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| | |  Grumpy Old Men: Encyclopedia II - Minneapolis Minnesota - HistoryCalled in the Ojibwe language Gakaabikaang (at the falls), the city grew up around the Saint Anthony Falls, the only waterfall on the Mississippi River and the end of the commercially navigable section of the river until locks were installed in the 1960s. Father Louis Hennepin was the first European to explore the area, giving the falls their name, as well as lending his name to the county in which Minneapolis is located. The nearby Fort Snelling spurred the growth of villages and towns in the area. A lumber mill was built on the fall ...
See also:Minneapolis Minnesota, Minneapolis Minnesota - History, Minneapolis Minnesota - Geography, Minneapolis Minnesota - Demographics, Minneapolis Minnesota - Minneapolis neighborhoods, Minneapolis Minnesota - Economy, Minneapolis Minnesota - Law and government, Minneapolis Minnesota - Mayor, Minneapolis Minnesota - City council, Minneapolis Minnesota - Culture, Minneapolis Minnesota - Arts, Minneapolis Minnesota - Media, Minneapolis Minnesota - Sports, Minneapolis Minnesota - Transportation, Minneapolis Minnesota - Bike trails, Minneapolis Minnesota - Famous Minneapolitans, Minneapolis Minnesota - Famous people from the Twin Cities area near Minneapolis or in Minneapolis for a brief time, Minneapolis Minnesota - Minneapolis in the media, Minneapolis Minnesota - Sister cities Read more here: » Minneapolis Minnesota: Encyclopedia II - Minneapolis Minnesota - History |
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| | | | Grumpy Old Men: Encyclopedia II - Bob Geldof - Early career Geldof was born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin to parents of Irish and Belgian extraction. Educated at Blackrock College near Dublin, a school whose staunch Catholic nationalist ethos he disliked, he started as a music journalist in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for the weekly Georgia Straight publication before coming to fame in the mid-1970s as leader of the Boomtown Rats, a rock group closely linked with the punk movement. [2] In 1978, they had their first Number 1 single with "Rat Trap", which was the first New Wave chart-topper ...
See also:Bob Geldof, Bob Geldof - Early career, Bob Geldof - Charity work, Bob Geldof - The Band Aid single, Bob Geldof - The Live Aid concert, Bob Geldof - The Live 8 concerts, Bob Geldof - Criticism of Live 8, Bob Geldof - Career after the Boomtown Rats, Bob Geldof - Grumpy Old Man, Bob Geldof - Fame and infamy, Bob Geldof - Awards and honours, Bob Geldof - Political views and controversies, Bob Geldof - Relationship with Paula Yates, Bob Geldof - Genealogy, Bob Geldof - Wealth, Bob Geldof - Actor, Bob Geldof - Singles, Bob Geldof - Discography Read more here: » Bob Geldof: Encyclopedia II - Bob Geldof - Early career |
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| | | | Grumpy Old Men: Encyclopedia II - Ice fishing - Fishing Equipment Icefishing gear is highly specialized. First, an ice spade, saw or auger is required to cut a circular hole or larger rectangular hole in the ice. Power augers are sometimes used. A strainer is sometimes required to remove new ice as it forms.
Three main types of fishing occurs. Small, light fishing rods with small, brightly colored lures may be used in jigging for fish. Tip-ups, which carry a line attached to a flag that "tips up" when a strike occurs, allow unattended or less-intensive fishing. The line is drug in by hand with no re ...
See also:Ice fishing, Ice fishing - Locations, Ice fishing - Shelters, Ice fishing - Fishing Equipment, Ice fishing - Dangers, Ice fishing - Contests Read more here: » Ice fishing: Encyclopedia II - Ice fishing - Fishing Equipment |
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| | | | Grumpy Old Men: Encyclopedia II - John Peel - BBC career
John Peel - BBC Radio 1.
When Wonderful Radio London closed down on August 14, 1967, John Peel joined the BBC's new pop music station, Radio 1, which began broadcasting the following month. Unlike Big L, Radio 1 was not a full-time station, but a hybrid of recorded music and live studio orchestras broadcast at the same time as the talk and light music of BBC Radio Two. The pirate stations had been successful partly because they played records continuously, but the BBC was gagged by the Musicians' Union and record ...
See also:John Peel, John Peel - Early life, John Peel - United States, John Peel - Beginning of British career, John Peel - BBC career, John Peel - BBC Radio 1, John Peel - Needle Time, John Peel - BBC World Service and foreign radio, John Peel - BBC Television, John Peel - Dandelion Records and Strange Fruit, John Peel - Family and home life, John Peel - Later years, John Peel - Awards and honorary degrees, John Peel - Health in later years and death, John Peel - John Peel Day, John Peel - Trivia Read more here: » John Peel: Encyclopedia II - John Peel - BBC career |
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| | | | Grumpy Old Men: Encyclopedia II - Bob Geldof - Charity work Geldof's first major charity involvement occurred in September 1981 when he performed as a solo artist for Amnesty International's "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" benefit show at the invitation of Amnesty show producer Martin Lewis. He performed a solo version of "I Don't Like Mondays". Other rock artists performing at the show included Sting, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Phil Collins. All of these (except Beck) became people that Geldof called on later for Live Aid Geldof sang back-up vocals on the all-star version of Bob Dylan's "I Shal ...
See also:Bob Geldof, Bob Geldof - Early career, Bob Geldof - Charity work, Bob Geldof - The Band Aid single, Bob Geldof - The Live Aid concert, Bob Geldof - The Live 8 concerts, Bob Geldof - Fame and infamy, Bob Geldof - Political views and controversies, Bob Geldof - Career after the Boomtown Rats, Bob Geldof - Relationship with Paula Yates, Bob Geldof - Grumpy Old Man, Bob Geldof - Genealogy, Bob Geldof - Wealth, Bob Geldof - Actor, Bob Geldof - Singles, Bob Geldof - Discography Read more here: » Bob Geldof: Encyclopedia II - Bob Geldof - Charity work |
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| | | | Grumpy Old Men: Encyclopedia II - Simon Hoggart - Life and career He was educated at Hymers College in Hull, Wyggeston Boys' School in Leicester, and King's College, Cambridge.
He joined The Guardian in 1968, later becoming the American correspondent for The Observer (and occasional guest commentator on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday) and parliamentary sketch writer for The Guardian in 1993. He also writes a wine column for The Spectator, occasional columns for New Humanist magazine, and in 1996 he returned to chairing the radio comedy show ...
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| | | | Grumpy Old Men: Encyclopedia II - Geoffrey Palmer actor - Biography Having been demobilised from the Royal Marines, Palmer drifted into theatre, joining a local amateur dramatics society because of a girlfriend. He became assistant stage manager at the Q Theatre, by Kew Bridge, then the Grand Theatre in Croydon. He spent several years touring with repertory company and was a mainly theatre actor, coming to television and public prominence late in his career.
Getting a major break in John Osborne's West of Suez at the Royal Court with Ralph Richardson, he then acted in major productions at the R ...
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| | | | Grumpy Old Men: Encyclopedia II - Walter Matthau - Biography He was born in New York City, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants. There is a persistent rumor that his birth name was Matuschanskayasky [1], which is false, as are the rumors that his name was Matashansky or Matansky, or any of the other reported names. In truth– as reported by the authors of Matthau: A Life, Rob Edelman and Audrey Kupferberg–along with Walter's son, Charles Matthau–Walter was a teller of tall tales. In his youth, he found the joy of embellishment lifted a story (and the listener) to such enjoyable heights, that he could not resist trying to pass off the most bogus of information, just t ...
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| | | | Grumpy Old Men: Encyclopedia II - John Peel - Later years In his later years Peel appeared to mellow somewhat. Between 1995 and 1997 he presented a show about children, called Offspring, on Radio 4. In 1998 Offspring grew into the magazine-style documentary show Home Truths. When he took on the job presenting the programme, which is about everyday life in British families, Peel requested that it be free from celebrities, as he found real life stories more entertaining. Home Truths was described by occasional stand-in presenter John Walters as being "about people who had ...
