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The Underground station was closed until 2011 while refurbishment and major engineering works took place.
Blackfriars station is being rebuilt and the office building above it demolished and replaced as part of the Thameslink programme.
The mainline station remained open during this work except for a period of two months around Christmas 2010 when trains passed through without stopping.
The Underground station was closed until late 2011.
Doctor is an academic degree, awarded by a university or similar institution. "
Doctor" is used to refer to a person with a doctorate.
To obtain the degree, people need to pass a special exam, called a doctorate, or by writing a thesis.
The requirements vary according to the subject-matter.
A doctorate is usually regarded as a higher degree than a bachelor's degree (such as B.A. or B.Sc)
People who have a doctor's degree may use the title "doctor", though in practice it is often used only by medical doctors.
Medical doctors examine, diagnose and treat patients.
They can specialize in a number of medical areas, such as pediatrics, anesthesiology or cardiology, or they can work as general practice physicians.
Becoming a medical doctor requires a doctoral degree in medicine and participating in clinical training.
Medical doctors need a licence, and certification may also be required for many specialists.
Medical doctor or Doctor of Medicine, a person who practices medicine.
Degrees vary: M.D. is common in the United States; MRCP is common in the UK, and they are addressed as "doctor" whatever the degree.
Surgeon, a doctor who performs surgery is in the UK not called "doctor", because the legal qualification is MRCS: Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and because the profession had a different origin.
Physiotherapist, a Physiotherapist having Doctor of Physiotherapy is also called Doctor in USA and in countries like India "traditional and conventional use of Doctor" can be used by using "PT" as suffix for B.P.T.(Bachelor of Physiotherapy) degree holders.
Juris Doctor or Doctor of Law
Doctor of Philosophy a general degree for any subject which offers a doctorate for research and presentation of a thesis.
Universities may award doctorates to people who have done a lot in their fields of study: these are called honorary doctorates.
There is no set rule for this.
Very often, these are abbreviated "Doctor h.c." (
for "honoris causa").
The Newfoundland is a large breed of dog that originated in Newfoundland.
They were first used by fishermen and sailors to carry goods and would jump overboard to save people from drowning.
Newfoundlands are great swimmers because of their waterproof fur, their webbed feet and their strong muscles.
The Newfoundland is a very large dog breed, standing 26–28 inches (66–71 cm) and weighing 100–150 pounds (45–68 kg).
The largest Newfoundland found was 72 inches (180 cm) long and weighed 160 pounds (73 kg).
Their coat of fur is usually long and a black, brown or gray color.
Their facial hair is very short.
The head is very large and the face is smooth with few wrinkles.
The ears are long and wide, and reach below the jaw.
The neck is strong and muscular.
The Newfoundland's chest is large and wide with a large lung capacity.
Because Newfoundlands are excellent swimmers, their thighs are very strong and muscular and their feet are tight.
Their tail is very strong and is important for them to swim well.
Newfoundlands can suffer from a lot of health problems.
They are the fifth most likely breed to have hip dysplasia.
Newfoundlands can have problems with cystinuria in a similar way to humans.
Newfoundlands can inherit subvalvular aortic stenosis, a trait which hurts the heart.
Newfoundlands are known to be very gentle and loyal dogs.
Because of their protective nature for children, Newfoundlands have been used as watchdogs.
They have very thick fur so owners need to brush it once a week.
The PlayStation Store is an online market for users of Sony's PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita game consoles via the PlayStation Network.
Media Go download page
US PlayStation Store information page on PlayStation.com
UK PlayStation Store information page on PlayStation.com
Japan PlayStation Store information page on PlayStation.com
European PlayStation Store updates
A literary genre means the style of a certain piece of literature, such as a book.
Several common ones are epic, comedy, tragedy, novel, and short story.
There are other ways to group them, though.
A piece of literature is either poetry or prose.
There are three types of poetry; narrative, lyric, and dramatic.
There are two types of prose; fiction and nonfiction.
Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American drama movie.
The stars of the movie are Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevigny.
This movie is about Brandon Teena (1972-1993), a female-to-male transsexual in Nebraska who was raped and murdered.
1999 LGBT movies
Movies set in Nebraska
Rubidium hydroxide is a chemical compound.
It is composed of rubidium and hydroxide ions.
Its chemical formula is RbOH.
It can eat through glass.
It is made by dissolving rubidium oxide in water.
It causes immediate burns to the skin.
It gets very hot when it is dissolved in water.
Rubidium compounds
Rubidium oxide is a chemical compound.
Its chemical formula is Rb2O. It is a yellow solid.
It reacts vigorously with water to produce rubidium hydroxide, a very strong base.
It is made by reduction of rubidium nitrate using rubidium metal.
It can also be made by reduction of rubidium hydroxide with rubidium metal.
It reacts with hydrogen to disproportionate it into rubidium hydroxide and rubidium hydride.
Rubidium nitrate is a chemical compound.
Its chemical formula is RbNO3.
It is made by reacting rubidium or rubidium hydroxide with nitric acid.
The reaction with rubidium is very violent.
It is used to make other rubidium compounds.
Rubidium hydride is a chemical compound.
It contains rubidium and hydride ions.
Its chemical formula is RbH. It is a strong reducing agent and will react with water, air and chlorine violently.
