Marlon Manalo but eventually losing to Warren Kiamco. Weeks later, he competed in the Tirador Ten-ball Tournament. Again, he made it to the finals but lost to Ramil Gallego. The first pool tournament he won in the Philippines was the Corporate Billiards League, a tournament where a team of 3 players plays against another 3 in match. All the players were local but Marcus Chamat, a pool specialist from Sweden, was in contention. Nicknamed "Marvelous", the unassuming Manalo was definitely the surprise package of the 2004 WPC as he beat Yang Ching-shun, Francisco Bustamante and Efren Reyes in successive matches before losing
Carl Marcus Olson these components and chips lead to the area around San Jose, CA to be nicknamed the "Silicon Valley". Dr. Olson died on May 16, 2011 at the age of 99. Carl Marcus Olson Carl Marcus Olson (1911 – May 16, 2011) has been credited as the discoverer of the process to make silicon pure. Carl Marcus Olson was born in 1911, to Swedish immigrants in Chicago. His father, Dr. Oscar N. Olson, a clergyman, and his mother, Wilhelmina Peterson Olson raised him and his older sister Heloise in Sioux City, IA, and Rock Island, IL. He graduated from Rock Island