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Sandra McGregor
Sandra or SANDRA may refer to: People * Sandra (given name) * Sandra (singer) (born 1962), German pop singer * Margaretha Sandra (1629–1674), Dutch soldier * Sandra (orangutan), who won the legal right to be defined as a "non-human person" Places * Șandra, a commune in Timiș County, Romania * Şandra, a village in Beltiug Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania * Sandra, Estonia, a village * 1760 Sandra, an asteroid Other uses * "Sandra" (song), a 1975 song by Barry Manilow * "Sandra", song by Idle Eyes, 1986 * ''Sandra'' (1924 film), a lost drama film * ''Sandra'' (1965 film), an Italian film * SANDRA (research project), part of the European Union's Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development * Tropical Storm Sandra, several tropical cyclones * ''Sandra'' (podcast), a scripted fiction podcast starring Kristen Wiig and Alia Shawkat See also * Sandro (other) * Sandara Park Sandara Park ( English pronunciation: ; born November 12, 1984) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra (given Name)
Sandra is a female name, which is often used as a short form for Alexandra or Cassandra (given name), Cassandra. Alexandra is a feminine form of the male name Alexander, which is a romanization of the Greek language, Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος ''Alexandros''. It is generally interpreted to mean "protector of man" or "defender of man". The name Cassandra is also from the Greek language, Greek ( el, Κασσάνδρα: "she who entangles men"). Cassandra is known in Greek mythology, as the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. She was loved by Apollo and given the gift of prophecy but when she did not fall in love with him, he placed a curse on her so that no one would believe her predictions. Theoi Greek Mythology. Accessed July 24, 2010 See also * List of people named Sandra * Sander (name) * So ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra (singer)
Sandra Ann Lauer (born 18 May 1962), commonly known under her stage name Sandra and Sandra Cretu (), is a Franco-German pop singer who enjoyed mainstream popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s with a string of European hit singles, produced by her then-husband and musical partner, Michael Cretu, most notably " (I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" (1985), " In the Heat of the Night" (1985), " Everlasting Love" (1987), "Secret Land" (1988), "Hiroshima" (1990) and "Don't Be Aggressive" (1992). Her albums ''Into a Secret Land'' (1988) and ''Close to Seven'' (1992) have won Sandra high critical acclaim. Prior to embarking on a solo career, Sandra was the lead singer of the all-female disco trio Arabesque, which had a massive following in Japan and the Soviet Union. Also, between 1990 and 2001, she provided vocals on album releases of the very successful musical project Enigma, which had top 10 hits in North America and the United Kingdom. A cult star with a devoted fan base, Sandra rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaretha Sandra
Margaretha Sandra (7 January 1629 in Middelburg – 21 June 1674 in Aardenburg, Zeeland), was a Dutch heroine, known for her participation in the defense of Aardenburg during the two-night siege by the French in 1672. Life Margaretha grew up in Middelburg and Sluis, as the eldest daughter in a family with nine children. By 1672, she had been widowed twice and had married for the third time to Pieter Roman. They were living in Aardenburg, Netherlands. Battle During the weekend of 25 and 26 June 1672, a French invasion force totaling more than 5,000 men attacked the neglected fortress town of Aardenburg, which had only 186 civilians and 40 soldiers to defend it. During the two nights of the attack, the outnumbered soldiers were joined in battle by women who wore men's hats as they carried ammunition to the troops stationed on the city walls, thus giving the enemy the impression that the besieged city held many more men than was actually the case. When the French troops attacked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra (orangutan)
Sandra (born February 14, 1986, in Rostock Zoo in East Germany) is an orangutan, currently living in the Center for Great Apes in Florida after being moved from the Buenos Aires Zoo in 2019. Sandra is a zoo-born, hybrid orangutan of the two separate species of Borneo and Sumatra orangutans. In Germany, Sandra, then called Marisa, was transferred to a second zoo in Germany ( Ruhr-Zoo), then transferred to Argentina on September 17, 1994. In the Buenos Aires Zoo the name of the orangutan was changed to Sandra. Sandra had a baby girl called Shembira or Gembira, who was born on March 2, 1999, and was transferred to Xixiakou Wild Animal Park, Rongcheng, Sandong, China in 2008. During the amparo court case in Buenos Aires in 2015, it was revealed that an attempt by the Buenos Aires zoo to mate Sandra with an orangutan named Max failed because Sandra preferred instead to sit outside in the rain and snow. Legal status determinations On December 18, 2014, Sandra was termed by the court in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Șandra
Șandra (until 1882 Alexandria; hu, Sándorháza; german: Alexanderhausen, locally ''Schanderhaas'') is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Șandra and Uihei (''Újhely''; ''Neusiedel''). These were part of Biled commune until 2004, when they were split off. Geography The total area of Șandra commune is about 5,486 ha, of which 492.23 ha represents the built-up area. Local natural resources are oil, natural gas and hot springs. The neighboring localities of the commune are Variaș, Biled, Iecea Mare, Satchinez, Bulgăruș and Lovrin. Climate The climate is continental with weak Mediterranean influences. It has a temperate character (the annual average being 10.5 °C), with warm summers, not too cold winters, quite early springs and sometimes very long autumns. The average annual rainfall is 520 mm, with variations from 366 to 732 mm. Most of the precipitation falls in the spring–summer period, in the months of May–August. The prevaili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beltiug
Beltiug (german: Bildegg; hu, Krasznabéltek or ''Béltek'') is a commune of 3,228 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Transylvania, Romania. It lies on the banks of the Crasna River south of Ardud, 35 km south of the county seat, Satu Mare, along the main road E81. It is today one of the most important cultural centres of the Sathmar Swabian community. History Middle Ages Beltiug (Béltek) has a history of several centuries. In 1086, according to the legends, King Saint László camped at this place when he fought against the Pechenegs. In written sources the settlement was first mentioned in 1216 in the Regestrum Varadinense which introduced all previous judgments in the North West of Transylvania. In 1216, it refers to a man named ''Pál'' from Béltek, who sued the Flemish inhabitants of Batar, Ugocsa County (today a village in the Vynohradiv Raion, Ukraine), since his brother ''Benedek'' was killed. The Flemish did not deny the fact, but they claimed that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra, Estonia
Sandra is a village in Põhja-Sakala Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. It has a population of 28 (as of 2009). Sandra is located in the Soomaa National Park. Due to large wetland areas being included in its boundaries, Sandra is the largest village by area in Estonia with 173 km² (larger than the area of Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...). References Villages in Viljandi County {{Viljandi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1760 Sandra
1760 Sandra, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 35 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 April 1950, by South African astronomer Ernest Johnson at Union Observatory in Johannesburg, and named after his granddaughter Sandra. Orbit and classification ''Sandra'' is a carbonaceous C-type asteroid that orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.7–3.6 AU once every 5 years and 7 months (2,041 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 8 ° with respect to the ecliptic. It was first identified as at the discovering observatory. The body's observation arc begins with its identification as at Heidelberg in 1935, or 15 years prior to its official discovery observation at Johannesburg. Lightcurve In April 2006, a rotational lightcurve of ''Sandra'' was obtained from photometric observations by French amateur astronomer Pierre Antonini. Lightcurve anal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra (song)
"Sandra" is a song written by Barry Manilow and Enoch Anderson. A piano-based ballad, the song takes the voice of a lonely housewife looking back at missed opportunities, because she married at an early age. It was originally recorded by Manilow on his album, ''Barry Manilow II'' in 1974. Dusty Springfield covered the song on her 1978 album ''It Begins Again''. In a contemporary interview with ''Music Week'', Springfield praised the song's "own inbuilt drama" and considered it to be more personal when sung by a woman. Entertainer Bruce Forsyth recorded a version for his 1975 album ''The Bruce Forsyth Album''. This version was Forsyth's first American single release, on Warner Bros Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Di .... References 1974 songs Barry Manilow songs Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idle Eyes
Idle Eyes is a Canadian rock and roll band from Vancouver, British Columbia. They are best known for the Canadian hit single "Tokyo Rose", which peaked at #16 on ''RPM'''s Canadian singles chart in June 1985. There is also a Hardcore band from Australia with the same name. History The band had its genesis in 1980 while Tad Campbell (a Canadian, born in Trail, British Columbia) was travelling in Australia. He encountered an advertisement for a local band looking for a guitarist, and wound up spending several months as a member of the house band at a resort in the Whitsunday Islands. During this time, the band were joined by new vocalist Donna McConville, who would also become Campbell's girlfriend. They later moved to Townsville, Queensland, where they recorded early demos of several songs that would eventually end up on the band's first two albums. Campbell eventually returned to Canada with McConville, putting together a new lineup since most of the original Australian members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra (1924 Film)
''Sandra'' is a lost 1924 American silent drama film directed by Arthur H. Sawyer and starring Barbara La Marr and Bert Lytell. Based on the novel by Pearl Doles Bell, it was produced by Arthur H. Sawyer and Bernard Lubin's Associated Pictures for distribution by First National Pictures. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Sandra Waring (La Marr) is a woman with two personalities. Her easy-going complacent husband David (Lytell) cannot understand her, for at times she is an affectionate home-loving wife and at other times she is exotic with a craving for adventure and romance. When David faces ruin because of the collapse of a building he has designed, Sandra saves him by making a bargain with Stephen Winslow (Gordon), a connoisseur of women and at the same time finds the opportunity to follow her exotic side. She does not remain long with Winslow but visits Europe. Although she tastes romance and adventure and is acclaimed for her beauty and cleverness she is never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra (1965 Film)
''Sandra'' ( it, Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa, lit=Glimmering stars of the Great Bear) is a 1965 drama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, and starring Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, and Michael Craig. A modern-day retelling of the Electra story, the film centers on the incestuous relationship between a young Italian woman (Cardinale) and her brother (Sorel), on her return to their ancestral home of Volterra. It premiered at the 26th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. Plot Visconti's retelling of the Electra story starts with Sandra/Electra (Claudia Cardinale) returning to her ancestral home in Italy. On the eve of an official ceremony commemorating the death of her Jewish father in a Nazi concentration camp, she revives an intimate involvement with her brother (Jean Sorel), which troubles her naive husband ( Michael Craig). As ever with Visconti, he is ambivalently drawn to the decadent society he is ostensibly criticising; and Armando Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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