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Bob Crowley (Survivor Contestant)
''Survivor: Gabon — Earth's Last Eden'' is the seventeenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series ''Survivor''. The premiere aired September 25, 2008, with the first two episodes screened back-to-back. ''Survivor: Gabon'' began filming in late June. It marked the second season of the series that was filmed in Africa ('' Survivor: Africa'' had been filmed seven years earlier in Kenya). Reports from Gabon indicate the show was filmed around the coastal towns of Nyonie and Ekwata in the Wonga-Wongue Presidential Reserve. This season, players sent to Exile Island had a choice of receiving a clue to the location of a Hidden Immunity Idol or a comfort item. On April 13, 2008, at the National Association of Broadcasters's annual show, Sony announced that the 17th season of ''Survivor'' would be the first to be shot in high definition, using Sony's XDCAMs. The show ranked number ten in DVR playback (2.33 million viewers), according to Nielsen prime DVR li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Probst
Jeffrey Lee Probst (; born November 4, 1961) is an American television presenter and producer and young adult fiction writer. He is best known as the Emmy Awards, Emmy Award–winning host of the American version of the reality television show ''Survivor (American TV series), Survivor'' since 2000. He was also the host of ''The Jeff Probst Show'', a Broadcast syndication, syndicated daytime talk show produced by CBS Media Ventures, CBS Television Distribution from September 2012 to May 2013. Early life Probst was born at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, the oldest of three sons to Jerry and Barbara Probst. His family moved to Bellevue, Washington, when Probst was 15 years old. After graduating from Newport High School (Bellevue, Washington), Newport High School in 1979, Probst attended Seattle Pacific University but left before graduating to pursue a career in television. Soon after leaving college, he began working at Boeing Motion Picture/Television studio as a produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XDCAM
XDCAM is a series of products for digital recording using random access solid-state memory media, introduced by Sony in 2003. Four different product lines the XDCAM SD, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX and XDCAM HD422 differ in types of encoder used, frame size, container type and in recording media. None of the later products have made earlier product lines obsolete. Sony maintains that different formats within XDCAM family have been designed to meet different applications and budget constraints. The XDCAM range includes cameras and decks which act as drop-in replacements for traditional VTRs allowing XDCAM discs to be used within a traditional videotape-based workflow. These decks can also serve as random access computer hard drives for easy import of the video data files into non-linear editing systems (NLE) via FireWire (IEEE 1394) and Ethernet. In September 2008, JVC announced its alliance with Sony to support the XDCAM EX format. In August 2009, Convergent Desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Johnson (American Football Coach)
James William Johnson (born July 16, 1943) is an American former sports analyst and football coach. Johnson served as a head football coach in the collegiate level from 1979 to 1988 and in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He is the first head football coach to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl, achieving the former with University of Miami and the latter with the Dallas Cowboys. Johnson held his first head football coaching position at Oklahoma State University from 1979 to 1983. He became Miami's head football coach in 1984 and guided the team to victory in the 1988 Orange Bowl. Following the college championship, Johnson succeeded original Cowboys head coach Tom Landry in 1989, a position that saw him help rebuild the team back to winning form. His tenure from 1989 to 1993 culminated with the Cowboys winning consecutive Super Bowl titles in Super Bowl XXVII and Super Bowl XXVIII. Johnson left Dallas after the second champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The team is headquartered in Frisco, Texas, and has played its home games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, since its opening in 2009 NFL season, 2009. The stadium took its current name prior to the 2013 NFL season, 2013 season, following the team's decision to sell the stadium's naming rights to telecommunications company AT&T. The Cowboys joined the NFL as an expansion team in . The team's national following might best be represented by its NFL record of consecutive sell-outs. The Cowboys' streak of 190 consecutive sold-out regular and post-season games (home and away) began in 2002 Dallas Cowboys season, 2002. The franchise has made it to the Super Bowl eight times, tying it with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, and San Franci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demographics Of Gabon
The Demographics of Gabon is the makeup of the population of Gabon. As of 2020, Gabon has a population of 2,225,287. Gabon's population is relatively young with 35.5% of its population under 15 years of age and only 4.3% of its population over 65 years old. Gabon has a nearly even split between males and females with 0.99 males for every female in the population. In the age range of 15–65, the ratio is exactly 1 male to 1 female. The life expectancy of Gabon is lower than the world average. Gabon's population's life expectancy at birth is 53.11 years while the world average is 67.2 years as of 2010. Ethnically, the biggest group in Gabon are the Fang people with over 500,000 people, or about a third of Gabon's population, belonging to this ethnic group. The biggest religion in Gabon is Christianity, with between 55 and 75% of the population of Gabon being Christian. Population According to the total population was in , compared to only 469,000 in 1950. The proportion of chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kota People (Gabon)
