The Topeka Capital-Journal is a daily newspaper in Topeka, Kansas owned by Morris Communications. It has won one Pulitzer Prize.

History[link]

The paper was formed following a series of mergers including the eventual merger of the Topeka Daily Capital and Topeka State Journal and numerous name changes:

• 1858: Kansas State Record starts publishing
• 1873: Topeka Blade founded by J. Clarke Swayze
• 1879: George W. Reed buys the Blade and changes it name to Kansas State Journal.
• 1879: Topeka Daily Capital founded by Major J.K. Hudson as an evening paper but changes to morning in 1881. Its press is claimed to be the first electric motor press in the United States
• 1885: Frank P. MacLennan buys Journal and renames it Topeka State Journal
• 1888: Capital absorbs the Commonwealth which had earlier bought the Kansas State Record
• 1899: Frederick Oliver Popenoe buys a 51 percent controlling interest in the Capital.
• 1900: Charles M. Sheldon, saying that "newspapers should be operated as Christ would operate them," sends the Capital circulation skyrocketing from 12,000 to 387,000 forcing it to print papers in New York and Chicago
• 1901: Arthur Capper buys Capital and become sole owner in 1904
• 1940: Oscar S. Stauffer buys the Journal
• 1951: Capper dies and the Capital become employee owned
• 1956: Stauffer Publications buys Capper Publications including the Capital
• 1962: Former MacLennan home Cedar Crest becomes the Kansas Governor's Mansion
• 1973: Brian Lanker wins 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
• 1975: Susan Ford, daughter of Gerald Ford, and Chris Johns (future photo editor of National Geographic magazine) intern at paper during the summer^[1]
• 1981: Stauffer merges the papers into The Capital-Journal distributed in the morning
• 1982: Oscar S. Stauffer dies at 95
• 1994: Stauffer Communications sells the paper along with 19 other daily newspapers, eight weeklies, seven television stations and four radio stations to Morris Communications^[2]

References[link]

1. ^ Hall, Mike (December 28, 2006), "Ford's daughter Susan interned at C-J", Topeka Capital-Journal, http://cjonline.com/stories/122806/loc_forddaughter.shtml 
2. ^ Morris buys Stauffer, Fort Scott Tribune, July 27, 1994

• "The Capital-Journal's roots run deep", Topeka Capital-Journal, June 01, 2003, http://cjonline.com/stories/060103/new_roots.shtml 

External links[link]

	Kansas portal
	Journalism portal

• Official website
• Official mobile website

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Paul Potts
Background information
Birth name	Paul Robert Potts
Born	(1970-10-13) 13 October 1970 (age 41) Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England,[1] United Kingdom
Genres	Classical, pop opera
Occupations	Tenor musician (Formerly employed by Carphone Warehouse)
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Syco, Columbia (2007–2010)
Website	www.paulpottsofficial.com

Paul Robert Potts (born 13 October 1970)^{[citation needed]} is an English tenor. In 2007, he won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent with his performance of "Nessun dorma", an aria from Puccini's opera Turandot. As a singer of operatic music, Potts recorded the album One Chance, which topped sales charts in nine countries. Prior to winning Britain's Got Talent, Potts was a manager at The Carphone Warehouse. He had served as Bristol city councillor from 1996 until 2003, and also had performed in amateur opera from 1999 to 2003. Potts's net worth was estimated at £6 million in April 2012.^[2]

Early life[link]

Potts was born in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England and raised in Fishponds, Bristol, by his father Roland, a bus driver, and mother, Yvonne (née Higgins), a supermarket cashier.^[3] He has two brothers and one sister. Potts attended St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, where he developed his love of singing.^[4] He also sang with the choir at Chester Park Junior School and with the choirs at several Bristol churches, including Christ Church. Potts said in interviews that he had been bullied in school, and that experience may have made him lack self-confidence. He has also said that his voice had always been a source of solace in the past when he was bullied.^[5]

He earned an Honours degree in 1993 from University College Plymouth St Mark & St John, majoring in Humanities.^[6] In 1996, Potts was elected the youngest member of Bristol City Council; a Liberal Democrat, he served until 2003.^[4][7] Potts was a manager at mobile phone store Carphone Warehouse in Bridgend and lived in Port Talbot. After winning Britain's Got Talent, Potts took a six-month sabbatical from his job and resigned on 5 March 2008.^[8]

Singing career[link]

