tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91605053346818265562024-03-13T21:02:33.826-07:00The Women of Wikipedia“Notable Women: From Stone Age to New Age” (edited by Cliff Pickover, www.pickover.com, author of "The Math Book.")Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-32336898027315161242012-12-19T06:18:00.002-08:002012-12-19T07:13:03.946-08:00Rosalind Elsie Franklin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Rosalind Elsie Franklin</b> (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_citizenship" title="British citizenship">British</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophysicist" title="Biophysicist">biophysicist</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_crystallography" title="X-ray crystallography">X-ray crystallographer</a> who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA" title="DNA">DNA</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA" title="RNA">RNA</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viruses" title="Viruses">viruses</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite" title="Graphite">graphite</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin#cite_note-nlm-coal-2"></a>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-8248212861312794922010-04-24T16:26:00.000-07:002012-12-19T06:18:57.616-08:00Maria Manakova<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/S9N_RHWMmDI/AAAAAAAAApY/elpey52yte8/s1600/manakova.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463850704937195570" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/S9N_RHWMmDI/AAAAAAAAApY/elpey52yte8/s320/manakova.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 218px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 204px;" /></a><b>Maria Manakova</b> (b. 1974), Chess Genius. First board reserve on the silver medal winning Yugoslav team at the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Team_Championship" title="European Team Championship">European Team Championship</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batumi" title="Batumi">Batumi</a>. Her <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating" title="Elo rating">Elo rating</a> is 2344. She posed nude for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> men's magazine <i>Speed</i> in 2004.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Manakova">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Manakova</a>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-11281954280596055032009-09-02T11:50:00.000-07:002009-09-02T11:51:21.664-07:00Tamsen Fadal<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/Sp6-oLN51GI/AAAAAAAAAms/Lzq1rB01HEI/s1600-h/fadal.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376944602542101602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 254px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 295px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/Sp6-oLN51GI/AAAAAAAAAms/Lzq1rB01HEI/s320/fadal.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Tamsen Fadal is an <a title="Emmy Award" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Award">Emmy Award</a>-winning television <a title="Reporter" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporter">reporter</a> for <a title="WPIX" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPIX">WPIX</a> in <a title="New York City" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City">New York City</a>, for the morning news, where she hosts WPIX Totally Tamsen segments.<br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsen_Fadal">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsen_Fadal</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-83488385367727767192009-07-21T19:13:00.000-07:002012-12-19T06:20:03.629-08:00Marissa Ann Mayer<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SmZ2F2bX-aI/AAAAAAAAAl8/ekE3FRwIVCs/s1600-h/marissa.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361102249312909730" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SmZ2F2bX-aI/AAAAAAAAAl8/ekE3FRwIVCs/s320/marissa.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 308px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 279px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marissa_Mayer"><b>Marissa Ann Mayer</b></a>: As of 2012 she is the president and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEO" title="CEO">CEO</a> of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Inc" title="Yahoo! Inc">Yahoo!</a>. She was the Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine" title="Search engine">search engine</a> company <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>. <a href="http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/2009/07/machine-dreams/">Vogue magazine</a> calls her "the 34-year-old megamillionaire, Oscar de la Renta–obsessed, computer-programming Google executive who lives in a penthouse atop the Four Seasons, San Francisco." She received her B.S. in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_system" title="Symbolic system">Symbolic systems</a>, graduating <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_honors" title="With honors">with honors</a>, and M.S. in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Science" title="Computer Science">Computer Science</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marissa_Mayer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marissa_Mayer</a>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-47925590234722104542009-06-11T07:08:00.000-07:002009-06-11T07:11:37.269-07:00Nell Freudenberger<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SjEQctfRqwI/AAAAAAAAAk0/QWbdGIPGO6g/s1600-h/nell.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346072318098647810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 172px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SjEQctfRqwI/AAAAAAAAAk0/QWbdGIPGO6g/s320/nell.jpg" border="0" /></a> Harvard-educated <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writer.asp?cid=1267660">Nell Freudenberger</a> is a New Yorker who has taught English in Bangkok and New Delhi. Among <a href="http://dir.salon.com/story/books/feature/2003/09/04/freudenberger/index.html">her</a> many works, she is the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060758716/cliffordpickover/">The Dissident</a>, in which a Chinese painter is the guest of a dysfunctional family in Beverly Hills.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Freudenberger">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Freudenberger</a>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-68504637362278340482009-05-24T17:32:00.000-07:002012-12-19T07:23:22.590-08:00Masha Bruskina<br />
