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Pinkie C. Wilkerson
Pinkie may refer to: Biology * Pinky finger or little finger * Pinkie, a baby Mouse#As feed, mouse used as a food for exotic pets * Bilby or pinkie, an animal in Southern Australia * Pinkie, a rosemary cultivar People *Pinkie (given name) * Pinkie Barnes (1915–2012), English international table tennis champion * Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates, Hammond organ player with the band The Divine Comedy * Bob Davie (ice hockey) (1912–1990), Canadian National Hockey League defenceman * Pinkie Gordon Lane (1923–2008), African-American poet, editor and teacher * Lawrence Stark (1920–2004), Second World War Royal Air Force fighter ace * Pinkie C. Wilkerson (1948–2000), African American member of the Louisiana House of Representatives; see Louisiana Center for Women in Government and Business Hall of Fame Fictional characters * Pinkie Brown, a character in Graham Greene's novel ''Brighton Rock (novel), Brighton Rock'' * Pinkie Leroy, a character in the 1950 Noël Coward musical ''Ace of Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinky Finger
The little finger or pinkie, also known as the baby finger, fifth digit, or pinky finger, is the most ulnar and smallest digit of the human hand, and next to the ring finger. Etymology The word "pinkie" is derived from the Dutch word ''pink'', meaning "little finger". The earliest recorded use of the term "pinkie" is from Scotland in 1808. The term (sometimes spelled "pinky") is common in Scottish English and American English, and is also used extensively in other Commonwealth countries such as New Zealand, Canada, and Australia. Nerves and muscles There are nine muscles that control the fifth digit: Three in the hypothenar eminence, two extrinsic flexors, two extrinsic extensors, and two more intrinsic muscles: * Hypothenar eminence: ** Opponens digiti minimi muscle ** Abductor minimi digiti muscle (adduction from third palmar interossei) ** Flexor digiti minimi brevis (the "longus" is absent in most humans) * Two extrinsic flexors: ** Flexor digitorum superficialis ** F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana Center For Women In Government And Business Hall Of Fame
The Louisiana Center for Women in Government and Business Hall of Fame recognizes women natives or residents of the U.S. state of Louisiana for their significant achievements or statewide contributions. Among the inductees are men whose contributions to supporting strong women were deemed significant. The Center is headquartered at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, Thibodaux and was established in 1991 to promote and encourage government and public service leadership of women. The first Hall of Fame inductions occurred in March 1994 during Women's History Month. Inductees See also *Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame *Old Louisiana State Capitol References External linksLouisiana Center for Women in Government and Business [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Pinkie
The Battle of Pinkie, also known as the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (), took place on 10 September 1547 on the banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland. The last pitched battle between Scotland and England before the Union of the Crowns, it was part of the conflict known as the Rough Wooing. It was a catastrophic defeat for Scotland, where it became known as "Black Saturday".Phillips, p. 193 A highly detailed and illustrated English account of the battle and campaign authored by an eyewitness William Patten was published in London as propaganda four months after the battle. Background During the final years of his reign, King Henry VIII of England tried to secure an alliance with Scotland by the marriage of the infant Mary, Queen of Scots to his young son, the future Edward VI. When diplomacy failed, and Scotland was on the verge of an alliance with France, he launched a war against Scotland that has become known as the Rough Wooing. The war also had a religious aspect; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinkie Road
The Regina Bypass is a four-lane twinned highway connector road in Regina, Saskatchewan. The route connects Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway) with Highway 11, forming a partial ring road around the city of Regina. Phase one, east of Regina from Balgonie to Highway 33, finished on-schedule in October 30, 2017. The second phase of the bypass opened to traffic on October 29, 2019. The project, slated to cost $1.8 billion overall, was the largest single infrastructure project in the history of Saskatchewan. The bypass is owned on behalf of the public by the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure with design, construction, operations, and long-term maintenance performed by the Regina Bypass Partners. Scope The full project scope encompasses 464 single-lane kilometres of work, roughly the distance between Regina and Medicine Hat. It consists of: * 12 overpasses, * 40 km of new four-lane highway, * 20 km of resurfaced four-lane highway, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinkie House
Pinkie House is a historic house, built around a three-storey tower house located in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. The house dates from the 16th century, was substantially enlarged in the early 17th century, and has been altered several times since. Its location at grid reference is to the east of the town centre, on the south side of the High Street. The building now forms part of Loretto School, an independent boarding school. Pinkie House is not far from the site of the disastrous Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, fought in 1547. Etymology The name Pinkie, first recorded in the 12th century as ''Pontekyn'', may derive from the Welsh words ''pant'' (valley) and ''cyn'' (wedge), referring to its situation at the end of the valley of the River Esk, Lothian, Esk. More logically (as the site is within the river delta rather than its valley, and has no Welsh connection) a Franco-Scots derivation of Pont Ekin (Esk) -bridge over the River Esk - would appear plausible for at least the or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinkie (painting)
''Pinkie'' is the traditional title for a portrait made in 1794 by the English painter Thomas Lawrence. It is now in the Huntington Library at San Marino, California where it normally hangs opposite ''The Blue Boy'' by Thomas Gainsborough. The title now given it by the museum is ''Sarah Goodin Barrett Moulton: "Pinkie"''. These two works are the centerpieces of the institution's art collection, which has notable holdings of eighteenth-century British portraiture. The painting is an elegant depiction of Sarah Moulton (1783–1795), who was about eleven years old when painted. Her direct gaze and the loose, energetic brushwork give the portrait a lively immediacy. Origin Sarah Moulton Sarah Goodin Barrett Moulton was born on 22 March 1783, in Little River, St. James, Jamaica. She was the only daughter and eldest of the four children of Charles Moulton, a merchant from Madeira, and his wife Elizabeth. Sarah was baptised on 29 May 1783, bearing the names ''Sarah Goodin Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listen, Darling
