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Voth
Voth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Austin Voth, American baseball player * Brad Voth, Canadian ice hockey player * Christopher Voth (born 1990), Canadian volleyball player *Henry Voth (1855–1931), American Mennonite missionary and ethnographer * Julia Voth (born 1985), Canadian actress and model Fictional characters *Voth, a fictional race in ''Star Trek'', see Distant Origin *Irma Voth, title character of Miriam Toews Miriam Toews (; born 1964) is a Canadian writer and author of nine books, including '' A Complicated Kindness'' (2004), '' All My Puny Sorrows'' (2014), and '' Women Talking'' (2018). She has won a number of literary prizes including the Governo ...'s novel '' Irma Voth'' {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Voth
Austin Lee Voth ( ; born June 26, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles, and Seattle Mariners. Voth was drafted by the Nationals in the fifth round of the 2013 MLB draft and made hs MLB debut in 2018. Amateur career Voth attended Kentwood High School, where he helped the Conquerors win the 2010 state baseball championship. He was named to the Seattle Times' "All-Area team." Voth played college baseball at the University of Washington for the Huskies from 2011 to 2013. In 2011 and 2012, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star in 2011. He ended college with a 16–12 record and 3.94 ERA, striking out 213 batters in 242 innings. Professional career Washington Nationals 2013–2017: progressing through the mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Voth
Heinrich (Henry) Richert Voth (15 April 1855 – 2 June 1931) was an ethnographer and Mennonite missionary and minister. He was born in Alexanderwohl, Southern Russia. Voth was sent by the Mission Board of the General Conference Mennonite Church to work among the Arapaho and the Hopi people. Life and career Voth learned the Arapaho language and customs at Darlington, Indian Territory, near Fort Reno, where he worked from June 1882 to January 1892. Voth was made superintendent in 1884. He married Barbara Baer from the mission the same year, they had a daughter, Frieda. His wife died in 1889. Voth married Martha Moser, who had also worked at Darlington, in 1892 and they both went to work at Oraibi with the 3rd mesa Hopi, Northern Arizona the next year. Martha Voth died in 1901. Henry Voth had witnessed the Ghost Dance revivalism among his Arapaho congregation. He collected objects and later sold them to the Bureau of American Ethnology. At Oraibi Voth supported many anthropologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distant Origin
"Distant Origin" is the 65th episode of '' Star Trek: Voyager'', the 23rd episode of the third season. The episode aired on UPN on April 30, 1997. ''Voyager'' encounters an alien race, but runs afoul of their principles. The Voth are humanoid lizards, and the plot revolves around one particular scientist who has taken an interest in studying Voth origins. Plot On the planet where ''Voyager''s crew had previously been marooned, Professor Gegen and his assistant Veer, two paleontologists of a space-faring saurian species known as the Voth, discover the skeletal remains of a human, most likely Lt. Hogan. They are fascinated by the similarity of its genome to their own species, and Gegen suggests that this supports the highly controversial Distant Origin theory, that the Voth had originated on a far-distant planet instead of the current area of space from which they rule their empire. Proof of the theory has been sought by other Voth scientists, but the heretical theory has oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Voth
Julia Voth (born May 16, 1985) is a Canadian actress and model. She is best-known for her roles in the 2009 film ''Bitch Slap'' and the TV-series ''Package Deal'', as well as for being the character-model for Jill Valentine for a number of the ''Resident Evil'' video-games. Career Modeling Voth's modeling career began in 1999 when she attended a modeling convention in Vancouver where she was discovered by an agent from Tokyo. The agent offered her a two-month contract to work in Japan. Voth's modeling career has included photo shoots and commercials for brands such as Calvin Klein and Guess. She served as the character model for Jill Valentine of the 2002 ''Resident Evil'' video game, and her likeness was later used in several other video games in the ''Resident Evil'' franchise. After receiving a custom-made ''Resident Evil'' beret from a fan, Voth was inspired to do a photoshoot cosplaying as Valentine. Acting Voth starred alongside America Olivo and Erin Cummings in the 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Voth
Brad Voth (born February 25, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Career Voth played junior hockey with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Western Hockey League from 1996 to 2001. In the 1998 NHL Entry Draft he was selected 157th overall in the 6th round by St. Louis Blues. He spent two season with the Blues organization, playing for their American Hockey League affiliate the Worcester IceCats and their ECHL affiliate the Peoria Rivermen. After being released by the Blues in 2003, Voth spent a further two seasons in the ECHL, spending the 2003-04 season with the Columbus Cottonmouths and the 2004-05 season with the Texas Wildcatters. In 2005, Voth moved to the United Kingdom and signed for the Cardiff Devils of the Elite Ice Hockey League. An imposing figure at 6'5” and 235 lbs, Voth played tough hockey, in a style not always seen in the EIHL. His role in the Cardiff Devils was an enforcer, demonstrated by his significant penalty minutes (PIM) total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Toews
Miriam Toews (; born 1964) is a Canadian writer and author of nine books, including '' A Complicated Kindness'' (2004), '' All My Puny Sorrows'' (2014), and '' Women Talking'' (2018). She has won a number of literary prizes including the Governor General's Award for Fiction and the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award for her body of work. Toews is also a three-time finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a two-time winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Toews had a leading role in the feature film '' Silent Light'', written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas, and winner of the 2007 Cannes Jury Prize, an experience that informed her fifth novel, '' Irma Voth'' (2011). Toews lives in Toronto and is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Arts & Science. Early life Toews grew up in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada the second daughter of Mennonite parents, both part of the Kleine Gemeinde. Through her father, Melvin C. Toew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Voth
Christopher Voth (born ) is a Canadian former professional volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ... player. He was part of the Canada men's national volleyball team. On club level he played left side for Abiant Lycurgus. Voth is openly gay and came out as the first openly gay national athlete from Canada. References External links Volleybox player profile 1990 births Canadian men's volleyball players Volleyball players from Winnipeg Canadian gay sportsmen Living people LGBTQ volleyball players LGBTQ Mennonites 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voyager
Voyager may refer to: Computing and communications * LG Voyager, a mobile phone model manufactured by LG Electronics * NCR Voyager, a computer platform produced by NCR Corporation * Voyager (computer worm), a computer worm affecting Oracle databases * Voyager (library program), the integrated library system from Ex Libris Group * Voyager (web browser), a web browser for Amiga computers * Voyager Digital, a defunct cryptocurrency brokerage company * HP Voyager series, code name for a Hewlett-Packard series of handheld programmable calculators Transport Air * Airbus Voyager, Royal Air Force version of the Airbus A330 MRTT * Frequent flyer program of South African Airways * Egvoyager Voyager 203, an Italian ultralight aircraft * Raj Hamsa Voyager, an Indian ultralight trike design * Rutan Voyager, the first airplane to fly around the world nonstop without refuelling Land * Bombardier Voyager, a high-speed train operated in the United Kingdom ** Bombardier ''Voyager'' (Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
