Archive for March, 2008
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
0 Comments Published March 20th, 2008 in UncategorizedFor the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, the UK entered “Love City Groove”, performed by Love City Groove. It received 76 points and 10th place.
The voting for the UK’s entry took place on March 31st 1995 in a programme hosted by Terry Wogan, and the results were as follows:
Love City Groove - Love City Groove, 140,174 […]
For the Happy Days actress, see Erin Moran.
A Girl Called Eddy, real name Erin Moran is an American soul pop singer/songwriter born in Neptune, New Jersey, USA and currently residing in England).
She is currently signed to Anti Records. She also made an appearance in 2001 on a promotional CD for the Nissan Altima with the […]
Deadnight Warrior is the first music video by the band Children of Bodom, directed by Mika Lindberg.
In common with most debut videos it consists of the band playing with no story to it. It begins with the album art of Something Wild during the laughing intro and enters into the song. They play in an […]
Antelope Hills may refer to several places or geographic features in the United States.
Communities
Antelope Hills – Riverside County, California
Antelope Hills – Natrona County, Wyoming
Hills and ridges
Antelope Hills – Apache County, Arizona
Antelope Hills – Graham County, Arizona
Antelope Hills – Pima County, Arizona
Antelope Hills – Yavapai County, Arizona
Antelope Hills – […]
The Dresden Green diamond is a 41 carat (8.2 g) natural green diamond that has a historical record dating to 1722, when a London news-sheet carried an article about it in its 25 October-27th edition.
It is named after the capital of Saxony, Germany where it has been on display for most of the last two […]
Addition of natural numbers is the most basic arithmetic operation. The operation addition takes two natural numbers, the augend and addend, and produces a single number, the sum. The set of natural numbers will be denoted by N, and “0″ will be used to denote the natural number which is not the successor of any […]
“Clancy Lowered the Boom” is a song written by Hy Heath & Johnny Lange in 1947, made famous by Dennis Day on Jack Benny’s radio program (The Jack Benny Program). The song follows the adventures of an Irish-American stereotype as he “lowers the boom” on any person that gives him “guff”.
On his VH1 Storytellers record […]
Greek Empire can refer to the following:
Contents
1 Classical Greece
2 Hellenistic civilization
3 Middle Ages
4 See also
Classical Greece
Athenian Empire
Macedonian Empire
Hellenistic civilization
A Greek Empire in Hellenistic Times, can refer to any individual successor state of the Diadochi:
Seleucid dynasty
Antigonid dynasty
Ptolemaic dynasty
Middle Ages
A Greek Empire in Medieval Times can refer to:
Byzantine Empire
The term can also refer to any individual Byzantine […]
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Ben Neill (b. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1957) is a trumpeter and composer who has studied with La Monte Young. His music has been recorded on the Astralwerks, Verve, and Six Degrees labels. Neill spent six years as the curator for The Kitchen in New York. He has collaborated with DJ Spooky, David Wojnarowicz. […]
The National Film Award for Best Children’s Film is given annually as part of the National Film Awards ceremony in India. It is given to the film the jury panel of the awards deem the best feature that deals with themes surrounding children.
The winners of the Award:
Year
Film
Language
Director
2006
The Blue Umbrella
[…]
Clobyosh (also known as Bela also known as “Klabberjas”) is a trick-taking card game played in Jewish communities in many parts of the world. The rules of Clobyosh are very close to those of the French card game Belote and the Croatian card game Belot (which also is called Bela), but with a few significant […]
Franco Munari is a traditionalist Catholic bishop. He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1982 at Ecône, Switzerland by Marcel Lefebvre and consecrated a bishop on November 25, 1987 in Raveau, France by Msgr. Michel L. Guerard des Lauriers, O.P. and worked in the vicinity of Rome, Italy. A couple of years later […]
Klover was a short lived Boston punk band consisting of Mike Stone (later a Queensrÿche guitarist) on vocals and guitar, Chris Doherty (x-Gang Green) on lead guitar, Darren Hill (x-Red Rockers, Paul Westerberg) on bass and Brian Betzger (x-Jerry’s Kids, Gang Green) on drums.
They released only one album, “Feel Lucky Punk?” and an EP, “Beginning […]
Battlelords is a collectible card game based on the Optimus Design Systems (ODS) licensed paper and pencil role-playing game titled Battlelords of the 23rd Century. The card game was released in 1995 - only one series was produced. The card game was produced by New Millennium Entertainment (now defunct). The Battlelords of the 23rd […]
“Fashion police” is a term which refers to the idea of an imaginary police force that make sure that people dress according to fashion. The term is jokingly used for self-appointed individuals who criticise the clothing others wear, and thereby those others’ fashion sense. The term can sometimes be used in a disparaging sense, […]
Mike Morgan was a New Zealand professional wrestler who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling and World Class Championship Wrestling best known as Rip Morgan. Best known as one half of the New Zealand Militia in WCW with Jack Victory. He was the last flag bearer for the original New Zeland Sheepherders […]
Jón Kalman Stefánsson (born December 17, 1963) is an Icelandic author.
