Lisa Jane Vanderpump (born 15 September 1960) is a British restaurant owner and television personality. She is perhaps best known for her appearance in the Bravo channel series "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" and "Vanderpump Rules". She was also a celebrity dancer on the 16th season of "Dancing with the Stars".
Postcard
A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of paper or cardboard, which is intended to send a short message by post. Usually, a postcard is mailed without an envelope. Modern postcards usually have a photo or an image on one side of the card, the other side contains space for writing the address and a short message. The first postcards were used in the second half of the 19th century. Today, many people send postcards when they are on holiday. The designs of post cards have evolved since the early ages and many prefer to send personalized post cards now which gives a personal touch or adds a feeling or emotion to it.
Black mangrove
The black mangrove ("Avicennia germinans") is one of the species of mangrove commonly found in a mangrove forest. Black mangroves have aerial roots. Black mangroves can be found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and the Americas.
Rebecca Simonsson
Rebecca Stella Simonsson (born 29 September 1985) is a Swedish model and television presenter. She was part of the music group Sunblock. She presents the "after show" for the reality series "Paradise Hotel".
Ed van den Heuvel
Edward Peter Jacobus (Ed) van den Heuvel (born 2 November 1940) is a Dutch astronomer and emeritus professor at the Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek of the University of Amsterdam.
Van den Heuvel was born in Soest, The Netherlands. He studied mathematics, physics and astronomy at the Utrecht University.
Van den Heuvel is well known for his work on the formation and evolution of compact astrophysical objects such as neutron stars, black holes, and white dwarfs in binary systems, and for his investigation of gamma ray bursts. During his career he held jobs at (amongst others) the University of California, Utrecht University, Institute for Advanced Study, and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Deaths in April 2015
The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2015. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".
Woozworld
Woozworld is a virtual gaming community and social network service. It was originally called Kidstudio 2.0. Woozworld was founded in 2010 and is in Montreal, Quebec. Woozworld allows kids and teens to connect with each other through profiles and other activities.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Leroy Jethro Gibbs is a fictional character from the CBS Television series "NCIS", played by Mark Harmon. He is an ex-Scout Sniper for the United States Marines turned Special agent. He commands a team for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Gibbs is the most skilled marksman on the team. He is the most skilled at handling violent situations. He is also a skilled interrogator. Gibbs is a natural leader who always accomplishes his mission.
Taylor County, Texas
Taylor County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 131,506 people lived there. The county seat is Abilene. It was named for three brothers who met death at the Battle of the Alamo, Edward Taylor, George Taylor, and James Taylor. Taylor County has been home to Dyess Air Force Base since 1942.
Division of Sturt
The Division of Sturt is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. It was set up in 1949, and named for Captain Charles Sturt, an explorer and the first European to visit the Murray River.
It includes the Adelaide suburbs of Athelstone, Burnside, Campbelltown, Dernancourt, Frewville, Gilles Plains, Glynde, Glenside, Hectorville, Highbury, Hillcrest, Holden Hill, Kensington, Klemzig, Magill, Marden, Paradise, Tranmere and parts of Payneham and Rostrevor.
Watermelon stereotype
The Watermelon stereotype is the steretypical view that black people can be made happy easily; they only need a watermelon and a little rest for their happiness. The stereotype was perpetuated in minstrel shows often depicting African Americans as ignorant and workshy, given to song and dance and inordinately fond of watermelon. This stereotype is common in the United States, and probably goes back to the times of slavery: The people who were in favour of slavery wanted to show that black people were simple-minded and only needed few things for their happiness.
Jesse Metcalfe
Jesse Eden Metcalfe (born December 9, 1978) is an American actor. He was born in Carmel Valley Village, California. Metcalfe is mostly known for his role as John Rowland in the series "Desperate Housewives".
Metcalfe has also had roles on the soap opera "Passions" and in the movie "John Tucker Must Die". He played Christopher Ewing in the continuation of "Dallas" based on the 1978 series of the same name.
Yolanda Hadid
Yolanda Hadid (née van den Herik, previously Foster; born 11 January 1964) is a Dutch-American television personality, model, and interior designer.
She was born and raised in Papendrecht, South Holland. She was married to Palestinian real-estate developer Mohamed Hadid from 1994 until they divorced in 2000. They had two daughters, models Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid and a son, Anwar. She married Canadian musician David Foster in 2011. They divorced in 2017.
She was one of the leading personalities on the reality series "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills". She has modelled in places such as Paris, Tokyo and Sydney for Eileen Ford.
Special agent
In the United States, a special agent is a detective or investigator who investigates suspected s of federal, state or local laws. Special agents may also carry firearms and make arrests. Special agents work for many different law enforcement agencies. In some agencies, only special agents may carry firearms. An example is special agents in the Internal Revenue Service. To become special agents most applicants must pass written and physical examinations. In the FBI, like many agencies, applicants must go through a background check.
Congress was the first to use the title in 1801 when they changed the name of U.S.Post office "surveyors" to "special agents". In 1880, the U.S. Congress created the position of "Chief Postal Inspector" and renamed these special agents to postal inspectors.
The following US federal agencies use special agents:
24 (2001 movie)
24 is a 2001 Czech thriller movie. It was directed by David Beránek and stars Barbora Seidlová and Martin Trnavský. It happens during 24 hours and follows a man and a woman on the run in the Czech Republic. The movie was released through Bontonfilm on 11 January 2001.
2Bobule
2Bobule () is a 2009 Czech comedy movie directed by Vlad Lanné. The movie follows Marie (Jana Pidrmanová), Jirka (Lukáš Langmajer) and their wealthy parents (Jiří Krampol and Jana Švandová). It also follows a murderer called Jiří Tichý (Jiří Korn). The movie happens mostly in southern Moravia.
Bab El-Oued City
Bab El-Oued City is a 1994 Algerian drama movie. It was directed by Merzak Allouache. It was shown in the Un Certain Regard portion of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. It won the FIPRESCI Award.
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary law enforcement agency of the United States Department of the Navy (DON). It investigates activities concerning crimes against or by United States Navy and U.S. Marine Corps personnel. It also is tasked with national security, counter-intelligence, and counter-terrorism cases. NCIS is the successor organization to the former Naval Investigative Service (NIS).