Peleg
Peleg, son of Eber (as envisioned in AD 1553)
Children	Reu and others
Parents	Eber

Peleg (Hebrew: פֶּלֶג / פָּלֶג, Modern Péleg / Páleg Tiberian Péleḡ / Pāleḡ ; "division") is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two sons of Eber, an ancestor of the Israelites, according to the "Table of Nations" in Genesis 10-11 and 1 Chronicles 1. Peleg's son was Reu, born when Peleg was thirty, and he had other sons and daughters. According to the Hebrew Bible, Peleg lived to the age of 239 years. (Genesis 11:16-19)

In the Septuagint and some Christian Bibles derived from it, Peleg is called Phaleg and his father is called Heber. His son is called Ragau, born when Phaleg was 130 years old, and he had other sons and daughters. According to the Septuagint, Phaleg lived to an age of 339 years. (Septuagint Genesis 11:16-19) Modern translations generally use the names and dating as in the Masoretic Hebrew text. (compare Genesis 11:16-19)

Peleg is a common surname in Israel, also being the root lettering for sailing (lahaflig להפליג) and a military half-bivouac tent (peleg-ohel פלג אוהל). The meaning of Peleg in English is "brook", a little river.

"And the Earth was divided"[link]

According to Genesis 10:25 and 1 Chronicles 1:19, it was during the time of Peleg that "the earth was divided" – traditionally, this is often assumed to be just before, during, or after the failure of Nimrod's Tower of Babel. The meaning of the earth being divided is usually taken to refer to a patriarchal division of the world, or possibly just the eastern hemisphere, into allotted portions among the three sons of Noah for future occupation, as specifically described in the Book of Jubilees, Biblical Antiquities of Philo, Kitab al-Magall, Flavius Josephus^[1], and numerous other antiquarian and mediaeval sources, even as late as Archbishop Ussher, in his Annals of the World.^[2]. One account, the Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan, states that "In the days of Phalek (Peleg), the earth was divided a second time among the three sons of Noah; Shem, Ham and Japheth" — it having been divided once previously among the three sons by Noah himself.^[3]

A theory current in some modern creationist schools of thought^[4] interprets this verse to suggest that Peleg lived at the time the continent of Pangaea split into modern continents, although some other creationist geologists^[5] contend that such an event had happened during the Flood, five generations before Peleg.

In popular culture[link]

• Peleg is the name of one of the owners of the Pequod in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.

References[link]

Notes

External links[link]

• Jewish Encyclopedia: Peleg is briefly mentioned in the article "Eber"

Lynda Weinman (born in 1955) is an American business owner, computer instructor, and author, best known for the company she started with her husband, Bruce Heavin, the multi-award winning online software training web site, lynda.com.^[1]

Weinman, a self-taught computer expert, worked in the film industry as a special effects animator, and later became a faculty member at Art Center College of Design, UCLA, American Film Institute, and San Francisco State Multimedia Studies program teaching computer graphics, animation, interactive design, and motion graphics. She is also a published author and writer.

Weinman is married to her company co-founder, Bruce Heavin, who also is the co-author of her books coloring web graphics and coloring web graphics.2.

Education[link]

Weinman graduated with a degree in Humanities from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Career[link]

A year after graduating from the Evergreen State College, Weinman opened two retail stores, Vertigo on Melrose and Vertigo on Sunset in Los Angeles. They closed in 1982.

Weinman worked for Dreamquest and as an independent contractor doing animation and special effects. She worked on several major films, including RoboCop 2 (1990),^[8] Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989),^[9] and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989).^[10]

Weinman attributes her initial interest in computers to her having taught herself how to use an Apple II when a boyfriend brought it home. She acquired these skills by reading the manual. Her computer skills have all been self-taught.

Weinman taught digital media and motion graphics at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California from 1989 to 1996. Her book designing web graphics, published by New Riders in 1995, often is credited with being the first title to discuss web authoring technologies from a visual design perspective.

