James Robert Charles "Bob" Couture grew up in the community of Brooke, just northwest of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. Couture became well known in northern Grey County for his gifts in athletics and music. As manager of Maclean-Hunter Cable TV, he captained their company softball team for years and was their anchor pitcher.
Part of a musical family, he was encouraged to play violin, but became a fan of Nashville musician Chet Atkins and mastered guitar instead. By his late teens, his brilliant style caught many an admiring ear and he began to play lead guitar professionally in bands all over the area. He inspired brother Rudy Couture, who also went on to become a well-known Grey County professional musician.
Couture and his family discovered they had Metis roots in the late 1990s. He had just begun to explore this, before taking ill and passing away in 2004.
His son Chet Couture is a veteran official with the professional National Lacrosse League. Chet's son Logan Couture, was a first round draft pick drafted by the San Jose Sharks, of the National Hockey League in 2007.
Part of a musical family, he was encouraged to play violin, but became a fan of Nashville musician Chet Atkins and mastered guitar instead. By his late teens, his brilliant style caught many an admiring ear and he began to play lead guitar professionally in bands all over the area. He inspired brother Rudy Couture, who also went on to become a well-known Grey County professional musician.
Couture and his family discovered they had Metis roots in the late 1990s. He had just begun to explore this, before taking ill and passing away in 2004.
His son Chet Couture is a veteran official with the professional National Lacrosse League. Chet's son Logan Couture, was a first round draft pick drafted by the San Jose Sharks, of the National Hockey League in 2007.
Celeste DiNucci (born 1961) was a contestant on . She won the ' in 2007. Due to this victory, and the tournament's $250,000 first prize, she is the show's highest all-time money winner among female contestants, with a total of $333,601 ($83,601 in her regular games), though Larissa Kelly holds the record for highest-earning female in regular games. DiNucci's total winnings are $11,004 higher than Kelly's ($333,601 to $322,597). Her brother, Dennis DiNucci, was a contestant on the May 19, 1992 game, which he lost to Jerome Vered. Dennis DiNucci advised his sister to go on the show to "redeem the family name".
Background
Celeste DiNucci was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and earned her undergraduate degree in Liberal Arts from and her M.A. in English from Northwestern University. As of 2008 she was a Ph.D candidate in English at the University of Pennsylvania.
Initial appearances
Celeste DiNucci first appeared on ' on July 20, 2006, winning $10,600. She went on to win five games and $83,601 before finishing third in her quest to become the first female six-time champion, losing to Army specialist Eugene Manning on the second-to-last show of Season 22.
Tournament of Champions
Quarterfinals
Celeste DiNucci's five wins were good enough to earn a berth in the show's Tournament of Champions that was held in November 2007. She appeared in the second quarterfinal match. Although she did not win her quarterfinal, her score was high enough for one of the four wild card spots reserved for the high scorers among the non-winners.
Semifinals
Celeste DiNucci played in the second semifinal match. In her semifinal, she and four-time champion Christian Haines finished the match with identical final scores of $15,401 (their opponent Jeff Spoeri lost with an incorrect response in Final Jeopardy!), resulting in a tiebreaker round. The category was "Child's Play" and the answer was "A Longfellow poem & a Lillian Hellman play about a girls' boarding school share this timely title"; DiNucci gave the correct response ("What is The Children's Hour?") and advanced to the finals. This was the only tiebreaker ever to occur in a Tournament of Champions.
Finals
After day one of the finals, DiNucci held a $7600 lead over Canadian three-time champion Doug Hicton. She ended up winning the tournament with a two-game total of $22,000 to Hicton's $21,599. ' Cliff Galiher finished third with $6000.
Background
Celeste DiNucci was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and earned her undergraduate degree in Liberal Arts from and her M.A. in English from Northwestern University. As of 2008 she was a Ph.D candidate in English at the University of Pennsylvania.
Initial appearances
Celeste DiNucci first appeared on ' on July 20, 2006, winning $10,600. She went on to win five games and $83,601 before finishing third in her quest to become the first female six-time champion, losing to Army specialist Eugene Manning on the second-to-last show of Season 22.
Tournament of Champions
Quarterfinals
Celeste DiNucci's five wins were good enough to earn a berth in the show's Tournament of Champions that was held in November 2007. She appeared in the second quarterfinal match. Although she did not win her quarterfinal, her score was high enough for one of the four wild card spots reserved for the high scorers among the non-winners.
Semifinals
Celeste DiNucci played in the second semifinal match. In her semifinal, she and four-time champion Christian Haines finished the match with identical final scores of $15,401 (their opponent Jeff Spoeri lost with an incorrect response in Final Jeopardy!), resulting in a tiebreaker round. The category was "Child's Play" and the answer was "A Longfellow poem & a Lillian Hellman play about a girls' boarding school share this timely title"; DiNucci gave the correct response ("What is The Children's Hour?") and advanced to the finals. This was the only tiebreaker ever to occur in a Tournament of Champions.
Finals
After day one of the finals, DiNucci held a $7600 lead over Canadian three-time champion Doug Hicton. She ended up winning the tournament with a two-game total of $22,000 to Hicton's $21,599. ' Cliff Galiher finished third with $6000.
