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SYL
SYL may stand for: Strapping Young Lad, a Canadian heavy metal bandStrapping Young Lad (album), the band's eponymous third albumSomali Youth League, the first political party of SomaliaSuomen ylioppilaskuntien liitto (SYL) ry, The National Union of Students in Finland This is a [disambiguation..
Sylacauga, Alabama
Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 12,616. The first documented case of an object from outer space hitting a person happened in Sylacauga. On November 30, 1954, a 4 kg meteorite crashed through the roof of a house, bounced off a r..
Syldavia
Syldavia is a fictional Balkan kingdom featured in the adventures of Tintin by Hergé. The language spoken is Syldavian. Flag of Syldavia Contents 1 Overview2 The location of Syldavia3 History4 The Syldavian language5 Sources6 See also7 External links Ove..
Syleena Johnson
Syleena Johnson (born on September 2, 1976 in Harvey, Illinois) is a Grammy nominated R&B singer/songwriter daughter of 1960s R&B singer Syl Johnson, part of the famed Hi Records roster, and Brenda Thompson, America's first black female police commissioner. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Chapt..
Syleham
Syleham is a small village next to the River Waveney in Suffolk thought to be the birth place of the first Bishop of Norwich, Bishop Herbert de Losinga Sources [Herbert de Losinga] ..
Sylex 10
Sylex-10 was founded in 1999 by Brandon Morales who dreamed of a solutions oriented company; one that would be able to have the resources to resolve it's clients needs with an uncompromising focus on superior service. The idea was to bring together a group of highly talented, energetic people with ..
Sylhet
This article is about the city. For the district or the administrative division, see Sylhet District or Sylhet Division Shah Jalal Mazar (Tomb) Sylhet (Sylheti: Silôţ; Bengali: Sileţ, formerly Srihôţţo) is a major city in north-eastern Bangladesh. It is the capital of Sylhet Division (..
Sylheti language
Sylheti (native name সিলটী Silôţi; Bengali name সিলেটী Sileţi) is the language of Sylhet proper, the North Eastern region of Bangladesh and southern districts of Assam around Silchar. It is also spoken by a significant population in the other north-eastern states of India..
Sylheti Nagari
Sylheti Nagari is the original script used for writing the Sylheti language. It is an almost extinct script, as the Sylheti language is mostly written in the Bengali script these days. It is also known as Jalalabadi Nagri, Musalmani Nagri, Phul Nagri etc. External links [Description of the sc..
Sylhet Cadet College
Sylhet Cadet College Date of Establishment 1978 First Academic year 1978 Location 7 km away from the Sylhet divisional city beside Sylhet-Osmani International AirportDistrict:SylhetBangladesh College motto "Aloker Obhisari", in Bengali means "lover of light" where 'light' represnts 'knowledg..
Sylhet District
Sylhet (or Srihatta) is a district in eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Sylhet Division. Contents 1 Geography2 Subdivisions3 History4 Economy5 Places of Interests6 See also Geography Subdivisions Sylhet district had four sub-divisions--Sylhet, Moulvibazar,..
Sylhet Division
Sylhet (Srihatta) division is the Northeastern division (bibhag) of Bangladesh, named after its main city, Sylhet. It is bounded by Meghalaya State of India on the north, Tripura State on the south, Assam State of India on the east and Dhaka and Chittagong divisions on the west. The Sylhet divisi..
Sylhet Medical College
Sylhet Osmani Medical College is a state funded medical college in Bangladesh. It is located in the north-eastern city of Sylhet in Sylhet District. The college is named after General Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani, a native of Sylhet, and the commander-in-chief of Bangladesh Army during Bangladesh Libe..
Sylia Stingray
Sylia Stingray is a fictional character from the Japanese anime series Bubblegum Crisis, its sequel Bubblegum Crash and its remake Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040. In both the original OAV and the TV series remake, she is the ring leader of the Knight Sabers, a four woman vigilante group armed with high..
Sylivena
Sylivaina is a village in the Greek prefecture of Achaia, near the city of Akrata. Communities of Akrata Akrata | Ampelos | Kalamia | Krathio | Nonakrida | Paralia Platanou | Sylivena | Valimi | Voutsimos ..
Sylke Otto
Sylke Otto (born July 7, 1969 in Chemnitz) is a German luge champion. She won the singles luge gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Otto has also finished in the top three of the World Cup standings every year since 1999 and has won the o..
Syllabary
A syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent (or approximate) syllables, which make up words. A symbol in a syllabary typically represents an optional consonant sound followed by a vowel sound. In a true syllabary there is no systematic graphic similarity between phonetically related chara..
Syllabic consonant
A syllabic consonant is a consonant which either forms a syllable of its own, or is the nucleus of a syllable. The diacritic for this in the International Phonetic Alphabet is the under-stroke, . Examples from English are button [bɐt̚n̩], bottle [bɒɾl̩]. Note that all of th..
Syllabic verse
Syllabic verse is a poetic form having a fixed number of syllables per line or stanza regardless of the number of stresses that are present. It is common in languages that are syllable-timed such as Japanese or modern French or Spanish, as opposed to accentual verse, which is common in stress-timed ..
Syllabification
Syllabification is the separation of a word into syllables, whether spoken or written. It is also used to describe the process of something like a consonant turning into a syllable, but this is not discussed here. For example, in North Central American English, "can" is normally pronounced as /kə..
Syllable
This article discusses the unit of speech. For the computer operating system, see Syllable (operating system). A syllable (Ancient Greek: συλλαβή) is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. It is typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional init..
Syllable-timed language
In every language, speech emission is based on a sequence of elementary sound units; some of them play a specific part: through their isochronic recurrence, they produce the rhythm of the sentences. In a syllable-timed language, these rhythm units are syllables. However, such a classification shou..
Syllable (operating system)
Syllable is a open source hobby operating system for Intel x86 Pentium and compatible processors. Its purpose is to create an easy-to-use desktop operating system for the home and small office user. It was forked from the stagnant AtheOS in July 2002. It has a native web browser (ABrowse), email ..
Syllable coda
Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for a pronunciation key. In phonology, a syllable coda comprises the consonant sounds of a syllable that follow the nucleus, which is usually a vowel. The combination of a nucleus and a coda is called a rime. A co..
Syllable nucleus
Examples Word Nucleus ..
Syllable onset
In phonetics and phonology, a syllable onset is the part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus. In the study of Chinese languages, onsets are better known as initials or in Chinese, shengmu (PY: shēngmǔ, TC: 聲母, SC: 声母). Syllable structure The segmen..
Syllable rime
In the study of phonology in linguistics, the rime or rhyme of a syllable consists of a nucleus and an optional coda. In the study of Chinese languages, rimes are better known as finals or in Chinese, yunmu (PY: yùnmǔ, TC: 韻母, SC: 韵母). "Rime" and "rhyme" are varia..
Syllable weight
In linguistics, syllable weight is the concept that syllables pattern together according to the number and/or duration of segments in the rime. A heavy syllable is a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime. A branching nucleus generally means the syllable has a long vowel or a diphtho..
Syllabub
A syllabub is a traditional British dessert that dates from at least the eighteenth century. It is usually made from sweetened cream thickened with gelatin and whipped together or curdled with fruit juices or alcoholic beverages. Today Tequila is typically used, but older recipes often made use of c..
Syllabus
Syllabus (plural syllabi or syllabuses) is a document with an outline and summary of topics to be covered in a course. It is often either set out by an exam board, or prepared by the professor who teaches the course, and is usually given to each student during the first class session. A syllabus u..
Syllabus of Errors
The Syllabus of Errors (Latin: Syllabus Errorum) was a document issued by Pope Pius IX in 1864 as an appendix to his encyclical Quanta Cura. It was very controversial in its time and to this day, because it condemned concepts such as freedom of religion and the separation of church and state. Con..
Syllepsis
Syllepsis is a figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word. This creates a semantic incongruity which is often humorous. Syllepsis is somewhat related to the figure ..
Syllogism
A syllogism (Greek: συλλογισμός — "conclusion", "inference"), more correctly a categorical syllogism, is a kind of logical argument in which one proposition (the conclusion) is inferred from two others (the premises). In his Prior Analytics, Aristotle defines syllogism as: "a discou..
Syllogism/Temp
Syllogisms are the cornerstone of the logical tradition, known as term logic or Aristotelian logic, that originated with Aristotle (see Prior Analytics, Book I, c. 1.) and survived broadly unchanged until the advent of modern predicate logic in the late nineteenth century. A syllogism (Greek sullog..
Syllogistic fallacy
Syllogistic fallacies are logical fallacies that occur in syllogisms. They include: Any syllogism type (other than polysyllogism and disjunctive): fallacy of four terms Occurring in categorical syllogisms: affirmative conclusion from a negative premiseexistential fallacyfallacy of exclusive premise..
Sylmar, Los Angeles, California
Sylmar is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles, California, located east of Interstate 5 and north of the city of San Fernando. Contents 1 History2 Pioneer Cemetery3 Sylmar lifestyles4 Power supply facilities5 Transportation6 Sources7&nbs..
Sylmar Converter Station
Sylmar Converter Station is the southern terminal of Pacific Intertie at Sylmar, California, USA. It consists of two parts, Sylmar A and Sylmar B. Sylmar A is the older of them. It was built in 1970 and used as valves originally three six-pulse groups of mercury arc valves, designed for a voltage of..
Sylmar earthquake
The Sylmar earthquake struck at 6:00:55 a.m. PST on the morning of February 9, 1971. The earthquake that rocked the northern San Fernando Valley, near Sylmar measured magnitude 6.6 on the Richter magnitude scale. There are various names for this earthquake. 'Sylmar Quake' is the name initially ..
Sylorn
Project: Sylorn ' Project: Sylorn is an independantly developed Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG). The primary objectives of this Project is originality- something very few MMORPG developers have on their lists. It contains the typical, enjoyable elements of any MMORPG- questi..
Sylow theorem
In mathematics, specifically group theory, the Sylow theorems, named after Ludwig Sylow, form a partial converse to Lagrange's theorem, which states that if H is a subgroup of a finite group G, then the order of H divides the order of G. The Sylow theorems guarantee, for certain divisors of the orde..
Sylph
"The Sylph" can also refer to the ballet La Sylphide. Sylph is a faux-mythological creature in the Western tradition. The term "Sylph" originates in Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as invisible beings of the air, his elementals of air. There is no substantial mythos associated with them. As al..
Sylphagora
Sylphagora is a free internet forum system implemented in PHP and MySQL. It is a fairly modest, threaded board system that, although it lacks a lot of features found in other board systems, is lightweight and fast. Contents 1 Etymology2 Features3 Versions3.1 Future releases4&..
