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Gump
Gump or Gumps may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Forrest Gump, an American romantic comedy-drama film based on a novel by Winston Groom * The Gump, a fictional character from the ''Oz'' series of books * '' The Gumps'', a popular comic strip (1917-1959) by Sidney Smith ** ''The Gumps'' (radio) (1931-1937), a radio sitcom based on the comic strip * "Gump", a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic on the album '' Bad Hair Day'' * ''Gump'', a 1991 album by Sons of Freedom * Gump, an elf in ''Legend'' (1985 film) Other uses * Gump's, a luxury American home furnishings and décor retailer founded in 1861 * WGMP, a radio station licensed to Montgomery, Alabama, branded as "104.9 The Gump" * Guiana United Muslim Party, a former political party in Guyana * GUMPS, a widely used acronym used by airplane pilots as a check-list * Gump (died 2014), the last known Christmas Island forest skink People * David Ariail (1910–2001), American college football player nicknamed "Gump" * Guy Cantr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinterkaifeck Murders
The Hinterkaifeck murders occurred on the evening of 31 March 1922, when six inhabitants of a small Bavarian farmstead, located approximately north of Munich, Germany, were murdered by an unknown assailant. The six victims were Andreas Gruber (aged 63), his wife Cäzilia Gruber (aged 72), their widowed daughter Viktoria Gabriel (aged 35), Viktoria's children, Cäzilia (aged 7) and Josef (aged 2), and the maid, Maria Baumgartner (aged 44). They were all found struck dead with a mattock, which was later recovered in the loft of the barn. The perpetrator(s) lived with the six corpses of their victims for three days. During this time, they ate the food in the house, fed the animals on the property, and started fires in the home's fireplace. Four of the dead bodies were found stacked up in the barn, the victims likely having been lured there, one by one. Prior to the incident, the family and their former maid had reported hearing strange noises coming from the attic, which led to tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GUMPS
GUMPS is an acronym widely used by retractable gear aircraft pilots as a mental checklist to ensure nothing critical has been forgotten before landing. Its popularity is widespread, appearing in flight student curricula, FAA publications and aviation magazines. Due to distraction and preoccupation during the landing sequence approximately 100 gear-up landing incidents occurred each year in the United States between 1998 and 2003. The checklist GUMPS stands for: * G – Gas (Fuel on the proper tank, fuel pump on as required, positive fuel pressure) * U – Undercarriage (landing gear down) * M – Mixture (fuel mixture set) * P – Propeller A propeller (often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form a helical spiral which, when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon a working flu ... (prop set) * S – Seat belts and Switches (lights, pitot heat, etc.) See also * BUM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Kendall Thaw
Harry Kendall Thaw (February 12, 1871 – February 22, 1947) was the son of American coal and railroad baron William Thaw Sr. Heir to a multimillion-dollar fortune, he is most notable for having murdered the renowned architect Stanford White in front of hundreds of witnesses at the rooftop theatre of New York City's Madison Square Garden (1890), Madison Square Garden on June 25, 1906. Thaw had harbored an obsessive hatred of White, believing he had blocked Thaw's access to the social elite of New York. White also had a previous relationship with Thaw's wife, the model and chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit, when she was 16 or 17. This affair began with White allegedly date rape, plying Nesbit with alcohol (and possibly with drugs) and then raping her while she was unconscious. In Thaw's mind, this relationship had "ruined" her. Thaw's trial for murder was heavily publicized and called the "trial of the century". After one hung jury, a second jury found him not guilty by reason of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Gump
Scott Gump (born December 17, 1965) is a former American professional golfer. Gump was born in Merritt Island, Florida. He has had three Nationwide Tour victories and has finished runner-up three times in PGA Tour tournaments, including The Players Championship The Players Championship (commonly known as simply The Players, stylized by the PGA Tour as THE PLAYERS Championship) is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour. Originally known as the Tournament Players Championship, it began in 1974. The ... in 1999. He also competed on mini-tours in the United States, winning several tournaments. Professional wins (6) Nationwide Tour wins (3) Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1) U.S. Golf Tour wins (1) *1989 Mobile Tournament Space Coast Tour wins (2) *1988 Hunter's Creek *1989 Walden Lake Results in major championships CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Results in The Players Championship CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carissa Gump
Carissa Gump (née Gordon) (born August 24, 1983, in Stone Ridge, New York) is an American weightlifter. She is a multiple-time American record holder, a five-time consecutive American Open champion (2002–2006), and a resident athlete of the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is also the wife of Jason Gump, a competitive weightlifter who placed fifth for the 94 kg class at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Education Carissa holds a B.S. in business with an Emphasis in Sport Management from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and was the first Olympian to graduate from their College of Business Sport Management Program. She also holds a Masters in Public Administration with an emphasis in Non-Profit Management from Keller Graduate School of Management graduating with distinction. Career Gump represented the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gump Worsley
