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COMSTOCK HALL, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, TOMPKINS COUNTY
Comstock may refer to: Places *Comstock Northwest, Michigan, a census-designated place *Comstock Park, Michigan, a census-designated place and unincorporated community *Comstock Township, Michigan *Comstock, Minnesota, a city *Comstock Township, Marshall County, Minnesota * Comstock, Nebraska, a village * Comstock Township, Custer County, Nebraska * Comstock, North Dakota, an unincorporated community *Comstock, Texas, an unincorporated community *Comstock, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *Comstock (crater), a lunar crater Ships * USS ''Comstock'' (LSD-19), a dock landing ship of the United States Navy * USS ''Comstock'' (LSD-45), a dock landing ship of the United States Navy Other uses *Comstock (surname), including a list of people with the name *Comstock Hall (Ithaca, New York), a building of Cornell University *Comstock High School, near Kalamazoo, Michigan *Comstock Lode and mines in Virginia City, Nevada *Comstock canned pie filling, line of products sold by the Dunca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comstock Northwest, Michigan
Comstock Northwest is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,455 at the 2010 census, up from 4,472 at the 2000 census. Geography The CDP is in the northwest portion of Comstock Charter Township, just northeast of Kalamazoo. It also includes a small sliver of land in northeast Kalamazoo Charter Township between the city of Kalamazoo and Comstock Charter Township. The CDP is bordered to the west by Kalamazoo and to the southwest by unincorporated Eastwood. M-343 is the main highway through the community. It leads southwest to the center of Kalamazoo and northeast to Richland. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Comstock Northwest CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.54%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 4,472 people, 1,965 households, and 1,208 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,079 housing units at an average density of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comstock (surname)
Comstock is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include: * A. B. Comstock (1857–1937), American politician *Ada Comstock (1876–1973), U.S. women's education pioneer * Adam Comstock (1740–1819), Revolutionary War veteran and New York politician * Albert C. Comstock (1845–1910), New York lawyer and politician *Anna Botsford Comstock (1854–1930), U.S. artist, educator, and conservationist *Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), U.S. moral reformer and namesake of the Comstock laws * Barbara Comstock (born 1959), member of the U.S. House of Representatives *Bobby Comstock (1941–2020), American rock and roll singer * Charles Carter Comstock (1818–1900), U.S. politician from Michigan *Christopher Comstock (1635–1702), early settler of Norwalk, Connecticut and a deputy of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut *Christopher Comstock (born 1992), birth name of Marshmello, American electronic dance music producer and DJ * Cicero Comstock (1817–187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comstock Tram
Comstock Tram refers to three different tramways in the West Coast Tasmania, Australia Zeehan The Zeehan ''Comstock Tram'' - at Zeehan Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia south-west of Burnie. It is part of the West Coast Council, along with the seaport Strahan, and neighbouring mining towns of Dundas, Rosebery and Queenstown. History The greater ... that ran between Zeehan railway station and Comstock south of the Trial Harbour Road. Originally known as Grubb's Tramway and later Col North line, it was rebuilt by the Tasmanian Government Railways and opened on 6 March 1902. Mount Lyell - western side The Mount Lyell ''Comstock Tram'' - at Mount Lyell was a tramway from the main area of the Mount Lyell mine works, up the west side of Mount Lyell to the Comstock mine. Mount Lyell - southern, eastern and northern side The never completed ''Comstock Tram'' formation cut around the perimeter of Mount Lyell between North Lyell and Comstock on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Practical Shooting Confederation
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) is the world's largest shooting sport association, and the largest and oldest within practical shooting. Founded in 1976, the IPSC nowadays affiliates over 100 regions from Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. Competitions are held with pistol, revolver, rifle, and shotgun, and the competitors are divided into different divisions based on firearm and equipment features. While everyone in a division competes in the Overall category, there are also separate awards for the categories Lady (female competitors), Super Junior (under 16 years), Junior (under 21 years), Senior (over 50 years), and Super Senior (over 60 years). IPSC's activities include international regulation of the sport by approving firearms and equipment for various divisions, administering competition rules and education of range officials (referees) through the International Range Officers Association who are responsible for conducti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comstock Prize In Physics
The Comstock Prize in Physics is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "for recent innovative discovery or investigation in electricity, magnetism, or radiant energy, broadly interpreted." Honorees must be residents of North America. Named after Cyrus B. Comstock, it has been awarded about every five years since 1913. List of Comstock Prize winners See also * List of physics awards * Prizes named after people A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people (such as sporting teams and organizations) to recognize and reward their actions and achievements. References {{National Academy of Sciences, state= collapsed Awards established in 1913[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Meadow Correctional Facility
Great Meadow Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in New York State in the United States. The prison is in Comstock, a hamlet right outside of Fort Ann, in Washington County, New York. As of September 3, 2008 it was home to 1,663 inmates. When Great Meadow opened in 1911 it was the fourth prison for adult males constructed in the state of New York."Great Meadow: A New Wall and a New Spirit." Author unknown. Document provided by Great Meadow Correctional Facility September 3, 2008. Founding of the Prison The of land that Great Meadow Correctional Facility sits on was purchased by the state of New York in 1905 from Isaac Baker. A mountain lake two miles (3 km) from the prison was the main source of water for the facility. The lake sat higher than the prison grounds allowing the transfer of water to be efficient. The original plans for the land was to build an institution for the mentally insane; however, such an institution was never erected. Instead, in 1909 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comstock Music Festivals