Sylpheed
Sylpheed is an e-mail and news client based on the GTK+ library. It offers quick response, easy configuration and an abundance of features. Sylpheed is free software licensed under the GPL. It stores mails in the MH Message Handling System. Projects Sylpheed's classic branch focuses on stability...
Sylpheed Claws
Sylpheed-Claws is a GTK+-based e-mail client and news client for linux, forked from Sylpheed in April 2001. It is light, easy to configure, and easy to use. Sylpheed-Claws has an intuitive interface and a lot of features and flexibility. Sylpheed-Claws is the default E-mail client for the Ebuntu ..
Sylphon
A sylphon is an old name for a cylindrical symmetry bellows. When made of metal, the sylphon shape was formerly created by metal spinning inside of a metal mold, and now by hydrostatic forming within a mold. Because, the mold therefore contains the "pleats" of the bellows, the mold must be const..
Sylt
The German island of Sylt is located in the North Sea off the west coast of Germany and Denmark. A high-altitude view of Sylt. Sylt (Danish: Sild, Frisian: Söl) is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfrieslanddistrict, Schleswig-Holstein. It belongs to the North Frisian Islands..
Sylte
Sylte may refer to the following locations: Sylte in Norddal municipality, Møre og RomsdalSylte in Surnadal municipality, Møre og RomsdalSylte in Vanylven municipality, Møre og RomsdalSylte was also the name used for Tresfjord between 1899 and 1922. This article consisting of geographical locati..
Sylt Airport
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Sylva
Sylva can refer to one of the following: Sylva, North Carolina, a town in the United StatesSylva River, a river in RussiaSylva (urban settlement), an urban settlement in Perm Krai, RussiaCarmen Sylva, writer and poet, Elisabeth of Wied, queen consort as wife of Carol I of RomaniaBuddy De Sylva (1895..
Sylva, North Carolina
Sylva is an incorporated town located central Jackson County, in the Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina.[link] As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,435. It is the county seat[Geographic references#6GR6], having taken over from nearby Webster in..
SylvaC
A SylvaC onion 'face pot' SylvaC (with a deliberate capital C at the end) is a brand of British ornamental pottery characterised primarily by figurenes of animals and Toby Jugs. The SylvaC company ceased production in 1982 although reproductions of SylvaC pieces were made by third parties afte..
Sylvain
Sylvain may refer to: Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestlerSylvain Wiltord, French footballerSylvain Sylvain, guitaristSylvain Julien Victor Arend, Belgian astronomerSylvain GagnonSylvain Cossette, Canadian pop vocalistSylvain Cote, Canadian former ice hockey playerSylvain Légaré, Canadian politician..
Sylvaine Strike
Sylvaine Strike is a South African actress, writer and director. She was born in Pretoria and studied in Cape Town, where she graduated with a Performer's Diploma in Speech and Drama in 1993. She studied further in Paris at Jacques LeCoq School with an emphasis on physical theater. ..
Sylvain Calzati
Sylvain Calzati is a French road bicycle racer français born on July 1, 1979 in Lyon. He turned professional during the year 2003 with Team Barloworld, but currently he's part of Ag2r Prévoyance. His biggest success is winning the [[2006_Tour_de_France%2C_Prologue_to_Stage_11#Stage_8_-_Sunday.2C..
Sylvain Cambreling
Sylvain Cambreling (born 1948 in Amiens, France) is a French conductor. External links [Personal website] |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Sylvain Charles Valée
Sylvain-Charles, comte Valée (December 17, 1773 - August 16, 1846), born in Brienne-le-Château, was a Marshal of France. Upon the outbreak of the French Revolution, Valée enlisted in the French revolutionary army and was sent to serve in the Army of the Nord. Promoted to captain in 1795 and to l..
Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel (born on June 30, 1979) is a French professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Châtellerault and currently resides there. His brother Sebastien Chavanel is also a cyclist. He started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour.fr, which then bec..
Sylvain Chomet
Sylvain Chomet (born 1963) is a French animator and film director. Born in Maisons-Laffitte, near Paris, he studied art at high-school until he graduated in 1982. In 1986 he published his first comic, Secrets of the Dragonfly. Chomet moved to London in 1988 to work as an animator at the Richard Pu..
Sylvain Cossette
Sylvain Cossette is a pop vocalist from Grand-Mère, Québec. See also List of MauriciensList of Quebec musiciansMusic of QuebecCulture of Quebec ..
Sylvain Cote
Sylvain Cote was born 19 January, 1966 in Quebec City, Quebec. He was a professional ice hockey player who spent 19 seasons in the NHL, the majority of them was with the Washington Capitals. He also played for the Hartford Whalers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks and Dallas Stars. He was a m..
Sylvain Distin
Sylvain Distin (born 16 December, 1977 in Bagnolet, France) is a French footballer who is currently captain of Manchester City. Distin started his career first played for French non league side Joue-les-Tours, moving to Paris Saint-Germain a season later. His time at PSG was shortlived, as after a ..
Sylvain Gagnon
Sylvain Gagnon may be: Sylvain Gagnon (skater) (fl. 1990s)Sylvain Gagnon (jazz), bass player This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intend..
Sylvain Grenier
Sylvain Grenier, (pronounced Grahn-yay) (born March 26, 1977 in Montreal, Quebec), is a Québécois Canadian professional wrestler, who is formerly one-half of the tag team La Résistance. He currently performs for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand as Sylvan. Contents 1 ..
Sylvain Guillaume
Sylvain Guillaume (born July 6, 1968) is a former French Nordic combined skier who competed during the 1990s. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville he won a gold in the Nordic combined Individual, then won a bronze in the Team competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. He also has two..
Sylvain Houde
Sylvain Houde was the singer of the Canadian death metal band Kataklysm. After three albums he left the band to form a band of his own, which apparently never surfaced. He is known for his very deep and fast death grunt which he combined with higher pitched, shrieking grunts. He is last known to be ..
Sylvain Julien Victor Arend
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Sylvain Lefebvre
--> Sylvain Lefebvre (born October 14, 1967 in Richmond, Quebec) was a backup defenseman for several National Hockey League teams from 1989 to 2003. He was a member of the Colorado Avalanche's 1996 Stanley Cup championship team and, inarguably, has one of the most outrageous distinctions in sport..
Sylvain Légaré
Sylvain Légaré (born October 22, 1970 in Québec City) is a politician in Québec, Canada, and an Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the Vanier riding. He studied financial planning at the Université Laval, graduating in 2000, and has worke..
Sylvain Legwinski
Sylvain Legwinski (born June 10, 1973 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a footballer playing for Fulham in the FA Premier League. He is a defensive midfield player who can also play in a more attacking role on occasion. He is amusingly given the nickname "Monica" by Fulham fans, a pun on the name of Monica ..
Sylvain Lévi
Sylvain Lévi (28 March 1863–1935) was an orientalist and indologist. His book Théâtre Indien is an important work on the subject. Works Le théatre Indien (1890),Quid de Graecis veterum Indorum monumenta tradiderint (s.å.),La doctrine du sacrifice dans les Brahmanas (1898),Le Nepal. Étu..
Sylvain Marconnet
Sylvain Marconnet (born 8 April, 1976 in France) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Stade Français in the Top 14 club competition in France. His usual position is prop. Marconnet has played for France, including representing them at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. He ..
Sylvain Maréchal
French literature French literary history Medieval 16th century - 17th century 18th century -19th century 20th century - Contemporary French Writers Chronological list - - [[Portal:France|France Portal]] [[Portal:Literature|Literature Portal]]This box: [ view] •..
Sylvain N'Diaye
Sylvain N'Diaye (born June 25, 1976 in Paris) is a French-born Senegalese footballer. A defensive midfielder, he has played for Olympique de Marseille since 2003 to 2005. He currently plays for Levante UD. He has played 5 international matches for Senegal. Playing career 1996-97 : Bordeaux (1 matc..
Sylvain Remy
Sylvain Remy (born November 15, 1980) is a Beninese football player who, as of 2004 was playing for Clermont. He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals...
Sylvain Salnave
Sylvain Salnave (7 February 1826 - 1870) was a Haïtian general. He was born in Haut du Cap). He was the President of Haïti from 1867 to 1870. Some sources say that he proclaimed himself an emperor, though this is disputed. Salnave was the son of Jean-Baptiste Salnave. He led a failed rebellion ag..
Sylvain Sylvain
Sylvain Sylvain (born Sylvain Mizrahi, 1949- ) is a punk rock guitarist. He was born in Cairo to a Jewish family with one brother and one sister, Leon and Bridget, but raised in New York City, where his family had moved while he was still a child. He played guitar in the proto-punk group, the Ne..
Sylvain Turgeon
Sylvain Turgeon (born June 17, 1965, in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada) is a former NHL player and the older brother of current NHLer Pierre Turgeon. He was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft as the second pick overall. During his NHL career he played for the Whalers, the N..
Sylvain Wiltord
Sylvain Wiltord (born May 10, 1974 in Neuilly-sur-Marne) is a French football forward of Guadeloupian [link] descent. With the French national team, Wiltord has won Euro 2000 and reached the finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Wiltord played for Rennes (1992-97), Girondins Bordeaux (1997..
Sylvan, Wisconsin
Sylvan is a town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 547 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 93.5 km² (36.1 mi²). 93.4 km² (36.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.03% is water. Demographics As of the cens..
Sylvan-Highlands, Portland, Oregon
Sylvan-Highlands [(PDF map)] is a Portland neighborhood located on the west side of the West Hills. Contents 1 Schools1.1 Elementary Schools1.2 Middle Schools1.3 High Schools2 Statistics3 Parks4 Neighborhood organizations5 External links Schoo..
Sylvanas Windrunner
colspan=2 style="font-size: larger; " | Sylvanas Windrunner Gender Female Race The Forsaken; formerly High Elves Character class Dark Ranger; formerly an Elven Ranger Affiliation The ForsakenHorde; formerly The Alliance Occupation Queen of the Forsaken; former Ranger General of Qu..
Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews
Sylvana Palma Windsor, Countess of St Andrews (born 28 May 1957) is the wife of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, the eldest son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Lady St Andrews was born Sylvana Palma Tomaselli in Placentia in Canada, daughter of Maximillian Karl Tomaselli and Josiane Preschez. ..
Sylvania
Sylvania literally means 'forest land' in Latin. It is used to mean several different things: Sylvania is the name of several places in the United States of America and elsewhere:*Sylvania, Alabama, USA*Sylvania, Georgia, USA*Sylvania, Ohio, USA*Sylvania Wilderness is a Federal Wilderness Area in M..
Sylvania, Alabama
Sylvania is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,186. Geography Sylvania is located at [34°33′30″N, 85°47′46″W] (34.558304, -85.796154)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has ..
Sylvania, Georgia
Sylvania is a city in Screven County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,675 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Screven County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Geography Sylvania is located at [32°45′1″N, 81°38′23″W] (32.750151, -81.639590)[..