Biorhythms Calculator is a Shareware graphical biorhythm charting and analysis program for the Microsoft Windows Operating System. Its user interface features a Ribbon at the top of the program's main window, and is organized into 5 distinct areas:
* Ribbon at the top that gives access to navigation and formatting commands
* Views Bar on the left that lists various ways (views) in which the program can display biorhythms
* Profiles, Cycles, and Activities panes on the right
* Information Pane at the bottom
* Main viewing area in the center
Main product features include the following:
* Ability to present biorhythms in 8 different ways: Graph, Chart, Table, Text, Report, Calendar, Timeline, and Compatibility
* Support for 12 cycles (rhythms), including 4 primary: Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, and Intuitive; Secondary; I-Ching; and "Intuitive Patterns".
* Support for user-defined rhythms; i.e. rhythms with custom period, or "composite" rhythms - rhythms based on a combination of other rhythms.
* Ability to show when 2 or more specific rhythms would have specific values via "Activity" feature.
* Biorhythm compatibility analysis via separate Compatibility view where it is possible to sort and group people on their respective compatibilities.
* Precise navigation: all dates and time intervals in the program can be defined to the last second.
* Journal
* Export to Microsoft Outlook
* Printing
* Export to common file formats, such as saving graphs as jpeg images.
* Database of celebrities
* Biorhythms Encyclopedia
* Limited Astrology and Numerology support
* Ribbon at the top that gives access to navigation and formatting commands
* Views Bar on the left that lists various ways (views) in which the program can display biorhythms
* Profiles, Cycles, and Activities panes on the right
* Information Pane at the bottom
* Main viewing area in the center
Main product features include the following:
* Ability to present biorhythms in 8 different ways: Graph, Chart, Table, Text, Report, Calendar, Timeline, and Compatibility
* Support for 12 cycles (rhythms), including 4 primary: Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, and Intuitive; Secondary; I-Ching; and "Intuitive Patterns".
* Support for user-defined rhythms; i.e. rhythms with custom period, or "composite" rhythms - rhythms based on a combination of other rhythms.
* Ability to show when 2 or more specific rhythms would have specific values via "Activity" feature.
* Biorhythm compatibility analysis via separate Compatibility view where it is possible to sort and group people on their respective compatibilities.
* Precise navigation: all dates and time intervals in the program can be defined to the last second.
* Journal
* Export to Microsoft Outlook
* Printing
* Export to common file formats, such as saving graphs as jpeg images.
* Database of celebrities
* Biorhythms Encyclopedia
* Limited Astrology and Numerology support
SBO Custom Guitars of Blackburn, Lancashire is a British modifier of solid-body electric guitars, including the SBO XY and SBO FX. They also modify Bass Guitars, such as the SBO Bomb.
History
SBO Custom Guitars were founded as an easy way of allowing guitarists to customise their guitars, according to their own preferences.
The first of the SBO Guitars was the XY, which will be followed by the SBO FX and then the .
Customers of SBO Custom Guitars can order a standard SBO (such as the XY, or FX) or can send in their own modifications and have a model named after them.
Instruments
SBO currently offer Electric Guitars and Electric Bass Guitars.
Electric Guitars
SBO XY
The SBO XY features an integrated XY Midi Pad that can be used to control a Korg Kaoss Pad 2. It also features a Fernandes Sustainer at the neck and a Bareknuckle Nail Bomb at the bridge.
In addition to these, the XY also features a 3-way toggle kill switch that can be used to create Tom Morello style stutters.
SBO FX
The SBO FX features an integrated ZVex Fuzz Factory, MXR Phase 90 and a Roland GK-3 MIDI Pickup. This guitar also features a Fernandes Sustainer, although it replaces the Nail Bomb with a Mississippi Queen.
Again, this guitar features a Kill Switch.
Electric Basses
SBO Bomb
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Future Models
Future models of SBO Custom Guitar make include:
*SBO Beast!<ref name="www.sbo-uk.co.nr"/> - A combination of the SBO XY and SBO FX.
*SBO Wysteria<ref name="www.sbo-uk.co.nr"/> - A range of bass and electric guitar whose specifications have yet to be confirmed.
History
SBO Custom Guitars were founded as an easy way of allowing guitarists to customise their guitars, according to their own preferences.
The first of the SBO Guitars was the XY, which will be followed by the SBO FX and then the .
Customers of SBO Custom Guitars can order a standard SBO (such as the XY, or FX) or can send in their own modifications and have a model named after them.
Instruments
SBO currently offer Electric Guitars and Electric Bass Guitars.
Electric Guitars
SBO XY
The SBO XY features an integrated XY Midi Pad that can be used to control a Korg Kaoss Pad 2. It also features a Fernandes Sustainer at the neck and a Bareknuckle Nail Bomb at the bridge.
In addition to these, the XY also features a 3-way toggle kill switch that can be used to create Tom Morello style stutters.
SBO FX
The SBO FX features an integrated ZVex Fuzz Factory, MXR Phase 90 and a Roland GK-3 MIDI Pickup. This guitar also features a Fernandes Sustainer, although it replaces the Nail Bomb with a Mississippi Queen.
Again, this guitar features a Kill Switch.
Electric Basses
SBO Bomb
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Future Models
Future models of SBO Custom Guitar make include:
*SBO Beast!<ref name="www.sbo-uk.co.nr"/> - A combination of the SBO XY and SBO FX.
*SBO Wysteria<ref name="www.sbo-uk.co.nr"/> - A range of bass and electric guitar whose specifications have yet to be confirmed.