rhodes made her feature film debut in 1980 as a dancer in the musical fantasy “Xanadu,” starring Olivia Newton-John. She had her first credited role three years later in the romantic dance film “Flashdance,” playing the role of Tina Tech, the friend of Jennifer Beals’s main character Alex....
Backups will often have incentives geared towards playing time (i.e. Matt Schaub’s $1 million bonus for playing in 10 percent of team’s offensive snaps). Running backs, quarterbacks, wide receivers will often have them tied to yards and/or touchdowns, defensive backs to interceptions, and defensive linemen and linebackers to sacks. Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden had a few production incentives worked into his contract, should he hit 1,000, 1,200, 1,350, or 1,600 yards in either season of his two-year deal with the team (and another if he hit 1400 or 1600 in both)....
In 2010, James joined Bristol City, staying there until 2012 before signing with Bournemouth. In 2013, James made his final career appearances for IBV Vestmannaeyjar. For his career, David James played in 805 league and 53 international matches. He won the Toulon Tournament best goalkeeper in 1991, the 1994-95 League Cup while with Liverpool, and the 2007-08 FA Cup with Portsmouth. Off the pitch, James is well known for his charity work, setting up his own foundation to help maize farmers in Malawi develop more efficient techniques of production....
El Mayo was a partner to El Chapo, but compared to the total revenue generated by their cartel, his $3 billion fortune is only a fraction – right now. The US government is seeking to seize $14 billion from El Chapo in court, an action reported as the process of jury selection for Chapo’s trial began. The two poured cash from their alleged drug operations into hundreds of companies, many of which the DEA says are still operating and generating income today....
Early Life Emily Hampshire was born on August 29, 1981, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She became interested in acting when she was 11 years old after her mother took her to a performance of “Les Misérables.” Emily began acting in plays while attending an all-girls Catholic school, and she moved to Toronto to pursue a career in film and television at age 16. Though she was accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts after graduating from high school, Hampshire didn’t attend because she was cast in a film a week after being accepted into the school....
