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Moxie (other)
Moxie is a regional soda in the United States, the eponym of the word "moxie". Moxie or MOXIE or ''similar'' may also refer to: * boldness, audacity, chutzpah, moxie People * Moxie (DJ), a London-based DJ * Moxiie, a Haitian-American recording artist, singer and songwriter * Moxie Dalton (1896–1957), U.S. American football player * Moxie Divis (1894–1955), baseball player * Moxie Hengel (1857–1924), baseball player * Moxie Manuel (1881–1924), baseball player * Moxie Marlinspike, computer security expert * Moxie Meixell (1887–1982), baseball player * Moxie Raia (born 1993), U.S. singer Fictional characters * Moxie Mannheim, a DC Comics character Places * Moxie Mountain, a mountain in Maine, U.S. ** Moxie Falls, a nearby waterfall Business * Moxies (also ''Moxie's''), Canadian restaurant chain * Moxie Beverage Company, the former manufacturer of Moxie regional soda * The Moxie Institute, a film studio in San Francisco * Moxie Interactive (aka ''Moxie''), an Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moxie
Moxie is a brand of carbonated beverage that is among the first mass-produced soft drinks in the United States. It was created around 1876 by Augustin Thompson as a patent medicine called "Moxie Nerve Food" and was produced in Lowell, Massachusetts. The sweet soda is similar to root beer, with a bitter aftertaste. It is flavored with gentian root extract, an extremely bitter substance commonly used in herbal medicine. Moxie was designated the official soft drink of Maine on May 10, 2005. It continues to be regionally popular today, particularly in New England states. It was previously produced by the Moxie Beverage Company of Bedford, New Hampshire until Moxie was purchased by The Coca-Cola Company in 2018. The name has become the word "moxie" in American English, a noun meaning energy, determination, and spunk. History Moxie originated around 1876 as a patent medicine called "Moxie Nerve Food", by Augustin Thompson in Lowell, Massachusetts. Thompson claimed that it cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moxie Institute
Tiffany Shlain (born April 8, 1970) is an American filmmaker and author. Described by the public radio program '' On Being'' as "an internet pioneer", Shlain is the co-founder of the Webby Awards and the founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Early life and education Shlain was raised in Mill Valley, California, the daughter of Leonard Shlain, a surgeon, author, and inventor, and Carol Lewis Jaffe, a psychologist. In high school, Shlain co-wrote a proposal called ''Uniting Nations in Telecommunications & Software (UNITAS),'' which envisioned students all over the world communicating over personal computers and via modems before the advent of the web. From this proposal, she was invited to be a student ambassador through the People to People program, and traveled to the Soviet Union in 1988. While a student at UC Berkeley, Shlain produced and directed ''Hunter & Pandora'', an experimental film which won the university's Eisner Award, the highest awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Moxie, Maine
Northeast Somerset is an unorganized territory in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 367 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 1,349.5 km2 (521.0 mi2), of which 1,256.9 km2 (485.3 mi2) is land and 92.6 km2 (35.8 mi2) (6.86%) is water. Townships The territory consists of 17 whole townships plus six partial townships, of which four (Brassua, Soldiertown, Thorndike, and Tomhegan) are shared with Seboomook Lake and two (Johnson Mountain and Parlin Pond) are shared with Northwest Somerset. The whole townships are: * Bald Mountain (T2 R3 BKP EKR) * Chase Stream * East Moxie * Indian Stream * Johnson Mountain * Long Pond * Mayfield * Misery Gore * Misery Township * Moxie Gore * Rockwood Strip (T1 R1) * Rockwood Strip (T2 R2) * Sandbar Tract * Sandwich Academy Grant * Sapling * Squaretown * Taunton & Raynham Academy Grant Demographics As of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moxie Girlz
