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Harold
Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts and entertainment * ''Harold'' (film), a 2008 comedy film * ''Harold'', an 1876 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson * ''Harold, the Last of the Saxons'', an 1848 book by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton * '' Harold or the Norman Conquest'', an opera by Frederic Cowen * ''Harold'', an 1885 opera by Eduard NápravnÃk * Harold, a character from the cartoon ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' * Harold & Kumar, a US movie; Harold/Harry is the main actor in the show. Places ;In the United States * Alpine, Los Angeles County, California, an erstwhile settlement that was also known as Harold * Harold, Florida, an unincorporated community * Harold, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Harold, Missouri, an unincorporated commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclone Harold
Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold was a very powerful tropical cyclone which caused widespread destruction in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Tonga during April 2020. It was the first Tropical cyclone scales#Australia and Fiji, Category 5 tropical cyclone in 2020. The seventh named storm of the 2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, eighth named storm, and fourth severe tropical cyclone of the 2019–20 South Pacific cyclone season, Harold was first noted as a developing tropical low within a trough of low pressure during April 1, while it was located to the east of Papua New Guinea. Over the next day, the system moved south-eastwards over the Solomon Sea, before it was classified as a tropical cyclone and named Harold by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. The system moved into the Fiji Meteorological Service, Fiji Meteorological Service's area of responsibility on April 2 and began to explosively intensify by April 3, reaching Category 4 status by April&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold (given Name)
Harold is an English personal name. The modern name Harold ultimately derives from the Proto-Germanic *harja-waldaz, meaning 'military-power' or 'army-ruler'. The name entered Modern English via the Old English from Hereweald, which retained the same meaning and was prevalent in Anglo-Saxon England. The name's popularity in Viking Age England would also have been bolstered by the use of the Old Norse form Haraldr among Scandinavian settlers in the Danelaw. Ancient *Chariovalda (d. 16), Batavian chieftain and Roman ally, killed near the Weser, River Weser Medieval * Hagrold (fl. 944–954), also known as Harold, Scandinavian chieftain in Normandy * Harold Harefoot, or Harold I (c. 1015–1040), King of England from 1035 to 1040 * Harold Godwinson, or Harold II (c. 1022–1066), the last Anglo-Saxon king of England and Earl of Wessex * Harold, son of Harold Godwinson (fl. 1067–1098) * Mstislav I of Kiev, Mstislav-Harald I Monomakh Grand Prince of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kyiv (1076†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold & Kumar
''Harold & Kumar'' is a series of American films created by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Beginning with ''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' (2004) and followed by ''Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' (2008) and ''A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas'' (2011), the films star John Cho, Kal Penn, and Neil Patrick Harris. The films are considered buddy stoner comedies, with surreal and animated elements in later sequels. Contrasting ideas and perspectives on life, romance, and maturity feature as recurring themes, while the series is notable for its racially diverse main cast. The first film was directed by Danny Leiner, the second was directed by creators Hurwitz and Schlossberg, and the third by Todd Strauss-Schulson. The films were distributed by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros.; the films were produced by Mandate Pictures, Kingsgate Films, Endgame Entertainment, and New Line Cinema. The films chronicle the adventures of Harold Lee (Cho) and Kumar Patel (Penn). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Or The Norman Conquest
''Harold, or the Norman Conquest'' is an opera in four acts with music by the British composer Frederic H. Cowen with a libretto by Edward Malet, edited by Frederic Edward Weatherly, adapted into the German by L.A. Caumont, and first performed at Covent Garden, London on 8 June 1895. Synopsis Act 1. In a hall in Alfnoth's castle, Alfnoth and his men return from hunting, and Edith, Alfnoth's daughter, comes out to greet her father. Harold, Earl Godwin's son, who had joined the hunting party uninvited to gain access to Edith, with whom he is in love (and her with him), disguised as an outlaw (as he had been banished from the kingdom), and who had brought down a deer with a bow and arrow at five hundred yards, is brought in. Edith already has an inkling of his true identity. Alfnoth, now seems to recognise Harold also, and agrees to keep his identity secret in return for Harold's services as a bowman. William, the Duke of Normandy, arrives at the castle. His entourage is greet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold (film)
''Harold'' is a 2008 American comedy film co-written by Greg Fields and T. Sean Shannon, starring Spencer Breslin in the title role, Cuba Gooding Jr., Nikki Blonsky, Ally Sheedy and Stella Maeve. It is Shannon's first full-length feature film and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, which itself was adapted from one of his ''Saturday Night Live'' sketches. It was also released six years after the death of Greg Fields. ''Harold'' was filmed in August 2007 in and around Great Neck, Long Island, New York, and received a limited release on July 11, 2008, in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City. Plot Harold Clemens is a 16-year-old boy with early male pattern baldness. He copes all right in his hometown of Douglas, until his mom, Maureen, announces that the family is moving to a new house in Fredericksburg due to a promotion at her job. When he arrives in his new house, Harold is met by an elderly neighbor, Maude, who assumes Harold is older because of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Arató
