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Sylvania Northview High School
Sylvania Northview High School is a public high school located in Sylvania, Ohio. It is a part of the Sylvania City School District. Northview currently has 1,348 students and 86 teachers. It is the successor to Sylvania High School (19601976) and became Sylvania Northview in 1976 when a second high school in the district, Sylvania Southview, opened. Extracurriculars Science Olympiad * The Northview Science Olympiad team has been state-qualified for the past ten years. * The team also hosts a yearly invitational that happens in early December or late November. Quiz Bowl * The Northview Quiz Bowl team have won in its bracket and have attended multitude of both state and national events. Band and Orchestra * The Northview Marching and Concert Bands are led by the combined leadership of Nathan Heath, the head Band Director, and Carter Adams, the assistant Band Director. * Aside from the Marching Band, the concert bands consist of three levels, the lowest of which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvania, Ohio
Sylvania is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 19,011 at the 2020 census. Sylvania is a suburb of Toledo, and encompassed by Sylvania Township. Its northern border is the southern border of the state of Michigan. The name "Sylvania" is borrowed from the Latin ''sylvan'' or '' sylva'', meaning "forest land", owing to the dense forests that once made up the region, part of the Great Black Swamp. History General David White is considered the founder of Sylvania as the first pioneer settler and town supervisor, originally from Palmyra, New York. In 1832, White was given the title of General (possibly after services rendered during the War of 1812), which allowed him to explore the western Lake Erie region. In realizing the potential of some available land to the north of Maumee, Ohio, a notable port city at the time, he acquired a title to the land and built a log cabin at what would eventually be the corner of Summit and Monroe streets near downtown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hijab
In modern usage, hijab ( ar, حجاب, translit=ḥijāb, ) generally refers to headcoverings worn by Muslim women. Many Muslims believe it is obligatory for every female Muslim who has reached the age of puberty to wear a head covering. While such headcoverings can come in many forms, hijab often specifically refers to a cloth wrapped around the head, neck and chest, covering the hair and neck but leaving the face visible. The term was originally used to denote a partition, a curtain, or was sometimes used for the Islamic rules of modesty. This is the usage in the verses of the Qur'an, in which the term ''hijab'' sometimes refers to a curtain separating visitors to Muhammad's main house from his wives' residential lodgings. This has led some to claim that the mandate of the Qur'an applied only to the wives of Muhammad, and not to the entirety of women. Another interpretation can also refer to the seclusion of women from men in the public sphere, whereas a metaphysical dimens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Fortner
Luke Fortner (born May 15, 1998) is an American football center for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Kentucky. Early life and high school Fortner grew up in Sylvania, Ohio and attended Sylvania Northview High School. After Luke graduated Northview High School his successor on the offensive line happened to be his younger brother Matt. Some say Matt was the more talented one. College career Fortner redshirted his true freshman season at Kentucky. He appeared in eight games as a redshirt freshman. Fortner played in 11 of Kentucky's 13 games during his redshirt sophomore season. He became the Wildcats' starting left guard going into his redshirt junior season and started 13 games in 2019 and 10 in Kentucky's COVID-19-shortened 2020 season. Fortner decided to utilize the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic and return to Kentucky for a sixth sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Helberg
Sandy Helberg (born May 28, 1949) is a German-born American actor. Early life Helberg was born in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of Tonia (née Altman) and Sam Helberg. His parents were both Holocaust survivors from German-occupied Poland, who met in a concentration camp. They emigrated to the United States in 1950, where his father, originally a barber, eventually became a real estate developer in Toledo, Ohio, where Sandy and his brothers Ted and Tom were raised. Career Helberg relocated to New York City and studied acting with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He performed stand-up comedy and was part of an improv group that appeared in clubs in Greenwich Village. He later moved to Los Angeles, becoming an original member of the Los Angeles improv group, The Groundlings. Acting in several comedy films, in particular three Mel Brooks films ''High Anxiety,'' ''History of the World, Part I,'' and ''Spaceballs'', he starred in the comedy films ''The Hollywood Knights' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Cook (racing Driver)
Terry Cook (born February 26, 1968) is an American former stock car racing driver, best known for his time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (now Camping World Truck Series). He was married to former Craftsman Truck pit reporter Amy East, and brother-in-law to driver Bobby East. He was previously the spotter and driver coach for the late John Wes Townley and Athenian Motorsports, after serving as the competition director for Red Horse Racing. Early and personal life Terry Cook is the son of Harold Cook, a former driver and mechanic, and Laureen Cook. He also has a brother Jerry (not to be confused with the NASCAR Hall of Famer of the same name), who competed in a single Truck Series race and seven ARCA Racing Series events. The two brothers worked on father Harold's car as teenagers. Cook graduated from Sylvania Northview High School in 1986, two years after his brother. Racing career Cook began racing on a professional level in 1987 at Flat Rock Speedway and Toledo Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project X (2012 Film)
