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Polar bear The polar bear ("Ursus maritimus") is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approximately the same size as the omnivorous Kodiak bear ("Ursus arctos middendorffi"). A bo...
Ochthochloa Ochthochloa is a genus of desert plants in the grass family native to the Sahara and Arabian Deserts. The only known species is Ochthochloa compressa, whose native range extends from Algeria to Uttarakhand.
Wildlife of Kerala Most of Kerala, whose native habitat consists of wet evergreen rainforests at lower elevations and highland deciduous and semi-evergreen forests in the east, is subject to a humid tropical climate. however, significant variations in terrain and elevation have resulted in a land whose biodiversity reg...
Arabized Berber Arabized Berber denotes an inhabitant of the Maghreb region in northwestern Africa, whose native language is a local dialect of Arabic and whose origins are mainly Berber.
Taranchi Taranchi is a term denoting the Muslim sedentary population living in oases around the Tarim Basin in today's Xinjiang, whose native language is Turkic Karluk, and whose ancestral heritages include Iranian and Tocharian populations of Tarim and the later Turkic peoples such as the Uyghurs, Karluks, Yaghmas, Ch...
English Language Proficiency Test The English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) was the name of a SAT II last administered in January 2005. It was a one-hour multiple choice test given on English language proficiency by The College Board. A student whose native language was not English could have chosen to take this tes...
Walloon church A Walloon church (French: "Église Wallonne"; Dutch: "Waalse kerk") describes any Calvinist church in the Netherlands and its former colonies whose members originally came from the Southern Netherlands and France and whose native language is French. Members of these churches belong to the Walloon Reformed...
Gmelina leichhardtii Gmelina leichhardtii, commonly known as the white beech is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. Scattered individuals or small groups of trees naturally occur from the Illawarra district of New South Wales (34½° S) to near Proserpine in tropical Queensland. The white beech or grey teak is a fast...
24 Preludes and Fugues (Shostakovich) 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 by Dmitri Shostakovich is a set of 24 pieces (that is, 24 prelude-fugue pairs) for solo piano, one in each of the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale. The cycle was composed in the years 1950/51 while Shostakovich was in Moscow, and premiered ...
Jan Hoffman Jan Hoffman (11 June 1906 – 25 October 1995) was a Polish pianist and music educator.
Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (22 February 1912 – 14 March 1994) was a Polish pianist, music educator and composer.
Tatiana Nikolayeva Tatyana Petrovna Nikolayeva (Russian: Татья́на Петро́вна Никола́ева , "Tat'jana Petrovna Nikolaeva"; May 4, 1924November 22, 1993) was a Russian Soviet pianist, composer and teacher.
Symphony No. 10 (Shostakovich) The Symphony No. 10 in E minor (Op. 93) by Dmitri Shostakovich was premiered by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky on 17 December 1953, following the death of Joseph Stalin in March of that year. It is not clear when it was written: according to the composer's le...
Stanisław Drzewiecki Stanisław Drzewiecki (born 1987) is a Polish pianist and composer. His parents are Russian pianist Tatiana Shebanova and Polish pianist Jarosław Drzewiecki. Drzewiecki began playing the piano aged four and made his first stage appearance aged five. In 2000 he won the Eurovision Young Musicians comp...
Nikolai Lugansky Nikolai Lugansky (Russian: Никола́й Льво́вич Луга́нский ; born 26 April 1972) is a Russian pianist from Moscow. At the age of five, before he had learned to read music, he played a Beethoven piano sonata learned completely by ear. He studied piano at the Moscow Central Music School and the Moscow Conse...
Maria Szraiber Maria Szraiber is a Polish pianist and music educator. Born in the region of Silesia Szraiber graduated with the highest honours from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music and was taught by Bolesław Woytowicz and Wanda Chmielowska. She continued her studies at the Moscow Conservatory where she was taugh...
Maria Grinberg Maria Grinberg (Russian: Mария Израилевна Гринберг, "Marija Israilevna Grinberg") (September 6, 1908 – July 14, 1978), was a Soviet pianist. She was born in Odessa, Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. Her father was a Hebrew scholar and her mother taught piano privately. Until the age of 18, Maria ...
Lev Conus Lev Eduardovich Conus (Russian: Лев Эдуа́рдович Коню́с , "Lev Eduárdovič Konyús"), known in Western Europe and the US as Leon Conus (1871–1944), was a Russian pianist, music educator, and composer. A brother of the composers Georgi Conus and Julius Conus, he studied together with Sergei Rachmaninoff in Anton ...
Abbott Medical Optics Abbott Medical Optics Inc. earlier known as Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (also known as AMO) is a global medical supply company. Products in the ophthalmic surgical line include intraocular lenses, laser vision correction systems, phacoemulsification systems, viscoelastics, microkeratomes and rel...
Physical optics In physics, physical optics, or wave optics, is the branch of optics that studies interference, diffraction, polarization, and other phenomena for which the ray approximation of geometric optics is not valid. This usage tends not to include effects such as quantum noise in optical communication, which i...
All-purpose yardage All-purpose yards or all-purpose yardage is an American football and Canadian football statistical measure. It is virtually the same as the statistic that some football leagues refer to as combined net yards. In the game of football, progress is measured by advancing the football towards the opposin...
Illusion Optics Illusion optics is an electromagnetic theory that can change the optical appearance of an object to be exactly like that of another virtual object, i.e. an illusion, such as turning the look of an apple into that of a banana. Invisibility is a special case of illusion optics, which turns objects into il...
International Commission for Optics The International Commission for Optics (ICO) was created in 1947 with the objective to contribute, on an international basis, to the progress and dissemination of the science of optics and photonics and their applications. It emphasises the unity of the crossdisciplinary field of op...
History of optics Optics began with the development of lenses by the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians, followed by theories on light and vision developed by ancient Greek philosophers, and the development of geometrical optics in the Greco-Roman world. The word "optics" is derived from the Greek term "τα ὀπτικά" mea...
IntraLase IntraLase was a company based in Irvine, California, producing lasers for the medical industry and for eye surgery. In March 2007, it was acquired by Advanced Medical Optics for $808 million in cash. Advanced Medical Optics was acquired by Abbott Laboratories in February 2009. The femtosecond laser, developed...
Illusion optics Illusion optics is an electromagnetic theory that can change the optical appearance of an object to be exactly like that of another virtual object, i.e. an illusion, such as turning the look of an apple into that of a banana. Invisibility is a special case of illusion optics, which turns objects into il...
Optics Software for Layout and Optimization Optics Software for Layout and Optimization (OSLO) is an optical design program originally developed at the University of Rochester in the 1970s. The first commercial version was produced in 1976 by Sinclair Optics. Since then, OSLO has been rewritten several times as compute...
Yards from scrimmage Yards from scrimmage is an American football and Canadian football statistical measure. In the game of football, progress is measured by advancing the football towards the opposing team's goal line. Progress can be made during play by the offensive team by advancing the ball from the point of progr...
Kunal Karan Kapoor Kunal Karan Kapoor (born 22 August 1982 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian actor. In 2013, he won the 'Best Actor(male)-Popular' for Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha at the Indian Telly Awards for which he is highly noted. His role as Mohan Bhatnagar gave him a huge fan base and made him the most perfect t...
Blank family The Blank family is a family of Jews, some of whom converted to Orthodox Christianity in the Russian Empire, mostly notable as the immediate ancestry of the maternal grandfather of Vladimir Lenin according to various published researchers who suggest that Lenin's maternal grandfather was a Jewish convert t...
Loha (1987 film) Loha is a 1987 Hindi film directed by Raj N. Sippy. It was released in India on 23 January 1987. It stars Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Karan Kapoor, Madhavi, Mandakini and Amrish Puri. The film was one of that year's highest grossing films. The film became Dharmendra's first hit of the year 1987, wher...
Karan Kapoor Karan Kapoor (born 18 January 1962) is a former Indian film actor and model of British and Indian descent. He is the son of Indian Bollywood International Actor Shashi Kapoor and his India settled (late) British Actress Jennifer Kendal. His paternal grandfather was Prithviraj Kapoor and his paternal uncles...
Senhime Senhime or Lady Sen (千姫 ) (May 26, 1597 – March 11, 1666) was the eldest daughter of the shogun Tokugawa Hidetada and his wife Oeyo. She was born during the Warring-States period of Japanese history. Her paternal grandfather was the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu; her maternal grandfather wa...