Hide the Pain Harold is an Internet meme based on a series of stock photos of András István Arató (; born 11 July 1945), a Hungarian retired electrical engineer and model. In 2011, he became the subject of the meme due to his overall facial expression and seemingly fake smile. Arató has been in and out of the stock photo and advertisement industry as a model since disclosing his identity. He took up travelling to Turkey and Russia for recreational purposes and kept a blog about his life and travels. The photos associated with such travels are said to be the cause of Arató's fame. While vacationing in Turkey, Arató decided to upload personal vacation photos onto social media site iWiW, which were noticed by a photographer. Early life and education Born in 1945, in Kőszeg, András Arató was born and raised in Hungary. He has stated that a major part of his childhood was a gargantuan chestnut tree growing in his hometown. He would reminisce about it as if it were a tree of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold (improvisation)
Harold is a structure used in long-form improvisational theatre that is performed by improv troupes and teams across the world. In the Harold structure, characters and themes are introduced and then recur in a series of connected scenes. It was first performed in California by The Committee in 1967. History The Committee, a San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ... improv group, performed the first Harold in Concord, California, in 1967. They were invited to a high school and decided to do their improvisations on the war in Vietnam. On the way home in a Volkswagen bus, they were discussing the performance, when one of them asked what they should call it. Allaudin (Bill) Mathieu ( W.A. Mathieu) called out "Harold", which was a joking reference to a line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Grim Adventures Of Billy & Mandy Characters
The American animated television series '' Grim & Evil'' was created by Maxwell Atoms for Cartoon Network. It consists of two segments which were eventually spun off into their own series: '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' and '' Evil Con Carne''. ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' follows two children: a dimwitted yet well-meaning boy named Billy (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) and a brilliant yet sinister girl named Mandy (voiced by Grey DeLisle). After winning a limbo game to save Billy's pet hamster, the two gain The Grim Reaper (voiced by Greg Eagles) as their best friend for eternity and come across many supernatural or otherworldly characters and locations throughout the series. Its sister show, ''Evil Con Carne,'' follows the brain of a playboy who wants to rule the world with his general, Skarr, and his lover, Major Doctor Ghastly. Since Hector Con Carne is attached to a bear named Boskov, Hector wants to find the rest of his body parts and take over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Interlocking
Harold Interlocking is a large railroad junction in New York City. The busiest rail junction in the United States, it serves trains on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line (Long Island Rail Road), Main Line and Port Washington Branch, which diverge at the junction. Reconstruction work on Harold Interlocking started in 2009, as part of the East Side Access project to bring LIRR service to a Grand Central Madison station, new station under Grand Central Terminal. As part of the project, two tunnels for Northeast Corridor trains to bypass Harold Interlocking were built to reduce congestion and accidents. Location and operation The junction sits in Queens, New York, east of the East River Tunnels and next to Amtrak's and NJ Transit Rail Operations' Sunnyside Yard. It sees 783 trains each weekday, including more than 40 per hour at Rush hour, peak periods. The interlocking serves Amtrak trains on the Northeast Corridor and the Long Island Rail Road ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine, Los Angeles County, California
Alpine, more fully Alpine Springs and also called Harold, was an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ... located 2 miles south of where Palmdale is now. The Trego Post Office was located at the Alpine Station stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad which stood at what is today the intersection of Sierra Highway and Barrel Springs Road (previously Fort Tejon Road). The Trego post office was in operation from July 1, 1884, until December 18, 1884, when the name was changed to Harold. The first Harold post office was established on December 19, 1890, and was discontinued on September 16, 1894. A second post office named Harold was in operation from July 13, 1895, until June 15, 1901, when the papers were moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold, Florida
Harold is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, in the U.S. state of Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic .... Its population was 909 at the 2020 census, up from 823 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pensacola— Ferry Pass— Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. A satellite field for Training Air Wing FIVE at Naval Air Station Whiting Field called OLF Harold is located here. History Harold was originally known as Oscar. Oscar was first settled sometime around 1881, when its post office was established. Oscar's population increased upon the completion of the Pensacola and Atlanta Railroad in 1883. William D. Chipley purchased land for lumber in the early 1890s. It was around this time that the community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold (surname)
Harold is an English personal name. The modern name Harold and Harrod may have derived from the Old Danish name Harald, the Old German names Hairold or Herold, or the Old English name Hereweald. The Irish derivative is '' Ó hArailt''. which is a transcription of: People with the surname * Dave Harold, (born 1966), English professional snooker player * Edgar von Harold (1830–1886), German entomologist * Emily Harold, (1820–1872) American woman * Erika Harold, (born 1980), Miss America (2003) * Gale Harold Gale Morgan Harold III (born July 10, 1969) is an American actor, known for his leading and recurring roles on '' Queer as Folk'', '' Deadwood'', '' Desperate Housewives'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', '' The Secret Circle'' and '' Defiance''. He also star ..., (born 1969), American actor * John Harold (1873–1947), Canadian politician See also Harrold (surname) References {{surname Surnames from given names English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
