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Murph
Murph may refer to: People Nickname * Erwin Chamberlain (1915–1986), Canadian National Hockey League player * Marvin Leonard Goldberger (1922–2014), American theoretical physicist and former president of Caltech * Murph Harrold, poker player inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1984 * Matthew Murphy (born 1984), English rock singer and musician with The Wombats * Michael P. Murphy (1976-2005), United States Navy SEAL officer posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor * Mike Murphy (sports radio personality) (born 1951), American talk show host Other * Simona Hunyadi Murph, Romanian-American scientist, engineer and inventor * Murph (drummer), a stage name of American musician Emmett Jefferson Murphy III (born 1964) Fictional characters * Dale Murphy, in the nonfiction book '' The Perfect Storm'' and the 2000 film adaptation * Murphy Cooper, in the 2014 science fiction film '' Interstellar'' * Murph, keyboardist of the band reformed in the 1980 film ''The Blues Brothers'' * Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Roland Murphy
Jack Roland Murphy (May 26, 1937 – September 12, 2020), known as "Murph the Surf" or "Murf the Surf", was convicted of murder in 1969. He was also involved in the biggest jewel heist in American history, the 1964 burglary of the jewel collection of New York's American Museum of Natural History. Murphy is also known for being a surfing champion, musician, author, and artist. He was released from prison in 1986. He spent his latter years as an ordained minister, working with inmates in the field of prison ministry. Early life Murphy was born in Oceanside, California. He was an only child and his father worked as a telephone company lineman. As a child, Murphy enjoyed the violin and surfing. His family moved to Pittsburgh when he was in high school. According to Murphy, he played violin with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and won a tennis scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh.Meryl Gordon"The 50th Anniversary of New York's Most Sensational Jewel Heist,"'' Vanity Fair'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstellar (film)
''Interstellar'' is a 2014 epic science fiction film co-written, directed, and produced by Christopher Nolan. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Matt Damon, and Michael Caine. Set in a dystopian future where humanity is struggling to survive, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole near Saturn in search of a new home for mankind. Brothers Christopher and Jonathan Nolan wrote the screenplay, which had its origins in a script Jonathan developed in 2007. Caltech theoretical physicist and 2017 Nobel laureate in Physics Kip Thorne was an executive producer, acted as a scientific consultant, and wrote a tie-in book, '' The Science of Interstellar''. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema shot it on 35 mm movie film in the Panavision anamorphic format and IMAX 70 mm. Principal photography began in late 2013 and took place in Alberta, Iceland, and Los Angeles. ''Interstellar'' uses extensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murphy (other)
Murphy is a common Irish surname. Murphy may also refer to: Places United States * Murphy, Idaho, an unincorporated village * Murphy, Missouri, a census-designated place * Murphy, North Carolina, a town * Murphy, Texas, a city * Murphy, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Murphy, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Argentina * Murphy, Santa Fe, a town Businesses * Murphy Aircraft, a Canadian company * Murphy Oil, an American petroleum and natural gas exploration company * Murphy Radio, a defunct British manufacturer of home radio sets Given name * Murphy (given name), a list of people and fictional characters Other uses * ''Murphy'' (novel), a 1938 novel by Samuel Beckett * ''Murphy'' (novella), a 1987 novella by Gary Paulsen * USS ''Murphy'' (DD-603), a Benson-class destroyer * Murphy Oil Soap, a cleaning product * Murphy High School (Mobile, Alabama), a high school in Mobile, Alabama, U.S. * Murphy High School (North Carolina) See also * Camp Murphy (disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morph (other)
Morph may refer to: Biology * Morph (zoology), a visual or behavioral difference between organisms of distinct populations in a species * Muller's morphs, a classification scheme for genetic mutations * "-morph", a suffix commonly used in taxonomy Computing * Morphing, in motion pictures and animations, a special effect that changes one image into another through a seamless transition ** Gryphon Software Morph, morphing software * Morph target animation, a method of animating computer generated imagery Fiction * ''Morph'' (TV series), animated television series ** ''The Amazing Adventures of Morph'', a British stop-motion clay animation television show * Morph (comics), an ''X-Men'' character of Marvel comics * In ''Animorphs,'' "morphing" is alien technology that allows one to transform into any animal or person that one touches Music * ''Morph'', a 2014 album by Hins Cheung * ''Morph'', a 2018 album by Yentl en De Boer * "Morph" (song), a 2018 song by Twenty One P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CrossFit
CrossFit is a branded fitness regimen that involves constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity. The method was developed by Greg Glassman, who founded CrossFit with Lauren Jenai in 2000, with CrossFit its registered trademark. The company forms what has been described as the biggest fitness chain in the world, with around 12,000 affiliated gyms in over 150 countries as of 2022, under half of which are located in the United States. CrossFit is promoted as both a physical exercise philosophy and a competitive fitness sport, incorporating elements from high-intensity interval training, Olympic weightlifting, plyometrics, powerlifting, gymnastics, kettlebell lifting, calisthenics, strongman, and other exercises. It is practiced by members in CrossFit-affiliated gyms, and by individuals who complete daily workouts (otherwise known as "WODs" or "Workouts of the Day"). CrossFit has been criticized for causing more injuries than other sporting activities suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Birds
