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Dana (given Name)
Dana is a unisex given name. It was among the 100 most popular names given to girls born in the United States between 1960 and 1990. It has since fallen in popularity and was ranked the 446th most popular name given to girls born in the United States in 2007. As a male forename it is well known in the United States, being in the 314th rank out of 1,219 in the 1990 U.S. Census. The name has multiple derivations. ''Dana'' or ''Danah'', in Arabic language, Arabic, means "the most perfectly sized, valuable and beautiful pearl". This name is used mainly by Arab states of the Persian Gulf (Eastern Arabia), due to their traditional pearl diving professions wherein they gave different type of pearls names. In Persian language, Persian, the word ''Dānā'' literally means "Wise", and some speculate that the name is first used as a first name in ''Shahnameh''. It may also refer to the mountain Dana or Dena. The name is used in Persian for both female and male sexes. It may also come from "Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dena (given Name)
Dena is a given name derived from Dinah and may refer to: * Dena Atlantic, American television actress * Dena DeRose (born 1966), American jazz pianist * Dena Dietrich (1928–2020), American actress * Dena Dubal, American neurodegenerative disease researcher * Dena Epstein (1916–2013), American music librarian * Dena Grayson (born 1971), American medical doctor * Dena Head (born 1970), former Women's National Basketball Association player * Dena G. Hernandez, neurogeneticist * Dena Higley (born 1958), American soap opera writer * Dena Kaplan (born 1989), South African-born Australian actress * Dena Kaye (born 1946), daughter of actor Danny Kaye * Dena Kennedy (), New Zealand actress * Dena Landon (born 1978), children's fiction fantasy writer * Dena Schlosser Dena Schlosser ( Leitner, born 1969) is an American woman who lived in Plano, Texas, who, on November 22, 2004, used a knife to amputate the arms of her eleven-month-old daughter, Margaret, who died as a result. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Antal
Dana Antal (born April 19, 1977 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a women's ice hockey player. She won a gold medal with Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Prior to joining the Canadian national team, she played collegiate hockey for Cornell University. In her first season, she was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and was the team's leading scorer. Antal also played for the Calgary Oval X-Treme in the Western Women's Hockey League. Playing career Minor hockey Growing up in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, Antal played minor hockey on local boys' teams until bantam (15 & under), as at the time, there were no girls' teams in the area. College hockey After completing her minor hockey career, Antal was offered a scholarship to play hockey at Cornell University. Club hockey On March 22, 1998, Dana Antal scored at 5:31 of a 10-minute overtime period on a pass from Jennifer Botterill as Team Alberta (represented by the Calgary Oval X-Treme) defeated Team Ontario (r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Buchman
Dana Buchman was an upscale men's and women's fashion brand. Its founder, Dana Buchman, is an American fashion designer. The brand, which was most recently carried by Kohl's, was discontinued in 2020. History Dana Buchman has been a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America since 1991 and is currently a board member of the CFDA. In 2008, Buchman announced that she would be discontinuing her higher priced line to design exclusively for Kohl's. In 2011, Liz Claiborne sold the Dana Buchman brand to Kohl's. Kohl's carried the line until 2020, when it dropped the line along with seven other women's brands in a move toward activewear. See also *Liz Claiborne *Mexx *Lucky Brand Jeans Lucky Brand Jeans is an American denim company founded in Vernon, California in 1990 by Gene Montesano and Barry Perlman.Vanessa McGradA Lucky Pair ''Catalyst'' Spring/Summer 2008 Lucky also produces other apparel, including activewear, outerwear, ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dana Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Brožková
Dana Šafka Brožková (born 28 April 1981 in Rovensko pod Troskami) is a Czech orienteering competitor. She is the 2008 World Champion in the ''long distance'' and 2009 World Champion in the ''middle distance''. She received a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2006 World Orienteering Championships in Aarhus. She is Junior World Champion from 2001, when she won the ''classic distance''."Profile: Dana Brožková" – World of O Runners (Retrieved on 17 June 2008) Her sister Radka has also represented the Czech national orienteering team. See also * Czech orienteers * |
Albert R
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s Entertainment * ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (Ed Hall album), 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' Military * Battle of Albert (1914), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1916), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1918), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France People * Albert (given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Broccoli
Dana Broccoli ( Natol; January 3, 1922 – February 29, 2004) was an American actress. Biography Dana Natol was born January 3, 1922, in New York City to an Irish Italian family. She studied acting at the Cecil Clovelly's Academy of Dramatic Arts at Carnegie Hall. She worked on stage in New York and Boston and married '' Batman'' actor Lewis Wilson, with whom she had son Michael G. Wilson. However they separated after his service in the Army during World War II. After their divorce she moved to Beverly Hills. She worked as a screenwriter and had a number of small parts in films. There she met film producer Albert R. Broccoli. They married and Broccoli moved to London with him. There she worked with him behind the scenes on his production of the James Bond film series. Broccoli had a daughter Barbara Broccoli and also adopted her husband's earlier two children. She is credited as having recommended Sean Connery to her husband for the role. In the aftermath of her husband's dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of Dana Bradley
