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Google Maps is available as a mobile app for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems. The first mobile version of Google Maps (then known as Google Local for Mobile) was launched in beta in November 2005 for mobile platforms supporting J2ME. [186] [187] [188] It was released as Google Maps for Mobile in 2006. [189]
Hogwarts. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (/ ˈhɒɡwɔːrts /) is a fictional boarding school of magic for young wizards. It is the primary setting for the first six novels in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, and also serves as a major setting in the Wizarding World media franchise. [2] In the novels, Hogwarts is described ...
Joanne Rowling (/ ˈ r oʊ l ɪ ŋ / ⓘ ROH-ling; [1] born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist.She is the author of Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy novel series published from 1997 to 2007.
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's conflict with Lord Voldemort, a ...
Costello's, c. 1940. Costello's (also known as Tim's) was a bar and restaurant in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, from 1929 to 1992. The bar operated at several locations near the intersection of East 44th Street and Third Avenue. Costello's was known as a drinking spot for journalists with the New York Daily News, writers with The New Yorker ...
John Witherspoon Statue, Paisley, Scotland by Alexander Stoddart According to Herbert Hovenkamp, Witherspoon's most lasting contribution was the initiation of the Scottish common sense realism , which he had learned by reading Thomas Reid and two of his expounders Dugald Stewart and James Beattie .
Harry Potter. The fictional universe of the Harry Potter series of novels contains two distinct societies: the "wizarding world" and the " Muggle world". [1] The term "Muggle world" refers to a society inhabited by non-magical people ("Muggles"), while the term "wizarding world" refers to a society of wizards that live parallel to Muggles. [2]
The Wizarding World[1][2] (previously known as J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World) [3][4] is a fantasy media franchise and shared fictional universe centred on the Harry Potter novel series by J. K. Rowling. A series of films have been in production since 2000, and in that time eleven films have been produced—eight are adaptations of the Harry ...