Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), better known by his stage name Graham Norton, is an Irish actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for hosting "So Graham Norton" (1998–2002), "V Graham Norton" (2002–03), "The Graham Norton Effect" (2004), "Graham Norton's Bigger Picture" (2004–05) and "The Graham Norton Show" (2007–present).
Norton was born in Clondalkin, Dublin and grew up in Bandon, County Cork. He comes from a Protestant family. He is openly gay.
Baarle
The town of Baarle legally consists of two towns. Baarle-Nassau is in the Netherlands and Baarle-Hertog is in Belgium. The farmland surrounding the town is in the Netherlands. The town of Baarle-Hertog consists of 16 "islands" of Belgian territory within the Netherlands. Inside these islands are a further seven islands that are Dutch territory.
During the twelfth century the area was swampland. In 1198 Hendrik I, the Duke of Brabant made over some of the land to Godfried of Schoten, the Lord of Breda. Hendrick kept the lands that were paying him a rent. The area that Hendrick kept is now part of Belgium. The area that was given to Gotfried is now in the Netherlands. The title "Lord of Breda" is now held by Willem-Alexander, king of the Netherlands. The title, "Duke of Brabant" is now a courtesy title of the heir to the Belgian throne.
Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau each have a burgermeester (mayor). Each town has its own elected town council and each has a police station. Each town has its own church. In some areas the two town councils can cooperate. They have set up a joint council to look after things like electricity, water and gas supplies, highway maintenance and refuse collection.
Both councils also fund a joint cultural centre that houses a combined library. The cultural centre has two official entrances. The international border passes through the building. The Dutch entrance is at 7 Pastoor de Katerstraat. The Belgian entrance is at 5 Pastoor de Katerstraat. The tourist office is affiliated to both the Dutch and the Belgian tourist boards.
Dutch trading law applies to the Dutch parts of the town. Belgian trading laws apply to the Belgian parts of the town. Difference in the laws have encouraged smuggling. After the Second World War many people smuggled butter from the Netherlands into Belgium. In modern times many people buy fireworks in Belgium and smuggle them into the Netherlands.
Tethys
Tethys can refer to:
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370, also named under a codeshare agreement as China Southern Airlines Flight CZ748) is a missing Malaysia Airlines international passenger flight. The aircraft had 227 passengers and twelve crew members on board.
Flight 370 left Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at 00:41 on 8 March 2014 (MST; UTC+8) for a scheduled six-hour flight to Beijing, China. Subang Air Traffic Control Centre lost contact with the plane at about 01:22, while over the Gulf of Thailand. It was reported missing at 02:40.
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating to see if terrorism is involved. Two passengers, one from Austria and another one from Italy, were named on the manifest. However, they were later discovered not to have been on board, their passports having been stolen. Meanwhile, Malaysian authorities are also ruling the identity of two other passengers to be false.
On 24 March 2014, officials with both Malaysia Airlines and the Malaysian government stated that while the aircraft's whereabouts were still not known, "unparalleled" analyses by the United Kingdom's (AAIB) and UK satellite company indicated that it had crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. It was presumed by these officials that all 239 people aboard died.
On 29 July 2015, a was found on a beach in Saint-André, on Réunion island. On 5 August, the Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak announced that the found flaperon was confirmed to be from flight MH370's aircraft.
SAAB S-100
The SAAB S-100 is a Swedish military aircraft. It is designed to be an AWACS aircraft. It was built form the SAAB 340's airliner.
Tethys Ocean
The Tethys Ocean existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia during much of the Mesozoic era.
Several smaller versions have existed down to the present day. Today's Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and Aral Sea are remnants of the Tethys.
This is a list of names which have been used for different stages of the Tethys:
Freedom in the World
Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by U.S.-based Freedom House. It attempts to measure the degree of democracy and political freedom in every nation and territory around the world.
Hornchurch
Hornchurch is a suburban area in the London Borough of Havering in east London.
Nord N-262
The Nord N-262 is a civilian and military aircraft. It was a twin-turboprop. It was built by Société Nationale de Construction Aéronautique du Nord, also known as Nord. It was built in all-metal. It flown for the first time in 1962.
Punjab States Agency
The Punjab States Agency was a political office of the British Indian Empire. The agency was created in the 1930s, on the model of the Central India Agency and Rajputana Agency. It dealt with forty princely states in northwest India. formerly dealt with by the British province of the Punjab province. The Punjab Hill States agency was created from it in 1936.
After 1947, most of the states agreed to join the Union of India. The rest joined the Dominion of Pakistan.
Rye, East Sussex
Rye is a small town of about 4,500 people in Rother, East Sussex, England. Rye's postcode is TN31.
Chandragupta I
Chandra Gupta was a major king of the Gupta Empire around 320 AD. He is generally considered the founder of the Gupta dynasty. He made alliances with many powerful families in the Ganges region.
Juankoski
Juankoski is a town in Northern Savonia, Finland. About 5,000 people lived there in January 2014. The municipalities next to it are Juuka, Kaavi, Kuopio, Rautavaara and Tuusniemi. Since 2017, it was merged into the city of Kuopio.
Shraddha Kapoor
Shraddha Kapoor (born March 3, 1987) is an Indian actress and singer who appears in Hindi movies of Bollywood. Through her movie career, she has become one of Bollywood's famous actresses and one of the most popular celebrities in India. She began her acting career in the 2010 movie "Teen Patti" for which she earned a nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut category.
Then, she followed it with her first leading role in the teen drama "Luv Ka The End" (2011) in which she won the Stardust award for Best Actress for her role. In 2013, she received appreciation for her performance in the romantic drama "Aashiqui 2", her first successful movie, which earned her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination, among others. Aditya Roy Kapur, whom she co-starred with, also became famous in the same film. Besides acting in movies, Kapoor is active in humanitarian work and is a celebrity endorser for several brands.
Kapoor was born on March 3, 1987 in Mumbai. She is the daughter of actors Shakti Kapoor and Shivangi Kolhapure Kapoor. She is the sister of actor Siddhanth Kapoor, niece of actresses Padmini and Tejaswini Kolhapure and grandniece of singers Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Meena Khadikar and Usha Mangeshkar. On her father's side, Kapoor is of Punjabi descent, and on her mother's side, she is of Marathi ancestry. Like her mother, she has stated that she is a complete Marathi.
She did her schooling at Jamnabai Narsee School and later moved to the American School of Bombay. While there, she played soccer and handball competitively. At the age of eighteen she enrolled at Boston University majoring in theatre studies but later quit in-order to pursue her acting career.