In 1995 "Forever Blue", a co-write with Graham Goble, first recorded by Little River Band in 1986 on the album "No Reins", the last album recorded with John Farnham became a huge hit in Europe, rising into the Top 10.
Foster was an Australia Day Ambassador. He traveled each year to visit councils across South Australia to perform and explain what it means to be a proud Australian.
Foster died on 25 January 2018, in Adelaide, Australia of lung cancer at the age of 71.
Jeff Colyer
Jeffrey William Colyer (born June 3, 1960) is an American surgeon and politician. On January 31, 2018, he became the 47th Governor of Kansas. Before, he was the 49th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas serving under Governor Sam Brownback. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Kansas Senate (2009–2011) and of the Kansas House of Representatives (2007–2009).
Colyer was a White House Fellow under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He worked in international affairs.
On January 24, 2018, Vice President Mike Pence broke a 49-49 tie vote to make Governor Brownback the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Governor Brownback resigned on January 25, 2018 to serve as the ambassador, thus making Colyer the designate governor.
On August 14, 2018, Colyer lost the Republican nomination to Secretary of State Kris Kobach for Governor in the 2018 election by 345 votes.
Elephant polo
Elephant polo is a variant of polo. It is played whilst riding elephants. It is played in Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.
Ikyawann
Ikyawann is a 2017 Indian television series, which is broadcast on Star Plus and stream on Hotstar. The show is premiered on 13 November 2017.The Show is Going Off Air on 1 June 2018 and it will get replaced by Sabse Smart Kaun.
The story of the show centers around a diffident girl, Susheel, 51st child of the Parekh family. A road accident kills all the female members of Parekh family except Susheel's mother. Avni gives birth to Susheel but dies. The accident was planned by Leela, Kiran's mother, who wants revenge for her daughter. Otherside, Satya is the grandson of Leela. The story follows these two main characters as they fall in love and try to overcome their personal and family problems.
Maillard reaction
The Maillard reaction is a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar that gives browned food its distinctive flavor. Seared steaks, pan-fried dumplings, cookies and other kinds of biscuits, breads, toasted marshmallows, as well as many other foods, undergo this reaction.
The reactive carbonyl group of the sugar reacts with the nucleophilic amino group of the amino acid, and forms a complex mixture of poorly characterized molecules responsible for a range of aromas and flavors. At higher temperatures, caramelization and subsequently pyrolysis become more pronounced.
Arang Kel
Arang Kel is a village, tourist spot and a hill station located in Neelum valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located at a height of 8,379 feet (2,554 m).
Neelum Valley
Neelum Valley is located in the northern part of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It includes a number of tourist spots like Arang Kel, Kel, Athmuqam and Dowarian.
Elizabeth Hawley
Elizabeth Hawley (November 9, 1923 – January 26, 2018) was an American journalist and chronicler of Himalayan expeditions. Hawley was born in Chicago, Illinois.
She was studied at the University of Michigan. She moved to Nepal after giving up her job as a researcher for "Fortune" magazine in New York and visiting Kathmandu on a round-the-world trip.
She found work with the Reuters news agency covering mountaineering news, including the 1963 American expedition that was the first from the United States to traverse Mount Everest.
Hawley died on 26 January 2018 at the age of 94.
Flag of Zimbabwe
The flag of Zimbabwe has seven horizontal stripes of green, gold, red and black with a white triangle containing a red five-pointed star with a Zimbabwe Bird. The most recent design was adopted on April 18th, 1980. Zimbabwe won its freedom from the United Kingdom on this day. This design is adapted from the flag of the Zimbabwe African National Union, the current ruling party in Zimbabwe.
Brandon Hardesty
Brandon Allan Hardesty (born April 13, 1987) is an American comedic performer and actor. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
In September 2007, upon seeing Hardesty's YouTube videos, a producer of the movie "Bart Got a Room" e-mailed Hardesty expressing interest in casting him for a supporting role. Hardesty was cast as a lead in a short movie "Ham Sandwich," directed by David Green. In 2013, Hardesty has been cast in roles in the movie "Seven Minutes" as well as "", the fourth installment in the "Mummy" movie franchise.
Rimbachzell
Rimbachzell is a French commune. It is in the Haut-Rhin department.
Wegscheid, Haut-Rhin
Wegscheid is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.
Middle name
A middle name is a name given to a person at birth or baptism. It is different from a given name and surname.
In most Western countries the given name comes first (before the last name or family name). However, in many Eastern countries such as China it comes after the last name or family name, and occasionally also in Europe, e.g. in Hungarian.
Chips Hardy
Edward John "Chips" Hardy (born 23 January 1950) is an English screenwriter, novelist, playwright, and creative director. He and Elizabeth Ann, his wife, are the parents of actor Tom Hardy, with whom Hardy worked on BBC One's drama series "Taboo", as the co-creator, a writer and a consulting producer.
Chips Hardy was born on 23 January 1950 and grew up in Ealing. Named Edward after both his father, Edward Thomas Hardy, who worked for the Port of London Authority, and his grandfather, Edward Egmore Hardy, who was the Fire Chief at Ealing Studios. His mother, Patricia, was a deputy headmistress.
In 1961 Hardy won a state scholarship to Latymer Upper School. In 1969 he won an Exhibition to read English at Downing College, Cambridge.
Alongside a career in advertising as an award-winning Global Creative Director, Hardy has written for television, movie, theatre, novels and stand-up material. Productions include a children’s television series with a talking chair called "Helping Henry" and "About Face", a television drama with Maureen Lipman. Hardy also won a British Comedy Award for his work with Irish comedian Dave Allen.
In 2007, Hardy’s novel "Each Day A Small Victory" was published in the form of frontline despatches from amongst the embattled wildlife in an English country lay-by, illustrated by Oscar Grillo.
"Blue on Blue", Hardy’s darkly comic play on self-harm, was first showcased at the Latchmere 503 in London in 2007. The play was revived in 2016 at the Tristan Bates in London in partnership with BLESMA, the British Limbless Ex-serviceman’s Association. In 2008, Hardy’s one woman dysfunctional Cabaret, "There’s Something In The Fridge that Wants To Kill Me!", ran notably at the Edinburgh Festival.
In 2009, inspired by an idea from his son Tom Hardy, Chips Hardy and Tom created the story that was to become the 2017 eight-part series" Taboo". Hardy is the co-creator, a writer and a consulting producer.
Nick Palatas
Nicholas Edward "Nick" Palatas (born January 22, 1988) is an American actor. He has appeared in two short movies, titled "The Erogenous Zone" and "Love" and has been in several ads. In 2009, he played Norville "Shaggy" Rogers in the movie, "Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins" and reprised the role in "Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster" which released in October 2010.
Palatas has two brothers, Phillip Palatas and actor Cameron Palatas.
He is married to Marissa Denig (sister of actress Maggie Grace), with whom he has two children, Vienna and Edward.
Hiromu Nonaka
Jacques Languirand
Jacques Languirand (May 1, 1931 – January 26, 2018) was a Canadian radio host, writer, and actor. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.