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Ho Ion Sang Ho Ion Sang (; born 2 September 1961 in Macau) is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Macau. He ran for Legislative Assembly in the 2009 legislative election. He is a member of Union for Promoting Progress a pan-establishment party in Macau.
McLaren MP4/9 The McLaren MP4/9 was a Formula One car designed by Neil Oatley for the 1994 Formula One season and was run by the Marlboro McLaren Team. The number 7 car was driven by the team's driver Mika Häkkinen and the number 8 car was driven by Martin Brundle who had signed from Ligier. The title sponsor was Marlb...
McLaren MP4/13 The McLaren MP4/13 was a racing car that the McLaren Formula One team used during the 1998 Formula 1 season. Driven by Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard, who were retained from the previous season, the car proved to be the dominant car of the season, taking Häkkinen to his first Drivers' Championship and...
McLaren MP4/3 The McLaren MP4/3 is a Formula One racing car built and run by McLaren International during the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was designed under the leadership of long time McLaren engineer, American Steve Nichols, after John Barnard quit the team in August 1986 to join rivals Ferrari. It was th...
McLaren MP4/5 The McLaren MP4/5 and its derived sister model the McLaren MP4/5B were Formula One racing cars designed by the McLaren Formula One team based in Woking, England. The MP4/5 was loosely based on its predecessor, the all-conquering MP4/4. McLaren used the new car for half of the season using the Weismann Lon...
McLaren M29 The McLaren M29 is a Formula One racing car built and run by McLaren during part of both the 1979 Formula One World Championship and the 1980 Formula One World Championship. The F version was built in 1979, but ran during five races of the 1981 Formula One World Championship. The M29F was the last of the M-...
Mika Häkkinen Mika Pauli Häkkinen (   ; born 28 September 1968), nicknamed ""the Flying Finn"", is a Finnish former professional racing driver. He was the 1998 and 1999 Formula One World Champion, driving for McLaren and has been ranked among the greatest Formula One drivers in various motorsport polls. Häkkinen curren...
McLaren MP4/6 The McLaren MP4/6 is a Formula One racing car designed by Neil Oatley for use by the McLaren team in the Formula One season. It was driven by reigning World Champion, Brazilian Ayrton Senna, and Austria's Gerhard Berger.
McLaren MP4/11 The McLaren MP4/11 was the car with which the McLaren team competed in the Formula One season. It was driven by Mika Häkkinen, who was in his third full season with the team, and David Coulthard, who moved from Williams.
McLaren MP4/10 The McLaren MP4/10 was the car with which the McLaren team competed in the Formula One season. It was driven mainly by Mark Blundell, who started the year without a drive, and Mika Häkkinen, who was in his second full season with the team. The car was also driven by champion Nigel Mansell and Jan Magnuss...
McLaren MP4/1 The McLaren MP4/1 (initially known as the MP4) was a Formula One racing car produced by the McLaren team. It was used during the 1981, 1982 and 1983 seasons. It was the first Formula One car to use a carbon fibre composite monocoque, a concept which is now ubiquitous.
Rosi Golan Rosi Golan is an indie singer-songwriter originally from Israel, now residing in Brooklyn, New York. Since 2008 she has released 2 LPs (Lead Balloon and The Drifter & the Gypsy) and an EP (Fortuna). Her songs have been featured in feature films such as "Dear John" and "Tiger Eyes", various TV shows such as "...
Kelly Clarkson discography American singer Kelly Clarkson has released seven studio albums, four extended plays, one compilation album, one remix album, and 38 singles (including four as a featured artist). In 2002, she won the inaugural season of the television competition "American Idol" and was immediately signed to...
Lynn Goldsmith Lynn Goldsmith (born February 11, 1948) is an American recording artist, a film director, a celebrity portrait photographer, and one of the first female rock and roll photographers. Lynn's photographs have appeared on the covers and in publications in many countries for the past 50 years. She has done ov...
Visa Debit Visa Debit is a major brand of debit card issued by Visa in many countries around the world. Numerous banks and financial institutions issue Visa Debit cards to their customers for access to their bank accounts. In many countries the Visa Debit functionality is often incorporated on the same plastic card tha...