Hrithik Roshan filmography Hrithik Roshan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. As a child, he made uncredited appearances in three films directed by his maternal grandfather, J. Om Prakash, the first of which was in "Aasha" (1980). In 1986, Roshan played the adopted son of Rajinikanth's character i...
Francesco Pesellino Francesco Pesellino (probably 1422–July 29, 1457), also known as Francesco di Stefano, Il Pesellino, Francesco Peselli, and Francesco di Stefano Pesellino was an Italian (Florentine) painter. His father was the painter Stefano di Francesco (died 1427), and his maternal grandfather was the painter Gi...
Maestro Armando Ortega Maestro Armando Manuel Aurelio Ortega Carrillo was Director of Coro de la Escuela Secundaria y de Bachilleres de Orizaba (ESBO). His maternal great grandfather was the philanthropist Don Manuel Carrillo Tablas, who served as mayor of Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico many times. His maternal grandfather ...
Sultanat Sultanat is a 1986 Bollywood film written and directed by Mukul S. Anand. The film stars Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Sridevi, Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor, Tom Alter and marked the debut of Karan Kapoor (son of Shashi Kapoor) and Juhi Chawla. It was not a success at the box-office. It was the first film in which Dha...
Baron O'Hagan Baron O'Hagan, of Tullahogue in the County of Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 14 June 1870 for Sir Thomas O'Hagan, then Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His younger son, the third Baron, served as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1907 to ...
Cradley Heath Workers' Institute The Cradley Heath Workers' Institute was built between 1911 and 1912 in Lomey Town, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, England. It was built as a social centre for the Black Country, intended to become a venue for educational meetings and lectures. It also housed Union offices, where members...
List of railway stations in the West Midlands This is a list of railway stations within the West Midlands, a metropolitan county in central England which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. It includes all railway stations in the West Midlands that currently have regular timetabled train serv...
Black Country Living Museum The Black Country Living Museum (formerly The Black Country Museum) is an open-air museum of rebuilt historic buildings in Dudley in the West Midlands of England. It is located in the centre of the Black Country, 10 miles west of Birmingham. The museum occupies 105000 m2 of former industrial...
Free Radio Shropshire & Black Country Free Radio Shropshire & Black Country (previously known as Beacon Radio), is an Independent Local Radio station serving Shropshire and the Black Country in the West Midlands region of England. The station, owned and operated by the Bauer Media Group, broadcasts from studios in ...
Black Country Rangers F.C. Black Country Rangers Football Club is a football club based in Rowley Regis in the West Midlands. They are currently members of the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division and play at the Beeches in Cradley, groundsharing with Cradley Town.
Ryan's Gig Guide Ryan's Gig Guide is an independent incisive band friendly gig guide and music magazine based in The Black Country, England and distributed throughout the West Midlands United Kingdom. The printed publication is not just a list of gigs each month, but the finger on the pulse of the Birmingham and the Bl...
Dudley Zoo Dudley Zoological Gardens is a 40 acre zoo located within the grounds of Dudley Castle in the town of Dudley, in the Black Country region of the West Midlands, England. The Zoo opened to the public on 18 May 1937. Dudley Zoo is owned and operated by Dudley and West Midlands Zoological Society, founded in 193...
Tipton Tipton is a town in the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, with a population of around 38,777 at the 2011 UK Census. Tipton is located about halfway between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is a part of the Black Country.
Brierley Hill Brierley Hill is a small town and electoral ward of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, in the West Midlands of England, and is situated approximately 2.5 miles south of central Dudley and 2 miles north of Stourbridge. Part of the Black Country, and in a heavily industrialised area of the Dudley Borough, it ...
Walsall Walsall ( ) is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located 8 miles north-west of the City of Birmingham and 6 miles east of the City of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation, and part of the Black Country.
J. P. Doherty J.P. Doherty (born September 27, 1978 in Brick Township, New Jersey) is a guitarist from Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was a member of the band You Were Spiraling from 1998 to 2001 (now Spiraling). He toured with tabla master Karsh Kale from 2003–2006, and played on his Six Degrees release "Broken English", ...
Necessary Evil (Deborah Harry album) Necessary Evil, is the fifth solo album by the American singer Deborah Harry. Released in September 2007, it is her first solo album in fourteen years. The album contains fourteen tracks (seventeen in some territories), including the first single "Two Times Blue", released on the iT...