''Project X'' is a 2012 American found footage teen comedy film directed by Nima Nourizadeh, written by Michael Bacall and Matt Drake and produced by Todd Phillips. The film follows three friends—Thomas (Thomas Mann), Costa (Oliver Cooper) and J.B. (Jonathan Daniel Brown)—who attempt to gain popularity by throwing a party, a plan which quickly escalates out of their control. The title ''Project X'' was initially a placeholder for a final title, but interest generated by the secretive title kept it in place. A nationwide open casting call was employed to find fresh faces. The majority of the cast were sourced from this casting call, but a few with prior acting credits, such as Mann, were accepted after multiple auditions. Filming took place on sets in Los Angeles over five weeks on a US$12 million budget. The film is presented as a home video from the perspective of an attendee using a camera to document the night's events. ''Project X'' was released in the United States, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Cooper
Oliver Cooper (born December 2, 1989) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Costa in the 2012 comedy film '' Project X'', as Levon on the comedy-drama series ''Californication'', as Wheeler on the cult Amazon series ''Red Oaks'' and as David Berkowitz (a.k.a. "The Son of Sam") on the critically-acclaimed Netflix series '' Mindhunter''. Early life Cooper was born in Sylvania Township, Ohio, where he attended Sylvania Northview High School. He grew up with his parents, Wendy and Mike, and two older siblings, a brother (Jason) and a sister (Nikki). At age 17, Cooper performed stand up comedy in Toledo, Ohio. After high school, he attended Arizona State University for one year. He then dropped out of college to pursue his acting career in Los Angeles. Cooper is Jewish. Career At the age of 20, Cooper was offered one of the lead roles in the film '' Project X.'' He, Thomas Mann and Jonathan Daniel Brown were three unknown actors when cast in the film. However, Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ruins (novel)
''The Ruins'' is a 2006 horror novel by American author Scott Smith, set on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The book fits specifically into the survival horror genre, which is marked by people doing whatever it takes to conquer their environment and stay alive. The novel was released on July 18, 2006 (). A film adaptation of the novel was released in the United States and Canada on April 4, 2008. Plot summary Four American tourists — Eric, his girlfriend Stacy, her best friend and former roommate Amy, and Amy's boyfriend Jeff, a medical student — are vacationing in Mexico. They befriend a German tourist named Mathias, and a trio of Greeks who go by the Spanish nicknames Pablo, Juan, and Don Quixote. Jeff volunteers the group to accompany Mathias as he attempts to find his brother Heinrich, who went missing after having followed a girl he'd met to an archeological dig. As they leave the hotel, Pablo joins them, leaving a note and a map for Juan and Don Quixote. The six of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Simple Plan (novel)
''A Simple Plan'' is a 1993 thriller novel by Scott Smith. ''The New York Times'' review said the book had "emotional accuracy with an exceptionally skilled plot." A film adaptation, directed by Sam Raimi, was released in 1998; according to the ''Times'' review, the novel is so dark that the story was adjusted to soften the ending. Summary The story is set in a small town in northern Ohio that is snow-covered throughout the winter. The narrator is Hank Mitchell, an accountant and family man. He begins by stating that his parents had died in a car accident when their vehicle collided with a semi; Hank believes it was a suicide as his parents had been deep in debt due to over-borrowing and mismanagement. On New Year's Eve, Hank and his elder brother Jacob set out to visit their parents' graves, accompanied by Lou, Jacob's only friend. When a fox runs in front of Jacob's truck, he swerves and crashes into a ditch. Jacob's dog chases the fleeing fox into a nature preserve. The three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Smith (author)
Scott Bechtel Smith (born July 13, 1965) is an American author and screenwriter. He has written two novels, '' A Simple Plan'' (1993) and '' The Ruins'' (2006). Both were adapted into films - '' A Simple Plan'' (1998) and '' The Ruins'' (2008), respectively - based on Smith's own screenplays. He also wrote the screenplays for the films ''Siberia'' (2018) and '' The Burnt Orange Heresy'' (2019). His screenplay for ''A Simple Plan'' earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Early life and education Smith was born in Summit, New Jersey in 1965 and moved to Toledo, Ohio as a child. He is the son of Linda and Doug Smith. He told the ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review'' reviewer Regis Behe that, as a child, he read his father's "castoffs," the novels of Clive Cussler and Jack Higgins. "Growing up, I also read Ray Bradbury and Stephen King," he said. "I just had a sense of how to create these places that aren't real world places, but just with this provision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becky Minger
Becky Minger (born 1987) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ohio 2010 and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a graduate of Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is a public research university in Bowling Green, Ohio. The main academic and residential campus is south of Toledo, Ohio. The university has nationally recognized programs and research facilities in the ..., where she majored in Interpersonal Communications with a minor in political science. References External links * * Becky Minger Miss Ohio 2010 Official WebsiteMiss Ohio Scholarship Foundation Miss America 2011 delegates Living people Bowling Green State University alumni American beauty pageant winners 1987 births People from Sylvania, Ohio Women in Ohio {{US-pageant-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannheim Steamroller
Mannheim Steamroller is an American neoclassical new-age music ensemble founded and directed by percussionist/composer Chip Davis in 1974. The group is known primarily for its ''Fresh Aire'' series of albums, which blend classical music with elements of new age and rock, and for its modern recordings of Christmas music. The group has sold 28 million albums in the U.S. alone. History Beginnings Mannheim Steamroller began as an alias for record producer and composer Chip Davis. The name "Mannheim Steamroller" comes from an 18th-century German musical technique, '' Mannheim roller'' (German: ''Mannheimer Walze''), a crescendo passage having a rising melodic line over an ostinato bass line, popularized by the Mannheim school of composition. Before the fame of Steamroller, Davis had been best known for collaborating with his friend Bill Fries on the songs of the country music character "C. W. McCall", of "Convoy" fame. The song was based on the character created by Fries and musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