Sylvania, Kentucky
Sylvania is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky located near Terry Road along Sylvania Road. References ↑  External links ..
Sylvania, New South Wales
Sylvania is a suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 22km south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire. The postcode is 2224. Sylvania is on Horse Rock Point where the Tom Uglys Bridge crosses north over the Georges River to Bl..
Sylvania, Ohio
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Sylvania, Pennsylvania
Sylvania is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 200 at the 2000 census. Geography Sylvania is located at [41°48′20″N, 76°51′19″W] (41.805563, -76.855353)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Burea..
Sylvanian Families
--> The Sylvanian Families were first introduced into Japan in 1985 by Epoch and by [Tomy] in the United States of America and Canada later the same year. Although the packaging was different, the figures were more or less the same and most items where released in both Japan and the US an..
Sylvania 200
The Sylvania 200 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that takes place at New Hampshire International Speedway. Previous race: Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 Current NASCAR Races Next race: Las Vegas 350 ..
Sylvania 300
Sylvania 300 Venue New Hampshire International Speedway Corporate sponsor Sylvania First race 1997 Distance 317 miles (511 km) Number of laps 300 Previous names CMT 300 (1997) Farm Aid on CMT 300 (1998) Dura Lube/Kmart 300 (1999) Dura Lube 300 sponsored by Kmart (2000) New Hampshire 30..
Sylvania Electric Products
Sylvania Electric Products was a U.S. manufacturer of diverse electrical equipment, including at various times radio transceivers and mainframe computers. They were one of the companies involved in the development of the COBOL programming language. See also Sylvania Electric Products explosion, for..
Sylvania Electric Products explosion
On the morning of July 2 1956, an explosion involving scrap Thorium occurred at the Sylvania Electric Products Metallurgical Laboratory. Sylvania was experimenting with large-scale production of Thorium metal from Thorium dioxide. Part of the process of shutting down this experiment was the reproc..
Sylvania Heights, New South Wales
Sylvania Heights is a locality in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the north-western part of the suburb of Sylvania. Suburbs and localities within the Sutherland Shire | Southern Sydney | Sydney Alfords Point | Audley | Bangor | Barden Ridge | Bonne..
Sylvania Mountains
The Sylvania Mountains are located in California and Nevada in the United States. The range trends in an east-west direction north of the Last Chance Range at the northern end of Death Valley National Park. ..
Sylvania Northview High School (Sylvania, Ohio)
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. Sylvania Northview High Scho..
Sylvania Sports and Exhibition Center
The Sylvania Sports and Exhibition Center is a convention center located in Sylvania, Ohio. It contains 30,000 square feet of exhibit space in the fieldhouse. The fieldhouse contains the hardwood basketball floor used at the 1994 NBA All-Star Game at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. T..
Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio
Sylvania Township is a township of Lucas County, Ohio. As of 2000, the total population is 44,253, making it the 2nd most populous county subdivision of Lucas County, as well as the 3rd most populous in all of northwest Ohio and the 419 / 567 area codes (behind Toledo, Ohio and Mansfield, Ohio). T..
Sylvania Township, Pennsylvania
Sylvania Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 61 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 77.3 km² (29.9 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 61 p..
Sylvania Waters, New South Wales
See Sylvania Waters for the television show --> Sylvania Waters is a suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 21km south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire. The postcode is 2224. Sydney suburbs near Sylvania Waters(Suther..
Sylvania Waters (TV series)
Sylvania Waters was an Australian reality television series which followed the lives of an Australian family. Though there had been previous documentary television series following the lives of real people and families (notably An American Family in 1973), Sylvania Waters seemed to start a new trend..
Sylvania Wilderness
Sylvania Wilderness is an 18,327 acre area of land located a few miles west of Watersmeet, Michigan. The area is located entirely within the bounds of the Ottawa National Forest, and is currently being managed as a wilderness area as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System by the U.S..
Sylvanite
Sylvanite or Silver gold telluride, (Ag,Au)Te2, is the most common telluride of gold. The gold:silver ratio varies from 3:1 to 1:1. It is a metallic mineral with a color that ranges from a steely gray to almost white. It is closely related to calaverite. Sylvanite crystallizes in the monoclinic 2/m ..
Sylvano Bussotti
Sylvano Bussotti (born 1 October 1931 in Florence) is an Italian composer of contemporary music whose work is notoriously hard to perform. Bussotti learned to play the violin as a child, becoming a prodigy. Later he studied at the Florence Conservatory (where he developed an opposition to modernis..
Sylvanshine
Sylvanshine is an optical phenomenon in which dew-covered trees of species whose leaves are wax-covered retroreflects beams of light, as from a vehicle's headlights, sometimes causing trees to appear to be snow-covered at night during the summer. The phenomenon was named and explained in 1994 by ..
Sylvanus Dung Dung
Sylvanus Dung Dung is a famous indian hockey player. ..
Sylvanus Morley
[Featured articles   ] Sylvanus Griswold Morley (June 7 1883–September 2 1948) was an American archaeologist, epigrapher and Mayanist scholar who made significant contributions towards the study of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in the early 20th century. H..
Sylvanus Olympio
--> Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio (1902 - 13 January 1963) was a Togolese political figure. He served as the Prime Minister of Togo from 1958 to 1961. He then served as the first President of Togo between 1961 and 1963 where he became the first president and prime minister of Togo for his first year..
Sylvanus Thayer
Sylvanus Thayer, painting by Robert Weir Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 - September 7 1872) also known as "the Father of West Point" was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United Sta..
Sylvanus Wear
Sylsanus Wear (1858 - 1920) was an English naturalist who settled in Belfast in 1904. He formed the core of the Belfast Field Club. The flowering plants were his hobbie and he undertook the work required to issue a Second Supplement and Summary of the Flora of the North-east of Ireland. He was bor..
Sylvan Beach
Sylvan Beach may refer to Sylvan Beach, New York, a village in Oneida CountyA hamlet in the state of New York in the towns of Tyrone, New York in Schuyler County and Wayne, New York in Steuben County.The community of Wabaningo, Michigan was formerly known as Sylvan Beach and there is still a beach ..
Sylvan Beach, New York
Sylvan Beach is a village in Oneida County, New York, USA. The population was 1,071 at the 2000 census. The Village of Sylvan Beach is in the western end of the Town of Vienna. Verona Beach State Park is south of the village on Route 13. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demograp..
Sylvan Beach, Washington
Sylvan Beach, is a community on the west side of Vashon Island on Colvos Passage. It is known as one of Vashon's walk-in communities, since most of the homes can only be reached by walking in from the road on the community's boardwalk. Supplies and goods are conveyed to the homes using wheelbarrow..
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (born March 29, 1986 in Cambridge) is an English football player who plays for Plymouth Argyle. He started his career at Manchester United as a junior player. He played his first senior match for the club on October 26, 2004 against Crewe Alexandra. One year later, he scor..
Sylvan Goldman
Sylvan Nathan Goldman (1898 - November 27, 1984) was an American businessman and inventor of the first shopping cart. He introduced the device on June 4, 1937, in the Piggly-Wiggly supermarket chain in Oklahoma City, of which he was the owner. With the assistance of a mechanic named Fred Young, Gol..
Sylvan Grove, Kansas
Sylvan Grove is a city in Lincoln County, Kansas, United States. As of 2000 census, the city population was 324. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History3.1 The History of the Sylvan Grove Public Library4 External links Geography Sylvan Grove is located at [39..
Sylvan Hills
Sylvan Hills is a neighborhood in southwest Atlanta, Georgia. Contents 1 Boundaries2 History3 Places of Interest3.1 Perkerson Park3.2 Fort McPherson4 Education4.1 Elementary Schools4.2 Middle Schools5 External links Boundaries The neighboorhood is bor..
Sylvan Hills High School
Sylvan Hills High School is a secondary school for grades nine through twelve in Sherwood, Arkansas. Sylvan Hills is administered by the Pulaski County Special School District. Contents 1 Academics1.1 Math and Science1.2 Social Sciences and Studies1.3 Language Arts1.4 Jo..
Sylvan Lake
Sylvan Lake can refer to: Sylvan Lake, AlbertaSylvan Lake, MichiganSylvan Lake, South DakotaThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intende..
Sylvan Lake, Alberta
Sylvan Lake is a resort town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located about 18 km west of the outskirts of Red Deer along Highway 11 or Highway 11A. It is situated on the southeast edge of Sylvan Lake, a 15-kilometre-long freshwater lake, in Red Deer County. The lake is a popular destination for..
Sylvan Lake, Michigan
Sylvan Lake is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,735 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 km² (0.8 mi²). 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (34.57%) is wate..
Sylvan Lake, South Dakota
Sylvan Lake, known as the “crown jewel” of Custer State Park, is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It offers picnic areas, small rental boats, swimming, and hiking trails. It is also popular as a starting point for excursions to Harney Peak and The Needles. The [Sylvan Lake Resor..
Sylvan Lake Town Council
Sylvan Lake Town Council is the municipal government of Sylvan Lake. It consist of one mayor and six councilors. The mayor is Bryan Lambertson. He was first elected to council in a 2000 by election. He was then elected as mayor of Sylvan Lake in October 2001. The six councilors are: Bart Dyrland, ..
Sylvan Learning
This article is about the learning center; for the professional wrestler, see Sylvain Grenier; for the faction in Heroes of Might and Magic V, see HMMV Sylvan Learning (formerly Sylvan Learning Center) is one branch of the corporation Educate Inc.,[link] which operates a variety of for..
Sylvan Muldoon
Sylvan Muldoon was an American writer on the subject of Astral projection, a paranormal or occult term which usually refers to a consciously induced out of body experience or OBE. He claimed to have his first OBE when he was just 12 years old and often in a state of catalepsy. The experiences contin..
Sylvan Pass
Sylvan Pass (elevation 8530 ft/2600 m), is a mountain pass located in the Absaroka Range in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. The pass provides access to the park from the east entrance. The pass was named after the nearby Sylvan Lake and was formed by frost action breaking the rocks. The par..
Sylvan Shores, Florida
Sylvan Shores is a census-designated place (CDP) in Highlands County, Florida, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 2,424. Geography Sylvan Shores is located at [27°19′7″N, 81°21′1″W] (27.318581, -81.350415)[Geographic references#1GR1]. ..
Sylvan Springs, Alabama
Sylvan Springs is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,465. Geography Sylvan Springs is located at [33°30′46″N, 87°1′14″W] (33.512650, -87.020636)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the U.S. Census Bureau,..
Sylvan Township
Sylvan Township may refer to: Sylvan Township, Washtenaw County, MichiganSylvan Township, MinnesotaSylvan Township, Osceola County, MichiganThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to c..
Sylvan Township, Michigan
Sylvan Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan: Sylvan Township, Osceola County, MichiganSylvan Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page..
Sylvan Township, Minnesota
Sylvan Township is a township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,965 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 89.9 km² (34.7 mi²). 79.7 km² (30.8 mi²) of it is land and 10.1 km² (3.9 mi²) of it (1..
Sylvan Township, Osceola County, Michigan
Sylvan Township is a township in Osceola County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,033 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 91.2 km² (35.2 mi²). 89.4 km² (34.5 mi²) of it is land and 1.9 km² (0.7 mi²) of it (..
Sylvan Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Sylvan Township is a township in Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States. The population was 6,425 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.2 km² (36.0 mi²). 91.1 km² (35.2 mi²) of it is land and 2.1 km² (0.8 mi²) of it..
Sylvarena, Mississippi
Sylvarena is a village in Smith County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 120 at the 2000 census. Geography Sylvarena is located at [32°0′38″N, 89°22′56″W] (32.010575, -89.382148)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, ..
Sylvatic
Sylvatic is a scientific term referring to wild, or forest-dwelling animals. In the context of animal research, its opposite is domestic, which refers to pets, farm animals or other animals which do not dwell in the wild. ..
Sylva Koscina
--> --> Sylva Koscina (1933-1994) was a Croatian actress best remembered as Iole, the bride of Hercules (Steve Reeves) in "Hercules" (1957) and "Hercules Unchained" (1959). She also appeared in Deadlier Than the Male (1966), in which she and Elke Sommer portray sophisticated professional killers ..
Sylva River
The Sylva River (Russian: ) is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast and Perm Krai in Russia. It is 493 km in length. The area of the basin is 19,700 km². The Sylva River flows into the Chusovoy Cove of the Kamskoye Reservoir. It freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. Principa..
Sylver
Sylver is a Belgian dance group best known for the song "Turn the Tide". The group's vocalist is Silvy de Bie (born January 4, 1981) and keyboardist/songwriter is Wout Van Dessel (born October 19, 1974). Regi Penxten is the producer and co-songwriter. Silvy began her musical career at age nine on..
Sylvère Maes
Sylvère Maes (August 27, 1909 – December 5, 1966) was born in Gistel, Belgium. Sylvère is most famous for winning the 1936 and 1939 Tour de France. |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Sylver coinage
Sylver Coinage is a mathematical game for two players, invented by John H. Conway. It is discussed in Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays. The two players take it in turn to name a positive integer that is not the sum of multiples of previously named integers. After 1 is named, all positi..
SYLVER launcher
Aster 15 SYLVER launchers on the Charles de Gaulle The SYLVER is a vertical missile launcher designed by DCN. The launcher comes in several variants, each distinguished by their height. The A-43 was developed for launching short range surface to air missiles, the A-50 for the long-range PAAMS ..
Sylver Logan Sharp
Sylver Logan Sharp has been lead vocalist with Nile Rodgers and Chic since the early 1990s and continues to tour with them in 2006. In 2005, her song "All this time", written by Jonathan Peters became a huge hit in clubs and dance stations in large cities such as WKTU in New York, KNHC in seattle o..
Sylvester
Sylvester as a single name can refer to the following churchmen: Pope Silvester I (Saint Sylvester)Pope Silvester IIAntipope Silvester IIISylvester of KievSylvester of Moscow Sylvester may also refer to: Sylvester of MarsicoSylvester the Cat, a Looney Tunes characterSylvester James, disco performer..
Sylvester's law of inertia
In linear algebra, Sylvester's law of inertia states that the inertia of a matrix A is invariant under congruence transformations. It is named for J. J. Sylvester. The inertia of A is defined as the triple containing the numbers of positive, negative and zero eigenvalues of A: see also signature (q..
Sylvester's sequence
Sylvester's sequence consists of the coprime denominators of an Egyptian fraction that adds up to 1. The first few terms of the sequence are 2, 3, 7, 43, 1807, 3263443, 10650056950807, 113423713055421844361000443 (sequence [[OEIS:A000058|A000058]] in OEIS) The terms of the sequence can be calculat..
Sylvester, Georgia
Sylvester is a city in Worth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,990 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Worth County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Geography Sylvester is located at [31°31′53″N, 83°50′10″W] (31.531425, -83.836233)[..
Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle
Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle is a novel written by Georgette Heyer. Intelligent and desperate Phoebe runs away from a man whom her parents wish her to marry. She is assisted in escaping by none other than the man himself, about whom she has written a novel starring him as the villain. Unfortuna..
Sylvester, West Virginia
Sylvester is a town in Boone County, West Virginia along the Big Coal River. The population was 195 at the 2000 census. Sylvester was incorporated April 11, 1952 by the Boone County Circuit Court. Geography Sylvester is located at [38°0′37″N, 81°33′35″W] (38.010370, -81.559626)..
Sylvester, Wisconsin
Sylvester is a town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 809. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 93.0 km² (35.9 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 809 people, 2..
Sylvester (crater)
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Sylvester (Looney Tunes)
Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr. is an animated fictional cat who appears in several Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper. The name "Sylvester" is a play on silvestris, the scientific name for the domestic cat species. The character debu..
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1970) is a children's picture book written and illustrated by William Steig. It won him the Caldecott Medal, his first of many Newbery and Caldecott honors. It tells the tale of a donkey, Sylvester, who collects pebbles "of unusual shape and color." One day he happen..
Sylvester Barrett
Sylvester A. Barret (May 18, 1926 – May 8, 2002) was a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He served under Jack Lynch and Charles J. Haughey as Minister for the Environment (1977–1980) and Minister for Defence (1980–1981). Sylvester Barrett was born in Darragh, near Ennis, Coun..
Sylvester Clarke
Sylvester ClarkeWest Indies (WI) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast Tests ODIs Matches 11 10 '''Runs scored 172 60 Batting average 15.63 10.00 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score 35* 20 ..
Sylvester Croom
Sylvester Croom (born September 25, 1954) is the football head coach at Mississippi State University. He is the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference. Contents 1 Playing career2 Coaching career3 Head Coaching Record3.1 Famous quotes4 ..
Sylvester Donovan Ryan
Styles of Sylvester Donovan Ryan Reference style The Most Reverend Spoken style Your Excellency Religious style Monsignor Posthumous style not applicable Sylvester Donovan Ryan, DD, (b. September 3, 1930 in Avalon, California) has been the Roman Catholic Bishop of Monterey in Cali..
Sylvester Gardiner
Dr. Sylvester Gardiner was a physician, pharmaceutical merchant and visionary land developer. He was born in South Kingston, Rhode Island on June 29, 1707, and died in Newport, Rhode Island on August 8, 1786. After studying medicine in New York, London and Paris, Dr. Gardiner opened a practice ..
Sylvester Graham
Sylvester Graham (July 5, 1794 - September 11, 1851) was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and was ordained in 1826 as a Presbyterian minister. He was an early advocate of dietary reform in United States most notable for his emphasis on vegetarianism, and the temperance movement, as well as sexual and..
Sylvester Gray
Sylvester Gray (born July 8 1967, in Millington, Tennessee) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Miami Heat in the 2nd round (35th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. A 6'6" forward from Memphis State University, Gray played in only one NBA season. As a member o..
Sylvester James
Sylvester James (September 6, 1944 in Los Angeles, California – December 16, 1988 in San Francisco, California) was an American disco and soul musician, and a gay drag performer. Known for singing in falsetto (despite a rich baritone voice), he is also considered one of the first Hi-NRG arti..
Sylvester James Gates
Sylvester James Gates, Jr. is an African American theoretical physicist. He received his PhD from MIT in 1977. Gates is currently the John S. Toll Professor of Physics at University of Maryland, College Park. He is known for his work on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory. Professo..
Sylvester Joe
Sylvester Joe (unknown – 1839), hunter and explorer, born Bay d'Espoir, Newfoundland, Canada. Joe, a native Mi'kmaq of Newfoundland, was the noted hunter from the south-west coast of the Island of Newfoundland who was engaged by William Cormack to guide hime on his trek across Newfoundland, th..
Sylvester Joseph
Sylvester JosephWest Indies (WI) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm offbreak Tests ODIs Matches 4 13 '''Runs scored 133 161 Batting average 16.62 16.10 100s/50s -/- -/1 Top score 45 58 ..
Sylvester Judd
Sylvester Judd (23 July 1813 - 26 January 1853), novelist, born at Westhampton, Massachusetts, studied at Hadley Academy, graduated from Yale College in 1836, and from Harvard Divinity School in 1840. He was ordained a Unitarian minister on 1 October 1840, becoming pastor of a church in Augusta, Mai..
Sylvester Junior
Sylvester Junior in the short Freudy Cat. Sylvester Junior is an animated cartoon character; he is the son of Sylvester the cat in the Looney Tunes cartoons. Physically, Junior is basically a miniature version of his father, having a large head in proportion to a small body. Junior has been ..
Sylvester Levay
Sylvester Levay is a Hungarian composer. He was born 16 May 1945 in Subotica, in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. Contents 1 Life and career2 Work3 Compositions (selection)4 Awards Life and career Sylvester Levay began his musical studies at the age of eight. U..
Sylvester matrix
In mathematics, a Sylvester matrix is a matrix associated to two polynomials that gives us some information about those polynomials. It is named for James Joseph Sylvester. Contents 1 Definition2 Applications3 See also4 References Definition Formally, let p and q be two poly..
Sylvester Mazzolini
Sylvester Mazzolini, in Italian Silvestro Mazzolini da Prierio, in Latin Sylvester Prierias. (1456/57-1523) was a theologian born at Priero, Piedmont; he died at Rome. At the age of fifteen he entered the Dominican Order. Passing brilliantly through a course of studies he taught theology at Bologna..
Sylvester McCoy
Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy (born August 20, 1943) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1987 to 1989, and in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie. ..
Sylvester Medal
The Sylvester Medal is a bronze medal awarded every three years by the Royal Society for the encouragement of mathematical research. Instituted in 1901, it will next be awarded in 2006. The medal is named after James Joseph Sylvester, Savilian professor of geometry, Oxford, in the 1880s. Recipients..
Sylvester of Kiev
Sylvestr (Сильвестр in Russian) (c.1055 - 1123) was a Russian clergyman and a writer. Some sources name Sylvestr as a compiler of either the Primary Chronicle itself or its second edition. He was a hegumen of the Vydubetsky Monastery in Kiev, which had been founded by Prince Vsevolod Yaros..
Sylvester of Marsico
Sylvester, count of Marsico, was a Norman nobleman of the Kingdom of Sicily. He was not a young man when he first rose to importance in the realm. He immediately seized all the property of the Admiral Maio of Bari in Palermo on the latter's assassination (10 November 1160). He was then chosen by the..