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Masha Bruskina (1924-1941), 17-year-old Soviet Jewish partisan<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masha_Bruskina">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masha_Bruskina</a>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-77336259625353652122009-04-26T17:22:00.000-07:002009-04-26T17:26:45.148-07:00Crystal McCahill<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SfT7uU9-HKI/AAAAAAAAAjk/KNDJDwGwIYk/s1600-h/crystal.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329161032407325858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SfT7uU9-HKI/AAAAAAAAAjk/KNDJDwGwIYk/s320/crystal.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p>Crystal McCahill (born December 18, 1983 in <a title="River Forest, Illinois" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Forest,_Illinois">River Forest, Illinois</a>, U.S.) is an American model and will be featured as <a title="Playboy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy">Playboy</a> <a title="Playmate" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playmate">Playmate</a> of the Month for May 2009.</p><br /><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_McCahill">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_McCahill</a></p><br /><div></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-9626827235641925902009-03-19T17:00:00.000-07:002009-03-19T17:02:16.082-07:00Frances E. Allen<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/ScLc_WV0l9I/AAAAAAAAAis/62sClEYoBpw/s1600-h/Allen.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315053491137583058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/ScLc_WV0l9I/AAAAAAAAAis/62sClEYoBpw/s320/Allen.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a class="image" title="Allen mg 2528-3750K-b.jpg" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Allen_mg_2528-3750K-b.jpg"></a>Submitted by: Gary Mazo, <a href="http://www.mazo.us/">http://www.mazo.us/</a></div><br /><div><br />Frances E. Allen (1932- ), computer scientist, first woman to receivet he Turing Award</div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Allen">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Allen</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-62052023542775050952009-02-21T10:51:00.000-08:002009-02-21T10:55:21.550-08:00Hildegard of Bingen<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SaBOEPLEWBI/AAAAAAAAAiE/2dLUn3MLjuU/s1600-h/hild.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305326195741841426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 117px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 111px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SaBOEPLEWBI/AAAAAAAAAiE/2dLUn3MLjuU/s320/hild.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p>Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179), German abbess, author, counselor, linguist, naturalist, scientist, philosopher, physician, herbalist, poet, visionary and composer.</p><br /><p><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen</a><br /></p><br /><p>Submitted by: Kurt Vega, <a href="http://twitter.com/kdragon87">http://twitter.com/kdragon87</a></p><br /><div></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-43205364427958261162009-01-17T17:09:00.000-08:002009-01-17T17:14:39.822-08:00Four Beauties<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SXKCev2fPDI/AAAAAAAAAhA/wqN2AvF-Zmc/s1600-h/nebula_double_helix3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292435976866446386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 181px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SXKCev2fPDI/AAAAAAAAAhA/wqN2AvF-Zmc/s320/nebula_double_helix3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The Four Beauties or Four Great Beauties are four ancient <a title="China" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China">Chinese</a> <a class="mw-redirect" title="Women" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women">women</a>, renowned for their <a title="Beauty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty">beauty</a>. Three of these women were genuine historical figures. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Beauties">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Beauties</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-32522239719275443462008-12-16T07:54:00.001-08:002008-12-16T07:57:00.694-08:00Maja Einstein<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SUfPS7xGVfI/AAAAAAAAAgI/jGBsNn5OBbQ/s1600-h/maja.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280417012303418866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SUfPS7xGVfI/AAAAAAAAAgI/jGBsNn5OBbQ/s320/maja.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Maja Einstein (1881-1951) is the younger sister of great scientist <a title="Albert Einstein" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein">Albert Einstein</a>. Maja was the only friend of Albert during his childhood. When little Albert saw his sister for the first time he thought she was a kind of toy and asked: “Yes, but where does it have its small wheels?” </div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_Einstein">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_Einstein</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-28863565334994611952008-11-10T13:44:00.000-08:002008-11-10T13:47:09.221-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SRir12O-YcI/AAAAAAAAAfo/YNPUOLfAODU/s1600-h/tremain.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267148705789534658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 203px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SRir12O-YcI/AAAAAAAAAfo/YNPUOLfAODU/s320/tremain.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Rose Tremain CBE (born August 2, 1943) is an English author.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Tremain">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Tremain</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-76989971909752389242008-10-03T10:43:00.000-07:002008-10-03T10:44:40.107-07:00Dana Randall<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SOZZ-t8pbfI/AAAAAAAAAe4/BpDuZr4ZvjE/s1600-h/danar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252984949394992626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SOZZ-t8pbfI/AAAAAAAAAe4/BpDuZr4ZvjE/s320/danar.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Dana Randall is a professor of <a title="Theoretical computer science" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_computer_science">theoretical computer science</a> at <a class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Tech" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Tech">Georgia Tech</a>. Her sister is physicist <a title="Lisa Randall" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Randall">Lisa Randall</a>.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Randall">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Randall</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-48890181765051890452008-09-12T18:55:00.000-07:002008-09-12T18:57:02.482-07:00Olivia Judson<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SMsd6wlJ7gI/AAAAAAAAAVo/ljaSoV-kWsQ/s1600-h/olivia_judson.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245319086313434626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SMsd6wlJ7gI/AAAAAAAAAVo/ljaSoV-kWsQ/s320/olivia_judson.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Olivia Judson (born <a title="1970" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970">1970</a>) is an <a title="Evolutionary biology" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_biology">evolutionary biologist</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Judson">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Judson</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-40451848427898447342008-08-15T13:40:00.000-07:002008-08-15T13:41:55.008-07:00Margaret Turnbull<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SKXqBlR13FI/AAAAAAAAAVI/0uoL2W_EMiY/s1600-h/turnbull.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234847454795783250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SKXqBlR13FI/AAAAAAAAAVI/0uoL2W_EMiY/s320/turnbull.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Margaret Carol Turnbull is an American <a title="Astronomer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer">astronomer</a>. She received her <a class="mw-redirect" title="PhD" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhD">PhD</a> in <a title="Astronomy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy">Astronomy</a> from the <a title="University of Arizona" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Arizona">University of Arizona</a> in 2004. Turnbull is an authority on "Habstars," <a class="mw-redirect" title="Solar twin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_twin">solar twins</a> and <a title="Planetary habitability" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_habitability">planetary habitability</a>.</div><div></div><br /><div>Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Turnbull">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Turnbull</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-76651045335325639952008-07-14T17:41:00.000-07:002008-07-14T17:45:27.441-07:00Melissa Lafsky<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SHvzGPPNBFI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/z4jEK9fxmOE/s1600-h/melissa_lafsky.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223035481361286226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SHvzGPPNBFI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/z4jEK9fxmOE/s320/melissa_lafsky.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Melissa Lafsky is an American writer </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Lafsky">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Lafsky</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-37636455418217519172008-06-16T06:42:00.000-07:002008-06-16T06:46:27.987-07:00Michele Greene<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SFZukK9yxuI/AAAAAAAAATw/5xQe6IhtDvs/s1600-h/MicheleGreene.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212475186425808610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SFZukK9yxuI/AAAAAAAAATw/5xQe6IhtDvs/s320/MicheleGreene.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Michele Greene (b. <a title="February 3" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_3">February 3</a>, <a title="1962" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962">1962</a> in <a title="Las Vegas, Nevada" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas%2C_Nevada">Las Vegas, Nevada</a>, <a title="United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">U.S.</a>) is an <a class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America">American</a> actress, singer, and songwriter, perhaps most well-known for her role as Abigail "Abbie" Perkins in <a title="L.A. Law" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Law">L.A. Law</a> from 1986 - 1991. Author of the book "Chasing the Jaguar."</div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-6477847927303448602008-05-16T10:47:00.001-07:002008-05-16T10:48:03.939-07:00Nicole Lapin<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SC3IuXHSs8I/AAAAAAAAASo/1pA-ZulcneA/s1600-h/nicole.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201033843486929858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/SC3IuXHSs8I/AAAAAAAAASo/1pA-ZulcneA/s320/nicole.jpg" border="0" /></a>Nicole Lapin (1984- ) CNN Anchor, Creator of "Young People Who Rock,"<br /><p>Global Charity Ambassador</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Lapin">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Lapin</a></p><br /><div></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-1575491031886731142008-04-09T18:48:00.000-07:002008-04-09T18:54:20.051-07:00Susan Greenfield<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/R_1zPt_iEqI/AAAAAAAAASY/TfsMKnxh9v8/s1600-h/susang.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187429059681981090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/R_1zPt_iEqI/AAAAAAAAASY/TfsMKnxh9v8/s200/susang.