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Plum (other)
A plum is both a type of tree and the fruit stemming from that tree. Plum may also refer to: Places * Plum, Pennsylvania * Plum, Texas * Plum Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania * Plum, New Caledonia People ;Given name * Pelham Warner (nicknamed "Plum"; 1873–1963), British Test cricketer * P. G. Wodehouse (nicknamed "Plum"; 1881–1975), British author and humorist * Plum Johnson (born ?), Canadian writer and publisher * Plum Lewis (1884–1976), South African cricketer * Plum Mariko (born Mariko Umeda; 1967–1997), Japanese professional wrestler * Plum Sykes (born 1969), British fashion writer and novelist ;Surname * Alois Plum (born 1935), German artist noted for working in mural and stained-glass mediums * Amy Plum (born 1967), American–French young-adult fiction writer * Carol Plum-Ucci (born 1957), American young-adult novelist and essayist * Ego Plum (born Ernesto Guerrero; 1975), American composer, musician, visual artist, and record producer * Frederick Plum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plum
A plum is a fruit of some species in ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus''''.'' Dried plums are called prunes. History Plums may have been one of the first fruits domesticated by humans. Three of the most abundantly cultivated species are not found in the wild, only around human settlements: ''Prunus domestica'' has been traced to East European and Caucasian mountains, while ''Prunus salicina'' and '' Prunus simonii'' originated in China. Plum remains have been found in Neolithic age archaeological sites along with olives, grapes and figs. According to Ken Albala, plums originated in Iran. They were brought to Britain from Asia. An article on plum tree cultivation in Andalusia (southern Spain) appears in Ibn al-'Awwam's 12th-century agricultural work, ''Book on Agriculture''. Etymology and names The name plum derived from Old English ''plume'' "plum, plum tree", borrowed from Germanic or Middle Dutch, derived from Latin ' and ultimately from Ancient Greek ''proumnon'', itself belie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelsey Plum
Kelsey Christine Plum (born August 24, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She won a WNBA championship in 2022, when she earned her first All-WNBA First Team selection and was named the WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) in her first WNBA All-Star Game. She also won gold medal in Women's 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She completed her high school education at La Jolla Country Day School in San Diego. Plum attended and played college basketball for the University of Washington. On February 25, 2017, Plum scored a career-high 57 points on senior night – making 19 of the 28 shots she took – to break the NCAA Division I women's basketball all-time scoring record with 3,397 points. On March 20, 2017, Plum broke the NCAA record for points in a single season with 1,080. She was selected out of UW with the first overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft by the San An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plum (color)
Plum is a purple color with a brownish-gray tinge, like that shown on the right, or a reddish purple, which is a close representation of the average color of the plum fruit. As a quaternary color on the RYB color wheel, plum is an equal mix of the tertiary colors russet and slate. The first recorded use of ''plum'' as a color name in English was in 1805. Variations of plum Plum (Crayola) Pale plum At right is displayed the color pale plum, which is the pale tone of plum that is the web color called ''plum''. This color is paler than the color at the head of this article and paler than the color of an actual plum. Persian plum (prune) Displayed at right is the color Persian plum from thXona.com Color List This is the color traditionally called prune because it is a representation of the average color of prunes. ''Prune'' is the French word for "plum", but in English the name "prune" is applied to ''dried plums''. This color is a representation of the colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Rippon
Angela May Rippon (born 12 October 1944)"Angela Rippon," ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Detroit: Gale, (2008) ''Gale Biography In Context'' is an English television journalist, newsreader, writer and presenter. Rippon presented radio and television news programmes in South West England before moving to BBC One's '' Nine O'Clock News'', becoming a regular presenter in 1975. She was the first female journalist permanently to present the BBC national television news, and the second female news presenter on British television after Barbara Mandell on Independent Television News (ITN) in 1955. Rippon appeared on a Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show in 1976, presented the first two series of ''Top Gear'' and also presented ''Come Dancing''. She hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977. She was a presenter on, and co-founder of, breakfast television franchisee TV-am. In the 1990s, she moved to radio, presenting daily news programmes for LBC Newstalk between 1990 and 1994, and appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich (née Schneider; April 22, 1943) is an American writer. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but gained fame authoring a series of contemporary mysteries featuring Stephanie Plum, a former lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who becomes a bounty hunter to make ends meet after losing her job. The novels in this series have been on ''The New York Times'', ''USA Today'', ''Wall Street Journal'' and Amazon bestseller lists. Evanovich has had her last seventeen Plums debut at #1 on the ''NY Times'' Best Sellers list and eleven of them have hit #1 on ''USA Today'' Best-Selling Books list. She has over two hundred million books in print worldwide, and her books have been translated into over 40 languages. Early years Evanovich is a second-generation American born in South River, New Jersey, to a machinist and a housewife. After attending South River High School, she became the first in her family to att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Plum
