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Spade (other)
A spade is a digging and gardening tool. Spade or Spades may also refer to: Cards *Spades (card game), a trick-taking card game * Spades (suit), one of the four French suits commonly used in playing cards Music * ''The Spade'', a 2011 studio album by Butch Walker * "Spade", a song from ''The Golden Age of Grotesque'' by Marilyn Manson * The Spades, first notable band of Roky Erickson Places *Spades, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Spade Township, Knox County, Nebraska, United States *Spade, Texas, a census designated place *Spade Ranch (Nebraska), a cattle ranch *Spade Ranch (Texas), two ranches Software *SPAdes (software), a set of tools for genomic sequence assembly * SMART Process Acceleration Development Environment Other uses *Toyota Spade, a variant of the Toyota Porte mini multi-purpose vehicle *Spade, a character from '' Freedom Planet'' *Spade, an otter in ''Tarka the Otter'' *Spade, a form of ancient Chinese coinage *Spade, an aircraft aileron component *Spad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spade
A spade is a tool primarily for digging consisting of a long handle and blade, typically with the blade narrower and flatter than the common shovel. Early spades were made of riven wood or of animal bones (often shoulder blades). After the art of metalworking was developed, spades were made with sharper tips of metal. Before the introduction of metal spades manual labor was less efficient at moving earth, with picks being required to break up the soil in addition to a spade for moving the dirt. With a metal tip, a spade can both break and move the earth in most situations, increasing efficiency. A classic spade, with a narrow body and flat (or near flat) tip is suited for digging post holes, and is not to be confused with a "roundpoint" shovel, which has a wider body and tapered tip. Etymology English ''spade'' is from Old English ' (f.) or ' (m.). The same word is found in Old Frisian ' and Old Saxon '. High German ' only appears in Early Modern German, probably loaned from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aileron
An aileron (French for "little wing" or "fin") is a hinged flight control surface usually forming part of the trailing edge of each wing of a fixed-wing aircraft. Ailerons are used in pairs to control the aircraft in roll (or movement around the aircraft's longitudinal axis), which normally results in a change in flight path due to the tilting of the lift vector. Movement around this axis is called 'rolling' or 'banking'. Considerable controversy exists over credit for the invention of the aileron. The Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss fought a years-long legal battle over the Wright patent of 1906, which described a method of wing-warping to achieve lateral control. The brothers prevailed in several court decisions which found that Curtiss's use of ailerons violated the Wright patent. Ultimately, the First World War compelled the U.S. Government to legislate a legal resolution. A much earlier aileron concept was patented in 1868 by British scientist Matthew Piers Watt Bou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call A Spade A Spade
"Call a spade a spade" is a figurative expression. It refers to calling something "as it is"—that is, by its right or proper name, without " beating about the bush", but rather speaking truthfully, frankly, and directly about a topic, even to the point of bluntness or rudeness, and even if the subject is considered coarse, impolite, or unpleasant. The idiom originates in the classical Greek of Plutarch's ''Apophthegmata Laconica,'' and was introduced into the English language in 1542 in Nicolas Udall's translation of the '' Apophthegmes'', where Erasmus had seemingly replaced Plutarch's images of "trough" and "fig" with the more familiar "spade". It has appeared in many literary and popular works, including those of Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Ralph Waldo Emerson, W. Somerset Maugham, and Jonathan Swift. Definition "Call a spade a spade" or "call a spade a shovel" are both forms of the figurative expression which state that the speaker should call, or has called, a no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spade Cooley
Donnell Clyde "Spade" Cooley (December 17, 1910 – November 23, 1969) was an American convicted murderer and former Western swing musician, big band leader, actor, and television personality. In 1961 he was arrested and convicted for the April 1961 murder of his second wife, Ella Mae Evans. Early life Donnell Clyde Cooley was born in Grand, Oklahoma. Being part Cherokee, he was sent to the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon, in his youth. In 1930, his family moved to California during the Dust Bowl. It was here that he took the nickname "Spade" after he played a poker game and won three straight flush hands all in spades. Music career Cooley joined a big band led by Jimmy Wakely which played at the Venice Pier Ballroom in Venice, California, playing fiddle. Several thousand dancers would turn out on Saturday nights to swing and hop: "The hoards (sic) of people and jitterbuggers loved ooley" When Wakely got a movie contract at Universal Pictures, Cooley replaced him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Spade
Sam Spade is a fictional character and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel '' The Maltese Falcon''. Spade also appeared in four lesser-known short stories by Hammett. ''The Maltese Falcon'', first published as a serial in the pulp magazine '' Black Mask'', is the only full-length novel by Hammett in which Spade appears. The character, however, is widely cited as a crystallizing figure in the development of hard-boiled private detective fiction—Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, for instance, was strongly influenced by Spade. Spade was a departure from Hammett's nameless and less-than-glamorous detective, The Continental Op. Spade combined several features of previous detectives, most notably his detached demeanor, keen eye for detail, and unflinching determination to achieve his own justice. Portrayals Spade was a new character created specifically by Hammett for ''The Maltese Falcon''; he had not appeared in any of Hammett's previous stories. Hammett says abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Spade
Nigel Marlin Balchin (3 December 1908 – 17 May 1970)Peter Rowland, "Balchin, Nigel Marlin (1908–1970)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, accessed 9 December 2008 was an English psychologist and author, particularly known for his novels written during and immediately after World War II: ''Darkness Falls from the Air'', '' The Small Back Room'' and ''Mine Own Executioner''. Life Balchin was born on 3 December 1908 in Potterne, Wiltshire, the third and last child of William Edwin Balchin (1872–1958), a baker and teashop proprietor, later grocer, and Ada (née Curtis), the daughter of a railway guard. His paternal grandfather, George Marlin Balchin (1830–1898), was a farmer of 800 acres from a long line of wealthy Surrey farmers in Milford. George Balchin moved during the 1870s to Reading to become a Storekeeper. but his sudden decision in 1887 to cease work on his farm had a negative impact on the Balchin family's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Spade
