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Quaker (other)
A Quakers, Quaker is a term used to describe members of the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Christian denomination. Quaker may also refer to: Food and beverages * Quaker Oats Company, a U.S. food company ** Cuáker, an List of Ecuadorian dishes and foods, Ecuadorian beverage made from oats (a loanword of "quaker") * Quaker (coffee), a term used in coffee roasting to denote an unripe or poorly roasted coffee bean, the number of which is often used to judge the quality of a batch of coffee Animals and plants * Quaker butterfly (''Neopithecops zalmora'') * Quaker lady (other), name given to several flowers * Quaker parrot, also known as the monk parakeet (''Myiopsitta monachus'') * Quaker, one of several names for ''Dissosteira carolina'', also known as the Carolina grasshopper Brands and enterprises * Quaker State, a former motor oil manufacturer People with the name * Bernard Barton (1784-1849), sometimes referred to as "The Quaker Poet" * John Greenleaf Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quakers
Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belief in each human's ability to experience the light within or see "that of God in every one". Some profess a priesthood of all believers inspired by the First Epistle of Peter. They include those with evangelical, holiness, liberal, and traditional Quaker understandings of Christianity. There are also Nontheist Quakers, whose spiritual practice does not rely on the existence of God. To differing extents, the Friends avoid creeds and hierarchical structures. In 2017, there were an estimated 377,557 adult Quakers, 49% of them in Africa. Some 89% of Quakers worldwide belong to ''evangelical'' and ''programmed'' branches that hold services with singing and a prepared Bible message coordinated by a pastor. Some 11% practice ''waiting worship'' or ''unprogramme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the nation with over 13 million residents as of 2020. It is the 33rd-largest state by area and ranks ninth among all states in population density. The southeastern Delaware Valley metropolitan area comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the state's largest and nation's sixth most populous city. Another 2.37 million reside in Greater Pittsburgh in the southwest, centered around Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest and Western Pennsylvania's largest city. The state's su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Albatross Guest House
''The Albatross Guest House'' is the second studio album by Bright. It came out as a split release CD on Darla Records (catalog #DRL-044) and Ba-Da-Bing! Records (catalog #BING-010) in 1997. Track listing All songs written by Bright #"You Need Some Sleep" – 1:39 #"Tonal" – 3:25 #"Titan" – 3:09 #"On Life After Death" – 3:50 #"The Glowing Pickpocket" – 2:18 #"Forever More or Less" – 3:37 #"Quaker" – 1:17 #"Takoma" – 2:21 #"Teo" – 3:14 #"I've Stopped Breathing" – 3:24 #"O!" – 1:08 #"Last Great Patron" – 4:11 #"Transmissions" – 2:35 #"Stringing up Lights" – 1:18 #"Language of the House" – 4:12 #"From Tree to Tree" – 1:39 #"Seventy-Four" – 1:19 #"Somewhere Away from the City" – 3:17 #"Albatross" – 4:34 #"Attractor" – 5:18 Personnel ;Bright *Mark Dwinell — Guitar, vocals, keyboard, clarinet, bass guitar ("Forever More or Less") *Joe LaBrecque — Drums ;Additional musicians *Paul LaBrecque — Bugle *Ian Adams — Guitar :note: LaBrecque, old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quake (video Game)
''Quake'' is a first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive. The first game in the ''Quake'' series, it was originally released for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and Linux in 1996, followed by Mac OS and Sega Saturn in 1997 and Nintendo 64 in 1998. In the game, players must find their way through various maze-like, medieval environments while battling monsters using an array of weaponry. The overall atmosphere is dark and gritty, with many stone textures and a rusty, capitalized font. ''Quake'' takes inspiration from gothic fiction and the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The successor to id Software's ''Doom'' series, ''Quake'' built upon the technology and gameplay of its predecessor. Unlike the ''Doom'' engine before it, the ''Quake'' engine offered full real-time 3D rendering and had early support for 3D acceleration through OpenGL. After ''Doom'' helped popularize multiplayer deathmatches, ''Quake'' added various multiplayer options. Onli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quakers (band)
Quakers are a supergroup consisting of three producers; Fuzzface (Geoff Barrow), 7-Stu-7, and Katalyst. Their debut studio album, ''Quakers'', was released in 2012 and features a host of guest rappers, many of whom the band discovered using MySpace. The group is signed to Stones Throw Records. History Quakers' debut studio album, ''Quakers'', was released in 2012. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The album has been listed as number 41 in Amazon UK's top 100 albums of 2012. It also made Gilles Peterson's BBC Radio "Best of 2012" list. In 2020, Quakers released a 50-track beat tape, ''Supa K: Heavy Tremors''. The group has no known affiliation with the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers. Discography Studio albums * ''Quakers'' (Stones Throw Stones Throw Records is an American independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)
The Philadelphia Quakers were an American professional ice hockey team that played only one full season in the National Hockey League (NHL), 1930–31 NHL season, 1930–31, at the Philadelphia Arena in Philadelphia. They were the successors of the Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL), Pittsburgh Pirates. History The Pirates, the third American-based NHL team, got off to a promising start in the 1925–26 NHL season, 1925–26 season, making the playoffs in two of their first three seasons. However, the team soon fell on hard times both on the ice and at the box office. A sale to Rum-running, bootlegger Bill Dwyer (mobster), Bill Dwyer did not help the cause. With the Wall Street Crash of 1929 followed by the Great Depression, the owners found themselves having to sell off their star players to make ends meet. By the end of the 1929–30 NHL season, 1929–30 season, the team was $400,000 in debt, and their arena, the Duquesne Gardens, was not suitable for an NHL team. Boxing promoter Benny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penn Quakers