Damien Lewis Damien Lewis is a British author and filmmaker who has spent over twenty years reporting from and writing about conflict zones in many countries. He has produced about twenty films. He has written more than fifteen books, some of which have been published in over thirty languages. His books have appeared o...
Chicco Chicco (] ) is a brand of Artsana, that's been working for over 50 years in the field of children's products, and is now present in more than 120 countries worldwide.
Royal Stag Royal Stag, also known as Seagram's Royal Stag, is a brand of whisky launched in 1995. It is available in many countries across the world in various pack sizes and has emerged as a global brand of whisky from the house of Seagram’s. It is Pernod Ricard's best selling brand by volume. It is a blend of finest ...
Let There Be Love (1953 Joni James album) Let There Be Love is Joni James debut album, recorded in 1953 and released by MGM Records at the end of the year. It was released in a four-disc 10-inch 78-rpm record box, in both a two-disc 7-inch 45-rpm extended-play foldout album and a four-disc 45-rpm regular-play box and o...
Ian Partridge Ian Partridge CBE (born 12 June 1938) is a retired English lyric tenor, whose repertoire ranged from Monteverdi, Bach and Handel, the Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs, through to Schoenberg, Weill and Britten, and on to contemporary works. He formed a renowned vocal-piano duo with ...
Association football culture Association football culture refers to the cultural aspects surrounding the game of association football. In many countries, football has ingrained itself into the national culture, and parts of life may revolve around it. Many countries have daily football newspapers, as well as football m...
Nicola Zaccaria Born in Piraeus, Zaccaria studied at the Athens Conservatory where he enjoyed his debut in 1949, aged 26. He sang at La Scala in 1953 and his position as a mainstay of the bass operatic repertoire was assured thereafter. He was La Scala's principal bass for almost 15 years. He sang with some of the most...
National Conservatoire (Greece) The Greek National Conservatoire (Greek: Εθνικό Ωδείο ) was founded in Athens in 1926 by the composer Manolis Kalomiris and a number of other notable artists like Charikleia Kalomoiri, Marika Kotopouli, Dionysios Lavrangas, and Sophia Spanoudi. For a number of years the conservatoire was...
Michael Scott (artistic director) Michael Scott is the founder of the London Opera Society. In his role as the society's sole artistic director, he brought to London Marilyn Horne, Joan Sutherland, and Boris Christoff. He was also responsible for introducing Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi, and Montserrat Caballe. He...
Bill Evans William John Evans ( , August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly worked in a trio setting. Evans' use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lin...
Antonino Votto Antonino Votto (30 October 1896 - 9 September 1985) was an Italian operatic conductor. Votto developed an extensive discography with the Teatro alla Scala in Milan during the 1950s, when EMI produced the bulk of its studio recordings featuring Maria Callas. Though Votto was a dependable conductor (and th...
Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (] ; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania".
Melodic fission In music cognition, melodic fission (also known as melodic or auditory streaming, or stream segregation), is a phenomenon in which one line of pitches (an auditory stream) is heard as two or more separate melodic lines. This occurs when a phrase contains groups of pitches at two or more distinct registe...
Contrapuntal motion In music theory, contrapuntal motion is the general movement of two melodic lines with respect to each other. In traditional four-part harmony, it is important that lines maintain their independence, an effect which can be achieved by the judicious use of the four types of contrapuntal motion: paral...
Maria Callas Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας ; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977), was a Greek-American soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her "bel canto" technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her r...
Marion Lignana Rosenberg Marion Lignana Rosenberg (December 8, 1961 – November 28, 2013) / / was a writer, music critic, translator and a broadcaster and journalist who blogged for "WQXR Operavore" and had a weekly column called "Prima Fila" for "La Voce di New York". She contributed features, reviews, and essays about...
Lego Atlantis: The Movie Lego Atlantis: The Movie is a computer animated comedy film based on the toy line of the same name. It is considered a family film besides the crude humor in the film. It premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on January 15, 2010, and in Europe on January 25, 2010. It features the ch...
Star Fairies Star Fairies was a doll toy series of the 1980s made by the Tonka company. The dolls had different costumes and personalities. Star Fairies was adapted into a televised cartoon movie, made by Hanna-Barbera in 1985. Family Home Entertainment released this TV movie on VHS in 1986.
Tony Longo Tony Longo (August 20, 1958 – June 21, 2015) was an American actor who appeared in television series such as "Laverne & Shirley", "Simon & Simon", "Alice", "Perfect Strangers", "High Tide", "Sydney", "Las Vegas", "Six Feet Under" and "Monk". His film credits include "Sixteen Candles", "Mulholland Drive", "Po...
The Transformers (TV series) The Transformers is a half-hour American animated television series which originally aired from September 17, 1984 to November 11, 1987. The first of many series in the "Transformers" franchise, it was based upon Hasbro's "Transformers" toy line (itself based upon the "Diaclone" and "Microm...
Pound Puppies Pound Puppies was a popular toy line sold by Tonka in the 1980s. It later inspired an animated TV special, two animated TV series, and a feature film. Shipments of the toys over five years generated sales of $300 million in 35 countries.
Pound Puppies (film) The Pound Puppies is an animated television special, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, based on the popular toy line from Tonka, which aired in syndication on October 26, 1985, paired with "Star Fairies". Characters in the special included the Fonzie-styled leader Cooler (voiced by Dan Gilveza...
Pound Puppies (1986 TV series) Pound Puppies is a 1986 American animated series made by Hanna-Barbera Productions, based on the toy line by Tonka. It is the sequel to the 1985 television special. The show was broadcast on ABC between September 1986 and December 1987. In this series, no mention was made of Violet's wher...
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw is a 1988 animated adventure film distributed by TriStar Pictures. The film is based on the Tonka toy line and Hanna-Barbera television series of the same name. It was directed by Pierre DeCelles, and stars the voices of Brennan Howard, B.J...
Ben 10 (toy line) The "Ben 10" toy line is a toy line produced by Bandai based on the animated series "Ben 10", "", "" and "". On the 2016 TV series of the same name, they are produced by Playmates Toys since June 2017.
Micronauts (comics) The Micronauts comic books featuring a group of characters based on the Mego Micronauts toy line. The first title was published by Marvel Comics in 1979, with both original characters and characters based on the toys. Marvel published two "Micronauts" series, mostly written by Bill Mantlo, until 198...
John Chapman (harness racing) John Chapman (November 25, 1928 - May 2, 1980) was one of the most successful trainers and drivers in the sport of harness racing. He died unexpectedly at age 51 shortly after his ongoing career had been recognized with induction into his sport's Halls of Fame in both Canada and the United...
Obadiah J. Barker Obadiah J. Barker, Jr. (October 31, 1856 – July 1908) was a Los Angeles business man and the founder and president of the furniture company, Barker Brothers. Born in Bloomfield, Indiana, Barker moved with his family to Colorado Springs, Colorado as a young man. He attended Colorado College and also at...
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (English: "Sometimes there's Happiness, Sometimes there's Sorrow"), also known as K3G, is a 2001 Indian family drama film written and directed by Karan Johar and produced by Yash Johar. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik...
Kash Aap Hamare Hote Kash… Aap Hamare Hote (Translation: Wish... You Were Mine) is a 2003 Bollywood drama film. The film starred Juhi Babbar in her film debut and was directed by Ravindra Peepat. The original music is by Aadesh Shrivastava.
STAR Voice of India Star Voice of India was an Indian television singing competition that premiered on 18 May 2007 and ended on 24 November 2007. It was the first Indian singing competition produced by STAR Plus. The show was directed by Gajendra Singh, creator of the famous Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series, and produced by Urban...
