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Elayne Riggs
{{Orphan, date=July 2021 Elayne is a female given name of French origin, which means "light". The name can be a variant of Elaine or Elena. Elayne may refer to: People * Elayne Angel *Elayne Arrington * Elayne Boosler (born 1952), American comedian *Elayne Brenzinger (born 1951), Canadian politician *Elayne Rapping (born 1938), American writer *Elayne Reiss-Weimann (born 1933), American teacher and writer Other uses *Elayne Trakand, fictional character in Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' series of novels See also *Elaine (given name) Elaine is a given name, a variant of Elaina, Elayne and Helen. It may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Elaine (singer), South African singer * Elaine Crombie, Australian actress * Elaine Fifield (1930–1999), Australian ballerina * Elaine ... * Elena (given name) Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French People
The French people (french: Français) are an ethnic group and nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France. The French people, especially the native speakers of langues d'oïl from northern and central France, are primarily the descendants of Gauls (including the Belgae) and Romans (or Gallo-Romans, western European Celtic and Italic peoples), as well as Germanic peoples such as the Franks, the Visigoths, the Suebi and the Burgundians who settled in Gaul from east of the Rhine after the fall of the Roman Empire, as well as various later waves of lower-level irregular migration that have continued to the present day. The Norse also settled in Normandy in the 10th century and contributed significantly to the ancestry of the Normans. Furthermore, regional ethnic minorities also exist within France that have distinct lineages, languages and cultures such as Bretons in Brittany, Occi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elayne Angel
Elayne Angel (born Elayne Steinberg, August 6, 1960) is an American professional body piercer. Early life and education Angel attended Canoga Park High School and Chatsworth High School. In 1982, she earned an associate degree in Sign Language Interpreting from Los Angeles Pierce College. She has a certificate from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles. Career Angel became interested in body piercing after a casual encounter with a woman bearing a nipple piercing at a Renaissance Faire in 1981. Through her encounter, she became involved with and employed by Gauntlet, then the first and only, body piercing studio in the United States. While employed by Gauntlet, she worked at the Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco branches. She was the first recipient of a Master Piercer certificate, from Gauntlet founder Jim Ward, which she received on December 1, 1992. Her technical contributions to the field of body piercing include the invention of several p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elayne Arrington
Elayne Arrington (born c. 1940) is an American mathematician and engineer. She was the first African American woman to graduate with a bachelor's degree from the School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. After earning her Ph.D., she went on to conduct performance analyses of Soviet Union aircraft at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Early life and education Elayne Arrington grew up in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Homestead High School (now Steel Valley High School) in 1957 where she received the second highest SAT score in mathematics (797 out of 800). Despite finishing first in her class, Elayne was denied the opportunity to deliver the valedictory address. Instead school administrators assigned the speech to the class president who was white and male. Arrington was recommended for a full-ride scholarship to study mechanical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, but the sponsor, the Mesta Machine Company, withdrew her scholarship, sayin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elayne Boosler
{{Orphan, date=July 2021 Elayne is a female given name of French origin, which means "light". The name can be a variant of Elaine or Elena. Elayne may refer to: People *Elayne Angel * Elayne Arrington *Elayne Boosler (born 1952), American comedian *Elayne Brenzinger (born 1951), Canadian politician * Elayne Rapping (born 1938), American writer * Elayne Reiss-Weimann (born 1933), American teacher and writer Other uses *Elayne Trakand, fictional character in Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' series of novels See also *Elaine (given name) *Elena (given name) Elena is a popular female given name of Greek origin. The name means "shining light". Nicknames of the name Elena are Lena, Lennie, Ella, Ellie, Nellie or Nena (less common). Other common variants are Alena (German, Czech, Russian, Belarusian, S ... Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elayne Brenzinger
Elayne Brenzinger (born 1951, in Scotland) was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, serving as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party from 2001-2005. She was a key figure in the formation of the Democratic Reform British Columbia Party and was its first MLA. Career She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party in the 2001 provincial election for the riding of Surrey-Whalley. Brenzinger defeated cabinet minister and long time NDP MLA, Joan Smallwood, winning 45.73 percent of the vote. Aside from Brenzinger's term in office, Surrey-Whalley has been a predominantly NDP riding. She resigned from the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent in March 2004 because of a dispute with the party leadership, including over concerns with the sale of BC Rail to CN. She claimed then-premiere and party leader Gordon Campbell humiliated her at a caucus meeting in 2003, cursing and yelling at her. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elayne Rapping