Stephanie Plum is a fictional character and the protagonist in a series of novels written by Janet Evanovich. She is a spunky combination of Nancy Drew and Dirty Harry, and—although a female bounty hunter—is the opposite of Domino Harvey. She is described by the author as "incredibly average and yet heroic if necessary". Evanovich claims the inspiration for Stephanie's character came after watching ''Midnight Run'' starring Charles Grodin and Robert De Niro, adding, "If Mickey Spillane wrote '' Archie and Veronica'', Stephanie would be Betty." As the series has progressed, Stephanie has become more stable and responsible, and a better bounty hunter. "But truthfully," Evanovich says, "Stephanie has stayed the same more than she's changed." As of 2021, Stephanie has appeared in 28 full-length novels, four holiday novellas, and a short story in a compilation of various authors' works. The first book, ''One for the Money'', was adapted as a 2012 film starring Katherine Heigl as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cluedo
''Cluedo'' (), known as ''Clue'' in North America, is a murder mystery game for three to six players (depending on editions) that was devised in 1943 by British board game designer Anthony E. Pratt. The game was first manufactured by Waddingtons in the United Kingdom in 1949. Since then, it has been relaunched and updated several times, and it is currently owned and published by the American game and toy company Hasbro. The object of the game is to determine who murdered the game's victim, where the crime took place, and which weapon was used. Each player assumes the role of one of the six suspects and attempts to deduce the correct answer by strategically moving around a game board representing the rooms of a mansion and collecting clues about the circumstances of the murder from the other players. Numerous games, books, a film, television series, and a musical have been released as part of the ''Cluedo'' franchise. Several spinoffs have been released featuring various ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor Plum
This is a list of people in the game of Cluedo, ''Cluedo'' (UK) / ''Clue'' (US). Dr. Black / Mr. Boddy Dr. Black (UK) / Mr. Boddy (US), a stock character and generic victim, is the owner of Tudor Close (later known as Tudor Manor, Tudor Hall, and Boddy Mansion). In ''Cluedo'', he is the unseen host who is murdered, which inspires the quest to discover who murdered him, with what weapon, and what room in his mansion the crime occurred. Dr. Black was listed in the original patent filing as one of the 10 characters created for the game, in which one character was drawn from the suspect cards to be the new victim before the start of a game. Although the victim and player assignments were never intended to be the same, Samuel Black became the permanent victim in the UK and Mr. Boddy in North America before the publication of the first edition. Mr. Boddy's name is a pun on the fact that the character is a dead body. In the Clue (film), film, Mr. Boddy is primarily portrayed by Lee Ving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
''Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom'' is a British preschool animated television series. The show was created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker, and produced by Astley Baker Davies and Entertainment One (the companies responsible for ''Peppa Pig''). Many of the voice actors who worked Peppa Pig have lent their voices to the show; these include John Sparkes, Sarah Ann Kennedy, David Rintoul and David Graham. The music is produced by Julian Nott, who is noted for his ''Wallace and Gromit'' and ''Peppa Pig'' scores. Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom is the third show to be produced by Astley Baker Davies. Overview The show is set in the Little Kingdom which is hidden among thorny brambles. The Little Kingdom is ruled by King and Queen Thistle, mainly from the Little Castle, where they live with their three daughters; 8-year-old Holly, and younger twins Daisy and Poppy. Elves including 8-year-old Ben live at the Great Elf Tree, which acts as a school, library, apartment block and facto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelma Plum
Thelma Amelina Plumbe (born 21 December 1994), known professionally as Thelma Plum, is an Aboriginal Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist and musician from Delungra, New South Wales. Her father is renowned lore-man Paul Winanga-li Gii Spearim. Her debut album, ''Better in Blak'', was released on 30 July 2019 and peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Plum has received various accolades, including for Best Cover Art at the 2019 ARIA Music Awards for Dennis Pfitzner's artwork. Early life Thelma Amelina Plumbe Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:' was born on 21 December 1994 in Brisbane. She is a Gamilaraay woman from Delungra, New South Wales. Plum graduated from the Music Industry College, Brisbane and spent most of her early life in that city. Career 2012–2017: Triple J Unearthed and early EPs In May 2012, Plum uploaded the tracks "Blackbird" and "Father Said" onto Triple J Unearthed and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Plum
Seth Lewis Plum (15 July 1899 – 29 November 1969) was an English international footballer who played as a wing half. Club career Born in Edmonton, Plum played professionally for Charlton Athletic, Chelsea and Southend United. Chelsea The 1925–26 season was to be Plum's final season for Chelsea, ending in him featuring on nine occasions, all of which came in March and April 1926. Despite his position as a wing half, Plum left Stamford Bridge having scored no goals in 27 appearances for the club. Southend United On 1 July 1927, Plum joined Southend United, who were then playing in the Third Division (South). He started all of his 10 games for the Seasiders before retiring through injury at the age of 28. International career Plum received his only cap for England at age 23 while playing for Charlton Athletic, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–1 win over France on 10 May 1923. Later life In the early 1960s, Plum worked as a petrol pump attendant at a garage i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ann Colclough
Mary Ann Colclough ( Barnes; 20 February 1836–7 March 1885) was a New Zealand feminist and social reformer. She was born in London, England on 20 February 1836. She contributed to various colonial newspapers under the pseudonym Polly Plum. Early life Mary Ann Colclough was born in London in 1836, daughter of Susan and John Thomas Barnes, builder. She was trained as a teacher and came to New Zealand in 1859, settling in Auckland. On 9 May 1861, at Onehunga, she married Thomas Caesar Colclough (died July 1867), formerly of Galleenstown Castle, County Dublin. There were two children: a daughter Mary Louise (1862–1953) and a son William Caesar Sarsfield (1864-1926). Activism Although her work has been overlooked and forgotten, Mary Ann Colclough was one of the earliest, and certainly among the most talented, of feminist leaders in this country. During the late sixties and early seventies and under the pseudonym of “Polly Plum”, she came to the fore as a contributor to vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