Maybe He'll Know "Maybe He'll Know" is the fifth and final single from American singer Cyndi Lauper's album, "True Colors", released only in Europe in 1987. It is a remake of a song that Lauper recorded with her former band, Blue Angel. The two versions are slightly different lyrically in a few lines. Billy Joel joins ...
True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album) True Colors is the second album by American pop singer Cyndi Lauper, released on September 15, 1986. The album produced several hits as "True Colors", "Change of Heart", and "What's Going On" reached the top twenty of the "Billboard" Hot 100, with the first two becoming top 5 hits.
True Colors: The Best of Cyndi Lauper True Colors: The Best of Cyndi Lauper is a 2009 compilation album by Cyndi Lauper, released exclusively in Australia and New Zealand as part of Sony Camden, a budget range of compilations by Sony Music.
Bring Ya to the Brink Tour The Bring Ya To The Brink Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American singer-songwriter and actress Cyndi Lauper to support her album "Bring Ya to the Brink". It was the tenth official Cyndi Lauper's own tour that she was promoting an album. The shows were in Australia, Japan, Europe and So...
True Colors (concert tour) True Colors was an annual music event created by American recording artist, Cyndi Lauper. The concerts were headlined by Lauper and featured various music and comedy acts. Beginning in 2007, the trek supported the Human Rights Campaign, PFLAG and the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Other local an...
Ballad of Cleo and Joe "Ballad of Cleo and Joe" is a song by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, taken from her fifth studio album, "Sisters of Avalon" (1996). The song was written and Cyndi Lauper, Jan Pulsford while it was produced by Pulsford, Mark Saunders and Lauper. The song was released as the third single ...
True Colors World Tour The True Colors World Tour was a concert tour by American recording artist Cyndi Lauper. It was Lauper's first headlining world tour in 1986-87 in support of her album, "True Colors". The True Colors tour included dates across North America, Asia and Europe.
Change of Heart (Cyndi Lauper song) "Change of Heart" is the second single released by American singer Cyndi Lauper from her second album, "True Colors" in 1986. The single went gold in the US and peaked at No. 3 in the "Billboard" Hot 100. The song has become a fan favorite and Lauper still often performs it. Lauper r...
Frederick K. Goodwin Frederick King Goodwin (born April 21, 1936) is an American psychiatrist and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical Center, where he is also director of the Center on Neuroscience, Medical Progress, and Society. He is a specialist in bipolar disorder (also know...
William Frederick King William Frederick King CMG FRSC (February 19, 1854 – April 23, 1916) was a Canadian surveyor, astronomer, and civil servant.
Klete Keller Klete D. Keller (born March 21, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer who won medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 400-meter freestyle and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. In the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, Keller held off a charging Ian Thorpe in the anchor leg...
Ian Schneider Ian Schneider (born October 3, 1992), is an independent American film director and screenwriter.
ApprenNet ApprenNet is a Philadelphia-based educational technology startup company founded in 2011 by Emily Foote and Drexel University School of Law Professor Karl Okamoto that provides apprenticeship-like job experiences online.
Frederick King (cricketer) Frederick King (21 November 1850 – 16 June 1893) was an English first-class cricketer active 1871 who played for Kent. He was born in Harbledown; died in Hammersmith.
Colby Keller Colby Keller (born October 18, 1980) is an American visual artist, blogger, and pornographic film actor. His career in porn film started in 2004 at Sean Cody and has since expanded to include such studios as Cocksure Men, Randy Blue, Titan Men, Falcon, CockyBoys and Men.com. Keller has amassed a large fan ...
The Frost King "The Frost King" was a short story about King Jack Frost written by 11-year-old Helen Keller. Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, had mentioned that the autumn leaves were "painted ruby, emerald, gold, crimson, and brown," and Keller, by her own account, imagined fairies doing the work. Keller wrote a story...
Cecil Frederick King Captain Cecil Frederick King (19 February 1899 – 24 January 1919), Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre was a World War I fighter ace credited with 22 aerial victories.
Frederick King Keller Frederick King Keller (born 1954 in Buffalo, New York) is an American director, producer and screenwriter for film and television. He is also credited under the names Frederick K. Keller, Fred K. Keller and Fred Keller. He is the son of actor/screenwriter . His father was a television pioneer who ...
