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Brooks Scarpa
Brooks may refer to: * Brook (small stream) Places Antarctica * Cape Brooks Canada *Brooks, Alberta United Kingdom * Brooks, Cornwall * Brooks, Powys, a location United States *Brooks, Alabama * Brooks, Arkansas * Brooks, California *Brooks, Georgia * Brooks, Iowa * Brooks, Kentucky *Brooks, Maine *Brooks Township, Michigan *Brooks, Minnesota * Brooks, Montana *Brooks, Oregon *Brooks, San Antonio, Texas *Brooks City-Base, built on former United States Air Force base near San Antonio, Texas * Brooks, Wisconsin *Brooks Lake, a lake in Minnesota *Brooks Glacier, Alaska **Mount Brooks United States and Canada *Brooks Range, mountain range in Alaska and Yukon People * Brooks (given name) * Brooks (surname) * Brooks (DJ), Dutch DJ, producer and musician Fictional characters * Brooks Hatlen, in the 1994 film ''The Shawshank Redemption'', played by James Whitmore * Constance "Connie" Brooks (see ''Our Miss Brooks''), fictional English language teacher * Dustin Brooks, in the TV seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brook (small Stream)
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long, large streams are usually called rivers, while smaller, less voluminous and more intermittent river, intermittent streams are known, amongst others, as brook, creek, rivulet, rill, run, tributary, feeder, freshet, narrow river, and streamlet. The flow of a stream is controlled by three inputs – surface runoff (from precipitation or meltwater), daylighting (streams), daylighted subterranean river, subterranean water, and surfaced groundwater (Spring (hydrology), spring water). The surface and subterranean water are highly variable between periods of rainfall. Groundwater, on the other hand, has a relatively constant input and is controlled more by long-term patterns of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooks, San Antonio
Brooks is a mixed-use community in the southeast portion of the city of San Antonio, Texas, United States. Brooks was created in 2001 by the United States Congress, the State of Texas and the City of San Antonio to redevelop the former Brooks Air Force Base. Brooks is intended to be a catalyst for economic development, a dynamic mixed-use community and a model for responsible urban planning and development. Brooks is home to nearly 40 businesses that employ almost 3,000 people at an average salary of $50,000. Land use The Brooks land use plan applies a clear strategy of land development and resource allocation that achieves a stronger economy and a more unified community. The plan includes a mix of residential, light-industrial, health, office, commercial and retail developments, along with designated parks and green space. The land use plan breaks the 1,308-acre campus into three districts, each with a unique purpose and character that creates a balance between culture, eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blade (character)
Blade (birth name: Eric Cross Brooks;) is a fictional character and antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic book '' The Tomb of Dracula'' #10 (July 1973) as a supporting character, but he later went on to star in his own storylines. Devoting his life to ridding the world of all vampires, Blade utilizes his unique physiology to become the perfect vampire hunter. A mixed race (White-Black) British man, he is proficient in weaponry ranging from firearms to swords, and a master of martial arts. While originally depicted as a human immune to vampire bites, Blade was retroactively established to be a dhampir following his adaptation as such in ''Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' and the ''Blade'' film series. He is the father of Brielle "Bri" Brooks (Bloodline). The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dustin Brooks (Power Rangers Ninja Storm)
Dustin Brooks is a character of two TV series: * Dustin Brooks (''Power Rangers Ninja Storm'') from ''Power Rangers Ninja Storm''. * Dustin Brooks (''Zoey 101'') from ''Zoey 101''. {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Miss Brooks
''Our Miss Brooks'' is an American sitcom starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high-school English teacher. It began as a Old Time Radio, radio show broadcast on CBS from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television (1952–56), it became one of the medium's earliest hits. In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for the big screen in the Our Miss Brooks (film), film of the same name. Characters * (Eve Arden) is an English teacher at fictional Madison High School. * (Gale Gordon) is the gruff and unsympathetic principal of Madison High, a near-constant pain to his faculty and students. (Conklin was played by Joseph Forte in the show's first episode; Gordon succeeded him for the rest of the series' run.) Conklin would often abuse his authority to make teachers work extra hours or perform personal favors for him. * (Jeff Chandler on radio, billed sometimes under his birth name Ira Grossel; Robert Rockwell on both radio and television), is a Madison High biology teacher, the shy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shawshank Redemption
''The Shawshank Redemption'' is a 1994 American Prison film, prison Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption''. The film tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who is Life imprisonment, sentenced to life in Shawshank State Prison, Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), and becomes instrumental in a money laundering operation led by the prison warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton). William Sadler (actor), William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore appear in supporting roles. Darabont purchased the film rights to King's story in 1987, but development did not begin until five years later, when he wrote the script over eight weeks. Two weeks after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooks (DJ)