Angaaray (1998 film) Angaaray is a 1998 Indian Hindi action film produced by Madhu Ramesh Behl on Rose Movies Combines banner, directed by Mahesh Bhatt. It stars Akshay Kumar, Nagarjuna, Pooja Bhatt, Sonali Bendre in lead roles and music is composed by Anu Malik & Aadesh Shrivastava. It was a "hit" at the box office.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 Hero Honda - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 is the 3rd installment of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge series which premiered on July 4, 2008 on Zee TV. The show is hosted by Aditya Narayan, who also hosted the previous competition Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. This show features three new men...
Aadesh Shrivastava Aadesh Shrivastava (आदेश श्रीवास्तव) (4 September 1964 – 5 September 2015) was a music composer and singer of Indian music. Over the course of his career, he had composed music for over 100 Hindi films. Just a day after he turned 51, he died of cancer in Kokilaben Hospital.
Monty Sharma Monty Sharma (born April 17, 1970) is a music composer from India scoring music for Bollywood. He is popular for being the background music composer for "Black" (2005), "Ram-Leela" (2013) and music director for "Saawariya" (2007). He is cousin of famous Indian music composer Mithoon & nephew of famous musi...
Cecil Hunt Horace Cecil Hunt, born London, 13 September 1902, died London, 13 July 1954, age 51 years, was a prolific journalist, editor, novelist and anthologist, who is best known for his collections of unintended errors made by British schoolchildren in their examinations and written work, commonly known as 'howlers...
Cal Poly Pomona Broncos The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos or Cal Poly Broncos are the athletic sports teams for the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). Cal Poly Pomona has 10 varsity sports teams and offers student participation in a wide range of sports including soccer, volleyball, track and ...
Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering The Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering is the engineering college at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona or Cal Poly) located in Pomona, California, United States. Well known for its "learn by doing" philosophy, the college's motto is: ""making ima...
Cal Poly Pomona University Library The Cal Poly Pomona University Library is the main library on the campus of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). It has in its collection 670,580 books; 6,883 serial subscriptions and 10,417 audiovisual materials.
Cal Poly Pomona Broncos women's basketball The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, in Pomona, California. The school's team currently competes in the California Collegiate Athletic Association.
Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design The Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design (CENV) is a college part of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). The college houses over 1,600 students; making it one of largest environmental design programs in the United States. The ...
Richard Ziser Richard Ziser is a Nevada Real Estate Investor, Socially Conservative Political activist and U.S. Republican Politician. He was born June 7, 1953, in Pomona, CA., and has resided in Las Vegas Nevada since 1991. He graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) with a BS i...
International Polytechnic High School International Polytechnic High School, commonly abbreviated merely as iPoly, is a public college preparatory demonstration high school (9-12) located on the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) campus and operated by the Los Angeles County Office of Edu...
1981 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team The 1981 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team represented California State Polytechnic University, Pomona during the 1981 NCAA Division II football season. Cal Poly Pomona competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP, Cal Poly Pomona, or Cal Poly) is a public polytechnic university located in Pomona, California, United States. It is one of two polytechnics in the California State University system.
Julian A. McPhee Julian Aeneas McPhee (February 7, 1896 – November 10, 1967) was the sixth university president of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO) from 1933 to 1966 and the first president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) from 1938 to 1966.
Battle of White Plains The Battle of White Plains was a battle in the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on October 28, 1776, near White Plains, New York. Following the retreat of George Washington's Continental Army northward from New York City, British General William Howe lande...
Cass Corridor The Cass Corridor, is a neighborhood on the west end of Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It contains the Cass Park Historic District and the Cass-Davenport Historic District. The corridor's main street is Cass Avenue, which runs parallel with M-1 (Woodward Avenue), a main Detroit artery running north toward New...
Eureka, Nunavut Eureka is a small research base on Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is located on the north side of Slidre Fiord, which enters Eureka Sound farther west. It is the third-northernmost permanent research community in the world. The only two ...
Alouette Lake Alouette Lake, originally Lillooet Lake and not to be confused with the lake of that name farther north, is a lake and reservoir in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the southeast foot of the mountain group known as the Golden Ears and is about 16 km in length on a northeast-southwes...
