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Lake District Mysteries The Lake District Mysteries are a series of detective novels by British crime writer Martin Edwards. The books feature Hannah Scarlett and the historian Daniel Kind, and are the first series of crime novels by a British detective novelist to be set in the Lake District, a region in North-West En...
June Thomson June Thomson (also known as June Valerie Thomson), (born 1930, in Rettendon, Essex, United Kingdom) is a detective novelist.
Sue Grafton Sue Taylor Grafton (born April 24, 1940) is a contemporary American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the 'alphabet series' (""A" Is for Alibi", etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. The daughter of detective nove...
Andy Straka Andy Straka is a Shamus Award-winning American crime novelist. Born and raised in upstate New York and a graduate of Williams College, he worked in publishing and medical sales for nearly fifteen years before turning to writing in the late 1990s. His debut private-eye novel, "A Witness Above", garnered Sham...
C. Hugh Holman C. Hugh Holman (February 24, 1914 - October 14, 1981) was an American literary scholar, academic administrator and detective novelist. He was a Professor of English at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and its Provost from 1966 to 1968. He was the vice president of the National Humanities Cent...
Rupaye Dus Karod Rupaye Dus Karod is a 1991 Indian Bollywood suspense thriller film directed by Sikander Bharti and produced by Waman K. Dehsmukh and written by Shabdh Kumar. The film was made in the style of formula-based potboilers and was a hit. It stars Rajesh Khanna in the lead role and supporting cast includes Ch...
Rubislaw quarry Rubislaw Quarry was opened in 1740 and is located at the Hill of Rubislaw in the west end of the Scottish city of Aberdeen. In 1778/9, Aberdeen City Council sold it to a businessman for £13, as it was not thought to be a source of good building material. However, over the next 200 years, an estimated si...
He Who Whispers He Who Whispers is a mystery novel (1946) by detective novelist John Dickson Carr. Like Many of the works by this author feature so-called impossible crimes (for the most part, falling into the category of the locked room mystery). In this case, the novel falls into a smaller category of Carr's work in ...
The Crooked Hinge The Crooked Hinge is a mystery novel (1938) by detective novelist John Dickson Carr. It combines a seemingly impossible throat-slashing with elements of witchcraft, an automaton modelled on Maelzel's Chess Player, and the story of the Tichborne Claimant. It was dedicated to fellow author Dorothy Sayer...
Jacqueline Mukansonera Jacqueline Mukansonera (born 1963) is an ethnic Hutu from Rwanda who didn't hesitate to save Tutsi Yolande Mukagasana from genocide in 1994. Yolande turned to her at the hospital where she worked as a nurse. She was one of the first targets of the Hutu violence because she was seen as a member of...
Mass Slaughter: The Best of Slaughter Mass Slaughter: The Best of Slaughter is a compilation album by American glam metal band Slaughter .
Rwandan genocide The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, was a genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority government. An estimated 500,000–1,000,000 Rwandans were killed during the 100-day period from April 7 to mid-July 1994, constituting as many as 70% of t...
Genocidal rape Genocidal rape is a term used to describe the actions of a group who have carried out acts of mass rape during wartime against their perceived enemy as part of a genocidal campaign. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the Yugoslav Wars, and the Rwandan genocide, the mass rapes that had been an integral...
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda is the primary remnant Rwandan Hutu rebel group in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is often referred to as simply the FDLR after its original French name: the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwan...
Cyprian and Daphrose Rugamba Cyprian (ca. 1935–1994) and Daphrose Rugamba (ca. 1944–1994) are a married couple from Rwanda, who introduced the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and the Emmanuel Community to their country in 1990, and were assassinated in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The cause for their canonization in the ...
Origins of Hutu, Tutsi and Twa The origins of the Tutsi and Hutu peoples is a major issue in the histories of Rwanda and Burundi, as well as the Great Lakes region of Africa. While the Hutu are the largest social group in Rwanda, (although in racialist ideology originally introduced by European colonizers, the Tutsi we...
Gacaca court The Gacaca court (] ) is a system of community justice inspired by Rwandan tradition where "gacaca" can be loosely translated to "justice amongst the grass". This traditional, communal justice was adapted in 2001 to fit the needs of Rwanda in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide (also known as "Hutu vs Tu...
