Midori Kawana
KAORI. (川奈 翠 Kawana Midori born 28 February 1976) is a freelance Japanese voice actress and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She was previously employed by Contemporary Music Society and Aksent. Career Until around 1999, KAORI. worked under the stage name and then at an entertainment agency, but due to a merger with the agency she belonged to, she couldn't use "Kawana Midori" anymore, so she worked under the stage name for a brief period. The stage name KAORI., which she used since 2000, is a portmanteau of Kawana Midori. In 2008, when she appeared in '' Pocket Monsters: Diamond and Pearl'', she changed her stage name to , though she continued to use "KAORI." when singing. She is also a member of the rock band Spunky Strider, in which she was a vocalist. As of 2012, she has stopped singing, either as a solo artist or with a band, due to vocal cervical dystonia (spasmodic dysphonia). She had signs of vocal problems starting in 2007, prior to her return as Har ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Advanced
The Advanced Party (), otherwise known as the Advanced Association () was a liberal and centrist Zionist political association in Mandatory Palestine founded by several urban liberal Zionists. The party was founded in order to represent the voice of Tel Aviv liberals and Zionists in the election to the Yishuv's Assembly of Representatives in 1920. The party placed sixth in the election, coming in behind their rural General Zionist counterrpart, Hitahdut HaIkarim. The party represents first formal General Zionist political party to be founded, and as one of the earliest political ancestors of the modern-day Likud. History Under the British Mandate, the Yishuv (Jewish community), established a network of political and administrative institutions, among them the Assembly of Representatives.Itamar Rabinovich & Jehuda Reinharz (2008''Israel in the Middle East''Brandeis University Press, p84 To ensure that small groups were properly represented, a system of proportional representation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Singers From Yokohama
Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singing as the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. Other common definitions include "the utterance of words or sounds in tuneful succession" or "the production of musical tones by means of the human voice". A person whose profession is singing is called a singer or a vocalist (in jazz or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art songs or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Many styles of singing exist throughout the world. Singing can be formal or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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1976 Births
Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. * January 27 ** The United States vetoes a United Nations resolution that calls for an independent Palestinian state. ** The First Battle of Amgala (1976), First Battle of Amgala breaks out between Morocco and Algeria in the Spanish Sahara. February * February 4 ** The 1976 Winter Olympics begin in Innsbruck, Austria. ** The 7.5 1976 Guatemala earthquake, Guatemala earthquake affects Guatemala and Honduras with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured. * February 9 – The Australian Defence Force is formed by unification of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Au ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Phoebe Tonkin
Phoebe Jane Elizabeth Tonkin (born 12 July 1989) is an Australian actress. #Awards and nominations, Her accolades include an AACTA Awards, AACTA Award, in addition to a nomination for a Logie Award. Born and raised in Sydney, Tonkin began her career on Australian television and had her breakthrough role, breakthrough playing Cleo Sertori in the Network Ten fantasy series ''H2O: Just Add Water, H2O: Just Add Water'' (20062010), for which she received acclaim and was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama, AACTA Award for Best Actress. Tonkin made her film debut as Fiona Maxwell in Stuart Beattie's apocalyptic war film ''Tomorrow, When the War Began (film), Tomorrow, When the War Began'' (2010). After starring in the horror film ''Bait 3D'' (2012), she relocated to America, where she received acclaim for her roles as Faye Chamberlain in the CW supernatural drama series ''The Secret Circle (TV series), The Secret Circle'' (20112012) and List of Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Just Add Water