It is made by disproportionating hydrogen by reacting hydrogen with rubidium hydroxide.
This process also produces rubidium oxide.
It is normally made by reacting rubidium and hydrogen.
Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American social worker and sociologist.
She was born in Cedarville, Illinois.
In 1886, she founded a place called Hull House along with Ellen Gates Starr.
It tried to take care of the problems poor people and immigrants faced in Chicago.
She wanted more peace, and more civil rights for immigrants and women.
She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, and was the first American woman to earn it.
She was the sister of Alice Haldeman.
Addams was a lesbian.
She died in Chicago.
Hurricane Audrey was the most powerful June hurricane in the recorded history of the Atlantic since record keeping began.
This storm struck Louisiana and Texas, killing more than 500.
This hurricane was a very powerful category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
20th century in Texas
Calcium phosphate is a chemical compound.
Its chemical formula is Ca3(PO4)2, although there are other formulas, like Ca2HPO4 (dicalcium phosphate) and Ca(H2PO4)2 (monocalcium phosphate).
It is made of calcium and phosphate ions.
It is a white or gray solid.
It becomes more insoluble when heated; most chemicals become more soluble (more easily dissolved).
It is found in teeth, bones, and milk.
It is found in the ground, too.
It is used to make phosphoric acid.
It is used to make fertilizer.
Hurricane Joan was a powerful and deadly hurricane during 1988.
Over 200 people died because of Joan.
The hurricane reached Category 4 strength.
Hereford Cathedral is a church in the town of  Hereford.
The present building was started in 1079.
Before that there were two other cathedrals.
It is the seat of the Bishop of Hereford.
The most famous treasure in Hereford Cathedral is the  Mappa Mundi, a mediæval map of the world dating from the 13th century.
The cathedral is a Grade I listed building.
The building of the cathedral
The first Hereford Cathedral was a stone building from the 7th century.
After about 200 years it was changed, but then it was burnt down in 1056 by Welsh and Irish soldiers.
The rebuilding started in 1079 and it was finished around 1140.
Many changes have been made since that time.
The cathedral originally had  Norman architecture, but not much of that has survived.
By the end of the 13th century most of it had been changed.
The changes continued in the 14th century when the central tower was rebuilt.
Many other parts were added, the last big change was the adding of the main north entrance finished in 1535.
This was mostly the cathedral we see today.
Today’s cathedral
The Norman columns and arches of the nave have some decorations.
They are original, done in the early 12th century.
In the south aisle of the nave there are two tombs dating from the 14th century tombs.
They are for members of the clergy but we do not know who they are.
There is a tomb for Sir Richard Pembridge who was a Knight of the Garter.
There is a modern rood screen, a big lantern, and a reredos (a screen or decoration behind the altar).
The Lady Chapel has lancet windows (tall, narrow windows) and lots of ornaments.
There is a bit of ancient ironwork in the tomb of Bishop Booth who had the porch built  There is also a large Norman font.
The north transept was built in the Decorated Gothic.
It has the shrine of St. Thomas of Hereford.
The north window has some beautiful 19th century stained glass.
The tomb of the shrine of Bishop Cantilupe is built of Purbeck marble.
The south transept may be the oldest part of the cathedral.
The choir (the part of the cathedral where the choir sit), has many beautiful features.
There is a reredos which represents Jesus on the cross.
Two pointed arches show Christ with angels and the four evangelists.
There is also a very strange, old Episcopal chair.
The organ was built in 1892 by Henry Willis.
It is one of the best organs he made.
Organists of the past include John Bull and Samuel Sebastian Wesley.
Today the organist is Geraint Bowen.
There has been a choir at Hereford Cathedral from at least as far back as the 13th century.
Hereford Cathedral is one of the three cathedrals which house the Three Choirs Festival.
In the tower there are 10 bells.
They are often called the "Grand Old Lady".
Special treasures
The famous Hereford Mappa Mundi (Map of the World) dates from the 13th century.
It is the largest (except for one) map from that period drawn on a single sheet of vellum.
It was ignored for many years, then in 1855 it was cleaned and repaired at the British Museum.
It shows the world as round, with the ocean all around it.
It was nearly sold in the 1980s, but money was found to build a library where it could be hung.
This is where it is now.
Another famous document is one of only four copies of the Magna Carta to survive.
It is kept very carefully, and sometimes shown to the public in the library next to the Mappa Mundi.
An unfinished building is a building that was being built, but was either abandoned or is on hold.
There are many different reasons why buildings have not been completed.
One of the biggest reasons for unfinished buildings, is when the money runs out.
The National Monument in Scotland was planned to be a War Memorial for soldiers killed in the Napoleonic Wars.
Building started in 1826, but the money ran out in 1829.
The Sagrada Família, a church in Barcelona, Spain, was started in 1882 and is still not finished.
It is not finished because when the architect, Antoni Gaudí, died in 1926 after he was hit by a tram, and he did not leave many plans for the building.
What was left was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War.
The war also meant that there was not enough money to complete the project.
