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2007 Firestone Indy 400 The 2007 Firestone Indy 400 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Michigan International Speedway. It was held over the weekend of August 3–5, 2007, as the thirteenth round of the seventeen-race calendar. It was the last race, for the time being, for the IndyCar Series at the track....
Marino Franchitti Marino Alessandro Cesare Franchitti (born 7 July 1978) is a British racing driver, and the younger brother of Dario Franchitti. He has spent the majority of his career racing in sports cars and grand tourers, with a career highlight of winning the 2014 12 Hours of Sebring.
2009 Honda Indy Toronto The 2009 Honda Indy Toronto was the tenth round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season and took place on July 12, 2009 at the 1.755 mi Exhibition Place temporary street circuit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dario Franchitti won the race, to join Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon as the only thr...
1998 Molson Indy Vancouver The 1998 Molson Indy Vancouver was the fifteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 6, 1998, at Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dario Franchitti took his second consecutive win at this race, after passing Michael Andrett...
Dario Franchitti George Dario Marino Franchitti, MBE (born 19 May 1973), known professionally as Dario Franchitti, is a retired Scottish racing driver. He is a four time IndyCar Series champion (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011), a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 (2007, 2010, 2012) as well as a winner of the 24 Hours o...
2011 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma The 2011 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma was the seventh running of the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma and the fourteenth round of the 2011 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, August 28, 2011. The race contested over 75 laps at the 2.303 mi Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Will Po...
Johnny Mowlem Johnny Mowlem (born 12 February 1969) is a professional British racing driver. Mowlem is considered to be among the world's elite sports car drivers, having competed in every class of world championship sports car racing. He is the 2013 European Le Mans Series GT champion, having previously won the Britis...
AFC North The American Football Conference North Division, or AFC North, is a division of the National Football League's (NFL) American Football Conference (AFC). It was created as the AFC Central in 1970 following the completion of the AFL–NFL merger when two of the NFL teams—the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh St...
2011 Cleveland Browns season The Cleveland Browns season was the team's 63rd season as a professional sports franchise and its 59th season as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The team had hoped to improve on its 2010 season, where it finished with a record of 5–11 and placed third in the AFC North, howev...
2012 Cleveland Browns season The Cleveland Browns season was the team's 64th season as a professional sports franchise and its 60th season as a member of the National Football League (NFL). Although the team improved on its record to 5–11 this 2012 season from its 4–12 finish in 2011, the team still placed fourth in th...
2007 Cleveland Browns season The 2007 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 59th season as a professional sports franchise and its 55th season as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The season began with the Browns attempting to improve upon their 4–12 record from the 2006 season, in which the team finishe...
2008 Cleveland Browns season The 2008 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 60th season as a professional sports franchise and its 56th season as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The Browns finished with a 4–12 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs. The season marked Romeo Crennel's fourth (and ...
2010 Cleveland Browns season The 2010 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 62nd season as a professional sports franchise and its 58th season as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to break the longest playoff appearance drought in franchise history, a current streak of eight seasons witho...
Lamar Chapman Lamar A. Chapman (born November 6, 1976) is a former American football cornerback who played two seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Kansas State University and att...
2009 Cleveland Browns season The 2009 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 61st season as a professional sports franchise and its 57th season as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The team placed fourth in the AFC North with a record of 5–11, improving upon its 2008 record of 4–12. This season marked Geo...
Ron Snidow Ronald Wayne Snidow (December 30, 1941 – May 17, 2009) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Browns. He attended San Rafael High School in California. He played college football at the University of Oregon. The Washington Redsk...
Freddie Summers Freddie S. Summers (born February 16, 1947) is a former American football defensive back who played three seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 1969 NFL Draft. He first enrolled at McCook Community College bef...
Arcos Dorados Holdings Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. is McDonald’s largest franchisee in the world in terms of systemwide sales and number of restaurants. As of December 31, 2010, it represented 6.7% of McDonald’s franchised restaurants globally. As the largest operator of McDonald's restaurants in Latin America and the ...
Shawarmer Shawarmer is a Middle Eastern quick service restaurant chain specializing in Shawarma. Shawarmer opened its first branch in Riyadh in 1999 and currently is operating in 13 cities in Saudi with more than 70 Branches. Shawarmer concept revolves around innovating the traditional shawarma, and maintaining interna...
Hero Certified Burgers Hero Certified Burgers is a Canadian restaurant chain franchise that sells hamburgers and other quick service restaurant fare. It is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and was founded in 2004. It had almost 60 locations as of March 2017, and opened its first store in the United States in 2015 in E...
Noodle Box Noodle Box Pty Ltd is an Australian stir fried noodle quick service restaurant chain headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia founded by Josh James and David Milne in 1996.
Lion's Choice Lion's Choice is a Missouri-based quick service restaurant chain specializing in roast beef sandwiches. The restaurant sells lean, top-round roast beef, slow-roasted daily on-site, shaved thin and served with a dash of secret seasoning on a toasted and steamed bun.
Toddle House Toddle House was a national quick service restaurant chain in the United States, which specialized in breakfast but was open 24/7. Much of their business was takeout.
Farmer Boys Farmer Boys is a quick service restaurant chain based primarily in California, with headquarters in Riverside, California.
Tim Hortons Tim Hortons Inc. (known internationally as Tim Hortons Cafe and Bake Shop, colloquially known as Timmy's or Tim's) is a Canadian multinational fast food restaurant known for its coffee and doughnuts. It is also Canada's largest quick service restaurant chain; as of December 31, 2016, it had a total of 4,613...
Fast food restaurant A fast food restaurant, also known as a quick service restaurant (QSR) within the industry, is a specific type of restaurant that serves fast food cuisine and has minimal table service. The food served in fast food restaurants is typically part of a "meat-sweet diet", offered from a limited menu, c...
Leeann Chin Leeann Chin is a Bloomington, Minnesota-based Asian quick service restaurant chain, with over 50 locations throughout the Midwest, mostly in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. The chain was founded by its namesake, Leeann Chin, funded by Carl Pohlad (banker and former owner of the Minnesota Twins) and actor S...
Locust Lake State Park Locust Lake State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 1089 acre in Ryan Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Locust Lake State Park is located approximately 7 mi north of Pottsville, 3 mi south of Mahanoy City, 8 mi west of Tamaqua and 6 mi west of Tuscarora State Park...
Finchampstead Finchampstead is a village and civil parish in the Wokingham Borough of Berkshire, England. Its northern extremity is 2 mi south of Wokingham, 5 mi west of Bracknell, 8 mi south-east of Reading, and 33 mi west of Central London. It is an affluent area, with the village ranking as Britain's 31st wealthiest...
Canton, Michigan Canton is a charter township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located about 8 mi west of the city limits of Detroit and 8 mi east of the city limits of Ann Arbor. As of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 90,173, making it Michigan's second largest township and elevent...
Jeff Horner Jeff Horner (born August 1, 1983) is an American former basketball player and current assistant coach for the University of North Dakota. He is best known as a point guard for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes basketball team. Horner currently holds the University of Iowa career three point record at 232 shot...
Anthony Avent Anthony Avent (born October 18, 1969) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round (15th pick overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft. Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Avent played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Orlando Magic, Vancouver Grizzlies, Utah...
James Blackmon Sr. James Blackmon Sr. (born August 7, 1964) is an American basketball coach and former noted college and high school player. Blackmon has coached two teams to the class 2A high school basketball championship in Indiana, winning back-to-back titles in 2008 and 2009. Blackmon played basketball in college ...
Presley Askew Presley Askew (November 17, 1909 – February 7, 1994) was an American basketball and baseball coach. Overall Askew won 169 games at New Mexico State and Arkansas and had an overall record of 509–312 in all high school and college coaching. Born in Red Oak, Oklahoma, Askew played basketball and graduated fr...
Weldon Drew Weldon Drew (born April 22, 1935) was the head men's basketball coach at New Mexico State University from 1979 to 1985. He was named to the position in 1979 as the successor to Ken Hayes who left to become head coach at Oral Roberts University. Drew was previously an assistant coach for New Mexico State Uni...
