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Dowell (floor Exercise)
Dowell or dowel may refer to: People * Dowell (surname) * Dowell Loggains (born 1980), American football coach * Dowell Myers, professor of urban planning and demography * Dowell Philip O'Reilly (1865–1923), Australian poet, short story writer, and politician * William Dowel (1837–1905), English-born Australian politician Places * Dowell, Illinois, a village in the United States * Dowell, Maryland, an unincorporated community in the United States Other uses * Dowel, a cylindrical rod, usually made from wood, plastic, or metal *Dowell Center, office building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma * Dowell Middle School, middle school in McKinney Independent School District *Professor Dowell's Head, a science fiction novel (later filmed) by Alexander Belyayev See also * Lones-Dowell House, historic house in Knoxville, Tennessee *McConnell Dowell McConnell Dowell is a major infrastructure construction company founded in New Zealand in 1961. In 2003 it became a wholly owned subsidiar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowell (surname)
Dowell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alastair Dowell (1920–2010), Scottish cricketer * Anthony Dowell (born 1943), English ballet dancer * Brenna Dowell (born 1996), American artistic gymnast * Cassius C. Dowell (1864–1940), Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa * Charlie Dowell (1888–?), Australian football player * Coleman Dowell (1925–1985), American songwriter and author * Colton Dowell (born 1999), American football player * David Dowell, American atmospheric scientist * Denzel Dowell (1944–1967), African-American killed by a police officer * Dion Dowell (born 1985), American basketball player * Duck Dowell (1912–2003), American basketball player * Edward Dowell (1822–1896), English cricketer and clergyman * Frances O'Roark Dowell (born 1964), American author *George Dare Dowell (1831–1910), English Victoria Cross recipient *Hanson Dowell (1906–2000), Canadian ice hockey administrator and politician *Jake Dowell (born 1985), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowell Loggains
Dowell Loggains (born October 1, 1980) is an American football coach. He currently serves as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks. He has been the offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans, Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins, and New York Jets. He played college football and served as tight ends coach at Arkansas prior to his hiring at South Carolina. Coaching career Tennessee Titans Loggains served as the offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans from 2012 to 2013 as a part of Mike Munchak's coaching staff. Days after Ken Whisenhunt took over as Titans head coach in 2014, Loggains was informed that he wouldn't remain with the organization. He had previously been the team's quarterbacks coach. Cleveland Browns Loggains spent 2014 as the quarterbacks coach for the Cleveland Browns. He was an advocate of drafting Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel. Chicago Bears The next year Loggains was looking for a job. He was interv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowell Myers
__NOTOC__ Dowell Myers is a professor of urban planning and demography in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development, at the University of Southern California (USC). He directs the school's Population Dynamics Research Group, whose recent projects have been funded by the National Institute of Health, the Haynes Foundation, Fannie Mae Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. He leads the ongoing California Demographic Futures research project at USC. Recent applications have focused on the upward mobility of immigrants to the US and Southern California, trajectories into homeownership in the United States, changing transportation behavior, education and labor force trends, and projections for the future of the California population. In 2000 he was a member of the Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations (Population Association of America) for the United States Census Bureau and is the author of ''Analysis with Local Census Data: Portraits of Change'' (Academic Press, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowell Philip O'Reilly
Dowell Philip O'Reilly (18 July 1865 – 5 November 1923) was an Australian poet, short story writer and politician. Early life O'Reilly was born at Sydney. His father, Rev. Thomas O'Reilly, was a well known clergyman of the Church of England, who came of a family with many military and naval associations. Dowell was the son of his second marriage, to a Miss Smith who came from a well-educated and artistic family. Dowell O'Reilly was educated at Sydney Grammar School, and when his father died he assisted his mother in keeping a preparatory school for boys at Parramatta. In 1884 O'Reilly published a small volume, ''Australian Poems'', and in 1888 a larger volume of verse, ''A Pedlar's Pack''. Both books are now extremely rare. It has been stated that the author destroyed most of the copies of the second volume in his disappointment at its lack of success. Political career In 1894 O'Reilly was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly for Parramatta and sat for four years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dowel
William Springthorpe Dowel (1837 – 25 November 1905) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born at Hammersmith in Kent to stonemason David Dowel and Elizabeth Springthorpe. The family moved to New South Wales around 1841. Dowel was farming at Tamworth by 1860, and around 1863 he married Elizabeth Lloyd, with whom he had three children. In 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Tamworth; a Protectionist, he served until his defeat in 1894. He then moved to Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ..., where he became a mining surveyor and unsuccessfully contested the state seat of Herberton. He died at Herberton in 1905. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dowel, William 1837 births 1905 death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowell, Illinois
