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1215582 | Gloria Reuben | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gloria%20Reuben | Gloria Reuben
Gloria Reuben
Gloria Elizabeth Reuben (born June 9, 1964) is a Canadian producer, singer and actress of film and television, known for her role as Jeanie Boulet on the medical drama "ER" and Marina Peralta on "Falling Skies". In film, she is known for portraying Elizabeth Keckley in "Lincoln" and as Sara... | 47,200 |
1215582 | Gloria Reuben | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gloria%20Reuben | Gloria Reuben
mostly Jewish (with Ashkenazi and Sephardi roots), though also had some African ancestry; her mother was of mostly African descent. Her father died when she was young.
Reuben is the half-sister of Denis Simpson, an actor and children's television host who died in 2010. She was the subject of a segment of... | 47,201 |
1215582 | Gloria Reuben | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gloria%20Reuben | Gloria Reuben
Boulet, an HIV-positive physician assistant on the hospital's staff. She was a guest star throughout Season 1 and was elevated to full-time cast member at the beginning of Season 2. She continued that role until early Season 6, when she left the show. In 2008, Reuben returned to "ER" for one episode durin... | 47,202 |
1215582 | Gloria Reuben | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gloria%20Reuben | Gloria Reuben
sang backup vocals for Tina Turner on her Twenty Four Seven Tour.
Reuben guest-starred in the season two finale of "Drop Dead Diva" as Professor Kathy Miller. Reuben guest-starred in season 12 of NBC's "", reprising her role as U.S. Attorney Christine Danielson. In 2012, she appeared in the CBS TV movie ... | 47,203 |
1215582 | Gloria Reuben | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gloria%20Reuben | Gloria Reuben
Tour.
Reuben guest-starred in the season two finale of "Drop Dead Diva" as Professor Kathy Miller. Reuben guest-starred in season 12 of NBC's "", reprising her role as U.S. Attorney Christine Danielson. In 2012, she appeared in the CBS TV movie "".
In 2012, Reuben played Elizabeth Keckley in Steven Spie... | 47,204 |
1215669 | Samuel Henry Kress | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Henry%20Kress | Samuel Henry Kress
Samuel Henry Kress
Samuel Henry Kress (July 23, 1863 – September 22, 1955) was a businessman and philanthropist, founder of the S. H. Kress & Co. five and ten cent store chain. With his fortune, Kress amassed one of the most significant collections of Italian Renaissance and European artwork assembl... | 47,205 |
1215669 | Samuel Henry Kress | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Henry%20Kress | Samuel Henry Kress
His siblings were Mary Conner Kress, Jennie Weston Kress, Palmer John Kress, Claude Washington Kress, and Rush Harrison Kress. Another sibling, Elmer Kress, died ten days after birth. Kress never married or had children. He was a Mason.
Young Kress worked in the stone quarries. Intelligent, energeti... | 47,206 |
1215669 | Samuel Henry Kress | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Henry%20Kress | Samuel Henry Kress
naming his chain "S. H. Kress & Co." These eventually would become popularly known as the "Kress Five and Dime" stores. Unlike many businessmen of his day who only opened their stores in large urban areas, Kress wisely located his stores in smaller cities in 29 states he felt had growth potential. Th... | 47,207 |
1215669 | Samuel Henry Kress | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Henry%20Kress | Samuel Henry Kress
died in 1955 and is interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.
# S. H. Kress & Co..
S. H. Kress & Co., a chain of "five and dime" retail department stores, was started in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, by Samuel H. Kress in 1896. Eventually expanding to over 200 locations nationwide, ... | 47,208 |
1215669 | Samuel Henry Kress | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Henry%20Kress | Samuel Henry Kress
New Orleans; and Hollywood's Hollywood Boulevard. In 1964 ownership of Kress was acquired by Genesco, Inc. The company abandoned its center-city stores and moved to the shopping malls. Genesco began liquidating Kress and closing down the Kress stores in 1980.
# Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Kress was... | 47,209 |
1215669 | Samuel Henry Kress | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Henry%20Kress | Samuel Henry Kress
In 1929 he gave the Italian government a large sum for the restoration of a number of architectural treasures in Italy. Beginning in the 1930s Kress decided to give much of his art collection to museums across the country while he was still alive. Many paintings were donated to the same smaller citie... | 47,210 |
1215669 | Samuel Henry Kress | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Henry%20Kress | Samuel Henry Kress
D. Roosevelt accepted the gift personally.
Today, the masterpieces Kress donated are considered priceless and the Kress Foundation has dispensed millions of dollars to worthy organizations and institutions in the years since.
## Museums with significant donations from the Kress Foundation.
- Allen... | 47,211 |
1215669 | Samuel Henry Kress | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Henry%20Kress | Samuel Henry Kress
Texas (Paintings 56, Sculpture 2)
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Paintings 37, Sculpture 1)
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia (Paintings 29, Sculptures 3, Furniture 13)
- Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii (Paintings 14)
- Lowe Art Museum, University o... | 47,212 |
1215669 | Samuel Henry Kress | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Henry%20Kress | Samuel Henry Kress
(Paintings 14, Sculptures 2)
- New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana (Paintings 29)
- North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina (Paintings 73, Sculptures 2)
- Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Paintings 30, Sculpture 6)
- Ponce Museum of Art, Ponce, Puerto Rico (Pa... | 47,213 |
1215669 | Samuel Henry Kress | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Henry%20Kress | Samuel Henry Kress
aleigh, North Carolina (Paintings 73, Sculptures 2)
- Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Paintings 30, Sculpture 6)
- Ponce Museum of Art, Ponce, Puerto Rico (Paintings 15)
- Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon (Paintings 30, Sculptures 2)
- Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington (Paint... | 47,214 |
1215706 | Gresham (surname) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gresham%20(surname) | Gresham (surname)
Gresham (surname)
Gresham is a surname.
Those bearing it include:
- Diane Guthrie-Gresham (born 1971), Jamaican track and field athlete
- Douglas Gresham (born 1945), British film producer
- Gloria Gresham, American costume designer
- Grits Gresham (1922–2008), American sportsman
- James Gresha... | 47,215 |
1215706 | Gresham (surname) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gresham%20(surname) | Gresham (surname)
sh film producer
- Gloria Gresham, American costume designer
- Grits Gresham (1922–2008), American sportsman
- James Gresham (disambiguation)
- Sir John Gresham (1495–1556), Lord Mayor of London and founder of Gresham's School
- Joy Gresham (1915–1960), poet married to C. S. Lewis
- Peter Gresha... | 47,216 |
1215694 | Björn Ranelid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Björn%20Ranelid | Björn Ranelid
Björn Ranelid
Per Björn Sigvardson Ranelid (born 21 May 1949) is a Swedish author from Malmö. Since the beginning of his career in 1983, Ranelid has published twenty novels and written about five hundred articles in different magazines and newspapers. The author has also made numerous speeches throughout... | 47,217 |
1215694 | Björn Ranelid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Björn%20Ranelid | Björn Ranelid
first team. He started as a youth player in Håkanstorps BK before moving to Malmö FF in his teenage years, Ranelid transferred to Helsingborgs IF in 1970.
## Musical career.
Ranelid took part in Melodifestivalen 2012 with "Mirakel". The lyrics are by Björn Ranelid himself and music by Fredrik Andersson.... | 47,218 |
1215694 | Björn Ranelid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Björn%20Ranelid | Björn Ranelid
"I Bögens namn" (1994)
- "Kärlekens innersta rum" (1996)
- "Till alla människor på jorden och i himlen" (1997)
- "Tusen kvinnor och en sorg" (1998)
- "Min son fäktas mot världen" (2000)
- "Krigaren" (2001)
- "David Puma och drottning Silvia" (2002)
- "Kvinnan är första könet" (2003)
- "Ord" (2003)... | 47,219 |
1215694 | Björn Ranelid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Björn%20Ranelid | Björn Ranelid
a och drottning Silvia" (2002)
- "Kvinnan är första könet" (2003)
- "Ord" (2003)
- "Bär ditt barn som den sista droppen vatten" (2004)
- "Lustmördarna" (2005)
- "Hjärtat som vapen" (2006)
- "Öppet brev till George W Bush: paradisets nycklar hänger i helvetet – en sann berättelse" (2007)
- "Ansikte ... | 47,220 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
Titanium Man
The Titanium Man (""Chelovek-Titan"") is the name of two fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original Titanium Man first appeared in "Tales of Suspense" #68 in 1965 and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck.