The Bakota (or Kota) are a Bantu peoples, Bantu ethnic group from the northeastern region of Gabon and Republic of the Congo, Congo. The language they speak is called iKota, but is sometimes referred to as Bakota, ikuta, Kota, and among the Beti-Pahuin#Fang, Fang, they are known as Mekora. The language has several dialects, which include: Ndambomo, Mahongwe, Ikota-la-hua, Sake, Menzambi, Bougom. Some of these dialects themselves include regional variations of some kind. Culture The Kota are traditionally a patriarchal society, however some of the sub-groups such as the Mahongwe have over time adopted a matrilineal system of Lineage (anthropology), lineage (Mahongwe means, "from your father"). Another key feature of the Kota people is the originality of its circumcision and widow-purification rituals, which are generally kept secret. The true meaning of Bakota is unclear, however it may be derived from the word kota, which means to bind/to attach/to link, hereby suggesting they v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fang People
The Fang people, also known as Fãn or Pahouin, are a Bantu peoples, Bantu ethnic group found in Equatorial Guinea, northern Gabon, and southern Cameroon.Fang people Encyclopædia Britannica Representing about 85% of the total population of Equatorial Guinea, concentrated in the Río Muni region, the Fang people are its largest ethnic group. The Fang are also the largest ethnic group in Gabon, making up about a quarter of the population. Language The Fang people speak the Fang language, also known as Pahouin or Pamue or Pangwe. The language is a Northwest Bantu language belonging to the Niger-Congo family of languages.FangEthnologue< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Crowley
Robert Crowley may refer to: * Robert Crowley (printer) (c. 1517–1588), English Protestant printer, editor, chronicler, social critic, poet, polemicist, and clergyman * Robert Crowley (CIA) (1924–2000), assistant deputy director of clandestine operations for the CIA * Bob Crowley (born 1952), theatre director * Bob Crowley (Survivor contestant) (born 1951), winner of ''Survivor: Gabon'' * Bob D. Crowley, American software executive and investor * R. T. Crowley (born 1948), pioneer in electronic commerce * Robert Crowley (bobsleigh) (born 1942), American bobsledder {{hndis, Crowley, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Kiper 2010
Jessica may refer to: Given name * Jessica (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters with this name * Jessica Folcker, a Swedish singer known by the mononym Jessica * Jessica Jung, a Korean-American singer known by the mononym Jessica, former member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation * Jessica (''The Merchant of Venice''), a character in Shakespeare's play * Jessica (''Rick and Morty''), a character in the Adult Swim media franchise Animals * ''Jessica'' (spider), a genus of spiders * '' Catocala jessica'', a moth of the Noctuidae superfamily, described from Arizona through Colorado to Illinois and California * ''Perrona jessica'', a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Jessika'' (opera), 1905 opera by Josef Bohuslav Foerster Albums * ''Jessica'' (Gerald Wilson album), 1983 * ''Jessica'' ( sv), 1998 debut album by Swedish singer Jessica Folcker Songs * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Hoang
Ken Hoang (born October 10, 1985), also known as Kenny, SephirothKen, or Liquid`Ken, is an American professional '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' player and television personality. Hoang was widely considered the most dominant ''Melee'' player in the world during the early years of the game's competitive scene in the early to mid-2000s. Hoang primarily plays Marth in ''Melee'' and is credited for pioneering several gameplay techniques integral to the game's competitive play, including the "dash dancing" movement technique and the "Ken Combo", an effective Marth combo for which he is the namesake. Hoang's dominance in the game earned him the nickname "The King of Smash". Hoang was the 2004–2005 national champion of Major League Gaming, the 2007 international champion of Evolution Championship Series (EVO) World Finals, and was the highest ranked ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' player in the United States, having also defeated reputable players from around the globe, including top Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was an American telecommunications company. Before being acquired by T-Mobile US on April 1, 2020, it was the fourth-largest mobile network operator in the United States, serving 54.3 million customers as of June 30, 2019. The company also offered wireless voice, messaging, and broadband services through its various subsidiaries under the Boost Mobile and Open Mobile brands and wholesale access to its wireless networks to mobile virtual network operators. In July 2013, majority ownership of the company was purchased by the Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank Group. Sprint used CDMA, EvDO and 4G LTE networks, and formerly operated iDEN, WiMAX, and 5G NR networks. Sprint was incorporated in Kansas. Sprint traced its origins to the Brown Telephone Company, which was founded in 1899 to bring telephone service to the rural area around Abilene, Kansas. In 2006, Sprint left the local landline telephone business and spun those assets off into a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Kiper
Jessica Michele Kiper (born February 22, 1979) is an American actress, best known as a contestant from '' Survivor: Gabon'' where she placed third. She was more commonly known to the viewing audience during her run on ''Survivor'' by the nickname "Sugar". She returned to ''Survivor'' to compete on the show's 20th season, '' Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains'', as part of the Heroes tribe, and was the first to be eliminated. Early life Kiper was born in Florida, and has lived in Rhode Island, Baton Rouge, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Her acting career began at a young age with one of her first major jobs as Amber on NBC's '' For Your Love''. During her appearances on '' Celebrity Rehab'', which documented her recovery from addiction, Kiper indicated that her sister Rena was her "closest sister", and that they also have a younger brother. ''Survivor'' ''Gabon'' Kiper competed on the reality television show '' Survivor: Gabon'', the seventeenth season of '' Survivor'', which began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