Sylvester P. Smythe
Sylvester P. Smythe is Cracked magazine's imitation of Alfred E. Neuman, Mad Magazine's mascot. Smythe generally appears on every cover of the magazine, and is portrayed as a dumb, wide-jowled idiot. Smythe's official occupation is Cracked's janitor. ..
Sylvester Pennoyer
Sylvester Pennoyer (July 6, 1831 - May 31, 1902) was a populist Democrat and served as Governor of Oregon (1886 - 1894) and as mayor of Portland, Oregon (1896 - 1898). Pennoyer was born in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, and studied law at Harvard. After graduating, he moved to Oregon where he practice..
Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon
Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon (1830 - 1906) a prolific American painter. Hodgdon lived and studied in the Boston area. He began as a portrait painter but by 1864 he was painting and exhibiting landscapes at The National Academy of Design. Hodgdon's work was also exhibited at The Boston Athenaeum and T..
Sylvester Primer
Sylvester Primer was a linguist and philologist. Born in Geneva, Wisconsin December 14, 1842, but moved to New York as a child. He served in the War Between the States under Sheridan and Custer in the 108th New York Infantry and the Fifteenth New York Cavalry and was wounded at Antietam. After the ..
Sylvester Q. Cannon
Sylvester Quayle Cannon (1877–1943) (commonly known as Sylvester Q. Cannon) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from October 6, 1939–May 29, 1943. He was the son of George Q. Cannon, an apostle. He was born in Salt Lake Cit..
Sylvester Shyster
Sylvester Shyster, as he appeared in "The Past Imperfect!" (Walt Disney's Comics #632). Written by David Gerstein, illustrated by Cèsar Ferioli. Sylvester Shyster is a character created by Walt Disney for the Mickey Mouse comic strips. Shyster, later reused by longtime Mouse comics master Flo..
Sylvester Sim
Shooting Stars TV poster Sylvester Sim (Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ; born January 19 1983) is a Singaporean singer who was the first runner-up of the talent contest Singapore Idol. He is widely known as Sly to his fans. A self-professed rocker and playboy, his bad-boy image resulted in ..
Sylvester Stadler
Sylvester Stadler (born December 30, 1910 in Steiermark, Austria) was a Brigadeführer and major-general in the German Waffen-SS. He was one of the youngest German generals during World War II, being only 34 years old when the war ended in 1945. Stadler joined the Schutzstaffel (SS) in 1933. From 1..
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946, in New York City) is an American film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is often referred to by his nickname, "Sly," His middle name is sometimes cited as "Enzio," though in A&E's biography of the actor, "The Rocky Road to the Top," hi..
Sylvester Terkay
Sylvester Terkay,born 1970 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a professional wrestler that wrestles in the Independent circuit in Japan and is better known by his stage name of The Predator. Terkay was signed by WWE in May 2006 after working a dark match on RAW. Contents 1 Finishing and Si..
Sylvester Veitch
Sylvester Veitch (February 24, 1910 - February 14, 1996) was a celebrated thoroughbred horse trainer, originally began his career as a rider and trainer in Steeplechase racing. In 1939 he moved to flat racing when he began employment as a trainer with Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in Kentucky. He won..
Sylvester–Gallai theorem
The Sylvester–Gallai theorem asserts that given a finite number of points in the plane, either All the points are collinear; orThere is a line which contains exactly two of the points. This theorem was posed as a problem by James Joseph Sylvester in 1893, and solved by Tibor Gallai in 1944. A mor..
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Sylvestra Le Touzel is an actress and the sister of Joshua Le Touzel. She is married to Owen Teale and has 2 children. One of her best known roles was that of Fanny Price in the BBC's dramatization of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. She also appeared in the ITV science ficition drama The Uninvited. E..
Sylvestre François Lacroix
Sylvestre François de Lacroix (April 28, 1765–May 24, 1843) was a French mathematician. He was born in Paris, France, and was raised in a poor family who still managed to obtain a good education for their son. He displayed a particular talent for mathematics, calculating the motions of the p..
Sylvestre Matuschka
Sylvestre Matuschka (in Hungarian publications: Szilveszter Matuska), a former officer in the Austro-Hungarian army, was arrested in October 1931 and charged with arranging the derailment of several trains. It is conjectured that he caused the crashes in order to obtain sexual gratification. Matusc..
Sylvestre Nsanzimana
Sylvestre Nsanzimana (born 1936) served as Prime Minister of Rwanda from 12 October 1991 to 2 April 1992. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Sylvestre Ntiybantunganya
Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (born Gishubi Gitega May 8, 1956) is a Burundi politician. He served as the president of Burundi from 6 April 1994 until 25 July 1996 (interim to October 1994). He came into office when the previous president, Cyprien Ntaryamira, was killed in a plane crash, and he left o..
Sylvestrines
The Sylvestrines are an order of monks under the Benedictine rule forming the Sylvestrine Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation. The order was founded in 1231 by Saint Sylvester Gozzolini. He was born at Osimo near Ancona and held a canonry there. About 1227 he resigned it to lead an au..
Sylvestro Carolla
Sylvestro "Sam" Carolla (1896-1972) was the leader of the New Orleans crime family transforming predecessor Charles Matranga's Black Hand gang into a modern organized crime group. Born in Sicily, Carolla immigrated to the United States when his parents in 1904. By 1918, Carolla had become a high r..
Sylvette
Sylvette is the title of the portrait of the young woman with the ponytail painted by Pablo Picasso. The Spanish painter met Sylvette David, a woman who worked in a pottery not far from his studio in Vallauris, in spring 1953. The attraction, which a face like Sylvette's had for Picasso's sensuality..
Sylvia
Sylvia is either: a feminine given name of Latin origin, also spelled SilviaSylvia Plath, an American poeta genus of bird, commonly known as typical warblersthe asteroid 87 Sylviaone of three films:*Sylvia (1965 film), a 1965 film*Sylvia (1985 film), a 1985 New Zealand film*Sylvia (2003 film), a 200..
Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem
Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem (often called "Sylvia's Soul Food" or even just "Sylvia's") is the most famous soul food restaurant in New York City. It was founded in 1962 by Mrs. Sylvia Woods. It has since expanded to a much larger space at 328 Lenox Avenue (Lenox and 127th Street), and an adjacent ..
Sylvia, Kansas
Sylvia is a city in Reno County, Kansas, United States. The population was 297 at the 2000 census. Geography Sylvia is located at [37°57′28″N, 98°24′32″W] (37.957673, -98.408878)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has ..
Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann
Dr. Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (born January 23, 1955 in Berlin) is a German Member of the European Parliament. She was elected on the PDS ticket and sits with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group. Dr. Kaufmann is a qualified Japanologist. She was Deputy Chairman of the PDS 1993-2000 and..
Sylviane Berthod
Sylviane Berthod (born 25 April, 1977 in Salins) is a female alpine skier from Switzerland, who was Swiss champion in downhill skiing (1997, 1998, 1999) and Giant Slalom (1998). At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she finished 7th in downhill. Berthod experienced both extremes of her skiing career on the ..
Sylviane Diouf
Sylviane Diouf is a Senegalese author and historian. She received a doctorate from the University of Paris and taught at the University of Libreville. She has appeared on PBS and the American Broadcasting Company. Her Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas (New York University P..
Sylviane Felix
Sylviane Felix (born October 31, 1977 in Créteil, France) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Felix started running at age fifteen. She suffered knee and back injuries..
Sylvia (2003 film)
Sylvia is a 2003 British motion picture that tells a biographical story of the romance between Sylvia Plath, a prominent American poet and her husband Ted Hughes, an English poet. The film begins with their meeting at Cambridge in 1956 and ends with Sylvia Plath's suicide in 1963. It stars Gwyneth..
Sylvia (ballet)
Rita Sangalli as Sylvia in the 1876 production Sylvia, originally Sylvia ou La Nymphe de Diane, is a full-length ballet in two or three acts, first choreographed by Louis Mérante to music by Léo Delibes in 1876. Sylvia is a typical classical ballet in many respects, yet it has many interest..
Sylvia (band)
Sylvia was formed by Riz Story and Taylor Hawkins. They were also joined by Sean Murphy on guitars. Story wrote 90% of the material for this highly progressive art rock outfit that seemed destined for supreme greatness. The band ended and Hawkins joined Alanis Morrisette. Story created Anyone wh..
Sylvia (play)
Sylvia is a play about a dog, the couple that adopts her, and the drama that results. It was written by A.R. Gurney, and first produced in 1995. Plot summary Greg finds Sylvia in the park and immediately takes a liking to her. He brings her back to the house he shares with Kate. When Kate gets..
Sylvia Anderson
For complete histories of her work with Gerry Anderson, and of AP Films/Century 21 Productions see the linked articles. Sylvia Anderson (neé Thamm) is a British voice artist and producer, most notable for her collaborations with Gerry Anderson. She created the characters for several of the serie..
Sylvia and Gerry Anderson
This article is about collaborations between Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. For individual biographies, see Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson were the British husband and wife production team behind several futuristic children's television shows involving specially m..
Sylvia Ashley
Sylvia Ashley (April 1, 1904 – June 29, 1977) was an English model, actress and socialite, who was best-known for her marriages. She was born Edith Louisa Hawkes in Paddington, London, England, the daughter of Arthur Hawkes and Edith Florence Hyde. (Although she preferred giving her year of b..
Sylvia Ashton-Warner
Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner, New Zealand writer, poet and educator, was born on December 17, 1908, in Stratford, New Zealand. She spent many years teaching Māori children, using stimulating and often pioneering techniques which she wrote about in her 1963 treatise Teacher and in the various vol..
Sylvia Beach
Sylvia Beach [link] (March 14 1887–October 5 1962), born Nancy Woodbridge Beach in her father's parsonage in Baltimore, Maryland, was one of the leading expatriate figures in Paris between World War I and II. Contents 1 Early Life2 Shakespeare and Company3 Later Lif..
Sylvia Boots
Adult film star, transsexual Sylvia Boots was born in Cuba, of Hispanic ethnicity. She is 5' 5" tall, has black hair, and wears a 34DD size brassiere. Murder conviction In 2003, Boots was convicted of first-degree murder for shooting Laura Banuelos ("Crystal"), the vice-president of Los Angeles-bas..
Sylvia Bourdon
Sylvia Bourdon (born 1949 in Cologne, Germany) is a former French porn star. She made her first appearances in loops shot in the Netherlands and distributed clandestinely in France. In 1975, she played an insatiable mature lady named Barbara in Le Sexe qui parle. The years 1975 and 1976 proved to be..
Sylvia Browne
Sylvia Browne Sylvia Browne (born Sylvia Celeste Shoemaker on October 19, 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an alleged psychic and medium, the author of numerous books on spirituality. In 1992 she was convicted of investment fraud and was assigned 200 hours of community service. [link�..
