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Stob Cross
Stob may refer to: People * Verity Stob (since 1988), pseudonymous author of IT satirical articles * Ralph Stob (1894–1965), U.S. academic, president (1933–1939) of Calvin College * Henry J. Stob (1908–1996), U.S. academic, namesake of the Calvinist Stob Lectures Places * Stob (village), part of Bulgaria's municipality of Kocherinovo * Stob Earth Pyramids, in Bulgaria's Kyustendil Province * Stob, Scottish prefix for "Mount", as in Stob Binnein, Stob Coire Sgreamhach, Stob Ghabhar, etc. * Stobs Military Camp Stobs Camp is a military and internment camp located just outside Hawick in the Scottish Borders. It is an internationally important site due to its level of preservation, being the best preserved World War 1 camp in Britain. Geography Stobs ... just outside Hawick Scotland {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verity Stob
Verity Stob is the pseudonym of a British satirical columnist. Stob is an anonymous software developer, the author of humorous and satirical articles about information technology, particularly software development. Since 1988, she has written her "Verity Stob" column for .EXE Magazine, ''.EXE'' magazine, ''Dr. Dobb's Journal'', and website ''The Register''. Stob was described as "the author of the longest-running satirical column on computer programming" by her fellow columnist, Andrew Orlowski. Career Stob has been a computer and web programmer since 1984, mostly using Delphi (programming language), Delphi, C++, and PHP. In 1988, she started her pseudonymous "Verity Stob" column for .EXE Magazine, ''.EXE'' magazine (now defunct). Later, she moved it to ''Dr. Dobb's Journal''. Since 2003, her column has appeared in the British technology news and opinion website, ''The Register''. She lives and works in London, United Kingdom. References Bibliography * Stob, Verity (2005). ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Stob
Ralph Stob (1894 – 1965) was an educator, academic, and former president of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Stob was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Roseland Christian School. He felt called to Christian ministry. He enrolled in the preparatory curriculum of Calvin College in 1909 from which he graduated in 1915. He then enrolled and enrolled at the Seminary. Stob then accepted an appointment to teach classical languages at his alma mater. Teaching delayed his graduation from seminary until 1920. He continued to teach at Calvin while working during the summers on his graduate degrees at the University of Chicago. Stob was a gifted and amiable teacher and was appointed President of Calvin College in 1933. During his tenure, he oversaw improvements to the curriculum and the beginning of a pension program for the staff. Faculty criticism, well-publicized student pranks, student criticism in the school newspaper, and student flouting of school rules made for a di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry J
The Henry J is an American automobile built by the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation and named after its chairman, Henry J. Kaiser. Production of six-cylinder models began in their Willow Run factory in Michigan on July 1950, and four-cylinder production started shortly after Labor Day, 1950. The official public introduction was on September 28, 1950. The car was marketed through 1954. Development The Henry J was the idea of Henry J. Kaiser, who sought to increase sales of his Kaiser automotive line by adding a car that could be built inexpensively and thus affordable for the average American in the same vein that Henry Ford produced the Model T. The goal was to attract "less affluent buyers who could only afford a used car" and the attempt became a pioneering American compact car. To finance the project, the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation received a federal government loan in 1949. This financing specified various particulars of the vehicle. Kaiser-Frazer would commit to design a vehicl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stob Lectures Scotland
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Stob may refer to: People * Verity Stob (since 1988), pseudonymous author of IT satirical articles * Ralph Stob (1894–1965), U.S. academic, president (1933–1939) of Calvin College * Henry J. Stob (1908–1996), U.S. academic, namesake of the Calvinist Stob Lectures Places * Stob (village), part of Bulgaria's municipality of Kocherinovo * Stob Earth Pyramids, in Bulgaria's Kyustendil Province * Stob, Scottish prefix for "Mount", as in Stob Binnein, Stob Coire Sgreamhach, Stob Ghabhar, etc. * Stobs Military Camp just outside Hawick Hawick ( ; sco, Haaick; gd, Hamhaig) is a town in the Scottish Borders council area and historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-south-east of Selkirk. It is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stob (village)
Stob ( bg, Стоб) is a village in southwest Bulgaria, administratively part of Kocherinovo Municipality, Kyustendil Province. Located at the foot of the Rila mountains and not far from the Rila Monastery, Stob was first mentioned in the 7th century and has been in continuous or near-continuous existence since then. Stob is notable for the Stob Earth Pyramids, a natural rock phenomenon in the vicinity of the village. History and etymology The village's name first appears in sources in a 7th-century Medieval Greek text as Στοβων (''Stovon''). It was also mentioned in a charter of Byzantine Emperor Basil II from 1019 after the conquest of the First Bulgarian Empire. The first reference in Old Bulgarian dates to 1378, when it appears in the Rila Charter of Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Shishman as the "town of Stob" (ГРАДЪ СТѠБЪ). The charter emphasizes the Rila Monastery's independence from nearby Stob, among other privileges, and notes that the monastery's lands and prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stob Earth Pyramids