Duomo di Siena, Sienna, Italy
Goodwood House, West Sussex, England
Herrenchiemsee, Bavaria, Germany
Szkieletor, Kraków, Poland
Woodchester Mansion, Stroud, Gloucester, England
Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand
Bishop Castle, Colorado, USA
Boldt Castle, Thousand Islands, New York USA
Ajuda National Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Cuenca Cathedral, Cuenca, Spain
Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, California, USA
Torre de la Escollera, Cartagena, Colombia
Plaza Rakyat, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Joseph Albert Pierre Paul Pilote (December 11, 1931 – September 9, 2017) was a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman that played his playing career for the Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Pilote won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1961 and became the captain of the Black Hawks.
Pilote won the Norris trophy 3 times one in 1963, one in 1964 and one in 1965.
Norris Trophy (1963, 1964, 1965)
1st & 2nd all-star team (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967)
Stanley Cup (1961)
Hockey Hall of Fame (1975)
#59 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 greatest hockey players.
Pierre Pilote at LegendsofHockey.com
Twinkie the Kid is the mascot for Twinkies, a cream-filled snack cake.
He is a  trademark of Interstate Bakeries Corporation and has appeared on Twinkie packaging, in commercials, and as collectible related merchandise.
Twinkie the Kid is an anthropomorphized Twinkie, which means he is a Twinkie that has been given human-like features.
He looks like a wrangler and wears boots, gloves, a kerchief, and a ten-gallon hat.
Captain Cupcake
Fruit Pie the Magician
Un medico in famiglia (in ) is an Italian drama TV series.
It aired on Rai 1 and started in 1998.
It is now in its ninth season.
The TV series focuses around the lives of the Martini family.
Lele Martini is a doctor and a widower with three children: Maria, Francesco "Ciccio" and Anna "Annuccia".
He falls in love with his sister-in-law, Alice Solari.
At the end of the second season, they get married and have two twins.
Lele hires Cettina as their au pair.
Cettina is a Neapolitan woman (she comes from Mondragone) who pretends to be Polish in order to be hired.
Eventually the Martinis find out that Cettina is actually Italian, but they do not fire her.
At the beginning of the third season Lele, Alice and their twins leave Italy in order to live in Australia.
Lele puts his children in the hands of their grandpa, Nonno Libero.
Cettina falls in love with Torello, a funeral director.
They get married at the end of the third season.
Maria falls in love with Guido, a doctor.
They get married at the end of the fourth season.
In the sixth season Lele, who divorced from Alice, returns home with his children, Bobo and Elena.
Cettina is disappeared in a shipwreck: she is supposed to be dead, but this is not true.
In fact, she lost her memory and became a very rich woman in the United States.
She decided to go to Italy for an holiday and here she meets the Martinis.
She gradually recovers her memory and joins her husband and her son, Eros.
Lele in this season has two girlfriends: the doctress Funny and the chocolate seller Bianca.
Eventually he decides to get engaged to Bianca.
Melina, Cettina's cousin, is hires as the Martinis new au pair.
She falls in love with Dante Piccione, a gauche man who gambles on the horses.
Christos Kostas Tselios (born January 25, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American retired professional ice hockey defenceman that played his playing career for the Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings and Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Chelios won the Stanley Cup in 2008 and was also the captain of the Chicago Blackhawks from 1995 to 1999.
He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on July 9, 2013.
Milk chocolate is a type of chocolate.
It contains cocoa, sugar, and milk.
The term "milk chocolate" was first used in 1687, to describe a drink which came from Jamaica to London, but the milk chocolate bar did not exist until 1875, when inventor Daniel Peter mixed the ingredients together to make it.
Edward Charles John "Eddie" Litzenberger (born July 15, 1932 in Neudorf, Saskatchewan: died November 1, 2010) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger.
He played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Litzenberger won the Stanley Cup four times - onc with the Chicago Black Hawks, in 1961, and three times with the Toronto Maple Leafs, in 1962, 1963, and 1964.
7 World Trade Center is a building in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
It is part of the new World Trade Center complex and was completed in 2006.
The original 7 World Trade Center was in the same place, was completed in 1987 and destroyed on September 11, 2001 along with the other buildings in the World Trade Center.
Matthew Robert Birk (born July 23, 1976 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is an American football center for the Baltimore Ravens.
Lewis was drafted out of the Harvard University by the Minnesota Vikings with the 173rd pick in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL Draft.
Birk formerly played for the Minnesota Vikings and signed a three-year, $12 million contract as a free agent with the Baltimore Ravens.
Matt Birk at NFL.com
Claude Percy Lemieux (born July 16, 1965 in Buckingham, Quebec) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey right winger.
He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and the San Jose Sharks.
Lemieux won the Stanley Cup 4 times once in 1986 with the Montreal Canadiens, once in 1995 with the San Jose Sharks, once in 1996 with the Colorado Avalanche and once in 200 with the New Jersey Devils.
Trois-Rivières Draveurs players
Verdun Junior Canadiens players
Verdun Juniors players
Microsoft gaming consoles
Xbox Live Marketplace (XBLM) is a virtual market designed for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console that allows Xbox Live members to download purchased or promotional content.
Official Xbox Live Marketplace Website
Official Games on Demand Website
Gamertag Search
Georgi Ivanov Markov (; 1 March 1929 – 11 September 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident writer.
He was born in Sofia and was murdered in London.
He was stabbed in the leg with an umbrella which injected ricin, a deadly poison.
It is believed that Bulgarian security persuaded the KGB to do the job.
