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Gemini Solar Battery Storage Project
Gemini most often refers to: * Gemini (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac * Gemini (astrology), an astrological sign Gemini may also refer to: Science and technology Space * Gemini in Chinese astronomy, the Gemini constellation in Chinese astronomy * Project Gemini, the second US crewed spaceflight program * Gemini Observatory, consisting of telescopes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres * Gemini Planet Imager, an instrument for observing extrasolar planets Computing * Gemini (chatbot), a chatbot developed by Google ** Gemini (language model), a multimodal large language model from Google * Gemini (protocol), an Internet protocol providing access to primarily textual documents in Gemini space * SCO Gemini, a UnixWare/OpenServer merger project by SCO * Gemini chip, an updated version of the Apple Computer chip Mega II * Xiaomi Mi 5 (codename Gemini), an Android phone * Gemini PDA, an Android/Linux PDA/phone with a keyboard * Yahoo! Gemini, a form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini (constellation)
Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the northern celestial hemisphere. It was one of the 48 constellations described by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. Its name is Latin for ''twins'', and it is associated with the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. Its old astronomical symbol is (♊︎). Location Gemini lies between Taurus (constellation), Taurus to the west and Cancer (constellation), Cancer to the east, with Auriga (constellation), Auriga and Lynx (constellation), Lynx to the north, Monoceros (constellation), Monoceros and Canis Minor to the south, and Orion (constellation), Orion to the south-west. In classical antiquity, Cancer was the location of the Sun on the June solstice, northern solstice (June 21). During the first century AD, axial precession shifted it into Gemini. In 1990, the location of the Sun at the northern solstice moved from Gemini into Taurus, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini Twins
Castor and Pollux (or Polydeuces) are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi. Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan. The pair are thus an example of heteropaternal superfecundation. Though accounts of their birth are varied, they are sometimes said to have been born from an egg, along with their twin sisters Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. In Latin, the twins are also known as the Gemini ("twins") or Castores, as well as the Tyndaridae or Tyndarids. Pollux asked Zeus to let him share his own immortality with his twin to keep them together, and they were transformed into the constellation Gemini. The pair were regarded as the patrons of sailors, to whom they appeared as St. Elmo's fire. They were also associated with horsemanship, in keeping with their origin as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géminis
''Géminis'' is a 2005 Argentine-French drama film written and directed by Albertina Carri. It is set in a rich family where two adolescent children have started an incestuous relationship. Synopsis Meme and her brother Jere are teenagers, still at home under a passive father, Daniel, and a massively domineering mother, Lucía. Ezequiel, the eldest child, arrives from Spain with his bride A bride is a woman who is about to be married or who is a newlywed. When marrying, if the bride's future spouse is a man, he is usually referred to as the ''bridegroom'' or just ''groom''. In Western culture, a bride may be attended by a maid, ... Montse, who finds both the family and the society of upper-middle-class Argentina hollow and pretentious. Gradually, the other characters learn that Meme and Jere, neither of whom has developed satisfactory outside links, have started an incestuous sexual relationship. Cast * Cristina Banegas as Lucía * Daniel Fanego as Daniel * María A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini (2002 Film)
''Gemini'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language crime action film written and directed by Saran with Pon Elango as assistant director. This film was produced by AVM Productions. The film stars Vikram in the main lead role, while Kiran Rathod, Murali, Kalabhavan Mani, Vinu Chakravarthy, Manorama and Thennavan portray significant roles. Based on gang wars in Chennai, the film delves into the lives of outlaws and the roles the police and society play in their rehabilitation and acceptance. In early 2001, rival gangsters "Vellai" Ravi and Chera reformed themselves with the patronage of a police officer. Saran was inspired by this incident and scripted a story based on it. Production began shortly afterwards in December the same year and was completed by March 2002. The film was shot mainly at the AVM Studios in Chennai, while two song sequences were filmed in Switzerland. The film had cinematography by A. Venkatesh (cinematographer), A. Venkatesh and editing by Suresh Urs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemeni (film)
''Gemeni'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Saran and produced by M. Saravanan via AVM Productions. It stars Venkatesh and Namitha, with Kalabhavan Mani and Murali, who reprising their roles from the original Tamil film. The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik. It is a remake of the Tamil film '' Gemini'', released the same year. The film's title was spelt ''Gemeni'' to differentiate from the original Tamil version. Plot Gemeni and Ladda, are two contemporary gangsters in Vijayawada. Gemeni's friend is murdered by Ladda's friend. Then Gemeni and his gang search for the person who murdered his friend and kills him. This incident marks the start of their rivalry. Meanwhile, Gemeni meets Manisha Natwarlal and falls in love with her. To gain her affections, he goes to study in an evening college as her classmate, and eventually, she too falls in love with him. Gemeni and Ladda clash again for a market holdout. Using his brilliant tactics, Gemeni foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini (1999 Film)
''Gemini'' (also known as ''Sōseiji''; , "Twins") is a 1999 horror film by Shinya Tsukamoto, loosely based on an Edogawa Ranpo story, which pursues his theme of the brutally physical and animalistic side of human beings rearing its ugly head underneath a civilized veneer, present in previous films like '' Tetsuo: The Iron Man'' (1989) and '' Tokyo Fist'' (1995), in what is a new territory for Tsukamoto—a story set in the late Meiji era (1868–1912) with no stop-motion photography and no industrial setting. Plot Tokyo. 1910. Dr. Daitokuji Yukio ( Masahiro Motoki), a former military doctor who has taken over a successful practice from his father and treats plague victims, is living a charmed life: he is a respected young doctor with a successful practice and Rin ( Ryo), a beautiful wife. His only problem is that she suffers from amnesia, and her past is unknown. However, things begin to fall apart. Both his parents die suddenly, killed by a mysterious stranger who looks just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Giovanni
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. (June 7, 1943 – December 9, 2024) was an American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator. One of the world's best-known African-American poets, her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature. She won numerous awards, including the Langston Hughes Medal and the NAACP Image Award. She was nominated for a 2004 Grammy Award for her poetry album, ''The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection''. Additionally, she was named as one of Oprah Winfrey's 25 " Living Legends". Giovanni was a member of The Wintergreen Women Writers Collective. Giovanni gained initial fame in the late 1960s as one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement. Influenced by the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Movement of the period, her early work provides a strong, militant African-American perspective, leading one writer to dub her the "Poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini (novel)
''Gemini'' (, "The Meteors") is a novel by Michel Tournier, published in 1975 by Éditions Gallimard. Ann Carter translated the novel into English, and that translation was first published by Doubleday and Company in the United States in 1981, and by William Collins, Sons in the United Kingdom in 1981. The English title refers to the duality of the gemini in relation to twins, while the French title refers to any meteorological phenomenon or to meteors. Currently Johns Hopkins University Press publishes the novel in English. Story The novel is about Jean and Paul, twin boys who are called "Jean-Paul" collectively and are similar to the degree that their parents often have difficulty distinguishing them. Reception Salman Rushdie stated that the English version was "excellently translated", and that based on the novel, the author "can take just about any idea, no matter how vulgar or disgusting, and give it meaning." ''Kirkus Reviews'' stated that conventional readers would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy, Lady Dunnett (née Halliday, 25 August 1923 – 9 November 2001) was a Scottish novelist best known for her historical fiction. Dunnett is most famous for her six novel series set during the 16th century, which concern the fictitious adventurer Francis Crawford of Lymond. This was followed by the eight novel prequel series '' The House of Niccolò''. Her other works include a novel concerning the historical Macbeth called ''King Hereafter'' (1982), and a series of mystery novels centered upon Johnson Johnson, a portrait painter and spy. Life and work Dunnett was educated at James Gillespie's High School for Girls in Edinburgh. She started her career as a press officer in the civil service, where she met her husband. A leading light in the Scottish arts world and a renaissance woman, she was a professional portrait painter and exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy on many occasions. She had portraits commissioned by a number of prominent public figures in Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini (magazine)
''Norwegian SciTech News'' is a research website where the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and SINTEF in Trondheim, Norway, jointly share their research and innovation news with the public. The research news is published in English on a continuous basis. The same information is published in Norwegian on the gemini.no website. ''Gemini'' was first published as a newspaper from 1987 to 1993. From 1993 onwards it was published as a magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ... both in Norwegian and English, with the Norwegian version published 4 times a year and the English version published twice a year as a "best of" selection from the Norwegian edition. The Norwegian website was launched in 2013 while the English equivalent was launched in March 2014. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini Saga
This article comprises a list of characters that play a role in ''Saint Seiya'' (also known as ''Knights of the Zodiac'') and its canonical continuation, ''Saint Seiya: Next Dimension'', two manga series created, written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. The plot of ''Saint Seiya'' begins in 1986, spanning until 1990, and follows a group of five mystical warriors called Bronze Saints as they battle in the name of the goddess Athena against agents of evil who seek to rule the Earth. Their main enemy in the first arc of the story is the traitorous Gemini Gold Saint Saga, who has murdered the representative of Athena and taken his place as leader of the Saints. In the second arc, the Bronze Saints are confronted with the God of the Seas, Poseidon, who kidnaps the mortal reincarnation of Athena and threatens to flood the world with incessant rain to cleanse it of the evils of mankind. Their final enemy, who appears in the third and final arc of the series, is the God of the Underwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
