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Eiland
Eiland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Craig Eiland (born 1962), Democrat and Speaker pro Tempore of the Texas House of Representatives *Dave Eiland (born 1966), pitcher in Major League Baseball * Deandre' Eiland (born 1982), American football player *Giora Eiland (born 1952), Major General (ret.), Israel Defense Forces See also * De Laatste Dagen van een Eiland, 1942 Dutch film directed by Ernst Winar *Driekops Eiland Driekops Eiland (also called Driekopseiland) is a rock engraving or petroglyph site in the bed of the Riet River close to the town of Plooysburg, near Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. The engravings There are more than 3500 individual en ..., rock engraving or petroglyph site in the bed of the Riet River near Plooysburg, near Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa * Beck v. Eiland-Hall concerns the spoof website entitled DidGlennBeckRapeAndMurderAYoungGirlIn1990 * Stoelmans Eiland Airstrip (IATA: SMZ, ICAO: SMST), near Stoelm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Eiland
David William Eiland (born July 5, 1966) is an American former professional baseball player who was a pitcher for ten Major League Baseball seasons. Eiland played college baseball for the University of Florida and the University of South Florida, and thereafter, played professionally for the New York Yankees, San Diego Padres and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He has also been a pitching coach for the New York Yankees, the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals. Early years Eiland was born in Dade City, Florida. He graduated from Zephyrhills High School. College career Eiland accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for the Florida Gators football team. He later transferred to the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, and finished his collegiate career playing for the South Florida Bulls baseball team. In 1986, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Driekops Eiland
Driekops Eiland (also called Driekopseiland) is a rock engraving or petroglyph site in the bed of the Riet River close to the town of Plooysburg, near Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. The engravings There are more than 3500 individual engravings at this site, predominantly pecked geometric images, occur on glaciated basement rock exposed in the bed of the river and are submerged when the river rises. Archaeologists and geomorphologists have estimated that the engravings may have been made in two episodes – before about 2500 years ago and after about 1000 years ago. Debates The site has been at the centre of a number of debates about South African rock engravings. Sensational claims about the site and makers of the engravings are advanced by Brenda Sullivan, Cyril Hromnik and others in books such as ''Spirit of the rocks''. The ideas set out by these authors, often involving ancient visitors from foreign lands, and alleged links between the engravings and Ogham inscriptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Eiland
Allen Craig Eiland (born April 4, 1962) is a Democratic former member and Speaker pro Tempore of the Texas House of Representatives. From 2003 until 2015, Eiland represented Texas House District 23, which includes Galveston, Jamaica Beach, Texas City, and the Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston County and all of Chambers County. Prior to redistricting in 2003, Eiland was the member for House District 24, which roughly covered all of Galveston County west of Interstate 45. Eiland was first elected to the House in 1994. For eight years he served on the Insurance and Appropriations committees, including four years as Vice Chair of the Insurance Committee and two years as chair of the House Pensions and Investments Committee. In 2009, Speaker Joe Straus named Eiland the House Speaker Pro-tempore, a job which entails leading the house in Speaker Straus' absence. Eiland was also named to the powerful House Appropriations committee and the Insurance committee. In 2011 Beverly Woolley o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giora Eiland
Giora Eiland ( he, גיורא איילנד; born 1952 in moshav Kfar Hess) is Aluf, Major General (ret.) Israel Defense Forces. Eiland is a former head of the Israeli National Security Council (Israel), National Security Council. After his retirement from the public sector, he was a senior research associate at the Institute for National Security Studies (Institute for National Security Studies (Israel), INSS). Eiland is a frequent commentator and contributor on international security matters on local and foreign media. In 2007 he founded a consulting company of national security and strategic services for governments and multinational organizations. He holds an M.B.A. and B.A. in economics from Bar Ilan University. Biography Military service Eiland joined the army in 1970, and served in the Paratroopers Brigade Battalion 890. He served in a variety of roles within the brigade: as platoon leader (1973 Battle of the Chinese Farm in the Yom Kippur War), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deandre' Eiland
Deandre' Eiland (born June 4, 1982) is a former American football player. He was selected in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft The 2004 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 24–25, 2004 at the Theater at ... by the Minnesota Vikings. References External links South Carolina Gamecocks bio 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Tupelo, Mississippi American football safeties Tupelo High School alumni South Carolina Gamecocks football players Amsterdam Admirals players {{defensiveback-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Laatste Dagen Van Een Eiland
'' De Laatste Dagen van een Eiland '' is a 1942 Dutch film directed by Ernst Winar. Cast *Max Croiset * Jules Verstraete *Aaf Bouber * Jeanne Verstraete *Coen Hissink Johan Coenraad "Coen" Hissink (5 October 1878 – 17 February 1942) was a Dutch film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 25 films between 1914 and 1942. He also wrote short stories and books about controversial topics such as homosexua ... * Daan Van Olleffen * Marie Faassen * Hedwig Flemming External links * 1942 films Dutch black-and-white films Dutch drama films 1942 drama films {{Netherlands-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beck V
Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres. He has musically encompassed folk, funk, soul, hip hop, electronic, alternative rock, country, and psychedelia. He has released 14 studio albums (three of which were released on indie labels), as well as several non-album singles and a book of sheet music. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Beck grew towards hip-hop and folk in his teens and began to perform locally at coffeehouses and clubs. He moved to New York City in 1989 and became involved in the city's anti-folk movement. Returning to Los Angeles in the early 1990s, he cut his breakthrough single "Loser", which became a worldwide hit in 1994, and released his first major album, ''Mellow Gold'', the same year. '' Odelay'', released in 1996, topped cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
