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Tanner
Tanner may refer to: * Tanner (occupation), the tanning of leather and hides People * Tanner (given name), * Tanner (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *The Tanner Sisters, also referred to as "The Harbingers of Weirdness" * Simon the Tanner (New Testament), a Jaffa resident where Saint Peter stayed, as told in the New Testament * Simon the Tanner (10th century), a Coptic Orthodox saint * Theodotus the Tanner (fl. late 2nd century), an early Christian writer from Byzantium Places Populated places ;In the United States * Tanner, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Tanner, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Tanner, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Tanner, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Tanner, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Tanner, Washington, a census-designated place * Tanner, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Tanner Township, Kidder County, North Dakota, a civil township ;Elsewhere * Tanner's Settlement, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanner (surname)
Tanner may be a surname of either English people, English, German people, German or Finnish people, Finnish origin. The Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon ''Tanner'' was an occupational surname while the German form, also spelled ''Danner'', is likely topography, topographic from German language, German , meaning 'fir tree' and , a place name referring to this. In the Finnish language surname the word is a synonym for 'field' or 'ground'. Arts and entertainment * Alain Tanner (1929–2022), Swiss film-maker * Antwon Tanner (born 1975), American actor * Beatrice Stella Tanner (1865–1940), British actress known as Mrs. Patrick Campbell * Charles R. Tanner (1896–1974), American science fiction and fantasy author * Dorothy Tanner, (born 1923-2020), American artist * Elmo Tanner (1904–1990), American whistler, bandleader, singer, and radio personality * Erin Tanner (born 1985), American singer * Franz Tanner, Swiss curler, World and European champion * Gid Tanner (1885–1960), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanner '88
''Tanner '88'' is a political mockumentary miniseries written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. First broadcast by HBO during the months leading up to the 1988 U.S. presidential election, it purports to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the campaign of former Michigan U.S. representative Jack Tanner during his bid to secure the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States. The story is told from a number of different points of view, including Tanner, his campaign staff, the small army of news reporters that constantly follow the candidate, and volunteers. Many political figures of the time appear (some in cameos, some extended), including Bruce Babbitt, Bob Dole, Kitty Dukakis, Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson, and Pat Robertson. Trudeau and Altman revisited the story 16 years later in ''Tanner on Tanner''. Plot summary Representative Jack Tanner of Michigan (Michael Murphy) is an obscure liberal Democratic politician who struggles to find a voice i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanner (given Name)
Tanner is a mainly masculine given name meaning "leather maker." It may refer to: *Tanner Cohen, American stage, film and television actor and singer *Tanner Conner (born 1998), American football player *Tanner Foust (born 1973), American professional racing driver, stunt driver and television host *Tanner Glass (born 1983), Canadian professional ice hockey player *Tanner Hall (skier) (born 1983), American freeskier *Tanner Houck (born 1996), American professional baseball player *Tanner Hudson (born 1994), American football player *Tanner Lee (born 1995), American football player *Tanner Maguire (born 1998), American child actor *Tanner Mangum (born 1993), American football player *Tanner Mordecai (born 2000), American football player *Tanner Morgan (born 1999), American football player *Tanner Muse (born 1996), American football player *Tanner Owen (born 1996), American football player *Tanner Patrick, (born 1991), an American singer *Tanner Pearson (born 1992), Canadian ice hock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanner Trail
The Tanner Trail is a hiking trail located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, located in the U.S. state of Arizona. The trailhead is located at Lipan Point, a prominent lookout located to the east of the Grand Canyon Village, and the trail ends at the Colorado River at Tanner Rapids. History The Tanner Trail started out as an ancient Anasazi and Hopi route to the Colorado River. Most believe today that Tanner Canyon is where García López de Cárdenas became the first European to encounter the Grand Canyon. The trail is named after Seth Tanner, a 19th-century prospector who improved the trail so he would have better access to his copper mine. It is also believed that Tanner Canyon was once used as an old horse thief trail where buried gold known as Long Tom's treasure is located. The horse thieves would use the canyon to bring the horses from Arizona into Utah. While in the canyon, the horse thieves would change the brands of the horses, then they w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon The Tanner
Saint Simon the Tanner ( fl. 10th century; distinct from Simon the Tanner from the New Testament, 1st century), also known as Saint Simon the Shoemaker ( cop , Ⲫⲏⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ Ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ Ⲡⲓⲃⲁⲕϣⲁⲣ (Ⲡⲓϩⲟⲙ, Ϧⲁⲣⲣⲁⲍ); ar , سمعان الخراز ''Sam'ān al-Kharrāz'') is the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the story of the moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt, during the rule of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph al-Muizz Lideenillah (953–975) while Abraham the Syrian was the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Life Simon the Tanner lived toward the end of the tenth century and many Coptic Christians in Egypt were engaged in handicrafts. Saint Simon worked in tanning, a craft known there till this day. This profession involved other crafts that depend on the process, from whence Simon carried several titles related to skins: Tanner, Cobbler, Shoemaker. The miracle of moving the mountain According to a trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon The Tanner (New Testament)