Larry Friend Larry Haskell Friend (April 14, 1935 – February 27, 1998) was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Friend was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and played basketball at Marshall High School in Chicago. However, he moved to Los Angeles, California before his senior year and played ba...
Kelsall Kelsall is a medium-sized agricultural/commuter village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located around 8 mi east of Chester, 8 mi west of Northwich and 4 mi north west of Tarporley. The village is situated on Kelsall Hi...
2017 Winston-Salem Open The 2017 Winston–Salem Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 49th edition of the Winston-Salem Open (as successor to previous tournaments in New Haven and Long Island), and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at W...
2017 Connecticut Open The 2017 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2017 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 49th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at...
Caroline Wozniacki career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki. To date, Wozniacki has won twenty-six WTA singles titles including two WTA Premier Mandatory singles titles and three WTA Premier 5 singles titles. She was also the runner-up at the...
2017 BB&T Atlanta Open The 2017 BB&T Atlanta Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 US Open Series. It took place at Atlantic Station in Atlanta, United States between July 24 and 30, 2017. It was t...
2013 US Open Series In tennis, the 2013 US Open Series (known as Emirates Airline US Open Series for sponsorships reasons) was the tenth edition of the US Open Series, which included ten hard court tournaments that started on July 20, 2013 in Atlanta and concluded in Winston-Salem for the men and in New Haven for the w...
Petra Kvitová career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of Czech professional tennis player Petra Kvitová. To date, Kvitová has won 20 singles titles including two Grand Slam singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships, one WTA Tour Championships singles title, two WTA Premier Mandatory singles t...
Jamie Murray career statistics Jamie Murray is a professional tennis player who is the current British number one doubles player. He has reached eight grand slam finals in total: (4 Doubles, 4 Mixed), he has won the mixed doubles at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 US Open, and th...
2017 US Open Series In tennis, the 2017 US Open Series was the fourteenth edition of the US Open Series, which comprised a group of hard court tournaments that started on July 24, 2017 in Atlanta and concluded in Connecticut for the women and in Winston-Salem for the men on August 26, 2017. This edition consisted of th...
2014 US Open Series In tennis, the 2014 US Open Series (known as Emirates Airline US Open Series for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh edition of the US Open Series, which included nine hard court tournaments that started on July 21, 2014 in Atlanta and concluded in Winston-Salem for the men and in New Haven for th...
2012 US Open – Men's singles final The 2012 US Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2012 US Open. In the final, Andy Murray defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic 7–6, 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 to win the match. It was the equal-longest US Open men's final in hi...
Bernhard Vogel (politician) Bernhard Vogel (born 19 December 1932) is a German politician (CDU). He was the 4th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988 and the 2nd Minister President of Thuringia from 1992 to 2003. He is the only person to have been head of two different German federal states and i...
2/40th Battalion (Australia) The 2/40th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Formed in mid-1940 from personnel recruited from Tasmania, the battalion was assigned to the 23rd Brigade, which formed part of the 8th Division. After completing basic training, the 2/40th was sent to Darwin to form par...
Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977, following the resignation of Richard Nixon. Prior to this he served eight months as the 40th Vice Preside...
Wyman Park, Baltimore The community of Wyman Park is a border community that links Hampden to Roland Park. All of the Wyman Park area was annexed to Baltimore City in 1888. The general boundaries consist of the area from south to north between 33rd Street and 40th Streets and west to east from Keswick Road to Wyman Par...
40th Regiment 40th Regiment, 40th Infantry Regiment or 40th Armoured Regiment may refer to:
Walt Zeboski Walt Zeboski (died 12 November 2012), was an American photographer and photojournalist for the Associated Press for more than thirty years. Zeboski extensively photographed Ronald Reagan during his 1980 presidential campaign, snapping some of the most iconic pictures of Reagan's campaign. Zeboski, who ofte...
40th Battalion (Australia) The 40th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in 1916 as part of the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, the battalion was recruited completely from Tasmania as part of the 10th Brigade, 3rd Division. During the war the battalion served in the t...
