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Hancock Family
Hancock may refer to: Places Places in the United States * Hancock, Iowa * Hancock, Maine * Hancock, Maryland * Hancock, Massachusetts * Hancock, Michigan * Hancock, Minnesota * Hancock, Missouri * Hancock, New Hampshire ** Hancock (CDP), New Hampshire * Hancock, New York, a town ** Hancock (village), New York, in the town of Hancock * Hancock, Austin, Texas, a neighborhood * Hancock, Vermont * Hancock (town), Wisconsin ** Hancock, Wisconsin, a village within the town * Hancock County (other), a list of counties in ten U.S. states * Hancock Township (other) * Mount Hancock (other) * Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California Facilities and structures * Great North Museum: Hancock, formerly the Hancock Museum, a natural history museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, England * John Hancock Center, a Chicago skyscraper owned by the financial company of the same name * John Hancock Tower, a building in Boston, Massachusetts, also owned by the company * Syracuse H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hancock, Iowa
Hancock is a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States, along the Nishnabotna River, West Nishnabotna River. The population was 200 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Hancock got its start in the year 1880, following construction of the Rock Island Railroad through the territory. It was named for its founder, F. H. Hancock. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2020 census As of the United States census, census of 2020, there were 200 people, 83 households, and 53 families residing in the city. The population density was 276.7 inhabitants per square mile (106.8/km2). There were 90 housing units at an average density of 124.5 per square mile (48.1/km2). The Race and ethnicity in the United States census, racial makeup of the city was 88.5% White Americans, White, 0.0% African Americans, Black or African American, 2. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Hancock (other)
Mount Hancock may refer to: * Hancock Mountain (Oklahoma) * Hancock Mountain (Oregon) * Hancock Mountain (Vermont) * Hancock Peak (Colorado) * Hancock Peak (New Hampshire) * Hancock Peak (Alaska) * Hancock Peak (Iron County, Utah) * Hancock Peak (Garfield County, Utah) * Mount Hancock (Montana) * Mount Hancock (New Hampshire) * Mount Hancock (Wyoming) See also * Hancock Hill (other), listing hills, knolls and buttes {{geodis tr:Hancock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hancock
John Hancock ( – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot (American Revolution), Patriot of the American Revolution. He was the longest-serving President of the Continental Congress, president of the Continental Congress, having served as the second president of the Second Continental Congress and the seventh president of the Congress of the Confederation. He was the first and third governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. His large and stylish Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, signature on the United States Declaration of Independence led to or becoming a colloquialism for a person's signature. He also signed the Articles of Confederation, and used his influence to ensure that Massachusetts ratified the United States Constitution in 1788. Before the American Revolution, Hancock was one of the wealthiest men in the Thirteen Colonies, having inherited a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signature
A signature (; from , "to sign") is a depiction of someone's name, nickname, or even a simple "X" or other mark that a person writes on documents as a proof of identity and intent. Signatures are often, but not always, Handwriting, handwritten or stylized. The writer of a signature is a signatory or signer. Similar to a handwritten signature, a signature work describes the work as readily identifying its creator. A signature may be confused with an autograph, which is chiefly an artistic signature. This can lead to confusion when people have both an autograph and signature and as such some people in the public eye keep their signatures private whilst fully publishing their autograph. Function and types Identification The traditional function of a signature is to permanently affix to a document a person's uniquely personal, undeniable self-identification as physical evidence of that person's personal witness and certification of the content of all, or a specified part, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hancock (programming Language)
Hancock is a C (programming language), C-based programming language, first developed by researchers at AT&T Labs in 1998, to analyze data streams. The language was intended by its creators to improve the efficiency and scale of data mining. Hancock works by creating profiles of individuals, utilizing data to provide behavioral and social network information. The development of Hancock was part of the telecommunications industry's use of data mining processes to detect fraud and to improve marketing. However, following the September 11 attacks, September 11, 2001 attacks, and the increased government surveillance of individuals, Hancock and similar data mining technologies came into public scrutiny, especially regarding its perceived threat to individual privacy. Background Data mining research, including Hancock, grew during the 1990s, as scientific, business, and medical interest in massive data collection, storage, and management increased. During the early 1990s, transactiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen One
''Screen One'' is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and distributed by BBC Worldwide, that was transmitted on BBC One from 1989 to 1998. A total of six series were broadcast, incorporating sixty individual films, several of which were broadcast as stand-alone specials. The series was born following the demise of the BBC's '' Play for Today'', which ran from 1970 to 1984. Producer Kenith Trodd was asked to formulate a new series of one-off television dramas, the result of which was '' Screen Two'', which began broadcasting on BBC2 in 1985. However, while ''Play for Today''s style had often been a largely studio-based form of theatre on television, ''Screen Two'' was shot entirely on film. Three of the episodes ("The Accountant", "News Hounds" and " A Question of Attribution") won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama. In 1989, the series was adapted for more mainstream audiences on BBC1, and ''Screen One'' was born to follow the lead taken by C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hancock (1963 TV Series)