Game (2016 film) Game in Kannada, Oru Melliya Kodu (English: A thin line) in Tamil, is a 2016 Indian bilingual language crime thriller film directed by A. M. R. Ramesh. This movie is an unofficial remake of the 2012 Spanish thriller El Cuerpo (Spanish title) also known as "The Body", and features Arjun Sarja, Shaam and...
Sneha (actress) Suhasini Rajaram Naidu, popularly known by her stage name Sneha, is an Indian film actress, who works in the South Indian film industry. She debuted in the Malayalam film "Ingane Oru Nilapakshi" (2000), directed by Anil – Babu and was later signed for the Tamil film "Virumbugiren", though it was only re...
Wonder Could I Live There Anymore "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" is a song written by Bill Rice, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in May 1970 as the first single from the album "From Me to You". "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" was Charley Pride's fourth number one in...
Snegithiye Snegithiye (English:Oh Friend! "(female)" ) is a 2000 Tamil mystery thriller film directed by Priyadarshan. The story is loosely based on the 1999 Marathi film "Bindhaast" written by Chandrakant Kulkarni. The film notably features only female characters in the lead roles, played by Jyothika, Sharbani Mukherj...
Deewana (1992 film) Deewana (English: 'Crazy' ) is a 1992 Indian romantic drama film directed by Raj Kanwar, and produced by Guddu Dhanoa and Lalit Kapoor and featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Divya Bharti and Rishi Kapoor in the lead. This was Shah Rukh's debut release, and he appears only in the second half of the film. He r...
Toys in the Attic (2009 film) Toys in the Attic (Czech: Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny? ; festival title: In the Attic: Who Has a Birthday Today?) is a 2009 Czech-French-Japanese-Slovak primarily stop-motion animated fantasy comedy thriller family film directed by Jiří Barta and written by Edgar Dutka and Barta ...
Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" is a song written by Ben Peters, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in October 1971 as the first single from the album "Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs". The song has since become one of his signature tunes and was his eig...
The Supremes: At Their Best At Their Best is a 1978 album by The Supremes. It includes most of their singles from 1970 through 1976 and featured, at the time, two never-before released songs: "The Sha-La Bandit" and "Love Train". It was released first in the United Kingdom in February 1978, including 14 tracks. It was ...
The Boatniks The Boatniks is a 1970 American comedy film starring Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Don Ameche and Phil Silvers. It was made by Walt Disney Productions, released by Buena Vista Distribution and directed by Norman Tokar.
Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" is a song written by Glenn Martin and Dave Kirby, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in February 1970 as the first single from the album "Charley Pride's 10th album". "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" was Charley Pr...
Sony Channel (South Africa) Sony Channel South Africa (formerly known as Sony Entertainment Television South Africa) is a general entertainment channel that is part of the DStv bouquet of Sub-Saharan Africa satellite channels owned by MultiChoice. The Sony Channel is the local South African version and subsidiary of th...
Life of Kylie Life of Kylie (LOK) is an American reality television series starring Kylie Jenner. The eight-part half-hour series premiered on August 6, 2017, on the E! cable network. The reality series was greenlit on April 10, 2017. On May 11, 2017, E! released the first promo video of the series.
Gene Simmons Family Jewels Gene Simmons Family Jewels is an American reality television series that premiered on A&E on August 7, 2006. The show follows the life of Kiss bassist and vocalist Gene Simmons, his longtime partner and wife Shannon Tweed, and their two children, Nick and Sophie. Although it is presented as a...
Francesca Eastwood Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood (born August 7, 1993) is an American actress, model, television personality and socialite. She is known for starring in "Mrs. Eastwood & Company", the E! reality series that she shares with her family.
Hayley Hasselhoff Hayley Amber Hasselhoff (born August 26, 1992) is an American actress and model. She is known for her role as Amber in the ABC Family original series "Huge". She is the daughter of David Hasselhoff. Hasselhoff starred in the short-lived 2010 A&E reality series "The Hasselhoffs".
Yes TV Yes TV (stylized as yes TV) is a television system in Canada owned by Crossroads Christian Communications. It consists of three stations (located in the Greater Toronto Area, Calgary, and Edmonton), two rebroadcast transmitters, and several partial affiliates. Formerly known as the Crossroads Television System (...
Jackie Ferm Jacqueline Liliana Ferm (born 9 September 1990, in Falun), better known as Jackie Ferm, is a Swedish writer, blogger, reality series participant and glamour model. She took part and won the Swedish version of the television reality series "Paradise Hotel" in 2010 and in 2014, published her autobiography tit...