Ubuhake Ubuhake is the name given to the social order in Rwanda and Burundi from approximately the 15th century to 1958. It has been frequently compared to European feudalism. Based on cattle distribution, it was, however, a much smaller system than the one of "uburetwa," which affected a much larger segment of the pop...
Rwandan Revolution The Rwandan Revolution, also known as the Social Revolution or Wind of Destruction (Kinyarwanda: "muyaga" ), was a period of ethnic violence in Rwanda from 1959 to 1961 between the Hutu and the Tutsi, two of the three ethnic groups in Rwanda. The revolution saw the country transition from a Belgian c...
Dras War Memorial Kargil War Memorial, also known as the Vijaypath, is a war memorial built by the Indian Army, located in Dras, in the foothills of the Tololing Hill. The memorial is located about 5 km from the city centre across the Tiger Hill. It is located on the Srinagar-Leh National Highway 1D. The memorial is in...
Devon County War Memorial The Devon County War Memorial is a First World War memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and situated on the cathedral green in Exeter, the county town of Devon, in the south west of England. It is one of fifteen War Crosses designed by Lutyens to a similar specification, and one of two to s...
Manchester Cenotaph Manchester Cenotaph is a First World War memorial, with additions for later conflicts, by Sir Edwin Lutyens in St Peter's Square in Manchester, England. Manchester was late in commissioning a war memorial compared to most British towns and cities—the city council did not convene a war memorial commi...
York City War Memorial The York City War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and located in York in the north of England. Proposals for commemorating York's war dead originated in 1919 but proved controversial. Initial discussions focused on whether a memorial should be a monument or sh...
Maiwand Lion The Maiwand Lion is a sculpture and war memorial in the Forbury Gardens, a public park in the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. The statue was named after the Battle of Maiwand and was erected in 1884 to commemorate the deaths of 329 men from the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot during ...
Reading Post The Reading Post (until 2009, the Reading Evening Post), was an English local newspaper covering Reading, Berkshire and surrounding areas. The title page of the paper featured the Maiwand Lion, a famous local landmark at Forbury Gardens. The paper was most recently published by Surrey & Berkshire Media Ltd...
Spalding War Memorial Spalding War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the gardens of Ayscoughfee Hall (pronounced ) in Spalding, Lincolnshire, in eastern England. It was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. The proposal for a memorial to Spalding's war dead originated in January 1918 with Barbara McLaren...
The Forbury Hotel The Forbury Hotel (formerly Shire Hall) is a grade II listed hotel in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated on the southern side of Forbury Gardens, a public park in the town centre.
St James's Church, Reading St James's Church is a Roman Catholic church situated in the centre of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is located adjacent to the remaining ruins of Reading Abbey, between the Forbury Gardens and Reading Gaol.
Forbury Gardens Forbury Gardens is a public park in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. The park is on the site of the outer court of Reading Abbey, which was in front of the Abbey Church. The site was formerly known as the Forbury, and one of the roads flanking the current gardens is still known as...
Illinois's 19th congressional district The 19th Congressional District of Illinois was a congressional district in Illinois. The district became obsolete for 2013's 113th Congress, as population growth in Illinois was slower compared to other states. It was last represented by Republican John Shimkus, who was redistric...
Illinois's 20th congressional district The 20th Congressional District of Illinois was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Illinois. It was eliminated as a result of the 2000 Census. It was last represented by John Shimkus who was redistricted into the 19th District.
Illinois's 15th congressional district The 15th Congressional District of Illinois is located in eastern/southeastern Illinois. Republican John Shimkus represents the district.
Adam Kinzinger Adam Daniel Kinzinger (born February 27, 1978) is the U.S. Representative for Illinois 's 16 congressional district . He is a member of the Republican Party. He was first elected to Congress in 2010, winning election to represent Illinois's 11th congressional district. After redistricting, he was re-elec...
Colorado's 4th congressional district Colorado's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado. Located in the eastern part of the state, the district encompasses most of the rural Eastern Plains as well as the larger city of Greeley, Lamar, and Castle Rock along Colorado's Front ...