Weinman was co-founder with her husband, Bruce Heavin, of the Ojai Digital Arts Center ^{[11][12][13][14]} in Ojai, California in 1999.

lynda.com[link]

The lynda.com Online Training Library ^[15] is a learning platform that teaches a growing range of computer skills in video format to members through monthly and annual subscription-based plans. The company was founded in Ojai, California and has since moved locations to Ventura and Carpinteria, California, where it currently employs more than 200 full-time staff members and more than 140 teachers who earn royalties from their shared revenue model. The company website was created in 1995 and the company was incorporated in 1997.

lynda.com evolved from its original conception as a free web resource for Lynda’s students, to the site for her books on web design,^[16] to the registration hub for physical classrooms and conferences,^[17] to an online virtual knowledge library,^[18] where today, members may watch software and technology courses in several categories (3D and animation, audio, business, design, development, home computing, photography, video, and web and interactive design). The company also produces documentaries about creative professionals.

lynda.com is used by many high-profile businesses, such as Disney, Google, and Adobe.^{[citation needed]} It also has several academic clients, including Yale University, Princeton University,^[19] Indiana University,^[20] Brigham Young University,^[21] Penn State University,^[22], and MIT.^[23]

Flashforward conferences[link]

lynda.com and United Digital Artists Productions, Inc. (UAD) co-founded the Flashforward Conferences ^[24] and the Flash Film Festival, which first took place in 1999. The Flashforward Conference was the first event in the world focused on Macromedia Flash, and fourteen events were held in San Francisco, New York, London, and Amsterdam, serving more than 20,000 attendees over six years. The Flash® Film Festival presented more than 200 awards to top-designed Flash sites and applications, to winners from more than 30 countries. The conference is currently on hiatus.

Bibliography[link]

Weinman has authored or co-authored sixteen books. She also has authored numerous magazine articles, including:

Books[link]

• Weinman, Lynda (January 1996). designing web graphics. New Riders Publishing. pp. 258. ISBN 1-56205-532-1. 
• Weinman, Lynda; Heavin, Bruce; Karp, Ali (November 1996). coloring web graphics. New Riders Publishing. pp. 295. ISBN 1-56205-669-7. 
• Weinman, Lynda (February 1997). designing web graphics.2. New Riders Publishing. pp. 447. ISBN 1-56205-715-4. 
• Weinman, Lynda (May 1997). preparing web graphics. New Riders Publishing. pp. 238. ISBN 1-56205-686-7. 
• Weinman, Lynda; Heavin, Bruce; Karp, Ali (September 1997). coloring web graphics.2. New Riders Publishing. pp. 314. ISBN 1-56205-818-5. 
• Weinman, Lynda; Weinman, William (January 1998). creative html design. New Riders Publishing. pp. 434. ISBN 1-56205-704-9. 
• Weinman, Lynda; Warren Lentz, Jon (May 1998). deconstructing web graphics. New Riders Publishing. pp. 229. ISBN 1-56205-859-2. 
• Weinman, Lynda (March 1999). designing web graphics.3. New Riders Publishing. pp. 480. ISBN 1-56205-949-1. 
• Weinman, Lynda (March, 2000). Photoshop 5.5 and ImageReady 2.0 Hands-On Training. Peachpit Press. pp. 512. ISBN 0-201-35467-5. 
• Weinman, Lynda; Weinman, William (April 2001). creative html design.2. Waite Group Press. pp. 544. ISBN 0-7357-0972-6. 
• Weinman, Lynda; Kabili, Jan (October 2001). Photoshop 6 / ImageReady 3 Hands-On Training. Pearson Education. pp. 672. ISBN 0-201-72796-X. 
• Weinman, Lynda; Newman, Craig (July 2002). After Effects 5.0/5.5 Hands-On Training. Peachpit Press. pp. 648. ISBN 0-201-75469-X. 
• Weinman, Lynda; Kabili, Jan (December 2002). Photoshop 7 / ImageReady For the Web Hands-On Training. Peachpit Press. pp. 616. ISBN 0-321-11276-8. 
• Weinman, Lynda (January, 2003). designing web graphics.4. New Riders Publishing. pp. 552. ISBN 0-7357-1079-1. 
• Weinman, Lynda (December 2003). Adobe After Effects 6 Hands-On Training. Peachpit Press. pp. 672. ISBN 0-321-22854-5. 
• Weinman, Lynda; Fahs, Chad (August 2006). Adobe After Effects 7 Hands-On Training. Peachpit Press; Bk&CD-Rom edition. pp. 528. ISBN 0-321-39775-4. 

