Comfort may refer to:
Places:
- Comfort, California Comfort is a former settlement in Mendocino County, California. It was located at the terminus of a stage coach line 11.5 miles west of Boonville
- Comfort, Texas Comfort is a census-designated place in Kendall County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,358 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Comfort Township, Minnesota
- Old Point Comfort Old Point Comfort is a point of land located in the independent city of Hampton at the extreme tip of the Virginia Peninsula at the mouth of Hampton Roads in the United States, Virginia
- Point Comfort, Texas Point Comfort is a city in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. It is a part of the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 781 at the 2000 census
Persons:
- Alex Comfort Alexander Comfort was a medical professional, gerontologist, anarchist, pacifist, conscientious objector and writer, best known for The Joy of Sex, which played a part in what is often called the sexual revolution. He was also the author of many other books on a variety of topics, a British medical professional, anarchist, pacifist, and writer
- Charles Comfort Born near Edinburgh, Scotland, Comfort moved to Winnipeg in 1912 with his family. His father found work with the treasury department for the city of Winnipeg. Comfort as the eldest child had to work from a young age to help support his family. The following year he began work as a commercial artist at Bridgen’s Studio in Winnipeg, and by 1916, a Canadian painter, sculptor, teacher, writer, and administrator
- Louis Comfort Tiffany Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. Tiffany was affiliated with a prestigious collaborative of designers known as the Associated Artists, which included, an American artist and designer
- Nathaniel C. Comfort Nathaniel C. Comfort is an American historian specialising in the history of biology. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, and he previously was employed in the history department at The George Washington University. He is currently working on the history of human and, an American historian
- Ray Comfort Ray Comfort is a New Zealand-born Christian minister and evangelist. Comfort started Living Waters Publications and The Way of the Master in Bellflower, California and has written a number of books, a New Zealand-born minister and evangelist
- Comfort Freeman Comfort M. Freeman is a Liberian activist. She is head of the Liberian Women's Initiative for Peace, an anti-war women's group. She is also head of the Lutheran Church Women's Committee. She also was part of a delegation of church leaders who visited the United States in March 2003, a Liberian Lutheran activist
- Comfort Fedoke This is a list of finalists for season four of the United States version of So You Think You Can Dance, contestant on So You Think You Can Dance So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States 4 So You Think You Can Dance is a United States television reality program and dance competition airing on the Fox Broadcasting Company network. Season four premiered on May 22, 2008, with Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy returning as permanent judges and Cat Deeley returning to host. Joshua Allen was announced as the winner on August 7, 2008
United States Navy ships:
- USS Comfort (AH-3) USS Comfort was a hospital ship for the United States Navy in World War I. She was the sister ship of USS Mercy (AH-4) but the two ships were not of a ship class. Comfort was known as SS Havana in passenger service for the Ward Line, and as USAT Havana in United States Army service before her Navy service. Her name was restored to Havana in 1927, (1917 – 1921)
- USS Comfort (AH-6) The second USS Comfort was launched 18 March 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by First Lieutenant E. Hatchitt, USAMC; transferred to the Navy the same day; converted to a hospital ship by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Calif.; and commissioned 5 May 1944 with Commander (1943 – 1946)
- USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) USNS Comfort is the third United States Navy ship to bear the name Comfort, and the second Mercy Class Hospital Ship to join the navy fleet. In accordance with the Geneva Conventions, USNS Comfort and her crew do not carry any ordnance and firing on the Comfort is considered a war crime (1976 – )
Others:
- Comfort (album) Comfort is the first studio album by the American rock band Failure, an album by the rock group Failure Failure was an American rock band that was active from 1990 to 1997, during which they recorded and released three critically-acclaimed albums. They are often compared to other hard rock bands from that time that were similarly labeled as "alternative", such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, or Bush, but are distinguished by their meticulous
- Comfort (Fabric Softener) Comfort is the brand name of a Unilever fabric softener sold in the UK and around the world. The range includes Comfort Pure and Comfort Crème (a premium brand) . Scents include Passion Flower and Ylang Ylang, Lily and Riceflower, Wild Pear and Ginkgo and the Original Comfort Blue, a Unilever Unilever is a multi-national corporation, formed of British and Dutch parentage, that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. Unilever employed 174,000 people and had a worldwide revenue of €40.5 billion in 2008 fabric softener
- ComfortDelGro Corporation ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited SGX: C52 is the world's second-largest transport company with a fleet of 41,000 vehicles, a listed transportation company in Singapore
- Comfort Air, an airline based in Germany
- Comfort food The term comfort food refers to a variety of familiar, simple foods that are usually home-cooked or eaten at informal restaurants. It may also describe informal foods that are emotionally significant to a person or group of people
- Comfort noise Comfort noise is artificial background noise used in radio and wireless communications to fill the silence in a transmission resulting from voice activity detection or from the audio clarity of modern digital lines, artificial background noise used in radio and wireless communications to fill the silent time in a transmission
- Comfort object A comfort object is an item used to provide psychological comfort, especially in unusual or unique situations, or at bedtime for small children. Among toddlers, comfort objects may take the form of a blanket, a stuffed animal, or a favorite toy, and may be referred to by the terms blankey and lovey, an object used to provide psychological comfort
- Comfort Stand Records, an American independent record label
- Comfort women Comfort women is a euphemism for women working in military brothels, especially those women who were forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, a euphemism for women who were forced to work as sex slaves in Japanese-occupied countries during World War II
- Comfort zone The comfort zone is a behavioural state within which a person operates in an anxiety-neutral condition, using a limited set of behaviours to deliver a steady level of performance, usually without a sense of risk (Alasdair A. K. White "From Comfort Zone to Performance Management" , the term used to denote a type of mental conditioning resulting in artificially created mental boundaries, within which an individual derives a sense of security
- Southern Comfort Southern Comfort is a "fruit, spice and whiskey flavored" neutral grain spirit-based liqueur produced since 1874, though not always by the modern formula. The Brown-Forman Corporation owns the Southern Comfort brand, an alcoholic drink made with peaches
- Thermal Comfort Human thermal comfort is defined by ASHRAE as the state of mind that expresses satisfaction with the surrounding environment . Maintaining thermal comfort for occupants of buildings or other enclosures is one of the important goals of HVAC design engineers, a field of specialization in building indoor environment Building indoor environment covers the environmental aspects in the design, analysis, and operation of energy-efficient, healthy, and comfortable buildings. Fields of specialization include architecture, HVAC design, thermal comfort, indoor air quality , lighting, acoustics, and control systems. In total, the indoor experience is known as the
- Toyota Comfort The Toyota Comfort, released in 1995, is designed for use as a taxicab. It is popular in Japan, Singapore and especially Hong Kong, where more than 99% of all taxis are Toyota Comforts. Its primary Nissan competitor is the Nissan Crew and its secondary Nissan competitor is the Cedric Y31, a taxicab popular in Japan and Hong Kong
See also
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