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Siler Severus
Siler may refer to: * ''Siler'' (spider), a genus of jumping spiders * Siler (Stargate), a character in the ''Stargate'' franchise * Siler, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia * Siler City, North Carolina * ''Siler'' (plant), a genus in the family Apiaceae. People with the family name Siler * Brandon Siler, American football linebacker * Eugene Siler, American politician * Howard Siler, American bobsledder * Joseph Franklin Siler, U.S. Army physician and dengue researcher * Lester Eugene Siler, convicted drug dealer * Owen W. Siler, admiral in the United States Coast Guard * Ronald Siler Ronald "Ron" Siler Jr. (born April 8, 1980) is an American former amateur boxer who competed for the United States at the 2004 Olympics. He is now a boxing coach at the Cincinnati Golden Gloves gym. Background Siler hails from the Over-the-R ..., American amateur boxer * Todd Siler, American visual artist, author, educator and inventor See also * Sylar< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siler (spider)
''Siler'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889. They specialize in hunting ants. Species it contains nine species, found only in Asia: *'' Siler bielawskii'' Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam *'' Siler collingwoodi'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – China, Japan *'' Siler cupreus'' Simon, 1889 (type) – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan *'' Siler flavocinctus'' (Simon, 1901) – Singapore *'' Siler hanoicus'' Prószyński, 1985 – Vietnam *'' Siler lewaense'' Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Indonesia (Sumba) *'' Siler pulcher'' Simon, 1901 – Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ... *'' Siler semiglaucus'' (Simon, 1901) – India to Philippines *'' Siler severus'' (Simon, 1901) – China References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siler (Stargate)
Over its decade of existence, science fiction TV series '' Stargate SG-1'' developed an extensive and detailed backdrop of diverse characters. Many of the characters are members of alien species discovered while exploring the galaxy through the Stargate, although there are an equal number of characters from offworld human civilizations. While ''Stargate SG-1'', '' Stargate Atlantis'' and '' Stargate Universe'' are separate shows, they take part in the same fictional universe, so no character is internally show-specific. Main characters Except for the commanders of the top-secret Stargate Command military base (SGC), all main characters of ''Stargate SG-1'' are members of the SG-1 team, the primary unit of the SGC in the show. SG-1's duties include first contact, reconnaissance and combat, diplomacy, initial archaeological surveying, and technological assessment. The composition of SG-1 changes several times during the series run and varies in several alternative universes. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siler, Virginia
Siler is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ..., United States. Siler is located in northern Frederick County on Brush Creek at the crossroads of Brush Creek, Howards Chapel (VA 690), and Siler Roads. References Unincorporated communities in Frederick County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{FrederickCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siler City, North Carolina
Siler City is a town in western Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 7,702. History Siler City began when Plikard Dederic Siler and his wife, Elizabeth Hartsoe Siler, settled about four miles north of the town's current location. They had met aboard the ''Two Sisters'', a ship from Germany. The ship landed in Philadelphia, where Plikard paid leaf tobacco to marry Elizabeth. The couple briefly lived in Pennsylvania, then Virginia, and then settled near Lacy's Creek (the location near today's Siler City). They had ten children. In recent years, Siler City has become a suburb of Greensboro and the Research Triangle Park. Since 1997, it has developed as a center of industrial-scale poultry processing, and attracted numerous immigrants and Latinos for the jobs. The changing demographics have challenged the town as it works to absorb the new population and different cultures. In three years, the majority-Latino soccer team of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siler (plant)
Siler may refer to: * ''Siler'' (spider), a genus of jumping spiders * Siler (Stargate), a character in the ''Stargate'' franchise * Siler, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia * Siler City, North Carolina * ''Siler'' (plant), a genus in the family Apiaceae. People with the family name Siler * Brandon Siler, American football linebacker * Eugene Siler, American politician * Howard Siler, American bobsledder * Joseph Franklin Siler, U.S. Army physician and dengue researcher * Lester Eugene Siler, convicted drug dealer * Owen W. Siler, admiral in the United States Coast Guard * Ronald Siler, American amateur boxer * Todd Siler Todd Siler (born August 23, 1953) is an American multimedia artist, author, educator, and inventor, equally well known for his art and for his work in creativity research. A graduate of Bowdoin College, he became the first visual artist to be ..., American visual artist, author, educator and inventor See also * Sylar [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apiaceae
Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,700 species in 434 generaStevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)Angiosperm Phylogeny Website Version 9, June 2008. including such well-known and economically important plants as ajwain, angelica, anise, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, chervil, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, lovage, cow parsley, parsley, parsnip and sea holly, as well as silphium, a plant whose identity is unclear and which may be extinct. The family Apiaceae includes a significant number of phototoxic species, such as giant hogweed, and a smaller number of highly poisonous species, such as poison hemlock, water hemlock, spotted cowbane, fool's parsley, and various species of water dropwort. Description Most Apiaceae are annual, biennial or perennial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Siler
