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Candace (given Name)
Candace is a royal title from the Bible, ultimately deriving from the term ''kandake'', a title for a queen or queen mother in the ancient African Kingdom of Kush; also meaning pure and innocent. In the United States, it was a popular name during the late 1970s, throughout the 1980s, and into the early 1990s. Candace may refer to: * Candace Allen (author) (b. 1950) (21st century), a Hollywood screenwriter * Candace Allen (beauty queen) (21st century), a Miss District of Columbia USA 2006 * Candace Bailey (born 1982), an American actress * Candace Cameron Bure (born 1976), an American actress * Candace Bushnell (born 1958), an American writer * Candace Camp (born 1949), a best-selling American writer * Candace Charles (born 1990), a Miss Guyana 2007 * Candace Collins (born 1957), an American model and actress * Candace Gingrich (born 1966), a LGBT rights activist * Candace Glendenning (born 1953), an English actress * Candace Glickman (21st century), a Miss New Hampshire 2003 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a variety of forms originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. These texts include instructions, stories, poetry, and prophecies, among other genres. The collection of materials that are accepted as part of the Bible by a particular religious tradition or community is called a biblical canon. Believers in the Bible generally consider it to be a product of divine inspiration, but the way they understand what that means and interpret the text can vary. The religious texts were compiled by different religious communities into various official collections. The earliest contained the first five books of the Bible. It is called the Torah in Hebrew and the Pentateuch (meaning ''five books'') in Greek; the second oldest part was a coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Jones
Candace Lynne "Candy" Jones (born March 20, 1955, in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian former pair skater. With her husband Don Fraser, she won gold medals at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in 1975 and 1976 and competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics. They have also won a number of World Championships as professionals. There were known as the first couple to do a one-handed overhead lift, as well as a no-hands death spiral that has yet to be attempted by other pairs. Ice-skating career Jones has won gold medals in Figures, Free Skating, Dance and Pairs in various competitions. She was originally a single skater, but when the pair skater Don Fraser split from his regular partner, he asked Jones to be his pair skating partner after seeing her in a skating ring. The skating pair of Jones and Fraser made their debut at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in 1974, reaching fourth place that year. That year, the pair also won silver medals at the Grand Prix de Patinag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Vogler
Candace A. Vogler is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, and a specialist in moral philosophy, philosophy of action, and G. E. M. Anscombe. Education and career Vogler received her PhD in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh in 1995, and has taught at the University of Chicago since 1994. From 2004 to 2007 she was Co-Director of the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities at the University of Chicago. She also sits on the Editorial Committee of the scholarly journal ''Public Culture'' and has co-edited two of its special issues, ''Critical Limits of Embodiment'' with Carol Breckenridge in 2002 and ''Violence and Redemption'' with Patchen Markell in 2003. Currently, she is editing the forthcoming ''Oxford Companion'' to John Stuart Mill. She is a convert to the Roman Catholic Church. In 2015, Vogler began, with co-Principal Investigator Jennifer A. Frey, the project "Virtue, Happiness, & the Meaning of Life", made possible by a $2.5-million grant fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Talmadge
North Star Writers Group was a newspaper syndicate and editorial services firm launched in December 2005. It was based in Byron Center, MI. The syndicate's material was carried by more than 50 newspapers across the United States. It was utilized by some community papers that could not afford opinion writers or cartoonists of their own. by Publishing Trends Editors March 1, 2006 Publishing Trends On March 7, 2012, its website stated that it had ceased syndicated operations. History North Star Writers Group was owned and operated by editor in chief Dan Calabrese and editor relations director Angie Calabrese. The syndicate was a successor company to a now-defunct |
Candace Smith
Candace Elizabeth Smith (born February 1, 1977) is an American lawyer, actress, television personality, life coach, and author from Dayton, Ohio. Early life and education Smith was born in Dayton, Ohio and is a graduate of Chaminade Julienne High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from University of Dayton and a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was Ohio State Representative C. J. McLin. Her grandfather was civic leader Mac McLin and her half-sister is politician Rhine McLin. Career After passing the Ohio Bar exam in 2002, she began practicing commercial real estate law at the largest law firm in Ohio. During this time, she won the title of Miss Ohio USA. Miss Ohio USA Smith won the title of Miss Ohio USA 2003 in Portsmouth, Ohio and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kim Mullen (herself a contestant in '' Survivor: Palau''). She went on to represent Ohio in the Miss USA 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. As Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Savage
Candace Sherk Savage (born December 2, 1949) is a Canadian non-fiction writer. Early life Candace Sherk was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada on December 2, 1949. Both of her grandmothers were born in the United States and married Canadian men. As her father was a school administrator, she moved throughout Alberta during her childhood. Career Savage began her journalism career as a news editor of Sun Color Press and later became an editorial assistant for Co-Operative Consumer. In the 1970s, Savage became a free-lance book editor with The Western Producer in Saskatoon, which piqued her interest in authoring books. In the 1970s, Savage moved to Saskatoon with her husband Arthur Savage. In 1977, she began to construct a biography on Nellie McClung. After her husband died, Savage moved to Edmonton and Yellowknife before returning to Saskatoon with her daughter. From 1984 until 1986, she was the coordinator of information and education at the Science Institute of the Northwest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Robb
