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Boney M. Members
Boney may refer to: People Given name *Boney James (born 1961), American jazz saxophonist *Boney Kapoor (born 1955), Indian film producer Surname *Brad Boney, American author of gay and lesbian fiction *Brooke Boney, Australian journalist and television presenter * George F. Boney (1930–1972), Alaska Supreme Court justice *Hank Boney (1903–2002), Major League Baseball pitcher *James Lloyd Boney (1959–1987), Aboriginal Australian man whose death in custody led to the 1987 Brewarrina riot Nickname *"Boney", a British nickname for Napoleon Bonaparte **"Boney", the title of a sea shanty depicting Napoleon's life and exploits Fictional characters *"Boney", dinosaur character from the television series ''Weinerville'' *"Boney", dog and playable character in the video game ''Mother 3'' Other uses *Boney (coal), waste material from coal mining * ''Boney'' (TV series), 1971 Australian television series *Boney M., 1970s German pop and disco group * Boney Peak, Santa Monica Mountains, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boney James
Boney James (born James Oppenheim September 1, 1961) is an American saxophonist, recording artist, songwriter and record producer. He is a four-time Grammy Award nominee (Best Pop Instrumental Album, 2001, 2004, 2014 and Best Traditional R&B Performance, 2009) and a Soul Train Award winner (Best Jazz Album 1998). He has also received three NAACP Image Award nominations for Best Jazz Album. James has sold over four million albums, and has accumulated four RIAA Certified Gold Records. In 2009, ''Billboard'' magazine named James one of the Top 3 ''Billboard'' Contemporary Jazz Artists of the Decade. In 2024 James became the first artist to notch twenty #1 singles on the ''Billboard'' magazine SJ Chart. Biography James took up the clarinet at the age of eight, switching to sax when he was ten having spent his early teen years in New Rochelle, New York. He became musically influenced by the R&B Motown genre and saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. When he was fourteen his family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boney Kapoor
Achal Surinder "Boney" Kapoor (born 11 November 1955) is an Indian film producer primarily associated with Hindi cinema, in addition to Tamil and Telugu cinema. Early life Kapoor was born as Achal Surinder Kapoor in 1955, the son of Surinder Kapoor who was a Bollywood film producer, and Nirmal Kapoor. Born into a Punjabi Hindu family, he had an Arya Samaji upbringing. His younger brothers Anil and Sanjay are both actors and producers. Career Kapoor started his career working under legends like Shakti Samanta. The most famous film produced by him remains the Shekhar Kapur directed sci-fi film '' Mr India'' starring his brother Anil Kapoor and his future wife Sridevi. It was the second biggest hit of 1987 and remains a cult classic in India. The film was known for several of its lines and songs, including Sridevi's "Miss Hawa Hawaii" performance and Amrish Puri's quote "Mogambo khush hua" ('Mogambo is pleased', although the literal translation is 'Mogambo became happy', i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Boney
Brad Boney is an American author of gay and lesbian fiction. Two of his novels have been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance. Personal life Born in Findlay, Ohio, Boney lived in Washington, D.C., and Houston before settling in Austin, Texas. Boney attended New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational .... Awards Publications * ''Yes'' (2016) * ''Brothers Across Time'' (2018) Austin trilogy * ''The Nothingness of Ben'' (2012) * ''The Return'' (2013) * ''The Eskimo Slugger'' (2014) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boney, Brad Living people 21st-century American writers American gay writers New York University alumni Writers from Ohio Writers from Austin, Texas Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Boney
Brooke Kathleen Boney (born ) is an Australian journalist and television presenter of Aboriginal Gamilaroi descent. Boney has previously been a news and entertainment presenter of Nine Network's breakfast program '' Today'' and newsreader on the ABC's radio network Triple J. Early life and education Boney was born in 1987 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales,Chrysanthos, Natassia (17 January 2019Brooke Boney on being commercial breakfast TV's first indigenous star ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 23 March 2018. the eldest of six children. She is a Gamilaroi woman. She worked as a volunteer in community radio while at high school. She has also undertaken an advertising cadetship at the ''Australian Financial Review''. After entering as a mature age student, Boney graduated from University of Technology Sydney with a Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) in 2014. Career While studying for her degree, Boney produced the ''Blackchat'' program on Sydn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George F
George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hank Boney
Henry Tate Boney (October 28, 1903 – June 12, 2002) was an American professional baseball player who was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball during part of the 1927 season. Boney appeared in three games, all in relief, for the New York Giants. Boney was born in Wallace, North Carolina. He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he played for coach Lance Richbourg and coach Brady Cowell's Florida Gators baseball teams in 1926 and 1927. Boney made his major league debut as 23-year-old rookie against the Philadelphia Phillies at Baker Bowl on June 28, 1927. He made his third and final relief appearance on July 13. Boney finished all three games in which he appeared, and pitched a total of four innings, giving up just one earned run. Boney's record was 0–0 with a 2.25 earned run average. See also * Florida Gators The Florida Gators are the College sports in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lloyd Boney