«Задочни репортажи за България» — 1978
«Когато часовниците са спрели.
Нови задочни репортажи за България» — 1991
«Победителите на Аякс» — 1959
«Цезиева нощ» — 1957
«Мъже» — 1962
«Покривът» — 2007
«Последният патент» — 1965
«Кафе с претенция» — 1966
«Да се провреш под дъгата»
«Комунисти»
«Аз бях той»
«Асансьорът» — 1967
«Атентат в затворената улица» — 1968
«Архангел Михаил» — 1990, 1997
«Анкета» — 1961
«Между нощта и деня» — 1961
«Портретът на моя двойник» — 1966, 1996
«Жените на Варшава» — 1968
Markov's umbrella assassin revealed.
After 26 years, police hope to bring killer to justice by Nick Paton Walsh.
June 6, 2005. (
The Guardian)
WNET (PBS) "Secrets of the Dead"  on investigation of the assassination.
Georgi Markov "The Umbrella Assassination"  mvm.ed.ac.uk
"The Poison Umbrella" Yveta Kenety, in: The New Presence 4/2006, S. 46-48
Bulgarian writers
Jennie Trinidad Fernando Kwan (born September 9, 1973) is a American actress and singer.
She played "Kim" in the original American tour of the musical Miss Saigon,  and "Christmas Eve" in the original national tour of Avenue Q. She has made a number of television shows, and is now known for being the voice of popular anime and video game characters.
Kwan was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
Her birth name was Jennie Trinidad Fernando.
She identifies as American, and also Filipino, Spanish, German, Italian and Chinese.
She is the daughter of a medical lab technician.
Kwan started singing professionally when she was 11.
She was in a band called "Kids of the Century."
Miss Saigon opened in London in 1989, where it played for ten years.
Miss Saigon opened on Broadway in 1991.
The play was a "megahit," meaning it was very popular.
It made over $10 million dollars by the time it opened in Chicago, Illinois a year later.
After a worldwide search, Kwan was asked to play Kim.
She was still in high school.
She acted in commercials and on television shows like Beverly Hills, 90210.
She also had modeling jobs.
She acted in a miniseries called Wild Palms.
In California Dreams, Kwan plays Samantha Woo, a foreign-exchange student that is very boy crazy.
Recent live-action appearances were on New Girl and Entourage.
Jennie Kwan has also appeared in many other movies, TV shows, and plays.
She has become a well-known voice actor.
She played "Suki" in the Avatar: The Last Airbender television show and video game.
She voiced "Satoko Houjou" for the 2007 TV show When They Cry.
Kwan also voiced "Mayuko Nise" for the 2021 television show, High-Rise Invasion.
She was also in Raya and the last dragon, and Onward!
Jennie Kwan has starred in multiple shows that helped her get fame, including  Kwan has also been in plays including Miss Saigon, where she plays Kim, a bar girl from Vietnam.
Kwan has also voiced many anime and cartoons!
Kwan can sing too, and wants to sing more in her future.
Little Shop
Bare: A Pop Opera
Faces of America
Avenue Q
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
In 2001, Jennie left acting for a while to join the girl group Nobody's Angel.
However, with its popularity quickly declining, the group split up just one year later.
André Sogliuzzo (born August 10, 1966) is an Italian-American voice actor.
He is known for doing many voices for many characters.
These include additional voices in Open Season, voices in Avatar: The Last Airbender, American Dad!,
Jackie Chan Adventures, and McSquizzy in Open Season 3.
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers
Boog and Elliot's Big Adventure
[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]] The Batman Wolverine and the X-Men
Open Season 4
Call of Duty United Offensive
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Eat Lead: the Return of Matt Hazard
Scarface: The World Is Yours Shrek 2 Shrek the Third SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly Spyro: Year of the Dragon Star Wars: The Clone Wars Tak: The Great Juju Challenge Tales of Symphonia The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian X-Men Legends GTA: San Andreas''
Soundtrack.
Net is a website dedicated to movie and television music.
The website was founded in 1997 by David A. Koran and Dan Goldwasser at Carnegie Mellon University.
In November 2005, Time Magazine listed SoundtrackNet as one of the "Top 20 Music Websites of 2005".
In October 2011, the site was acquired by Box Office Mojo cofounder Sean Saulsbury.
Avatar Airbender is an roller coaster made after the end of TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender at Nickelodeon Universe in the Mall of America.
Hungerford Bridge, often called Charing Cross Bridge, is a railway bridge.
It crosses the River Thames in London from Charing Cross station across to the south, near Waterloo station.
The bridge lies between Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge.
It is a steel bridge with two more recent pedestrian bridges on either side.
These were named the Golden Jubilee Bridges, but are really just footpaths alongside the railway bridge.
Each footpath has steps and lift access.
The north end of the bridge is Charing Cross station.
It is near Embankment Pier and the Victoria Embankment.
The south end is near Waterloo station, County Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, and the London Eye.
The first version of the bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and opened in 1845.
The bridge and the walkways have been reworked and expanded at various times.
The Upper Deck Company, LLC (colloquially as Upper Deck and Upper Deck Authenticated, Ltd. in the UK), founded in 1988, is a private company primarily known for producing trading cards.
Williams, Pete.
