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"Wyatt Rainey Blassingame (6 February 1909 – 1985), a.k.a. W.B. Rainey, was the author of many short stories and articles for national magazines, four adult novels and dozens of juvenile nonfiction books. Early years Blassingame was born in Demopolis, Alabama, on 6 February 1909 to Wyatt Childs Blassingame and Maude Lurton Blassingame. He was educated at Howard College, now Samford University, in Birmingham, Alabama, the University of Alabama, and New York University, graduating in 1952. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and received a Bronze Star and a Presidential Unit Citation. After moving to Anna Maria, Florida, he taught at Manatee Junior College and Florida Southern College. Career In the 1930s, Blassingame wrote for the "Weird menace" horror pulps such as Terror Tales and Dime Mystery.Ashley, Mike. Who’s Who in Horror and Fantasy fiction. London : Elm Tree Books, 1977.(p. 37) His short stories have recently been republished in three collections edited by John Pelan, published by Dancing Tuatara Press. Four of his juvenile nonfiction books were written for the Landmark book series: The French Foreign Legion, The U.S. Frogmen of World War II, Combat Nurses of World War II, and Medical Corps Heroes of World War II. Blassingame made every effort to make his books as accurate as possible, and disapproved of fictionalizing juvenile history merely for the benefit of drama. Many of his books were chosen as Junior Book-of-the-Month selections, Junior Literary Guild selections and other honors.Commire, Anne. Something About the Author, Volume 1. Gale Research 1971 Death He died in his Florida home in 1985. Family He married Gertrude Olsen in 1936 and had two daughters, Peggy and April. ReferencesExternal links * Wyatt Rainey Blassingame Papers at the University of South Florida Category:20th-century American novelists Category:20th-century American male writers Category:American horror writers Category:Novelists from Alabama Category:People from Demopolis, Alabama Category:1909 births Category:1985 deaths Category:American male novelists Category:American male short story writers Category:20th-century American short story writers Category:People from Anna Maria, Florida "
"Regina Holmen Fryxell Regina Fryxell, born Regina Holmén (November 24, 1899 - September 19, 1993) was an American educator and musician. She was most known as a popular and influential composer of Lutheran choir anthems, hymns and liturgical pieces. Biography Regina Holmén was the daughter of Swedish born, Lutheran pastor, Johannes Algott Holmén (1859–1948) and his second wife, Amelia. She obtained two degrees simultaneously in 1922 at Augustana College, in Rock Island, Illinois, in music and English, and studied at Juilliard graduating in 1927 with a diploma in organ. She was a teacher in the music department at Augustana College, where she taught piano, organ, music theory, and French. She also taught piano and organ at Black Hawk College in Moline, and Knox College in Galesburg. Her work was distinguished by her research into Scandinavian and German musical sources (particularly J. S. Bach) for Lutheran hymnody and liturgy, and the success with which she incorporated these sources into a form suitable for the use of modern American congregations. She was responsible for the Setting Two of the Service Book and Hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, on which she worked between 1948 and 1958. It was called the "Continental Setting" because it reflected the Lutheran liturgy from Northern Europe, including Sweden. Fryxell also wrote the settings of the Bach Sanctus in First Setting and the Danish Amen in Setting 2. She was also commissioned to work between 1974 and 1977 on the updated Setting Three of the successor publication, the Lutheran Book of Worship; the commissioning Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship (ILCW) body however failed to honor the terms of the commission.Sucha, Lutheran Book of Worship 21 Years Later Personal life She was the wife of the geologist Fritiof Fryxell who also taught at Augustana College. The Fryxells had three sons including the geologist Roald H. Fryxell. Two of their children died at young ages. It has been noted by many musicians that this loss reflected in Regina Fryxell's music which expressed joy, and a voice of the human need. ReferencesExternal links *Regina Holmen Fryxell papers, 1892-1995 held at Augustana Special Collections, Rock Island, Illinois (Retrieved 7 August 2014) Category:1899 births Category:1993 deaths Category:American Lutheran hymnwriters Category:People from Rock Island, Illinois Category:Augustana College (Illinois) alumni Category:Augustana College (Illinois) faculty Category:Juilliard School alumni Category:American people of Swedish descent Category:American Lutherans Category:American female songwriters Category:American songwriters Category:20th-century American women musicians Category:Women hymnwriters Category:20th-century American composers Category:20th-century women composers "