Brandon T. Siler (born December 5, 1985) is an American former college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons. He played college football for the University of Florida, where he was a member of a BCS National Championship team. He was chosen by the San Diego Chargers in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft, and also played for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs Early years Siler was born Daytona Beach, Florida.Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players Brandon Siler Retrieved January 6, 2015. He attended Evans High School in Orlando, Florida, where he was a star high school football player for the Evans Trojans. His grandfather, Herb Siler, was a heavyweight boxer in the 1960s. College career Siler accepted a scholarship to attend his home-state University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Ron Zook and coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football from 2004 to 2006. 2011 Florida Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Siler
Eugene Edward Siler Sr. (June 26, 1900 – December 5, 1987) was an American politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky between 1955 and 1965. He was the only member of the House of Representatives to oppose (by pairing against) the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. That resolution authorized deeper involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War. Life and career Siler, a self-described "Kentucky hillbilly", was born in Williamsburg, Kentucky, the son of attorney Adam Troy and Minnie (née Chandler) Siler. He was a staunch Republican and hailed from a traditionally Republican region of Kentucky. Siler served in the United States Navy during World War I and in the United States Army as a captain during World War II. His war-time experiences left him, according to David T. Beito, "cold to most proposals to send American troops into harm's way." Siler graduated from Cumberland College in Williamsburg in 1920 and from the University of Kentucky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Siler
Howard Banford Siler Jr. (June 18, 1945 – July 8, 2014) was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Biography Howard Siler won a bronze medal in the four-man bobsledding event at the FIBT World Championships 1969, 1969 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Siler's best Olympic finish was fifth place in the Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics, two-man event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. In all, he was a 5-time US champion and a 9-time member of the US World team. in 1985, Siler served as the United States team coach and also as Chairman of the US Bobsled Federation Competition Committee. Siler later coached the Jamaican bobsleigh team that participated at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He would be profiled as Irving "Irv" Blitzer (played by John Candy) in the American film ''Cool Runnings'' (1993). Unlike the fictional Blitzer, Siler was employed outside his sporting ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Franklin Siler
Colonel Joseph Franklin Siler, MD (1875–1960) was a U.S. Army physician noted for investigations of mosquito transmission of dengue fever in the Philippines and for ''Marijuana Smoking in Panama'', one of the first experimental reports on cannabis. Siler was commander the Laboratory Service in the American Expeditionary Forces in France in World War I and undertook extensive experimental observations on the manufacture and immunizing efficacy of anti-typhoid vaccines. See also * Army Medical School Founded by U.S. Army Brigadier General George Miller Sternberg, MD in 1893, the Army Medical School (AMS) was by some reckonings the world's first school of public health and preventive medicine. (The other institution vying for this distinctio ... References External links Bayne-Jones, Stanhope (1968), ''The Evolution of Preventive Medicine in the United States Army, 1607-1939'', Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.(Photo of Siler) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester Eugene Siler
Lester Eugene Siler, a convicted drug dealer in the United States, was beaten and tortured by Campbell County, Tennessee police during an interrogation at his home, during which officers attempted to coerce Siler to sign a consent form giving them permission to search his home without a warrant. On July 8, 2004, police officers entered the house of Siler and tortured him using various methods, including applying electricity to his genitalia. Upon arrival, the officers asked his wife, Jenny, and son, Austin, to leave. Before the torture, however, Siler's wife set up an audio recorder which captured a large portion of the incident. Five officers, Gerald David Webber, Samuel R. Franklin, Joshua Monday, Shayne Green, and William Carroll were convicted in federal court of the beatings and attempted cover-up. They received prison sentences ranging from 51 to 72 months. In 2016, a jury trial resulted in a $115,000 award to Siler. This was appealed by Siler for being inadequately low, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen W
Owen may refer to: Origin: The name Owen is of Irish and Welsh origin. Its meanings range from noble, youthful, and well-born. Gender: Owen is historically the masculine form of the name. Popular feminine variations include Eowyn and Owena. Pronunciation: OH-en People and fictional characters * Owen (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Places United States * Owen, Indiana * Owen, Missouri, a ghost town * Owen, Wisconsin * Owen County, Indiana * Owen County, Kentucky * Mount Owen (Colorado) * Mount Owen (Wyoming) Elsewhere * Owen Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica * Owen, South Australia, a small town * Owen, Germany, town in Baden-Württemberg * Mount Owen (other) * Port Owen, South Africa Ships * , a destroyer that took part in World War II and the Korean War * , a British Royal Navy frigate Other uses * Owen (automobile), an American car made from 1910 to 1914 * Owen (musician), a solo project of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
