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Bal (surname)
Bal is a surname of Dutch language, Dutch, Indian, Turkish language, Turkish or Polish origin. In Dutch, ''bal'' means "ball" and the name sometimes is metonymic (e.g. indicating a ball player), but primarily appears patronymic surname, patronymic after a short form of the name Baldwin (name), Baldwin.Bal at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. In Turkish, ''bal'' means "honey", and could have a metonymic occupational origin from e.g. a beekeeper. Polish surname originated in the XVth century with Jan I Bal. His descendants held various titles and offices in south-eastern part of Poland until Partitions of Poland, partitions. Baligród ("Bal's borough" in Polish) was founded by Piotr II Bal. According to the PESEL, Universal Electronic System for Registration of the Pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartosh Singh Bal
Hartosh Singh Bal is currently the political editor of ''The Caravan'' magazine He is also an adjunct faculty member at Jindal School of Journalism & Communication at the O. P. Jindal Global University. He had been the political editor of ''OPEN'' magazine. Education Bal pursued his undergraduate education in Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani. He then went on to pursue an MS in mathematics from New York University, USA. Career In November 2013, Bal was controversially fired from his position of political editor of ''OPEN'' magazine. In an interview, ''OPENs former Editor Manu Joseph revealed that the magazine's proprietor, Sanjiv Goenka, had told Joseph that Bal's views, expressed in his writings and in television appearances, were resulting in him "making a lot of... political enemies." Books Bal has co-written a novel called '' A Certain Ambiguity'' which won the 2007 Association of American Publishers award for the best professional/scholarly book in mathematics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupan Bal
Rupanjit Singh Bal (born January 26, 1990) is an Indian-Canadian YouTuber, actor, director and comedian. Bal became famous for his comedic roles in videos produced by fellow Indo-Canadian comic and YouTuber Jus Reign, and parleyed that role into further acting work. He made his film debut as the main actor in the Punjabi film '' Haani''. He has directed many music videos for Karan Aujla. Early life Rupanjit Singh Bal was born on January 26, 1990, in Amritsar, Punjab, India, into a Punjabi Jatt Sikh family of the Bal clan. He and his family moved to Canada from India when he was starting grade 10. He was raised in Brampton, Ontario. He received his earlier education from the Spring Dale School Amritsar and Turner Fenton Secondary School in Brampton and graduated from the University of Guelph, where he finished his degree in Criminology. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohit Bal
Rohit Bal is an Indian fashion designer. He designs for both men and women. Early life Rohit Bal was born in the city of Srinagar in the Jammu and Kashmir state of India on 8 May 1961 into a Kashmiri Pandit family. Bal received his Bachelor's degree in History from St. Stephens College, University of Delhi. He went on to study fashion at the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Delhi. Career Rohit Bal started his career with his brother Rajiv Bal in New Delhi in 1986 the Company Orchid Oversea Pvt.Ltd, and started his own first independent collection in 1990. Bal was also chosen by the Khadi Gram Udyog, the largest handloom textile operation in Panchkula, to work with them. Bal has designed costumes for the popular Indian game show ''Kaun Banega Crorepati''. Bal opened a flagship store in Delhi, as well as stores in Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Chennai. Bal has also ventured into designing jewellery. He is best known for his use of lotus and peac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randall Bal
Randall may refer to the following: Places United States *Randall, California, former name of White Hall, California, an unincorporated community * Randall, Indiana, a former town *Randall, Iowa, a city *Randall, Kansas, a city *Randall, Minnesota, a city * Randall, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Randall, Wisconsin, a town *Randall, Burnett County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *Randall County, Texas * Randall Creek, in Nebraska and South Dakota *Randall's Island, part of New York City *Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, a former army camp, on the National Register of Historic Places *Fort Randall, South Dakota, a former military base, on the National Register of Historic Places Elsewhere *Mount Randall, Victoria Land, Antarctica *Randall Rocks, Graham Land, Antarctica *Randall, a community in the town of New Tecumseth, Ontario, Canada Businesses *Randall Amplifiers, a manufacturer of guitar amplifiers *Randall House Publications, American publisher *Randall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Bal
Nicholas Bal (born 2 June 1978) is a former French Nordic combined skier who competed from 1996 to 2007. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ... he won a bronze in the 4 x 5 km team event. External links * * French male Nordic combined skiers 1978 births Living people Nordic combined skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic Nordic combined skiers of France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navjeet Bal
