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The Swan
A swan is a bird of the genus ''Cygnus'' (true swans) or ''Coscoroba'' (coscoroba swans). Swan, swans, or The Swan may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Film and television * ''The Swan'' (1925 film), a 1925 silent film * ''The Swan'' (1956 film), a 1956 remake of a 1925 film of the same title * Swan (1976 film), a Bulgarian drama film * ''Swan'', a television ident for BBC Two first aired in early 1998, see BBC Two '1991–2001' idents * ''The Swan'' (TV series), a U.S. reality TV series from 2004 * ''Swan'' (2011 film), a Portuguese film directed by Teresa Villaverde Literature * ''Swan'' (manga), a shōjo manga by Ariyoshi Kyoko * "The Swan" (Baudelaire), a poem by Baudelaire * ''The Swan'' (newspaper), a student newspaper of St. Hugh's College, Oxford * ''The Swan'' (novel), an English translation edition of 1991 novel by Guðbergur Bergsson * "The Swan" (short story), a 1977 story by Roald Dahl * ''The Swan'', a 1920 play by Ferenc Molnár * ''The Swan'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan
Swans are birds of the genus ''Cygnus'' within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe (biology), tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. They are the largest Anseriformes, waterfowl and are often among the largest Bird flight, flighted birds in their range. There are six living and many extinct species of swan; in addition, there is a species known as the coscoroba swan which is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life, although separation sometimes occurs, particularly following nesting failure, and if a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another. The number of bird egg, eggs in each :wikt:clutch, clutch ranges from three to eight. Taxonomy and terminology The genus ''Cygnus'' was introduced in 1764 by the French naturalist François Alexandre Pier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan (album)
''Swan'' is the seventh studio album by the San Diego–based punk Punk or punks may refer to: Genres, subculture, and related aspects * Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres * Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ... band Unwritten Law. It was released on March 29, 2011, on Suburban Noize Records. It's the band's first album in six years, since 2005's '' Here's to the Mourning''. This is their last album to feature lead guitarist Steve Morris and bassist Pat "PK" Kim, who left Unwritten Law late in 2011, and also their only studio album with Dylan Howard as their drummer; Howard later left in 2013. In 2010, the band held a contest for fans to submit their designs for the album's cover art, and the band chose three different covers for the album, a different one for advanced copies, internet copies, and retail copies. The album's first single, "Starships and Apocalypse" was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan (surname)
Swan is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Academics * Daniel C. Swan, American cultural anthropologist and museum curator * Donald A. Swan (1935–1981), American anthropologist * Janis Swan, American-New Zealand food process engineering academic * Richard Swan (born 1933), American mathematician * Toril Swan (1945–2022), Norwegian philologist * Trevor Swan (1918–1989), Australian economist * Vivien Swan (1943–2009), British archaeologist Arts, entertainment, and literature * Alfred Swan (1890–1970), Russian composer and musicologist * Alison Swan (fl. 1988–2015), Bermudian filmmaker, writer, and real estate developer * Annalyn Swan (born c. 1951), American writer * Anni Swan (1875–1958), Finnish writer * Astrid Swan (1982–), Finnish musician and singer * Barbara Swan (1922–2003), American artist * Curt Swan (1920–1996), American comics artist * Einar Aaron Swan (1903–1940), American musician, arranger and composer * Erin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Swan
Howard Shelton Swan (March 19, 1906 – September 19, 1995) was an American choral conductor, tenor, music educator, and writer on music. A highly influential figure in American choral music during the 20th century, Swan was sometimes referred to as the "Dean of American Choral Directors" during his lifetime. A choral director and professor of voice at Occidental College from 1934 through 1971, his choirs at Occidental gained international critical acclaim. Conductor Robert Shaw stated about Swan's choral work at Occidental that it was "the most distinguished and varied choral repertoire at the highest level of performance in American collegiate history." After retiring from Occidental in 1971, Swan worked as the coordinator of graduate music studies at California State University, Fullerton from 1971-1977, and after that as a lecturer in choral music and conducting at the University of California, Irvine. The book ''Conscience of a Profession: Howard Swan, Choral Director and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Swan
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor. He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is responsible for developing the first use of incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881. In 1904, Swan was Knight Bachelor, knighted by Edward VII, King Edward VII, awarded the Royal Society's Hughes Medal, and was made an honorary member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Pharmaceutical Society. He had received the highest decoration in France, the Legion of Honour, when he visited the International Exposition of Electricity, 1881 International Exposition of Electricity, Paris. The exhibition included displays of his inventions, and the city was lit with his electric lighting. Early life Joseph Wilson Swan was born in 1828 at Pallion Hall in Pallion, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard E
Howard is a masculine given name derived from the English surname Howard. ''The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names'' notes that "the use of this surname as a christian name is quite recent and there seems to be no particular reason for it except that it is the name of several noble families". The surname has a number of possible origins; in the case of the noble family, the likely source is the Norse given name Hávarðr, composed of the elements ''há'' ("high") and ''varðr'' ("guardian"). Diminutives include Howie and Ward. Howard reached peak popularity in the United States in the 1920s, when it ranked as the 26th most popular boys' name. As of 2018, it had fallen to 968th place. People with the given name * Howard Allen (1949–2020), American serial killer * Howard Duane Allman (1946–1971), American guitar virtuoso * Howard Anderson (other), name of several people * Howard Andrew (1934–2021), American poker player * Howard Ashman (1950–1991), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Records
