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University Of Mobile
The University of Mobile is a private Baptist university in Prichard, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). History The university was founded in 1961 by the Alabama Baptist State Convention under the name of Mobile College. In 1993, the college was renamed the University of Mobile in reference to its location in Mobile County, not to be confused with the City of Mobile. For the 2018-2019 year, it had 1,885 students. Organization The University of Mobile is governed by a board of trustees. Members are recommended by the president of the university, reviewed by the Committee on Boards at the Alabama Baptist State Convention, and appointed by the Alabama Baptist State Convention. Elected trustees serve 4-year terms with reelection possible up to a maximum of 12 continuous years, after which an individual must be off the board for at least one year before becoming eligible to return. Life trustees must ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private University
Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. However, they often receive tax breaks, public student loans, and government grants. Depending on the country, private universities may be subject to government regulations. Private universities may be contrasted with public universities and national universities which are either operated, owned or institutionally funded by governments. Additionally, many private universities operate as nonprofit organizations. Across the world, different countries have different regulations regarding accreditation for private universities and as such, private universities are more common in some countries than in others. Some countries do not have any private universities at all. Africa Egypt Egypt currently has 21 public universities with about two million students and 23 private universities with 60,000 students. Egypt has many private universities in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Azira
Micheal Azira (born 22 August 1987) is a Ugandan professional footballer. Professional career Azira signed with Charleston Battery of USL Pro in 2012. He scored the winning goal for Charleston against Wilmington Hammerheads in the 2012 USL Pro Championship match. Azira scored six more goals for the Battery in 2013. Azira was transferred to Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer on 6 March 2014. He made his MLS debut as a substitute against Montréal on 23 March. Seattle did not renew Azira's contract following the 2015 season. Azira entered the MLS Waiver Draft in December 2015 and was selected by Colorado Rapids. Azira was traded by the Rapids on 8 August 2018 to Montreal Impact for a fourth-round draft pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. Azira was traded again in August 2019, this time to the Chicago Fire. His contract with the club expired at the end of the 2020 season. On 1 February 2021, Azira signed with USL Championship side New Mexico United. International caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Thomas (American Football Official)
Sarah Thomas ( Bailey; born September 21, 1973) is an American football official, currently for the National Football League (NFL). Thomas was the first woman to officiate a major college football game, the first to officiate a bowl game, and the first to officiate in a Big Ten stadium. On April 8, 2015, Thomas was hired as the first full-time female official in NFL history, and for the 2020 NFL season, she was on the officiating crew headed by referee Shawn Hochuli. She wears uniform number 53. In January 2021, she became the first woman to earn an on-field assignment for an NFL playoff game. In February 2021, she became the first woman to officiate in a Super Bowl. Personal life Thomas was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She attended Pascagoula High School, where she lettered five times in softball, the first student to ever do so. She attended the University of Mobile on a basketball scholarship and was an academic all-American. In her three seasons on the basketball t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saúl Rivera
Rabell Saúl Rivera (born December 7, 1977) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals and Arizona Diamondbacks. Career Minnesota Twins Rivera attended the University of Mobile, and was drafted in the ninth round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft by the Minnesota Twins. He was assigned to the Elizabethton Twins after signing. He was promoted to the Quad Cities River Bandits in 1999, where he would spend the season. In 2000, he began the season with the advanced Single-A Fort Myers Miracle before receiving a promotion to the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats. He would spend the 2001 season with New Britain, pitching in 33 games for the club. He was added to the Twins roster in the offseason. New York Mets On November 20, 2001, Rivera was selected off waivers by the New York Mets. He began the 2002 season with the Double-A Binghamton Mets. Montreal Expos On July 16, 2002, the Mets sent Rivera t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny Mabrey
Sunny Mabrey (born November 28, 1975) is an American actress. Prior to debuting in films, Mabrey appeared in music videos, such as " Nookie" from Limp Bizkit. Her breakthrough came after she played the lead role, man-eating alien Sara, in ''Species III'' (2004), supporting antagonist Charlie Mayweather in '' XXX: State of the Union'' (2005) and flight attendant 'Tiffany' in '' Snakes on a Plane'' (2006). Early life, family and education Mabrey is from Gadsden, Alabama. Career She started her career as a fashion model at age 18. She performed in commercials for The Gap. She appeared in the music video for the Lonestar song "Amazed" in 1999. She made her television debut in 1998, appearing in an episode of ''LateLine''. She made her feature film debut in a supporting role in the 2002 teen comedy film ''The New Guy''. In 2004, Mabrey starred in the science fiction made-for-television film ''Species III'', the third installment of the ''Species'' film series. Mabrey appeared i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February11, 1847October18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork to the process of invention, working with many researchers and employees. He established the first industrial research laboratory. Edison was raised in the American Midwest. Early in his career he worked as a telegraph operator, which inspired some of his earliest inventions. In 1876, he established his first laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many of his early inventions were developed. He later established a botanical laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vehicle Horn
