Towards the end of the 1800s,' the workhouses became filled with the old and sick, rather than unemployed poor people. In 1929 the laws were changed and the workhouses became hospitals. Some workhouses were renamed Public Assistance Institutions. These finally disappeared when the National Assistance act of 1948 was passed.
Ingrid
Ingrid is a name for girls or women. The name comes from "Ingfriar" in Old Norse. "Ing" means Norse deity. "Friar" means beautiful. Many famous people have been named Ingrid. One of them being Ingrid Bergman. Others include Ingrid Cruz and Ingrid Michaelson. A hurricane with the name hit eastern Mexico in September 2013. The storm killed 32 and caused $1.5 billion in damage. The name "Ingrid" was then retired.
Facelift (album)
Facelift is the debut studio album by American rock band, Alice in Chains. "Facelift" was released on August 21, 1990. The album featured the singles "We Die Young", "Man in the Box", "Bleed the Freak" and "Sea of Sorrow".
Facelift became the first grunge album to be certified platinum. It has also gone on to been certified double-platinum by the RIAA for shipments of two million copies in the United States.
Dirt (album)
Dirt is the second studio album by American rock band, Alice in Chains. "Dirt" was released on September 29, 1992. The album featured the singles "Would?", "Them Bones", "Angry Chair", "Rooster", and "Down in a Hole".
Dirt is currently the band's highest selling album to date and has gone on to sell 5 million copies worldwide. The album was certified four-times platinum by the RIAA.
Dirt was the final album to feature Mike Starr on bass before he was kicked out of the band and replaced by former Ozzy Osbourne bassist Mike Inez.
The album was also included in the 2005 book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" and was ranked #1 on Guitar World magazine's top ten list of guitar albums of 1992
Alice in Chains (album)
Alice in Chains is the self-titled third studio album by American rock band, Alice in Chains. "Alice in Chains" was released on November 7, 1995. The album featured the singles "Grind", "Heaven Beside You", "Over Now" and "Again".
The album was certified two-times platinum by the RIAA.
"Alice in Chains" was the last album to feature lead singer Layne Staley. He was later found dead of a heroin overdose on April 5, 2002. The next album, "Black Gives Way to Blue" was released in 2009, with new vocalist William DuVall.
The album is sometimes referred to as "Tripod" because of Jerry Cantrell's three-legged dog on the front cover and Frank Lentini on the back cover.
Florence (given name)
Florence is a French or English female given name. It is from the Latin word "floreo", which means "I flower". The name also comes from the city of Florence in Italy. It was most popular in the U.S. between 1900 and 1940. It is still popular in Canada and England. The name was used for many tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Basin until 2018.
In 2018 Hurricane Florence struck North and South Carolina. It killed over 50 people. It caused around $18 billion in damage.
Some famous people with the name are Florence Nightingale and Florence Henderson.
Beauty contest
A beauty contest or beauty pageant, is a public contest to decide which person is the most beautiful. Usually, the entrants are young females, but there are some contests for men. Each contests has its own rules as to who may enter, and what the prizes are. A person who enters a beauty contest or pageant is called a contestant.
The usual reason for holding such contests is to create publicity for the organisation which runs the contest. The contests are often shown on television and reported (with photographs) in newspapers. The first local event was probably in the United States in the late 19th century. 1880 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware has been claimed.
With most contests the criteria for judging is physical appearance, plus some judgement of personality. "Beauty Queen" is a term often used to describe the winners. Usually the winner acts as a publicity representative for the year following the contest. Examples are:
There are many local events round the world.
Steve Braun
Steve Braun (born August 14, 1976) is a Canadian television and movie actor from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Braun's credits include "The Immortal", a TV series in which he and co-star Lorenzo Lamas hunted demons; "The Trip", an independent movie about coming of age in the HIV age; and "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" (2004), a major motion picture in which he plays the lead villain. In addition, he starred as Brian Kelly in the 2004 thriller "The Skulls III". He also played the role of "Jonsey" in the 2007 thriller movie "". He also co-starred in the 2005 horror movie "Pterodactyl" as Willis Bradbury.
Braun was cast in a recurring guest role in The WB series "Twins", as Jordan, the love interest of Mitchee Arnold, played by Sara Gilbert. The series was broadcast from September 16, 2005 until May, 2006.
Braun was also in the movie "The Skulls III" as Brian.
Jacques Gabriel
Jacques Gabriel (1667–1767) was a French architect. He designed a lot of buildings in Paris.
Michelle Jacques Gabriel, is a designer, painter, architect and architect of the 17th and 18th centuries. He was one of the most prominent designers of the Versailless Palace in his lifetime. For his unique creativity and selflessness, he has always been attended by Louis XIV And eventually he became a trusted advisor to the king. He made important contributions to the king during his years of service, which is one of the most important works in the construction of the Versailles palace, which once served as the lobby of the fourteenth.
Michel had a mission to build the Versailles Palace throughout his life, he was also the first designer of the city's bridges in Paris. Interestingly, Gabriel's son (Ange Jacob Gabriel) continued his father's journey, and in this regard, like his father, completing the Versailles palace at the time of Louis 14 It has 15 significant roles. The Gabriel family is also home to the Cathedral of La Rochelle, the Royal Opera Royal Opera House and the Petit Trianon Palace, built on the palace of Versailles.
Isabel
Isabel (or Isabelle) is a female given name. It comes from the Hebrew name "Elisheva". "Elisheva" is often translated to "Elizabeth", of which Isabel is a division. There are many royal figures or queens with the name or its variants. There are also many other famous people by Isabel and its related names. As "Isabel", this name was used on two Atlantic tropical cyclones. The 2003 storm was so damaging that the name was later retired.
François Lemoyne
François Lemoyne or François Le Moine (1688 – 4 June 1737) was a French rococo painter. He became First Painter to the King and worked with other artists of the era. However, the excess of work, court intrigues at Versailles, and the death of his wife drove him to madness. He committed suicide in Paris in 1737 by stabbing himself seven times, six months after finishing the ceiling painting "The Apotheosis of Hercules" in the Hercules Room in the Great Apartment of the King. With his death, the fashion of large allegorical ceilings disappeared.
Michael Winner
Michael Robert Winner (30 October 1935 – 21 January 2013) was an English movie director, producer, writer, editor, actor and restaurant critic. He was known for his work on the "Death Wish movie series".
Winner was born on 30 October 1935 in Hampstead, London, England. His parents were Jewish immigrants: his mother was Polish and his father was of Russian descent. He studied at St Christopher School, Letchworth, and Downing College, Cambridge. He was married to Geraldine Lynton-Edwards from 2011 until his death in 2013. Winner retired in December 2012 and died on 21 January 2013 in Kensington, London, England from a liver illness, aged 77.
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