See also:John Peel, John Peel - Early life, John Peel - United States, John Peel - Beginning of British career, John Peel - BBC career, John Peel - BBC Radio 1, John Peel - Needle Time, John Peel - BBC World Service and foreign radio, John Peel - BBC Television, John Peel - Dandelion Records and Strange Fruit, John Peel - Family and home life, John Peel - Later years, John Peel - Awards and honorary degrees, John Peel - Health in later years and death, John Peel - John Peel Day, John Peel - Trivia Read more here: » John Peel: Encyclopedia II - John Peel - Later years |
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| | | | Grumpy Old Men: Encyclopedia II - John Peel - Dandelion Records and Strange Fruit In 1969 Peel founded Dandelion Records (named after his pet hamster) in order to release the debut album by Bridget St John, which he also produced. The label subsequently released 27 albums by 18 different artists before folding in 1972. Dandelion was however never a great success with only one release by Medicine Head charting. As Peel stated,
It was never a success financially. In fact, we lost money, if I remember correctly, on every single release bar one. I did quite like it but it was terribly indulgent. Not as indulgent as it ...
See also:John Peel, John Peel - Early life, John Peel - United States, John Peel - Beginning of British career, John Peel - BBC career, John Peel - BBC Radio 1, John Peel - Needle Time, John Peel - BBC World Service and foreign radio, John Peel - BBC Television, John Peel - Dandelion Records and Strange Fruit, John Peel - Family and home life, John Peel - Later years, John Peel - Awards and honorary degrees, John Peel - Health in later years and death, John Peel - John Peel Day, John Peel - Trivia Read more here: » John Peel: Encyclopedia II - John Peel - Dandelion Records and Strange Fruit |
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| | | | Grumpy Old Men: Encyclopedia II - John Peel - Family and home life In the 1970s John and his wife Sheila moved to a thatched cottage in a small village near Stowmarket in Suffolk, starting a family of four children. In the eight-acre (32,000 m²) garden, referred to on the radio as Peel Acres, he housed his record collection, estimated by then to be in the hundreds of thousands, in a number of barns and stables. In his later years Peel introduced many of his radio shows from a studio at Peel Acres.
Peel and Sheila had 4 children: William, Alexandra, Thomas and Florence. His passion for Liverpool FC was reflected in their names, giving all 4 middle names r ...
See also:John Peel, John Peel - Early life, John Peel - United States, John Peel - Beginning of British career, John Peel - BBC career, John Peel - BBC Radio 1, John Peel - Needle Time, John Peel - BBC World Service and foreign radio, John Peel - BBC Television, John Peel - Dandelion Records and Strange Fruit, John Peel - Family and home life, John Peel - Later years, John Peel - Awards and honorary degrees, John Peel - Health in later years and death, John Peel - John Peel Day, John Peel - Trivia Read more here: » John Peel: Encyclopedia II - John Peel - Family and home life |
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| | | | Grumpy Old Men: Encyclopedia II - Minneapolis Minnesota - Sister cities Minneapolis has eight sister cities:
- Santiago, Chile (1961)
- Kuopio, Finland (1972)
- Ibaraki City, Japan (1980)
- Novosibirsk, Russia (1988, with St. Paul)
- Tours, France (1991)
- Harbin, China (1992)
- Eldoret, Kenya (2000)
- Uppsala, Sweden (2000)
The city also maintains informal connections w ...
See also:Minneapolis Minnesota, Minneapolis Minnesota - History, Minneapolis Minnesota - Geography, Minneapolis Minnesota - Demographics, Minneapolis Minnesota - Minneapolis neighborhoods, Minneapolis Minnesota - Economy, Minneapolis Minnesota - Law and government, Minneapolis Minnesota - Mayor, Minneapolis Minnesota - City council, Minneapolis Minnesota - Culture, Minneapolis Minnesota - Arts, Minneapolis Minnesota - Media, Minneapolis Minnesota - Sports, Minneapolis Minnesota - Transportation, Minneapolis Minnesota - Bike trails, Minneapolis Minnesota - Famous Minneapolitans, Minneapolis Minnesota - Famous people from the Twin Cities area near Minneapolis or in Minneapolis for a brief time, Minneapolis Minnesota - Minneapolis in the media, Minneapolis Minnesota - Sister cities Read more here: » Minneapolis Minnesota: Encyclopedia II - Minneapolis Minnesota - Sister cities |
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