Wisconsin's 7th congressional district Wisconsin's 7th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in northwestern and central Wisconsin; it is the largest congressional district in the state geographically, covering 20 counties (in whole or part), for a total of 18,...
Massachusetts's 5th congressional district Massachusetts' 5th congressional district is a congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. The district is represented by Katherine Clark. Massachusetts congressional redistricting after the 2010 census has changed the borders of the district starting with the elections o...
Frederick R. Lehlbach Frederick Reimold Lehlbach (January 31, 1876 – August 4, 1937) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican, Lehlbach served as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district from 1915 to 1933 and as the representative from New Jersey's 12th congressional district f...
John Shimkus John Mondy Shimkus ( , born February 21, 1958) is the U.S. Representative for Illinois 's 15 congressional district , since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Barbara Lee Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for California 's 13th congressional district , serving East Bay voters from 1998 to 2013 during a time when the region was designated California 's 9 congressional district . She is a member of the Democratic Party. She was the first woman to...
Run down Run down, also referred to as rundown, run dun, fling-me-far and fling mi for is a stew dish in Jamaican cuisine and Tobago cuisine that typically consists of fish, reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings. Mackerel and salted mackerel is often used in the dish. Other fish are also used, includi...
Ugali Ugali (also sometimes called kimnyet, sima, sembe, obokima, kaunga, dona, obusuma, ngima, arega or posho) is a dish made of maize flour (cornmeal), millet flour, or sorghum flour (sometimes mixed with cassava flour) cooked in boiling liquid (water or milk) to a stiff or firm dough-like consistency (when it is a p...
Buddha's delight Buddha's delight, often transliterated as Luóhàn zhāi, lo han jai, or lo hon jai, is a vegetarian dish well known in Chinese and Buddhist cuisine. It is sometimes also called Luóhàn cài ().
Coracoid tubercle The coracoid tubercle is an anatomical feature of the pectoral skeleton in archosaurs, including maniraptoran dinosaurs. It is sometimes called the biceps tubercle. It is also sometimes called the coracoid tuber or biceps tuber.
Tikka (food) Tikka (pronounced ] ) is a type of South Asian food, found predominantly in Punjabi cuisine, and usually served as an appetizer. It is also known as "teeka" or "teekka". "Tikka" refers to a piece of meat, such as a cutlet. The popular dish chicken tikka is made of chicken cutlets in a marinade. Vegetarian ...
Finnan haddie Finnan haddie (also known as Finnan haddock, Finnan, Finny Haddock or Findrum speldings) is cold-smoked haddock, representative of a regional method of smoking with green wood and peat in north-east Scotland. Its origin is the subject of a debate, as some sources attribute the origin to the hamlet of Find...
Dacryopinax spathularia Dacryopinax spathularia (syn. Guepinia spathularia) is an edible jelly fungus. It is orange in color. In Chinese culture, it is called "guìhuā'ěr" (桂花耳; literally "sweet osmanthus ear," referring to its similarity in appearance to that flower). It is sometimes included in a vegetarian dish calle...
Laplace distribution In probability theory and statistics, the Laplace distribution is a continuous probability distribution named after Pierre-Simon Laplace. It is also sometimes called the "double exponential distribution", because it can be thought of as two exponential distributions (with an additional location par...
Waterzooi Waterzooi is a stew dish from Belgium and originating in Flanders . The second part of the name derives from the Middle Dutch terms "sode", "zo(o)de" and "soot", words referring to the act of boiling or the ingredients being boiled. It is sometimes called "Gentse Waterzooi" which refers to the Belgian town of...
Ring-tailed cat The ringtail ("Bassariscus astutus") is a mammal of the raccoon family, native to arid regions of North America. It is also known as the ringtail cat, ring-tailed cat, miner's cat or bassarisk, and is also sometimes called a "civet cat" (after similar, though unrelated, cat-like omnivores of Asia and Af...
Pashmina Pashmina is a fine type of cashmere wool. The textiles made from it were first woven in Kashmir, India. The name comes from Persian: پشمینه‎ ‎ / "pašmina", meaning "made from wool" and literally translates to "Soft Gold" in Kashmiri. Pashmina shawls are known to pass entirely through a wearable ring with diame...
