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The Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997) was a clergyman, railway enthusiast and children's author, best known as the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine. Awdry was born in Romsey, Hampshire in 1911. The son of a clergyman, he was himself ordained to the Anglican priesthood in 1936. In 1938 he married Margaret Wale, and two years later took a parish in King's Norton, Birmingham. The characters that would make Awdry famous, and the first stories featuring them, were invented in 1942 to amuse hi ...

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The earliest known settlement in Plymouth dates back to 1000BC with a small iron age trading port located at Mount Batten. It is thought that tin was brought here from Dartmoor via the Plym and traded with the ancient Phoenicians. When part of the Roman Empire this same port continued to trade tin along with cattle and hides. The small port was later overshadowed by the rise of the fishing village of Sutton. Sutton became a market town in 1254 and later was the first town incorporated by the English Parliament on 12 November, 1439. At the same time the name of the town ...

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Bouncy techno - Overview. With the hotpot of different music in fluxing raves since the early 1990s, the north of the United Kingdom would prefer European produced techno music to be played. This was in contrast to the rave scene found in the south of the United Kingdom where their own emerging breakbeat hardcore style was being produced in great quantities. Scott Brown, one of the most prolific names on the world scene, concurred in an interview on February 14, 2004, that "In the past a lot of DJs said that there was a definite musical divide between the north and the south [of the United Kingdom], the ...

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British Rail Class 37 - Direct Rail Services. British Rail Class 37 - English Welsh and Scottish Railway. EWS currently operates a small fleet of nine Class 37/4 locomotives. These are hired to Arriva Trains Wales for use on the Rhymney Line (3 locomotives Monday-Saturday) or to First ScotRail for use on the Caledonian Sleeper over the West Highland Line (1 locomotive per day). 37408 was written of in Wales while working a Arriva Trains Wales service. 37411 has been repainted in BR green.37425 was repainted in BR large logo blue. This locomoti ...

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Earl Bassett was a hired hand in the small desert valley town of Perfection, Nevada, working with partner Valentine McKee to eek out an almost entirely insignificant lifestyle. Though Valentine would've cringed at Earl's usage of the phrase "hired hands" ("Handymen, Earl! We are handymen!"), it was in truth what they were. Earl and Val constantly said that they were going to go somewhere and make a better life for themselves; they never actually did anything about it until one of Walter C ...

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The functionalist approach, which is largely borrowed from anthropology, sees a "role" as the set of expectations that society places on an individual. By unspoken consensus, certain behaviours are deemed "appropriate" and others "inappropriate". For example, it is appropriate for a doctor to dress fairly conservatively, ask a series of personal questions about one's health, touch one in ways that would normally be forbidden, write prescriptions, and show more concern for the personal wellbeing of hi ...

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In 1914 the County Borough of Plymouth merged with the Municipal Borough of Devonport and the Urban District of East Stonehouse to form an enlarged County Borough. Collectively they were referred to as "The Three Towns". In 1928 the County Borough of Plymouth was granted city status. The city's boundaries were extended in the mid-1930s and further expanded in 1967 to include the town of Plympton and the parish of Plymstock. On 1 April 1974 responsibility for education, social services, highways and libraries was transferred to Devon County Council. On 1 April 1998 these responsibilities were transfered back when the C ...

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Artists Bass Reaction, Bass X, Casio Brothers, Davie Forbes, DJ Ten, Gordon Tennant, Hyperact, Infernus, Interstate, Marc Smith, Q-Tex, Ryan Campbell, Scott Brown, Technosis, The Rhythmic State, Ultimate Buzz DJs Bass Generator, Brisk, Carl Cox, Davie Forbes, DJ Obsession, DJ Rab S, DJ Ten, DJ ZBD, Marc Smith, Nicky Modlin, Scott Brown, Technotrance, Tom Wilson Raves Awesome 101, Dance Concept, Dreamscape, Fantazia, FUBAR, Hanger 13, Helter Skelter, Hysteri ...