Magazine Articles[link]

• Web; Better Web Graphics with Transparency. Macworld, October 1998
• A Web graphics primer. Macworld, May 1998
• Tile your site: use tiles to create the layered look on your Web pages. Macworld, May 1998
• Preparing Web graphics. Macworld, August 1996
• Lynda Weinman on What's Next for Flash in 2006. PeachPit, January 6, 2006 ^[25]
• Web Design Tips: Making Site Comps and Prototypes. CreativePro.com, August 13, 2003 ^[26]

Awards[link]

• Art Center College of Design Great Teacher Award, 1997
• San Francisco Women on the Web Top 25 Women, 1999
• GirlGeeks Golden Horn-Rims Award recipient, 2000,^[27][28]
• First Hollywood Film Festival’s Discovery CyberAwards Nominee, 10.14.1997 ^[29]
• Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 Regional Awards ^[30]
• Entrepreneur of the Year, South Coast Business and Technology Awards^[31]
• 2011 Women of Achievement Award, Association for Women in Communications, Santa Barbara chapter (AWC-SB)^[32]

Boards[link]

• Santa Barbara International Film Festival^[33]
• Lotusland^[34]
• AIGA National Board Member, 2009- ^[35]
• Miller Freeman Web Design & Development Conferences
• "New Media Magazine"
• The Evergreen State College Foundation Board of Governors & Trustees, 2004-^[36]

Philanthropy[link]

Weinman is the namesake and benefactor for the 'Lynda Lab',^[37] the Experimental Effects Lab in the Center for Creative and Applied Media (CCAM) at her alma mater, the Evergreen State College. The foundation has a pledge from Weinman and husband, Bruce Heavin, to establish an endowment supporting equipment in the CCAM. Weinman and Heavin also have contributed to scholarships at Art Center College of Design, as well as an ongoing endowment for additional scholarships.

References[link]

External links[link]

• lynda.com - online software training company co-founded by Lynda Weinman. Provider of educational materials for individuals, businesses and schools, including the Online Training Library and CD- and DVD-based video training.
• FlashForward
• Hansel Minutes
• The Browser-Safe Web Palette

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There are many people in history who are commonly appended with the phrase "the Great", or who were called that or an equivalent phrase in their own language. Other languages have their own suffixes such as e Bozorg and e azam in Persian and Urdu respectively.

In Persia, the title "the Great" at first seems to be a colloquial version of the Old Persian title "Great King". This title was first used by the conqueror Cyrus II of Persia.^[1]

The Persian title was inherited by Alexander III of Macedon (336–323 BC) when he conquered the Persian Empire, and the epithet "Great" eventually became personally associated with him. The first reference (in a comedy by Plautus)^[2] assumes that everyone knew who "Alexander the Great" was; however, there is no earlier evidence that Alexander III of Macedon was called "the Great".

The early Seleucid kings, who succeeded Alexander in Persia, used "Great King" in local documents, but the title was most notably used for Antiochus the Great (223–187 BC).

Later rulers and commanders began to use the epithet "the Great" as a personal name, like the Roman general Pompey. Others received the surname retrospectively, like the Carthaginian Hanno and the Indian emperor Ashoka the Great. Once the surname gained currency, it was also used as an honorific surname for people without political careers, like the philosopher Albert the Great.

As there are no objective criteria for "greatness", the persistence of later generations in using the designation greatly varies. For example, Louis XIV of France was often referred to as "The Great" in his lifetime but is rarely called such nowadays, while Frederick II of Prussia is still called "The Great". A later Hohenzollern - Wilhelm I - was often called "The Great" in the time of his grandson Wilhelm II, but rarely later.

Rulers[link]