Card Sharks: How Upper Deck Turned a Child's Hobby into a High-Stakes, Billion-Dollar Business.
Macmillan General Reference, May 1995.
Hoover's Upper Deck Company, LLC Fact Sheet
Beckett.com company profile
Upper Deck official website
Upper Deck Entertainment website
Upper Deck Kids website
Upper Deck U website
Upper Deck International website
The Car of the Century (COTC) was an international award given to the most important car of the Twentieth Century.
The election was run by the Global Automotive Elections Foundation.
The winner was the Ford Model T. It was announced at an awards event on 18 December 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The final results
Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames in West London.
It connects Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank.
Albert Bridge was designed and built in 1873 as a cable-stayed bridge, it proved to be structurally unsound.
Between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette added some elements of a suspension bridge.
More work was done in 1973.
As a result, the bridge today is a hybrid of three different design styles.
Built as a toll bridge, it was unsuccessful.
Six years after its opening it was taken into public ownership, and the tolls were lifted.
The tollbooths remained in place, and are the only surviving examples of bridge tollbooths in London.
Its nickname is 'The Trembling Lady' because of its tendency to vibrate when large numbers of people walked over it.
Signs at the entrances warn troops from the nearby Chelsea Barracks to break step while crossing the bridge.
With a roadway only  wide, and with serious structural weaknesses, the bridge was ill-equipped to cope with motor traffic.
Despite this, Albert Bridge has remained open to vehicles, apart from brief spells for repairs.
It is one of only two Thames road bridges in central London which have never been replaced.
The strengthening work did not prevent further decay of the bridge's structure.
Strict traffic control limits its use and prolongs its life.
It is the least busy Thames road bridge in London except for Southwark Bridge.
The bridge's condition continues to get worse as the result of traffic.
Also, severe rotting of the timber deck is caused by the urine of dogs using it as a route to nearby Battersea Park.
In 1992 Albert Bridge was rewired and painted in an unusual colour scheme designed to make it easy to see, and avoid being hit by shipping.
At night it is lit by 4,000 bulbs, making it one of West London's most striking landmarks.
The Royal Barge launched from the pier at Albert Bridge.
Daily Mail, Thames pageant graphic; arcived
Lego Avatar: The Last Airbender was a Lego theme based on the Nickelodeon television show Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Air Temple (3828) – Includes Aang (with glider), Momo, Sokka, a Firebender, and a Fire Nation soldier.
Fire Nation Ship (3829) – Includes Aang, Katara, Zuko, Firebender, and a Fire Nation soldier.
Aang's glider.
LEGO wikia Avatar page
Moveable man of action or the action figure is a character figurine.
They may be made from plastic or other materials.
They are often based on characters from a movie, comic book, video game, or television program.
One of the most famous action figures is G.I. Joe.
Before the 1960s, toys had little or no movement.
The company Hasbro in 1964 came up with a new toy they called an action figure.
This toy was G.I. Joe created by Stan Weston.
G.I. Joe had a military look with changeable clothing and accessories ready for action.
Action figures were made to give boys a toy since Barbie in 1959 was so popular with girls.
Starting in the 1970s comic book superheros were made into action figures.
Marvel Comics and DC Comics began making their action figures to appeal to kids favorite superheroes.
Hasbro spent many years getting information and drawings of military weapons and vehicles for the use of their military action figures the G.I. Joes.
The first African American G.I. Joe was made in the second year of the action figures.
In 1967 the first female G.I. Joe was made, she was a nurse.
G.I. Joe in 1985 got a cartoon TV show and in 2009 a movie was made.
In the 1980s, the need for action figures got bigger with all the cartoons that started on TV.
Shows like Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe and Thundercats  which got the attention of young boys and gave a need for the action figures of their favorite shows.
Hasbro got the idea for the Transformers we know today from a cartoon in Japan and brought it to the United States in 1984, cartoon episodes and then action figures soon came along.
By the 1990s action figures became toys for adults as well but for the use of collecting and value.
These action figures came from movies, TV,and famous people like rock stars.
From the 2000s on, and up to these days, there was a transition made into movies, where popular movies would have action figures of their own characters.
And not only movies, but also musicians, athletes and other figures of importance in the media.
Today, the adult collector market for action figures is expanding with companies like McFarlane Toys, Palisades, and NECA.Companies have given numerous movie characters, musicians, and athletes their very first highly detailed figures.
These are commonly intended as display pieces rather than toys; however, child-oriented lines such as the Masters of the Universe revival and Justice League Unlimited still get adult collector followings as well.
Comic book are also able to get figures of their characters produced, regardless of whether or not they appeared in movies or animated cartoons.
Examples of companies that produce comic figures and merchandise almost exclusively include Toy Biz and DC Direct.
Adult-action figure lines are often exclusive to specific chain stores rather than mass retail.
Popular lines often have figures available exclusively through mail-in offers and comic conventions like comic con, which raises their value significantly.
Ploys such as packaging "errors" and "short-packed" figures have also been used by toy companies to increase collector interest.
Action figures are usually made of plastic.
These toys are able to move and hold different poses.
Making an action figure starts with the idea and drawing.
Next, wire and clay models are made.
When a figure is approved, it gets molded from a plastic.
Paint and fabric complete the toy.
