Monday Meanderings - 9.8.2014
Today is serve out - odds and ends from the inbox: Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety-one? Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren't they just stale bread to begin with? If people from Poland are called Poles, then why aren't people from Holland called Holes? If a pig loses its voice, ...
Body, Soul and Spirit
In a recent episode of Doctor Who, the title character finds himself confronted with a mortal enemy who has had, for all intents and purposes, a conversion. The Daleks are mutants bred to wipe out all forms of life than themselves. The particular Dalek the Doctor encounters this time has discovered ...
You’re The Greatest Lover – Luv’ (1978)
“You’re the Greatest Lover” is a single by Dutch girl group Luv’. It was first released in July 1978 by Philips/Phonogram Records. It appears on the 1978 debut album With Luv’ and on compilations (Luv’ Gold, 25 Jaar Na Waldolala, Completely In Luv’…). It is the group’s international breakthrough as ...
‘WESTERN FIGHTERS’ IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Intelligence Study The issue of foreign fighters’ participation with extremist groups in the Middle East was brought to the agenda after the Islamic State — formerly known as the Islamic State of Levant and Iraq – gained control of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city in June. Anadolu Agency reporters ...
Jack The Ripper Found
Aaron Kosminski Russell Edwards, an author and amateur criminology enthusiast, bought the shawl of one of Jack The Ripper's victims at auction, then used DNA evidence to track the culprit down. It wasn't a well-healed nobleman after all, but rather a Polish immigrant called Aaron Kosminski. They enl ...
