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Village People is an American disco group known for its on-stage costumes and suggestive lyrics in their music. The group was originally formed by French producers Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo and lead singer Victor Willis [1] following the release of the debut album Village People, which targeted disco's large gay audience.
The album and its title track, a feedback-drenched number taking a third of the album's length, introduces the subversion of Christian themes explored on later songs, describing a mystical approach to salvation in which "the Kingdom of Heaven is within" and achievable through freeing one's mind, after which one's "ass" will follow.
After returning to Australia, Leslie travelled to Cambodia to help raise money for local orphanages. She returned to the catwalk in Australia in 2006, but struggled to find regular work as a model following the publicity from her arrest. In 2007, she launched a line of clothing for dogs, and the following year, began a career as an interior ...
An 18th century map of the Arabian Peninsula (circa 1740s). Muhammad Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab is generally acknowledged to have been born in 1703 [17] [34] into the sedentary and impoverished Arab clan of Banu Tamim [35] [36] in 'Uyayna, a village in the Najd region of central Arabia.
The Malay tricolour embodies the philosophy of Kemelayuan.. Malays (/ m ə ˈ l eɪ / mə-LAY; Malay: Orang Melayu, Jawi: أورڠ ملايو ) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations.
Whisper is a proprietary mobile app available without charge. It is a form of anonymous social media, allowing users to post and share photo and video messages anonymously, [4] [5] although this claim has been challenged with privacy concerns over Whisper's handling of user data. [6]
An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. Adjectives derived from the word eponym include eponymous and eponymic. Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places, innovations, biological nomenclature, astronomical objects, works of art and media, and tribal names.
A "bucket brigade" works to clear rubble and debris after the September 11 attacks. The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center elicited a large response of local emergency and rescue personnel to assist in the evacuation of the two towers, resulting in a large loss of the same personnel when the towers collapsed.