The band have played at festivals such as Reading and Leeds.
They are known for songs such as "Sorry You're Not a Winner", "Arguing With Thermometers", "Juggernauts" and "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour". They have an album called "Common Dreads" that contains "Common Dreads", "Solidarity", "Step Up", "Juggernauts", "Wall", "Zzzonked", "Havoc A", "No Sleep Tonight", "Gap in the Fence", "Havoc B", "Antwerpen", "The Jester", "Halcyon (Intro)", "Hectic" and "Fanfare for the Conscious Man".
Their third album released by Enter Shikari includes songs such as "Arguing With Thermometers" and "Warm smiles do not make you welcome". The final tour in support of this album was named "Flash flood of Christmas".
"Take to the Skies" was the debut studio album by Enter Shikari. It was released on March 25, 2007 by Christopher Bowman Records.
Random House
Random House is the biggest English-language book publisher in the world. It is owned by the large German media company Bertelsmann.
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel (; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist from Springfield, Massachusetts. He was better known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss. After World War I he was a sophomore in high school. He wasn't interested in sports but still went to school and did daily activities. He pronounced his name , but it is often said as .
In his long life Geisel wrote more than 60 books. He started to write his stories because when he opened his window he heard the animals from the nearby zoo. Geisel wrote most of his books using the name Dr. Seuss. However, he also wrote 13 books using the name Theo. LeSieg. He also wrote one book using the name Rosetta Stone"—"the same name as the Rosetta Stone. Many people know and like Theodor Seuss Geisel's work as a children's author. His books are known for catchy phrases. His books have sold over 222 million copies and been translated into more than 15 languages. After his death in 1991, several books have been published based on his sketches and notes; these include "Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!" and "Daisy-Head Mayzie". Though they were all published under the name Dr. Seuss, only "My Many Colored Days", originally written in 1973, was entirely by Geisel. Before his death, he sold 200 million copies of his books. One museum in Springfield, Massachusetts is completely about Geisel and his books.
Dr. Seuss died from oral cancer in La Jolla, California, aged 87.
False vampire bat
The false vampire bats ("Megaderma") are a subfamliy of bats. They are two species that occur in Asia. There are two living species, the lesser tailed vampire bat ("Megaderma spasma") and the greater tailed vampire bat ("Megaderma lyra") . They are unrelated to the vampire bats (which only occur in South America). Unlike the vampire bats, they also do not feed on blood, but are insectivores. They are also unrelated to the spectral bat (which is called "Vampyrum", but which is an omnivore)
Centaur (planetoid)
A Centaur in astronomy is a small object like an asteroid that orbits or goes around the Sun between the planets Jupiter and Neptune. It can also rarely be found around the planet Mars. Centaurs are also known as outer planet crossers.
List of settlements in Thailand
Thailand divides its municipalities ("thesaban") into three levels - cities about the quantity of inhabitants, ("thesaban nakhon"), towns ("thesaban mueang") and townships ("thesaban tambon").
The national capital Bangkok (pop. 5,678,003: May 2006) and the special governed city Pattaya (Population 96,859: May 2006) are outside of these divisions.
23 cities
City, Province - Population ( May 2006 )
117 towns
1,024 townships
Sidcup
Sidcup is a suburban town in Greater London, and is in the London Borough of Bexley. It is southeast of Charing Cross.
For many years, Sidcup's Member of Parliament, as part of the Old Bexley and Sidcup constituency was Edward Heath, who was Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974.
Quentin Blake
Quentin Saxby Blake CBE (born December 16 1932 in Sidcup) is a British cartoonist, illustrator and children's book author, most known for his drawings in books written by Roald Dahl.
Blake went to Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School. His first published drawing was for "Punch" magazine, at the age of 16. He studied English Literature at Downing College, Cambridge (1953-6) and later studied at the Chelsea School of Art. He trained as a teacher at the Institute of Education before working at the Royal College of Art.
Blake gained a reputation as an illustrator of over 300 children's books. His work in Roald Dahl's books made him internationally famous. As well as his work with Dahl, Blake has also written several books of his own.
This is a list only of books both written and illustrated by Blake.
Chassis
A chassis (plural chassis) consists of a framework that supports an inanimate (non-living) object. This is much like an animal's skeleton, for example in a car.
In a car, the term chassis means the frame (the metal "skeleton") plus the engine, transmission (gear shift), driveshaft, differential (gears which keep the back wheels moving correctly), and suspension (springs which keep the car above the ground). A body, which is usually not necessary to keep the car together, is built on top of the chassis to complete the car.
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham is a book by Dr. Seuss. It was first published in 1960. "Publishers Weekly" says that it had sold fourth-most copies of any children's book ever as of 2001. In this story, Sam-I-Am pesters Guy-Am-I to eat green eggs and ham. However, Guy refuses, insisting that he does not like them until the end.
"Green Eggs and Ham" is one of Seuss's "Beginner Books", written using very simple words for beginning readers. There are only fifty different words, of which 49 have only one syllable. The one exception is "anywhere". The fifty words used are: "a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you". 45 of the 50 words (all words except "box", "car", "Sam", "train" and "try") are Germanic.
Super Castlevania IV
Super Castlevania IV, known in Japan as is an adventure platforming video game made by Konami for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It appeared on the Wii's Virtual Console too. It's a retelling of "Castlevania", and the main character is Simon Belmont.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, known in Japan as , is an Action RPG video game made by Konami for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It's the second game release for the system, and has a sequel that's going to be released called "".
"Portrait of Ruin" is a sidescrolling action game that has gameplay from platform games and role-playing games like jumping to reach higher areas and leveling up.
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Claude Lévi-Strauss (; 28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009) was a French anthropologist. He was born to French Jewish parents in Brussels. He grew up in Paris. He came up with structural anthropology, which is the idea that people think about the world in terms of opposites—such as high and low, inside and outside, life and death—and that every culture can be understood in terms of these opposites. "From the very start," he wrote, "the process of visual perception makes use of binary oppositions." ["Structuralism and Ecology", 1972]
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, known in Japan as is an action-adventure video game made by Konami for the Game Boy Advance handheld game console. It is part of the "Castlevania" series, and the third "Castlevania" game on the Game Boy Advance. It stars a young man named Soma Cruz who is sent to Dracula's castle along with other people. It has a sequel called "" for the Nintendo DS.
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse