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Cas (name)
Cas is a masculine given name and nickname, as well as a surname. It may refer to: People * Cas Anvar (), Canadian actor, voice actor, and writer * Cas Cremers (born 1974), Dutch computer scientist and professor of Information Security at the University of Oxford * Cas Haley (born 1980), American singer/singerwriter * Cas Mudde (born 1967), Dutch political scientist * Cas Oorthuys (1908–1975), Dutch photographer and designer known as Cas * Cas Spijkers (1946–2011), Dutch chef and cookbook author * Cas Walker (1902–1998), American businessman, politician, and television and radio personality * nickname of James Castrission (born 1982), half of Cas and Jonesy, Australian explorers, endurance athletes and motivational speakers * Katarina Čas (born 1976), Slovenian actress * Marcel Cas (born 1972), Dutch former footballer Other * Cas Corach, a hero in Irish mythology * Tál Cas, Dynastic founder of the Dál gCais The Dalcassians ( ga, Dál gCais ) are a Gaelic Irish clan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cas Anvar
Cas Anvar ( fa, کاس انور; born 15 March 1966) is a Canadian actor and writer known for the SyFy/Amazon Prime Video science fiction television series ''The Expanse''. Early life Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, to Iranian parents and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Anvar speaks English, French, Persian, and limited Arabic, Hindi, and Spanish. He graduated from Beaconsfield High in 1983. He stated that he is of Iranian, Lebanese, Indian, and Latino descent. Career Anvar stated that after attempts to study psychology and sciences at McGill University he graduated from the National Theatre School in 1989. As Repercussion Theatre's founding Artistic Director, he worked with the company, since 1988 touring parks of Montreal, then North America, with annual Shakespeare in the Park Festival. Meanwhile, he continued performing in theatre and, after debuting in ''Urban Angel'' in 1992, in television and film. Anvar appeared as Dodi Fayed with Naomi Watts in '' Diana'' in 2013. In a 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cas Cremers
Casimier Joseph Franciscus "Cas" Cremers (born 1974) is a computer scientist and a faculty member at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbruecken, Germany. Career Cremers received his PhD from Eindhoven University of Technology in 2006, under the supervision of Sjouke Mauw and Erik de Vink. Between 2006 and 2013, he worked at the Information Security Group at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, until joining the University of Oxford in 2013. He was made full professor of Information Security in 2015. His research focuses on information security, in particular the formal analysis of security protocols. This work ranges from developing mathematical foundations for protocol analysis to the development of analysis tools, notably the Scyther and Tamarin tools. Recently his research expanded into directions such as protocol standardisation, including the improvement of the ISO/IEC 9798 standard, and applied cryptography, leading to the development of new security require ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cas Haley
Benjamin Cas Haley (born 1980; Paris, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter, who specialises in reggae-inflected music when singing. He rose to national prominence by appearing on '' America's Got Talent'' in 2007, finishing as runner-up on that season's competition, whereupon he has conducted several tours and produced several albums during his career with a number of different recording labels. Career Benjamin began his career developing pieces inspired by reggae music. In 2007, he auditioned for the second season of ''America's Got Talent'', conducting several songs with his reggae-inflected music; his first for his audition earned praise from Piers Morgan, a judge for the program at the time, who praised his version of "Walking on the Moon" as being far better than when it had been sung by the musician Sting. His performances earned him national recognition, leading to him finishing the competition as runner-up. After his involvement on the program, he released a self-tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cas Mudde
Cas Mudde (born 3 June 1967) is a Dutch political scientist who focuses on political extremism and populism in Europe and the United States. His research includes the areas of political parties, extremism, democracy, civil society and European politics. Biography Mudde was a visiting scholar at the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics and visiting associate professor in the political science department at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. From 1999 to 2002 he was assistant professor at the University of Edinburgh, and from 2002 to 2010 he was Assistant and later Associate Professor at the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Since 2010, he has been teaching a first year seminar on the Radical Right movement in Europe at DePauw University. He is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs. He is also adjunct professor at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) at the University of Oslo. He is the co- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cas Oorthuys
Casparus Bernardus Oorthuys (1 November 1908 – 22 July 1975), known as Cas Oorthuys, was a Dutch photographer and designer active from the 1930s until the 1970s. Education Casparus Bernardus (Cas) Oorthuys, born 1908 in Leiden, was the fourth child and first son of Dorothea Catherina Helena Christina de Stoppelaar (1875–1948) and Reverend Gerardus Oorthuys (1876–1959), who started his career as a pastor in Brakel. In 1909 the family moved to Amsterdam, where from 1921 Oorthuys attended the Amsterdam Lyceum for three years before enrolling in the technical school in the Timorplein in Amsterdam. From 1926 to 1930 he studied architecture at the School for Architecture, Decorative Arts and Art Crafts in Haarlem and, after the closure of this school in 1927, in the architecture department of the Haarlem MTS, during which time he joined the free-thinking Dutch Association of Abstinent Students, and first took up photography. Career In 1930 Oorthuys joined the municipality of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cas Spijkers
