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Keeper (band)
Keeper or Keepers may refer to: People and characters Persons * Keeper (surname) * William Keepers Maxwell Jr. (1908–2000), American novelist and editor Roles * Archivist * Beekeeper * Gamekeeper * Gatekeeper * Greenkeeper * Keeper of the Privy Purse * Keeper of the Royal Archives * Legal guardian * Lighthouse keeper * Museum curator * Prison warden * Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh * Zookeeper Sportspeople * Goalkeeper, a player who protects a goal * Quarterback keeper, a slang term for a play in American football * Wicket-keeper, a position in cricket Fictional characters * In the game of Quidditch from Harry Potter, a position that defends the goal hoops * Keeper (Transformers), a comics character * Keeper, a space wizard from the TV show '' Dino Charge'' * Keeper, see Drakh, a parasitic creature in the universe of ''Babylon 5'' Videogame characters * Keepers are deadly destroyers built by the ancient Progenitors, in the ''Homeworld 2'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keeper (surname)
Keeper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Brady Keeper (born 1996), Canadian ice hockey defenseman * Cyril Keeper (born 1943), Canadian politician * Joe Keeper (1886–1971), Canadian long-distance runner * Tina Keeper (born 1962), Canadian activist, actress and politician * Tilly Keeper (born 1997), British actress {{surname, Keeper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicket-keeper
In cricket, the wicket-keeper is the Cricket player, player on the fielding (cricket), fielding side who stands behind the wicket, ready to stop Delivery (cricket), deliveries that pass the batsman, and take a Caught, catch, Stumped, stump the batsman out, or run out a batsman when occasion arises. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. The role of the keeper is governed by Law 27 and of the ''Laws of Cricket''. Stance Initially, during the bowling of the ball the wicket-keeper crouches in a full squatting position but partly stands up as the ball is received. Australian wicket-keeper Sammy Carter (1878 to 1948) was the first to squat on his haunches rather than bend over from the waist (stooping). Purposes The keeper's major function is to stop deliveries that pass the batsman (in order to prevent run (cricket), runs being scored as 'byes'), but he can also attempt to dismissal (cricket), dismiss the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keepers (novel)
''Keepers'' is a 2005 novel by American writer Gary A. Braunbeck. It was nominated for a 2005 Bram Stoker Award for "Superior Achievement in a Novel". Plot summary The main character is a shy, lonely, middle-aged man named Gil Stewart. He lives a relatively clean, good, quiet life in Cedar Hill, Ohio, where he owns and runs an antique novelty and collectibles store and also helps to take care of his institutionalized nephew Carson (in a group home), who has Down syndrome. One evening, while returning home from work, he finds an elderly man on the side of the road wearing a bowler hat. The man's hat gets blown away, and as he runs after it, he gets hit by a car. While that is happening, Gil notices two black mastiffs that seemed to be chasing the man and later witnessing the accident. Gil tries to help him, but the man dies. What disturbed Gil were three things: *The man, an apparent stranger, knew Gil by name *Not only did the two mastiffs look like they knew what they we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keeper (Appelt Novel)
''Keeper'' is a 2010 novel written by Kathi Appelt. This story is about a young girl who searches for her mermaid mother, Meggie Marie. Summary After unintentionally ruining a blue moon day by messing up her guardian's crab gumbo and breaking her favorite wooden bowl, causing a friend's ukulele to break, as well as wrecking the plants of her elderly neighbor, Keeper decides to make everything right. Taking with her seven wooden figurines of different mermaids, her dog BD, and a charm she had since she was a girl, Keeper sets out to find her mermaid mother, Meggie Marie, who has not been seen in seven years. Keeper finds out that her mother actually was not a mermaid but Keeper does get her share of magic after all. Characters *Keeper: The protagonist of the story. Keeper's mother is Meggie Marie, a mermaid who swam away seven years ago. Since then, she has been living with Signe, her appointed guardian. She is an official "waxwing" for Dogie, has black hair, and is ten-years-ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keeper (Peet Novel)
''Keeper'' is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2003. It was Peet's first novel and the first of three (as of 2012) football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. Cast as an interview with Faustino, the world's best goalkeeper, El Gato ("The Cat"), tells his life story. Peet won the Branford Boase Award, recognising the year's best debut novel for children. Walker's North American division Candlewick Press published the first US edition in 2005. Danish and Hungarian-language translations were also published that year and followed by German, Italian, and Spanish-language editions."Formats and Editions of Keeper" |
Living With Nancy
Living or The Living may refer to: Common meanings *Life, a condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms ** Living species, one that is not extinct *Personal life, the course of an individual human's life * Living (Christianity) or benefice, in canon law, a position in a church that has attached to it a source of income Music * ''Living'' (Paddy Casey album) or the title song, "Livin, 2003 * ''Living'' (Judy Collins album), 1971 *''Living 2001–2002'', an album by the John Butler Trio, 2003 * ''Living'' (EP) or the title song, by Josephine Collective, 2007 * "Living" (song), by Dierks Bentley, 2019 * The Living, early 1980's Seattle punk rock band featuring Duff McKagan Television and film * ''Living'' (1954 TV program), a 1954–1955 Canadian informational program * ''Living'' (2007 TV program), a 2007–2009 group of regional Canadian lifestyle programs * Living (New Zealand TV channel), a New Zealand television station * Living ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebirth
Rebirth may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Film * ''Rebirth'' (2011 film), a 2011 Japanese drama film * ''Rebirth'' (2016 film), a 2016 American thriller film * ''Rebirth'', a 2011 documentary film produced by Project Rebirth * ''The Rebirth'' (film), a 2007 Japanese film directed by Masahiro Kobayashi * '' Mortal Kombat: Rebirth'', a 2010 short film * ''Jurassic World Rebirth'', an upcoming 2025 American science fiction film Music Bands and groups * Rebirth Brass Band, a New Orleans brass band * The Rebirth (band), a Los Angeles soul band * Rebirth, a record label which The March Violets have recorded under Albums and EPs * ''Rebirth'' (Aka Moon album), 1994 * ''Rebirth'' (Angra album), 2001 * ''Rebirth'' (Billy Childs album), 2017 * ''Rebirth'' (Gackt album), 2001 * ''Rebirth'' (Jennifer Lopez album), 2005 * ''Rebirth'' (Jimmy Cliff album), 2012 * ''Rebirth'' (Keith Sweat album), 2002 * ''Rebirth'' (Lil Wayne album), 2010 * ''Rebirth'' (Masami Okui albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Successor
A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by Self-gravitation, self-gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night sky, night; their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed stars, fixed points of light. The most prominent stars have been categorised into constellations and asterism (astronomy), asterisms, and many of the brightest stars have proper names. Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations. The observable universe contains an estimated to stars. Only about 4,000 of these stars are visible to the naked eye—all within the Milky Way galaxy. A star's life star formation, begins with the gravitational collapse of a gaseous nebula of material largely comprising hydrogen, helium, and traces of heavier elements. Its stellar mass, total mass mainly determines it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