''Hancock'' is a British comedy television series which aired on ITV in 1963.Vahimagi p.58 It starred Tony Hancock as a pompous, self-regarding figure similar to the character he had played on '' Hancock's Half Hour'' for the BBC, but with different scriptwriters. Cast As in his final BBC series, Hancock was the only regular performer in the show. Actors who appeared in individual episodes of the series included Dennis Price, Derek Nimmo, Francis Matthews, John Le Mesurier, Brian Wilde, Pauline Yates, James Villiers, Denholm Elliott, Kenneth Griffith, Geoffrey Keen, Billy Milton, Joan Benham, Peter Vaughan, Allan Cuthbertson, Wilfrid Lawson, Patrick Cargill, Patsy Smart, Adrienne Posta, Diane Clare, Michael Aldridge, Anthony Dawes Anthony Cecil John Dawes (10 February 1928 – 21 January 2021) was an English character actor, who appeared in a number of roles in film, television and on stage during a career which spanned from 1951 to 2006. Life and career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hancock's Half Hour
''Hancock's Half Hour'' was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The radio series starred Tony Hancock, with Sidney James, Bill Kerr and,at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, and Kenneth Williams. The television series also featured Sidney James with regular appearances from John Le Mesurier, Hugh Lloyd, Warren Mitchell, Liz Fraser and Patricia Hayes. In the final television series, renamed simply ''Hancock'', the supporting cast included established actors such as Jack Watling and Patrick Cargill. Hancock played an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hancock (film)
''Hancock'' is a 2008 American superhero film directed by Peter Berg based on a screenplay by Vince Gilligan and Vy Vincent Ngo. The film stars Will Smith as John Hancock, an amnesiac, alcoholic, reckless superhuman trying to remember his past. The film also stars Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman and Eddie Marsan. The story was originally written by Vy Vincent Ngo in 1996. It languished in development hell for years with various directors attached, including Tony Scott, Michael Mann (who would later co-produce the film), Jonathan Mostow and Gabriele Muccino, before being filmed in mid-2007 in Los Angeles with a production budget of $150 million. In the United States, the film was rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America after changes were made at their request in order to avoid an R rating, which it had received twice before. Columbia Pictures released the film in theaters in the United States on July 2, 2008. While ''Hancock'' received mixed reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hancock (surname)
Hancock is an English surname. It is derived from a given name, a variant of '' John'' (Johan) combined with the hypocoristic suffix ''-cok'' which came into fashion in the 13th century, from ''cok'' "cock", applied to "a young lad who strutted proudly like a cock". As a given name, ''Hanecok'' is recorded in the 13th century in the Hundred Rolls of Yorkshire. The Dictionary of American Family Names mentions an alternative Dutch etymology, from ''hanecoc'' " periwinkle".Dictionary of American Family Names (2013), s.v. "Hancock" An Irish variation is Handcock, as borne by William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine. People from Australia * H. R. Hancock "Captain" Hancock (1836–1919) mine superintendent of Moonta, South Australia * Keith Hancock (historian) (1898–1988), historian * Lang Hancock (1909–1992), iron ore magnate * Michael Hancock (rugby league) (born 1969), rugby league footballer * Robert Hancock (footballer) (1922–1973), Australian rules footballer People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syracuse Hancock International Airport
Syracuse Hancock International Airport is a joint civil–military airport northeast of downtown Syracuse, New York. Operated by the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority, it is located off Interstate 81, near Mattydale. The main terminal complex is at the east end of Colonel Eileen Collins Boulevard. Half of the airport is located within the Town of DeWitt, with portions within the adjacent towns of Salina and Cicero. History In 1927, Syracuse mayor Charles Hanna felt his city needed an airport. Land in the Amboy section of the nearby town of Camillus was purchased for $50,000, and by 1928, the "Syracuse City Airport at Amboy" was handling airmail. With the start of World War II, the airport was pressed into service as a flight training center for the Army Air Forces. By 1942, it had become apparent that Amboy Airport was not large enough to handle military needs, and as a replacement, the AAF opened Syracuse Army Air Base in the suburb of Mattydale, New York. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hancock Tower
The John Hancock Tower, colloquially known as the Hancock, is a 60-story, skyscraper in the Back Bay neighborhood of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The pinnacle height (including antennas) is . Designed by Henry N. Cobb of the firm I. M. Pei & Partners, it was completed in 1976, and has held the title as the tallest building in New England ever since. In 2015, the lease belonging to the John Hancock Financial, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, for which the skyscraper was named, expired, and it was renamed to its address at 200 Clarendon Street. The building is widely known for its prominent structural flaws, including an analysis that the entire building could overturn under certain wind loads and a prominent design failure of its signature blue windows, which allowed any of the window panes to detach and fall, up to the full height of the building, endangering pedestrians below. The street address is 200 Clarendon Street, but occupants also use "Hancock Place" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
