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Dan Caldwell
Dan Caldwell is an American entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Tapout (clothing brand), Tapout, and is president of the company. He produces and appears in movies, television series, and documentaries. Career Gary Fields, along with Charles Lewis, Jr., Charles Lewis, founded TapouT, a clothing company aimed toward athletes and mixed martial arts (MMA) enthusiasts, in Grand Terrace, California in 1997, and became Chief executive officer, CEO of the company. TapouT started out of the back of a car selling t-shirts at the underground MMA competitions and classes. In 2011, TapouT was sold to Authentic Brands Group with Caldwell as president of the company. In 2014, Caldwell opened a frozen yogurt shop. He owns a real estate office, Nutrishop store, a tattoo parlor, Givestars.com, and MentorMojo.com. Caldwell hosts the TapouT Radio show on SiriusXM. He has spoken at business conferences including Jolt in Idaho, Follow the Leader in North Carolina, Entrepreneurs Organization in Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapout (clothing Brand)
Tapout Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures sports clothing, casual apparel, and accessories headquartered in Grand Terrace, California. It was the largest distributor of Mixed martial arts, MMA merchandise in the world by 2007, and became one of the dominant brands in activewear and fitness culture. Tapout was registered in 1997 in San Bernardino County, California, by Charles Lewis, Jr. and Dan Caldwell, with the name a reference to the gesture of tapping the floor to admit defeat to an opponent in a match. Selling the merchandise during a period where MMA solely reached a niche market, Lewis and Caldwell branded the company around the sport, distributing the merchandise in cities where the sport was prevalent. However, following the Mixed martial arts#United States, growing popularity of mixed martial arts in the United States, and its later nationwide mainstream acceptance, the company became the largest MMA-related merchandise company in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hammer (2010 Film)
''The Hammer'', previously titled ''Hamill'', is a 2010 biographical film about Matt Hamill, a deaf wrestler and mixed martial artist. Oren Kaplan directs the film based on a screenplay co-written by Eben Kostbar and Joseph McKelheer, who are also the film's producers. Russell Harvard, a deaf actor, plays Hamill in the film. ''The Hammer'' screened at several film festivals throughout 2010 and 2011. The film was released in theaters on , 2011. Plot ''The Hammer'' follows Matt Hamill, who was born deaf, in his youth and mostly in 1997, when Hamill is a sophomore walk-on at Rochester Institute of Technology and wins the first of three collegiate wrestling championships. Cast * Russell Harvard as Matt Hamill **Theodore Conley as young Matt * Raymond J. Barry as Stanley, Hamill's grandfather * Shoshannah Stern as Kristi, Hamill's girlfriend * Susan Gibney as Janet Hamill *Lexi Marman as Kelley, Kristi's roommate *Michael Anthony Spady as Jay, Hamill's roommate * Bob Hiltermann as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From San Bernardino, California
The following is a list of notable people from San Bernardino, California. Arts * Twyla Tharp - choreographer and dancer * Jerome Bixby – writer * Gene Hackman – actor and novelist * Kirk Harris – actor, writer * Edith Head – costume designer * Poison Ivy – producer and guitarist for the Cramps * Brenden Jefferson – actor * Roscoe Karns (1891–1970) – actor * David Lauser – drummer * Julie London – singer, actress * Michael Reaves – screenwriter * Fuerza Regida - music group * Bob Spalding - guitarist/bassist for The Ventures, born in San Bernardino * Lakeith Stanfield – actor * Moses Sumney – singer-songwriter * Philip Michael Thomas – actor * Jason Thornberry - writer, musician * Miranda Weese – dancer * Jefferson Wood – illustrator * Shailene Woodley – actress Journalism * Ron Magers – reporter and news anchor at WLS-TV in Chicago * Wilbur H. Durborough (1882-1946) – photojournalist and film correspondent in World War I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed Martial Arts People , a person who is of multiracial descent
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Mixed is the past tense of ''mix''. Mixed may refer to: * Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category), an ethnicity category that has been used by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics since the 2001 Census Music * ''Mixed'' (album), a compilation album of two avant-garde jazz sessions featuring performances by the Cecil Taylor Unit and the Roswell Rudd Sextet See also * Mix (other) * Mixed breed, an animal whose family are from different breeds or species * Mixed ethnicity The term multiracial people refers to people who are mixed with two or more races (human categorization), races and the term multi-ethnic people refers to people who are of more than one ethnicity, ethnicities. A variety of terms have been used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Participants In American Reality Television Series
Participation or participant may refer to: Politics *Participation (decision making), mechanisms for people to participate in social decisions * Civic participation, engagement by the citizens in government * e-participation, citizen participation in e-government using information and communications technology Finance * Participation (ownership), an ownership interest in a mortgage or other loan *Participation, the amount of benefit in a bond plus option due to the performance of an underlying asset * Capital participation, ownership of shares in a company or project Other uses *Participation (philosophy), the inverse of inherence: if an ''attribute inheres'' in a subject, then the ''subject participates'' in the attribute * Participant Media Participant Media, LLC was an American independent Film industry, film and television production company founded in 2004 by Jeffrey Skoll, dedicated to entertainment intended to spur social change. The company financed and co-produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Businesspeople
