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Hassanal Bolkiah, GCB GCMG (full name: Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam; born 15 July 1946) is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei. He is also the first and incumbent Prime Minister of Brunei. The Sultan has been ranked among the wealthiest individuals in the world; Forbes estimated the Sultan's total peak net worth at US$20 billion in 2008.
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Mei Ling Hau’olimaikalani Pagaduan Chow of Maui’s Halau O Ka Hanu Lehua competes in the Miss Aloha Hula soloist competition at the 58th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival on Hawaii island. — Courtesy Merrie Monarch Festival / BRUCE OMORI photo
After the world’s most popular hula event was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Maui’s Cierra Mei Ling Hau’olimaikalani Pagaduan Chow was honored to step onstage again for the 58th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival.
2012 Camaro ZL1 laps Nürburgring in 7:41:27 GM’s North American president, Mark Reuss, has confirmed a Nürburgring-Nordschleife lap time of 7 minutes and 41.27 seconds for the 2012 Camaro ZL1.
That time on the full-length, 20.832 km (12.944 miles), of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit beats out such track performers as the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and the BMW M3 GTS – putting the ZL1 in solid supercar territory. (Most lap times are measured on the 20.
You might be prepared for the end of summer but you certainly aren't prepared for the slew of shows June 2023 brings in. The upcoming English web series arriving on streaming include some big titles starting with Never Have I Ever season 4 which is the final season of the show featuring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Jaren Lewison and others. The month will also see the release of Marvel's Secret Invasion led by Samuel L.
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Ghostemane is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. His musical style features a mix of rap and metal. He’s known for songs like “Andromeda”, “John Dee” and “Hades”. His discography includes BlackMage (2015), Rituals (2016), Hexada (2017), and N/O/I/S/E (2018). He’s also known for the ‘Daemon’ EP series. Ghostemane was born Eric Ghoste on April 15, 1991, in Lake Worth, Florida.
Leoda’s Kitchen & Pie Shop in Olowalu is taking advance orders for holiday pies and turkey dinners to go. Call 662-3600. Leoda’s Kitchen & Pie Shop photo
With one week left to Thanksgiving, restaurant seats are filling up as fast as you can top mashed potatoes with gravy, so hurry and make reservations before it’s too late. In all of the years that I’ve written these roundups, I’ve never seen so many places reporting so few openings left.
The CHIPS Research and Development Office’s Standards Summit will be held as an in-person and virtual event on September 26 and 27, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EDT). Co-hosted by a number of organizations, including the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), the event will bring together CHIPS for America leaders, standards setting organizations, and industry alliances, domestic and abroad, in the semiconductor domain to identify community priorities for semiconductor and microelectronics standards activities.