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Bayou (other)
A bayou is a slow-moving stream or a wetland. Bayou may also refer to: People * Amal Bayou (–2017), Libyan microbiologist and politician * Louiza Bayou (born 1994), Algerian volleyball player Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Bayou Records, a music recording label * Bayou Country (album), ''Bayou Country'' (album), an album by Creedence Clearwater Revival * "Blue Bayou", a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson * "Born on the Bayou", a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival from the album ''Bayou Country'' Other uses in arts, entertainment and media * Bayou (ballet), ''Bayou'' (ballet), a 1952 ballet by George Balanchine * Bayou (film), ''Bayou'' (film), a 1957 motion picture directed by Harold Daniels * Bayou (magazine), ''Bayou'' (magazine), an American literary magazine * ''Bayou Arcana'', a 2012 comic anthology *''The Adventures of Bayou Billy'', a 1989 video game by Konami * Bayou Country (Disneyland), formerly Critter Country, a themed land in Disneyland, Disneylan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayou
In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou () is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek. They typically contain brackish water highly conducive to fish life and plankton. Bayous are commonly found in the Gulf Coast region of the southern United States, especially in the Mississippi River Delta, though they also exist elsewhere. A bayou is often an anabranch or minor braid of a braided channel that is slower than the mainstem, often becoming boggy and stagnant. Though fauna varies by region, many bayous are home to crawfish, certain species of shrimp, other shellfish, and leeches, catfish, frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, American alligators, turtles, and snakes such as watersnakes, swampsnakes, mudsnakes, crayfish snakes, and cottonmouths. Common birds include anhingas, egrets, herons, spoonbills, as well as many oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayou (magazine)
''Bayou'' is a major American literary magazine based at the University of New Orleans. The magazine was established in 2002 and is published on a biannual basis. It features poetry, fiction, essays and the winner of the annual Tennessee Williams One-Act Play Contest. ''Bayou'' published through the dislocations surrounding the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.New Orleans Times-Picayune, December 15, 2005 Work that has appeared in ''Bayou'' has been short-listed for the Pushcart Prize. Notable contributors Jacob M. Appel; Sean Beaudoin; Mark Doty; Marilyn Hacker; Lyn Lifshin; Timothy Liu; Virgil Suarez; Tom Whalen See also *List of literary magazines Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors. *Because the majority are from the United States, the country of origin ... References External links * 2002 establishments in Louisiana Biannu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayou Hedge Fund Group
The Bayou Hedge Fund Group (1996-2006) was a group of companies and hedge funds founded and headed by Samuel Israel III. Approximately $450m was raised by the group from investors, who were defrauded from nearly the start with funds being misappropriated for personal use. History After poor returns in 1998, the investors were lied to about the fund's returns, and a fake accounting firm was set up to provide misleading audited results. In 2005, Samuel Israel III and CFO Daniel Marino pleaded guilty to multiple charges including conspiracy and fraud. Marino was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Israel was sentenced to 20 years prison and ordered to forfeit $300 million. At his sentencing Israel said "I lied to you and I cheated you and I cannot put into words how sorry I am." Scandal Starting with $600,000 of outside money in 1996, investors eventually gave the fund US$300 million. Investors were allured by a prospectus stating there would be prudent hedg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayou (horse)
Bayou (1954–1982) was an American Thoroughbred racemare who was bred and raced by Bull Hancock's Claiborne Farm. and who was voted the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 1957. Bred in Kentucky, Bayou was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Hill Prince and out of the mare, Bourtai. She was trained by Moody Jolley Moody S. Jolley (March 23, 1910 – February 4, 1976) was an American Thoroughbred horse race, thoroughbred horse racing owner, breeder and horse trainer, trainer. His son, LeRoy Jolley, LeRoy, trained Ridan and other horses owned by the family. ... References {{reflist 1954 racehorse births 1982 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States American Champion racehorses Thoroughbred family 9-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disneyland
Disneyland is a amusement park, theme park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It was the first theme park opened by the Walt Disney Company and the only one designed and constructed under the direct supervision of Walt Disney, and opened on July 17, 1955. Disney initially envisioned building a tourist attraction adjacent to his Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), studios in Burbank, California, Burbank to entertain fans who wished to visit; however, he soon realized that the proposed site was too small for the ideas that he had. After hiring the Stanford Research Institute to perform a feasibility study determining an appropriate site for his project, Disney bought a site near Anaheim in 1953. The park was designed by a creative team hand-picked by Walt from internal and outside talent. They founded WED Enterprises, the precursor to today's Walt Disney Imagineering. Construction began in 1954 and the park was unveiled during a special televised press event on the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayou Country (Disneyland)
Bayou Country is one of the lands at Disneyland. There is a similar land at Tokyo Disneyland called Critter Country. At Disneyland it opened in 1972 as Bear Country, with the Country Bear Jamboree (1972–2001) as its centerpiece. In 1988 it was renamed Critter Country, and in 2024 it was renamed Bayou Country to coincide with the opening of Tiana's Bayou Adventure. History Bayou Country was originally named Indian Village. From 1956–1971, this section of Frontierland was a showcase of North American Indians, Native American culture, including the arts and architecture of several regions, a multi tribal dance show, and the Indian War Canoes. The area was rebuilt as Disneyland's seventh themed land, Bear Country, which opened on March 4, 1972. The new four-acre land, which cost $8 million to build, was Disneyland's first major expansion since the 1969 opening of The Haunted Mansion in the adjacent New Orleans Square. Located in the northwest quadrant of the park, Bear Countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Bayou Billy