Potts first sang opera in the minor roles of The Prince of Persia and the Herald in Puccini's Turandot for the Bath Opera, an amateur company, in 1999. He then performed leading roles on four occasions: Don Basilio in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro in 2000; Don Carlos in Verdi's Don Carlos in 2001; Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni in 2003; and Radames in Verdi's Aida in 2003.^[5][9][10] He also performed the role of the Chevalier des Grieux in Puccini's Manon Lescaut for the Southgate Opera Company in London, an amateur company, in May 2003. Additionally, he sang with a small ensemble from the Royal Philharmonic in front of an audience of 15,000 and toured northern Italy as a soloist as part of his music classes there.^[9]

In several interviews, Potts revealed that he performed Aida despite doctors' wishes to remove an adrenal tumour they had discovered during his illness from a burst appendix, and shortly after the tumour surgery performed Manon Lescaut. Potts broke his collarbone and suffered whiplash in a bicycle accident in 2003. The mishap and financial difficulties that followed led him to enter Britain's Got Talent despite not having sung in years.^[11]

He also participated in the soundtrack of epic Korean drama Queen Seondeok (TV series), singing two major characters', Deokman and Yushin's love theme "Passo Dopo Passo" in Italian, meaning "Step by Step". He has also performed a duet with world famous soprano, Hayley Westenra, Sei Con Me, featured in his album Passione.

[edit] Britain's Got Talent

Potts auditioned for Simon Cowell's new talent show Britain's Got Talent at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 17 March 2007. The audition was televised on ITV1 in the UK on 9 June 2007.^[12] Potts sang the full rendition of Giacomo Puccini's "Nessun dorma", which was condensed for broadcast, and he received a standing ovation from the audience of 2,000 people.

In the semi-final on 14 June 2007, Potts performed the main verses of Andrea Bocelli's "Time To Say Goodbye".^[13] He progressed to the final after receiving the highest public vote in that show.^[14] He performed "Nessun dorma" again for his finale on 17 June 2007, as well as an encore after he won the competition. Potts defeated the bookmakers co-favourite Connie Talbot, and received the highest percentage of two million votes cast to win £100,000, and performed at the Royal Variety Performance on 3 December 2007, in front of Queen Elizabeth II. His version of "Nessun Dorma" on Britain's Got Talent has over 93 million combined views on YouTube.^[15]

Doubts over amateur status[link]

The Sun newspaper received complaints following allegations that Potts had been "coached by Pavarotti".^[16] There was anger that he was portrayed on Britain's Got Talent as a simple mobile-phone salesman, whereas he had in fact appeared in six amateur opera productions and in a concert for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,^[16] and had plans for a summer tour with that orchestra.^[9] Potts responded that he had not claimed to be completely untutored, only that he had never performed any concert for pay and was therefore an amateur. He also said that the Pavarotti masterclass he attended in Italy was paid for from his own savings and was a single masterclass, not regular coaching.^[17]

Post-BGT career[link]

In the United States, he was profiled on a National Public Radio programme called Day to Day,^[18] and appeared live on NBC's programme Today.^[19]

In July 2007, Potts performed his rendition of "Nessun dorma" at a Katherine Jenkins concert at Margam Park.^[20] On 16 July 2007, his debut album One Chance was released in the UK, and claimed the #1 spot in the UK Album Chart the following week. In December 2007, Prime Minister Gordon Brown presented Potts with a platinum disc for having sold 2,000,000 copies of his album.^[21]

On 13 December 2007, he performed in Leipzig in the live television broadcast of the 13th annual José Carreras Gala, accompanied by the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg under the direction of Scott Lawton.^[22] In January he began his concert series^[1] of 97 concerts in 85 cities across 23 countries; this ended on 12 November. This included three outdoor classical music concerts with the Finnish violinist Linda Brava and the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra at Sofiero Palace, Sundbyholms Castle and Slottskogsvallen from 24 to 26 July.^[23] In the semi-finals of the 2009 series of Britain's Got Talent, Potts appeared in a comeback performance.

Potts was invited to appear on an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show about YouTube, a site where clips of his performances had been viewed over 92 million times as of April 2012;^[24] as of April 2009^[update], his first appearance on Britain's Got Talent was the fourth most viewed YouTube video in the UK. On 24 November 2007, Potts was interviewed on the National Public Radio programme Weekend Edition. On 15 August 2008, he performed before the German football season opener match between Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV in front of 69,000 visitors as well as on 2 September 2008 during the farewell game for Oliver Kahn.

