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Nolin may refer to: Surname *Charles Nolin (1837–1907), Métis farmer and political organiser, opposing the North-West Rebellion of 1885 *Gena Lee Nolin (born 1971), American actress and model *Jean-Baptiste Nolin (c.1657–1708), French cartographer and engraver *Joseph Nolin (1866–1925), Canadian provincial politician * Marie-Paule Nolin (1908–1987), French Canadian high-fashion designer * Michael Nolin, American motion picture producer, studio executive, writer/director and educator *Pierre Claude Nolin (1950–2015), Canadian politician and Senator * Rebecca Nolin (born 1983), English professional soccer player *Sean Nolin (born 1989), American professional baseball pitcher Places *Nolin, Oregon, unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States *Nolin Lake State Park, park located in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States * Nolin River, tributary of the Green River, 105 mi (169 km) long, in central Kentucky in the United States *Nolin Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Nolin
Charles Nolin (2 March 1838 – 28 January 1907) was a Métis farmer and political organizer noted for his role in the opposition of the North-West Resistance of 1885. He was educated by the bishop Provencher, then worked as a fur trader and a merchant. Personal life Nolin was born in 1838 at Saint Boniface to Augustin Nolin and Helen Ann Cameron.Barkwell, LawrenceNolin, Charles/ref> Nolin died January 28, 1907, at Battleford. North-West Resistance (1885) Through lack of representation in the government of the North-West Territories and the lack of response to several petitions by the Métis, the roots of the North-West Resistance began. In 1884, Charles Nolin and Maxime Lépine organized a committee that consisted of Métis people and desired to improve the recognition of their rights. Along with his first cousin Louis Riel, Nolin initially took part in Riel's Council at Batoche during the resistance. Although, he distanced himself from Riel in terms of advocated takin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gena Lee Nolin
Gena Lee Nolin is an American actress and model. She is best known for her television appearances on ''The Price Is Right'' and ''Baywatch'' in the 1990s. During the early 2000s she played the lead role in '' Sheena''. Career In 1994, she became one of Barker's Beauties on the game show ''The Price Is Right''. Soon afterward Nolin appeared in the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' as a model named Sandy. In 1995, Nolin starred as Neely Capshaw in the television series ''Baywatch''. Later in the year Nolin began modelling for the first time since her pregnancy for ''Maxim''. In 1998, Nolin quit ''Baywatch'' and starred in her own TV show, '' Sheena'', from 2000 to 2002. In 2001, Nolin posed nude for the Christmas edition of ''Playboy'' after turning the magazine down several times. She was in a music video with Billy Currington called " I Got a Feelin'"; it received a CMT Flame Worthy Award nomination for Best Celebrity Cameo. Magazine appearances She has appeared in me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Nolin
Jean-Baptiste Nolin (–1708) was a French cartographer and engraver. Life and career Jean-Baptiste Nolin was born . He trained with the engraver François de Poilly, which caught the attention of the Italian cartographer Vincenzo Coronelli, who invited him to engrave his own maps. In 1694 Nolin was named geographer to the Duke of Orléans ( Philippe II), and in 1701 he was named engraver to the king (Louis XIV). Nolin set up a family publishing house on Rue Saint-Jacques, Paris, which was initially unsuccessful until it was moved nearer to other geographers on Quai de l'Horloge. Many of Nolin's maps were based on previous works by Coronelli and the amateur geographer Jean-Nicholas de Tralage, known as Sieur de Tillemon, who supplied him with most of his material. In 1700, Nolin published ''Le Globe Terreste'', a 125×140 cm world map. He was subsequently accused of plagiarism by Claude Delisle, the father of Guillaume Delisle, another cartographer. Claude accused Nolin of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Nolin
Joseph Octave Nolin (1868 – December 1925) was a Canadian provincial politician and one of Saskatchewan's first Metis MLAs. He was the Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituencies of Île-à-la-Crosse and Athabasca, the latter only existing from 1908 to 1917—making Nolin the only representative of the former electoral district. From 1917 until 1925 he represented the riding of Île-à-la-Crosse. Life He was born to Joseph Nolin and Marianne Gaudry in Bottineau, Dakota Territory; however, the family later moved to Manitoba. Joseph and his brother Norbert settled in Battleford, Saskatchewan. Nolin was fluent in French, English and Cree. In 1891, he married Marie Villeneuve. Nolin was a farmer and rancher at Meota and Jackfish Lake. He worked on the construction of Saskatchewan Highway 4 and served as captain for the Battleford Steam Ferry until a bridge was built across the North Saskatchewan River The North Saskatchewan River i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Paule Nolin
Marie-Paule Nolin (née Archambault; 1908 in Saint-Hyacinthe – 1987 in Montreal) was a French Canadian high-fashion designer who lived and worked in the province of Quebec, Canada. Marie-Paule Archambault started out as a vendeuse for Raoul-Jean Fouré who had launched his fashion house in Montreal in about 1927. At the age of 26 she launched a dressmaking business on what would become the De Maisonneuve Boulevard. She received publicity early on through her participation in a charity fashion show at the Windsor Hotel, and after a trip to Paris where she visited several fashion salons, she came back to launch her own fashion salon at 648 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal in 1936. From 1941-1949, she ran a couture workroom, employing about twenty workers, in the department store Holt Renfrew from Montréal, where her creations could be purchased from the Salon Marie-Paule. Marie-Paule married Jean Nolin in 1949, and they had two daughters, Patricia and Marie-Claire. From 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Nolin