# Fictional character biography... | 47,221 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
the imprisoned scientists at the camp to build a suit of armor using the lab of Anton Vanko, the creator of the original Crimson Dynamo armor. Seeking to win back the Party's favor, Bullski conceived the idea of winning a propaganda victory against the West by defeating the American superhero Iron Man. He ... | 47,222 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
a rematch by having the suit redesigned and undergoing medical treatments that increased both his size and strength. Traveling to the United States, Bullski fought Iron Man in the skies above Washington, D.C. but was defeated. Withdrawing for retrieval by a Soviet submarine, he discovered that he had been ... | 47,223 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
Man began, during which Titanium Man killed Janice Cord with an electronic beam. Enraged, Iron Man soundly defeated Titanium Man, and left him in the murky depths of the Hudson River.
After the defeat, the two disgraced Soviet agents fled to Communist-controlled Vietnam, where they joined with Radioactive... | 47,224 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
more.
Despite his failures, Bullski was in favor with the Soviet government once more, and returned to the United States on a mission for the KGB. By threatening the parents of a Soviet defector named Sergei, he forced the man to design technologically advanced armored suits that could be transformed into... | 47,225 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
used the robberies as a cover for implanting a computer virus that would destroy American financial records, causing chaos in the economy of the United States. Beta Ray Bill and Sif opposed the G.L.F. and the Commander, but when Sergei discovered that his parents were dead he exposed Bullski's true identit... | 47,226 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
by reactivating the Titanium Man, who due to the incomplete nature of his reassembly was still missing body parts. Enraged, Bullski slaughtered the members of the G.L.F., and was only stopped when the Dynamo lured him over the Atlantic Ocean and returned him to card form. Bullski was later restored and con... | 47,227 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
later, during a space mission to destroy an enormous asteroid that threatened to impact on Earth, a Titanium Man, stated his name was Andy Stockwell (revealed to be an alias to Bullski), and had never had a connection with the USSR. However, moments later it was revealed he was actually a member of "The Ha... | 47,228 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
Spidey damaged his helmet with his cybernetic claws, but not without saying to a camera in Spider-Man's Iron Spider suit a planned talk which Stark used in the Congress in rejection of the SRA.
The Titanium Man reappeared, this time in Russia, as a member of the rogue Soviet super-rebel group called Remon... | 47,229 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
one of several villains to assist in his plans after two of the Sinister Six were defeated, but this backfired when the Titanium Man contacted the Black Widow to warn her about the villain's current schemes, defining himself as a Russian patriot rather than an American villain, and obeying Spider-Man's cal... | 47,230 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
Wars" when the titanium in the suit exceeded its combustible temperature.
## Third version.
The third version's identity is the subject of some controversy. The first time this figure manifested itself, he attacked Stark Enterprises and Iron Man directly, apparently under orders of Stark-Fujikawa (possib... | 47,231 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
USSR. However, moments later it was revealed he was actually a member of "The Hammer", an international network of communist sleeper cells who wanted to destroy the United States. He was lost in space, but being relatively close to Earth, may have returned under his own power.
## Other Titanium Men.
A Ti... | 47,232 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
Man was seen being beaten down by Noh-Varr. The identity of this Titanium Man or the circumstances of the battle remain undisclosed.
A Titanium Man was among Iron Man's villains recruited by Mandarin and Zeke Stane to assist in a plot to take down Iron Man.
During the "Infinity" storyline, a Titanium Man... | 47,233 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
by Iron Man and to that used by the Crimson Dynamo (their sometime compatriot). Neither suit of armor was as sophisticated as that used by Tony Stark as Iron Man, but some of its weapons were deceptively powerful, and the first Titanium Man's physical strength seems to have been greater than that of Iron M... | 47,234 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
concussive force blasts from the hands, project constrictive force "rings", fire an electromagnetically paralytic beam from the helmet, and was resistant to conventional artillery.