Navjeet K. Bal is an American lawyer at Nixon Peabody’s Public Finance group, and was the second woman to be appointed Commissioner of Revenue of Massachusetts state where she served from 2008 to 2013. She is the first minority and first south Asian to hold the position of commissioner in the state. She is a graduate from Williams College and Northeastern University School of Law Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL) is the law school of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded as an evening program to meet the needs of its local community, NUSL is nationally recognized for its cooperative legal ed ..., and served for seventeen years as public finance attorney prior to being appointed Commissioner. Before her time at the Department of Revenue, Bal founded Mintz Levin's Domestic Violence Project in 1990, and is a board member and former chairperson of the Legal Advocacy and Resource Center in Boston. She has also served on the executive committee for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanda Kishore Bal
Nanda Kishore Bal (22 December 1875 – 1 July 1928), was an Indian poet of the era of initial modernity in Odia poetry. He was born at Kusupur village in the Cuttack district of Odisha. He was initially named as Rasananda Jena. Later he was adopted by her aunt and then came the name Nanda Kishore Bal. He is popularly known as "Palli Kabi" (the poet of rural life) for his tender lyrics, celebrating the beauty of rural Odisha in his poems. Pallikabi Nanda Kishore Bal was a poet of the rural scene, portraying its simplicity, its superstitions and festivals. His popular lyrics for children ''Nana Baya Gita'' are sung to the accompaniment of music. He wrote several poems that reveal his strong spiritual inclination, and sharp awareness of social problems. Among his collections are, ''Nirjharini''(The Stream), ''Palli Chitra'' (The picture of countryside), ''Basanta-Kokila'', ''Tarangini'', ''Charuchitra'', ''Nirmalya'', ''Prabhata Sangeeta'', ''Sandhya Sangita'', ''Krushna Kumari'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mieke Bal
Maria Gertrudis "Mieke" Bal (born 14 March 1946 in Heemstede) is a Dutch cultural theorist, video artist, and Professor Emerita in Literary Theory at the University of Amsterdam. Previously she also was Academy Professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and co-founder of the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam. Education and academic career Bal attended the University of Amsterdam, where she obtained a M.A. in French in 1969. She continued her postgraduate studies in Amsterdam under supervision of Professor Jan Kamerbeek, but due to the death of her supervisor in 1977 she was awarded her Ph.D. in French and Comparative Literature at Utrecht University. Bal was Professor of Semiotics and Women’s Studies at Utrecht University (1987–1991) and Chair of the Section of Comparative Literature as well as Susan B. Anthony Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Rochester (1987–1991). She remained associated with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyn Bal
Martyn Bal is a Dutch fashion designer. He has worked with Hedi Slimane at Dior Homme, Donatella Versace, Christopher Bailey at Burberry and Roberto Cavalli, and collaborated among many others, with Moncler, Edward Enninful, Cutler and Gross and Marc Quinn. Early life and education Martyn Bal was born in The Netherlands. Before discovering fashion, Bal briefly studied architecture. Bal was a teen apprentice to Dirk Bikkembergs (Antwerp six). Not having had any formal design education, Bal went on to study fashion design at the Royal College Of Art in London. Bal graduated in 2000 with a Master of Arts degree in menswear. Career After graduation in 2000, Bal was immediately hired to assist Hedi Slimane at Dior Homme. He went on to direct the men's design studio at Burberry, working closely with Christopher Bailey, and design collections for Maison Martin Margiela. In 2009 Bal launched his own line of menswear, featuring transgender model and actor Andreja Pejić and then risi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadir Bal
Kadir Bal (born 11 January 1966) is a Turkish bureaucrat, diplomat, and engineer. He is currently a Board Member at SASA Polyester Sanayi A.Ş., and was previously the Deputy Undersecretary at the Ministry of the Economy of the Republic of Turkey. Early life and education Kadir Bal was born to Osman and Asiye Bal as the youngest of four children in the town of Yahyali in Kayseri province on 11 January 1966. The male head of the Bal family, Osman, previously worked as a rural taxi driver, and currently owns a glassware store, where Kadir helped his family by working in their store and shining shoes in his youth. After graduating as a mechanical engineer from Middle East Technical University in 1989, he received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Ottawa in 2000. Career Bal entered the Ministry of Economy, then the Undersecretariat of Treasury and Foreign Trade in 1991, and served as a foreign trade expert until 1997, when he served as Deputy Commercial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Bal
Jeanne Bal (May 3, 1928 – April 30, 1996) was an American actress and model who worked primarily in 1960s television. Early years A Chicago native, Bal was an only child, the daughter of Joseph Peter Bal (1899–1981), a Monogram Pictures scenic designer, and Bessie Lee '' ''Bozeman'' '' Bal (1902–1967). She was raised in California, attending high school and junior college in Santa Monica. She worked as a fashion model for a year and a half. Career Bal was a regular cast member on the ABC comedy ''Sid Caesar Invites You'' (1958). In the 1959–60 season, she featured in the short-lived NBC sitcom ''Love and Marriage'', which ran during the 1959 season, as Pat Baker, the business partner of her father (William Demarest), the founder of a failing music publishing company. In 1961, Bal became a regular on the sitcom '' Bachelor Father'', but left shortly afterwards. Her other television credits include four appearances on ''Perry Mason'', including the role of Dr. Linda C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