Sylvia Brustad
Sylvia Brustad (born December 19 1966 in Elverum) is a Norwegian politician who is the current Minister for Norwegian Health and Care Services. She represents the Norwegian Labour Party. Brustad graduated from high school in 1983, and attended the media courses at the folkehøyskole in Ringsaker ..
Sylvia Callen
Sylvia Callen Franklin, also known as Sylvia Lorraine Callen, and Sylvia Caldwell, was a young Chicago communist recruited by Louis Budenz into the CPUSA secret appartus about 1937. Callen was assigned by Dr. Gregory Rabinowitz to go to New York and infiltrate the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party..
Sylvia Chang
Sylvia Chang (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: , born 22 July 1953 in Chiayi, Taiwan) is famous Taiwanese actress, writer and director. Contents 1 Filmography1.1 Actor1.2 Director1.3 Writer2 References Filmography Actor Wu qingyuan (2006)American Fusion (2005)Rice Rhapsody..
Sylvia Coleridge
Sylvia Coleridge (born 10 December 1909 in Darjeeling, India, died 31 May 1986 in London, England) was an actress who made numerous appearances on television. Her credits include: Out of the Unknown, The Avengers, Paul Temple, The Lotus Eaters, Ace of Wands, The Tomorrow People, The Carnforth Pract..
Sylvia Costas
Sylvia Costas-Sipowicz, ADA, (fictional character on NYPD Blue played by Sharon Lawrence). Sylvia is an elegant, beautiful ADA (Assistant District Attorney) who began an affair with the older and tough Detective Andy Sipowicz, played by Dennis Franz. ADA Costas saw the decent, caring human being ..
Sylvia Crawley
Sylvia Crawley (born September 27, 1972 in Steubenville, Ohio, USA) is a former collegiate and professional women's basketball player. She is currently the head women's basketball coach of the Ohio Bobcats. Playing career Crawley played collegiate basketball for the women's basketball team at the..
Sylvia Crowe
Sylvia Crowe (b. 1901) is a British landscape architect and garden designer. Sylvia Crowe was born in Sussex, and trained under Madeline Agar at Swanley College (later absorbed into Hadlow College, which continues to teach University of Greenwich courses in garden design). She was President of the ..
Sylvia Daoust
Sylvia Daoust, C.M., C.Q., A.R.C. (24 May, 1902 - July 19, 2004), born in Montreal, was one of the first female sculptors in Quebec. She graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal (Montreal School of Fine Arts), but also studied in Europe. As well as working as a professional sculptor, sh..
Sylvia Day
Sylvia Day is an author born in Los Angeles, California. She is best known for her bestselling erotic romantic fiction. Contents 1 Biography2 Bibliography2.1 Novels2.2 Novellas2.3 Series/Related Titles3 On the Web Biography Sylvia Day is a former Russian linguist..
Sylvia Del Villard
Sylvia Del Villard (February 28, 1928-February 28, 1990) born in Santurce, a section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, was an actress, dancer, choreographer and Afro-Puerto Rican activist. Sylvia Del Villard As a young child, Del Villard would entertain her parents, Agustin and Marcoline Del Villard, ..
Sylvia Denton
Sylvia Denton CBE OBE FRCN began her nursing career with a qualification in general nursing from the Royal London Hospital. She practised in the area of thoracic medicine, becoming a research sister and clinical nurse specialist. She also qualified and practised as a specialist health visitor for ho..
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle Sylvia Alice Earle (born August 30, 1935 in Gibbstown, New Jersey) is an American oceanographer. She was chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1990-1992. She is a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, sometimes called "Her Deepness"..
Sylvia Engdahl
Sylvia Louise Engdahl (born 1933) is an American science fiction writer. She has published twelve books, including six science fiction novels, three nonfiction books, two science fiction anthologies, and a children's picture book. Ms. Engdahl is best known for her novel Enchantress from the Stars ..
Sylvia Fedoruk
Her Honour, former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, Sylvia Fedoruk Sylvia Olga Fedoruk, OC, S.O.M., D.Sc., LL.D., D.Hum.L., (born May 5, 1927) is a Canadian scientist, curler and former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. Born in Canora, Saskatchewan, of Ukrainian immigrants, she receiv..
Sylvia Field Porter
Sylvia Field Porter (18 June, 1913 - 5 June, 1991) was an American economist and journalist. At the height of her career, her readership was higher than 40 million people. Porter first decided to major in economics after the Stock Market Crash of 1929, so she could understand what had lead to it. ..
Sylvia Fine
Sylvia Fine (1913 - 1991) was an American lyricist and wife of the comedian Danny Kaye. Sylvia was born in Brooklyn, New York. She was an audition pianist when she met a young Danny Kaye, whom she had not seen since they were at school together, nine years previously. After a whirlwind romance, the..
Sylvia Fine (The Nanny)
Sylvia Fine, born Sylvia Rosenberg, is a ficitional character on the situation comedy, The Nanny. She was played by actress Renee Taylor Fran's mother Sylvia was Fran Fine's mother, and was always after her daughter to get married. She, along with her mother, Yetta Rosenberg, couldn't believe h..
Sylvia Fraser
Sylvia Fraser (born 8 March 1935) is a Canadian novelist and travel writer. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Fraser was educated at the University of Western Ontario. From 1957 to 1968 she worked as a journalist for The Toronto Star, before turning emabarking on a creer as a novelist. Fraser lives in T..
Sylvia Frumkin
Sylvia Frumkin is the pseudonym given for the schizophrenic subject of Susan Sheehan's 1982 Pulitzer-prizewinning biography Is There No Place On Earth For Me?, first published serially in The New Yorker. Her behavior during her periods of schizophrenia was colorful, to say the least. A quotation fro..
Sylvia Glickman
Sylvia Foodim Glickman (died January 16, 2006) was a pianist, composer, teacher, and prominent promoter of music by women composers. Glickman grew up in New York City, where her mother enrolled her in music school at the age of 3. She graduated from the High School of Music and Art in 1950 (now the..
Sylvia Gosse
Sylvia Gosse (1881 - 1968), born Laura Gosse, was the daughter of English novelist Sir Edmund Gosse, and was well known as a painter and engraver. Some of her portraits are held by the National Portrait Gallery, alhtough she was better known for her streetscapes and interiors. She was a member of t..
Sylvia Hale
Sylvia Phyllis Hale is an Australian politician, she has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2003, for New South Wales. She was previously a member No Aircraft Noise Party 1994 - 1999. She joined The Greens New South Wales in 2000. Personal Profile She graduated from t..
Sylvia Hanika
Sylvia Hanika (born November 30, 1959 in Munich, West Germany) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She is best remembered for finishing runner-up at the French Open in 1981, and for winning the Avon Championships in 1982. Hanika turned professional in 1977. Her first professional t..
Sylvia Hart Wright
#Redirect [[Template:Uncategorized]] Sylvia Hart Wright's eventful life has led her to write on a variety of subjects. Her non-fiction books include a monograph on urban education, two guides to contemporary American architecture, and a study of the phenomenon of sensing contact with the dead. In 2..
Sylvia Heal
Sylvia Lloyd Heal MP (born July 20, 1942) is a British politician. She is Labour Member of Parliament for Halesowen and Rowley Regis and is the First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. Born as Sylvia Lloyd Fox in north Wales, the daughter of a Shotton ste..
Sylvia Hermon
Sylvia Eileen, Lady Hermon (born 11 August 1955) is a unionist politician and Member of Parliament for the Northern Ireland constituency of North Down. Born Sylvia Eileen Paisley in Castlecaulfield, Dungannon, County Tyrone, she studied Law at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (obtaining a First..
Sylvia Hitchcock
Sylvia Louise Hitchcock won the title of Miss Alabama USA in 1967 and went on to be crowned Miss USA. In 1967, she won the Miss Universe pageant, only the fourth American to do so. Hailing from Tuscaloosa, AL, she is described as epitomizing the image of the classic Southern belle with her clas..
Sylvia Hotel
The Sylvia Hotel is an historic Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada landmark located on English Bay and beside Stanley Park. Constructed in 1912, the Sylvia was designed as an apartment building by Mr. W.P. White, a Seattle architect. It was built by Booker, Campbell and Whipple Construction Compa..
Sylvia Jackson
Dr. Sylvia Jackson (born 3 December 1946) is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Stirling constituency since 1999. Prior to her election she has worked as a lecturer at Edinburgh University and as a chemistry teacher. External links [Sylvia Jackson MSP]..
Sylvia Kelso
Sylvia Kelso is an author of both fantasy and science fiction, usually set in analogue or outright Australian landscapes. She has a Creative Writing MA built around one science-fiction novel using alternate North Queenslands. Kelso's novels are densely descriptive, the worlds complex and minutely ..
Sylvia Kierkegaard
Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard is one of the world’s leading authorities in computer law. Her articles are widely published in top law and IT journals and books. She covers a wide range of topics, such as comparative contract law, alternative dispute resolution, intellectual property rights, EU law, p..
Sylvia Kirby
Sylvia Kirby, aka Sylvia Hutton but known professionally simply as Sylvia (born December 9, 1956 in Kokomo, Indiana), is an American country and western singer and songwriter. Although she released several records from the late 1970s until the 1990s, she is best known for her crossover pop hit "Nob..
Sylvia Kristel
Sylvia Kristel Sylvia Kristel (born September 28, 1952 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch actress and model. She is the daughter of a conductor and she had a Catholic upbringing. When she was 17 she began modelling. She entered the Miss TV Europe contest, in 1973, and won. She speaks Dutch, E..
Sylvia Lake State Park
Sylvia Lake State Park borders along the north edge of Montesano, Washington. The park is located in dense boreal forest, a temperate rain forest by some definitions. The park offers swimming, hiking, camping, fishing, and boating, and was built around an old lumber mill pond, which was used to pow..
Sylvia Lance Harper
Sylvia Lance-Harper (born in 1895) was a female tennis player from Australia. She is best remembered for being the 1924 Australian Championships women's singles champion. Three and six year after her victory she reached the final again but lost to Esna Boyd and five-time women's singles champion Da..
Sylvia Larter
Sylvia Joan Larter (born in 1942 in Sintaluta, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian educational researcher. She is best known for her studies in the 1980s of the introduction of microcomputers in instruction, and for her work in assessment, in particular her studies of portfolio assessment and her developmen..
Sylvia Legris
Sylvia Legris is a Canadian poet. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she now lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She has published three volumes of poetry, the third of which, Nerve Squall, won the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize and Pat Lowther Award. Legris has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize..
Sylvia Likens
Sylvia Marie Likens (January 3 1949—October 26 1965) was a sixteen year old girl who died under questionable circumstances while under the care of one Gertrude Baniszewski. Her case resulted in toughened statutes relating to child abuse, and was at the time of Baniszewski's conviction referred..
Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies
Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies (1866-1910) was daughter of George du Maurier, and mother of the boys who served as the inspiration for Peter Pan and the other children of J. M. Barrie's stories of Neverland. Sylvia married Arthur Llewelyn-Davies. They had five children, all boys: George (1893-1915), Jack (..
Sylvia Lopez
Sylvia Lopez (1931 - November 20, 1959) was a European model and actress. Born Tatjana Bernt, in Austria, she was raised in Paris, France where she began a career in modelling. Eventually she modeled for couturier Jacques Fath, the first French fashion designer to export his creations to the Unit..
Sylvia Lynd
Sylvia Lynd (nee Dryhurst) (1888 – 21 February 1952 ) was a poet, essayist, short story writer and novelist. She was born in London, her father A. R. Dryhurst being a Dubliner. She was educated at the Slade School of Art, and the Academy of Dramatic Art. She married in 1909 the journalist and man..
Sylvia Marlowe
Sylvia Marlowe (b. New York, September 26, 1908; d. 1981) was an American harpsichordist. She performed both the Baroque repertoire as well as contemporary compositions by composers such as Alan Hovhaness. External links [Sylvia Marlowe page] ..
Sylvia Mason-James
Sylvia Mason-James is a British singer who has worked extensively as a backing vocalist and solo artist. She duetted with Jimmy Nail on his chart-topping single "Ain't No Doubt" in 1992 and appeared as the vocalist on Chicane's "Strong in Love" in 1998 (Chicane featuring Mason). She has also re..
Sylvia Massy
Sylvia Massy is an entrepreneur, veteran record producer, and studio engineer in the United States. Massy is perhaps best recognised as being the mastermind behind 1993's Undertow, the full-length platinum-selling debut for Los Angeles rock band Tool. Contents 1 History1.1 From Green ..
Sylvia Massy Shivy
Sylvia Massy Shivy is an American producer, mixer and engineer, who has worked with the likes of Tool, Cog, Johnny Cash and R.E.M. She set up her own recording studio in Weed, a small logging town in northern California, where she currently operates. Works Sylvia Massy Shivy has worked with the fo..
Sylvia Mathews
Sylvia M. Mathews (born 1965) is the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and has been with the Foundation since 2001, prior to which she served as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget in Washington, D.C., from 1998. In [[20..
Sylvia McNair
Sylvia McNair (born June 23, 1956 in Mansfield, Ohio) is a two-time Grammy Award-winning singer who is equally at home on the stages of Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and in the intimate environs of the Rainbow Room and the Algonquin’s legendary Oak Room. Her performing repertoire has embraced..
Sylvia McNicoll
Sylvia McNicoll (born 1954) is a Canadian children's writer who lives in Burlington, Ontario. McNicoll was born in Ajax, Ontario and grew up in Montreal, Quebec. In addition to writing, she works as Features Editor for Today's Parent Toronto. Bibliography Blueberries and Whipped Cream - 1988Jump S..
Sylvia Miles
Sylvia Reuben Lee (born September 9, 1932) better known as Sylvia Miles, is an American actress. Early life Miles was born in New York City, New York to Jewish American parents Reuben and Belle Lee. She is believed to have a sister. The year of birth now generally ascribed to her (1932) may be ina..
Sylvia Millecam
Sylvia Millecam (23 february 1956 - 19 august 2001) was a Dutch actress and comedienne. She was born in the Hague and later moved to Boxmeer. Boxmeer is a small village and Sylvia didn't fit in coming from "the big city". She adapted by quickly picking up the local accent. Being able to voice a var..
Sylvia Murphy
Sylvia Murphy was a popular singer on radio and television programs on the CBC in Canada from 1950 to 1964. Born in Montreal she got her start in nightclubs, and then was the featured singer on the radio programs Coca-Cola Refreshment Time and Club O'Connor. She moved to television with a break..
Sylvia Nasar
Sylvia Nasar (born 1947 in Bavaria) is an American journalist and writer. She describes the life of John Forbes Nash in A Beautiful Mind (Simon & Schuster), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1998 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. The book was adapted for the screen in ..
Sylvia O'Brien
Sylvia O'Brien may refer to: Sylvia O'Brien (actress)Sylvia O'Brien (soprano) ..
Sylvia O'Brien (actress)
Sylvia O'Brien (1924 - 2006) in Dublin, Irish Free State was an Irish-born actress and singer. Little is known of her personal life, but she may have hailed from the Ascendancy that largely ceased to exist following the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, following the Anglo-Irish War. ..
Sylvia O'Brien (soprano)
Sylvia O'Brien is a Dublin-born soprano credited with possessing "a voice of great quality". She is currently pursuing a research/performance masters in contemporary vocal techniques at the Institute of Techology in Dundalk. She was a choral scholar at Trinity College Dublin while in college, and..
Sylvia Olden Lee
Sylvia Olden Lee (29 June 1917 - 10 April 2004) was a renowned vocal coach and accompanist, and the first African-American to be employed by the Metropolitan Opera. She was a master of all aspects of European classical music as well as the Negro Spiritual. Lee was born into the very musical Olden f..
Sylvia Ostry
Sylvia Ostry, CC, FRSC (née Knelman) (born June 3, 1927) is a Canadian economist and public servant. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ostry received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from McGill University in 1948, a Masters of Arts from McGill in 1950, and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and McGill in..
Sylvia Pankhurst
Sylvia Pankhurst Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (May 5, 1882 - September 27, 1960) was a campaigner in the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom, and a prominent left communist. She was born in Manchester, England, a daughter of Dr. Richard Pankhurst and Emmeline Pankhurst, members of the Ind..
Sylvia Park
Sylvia Park is a large commercial property development in the Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Mount Wellington. The development is owned by Sylvia Park Business Centre Ltd, a subsidiary of Kiwi Income Property Trust. The Sylvia Park development is situated on 24 hectares of land. KIPT acquired the l..
Sylvia Plachy
Sylvia Plachy (1943-) is a New York City-based photographer. Born in Budapest, she currently lives in New York City. Her photo-essays and portraits have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Village Voice, The New Yorker, Granta, Art Forum, Fortune, and other publications. They have bee..
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Most famous as a poet, Plath is also known for The Bell Jar, her semi-autobiographical novel detailing her struggle with clinical depression. Plath, Anne Sexton, and Robert L..
Sylvia Plath effect
The Sylvia Plath effect is a psychological finding by James C. Kaufman, coined in 2001, that female poets are more likely to be mentally ill than any other type of writer. See also Sylvia Plath External links [Article by Deborah Smith Bailey at APA Online] ..
Sylvia Poggioli
Sylvia Poggioli is an American radio reporter for National Public Radio. Poggioli was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated from Harvard in 1968. She did post-graduate work at the University of Rome as a Fulbright Scholar. The selection of Rome was n..
Sylvia Rexach
Sylvia Rexach (January 22, 1922 – October 20, 1961) born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, was a poetess, singer and composer of boleros. Sylvia Rexach Sylvia was raised in the Santurce section of San Juan, Puerto Rico. She attended public school where she received her primary education. She t..
Sylvia Rhone
Sylvia Rhone (born March 11 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) began her music career in 1974 with Buddha Records. Advancing to senior VP of Atlantic Records in 1988, she became the first African-American woman to head a major record company in 1990, when she was appointed president/CEO of Atlantic..
Sylvia Rimm
Dr. Sylvia Barkan Rimm is a psychologist specializing in parenting, child development and learning. She has written books on raising gifted children, success for girls, and communication skills. She is a proponent of "referential speaking" as a powerful tool for behavioral modification. "Refere..
Sylvia Rivera
Sylvia Rae Rivera (1951-2002) was a transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall Riots - the protest against homophobic abuse that, in the minds of many, birthed the modern LGBT rights movement. Some credit her with being the first to strike back at the police and spark the riots. She was a f..
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project was formed in August 2002 by attorney and transgender civil rights activist, Dean Spade. The project was named for Sylvia Rivera, a transgender activist and veteran of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising who died the same year that SRLP was formed. Structure and Propose SRLP i..
Sylvia Robinson
Sylvia Robinson (born Sylvia Vanderpool, 6 March 1936 in New York) is a singer, musician and producer. Her first successful record was the 1957 hit, "Love Is Strange", written by Bo Diddley and released as part of the duo Mickey & Sylvia with guitarist Mickey Baker. She married Joe Robinson in 1964..
Sylvia Sackville, Countess De La Warr
Sylvia Sackville, Countess De La Warr DBE (1904 - 10 June 1992) was a distinguished public servant and a former Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party (1951-1954). She was born as Sylvia Mary Harrison in 1904, the second daughter of William Reginald Harrison of Liverpool. Her brother was the actor..
Sylvia Sayer
Sylvia Olive Pleadwell Sayer, Lady Sayer (1904-2000) was one of the foremost early conservators of what is now Dartmoor National Park, in Devon in the south-west of England. She acquired her title in 1959 when her husband, Vice-Admiral Guy Sayer was knighted as the Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fl..
Sylvia Scarlett
Sylvia Scarlett is a 1935 romantic comedy film, directed by George Cukor. In this film, Katharine Hepburn plays the title role of Sylvia Scarlett, a female con artist who masquerades as a boy to escape the police. This film was the first pairing of Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, who both later we..
Sylvia Sidney
Actress Sylvia Sidney in The Fury Sylvia Sidney (August 8, 1910 - July 1, 1999) was an American actress. Born Sophia Kosow, an only child to Victor and Rebecca Kosow, a Russian-born Jewish couple in The Bronx, New York, Sidney became an actress at the age of 15 as a way of overcoming shyness..
Sylvia Stark
Sylvia Stark is a Canadian entrepreneur. She operated the Miss Canada International pageant for many years. In 2003, some former contestants accused her of mismanaging pageant funds. ..
Sylvia Straus
Sylvia Straus (born in Cleveland, Ohio) was an American classical pianist. She married Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel on December 10, 1946, in Los Angeles, California. Their daughter Susannah Heschel is a Jewish Scholar. Strauss studied music, philosophy and literature. Arthur Rubinstein recommende..
Sylvia Ströher
In 2004 the Stroher family sold their almost 80% stake in Wella AG, the world's second biggest professional hair care group, to Procter & Gamble for $4 billion. Silvia Ströher's 25% share has made this great-granddaughter of the company founder a very wealthy woman. She's married to Ulrich Ströhe..
Sylvia Sutherland
Sylvia Sutherland is a Canadian politician, currently serving as mayor of Peterborough, Ontario. Sutherland was also a Liberal candidate for Member of Provincial Parliament in the 1995 provincial election, losing to Conservative candidate Gary Stewart. Sutherland has indicated that she will not..