Boris Bullski, the original Titanium Man, also possessed enhanced strength due to treatments given to him by the Soviet gover... | 47,235 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
by Victor von Doom, proved the better of the Iron Man prototype. Later, the same individual was shown, together with the Crimson Dynamo, as a free agent working for HYDRA. This Titanium Man was physically similar to the original mainstream version. He is later killed by Doombots along with Crimson Dynamo a... | 47,236 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
attack to the United States (in the "Divided We Fall" storyline), he volunteered to enter the unattended nuclear plant in order to take control and prevent a catastrophe, but his family was killed by Hydra soldiers while he was away. In despair, Miller built a titanium armor using Quark-based pirated techn... | 47,237 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
Give Up Its Dead", he's shown as a powerful minion of the Mandarin and a creation of MODOK. Titanium Man is thrown into space by Iron Man. Titanium Man does not make more appearances during the first season. In one chapter of the second season, Titanium Man makes an alliance with Dark Aegis, but at the end... | 47,238 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
"Tales of Suspense".
## Video game.
- The Boris Bullski version of Titanium Man appears as a boss in the 2008 "Iron Man" video game (based on the film of the same name) voiced by Dimitri Diatchenko. In the game, he is an agent working for A.I.M. In the PSP version of the game, the Titanium Man armor can ... | 47,239 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
from the video game, is featured in the toyline for the Iron Man film.
- Titanium Man was released in the "Iron Man Face Off" 4-pack from the "Marvel Super Hero Squad" line, packaged with figures of Iron Man, War Machine, and Crimson Dynamo. A repaint of that figure was released in the "Armor Wars: Part I... | 47,240 |
1215644 | Titanium Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanium%20Man | Titanium Man
in the "Armor Wars: Part II" 3-pack, packaged with Iron Man and Crimson Dynamo.
- A figure of Titanium Man was released in wave 32 of the "Marvel Minimates" line.
- A figure of Titanium Man in his Mark II armor was released in wave 2 of Hasbro's 3.75" "Iron Man 2" movie tie-in line.
- A figure of Titani... | 47,241 |
1215697 | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ontario%20Undergraduate%20Student%20Alliance | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is an alliance of students' unions in Ontario, Canada. Their common objective is to protect the interests of over 140,000 professional and undergraduate, full-time and part-time university st... | 47,242 |
1215697 | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ontario%20Undergraduate%20Student%20Alliance | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
Queen's University, the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, and the Association of Part-Time Undergraduate Students at the University of Toronto approached the Ontario Federation of Students(OFS) to host a roundtable discussing the prospect of pushing for an inc... | 47,243 |
1215697 | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ontario%20Undergraduate%20Student%20Alliance | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
in 2004. In May 2011, OUSA welcomed two new members, the Trent in Oshawa Student Association (later the Trent Durham Student Association) as associate members, and the McMaster Association of Part-Time Students as full members, who had rejoined after a 7-year absence. In May 2013,... | 47,244 |
1215697 | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ontario%20Undergraduate%20Student%20Alliance | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
voted on March 28, 2019 to withdraw from OUSA.
# Members.
As of 2019, OUSA's membership consists of:
- Trent Durham Student Association
- Laurentian University Students' General Association/Association Générale des Étudiants
- Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union
- McM... | 47,245 |
1215697 | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ontario%20Undergraduate%20Student%20Alliance | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
as a voting member. Queen's University is provided with a second resource member who is non-voting.
As of 2018, the membership of the committee is:
# Criticisms.
Due to its moderate leanings when compared with other student advocacy groups and close working relationship with ma... | 47,246 |
1215697 | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ontario%20Undergraduate%20Student%20Alliance | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
1998 - 1999 Kenzie Campbell
- 1999 - 2000 Basil Alexander
- 2000 - 2001 Mark Schaan
- 2001 - 2002 Erin McCloskey
- 2002 - 2003 Josh Morgan
- 2003 - 2004 Jeff LaPorte
- 2004 - 2005 Alison Forbes
- 2005 - 2006 Stephanie Murray
- 2006 - 2007 Paris Meilleur
- 2007 - 2008 Davi... | 47,247 |
1215697 | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ontario%20Undergraduate%20Student%20Alliance | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
Rick Marin (Interim)
- 1997 - 1998 Barry McCartan
- 1998 - 1999 Andrew Boggs
- 1999 - 2001 Ryan Parks
- 2001 - 2002 Bryce Rudyk
- 2002 James Meloche (Interim)
- 2002 - 2003 Leslie Church
- 2003 - 2005 Adam Spence
- 2005 - 2007 Scott Courtice
- 2007 - 2008 Chris Locke
- 2... | 47,248 |
1215697 | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ontario%20Undergraduate%20Student%20Alliance | Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
)
- 2002 - 2003 Leslie Church
- 2003 - 2005 Adam Spence
- 2005 - 2007 Scott Courtice
- 2007 - 2008 Chris Locke
- 2008 - 2009 Howie Bender
- 2009 - 2011 Alexi White
- 2011 – 2012 Sam Andrey
- 2012 - 2013 Rylan Kinnon
- 2014 – 2015 Sean Madden
- 2015 – 2017 Zachary Rose
-... | 47,249 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
Yokneam Illit
Yokneam Illit (), also "Yoqne'am Illit" and "Jokneam Illit", is a city in northern Israel. It is located in a hilly region of the lower Galilee at the base of the Carmel Mountains and overlooks the Jezreel Valley, from Haifa and from Tel Aviv. Yokneam is known as Israel's "Startup Village" ... | 47,250 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
a centralized dependence on two large factories to a dispersed base of many small high-tech companies. As the number and size of the companies grew, Yokneam and the small communities around it began to attract young entrepreneurs and developers who were looking for a less urban alternative to the Tel Aviv... | 47,251 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
History.
Yokneam appears in the list of 119 conquered cities by Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III after the victory in the battle of Megiddo (1468 BC).
Yokneam or Jokneam is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a city of Levites within the territory of the Israelite tribe of Zebulun (Joshua 12:1, 12:22, 19:10-1... | 47,252 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
Qira, depopulated in the lead up to the 1948 Arab–Israeli war.
The Yokneam Moshava was established in 1935. In July 1950, a tent camp (Maabara) was set up to absorb 250 new immigrant families and remained part of Yokneam Moshava until 1967. By the start of 1952, another 400 families were housed in the te... | 47,253 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
In 1967, Yokneam was split into two local councils (Yokneam and Yokneam Illit).
In the 1980s there were two factories in Yokneam, employing 90% of its residents. One collapsed and unemployment soared creating a challenging situation for residents.
In the 1990s, Yokneam absorbed a large wave of immigrant... | 47,254 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
involved in medical, cleantech and product development.
In 2011, some 16,000 workers entered the industrial parks every day. Of these, only 4,000 were local residents.
# Demography.
On Dec. 31, 2014, Yokneam had a population of 21,100 residents, with a population density of 2,576.5. The rate of unemplo... | 47,255 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
the 1950s when Yokneam Moshava and Yokneam Illit shared a single school, social integration and coexistence has been an integral part of the local culture. The first wave of immigrants to settle in the Maabara (tent camp) had major contingents from at least 6 different Jewish communities (Iran, Iraq, Kurd... | 47,256 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
in the 1990s, the growth of high-tech companies in Yokneam Illit also brought an influx of Israeli-born residents along with an increasing number of immigrants from Western Europe, South Africa, North America and South America. During this period, the economic problems of the Kibbutz and Moshav movements ... | 47,257 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
children's houses and Kindergartens began accepting children from nearby Yokneam Illit, and in some cases the number of children from Yokneam Illit outnumbered the Kibbutz children. This phenomenon later extended to the elementary and secondary schools until the building of new schools in Yokneam Illit wa... | 47,258 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
and many other after-school activities being fully integrated. Today, it is extremely rare to find a local team representing only Yokneam Illit or only the Megiddo Regional Council.
