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Bijoux (other)
Bijoux may refer to: * Bijoux Terner, a global chain of fashion retail stores * Bijoux Falls Provincial Park, a small park in British Columbia, Canada * ''Les Bijoux'' (comics), a Korean cartoon * Bijoux, the name of the dog on the 1980s American television series '' Hooperman'' * ''Les Bijoux'', a 1997 short film by Khady Sylla * ''Les Bijoux'' (album), album by Sumi Jo * "Bijoux", a song by Manitoba on the 2003 album '' Up in Flames'' * Caroline Bijoux Caroline Bijoux (born 1976) is a South African chess player. Chess career In the early 1990s, Caroline Bijoux was one of the leading South African female chess players. She participated in the World Youth Girl's Chess Championships in the U16 a ..., a South African chess player See also * Bijou (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijoux Terner
Bijoux Terner is a global chain of fashion retail stores with over 700 locations around the world and headquartered in Miami, Florida. Bijoux Terner has over 35 years of experience designing, sourcing, and selling fashion accessories: watches, necklaces, pashminas, scarves, handbags, ties, and travel accessories. History Bijoux Terner was founded in 1974 by Salomon Terner in Miami, Florida. Terner, known as “Moni”, had left his native Cuba in 1960 after the government seized control of his family's business. In Cuba, Terner had been the president of the National Association for Handbag Manufacturers and, shortly after arriving in the United States, he launched a handbag manufacturing business of his own operating out of the basement of a local department store. Terner soon found success designing handbags for airline flight attendants. By 1965, his young business was supplying handbags to more than 80 percent of airline carriers and two of his handbags are on permanent displ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijoux Falls Provincial Park
Bijoux Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The park is located north of the city of Prince George on BC Highway 97 on the southern approach to the summit of the Pine Pass through the Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico .... The park was established in 1956 primarily to serve as a rest stop and to provide information about the park system in BC to travellers.John Metcalfe & Nancy Wilkin"Bijoux Falls Provincial Park Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan" March 2003. www.env.gov.ca/bcparks. 5pp. The park is named for Bijoux Falls, a 40 m high cascading waterfall that is the central feature of the park. References External links * Northern Interior of British Columbia Provincial parks of British Columbia Parks in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Bijoux (comics)
''Les Bijoux'' (레비쥬, ''Re Bijyu'') is a Korean manhwa, written by Jo Eun-ha and illustrated by Park Sang-sun. It was originally published in Korea by Daiwon C.I. and was then translated into an English edition and distributed in the United States by Tokyopop. Story ''Les Bijoux'' takes place in a fantasy world where the ruling class, the Habits, brutally oppress the commoners, the Spars. A strange child is born to a dwarf and a hunchback. The child has the ability to transform from male to female—when female, she is called Lazuli; when male, he is called Lapis. When a cruel Habit lord named Diamond murders Lapis Lazuli's family, s/he vows revenge and decides to overthrow the tyrannical overlords. Characters Main Lapis Lazuli : The main character, a being who can switch gender, born to a Spar (slave) couple of a dwarf and a hunchback woman in Neige Mine. Given the complete name of "Lapis Lazuli," "Lapis" refers to the time when the protagonist is male and "Lazuli" when fema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooperman
''Hooperman'' is an American comedy-drama television series which aired on ABC from September 23, 1987, to July 19, 1989. The show centered on the professional and personal life of San Francisco police Inspector Harry Hooperman, played by John Ritter. The series was created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, who were the team responsible for creating ''L.A. Law''. Though not the first comedy drama, ''Hooperman'' was considered the vanguard of a new television genre when it premiered, and critics coined the term "dramedy" to describe it. Synopsis Ritter plays San Francisco police Inspector Harry Hooperman. In the first episode, Hooperman inherits the rundown apartment building he lives in when his elderly landlady is killed in a robbery. He also inherits her temperamental pet Jack Russell terrier named Bijoux. Due to the demands of his job as a police officer, he hires Susan Smith (played by Debrah Farentino) to be the building manager, and the pair become romantically invo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khady Sylla
Khady Sylla (Dakar, March 27, 1963 – Dakar, October 8, 2013) was a Senegalese writer of two novels, short work, and filmmaker. Life Born in Dakar, she studied at the ''École Normale Supérieure'' where she became interested in a literary career. She later became one of a small number of African women film makers. Her ''An Open Window'' won a first film prize at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Filmbr> She was one of several Senegalese filmmakers mentored by French ethnologist Jean Rouch. She was the older sister of the filmmaker Mariama Sylla, with whom she co-directed the film ''Une simple parole''. Works ;Novels *''Le Jeu de la Mer'' he Game of the Sea Paris: L'Harmattan, 1992. ;Films *''Les Bijoux''-(1997), Short film *''Colobane Express'' (1999), docu-drama about the passengers of a Senegalese bus. *''Une fenêtre ouverte ''Une Fenêtre ouverte'' is a 2005 documentary film. Synopsis Can madness be described? Is it possible to express the pain that it enta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Bijoux (album)
Sumi Jo, Order of the Star of Italy, OSI (; ; born 22 November 1962) is a South Korean Coloratura soprano, lyric coloratura soprano known for her Grammy award-winning interpretations of the bel canto repertoire. Life and career Early life and education Jo was born Jo Su-gyeong in Changwon, South Korea. Her mother was an amateur singer and pianist who had been unable to pursue her own professional music studies because of politics in Korea during the 1950s. Determined to provide her daughter with opportunities she never had, Jo's mother enrolled her in piano lessons at the age of 4 and later voice lessons at the age of 6. Although Jo's family lived in a rented property, her parents bought a piano for her to play. Her mother raised and trained Jo strictly. Jo recalled even when her mother went out, she locked the door outside so that Jo couldn't play Truancy, truant. As a child, Jo would often spend up to eight hours a day studying music. In 1976, Jo entered the Sun Hwa Arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up In Flames (album)
''Up in Flames'' is the second studio album by Canadian musician Dan Snaith, released under the moniker Manitoba on March 31, 2003 by The Leaf Label and Domino Recording Company. It is Snaith's second and final album credited under Manitoba, and received critical acclaim when it was released. In 2006, a special edition of ''Up in Flames'' was released. In 2013, the album was reissued under Snaith's current moniker, Caribou, and in 2015, it was selected by fans as one of ten albums re-issued by The Leaf Label as part of the label's 20th anniversary celebrations. This saw the album released on limited edition double vinyl and made available to fans via the PledgeMusic service. News program ''Democracy Now!'' uses "Kid You'll Move Mountains" as part of their regular theme music. Reception ''Up in Flames'' received acclaim from critics and has been assigned a score of 88 based on 20 critic reviews, translating to "universal acclaim", from Metacritic. Online magazine ''Pitchfork A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Bijoux
Caroline Bijoux (born 1976) is a South African chess player. Chess career In the early 1990s, Caroline Bijoux was one of the leading South African female chess players. She participated in the World Youth Girl's Chess Championships in the U16 age group (1992), U18 age group (1994) and U20 age group (1995). In 1993, Caroline Bijoux participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ... where she finished in 39th place. Since the 2000s she has rarely participated in chess tournaments. References External links * * Caroline Bijouxchess games at 365Chess.com Living people 1976 births South African female chess players South African chess players {{SouthAfrica-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
