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Ivanpah Mountains The Ivanpah Mountains are located in the eastern Mojave Desert of California in the United States. The range lies to the south and east of the Mescal Range and west of the Ivanpah Valley and New York Mountains.
Ivanpah Valley The Ivanpah Valley is located in southeastern California and southern Nevada in the United States. The valley is situated between the New York Mountains and the Ivanpah Mountains in San Bernardino County on the California side, and in Clark County on the Nevada side.
Ivanpah Valley Airport Ivanpah Valley Airport is the planned relief airport for McCarran International Airport. Since there is only limited space left for expansion at McCarran, a new airport is the only alternative to increase capacity by a significant amount.
Ivans Klementjevs Ivans Klementjevs (born November 18, 1960) is a retired Latvian flatwater canoer, who won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 metres at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR.
Ivans XTC Ivans XTC (2000) is an independent film directed by Bernard Rose shot on digital camera about the last day in the life of LA agent Ivan Beckman, played by Danny Huston. It's based on Leo Tolstoy's novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
Ivar Giaever Ivar Giaever (originally spelled Giæver) (born April 5, 1929 in Bergen, Norway) is a physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian David Josephson for work in solid-state physics. Giaever is an institute professor emeritus at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a professor-at-large at the University of Oslo, and the president of Applied Biophysics.
Ivar Kants Ivar Kants (born 19 July 1949 in South Australia) (commonly credited as Ivor Kants) is an Australian actor who played the role of Barry Hyde father of 'Kim Hyde' on Australian soap opera Home And Away. He has also appeared in another long-running Australian soap, Neighbours.
Ivar Karl Ugi Ivar Karl Ugi (Sep 9, 1930 in Saaremaa, Estonia - 29 September, 2005 Munich) was a German chemist who made major contributions to organic chemistry. He is known for the research on multicomponent reactions, yielding the Ugi reaction.
Ivar Kreuger Ivar Kreuger (March 2, 1880 – March 12, 1932) was a Swedish financier, entrepreneur and industrialist. In the time between the two world wars, he was one of the most powerful businessmen in Europe, basing his business activities on match production.
Ivar Langen Ivar Langen (born December 21, 1942) has been the rector at the University of Stavanger since 2003. He was a central figure in the campaign to gain university status for Stavanger University College, which was awarded in 2005.
Ivar Skulstad Ivar Arne Skulstad (born 16 May, 1953) is a Norwegian politician representing the Labour Party. He has been the mayor of Eidskog since 1999, and he is at the same time a reserve representative of Hedmark in the Storting, taking Sylvia Brustad's seat after her appointment as cabinet minister.
Ivar Vennerström Ivar Teodor Vennerström (1881 - 1945) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, member of the Riksdag 1915 - 1936. Vennerström joined the left opposition of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in the split of 1917, and initially supported the Bolshevik revolution in Russia.
Ivars Ivars is a surname originated of Iversen, a surname of the nordic countries (specially Norway, Finland and Denmark). But it was only documented when the Normans, including Vikings started colonizing Normandy, in northern France.
Ivars Godmanis Ivars Godmanis (born November 27 1951) is a Latvian economist and politician, best known as the first prime minister of Latvia after the country restored its independence from the Soviet Union. He is the current interior minister of Latvia.
Ivasi Aleksei Igorevich Ivaschenko (, born May 12 1958 in Moscow) and Georgii Leonardovich Vasilyev (, born June 22 1957 in Zaporozhye, Ukraine) are a Soviet/Russian bard duet, informally known as 'Ivasi'. They have also written and staged Nord-Ost musical.
Ivatan language The Ivatan language, also known as Ibatan, is an Austronesian language spoken exclusively in the Batanes Islands in the most northern reaches of the Philippines. With the islands' proximity to Taiwan, the language is closer linguistically and philologically to Taiwanese aborigine languages than to other Philippine languages.
Ivax Corporation IVAX Corporation was a United States public corporation focused on manufacturing and distributing generic pharmaceutical products. Ivax was acquired by the Israeli company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in January 2006.
Ivaylovgrad Ivaylovgrad (, "city of Ivaylo") is a town in Haskovo Province in the very south of Bulgaria set near the Arda River in the easternmost part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative centre of Ivaylovgrad municipality.
Iván Castillo Iván Sabino Castillo (born July 11, 1970) is a retired football defender from Bolivia, who played for Club BolĂvar, Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, and The Strongest. He also earned some caps for the Bolivia national football team in the 1990s.
Iván CĂłrdoba Iván Ramiro CĂłrdoba (born August 11, 1976 in MedellĂn) is a Colombian international football player. He made his name playing for San Lorenzo in Argentina but signed for Italian side Internazionale in the winter transfer window, January 2000, which cost the club 16 million euro.
Iván de la Peña Iván De la Peña López (born Santander, Cantabria, May 6 1976), is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for RCD Espanyol. He has previously played for FC Barcelona, Lazio, Olympique de Marseille and Spain.
Iván DeJesús Iván Alvarez DeJesús (born January 9, 1953 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball player from 1974 to 1988 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, and Detroit Tigers.
Iván GarcĂa Iván GarcĂa (born February 29, 1972) is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Sydney 2000. He specialized in the 200 metres event and won a silver medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Iván Kaviedes Jaime Iván Kaviedes Llorenty (born October 24, 1977) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a forward for El Nacional. He is one of the leading players in Ecuadorian football, and was the first footballer from Ecuador to play for a professional football team in Europe.
Iván Márquez Luciano Marin Arango, aka "Ivan Marquez" is a Secretariat Member and Advisor to the Northwestern and Caribbean Blocs. Accoring to the US Department of State, he oversaw loading of planes carrying 600-1200 kilograms of cocaine and the receipt of money and automatic weapons as payment.
Iván Moro Iván Moro Fernández (born December 25, 1974 in Madrid) is a water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed for his native country in the Summer Games of 2000 and 2004.
Iván PĂ©rez Rossi Iván PĂ©rez Rossi was born in Ciudad BolĂvar, Venezuela, August 3, 1943, his musical activity is intimately tie with the life of the musical group Serenata Guayanesa of which he is charter member since 1971. Within this Organization one also evolves not only like singer and cuatro player, also like arreglist and composer.
Iván RodrĂguez Iván RodrĂguez Torres (born November 30, 1971, in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico), nicknamed "Pudge", is a professional baseball player currently playing for the Detroit Tigers. Iván is considered by many to be the greatest defensive catcher ever.
Iván Sánchez-Rico Soto Iván Sánchez-Rico Soto, commonly referred to as Riki (born 11 August 1980 in Aranjuez) is a Spanish footballer. He plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in La Liga, having signed in the summer of 2006 from Getafe CF.
Iván Zamorano Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora (born January 18, 1967) is a former Chilean football forward, one of the most successful footballers ever for that country. He played for several clubs, notably Sevilla FC and Real Madrid in Spain and Internazionale of Italy.
Ivö Lake Ivö Lake is the largest and deepest lake of Scania, Sweden, located in the municipalities of Kristianstad and Bromölla in the northeastern part of Skåne County. It covers an area of just under 55 km², with a maximum depth of 50 meters.
Ivdel Ivdel () is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Ivdel River (Ob's basin) near its confluence with the Lozva, 535Â km north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 19,324 (2002 Census); 19,014 (1989 Census).
Iveagh House Iveagh House is now the Department of Foreign Affairs as it was donated to the Irish State by the Guinness family in 1939. Originally two houses, nos 80/81 St Stephen's Green, no 80 was originally designed by Richard Castle in 1736.
Iveco Iveco is a European truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin, Italy. It is a subsidiary of the Fiat Group, and produces around 200,000 commercial vehicles and 460,000 diesel engines annually, and for the year ended 2003 the company had €8,440 million in sales (revenues).
Ivelin Popov Ivelin Popov () (born 26 October 1987) is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for PFC Litex Lovech as a right midfielder/supporting striker. He is known for his outbursts on and off the field, as well as womanizing ways.
Ivelisse Echevarria Ivelisse EchevarrĂa (born 1960 in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico), was inducted into the International Federation Softball Hall of Fame in 2003 and is considered by many to be the greatest softball pitcher born in Puerto Rico.
Iver Holter Iver Paul Fredrik Holter (1850-1941) was a Norwegian composer and was music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1882 until 1886. He first studied music with Johan Svendsen, and afterwards in both Leipzig and Berlin.
Iver railway station Iver railway station is a railway station in the village of Richings Park, near Iver, Buckinghamshire, England. The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from London Paddington to Reading stations.
Ivermectin Ivermectin is an anti-parasite medication and is effective against most common intestinal worms (except tapeworms), most mites, and some lice. While normally used to treat animals, it is also prescribed to humans to treat infections of Strongyloides stercoralis and onchocerciasis (river blindness).
Ives Manufacturing Company The Ives Manufacturing Company, an American toy manufacturer from 1868 to 1932, was the largest manufacturer of toy trains in the United States from 1910 until 1924, when Lionel Corporation overtook it in sales.
Ivete Sangalo Ivete Sangalo (born in May 27, 1972 in Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil) is a popular Brazilian axé and MPB singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host. She is arguably the most popular and best-selling Brazilian female singer of the present, with six albums released with Banda Eva, and seven more albums in her solo career.
Ivette MarĂa Ivette MarĂa Tato (born June 27, 1975 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a former backstroke swimmer from Spain, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia for her native country. In the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center she finished in 23rd place in the 200 m Backstroke.
Ivey Index The Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (IPMI) is jointly sponsored by the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC) and the Richard Ivey School of Business. The Ivey Purchasing Managers Index measures month to month changes in dollars of purchases as indicated by a panel of purchasing managers from across Canada.
Ivica Ĺ urjak Ivan-Ivica Ĺ urjak (born March 23 1953) was a Croatian footballer. He was the driving force behind Hajduk Split as it led the Yugoslav First League and Europe in the old stadium (before Poljud stadium was built).
Ivinghoe Beacon Ivinghoe Beacon is a prominent hill and landmark in the Chiltern Hills, standing 249m (817ft) above sea level. It is situated close to the village of Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire, between the towns of Wendover, Aylesbury and Tring.
Iviron monastery Iviron monastery (Greek: Μονή ΙβήĎων, Georgian: áá•á”á á—á á›áťáśááˇá˘á”á á) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. The monastery ranks third in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.
Ivison Macadam Sir Ivison Stevenson Macadam OBE (1894 - 1974) was the first President of the National Union of Students, President of King's College London Students' Union and Director General of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Ivittuut Ivittuut, (old spelling Ivigtût) has been a municipality in the south of West Greenland since 1951. With an area of just 100 km² (600 km² according to other sources), it is the smallest municipality of Greenland, bordering on Narsaq municipality in the north, east, and south, and on the west by the Labrador Sea.
Ivkova slava, The Soundtrack Music from the motion picture "Ivkova slava". Composer: Zeljko Joksimovic, co-author: Dejan Ivanovic, acting and singing: Zeljko Joksimovic, Jelena Tomasevic, Nikola Kojo and Sinisa Stankovic Orchestra.
Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić (Serbian: Đво Đндрић; October 9, 1892–March 13, 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. His novels Bridge on the Drina and Chronicles of Travnik / The Days of the Consuls dealt with life in Bosnia under Ottoman Empire.
Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley (born 13 March 1859 in London, died 10 April 1927 in Shorne, Kent), known earlier in his life as The Honourable Ivo Bligh, was a cricketer who captained the English cricket team in the first ever Ashes series in Australia in 1882/3. Later in life, he inherited the Earldom of Darnley and was elected an Irish representative peer.
Ivo Brešan The Croatian writer Ivo Brešan was born 1936-05-27) in Vodice (near Šibenik), into a well-to-do family. During World War II, the family suffered because of Ivo's father being a member of Communist Party of Yugoslavia and supporter of Tito's Partisans.
Ivo Caprino Ivo Caprino (Oslo, February 17 1920 – February 8 2001 in Oslo) was a Norwegian film director and writer, best known for his puppet films. His most famous film is Flåklypa Grand Prix ("Pinchcliffe Grand Prix"), made in 1975.
Ivo Lola Ribar Institute Ivo Lola Ribar Institute is Belgrade, Serbia based manufacturer of heavy machine tools, industrial equipment and industrial computers. It has been named after Croatian People's Hero of Yugoslavia Ivo Lola Ribar, the youngest son of Ivan Ribar.
Ivo Miro Jović Ivo Miro Jović (born July 15, 1950 in Čapljina, People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) is the former Croat member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, elected in the Parliament on May 9, 2005 following the sacking of Dragan Čović by the High Representative on charges of corruption. He served until November 6, 2006.
Ivo of Kermartin St. Ivo of Kermartin (17 October, 1253 at Kermartin, near Tréguier, Brittany, France - 19 May, 1303 at Louannec, Brittany), also known as Yves/Yvo/Ives of Kermartin, Ivo of Helory or Advocate of the Poor is a saint and patron of lawyers.
Ivo Pilar Ivo Pilar (June 19, 1874 – September 3, 1933) was a Croatian historian, politician and jurist, considered the father of Croatian geopolitics. His book The South Slav Question is a seminal work on the South Slav geopolitical issues.
Ivo Shandor Ivo Shandor was a fictional character in the film Ghostbusters. He was an insane, early 20th century architect and physician with a penchant for performing macabre and unnecessary surgeries (possibly as a cover for the worship of various evil deities) who designed the high rise apartment building at 55 Central Park West as a giant altar to the Sumerian god Gozer.
Ivo Watts-Russell Ivo Watts-Russell is the founder and president of the legendary English indie record label 4AD. He has also produced several records, himself preferring to use the term "musical director" to explain his role in the creation.
Ivoirian hip hop Ivoirian hip hop is a major part of the popular music of CĂ´te d'Ivoire, and has been fused with many of the country's native styles, such as zouglou. Hip hop became a mainstream part of Ivoirian music beginning in about 1998.
Ivoirité The word Ivoirité (sometimes translated into English as Ivoirity) was first used by Henri Konan Bédié in 1995. It initially referred to the common cultural identity of all those living in Côte d'Ivoire, especially foreigners in Ivory Coast (who represent one third of the population).
Ivoševci Ivoševci (Serbian Cyrillic: ĐвоŃевци) is a village located in the municipality of Kistanje, in the Ĺ ibenik-Knin County, Croatia. The village is situated in northern Dalmatia, in the region known as Bukovica.
Ivonka Survilla Ivonka Survilla was born Ivonka Symaniec in 1936 in Stoupcy, a small town west of Minsk in Byelorussia (now Belarus) and is the current (Canadian-based) chairperson of the Belarusian National Republic (BNR), a Belarusian government in exile.
Ivor Atkins Sir Ivor Atkins (born Llandaff 29 November1869, died Worcester 26 November1953) was the choirmaster and organist at Worcester Cathedral for over 50 years. He is best known for inserting the famous top-C part for the treble in Allegri's Miserere.
Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne Sir Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne (29 August 1835)- (22 February 1914), in Dowlais, Wales was the son of Lady Charlotte Guest, translator of the Mabinogion, and John Josiah Guest, owner of the world's largest iron foundry.
Ivor Crewe Sir Ivor Martin Crewe (born 15 December, 1945) is a British political scientist and since 1995 has been the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex and is to retire from his position at the end of this academic year, in September 2007.
Ivor Cutler Ivor Cutler (15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist. He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular his numerous sessions recorded for John Peel's influential radio programme, and later for Andy Kershaw's programme.
Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne (16 January 1873 - 14 June 1939) was a British Liberal politician, and one of the last Lords Lieutenant of Ireland, serving in that position at the time of the Easter Rising.
Ivor Hele Ivor Hele (1912-1993) was an Australian artist. He was the longest serving war artist for the Australian War Memorial and completed more commissioned works than any other Australian artist in the history of Australian art.
Ivor Jennings Sir William Ivor Jennings, KBE, was a British lawyer and educator who went to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1942 with a mandate to create a university for that land, then a Crown colony. The institution, on the model of Oxbridge, was dubbed the University of Ceylon and was first established in Colombo, the capital city, then transferred in 1952 to a purpose-built campus in Peradeniya.
Ivor Mairants Ivor Mairants (18 July 1908- 20 February 1998) was a professional jazz and classical guitarist. He also taught and composed for the instrument, and with his wife Lily in 1958 created Ivor Mairants Musicentre, a specialist guitar store in London that was the first of its kind in the country and is still among the foremost of its kind in the UK.
Ivor Montagu Ivor Goldsmid Samuel Montagu (23 April 1904, London, England – 5 November 1984, London) was a British Jewish filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and film critic. He has received some credit for the development of a vibrant intellectual film culture in Britain during the interwar years.
Ivor Novello Awards The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards awarded for songwriting and composing. The "Ivors" are presented yearly in London by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, and were first introduced in 1955.
Ivor Powell Ivor Verdun Powell was born in Gilfach Bargoed on 5th July 1916. He gained only eight Welsh international caps but notched up a record transfer fee for a half back (ÂŁ17,500) when he moved from QPR to Aston Villa.
Ivor Rees Ivor Rees (18 October 1893 – 11 March 1967) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Ivor the Engine Ivor the Engine was the first animation by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It was a children's television series relating the adventures of a small green locomotive who lived in the "top left-hand corner of Wales" and worked for the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited.
Ivor Tiefenbrun Ivor Sigmund Tiefenbrun MBE is the founder and Chairman of Linn Products Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland-based manufacturers of Hi-fi and home entertainment equipment. He was a very influentual figure in the manufacture and retail of British audio in the 1970s and 1980s, and was appointed MBE by HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1992.
Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Phillip Scharrer Warne-Smith (29 October 1897 - 4 March 1960), Australian footballer, was born in Sydney, but his family moved to Melbourne when he was a child, and he was educated at Wesley College, where was noted both as a footballer and cricketer.Australian Dictionary of Biography, available online here As a teenager he played for Collegians in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association.
Ivor Wynne Stadium Ivor Wynne Stadium (originally Civic Stadium) is a Canadian football stadium located in Hamilton, Ontario. The stadium was originally constructed in 1930 to host the 1930 British Empire Games, though playing fields had stood on the site since the city bought the land from a local farmer in 1913.
Ivory Ivory is a hard, white, opaque substance that is the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth, narwhal, etc. Prior to the introduction of plastics, it was used for billiard balls, piano keys, bagpipes, buttons and ornamental items.
Ivory Tower The term Ivory Tower designates a world or atmosphere where intellectuals engage in pursuits that are disconnected from the practical concerns of everyday life. As such, it has a slightly pejorative connotation, denoting a willful disconnect from the everyday world; esoteric, over-specialized, or even useless research; and academic elitism, if not condescension by those inhabiting the proverbial ivory tower.
Ivri Lider Ivri Lider (born February 10, 1974) is a popular Israeli singer-songwriter and a musician who has won the "Male Singer of the Year" honor on all the major national and local radio stations and has sold over 160,000 albums.
Ivri Lider: Live CD Ivri Lider: Live CD is a live CD which was released on February 2006 and documents one of Ivri Lider's concerts at the Tel Aviv Exhibition Centre in front of an audience of 4,000 people on 21 of April, 2005. The DVD, entitled "Live DVD", includes 21 tracks on it, whilst the CD includes 15.
Ivriz Iron Age archaeological site of a Late Hittite (or Neo-Hittite) rock-relief monument and cult place in south-central Anatolia (modern Turkey, province of Konya, immediately south-east of the modern town of Eregli). The rock relief depicts the late 8th c.
Ivvavik National Park Ivvavik National Park is a national park located in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Meaning "nursery" or "birthplace" in Inuvialuktun, this was the first national park to be established as a result of a land claim agreement with its natives.
Ivy Hedera (English name ivy, plural ivies) is a genus of about ten species of climbing or ground-creeping evergreen woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to the Atlantic Islands, western, central and southern Europe, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan. On suitable surfaces (trees and rock faces), they are able to climb to at least 25–30 metres above the basal ground level.
Ivy (singer) Ivy (born ë°•ěť€íś (Park Eunhye) in November of 1983) is a K-pop singer who debuted in 2005 with the album My Sweet and Free Day. Although she has a strong voice, the record company chose the "sexy" route by releasing "ě¤ëŠë°¤ 일 (What Happened Tonight) as her first single.
Ivy and the Big Apples Ivy and the Big Apples is Australian band Spiderbait's third album. It became a double platinum selling record which reached the top 10 list in Australia and features the single Buy me a Pony which continues to be extremely popular among the Australian alternative music scene and reached #1 on Triple J's Hottest 100 in 1996.
Ivy and The Eaters Ivy and the Eaters was one of earliest punk-pop, girl-fronted groups. Formed in San Francisco in 1977 by singer-songwriter Ivy and partner [Charley Dunlap], they played regularly at the [Mabuhay Gardens] and countless other SF venues until moving to Los Angeles at the end of '79 and playing all of that city's new music venues from the Troubador and the Whiskey to [Cathay De Grande] and [Madame Wong's].
Ivy Andrews Ivy Paul Andrews (May 6, 1907 - November 24, 1970) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1931 through 1938, he played for the New York Yankees (1931-1932[start], 1937[end]-1938), Boston Red Sox (1932[end]-1933), St.
Ivy Bound Ivy Bound (IB) is a for-profit American company that offers private instruction and tutoring for standardized achievement tests, in particular those offered by College Board, such as the SAT, SAT II, and AP tests. It also offers standard academic tutoring.
Ivy Brennan Ivy Brennan (previously Tilsley, née Nelson) was a fictional character from the soap opera Coronation Street and was played by Lynne Perrie. She was the mother of Brian Tilsley and grandmother to Nick Tilsley and Sarah-Louise Platt (Tilsley) and would have been great-grandmother to Bethany and Billy Platt.
Ivy Council of Presidents The Council of Ivy Group Presidents is the governing body of the Ivy League athletic conference. It is composed of Brown University President Ruth Simmons, Harvard University President Derek Bok, Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann, Cornell University President David J.
Ivy Dumont Dame Ivy Leona Dumont, DCMG, (born October 2, 1930) was the Governor-General of the Bahamas. She is the first woman in the Bahamas to hold this office, which she did January 1, 2002 (on an acting basis since November 13, 2001) until November 30, 2005.
Ivy Film Festival The Ivy Film Festival is a student film festival held annually on the campus of Brown University. The festival was started in 2001 by Brown juniors David Peck and Justin Slosky and students from the other seven Ivy league schools.
Ivy King Ivy King was the explosion of the largest pure fission nuclear bomb ever tested by the United States. The bomb was tested during the Truman administration as part of Operation Ivy, the development of very powerful atomic weapons in response to the nuclear weapons program of the Soviet Union.
Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in the Northeastern United States. The term is now also commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group.
Ivy League nude posture photos The Ivy League nude posture photos were taken in the 1940s through the 1970s of all incoming freshmen, ostensibly to gauge the rate and severity of rickets, scoliosis, and lordosis in the population. The project was run by William Herbert Sheldon and E.
Ivy League Records Ivy League Records is based in Sydney, Australia and has been internationally successful. Associated with both Winterman & Goldstein, a music management company and Slanted Recordings, another label, Ivy League is the creation of three partners, Pete Lusty, Andy Kelly and Andy Cassell.
Ivy Lee (actress) Ivy Lee (born 16 July 1973) is a Singapore actress under Mediacorp who was signed on after winning the bi-annual Star Search in 1993. Ivy has acted in many shows and is loved by her fans, though her popularity dropped a little, thus she has not received a popularity award for 4 consecutive years, up till now.