In July 2008, Deutsche Telekom began using a TV and cinema advertisement centred on his Britain's Got Talent performance.^[25] In August 2008, he did a now famous duet with Daniel Powter on the Wolfbaggin' Tour. In October 2008, Paul Potts sang in Japanese TV advertisements for Ryukakusan Direct throat medicine manufactured by Ryukakusan.^[26] Potts received two nominations at the Echo Awards 2009 in Germany: Best International Male Artist and Album of the Year. He won the 2009 Echo Award for Best International Male Artist on 21 February 2009. On 22 April 2009, Potts was the guest co-host on the Australian television programme The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies. Expanding his talent to the online world, Paul Potts recently performed an exclusive in studio performance for AOL Sessions.^[27] He collaborated with Swedish singer Carola Häggkvist on her Christmas album Christmas in Bethlehem, singing "O Holy Night". Potts has appeared twice on the popular Korean Talent TV show "Star King", first in 2008 and once again in 2010.

Potts was in Toronto on 10 November 2010 performing a "flash opera" at the Union Subway Station to a moderately-sized crowd and finished to loud applause.^[28]

Potts has recently appeared in the Korean television program called "Qualifying Man".

Personal life[link]

Potts has been married since May 2003 to Julie-Ann (née Cooper) whom he met in an Internet chat room. They met in person for the first time at Swansea railway station in February 2001. She had the upper hand at this "first meeting" as she had a photograph of Potts, but he had no idea what she looked like.^[29] As of May 2009 he had assets of £5 million. ^[30] Potts has moved since BGT, but continues to live in Port Talbot.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Singles[link]

The song "Nessun Dorma" got the 19th best-selling single of 2008 in Germany and was certified as Gold for selling more than 150,000 copies^[33][34]. In the UK, the song charted due to digital downloads only.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Paul Potts on Myspace
• Paul Potts at Sony BMG
• Paul Potts biography from BBC Wales
• Paul Potts interview on The Hour
• Paul Potts Official site.[2]
• Paul Potts on Avex Taiwan (Chinese)

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Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Competitor for the  United States
Winter X Games
Bronze	2011 Aspen	SuperPipe

Louis "Louie" Vito (born March 20, 1988^[1]) is an American professional snowboarder.

Early life[link]

Louis Vito was born in Columbus, Ohio. He later moved to Denver, Colorado to continue his love of snowboarding.

Career[link]

Vito became prominent on the professional snowboarding scene at age 17 by completing a backside 1080 at the Australia Open — making him the first rider to successfully pull off the complex move. This helped propel him to the top of the podium, winning his first of two consecutive championships there.

In 2008, Vito was crowned the overall Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix series title champion. That year, he went on to win the Killington Grand Prix on the heels of winning the Tamarack Grand Prix. Two days later he won The Jeep King of the Mountain Superpipe Championships in Squaw Valley, California. Vito went on to win the Etnies GVR and took second place at the Vans Cup in a hotly contested battle for the championship with superstar Danny Kass.

Recently, Vito co-won the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix series title championship, his second consecutive title. He finished first at the Copper Mt. Grand Prix and 2nd at both the Grand Prix at Boreal and the World Cup in La Molina, Spain.

Vito has been featured on ABC Family's Switched. He has also made numerous appearances on The Daily Habit on Fuel TV, as well as features on Fusion and RSN TV. Vito has had feature stories on all the major TV networks as well as many cable stations including ESPN. He tried his hand at commentating when he had his debut on WGN-TV’s Fruit by the Foot Junior Jam.

Vito appeared on Season 9 Dancing with the Stars.^[2][3] He partnered with former So You Think You Can Dance contestant Chelsie Hightower. He was eliminated from the competition in week six of the program. In addition to his dance rehearsals for the show, Vito trained intensively for the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he later achieved 5th place.^[1]

Vito trained for gymnastics before starting snowboarding.^[4]

Contest history[link]

2005-06[link]

• 1st at the Australian Open
• 2nd at the Vans Cup
• 3rd at the Middle Earth Superpipe Championships in New Zealand
• 4th at the Nippon Open
• 4th at the New Zealand Open
• 5th at the World Superpipe Championships

2006-07[link]

• 1st at the Garnier Fructis Pro Challenge (Australian Open)
• 2nd at the New Zealand Open
• 2nd at the U.S. Grand Prix at Mt. Bachelor
• 2nd at the U.S. Grand Prix at Tamarack

2007-08[link]

• 1st at the Grand Prix at Tamarack
• 1st at the Jeep King of the Mt.
• 1st at the Etnies GVR
• 2nd at the Australian Open
• 2nd at the Vans Cup
• 1st at the U.S. Grand Prix at Killington
• U.S. Grand Prix Overall Title Winner

2008-09[link]

• 1st at the U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mt.
• 2nd at the World Cup at La Molina, Spain
• 2nd at the U.S. Grand Prix at Boreal
• 5th at the Dew Tour at Breck
• U.S. Grand Prix Overall Title Winner