Elayne Antler Rapping (December 24, 1938 – June 7, 2016) was an American critic and analyst of popular culture and social issues. She authored several books covering topics such as media theory, popular culture, women's issues, and the portrayal of the legal system on television. As a regular contributor to such publications as ''The Nation'', ''The Progressive'', and ''The New York Times'', she wrote on a wide variety of cultural issues including film and movie reviews. Early life and education Born in Chicago, she began studying at the University of Chicago, where she met and married a professor, Leonard A. Rapping. She earned a bachelor's degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, then moved to Pittsburgh when her husband took a position at Carnegie Mellon University. She insisted on taking courses at the University of Pittsburgh and earned her masters and doctoral degrees in English. Career In 1967, she received the Andrew Mellon Fellowship. Rapping had two chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elayne Reiss-Weimann
''The Letter People'' is a children's literacy program. The term also refers to the family of various characters depicted in it. Original program Elayne Reiss-Weimann and Rita Friedman created the concept of Letter People as teachers in Nanuet, New York. In 1964, first-grade teacher Reiss-Weimann formed the original idea for the Letter People. She had struggled daily to draw the attention of her 24 students (who were typical first-graders, eager and rambunctious) in a distraction-fond hallway classroom at the overcrowded school. Weimann collaborated with an early childhood coordinator, Rita Friedman, to create an educational program that revolved around 26 anthropomorphic characters, each representing a letter of the alphabet, to teach beginning readers how to "decode" or "sound out" the consonants and vowels that form words. They embodied the basic rules of phonics into stories about this clan of make-believe pictograms called the Letter People. Each letter of the alphabet had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Wheel Of Time Characters
This article serves as an index of major characters in the fictional setting of Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' series, with a description of their main roles or feats in the series. ''The Wheel of Time'' has 2787 distinct named characters. __NOTOC__ A * Logain Ablar: Previously a False Dragon; gentled by the White Tower and Healed by Nynaeve al'Meara; later a sworn ally to Rand al'Thor and a leading Asha'man. In ''A Memory of Light'', Logain becomes the new leader of the Black Tower. * Jonan Adley: Early recruit of the Black Tower. Killed when Rand al'Thor lost control of Callandor in Altara. * : One of the Forsaken; originally named Ishar Morrad Chuain. Creator of Trollocs, gholam, and other Shadowspawn. Killed at the Eye of the World by Rand. Later reincarnated by the Dark One as Osan'gar. Vanquished as Saidin was being cleansed. * Dermid Ajala: Blacksmith of Tear * Lelaine Akashi: Aes Sedai, Sitter, and First Selector of the Blue Ajah. * : Deceased commander of the Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine (given Name)
Elaine is a given name, a variant of Elaina, Elayne and Helen. It may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Elaine (singer), South African singer * Elaine Crombie, Australian actress * Elaine Fifield (1930–1999), Australian ballerina * Elaine Fine (born 1959), American musician and composer * Elaine Goble (born 1956), Canadian visual artist * Elaine M. Goodwin, British mosaic artist * Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (1920–2010), American artist * Elaine Hendrix (born 1970), American actress * Elaine May (born 1932), American film director, screenwriter and actress * Elaine Mukheli (born 1999), South African singer *Elaine Murphy (playwright), Irish playwright * Elaine Paige (born 1948), English actress and singer * Elaine Stritch (1925–2014), American actress * Elaine Yiu (born 1980), Hong Kong actress Others * Elaine Brody (1922–2014), American gerontologist and sociologist * Elaine Brown (born 1940), involved with a dispute with the US government * Elaine Campione, Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena (given Name)
Elena is a popular female given name of Greek origin. The name means "shining light". Nicknames of the name Elena are Lena, Lennie, Ella, Ellie, Nellie or Nena (less common). Other common variants are Alena (German, Czech, Russian, Belarusian, Serbian, Croatian); Alenka (Slovenian); Alyona (Russian); Elene (Georgian); Helen (English); Hélène (French); Helena (Latin, Polish); Eliana (Portuguese); Eline (Dutch, Norwegian, Sranan Tongo); Ileana (Romanian, Italian, Spanish); Ilona (Hungarian, Finnish, Latvian); Olena (Ukrainian); and Elena/Yelena/Jelena (Russian, Serbian, Croatian). Notable people Given name A–K * Elena Abelson (1904–1993), better known as Tamara Talbot Rice, Russian-English art historian * Elena Altieri, Italian actress * Elena Anaya, Spanish actress * Elena Arzhakova (born 1989), Russian runner who specializes in the middle distance events * Elena Asimakopoulou, Greek model * Elena Baltacha (1983–2014), British tennis player, born in Kiev * El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