José Mujica José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (] ; born 20 May 1936) is a Uruguayan politician who was the 40th President of Uruguay between 2010 and 2015. A former urban guerrilla fighter with the Tupamaros, he was imprisoned for 13 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad ...
John F. Kennedy presidential campaign, 1960 The 1960 presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy, a United States Senator from Massachusetts, began on January 2, 1960, when Kennedy formally announced his candidacy for 35th President of the United States, replacing incumbent President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenho...
Speeches and debates of Ronald Reagan The speeches and debates of Ronald Reagan comprise the seminal oratory of the 40th President of the United States. Reagan began his career in Iowa as a radio broadcaster. In 1937, he moved to Los Angeles where he started acting, first in films and later television. After delivering...
Kyokusui-no-en Kyokusui-no-en (曲水の宴 ("Winding stream party" ) ) is a modern Japanese ceremony replicating a historical party game played by the nobility. Participants must compose a tanka poem beside a stream, within a time limit set by the passage of a lacquer cup of sake floating towards them on the water. When the c...
Panela Panela (] , Portuguese: "rapadura" ] ) is unrefined whole cane sugar, typical of Central and of Latin America in general, which is a solid form of sucrose derived from the boiling and evaporation of sugarcane juice. Panela is known by other names in Latin America, such as piloncillo in Mexico (where "panela" ref...
Ruakuri Cave Ruakuri Cave is the longest underground cave in the Waitomo area of New Zealand. It was first discovered by local Māori between 400 and 500 years ago. The name Ruakuri, or “den of dogs” was created when wild dogs were discovered making their home in the cave entrance some 300 years later.
500 Years Later 500 Years Later (፭፻ ዓመታት በኋላ "500 ʿamätatə bähwala ") is an independent documentary film directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah, written by M. K. Asante, Jr. and released in 2005. It has won five international film festival awards in the category of Best Documentary (including) UNESCO "Breaking the Chains Awar...
Motherland (2010 film) Motherland (እናት ሀገር "ˀənatə hägär ") is a 2010 independent documentary film directed and written by Owen 'Alik Shahadah. "Motherland" is the sequel to the 2005 documentary "500 Years Later".
Ife Piankhi Ife Piankhi is a Ugandan poet, singer, creative facilitator and educator. She has collaborated with artists such as Keko, Nneka, Mamoud Guinea, Geoff Wilkinson, Michael Franti, Jonzi D, Wynton Marsalis, Floetry, among others. She has toured internationally for the past 22 years visiting Canada, Ghana, Sierr...
Idiocracy Idiocracy is a 2006 American satirical science fiction comedy film directed by Mike Judge and starring Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, and Dax Shepard. The film tells the story of two people who take part in a top-secret military human hibernation experiment, only to awaken 500 years later in a dystopian society w...
Tukufu Zuberi Tukufu Zuberi (born April 26, 1959) is an American sociologist, filmmaker, social critic, educator, and writer. Zuberi has appeared in several documentaries on Africa and the African diaspora, including "" (2002), and "500 Years Later" (2005). He is one of the hosts of the long-running PBS program "Histor...
Elizabeth Martínez Elizabeth "Betita" Martínez (born December 12, 1925) is an American Chicana feminist and a long-time community organizer, activist, author, and educator. She has written numerous books and articles on different topics relating to social movements in the Americas. Her best-known work is the bilingual ...
Ako Mitchell Ako Mitchell is a British-American actor and filmmaker. Ako directed and co-wrote the short film "I'm in the corner with the bluebells" part of the international shorts competition at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Ako recently played “Klook” in “Klook’s Last Stand” at London’s Park Theatre ...
Obsessed (2014 film) Obsessed (; lit. "Human Addiction" or "Human Intoxication") is a 2014 South Korean erotic romance film written and directed by Kim Dae-woo, about a couple having a passionate affair in a military camp under tight surveillance in 1969.
Bill Berry (director) Bill Berry is the American Producing Director for The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington. Berry served as associate producing artistic director and casting director from 2002 through 2009. During that time, he directed productions of West Side Story (Seattle Times Footlight Award), Wonderfu...
