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31 unusual facts about Ross


Animal loss

The stages of grief proposed by Dr. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross was designed in relation to human death, but can be adapted to describe the grief process for the death of a pet.

Annie Meinertzhagen

Born Anne Constance Jackson, her parents were Major and Mrs Randle Jackson of Swordale, a village in eastern Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands.

Anticipatory grief

The five stages (denial, bargaining, depression, anger and acceptance) proposed by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her model of grief to describe the process by which people cope after a loss can also be present in anticipatory grief.

Archibald Fisken

He married Elspeth Anne Cameron on 20 February 1924 at Ross, Tasmania.

Byron Lars

In 2012, Lars designed dresses for Olympic gold medalists Sanya Richards-Ross, Carmelita Jeter, and Allyson Felix.

Caremark Rx

After going public in 1995, MedPartners quickly became the largest PPM company through many acquisitions (see Ross-Loos Medical Group).

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D. (July 8, 1926 – August 24, 2004) was a Swiss American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying (1969), where she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief.

Ernst Poeppel

He works closely together with the Austrian poet Raoul Schrott, and the Russian-German artist Igor Sacharow-Ross, who took up his concept of “Syntopy”.

Frederick Leith-Ross

Leith-Ross was born in Mauritius, but grew up with his grandfather at the family estate, Arnage Castle in Scotland.

H. Stanley Allen

Allen died 27 April 1954 at the home of his daughter in Balblair, Ross-shire, Scotland.

Hogan-Borger Mound Archeological District

Hogan-Borger Mound Archeological District is a registered historic site near Ross, Ohio, listed in the National Register on 1975-10-21.

Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar

On his father's death in 1809 he became the head of the Munros of Novar and succeeded to the estate of Novar House in Ross-shire.

Igor Sacharow-Ross

Text by Andrea Niehaus, Dieter Ronte, Susanne Witzgall, Irene Kleinschmidt-Altpeter, Peter Ulrich Hein, Klaus-Peter Speidel, Christoph-Friedrich von Braun, Robert Huber, Ernst Pöppel.

James Warren Doyle

From 1810–13, he joined the Augustinian community at Ross.

John Lockhart

John Lockhart-Ross (1721–1790), known as John Lockhart from 1721 to 1760, Royal Navy officer

Kinkell

Easter Kinkell, a rural village, in the parish of Urquhart and Logie Wester, in the county of Ross-shire

Newton of Kinkell, a scattered crofting township, in Dingwall, Black Isle, Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands

Manley Power

When in England, Manley Power and his family lived in Hill Court Manor, Walford, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

Margaret Leigh

She subsequently settled there, living variously at the Isle of Barra, Fernaig in Ross-shire, Smirisary in Moidart and Inverness.

Moira Linehan

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross could not have more accurately transferred the stages of grief into poetry.

My Fault

Janitor's mention of Ross and Rachel is a reference to the infamous television couple from Friends.

Red-necked Phalarope

The most reliable place for them is the Shetland Isles, particularly the Loch of Funzie on Fetlar, with a few birds breeding elsewhere in Scotland in the Outer Hebrides (e.g. at Loch na Muilne, where a "phalarope watchpoint" has been set up) and sometimes the Scottish Mainland in Ross-shire or Sutherland.

Ross-Bethio Arrondissement

The arrondissement is divided administratively into rural communities and in turn into villages.

Ross-Loos Medical Group

The Friendly Hills Medical Group was acquired by KPC Global Care KPC "see Chadhuri Medical Group" and continued operations for a short while, however it too was placed into receivership by the State of California Department of Corporations in 1999 and closed down.

In 1980, Ross-Loos Medical Group was purchased by the Insurance Company of North America (INA) HealthPlan (see HMO International and California Medical Group and merged into its medical office operations which created over twenty-nine medical office locations throughout southern California.

The MedPartners name was changed to Caremark Rx, the Talbert Medical Group was sold to the physicians of the Talbert Medical Group, the Riverside Medical Clinic was sold back to the member physicians and remains in operation with over 130 physicians and the Mullikan, and Vineyard Medical Groups were eventually closed.

Ross's Goose

This species is named in honor of Bernard R. Ross, a Hudson's Bay Company factor at Fort Resolution in Canada's Northwest Territories.

Sidney Clive

He died on 7 October 1959 in a disastrous fire at the family home, Perrystone Court, near Ross-on-Wye.

Totem Lake Mall

The space eventually was divided into three stores, Ross, Famous Footwear and Cartoys, and given a remodel that contrasted greatly with the rest of the mall.