Changes over the years
Basic action figure: Started out with little movement.
Only the arms and maybe the legs would move.
Moveable Action Figure: Had more areas of movement that included the head, wrists, knees, feet, hips, arms, and legs.
Removable/clip-on parts: Added clothing that you could take off or put on.
Different guns and weapons.
Even different faces.
Sound: Some action figures have sound effects like talking or gun sounds.
Types of figures
Comic Superheroes: Superman, Batman, etc.
TV/Movie: He-Man, WWF/WWE superstars, Lord of the Rings, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, etc.
Famous People: Kiss, US Presidents, Jackie Chan, Russell Crowe, etc.
Women Action Figures: Catwoman, Wonder Woman, Sarah Michelle Gellar, etc.
Action figures and gender
Action figures were made to give boys a toy like Barbie.
Unlike Barbie, G.I. Joe was meant to be manly and strong which is why a military toy was made.
Like Barbie, The action figure's body shows an almost unrealistic body image for boys.
Some action figures like the WWE wrestler's body on the action figure have unrealistic muscles.
These body images of strong wrestlers, superhero, and G.I. Joe tell boys that they too can grow up to be big and strong, which may not always be the case.
Today there are action figures for girls too.
Movie character action figures like Edward Cullen from the movie Twilight are collected by girls.
Toys and American culture by Sharon M. Scott
Action Figure History
History of the action figure
Men and action figures: male body
Ring of steel is the name people use for the security cordon around the City of London.
Its purpose is to prevent terrorism.
It was designed during the IRA 'troubles'.
The city of Belfast was the first to get a ring of steel.
Roads entering the City are narrowed and have small chicanes to force drivers to slow down and be recorded by CCTV cameras.
These roads have a concrete median with a sentry box where police can stand guard and monitor traffic.
Tucked away out of sight may be police armed with submachine guns.
City planners call these precautions 'fortress urbanism'.
Some roads have been closed to traffic entirely.
Despite the term 'ring of steel', the roadblocks and chicanes are actually created with concrete blocks, sometimes plastic coated, that are wedged together.
The measures were introduced following a massive IRA bombing campaign in the City in the early 1990s such as the 1992 Baltic Exchange bombing and the 1993 Bishopsgate bombing.
At this time the sentry posts were guarded by armed police almost continuously.
Initially the ring of steel consisted of plastic cones and on duty policemen which the locals described as the 'ring of plastic'.
It showed the public that the City authorities were taking seriously the threats by the IRA.
This was replaced by more permanent structures consisting of concrete barriers, checkpoints and thousands of video cameras.
After the IRA ceasefire the police guard was reduced.
Following the September 11 attacks, and the increased terrorist threats to the United Kingdom, security has been stepped up again.
In December 2003, the Ring of Steel was widened to include more businesses in the City.
Police thought a terrorist attack on the City was "inevitable".
Traffic entering London is also monitored and recorded at many places by an automatic number-plate recognition system (ANPR).
It is watched all the time by police.
The data is stored for five years for analysis and evidence.
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London infrastructure
10 Downing Street is the address of the London residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
The residence was presented by George II in 1733 to Robert Walpole, the first official Prime Minister of the country.
It is in Downing Street in the City of Westminster.
The house is over 300 years old and has about 100 rooms.
The house is close to St James's Park, Buckingham Palace, and the Palace of Westminster (which is the meeting place of both houses of Parliament).
Road transportation infrastructure
"Toll" is sometimes used as a synonym for tariff
A fee charged to use some roads and bridges
Toll road, a road for which road usage tolls are charged
Toll plaza, a facility where tolls are collected, on modern toll roads, tunnels, and bridges
Toll bridge, a bridge for which road usage tolls are charged
Toll tunnel, a tunnel for which road usage tolls are charged
Toll house, a place where road usage tolls are collected
Electronic toll collection, aims to eliminate the delay on toll roads by collecting tolls electronically
High occupancy toll, a toll on single-occupant vehicles using high-occupancy vehicle lanes to reduce traffic congestion
Shadow toll, payments made by government to the private sector operator of a road based on the number of vehicles using the road
Road toll, the number of deaths caused annually by road accidents
Funeral tolling is the slow, solemn ringing of church bells at funerals
Toll (gene), encode members of the Toll-like receptor class of proteins
Toll-like receptor, a class of proteins which play a key role in the innate immune system
Toll switching trunk, in telephone communications systems
Toll (telecommunications), refers to connection charges, for instance note Trunk vs Toll charging and toll-free telephone numbers
The Alfa Romeo 164 is a car produced by Alfa Romeo.
It replaced the Alfa Romeo 90 in 1987 and was sold is the US between the 1991 and 1995 model years with the brand not returning there until the launch of the Giulia for the 2017 model year.
It was discontinued in 1997 and replaced by the Alfa Romeo 166 in 1998.
2.0 Twin Spark 105 kW (143 hp), 106 kW (144 hp), 107 kW (146 hp) and 109 kW (148 hp)
2.0 Twin Spark Turbo 129 kW (175 hp)
2.0 V6 Turbo 148 kW (201 hp)
3.0 V6 132 kW (180 hp), 135 kW (184 hp), 141 kW (192 hp) and 147 kW (200 hp)
3.0 V6 24V 154 kW (210 hp), 168 kW (228 hp) and 171 kW (232 hp)
2.5 TD 86 kW (117 hp) and 92 kW (125 hp)
is a British reality TV show.
