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Curio (cognomen)
Curio may refer to: Objects *Bric-à-brac, lesser objets d'art for display * Cabinet of curiosities, a room-sized collection or exhibit of curios or curiosities *Collectables *Curio cabinet, a cabinet constructed for the display of curios People * Eberhard Curio (1932–2020), German ecologist * Gottfried Curio (born 1960), German politician *''Curio maximus'', a priesthood in ancient Rome that had oversight of the curiae * Gaius Scribonius Curio (other), the name of several ancient Romans, especially a father and son who were active in the 1st century BC *an online pseudonym for Diana Napolis Places *Curio, Switzerland, a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland *Curio Bay Curio Bay is a coastal embayment in the Southland District of New Zealand, best known as the site of a petrified forest some 180 million years old. It also hosts a yellow-eyed penguin colony, arguably the rarest of penguin species, with approx ..., a coastal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bric-à-brac
Bric-à-brac () or bric-a-brac (from French), first used in the Victorian era, around 1840, refers to lesser objets d'art forming collections of curios. The French phrase is now obsolete, dating from the 16th century, then meaning "at random, any old way". Shops selling such items, often referred to as knick knacks today, were often referred to as purveyors of fancy goods, which might also include novelty items and other giftware. The curios in these shops or in home collections might have included items such as elaborately decorated teacups and small vases, compositions of feathers or wax flowers under glass domes, decorated eggshells, porcelain figurines, painted miniatures or photographs in stand-up frames. In middle-class homes, bric-à-brac was used as ornament on mantelpieces, tables, and shelves, or was displayed in curio cabinets; sometimes these cabinets have glass doors to display the items within while protecting them from dust. Today, "bric-à-brac" refers to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curio Bay
Curio Bay is a coastal embayment in the Southland District of New Zealand, best known as the site of a petrified forest some 180 million years old. It also hosts a yellow-eyed penguin colony, arguably the rarest of penguin species, with approximately 1600 breeding pairs in the extant population. The bay, along with neighbouring Porpoise Bay, is home to the endemic Hector's dolphin. Southern right whales are occasionally observed offshore, as on numerous parts of the country's coast. Located near the southernmost point of the South Island, Curio Bay is one of the major attractions in the Catlins, attracting around 100,000 visitors per year. The town of Waikawa has an information center for tourists. The now petrified logs, from ancient conifers closely related to modern kauri and Norfolk pine, were buried by ancient volcanic mud flows and gradually replaced by silica to produce the fossils now exposed by the sea. The fossilised forest grew at a time of semi-tropical clima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curious (other)
Being curious means being inquisitive and tending to investigate or explore, in the passive sense as strange, surprising, odd, or as a euphemism for erotic as in 'curious art'. Curious may also refer to: Music * "Curious" (Danny Fernandes song) * "Curious" (Hayley Kiyoko song) * "Curious" (Tony Yayo song) * "Curious", a song by Fiestar * "Curious", a song by Franz Ferdinand from ''Hits to the Head'' * "Curious", a song by Momoland from '' Great!'' Other uses *Curious (fragrance), a women's fragrance from Elizabeth Arden, endorsed by Britney Spears *Bi-curious Bi-curious is a term for a person, usually someone who is a heterosexual, who is curious or open about engaging in sexual activity with a person whose sex differs from that of their usual sexual partners. The term is sometimes used to describe a ..., a person curious for a relationship or sexual activity with a person of the sex they do not favor * Curious (''My Hero Academia''), a character in the manga series '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curiosity (other)
Curiosity is a quality related to inquisitive thinking. Curiosity may also refer to: Film and television * ''Curiosity'' (film), a 1967 Yugoslavian cartoon * ''Curiosity'' (TV series), a Discovery Channel technology-oriented program * ''Curiosity'', a BBC antiques game show presented by Paul Martin * ''The Curiosity Show'', an Australian educational children's television series Music * Curiosity, a British band also known as Curiosity Killed the Cat * ''Curiosity'' (EP), 2012, by Carly Rae Jepsen * ''Curiosity'' (Wampire album), 2013 * ''Curiosity'', a 1986 album by Regina * "Curiosity" (Carly Rae Jepsen song), 2012 * "Curiosity", a song by the Jets from the album '' The Jets'', 1985 * "Curiosity", a song by Loona from the EP '' +', 2018 Other uses * Novelty item or curiosity, an object that excites or rewards attention * "Curiosity" (poem), by Charles Sprague * ''Curiosity'' (rover), a NASA Mars exploration vehicle * '' Curiosity – What's Inside the Cube?'', a 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curio (plant)
''Curio'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Plants in the genus are evergreen succulents with long, striated leaves and discoid flower heads lacking ray florets. Taxonomy The genus was described by English botanist Paul V. Heath and published in ''Calyx'' 5(4): 136, 1997. It contains over 20 species, all of them formerly belonging to the genus ''Senecio''. Species * '' Curio acaulis'' * ''Curio archeri'' * '' Curio articulatus'' (''Kleinia articulata'') * '' Curio avasimontanus'' * ''Curio citriformis'' * ''Curio crassulifolius'' * '' Curio cuneifolius'' * ''Curio ficoides'' * ''Curio hallianus'' * ''Curio herreanus'' * ''Curio humbertii'' * ''Curio muirii'' * ''Curio ovoideus'' * ''Curio × peregrinus'' * ''Curio pondoensis'' * ''Curio radicans'' * ''Curio repens'' * ''Curio rowleyanus'' * ''Curio sulcicalyx'' * ''Curio talinoides ''Curio talinoides'', syn. ''Senecio mandraliscae'', also known as blue straws, blue chalksticks, dassieh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curio (brand)
