Vehicle insurance
In many jurisdictions it is compulsory to have vehicle insurance before using or keeping a motor vehicle on public roads. Most jurisdictions relate insurance to both the car and the driver, however the degree of each varies greatly. Several jurisdictions have experimented with a "pay-as-you
Manchester computers
The Manchester computers were an innovative series of stored-program electronic computers developed during the 30-year period between 1947 and 1977 by a small team at the University of Manchester , under the leadership of Tom Kilburn . [ 1 ] They included the world's first stored-program
Vulcan (Star Trek)
them in a drink for fear that the alcohol would affect his logic faculties. In Star Trek: First Contact , when the Vulcans first met Zefram Cochrane , he served them alcoholic beverages, which they took in lieu of dancing. In "non-canon" Trek-related literature, such as the novelization of
ABC1 (United Kingdom)
The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on Telewest 's digital cable service, and soon afterwards on the NTL digital cable service. On 30 August 2005, ABC1 was launched
Pinball
electrification. A company called Pacific Amusements in Los Angeles, California , USA produced a game called Contact in 1933. Contact had an electrically powered solenoid to propel the ball out of a bonus hole in the middle of the playfield. Another solenoid rang a bell to reward the player
Child support
other custodial parent (obligee). In family law , child support is often arranged as part of a divorce , marital separation , dissolution of marriage , annulment , determination of parentage or dissolution of a civil union and may supplement alimony (spousal support) arrangements. [ 1
Atom Egoyan
Trinity College at the University of Toronto . It was at Trinity College that Egoyan came into contact with Harold Nahabedian, the Armenian-Canadian Anglican Chaplain of Trinity College. In interviews Egoyan credited Nahabedian for introducing him to the language and history of his ethnic
Special Operations Executive
The Special Operations Executive ( SOE ) was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom . It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct
Mike Myers (actor)
Myers was born and raised in Scarborough , Ontario , Canada , the son of British-born parents Eric Myers (1922–1991), an insurance man and World War II veteran of the Royal Engineers , and his wife Alice E. Hind (born 1926), an office supervisor and veteran of the Royal Air Force . [ 1
Multilingualism
People who speak more than one language are also called polyglots . [ 3 ] A trash can in Seattle labeled in four languages: English , Chinese ( 垃 圾 ), Vietnamese (should be rác ), and Spanish . Tagalog also uses the Spanish word. Contents 1 Multilingual individuals