Moxie Girlz were a line of fashion dolls introduced by MGA Entertainment in 2009. These dolls are targeted at girls ages 6+. The four original 10.6-inch dolls are named Lexa, Bria, Avery, and Sophina, with others named Sasha, Kellan, Monet, Merin, Ida, and Amberly. The Moxie dolls are reminiscent of Bratz Bratz is an American fashion doll and media franchise created by former Mattel employee Carter Bryant for MGA Entertainment which debuted in 2001. The four original 10-inch (25 cm) dolls were released on May 21, 2001 — Yasmin, Cloe, Jade ..., having the distinct pop on/off feet and long hair, but with features consisting of large eyes and proportioned noses and mouths fitting to their head-size. Moxie Girlz were meant to replace Bratz, given that Mattel sued MGA over the original design. However, Bratz returned to the market in August 2010. No new products have been released since 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moxie Plum
''Gaultheria hispidula'', commonly known as the creeping snowberry or moxie-plum, and known to Micmaq tribes of Newfoundland as Manna Teaberry, is a Perennial plant, perennial spreading ground-level vine of the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to North America and produces small white edible berries. It fruits from August to September. Its leaves and berries taste and smell like wintergreen. Description ''Gaultheria hispidula'' is an evergreen prostrate shrub that forms a mat of stems and leaves that can reach in diameter and only high. The small leaves, which are under long, are arranged alternately along the stems. The pale green-white flowers are seen in spring, followed by the white berries in August and September. The fruit is white with small darker-colored hair-like growths. The fruit is edible and has an acidic taste. Distribution and habitat ''Gaultheria hispidula'' grows in acidic and neutral soils in open woodland and forest verges, particularly on wet ground s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment
The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) is a technology demonstration on the NASA Mars 2020 rover ''Perseverance'' investigating the production of oxygen on Mars. On April 20, 2021, MOXIE produced oxygen from carbon dioxide in the Martian atmosphere by using solid oxide electrolysis. This was the first experimental extraction of a natural resource from another planet for human use. The technology may be scaled up for use in a human mission to the planet to provide breathable oxygen, oxidizer, and propellant; water may also be produced by combining the produced oxygen with hydrogen. The experiment was a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Haystack Observatory, the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and other institutions. Objective MOXIE's objective is to produce oxygen of at least 98% purity at a rate of and to do this at least ten times, so the device can be tested in a range of times of the day, including at nigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moxie (trimaran)
''Moxie'' is a historic trimaran sailboat. It was custom designed by Dick Newick and built by Walter Greene to the OSTAR race waterline length limit at Handy Boat, Cousins River, Yarmouth, Maine. It was launched in 1980. Skippered by Philip Weld, Moxie won the Observer Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race (OSTAR) that year. On 7th of October 2022, Moxie is qualified to participate to the Route du Rhum 2022 skippered by Thomas Lurton. See also *List of multihulls Types * catamaran = two symmetric hulls * proa = two asymmetric hulls, reverse-shunting (interchangeable bow/stern) * trimaran = three hulls * quadrimaran = four hulls * pentamaran = five hulls Pre-modern Austronesian * ʻalia * Amatasi * B ... References ''Moxie'' website Trimarans 1980s sailing yachts {{sailing-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Monica Film Festival & Moxie Awards
The Santa Monica Film Festival & Moxie Awards is an annual film series and awards show held in Santa Monica, California, United States. History The Santa Monica Film Festival & Moxie Awards was created by Albert Birdie deQuay, also known as Birdie deQuay, in 1997. In 2001, deQuay decided to focus exclusively on his activities with New Media Agency in Venice Beach, and handed all festival management activities to Dallas-based non-profit group Deep Ellum Film Festival, until it was later dissolved in 2003. Its unique format ran throughout the year screening films every third Thursday as part of their X Series at the Aero Theatre and the Laemmle Monica 4-Plex, both in Santa Monica. The films were voted on by the audiences, then later awarded the Moxie Award at an annual week-long award ceremony called the MOXIE Awards. During the Moxie Awards, the Santa Monica Film Festival honored entertainers such as Ray Bradbury, (who attended the Sci-Fi themed ceremony on 2000), Ray Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QBoy