Dowell is a village in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was estimated to be 385 at the 2020 census, down from 408 at the 2010 census. History Dowell was founded as a coal town and named by Du Quoin attorney George Dowell and William Lafont. They requested bids for property development as early as 1917. In 1922, the town's population was over 2,000. In February, 1920, the Dowell State Bank was opened in the town. Town founders George Dowell and William Lafont were among the first directors of the bank. It was the scene of a bank robbery on September 30, 1924. The bank closed in 1932 following embezzlement charges against its president, William Lafont. In late 1920, construction began on a railroad depot serving the Illinois Central Railroad. Coal mining brought many eastern European immigrants to the village, including Rusyns. At one time there was a Russian Orthodox church which is now closed. The area is still served by a church in nearby R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowell, Maryland
Map of Naval Amphibious Training Base Solomons on Dowell Peninsula, Maryland from 1942 to 1945. Dowell is just north of Solomons, where the base was located Dowell is a small, rural unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ..., United States, located immediately north of Solomons. While Solomons is a larger city south of Dowell, and on the Dowell Peninsula, Dowell is not part of the city of Solomons, Dowell had its own zip code, 20629. This was recently changed to 20688 same as Solomons MD. Unincorporated communities in Calvert County, Maryland Unincorporated communities in Maryland {{CalvertCountyMD-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowel
A dowel is a cylindrical rod, usually made of wood, plastic, or metal. In its original manufactured form, a dowel is called a ''dowel rod''. Dowel rods are often cut into short lengths called dowel pins. Dowels are commonly used as structural reinforcements in cabinet making and in numerous other applications, including: * Furniture shelf supports * Moveable game pieces (i.e. pegs) * Hangers for items such as clothing, key rings, and tools * Wheel axles in toys * Detents in gymnastics grips * Supports for tiered wedding cakes Wood dowel Manufacturing process The traditional tool for making dowels is a ''dowel plate'', an iron (or better, hardened tool steel) plate with a hole having the size of the desired dowel. To make a dowel, a piece of wood is split or whittled to a size slightly bigger than desired and then driven through the hole in the dowel plate. The sharp edges of the hole shear off the excess wood.Ivin SickelsExercises in Wood-Working American Book Compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowell Center
The Dowell Center is a 20-story skyscraper in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Construction on the original 18-story tower began in 1926, and was completed in 1927. The tower's footprint was doubled and two stories added in 1964 by then owner Kerr-McGee Corporation. The Dowell Center comprises more than 205,000 ft2 (19,045 m2) and is located adjacent to Kerr Park. History Originally planned as a ten-story structure during Oklahoma City's early century building boom by Oklahoma City general contractor J. W. Mann. Designed as the first building to appeal to Oklahoma City's oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ... fraternity the building the 18 story Petroleum Building broke ground in 1926 and was completed in 1927. At the time it was the tallest building in Okl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowell Middle School
McKinney Independent School District is a public school district in McKinney, Texas, United States. In addition to McKinney, the district serves the town of New Hope, Texas, New Hope and parts of Allen, Texas, Allen, Fairview, Texas, Fairview, Weston, Texas, Weston, Princeton, Texas, Princeton, and Lowry Crossing, Texas, Lowry Crossing. The district operates 20 elementary schools, five middle schools, three high schools, four alternative schools, and one early childhood education center. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. History Circa 2014 residents of the Stonegate neighborhood in Lucas, Texas, Lucas made a petition to be rezoned from McKinney ISD into Lovejoy ISD, but both districts refused the request. Demographics Schools High Schools (Grades 9-12) *McKinney High School *McKinney North High School *McKinney Boyd High School Middle Schools (Grades 6-8) *Cockrill Middle School *Dowell Middle School *Evans M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor Dowell's Head
''Professor Dowell's Head'' is a 1925 science fiction and horror story (and later novel) by Russian author Alexander Belyaev. Plot Professor Dowell and his assistant surgeon Dr. Kern are working on medical problems including life support in separated body parts. Dr. Kern kills Dowell (in a set up car / asthma accident). Professor Dowell's head is now kept alive and used by Dr. Kern for extraction of scientific secrets; however, his new assistant, the medically trained Marie Loren, discovers the ploy and is dismayed; to keep her from exposing him, Kern eventually gets her imprisoned in a false lunatic asylum for undesirables. Continuing his experiments, Dr. Kern transplants the head of a young woman to a new body. That body belongs to the girlfriend of a friend of Dowell's son, who recognizes her body when the young woman flees Dr. Kern's laboratory. Together, Dowell's son and his friend free Marie Loren. Dr. Kern is anxious to announce himself as the inventor. But Dowell's son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Belyayev
Alexander Romanovich Belyaev (russian: Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Беля́ев, ; – 6 January 1942) was a Soviet Russian writer of science fiction. His works from the 1920s and 1930s made him a highly regarded figure in Russian science fiction, often referred to as "Russia's Jules Verne". Belyaev's best known books include '' Professor Dowell's Head'', ''Amphibian Man'', '' Ariel'', and '' The Air Seller''. Biography Alexander Belyaev was born in Smolensk in the family of an Orthodox priest. His father, after losing two other children (Alexander's sister Nina died at childhood from sarcoma and his brother Vasiliy, a veterinary student, drowned during a boat trip), wanted him to continue the family tradition and enrolled Alexander into Smolensk seminary. Belyaev, on the other hand, didn't feel particularly religious and even became an atheist in seminary. After graduating he didn't take his vows and enrolled into a law school. While he studied law his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