''The Adventures of Bayou Billy'', known in Japan as , is a 1988 Beat 'em up game, beat ‘em up game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Plot Billy West, otherwise known as Bayou Billy, is a Michael "Crocodile" Dundee, Crocodile Dundee-like vigilante from the bayous of Louisiana, who has fought against a local crime boss, known as Godfather Gordon. In retaliation for interfering with his smuggling operations, Gordon kidnaps Billy's girlfriend Annabelle Lane in order to lure Billy into one final battle. Billy's quest to save Annabelle consists of nine stages that takes him from the swamplands to Bourbon Street, as he battles Gordon's henchmen and eventually arrives at Gordon's estate to come face-to-face with the big boss himself. Gameplay The majority of the game follows a Side-scrolling video game, side-scrolling beat-'em-up format in which the player character (Billy) must engage in hand-to-hand combat against every enemy he encounters in o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayou Arcana
''Bayou Arcana: Songs of Loss and Redemption'' is a graphic novel anthology of 11 stories created by a team of male writers and female artists, first published in 2012. It draws heavily on the United States' 'Southern Gothic' tradition of mysticism in both the storytelling themes and visual art. Much of the stories' content is also related to cultural issues of oppression and retribution in the context of the history of the Southern United States Stories *''The Tale of Ol’ Mercy'' - story: Jimmy Pearson, art: Valia Kapadai (10 pages) *''Comfort and Joy'' - story: Darren Ellis, art: Davina Unwin (11 pages) *''Irons in the Fire'' - story: Corey Brotherson, art: Jennie Gyllblad (11 pages) *''True Reflections'' - story: Steve Tanner, art: Alex Thompson (10 pages) *''Tohopoka'' - story: Alexi Conman, art: Vicky Stonebridge (12 pages) *''Promises'' - story: Matt Gibbs, art: Sara Dunkerton (6 pages) *''Small World'' - story: Matthew Craig, art: Dani Abram (14 pages) *''Grinder Blues' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayou (film)
''Bayou'' is a 1957 American drama film directed by Harold Daniels and starring Peter Graves, Lita Milan and Douglas Fowley. The drama is set in the Louisiana bayou region. Produced by American National Films, it was also shot in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, and most of the characters are Cajun residents of a rural fishing village. ''Bayou'' features one of the few lead roles by noted character actor Timothy Carey. Plot Martin Davis, a young Yankee architect, comes to New Orleans from the North to compete against a local man for the job of designing a new civic auditorium. On a visit to a carnival in the Cajun country of southern Louisiana, Martin meets Marie, a seventeen-year-old Cajun girl who works as a crabber in the bayou in order to support herself and her partly senile, alcoholic father Herbert. Marie has aroused the lust of the local storekeeper, Ulysses, a sadistic, illiterate bully who has attempted to rape her. After helping Marie to recover money stolen from her, Marti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amal Bayou
Amal Bayou (; – 24 October 2017) was a Libyan microbiologist and politician who served in the House of Representatives from 2014 until her death in 2017. Bayou was a prominent advocate for women's rights and social change in Libya, and was considered to be an "extremely popular" politician in the country. Biography Amal Bayou was born between 1957 and 1959. She received a doctoral degree in microbiology from a university in Germany, and spent "a long time" in the country. At some point, Bayou returned to Libya, becoming a professor of microbiology at the University of Benghazi in 1995; she held this position until her death in 2017. In the 2014 Libyan parliamentary election, Bayou was elected to the Libyan House of Representatives, representing one of Benghazi's reserved seats for women. Bayou received 14,086 votes, the third highest vote-count in the entire election. The House of Representatives, which was one of two major factions in the Second Libyan Civil Warfighting ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayou (ballet)
''Bayou'' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine to Virgil Thomson's '' Acadian Songs and Dances'' (1947). The premiere took place on 21 February 1952 at City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Original cast *Francisco Moncion * Doris Breckenridge * Melissa Hayden *Hugh Laing *Diana Adams Diana Adams (March 29, 1926 – January 10, 1993) was a principal dancer for the New York City Ballet from 1950 to 1963 and favorite of George Balanchine, later becoming a teacher at — and dean of — the School of American Ballet. Adams was bo ... * Herbert Bliss Reviews NY Timesby John Martin, 22 February 1952 ArticlesNY Timesby Joseph Carman, 28 February 1999 {{Balanchine ballets Ballets by George Balanchine Ballets to the music of Virgil Thomson 1952 ballets New York City Ballet repertory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born On The Bayou
"Born on the Bayou" (1969) is the first track on Creedence Clearwater Revival's second album, '' Bayou Country'', released in 1969. It was released as the B-side of the single "Proud Mary" that reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' charts. Background Songwriter John Fogerty set the song in the South, despite neither having lived nor having widely traveled there. He commented: "Born on the Bayou" is an example of "swamp rock", a genre associated with Fogerty, Little Feat/Lowell George, the Band, J.J. Cale and Tony Joe White. The guitar setting for the intro is over-driven with amp tremolo on a slow setting; Fogerty uses a Gibson ES-175 (which was stolen from his car soon after recording this track). The song has also been described as Southern rock and rock and roll. Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford has said of the song in 1998: According to Clifford, "Born on the Bayou" was originally supposed to be released as the A-side of the single with "Proud Mary." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
