The Only Way Is Essex (often known as TOWIE) is a BAFTA award-winning television soap opera. Based in Essex, England, it is a 'scripted reality' show. It has "real people in modified situations, saying unscripted lines but in a structured way". The show is filmed just a few days in advance. Each series lasts six weeks. Series 1 started on 10 October 2010.
It is narrated by Denise van Outen, who is from Basildon, Essex. Series 1-9 have been shown in Australia. Series one has been shown in South Africa.
Drachensee
The Drachensee is a lake in Austria which is a few meters below of Coburger Hütte. It is at about 1910 meters (6 266 feet) attitude. If you climb up above Coburger Hütte at most of the high peeks it will be seen. It is very similiar to the Seebensee which is lower down the Drachensee and on the other side of Coburger Hütte.
Konstantin Orbelyan
Konstantin Aghaparoni Orbelyan (, ; 29 July 1928 – 24 April 2014) was an Armenian-American pianist, conductor and composer. He was Head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia. He was born in Armavir, Russia (then Soviet Union).
Orbelyan died on 29 April 2014 in Los Angeles, California of the United States. He was 85.
Biochemical cascade
A biochemical cascade (or signalling pathway) is a series of chemical reactions. It is started by a stimulus (first messenger) acting on a receptor. The 'message' is passed on to the cell interior through other reactions. These later chemical reactions amplify (build up) the initial signal. Eventually there is a cell response to the initial stimulus. The passing series of chemical changes is a cascade, and the whole process is called signal transduction.
Complement system
The complement system helps or “complements” the ability of antibodies and phagocytic cells to clear pathogens from an organism. It is part of the innate immune system.
The complement system consists of a number of small proteins found in the blood, made by the liver. Normally they circulate as inactive precursors ("pro-proteins"). When stimulated by a trigger, proteases split specific proteins to release active cytokines. This starts a series (a cascade) of further cleavages which release more cytokines. This amplifies (makes bigger) the response. So, if the original stimulus was an invading bacterium, the cytokines disrupt the phospholipid bilayer cell membrane of the target, which kills it.
Leó Szilárd
Leó Szilárd February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964) was a Hungarian-American physicist and inventor. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, patented the idea of a nuclear reactor with Enrico Fermi, and in late 1939 wrote the letter for Albert Einstein's signature that resulted in the Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb.
California Love
"California Love" is a hip hop song by American rapper 2Pac. The song also features vocals from Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman. The song was Shakur's first single as an artist for Death Row Records and was also his comeback single after he was released from prison in 1995. A popular remixed version of the song was featured on the UK version of "All Eyez on Me". "California Love" was nominated for a posthumous Grammy Award as a "Best Rap Solo Performance" and "Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group" (with Dre and Troutman) in 1997.
The song was ranked #355 of the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was ranked #51 on VH1's countdown of the 100 Greatest songs of the 90s.
I Don't Give a Fuck
"I Don't Give a Fuck" is a hip hop song by American rapper 2Pac. The song also features vocals from R&B musician Pogo. The song is about police brutality and racism. The song was featured on the Radio Los Santos radio station in the 2004 video game "". The song was sampled by Eminem in his song "Just Don't Give a Fuck".
During the song, Shakur questions the authority for not dealing with the issues of a youth in Texas that was blamed for his shooting of a state trooper. In the song he curses the C.I.A., the FBI. and B.U.S.H in the spoken-word outre. In the outre, he says:
""Fuck you to the San Francisco police department
Fuck you to the Marin County Sheriff department
Fuck you to the F.B.I
Fuck you to the C.I.A.
Fuck you to the B.u.s.h
Fuck you to the Amerikkkan
Fuck you to all you redneck prejudice mother fuckers""
Public company
A public company is a company whose shares are sold to the general public. The owners of public company are its shareholders. Sometimes a private company "goes public" so it can sell more shares to more shareholders.
The Dutch East India Company is often called the first public company.
Corporate governance
Corporate governance describes how a corporation is directed. Corporate governance is related to but different from management. People responsible for corporate governance are known as board of directors.
Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin (1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman. He made a lot of money through many criminal activities, such as poaching, burglary, horse theft and murder. He is most famous for 'highway robbery', on his horse, Black Bess. He was eventually captured and hanged at York Castle in 1739.
Turpin was born in Hempstead, Essex. He was firstly believed to be involved with a gang of poachers, who stole and sold deer that belonged to the King. The rest of his gang were captured and hunged in 1735.
After this, Turpin started robbing rich people on the highways between cities. He did not stay in one place, so police could not catch up with him. He robbed people across the South of England. For a while, he tried to hide by calling himself John Palmer.
However, people were suspicious that he had a lot of money, and he was arrested for horse theft. He was charged with this offence and hanged in Knavesmire, York on 7 April 1739.
Xscape (album)
Xscape is the second Michael Jackson album released after his death. It was released on May 9, 2014 by Epic.
Tito Vilanova
Francesc "Tito" Vilanova Bayó (17 September 1968 – 25 April 2014) was a Spanish footballer and manager. He played as a central midfielder for, and later managed, FC Barcelona. He retired in 2013 because of his ill health. He was born in Bellcaire d'Empordà, Catalonia.
He won the treble with Barcelona in his first season, the 2008-09 season. This means he won La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League.
Vilanova died on 25 April 2014 due to complications from throat cancer in a hospital in Barcelona, aged 45.
Glacial lake
A glacial lake is a lake that is made as a glacier melts. The glacier erodes the land, and then as it melts, water fills the hole or space that has been created.
Near the end of the last glacial period, about 10,000 years ago, glaciers began to retreat. A retreating glacier often left behind large amounts of ice in hollows between drumlins or hills. As the ice age ended, these melted to create lakes. This can be seen in the Lake District in Northwestern England. Glacial lakes are often surrounded other evidence of the glacier including drumlins, moraines, eskers, striations and chatter marks.
The glaciers crush minerals in the rock as they pass over them. These minerals become sediment at the bottom of the lake, and some of the rock flour becomes suspended in the water. These minerals support a large population of algae, making the water look green.
These lakes can be seen in aerial photos of landforms in:
The coastlines near these areas are often very irregular, formed by the same geological process. Other areas have fewer lakes that often are part of river systems. Their coastlines are smoother. These areas were carved more by erosion.
West Plains, Missouri
West Plains is a city in Howell County, Missouri.
Dev Hynes
Devonté "Dev" Hynes (born 23 December 1985), also known as Lightspeed Champion or Blood Orange, is a British singer, songwriter, and music producer. Hynes was born and raised in Ilford, London. he was a member of the dance punk band Test Icicles from 2004 until the band broke up in 2006. The band released one album.