Nekenčiu reklamos (literally "I hate commercials") is a Lithuanian comedy television series. It ran for 33 episodes, which were shown from 2000-2001. It was created by Rolandas Kazlas, who plays Pranas Rupšplaukis, Cezaris Graužinis and Neringa Varnelytė in the series.
The series depicts nonsensical funny commercials and Pranas Rupšlaukis' life near television.
Brothers in Arms (album)
Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits. It was released on 13 May 1985 by Vertigo Records, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It went to number one in the charts in many countries. It was number one on the "Billboard" 200 in the United States for 9 weeks and was number one on the UK Albums Chart for 14 weeks. It is the eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history and one of the world's best-selling albums. It sold over 30 million copies worldwide.
The album won a Grammy Award in 1986 for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The 20th anniversary version of the album also won a Grammy Award in 2006 for Best Surround Sound Album.
All songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except where noted. Some of the track lengths on the LP version are different from the lengths on the CD and cassette versions because the full tracks would not all fit on a single vinyl disc.
Credits adapted from album liner notes.
Dire Straits
Other musicians
Manda, Jammu
Manda is a village and an archaeological site in Jammu. Jammu is in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It was excavated by Archaeological Survey of India during 1976-77. The survey was done by J. P. Joshi. The site contains the ruins of an ancient Indus Valley Civilization.
The excavation found 9.20 meters deep of ruins. These consists of items found in 3 different periods of time. The first period contain two sub periods. The second period has early historical pottery. They are from North India. These pottery are similar to the those discovered elsewhere in North India. The third period consists of antiquities from the Kushan period. There are also house walls and a 3 meters wide street found in the ruins. The site seems to have been deserted after that.
Manda is on the right river bank of Chenab River. The river is at the foot of Pir Panjal mountain range. Manda is 28 km northwest of Jammu. It was thought to be the northernmost limit of the Harappan Civilisation. It is also considered the northmost site of Indus Valley Civilisation.
Manda is likely a town that is set up by people of the Indus Valley Civilisation. They likely use it to do logging to get wood from Himalayan Sub mountains. They use the river near the town to send the wood to other towns of the Indus Valley Civilization.
There are several artefacts found in the site. They include redware from the Pre Harappan era. These redware are terracotta jar, plates, racks for plates and others. These made up of 15% to 25% of total artefacts found.
Important artefacts found are broken fragments of pots having the writing system of Harappan people craved into them. There is also one unfinished seal of the Harappan government found in the ruins.
The dig is done on a small, restricted scale. There are no specific structures that could be exposed. One exception is a collapsed rubble wall-like structure.
Map of Indus Valley Civilisation sites
Liliom (1930 movie)
Liliom is a 1930 American drama movie directed by Frank Borzage and was based on the 1909 play of the same name by Ferenc Molnár. It stars Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart, Lee Tracey, H. B. Warner, Estelle Taylor, Walter Abel, Bert Roach and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
The Good Companions (1957 movie)
The Good Companions is a 1957 British musical movie directed by J. Lee Thompson and was based on the 1929 novel of the same name by J. B. Priestley and was the remake of the 1933 movie of the same name. It stars Eric Portman, Celia Johnson, Hugh Griffith, Janette Scott, John Fraser, Joyce Grenfell, Rachel Roberts, Shirley Anne Field.
Taxman
"Taxman" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was first released on their 1966 album "Revolver". It was written by George Harrison, with some help from John Lennon. It is about a tax collector taking a lot of money from people. Harrison wrote it because he was being taxed a lot because of Harold Wilson's Labour government. The song was recorded a month after Labour won the 1966 general election.
According to Ian MacDonald, except where noted:
Bristol Bulldog
The Bristol Bulldog was a British Royal Air Force single-seat biplane fighter designed during the 1920s by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. More than 400 Bulldogs were produced for the RAF and overseas customers, and it was one of the most famous aircraft used by the RAF during the inter-war period.
Sensō-ji
Many times in Japanese history, Sensō-ji had a very big role. For example, during the Edo shogunate, when Tokugawa Ieyasu was the leader of Japan, he made Sensō-ji the most important temple of the Tokugawa clan. Later on, some stores were opened in front of the temple. These stores are still in front of the temple right now.
The buildings on the land of the temple are not the original ones when the temple was first created. Many of the gates and art have been created again after their destruction.
A legend from the area says that in the 7th century, some fishermen found a gold statuette of Kannon. The statuette was caught in their fishing nets on the Sumida River. Sensō-ji was built so that people could worship the statuette. The land that Sensō-ji is on used to have a very big Buddhist temple in the 8th century.
During World War II, Japan was fighting the United States. Because of this, many Japanese cities were hit by bombs coming from airplanes. During the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945, Sensō-ji and other parts of Asakusa were destroyed. This included many buildings of the temple and some art.
The is one of the two big gates of Sensō-ji. People that go through the gate will get to the actual temple building and the Hōzōmon. The gate is tall, wide and has an area of . The gate has a big red lantern. It is usually replaced close to every 10 years.
The gate that is in front of the temple right now is not the same one that used to be used. The first gate was created in 941 (during the Heian period) and was burned down in a fire in 1865. After Konosuke Matsushita gave money for it to be built again, a new gate was built in 1960.
The is the other big gate of Sensō-ji. It is closer to the temple than the Kaminarimon. The gate has two storeys (called a nijūmon in Japanese). Inside the gate, many important objects are kept there.
On the left and the right side of the gate, two very big sandals that are made of straw (called "ōwaraji", or "big waraji") are hung. They are both long, wide, and have a weight of . New sandals are made every 10 years by people from Tateokāramachi, a neighbourhood in Murayama, Yamagata. The eighth pair of sandals was made in 2018. The ōwaraji are hung there to protect the temple from evil. They are supposed to show how powerful the statues of Nio in the Hōzōmon are. The first ōwaraji were from 1941. The tradition comes from Toshizo Matsuoka, who was a part of the House of Representatives of Japan. He gave some straw sandals to the temple.
The is a street in front of the temple. Around the street are many small stores that sell souvenirs and food. The street is long and has 89 shops.
New Movietone Follies of 1930
New Movietone Follies of 1930 is a 1930 American musical movie directed by Benjamin Stoloff and is a follow up to the 1929 movie "Fox Movietone Follies of 1929". It stars El Brendel, Marjorie White, Noel Francis, William Collier Jr., Miriam Seegar, Betty Grable and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Seymour Topping