Sharp (surname)

Sharp is a surname. It is cognate to the German scharf. It is also akin to words which have the sense of scraping, e.g. Latin scrobis 'ditch', Russian skresti 'to scrape'.

People bearing the surname Sharp

A

  • Abraham Sharp (1651–1742), English schoolmaster, mathematician and astronomer
  • Alan Sharp (1934-2013), Scottish author
  • Anne Sharp (1916-2011), Scottish soprano
  • Anthony Sharp (Quaker) (1643–1707), Dublin Quaker
  • Anthony Sharp (1915–1984), English actor
  • B

  • Bartholomew Sharp (c. 1650–1702), English buccaneer
  • Billy Sharp (born 1986), English professional footballer
  • Bree Sharp (born 1975), American singer and songwriter
  • C

  • Cecil Sharp (1859–1924), English music teacher and traditional English dance expert
  • Clifford Sharp, British journalist
  • D

  • Dallas Lore Sharp (1870–1929), American nature author and university professor
  • Dave Sharp (born 1959), English guitarist
  • David Sharp (entomologist) (1840–1922), English physician and entomologist
  • David Sharp (mountaineer) (1972–2006), Everest mountain climber
  • Sharp (flour)

    Sharp flour is made from hard wheat. It is a term used by millers in Fiji and is in common usage throughout the populace as evidenced by newspaper reports whenever the price of flour changes, with the new price of sharp listed. Sharp is used as an ingredient for roti in Fiji.

    External links

  • Hike in prices of flour, sharp - The Fiji Times 15 November 2007
  • Flour/Sharp prices to drop - Fiji Broadcasting February 19, 2009
  • Sharp (band)

    Sharp were a mid-1980s English rock band, featuring former Jam members Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler. They released one single.

    Personnel

  • Rick Buckler (drums)
  • Jimmy Edwards (vocals)
  • Bruce Foxton (bass / backing vocals)
  • Tom Sharp (keyboard)
  • Career

    After The Jam split, Foxton pursued a solo career and Buckler formed Time UK, featuring Jimmy Edwards on vocals. After a stop-start career that took over two years to release three singles, and a rapid dwindling of the initial public interest in the band, they effectively split up.

    Foxton, finding his solo career had followed a similar path to Time UK's, recorded several tracks with Buckler and Edwards. A solitary single, "Entertain Me", was released on UK mod record label, Unicorn in 1986.

    Tracks from the release were included on a 2002 Time UK compilation album, One More Time.

    Discography

  • "Entertain Me" / "So Say Hurrah" (7 inch, Unicorn PHZ5), 1986
  • "Entertain Me" / "So Say Hurrah" / "Next Generation" (12 inch, Unicorn 12PHZ5), 1986
  • Boys (Britney Spears song)

    "Boys" is a song recorded by American singer Britney Spears for her third studio album, Britney (2001). It was written and produced by Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams (known collectively as The Neptunes). A version of the song, entitled the "The Co-Ed Remix", was released as the sixth and final single from Britney on July 29, 2002. The new version also served as the second single from the soundtrack of Austin Powers in Goldmember. "Boys" is a R&B and hip hop song, including funk influences. The remix carries a slower tempo than the album version, and both versions are noted to be reminiscent of Janet Jackson. Some critics praised Williams and Spears' chemistry, as well as the production on the track, while others did not think the song worked well.

    While the song did not perform well on the Billboard charts in the United States, it reached the top ten on the Belgian charts and in Ireland and the United Kingdom, and charted in the top 20 in Australia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. The song would later be certified Gold in Australia. The song's accompanying music video, directed by Dave Meyers, was nominated at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards for "Best Video from a Film." The clip features Spears and Williams at a party. The singer has performed "Boys" a number of times including at the 2002 NBA All-Star Game, on Saturday Night Live, and on several of her concert tours.

    Boys (2003 film)

    Boys is a 2003 Indian Tamil coming-of-age film directed by S. Shankar. It stars newcomers Siddarth, Genelia, Bharath, Nakul, Manikandan and Sai Srinivas Thaman in the lead roles. The score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman. Boys was simultaneously released in Telugu as well with the same title.

    The story centers on six youngsters, who experience the downfalls of teenage life. The film conveys a message about the importance of a good education and career over other distractions, such as romance and sex. Despite all of its lead characters being debutantes, the film was the second most expensive South Indian film produced at that time, only behind Shankar's own 1998 film Jeans.

    Plot

    Munna (Siddharth), Babu Kalyanam aka Bob Galy (Bharath), Krishna (Thaman), Kumar (Manikandan) and Juju (Nakul) are five friends. They come from different backgrounds – Munna from a middle-class family, Bob Galy from a Telugu-speaking family, Juju from an academically-inclined family, Krishna from a rich family and Kumar from a poor family. But all of them have common interests – spending their time smoking, downing alcohol, ogling girls, watching pornography and complaining about their parents. Much to the chagrin of their parents, they have no interest in studies. They meet a depressed middle-age man, Mangalam (Vivek) in a bar one day and help him home after he passes out. Although they first use him as a source to get alcohol, Mangalam enjoys their company and becomes a mentor of sorts for the boys.They even go as far as hiring a prostitute (Bhuvaneswari) (whose contact was obtained from Mangalam) to have sex with while Munna's parents are out of station, but all of them back down at the last moment.

    Boys (The Maybes? song)

    "Boys" is the second single released by The Maybes? from their debut album, Promise. It was released on 16 June 2008 on Xtra Mile Recordings and a music video was filmed for the single.

    Music video

    The video for Boys was filmed on 26 April 2008 at Nation, Liverpool during the first date of The Maybes?'s club event "Sonic Temple". The video will be part of a documentary recorded by the band for the European Capital of Culture year in Liverpool.

    Track listing

    Download Single

  • Boys
  • 7" Single

  • Boys
  • A Girl Called Desire
  • Reviews

  • ClickMusic.com 3.5/5
  • ThisIsNotTV.co.uk
  • NoizeMakesEnemies.co.uk
  • AllGigs.co.uk
  • References

    External links

  • Myspace profile
  • Facebook page
  • Pressure (disambiguation)

    Pressure is an effect which occurs when a force is applied on a surface.

    Pressure also may refer to:

  • Blood pressure
  • Peer pressure, a psychological influence exerted by a peer group
  • Atmospheric pressure
  • Sound pressure
  • Music

  • MC Pressure, an MC with the Hilltop Hoods
  • Pressure (reggae musician), a United States Virgin Islands reggae artist
  • "Pressure" (Billy Joel song), 1982
  • "Pressure" (Paramore song), 2005
  • "Pressure" (Skindred song), 2006
  • "Pressure" (Belly song), 2007
  • "Pressure" (Nadia Ali song), 2011
  • "Pressure", 2013 song by The 1975 from their self-titled album
  • "Pressure" (Youngblood Hawke song), 2014
  • "Pressure", a song by Staind from Break The Cycle
  • Entertainment

  • Pressure (1976 film), a 1976 Black-British film
  • Pressure (play), a 2014 play by David Haig
  • Pressure (2015 film), a 2015 film starring Danny Huston
  • Other uses

  • Pass pressure, defensive strategy in American football
  • See also

  • All pages beginning with "pressure"
  • All pages with titles containing pressure
  • Under Pressure (disambiguation)
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