Swan Records was a mid-20th century United States–based record label, founded in 1957 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It had a subsidiary label called Lawn Records. History Swan Records had enjoyed chart success with several U.S. artists but came into the spotlight after EMI, a prestigious British music company headquartered in London, leased the Beatles' recording of " She Loves You" backed with " I'll Get You" and, as catalogue number Swan 4152, it became an American number 1 hit on March 21, 1964. This followed the decision made by EMI's American subsidiary Capitol Records not to exercise its option to release the Beatles singles in the U.S. Swan also assumed the rights to the German version of "She Loves You", "Sie Liebt Dich" which peaked at No. 97 in 1964. The success of the "She Loves You" single kept Swan going while other small record labels were snowed under by the British Invasion, but it finally closed filing bankruptcy in 1967. The company was initia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Records (jazz Label)
Swan Records (aka Swan Recording Co. Inc.) was an American record company and label that was founded in 1946 and closed the same year. Sometime before 1959, Swan went out of business. In 1950, Mercury acquired 16 masters once owned by Swan, all being of Phil Napoleon. In 1946, Swan listed its address at 1600 Broadway, Room 1003, New York, New York. History '' The Jazz Discography'' by Tom Lord lists 18 recording sessions that took place from January to April 1946. Les Schriber, Sr., who had founded Black & White Records in 1943 and sold it in 1945, went to work for Swan, but left sometime around October 1946. Sometime around November 1946, Swan appointed Jesse J. Trilling as Secretary-Treasurer of Swan. Artists Emperors of Jazz * Tony Spargo (1897–1969) (director) * Phil Napoleon (1901–1900) (trumpet) * Lou McGarity (1917–1971) (trombone) * Joe Dixon (1917–1998) * Peanuts Hucko (1918–2003) (clarinet) * Frank Signorelli (1901–1975) (piano) * Chuck Way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Electronics
Swan Electronics was a manufacturer of amateur radio gear located in Oceanside, California, Oceanside, California, United States. History Herbert G. Johnson, W6QKI, founded Swan Engineering. Johnson built the first ten largely vacuum tube type design single sideband modulation, single sideband (SSB) transceivers in a garage in Benson, Arizona, in 1960-1961. The more expensive Collins Radio, Collins KWM-2 was the only other competing transceiver at the time. The operation moved to Oceanside, California, where, at one point, more than 400 radios per month were being manufactured, and some estimates say that more than 80,000 transceivers were sold during the company's lifetime. Swan merged with Cubic Corporation in 1967, and Johnson managed Swan as its subsidiary until 1973. Johnson founded Atlas Radio in 1974. Atlas produced smaller solid state radios for mobile Radio communications, communications from vehicles of all types. Many Swan radios remain in service today, restored and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swans (eyewear)
is the brandname of the Japanese eyewear manufacturer located in Osaka, Japan. The company produces and sells optical lenses, sunglasses, goggles, as well as safety glasses. The sports eyewear brand Swans includes sunglasses, ski and snowboard goggles, swimming goggles, as well as helmets. History The company was founded in 1911 by Haruji Yamamoto, as Yamamoto Optical Lens Factory, in Osaka. The factory moved to Higashiōsaka in 1935, where the company's current headquarters are. In that same year started the production of lenses and eyewear for protection against dust. Twenty years later the company name changed to Yamamoto Bojin Megane and started the production of eyewear frames by plastic molding, a first in Japan. In 1977 the company became as an official ski equipment supplier to the United States Ski Team and in 1980 the company's took its current name. In October 2014, the Toshiba Glass, a pair of optical head-mounted display-like glasses, which was jointly created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan (rolling Papers)
Rolling papers are small sheets, rolls, or leaves of paper which are sold for rolling cigarettes either by hand or with a rolling machine. When rolling a cigarette, one fills the rolling paper with tobacco, cannabis, cloves, damiana, hash or other herbs. The paper for holding the tobacco blend may vary in porosity to allow ventilation of the burning ember or contain materials that control the burning rate of the cigarette and stability of the produced ash. Civil War re-enactors often use cigarette rolling papers to make combustible cartridges for cap & ball rifles and revolvers. Rolling papers Notable rolling papers include the following Ceo Exodus rolling papers Established in 2012 . Originally Cypriot Gallery File:SD Modiano vloeitjes (Cigarette rolling papers) (frontside).JPG, Club rolling papers File:Cahier RizLacroix.JPG, Rizla rolling papers See also * Smoking * Tobacco industry References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rolling papers Lists of bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Rail
''Honkai: Star Rail'' is a 2023 free-to-play role-playing video game, role-playing Gacha game, ''gacha'' video game developed and published by miHoYo (with publishing outside mainland China under Cognosphere, d/b/a HoYoverse). It is the fourth installment in the ''Honkai'' series, utilizing some characters from ''Honkai Impact 3rd'' and some gameplay elements from ''Genshin Impact''. The game features the main character, who is referred to as the Trailblazer, traveling across the universe through the Astral Express to help and connect the worlds while involved in resolving disasters caused by "Stellarons" and other third parties. The first closed beta test was launched on October 27, 2021. It was publicly released internationally on April 26, 2023 for Windows and mobile devices. Additionally, the PlayStation 5 port was released on October 11, 2023. The PlayStation 4 version is still yet to be announced, as revealed at the Summer Game Fest#2023, 2023 Summer Game Fest with a trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
