Whitney Stewart Gravel (born in 1946) is the wife of former senator, former speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives, and current presidential candidate Mike Gravel who is running for United States President. Currently working as a real estate developer, Whitney has supported the couple since 1998 and has given more than $10,000 from her own pocket to her husband's campaign since it began on April 17, 2006.
Career
Whitney Gravel quickly went on to pursue political aspirations after college, serving as an administrative assistant to Senator Jacob Javits in 1984 and soon after developed a career as a real estate developer, of which her husband once held a career in during the 1980s.
Personal life
Whitney married Mike in 1984 and became the stepmother to two children, Martin Gravel and Lynne Gravel-Mosier, from Mike's first marriage to Rita Martin, who Mike divorced. Whitney is also a grandmother to four grandchildren.
Political activities
Whitney, though supportive of her husband's campaign, has remained out of the spotlight, only making her first speech about the campaign in July 2007 at a candidate wive's luncheon, where she discussed, among many other subjects, the popular YouTube video where Mike stares into the camera before throwing a rock into a lake and walking off into the distance, "Who would've thought that would make such a splash, no pun intended," she noted. "You never know what the reaction is going to be. You're never in control." She also was very excited to mention the National Initiative during the meeting, which would open up some policy decisions to popular vote.
Career
Whitney Gravel quickly went on to pursue political aspirations after college, serving as an administrative assistant to Senator Jacob Javits in 1984 and soon after developed a career as a real estate developer, of which her husband once held a career in during the 1980s.
Personal life
Whitney married Mike in 1984 and became the stepmother to two children, Martin Gravel and Lynne Gravel-Mosier, from Mike's first marriage to Rita Martin, who Mike divorced. Whitney is also a grandmother to four grandchildren.
Political activities
Whitney, though supportive of her husband's campaign, has remained out of the spotlight, only making her first speech about the campaign in July 2007 at a candidate wive's luncheon, where she discussed, among many other subjects, the popular YouTube video where Mike stares into the camera before throwing a rock into a lake and walking off into the distance, "Who would've thought that would make such a splash, no pun intended," she noted. "You never know what the reaction is going to be. You're never in control." She also was very excited to mention the National Initiative during the meeting, which would open up some policy decisions to popular vote.
Velvet-Love Entertainment is a baby face professional wrestling stable in TNA Wrestling. It currently consists of Angelina Love and Velvet Sky. Angelina Love and Velvet Sky usually go by their ring names Angel Williams and Talia Madison, repectively, but they changed their names in TNA for trademark purposes.
History
2007
The duo made their debut as a team at the TNA Pay-per-View TNA Genesis where they faced the team of ODB and Roxxi Laveuax. They were victorious after a Russian Legsweep/Running Mafia Kick combination attack on Roxxi Laveuax. The following Thursday on the edition of they were victorious against Jackie Moore and Mrs. Brooks after a school girl roll-up on Mrs. Brooks by Angelina Love. After that, they weren't on television for a while. They re-appeard at the TNA Knockouts Santa's Workshop Street Fight with all the female wrestlers facing each other. Velvet and Angel proved to have each other's backs by helping each other whenever they got the chance. Awesome Kong would go on to win, however. A few weeks later they teamed up with the TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim to take on the team of ODB, Jackie Moore, and Roxxi Laveaux. They emerged victorious.
2008
Kicking off the new year, there was a TNA Knockouts Gauntlet Match to determine the rankings in the Knockout Division. Once again, Velvet and Angelina helped each other when they could, but it wasn't enough as ODB emerged as the winner.
In Wrestling
*Finishing and signature moves
**Russian Leg Sweep (Sky)/Running Mafia Kick (Love)
**Double elbow drop
History
2007
The duo made their debut as a team at the TNA Pay-per-View TNA Genesis where they faced the team of ODB and Roxxi Laveuax. They were victorious after a Russian Legsweep/Running Mafia Kick combination attack on Roxxi Laveuax. The following Thursday on the edition of they were victorious against Jackie Moore and Mrs. Brooks after a school girl roll-up on Mrs. Brooks by Angelina Love. After that, they weren't on television for a while. They re-appeard at the TNA Knockouts Santa's Workshop Street Fight with all the female wrestlers facing each other. Velvet and Angel proved to have each other's backs by helping each other whenever they got the chance. Awesome Kong would go on to win, however. A few weeks later they teamed up with the TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim to take on the team of ODB, Jackie Moore, and Roxxi Laveaux. They emerged victorious.
2008
Kicking off the new year, there was a TNA Knockouts Gauntlet Match to determine the rankings in the Knockout Division. Once again, Velvet and Angelina helped each other when they could, but it wasn't enough as ODB emerged as the winner.
In Wrestling
*Finishing and signature moves
**Russian Leg Sweep (Sky)/Running Mafia Kick (Love)
**Double elbow drop
Spacetime finance is a theory which claims that not even finance can escape the fundamental laws of physics. The idea is exploring the relativity theory in relation to mathematical finance.