Biography
Stefánsson was born in Reykjavík. He grew up there and in Keflavík. From 1975 to 1982, he lived in western Iceland, where he worked in different jobs after having finished high-school.
From 1986 to 1991, he studied literature at the University of Iceland, but did […]
The Letlhakane diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Botswana about 190 kilometers (120 miles) west of the city of Francistown. Letlhakane, meaning “little reeds”, is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De Beers company and the government of Botswana. It is the second oldest of four mines operated by the […]
Normal for Norfolk (or NFN) is a slang term used in some parts of England for something that is peculiar, or odd. It is also the title of a series of comic shows by the comedians The Nimmo Twins who satirise the idiosyncrasies of the Norwich and Norfolk population.BBC News | Doctor slang is […]
Shanna Compton is the author of Down Spooky, a collection of poems published by Winnow Press in October 2005, and the editor of GAMERS: Writers, Artists & Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels, an anthology of essays on the theme of video games published by Soft Skull Press in 2004. From 2002-2005. she served […]
Racemic acid is an old name for an optically inactive or racemic form of tartaric acid. It is an equal mixture of two mirror-image isomers (enantiomers), optically active in opposing directions.
Its sodium-ammonium salt is unusual among racemic mixtures in that during crystallization it can separate out into two kinds of crystals, each composed of […]
Gems can refer to:
gemstones, or
Gems, the 1988 album by Aerosmith.
Gems TV, a shopping channel specializing in Gemstones.
A package format of Ruby library under RubyGems
GEMS, the abbreviation of a program in Aberdeen Proving Ground called “Gains in the Education of Mathematics & Science”
GEMS, the abbreviation of an application developed by Microbit called “Global Event […]
Lori Lansens is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter.
She was born and raised in Chatham, Ontario, a city with ties to the Underground Railroad, which is indirectly referred to in Lansens’ first novel Rush Home Road (2002) and directly referenced in her second novel The Girls (2005).
Lansens’ film credits include South of Wawa (1991), Marine Life […]
The Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia is the geographic feature that lies directly west of the Darling Scarp, and which contains the Swan River as it travels west to the Indian Ocean. It is one of Western Australia’s Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) regions.IBRA Version 6.1 data
Traditionally this area was under the care […]
The Merlin diamond mine is one of only three diamond mines in Australia. The mine is located in the Northern Territory of Australia, about 80 kilometres south of Borroloola. The mine operated for a period of about four years from 2000 to mid-2003, during which time it produced about 500,000 carats (100 kg) of […]
Henri Lemoine (fl. 1905–1908) was a French fraudster who claimed to be able to produce synthetic diamonds.
In 1905 Lemoine contacted Sir Julius Wernher, British banker and one of the governors of De Beers Diamond Mines. He said he had discovered a process to produce gem-sized diamonds from coal and agreed to sell his invention if […]
R. Kelly was the self-titled third album released by the R&B singer-songwriter in 1995. It was also a bit of departure from his previous album’s sexual innuendos, featuring slightly more introspective lyrics.
Track listing
“The Sermon”
“Hump Bounce”
“Not Gonna Hold On”
“You Remind Me of Something” (#4 US)
“Step in My Room”
“Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby”
“(You to Be) Happy” featuring […]
Forum checks (German: Forumscheck) were a form of hard currency in East Germany. By law all East Germans had to convert any Deutsche Marks (and other western currencies) they possessed into Forum checks at the state bank. A Forum check mark was worth 1 Deutsche Mark. Forum checks, as well as western currencies, were accepted […]
see also: 1984 in games, 1986 in games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 1985. For video and console games, see 1985 in video gaming.
Games released or invented in 1985
Advanced Squad Leader
The Doctor Who Role Playing Game
Judge Dredd: The Role-playing Game
Mekton (role-playing game)
Mosby’s Raiders
Orient Express
Pax […]
S9 can be:
The S9 (Berlin) line
The IATA code for East African Safari Air
A safety phrase, see List of S-phrases
A slang term used in CB radio to refer to excellent reception. Also, S9 was a magazine published in the early 1960s to early 1980s in the United States devoted to CB radio.
References
Slashdot | Open-Source Early […]
Le Shed is a five piece funky metal band formed in Hull in the UK, and known by many for their original and innovative crossover style. The band is named after the shed the members used as a rehearsal space in the band’s early days.
Although they have been labelled “funky thrash metal”, “hard funk rock”, […]
Snow White were a band from London, UK. Their members consist of Olly Parker (vocals), Ewan Russell (Guitar), Adam Barr (bass) and Ryan Barkataki (drums). They formed roughly in 2004. Details are sketchy as to when and where.
According to the NME they were influenced by US noise band Sonic Youth and UK satirist Chris Morris. […]
In the sport of Australian rules football, a “key position” refers to positions on the ground that are considered vital to the structure of a team.
Key position players make up what is known as the “spine” of a team. Key positions on an Australian rules field are usually deemed to be centre half-forward, full-forward, centre […]
“Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)” was the song recorded by pop singer Cyndi Lauper for her 1988 film Vibes.