Simon the Tanner, who appears in the ''Acts of the Apostles'' book of the ''New Testament'', had a house in Jaffa, where Saint Peter stayed during his missionary activities of the early Christian faith. He is believed to be an example of the early Christians embracing people of all professions. The events at his house are interpreted as leading to the early followers of Jesus opening up their ranks also to the Gentiles, after starting as a Jewish movement. The traditional site of Simon's house is in the Old City of Jaffa, now part of the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality in Israel. Acts of the Apostles Simon the Tanner is mentioned three times in Chapters 9 and 10 of ''Acts of the Apostles'' of the New Testament. Firstly, Chapter 9 is about Paul's conversion and immediately after that, and is mostly about Peter's missionary activities. Peter visited Jaffa and raised Tabitha from dead. Then :Peter stayed some time in Joppa with a certain tanner named Simon. () Secondly, in Chapter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanner, Alabama
Tanner is an unincorporated community in central southern Limestone County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It lies nine miles north of the city of Decatur and the Tennessee River, and four miles south of the city of Athens. Education Tanner is home to Tanner High School (The Rattlers), a 2A school in the state's classification system. The school's boys' and girls' basketball teams both won state titles in 1986 and 2011 and is the only school in Alabama to do so. History Tanner was settled along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in the 19th century and was originally named McDonald's Station, then Rowland. A Rowland post office was established in 1878. In 1913, the Tanner post office was established, named after Samuel Tanner who was the first mayor of nearby Athens. Tornado history On April 3, 1974, the area was struck by the 1974 Super Outbreak; two violent stovepipe tornadoes that were both one-third of a mile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanner On Tanner
''Tanner on Tanner'' is a 2004 4-part comedy miniseries. It is the sequel to the 1988 Robert Altman-directed and Garry Trudeau-written miniseries about a failed presidential candidate, ''Tanner '88''. The sequel focuses mostly on Alex Tanner (Cynthia Nixon), a struggling filmmaker and the daughter of onetime presidential candidate Jack Tanner (Michael Murphy). Episodes * "Dinner at Elaine's" (October 5, 2004) * "Boston or Bust" (October 12, 2004) * "Alex in Wonderland" (October 19, 2004) * "The Awful Truth" (October 26, 2004) Plot Alex Tanner is working on a documentary about her father's run for president in 1988. After her documentary, ''My Candidate'', is met with an underwhelming response at an independent film festival, Robert Redford advises her that her film is lacking and that she should do follow-ups with all the people from the 1988 campaign to see what they are doing now, and get their reflections on their past roles. Alex does just this, interviewing most of the old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanner Hill Estate
Tanner Hill Estate () was a rental housing estate for low-income families on Tanner Road, North Point, Hong Kong, developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society. Background The estate consisted of two blocks, Yellow Stork House and Pine Tree House, which were built in 1960 and 1961 respectively. It was originally called Shu Kuk Street Government Low Cost Housing Estate (), but it was later renamed to Tanner Hill Estate to avoid confusion with North Point Estate. In 1996, the Hong Kong Housing Society announced the redevelopment plan of Tanner Hill Estate. Tanner Hill Estate was demolished in the nineties. Initially, the Hong Kong Housing Society planned to build housing for sale under the Home Ownership Scheme. However, the government temporarily called off the scheme in 2000 and the project was paused. In 2008, the land lease was modified at market value land premium over HK$1,000,000,000 for the development of Joyous Living senior housing project, an elderly housing project. It c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Driver (series)
''Driver'' is a video game series developed by Reflections Interactive (now Ubisoft Reflections), and originally published by GT Interactive, later by Atari and now by Ubisoft. The gameplay consists of a mixture of action-adventure and driving in open world environments. Since the series began in 1999, there have been five main installments released. As of August 2011, the series has sold more than 16 million units worldwide. Games ''Driver'' The first game of the ''Driver'' series was released for the PlayStation on 25 June 1999 in Europe and 30 June in the U.S. It was later released in 2000 for Game Boy Color in April, Windows in September, Mac in December, and iOS in December 2009. In the game, the player controls a former racecar driver turned undercover police detective named John Tanner. It featured a storyline inspired by 1960's/70's car chase movies such as ''Bullitt'' (1968) and ''The Driver'' (1978) and based in four real-life cities; Miami, San Francisco, Los An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanner (film)
''Tanner'' (german: Der schwarze Tanner) is a 1985 Swiss drama film directed by Xavier Koller. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences In 1986, it won the Grand Special Prize at the 25th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Cast * Otto Mächtlinger as Tanner * Renate Steiger as Agnes Tanner * Dietmar Schönherr as Steiner * Ernst C. Sigrist * Liliana Heimberg as Anna Tanner * Susanne Betschaft as Leni Tanner See also * List of submissions to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films ... * List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanner–Hiller Airport
Tanner–Hiller Airport, in Barre, Massachusetts, Barre, Massachusetts, is a public airport owned by the G&C Group of Acton, MA, who purchased the field from the Leonard A. Tanner Estate in May 2017. It has one runway, averages 30 flights per week, and has approximately 25 aircraft and hang gliders based on the field.AirNav.com: 8B5 ''AirNav.com'', 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2017. During the summer months the airport is home to hang gliding operations and extensive ultralight activity. The airport sits adjacent to the Ware River and near to the town of New Braintree, Massachusetts, New Braintree. History The airport began operations in 1946, and is named after two of its owners, Fred and Catherine Hiller, and Leonard Tanner. The airport was originally opened by the Hillers. After Fred died, Catherine continued to develop ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