Lorne John "Gump" Worsley (May 14, 1929 – January 26, 2007) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, 'Gump' was given his nickname because friends thought he looked like a comic-strip character Andy Gump. Career Worsley played his first four years as a professional in the minor leagues, most notably for the New York Rovers of the Eastern Hockey League (EHL), the St. Paul Saints of the United States Hockey League (USHL), and the Saskatoon Quakers of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Between 1950 and 1952 he was named to the First All-Star Team three times and led the league in goaltending. In the fall of 1952 he was signed by the New York Rangers of the NHL. Although he played for a last-place team, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year. However, after asking for a pay increase of $500 a year, he was sent back down to the minor leagues the following season. In 1953-54, playing for the Vancouver Canucks of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Cantrell
Guy Dewey "Gump" Cantrell (April 9, 1904 – January 31, 1961) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i .... He pitched from 1925 to 1930. External links 1904 births 1961 deaths People from Coal County, Oklahoma Baseball players from Oklahoma Major League Baseball pitchers Brooklyn Robins players Philadelphia Athletics players Detroit Tigers players McAlester Miners players Okmulgee Drillers players Jersey City Skeeters players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Little Rock Travelers players Oklahoma City Indians players St. Joseph Saints players Hollywood Stars players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ariail
David William "Gump" Ariail (December 29, 1910 – February 10, 2001) was a college football player. College football Ariail was an All-Southern end for the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. He was a teammate of College Football Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Hitchcock. One source wrote, "Other than Jimmy Hitchcock, back, and "Gump" Arial ic end, Auburn has no outstanding players." He was selected All-American by the "captain's poll," selected by the captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...s of major college football programs. References External links * American football ends All-Southern college football players Auburn Tigers football players All-American college football players 1910 births 2001 deaths Players of American football from Birmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Island Forest Skink
The Christmas Island forest skink (''Emoia nativitatis''), also known as the Christmas Island whiptail skink, is an extinct species of skink formerly endemic to Australia's Christmas Island. As of 2017, it is listed as extinct on the IUCN Red List. The last known forest skink, a captive individual named Gump, died on 31 May 2014. Description The ''Emoia'' skinks are a large group with marked radiation on islands in the Pacific. The forest skink is about 20 cm long, thickset, ground-dwelling, and active during the day. Its body is a chocolate-brown colour and unpatterned. The species was found in forest clearings, usually in leaf litter. Discovery The Christmas Island forest skink was described by George Albert Boulenger in 1887 based on a single tailless specimen. Subsequently, eight specimens were collected by naturalist Joseph Jackson Lister. Decline and extinction The Christmas Island forest skink was common and widespread on Christmas Island during most of the twent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forrest Gump
''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis. An adaptation of the Forrest Gump (novel), 1986 novel by Winston Groom, the screenplay of the film is written by Eric Roth. It stars Tom Hanks in the title role, alongside Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field in lead roles. The film follows the life of an Alabama man named Forrest Gump (Hanks) and his experiences in the 20th century in the United States, 20th-century United States. Principal photography took place between August and December 1993, mainly in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Extensive visual effects were used to incorporate Hanks into archived footage and to develop other scenes. The Forrest Gump (soundtrack), soundtrack features songs reflecting the different periods seen in the film. Various interpretations have been made of the protagonist and the film's political symbolism. ''Forrest Gump'' was released in the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gump
This is a list of characters in the original Oz books by American author L. Frank Baum. The majority of characters listed here unless noted otherwise have appeared in multiple books under various plotlines. Land of Oz, Oz is made up of four divisions that surround the Emerald City in the center. The country as a whole was originally enchanted by a character named Queen Lurline, who is described in the Oz backstory. Additional characters were added in regions surrounding the Land of Oz (beyond the deserts) as the series progressed. Aunt Em and Uncle Henry Aunt Em and Uncle Henry appear in ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' (1900). They are Dorothy Gale's guardian aunt and uncle. They live a joyless and gray life on a small farm on the prairies of Kansas. Neither of them believe their niece when she tells them she has been to the Land of Oz; they consider her a mere dreamer, as her dead mother had been. This changes when the two later face foreclosure on their farm. Dorothy arrang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGMP
WGMP (1170 AM, ''104.9 The Gump'') is an alternative rock formatted radio station that serves the Montgomery Metropolitan Area, in Alabama, United States, also broadcasting via a broadcast translator on the FM band at 104.9 MHz. The station's "104.9 The Gump" branding features the frequency of its broadcast translator, W285AJ, rather than its licensed AM frequency. The station is locally owned and operated by Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC. The station's studios are located on Wall St. in Midtown Montgomery. The transmitter for WGMP is north of the city, while the translator's transmitter is in midtown near Greenwood Cemetery. WGMP participates in Montgomery rating survey by Arbitron (Market #150) and is monitored by Mediabase. History The station first hit the airwaves in January 1939 as WJJJ, owned by George William "Will" Covington, Jr. (1170 AM is the second-oldest frequency in use in the Montgomery market, the oldest being 1440 kHz, which began as WSFA, later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