A horn is a sound-making device installed on motor vehicles, trains, boats, and other types of vehicles. The sound it makes usually resembles a “honk” (older vehicles) or a “beep” (modern vehicles). The driver uses the horn to warn others of the vehicle's presence or approach, or to call attention to some hazard. Motor vehicles, ships and trains are required by law in some countries to have horns. Trams, trollies, streetcars, and even bicycles are also legally required to have an audible warning device in many areas. Types Motor vehicles Modern car horns are usually electric, driven by a flat circular steel diaphragm that has an electromagnet acting on it in one direction and a spring pulling in the opposite direction. The diaphragm is attached to contact points that repeatedly interrupt the current to that electromagnet causing the diaphragm to spring back the other way, which completes the circuit again. This arrangement opens and closes the circuit hundreds of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miller Reese Hutchison
Miller Reese Hutchison (August 6, 1876 – February 16, 1944) was an American electrical engineer and inventor. He developed some of the first portable electric devices, such as a vehicle horn and a hearing aid. His father was William Hutchison and mother born Tracie Elizabeth Magruder. He attended Marion Military Institute from 1889 through 1891, Spring Hill College 1891 through 1892, the University of Mobile Military Institute from 1892 through 1895, and graduated from Auburn University (then called Alabama Polytechnical Institute) in 1897. While still in school he invented and patented a lightning arrester for telegraph lines in 1895. At the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in 1898, he volunteered and was appointed engineer for the United States Lighthouse Board, laying cables and mines to protect harbors in the Gulf of Mexico. Hearing aids Hutchison assembled an electrical hearing aid for one of his friends; it was called the "akouphone" when it was first develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Givens
Donna Givens is an American politician who has served as a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives since November 8, 2022. She represents Alabama's 64th House district. Electoral history She was elected on November 8, 2022, in the 2022 Alabama House of Representatives election against Libertarian opponent Jeff May. She assumed office the next day on November 9, 2022. Biography Givens' father was a trucker. She graduated from Robertsdale High School and University of Mobile The University of Mobile is a private Baptist university in Prichard, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). History The university was founded in 1961 by the Alabama .... References Members of the Alabama House of Representatives Republican Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives Women state legislators in Alabama University of Mobile alumni People from Robertsdale, Alabama 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Astros
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major league clubs based in Texas; the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers belong to the same division. Based in Daikin Park, the team's name reflects Houston's role as the host of the Johnson Space Center. Established as the Houston Colt .45s, the Astros entered the National League as an expansion team in along with the New York Mets. The current name was adopted three years later, when they moved into the Astrodome, the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, and named "Eighth Wonder of the World". The Astros moved to Enron Field (now Daikin Park) in . The team played in the National League West, NL West division from 1969 to 1993, then the National League Central, NL Central division from 1994 to 2012, before being moved to the AL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Espada
Josue Espada (born August 30, 1975) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball coach and former Minor League Baseball player. He is the manager of the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously coached in MLB for the Miami Marlins, New York Yankees, and the Astros. In international competition, Espada has coached for Puerto Rico, winning two silver medals in the World Baseball Classic (WBC). From Santurce, Puerto Rico, Espada attended the University of Mobile, Alabama, where he played college baseball for the Mobile Rams. He was selected in the second round of the 1996 MLB draft by the Oakland Athletics, and played in the A's minor league system until 2000. As a free agent the following year, Espada signed with the Florida Marlins, and subsequently played in four other organizations and independent baseball, reaching as high as Triple-A with a total of five seasons at that level. After his playing career, Espada became a coach in the Marlins organization and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina DeVettori
Gina DeVettori (born May 5 in California) is an American actress and writer. Early years DeVettori was born on Cinco de Mayo and is a native Californian. She graduated from the University of Mobile with a Bachelor of Arts in theatre. Work DeVettori has appeared in the films ''40 Days and 40 Nights'', ''Party Animalz'', '' High Hopes'', ''Opie Gets Laid'', ''The Shiftling'', ''Gothic Vampires from Hell'', and ''The Mexican Dream''. She was also the voice of Ayane Ayane (/aˈjaˌnɛ/) is the romanization of a feminine Japanese given name. Literally translated it means "colorful sound" (彩音 or 綺音). *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese television personality *, Japanese badminton player. *, Japan ... in the English-language edition of '' Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore''. References External links * * Actresses from California American film actresses American television actresses American writers of Italian descent Screenwriters from California American v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