Jack Osbourne Jack Joseph Osbourne (born 8 November 1985) is an English media personality with dual American and British citizenship. As the son of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, he starred on MTV's reality series "The Osbournes" (2002–05), along with his father, mother Sharon, and sister Kelly. Osbourne has since p...
Howard Schultz (producer) Howard Schultz (October 14, 1953 – December 29, 2014) was an American television producer best known for his long-running reality series "Extreme Makeover". He also produced "The Moment of Truth" and "72 Hours". His last production was the VH1 reality series "Dating Naked". Schultz died in Dec...
Qristina Ribohn Theresa Qristina Ribohn Plückthun, better known as "Farmen-Qristina" (born 2October 1955 in Skånela, Sigtuna Municipality) is a Swedish reality television contestant, drug counselor and politician for the Swedish Social Democratic Party. She focuses on children and youths that has different problems suc...
Cadwallader Creek Cadwallader Creek is an important tributary of the Hurley River in the Bridge River Country of the British Columbia Interior, Canada, most notable for its role as the home of the Bralorne and Pioneer Mines and associated gold claims and workings. Less than twenty miles in length, the creek is joined b...
Paradise Creek (horse) Paradise Creek (1989–2011) was a millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse and successful sire. He was bred in Kentucky by Bertram R. Firestone and raced under the same Firestone banner as his owner. He finished racing with a record of 14-7-1 in 25 starts with career earnings of $3,401,415. Par...
Turkey Creek (Econlockhatchee River) Turkey Creek is a creek and tributary of the Econlockhatchee River located in the community of Narcoossee in Southeast Orlando, in the U.S. State of Florida. The source of the 3 mi river is Turkey Creek Bay, which is the northern beginning of the Econlockhatchee River Swamp that ext...
Estrella River The Estrella River is a 28.5 mi tributary river in eastern San Luis Obispo County, California. The river forms at the confluence of Cholame Creek, from the north, and San Juan Creek, from the south, near the town of Shandon. From there it flows west-northwest to its confluence with the Salinas River, of ...
Cedar Creek (South Fork Eel River) Cedar Creek is an 11.2 mi tributary of the South Fork Eel River in Mendocino County in the U.S. state of California. The creek begins southeast of Red Mountain, at an elevation of 778 ft . It makes an S-curve west-northwest then bends sharply south, dropping into the valley of the Sou...
Ventura River The Ventura River, located in western Ventura County in southern California, United States, flows through an eponymous narrow valley with steeply sloped sides. The smallest of the three major rivers in Ventura County, the Ventura River main stem begins at the confluence of Matilija Creek and North Fork Ma...
Tomichi Creek Tomichi Creek is a 71.8 mi tributary of the Gunnison River in Gunnison County, Colorado. Tomichi Creek originates north and west of Monarch Pass and flows to the southwest along the base of Monarch Mountain. Congress Creek drains into Tomichi west of Old Monarch Pass where it flows south toward Sargents. ...
Cow Creek (Montana) Cow Creek is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 35 mi long, in north central Montana in the United States. Cow Creek rises in the southern foothills of the Bear Paw Mountains in western Blaine County and flows east and then south, joining the Missouri approximately 25 mi northeast of W...
East Branch South Fork Eel River The East Branch South Fork Eel River, a tributary of the South Fork Eel River, is formed by the confluence of Cruso Cabin Creek and Elkhorn Creek, in Mendocino County in the U.S. state of California. The river is roughly 25 mi long, meandering west to its confluence with the South Fork ...
Paradise Creek (Pennsylvania) Paradise Creek is a 9.6 mi tributary of Brodhead Creek in the Poconos of eastern Pennsylvania in the United States.
Mumo The Mumo (also known as Muman, previously also called Madugal kaffirs) are a tribe in Afghanistan, living primarily in the Bashgal Valley, centered in the village of Bagalgrom. Their language is Mumviri, a dialect of the Kamkata-viri language.
Megaoryzomys Megaoryzomys curioi, also known as the Galápagos giant rat, is an extinct species of sigmodontine rodent, known only from Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Islands. It likely met its demise when European settlers introduced invasive species to the island. It is the only species in the genus Megaoryzomys. ...