Hey Pa! There's a Goat on the Roof Hey Pa! There's a Goat on the Roof was a children's board game issued by Parker Brothers in 1966.
Poleconomy Poleconomy is a board game invented by New Zealander Bruce E. Hatherley and first published in 1980. It is similar to "Monopoly" but the board is divided into companies rather than properties. Players compete to acquire properties and investments through stylized economic and political activity. The playing ...
Verão Vermelho "Verão Vermelho" is a song by Santana which came off the album "Festival". Carlos Santana pays homage to Brazilian singer, Elis Regina. This song features some excellent acoustic guitar with The Waters Family backing vocalists (Julia, Oren, and Maxine Willard Waters) singing the meaningless words, ”Badad...
Ford flathead V8 engine The Ford flathead V8 (often called simply the Ford flathead, flathead Ford, or flatty when the context is implicit, such as in hot-rodding) is a V8 engine of the valve-in-block type designed by the Ford Motor Company and built by Ford and various licensees. During the engine's first decade of pr...
Friendship Hall Friendship Hall is a historic home located at East New Market, Dorchester County, Maryland. It is a Georgian-style brick dwelling. It consists of a large five-bay, two-story main block built about 1790; a two-bay one-story passage; and a 1 ⁄ -story kitchen wing. Also on the property is a tall frame smok...
Vetigel Veti-gel is a veterinary product, a plant-derived injectable gel that is claimed to quickly stop traumatic bleeding on external and internal wounds. Its name is coined from Medi-Gel, from the video game Mass Effect. It uses a plant-based haemophilic polymer made from polysaccharides that forms a mesh which seal...
Rove goat The Rove is a breed of goat first domesticated in France. The breed was previously considered endangered, but as of 2003, more than 5000 registered Roves are on French farms. The goat was originally bred for meat, but because the current French market for goat meat is poor, farmers have begun to use the Rove ...
Chatta Bazaar Chatta Bazaar (English: under roof market), is located in Hyderabad, India. Chatta Bazar is one of the oldest bazaars in Hyderabad and was the first to organize shops under a roof for better storage of goods.
VELUX VELUX is a Danish manufacturing company that specializes in roof windows and skylights. The first VELUX roof window was installed in a Danish school over 75 years ago by the founder of the company, Villum Kann Rasmussen. The company has been steadily growing since, entering the German market in 1952 in a partners...
Rick Trevino (album) Rick Trevino is an album from Hispanic-American country music singer Rick Trevino. His second major-label album, it was released in 1994 on Columbia Records Nashville. It produced the singles "Just Enough Rope", "Honky Tonk Crowd", "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry", and "Doctor Time", which peaked at #4...
Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Dolly Parton made her album deb...
The Wild Side of Life "The Wild Side of Life" is a song made famous by country music singer Hank Thompson. Originally released in 1952, the song became one of the most popular recordings in the genre's history, spending 15 weeks at No. 1 on the "Billboard" country charts, solidified Thompson's status as a country music...
Lynn Anderson discography The discography of Lynn Anderson, an American country artist, consists of 35 studio albums, 17 compilation albums, two live albums, one tribute album, and 74 singles. She signed a recording contract with Chart Records in 1966, after her mother Liz Anderson gained success as a country songwrite...
Honky Tonk Attitude (song) "Honky Tonk Attitude" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Joe Diffie. It was released in March 1993 as the lead single and title track from his album "Honky Tonk Attitude". The song reached the top five of the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Co...
Shadowland (k.d. lang album) Shadowland is the debut solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). The album included her collaboration with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" and was produced by Owen Bradley, who produced Patsy Cline's best-known work.
Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angels is a collaborative studio album by American country music artists Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Tammy Wynette. It was released on November 2, 1993, by Columbia Records.
Kitty Wells singles discography The singles discography of Kitty Wells, an American country artist, consists of ninety singles, nineteen B-sides, and two music videos. In 1949 she was signed to RCA Victor Records, where she released her debut single, "Death at the Bar" also in 1949. Dropped from RCA in 1950, Wells sign...
The Dusty Chaps The Dusty Chaps was a honky tonk country swing band based in Tucson, AZ from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s. In 1975 they released their first album Honky Tonk Music on a small Tucson label, Bandoleer Records. The band subsequently signed with Capitol Records and rerecorded Honky Tonk Music with ...