Elliott Lester Elliott Lester is an English film and television director, best known for directing the film "Blitz". He made his directing debut in 2006 with "Love Is the Drug", and his latest film, "Aftermath", was released on April 4, 2017.
Kim Dae-woo Kim Dae-woo (born 1962) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim started his filmmaking career by winning the 1991 Korean Film Council Screenplay Contest. He was an accomplished screenwriter with a number of hit scripts, including "The Girl for Love and The One for Marriage" (1993), "An Affair"...
Senkichi Taniguchi Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to Kajirō Yamamoto alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker...
Anthony C. Ferrante Anthony C. Ferrante is an American film director, producer, and writer, known for directing the "Sharknado" series, the 2017 thriller Forgotten Evil and the 2005 ghost story "Boo", which was his feature film writing and directing debut.
Juice (film) Juice is a 1992 American crime film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, and written by Dickerson and Gerard Brown. It stars Omar Epps, Jermaine Hopkins, Khalil Kain and Tupac Shakur. The film touches on the lives of four youths growing up in Harlem. It follows the day-to-day activities in the young men's live...
Who's the Man? Who's the Man? is a 1993 thriller comedy film, directed by Ted Demme, in his feature film directing debut. The film stars "Yo! MTV Raps" hosts Doctor Dré and Ed Lover as its two main protagonists., it features dozens of cameo appearances from some of the top rap/hip-hop acts of the time, including (thoug...
Sayo Yamamoto Sayo Yamamoto (山本 沙代 "Yamamoto Sayo"; born April 13, 1977) is a Japanese anime director. She is known for directing the anime series "Michiko & Hatchin" and "Yuri on Ice" and the critically acclaimed anime series "". After graduating from the College of Art and Design in Tokyo, she began work at Studio Ma...
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is a 1991 American science fiction comedy film, and the directing debut of Pete Hewitt. It is the second film in the "Bill & Ted" franchise, and a sequel to "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989). Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter and George Carlin reprise their role...
The Circus Man The Circus Man is a 1914 silent film produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Oscar Apfel and written by Cecil B. DeMille from a story based on the novel "The Rose in the Ring" by George Barr McCutcheon. It is preserved at the Library of Congress.
Nord-Ost Nord-Ost (Russian: Норд-Ост , means "North-East" in German) is a Russian musical theatre production that was composed by Aleksei Ivaschenko and Georgii Vasilyev, based on the novel "The Two Captains" by Veniamin Kaverin. It is a fictional story based around the historical events surrounding the discovery of th...
Yasuda Dai Circus Yasuda Dai Circus (安田大サーカス , Yasuda Dai Sākasu ) is a Japanese comedy trio, consisting of Danchō (団長 , or sometimes Danchō Yasuda (安田団長 , Yasuda Danchō ) ) , HIRO, and Kuro-chan (クロちゃん ) . The three are much less about traditional skit or story based stand-up humor (which is common in Japanese comedy)...
Buttered cat paradox The buttered cat paradox is a common joke based on the tongue-in-cheek combination of two adages:
Knock (short story) "Knock", written by Fredric Brown, is a science fiction short story that starts with a short-short story based on the following text of Thomas Bailey Aldrich:
The Ruins of Cawdor The Ruins of Cawdor was the last of three graphical MUDs for the online community The Sierra Network, which later became The ImagiNation Network. It was designed by Richard Aronson (author of the widely reprinted RPG humor story Eric and the Dread Gazebo), and based loosely on Macbeth.
Battlefield Detectives Battlefield Detectives is a forensic documentary television series that aired on the History Channel from 2003 to 2006. The series explores famous battles focusing on the battlefield itself, and tell its story based on recent scientific research. It uses modern science to examine how the battles ...
John Frazee John Frazee (born 1949) is an artist from New York City, New York. Frazee's work as a painter and sculptor is displayed around the world. He is also known for a science humor story he wrote in OMNI magazine, the Buttered cat paradox.