''The Yellow Birds'' is the debut novel from American writer, poet, and Iraq War veteran Kevin Powers. It was one of ''The New York Timess 100 Most Notable Books of 2012 and a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. It was awarded the 2012 The Guardian First Book Award, and the 2013 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Background Much of the novel draws upon Powers's experience serving a year as a machine gunner in Mosul and Tal Afar, Iraq, from February 2004 to March 2005 after enlisting in the Army at the age of 17. After his honorable discharge, Powers enrolled in Virginia Commonwealth University, where he graduated in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in English. He holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a Michener Fellow in Poetry. Powers has said that the novel took him about four years to write. He also comes from a military family as "his father and grandfathers both served, and his uncle was a Marine." With regard to the autobiographical elements of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imitation General
''Imitation General'' is a 1958 black-and-white comedy war film in CinemaScope, directed by George Marshall, produced by William B. Hawks, and starring Glenn Ford, Red Buttons, and Taina Elg. The film, distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is based on a short story of the same name by William Chamberlain. Plot In the aftermath of a big battle during World War II, Americans Brigadier General Charles Lane, Master Sergeant Murphy "Murph" Savage, and Corporal Chan Derby are cut off behind enemy lines. The general takes over a farmhouse belonging to annoyed Frenchwoman Simone. Lane determines that there is a gap in the American lines and decides to organize a defense from whatever stragglers he can gather together. Shortly afterwards, however, he is killed saving Murph's life. The first American soldier to show up, Corporal Terry Sellers, mistakes Murph for Lane, as Murph is holding the general's helmet. This gives Murph an idea. Recalling Lane's assessment that leadership is desperate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blues Brothers (film)
''The Blues Brothers'' is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch " The Blues Brothers" on NBC variety series ''Saturday Night Live''. The film is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, where it was filmed, and the screenplay was written by Aykroyd and Landis. It features musical numbers by rhythm and blues (R&B), soul, and blues singers James Brown, Cab Calloway (in his final feature film role), Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Chaka Khan, and John Lee Hooker. It features non-musical supporting performances by Carrie Fisher, Henry Gibson, Charles Napier, Kathleen Freeman and John Candy. The story is a tale of redemption for paroled convict Jake and his blood brother Elwood, who set out on "a mission from God" to prevent foreclosure of the Roman Catholic orphanage in which they were raised. To do so, they must reunite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erwin Chamberlain
Erwin Groves "Murph" Chamberlain (February 14, 1915 in Shawville, Quebec – May 8, 1986) was a Canadian ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Brooklyn Americans and Boston Bruins between 1937 and 1949. He won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1944 and 1946, both with Montreal. Playing career before NHL Chamberlain, whose first name was spelled "Irwin" in his hometown newspaper, reportedly began his hockey career in Shawville, PQ. He was reportedly added to the Toronto Maple Leafs reserve list by 1937 after steadily improving his game while playing in Northern Ontario. In April 1937 he scored 4 goals and 2 goals respectively for the Sudbury Tigers in a two-game Eastern Canada senior amateur hockey finals against the Hull Volants. The Tigers won the first game in Ottawa 9–4 in front of a "record-breaking" crowd before winning the second game in Toronto 14–2.The Equity, 1883– (Shawville), 8 avril 1937, jeudi 8 avril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Leonard Goldberger
Marvin Leonard "Murph" Goldberger (October 22, 1922 – November 26, 2014) was an American theoretical physicist and former president of the California Institute of Technology. Biography Goldberger was born in Chicago, Illinois. He went on to receive his B.S. at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago in 1948. His advisor on thesis, ''Interaction of High-Energy Neutrons with Heavy Nuclei'', was Enrico Fermi. Goldberger was a postdoc at MIT at least by 1951 where he shared a communal physics office with at least Murray Gell-Mann where they worked together on various projects and he encouraged him to join him at Chicago 1952 onwards, before he became professor of physics at Princeton University from 1957 through 1977. He received the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics in 1961, and in 1963 was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. In 1965 he was elected a Fellow of the Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murph (drummer)
Emmett Jefferson Murphy III (born December 21, 1964), professionally credited as both Patrick Murphy and Murph, is best known for being the drummer for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He was a member of the group from its founding in 1984 through 1993, and since the original lineup reformed in 2005. Musical career Murph was initially the drummer in the hardcore punk band All White Jury. He met J Mascis and Lou Barlow through Mascis' friend Charlie Nakajima and was soon after invited to join their band Deep Wound. Deep Wound disbanded and Mascis, Barlow, and Murph formed Dinosaur Jr without Nakajima. Murph would remain in the band until leaving the group in 1993. He joined The Lemonheads in 1995. In April 2005, Murph returned to Dinosaur Jr. with J Mascis & Lou Barlow, reforming the original line-up. The trio has released five Dinosaur Jr. albums since reforming: the comeback album '' Beyond'' in 2007, ''Farm'' in 2009, ''I Bet on Sky'' in 2012, '' Give a Glimpse of Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simona Hunyadi Murph
Simona Hunyadi Murph is a Romanian-American scientist, engineer, inventor at Savannah River National Laboratory ( Aiken, South Carolina), and she is an adjunct professor in the physics and astronomy department at the University of Georgia (in Athens, Georgia, United States). Biography Early life As a young child, Simona was inspired to study chemistry both by her mother's elaborate Romanian cooking and by scientist Marie Curie's life. Education She received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry & Physics in 1995 from Babeș-Bolyai University, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Directly after, she went on for her Master of Science in Chemistry/Electrochemistry at the same university, graduating in 1996. In 2007, Murph obtained her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemistry/Nanotechnology at the University of South Carolina (in Columbia, SC). In 2012, she went further to earn her Education Specialist degree in Educational Leadership & Administration at Augusta University (in Augusta, GA). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