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Many highly acclaimed events and festivals are held in Plymouth including the British Fireworks Championships, World Championship Class 1 Powerboat Racing and Music of the Night, a massive outdoor production held every two years in The Royal Citadel involving the efforts of the 29th Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery, The Royal Artillery Band, the band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines and hundreds of local amateur performers. See also:

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The city is home to Plymouth Argyle Football Club, which plays in the English Football League's Championship division. The club is based at the Home Park stadium in Central Park. The Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club plays in the National League Division One. The Plymouth Rugby League Football Club play in the Rugby League Conference South West Division. The Plymouth Raiders basketball team plays in the British Basketball League. The Plymouth Admirals; Plymouth's American Football team play in BSL Divi ...

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Plymouth is currently undertaking a massive project of urban redevelopment, the largest since the city was rebuilt after the Second World War. The 'Vision for Plymouth' launched by the internationally renowned architect David MacKay, and fully backed by Plymouth City Council is set to see areas of the city centre demolished, redesigned and rebuilt by the year 2020. Two of Plymouth's greatest eyesores; the old Drake Circus shopping centre and Charles Cross car park, have already been demolished and are currently being replaced by the new £200 million Drake Circus shopping centr ...

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It is believed the actual bouncy techno term originated during 1992, derived from crowds bouncing to this music at raves. The first printed usage of the term may likely have been in Clubscene Magazine - a monthly Scottish dance music magazine with a 50,000 readership. In the December 1992 issue, DJ ZBD from Shoop! Records, described local band Q-Tex latest release as "going from strength to strength and this bouncy techno cut ...

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The city is one of the primary gateways to Cornwall providing access by way of the Torpoint Ferry across the Hamoaze, and the Tamar Bridge linking the St Budeaux area of Plymouth on the Devon bank of the Tamar to Saltash on the Cornish bank. The major rail link to Cornwall, the Royal Albert Bridge runs side-by-side with the road bridge. A small foot-passenger ferry also runs between Stonehouse and the Cornish village of Cremyll; ...

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The University of Plymouth is the largest university in the Southwest of England with over 30,000 students, almost 3,000 staff and an annual income of around £110 million. Plymouth - Colleges. The College of St Mark and St John (often referred to as "Marjons"), is primarily a teacher training college, although it also offers degree courses in a wide range of subjects. Marjon is a ...

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The twin cities of Plymouth are: Brest, Brittany, France (twinned 1963) Gdynia, Poland (twinned 1976) Novorossiysk, Russia (twinned 1990) San Sebastian, Spain (twinned 1990) Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (twinned 2001) Plymouth also maintains a link with: Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana ...

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The economy of Plymouth has traditionally been linked to its coastal location focusing around fishing and the military, in particular Devonport Dockyard. The recent decline of these industries has seen a greater diversification towards a service based economy based on healthcare, food and drink and call centres with electronics, advanced engineering and boat building still maintaining a prime role. The decline of heavy industries has had a negative effect on the city's employment figures. In the past eight years employment has risen 11%, however, employment and wages still remain signi ...

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In interactionist social theory, the concept of role is crucial. The interactionist definition of "role" pre-dates the functionalist one (which is a later borrowing from the same source), but is more fluid and subtle, and remains a more fruitful concept. Oddly enough for a concept which has been adopted by two of the three major branches of sociology and is central to a good deal of anthropology as well, the first systematic use of the term "role" was made by a philosopher, George ...

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This was music designed for raves, by way of participation through dancing and generating crowd noise at key moments by use of simple hook lines. Typical characteristics for bouncy techno are for compositions to be around a tempo of 160 to 180 BPM (beats per minute) using a 4/4 signature of 4 cycle segments, where different elements would be gradually layered into the mix. Drum instruments will be minimal, usually consisting of a hard bass drum, sharp open hi-hat, hand clap, on-beat snare drum, ride and a splash cymbal, using the like of DrumStation, SP-1200, or TR-909 machines. Kicks would eit ...

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The city's main commercial radio station is Plymouth Sound FM. Since June 2005, another commercial station, Armada FM, has started broadcasting to the city. The regional stations include BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Cornwall and Pirate FM. The main regional newspaper is the Western Morning News, whose headquarters and printworks were designed by architect Nicholas Grimshaw.The local news printed by the same publisher is The Evening Herald. (Fo ...

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