Curio Collection by Hilton is an upscale hotel brand within the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. Curio Collection is a soft brand, meaning its hotels are supported by Hilton, but retain their own individual branding. Hilton selects independent hotels and resorts to be part of the Curio Collection. The brand was launched in June 2014, and was Hilton's first "collection" brand. By January 2017, Curio Collection comprised more than 30 hotels and resorts in seven countries. As of December 31, 2019, it has 91 properties with 16,638 rooms in 27 countries and territories, including 20 that are managed with 4,322 rooms and 71 that are franchised with 12,316 rooms. Curio Collection properties use Hilton's reservation system and are part of Hilton Honors, Hilton's guest-loyalty program. Collection Properties under the Curio Collection (as of September 2021): Former properties Gallery File:Redmont Hotel Nov 2011 01.jpg, The Redmont Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama File:London Guarantee & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curio (The Shak)
''The Shak'' was an Australian children's television program broadcast on the Nine Network. Its four hosts, Curio (Drew Jarvis), Nitro (Beau Walker), Picasso ( Kendal Nagorcka) and Eco ( Jacqueline Duncan) answered viewer questions, queries, dares and challenges in an entertaining and educational manner. Each host's name relates to their personality and the type of stories they present. Viewers sent questions and suggestions to the presenters via the shows website. Production The series was filmed, for the main part, at a studio resembling a large shed or shack, hence the name "Shak", it decorated with all manner of objects. The characters arrived via a prop of a wave, and exited through a door on the other side of the shack. They were known as 'Shaksters', as were the viewers. Other filming was done at various attractions and locations on the Gold Coast where the Shak was set, with Dreamworld being a regular filming spot. In 2006, the filming was done at Sea World but in e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curio (band)
Curio (stylized as CURIO) was a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1995. They were best known to Western audiences for their song "Kimi ni Fureru Dake de", which was used as the third opening theme for the popular anime ''Rurouni Kenshin''. Members Nob - Vocals, Saxophone :Born October 26, 1973. Following the dissolution of Curio, Nob has appeared as a guest vocalist with the ska band Ska-Show. He was arrested in 2000 for methamphetamine use. Kassai - Guitarist :Currently working in Okinawa as a graphic designer with the 3PO Design Workshop. Britain - Drummer, Programming Former Members Aja - Guitarist :Left the band in 2001. Following this, he joined the ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ... band One Track Mind as a guitarist. Discography Maxi Singles *''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curio (Twelfth Night)
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with the Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements drawn from the short story "Of Apollonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first recorded public performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year's calendar. The play was not published until its inclusion in the 1623 First Folio. Characters * Viola – a shipwrecked young woman who disguises herself a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curio, Switzerland
Curio is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. History Curio is first mentioned in 1196 as ''Coira''. In 1298 it was mentioned as ''Cuyri''. During the Middle Ages Curio, Novaggio, Banco and Bedigliora formed a '' Kastlanei''. The first village church, consecrated to St. Peter, was mentioned in 1352. The present church was built in 1609. Historically, many residents emigrated to foreign countries for work. Some of these emigrant families became quite famous. They include the family Avanzini (notaries, doctors, construction workers) and Visconti (architects and engineers), who worked, from the end of the 18th and over the entire 19th centuries, in Piedmont and Russia. Their success led them to perform a number of philanthropic works in Curio. In the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century, this resulted in a number of charitable foundations. The most significant was the art school, which was founded in 1850. In 1985, the Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Napolis
Diana Louisa Napolis (born 1955), also known by her online pseudonym Karen Curio Jones or more often simply Curio, is an American former social worker. Between the late 1990s and 2000, Napolis posted a series of pseudonymous accusations alleging that individuals skeptical of the satanic ritual abuse moral panic were involved in a conspiracy to cover up the sexual abuse and murder of children. The pseudonymous poster's real life identity was confirmed as Napolis in 2000. In 2001, she was charged with stalking film director Steven Spielberg, and in 2002 faced more charges for making death threats against actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, and was committed to a state hospital until fit to stand trial. After a year in prison Napolis pleaded guilty to stalking and was released on probation. Satanic ritual abuse allegations Napolis originally worked as a child protection worker for nearly 10 years (leaving the position in 1996), becoming involved in the satanic ritual abuse (SRA) moral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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