The Brewarrina riot was a 1987 riot by Aboriginal Australian men in the town of Brewarrina, in the north-west of the state of New South Wales, Australia, after a death in custody of local man James Lloyd Boney. It was a significant event in Aboriginal history and race relations in Australia, as well as having continuing legal impact for years afterwards. Background There had been long-running tensions between Aboriginal people in the far west of the state during the 1980s. In addition, police treatment of Aboriginal people was under increased media scrutiny during years leading up to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, which had been announced on 10 August 1987. James Lloyd Boney (born 1959), was a rural labourer, one of 16 children, and practically illiterate. He committed petty crimes from a young age and abused alcohol, which exacerbated his epilepsy. After being arrested for domestic violence against his partner Grace in early 1987, he was arrested for br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career of Napoleon, a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He led the French First Republic, French Republic as French Consulate, First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then ruled the First French Empire, French Empire as Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814, and briefly again in 1815. He was King of Italy, King of Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic), Italy from 1805 to 1814 and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine from 1806 to 1813. Born on the island of Corsica to a family of Italian origin, Napoleon moved to mainland France in 1779 and was commissioned as an officer in the French Royal Army in 1785. He supported the French Rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Shanty
A sea shanty, shanty, chantey, or chanty () is a genre of traditional Folk music, folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large Merchant vessel, merchant Sailing ship, sailing vessels. The term ''shanty'' most accurately refers to a specific style of work song belonging to this historical Musical repertoire, repertoire. However, in recent, popular usage, the scope of its definition is sometimes expanded to admit a wider range of repertoire and characteristics, or to refer to a "maritime work song" in general. From Latin ''cantare'' via French ''chanter'', the word ''shanty'' emerged in the mid-19th century in reference to an appreciably distinct genre of work song, developed especially on merchant vessels, that had come to prominence in the decades prior to the American Civil War. Shanty songs functioned to synchronize and thereby optimize labor, in what had then become larger vessels having smaller crews and operating on strict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weinerville
''Weinerville'' is an American children's variety television program on Nickelodeon. It aired from July 11, 1993 to June 30, 1997. This series was based around a giant puppet stage that was designed to look like a city called Weinerville. It was created and hosted by Marc Weiner. Production ''Weinervilles first season aired as part of a two-hour marathon every Sunday on Nickelodeon beginning on July 11, 1993. ''Weinerville'' quickly gained popularity; in the middle of the first season, on November 15, 1993, Nickelodeon began broadcasting it on weekday afternoons. Marc and his ''Weinerville'' characters hosted ''Nick New Year's'', a New Year's Eve television special akin to '' Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' for the child demographic. Airing in 1993 and 1994, the New Year's Eve specials feature host segments, which serve as wraparounds for the best Nicktoons and shows of that year, where ''Weinerville'' characters read letters from viewers about their New Year's resolutions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother 3
is a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Brownie Brown and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It is the third and final entry in the Mother (video game series), ''Mother'' series. The game follows Lucas, a young boy with psychic abilities, and a party of characters as they attempt to prevent a mysterious invading army from corrupting and destroying the world. Like previous entries, ''Mother 3'' focuses on exploring the game world from a Video game graphics#Top-down perspective, top-down perspective and engaging in Turns, rounds and time-keeping systems in games#Turn-based, turn-based role-playing video game#Combat, combat with enemies. Development of Mother 3, Its development spanned twelve years and four consoles, beginning in 1994 for the Super Famicom and then transitioning to the Nintendo 64 and its 64DD add-on, when it was known as ''EarthBound 64''. It was initially canceled in 2000, but development was restarted in 2003 for the Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boney (coal)
Coal refuse, also known as coal waste, rock, slag, coal tailings, waste material, rock bank, culm, boney, or gob (garbage of bituminous), is the material left over from coal mining, usually as tailings piles or spoil tips. For every tonne of hard coal generated by mining, of waste material remains, which includes some lost coal that is partially economically recoverable. Coal refuse is distinct from the byproducts of burning coal, such as fly ash. Piles of coal refuse can have significant negative environmental consequences, including the leaching of iron, manganese, and aluminum residues into waterways and acid mine drainage. The runoff can create both surface and groundwater contamination. The piles also create a fire hazard, with the potential to spontaneously ignite. Because most coal refuse harbors toxic components, it is not easily reclaimed by replanting with plants like beach grasses. Gob (garbage of bituminous) has about four times as much toxic mercury and more s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