The first four series were hosted by Jenny Frost.
From the fifth series Ellie Taylor has presented it.
Its format is related to the fashion industry.
It is shown on BBC Three.
It was shown from 2008-2013.
It stars POD (The "Personal Overhaul Device") who gives make-unders to people to try to show their natural beauty without makeup or fake tan.
2000s reality television series
2010s reality television series
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is an American comedy movie.
It stars Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino, Janeane Garofalo and Camryn Manheim.
The movie is about a 10 year high school reunion at which Romy and Michele are planning to impress their former school classmates.
The movie was released in April 1997.
The Millennium Bridge, also known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a footbridge across the River Thames in London.
It is a steel suspension bridge which links Bankside with the City.
Its position is between Southwark Bridge (downstream) and Blackfriars Railway Bridge (upstream).
The bridge opened on 10 June 2000.
It is the newest bridge across the Thames.
Londoners nicknamed the bridge the Wobbly Bridge after people on a charity walk felt an uncomfortable swaying motion.
The bridge was closed later that day.
After two days of limited access the bridge was closed for almost two years.
Expensive and complicated changes were made to eliminate the wobble.
It was reopened in 2002.
The southern end of the bridge is near Globe Theatre, the Bankside Gallery and Tate Modern, the north end next to the City of London School below St Paul's Cathedral.
The bridge alignment is such that a clear view of St Paul's south facade is presented from across the river, framed by the bridge supports.
The design of the bridge was the subject of a competition organized in 1996 by Southwark council.
The winning entry was by Arup, Foster and Partners and Sir Anthony Caro.
The eight suspension cables are tensioned to pull with a force of 2,000 tons against the piers set into each bank — enough to support a working load of up to 5,000 people on the bridge at one time.
The closure of the bridge only three days after opening attracted consideerable public criticism, as another high-profile British millennium project suffered an embarrassing setback, akin to how many saw the Millennium Dome.
There was some astonishment that engineers had not foreseen the problem, as computer modelling is such a standard technique today.
However, modifications to the bridge did eliminate the wobble, which has not recurred since the bridge reopened in February 2002.
The bridge's movements were caused by a 'positive feedback' phenomenon.
The natural sway motion of people walking caused small sideways oscillations in the bridge.
In turn, this caused people on the bridge to sway in step, increasing the amplitude of the bridge oscillations and reinforced the effect.
The  bridge opened on an exceptionally fine day, and it was included on the route of a major charity walk.
On the day of opening the bridge was crossed by 90,000 people, with up to 2,000 on the bridge at any one time.
The lateral vibration problems of the Millennium Bridge are very unusual, but not entirely unique.
Other bridges which have seen similar problems are:
Birmingham NEC Link bridge, with a lateral frequency of 0.7 Hz
Groves Suspension Bridge, Chester, in 1977 during the Jubilee River Regatta
Auckland Harbour Road Bridge, with a lateral frequency of 0.67 Hz, during a 1975 demonstration
After extensive analysis by the engineers, the problem was fixed by fitting 37 dampers (energy dissipating) to control horizontal movement and 52 (inertial) dampers to control vertical movement.
This took from May 2001 to January 2002 and cost £5M. After a period of testing, the bridge was successfully re-opened on 22 February 2002.
In spite of the successful fix of the problem, the affectionate 'wobbly bridge' epithet remains in common usage amongst Londoners.
Where the Truth Lies is a British-Canadian crime drama movie starring Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth.
Also starring are actresses Alison Lohman and Rachel Blanchard.
The movie was directed by Atom Egoyan.
The movie was originally rated NC-17, though the movie's producers decided to release the movie unrated.
The movie was released during 2005.
The movie is based on the novel by Rupert Holmes.
It is a murder mystery set in the 1957 and 1972.
It explores the bad side of fame and fortune.
2005 mystery movies
Canadian crime movies
Canadian drama movies
Movies directed by Atom Egoyan
Rubidium chloride is a chemical compound.
Its chemical formula is RbCl.
It is composed of rubidium and chloride ions.
It is similar to other alkali metal halides, such as sodium chloride.
It is made by reacting rubidium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid.
It has several medicinal uses, including fighting cancer and depression, medical research, and medicine.
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Tomb Raider is a video game made by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive.
It was came out in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, PC,  PlayStation.
Tomb Raider was also released in the US PlayStation Network in 2009, and will be released on the EU PlayStation Network, September 1.
Tomb Raider is about the adventures of Lara Croft, an English female archaeologist in search of ancient treasures.
The following is a list of Formula One constructors.
These are constructors which have competed or plan to compete in the FIA World Championship.
Terminology: constructors vs. teams
In Formula One racing the terms "constructor" and "entrant" do not mean the same thing.
A constructor builds a car or engine.
An entrant is the person or corporate entity that enters a race.
They register a car and driver with the FIA.
They are responsible for making the car ready to race, and keeping the car in good condition during the race weekend.
Because of the role and activity of the entrant, the term team is often used when talking about an entrant.
Under the FIA rules, "the constructor of an engine or chassis is the person (including any corporate or unincorporated body) which owns the intellectual rights to such engine or chassis."