Ivanpah Valley The Ivanpah Valley is located in southeastern California and southern Nevada in the United States. The valley is situated between the New York Mountains and the Ivanpah Mountains in San Bernardino County on the California side, and in Clark County on the Nevada side.
Ivanpah Valley Airport Ivanpah Valley Airport is the planned relief airport for McCarran International Airport. Since there is only limited space left for expansion at McCarran, a new airport is the only alternative to increase capacity by a significant amount.
Ivans Klementjevs Ivans Klementjevs (born November 18, 1960) is a retired Latvian flatwater canoer, who won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 metres at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR.
Ivans XTC Ivans XTC (2000) is an independent film directed by Bernard Rose shot on digital camera about the last day in the life of LA agent Ivan Beckman, played by Danny Huston. It's based on Leo Tolstoy's novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
Ivar Giaever Ivar Giaever (originally spelled Giæver) (born April 5, 1929 in Bergen, Norway) is a physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian David Josephson for work in solid-state physics. Giaever is an institute professor emeritus at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a professor-at-large at the University of Oslo, and the president of Applied Biophysics.
Ivar Kants Ivar Kants (born 19 July 1949 in South Australia) (commonly credited as Ivor Kants) is an Australian actor who played the role of Barry Hyde father of 'Kim Hyde' on Australian soap opera Home And Away. He has also appeared in another long-running Australian soap, Neighbours.
Ivar Karl Ugi Ivar Karl Ugi (Sep 9, 1930 in Saaremaa, Estonia - 29 September, 2005 Munich) was a German chemist who made major contributions to organic chemistry. He is known for the research on multicomponent reactions, yielding the Ugi reaction.
Ivar Kreuger Ivar Kreuger (March 2, 1880 – March 12, 1932) was a Swedish financier, entrepreneur and industrialist. In the time between the two world wars, he was one of the most powerful businessmen in Europe, basing his business activities on match production.
Ivar Langen Ivar Langen (born December 21, 1942) has been the rector at the University of Stavanger since 2003. He was a central figure in the campaign to gain university status for Stavanger University College, which was awarded in 2005.
Ivar Skulstad Ivar Arne Skulstad (born 16 May, 1953) is a Norwegian politician representing the Labour Party. He has been the mayor of Eidskog since 1999, and he is at the same time a reserve representative of Hedmark in the Storting, taking Sylvia Brustad's seat after her appointment as cabinet minister.
Ivar Vennerström Ivar Teodor Vennerström (1881 - 1945) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, member of the Riksdag 1915 - 1936. Vennerström joined the left opposition of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in the split of 1917, and initially supported the Bolshevik revolution in Russia.
Ivars Ivars is a surname originated of Iversen, a surname of the nordic countries (specially Norway, Finland and Denmark). But it was only documented when the Normans, including Vikings started colonizing Normandy, in northern France.
Ivars Godmanis Ivars Godmanis (born November 27 1951) is a Latvian economist and politician, best known as the first prime minister of Latvia after the country restored its independence from the Soviet Union. He is the current interior minister of Latvia.
Ivasi Aleksei Igorevich Ivaschenko (, born May 12 1958 in Moscow) and Georgii Leonardovich Vasilyev (, born June 22 1957 in Zaporozhye, Ukraine) are a Soviet/Russian bard duet, informally known as 'Ivasi'. They have also written and staged Nord-Ost musical.
Ivatan language The Ivatan language, also known as Ibatan, is an Austronesian language spoken exclusively in the Batanes Islands in the most northern reaches of the Philippines. With the islands' proximity to Taiwan, the language is closer linguistically and philologically to Taiwanese aborigine languages than to other Philippine languages.
Ivax Corporation IVAX Corporation was a United States public corporation focused on manufacturing and distributing generic pharmaceutical products. Ivax was acquired by the Israeli company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in January 2006.
Ivaylovgrad Ivaylovgrad (, "city of Ivaylo") is a town in Haskovo Province in the very south of Bulgaria set near the Arda River in the easternmost part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative centre of Ivaylovgrad municipality.
Iván Castillo Iván Sabino Castillo (born July 11, 1970) is a retired football defender from Bolivia, who played for Club BolĂvar, Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, and The Strongest. He also earned some caps for the Bolivia national football team in the 1990s.
Iván CĂłrdoba Iván Ramiro CĂłrdoba (born August 11, 1976 in MedellĂn) is a Colombian international football player. He made his name playing for San Lorenzo in Argentina but signed for Italian side Internazionale in the winter transfer window, January 2000, which cost the club 16 million euro.
Iván de la Peña Iván De la Peña López (born Santander, Cantabria, May 6 1976), is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for RCD Espanyol. He has previously played for FC Barcelona, Lazio, Olympique de Marseille and Spain.
Iván DeJesús Iván Alvarez DeJesús (born January 9, 1953 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball player from 1974 to 1988 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, and Detroit Tigers.
Iván GarcĂa Iván GarcĂa (born February 29, 1972) is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Sydney 2000. He specialized in the 200 metres event and won a silver medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Iván Kaviedes Jaime Iván Kaviedes Llorenty (born October 24, 1977) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a forward for El Nacional. He is one of the leading players in Ecuadorian football, and was the first footballer from Ecuador to play for a professional football team in Europe.
Iván Márquez Luciano Marin Arango, aka "Ivan Marquez" is a Secretariat Member and Advisor to the Northwestern and Caribbean Blocs. Accoring to the US Department of State, he oversaw loading of planes carrying 600-1200 kilograms of cocaine and the receipt of money and automatic weapons as payment.
Iván Moro Iván Moro Fernández (born December 25, 1974 in Madrid) is a water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed for his native country in the Summer Games of 2000 and 2004.
Iván PĂ©rez Rossi Iván PĂ©rez Rossi was born in Ciudad BolĂvar, Venezuela, August 3, 1943, his musical activity is intimately tie with the life of the musical group Serenata Guayanesa of which he is charter member since 1971. Within this Organization one also evolves not only like singer and cuatro player, also like arreglist and composer.