The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 33 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men's fencing and one in women's fencing. School colors There are several legends relating how "The Red and Blue" came to be used by the University of Pennsylvania. Whether they are fact or fiction remains unknown. # Harvard and Yale. In the early days of the university there was a race among the students of Harvard, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie .... The Harvard team wore their famous crimson; Yale teams wore their traditional blue. When the Penn participants were asked which colors would represent their team, they replied that they would be wea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem, Ohio
Salem is the largest city in Columbiana County, Ohio, with a small district in southern Mahoning County. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 11,915. It is the principal city of the Salem micropolitan area in Northeast Ohio. It is 18 miles (28 km) southwest of Youngstown, 28 miles (45 km) east of Canton, and 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Cleveland. Founded by the Quaker society in 1806, Salem was notably active in the abolitionist movement of the early- to mid-19th century as a hub for the American Underground Railroad. Through the 20th century, Salem served as one of many industrial towns in Northeast Ohio's Mahoning Valley region. Today, the city is a commuter town and an economic center of Columbiana County, home to Allegheny Wesleyan College and Kent State University at Salem. History Salem was founded by a New Jersey clockmaker, Zadok Street, and a Pennsylvanian potter, John Straughan, in 1806. The city was named after Salem, New Jersey, Street†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchard Park (town), New York
Orchard Park is a town in Erie County, New York. It is an outer ring suburb southeast of Buffalo. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,054, representing an increase of 5.13% from the 2000 census figure. The town contains a village also named Orchard Park. Orchard Park is one of the "Southtowns" of Erie County and is best known as the site of Highmark Stadium, home of the National Football League's Buffalo Bills. History In 1803, Didymus C. Kinney and wife Phebe (Hartwell) purchased land and built a cabin in the southwest corner of the township, which has since been turned into a museum. The following year, a migration of Quaker settlers began. The town was separated from the town of Hamburg in 1850 and was first named "Ellicott", after Joseph Ellicott, an agent of the Holland Land Company. Within months, the name was changed to the town of "East Hamburgh". Around 1934, the town was renamed "Orchard Park" after its principal settlement. In the early 1900s, a large f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilford College
Guilford College is a private liberal arts college in Greensboro, North Carolina. Guilford has both traditional students and students who attend its Center for Continuing Education (CCE). Founded in 1837 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Guilford's program offerings include such majors as Peace and Conflict Studies and Community and Justice Studies, both rooted in the college's history as a Quaker institution. History Guilford College is the only Quaker-founded college in the southeastern United States. Opening in 1837 as New Garden Boarding School, the institution became a four-year liberal arts college in 1888. Levi Coffin, a well-known abolitionist, Quaker, and political dissenter grew up on the land, which is now considered a historical site. The woods of New Garden, which still exist on campus today, were used as a meeting point for the Underground Railroad in the 19th century, run by Coffin. COVID-19 challenges Jane Fernandes, having served as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earlham College
Earlham College is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. The college was established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has a strong focus on Quaker values such as integrity, a commitment to peace and social justice, mutual respect, and community decision-making. It offers a Master of Arts in Teaching and has an affiliated graduate seminary, the Earlham School of Religion, which offers three master's degrees: Master of Divinity, Master of Ministry, and Master of Arts in Religion. History Earlham was founded in 1847 as a boarding high school for the religious education of Quaker adolescents. In 1859, Earlham became Earlham College, upon the addition of collegiate academics. At this time, Earlham was the third Quaker college in the United States (Haverford College was first, Guilford College the second), and the second U.S. institution of higher education to be coeducational (Oberlin College was first). Though the college initially admitted onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darlington F
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwent substantial industrial development, spurred by the establishment there of the world's first permanent steam-locomotive-powered passenger railway: the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Much of the vision (and financing) behind the railway's creation was provided by local Quaker families in the Georgian and Victorian eras. In the 2011 Census, the town had a population of 92,363 (the county's largest settlement by population) which had increased by the 2020 estimate population to 93,417. The borough's population was 105,564 in the census, It is a unitary authority and is a constituent member of the Tees Valley Combined Authority therefore part of the Tees Valley mayoralty. History Darnton Darlington started as an Anglo-Saxon settlement. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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