“Here I Go” was the third single from the third album by 2 Unlimited: Real Things. It peaked at 22 in the UK, thus becoming the poorest performing single for the band in the UK. The accompanying video was far more arty and modern than previous videos, being shot in black and white and featuring performance artists in stilts.
Broadbeach is a suburb of the Gold Coast. It wasn’t until the construction of Lennon’s Broadbeach Hotel (now the site of the Oasis Hotel and Shopping Centre) in 1955 that development in the area began to increase.
Development in the area today mostly incorporates low rise structures, consisting of single bedroom houses and apartment blocks.
Broadbeach is home to Queensland’s largest shopping centre, Pacific Fair, which serves as the regional public transport hub. The area is also home to the Conrad Jupiters Casino, the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre and the Oasis Shopping Centre. Well known apartment blocks include Beach Haven, Niecon Plaza, the Hi-Ho Motel, Belle Maison, Bel Air and Air on Broadbeach.
A monorail connects the Oasis Shopping Centre with Conrad Jupiters Casino, however the system is strictly privatised.
The Gold Coast Oceanway provides pedestrians and cyclists access along the beaches of Broadbeach.
Gypsy in Amber (1971) was Martin Cruz Smith’s first mystery novel.
It features Romano Grey, the gypsy antique expert, who is pulled into a murder investigation when one of his friends dies in an automobile accident and is suspected of the murder of a girl whose body is found at the scene of the accident sliced up into six pieces.
On April 27 2005, at Polgahawela in Sri Lanka a serious bus accident occurred on a level crossing.
The bus was a local one to Alawwa, reportedly carrying over 90 people through the town of Polgahawela, which is 80 km north-east of Colombo. At 8:30AM or 8:45AM local time (UTC+6 hours) the bus ran through the signals and barriers at a level crossing without checking first, and was struck by an express train from Colombo to Kandy. H. A. Sirisena, the train’s driver, was quoted as saying “The signal was green and the level-crossing gates were closed, then I saw the bus trying to cross and the next thing I know, the engine was hitting the rear of the bus.” It is thought that the bus was participating in a race with another local bus, the winner being the first to cross the level crossing. It is believed the driver did not notice the train in his eagerness to win. The driver, who miraculously survived with only a broken ankle, initially refused to speak about the accident to investigators.
The bus was torn to pieces and the wreckage caught fire, killing many of the badly injured people strewn on the tracks in front of the train, which managed to stop shortly after striking the bus. It is feared that more than 35 people were killed in the disaster, which also injured all the remaining bus passengers. None of the train’s passengers or crew were injured in the accident.
The barriers on the crossing only covered the lane on oncoming traffic, allowing the bus to drive through on the wrong side of the road with visibility obscured further due to vegetation in area. The Sri Lankan government promised to prevent races by private bus companies, who compete for customers by advertising fast journeys, often violating traffic laws to do so. It also promised to crack down on irresponsible road users.
An armoured target is one that has the faculty to be or are heavily armoured. In particular this may be an armoured fighting vehicle or a tank.
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