Iván RodrĂguez Iván RodrĂguez Torres (born November 30, 1971, in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico), nicknamed "Pudge", is a professional baseball player currently playing for the Detroit Tigers. Iván is considered by many to be the greatest defensive catcher ever.
Iván Sánchez-Rico Soto Iván Sánchez-Rico Soto, commonly referred to as Riki (born 11 August 1980 in Aranjuez) is a Spanish footballer. He plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in La Liga, having signed in the summer of 2006 from Getafe CF.
Iván Zamorano Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora (born January 18, 1967) is a former Chilean football forward, one of the most successful footballers ever for that country. He played for several clubs, notably Sevilla FC and Real Madrid in Spain and Internazionale of Italy.
Ivö Lake Ivö Lake is the largest and deepest lake of Scania, Sweden, located in the municipalities of Kristianstad and Bromölla in the northeastern part of Skåne County. It covers an area of just under 55 km², with a maximum depth of 50 meters.
Ivdel Ivdel () is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Ivdel River (Ob's basin) near its confluence with the Lozva, 535Â km north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 19,324 (2002 Census); 19,014 (1989 Census).
Iveagh House Iveagh House is now the Department of Foreign Affairs as it was donated to the Irish State by the Guinness family in 1939. Originally two houses, nos 80/81 St Stephen's Green, no 80 was originally designed by Richard Castle in 1736.
Iveco Iveco is a European truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin, Italy. It is a subsidiary of the Fiat Group, and produces around 200,000 commercial vehicles and 460,000 diesel engines annually, and for the year ended 2003 the company had €8,440 million in sales (revenues).
Ivelin Popov Ivelin Popov () (born 26 October 1987) is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for PFC Litex Lovech as a right midfielder/supporting striker. He is known for his outbursts on and off the field, as well as womanizing ways.
Ivelisse Echevarria Ivelisse EchevarrĂa (born 1960 in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico), was inducted into the International Federation Softball Hall of Fame in 2003 and is considered by many to be the greatest softball pitcher born in Puerto Rico.
Iver Holter Iver Paul Fredrik Holter (1850-1941) was a Norwegian composer and was music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1882 until 1886. He first studied music with Johan Svendsen, and afterwards in both Leipzig and Berlin.
Iver railway station Iver railway station is a railway station in the village of Richings Park, near Iver, Buckinghamshire, England. The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from London Paddington to Reading stations.
Ivermectin Ivermectin is an anti-parasite medication and is effective against most common intestinal worms (except tapeworms), most mites, and some lice. While normally used to treat animals, it is also prescribed to humans to treat infections of Strongyloides stercoralis and onchocerciasis (river blindness).
Ives Manufacturing Company The Ives Manufacturing Company, an American toy manufacturer from 1868 to 1932, was the largest manufacturer of toy trains in the United States from 1910 until 1924, when Lionel Corporation overtook it in sales.
Ivete Sangalo Ivete Sangalo (born in May 27, 1972 in Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil) is a popular Brazilian axé and MPB singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host. She is arguably the most popular and best-selling Brazilian female singer of the present, with six albums released with Banda Eva, and seven more albums in her solo career.
Ivette MarĂa Ivette MarĂa Tato (born June 27, 1975 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a former backstroke swimmer from Spain, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia for her native country. In the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center she finished in 23rd place in the 200 m Backstroke.
Ivey Index The Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (IPMI) is jointly sponsored by the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC) and the Richard Ivey School of Business. The Ivey Purchasing Managers Index measures month to month changes in dollars of purchases as indicated by a panel of purchasing managers from across Canada.
Ivica Ĺ urjak Ivan-Ivica Ĺ urjak (born March 23 1953) was a Croatian footballer. He was the driving force behind Hajduk Split as it led the Yugoslav First League and Europe in the old stadium (before Poljud stadium was built).
Ivinghoe Beacon Ivinghoe Beacon is a prominent hill and landmark in the Chiltern Hills, standing 249m (817ft) above sea level. It is situated close to the village of Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire, between the towns of Wendover, Aylesbury and Tring.
Iviron monastery Iviron monastery (Greek: Μονή ΙβήĎων, Georgian: áá•á”á á—á á›áťáśááˇá˘á”á á) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. The monastery ranks third in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.
Ivison Macadam Sir Ivison Stevenson Macadam OBE (1894 - 1974) was the first President of the National Union of Students, President of King's College London Students' Union and Director General of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Ivittuut Ivittuut, (old spelling Ivigtût) has been a municipality in the south of West Greenland since 1951. With an area of just 100 km² (600 km² according to other sources), it is the smallest municipality of Greenland, bordering on Narsaq municipality in the north, east, and south, and on the west by the Labrador Sea.
Ivkova slava, The Soundtrack Music from the motion picture "Ivkova slava". Composer: Zeljko Joksimovic, co-author: Dejan Ivanovic, acting and singing: Zeljko Joksimovic, Jelena Tomasevic, Nikola Kojo and Sinisa Stankovic Orchestra.
Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić (Serbian: Đво Đндрић; October 9, 1892–March 13, 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. His novels Bridge on the Drina and Chronicles of Travnik / The Days of the Consuls dealt with life in Bosnia under Ottoman Empire.
Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley (born 13 March 1859 in London, died 10 April 1927 in Shorne, Kent), known earlier in his life as The Honourable Ivo Bligh, was a cricketer who captained the English cricket team in the first ever Ashes series in Australia in 1882/3. Later in life, he inherited the Earldom of Darnley and was elected an Irish representative peer.
Ivo Brešan The Croatian writer Ivo Brešan was born 1936-05-27) in Vodice (near Šibenik), into a well-to-do family. During World War II, the family suffered because of Ivo's father being a member of Communist Party of Yugoslavia and supporter of Tito's Partisans.