The Partnership2Gether program, which partnered Yokneam Illit and the Megiddo Regional Council on the Israeli side, with th... | 47,259 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
economic ecosystem that help support the high-tech companies in Yokneam Illit. Examples of this cooperation can be seen in the activities of the Southeast chapter of the US-Israel Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta, and the success of companies like Given Imaging. Given Imaging, which began as a small startup... | 47,260 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
grants associated with its status as a "National Priority Area A", and its small town surroundings and lower cost of housing all worked together to attract Israel's highest concentration of R&D companies outside of Tel-Aviv and give it the nickname of Startup Village.
Under the Israeli Law for the Encour... | 47,261 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
than 100 high-tech companies with exports of approximately 5 billion US dollars annually. Companies specialize in a wide range of technologies, including semicondcutors, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. These include Intel, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Medtronic, Given Imaging, Naiot... | 47,262 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
members of specialized professions, such as technical writers, to come from other parts of Israel to meet and exchange ideas.
In addition to technology-based industry, Yokneam has a number of production facilities, including Osem, which established a plant in Yokneam in 1974; and a boutique winery, Morad... | 47,263 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
a popular Israeli snack food, is also produced in Yokneam. Many Yokneam residents are employed at the plant, which won awards from the Council for a Beautiful Israel for its attractive premises.
## Companies with a significant R&D presence.
Over a hundred high technology companies are headquartered in Y... | 47,264 |
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Lumenis
- Marvell Technology Group
- Medtronic
- Mellanox Technologies
- Microbot Medical
- Mind CTI
- MRV Communications
- Naiot Venture Accelerator
- Norav Medical
- Panasonic Avionics Corporation
- ReWalk
- SkySapience
- Solcon
- Surf Communication Solutions
- Synel
- Syneron Medical
- ... | 47,265 |
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Oplus Technologies Inc in 2005 for nearly $50 million, and Marvell's acquisition of Galileo Technology Ltd. for $2.7 billion in stock in 2000. In addition to these exits, Lumenis recently merged with an affiliate of China's XIO group for a reported $510 million.
## Technology incubators.
As the number o... | 47,266 |
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digs, gardens, playgrounds). It has five major public parks, and outdoor amphitheater and over 80 playgrounds distributed throughout the city. Tel Yokneam, which includes the ruins of a crusader church and its intricate water system, is used as an educational site where Yokneam's school children perform r... | 47,267 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
of Israelis participate in Yokneam's annual walking event which began in 1991. In 2013 there were 35,000 participants. The event takes place in the Spring, with a short route of 6 km and a longer route of 11 km through the hills and valleys that surround Yokneam. The 2014 walking event is scheduled for Ap... | 47,268 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
minutes from the Ramat David airbase, which is reported to be the most likely location for a new International airport to complement Ben Gurion Airport.
The bus service in Yokneam is provided by 3 bus companies. Superbus provides the local service in Yokneam and intercity service to Haifa and Afula. Supe... | 47,269 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
encourages the use of bicycles in the city. It currently has 13 km of bicycle paths that connect all of it public parks and buildings.
# Education.
Yokneam allocates 42% of its budget to education. With 75% of its students passing the national matriculation exams and a dropout rate of only 0.8%, Yokneam... | 47,270 |
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communities and cultures, and to provide all students with equal opportunities.
The Environmental Protection Ministry (Israel) awarded a number of Yokneam's kindergartens and elementary schools the “green label” because of the way they integrated study of the environment into the local curriculum. In gra... | 47,271 |
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campus is nearly complete, with an educational infrastructure for study from kindergarten to high school that will eliminate the transitions that affect students’ lives. The campus will have sports halls, day care centers, kindergartens, elementary and high schools, and academic courses prior to IDF enlis... | 47,272 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
there are two local theaters, Yokneam City Theater (seats 475) and Tarbuta (seats 200).
Israel's best-known theater groups come to perform at The Yokneam City Theater operates 6 days a week. The subscription series with 8 different performances a year from Israel's best-known theater companies has grown ... | 47,273 |
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performances that are outside of the subscription series include performances in Yiddish by the "Yiddish Shpiel" company, events for the Ethiopian community, children's concerts, and animation theater. The Jewish Federation subsidizes children's theater subscriptions for members of the Ethiopian community... | 47,274 |
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the summer months, musicians from all over Israel perform in the open air Amphitheater.
