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Lem (other)
Lem may refer to: Places * 3836 Lem, an asteroid named after Stanisław Lem * Lem, Denmark, a municipality in Jutland People Given name or nickname (Alphabetical by surname) * Lemuel Lem Barney (born 1945), American football player * Lem Billings (1916–1981), John F. Kennedy's friend * Lem Burnham (born 1947), American football player * Lem Cross (1872–1930), American Major League Baseball player * George Lewis Lem Davis (1914–1970), American jazz saxophonist * Lemuel Davis (born 1953), American software engineer * Anton Lemuel Lem Dobbs (born 1959), British-American screenwriter * Henry Honiball (born 1965), nicknamed "Lem", South African rugby player * Lemuel Lem Johnson (1909–1989), American jazz saxophonist * Lem T. Jones, Jr. (1924–1995), American politician * Thomas Lemuel Lem Johns (1925–2014), American Secret Service agent present during the assassination of John F. Kennedy * Lem Overpeck (1911–2003), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of South D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Antoine Lemaire
Charles Antoine Lemaire (1 November 1800, in Paris – 22 June 1871, in Paris), was a French botanist and botanical author, noted for his publications on Cactaceae. Education Born the son of Antoine Charles Lemaire and Marie Jeanne Davio, he had an excellent early education, and acquired the reputation of being an outstanding scholar. He studied at the University of Paris and was appointed as Professor of Classical Literature there. At some stage his botanical interest was sparked and developed by his association with M. Neumann, horticulturist at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Museum of Natural History. Career He worked for some time as an assistant to M. Mathieu, at a nursery in Paris, building up a collection of Cactaceae, a group to which he would devote almost all of his life. In 1835, M. Cousin, a Parisian publisher, started a gardening journal and requested that he be its editor. For a number of years, he remained editor of ''Jardin Fleuriste'' and ''L'Horticu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollo Lunar Module
The Apollo Lunar Module (LM ), originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), was the lunar lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the United States' Apollo program. It was the first crewed spacecraft to operate exclusively in the airless vacuum of space, and remains the only crewed vehicle to land anywhere beyond Earth. Structurally and aerodynamically incapable of flight through Earth's atmosphere, the Multistage rocket , two-stage Lunar Module was ferried to lunar orbit attached to the Apollo command and service module (CSM), about twice its mass. Its crew of two flew the Lunar Module from lunar orbit to the Moon's surface. During takeoff, the spent descent stage was used as a launch pad for the ascent stage which then Lunar orbit rendezvous, flew back to the command module, after which it was also discarded. Overseen by Grumman, the LM's development was plagued with problems that delayed its first uncrewed flight by about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lem (satellite)
Lem (also called BRITE-PL) is the first Polish governmental artificial satellite. It was launched in November 2013 as part of the Bright-star Target Explorer (BRITE) programme. The spacecraft was launched aboard a Dnepr rocket. Named after the Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem, it is an optical astronomy spacecraft built by the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences and operated by Centrum Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika PAN; one of two Polish contributions to the BRITE constellation along with the Heweliusz satellite. Features Lem is the first Polish scientific satellite, and the second (after PW-Sat) ever launched. Along with Heweliusz, TUGSAT-1, UniBRITE-1 and BRITE-Toronto, it is one from a constellation of six nanosatellites of the BRIght-star Target Explorer project, operated by a consortium of universities from Canada, Austria and Poland. Lem was developed and manufactured by the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lem Van Adams
''Soul Food'' is an American drama television series that aired on Showtime from June 28, 2000, to May 26, 2004. Developed for television by Felicia D. Henderson, the series was an adaptation of George Tillman Jr.'s 1997 film of the same name, which was based on his childhood experiences growing up in Chicago.Wiggins, Ovetta."Last Call for 'Soul Food ''The Washington Post'', May 26, 2004. Retrieved August 18, 2009. Premise ''Soul Food'' follows the triumphs, struggles, and rivalries of the Josephs, a tight-knit African-American family living in Chicago, Illinois. The series picks up six months after the events in the 1997 film, starting with the birth of Bird and Lem's son Jeremiah, as the family tries to hold together after the death of the Joseph sisters' mother Josephine ( Irma P. Hall, reprising her role in flashback sequences), usually referred to as Mama, Mother Joe, or Big Mama. Cast * Rockmond Dunbar as Kenny Chadway, replacing Jeffrey D. Sams from the original fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Universe
The Marvel Universe is a fictional shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place. Superhero teams such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and many Marvel superheroes live in this universe, including characters such as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, and Hulk. It also contains well-known supervillains such as Doctor Doom, Magneto, Green Goblin, Loki, and Thanos. It also contains antiheroes such as Deadpool, Ghost Rider, Punisher, Elektra, and Black Cat. The Marvel Universe is further depicted as existing within a " multiverse" consisting of thousands of separate universes, all of which are the creations of Marvel Comics and all of which are, in a sense, "Marvel universes". In this context, "Marvel Universe" is taken to refer to the mainstream Marvel continuity, which is known as Earth-616 or ''Prime Earth''. History Some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhivko Chingo
