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3 unusual facts about Stokes


Henry Folliott Scott-Stokes

Scott-Stokes contested Weston-super-Mare as a Liberal candidate in the 1934 by-election, and the 1935 general election.

Sedimentation rate

By using the Stokes' law, we can estimate the sedimentation rate of the particle in Liquid.

Stokes, North Carolina

Stokes Regional Water Company serves local water needs; Stokes & Congleton Gas Co. is the local Propane(LP) supplier, www.stokescongleton.com ; Embarq is the local telephone and ADSL company; and GUC provides electricity.


Alfred Preisser

He is directing Jeff Cohen's new play The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller, based on the short story by Christopher Stokes, which has its world premiere in an Off Broadway production at the West End Theatre in New York this Fall.

Alverstoke

Several of Palmerston's Follies were sited within the parish, including Fort Gilkicker, a 19th-century coastal battery fort, which located at the eastern end of Stokes Bay, where it sits across a wide curved natural headland (promontory) taken up by Gosport & Stokes Bay Golf Club.

Anne Stokes

Morten Veland from the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia was surfing the internet when he found Stokes mermaid picture.

Anthony Stokes

In December 2012, Stokes was disciplined by Celtic after he had attended a benefit event for Alan Ryan, a deceased member of the Real Irish Republican Army.

Béla Károlyi

Some of his former athletes, including Kristie Phillips, Dominique Moceanu, and Erica Stokes, have stated publicly that Károlyi was verbally and psychologically abusive during workouts.

Belews Creek

Belews Creek Power Station, a generating facility located on Belews Lake in Stokes County, North Carolina

Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea

The Cape Arid, Stokes, and Cape Le Grand National Parks are also occupied in summer months.

Charles Stokes

Critic Sheila Farr noted, “In later years, Mr. Stokes became more private about his work and the paintings became increasingly time-consuming and intricate,” according to his son, composer-musician Saul Stokes of Oakland, California.

Dave Wainwright

As a drummer he was initially taught by Carl Stokes of Cancer (band) and later by Mick Kirton (one time stand in drummer for Hawkwind circa 1988 and The Groundhogs 1984-1989 amongst other work); before going on to define his own style.

Dean Stokes

One of the most successful seasons in Port Vale's history was 1996–97, Stokes played eleven games, ten of which were in the league.

Dick Stokes

Stokes began his playing career with Pallasgreen, however, it was as a dual player with University College Dublin in the Dublin county championships that he enjoyed his greatest successes.

Edward Stokes

Ed Stokes (Edward Kobie Stokes), American basketball player

Elephant Revival

In summer 2010 Elephant Revival was signed to Ruff Shod Records, an independent label started by Chad Stokes of State Radio and Dispatch.

Fitzmaurice River

It was first charted in 1839 by European explorers aboard the HMS Beagle under the command of John Lort Stokes.

Hans Eworth

A well-known painting identified by George Vertue in 1727 as Lady Frances Brandon and her second husband Adrian Stokes has now been correctly identified as Mary Nevill or Neville, Baroness Dacre and her son Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre.

Hellboy: The Troll Witch and Others

Concurrently, B.P.R.D. agent Pauline Raskin encounters the innocent Mrs. Stokes, who is watching a puppet theatre production of Shakespeare'sHamlet” on television.

Instigate Debate

:Reading Panel: Jon McClure, Steve Lamacq (BBC6 presenter), Stephen Street (Blur / Smiths producer), Paul Stokes (News Editor NME) & Nadia Khomami (NME.com competition winner, Host: John O’Sullivan.

Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes

In 1910, Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes dismantled a large timber framed house, formerly the Queens Head, located next to what is now the A140 Ipswich to Norwich route in Thwaite, Suffolk, UK.

Ivo Babuška

The BB condition has guided mathematicians and engineers to develop state-of-the-art formulations for many technologically important problems like Darcy flow, Stokes flow, incompressible Navier-Stokes, nearly incompressible elasticity.

J. J. Stokes

During the 1996 season, Stokes suffered a broken hand and missed most of the season, leading to the emergence of the 49ers' third round pick in the 1996 NFL Draft, wide receiver Terrell Owens.

Jean Zimmerman

Love, Fiercely: A Gilded Age Romance is a dual biography of Edith Minturn Stokes and Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, a nineteenth-century couple known for philanthropy, architecture and documenting New York City history.

John Eleuthère du Pont

He was second author with Clifton Stokes Weaver, for Living Volutes: a Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World.

