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ADVERTISEMENT In programmes such as Top Gear, the cars are placed in the limelight, but over the years cars have played an important role in other types of TV shows such as dramas and comedies. Cars have become such an intrinsic part of our everyday modern life that we even dedicate entire TV shows to [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, March 2, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Engineering, Television · Tagged Audi Quattro, Automotive industry, Bean, beautiful car, British brands, british television, british tv, british tv cars, british tv shows, car design, Car manufacturers, cars on tv, Coupes, Derek Trotter, Detective Inspector, ford, Ford Capri, Ford Granada, funny car, Gene Hunt, George Carter, Independent Trading Co., Jack Regan, Jaguar Cars, Jim Bergerac, John Nettles, John Thaw, Lotus Elan, market trader, Patrick McGoohan, Roger Moore, Rowan, Simon Cooper, Simon Templar, Sports cars, The Prisoner, The Saint, tv cars, ultra-cool car, Volkswagen, Volvo, Volvo P1800
As a country, the United States is probably better characterized by suburbia than by urbanity, by sprawling office parks rather than by dense commercial districts. Nevertheless, the concept of a “downtown”, or a centralized and distinct commercial district, first came into use in America, as cities developed along lines that created stark divisions between the [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, January 16, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Travel · Tagged America, Boston, Charles River, Chicago, Chicago River, city, Dallas, Detroit, Downtown, ford, Freedom Tower, General Motors, Geography of Texas, Grant Park, Human geography, Lake Michigan, Lincoln Memorial, London, Miami, michigan, Milwaukee, Navy Pier, Neighborhoods, New York, New York City, Oak Street Beach, Philadelphia, san francisco, San Francisco Bay, Seattle, Suburb, United Nations, United States, Urban renewal, Vizcaya Museum, Washington, Washington DC, Washington Monument, White House
Top Gear started in the late 70’s as a local program produced by BBC Birmingham and has established itself as the world’s most popular motoring show. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have witnessed Top Gear growing into a global phenomenon, so no wonder it’s the most illegally downloaded show on the planet. According [...]
Posted by Timeea on Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Humor, Television · Tagged alabama, America, BBC, Bugatti Veyron, California, car chase, car football, car racing, Crash.net, Czech Republic, Dailymail.co.uk, English Channel, ford, Ford Fiesta, Ford Motor Company, gas-powered cannon, Iceland, James May, Japan, Jeremy Clarkson, Ken Block, Kent Block, Lake Kleifarvatn, Mass media, NASCAR, Needham, Nissan, president, rally car, Range Rover Sport, Ranger, Richard Hammond, Ricky Carmichael, Royal Marine beach, smart car, Subaru Impreza, Top Gear, Top Gear Races, Top Gear Segments, toyota, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, Triumph Herald, Typhoon, UD Trucks Corporation, United States, USD, Volkswagen, Volkswagen AG, Volkswagen Transporter, youtube, YouTube Inc
London is home to over 8 million people and being British they are born with a beer glass in hand and an incredible thirst. This is why the English pub was invented and London has several thousand public houses to choose from. It’s a hard job trying to find out the top 10 best pubs [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Food, Travel · Tagged Actor, Ale, architect, bar, BBC, beer, black friar, Blind Beggar, Bo, British Broadcasting Corporation, car plant, cheshire cheese, cittie of yorke, Deep Purple, Districts of England, Drinking culture, Dudley Moore, Ealing, eastbrook, fleet street, food, ford, Ford Motor Company, Ford plant, Forester, Greater London, guide to london pubs, guitarist, Holborn, hospitality_Recreation, London, london pub guide, London pubs, Louise, Major, Pint, Princess, Princess Louise, pub designer, Public house, queen, red lion, Reggie, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie Kray, salisbury, Salvation Army, Thames, the falcon, Travel, travel england, travel london, United Kingdom, Victorian pub, Whitechapel, William Booth, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, York
Of course, coincidences happen all the time: we were just thinking of someone when they call us on the phone, or we have this song in mind when it suddenly plays on the radio. Most of the time they don’t mean much, but every once in awhile there is a coincidence that’s outright spooky, or [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged abraham lincoln, Actor, Adams, and guitarist, Andrew, Andrew West Stockbrokers, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Atlantic, Attica Prison, author, Barbara Forrest, Beatles singer, Birmingham, Causes of World War I, Coincidence, Colorado, Crime, Daily Telegraph, Dakota Apartment Complex, Dallas, death, Declaration of Independence, Denver, driver, Edwin, edwin booth, Erdington, Evelyn Lincoln, Finland, food preferences, ford, Ford Motor Company, Garfield, Garfield’s Secretary, General, Greater London, HMS, Hungary, Jeff Danelek, Jefferson, Jersey City, john f kennedy, John Lennon, john wilkes, john wilkes booth, Kennedy, leader, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leonard Dawes, London, Mark Chapman, Mary Ashford, McKinley, Morgan Robertson, NBC, NBC Limited, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Omaha, president, President of the United States, Robert Todd, Robert Todd Lincoln, schizophrenic night security guard, school teacher, Schoolbook Depository Building, secretary, songwriter, Sophie, Texas, Titan, United Kingdom, United States, United States ambassadors to the United Kingdom, Utah, Vice-President, well known actor, West Midlands, White House, www.ourcuriousworld.com, Yoko Ono
2011′s Superbowl – Superbowl XLV – gave us a harsh reminder of just how bad a national anthem performance can be. Thank you Christina Aguilera. Sure, it’s a difficult song to sing. And, yes, it has a lot of words to remember. But it is the National Anthem and it is on the biggest stage [...]