Michael Nolin is an American former motion picture producer, former studio executive and former writer/director. Production credits His producing credits include ''Mr. Holland's Opus'', which won a Christopher Award and for which Richard Dreyfuss was nominated for an Academy Award; '' Full Body Massage'' for director Nicolas Roeg; and the Independent Spirit Award-nominated '' 84 Charlie Mopic'' for writer/director Patrick Sheane Duncan. He wrote and directed '' Wildly Available'', which was runner-up for a Discovery Award at the Hollywood Film Festival, and co-wrote the teleplay for ''Maniac Magee ''Maniac Magee'' is a novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and published in 1990. Exploring themes of racism and inequality, it follows the story of an orphan boy looking for a home in the fictional town of Two Mills. Two Mills is ha ...'', which was nominated for a Humanitas Prize. References External links *Film and Television Facultyat Savannah College of Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Claude Nolin
Pierre Claude Nolin (October 30, 1950 – April 23, 2015) was a Canadian politician and Senator. A prominent member of Conservative Party of Canada from 2004 till his death, he became an influential strongman in the Party's parliamentary caucus. Appointed to the Canadian senate on recommendation of Brian Mulroney on 1993, he was designated as speaker pro tempore in 2013 before being promoted to the office of Speaker of the Senate in November 2014. He held the office till his death on April 23, 2015. Life before politics Nolin was born in Montreal, Quebec, and attended the University of Ottawa. He received a Degree in Law in 1975. In 1976, Nolin married Camille Desjardins, with whom he had three children, Simon, Louis and Virginie. Quebec senator Nolin was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the recommendation of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on June 18, 1993. He had been an influential supporter of Mulroney in Quebec politics since 1976, when Mulroney made his first at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Nolin
Rebecca Jane Nolin (; born 12 April 1983) is an English football coach and former professional player who represented Atlanta Beat of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) as a defender and midfielder. She also played for Atlanta Silverbacks Women and Chelsea. Career England Nolin was born in Hong Kong but grew up in Windsor, England. She began playing for Slough Town Ladies at aged 15 and later joined Chelsea in 2001. After becoming captain of Chelsea in 2001 and having trials with the England Under-18 squad, Nolin was offered a scholarship by Kennesaw State University in 2003. United States In four seasons as a starter with the Kennesaw State Owls, Nolin's team won the NCAA Division II and move up to Division I. She captained the side, was named in various select-teams and scored 16 goals from defense. After graduating in Sports Management, Nolin joined Atlanta Silverbacks Women for their 2007 W-League campaign. In three seasons with the Silverbacks, Nolin made 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Nolin
Sean Patrick Nolin (born December 26, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, and Washington Nationals, and for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Professional career Toronto Blue Jays Nolin was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the sixth round of the 2010 MLB Entry Draft out of San Jacinto Junior College. He had originally been selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fiftieth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft, and by the Seattle Mariners in the forty-eighth round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign either time. Nolin debuted with the Auburn Doubledays of the New York–Penn League in 2010, starting six games while recording a 6.05 ERA. In 2011, he had a 4-4 record and 3.49 ERA with the Lansing Lugnuts. Nolin split the 2012 season between the Dunedin Blue Jays and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nolin, Oregon
Nolin is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Nolin is about southeast of Echo, next to the Umatilla River. At one time the area was known as "Happy Canyon". Adam "Ad" W. Nye, a settler of the 1860s, named the Nolin area Happy Canyon, for the spirit of the people who lived there. The name was later adopted by Pendleton Round-Up for its indoor show in commemoration of this time. Nye was County Sheriff in 1872–74. The nearby community of Nye was named for him. At one time Nolin had a post office, a store, and a school. Nolin also has a cemetery. An Oregon Railway and Navigation Company (now Union Pacific) railroad line was built through Nolin, crossing the Umatilla River on a steel bridge constructed in 1907. The Cunningham Sheep Ranch, founded in the 1880s by Charles Cunningham, is based in Nolin. It was once one of the largest sheep-raising operations in the United States. Today it raises rambouillet sheep. References External linksHistori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nolin Lake State Park
Nolin Lake State Park is a park located in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States. The park encompasses while Nolin Lake Nolin River Lake is a reservoir in Edmonson, Grayson, and Hart counties in Kentucky. It was impounded from the Nolin River by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1963. The Nolin River dam was authorized in 1938 as part of a flood cont ..., the park's main feature, covers . The park is located on the northern perimeter of Mammoth Cave National Park. The park contains a small beach, a country store, boat ramp, 32 developed campsites, 27 primitive campsites, and a playground. On May 25, 1983, Nolin Lake set a record high of 549.9 mean sea level. References External linksNolin Lake State ParkKentucky Department of Parks {{authority control State parks of Kentucky Protected areas of Edmonson County, Kentucky Protected areas established in 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nolin River
The Nolin River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 13, 2011 tributary of the Green River in central Kentucky in the United States. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is a part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. According to legend, Nolin River was so named when a group of hunters camped on a knoll near the river and a member of the hunting party, Benjamin Lynn, became lost. The story continues the rest of the party returned to the knoll where someone said "Here is the knoll, but no Lynn!" The lost hunter was later found alive and well camped out at nearby Lynn Camp Creek. The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Nolin River" as the stream's name in 1933. As a child, Abraham Lincoln swam there. The Nolin River is formed in western LaRue County by the confluence of its short North and South Forks, both of which flow for their entire lengths in LaRue County; the North Fork flow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