''Listen, Darling'' is a 1938 American musical film, musical comedy film starring Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Mary Astor, and Walter Pidgeon. It is best known as being the film in which Judy Garland sings "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart", which later became one of her standards. Plot Pinky Wingate (Judy Garland) is worried about her widowed mother, Dottie (Mary Astor), who is pursuing a loveless relationship with the town's banker, knowing he can help her fund her children's lives. To help her realize this, Pinky and her friend Buzz (Freddie Bartholomew) "kidnap" Dottie and her younger brother Billie (Scotty Beckett), taking them on a road trip to get away from the banker. While they do this, they meet two men, Richard Thurlow (Walter Pidgeon) and J.J Slattery (Alan Hale, Sr., Alan Hale), who they think would be nice husbands for her mother. Her mother falls in love with Richard Thurlow (Walter Pidgeon) and they go home. Cast Release ''Listen, Darling'' was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace Of Clubs (musical)
''Ace of Clubs'' is a musical theatre, musical written, composed and directed by Noël Coward. The show is set in a 1949 London nightclub called "Ace of Clubs". Nightclub singer Pinkie Leroy falls in love with a sailor. Pinkie and her lover get mixed up with gangsters, a lost package and a missing diamond necklace. In the end, the police arrest the perpetrators, and Pinkie gets her man. The musical premiered at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, on 16 May 1950,''The Manchester Guardian'', 17 May 1950, p. 5 followed by more tryouts at the Liverpool Empire Theatre and the Birmingham Alhambra Theatre. It transferred to the Cambridge Theatre, London, on 7 July 1950, where it ran for 211 performances until 6 January 1951."Cambridge Theatre ''Ace of Clubs''", ''The Times'', 8 July 1950, p. 8 The cast included Pat Kirkwood (actress), Pat Kirkwood, Sylvia Cecil, Graham Payn, Jean Carson and Myles Eason. Mantovani was the musical director.Mander and Mitchenson, pp. 419–420 Stage and costu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton Rock (novel)
'' Brighton Rock'' is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1938 and later adapted for film and theatre. The novel is a murder Thriller (genre), thriller set in 1930s Brighton. The first of Greene's works to explore Catholic themes and moral issues, its treatment of class privilege and the problem of evil is paradoxical and ambivalent. Plot There is an incidental link between this novel and Greene's earlier ''A Gun for Sale'' (1936), in that the murder of the gang boss Kite, mentioned in ''A Gun For Sale'', allows the seventeen-year-old antisocial personality disorder, sociopath Pinkie to take over his gang and thus sets the events of ''Brighton Rock'' in motion. The murder of Kite had been brought about because of a report by Charles "Fred" Hale in the ''Daily Messenger'' about his slot machine racket. Now Hale has been sent to Brighton to distribute cards anonymously for a newspaper competition and realises that he is being hunted by Pinkie's mob. Hale meets middle-aged Ida A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinkie C
Pinkie may refer to: Biology * Pinky finger or little finger * Pinkie, a baby mouse used as a food for exotic pets * Bilby or pinkie, an animal in Southern Australia * Pinkie, a rosemary cultivar People *Pinkie (given name) * Pinkie Barnes (1915–2012), English international table tennis champion * Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates, Hammond organ player with the band The Divine Comedy * Bob Davie (ice hockey) (1912–1990), Canadian National Hockey League defenceman * Pinkie Gordon Lane (1923–2008), African-American poet, editor and teacher * Lawrence Stark (1920–2004), Second World War Royal Air Force fighter ace * Pinkie C. Wilkerson (1948–2000), African American member of the Louisiana House of Representatives; see Louisiana Center for Women in Government and Business Hall of Fame Fictional characters * Pinkie Brown, a character in Graham Greene's novel '' Brighton Rock'' * Pinkie Leroy, a character in the 1950 Noël Coward musical ''Ace of Clubs'' * Pinkie Wingate, Judy Garland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouse
A mouse (: mice) is a small rodent. Characteristically, mice are known to have a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail, and a high breeding rate. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse (''Mus musculus''). Mice are also popular as pets. In some places, certain kinds of Apodemus, field mice are locally common. They are known to invade homes for food and shelter. Mice are typically distinguished from rats by their size. Generally, when a muroid rodent is discovered, its common name includes the term ''mouse'' if it is smaller, or ''rat'' if it is larger. The common terms ''rat'' and ''mouse'' are not Taxonomy (biology), taxonomically specific. Typical mice are classified in the genus ''Mus (genus), Mus'', but the term ''mouse'' is not confined to members of ''Mus'' and can also apply to species from other genera such as the deer mouse, deer mouse (''Peromyscus''). Fancy mouse, Domestic mice sold as pets often differ substantially in size f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Stark
Lawrence W. Stark (February 21, 1926 – October 22, 2004) was an American neurologist and a recognized authority in the use of engineering analysis to characterize neurological systems. He was a longtime professor of physiological optics and engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Stark was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. His father Edward Stark was a chemical engineer trained at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Lawrence credited his early interest in engineering to him.UC Berkeley Department of Mechanical Engineering obituary, November 1, 2004 Career Stark graduated from Columbia University in 1945 with majors in English, biology, and zoology. He received his M.D. in 1948 from Albany Medical College. He worked at Oxford and Yale and as a doctor in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. From 1960 to 1965, he was head of the neurology section in the Center for Communication Sciences at MIT. In 1965, he became chairman of the biomedical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