Victoria Park, Dingwall

Victoria Park, also known as the Global Energy Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is an all-seater football stadium in the town of Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland.

West Midlands English

From Kidderminster and the North Worcestershire area where many, but not all, have a Brummigum twang, and then off down to Ross where there's a hint of the rounded Gloucestershire tones.


Aki Ross

Aki Ross is a fictional character created by Hironobu Sakaguchi for Square Pictures under Square, for the purpose of use in their debut film The Spirits Within.

Ariyon Bakare

He has starred alongside Paul Bettany in the Ross kettle film After The Rain, and also Nia Long and Colin Firth in Secret Laughter of Women.

Arthur A. Ross

Arthur A. Ross (February 4, 1920 - November 11, 2008) was an American film and television screenwriter, best known for writing Brubaker and co-writing The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Beaverton, Michigan

The town was founded in 1890 by the Donald Gunn Ross & Sons lumber company, from Beaverton, Ontario.

Cape Adare

In February 2007, the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru experienced a fire below decks while in the Ross Sea.

Charles Maclean

Charles Rawden Maclean (1815–1880), alias "John Ross", an opponent of slavery

Children of Rain

At the encouragement of Music City mogul Buddy Killen, producer of R&B immortal Joe Tex and countless country stars, including Dolly Parton, Dottie West and Roger Miller, Pam and Alan Ross moved to Nashville in late August of 1969.

Collegiate Network

CN alumni include the editor of National Review Rich Lowry, CNN and ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, and best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza.

Corcoran, California

Whitley first intended the town be named "Otis", after Harrison Gray Otis of the Los Angeles Times, and streets as Otis, Sherman, Letts (the Broadway store) and Ross (after his son, Ross Whitley) show the connections.

David Ross McCord

He was the fourth child of John Samuel McCord (1801-1865), Judge of the Supreme Court, and Anne Ross, a daughter of David Ross (1770-1837) Q.C., of Montreal, Seigneur of St. Gilles de Beaurivage.

Earltown

In the following years they were joined by approximately 100 families who immigrated directly from the Sutherland, Ross and Caithness, Scotland.

Equality Party of Quebec candidates, 1994 Quebec provincial election

Ross K. Ladd is a former civil servant and an anglophone rights activist from Cowansville in Quebec's Eastern Townships.

Ewell Ross McCright

Ewell Ross McCright, (4 December 1917 - 24 April 1990) of Benton, Saline County, Arkansas was a captain in the United States Air Force during World War II who was famous for maintaining secret journals detailing information about fellow prisoners of war while held captive in a German prison camp.

Fantastic Sams

Fantastic Sams was founded in 1974 by Sam Ross in Memphis, Tennessee.

Frank Sterling

Frank Sterling's brother Ross was the first president of Humble who later went on to be Governor of Texas.

Golden Girl

She had adapted her name slightly to Betsy Ross — the name of the U.S. colonial-era woman to whom legend ascribes sewing the first American flag — by the time that Captain America's sidekick, the second Bucky (Fred Davis) was shot and wounded.

Hole-in-the-Wall, Herefordshire

It is some five miles to the north of the town of Ross-on-Wye and part of the parish of Foy — the village of Foy, a mile to the west, is accessible by a footbridge over the Wye, built in 1919 by David Rowell & Co..

HyperSPARC

When Fujitsu acquired Ross from Cypress, the hyperSPARC was considered to be more important by its new owner than the SPARC64 developed by HAL Computer Systems, also a Fujitsu subsidiary, a view which was shared with analysts.

James Peterkin Alexander

Alexander died in a barber's chair of a heart attack after hearing of his friend John Hugo Ross's death on the Titanic.

Jean-Marie Londeix

Some famous saxophone players that have studied with him include Richard Dirlam, Perry Rask, Russell Peterson, Ryo Noda, James Umble, Robert Black, Ross Ingstrup, Juan Carlos Mazás, William Street, Christian Lauba and Jack Kripl - Winner of the prize for Saxophone at the International Competition for Musical Performers in Geneva Switzerland, 1970.

Jennifer 8

At the invitation of an old friend and colleague, Freddy Ross, Berlin heads to rural northern California, for a job with the Eureka police force.

Judith Joy Ross

Her style is akin to that of early 20th-century photographers, such as Eugène Atget, Lewis Hine and August Sander—all major influences on Ross's work.

Lippy's Garden

The band consisted of David Milhous (drums and background vocals), his cousin Mark Bollinger (vocals and lead guitar), James Ross (keyboards), and Rob Salter (Bass).

Los Angeles Review of Books

Section editors include Cecil Castellucci (Young Adult Fiction), Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Claudia Rankine (Poetry), Arne De Boever (Philosophy & Theory), Costica Bradatan (Religion & Comparative Studies), Rob Latham (SF), Michele Pridmore-Brown and Ross Andersen (Science), Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Megan Shank (Asia), Ben Schwartz (Comics), Franklin Bruno (Music), and Boris Dralyuk (Noir).

Loso's Way 2: Rise to Power

He has since confirmed that songs with Future, Rick Ross, Chris Brown, 2 Chainz Young Jeezy and Trey Songz will be featured on the album.

Mark Ross

From 1996-99, Ross served as pitching coach for the Danville Braves (1996), Macon Braves (1997–98), and Jamestown Jammers (1999) in the Atlanta Braves farm system.

Mary Lamb

Subsequently, Charles and Mary Lamb's story was explored by Dorothy Parker and Ross Evans in their 1949 play The Coast of Illyria.

Miguel Sano

The film is directed by Jonathan Paley, Ross Finkel and Trevor Martin, narrated by John Leguizamo, and produced by Bobby Valentine.

Northern Territory Women's Division

The tournament has its origins in an annual match started in 1994 between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek by Shane and Mervyn Franey from Alice Springs and Ross Williams from Tennant Creek.

Paving Wall Street

Paving Wall Street: Experimental Economics and the Quest for the Perfect Market (later reprinted under the title Experimental Economics: How We Can Build Better Financial Markets) is a book about finance, experimental economics and market design, written by Ross Miller (forward by Vernon L. Smith), published in 2002.

Ross Technology

The company's stock fell during this period, and there were several warnings from NASDAQ in 1997 that the company would be delisted, which Ross avoided until 1998, when the company's stock fell below NASDAQ requirements.

Ruby Ross Wood

After moving to New York City and later Boston in the early 1900s and using the byline Ruby Ross Goodnow (her first married name), she wrote fiction, poetry, and articles about interior design for The Delineator, a popular women's magazine, where her editor was Theodore Dreiser.

Russian colonization of the Americas

Eager to release themselves of the burden, the Russians sold Fort Ross in 1842, and in 1867, after less than a month of negotiations, the United States accepted Emperor Alexander II's offer to sell Alaska.

Someday We'll Be Together

"Someday We'll Be Together" was the final number at Diana Ross & the Supremes' farewell concert on January 14, 1970 at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.

The One with Rachel's Date

Having initially declined an offer to join Ross at Central Perk for a coffee, Rachel changes her mind, but then notices he is getting acquainted with Mona (Bonnie Somerville), whom he met at Monica and Chandler's wedding, and leaves, unseen.

The One with the Proposal

Ross is being questioned by his friends about his relationship with Elizabeth (Alexandra Holden); mainly asking if the relationship is going anywhere.

The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar

The people highlighted in this composition are the dying José de Barboza and to his right and from left to right: Ensign A?. Mackenzie (in Highland dress), Governor Eliott, Lt G.F. Koehler, Lt.Col J. Hardy, Brig.Gen C. Ross, Capt A. Witham, Capt Roger Curtis, Lieutent Thomas Trigge, Lt Colonel Hugo.

Tosh Farrell

He is known for developing Wayne Rooney, Victor Anichebe, James Vaughan, Jack Rodwell, Jose Baxter and Ross Barkley among others.

Ulster Independence Movement

The UIC initially had a network of 11 branches and first entered the political arena in 1990 when Ross stood in a by-election for the Upper Bann constituency following the death of sitting MP Harold McCusker.

We'll Be Together

"Someday We'll Be Together", a 1961 R&B/soul song, notably covered by Diana Ross & the Supremes in 1969

Welling

Sheila Hancock, famous actress (and widow of actor John Thaw) grew up in neighbouring Bexleyheath, and celebrated the reception of her first marriage (to Alec Ross in 1954) at the Embassy Ballrooms, on the site of the recently demolished Embassy Court (now Tesco Superstore)

Wheelie bike

Other notable manufacturers and retailers that offered models include AMF, CCM, Columbia, Huffy, Iverson, J. C. Penney, Malvern Star, Monark, Murray, Ross, Sears, and Vindec.

White Columns

Directors of White Columns have included Josh Baer, Tom Solomon, Bill Arning, Paul Ha, Lauren Ross, and current director Matthew Higgs.

Xtra AM

During Xtra AM's nine years on air, these included Les Ross (as mentioned above), Annie Othen, Ted Elliott, Tony Butler, Adrian Stewart, Dave Hickman, Mick Wright, Guy Jogoo and Noddy Holder (who hosted a popular Sunday afternoon show playing music from the 1970s).