Two Against Tyre "Two Against Tyre" is a story based on an unpublished story featuring Eithriall the Gaul, one of the lesser-known characters created by Robert E. Howard. The story celebrated the pageantry of medieval knighthood, the exoticism of the Orient, the ferocity of the invaders from the steppes, the mysteries ...
Mind Fields Mind Fields is a book featuring paintings by Polish painter Jacek Yerka combined with short stories and prose poems by American writer Harlan Ellison. The 34 paintings by Yerka were created first. Ellison then wrote a short story based on a single painting. The exception was "Under the Landscape" which was ...
BOAC Flight 712 BOAC Flight 712 (callsign "Speedbird 712") was a British Overseas Airways Corporation service operated by a Boeing 707-465 from London Heathrow Airport bound for Sydney via Zurich and Singapore. On Monday 8 April 1968, it suffered an engine failure on takeoff that quickly led to a major fire. The engine...
BOAC Flight 777 BOAC Flight 777-A was a scheduled British Overseas Airways Corporation civilian airline flight from Portela Airport in Lisbon, Portugal, to Whitchurch Airport near Bristol, England, on 1 June 1943. It was attacked "en route" by eight German Junkers Ju 88s and crashed into the Bay of Biscay, resulting in...
Silver Shadow (ship) Silver Shadow is a cruise ship that entered service in 2000, and is operated by Silversea Cruises. The passenger capacity is 382 passengers, and there are 295 crew members. Her sister ship is the "Silver Whisper" , and both ships were built by the Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy. They both have a...
Freedom-class cruise ship The "Freedom" class is a group of three cruise ships for Royal Caribbean International. The first ship of the class, "Freedom of the Seas" , was the largest passenger ship in the world, and the largest ever built in terms of passenger capacity and gross tonnage, when it was built in 2006. Thes...
Silver Whisper Silver Whisper is a cruise ship that entered service in 2000, and is operated by Silversea Cruises. The passenger capacity is 382 passengers, and there are 295 crew members. Her sister ship is the "Silver Shadow"; both ships were built by the Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy. They both have a high space...
Kenneth Stonehouse Kenneth Stonehouse (10 May 1908 – 1 June 1943) was a British journalist who worked with the Reuters news agency in the United States and Europe. He was killed in the downing of BOAC Flight 777.
BOAC Flight 911 BOAC Flight 911 (Speedbird 911) was a round-the-world flight operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation that crashed as a result of an encounter with severe clear-air turbulence near Mount Fuji in Japan on 5 March 1966. The Boeing 707-436 on this flight was commanded by Captain Bernard Dobson, 45,...
Regina (train) The Regina is a Swedish model of electric multiple unit passenger train, manufactured by Bombardier Transportation (formerly Adtranz). It is used by the national passenger railway SJ along with numerous regional and private operators, in variants designated X50, X51, X52, X53, X54 and X55, and in two-, t...
Ball-bearing Run Ball-bearing Run was the nickname of a war-time flight "Stockholmsruten" between Stockholm and Leuchers, Scotland. The flight was run by the Royal Norwegian Air Force, but for political reasons operated as an ordinary BOAC Flight, aircraft having civilian registration and the Norwegian military crew we...
MV Caledonian Isles MV "Caledonian Isles" is one of the largest ships owned by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited. She is operated by Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac), which runs ferries to the Hebridean and Clyde Islands of Scotland. "Caledonian Isles" serves the Isle of Arran on the Ardrossan to Brodick route. As it is ...
Dorothea Jordan Dorothea Jordan (22 November 17615 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish actress, courtesan, and the mistress and companion of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom, for 20 years while he was Duke of Clarence. Together they had ten illegitimate children, all of whom took the surname "FitzClarence".
Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll (17 January 1801 – 16 January 1856; born Elizabeth FitzClarence) was an illegitimate daughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom and Dorothea Jordan. She married William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll, and became Countess of Erroll on 4 December 1820 a...
Lady Mary Fox Lady Mary Fox (née FitzClarence; 19 December 1798 – 13 July 1864) was an illegitimate daughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom by his mistress Dorothea Jordan. In later life she became a writer.