There are also many dance performances held at Kibbutz Ein HaShofet, just outside Yokneam. One of Israel's largest movie houses, Yes Planet, is only 15 minutes away.
Yokneam Illit does not have any bars or pubs. Youn... | 47,275 |
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synagogues, each with its own special character.
# Sports.
Yokneam has two indoor Basketball Courts (Dahari Sports Center and Hapoel Sports Center), a Tennis Association, a new Country Club including an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, an additional community swimming pool, and a Soccer field, which is... | 47,276 |
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These teams have participated in many tournaments: Jr Macabbiah Games, European Tournaments and the Israeli Junior Olympics where they received the Bronze Medal. One of the local Kibutz' has donated the land necessary to build a new Baseball/Softball Stadium in conjunction with the Israel Softball Associa... | 47,277 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
a tennis school financed by the Freddie Krivine Foundation.
# Israel's first "Green City".
In 2009, the Cleantech Authority of the Environmental Protection Ministry (Israel) awarded the city of Yokneam Illit a prize for its overall strategy of protecting and nurturing green spaces and encouraging enviro... | 47,278 |
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of urban public grounds and nature, and urban management.
The city has its own environmental protection committee responsible for defining and implementing an overall strategy for improving the quality of life and protecting the environment. The strategy emphasizes: planned development, environmental man... | 47,279 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
In addition to the annual "Yokneam Walk", which attracts thousands of participants, the works closely with the Israel National Fund (Keren Kayemet) to further promote nature preservation.
Yokneam Illit is one of 31 municipalities that separates garbage at the source, as well as having waste separation ce... | 47,280 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
first two cities in northern Israel where electric buses will operate.
The municipality invests both time and money to maintain the natural beauty of its green spaces. Its building codes have become stricter and greener as the demand for housing has increased. A "green" neighborhood is currently under co... | 47,281 |
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studies built into the curriculum.
# Municipal budget and fiscal management.
Yokneam Municipality’s policies stress savings and proper management. Over the years, it has won financial prizes for proper management, which have been invested in city employees and local improvement. The municipality has pri... | 47,282 |
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and five local (Hebrew) newspapers that regularly cover news about Yokneam Illit.
- Ze Ma Yesh (That's What There Is)
- Kol Yokneam (Voice of Yokneam)
- Kochav Yizrael (Jezre'el [Valley] Star)
- Ha'Ir - Ratzui Ve'Matzui (The City - Wanted and Available)
- Index Hadashot (Index News)
# Climate.
Yokn... | 47,283 |
1215588 | Yokneam Illit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yokneam%20Illit | Yokneam Illit
temperatures reaching . Since the introduction of weather station, the hottest recorded temperature was that was measured on August 7, 2010; and the lowest recorded temperature was on December 15, 2013.
Up to 50 cm. of snow fell in Yokneam Illit in 1950, 1992, 1999 and 2000.
Record rainfall in recent ye... | 47,284 |
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fall in recent years:
2009-2010 552.9 mm (85% of average)
2010-2011 486.9 mm (75% of average)
2011-2012 575.8 mm (82% of average)
2012-2013 668.1 mm (103% of average)
# Twin towns — Sister cities.
Yokneam Illit is twinned with:
# See also.
- Economy of Israel
# External links.
- Partnership 2000... | 47,285 |
1215687 | Bernard Marcus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernard%20Marcus | Bernard Marcus
Bernard Marcus
Bernard Marcus (born May 12, 1929, often referred to as Bernie Marcus) is an American billionaire businessman. He co-founded Home Depot and was the company's first CEO; he served as Chairman of the Board until retiring in 2002.
# Early life and education.
Bernard Marcus was born to Russ... | 47,286 |
1215687 | Bernard Marcus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernard%20Marcus | Bernard Marcus
a pharmacist but became more interested in the retailing side of the business. He worked at a cosmetics company and various other retail jobs, eventually reaching a position as CEO of Handy Dan Improvement Centers, a Los Angeles-based chain of home improvement stores. In 1978 both he and future Home Depo... | 47,287 |
1215687 | Bernard Marcus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernard%20Marcus | Bernard Marcus
billionaires. Marcus served as the company's first CEO for 19 years and also served as chairman of the board until his retirement in 2002. Marcus was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2006.
