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Kattie (other)
Kattie may refer to: * Slingshot * Kattie B. Screws, formerly name of Katherine Esther Jackson * Kattie, nickname of Australian author Katharine Susannah Prichard * Kattie, a character in The Bookshop (film) * The Kattie, American ship used by Albert Gallatin See also * Katty (other) Katty is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Katty Barry (1909–1982), Irish restaurateur * Katty Besnard, singer and guitarist of the Plastiscines * Katty Fuentes (born ), Mexican beauty pageant winner * Katty García (born ... * Catty (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slingshot
A slingshot or catapult is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The classic form consists of a Y-shaped frame, with two tubes or strips made from either a natural rubber or synthetic elastic material. These are attached to the upper two ends. The other ends of the strips lead back to a pouch that holds the projectile. One hand holds the frame, while the other hand grasps the pocket and draws it back to the desired extent to provide power for the projectile—up to a full span of the arms with sufficiently long bands. Other names include catapult (United Kingdom), peashooter (United States), gulel (India), (South Africa), or ging, shanghai, pachoonga (Australia and New Zealand) Use and history Slingshots depend on strong Elasticity (physics), elastic materials for their projectile firepower, typically vulcanization, vulcanized natural rubber or the equivalent such as silicone rubber tubing, and thus date no earlier than the invention of vulcanized rubber by Charles Goodyear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Esther Jackson
Katherine Esther Jackson (née Scruse; born May 4, 1930) is the matriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers that includes her children Michael and Janet Jackson. Michael dedicated his sixth studio album ''Thriller'' (1982) to her. Janet did the same with her fourth studio album ''Rhythm Nation 1814'' (1989). In 1985, acknowledging the positive impact on her children's successful music careers, national urban magazine ''Essence'' honored her as "Mother of the Year". Early life Jackson was born as Kattie B. Screws in Clayton, Alabama on May 4, 1930, the elder daughter of Martha (née Upshaw; December 14, 1907 – April 30, 1990) and Prince Albert Screws (October 16, 1907 – January 21, 1997). Jackson contracted polio at age two, which left her with a noticeable limp. In 1934, her father changed his surname to Scruse and renamed her Katherine Esther Scruse. As a child, Jackson aspired to become an actress or a country singer, but was dismayed to find no notable Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharine Susannah Prichard
Katharine Susannah Prichard (4 December 18832 October 1969) was an Australian author and co-founding member of the Communist Party of Australia. Early life Prichard was born in Levuka, Fiji in 1883 to Australian parents. She spent her childhood in Launceston, Tasmania, then moved to Melbourne, where she earned a scholarship to South Melbourne College. Her father, Tom Prichard, was editor of the Melbourne ''The Sun News-Pictorial, Sun'' newspaper. She was a governess and journalist in Victoria, then travelled to England in 1908. Her first novel, ''The Pioneers'' (1915), won the Hodder & Stoughton All Empire Literature Prize.Throssel, Ric "Katharine Susannah Prichard 1883–1969", The Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre (website) After her retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bookshop (film)
''The Bookshop'' is a 2017 drama film written and directed by Isabel Coixet, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Penelope Fitzgerald, in which the lead character attempts against opposition to open a bookshop in the coastal town of Hardborough, Suffolk (a thinly-disguised version of Southwold). Shooting took place in Portaferry and Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland and in Barcelona during August and September 2016. The film stars Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson and Bill Nighy. It won three Goya Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Plot Set in the late 1950s, the film opens with an explanatory voice-over narration. Florence Green has decided to open a bookshop in the small coastal town of Hardborough, Suffolk, where she has lived for years as a war widow. She acquires as her premises the Old House, a damp and abandoned property that has been standing empty for many years. As Florence is securing a loan from Mr Keble at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Gallatin
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Genevan-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist, and linguist. Often described as "America's Swiss Founding Father", he was a leading figure in the early years of the United States, helping shape the new republic's financial system and foreign policy. Gallatin was a prominent member of the Democratic-Republican Party, represented Pennsylvania in both chambers of Congress, and held several influential roles across four presidencies, most notably as the longest serving U.S. secretary of the treasury. He is also known for his contributions to academia, namely as the founder of New York University and cofounder of the American Ethnological Society. Gallatin was born in Geneva in present-day Switzerland and spoke French as a first language. Inspired by the ideals of the American Revolution, he immigrated to the United States in the 1780s, settling in western Pennsylvania. He served as a delegate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katty (other)
Katty is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Katty Barry (1909–1982), Irish restaurateur * Katty Besnard, singer and guitarist of the Plastiscines * Katty Fuentes (born ), Mexican beauty pageant winner * Katty García (born 1988), Ecuadorian theater and television actress * Katty Kay (born 1964), English journalist * Katty Kowaleczko (born 1964), Chilean actress of Polish ancestry * Katty Martínez (born 1998), Mexican footballer * Katty Piejos (born 1981), French handball player * Katty Santaella (born 1967), Venezuelan judoka See also * Kattie, a disambiguation page *Catty The jin () or catty (from Malay ''kati'') is a traditional Chinese unit of mass used across East and Southeast Asia, notably for weighing food and other groceries. Related units include the picul (dan/shi), equal to 100 catties, and the tael ( ... * Katy (other) {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