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The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto
The Hospital for Sick Children, corporately branded as SickKids, is a major paediatric hospital, pediatric teaching hospital located on University Avenue (Toronto), University Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Affiliated with the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Toronto, the hospital frequently ranks among the top-three pediatric hospitals in the world by ''Newsweek'', peaking in 2021 at the top of the list. The hospital's Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning is the largest pediatric research centre the world by area; a skyscraper that holds . SickKids is credited with a number of inventions, including Pablum, a fortified children's cereal, in 1930. In 1968, the hospital opened North America's first pediatric intensive care unit. In 1989, the hospital discovered the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis. The hospital's research is primarily based in the fields of genetics and oncology. Several of Canada's first surgeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livestrong Foundation
The Livestrong Foundation is a United States nonprofit organization that provides support for people affected by cancer. The foundation, based in Austin, Texas, was established in 1997 by cancer survivor and former professional road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong, as the Lance Armstrong Foundation. The Livestrong brand was launched by the foundation in 2003. Armstrong resigned from the foundation in 2012 after his admission of doping, leading to the rebranding of the entire organization as Livestrong Foundation. Among its activities, the foundation lobbies governmental agencies, conducts research on cancer survivors, and funds a number of smaller non-profit organizations. The cornerstone of the foundation's work was the providing of free, direct, personalized support services for people navigating the physical, practical, emotional and financial challenges of having cancer. In this effort, the foundation aimed to make the cancer care system more patient-focused. As of 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Below Deck
''Below Deck'' is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on July 1, 2013. The show chronicles the lives of the crew members who work and reside aboard a superyacht during charter season. The series has a number of spin-offs, including '' Below Deck Mediterranean'', '' Below Deck Sailing Yacht'', '' Below Deck Down Under'', and '' Below Deck Adventure''. Production For the first season, producers booked a five-week Caribbean charter in Sint Maarten on the 50-meter (164-foot) yacht ''Cuor di Leone''. The yacht was renamed ''Honor'' for the series, and is captained by Lee Rosbach. The original crew used for the vessel were given the time off, to be replaced by the cast of the series for the duration of filming. Rosbach and his first officer and engineer stayed on board the vessel to ensure everything went as planned. Chief stewardess Adrienne Gang, chef Ben Robinson and stewardess Kat Held had worked on yachts prior to the series. The series was shot over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrior (2011 Film)
''Warrior'' is a 2011 American martial arts sports drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor. It stars Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton as two estranged brothers whose entrance into a mixed martial arts tournament makes them come to terms with their lives and each other. Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo, and Bryan Callen appear in supporting roles. Real-life MMA and combat sports figures like Kurt Angle, Nate Marquardt, Anthony Johnson, Roan Carneiro, Yves Edwards, Amir Perets, and Dan Caldwell make appearances. The film was theatrically released in the United States on September 9, 2011, by Lionsgate. Although not commercially successful, the film received positive reviews from critics, with Nolte receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Plot A melancholy U.S. Marine Thomas "Tommy" Riordan visits his father, Paddy Conlon, a recovering alcoholic who has returned to his Catholic faith in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a child, Tommy had to run awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Extreme Cagefighting
World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion founded in 2001. It was purchased by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in 2006. In its final incarnation, it was made up of 3 weight classes: , and . To accommodate the smaller fighters, WEC's cage was in diameter— smaller than the standard UFC cage. The smaller cage is now used by UFC for selected events. Last champions Before the UFC bought out the WEC in December of 2010, there were 3 weight classes in its final incarnation, which were Bantamweight, Featherweight, and Lightweight. At WEC 53, the last event before the promotion was closed down, there were two title fights between concurrent champion Benson Henderson and Anthony Pettis, which was for the WEC Lightweight Championship. The second fight was against concurrent champion Dominick Cruz and Scott Jorgensen, to determine the final Bantamweight Champion, and the inaugural UFC B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lewis, Jr
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (James (wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/ǵerh₂-">ĝer-, where the ĝ is a palatal consonant, meaning "to rub; to be old; grain." An old man has been worn away and is now grey with age. In some Slavic languages, the name ''Drago (given name), Drago'' (and variants: ''Dragom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
