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Capricorn Books
Capricorn (pl. ''capricorni'' or ''capricorns'') may refer to: Places *Capricorn and Bunker Group, islands of the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia *Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa Animals *Capricorn, an animal from the ibex family, particularly the Alpine ibex * Capricornis, a genus of goat-like or antelope-like animals Astronomy and astrology * Capricornus, one of the constellations of the zodiac ** Capricorn (astrology) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters *Capricorn (comics), several Marvel Comics characters * Capricorn (''Inkworld''), ''Inkheart'' character Music Groups and labels * Capricorn Records, an American record label active 1969-1979 Albums * ''Capricorn'' (Jay Chou album), 2008 * ''Capricorn'' (Trevor Powers album), 2020 * ''Capricorn'' (Mike Tramp album), 1997 *"Capricorn (A Brand New Name)", a 2002 single by 30 Seconds to Mars from their self-titled album Songs *"Capricorn", a song by IQ from their 1997 con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capricorn And Bunker Group
The islands and reefs of the Capricorn and Bunker Group are situated astride the Tropic of Capricorn at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, approximately 80 kilometres east of Gladstone, which is situated on the central coast of the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Many of these islands form part of the Capricornia Cays National Park and are part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. General The Capricorn and Bunker group of islands of the southern Great Barrier Reef lies between from the adjacent departure ports and urban centres of Yeppoon, Gladstone, Town of 1770 and Bundaberg. The Capricorn and Bunker groups (including Lady Elliot Island and Reef) are a distinct group of 22 reefs straddling the Tropic of Capricorn, at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. There are 16 permanent coral cays on these reefs, including twin cays on Hoskyn and Fairfax Reefs. North West Island () is the largest coral cay in the Great Barrier Reef M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subterranea (album)
''Subterranea'' is a double album by British progressive rock band IQ, which was released in 1997. Story ''Subterranea'' is about a man who's been the subject of an experiment. He's been held captive, almost like sensory deprivation, throughout his whole life and he doesn't have any contact with the outside world (''Provider''). At the end of Provider, a grating sound is heard, which represents where he escapes or is let loose. It's not clear if he really escapes or is let out on purpose, as part of the experiment. Band members have given various explanations. Martin Orford explained, "As part of the experiment after all the sensory deprivation, he's let loose in the outside world. So he goes off into the outside world, all the time being monitored by these people.". Either way, what happens is the central character doesn't know why he is imprisoned. He doesn't know why he's released and he is exposed to all this sensory overload, all these sights and sounds and smells that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caprica (other)
''Caprica'' is an American science fiction drama television series. A spin-off prequel of the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' (2004), Caprica is set 58 years before the main series. ''Caprica'' shows how humanity first created the Cylon androids who would later turn against their human masters. Among ''Capricas main characters are the father and uncle of William Adama, the man who becomes the senior surviving military leader of the fleet which represents the remnants of the Twelve Colonies in ''Battlestar Galactica''. An extended version of the pilot premiered exclusively on DVD and digital download on April 21, 2009. The first season debuted on January 22, 2010, on Syfy in the U.S., Space in Canada, and Sky1 in the UK, running nine episodes, including the two-hour pilot, before going on a mid-season hiatus. The second half of the first season (Season 1.5) began airing on October 5, 2010, on Syfy and Space. On October 27, 2010, Syfy canceled the show, citing low ratings, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capricorn Africa Society
The Capricorn Africa Society was a multiracial pressure group in British colonies in southern and eastern Africa in the 1950s and 1960s. History The organisation was established in 1949 in Southern Rhodesia by David Stirling and N. H. Wilson, with branches soon opening in Kenya, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Tanganyika; a branch was also opened in London in 1956.Bizeck Jube Phiri (1991) "The Capricorn Africa Society Revisited: The Impact of Liberalism in Zambia's Colonial History, 1949-1963", ''The International Journal of African Historical Studies'', Vol. 24, No. 1, pp65–83 With a mostly European leadership, it called for "equal rights for all civilised", giving Africans gradually increasing civic rights. The organisation briefly participated in electoral politics in Kenya. In the 1956 general elections it nominated two candidates for the fourteen European seats, choosing not to run in constituencies where independents aligned with the more liberal Michael Blundell and Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391)
USCGC ''Blackthorn'' (WLB-391) was a seagoing buoy tender (WLB) which sank in 1980 in a collision near the Tampa Bay Sunshine Skyway Bridge, resulting in 23 crew member fatalities. An ''Iris''-class vessel, she was built by Marine Ironworks and Shipbuilding Corporation in Duluth, Minnesota. ''Blackthorn''s preliminary design was completed by the United States Lighthouse Service and the final design was produced by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Corporation in Duluth. On 21 May 1943 the keel was laid, she was launched on 20 July 1943 and commissioned on 27 March 1944. The original cost for the hull and machinery was $876,403. ''Blackthorn'' was one of 39 original seagoing buoy tenders built between 1942 and 1944. All but one of the original tenders, , were built in Duluth. ''Blackthorn'' was initially assigned to the Great Lakes for ice-breaking duties, but after only a few months, she was reassigned to San Pedro, California. She served in San Pedro for several years befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capricorn Investment Holdings
Cavmont Bank Limited is a commercial bank in Zambia. It is licensed by the Bank of Zambia, the central bank and national banking regulator. Location The headquarters and main branch of Cavmont Bank Limited are located at 2374 Thabo Mbeki Road, in the city of Lusaka, the capital city, capital and largest city in Zambia. The geographical coordinates of the headquarters of the bank are: 15°24'06.0"S, 28°19'20.0"E (Latitude:-15.401667; Longitude:28.322222). Overview CBL provides an array of banking services including in the areas of community banking, retail banking, investment, and corporate banking. , the bank was a retail bank with total assets valued at ZMW:946.8 million (US$96.7 million), with shareholders' equity of ZMW:118.1 million (US$12.1 million). At that time the bank employed a total of 245 people. By December 2016, the bank's total assets had increased to ZMW:1,063,735,000.00 (US$108.64 million). History The Bank was established on 1 January 2004, following a merger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer
The Scaled Composites Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer ( registered N277SF) is an aircraft designed by Burt Rutan in which Steve Fossett first flew a solo nonstop airplane flight around the world in slightly more than 67 hours (2 days 19 hours). The flight speed of 551 km/h set the world record for the fastest nonstop non-refueled circumnavigation, beating the mark set by the previous Rutan-designed Voyager aircraft at 9 days 3 minutes and a top speed of 196 km/h. The aircraft was owned by the pilot Steve Fossett, sponsored by Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic airline, and built by Burt Rutan's company, Scaled Composites. The two companies subsequently worked together on Virgin Galactic. In February 2006, Fossett flew the GlobalFlyer for the longest aircraft flight distance in history: . Design and construction The GlobalFlyer was specifically designed to make an uninterrupted (non-refueled) circumnavigation of the globe with a single pilot. Unusual for a modern civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capricorn (microprocessor)
The Capricorn family of microprocessors was developed by Hewlett-Packard in the late 1970s for the HP series 80 scientific microcomputers. Capricorn was first used in the HP-85 desktop BASIC computer, introduced in January 1980. Steve Wozniak was inspired to build the Apple to be a computer like the HP 9830, and in 1976, he offered HP rights to the Apple computer. He was turned down and was given a release. When the calculator division started an 8-bit computer project called Capricorn, he left for Apple when he wasn't allowed to work on that project. Architecture The Capricorn is a microprogrammed CPU containing 64 eight-bit registers, an eight-bit arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a shifter and control logic. The 64 registers are split by boundaries. There is a boundary every two bytes for the first 32 registers and one boundary per 8 bytes for the remaining 32 registers. Each low-level instruction modifies data beginning at the register addressed up to the next boundary. The desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capricorn One
''Capricorn One'' is a 1978 British-produced American thriller film in which a reporter discovers that a supposed Mars landing by a crewed mission to the planet has been faked via a conspiracy involving the government and—under duress—the crew themselves. It was written and directed by Peter Hyams and produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. It stars Elliott Gould as the reporter, and James Brolin, Sam Waterston, and O. J. Simpson as the astronauts. Hal Holbrook plays a senior NASA official who goes along with governmental and corporate interests and helps to fake the mission. The music score was created by Jerry Goldsmith. Plot Capricorn One—the first crewed mission to Mars—is on the launch pad. Just before liftoff, astronauts Charles Brubaker, Peter Willis, and John Walker are suddenly removed from the spacecraft. Bewildered, they are flown to an abandoned military base in the desert. The launch proceeds on schedule, with the public unaware the spacecraft is empty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capricorn (manga)
, also known as George Manabe, is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known in the English-speaking world for ''Caravan Kidd'', ''Outlanders'', and '' Capricorn''. He is not to be confused with an animator of the same name (but written differently; 真鍋譲二) who worked mainly in the 1970s for Oh! Production, contributing to such works as '' A Dog of Flanders'', ''Genshi Shōnen Ryû'', '' 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother'', ''Dokonjō Gaeru'', ''King Arthur'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', '' Lupin the 3rd: Season 1'', '' Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro'', ''Future Boy Conan'' (episodes 8–17), and others. Works Listed chronologically. *''Outlanders'' (8 volumes, 1985–1987, Hakusensha) *''Caravan Kidd'' (5 volumes, 1986–1989, Shogakukan) **''The Key of Graciale'' (1 volume, April 1987, , Hakusensha) *''Powerful Mazegohan'' (3 volumes, 1986–1989, Hakusensha) *'' Dora'' (1 volume, December 1987, , Shinshokan) *'' Capricorn'' (5 volumes, 1988–1990, Shinshokan) *''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overkill (Motörhead Album)
''Overkill'' is the second studio album by British rock band Motörhead, released in March 1979. It was the band's first album with Bronze Records. ''Kerrang!'' magazine listed the album at number 46 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time". American thrash metal band Overkill was named after this album. Background Bronze Records signed Motörhead in 1978 and booked them time in London's Wessex Studios to record a single consisting of Richard Berry's "Louie Louie" and a new song by the band called "Tear Ya Down". The band toured to promote the single "Louie Louie", which became a modest hit, while Chiswick released the ''Motörhead'' album in white vinyl, to keep the momentum going. In the ''Classic Albums'' documentary on the making of ''Ace of Spades'', Gerry Bron of Bronze Records admits: Sales of the single brought the band their first appearance on BBC Television's ''Top of the Pops'', which gave Bronze the confidence to get the band back into the studio to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyes Of The Universe
Barclay James Harvest are an English progressive rock band. They were founded in Oldham, in September 1966 by bassist/vocalist Les Holroyd (b. 1948), guitarist/vocalist John Lees (b. 1947), drummer/percussionist Mel Pritchard (1948–2004), and keyboardist/vocalist Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme (1947–2010). History After signing with EMI's Parlophone label in the UK for one single in early 1968, they moved to the more progressively inclined Harvest label. The name for the band, according to The International Barclay James Harvest Fan Club, signifies nothing specifically. Having exhausted other possibilities, each of the band members wrote single words on pieces of paper which were drawn out of a hat one by one. All were rejected until only three were left: James, a man who used to sing with the band, Harvest because they were living in a farmhouse, and Barclay after Barclays bank, because they aspired to make money. These were then rearranged to get the best-sounding name - " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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