Basically, who ever builds an engine or a chassis in the constructor.
The title of Formula One World Champion Constructor is given to the car make that scores the most points during the season.
The "make" of a car includes both the chassis and engine.
If a car's chassis and engine are made by the same entity, then the constructor is the car make.
For example Ferrari makes both the chassis and the engine.
So the make is Ferrari.
If the chassis and engine are made by different entities, the car's make is both constructor names put together.
For example McLaren builds a chassis that uses a Mercedes engine.
So the make is McLaren-Mercedes.
The name of the chassis constructor is always placed before the engine constructor.
Because both engine and chassis are included in the make name, chassis run with different engines are counted as two separate makes.
For example, Lotus-Ford is a make different from  Lotus-BRM.
Each make would be scored separately.
The World Constructors' Championship title is awarded to the constructor of the chassis of the make that scores the most points.
This list only shows chassis constructors for that reason.
For more information on engines, see Formula One engines.
Since the early 1980s, the FIA requires that Formula One entrants own the intellectual rights to the chassis that they enter.
Basically, that means that teams must build their own chassis.
Since this time, the terms entrant, constructor, and team now mean the same thing.
Before this time, constructors were free to sell their chassis to other teams.
Brabham and Lotus chassis were used by many other teams during the 1960s and 1970s.
Several teams than compeated with the front-runners never built their own chassis.
Rob Walker Racing Team was the most successful example.
They earned the first victories in Formula One for both Cooper and Lotus.
In those days, the concept of a "works" or "factory" team was the official team of the company producing the cars.
Customer teams were entrants that purchased their cars off the shelf.
In modern Formula One, the team must build their own car.
The term customer only applies to engines now.
There have been some cases since the 1980s where one company built cars for another team.
Lola designed and built cars for Larrousse and Scuderia Italia in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
2011 Constructors Statistics
Constructor's name changed before the team entered a race.
Former Constructors Statistics
Indianapolis 500 only
Constructors whose only entry in the World Championship was in the Indianapolis 500 from 1950 to 1960.
Privateer teams
The following teams never built their own chassis.
They are not considered "constructors":
List of Grand Prix winners (constructors)
a. Includes John Surtees' fastest lap in the  South African Grand Prix in a non-works McLaren.
d. From  to , Alta was also an engine manufacturer for teams HWM, Cooper and Connaught.
e. Arrows was renamed Footwork for  to .
In  they returned to Arrows.
f. In  and , ATS was an engine manufacturer for teams Derrington-Francis and Cooper, racing at the 1964 Italian and 1967 British Grands Prix with Mário de Araújo Cabral and Silvio Moser.
i. From  through  Benetton F1 Team had a United Kingdom license; from  through , an Italian one.
l. Frank Williams Racing Cars includes Politoys (), Iso Marlboro (-) and Wolf-Williams () cars.
Prior to 1972 FWRC ran customer chassis.
Later became Wolf.
Williams Grand Prix Engineering, now WilliamsF1, was a new constructor established by Frank Williams and Patrick Head after Williams left Wolf-Williams.
s. March later became Leyton House Racing.
In  March returned for one final season.
z. Sauber later became the BMW works team as BMW Sauber.
In  they returned to Sauber.
Spyker was formerly Jordan Grand Prix and Midland F1 Racing; it later became Force India.
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Stewart later became Jaguar Racing.
Toleman later became  Benetton Formula.
Tyrrell later became British American Racing.
Wolf was formerly Frank Williams Racing Cars.
In  and  Scuderia Platé built their own engines for the Maserati-Platé 4CLT.
The Genesis creation narrative, found in the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis in the Bible, describes a supernatural beginning of the earth and life, ending with the creation of humans in the image of God.
This creation narrative is part of the Bible of Judaism and Christianity.
Chapter 1 tells of God's creation of the world, ending with the consecration of the seventh day as the Sabbath.
Man and woman are created to be God's rulers over the new creation.
Chapter 2 tells of God's planting a garden in which he places the first man, and from whose rib he creates the first woman.
The chapter ends by saying marriage is holy.
The nave is where the congregation sits in a church.
It usually has long benches, called 'pews', or separate chairs.
The nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. '
Nave' (Medieval Latin navis, "ship") was probably suggested by the shape of its vaulting resembling an upside-down hull (bottom of a ship).
The nave of a church goes from the entry hall to the chancel.
It is flanked by aisles separated from the nave by an arcade.
If the aisles are high and of a width comparable to the central nave, the structure is sometimes said to have three naves.
Hexham Abbey is an Anglican church in the town of Hexham, Northumberland, dedicated to St Andrew.
Since the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1537, the Abbey has been the parish church of Hexham.
The Abbey, which was a cathedral in Saxon times, is part of the Diocese of Newcastle.
The diocese is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, and includes the historic county of Northumberland in northeast England.
There has been a church on this site for over 1300 years since Etheldreda, Queen of Northumbria, made a grant of lands c.674.
The Benedictine abbey was built almost entirely of stones from nearby Roman ruins.
The Saxon crypt still remains; as does a frith stool, a 7th/8th century 'cathedra' or throne.
About 1050 one Eilaf was put in charge of Hexham, although as treasurer of Durham, he probably never came there.