Katherine Noel Valentine Brosnahan Spade (born Katherine Noel Brosnahan; December 24, 1962 – June 5, 2018) was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur as well as a fashion Icon. She was the founder and co-owner of the designer brand Kate Spade New York. Early life Spade was born Katherine Noel Brosnahan in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of June (Mullen) and Francis (Frank) Brosnahan, who owned a road-construction company. She was of mostly Irish descent. After graduating from St. Teresa's Academy, an all-female Catholic high school, Spade attended the University of Kansas. She later transferred to Arizona State University. She joined the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and graduated with a journalism degree in 1985, thinking she would go into television production. While in college, she worked in sales at Carter's Men Shop, a men's clothing store in Phoenix; her co-worker was Andy Spade, who later became her husband and business partner. Career ''Mademoiselle'' By 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Spade
Henri Spade (16 July 1921 - 12 November 2008) was a French journalist, television producer and novelist. He co-produced ''La joie de vivre'', the first entertainment program on French television, in the 1950s. He directed and produced television films. He was "a pioneer of French television". Early life Henri Spade was born on July 16, 1921, in Paris, France. He graduated from the University of Paris and the University of Strasbourg, where he studied the Humanities and the Law. During World War II, he joined the Free French Forces in Spain. Career Spade began his career as a journalist in Paris from 1945 to 1949. He became a television producer for Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française in 1949. He first co-produced ''Le Magazine du cinéma'', a television program about cinema, with Robert Chazal, in 1949. With Jean Nohain, he co-produced over 200 episodes ''La joie de vivre'' from 1952 to 1959. Hosted by Jacqueline Joubert at the Alhambra theatre, it was the first entertainment p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley Spade
Dudley Spade (born March 8, 1956) is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as State Representative from the 57th district from 2005 to 2010. He is a Democrat. His district includes almost all of Lenawee County. Prior to becoming a State Representative, Spade was a child and family activist. Early life Dudley Spade was born on a small farm in Hillsdale County, Michigan to Victor and Mirabel Spade. His father was a retired World War II veteran, and his mother was a teacher. His older brother, Doug, also served as a Representative from the 57th District despite being blind. Dudley Spade received his bachelor's degree in business and accounting from Eastern Michigan University. Spade spent 25 years as a child and family advocate, including 17 years as the controller of the Boysville of Michigan, a facility for troubled youth. In 1994, he received Michigan Federation of Private Child and Family Agencies' Peer Award for outstanding dedication in service to Michig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Spade
Doug Spade (born February 11, 1951) is a Michigan politician and radio personality. Early life Spade was born on February 11, 1951. Education Spade attended the Michigan School for the Blind for four years. Spade graduated from Camden-Frontier High School before moving to his current residence, Adrian, Michigan, where he graduated from Adrian College. Career Spade hosted the WLEN, WLEN Radio talk show ''Party Line'' for 25 years. On November 3, 1998, Spade became the second blind person to be elected to the Michigan House of Representatives, where he represented the Michigan's 57th House of Representatives district, 57th district. He served in this position from January 13, 1999, to 2004. Spade was succeeded by his brother, Dudley Spade, Dudley. In 2010 Michigan Senate election, 2010, Spade was the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nominee for the Michigan Senate's Michigan's 17th Senate district, 17th district, but was defeated by his Republican Party (United States) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Spade
Dean Spade (born 1977) is an American lawyer, writer, trans activist, and associate professor of law at Seattle University School of Law. In 2002, he founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a non-profit law collective in New York City that provides free legal services to transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming people who are low-income and/or people of color. Spade was a staff attorney at SRLP from 2002 to 2006, during which time he presented testimony to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commissionhttp://www.nclrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_pr_prison_release_081905 , accessed 7-2-10 and helped achieve a major victory for transgender youth in foster care in the ''Jean Doe v. Bell'' case. Spade was also involved with the campaign in 2009 to stop Seattle from building a new jail.Holt, Emily (2/6/09)"Activists oppose new Seattle jail proposal". ''The Spectator''.http://srlp.org/seattle , accessed 7-2-10 '' The Advocate'' named Spade one of their "Forty Under 40" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Spade
David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, television host, and writer. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' in the 1990s, and he later began an acting career in both film and television. He also starred or co-starred in the films ''Tommy Boy'' (1995), ''Black Sheep'' (1996), ''The Emperor's New Groove'' (2000), ''Joe Dirt'' (2001), '' Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star'' (2003), ''The Benchwarmers'' (2006), '' Grown Ups'' (2010) and its 2013 sequel, ''The Ridiculous 6'' (2015), ''The Do-Over'' (2016), and ''The Wrong Missy'' (2020). He has been part of an ensemble cast of two long-running sitcoms: ''Just Shoot Me!'' (1997–2003) and ''Rules of Engagement'' (2007–2013). Additionally, he starred as C. J. Barnes in the sitcom ''8 Simple Rules'' (2004–2005). For his role in ''Just Shoot Me!'', he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globes. In animation, he voiced Ranger Frank in ''The Rugrats Movie'' (1998), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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