Thijs Westbroek (; born 14 April 1995), better known by his stage name Brooks, is a Dutch disc jockey, record producer and electronic musician. He is best known for his collaborations with Martin Garrix ("Byte", " Like I Do") and David Guetta (" Better When You're Gone", "Like I Do"), as well as for his numerous high-profile remixes. Career Brooks' career as a disc jockey began when he sent his song to twenty random email addresses that could be related to Martin Garrix. To his delight, the song he sent was played by Garrix at a show. Not long after, Garrix contacted and told Brooks of his enthusiasm for his music. Garrix later invited him to his house to work on the "Byte The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest addressable un ..." song. Brooks described the event as a "crazy story" and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooks (surname)
The word ''brook'' derives from the Old English ''broc'' and appears in the Medieval predecessors of Brooks (Ate-Broc and Atte-Broc). The surname arrived in North America from England in the mid-seventeenth century. The surname Brooks is recorded in Ireland from the 1600s. O'Laughlin reports that "some of the name could stem from Irish origins, the name being changed into the English word 'Brook' or Brooks." The surname is also found among English-speaking Ashkenazi Jews, deriving from the male Hebrew given name Boruch ("blessed"). A * A. Brooks (Middlesex cricketer) (born ), English cricketer * Aaron Brooks (other), multiple people * Abraham Brooks (1852–1925), English cricketer * Adam Brooks (other), multiple people * Adrian Brooks (born 1957), English soccer player * Ahmad Brooks (born 1984), American football linebacker * Ahmad D. Brooks (born 1980), American football player and sports broadcaster * Aimee Brooks (born 1974), American actress * Albert Broo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooks (given Name)
Brooks is a male given name. More commonly, it is also a surname. It may refer to: *Brooks Atkinson (1894–1984), American theater critic * Brooks Bollinger (born 1979), American football player * Brooks Conrad (born 1980), American baseball player * Brooks Cryder (born 1955), American soccer player * Brooks Dodge (1929–2018), American alpine skier * Brooks Douglass (1963–2020), American film producer, actor, politician, and lawyer *Brooks Foster (born 1986), American football player * Brooks Gray (born 1975), Canadian actor and film producer * Brooks Hansen, American author and illustrator * Brooks Haxton (born 1950), American poet and translator * Brooks Hays (1898–1981), American politician and religious leader * Brooks Headley, American musician and chef * Brooks Holder (1914–1986), American baseball player * Bubba Jennings, American basketball player and coach * Brooks Johnson (born 1934), American sprinter and track coach * Brooks A. Keel, American university presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooks Range
The Brooks Range (Gwich’in language, Gwich'in: ''Gwazhał'') is a mountain range in far northern North America stretching some from west to east across northern Alaska into Canada's Yukon Territory. Reaching a peak elevation of on Mount Isto, the range is believed to be approximately 126 million years old. In the United States, these mountains are considered a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, whereas in Canada they are considered separate, as the northern border of the Rocky Mountains is considered to be the Liard River far to the south in the province of British Columbia. While the range is mostly uninhabited, the Dalton Highway and Trans-Alaska Pipeline System run through the Atigun Pass (1,415 m, 4,643 ft) on their way to the oil fields at Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's Alaska North Slope, North Slope. The Alaska Native villages of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, Anaktuvuk and Arctic Village, Alaska, Arctic Village, as well as the very small communities of Coldfoot, Alaska, Coldfoot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Brooks
Mount Brooks is a mountain peak in the central Alaska Range in Denali National Park and Preserve. The mountain is part of a ridge extending northeastward from the main Denali massif, which includes Pyramid Peak and Mount Silverthrone. The ridge lies between Brooks Glacier and Traleika Glacier, overlooking Muldrow Glacier to the north. The summit is partly covered by ice. Climate Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Brooks is located in a tundra climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F. This climate supports the Brooks Traleika, and Muldrow Glaciers surrounding the peak. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for climbing or viewing Mount Brooks. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooks Glacier
Brooks Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. The glacier originates on the east face of Mount Silverthrone at Brooks Gap. The glacier moves northeast, joining Muldrow Glacier between Mount Brooks and Ragged Peak. Brooks Glacier was named by T.G. Gerdine of the U.S. Geological Survey ''circa'' 1900 for geologist Alfred Hulse Brooks. See also * List of glaciers A glacier ( ) or () is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries. Glaciers slowly defor ... Cited references Glaciers of Denali Borough, Alaska Glaciers of Denali National Park and Preserve Glaciers of Alaska {{Alaska-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