QBoy (born Marcos Jose Brito on 10 October 1978) is a UK-based rapper, producer, DJ, writer and presenter. One of the original few out rappers in hip hop circa 2001 that became pioneers of the new subgenre colloquially known as "homo hop". QBoy is currently DJ and promoter of popular LGBTQ club night and party 'R & She: The Queens Of Hip-Hop & R&B' which hosts events in London, Berlin and New York City. Early life Brito was born to an English mother and Gomeran (Spanish) father. He studied at De Montfort University in Leicester and received his Contemporary Dance, Acting and Performing Arts B.A. (Hons) degree. Brito was originally in a group with DJ Mistermaker and rapper Ill Form, recording under the name of Q-Form. Their first recordings, "Dirty Dirty" and "3 Different Stories", were featured on homo-hop CD collections ''Phat Family volume 1'' and ''Phat Family volume 2'', respectively. He was also part of the gay hip-hop DJ crew Pac-Man, which featured DJs NineBob, Gideon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moxie (film)
''Moxie'', stylized as ''MOXiE!'' is a 2021 American comedy-drama film directed by Amy Poehler. Tamara Chestna and Dylan Meyer adapted the screenplay from the 2017 Moxie (novel), novel of the same name by Jennifer Mathieu. It stars Hadley Robinson, Alycia Pascual-Peña, Lauren Tsai, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Nico Hiraga, and Poehler. The film focuses on 16-year-old Vivian (played by Hadley Robinson), who starts a feminist zine to empower the young women in her high school, as they contend with bullying, sexual harassment, and rape. The film was released on March 3, 2021 by Netflix and received mixed reviews from critics. Plot Vivian is 16, lives with her mother, Lisa, and attends Rockport High School. One day she joins her best friend Claudia at a class taught by Mr. Davies. Vivian notices a classmate, Seth, who has gotten more attractive over the summer. Earlier he used to be called Seth "The Shrimp". Mr. Davies introduces a new student, Lucy, then begins a discussion of ''The Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohler Co
Kohler Co., founded in 1873 by John Michael Kohler, is an American manufacturing company based in Kohler, Wisconsin. Kohler is best known for its plumbing products, but the company also manufactures furniture, cabinetry, tile, engines, and generators. Destination Kohler also owns various hospitality establishments in the United States and Scotland. In February 2017, Kohler Co. acquired UK-based Clarke Energy from the management team and ECI Partners, a multinational specialist in the engineering, construction, installation and maintenance of engine-based power plants and is an authorized distributor of GE's reciprocating engines in 19 countries worldwide. History Kohler Co. was co-founded in 1873 by Austrian immigrant John Michael Kohler and Charles Silberzahn with the purchase of the Sheboygan Union Iron and Steel Foundry from Kohler's father-in-law, Jacob Vollrath, for $5000. Early products included cast iron and steel farm implements, castings for furniture factories, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moxie Software
Moxie is a brand of carbonated beverage that is among the first mass-produced soft drinks in the United States. It was created around 1876 by Augustin Thompson as a patent medicine called "Moxie Nerve Food" and was produced in Lowell, Massachusetts. The sweet soda is similar to root beer, with a bitter aftertaste. It is flavored with gentian root extract, an extremely bitter substance commonly used in herbal medicine. Moxie was designated the official soft drink of Maine on May 10, 2005. It continues to be regionally popular today, particularly in New England states. It was previously produced by the Moxie Beverage Company of Bedford, New Hampshire until Moxie was purchased by The Coca-Cola Company in 2018. The name has become the word " moxie" in American English, a noun meaning energy, determination, and spunk. History Moxie originated around 1876 as a patent medicine called "Moxie Nerve Food", by Augustin Thompson in Lowell, Massachusetts. Thompson claimed that it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