2010[link]

• 5th in the Half-pipe Snowboarding Final at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• 2nd At the 2010 US Open {Superpipe}
• 3rd (bronze) at 2010 Winter Euro X Games
• 1st at the Winter Dew Tour 2011 at Killington, Vermnt

2011[link]

• 3rd in half-pipe at winter X Games
• 1st in half-pipe at European Winter X-Games, Tignes

2011-12[link]

• 2nd at the U.S. Grand Prix at Breckridge

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Louie Vito at the International Ski Federation
• Louie Vito at EXPN Online
• Rider Info on O-Matic Snowboards
• Louie Vito Checks in For Hump Day on YoBeat.com
• US Snowboarding Team Officially Named
• Official Olympic Athlete Bio

Gretchen Bleiler

Personal information
Born	(1981-04-10) April 10, 1981 (age 31) Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight	126 pounds (57 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Snowboarding
Medal record Women's snowboarding Silver 2006 Turin Halfpipe X Games Medal Record Women's Snowboarding Gold 2003 Aspen Superpipe Gold 2005 Aspen Superpipe Gold 2008 Aspen Superpipe Gold 2010 Aspen Superpipe Silver 2007 Aspen Superpipe

Gretchen Bleiler (born April 10, 1981 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American professional halfpipe snowboarder. She currently resides in Aspen, Colorado and is married to Chris Hotell.^[1]

Career[link]

Bleiler aspired to compete in the Winter X Games from a very young age, and found her passion in snowboarding at age 11 (1992).^[2] She has been riding ever since and became professional in 1996. Among her accomplishments, she jump-started the invert revolution for female riders as the first to land a Crippler 540 in competition, and won more halfpipe competitions in 2003, 2005 and 2006 than any other female snowboarder.^[3] In the pre-Olympic season she won four of the five US Olympic halfpipe qualifiers and is also a four-time X Games gold medalist, most recently winning the superpipe at Winter X Games XIV.^[3]

In 2003, she was a U.S. snowboard Grand Prix champion, a U.S. Open of snowboarding champion, and a Triple Crown of Snowboarding champion.^[2][4][5]

She posed for the February 2004 issue of FHM, along with fellow snowboarder Tara Dakides and sportscaster Jamie Little.^[6]

Bleiler, who missed qualifying for the 2002 Winter Olympics due to a tiebreaker, won a silver medal in the women's halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.^[7]

Starting in 2007, Bleiler expanded her career into snowboard and outerwear design, through Oakley and K2 Snowboarding, designing her own signature outerwear line for Oakley, and participating in the K2 Alliance, which develops and tests women's products, as well as working on the graphics for several K2 Boards. In 2008, she helped to create a new all-female invitational superpipe competition at Snowmass called the Snow Angels Invitational.^[8]

While competing in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, many considered Bleiler a gold medal favorite. However, she fell on both of her final runs, and took 11th place.

When she is not competing, Bleiler enjoys surfing, mountain biking, interior design and fashion.^[9] She is also active in several environmental organizations, including the Aspen Snomass Save Snow campaign, and stopglobalwarming.org.^[8]

Career highlights[link]

• 2010 X Games Superpipe Gold Medalist
• 2008 Winter Dew Tour Superpipe Champion (Breckenridge, Co)
• 2008 X Games Halfpipe Gold Medalist
• 2006 FIS World Cup 1st Place, Saas Fe, Switzerland
• 2006 Olympic silver medalist
• 2006 Overall Grand Prix Champion; won four of the five Grand Prix events determining Olympic team
• 2005 X Games and Gravity Games Gold Medalist
• 2005 US Open Halfpipe Champion
• FIS World Cup 1st Place, Bardonecchia, Italy
• Eight straight wins in 2003
• 2003 X Games Halfpipe Gold Medalist
• 2003 US Open Champion
• Won 2003 Overall Grand Prix Title
• One of only four females invited to coveted 2003 Arctic Challenge
• 2002 and 2003 Vans Triple Crown Overall Title Winner
• Won 2003 World SuperPipe Championships

Awards[link]

• Voted 2006 Female Snowboarder of the Year at FUEL TV's inaugural Action Sports Awards
• Nominated for 2006 ESPY Award
• Won 2004 Colorado Female Athlete of the Year Award
• Earned Transworld Snowboarding's Reader's Choice Award in 2004
• Nominated for 2004 Laureus "Female Action Sports Athlete" Award
• Named Snowboarder and Transworld Snowboarding 2003 "Female Rider of the Year"
• Nominated for 2009 Teen Choice Awards "Other Action Sports Athlete – Female"