__NOTOC__ Caspar Henricus Augustinus (Cas) Spijkers (12 January 1946 in Tilburg – 29 October 2011 in Oirschot) was a Dutch head chef and author of several cookbooks. He is also known for his cooking program . In 1984, the cooking of Spijkers earned restaurant De Swaen two Michelin stars. In 1980, Spijkers became head chef of De Swaen, resulting in a Michelin star in 1981. After Spijkers stepped back as head chef in 1998, the restaurant lost his star. After The Swaen "Princess Household Appliances BV" collaborated with Spijkers to promote its kitchen appliances. They also backed him for his "month restaurant" ''Chez Cas'' in "De Kersentuin" in Amsterdam in 2006. In 2007, Spijkers announced the '' Cas Spijkers Academie''. This was a high-end cooking school under his supervision. The Academy, a partnership between Spijkers and several educational centres, started in 2009 in Boxmeer. Controversy In 2005, author Ronald Giphart published the book ''Troost''. Giphart claimed that Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cas Walker
Orton Caswell "Cas" Walker (March 23, 1902 – September 25, 1998), was a Tennessee businessman, politician, and personality on television and radio. Walker founded a successful chain of small grocery stores that grew to include several dozen stores scattered throughout the Knoxville, Tennessee vicinity as well as parts of Virginia and Kentucky. From 1941 through 1971, Walker served on the Knoxville city council where he became legendary for his uncompromising political stances and his vehement opposition to what he claimed was a corrupt elitism in the city's government. ''The Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour'', a local variety show sponsored by Walker, ran in various radio and television formats between 1929 and 1983 and helped launch the careers of entertainer Dolly Parton and the Everly Brothers. Early life Walker was born to a working-class family in Sevier County, Tennessee in 1902. He quit school at the age of 14 and spent several years working at different jobs aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cas And Jonesy
Cas and Jonesy are an Australian duo known for being explorers, endurance athletes, motivational speakers, as well as a writer and documentary producer respectively. Their given names are James John Castrission (born 14 March 1982) and Justin Roderick Jones (born 20 June 1983). In 2008 they kayaked 3318 km across the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand, becoming the first to do so. On 26 January 2012, Castrission and Jones completed the first unsupported polar expedition from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole and back without mechanical assistance. After 89 days they made it back to the coast, having skied 2275 km while towing sleds full of supplies. They arrived alongside Aleksander Gamme who had waited for them so they could all finish together. Early life Castrission was born in Sydney, the eldest of three children to parents John and Vivienne. Both sets of grandparents migrated to Australia from Greece after WWII. He was educated at Knox Grammar School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarina Čas
Katarina Čas (; born 23 September 1976) is a Slovenian actress. Early life Čas was born in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia. Cas is the daughter of Miran Čas (July 22, 1952, Slovenj Gradec - February 23, 2015, Ljubljana), a forester by profession, and his wife Aleksandra. She has a younger sister, Vita Čas. She attended Bežigrad Grammar School in Ljubljana and continued her studies at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana, graduating with a degree in marketing communication. Career Her first appearance on television was a 1988 commercial for the Slovene soft drink company carbonated Cockta, directed by Jaka Judnič. Her first movie was the 1989 Slovene youth film ''Peklenski načrt'' (''The Infernal Plan''). She started to appear on TV more often from 1997, as a host of music program for younger generations called ''Atlantis'' which was broadcast on Kanal A. Since 2005 she has hosted a music program called ''Aritmija'' on RTV Slovenija. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Cas
Marcel Cas (born 30 April 1972) is a Dutch former professional footballer and current fitness coach for Eredivise side Feyenoord. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1995 until 2005, playing in both his native land and in England, notably for RBC, Notts County and FC Den Bosch, as well as also turning out in brief spells with Sheffield United and Grimsby Town. Playing career Born in Breda in 1972, Cas started his career playing for RBC Roosendaal in 1995, quickly established himself into the team making 121 first team appearances, scoring 13 goals before securing a move to England in 2001. Cas joined Football League Second Division side Notts County in the summer of 2001. He remained at Meadow Lane until 2003, following 58 appearances and 8 goals. Sheffield United signed Cas in 2003, but found it hard to find his way into the plans of manager Neil Warnock and he was released at the end of the 2002–2003 season, following only 6 league appearances. Cas returned to the Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cas Corach
In Irish mythology, Cas Corach was a hero who helped Caílte mac Rónáin kill three werewolf-like creatures, the daughters of Airitech who would come out of the Cave of Cruachan every year around Samhain and destroy sheep. The she-wolves liked music, so he aided in their slaying by playing a harp to attract and distract them and by persuading them to change to human form, while Caoilte cast a spear that penetrated all three, thereby killing them. The ''Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology'' states that Cas Corach, (also spelled Cascorrach, Cas Corrach), is a harper of Tuatha Dé Danann, who played for St. Patrick ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an .... He follows Caílte to learn of the lore of the Fenians, as told in the Acallam na Senòrach. It makes no referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tál Cas
Cas or Tál Cas was the eponymous ancestor and dynastic founder of the Dál gCais (Deisi Tuaiscirt) from whom all the branches claim common descent. Life He was the son of Conall Eachluath and his wife Coirpthe, daughter of Eochaid Mugmedon. He acquired the nickname Tál (adze) as he was the foster son of a wright. He became King of Thomond and made a gavel of his territory among his thirteen sons. On his death the kingship of Thomond passed to his eldest son Blait.Tadhg Ó Donnchadha Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (1874 – 1949) was an Irish writer, poet, editor, translator and a prominent member of the Gaelic League (''Conradh na Gaeilge'') and the Gaelic Athletic Association. He was editor of ''Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge'' (The ...,"An Leabhar Muimhneach", 1900, page 86, page 237, page 295, https://archive.org/details/leabharmuimhneac01odon/page/86/mode/2up, https://archive.org/details/leabharmuimhneac01odon/page/236/mode/2up, https://archive.org/details/leabharmuimhneac01od ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