Keith Stokes

Stokes made the TSN CFL Play of The Year on his August 13, 2005, touchdown vs. the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Lela Rochon

Lela Rochon (born Lela Rochon Staples; April 17, 1964) is an Haitian actress who is best known for her role as Robin Stokes in the movie Waiting to Exhale.

Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown

Former high school wrestler Mike Stokes (Dean Geyer) is the new kid in college and deals with issues involving his father leaving his mother for a man.

Nicholas Pope

His most important early shows included solo exhibitions at the Garage Gallery (1976), the Anthony Stokes Gallery (1979), and the Art & Project Gallery in Amsterdam (1979).

Peter Stokes

Robert Rygge, the chancellor, opposed Stokes in the matter, and on 5 June, when Philip Repington preached at the Priory of St Frideswide, Stokes was prevented from publication by the implied threat of violence.

Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff

Guest musicians appearing on the album include Deni Bonet, Jocelyne Lanois, Bill Dillon, Luke Doucet, Manufacture and Camille Henderson; remixers include Anthony Valcic, Gary Stokes and Rabbit in the Moon.

Rotman School of Management

The founding G7 fellows group includes; Daniel Debow, Dennis Bennie, Dan Shimmerman, Nigel Stokes, Lee Lau, Tomi Poutanen, and Nick Koudas.

Samuel Evans

Satyananda Stokes (1882–1946), Samuel Evans Stokes, apple grower and freedom fighter

Stan Stokes

Stokes's works hang in the Air Force art collection, the United States Air Force Academy, The Pentagon, the San Diego Air & Space Museum, the Palm Springs Air Museum, the National Museum of Naval Aviation, and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

Stokes Bay

The Solent opposite Stokes Bay is often used by extremely large warships (e.g. US supercarriers) to anchor, as Portsmouth Harbour is not deep enough to berth them.

To the east of Stokes Bay is Fort Gilkicker, which was built in 1871 to guard the headland and the western approaches to Portsmouth Harbour and housed 22 gun emplacements.

Stokes mortar

The Stokes mortar was a British trench mortar invented by Sir Wilfred Stokes KBE that was issued to the British, Commonwealth and U.S. armies, as well as the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (CEP), during the latter half of the First World War.

Stokes Valley

The foreground shows a large sculpture by Stokes Valley resident Guy Ngan.

Temperance Hall, Tennessee

Although he grew up in Temperance Hall, Stokes would retire to nearby Alexandria.

The Daily Mash

Neil Rafferty (a former political correspondent for The Sunday Times) and Paul Stokes (former business editor of The Scotsman), created the website in 2007 and remain the lead writers.

The Tromaville Cafe

The show featured Lloyd Kaufman as himself, different actors portraying Toxie, Paul Krymse as Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., Stephen Blackehart as Felix the French Trickster and scantily clad Tromettes(Debbie Rochon, Stephanie Stokes, Tiffany Shepis, etc.) playing waitress/action news reporters.

Thomas Stokes

On 2 March 2010, Yeovil confirmed Stokes would join Hearts FC on loan after numerous reports he had a fall out with boss Terry Skiverton but again the deal fell through and he stayed at the club.

Tobin Stokes

Stokes has been composer in residence at the biannual International Choral Kathaumixw Festival in Powell River, British Columbia, B.C. since 1994, creating large oratorio works often with First Nations themes, stories, elders, dancers, and soloists, performed with massed choirs and orchestra.

Trenton Stokes

Trenton Stokes of Arkansas, in addition to Floyd Parker, was one of two men who appeared on several state ballots as the Populist Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1988.

Velocity Trap

The interception occurs, Stokes and Beth Sheffield (Alicia Coppola), the attractive female navigator are the only survivors of the ensuing gun play, they steal the money and buy the mining colony.

Wadjemup Lighthouse

In October 1840, Surveyor-General John Septimus Roe, together with Wickham and Stokes published Sailing Directions for the Navigation About Rottnest Island.

Wanganui Chronicle

As no printing press was available, Stokes approached the technical master at Wanganui Collegiate School, Rev Charles Nicholls, and together they constructed a maire wood and iron makeshift printing press, on which, with the help of the staff and pupils of the school, the first edition of the Chronicle was printed on 18 September 1856.

Wayne Duvall

Wayne Duvall (born May 29, 1958) is an American actor, known for playing Homer Stokes in O Brother Where Art Thou?, Coach Ferguson in Leatherheads and Ned Guston in Duplicity.

William Axton Stokes

Stokes later served as a major in the U.S. Infantry during the American Civil War, including a period in 1861 commanding at the 18th U.S. Infantry Headquarters, Camp Thomas, Franklin County, Ohio.


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