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Submitted by: Jamie M. Forbes jmf - at - ix.netcom.com</div><div><br />Susan Greenfield [born 1950], futurist, baroness. Scientifically trendy and fashionably stolid -- and vice versa, as befits a scientific-political activist with clout in both the popular and power spheres -- Baroness Susan Adele Greenfield made seis-eable waves via research and theory of the brain via a vis Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, and has parlayed her expertise into contemporary geek-neurosex iconography.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Greenfield">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Greenfield</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-41245204733414827872008-03-07T06:54:00.000-08:002008-03-07T06:55:34.898-08:00Miho Hatori & Deanna Favre<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/R9FXUii8wGI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/IVOSD4kWrzw/s1600-h/miho.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175013457207804002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/R9FXUii8wGI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/IVOSD4kWrzw/s200/miho.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Submitted by: Mike Cade, <a href="http://www.mikecade.com/">http://www.mikecade.com/</a><br /><br />Miho Hatori (pictured here), musician (born 1970-)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miho_Hatori">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miho_Hatori</a></div><br /><div>Deanna Favre, activist (born 1968-)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deanna_Favre">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deanna_Favre</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-5466066465349416002008-02-06T08:21:00.000-08:002008-02-06T08:28:13.390-08:00Hannah Glasse<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/R6nf1IeJLyI/AAAAAAAAAQk/UW0YpK-_k90/s1600-h/glasse.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163904551656959778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/R6nf1IeJLyI/AAAAAAAAAQk/UW0YpK-_k90/s200/glasse.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Submitted by Jamie M. Forbes, <a href="mailto:jmf@ix,netcom.com">jmf -at- ix.netcom.com</a></div><div><br />Hannah Glasse (1708-1770), kitchen genius and proto-haute-bourgeois world-cuisine entrepreneur. Evident in retrospect, Hannah Glasse exhibits multiculti Brit-colonial spice range as well as anti-French invective -- that is, forerunner to Madhur Jaffrey, Martha Stewart, Alice Waters. </div><div><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Glasse">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Glasse</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-30833517727778480432008-01-06T07:28:00.000-08:002008-01-06T07:30:40.414-08:00Helen Keller & Stevie Nicks<p>Submitted by: Robert Homes, <a href="http://www.mississippi-law.com/">http://www.mississippi-law.com/</a></p><p>Helen Keller (1880-1968), writer, lecturer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller</a></p><p>Stevie Nicks (1948-), song writer, singer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Nicks">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Nicks</a> </p>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-12906216050931411322007-12-09T17:11:00.000-08:002007-12-09T17:14:57.285-08:00SapphoSubmitted by: Robert Homes, <a href="http://www.mississippi-law.com/">http://www.mississippi-law.com/</a><br /><br />Sappho (630 BC - 570 BC, an <a title="Ancient Greece" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece">Ancient Greek</a> <a title="Nine lyric poets" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_lyric_poets">lyric poet</a>, born on the <a title="Island" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island">island</a> of <a title="Lesbos Island" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbos_Island">Lesbos</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappho">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappho</a>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-24814573013970767222007-11-11T05:58:00.000-08:002007-11-11T06:04:28.053-08:00Shelley Batts<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/RzcLnWOd59I/AAAAAAAAANw/XuyrQoI52jA/s1600-h/shelley.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131583071021033426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/RzcLnWOd59I/AAAAAAAAANw/XuyrQoI52jA/s320/shelley.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Submitted by: Nick Hobson</div><br /><div><br />Shelley Batts (b. 1979), Neuroscience PhD candidate. She is the author of <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/retrospectacle/">Retrospectacle</a>, a <a title="Neuroscience" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience">neuroscience</a> <a title="Blog" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog">blog</a> that explores science from the perspective of an "upbeat savvy female scientist who wants world domination one first-author paper at a time". </div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Batts">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Batts</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160505334681826556.post-49394760521134885272007-11-03T05:38:00.000-07:002007-11-03T05:39:43.177-07:00Elizabeth Kucinich<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/RyxsBYYi4jI/AAAAAAAAANo/e-BBqmBeQSw/s1600-h/kucinich.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128592846649221682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vx9S83U2e6A/RyxsBYYi4jI/AAAAAAAAANo/e-BBqmBeQSw/s320/kucinich.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Elizabeth Jane Harper Kucinich (b, <a title="1977" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977">1977</a>) is the <a title="Wife" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife">wife</a> of American politician <a title="Dennis Kucinich" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich">Dennis Kucinich</a>. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Kucinich">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Kucinich</a></div>Cliff Pickoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658349168482343854noreply@blogger.com0