The volatility observed in financial instruments like stock prices will be different for different observers depending on their relative speed. For example the volatility of a stock from someone that leaves earth in a spaceship to return at a later point in time will observe a different volatility and time (time dilation) for the stock trading at earth as observed from the spaceship. However there will still be no arbitrage opportunities as the "volatility-time" will be invariant. That is simply because uncertainty (as typically measured in mathematical finance) is a function of how much something fluctuates over a given time period. The observed time and uncertainty will be observed different for different observers but the total uncertainty (product of time and fluctuations) will be the same for all observers (for the same asset trading at a given location).
Even if the implications of relativity theory theoretically and in some special cases can have measurable effects they currently seems to have no practical implications. The reason is simply that everyone at earth is traveling at about the same speed seen relatively to the speed of light.
Spacetime finance is fully consistent with Einstein's special and general relativity theory; it is not a new discovery in relativity theory, but simply a new application to a new field (mathematical finance). The reason there have been little or no focus on the implications for finance is probably because the effects upon finance are so small that they for any practical applications have no significance at the moment. From a theoretical perspective the idea could still be of interest, but it is a controversial and new topic where little or nothing have been published until very recently. For example this could change if the humans at any point long into the future should be able to develop space civilizations traveling in large spaceships at speeds significant to that of the speed of light. There is however no evidence that we will be able to do this in the near future.
The volatility observed in financial instruments like stock prices will be different for different observers depending on their relative speed. For example the volatility of a stock from someone that leaves earth in a spaceship to return at a later point in time will observe a different volatility and time (time dilation) for the stock trading at earth as observed from the spaceship. However there will still be no arbitrage opportunities as the "volatility-time" will be invariant. That is simply because uncertainty (as typically measured in mathematical finance) is a function of how much something fluctuates over a given time period. The observed time and uncertainty will be observed different for different observers but the total uncertainty (product of time and fluctuations) will be the same for all observers (for the same asset trading at a given location).
Even if the implications of relativity theory theoretically and in some special cases can have measurable effects they currently seems to have no practical implications. The reason is simply that everyone at earth is traveling at about the same speed seen relatively to the speed of light.
Spacetime finance is fully consistent with Einstein's special and general relativity theory; it is not a new discovery in relativity theory, but simply a new application to a new field (mathematical finance). The reason there have been little or no focus on the implications for finance is probably because the effects upon finance are so small that they for any practical applications have no significance at the moment. From a theoretical perspective the idea could still be of interest, but it is a controversial and new topic where little or nothing have been published until very recently. For example this could change if the humans at any point long into the future should be able to develop space civilizations traveling in large spaceships at speeds significant to that of the speed of light. There is however no evidence that we will be able to do this in the near future.
There is currently no title for Chilli's debut solo album. The album's first single was confirmed to be "Glidin'". The first single is now, Gameproof featuring T-Boz. Sometime in 2005, Chilli was spotted leaving the studio with Timbaland and Tweet which sparked rumors of a Chilli/Tweet duet. Akon, the head of Chilli's label has stated that her sound will differ to that of her former group TLC. Chilli mentioned that the album will have around 12 tracks, and there will be three ballads. She recently confirmed in an interview that Point of View IS NOT the name of her album, and it was simply made up. The song "Straight Jack" which features Missy Elliott that was leaked to the internet will not be included on the album. The beat was sold to Nicole Scherzinger (of The Pussycat Dolls) and used on her first solo single.
In Summer 2007, Chilli has confirmed that she is not signed with Akon, and she is currently unsigned, and is looking over a few offers.
As of January 2008, Chilli is still in the studio recording more material.
Confirmed Tracks
* "I'm Hot"
* "Flirt"
* Untitled Track (feat. T-Boz) (prod. by Dallas Austin)
* "Gameproof" (feat. T-Boz) (leaked Spring, 2006)
* "Glidin'" (prod. by Sanchez) (leaked May, 2007)
* "Somethin' Bout The Music" (feat. Timbaland) (prod. by T-Pain)
* "Wanna Be Yours" (prod. by Maestro)
* "Take You Away" (prod. by Maestro)
* "Aww Right" (prod. by Maestro)
* "Materialistic"
Leftover Tracks
* "Straight Jack" (featuring Missy Elliott) (prod. by Polow Da Don)
* "To Whom It May Concern" (a clip of this song was leaked in an episode of Strong Medicine of which she appeared in)
In Summer 2007, Chilli has confirmed that she is not signed with Akon, and she is currently unsigned, and is looking over a few offers.
As of January 2008, Chilli is still in the studio recording more material.
Confirmed Tracks
* "I'm Hot"
* "Flirt"
* Untitled Track (feat. T-Boz) (prod. by Dallas Austin)
* "Gameproof" (feat. T-Boz) (leaked Spring, 2006)
* "Glidin'" (prod. by Sanchez) (leaked May, 2007)
* "Somethin' Bout The Music" (feat. Timbaland) (prod. by T-Pain)
* "Wanna Be Yours" (prod. by Maestro)
* "Take You Away" (prod. by Maestro)
* "Aww Right" (prod. by Maestro)
* "Materialistic"
Leftover Tracks
* "Straight Jack" (featuring Missy Elliott) (prod. by Polow Da Don)
* "To Whom It May Concern" (a clip of this song was leaked in an episode of Strong Medicine of which she appeared in)