Just Add Water may refer to: Music * ''Just Add Water'' (Suga Free album), 2006 * ''Just Add Water'' (Virgil Donati album), 1997 * ''Just Add Water'', an album by Bobby Previte, 2002 * ''Leaving the End Open'' (working title: ''Just Add Water''), an album by Hardline, 2009 * "Just Add Water", a single by Dave Dobbyn, 2000. * "Just Add Water", a single by Cavetown, 2018 * "Just Add Water", a single by Bass Extremes, 2001 Other uses * Just Add Water (company), a video game developer based in England * ''Just Add Water'' (film), a 2008 comedy * Just Add Water (improv troupe), a Yale University student organization * JAW: A Playwrights Festival, previously Just Add Water/West, an annual event produced by Portland Center Stage See also * ''H2O: Just Add Water'', an Australian children's TV series * Expandable water toy Expandable water toys (also grow-in-water toys or grow monsters) are novelty items made from a superabsorbent polymer. They are toys that expand after put ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rebecca Soler
Rebecca Soler (credited as Jessica Paquet) is an American voice actress based in the New York City area. She has voiced on several audiobooks; her most notable voice work has been the narrator for ''The Lunar Chronicles'' series by Marissa Meyer. In anime, she voiced title character Miu Nomura in '' Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart'', Reanne in ''Ojamajo Doremi'' and Battia in '' Outlanders''. In animation, she voiced in '' Huntik'', ''Viva Piñata'', and ''Winx Club''. She has worked with 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, Media Blasters, Central Park Media and DuArt Film & Video. On stage, she has participated in various theater projects, including a play called ''Becoming Cuba''. She is also a producer of a web series called ''With Friends Like These''. Biography Soler grew up in Boston, and moved to Sugar Land, Texas while in high school. She attended Carnegie-Mellon University where she graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree in theater. She got involved in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chaotic
Chaotic was originally a Danish trading card game. It expanded to an online game in America which then became a television program based on the game. The program aired on 4Kids TV (Fox affiliates, nationwide), Jetix, The CW4Kids, Cartoon Network and Disney XD. It was brought over to the United States from Denmark by Bryan C. Gannon and Chaotic USA Entertainment Group, and produced by Chaotic USA Entertainment Group, 4Kids Productions and Bardel Entertainment. The trading card game came out 6 September 2006 in the U.S. and Canada. Each card comes with a unique code which the owner can upload onto the Chaotic website. This allows the owner to trade and play online using their own card collection. The game was well known to be the only game with a TV show, an online game, and a TCG that were all integrated. However, the online game is currently closed. The rights have since defaulted to Bryan C. Gannon, who's leading an effort to revive the game for modern audiences by licensing ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Welcome To Pia Carrot
is a Japanese visual novel series by Cocktail Soft (a part of F&C, later F&C FC02). Anime and manga have been based on the games. The games are all set around restaurants in the fictional "Pia Carrot" chain, and most of the female characters are waitresses at these restaurants. The individual restaurants in the chain are called "1st", "2nd", etc. A maid café named "Pia Carrot" also opened in real life as a cosplay restaurant in Akihabara, Japan. List of titles ;Game titles ;Animation titles # ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!!'' (1997–1998; 3 episode hentai OVA) # ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2'' (1998–1999; 3 episode hentai OVA) # ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2 DX'' (1999–2000; 6 episode OVA) # ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! -Sayaka no Koi-monogatari-'' (Sayaka's Love Story) (2002; movie) ''Welcome to Pia Carrot'' The first game in the series is called ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!!'' and was initially released in 1996 for MS-DOS on the NEC PC-9800 Series and for Windows 3.1. The game ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Akiba Girls
is a visual novel developed by the Japanese game company G.J?. It was adapted into a 3-episode hentai original video animation series produced by Milky. It is licensed by both Hustler Video and JapanAnime in United States. The first OVA was released on VHS and DVD simultaneously on June 25, 2004. The second was released on September 25, 2004. The third was released on June 25, 2006. Plot Shindou Nikita has a secret that he has been hiding for a long time—he loves hentai and h-games. He enters "The Alternative Trivia Research Club" where the first of his many sexual encounters takes place. Despite that, he finds out that both of his foster sisters are in love with him, and he has to make a choice—who does he really love. Nikita Shindou loves the world of animation more than anything; he puts his life into it. He has never fallen for a real, living girl, until the day he meets Ren Aoi. We're introduced to young man Nikita Shindou as he's making his way through Akihabara, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |