|
Traynor (other)
Traynor may refer to: * Traynor (surname) First name * Traynor Ora "Chief" Halftown (1917–2003), Native American entertainer Fiction * Carol Traynor, character in the TV series ''Maude'' * John Traynor, criminal character in the 2003 film ''Veronica Guerin'' * Joyner William "Willie" Traynor, main character in John Grisham's '' The Last Juror'' * Steve "Jetlad" Traynor, a main character in the graphic novel '' Top 10: The Forty-Niners'' * Traynor, a villain appearing in the British children's television series '' Timeslip'' Business * Traynor Amplifiers Traynor is a brand of bass amplifiers and guitar amplifiers, the first brand formed by Yorkville Sound. The Traynor brand, named for founder Peter Traynor, began in 1963 with the Dynabass bass amplifier, a rental product.Keenan, Edward"Pete Tray ..., a brand of amplifiers designed by Yorkville Sound Places Canada Traynor, Saskatchewan. A small place located 130 kilometers (81 miles) west of Saskatoon. See also * Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traynor (surname)
Traynor is an English and Irish surname found throughout the world. The surname is most prevalent in the United States with 5,143 people bearing the surname, followed by England with 3,548 people, Ireland with 2,148 people, Scotland with 1,567 people, Australia with 1,251 people and Canada with 1,176 people. In Northern Ireland, 692 people bear the surname making it the 546th most common surname in the country. Origins in England The surname may descend from the Old English word "trayne" which means to trap or snare and may have been the name for a hunter. The name was recorded in the 13th century on tax records in County Durham and in Yorkshire as well. Yorkshire was probably one of the first strongholds for the English family branch. Early examples of the surname in England is Robert Treiner found in County Durham's tax records in the year 1243, Ann Traner from marriage records found in the year 1604 and Robertus Trainer found on Yorkshire poll tax records in 1379. Another pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traynor Ora Halftown
Traynor Ora Halftown (February 24, 1917 – July 5, 2003), better known as Chief Halftown, was a Native American entertainer who hosted a children's show that aired on WFIL-TV (which became WPVI-TV in 1972) in Philadelphia from 1950 to 1999. Broadcast Pioneers of PhiladelphiaChief Halftown, A Broadcast Pioneer Accessed 2010-11-30 Originally intended for a six-week series, his show went on to become the world's longest running local TV children's show. Following Halftown's death in 2003, Dave Davis, the president and general manager of Philadelphia's television station WPVI-TV6, said of Halftown: "It would be difficult to find another local television host who connected with so many generations of children. Chief Halftown will be missed, but more importantly, he will be fondly remembered by us all." Formative years Born on February 24, 1917 on the Cattaraugus Reservation, which is located roughly twenty-five miles south of Buffalo, New York, Halftown was a member of the Seneca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maude (TV Series)
''Maude'' is an American sitcom television series that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972, until April 22, 1978. ''Maude'' stars Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, New York with her fourth husband, household appliance store owner Walter Findlay (Bill Macy). Maude embraces the tenets of women's liberation, always votes for Democratic Party candidates, and advocates for civil rights and racial and gender equality. However, her overbearing and sometimes domineering personality often gets her into trouble when speaking about these issues. The show was the first spin-off of ''All in the Family'', on which Arthur had made two appearances as Maude, Edith Bunker's favorite cousin. Like ''All in the Family'', ''Maude'' was a sitcom with topical storylines created by producers Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin. Unusual for an American sitcom, several episodes (such as "Maude's Night Out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Guerin (film)
''Veronica Guerin'' is a 2003 biographical crime film directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Cate Blanchett in the title role. The screenplay by Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donoghue focuses on Irish journalist Veronica Guerin, whose investigation into the drug trade in Dublin led to her murder in 1996, at the age of 36. The film is the second to be inspired by Guerin's life. Three years earlier, ''When the Sky Falls'' centred on the same story, although the names of the real-life characters were changed. Plot Veronica Guerin, a crime reporter for the '' Sunday Independent'', becomes aware of how much Dublin's illegal drug trade is encroaching upon the lives of its working class, especially the children, and vows to expose the men responsible. Guerin begins by interviewing the pre-pubescent addicts who shoot up on the street or in abandoned buildings in the housing estates. Her investigation leads her to major suppliers and John Traynor, a notable source of information about t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Juror
''The Last Juror'' is a 2004 legal thriller novel by John Grisham, first published by Doubleday on February 3, 2004. Plot introduction The story is set in the fictional town of Clanton, Mississippi from 1970 to 1979. Clanton is also the venue for John Grisham's first novel '' A Time to Kill'' which was published in 1989. Some of the characters appear in both novels with the same occupation and characteristics. Although ''A Time to Kill'' was published 15 years before ''The Last Juror'', it took place in 1985 (on the first page of Chapter 3, it notes the date as Wednesday, May 15), which is a year after Grisham formed the idea for ''A Time to Kill'', his first novel, and began writing it. Therefore, the characters who appear in both novels, such as Lucien Wilbanks and Harry Rex Vonner, have matured in ''A Time to Kill''. Harry Rex Vonner also appears in the novel ''The Summons'', published in 2002, as an adviser of the protagonist Ray Atlee. Some references in the book are clearly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forty-Niners
''The Forty-Niners'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Thomas Carr and written by Daniel B. Ullman. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Virginia Grey, Harry Morgan, John Doucette, Lane Bradford and I. Stanford Jolley. The film was released on May 4, 1954, by Allied Artists Pictures. Plot Behind a narration in the style of Jack Webb on TV's "Dragnet", U.S. Marshal Sam Nelson, posing as Sam Smith, is sent to a gold-boom town in California to learn the identity of three killers. Posing as a gunman and killer, he soon strikes up a friendship with card-sharp Alf Billings after saving him from being lynched when caught cheating in a card game. Billings suggests they become partners as his skill with cards (overlooking the near lynching he just escaped) and Sam's ability with guns should make them a fortune. Sam agrees, hoping that Billings will lead him to the men he is hunting. Billings leads him to Coldwater sheriff William Norris and Ernie Walker, Norris's partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeslip
''Timeslip'' is a British children's science fiction television series made by ATV for the ITV network and broadcast between 1970 and 1971. It was first broadcast on Friday evenings at around 5:10-5:15pm in the ATV region with the other ITV regions broadcasting the series on the following Monday. Overview The series is centred on two children, Simon Randall (Spencer Banks) and Liz Skinner (Cheryl Burfield) who discover the existence of a strange anomaly, known as the Time Barrier, which enables them to travel in time and visit the past and alternative futures. Although only described as a means for time travel, and the time barrier generally originating and ending their adventures in a field at a disused military base, the barrier can also move the children through locations. For example, they travel from St. Oswald's 1940 to the Antarctic 1990 in one journey through the barrier. The children have contrasting personalities; whereas Simon is studious, Liz is something of a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traynor Amplifiers
Traynor is a brand of bass amplifiers and guitar amplifiers, the first brand formed by Yorkville Sound. The Traynor brand, named for founder Peter Traynor, began in 1963 with the Dynabass bass amplifier, a rental product.Keenan, Edward"Pete Traynor, Toronto’s quietly legendary sound man: Keenan" ''Toronto Star'', May 10, 2016''Yorkville Sound History: 1963–1991''. February 20, 2002. Mike Holman. Retrieved December 21, 2008 Traynor first became popular in Canada by providing less expensive versions of the circuits used in Marshall and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the United States, U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. Saskatchewan and Alberta are the only landlocked provinces of Canada. In 2022, Saskatchewan's population was estimated at 1,205,119. Nearly 10% of Saskatchewan’s total area of is fresh water, mostly rivers, reservoirs and List of lakes in Saskatchewan, lakes. Residents primarily live in the southern prairie half of the province, while the northern half is mostly forested and sparsely populated. Roughly half live in the province's largest city Saskatoon or the provincial capital Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Melfort, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatoon
Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Highway, Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as the cultural and economic hub of central Saskatchewan since its founding in 1882 as a Temperance movement, Temperance colony. With a Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population of 266,141, Saskatoon is the List of cities in Saskatchewan, largest city in the province, and the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, 17th largest Census Metropolitan Area in Canada, with a 2021 census population of 317,480. Saskatoon is home to the University of Saskatchewan, the Meewasin Valley Authority (which protects the South Saskatchewan River and provides for the city's popular riverbank park spaces), and Wanuskewin Heritage Park (a National Historic Site of Canada and UNES ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