Honky Tonk Attitude Honky Tonk Attitude is the third studio album by American country music artist Joe Diffie. Released in 1993, it features the singles "Honky Tonk Attitude", "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)", "John Deere Green", and "In My Own Backyard", which respectively reached #5, #3, #5, and #19 on the ...
Eaten by Lions (film) Eaten by Lions is a British comedy feature film written and directed by Jason Wingard. The film stars Antonio Aakeel, Jack Carroll, Johnny Vegas, and Asim Chaudhry. The Film is the feature-length adaptation of the director's 2013 short film 'Going to Mecca' which won best comedy at the Manchester ...
Circus Days Circus Days (1923) is a feature length silent film comedy starring child actor Jackie Coogan, directed by Eddie Cline, produced by Sol Lesser and Jackie Coogan's own production company, and distributed through Associated First National Pictures.
Trust (1990 film) Trust is a 1990 American dark romantic comedy starring Adrienne Shelly and Martin Donovan. It is the second feature film from writer-director Hal Hartley.
Something's Got to Give Something's Got to Give is an unfinished 1962 American feature film, directed by George Cukor for Twentieth Century-Fox and starring Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse. A remake of "My Favorite Wife" (1940), a screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, it was Monroe's last w...
Confessions of a Sexist Pig Confessions of a Sexist Pig is a 1998 American independent romantic comedy starring Edward Kerr and Traylor Howard. It was directed and written by Sandy Tung. It won Best Feature Film at the New Orleans International Film Festival, and the Werner Fassbinder Award at the Mannheim-Heidelberg I...
Dexter Fletcher Dexter Fletcher (born 31 January 1966) is an English actor and director. He has appeared in the Guy Ritchie film "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", Crime comedy "Smoking Guns" as well as television roles in such shows as the comedy-drama "Hotel Babylon", the HBO series "Band of Brothers", and earlie...
Sweet Revenge (1998 film) Sweet Revenge is a 1998 British comedy film written and directed by Malcolm Mowbray. The screenplay is based on the epic two-part play "The Revengers' Comedies" by Alan Ayckbourn.
Still Crazy Still Crazy is a 1998 British comedy film about a fictional 1970s rock band named "Strange Fruit", who, after being split up for two decades, are persuaded to get back together to perform at a reunion of the same concert venue where they played their last gig. The film focuses on the personal lives of the b...
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967 film) Easy Come, Easy Go is a 1967 American musical film comedy starring Elvis Presley. Hal Wallis produced the film for Paramount Pictures, and it was his final movie for Elvis Presley. The film co-starred Dodie Marshall, Pat Harrington, Jr., Pat Priest, Elsa Lanchester and Frank McHugh. (It w...
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, produced by Matthew Vaughn and starring an ensemble cast featuring Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Vinnie Jones, and Sting.
Lee Byung-hun Lee Byung-hun (Korean: 이병헌 ; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably "Joint Security Area" (2000); "A Bittersweet Life" (2005); "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" (2008); the television series "Iris" (...
List of Lady Gaga live performances American singer Lady Gaga has embarked on five concert tours and performed live at various award ceremonies and television shows. Gaga promoted her debut single "Just Dance" through performances at several award ceremonies and television shows, including Miss Universe 2008 and "So Yo...
10th Empire Awards The 10th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine "Empire", honored the best films of 2004 and took place on 13 March 2005 at the Guildhall in London, England. During the ceremony, "Empire" presented Empire Awards in 10 categ...
The Good, the Bad, the Weird The Good, the Bad, the Weird () is a 2008 South Korean action western film, directed by Kim Jee-woon, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Woo-sung. It was inspired by Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".
Billboard Latin Music Awards The "Billboard" Latin Music Awards grew out of the "Billboard" Music Awards program from "Billboard" magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The "Billboard" awards are the Latin music industry’s longest running and most prestigio...
Insooni Kim In-soon (Korean: 김인순 ; born April 5, 1957), better known by her stage name, Insooni (Korean: 인순이 ), is a South Korean singer. She made her debut in 1978 in a group "Hee Sisters (Korean: 희자매 )". Since then, she has recorded a total of 19 albums, 14 of them, regular. She is now South Korea's acclaimed R&B div...