"Founded in 2007, APO Group is a media relations' consulting firm and press release distribution service in Africa and the Middle East. The company assists private and public organizations in sharpening their reputation and increasing their brand equity in target countries. According to the American business magazine Forbes,The Gabonese Journalist Who Built A Multi-Million Dollar Media Relations Company Forbes - December 7, 2018, APO Group has an annual turnover of several million dollars. The company owns and manages Africa Wire and MENA Wire, press release distribution services focusing on Africa and the Middle East and is the sole press release wire in Africa,Continent's only press release wire service, African Press Organization PR Week - May 10, 2013From 1 January 2013, the African Press Organisation (APO) becomes the sole pan-African press release wire, as it terminates its partnership with PR Newswire Bizcommunity - 11 Oct 2012 as well as Video Newswire, a video production service distributing videos to up to 1000 news TV channels across Africa, the Middle East, and the world.APO Group launches Video Newswire Media Update - 17 Oct 2017Video dominates news consumption in Africa APO Group is the main Official Sponsor of World Rugby's African association, Rugby AfricaNicolas Pompigne-Mognard, Founder and CEO of APO Group and Abdelaziz Bougja, Chairman of World Rugby's African association, Rugby Africa during the signing ceremony of the agreement under which APO Group becomes the main Official Sponsor of Rugby Africa, at Royal Garden Hotel on November 12, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for APO Group). Getty Images. November 12, 2017APO Group becomes the Official Partner of World Rugby's African association, Rugby Africa . CNBC Africa. November 12, 2017 Rugby Africa to continue groundbreaking partnership with APO Group africanews (euronews subsidiary) - March 1, 2019 and Getty Images' strategic partner in Africa and the Middle East. The CEO of APO Group is Lionel Reina, a French-born business executive, and former Vice President and General Manager for Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Orange Business Services, the B2B division of French telecoms giant Orange S.A. – from 2004 to 2011. Content partnerships APO Group has content partnerships with Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, CNBC Africa, Africanews, a subsidiary of euronews, LexisNexis, Dow Jones Factiva,African Press Organization signs distribution pact with Dow Jones Factiva African Manager Proquest, Acquire Media, Comtex, and 250 other African news websites. APO Group also provides a feed of Africa-related news releases to 250 million mobile subscribers in 30 countries in Africa.(Press Release) APO Announces Strategic Partnership With IMImobile to Provide an Exclusive Feed of Africa-Related News Releases Across Africa GlobeNewswire NASDAQ OMX Group - April 24, 2014 APO Group is an authorized agency in Africa for GlobeNewswire NASDAQ OMX Group.APO Enhances Press Release Distribution Service Offerings via NASDAQ OMX's GlobeNewswire NASDAQ OMX's GlobeNewswire It is also an authorized agency in Africa for CSRwire, the Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire.APO Enhances Press Release Distribution Service Offerings via CSRwire CSRwire Africa Newsroom APO Group manages Africa-Newsroom.com, a source of press releases and multi- media files related to Africa, publishing press releases, videos, photos, documents and audio-files for clients including Fortune 1000 companies, PR agencies, government and international institutions, including the United Nations, the European Commission, the International Criminal Court, and the African Development Bank Group.African Development Bank renews agreement with APO Bizcommunity - 17 Jan 2013 See also * List of press release agencies References Category:Journalism organizations Category:Press release agencies Category:Public relations companies Category:News agencies based in Switzerland "