Monmouth was well known at one time for producing Monmouth caps - a sort of woollen headgear worn by soldiers, sailors and others. It also became famous at the end of the eighteenth century, when people such as Admiral Nelson, and many poets and painters, came to visit the beautiful Wye valley nearby. The town also has a famous public school, Monmouth School, which was started in 1615.
In 1840, an important trial took place in Monmouth, of Chartists who had protested that more people should be allowed to vote in elections. One of the first makers of cars in Britain, Charles Rolls who founded Rolls Royce, was born just outside the town. He was killed in an airplane crash in 1910 at the age of 33; there is a statue of him in the town centre.
The town is known for its schools and its many shops, as well as for the services that it provides for its surrounding area. The hills around Monmouth are covered with woodland and farms. Monmouth is linked by the A40 road to the M4 motorway at Newport and the M50 at Ross-on-Wye. The town is twinned with Carbonne, France and Waldbronn, Germany.
In 2011, MonmouthpediA was set up as the first Wikipedia project to cover a whole town.
Franklin (TV series)
Franklin is a Canadian–American children's animated television series produced by Nelvana, Big Bang Digital Studios, LuxAnimation, Alphanim, and Nick Jr. Productions. that currently airs on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in the United States from November 3, 1997 to August 8, 2004 with "Kipper", "Maisy", and "Allegra's Window" and is based on the children's book series. In the United States, the programme aired on Noggin/Nick Jr. and Knowledge. In 2011, a new series called "Franklin and Friends" was introduced by Nelvana.
The show aired on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block and later aired on Noggin and its successor, Nick Jr. channel. It has been taken off the air in the United States, but is still shown in several countries.
Johnny Cage
Johnny Cage is a fictional character in the "Mortal Kombat" games for video game consoles.
He was portrayed in games by Andrew Bowen and played by Linden Ashby in the 1995 movie.
Twinkie
A Twinkie is a golden sponge cake which has a creamy filling. The Twinkie was created by James A. Dewar in 1930 and is made by Hostess. Twinkies can also be deep-fried and this was inspired by the deep-fried Mars bar. The Twinkie was originally filled with banana cream inside but was forced to switch to the vanilla cream flavour during the Second World War because the bananas were rationed. Twinkies have around 150 calories in each bar. Twinkies have a cookbook and it has over 50 recipes. Twinkies also have a mascot called "Twinkie the Kid" which is an anthropomorphized Twinkie.
Ryan Getzlaf
Ryan Getzlaf (born May 10, 1985 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He currently plays for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL) where he is the current captain. He was drafted by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (now Anaheim Ducks) in the first round with the 19th pick in 2003.
He played in the WHL for the Calgary Hitmen where he played four seasons.
Getzlaf won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Big Pun
Christopher Rios (November 10, 1930– February 7, 2000) was an American rapper better known by his stage name, Big Pun. Big Pun rose to fame when he met rapper Fat Joe in 1995 and appeared on Fat Joe's album, "Jealous Ones Envy". Big Pun has a DVD titled "Big Pun: The Legacy". It is about his life and has interviews with many rappers such as Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and DMX talking about Pun's impact on their lives.
Big Pun died on February 7, 2000 in White Plains, New York from a massive heart attack. At the time of his death, he weighed 698 pounds (317 kg). He was Puerto-Rican.
Ángel Sánchez (baseball)
Ángel Luis Sánchez (born September 20, 1983 in Humacao, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican baseball player. He plays Shortstop for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Sánchez has formerly played for the Kansas City Royals from 2006-10, the Boston Red Sox and was then traded by the Red Sox to the Houston Astros for Kevin Cash.
John Scott
John Howard Scott (born September 26, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman/winger. He played for the San Jose Sharks, Minnesota Wild, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, and Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League.
Scott formerly played for the Minnesota Wild for 2 seasons, the Chicago Blackhawks for 2 seasons and the New York Rangers for 4 games. On July 1, 2012, he signed a one-year deal with the Buffalo Sabres. He was re-signed to a $750,000, one-year contract extension by the Sabres on May 20, 2013. Scott played college hockey with the Michigan Tech Huskies.
On July 2, 2014, Scott signed one-year, $700,000 contract with the San Jose Sharks.
Kevin Cash
Kevin Forrest Cash (born December 6, 1977 in Tampa, Florida) is an American baseball manager for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played catcher for the Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Toronto Blue Jays.
Armor for Sleep
Armor for Sleep was an American Alternative rock band. They formed in 2001 in New Jersey and disbanded in 2009 because of being inactive and not undertaking a tour for over a year. The members of the group were Ben Jorgensen, the singer, who also played the rhythm guitar, PJ DeCicco, who played the guitar, Anthony DiIonno, who played the Bass guitar and Nash Breen, who played the guitar.
Haralson County, Georgia
Haralson County, Georgia is a county in the state of Georgia. The county's capital is Buchanan. It has a population of 25,000 people, and over 28,000 guessed currently.
List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems
This is a Formula One World Championship scoring system used by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA uses this system to decide the FIA World Drivers' and Constructors' Championships since the season. The Championships are awarded to the driver and constructor (car builder) who score the most points over the course of the season.
From through , a championship point was awarded to the driver (and team starting in ) that set the fastest lap.
In some seasons, not all race results would be counted towards the World Championship. Only a certain number of a driver's best results would count. In this caused a very unusual result. Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna were the drivers for McLaren. They were the best two drivers of that year. There were 16 races that year, but only the best 11 results counted towards the championship. Prost won seven races and finished seven races in second place. He scored a total of 105 points, but only 87 of them counted for the championship. Senna won eight races and finished second in three, giving him 90 points for the championship and 94 for the season. This resulted in the strange event where Prost took a record number of points, yet Senna won the champion. A new system counting all races was introduced in . One additional point was also awarded to the race winner.
The current system was introduced for the season. It was designed to allow more teams and drivers to score points.
The most dominant Drivers' Champion in terms of points scored is Jim Clark. Clark scored the maximum of 54 points (6 wins) in both 1963 and 1965. In recent years, Michael Schumacher finished on the podium (one of the top three finishers) in every race of the 2002 season. Schumacher scored 144 of a maximum 170 points. The most dominant Constructors' Champion in recent times was McLaren in 1988. McLaren scored 199 of a maximum 240 points available. McLaren finished 134 points ahead of the second place team. In , Ferrari scored 221 points of a maximum 340 points available. Ferrari finished 129 points ahead of the second place team.
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