Zhivko () is a Bulgarian masculine given name. The Serbo-Croatian variant of the same name is Živko. It may refer to: * Zhivko Atanasov (born 1991), Bulgarian footballer * Zhivko Boyadzhiev (born 1976), Bulgarian footballer * Zhivko Dinev (born 1987), Bulgarian footballer * Zhivko Gospodinov (1957–2015), Bulgarian footballer * Zhivko Milanov (born 1984), Bulgarian footballer * Zhivko Vangelov (born 1960), Bulgarian wrestler * Zhivko Videnov (born 1977), Bulgarian hurdler * Zhivko Zhelev Zhivko Dinchev Zhelev (; born 23 July 1979 in Stara Zagora) is a retired Bulgarian football defender and now manager of Etar Veliko Tarnovo. Club career Litex Zhelev joined Litex Lovech quite young but fought hard to get a place in the first t ... (born 1979), Bulgarian footballer See also * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhivko Slavic masculine given names Bulgarian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Lemansky
The following is a list of character summaries from the FX Networks television series '' The Shield''. Main characters * Michael Chiklis – Vic Mackey (2002–2008) * Glenn Close – Monica Rawling (2005) * Catherine Dent – Danielle "Danny" Sofer (2002–2008) * Reed Diamond – Terry Crowley (2002, recurring 2003) * Paula Garces – Tina Hanlon (2008, recurring 2006–2007) * Walton Goggins – Shane Vendrell (2002–2008) * Michael Jace – Julien Lowe (2002–2008) * Kenneth Johnson – Curtis "Lem" Lemansky (2002–2006) * Jay Karnes – Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach (2002–2008) * David Marciano – Steve Billings (2008, recurring 2005–2007) * Benito Martinez – David Aceveda (2002–2008) * Cathy Cahlin Ryan – Corrine Mackey (2005–2008, recurring 2002–2004) * David Rees Snell – Ronnie Gardocki (2006–2008, recurring 2002–2005) * CCH Pounder – Claudette Wyms (2002–2008) Monica Rawling Captain Monica Rawling is a fictional character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planet 51
''Planet 51'' is a 2009 animated science fiction comedy film directed by Jorge Blanco from a script by Joe Stillman. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Justin Long, Jessica Biel, Gary Oldman, Seann William Scott and John Cleese, the film follows an astronaut who lands on an alien planet, as one of the aliens helps him return to his ship while evading the military. An international co-production between Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the film was originally acquired for North American distribution by New Line Cinema, but then sold to Sony Pictures before completion. Originally titled ''Planet One'',*"Planet One Poster" from ''TrailerAddict'', 12 December 2007. and later named as an allusion to |
Stanisław Lem
Stanisław Herman Lem (; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Worldwide, he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel ''Solaris (novel), Solaris''. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world. Lem was the author of the fundamental philosophical work ''Summa Technologiae'', in which he anticipated the creation of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and also developed the ideas of human autoevolution, the creation of Simulacrum, artificial worlds, and many others. Lem's science fiction works explore philosophical themes through speculations on technology, the nature of int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Mandrup Lem
Peter Mandrup Lem (baptized 7 June 1758 - 12 January 1828) was an eighteenth-century Danish violin virtuoso. Among his few compositions always mentioned by his contemporaries are his both symphonies, violin concertos, piano pieces and an oratorio, although none of them is known to be preserved. Biography Life Peter Lem was born in Copenhagen and received his first education from his father, John Lem, accountant for Skillings-Ligkassenthen, and his mother Kirstine, née Tonnesen. Still as a child he drew the attention of concert master Johann Hartmann, of whom he became a pupil. As a twelve-year-old child he could perform "even the most difficult concertos and solos, not without admiration from those who listened to him", which was read in the ''Adresseavisen'' after the boy had had his debut as soloist and member of ''Det musikalske Selskab'' at a concert in '' Rådhusstræde'' (City Hall Street) on 1 February 1770. The following year he was admitted to the Royal Chapel and trav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nguyễn Văn Lém
''Saigon Execution'' is a 1968 photograph by Associated Press photojournalist Eddie Adams (photographer), Eddie Adams, taken during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War. It depicts South Vietnamese police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan shooting Viet Cong captain Nguyễn Văn Lém near the Ấn Quang Pagoda in Saigon. The photograph was published extensively by American news media the next day, and would later win Adams the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography. Background Nguyễn Văn Lém was a Captain (armed forces), captain in the Viet Cong (VC) and was known by the code name Bảy Lốp. He and his wife Nguyễn Thị Lốp lived as undercover arms traffickers in Saigon, trading tires as a front business. Nguyễn Ngọc Loan was the chief of the Republic of Vietnam National Police (RVNP), and brigadier general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). He had anticipated the Tet Offensive, and was responsible for coordinating the ARVN response in Saigonincludi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