Dana Bradley was a 14-year-old girl who disappeared in St. John's, Newfoundland on 14 December 1981. Last seen hitchhiking on Topsail Road in St. John's, her body was discovered four days later in a wooded area south of the city. An intense and highly publicized investigation followed, and in 1986 a man confessed to her murder, but later recanted. As of 2022, the case remains open and unsolved. Disappearance and investigation Bradley disappeared on the evening of 14 December 1981, while hitchhiking on Topsail Road in St. John's. She had been at a friend's home after school and was on her way home to a family birthday party. When she did not arrive, the family reported her missing to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. An eyewitness reported seeing Bradley getting into a car with a male driver. Bradley's body was found in a wooded area on Maddox Cove Road south of St. John's four days after she disappeared. Her skull had been fractured by a blunt object and she had been sexual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana H
Dana may refer to: People Given name * Dana (given name) Surname * Dana (surname) * Dana family of Cambridge, Massachusetts ** James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), scientist, zoological author abbreviation Dana Nickname or stage name * Dana International, stage name of singer Sharon Cohen * Dana Shum, the Shaw Brothers Hong Kong actress from 1973 to 1979 * Dana, stage name of Dana Rosemary Scallon (born 1951), Irish singer and former politician * Dana (South Korean singer) (born 1986), South Korean pop singer Places Ancient world * Ancient Dana or Tyana in Cappadocia, capital of a Neo-Hittite kingdom in the 1st millennium BC * Ancient Dana possibly associated with Tynna in Cappadocia Canada * CFS Dana, a former military radar installation in Saskatchewan, Canada * Dana Lake, a lake in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, Quebec, Canada Ethiopia * Dana, Ethiopia, a village Iran * Dana County, an administrative subdivision of Iran * Dana Rural District, an administrative subdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institute For Justice
The Institute for Justice (IJ) is a libertarian non-profit public interest law firm in the United States. It has litigated ten cases before the United States Supreme Court dealing with eminent domain, interstate commerce, public financing for elections, school vouchers, tax credits for private school tuition, civil asset forfeiture, and residency requirements for liquor license. The organization was founded in 1990. As of June 2016, it employed a staff of 95 (including 39 attorneys) in Arlington, Virginia and seven offices across the United States. Its 2016 budget was $20 million. History William H. "Chip" Mellor and Clint Bolick co-founded the organization in 1990 with seed money from libertarian philanthropist Charles Koch. Mellor was the organization's President & General Counsel through 2015. Bolick was the Vice President and Director of Litigation from 1990 until he left the organization in 2004. In March 2015, the organization announced that Mellor will become the chair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Berliner
Dana Berliner is Litigation Director at the Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm in Arlington, Virginia founded in 1991 by Chip Mellor and Clint Bolick. She was co-lead counsel for Susette Kelo in the landmark United States Supreme Court case ''Kelo v. City of New London''. Berliner received her law and undergraduate degrees from Yale University, where she was a member of the Yale Law Journal and represented clients through the legal services program. After law school, she clerked for Judge Jerry Edwin Smith on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Berliner has distinguished herself through her work in the area of eminent domain. Along with co-counsel Scott Bullock, Berliner litigated the landmark case ''Kelo v. City of New London''. More recently, Berliner acted as lead counsel for Bill Brody in the New York eminent domain case ''Brody v. Village of Port Chester". In 2015, Berliner represented the Community Youth and Athletic Center, a non-pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Berger
Dana Berger ( he, דנה ברגר; born 2 November 1970) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She is also a graduate of the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music. Berger came to fame in the 1990s, appearing on the popular TV show ''Inyan Shel Zman Inyan Shel Zman ( he, עניין של זמן) or ''A Matter of Time'' is an Israeli teen drama broadcast from 1992 until 1996 on Israeli Educational Television. The series focused on stories of high school students in Tel Aviv and talked about is ...''. After becoming well known, she released a number of albums, which among them is the widely popular album ''Ad Ha'Katze'' (To the Edge), which was certified platinum and went on to sell over 60,000 copies in Israel. Discography *"Gan Eden Ironi" (with Balagan) – 1992 *"Dana Berger" – 1994 *"Pashoot Lehiot" – 1999 *"Ad Ha'Katze" – 2000 *"Toch Ke'Dei Tenuah" – 2003 *"Yom Yom" – 2006 *"Hinei Ba'ati HaBaita" (with Itay Pearl) – 2010 External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Belben
Dana L. Belben (born May 12, 1978) is an American voice actress, animator, screenwriter, effects artist, and comedian Career Belben worked as story editor on ''Happy Tree Friends'', as well as providing the original voices for Giggles, Petunia, and Cub. She also provided the script for '' Surf's Up'' and provided the voice of Edna Maverick in the movie. Belben also provided additional voices in the '' Open Season'' series. She was the visual effects coordinator on clothing and hair for ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs''. She also voiced Peaches in '' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' in an uncredited role. She is currently working at Disney Feature Animation. She graduated from San Luis Obispo High School in 1995.(7 June 2007)A PENGUIN'S LITTLE BEAK, A SLO NATIVE'S BIG BREAK ''The Tribune (San Luis Obispo) ''The Tribune'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper and news website that covers San Luis Obispo County, California. It was created in 1939 from a combination of three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