The Stob Earth Pyramids ( bg, Стобски пирамиди) are rock formations, known as Hoodoo (geology), hoodoos, situated at the foothills of the Rila mountain range in south-western Bulgaria. They span an area of 0.7 km2 near the village of Stob (village), Stob, Kyustendil Province. The rock formations are up to 12 m high and up to 40 m thick at the base. Their shape is mostly conical to mushroomlike. Some of the columns are topped by flat stones. Location The Stob Earth Pyramids are located at the western foothills of the Rila mountain range in the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula at an altitude between 600 and 750 m. They occupy the Klisura ridge facing the valley of the Rilska River, a left tributary of the Struma (river), Struma. They are situated at less that one kilometre east of the village of Stob (village), Stob in Kocherinovo Municipality, Kyustendil Province. They lie some 83 km south of the national capital Sofia and 18 km north of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stob Binnein
Stob Binnein is a mountain in the southern Highlands of Scotland, near Crianlarich. It forms a twin-peak with Ben More 3,852 ft (1,174 m), from which it is separated by the Bealach-eadar-dha Beinn, meaning ''pass between two hills''. Stob Binnein is often climbed in conjunction with Ben More by means of the Bealach-eadar-dha Beinn. Descent may be made from the bealach direct to Benmore Burn. It may also be climbed from the south, starting near Inverlochlarig, some 8 km from Balquhidder. A route of about 5 km climbs from the glen, following the mountain's southern ridge over the intervening minor summits of Stob Invercarnaig and Stob Coire an Lochain. See also * Ben Nevis * List of Munro mountains * Mountains and hills of Scotland Scotland is the most mountainous country in the United Kingdom. Scotland's mountain ranges can be divided in a roughly north to south direction into: the Scottish Highlands, the Central Belt and the Southern Uplands, the latter two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stob Coire Sgreamhach
Stob Coire Sgreamhach () is a mountain in Lorn, south of Glen Coe in the Scottish Highlands. Its height is . It is part of the Bidean nam Bian massif and is often considered a subsidiary peak of Bidean, though since the 1997 revision of Munros Tables it has been classified as a separate Munro. To the northeast is the ridge of Beinn Fhada ('the long mountain'). The mountain is usually climbed together with Bidean nam Bian, thus allowing for a traverse of the range. One of the most common routes from Glen Coe is to ascend the head of Coire Gabhail (the 'Hidden Glen' or 'Lost Valley') to reach the bealach between Stob Coire Sgreamhach and Bidean nam Bian. The wide floor of this corrie is hidden from view when seen from Glen Coe, and was used by the local Clan MacDonald to hide livestock, whether their own or stolen on raids. Another route of ascent is via Beinn Fhada, the most easterly of the famous Three Sisters of Glen Coe. This route also starts from Coire Gabhail, but then cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stob Ghabhar
Stob Ghabhar is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands, part of the Black Mount group. It is a Munro with a height of . Stob Ghabhar lies northwest of Bridge of Orchy and stands on the border of the Argyll and Highland council areas. Overview Stob Ghabhar is well seen from the east and is a familiar sight to motorists on the A82 road as it skirts the western edge of Rannoch Moor. The mountains eastern corries formed by the headwaters of the River Ba look impressive from this direction as does the neighbouring mountain of Stob a' Choire Odhair with which Stob Ghabhar is usually climbed. It reaches a height of and qualifies as a Munro and a Marilyn. The mountain's name translates from Scottish Gaelic as "goats' peak".All above reference books give this translation. Goats were often encouraged by shepherds on mountains with precipitous cliffs such as Stob Ghabhar to keep sheep away from the steep drops. Geography Stob Ghabhar is regarded as the finest of the four Munro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stobs Military Camp
Stobs Camp is a military and internment camp located just outside Hawick in the Scottish Borders. It is an internationally important site due to its level of preservation, being the best preserved World War 1 camp in Britain. Geography Stobs estate, surrounded by hills, was an ideal location for an internment camp as "there were few easy ways out of it for any potential escapees." There were several escapes recorded in the local papers but most escapees were recaptured within a few days. Several postcards from an earlier date when it was a training camp mention it as "very hilly country" and "all Hills for miles". The farms comprising the estate were listed as Barns, Newton, Dodburn & Whitewellbrae, Acreknowe & Turn, Winningtonrig, Newmill & Horsley, North and South Berryfell, the Home Farm of Stobs, and the castle and policies ardens, etc.ref name=":1"> History Prewar The Stobs estate was sold by Robert Purdon, a solicitor in Hawick, on 21 November 1902. The sale of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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