The Comstock Music Festivals are held on the 2nd Wind Ranch, north of the small community of Comstock, Nebraska. The annual music festivals, include Comstock Rock (Classic Rock), Comstock Windmill Festival (Country), and Godstock (Christian). These are Nebraska's largest music festivals, with Comstock Rock ranking among the largest in the United States, attracting over 50,000 attendees through the 4 days in mid July. During the festivals, 2nd Wind Ranch is the host to music goers from all over the country. Background The first Comstock Windmill Festival in June 2000 featuring country star Brad Paisley was the first installment of an annual event that would bring in country acts from all over the country. Comstock Windmill Festival 2001 expanded into a four-day festival. In 2002 a variety of rock bands took part in a multi-day festival, dubbed Comstock Rock. The rock festival has featured many of the biggest names in classic rock which draws people from all over the nation. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinnacle Foods
Pinnacle Foods, Inc., is a packaged foods company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, that specializes in shelf-stable and frozen foods. The company became a subsidiary of Conagra Brands on October 26, 2018. History The company was founded in 1998 as "Vlasic Foods International", acquiring the Swanson TV dinners, Open Pit, and Vlasic Pickles brands from the Campbell Soup Company. Between 2001 and 2007 the spinoff of former Campbell Soup Company branded food lines was owned by the Metropoulos Group which named it Pinnacle Foods. In 2007, Pinnacle Foods was acquired by the Blackstone Group, a New York City-based private equity firm. In 2013, Pinnacle Foods' Parsippany office was named '' Inc. Magazine's'' "World's Coolest Office." That year, Pinnacle Foods had its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, raising approximately $580 million for its owners, the private equity Blackstone Group. Shares began trading under the ticker symbol PF on April 4 at the upper range of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comstock Lode
The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then western Utah Territory), which was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United States and named after American miner Henry Comstock. After the discovery was made public in 1859, it sparked a silver rush of prospectors to the area, scrambling to stake their claims. The discovery caused considerable excitement in California and throughout the United States, the greatest since the California Gold Rush in 1849. Mining camps soon thrived in the vicinity, which became bustling commercial centers, including Virginia City and Gold Hill. The Comstock Lode is notable not just for the immense fortunes it generated and the large role those fortunes had in the growth of Nevada and San Francisco, but also for the advances in mining technology that it spurred, such as square set timbering and the Washoe process for extractin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comstock High School
Comstock High School is a secondary school within the Comstock Public School District located in Comstock Charter Township near the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Comstock High School primarily serves the western half of Comstock Township, as well as portions of Kalamazoo Township, Pavilion Township, City of Portage, and the City of Kalamazoo. Enrollment at Comstock High School averages around 650 students (2,500 students district-wide). Students within the district have the option to enroll at Comstock Compass High School, which is an alternative to the traditional high school classes provided at Comstock High School. Comstock High School was named one of America's best high schools by '' U.S. News & World Report'' in 2010. History A high school was established at the Comstock Village School in 1906 following the consolidation of the Comstock School District with five neighboring districts. Prior to 1906, students in Comstock Township had to travel to Kalama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comstock Hall (Ithaca, New York)
Comstock Hall is a building of Cornell University, located in Ithaca, in the U.S. state of New York. It was built in 1985 in the modern style. The "old" Comstock Hall was built by New York State for the Entomology Department, but in the 1980s, it was sold to Cornell so that mainframe computers could be relocated from Langmuir Laboratory. As a result, a new, state-funded Entomology Department building was named Comstock Hall in 1985, and the historic building has been renamed the Computing and Communications Center. The building was named in honor of John Henry Comstock. Departments Comstock Hall hosts many departments. On the first floor the Investigative Biology Teaching Laboratories provide hands-on biology education to undergraduates. The Department of Entomology is hosted on floors 2–6 with a rich Insect Collection on the second floor. A reference to Comstock Hall was made in TV show ''The Office'' between Andy Bernard and Dwight Schrute Dwight Kurt Schrute III () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Comstock (LSD-45)
USS ''Comstock'' (LSD-45) is a of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to be named for the Comstock Lode in Nevada, the first being , commissioned in 1945 and decommissioned in 1976. The Comstock Lode was discovered in 1859, and was one of the richest deposits of precious metals known in the world. ''Comstock'' was laid down on 27 October 1986, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana; launched on 15 January 1988; and commissioned on 3 February 1990. At first USS ''Comstock'' had an all-male crew, but soon became the first United States Navy combatant ship to have a fully integrated crew of male and female sailors. As of 2002, ''Comstock'' is homeported at Naval Station San Diego, NS San Diego, California, and assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group 3. As of 2014, she is part of the ''USS Makin Island (LHD-8), Makin Island'' amphibious ready group. In December 2020 the U.S. Navy's Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