Candace Robb (born 1950) is an American historical novelist, whose works are set in medieval England. She has also written under the pen name Emma Campion. Biography Candace Robb was born in North Carolina, grew up in Ohio, and now lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband. After an education in Catholic schools, Robb studied and researched medieval history for many years. In an interview, she said, "I did my graduate work in English literature with a strong concentration in medieval and Anglo-Saxon literature and history". After completing her master's degree at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, she began the Ph.D. programme but did not complete her dissertation. Before becoming a novelist, she worked as an editor of scientific publications. She strives for accuracy of historical events which are the backdrop for her fictional characters. Kirkus Reviews said that "Robb puts the history back into historical mystery". Robb divides her time between the American Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Pert
Candace Beebe Pert (June 26, 1946 – September 12, 2013) was an American neuroscientist and pharmacologist who discovered the opiate receptor, the cellular binding site for endorphins in the brain. Early life and education She was born on June 26, 1946 in Manhattan, New York City. She completed her undergraduate studies in biology, ''cum laude'' in 1970 from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. Academic career In 1974, Candace Pert earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she worked in the laboratory of Solomon Snyder and discovered the brain's opiate receptor. She also was the first person to isolate the T cell receptor. She tells the story of her discoveries in her book ''Molecules of Emotion. Pert conducted a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Department of Pharmacology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1974 to 1975. She conducted research at the National Institute of Mental Health ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was selected as the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. A versatile player, Parker mainly plays the forward and center positions. In high school, Parker won the 2003 and 2004 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year awards, becoming just the second junior and the only woman to receive the award twice. As a college player for Tennessee, she led the team to two consecutive national championships ( 2007, 2008), was named the Final Four's most outstanding player in both occasions, and was a two-time consensus national player of the year. As a redshirt freshman, she became the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game and the first woman to dunk twice in a college game. After being selected in the WNBA Draft, Parker signed long-term endorsement deals with Adidas an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Owens
Candace Amber Owens Farmer ( Owens; born April 29, 1989) is an American conservative author, talk show host, political commentator, and activist. Initially critical of United States President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, Owens has been recognized in part for her pro-Trump activism as a black woman, in addition to her criticism of Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Party. On several occasions she has claimed that the effects of white supremacy and nationalism are exaggerated, especially when compared to other issues facing Black Americans. She worked for the conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA between 2017 and 2019 as its communications director. In 2021, she joined ''The Daily Wire'', where she hosts ''Candace'', a political talk show. Owens has promoted conspiracy theories, mostly through her social media profiles and television & media appearances. She has expressed anti-lockdown views and anti-vaccination opinions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Otto
Candace Otto (born 8 April 1980 in Pittsburgh) is a pageant titleholder from Murrysville, Pennsylvania who held the Miss Pennsylvania 2003 title and competed in the Miss America pageant. Pageants Otto first competed in a pageant in 1996 when she competed at Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA. In 2001, while attending college in Evanston she entered the Miss Illinois contest and won the non-finalist talent award. Two years later, after winning the Miss Three Rivers local title, Otto competed in her first Miss Pennsylvania pageant. She won the Talent award in preliminary competition and was crowned Miss Pennsylvania at the conclusion of the final competition on July 12, 2003. She was the first Miss Pennsylvania from Murrysville. Her win earned her a $6,000 scholarship. In September she went on to compete in the Miss America 2004 pageant where she performed "Non Ti Scordar Di Me" as her talent selection, the same song she performed in the state pageant. At the Miss America Pageant, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace O'Connor
Candace O'Connor is a St. Louis, Missouri-based freelance writer. Career Her recent book projects include a history of the Washington University School of Medicine Department of Neurology (2015); a history of the Washington University School of Medicine Department of Surgery (2014); a history of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (2012); a history of Northwest Community Hospital called ''Rooted in Community; Reaching New Heights'' (2009); a history of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work called ''What We Believe'' (2007); a history of Washington University in St. Louis titled ''Beginning a Great Work: Washington University, 1853-2003'' (2004); a history of St. Louis Children's Hospital called ''Hope and Healing: St. Louis Children's Hospital, The First 125 Years'' (2006); ''Meet Me in the Lobby, The Story of Harold Koplar & the Chase Park-Plaza'' (2005); and ''A Song of Faith and Hope: The Life of Frankie Muse Freeman'' (2003). In 2001, O'Connor won a regional Emmy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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