Wicked Twister Wicked Twister is a second generation steel Inverted Impulse roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. As of 2017, it is the tallest and fastest inverted roller coaster in the world.
Steel Venom (Valleyfair) Steel Venom is a steel Inverted Impulse roller coaster located at Valleyfair in Minnesota. It reaches a maximum height of 185 feet (56 m) and a top speed of 68 mph (109 km/h). It is similar to the "Wicked Twister" roller coaster at Cedar Point, but has only one vertical spiral, as opposed to Wi...
Georgia Depression The Georgia Depression is a landform in the Pacific Northwest, part of the Insular Mountain System of the North American Cordillera in British Columbia, Canada, and in Washington, United States. It includes the Fraser Lowland, roughly equivalent to the region known as the Lower Mainland, and the Nana...
Possessed (roller coaster) Possessed is a launched steel Inverted roller coaster located at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was located at Geauga Lake from 2000 to 2006. The coaster has had four names: "Superman: Ultimate Escape" (2000 to 2003) "Steel Venom" (2004 to 2006), "Voodoo" (2008...
Excalibur (Valleyfair) Excalibur is a steel roller coaster with a wooden structure located at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota. It was built in 1989 by Arrow Dynamics, for the cost of $3,000,000. The ride is 105 feet (32 m) tall with a top speed of 54.5 mph (87.7 km/h), and has a minimum height requirement of 48 inche...
Bobo people The Bobo are an ethnic group living in Burkina Faso although the area occupied by the Bobo extends north into Mali. Bobo is also the name of the second biggest city in Burkina Faso. In much of the literature on African art the group that lives in the area of Bobo-Dioulasso is called Bobo-Fing, literally 'bl...
Pepper Tanner Pepper Sound Studios was an early syndicator of radio station jingles and began sometime in 1957. It began as a record company created by businessman John Pepper and songwriter Floyd Huddleston. Huddleston based the company on the model of Capitol Records and even brought in Johnny Mercer as a consultant....
Hercules Inc. Hercules, Inc., was a chemical and munitions manufacturing company based in Wilmington, Delaware, which was formed as the Hercules Powder Company. Hercules Powder Company was formed in 1882 by DuPont and Laflin & Rand Powder Company to finance construction of a dynamite plant on land adjacent to San Franc...
New England Emigrant Aid Company The New England Emigrant Aid Company (originally the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company) was a transportation company in Boston, Massachusetts, created to transport immigrants to the Kansas Territory to shift the balance of power so that Kansas would enter the United States as a free st...
Cove Energy plc Cove Energy plc, also known as Cove, was a London-headquartered oil & gas exploration company with assets in East Africa. The company was created in June 2009 out of a £1 million cash-shell listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 2012, following a massive gas discovery offshore Mozambique, Royal Dutch S...
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company was the first company to manufacture and sell gasoline powered farm tractors. Based in Waterloo, Iowa, the company was created by John Froelich and a group of Iowa businessmen in 1893, and was originally named the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Co...
South Sea Company The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of fishing) was a British joint-stock company founded in 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate and reduce...
Liquid Assets Paint & Pigment Company Liquid Assets Paint & Pigment Company is an artist supply company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina that manufactures acrylic paints and pigments created with real currency, such as Euro, US Dollar, Argentine Peso, and Romanian Leu. The Company's slogan "The Price of Art" refers...
Devon General Devon General was the principal bus operator in south Devon from 1919. The name was first used by the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Company which was created in 1919. In 1922 it was purchased by the National Electric Construction Company which merged with British Electric Traction in 1931. Nationalisa...
American Laser Games American Laser Games was a company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico that created numerous light gun laserdisc video games featuring live action full motion video. The company was founded in the late 1980s by Robert Grebe, who had originally created a system to train police officers under the compan...
Alaska Pacific Steamship Company The Alaska Pacific Steamship Company was a short-lived freight and passenger shipping line that operated on the West Coast of North America between 1906 and 1912. The company was created by E.E. Caine, who used the steamships "Buckman" and "Watson" on the route between Seattle, Tacoma, ...