Posted by Elizabeth Downing on Monday, February 7, 2011 at 12:50 pm
Filed under Music, People · Tagged Aerosmith, Anthem, bad national anthem, bad national anthem performances, canada, Carl Lewis, carl lewis national anthem, Carl Winslow, chattanooga cop national anthem, Christina Aguilera, Christina Aguilera national anthem, christina aguilera super bowl, christina aguilera super bowl national anthem, Creed, Cyndi Lauper, Dallas Cowboys, Entertainment_Culture, Flea, ford, Ford Motor Company, forgetting the words to the national anthem, guard, hockey girl national anthem, Indianapolis, Indianapolis 500, Jack Murphy Stadium, Josh Groban, josh groban and flea national anthem, Kat DeLuna, kat deluna national anthem, michael bolton, micheal bolton national anthem, NASCAR, Ontario, Roseanne Barr, roseanne barr national anthem, runner, Scott Stapp, scott stapp national anthem, Singer, singers, Steven Tyler, steven tyler national anthem, worst national anthem, worst national anthem peformances, youtube, YouTube Inc
It comes as little surprise that there are certain foreign-made cars that aren’t sold in the United States. From the Nissan Skyline to certain special editions of the BMW M3, there are plenty of high performance machines that the Germans and the Japanese don’t market to Americans. But what’s not as well known are the [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Business, Misc · Tagged Alan Mulally, America, Argentina, Asia, Australia, BMW M3, brazil, Buick, Cadillac STS, Campos, canada, car, Car manufacturers, Caribbean, CEO, Chevrolet, Chevy, Chevy Chase Bank FSB, Chevy Montana, china, China Film Group Corporation, city car market, Corsa, Daewoo, Daewoo Corporation, Daewoo Lacetti, Daewoo Matiz, design, Engineering, Europe, European Car, Everest, Falcon XK, ford, Ford Australia, Ford Expedition, Ford Falcon, Ford Fiesta, Ford Focus, Ford Ka, Ford Motor Company, Ford plant, Ford Ranger, Ford Transit, General Motors, Germany, Hampshire, Hatchback, Holden, Holden Ltd, Holden Viva, India, Ka, Korea, Lacetti, Latin America, LTD., luxury car branch, Mazda, Mazda 3, Mazda Motor Corporation, Mexico, Montana, Motor Trend, Motors Liquidation Company, New Zealand, Nissan, NISSAN DIESEL MOTOR CO., Nissan Skyline, Opel, Opel Corsa, OPEL Inc, oversize luxury car, performance machines, phenomenal gas mileage, Pontiac Matiz, racer, rally car, Road transport, Sabine Schmitz, similar car, South Africa, South America, South Korea, Southampton, taxi services, Thailand, top 10 american cars, top 10 cars, top 10 foreign cars, TopTenz, TopTenz.net, Transit, truck-car hybrid, United Kingdom, United States, Viva, Volvo, Volvo AB, XK
History books will often lead you to believe that the world’s great inventions and discoveries were the work of a single person with a flash of genius, but the reality is rarely that simple. In most cases, it was only after years of work and input from countless inventors that something was finally created. Still, [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, History, Science · Tagged airplane, Alexander Graham Bell, Antonio Meucci, Astronomer, Auguste Lumiere, Calculus, discoveries, Electrical engineers, Elisha Gray, Engineering, film projection systems, flying machine, ford, Ford Motor Company, Frederick Albert Cook, George Cayley, Gustave Whitehead, HIV, Invention of Radio, Invention of the telephone, inventions, inventors, Isaac Newton, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Johann Philipp Reis, John Couch Adams, Joseph Wilson Swann, Karl Jatho, LIght Bulb, louis le prince, Louis Lumiere, Luc Montagnier, mathematician, National Geographic Society, Neptune, Nikola Tesla, north pole, Oliver Lodge, Patent law, patent officer, radio, Ralph Plaisted, Richard Pearse, Robert Gallo, Robert Kearns, Robert Peary, savvy businessman, science, technology, telecommunications, Telephone, Telephony, Thomas Edison, U.S. Supreme Court, Wilbur Wright, William Friese-Greene, Windshield Wiper
MOPAR, Mustangs and meaty motors – they are all part of this inspiring Top 10 list of the best classic American muscle cars, unlike the 2011 new cars today that pose as muscle cars. Sure, some cars such as Porsche, Lamborghini and Ferrari could be categorized as muscle, but those cars were built with a [...]
Posted by William O'Dell on Friday, October 24, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Filed under Engineering · Tagged America, buick gsx, camaro, car, cars, chevell ss, chevelle, cobra, corvette, ford, hemi-cuda, muscle car, muscle cars, mustang, pontiac gto, z28
The color of the decade is most definitely green, not on for saving the environment but also saving you money, and if you are looking to buy a car in this age of $4.00+ gas prices you may be considering a “green” car. Most of us think of a green car as a hybrid car, [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, June 6, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Filed under Engineering · Tagged cars, environment, ford, green, green cars, hybrid, mini cooper, prius, smart for two, top 10 list, TopTenz, toyota, yaris