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Sylvia Alice Earle (born August 30, 1935) is an American marine biologist, oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer. She has been a National Geographic Explorer at Large (formerly Explorer in Residence) since 1998.
Dr. Sylvia Earle tries on a construction helmet found in plastic debris on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge-- the 'window' into the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Dr. Earle was instrumental in forwarding the cause of protecting this special area. Photo credit: Bonnie L. Campbell/USFWS: Date: 8 January 2012, 16:54: Source
This is a list of artists who were born in the Vietnam or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.. Artists are listed by field of study and then by family name in alphabetical order (review Vietnamese naming customs as the family name will display in the first name field, with exceptions including people of the diaspora), and they may be listed more than once on the list if ...
Hui (traditional Chinese: 會; simplified Chinese: 会; pinyin: huì; Vietnamese: hụi; lit. 'group, association') refers to a group-based rotating saving and credit scheme that is popular among many immigrant and migrant communities throughout the United States [1] and Taiwan. [2]
During the expansion of Vietnam some place names have become Vietnamized. Consequently, as control of different places and regions has shifted among China, Vietnam, and other Southeast Asian countries, the Vietnamese names for places can sometimes differ from the names residents of aforementioned places use, although nowadays it has become more ...
Liang published Phan's 1905 work Việt Nam vong quốc sử (History of the Loss of Vietnam) and intended to distribute it in China and abroad, but also to smuggle it into Vietnam. Phan wanted to rally people to support the cause for Vietnamese independence; the work is regarded as one of the most important books in the history of Vietnam's ...
In 1999, director Tran Anh Hung invited Hai Yen, only 17 at that time, to play a role in the film The Vertical Ray of the Sun (Vietnam/France). [3]In 2000, Hai Yen appeared again in the film Song of the Stork (Vũ khúc con cò), a co-production between Vietnam and Singapore, directed by Nguyễn Phan Quang Bình (Vietnam) and Jonathan Foo (Singapore).
Ninh Thế Loan Châu, stage name Ninh Cát Loan Châu (born September 15, 1973) is a Vietnamese American singer. [1] She was first discovered in 1996 by musical director Truc Ho at Asia Production. Her real name is Ninh The Loan Châu, however she combined her parents' first names (Cát, from her father and Loan, from her mother) to come up ...