Sylvia Sweeney
Sylvia Sweeney (born on October 3, 1956 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian journalist and television producer. Sweeney grew up in Montreal and attended McGill University, where she was a star of the McGill Martlets basketball team. She also subsequently played for the Concordia Stingers and the Lau..
Sylvia Sykes
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Sylvia Sykes is regarded as one of California's premiere swing dance instructors and choreographers, and in part..
Sylvia Syms
This article is about the British actress. For the American singer by the same name, see Sylvia Syms (singer). Sylvia Syms (born January 6, 1934 in London) is a British actress, educated at RADA, on whose council she has served. She is best remembered by most for her film work through the 1950s a..
Sylvia Syms (singer)
"Sylvia Syms" (December 2, 1917-May 10, 1992) was a popular and jazz singer. She was born Sylvia Blagman in Brooklyn, New York. As a child, she had polio. As a teenager, she went to jazz-oriented nightclubs on New York's 52nd Street, and received informal training from Billie Holiday. In 1941 she..
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Sylvia Townsend Warner (December 6, 1893 - May 1, 1978) was an English novelist and poet. Contents 1 Early Life2 Writing Career3 Lesbian Relationship with Valentine Ackland4 Communism5 After Ackland's Death Early Life Sylvia Townsend Warner was a highly individual write..
Sylvia Trench
Sylvia Trench, portrayed by Eunice Gayson, in From Russia With Love, seen here wooing James Bond. Sylvia Trench is a fictional character in two James Bond films. She is portrayed by Eunice Gayson. In the first of Sean Connery's outings as British secret agent 007, Dr. No, he meets Trench acro..
Sylvia Tyson
Sylvia Tyson, C.M. (born Sylvia Fricker in Chatham, Ontario, Canada on 19 September 1940), is a singer-songwriter, broadcaster, and guitarist who found early fame in Canada and abroad with her then-husband Ian Tyson in their folk duo Ian and Sylvia. Sylvia Tyson wrote one of the duo's most memorabl..
Sylvia Watson
Sylvia Watson is a Canadian politician. She is a Toronto City Councillor for ward 14, part of the riding of Parkdale-High Park. Watson was elected in the 2003 municipal election replacing the long serving Chris Korwin-Kuczynski who retired from politics. She handily beat a field of seven other cand..
Sylvia Wetzel
Sylvia Wetzel (born 5 July 1949 in the Black Forest) is a Buddhist feminist. She has made a name for herself in the Buddhist community of Germany in the topics of meditation and spirituality among women. In doing so she has potentially also impacted men in relation to those topics as well. Life S..
Sylvia Young Theatre School
Sylvia Young Theatre School is a famous stage school, in Marylebone, London. The schools founder and Principal is Dame Sylvia Young. The school was originally established in 1981 on Dury Lane, but due to expansion it moved to its current premises in 1983. Students either attend full-time with board..
Sylvicious
Sylvicious (also Syl_vin) is the lyric writer and visual director for the French elektro band Tamtrum. He also does live surrport for the band by providing keyboards. He also takes off his pants live. ..
Sylvie and Bruno
Harry Furniss' title illustration for Sylvie and Bruno Concluded Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its 1893 second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. Both volumes were illustrated by Harry Furniss. The novel has ..
Sylvie Bernier
Sylvie Bernier (born January 31, 1964) is an Olympic athlete from Ste-Foy, (Quebec City) in Canada. She won the gold medal in the Women's 3m Springboard Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 1985, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec and a Member of the Order of C..
Sylvie Boucher
This article is about the Canadian politician, for other people named Sylvie Boucher see Sylvie Boucher (disambiguation) Sylvie Boucher is a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party who was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Beauport—Limoilou, Quebec in the 2006 election by a ..
Sylvie Daigle
Sylvie Daigle (born on 1 December 1962 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian speed skater. First competing in 1979, she has participated, and triumphed, in long-track events during the Canada Winter Games that year, winning gold in the 500-metre, 1000-metre and 1500-metre competitions. The following..
Sylvie Fréchette
Sylvie Fréchette (born June 27, 1967 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired Canadian synchronized swimmer, who won a gold medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics and a silver in the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1999, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. External links [CBC radio interview&#..
Sylvie Garant
Sylvia Garant (born September 23, 1957 in Montmagny, Quebec) is a French-Canadian model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. Sylvie was a model at one of Toronto's top agencies when she submitted her pict..
Sylvie Germain
Sylvie Germain is a French author, born in Châteauroux in 1954. She completed a doctorate in philosophy at the [[University_of_Paris_X:_Nanterre|Université de Paris X - Nanterre]] in 1981, and published her first novel, Le Livre des Nuits in 1985. Her 1989 work, Jours de Colère, won the prestigio..
Sylvie Guillem
Sylvie Guillem (born February 25, 1965 in Paris) is a French ballet dancer who has performed with the Paris Opera Ballet and is currently a guest principal dancer with the Royal Ballet. As a child, Guillem trained in gymnastics under the instruction of her mother, and at age 11, she began training ..
Sylvie Kinigi
Sylvie Kinigi (born 1952) was Prime Minister of Burundi from 10 July 1993 to 7 February 1994, the only female to hold the position. Kinigi was born in 1952, and is a member of the Tutsi ethnic group. Her husband, with whom she had five children, was a member of the Hutu ethnic group — there h..
Sylvie Linnane
Sylvie Linnane is a former Irish hurling star. He was the captain of three 1980s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship-winning Galway GAA teams. He currently coaches a local team in Gort. ..
Sylvie Majcher
Syvie Majcher (born 1983) was the first contestant to be eliminated on reality television show Canada's Next Top Model. She comes from Sherwood Park, Alberta Sylvie on CNTM During the first episode of the fledgling Canadian series, Majcher described herself as "mellow" and "laid-back". She attend..
Sylvie Meis
Sylvie Françoise van der Vaart-Meis (born 13 April 1978, Breda Netherlands), is a Dutch actress and presenter. She is the wife of Dutch footballer Rafael van der Vaart. Her relation with footballer Rafael van der Vaart makes herself more famous as a celebrity especially through the participation..
Sylvie Roy
Sylvie Roy is the Action Democratique du Québec MNA for the electoral district of Lotbinière. She was born in La Tuque, Quebec on November 4, 1964. She was awarded a Law Degree from Université Laval in 1987. She was the mayor of Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard from 1999 to 2003. She was elected to the ..
Sylvie Valentin
Sylvie Valentin is a French racecar driver who competed for the Optirace team in the B-Class of French Formula Three during 2001. Valentin would be one of the main contenders during the season, but did not continue in the series for 2002. ..
Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan Sylvie Vartan (born 1944) is a French pop singer and music hall impressario of Hungarian and Armenian origin. Born in Iskretz, western Bulgaria, she arrived in France when she was 10. She married the French rocker Johnny Hallyday on April 12, 1965 in Loconville. They have a so..
Sylvinho
Sylvinho (full name Sylvio Mendes Campos Junior, sometimes referred to as Silvinho, born April 12, 1974 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian football player, who currently plays for FC Barcelona of the Spanish La Liga. He usually plays on the left, either as full back or wing back. He started his career..
Sylvin Rubinstein
Sylvin Rubenstein was a Russian Jewish dancer and cross-dresser, and member of the resistance to Nazism during World War Two. Contents 1 Pre-War2 Nazi Occupation of Poland3 Entry Into the Resistance4 Post-War5 External links Pre-War Born in 1917 in Russia, his aristocrat..
Sylviornis
Sylviornis is an extinct genus of galliform bird containing a single species, S. neocaledoniae, the Sylviornis or New Caledonian Giant Megapode. Technically, however, it has recently been found not to be a megapode, but the sole known member of its own family, the Sylviornithidae; at the time of i..
Sylvio Mantha
Sylvio Mantha (Born - April 14, 1902 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Died - August 7, 1974 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins. Playing career Mantha was a three-t..
Sylvite
Sylvite is potassium chloride (KCl) in natural mineral form. It forms crystals in the isometric system very similar to normal rock salt, halite (NaCl). Sylvite is colorless to white with shades of yellow and red due to inclusions. It has a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and a specific gravity of 1.99. Sylvite..
Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687 - October 16, 1750) was a German composer and lutenist. Born in Breslau, the son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, he served at courts in Breslau, Rome, and Dresden, where he died. Until recently, he was thought to have been born in 1686, but recent evidence suggest..
Sylwester Chruszcz
Sylwester Chruszcz (born on 22 August 1972 in Głogów) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the DS & OP with the Liga Polskich Rodzin, part of the Independence and Democracy and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism. Chruszcz is..
Sylwester Kaliski
Sylwester Kaliski (b. December 19, 1925 in Toruń - September 16, 1978 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish engineer and general. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN). Kaliski was a specialist in the field of applied physics. He developed the theory of continuous amplification of ultr..
Sylwester Pawłowski
Sylwester Pawłowski (born September 13, 1958 in Łódź) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 12469 votes in 9 Łódź district, candidating from Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej list. See also Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2009 External links [Sylwester Paw..
Sylwester Porowski
Sylwester Porowski is a renowned Polish chemist who invented the blue semiconductor laser, a pioneering feat in the study of optoelectronics. External links ..
Sylwia Gruchała
Sylwia Gruchała (born November 6, 1981 in Gdansk) is a Polish fencer. In Team Foil she won medals at the world championships in 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003 (gold) and 2004 as well as an Olympic silver medal in 2000. In Individual Foil she won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championship as well as a..
Sylwia Nowak
Sylwia Nowak (born April 28, 1976) is a Polish figure skater that was starting with Sebastian Kolasiński in ice dancing. Nowak was born in Łódź. Both Nowak and Kolasiński are multiple Polish National Champions, former Junior Worlds Champions and V-ce Champions, they also used to place quite h..
Syl Apps
Syl Apps with the Stanley Cup Charles Joseph Sylvanus "Syl" Apps, CM (January 18, 1915–December 24, 1998) of Paris, Ontario was a Canadian professional hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1936 to 1948 and a Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario. His son Syl ..
Syl Apps, Jr.
Sylvanus Marshall Apps, Jr. (Born - August 1, 1947, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian Professional Hockey Centerman who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins. Contents 1 Playing Career2 Awards..
Syl Cheney-Coker
Syl Cheney-Coker (b. 1945) is a poet, novelist, and journalist from Sierra Leone. Educated in the United States, he has a global sense of literary history, and has introduced styles and techniques from French and Latin American literatures to Sierra Leone. He has spent much of his life in exile ..
Sy language
Sy is a stack language or stack-based computer language that was interpreted inside the Scrinchy 0.11 webserver. The latest Scrinchy replaces Sy with the Lapis language which is more object-oriented. Both Sy and Lapis are very small interpreters as compared to more commonplace ones such as Perl, PHP..
Søyland
Søyland is a little, quiet place outside Flekkefjord in Norway. ..

 

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