Ivo Caprino Ivo Caprino (Oslo, February 17 1920 – February 8 2001 in Oslo) was a Norwegian film director and writer, best known for his puppet films. His most famous film is Flåklypa Grand Prix ("Pinchcliffe Grand Prix"), made in 1975.
Ivo Lola Ribar Institute Ivo Lola Ribar Institute is Belgrade, Serbia based manufacturer of heavy machine tools, industrial equipment and industrial computers. It has been named after Croatian People's Hero of Yugoslavia Ivo Lola Ribar, the youngest son of Ivan Ribar.
Ivo Miro Jović Ivo Miro Jović (born July 15, 1950 in Čapljina, People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) is the former Croat member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, elected in the Parliament on May 9, 2005 following the sacking of Dragan Čović by the High Representative on charges of corruption. He served until November 6, 2006.
Ivo of Kermartin St. Ivo of Kermartin (17 October, 1253 at Kermartin, near Tréguier, Brittany, France - 19 May, 1303 at Louannec, Brittany), also known as Yves/Yvo/Ives of Kermartin, Ivo of Helory or Advocate of the Poor is a saint and patron of lawyers.
Ivo Pilar Ivo Pilar (June 19, 1874 – September 3, 1933) was a Croatian historian, politician and jurist, considered the father of Croatian geopolitics. His book The South Slav Question is a seminal work on the South Slav geopolitical issues.
Ivo Shandor Ivo Shandor was a fictional character in the film Ghostbusters. He was an insane, early 20th century architect and physician with a penchant for performing macabre and unnecessary surgeries (possibly as a cover for the worship of various evil deities) who designed the high rise apartment building at 55 Central Park West as a giant altar to the Sumerian god Gozer.
Ivo Watts-Russell Ivo Watts-Russell is the founder and president of the legendary English indie record label 4AD. He has also produced several records, himself preferring to use the term "musical director" to explain his role in the creation.
Ivoirian hip hop Ivoirian hip hop is a major part of the popular music of CĂ´te d'Ivoire, and has been fused with many of the country's native styles, such as zouglou. Hip hop became a mainstream part of Ivoirian music beginning in about 1998.
Ivoirité The word Ivoirité (sometimes translated into English as Ivoirity) was first used by Henri Konan Bédié in 1995. It initially referred to the common cultural identity of all those living in Côte d'Ivoire, especially foreigners in Ivory Coast (who represent one third of the population).
Ivoševci Ivoševci (Serbian Cyrillic: ĐвоŃевци) is a village located in the municipality of Kistanje, in the Ĺ ibenik-Knin County, Croatia. The village is situated in northern Dalmatia, in the region known as Bukovica.
Ivonka Survilla Ivonka Survilla was born Ivonka Symaniec in 1936 in Stoupcy, a small town west of Minsk in Byelorussia (now Belarus) and is the current (Canadian-based) chairperson of the Belarusian National Republic (BNR), a Belarusian government in exile.
Ivor Atkins Sir Ivor Atkins (born Llandaff 29 November1869, died Worcester 26 November1953) was the choirmaster and organist at Worcester Cathedral for over 50 years. He is best known for inserting the famous top-C part for the treble in Allegri's Miserere.
Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne Sir Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne (29 August 1835)- (22 February 1914), in Dowlais, Wales was the son of Lady Charlotte Guest, translator of the Mabinogion, and John Josiah Guest, owner of the world's largest iron foundry.
Ivor Crewe Sir Ivor Martin Crewe (born 15 December, 1945) is a British political scientist and since 1995 has been the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex and is to retire from his position at the end of this academic year, in September 2007.
Ivor Cutler Ivor Cutler (15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist. He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular his numerous sessions recorded for John Peel's influential radio programme, and later for Andy Kershaw's programme.
Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne (16 January 1873 - 14 June 1939) was a British Liberal politician, and one of the last Lords Lieutenant of Ireland, serving in that position at the time of the Easter Rising.
Ivor Hele Ivor Hele (1912-1993) was an Australian artist. He was the longest serving war artist for the Australian War Memorial and completed more commissioned works than any other Australian artist in the history of Australian art.
Ivor Jennings Sir William Ivor Jennings, KBE, was a British lawyer and educator who went to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1942 with a mandate to create a university for that land, then a Crown colony. The institution, on the model of Oxbridge, was dubbed the University of Ceylon and was first established in Colombo, the capital city, then transferred in 1952 to a purpose-built campus in Peradeniya.
Ivor Mairants Ivor Mairants (18 July 1908- 20 February 1998) was a professional jazz and classical guitarist. He also taught and composed for the instrument, and with his wife Lily in 1958 created Ivor Mairants Musicentre, a specialist guitar store in London that was the first of its kind in the country and is still among the foremost of its kind in the UK.
Ivor Montagu Ivor Goldsmid Samuel Montagu (23 April 1904, London, England – 5 November 1984, London) was a British Jewish filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and film critic. He has received some credit for the development of a vibrant intellectual film culture in Britain during the interwar years.
Ivor Novello Awards The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards awarded for songwriting and composing. The "Ivors" are presented yearly in London by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, and were first introduced in 1955.
Ivor Powell Ivor Verdun Powell was born in Gilfach Bargoed on 5th July 1916. He gained only eight Welsh international caps but notched up a record transfer fee for a half back (ÂŁ17,500) when he moved from QPR to Aston Villa.
Ivor Rees Ivor Rees (18 October 1893 – 11 March 1967) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Ivor the Engine Ivor the Engine was the first animation by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It was a children's television series relating the adventures of a small green locomotive who lived in the "top left-hand corner of Wales" and worked for the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited.
Ivor Tiefenbrun Ivor Sigmund Tiefenbrun MBE is the founder and Chairman of Linn Products Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland-based manufacturers of Hi-fi and home entertainment equipment. He was a very influentual figure in the manufacture and retail of British audio in the 1970s and 1980s, and was appointed MBE by HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1992.
Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Phillip Scharrer Warne-Smith (29 October 1897 - 4 March 1960), Australian footballer, was born in Sydney, but his family moved to Melbourne when he was a child, and he was educated at Wesley College, where was noted both as a footballer and cricketer.Australian Dictionary of Biography, available online here As a teenager he played for Collegians in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association.
Ivor Wynne Stadium Ivor Wynne Stadium (originally Civic Stadium) is a Canadian football stadium located in Hamilton, Ontario. The stadium was originally constructed in 1930 to host the 1930 British Empire Games, though playing fields had stood on the site since the city bought the land from a local farmer in 1913.
Ivory Ivory is a hard, white, opaque substance that is the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth, narwhal, etc. Prior to the introduction of plastics, it was used for billiard balls, piano keys, bagpipes, buttons and ornamental items.
Ivory Tower The term Ivory Tower designates a world or atmosphere where intellectuals engage in pursuits that are disconnected from the practical concerns of everyday life. As such, it has a slightly pejorative connotation, denoting a willful disconnect from the everyday world; esoteric, over-specialized, or even useless research; and academic elitism, if not condescension by those inhabiting the proverbial ivory tower.
Ivri Lider Ivri Lider (born February 10, 1974) is a popular Israeli singer-songwriter and a musician who has won the "Male Singer of the Year" honor on all the major national and local radio stations and has sold over 160,000 albums.
Ivri Lider: Live CD Ivri Lider: Live CD is a live CD which was released on February 2006 and documents one of Ivri Lider's concerts at the Tel Aviv Exhibition Centre in front of an audience of 4,000 people on 21 of April, 2005. The DVD, entitled "Live DVD", includes 21 tracks on it, whilst the CD includes 15.
Ivriz Iron Age archaeological site of a Late Hittite (or Neo-Hittite) rock-relief monument and cult place in south-central Anatolia (modern Turkey, province of Konya, immediately south-east of the modern town of Eregli). The rock relief depicts the late 8th c.
Ivvavik National Park Ivvavik National Park is a national park located in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Meaning "nursery" or "birthplace" in Inuvialuktun, this was the first national park to be established as a result of a land claim agreement with its natives.
Ivy Hedera (English name ivy, plural ivies) is a genus of about ten species of climbing or ground-creeping evergreen woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to the Atlantic Islands, western, central and southern Europe, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan. On suitable surfaces (trees and rock faces), they are able to climb to at least 25–30 metres above the basal ground level.
Ivy (singer) Ivy (born ë°•ěť€íś (Park Eunhye) in November of 1983) is a K-pop singer who debuted in 2005 with the album My Sweet and Free Day. Although she has a strong voice, the record company chose the "sexy" route by releasing "ě¤ëŠë°¤ 일 (What Happened Tonight) as her first single.
Ivy and the Big Apples Ivy and the Big Apples is Australian band Spiderbait's third album. It became a double platinum selling record which reached the top 10 list in Australia and features the single Buy me a Pony which continues to be extremely popular among the Australian alternative music scene and reached #1 on Triple J's Hottest 100 in 1996.
Ivy and The Eaters Ivy and the Eaters was one of earliest punk-pop, girl-fronted groups. Formed in San Francisco in 1977 by singer-songwriter Ivy and partner [Charley Dunlap], they played regularly at the [Mabuhay Gardens] and countless other SF venues until moving to Los Angeles at the end of '79 and playing all of that city's new music venues from the Troubador and the Whiskey to [Cathay De Grande] and [Madame Wong's].
Ivy Andrews Ivy Paul Andrews (May 6, 1907 - November 24, 1970) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1931 through 1938, he played for the New York Yankees (1931-1932[start], 1937[end]-1938), Boston Red Sox (1932[end]-1933), St.
Ivy Bound Ivy Bound (IB) is a for-profit American company that offers private instruction and tutoring for standardized achievement tests, in particular those offered by College Board, such as the SAT, SAT II, and AP tests. It also offers standard academic tutoring.
Ivy Brennan Ivy Brennan (previously Tilsley, née Nelson) was a fictional character from the soap opera Coronation Street and was played by Lynne Perrie. She was the mother of Brian Tilsley and grandmother to Nick Tilsley and Sarah-Louise Platt (Tilsley) and would have been great-grandmother to Bethany and Billy Platt.
Ivy Council of Presidents The Council of Ivy Group Presidents is the governing body of the Ivy League athletic conference. It is composed of Brown University President Ruth Simmons, Harvard University President Derek Bok, Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann, Cornell University President David J.
Ivy Dumont Dame Ivy Leona Dumont, DCMG, (born October 2, 1930) was the Governor-General of the Bahamas. She is the first woman in the Bahamas to hold this office, which she did January 1, 2002 (on an acting basis since November 13, 2001) until November 30, 2005.
Ivy Film Festival The Ivy Film Festival is a student film festival held annually on the campus of Brown University. The festival was started in 2001 by Brown juniors David Peck and Justin Slosky and students from the other seven Ivy league schools.
Ivy King Ivy King was the explosion of the largest pure fission nuclear bomb ever tested by the United States. The bomb was tested during the Truman administration as part of Operation Ivy, the development of very powerful atomic weapons in response to the nuclear weapons program of the Soviet Union.
Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in the Northeastern United States. The term is now also commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group.
Ivy League nude posture photos The Ivy League nude posture photos were taken in the 1940s through the 1970s of all incoming freshmen, ostensibly to gauge the rate and severity of rickets, scoliosis, and lordosis in the population. The project was run by William Herbert Sheldon and E.
Ivy League Records Ivy League Records is based in Sydney, Australia and has been internationally successful. Associated with both Winterman & Goldstein, a music management company and Slanted Recordings, another label, Ivy League is the creation of three partners, Pete Lusty, Andy Kelly and Andy Cassell.
Ivy Lee (actress) Ivy Lee (born 16 July 1973) is a Singapore actress under Mediacorp who was signed on after winning the bi-annual Star Search in 1993. Ivy has acted in many shows and is loved by her fans, though her popularity dropped a little, thus she has not received a popularity award for 4 consecutive years, up till now.
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