Rooftops and Invitations "Rooftops and Invitations" is a download-only single from the album "Dusk and Summer" by Dashboard Confessional. The song was written by the lead singer of Dashboard Confessional, Chris Carrabba. "Rooftops and Invitations" was released to radio on August 29, 2006.
So Impossible EP So Impossible EP is Dashboard Confessional's second EP. It was released on December 18, 2001 through Vagrant Records. The EP release was also widely acclaimed and received great scores in music review magazines like SPIN. All four songs would later be performed in Dashboard Confessional's MTV Unplugged...
Mike Marsh (musician) Mike Marsh (born August 13, 1974 in Miami, Florida) is the drummer for The Avett Brothers and formerly of Dashboard Confessional. Mike was featured on all Dashboard Confessional's albums, from "The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most" to "Alter the Ending". He also played with them for MTV Unplu...
Spider-Man 2 (soundtrack) Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2 reached the top 10 of the U.S. album charts and the top 40 of the Australian album charts. "Vindicated" by Dashboard Confessional reached the top of a world composite soundtrack chart in June 2004 and the top 20 of a composite world and U.S. modern rock ...
Twin Forks (band) Twin Forks is an American Americana, folk rock band from Boca Raton, Florida, started in 2011 by Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional, Further Seems Forever). They are currently based out of Nashville, TN. The band's current members are Chris Carrabba, Shawn Zorn, Dane Poppin, Kelsie Baron, and Sara...
Jay Orpin Jay Orpin (born April 29, 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden ) is a Swedish and Finnish songwriter and producer. He also writes songs and produced for Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Robyn, Ace of Base, Bon Jovi, 2gether and Britney Spears, and later he produced songs for Good Charlotte, Sum 41, Simple Plan, Hawthorne Heights...
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He Will Have His Way He Will Have His Way is a compilation album featuring male Australian and New Zealand musicians performing songs written by Neil Finn and Tim Finn (The Finn Brothers), who are best known as members of Split Enz and Crowded House. It was released on 12 November 2010 and is a sequel to "She Will Have...
Peter C. Doherty Peter Charles Doherty, (born 15 October 1940) is an Australian veterinary surgeon and researcher in the field of medicine. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkernagel in 1996 and was named Australian ...
Bill Scott (author) William Neville "Bill" Scott OAM (4 October 1923 – 22 December 2005) was an Australian author, folklorist, songwriter, poet and a collector of bush ballads and Australian folk history. He has published anthologies of Australian bush songs, including the best selling book "The Complete Book of Austra...
Entre el Cielo y el Infierno Entre el Cielo y el Infierno (Between Heaven and Hell) is the fifth studio album by Argentine heavy metal band Rata Blanca. The album was recorded at Estudios La Nave between June and July ,1994 and was released in September, 1994 by BMG. Is the first and unique album featuring vocalist Mar...
Mavis Taylor Mavis Taylor (1915 – 14 March 2007) was an Australian who was named an Australian Living Treasure for her humanitarian work for the people of East Timor in her later years.
Mum Shirl Colleen Shirley Perry Smith AM MBE (22 November 1924 – 28 April 1998), better known as Mum Shirl, was a prominent social worker and Aboriginal Australian humanitarian and activist committed to justice and welfare of Aboriginal Australians. She was a founding member of the Aboriginal Legal Service, the Aborigi...
Wangaratta Wahine Wangaratta Wahine is an album by Australian band The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, released in 1974 and was their second album. It was recorded at top recording studio Armstrong Studios in Melbourne and the cover art was by famed Australian artist Michael Leunig.
John Hatton (politician) John Edward Hatton AO (born 29 May 1933) is former Australian politician, and a National Trust of Australia nominated Australian Living Treasure. He was the independent member of the Legislative Assembly of the New South Wales parliament for the seat of South Coast from 1973 to 1995. Notably, t...
Bart Cummings James Bartholomew Cummings {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (14 November 1927 – 30 August 2015), also known by his initials J. B. Cummings, was one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He was known as the "Cups King", referring to the Melbourne Cup, as he won 'the race that stops a nation...