• Abbas I of Persia (1571–1629), Shah of Iran
• Akbar (1542–1605), ruler of the Mughal Empire of South Asia, mainly India
• Alain I of Albret (1440–1522), French aristocrat
• Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), King of Macedonia, Persia, Greece, Egypt, and all of Mesopotamia
• Alexander I of Georgia (1386–1446), King of Georgia
• Alfonso III of León (c. 848-910), King of León, Galicia and Asturias
• Alfred the Great (848/849-899), King of Wessex
• Antiochus III the Great (c. 241–187 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire
• Ashoka the Great (c. 304–232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya dynasty
• Ashot I of Iberia “the Great”(died 826/830), presiding prince of Iberia (modern Georgia),
• Askia Mohammad I (c. 1442–1538), ruler of the Songhai Empire
• Bhumibol Adulyadej (born 1927), King of Thailand
• Bolesław I Chrobry (967-1025), sometimes called "the Great", first King of Poland
• Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia (also listed in the following section)
• Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (1736–1809), founder and ruler of the Rattanakosin Kingdom (in what is now Thailand)
• Cnut the Great (c. 985 or 995-1035), King of Denmark, England, Norway and parts of Sweden
• Casimir III the Great (1310–1370), King of Poland
• Catherine the Great (1729–1796), Empress of Russia
• Chandragupta II (reigned 375-413/415), also known as Vikramaditya, ruler of the Gupta empire in India
• Charlemagne (died 814), King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans
• Chulalongkorn (1853–1910), King of Siam (now Thailand)
• Chlothar II (584-629), King of Neustria and King of the Franks
• Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1097-1157), Margrave of Meissen
• Constantine I (c. 272-337), Roman emperor
• Cyaxares the Great (c. 625-585 BC), third king of Media
• Cyrus the Great (c. 600 BC or 576 BC–530 BC), founder and ruler of the Persian or Achaemenid Empire
• Darius the Great (550 – 486 BC), third ruler of the Persian Empire
• Devapala (died 850), ruler of the Pala Empire in the Indian subcontinent
• Dionysius I, Greek tyrant of Syracuse^[3]
• Ferdinand I of León and Castile (c. 1015–1065), King of León and Count of Castile
• Frederick the Great (1712–1786), King of Prussia
• Genghis Khan (1162?-1227), founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
• Gero (c. 900–965), ruler of Marca Geronis, a very large march in Europe
• Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594–1632), King of Sweden, founder of the Swedish Empire, and noted military leader
• Gwanggaeto the Great, King of Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea^[4][5]
• Hanno the Great, the name of three leaders of Carthage, in the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd centuries BC
• Henry I, Duke of Burgundy (946–1002)
• Henry IV of France (1553–1610), King of France and King of Navarre
• Herod the Great (73/74 BC-4 BC), King of Judea
• Hugh the Great (898-956), Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris
• Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France
• Hugh I, Count of Vermandois (1057–1101)
• Humphrey I de Bohun (died c. 1123), Anglo-Norman aristocrat
• Ivan III of Russia (1440–1505), Tsar of Russia
• John I of Portugal (1358–1433), King of Portugal and the Algarve
• John II of Aragon (1398–1479), King of Aragon and, through his wife, King of Navarre
• Justinian I (483-565), Byzantine Emperor
• Kamehameha I (c. 1758-1819), first King of Hawai'i
• Kanishka (died c. 127), ruler of the Kushan Empire in Central Asia and parts of India
• Kvirike III of Kakheti (1010–1029), King of Kakheti in eastern Georgia
• Kublai Khan (1215–1294), Mongol ruler in the 13th century and Emperor of China; founder of the Yuan Dynasty
• Llywelyn the Great (c. 1172–1240), Prince of Gwynedd and de facto ruler of most of Wales
• Louis I of Hungary (1326–1382), King of Hungary, Croatia and Poland
• Mangrai the Great (1238–1317), Lanna, northern Thailand
• Emperor Meiji (1852–1912), Emperor of Japan
• Mircea I of Wallachia (1355–1418)
• Mithridates II of Parthia (died 88 BC), ruler of the Parthian Empire (in present day Iran)
• Mithridates VI of Pontus (134 BC–63 BC), ruler of Pontus and the Bosporan Kingdom
• Mstislav I of Kiev (1076–1132), Grand Prince of Kievan Rus
• Naresuan (1555–1605), King of Ayutthaya
• Narai (1633–1688), King of Ayutthaya (in what is now modern Thailand)
• Odo the Great (died c. 735), Duke of Aquitaine
• Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912-973)
• K'inich Janaab' Pakal (603-683), ruler of the Mayan city-state of Palenque
• Parakramabahu I of Polonnaruwa (1123–1186), King of Sri Lanka
• Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia (died 1075), King of Croatia
• Peter the Great (1672–1725), Tsar of Russia
• Peter III of Aragon (1239–1285), King of Aragon and King of Sicily
• Pompey (106 BC-48 BC), military and political leader of the late Roman Republic, rival of Julius Caesar
• Radama I (1793–1828), first king of greater Madagascar
• Raja Raja Chola I (c. 947-1014), Indian emperor of the Cholas.^[6][7][8]
• Rajendra Chola I (reigned 1014–1044), Tamil King of India
• Ramesses II (reigned 1279 BC – 1213 BC), considered the greatest pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
• Ram Khamhaeng (around 1237 to 1247-1298), King of Sukhothai (in present day Thailand)
• Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (1082–1131), also Count of Provence and various other counties
• Rhodri the Great (c. 820–878), King of Gwynedd (in present day Wales)
• Roman the Great (after 1160-1205), Grand Prince of Kiev
• Saladin (c. 1138-1193), Kurdish Sultan of Egypt and Syria, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and victor over the Crusaders
• Samudragupta (c. 335–375), ruler of the Gupta empire in the Indian subcontinent
• Sancho III of Navarre (c. 992-1035), King of Kingdom of Navarre
• Sargon of Akkad (died c. 2215 BC), ruler of the Akkadian Empire
• Sejong the Great (1397–1450), Korean king^[9]
• Shapur II (309-379), king of the Sassanid Empire, Persia
• Simeon I of Bulgaria (864/865-927), ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire
• Stephen III of Moldavia (1433–1504), Prince of Moldavia (Romania)
• Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (c. 1308-1355), King of Serbia and Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks
• Taksin (1734–1782), King of the Thonburi Kingdom (Thailand)
• Tamar (1160-1123), Queen of the Georgian Empire
• Timur (1336–1405), better known as Tamerlane, founder of the Timurid Dynasty
• Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1090–1151), Count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV, Count of Champagne and of Brie
• Theodoric the Great (454-526), King of the Ostrogoths, regent of the Visigoths and a viceroy of the Byzantine Empire
• Theodosius I (347-395), Roman emperor
• Tigranes the Great (140-55 BC), Emperor of Armenia
• Tiridates III of Armenia (285-339), King of Armenia
• Umar (c. 586 to 590–644), second caliph of the Muslim Empire
• Valdemar I of Denmark (1131–1182), King of Denmark
• Valentinian I (364-375), Roman Emperor
• Vladimir I of Kiev (c. 958-1015), ruler of Kievan Rus
• Vytautas (c. 1350-1430), archduke of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy
• William I, Count of Burgundy (1020–1087), Count of Burgandy and Mâcon
• William V, Duke of Aquitaine (969-1030), also Count of Poitou
• Xerxes I (519-465 BC), King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire (Persia)
• Yu the Great (c. 2200-2100 BC), legendary ruler in ancient China