Media exposure[link]

• Bleiler prominently featured in all advertising and promotion for Oakley and K2; she featured in Olympic commercials promoting 2006 NBC's Olympic Games and had a cameo appearance on NBC's hit show Las Vegas. She starred in an ESPN commercial promoting 2004 Winter X Games, featured in multiple 24-hour Fitness national print and TV advertisement campaigns.
• She profiled in sports and lifestyle publications including ESPN The Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Golf for Women, People, Men's Fitness, Jane Magazine, Transworld Snowboarding, Snowboarder, Snowboard, Frequency, Future, The Drift, Salt Magazine, Her Sports, Discovery Girls, Lucky, Shape, Women's Health, Self and V Magazine.
• She featured in leading newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post and the Aspen Times.
• She appeared on national TV programs including the Today Show, Good Morning America, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Cold Pizza, Access Hollywood, Inside Edition, ESPN Hotlist & Dinner: Impossible. She most recently appeared on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien.
• She profiled on ABC Sports, CNN, MTV2, Fox News, ESPN, NBC Sports and FUEL TV.
• She served as guest host to FUEL TV's 54321 and also hosted numerous times for X Games coverage on ESPN.
• She penned her own column in Transworld Snowboarding in 2004 and has made editorial contributions in The Denver Post.
• She appeared on the cover of the January 28, 2008 edition of ESPN: The Magazine.
• Gretchen hosted Yahoo sports' coverage of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.
• Featured in the Warren Miller film Playground.
• She was mentioned in Warren Miller's Storm (2002) at about 14:05.
• She was named in the top 5 of Planet Green's Eco Athletes.

Speaking engagements[link]

• 2005 World Congress of Sports panel
• 2006 Adweek "What teens want" Conference Special Guest
• Invited as honorary speaker for 2005 Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club, Snowboard Club Annual Banquet, Aspen High School Honors Graduation Banquet
• Speaks to local middle and high school students about importance of mountain safety
• Teacher and mentor at her Signature Session of High Cascade Snowboard Camp, summers ’06, '07, '08, and 2010
• Contributor and editor of "The Innocents" graphic novel project to launch Q1 ’07
• Covered in Neil Beidleman's book about local Aspen personalities
• One of featured Aspen locals in new documentary about Aspen, Colorado produced by AspenSkiCo
• Impassioned spokesperson and activist in the fight against global warming; working with stopglobalwarming.org and other environmental groups
• Honored guest and athlete representative for the Women's Sports Foundation
• Threw first pitch at Colorado Rockies home-opener, 2006
• NASCAR honorary starter, ‘06
• 2010 National Scout Jamboree

References[link]

See Also[link]

• List of professional snowboarders

External links[link]

• Gretchen Bleiler at the International Ski Federation
• Gretchen Bleiler interview in frequency:The Snowboarder's Journal
• Gretchen's Official Website
• Gretchen Bleiler's U.S. Olympic Team bio ... with links to photo galleries, features
• Biography and interview at offthepodium.com
• Gretchen Bleiler on Go211.com Exclusive photos, videos and blogs submitted by Gretchen.
• Gretchen Bleiler Launches Signature Sports and Casual Apparel Line
• Gretchen Bleiler Signature Session at High Cascade Snowboard Camp

Mark McMorris

File:Mark mcmorris.jpg Mark McMorris at WSC 2012
Personal information
Full name	Mark McMorris
Nickname(s)	McLovin
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1993-12-09) December 9, 1993 (age 18) Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Residence	Regina, SK[1]
Height	5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m) (2011)[1]
Weight	140 pounds (64 kg) (2011)[1]
Website	http://www.markmcmorris.com/
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Snowboarding
Medal record Competitor for  Canada Men's snowboarding World Cup Gold 2010 Calgary Slopestyle Winter X Games Gold 2012 Aspen Big Air Gold 2012 Aspen Slopestyle Silver 2011 Aspen Slopestyle

Mark McMorris is a Canadian snowboarder who is the first to complete a backside triple cork 1440.^[2]

McMorris competed at his first FIS Snowboard World Cup during the 2009-2010 season placing eighth in the big air event in Quebec City.^[3] He followed up with a World Cup victory in slopestyle in Calgary.^[4]

At the Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado, he won a silver medal in the slopestyle competition finishing behind fellow Canadian Sebastien Toutant.^[5] He also won the 2011 Air & Style competition beating out Peetu Piiroinen, Werner Stock, and Nils Arvidsson in the final.^[6]

McMorris is the son of politician Don McMorris.^[2]

References[link]