Prime Ministers of India

The first Prime Minister of India was Jawaharlal Nehru (served 1947-1964). Nehru studied natural sciences at Trinity College Cambridge, finishing second in the Tripos, and undertook legal studies at Inner Temple in 1910. Dr Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India.

Dr Manmohan Singh is the 14th Prime Minister of India, and the first Sikh to hold the office. He was born in Gah, in Punjab. He is a trained economist and was Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1982 to 1985. He studied Economics at St John's College Cambridge and completed a DPhil at Oxford then worked for United Nations (Trade and Development).

St John's have named a PhD scholarship after him called the Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarship.

New Jersey

NJ Turnpike - turnpike == toll road, was built 1950-52.

IATA code -- all airports have an IATA (International Air Transport Association) code. NJ Liberty is EWR. They are used on baggage tags.

NJ Liberty is about 15 miles South-West of Manhattan. It was originally named Newark airport and was the first major airport in the NY area, opening in 1928. Terminal C is used by Continental Airlines. It's also used by US Helicopter, which runs helicopter flights between Newark and Manhattan.

Singapore National Day 2009

Includes NDP and fireworks.

Forty One Years in India (Frederick Roberts)

Cachar Cairo Calcutta Cambridge Cameron Campbell Cannara Cannings Carabineers Carew Carey Carmichael Carnatic Carr Caspian Caucasus Cavagnari Cawnpore Cecil Cesarewitch Ceylon Chakar Chakrata Chalmers Chamba Chamfai Chamkanie Chamla Chandernagore Chandni Chandra Channer Chapman Charasia Charbagh Chardeh Charg Charles Chatta Chauk Chela Chelmsford Chelsea Cherat Cheshire Chesney Chester Chevalier Chiefship Chihal Childers Chilianwala Chilianwalla Chimkent Chinese Chinhut Chisholme Chitral Chittagong Chobipur Chor Choura Christian Christianity Christians Christie Christmas Chunar Churchill Ciesielski Cis Clarendon Clarke Claude Cleland Clifton Clive Clyde Co Cobbe Cochin Cockburn Coldstream Colin Collen Collett Colley Collis Colonelcy Colour Colquhoun Colvin Combe Commissionership Congreve Connaught Conolly Consols Constantinople Coote Corbett Corfu Cossacks Cosserat Courtney Coverley Cowell Cowie Cracklow Cranbrook Craster Crawford Crimea Crimean Crosse Crutchley Cuirassier Cunnyngham Cunyngham Curraghmore Currie

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

Stars Peter Cushing as the authoritative Baron von Frankenstein. His other Frankenstein performances can be read about here.

Quotes:
"What is to be gentlemen? The drinks are on the house."
"Would you like me to make you a nice cup of coffee?"
"Ask? You don't ask. You demand."
"Bodies are easy to come by. Souls are not."
"Would you care for some refreshment."
"Are you sure it's not too much trouble?"
"I realise you are an educated man, Baron."
"Would you like to rest for a while?"

What makes Frankenstein Created Woman a fascinating film to watch is the thoughtful storyline set in the context of courtly rhetoric and extraordinary events.

X-Men the Last Stand (2006)

Ian McKellen stars as Magento (pronounced Mag-neeto), who has the ability to produce electricity. He also has an advanced intellect. He has some Darth Vader-like abilities like being able to levitate people using his powers.

Vinnie Jones stars as Juggernaut (or Leviathan in South America).

Patrick Stewart stars as Charles, the Professor.

There is lots of action in this film and lots of different superpowers (some less impressive than others!)

Quotes:
"If we want freedom we have to fight for it. And the fight begins now."
"C'mon Ice Man, Make a Move"
"Magneeto wants a war, we'll give him one"
"Two minutes to rendezvous Mr President"
"This is team leader to Bravo One. Send them in."

Engineering

Wikipedia article on the engineering profession.

Imhotep was the world's first recorded civil engineer who served the pharaoh Djoser in the Third Dynasty of ancient Egypt.