National Film Award for Best Actor The National Film Award for Best Actor, officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actor (] ), is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India instituted only since 1967 to actors who have delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Ind...
Podium girl Podium girls, formally known as "Tour hostesses" (French: "hôtesses du Tour"), are women who are best known for presenting prizes and kisses to the winners of the Tour de France and other major cycle races, including the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España. In the Tour de France, a team of four podium girls i...
Golden Kela Awards The Golden Kela Awards (Hindi: गोल्डन केला अवॉर्ड्स ) are a satirical take on Bollywood that award the worst performances in Hindi cinema each year. Created by "Random Magazine", winners are selected each year by an online poll and receive an award in the shape of a golden banana (केला "kelā" in Hind...
Esom Esom (born Lee So-young on January 30, 1990) is a South Korean actress and model. She is well-known for her leading role in the 2014 film "Scarlet Innocence", for which she was nominated for Best New Actress in five different award ceremonies.
J. B. Hanauer J.B. Hanauer, a wealth management firm established in 1931 and based in Parsippany, New Jersey, was bought out by RBC Dain Rauscher in March 2007. RBC Dain Rauscher changed its name to RBC Wealth Management in October 2009.
Johann Hinrich Gossler Johann Hinrich Gossler (born 18 August 1738 in Hamburg, died 31 August 1790 in Hamburg) was a German banker and grand burgher of Hamburg, a member of the Hanseatic Berenberg/Gossler banking dynasty and the owner and head of the firm Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. (Berenberg Bank). He was married t...
Tucker Anthony Tucker Anthony was an independent investment banking and brokerage firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2001, the firm was acquired by Royal Bank of Canada and was merged with the bank's Dain Rauscher Wessels subsidiary to create RBC Dain Rauscher.
Cornelius Berenberg Cornelius Berenberg (1634 – 1711) was a Hamburg grand burgher, merchant banker, a member of the Berenberg family, and owner of Berenberg Bank. His grandfather Hans Berenberg (1561–1626) had fled from Antwerp with his brother Paul Berenberg (1566–1645) and established the Berenberg merchant house in ...
Dain Rauscher Wessels Dain Rauscher Wessels was a brokerage and investment banking firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm traced its origins to a number of smaller regional securities firms founded in the 1920s and 1930s.
Elisabeth Berenberg Elisabeth Berenberg (2 December 1749 – 16 January 1822) was a Hamburg heiress, merchant banker and a member of the Berenberg family. She was the last male line member of the Flemish-origined Hanseatic Berenberg family in Hamburg, and ancestral mother of the "von Berenberg-Gossler" family, the curren...
Berenberg Bank Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, commonly known as Berenberg Bank, is a Hamburg-based multinational investment banking and private banking company, founded by the Belgian-origined Berenberg family in 1590. Having operated continuously since its founding with the same legal identity and the same owning f...
Berenberg family The Berenberg family (Dutch for "bear mountain") was a Flemish-origined Hanseatic family of merchants, bankers and senators in Hamburg, with branches in London, Livorno and other European cities. The family was descended from the brothers Hans and Paul Berenberg from Antwerp, who came as Protestant ref...
John G. Taft John G. Taft (born 1954) is an American financier and writer. Early in his career he worked as a journalist before entering the investment industry in 1981. Early positions with Piper Jaffray and the St. Paul Mayor's Office were followed by roles as CEO of Voyageur Asset Management and Dougherty Summit Sec...
Johann Berenberg Johann Berenberg (born 12 March 1718 in Hamburg, died 2 March 1772 in Hamburg) was a Hamburg merchant banker. He was a co-owner of Berenberg Bank from 1748, with his brother, senator Paul Berenberg, and after the latter's death in 1768 the sole owner. The bank still bears his name (Joh. Berenberg, Goss...
Boulevard Solitude Boulevard Solitude is a "Lyrisches Drama " (lyric drama) or opera in one act by Hans Werner Henze to a German libretto by Grete Weil after the play by Walter Jockisch, in its turn a modern retelling of François Prévost's "Manon Lescaut". The piece is a reworking of the Manon Lescaut story, already ad...

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