Religious figures[link]

• Abraham the Great of Kashkar (ca. 492-586), monk and saint of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Abraham Kidunaia (died c. 366, hermit, priest, and Christian saint of Mesopotamia
• Albertus Magnus (1193/1206–1280), medieval German philosopher and theologian
• Anthony the Great (c. 251–356), early Christian saint of Egypt
• Babai the Great (c. 551–628), Assyrian church leader
• Basil of Caesarea (330-379), Greek bishop and theologian
• Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia (also listed in the previous section)
• Euthymius the Great (377-473), abbot and Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint
• Gertrude the Great (1256-c. 1302), German Benedictine, mystic, theologian and Roman Catholic saint
• Pope Gregory I (c. 540-604)
• Hiyya the Great, 3rd-century rabbi, Palestine
• Pope John Paul II (1920–2005)
• Pope Leo I (c. 391 or 400-461)
• Macarius of Egypt (c. 300-391), Egyptian hermit
• Pope Nicholas I (c. 800-867)
• Photius I of Constantinople (c. 810–c. 893), Eastern Orthodox saint and Patriarch of Constantinople
• William of Maleval (died 1157), founder of the Catholic congregation of Williamites

Other[link]

• Beli Mawr, a figure in medieval Welsh literature and genealogies
• Emmy the Great, folk singer
• Matteo Rosso the Great, Roman politician and father of Pope Nicholas III
• Prokop the Great, Hussite general in Bohemia

See also[link]

• Epithet
• List of monarchs by nickname
• List of nicknames of European Royalty and Nobility: G-I
• James, son of Zebedee, also known as James the Greater, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus
• Ajax (mythology), called Ajax the Greater
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, whose common honorific "Mahatma" means "Great Soul"

Notes[link]