Marcus has opposed the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). He has also suggested tha... | 47,288 |
1215687 | Bernard Marcus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernard%20Marcus | Bernard Marcus
$1.5 million to Super PACs supporting Jeb Bush and Scott Walker. On June 1, 2016, Bernard Marcus wrote: "I now stand in support of Donald Trump because the fate of this nation depends upon sending him, and not Hillary Clinton, to the White House."
In January 2014, Marcus founded the Job Creators Network... | 47,289 |
1215687 | Bernard Marcus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernard%20Marcus | Bernard Marcus
York City through a billboard advertisement in Times Square.
When Bernie Marcus announced in 2019 that he would financially support the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign, it triggered calls for a boycott of Home Depot, even though Marcus was no longer with the company. As of March 2019, it appears... | 47,290 |
1215687 | Bernard Marcus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernard%20Marcus | Bernard Marcus
the Georgia Aquarium, which opened in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, in 2005. Based mostly on the US$250M million donation for the Aquarium, Marcus and his wife, Billi, were listed among the top charitable donors in the country by "The Chronicle of Philanthropy" in 2005. Marcus also funded and founded The Ma... | 47,291 |
1215687 | Bernard Marcus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernard%20Marcus | Bernard Marcus
and Billi Marcus are signatories of The Giving Pledge, a commitment to give away the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
Marcus is chairman of the Marcus Foundation, whose focuses include children, medical research, free enterprise, military veterans, Israeli causes and the community. Marc... | 47,292 |
1215687 | Bernard Marcus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernard%20Marcus | Bernard Marcus
is given by the Georgia Historical Society, in conjunction with the Governor of Georgia, to individuals whose accomplishments and community service reflect the ideals of the founding body of Trustees, which governed the Georgia colony from 1732 to 1752. In 2012, Marcus was awarded the William E. Simon Pr... | 47,293 |
1215724 | Sculptor Dwarf Irregular Galaxy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sculptor%20Dwarf%20Irregular%20Galaxy | Sculptor Dwarf Irregular Galaxy
Sculptor Dwarf Irregular Galaxy
The Sculptor Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (SDIG) is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. The galaxy was discovered in 1976.
# Nearby galaxies and galaxy group information.
The Sculptor Dwarf Irregular Galaxy and the dwarf galaxy UGCA 442 are bot... | 47,294 |
1215686 | Liaison (French) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liaison%20(French) | Liaison (French)
Liaison (French)
Liaison () is the pronunciation of a latent word-final consonant immediately before a following vowel sound. Technically, it is a type of external sandhi, which is disrupted in pausa.
In French, most written word-final consonants are no longer pronounced and are known as latent or mu... | 47,295 |
1215686 | Liaison (French) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liaison%20(French) | Liaison (French)
operates in word sequences whose components are closely linked by sense, e.g., article + noun, adjective + noun, personal pronoun + verb, and so forth. This would seem to indicate liaison is primarily active in high-frequency word associations (collocations). Liaison is a form of vestigial enchainement... | 47,296 |
1215686 | Liaison (French) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liaison%20(French) | Liaison (French)
it is a form of consonant epenthesis and generally, though not always, involves resyllabification.
Like elision (as in *"je aime" → "j'aime"), it can be characterized functionally as a euphonic strategy for avoiding hiatus. This type of analysis is called a synchronic approach. This approach does not ... | 47,297 |
1215686 | Liaison (French) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liaison%20(French) | Liaison (French)
the "s" that was always pronounced in "meos amicos". Seen in this way, it is "mes frères" that is exceptional, having lost the "s" that was pronounced in "meos fratres".
# Realization of liaison.
The (usually) silent final consonants of certain words can be pronounced, in certain syntactic contexts, ... | 47,298 |
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the vowel):
As indicated in the phonetic representations above, liaison consonants are typically realized with "enchainement" – that is, the originally word-final consonant is pronounced as the onset of the following syllable. Enchainement is also observed for stable word-final consonants when followe... | 47,299 |
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