Song Information
It was written by Richard Orange, formerly of the band Zider Zee. The single was released in 1988 as the title track for her first starring role film Vibes, which also starred […]
The North Baja Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline which brings gas from Arizona, through California, and into Mexico. It is owned by TransCanada Corporation. Its FERC code is 181.[1]
List of North American natural gas pipelines
External links
Pipeline Electronic Bulletin Board
References
eBay Guides - Diamonds, Diamond Rings Quick Reference Buying Guide Buying a loose […]
Mullé may also refer to a type of hairstyle know as a Mullet.
Mullé is a Swedish card game. It consists of two deck with all cards except jokers.
The values of the cards are as follows.
10 Diamonds - 16
2 Spades - 15
Ace - 14
Kings - 13
Queens - 12
Jack - 11
10 -> 2 - 10 - 2 […]
Jack Steinberger (born May 25, 1921) is a German-American physicist. He co-discovered the muon neutrino. He won a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988.
Steinberger was born in the city of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria, Germany, but left at the age of 13, due to the increasing anti-Semitism of the rising Nazi party. He moved […]
Klik & Play is a software application that allows its users to create video games using a range of pre-existing artwork and animations and a range of GUI tools to create stand alone Microsoft Windows applications. Klik & Play is a script-free programming tool for non-technical users that utilizes its point-and-click interface to create software […]
Three War Films is the title of Andrzej Wajda’s trilogy of anti-war films: A Generation, Kanal, and Ashes and Diamonds. The films deal with Polish reaction to the German occupation of their country during World War II.
External
Links
[1]Trilogy at the Criterion Collection
References
The Diamonds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Diamonds were a Canadian quartet of […]
Jack Turner is the name of:
Jack Turner (author), author of several books concerning nature and wildlife
Jack Turner (driver) (1920-2004), American racecar driver
Jack Turner (photographer) (1889–1989)
Jack Turner (writer) (1968), non-fiction writer and television documentary host
Jack Turner, basketball player in the 1961 NBA Draft
Jack Turner, a character in SNK Playmore’s Art of Fighting series
References
Jack O'diamonds Lyrics by […]
Sunshine Superman: The Very Best of Donovan is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released on October 8, 2002 (EMI 540777).
History
In 2002, EMI assembled a compilation of Donovan’s recordings from the 1960s and titled it Sunshine Superman: The Very Best of Donovan. This compilation has little in common with any of […]
The Four Diamonds Fund is a charitable organization based out of Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Its ultimate objective is to “conquer childhood cancer”. They take a three-pronged approach to this: medical care, financial and emotional support, and pediatric cancer research. Any child being treated for pediatric cancer at Penn State Hershey is eligible for […]
Invent Yourself a Shortcake is an early demo tape by Neutral Milk Hotel, which, at this point, was merely the name under which Jeff Mangum released recordings he had made on his tape recorder. The tape was never intended for public consumption, instead hand-produced in a very small number to be passed among Mangum’s friends. […]
Grant
Mitchell may refer to:
Grant Mitchell (politician) (born 1951), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Grant Mitchell (EastEnders), fictional character on British soap opera EastEnders
Grant Mitchell (Home and Away), fictional character on Australian soap opera Home and Away
Grant Mitchell (actor), character actor of the 1930s and 1940s, appeared in Conflict
References
Music Network Ireland - Laura Mitchell and Morgan Szymanski Irish […]
“Make It Last Forever” is a 1988 single by Keith Sweat and Jacci McGhee. The single peaked at #59 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks where it peaked at #2. Years later, the song would be covered by Chanté Moore and her husband, Kenny Lattimore. […]
Live at Budokan is a live album by the hard rock band Mr. Big. It was released in 1997.
Track listing
“Intro/Piano”
“Trapped in Toyland”
“Take Cover”
“Green-Tinted Sixties Mind”
“Jane Doe”
“Medley/bass intro/Had Enough/Big Love/Take a Walk/Merciless”
“Out of the Underground”
“Alive and Kickin’”
“Whole World’s Gonna Know”
“Road to Ruin”
“What’s It Gonna Be”
“Fool Us Today”
“Addicted to That Rush”
“Suffragette City”
“Livin’ Like a Dog”
“Ain’t Seen Love […]
Forbes on Fox is an American business analysis program, the third show of the Cost of Freedom business block, on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. ET on the Fox News Channel. The show is hosted by David Asman.
Forbes on Fox is the only one of the Cost of Freedom shows that does not feature any of […]
Ghulam Ali Allana was friend and biographer of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan. He was also an English language Pakistani poet. He was also a councillor and friend Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s sister Fatima Jinnah.
He was born to an Ismaili Khoja family and died in Karachi. His son Pyar Ali Allana is a politician […]
In mathematics, an M group in the field of group theory is a group <math>G</math> such that the quotient <math>G/C_G(F(G))</math> is a nilpotent group. Here, <math>F(G)</math> denotes the fitting subgroup of <math>G</math>, and <math>C_G(H)</math> stands for the centralizer of a subset <math>H</math> of <math>G</math>.
References
Bilderberg Group - Crystalinks The Bilderberg Group is a group of influential […]
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