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The End of Watch Call or Last Radio Call is a ceremony in which, after a police officer's death (usually in the line of duty but sometimes from illness), the officers from his or her unit or department gather around a police radio, over which the police dispatcher issues one call to the officer, followed by a silence, then a second call, followed by silence.
"When the day comes that I hear of Korea’s independence in heaven, I will dance and shout 'Hurrah!'" [34] - An Jung-geun, Korean independence fighter and assassin of Ito Hirobumi (26 March 1910), before being executed "Give me my glasses." [35] — Mark Twain, American novelist (21 April 1910), to his daughter Clara "Yes, I have heard of it.
One section of Connor's 2006 anthology Things Unsaid is dedicated to de Larrabeiti; de Larrabeiti's 1992 book Journal of a Sad Hermaphrodite is dedicated to Connor, and includes one of his poems. Connor has published nine volumes of poetry. His work is anthologized in British Poetry since 1945.
The last four lines of the poem were recited among others in Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. The poem is read by Lisa (played by Kerry Godliman), the dying wife of lead character Tony (played by Ricky Gervais) in the final episode of the Netflix series After Life. The poem is sung in Season 5 Episode 2 of the NBC TV series Third Watch.
Last Poems (1922) was the last of the two volumes of poems which A. E. Housman published during his lifetime. Of the 42 poems there, seventeen were given titles, a greater proportion than in his previous collection, A Shropshire Lad (1896). Although it was not quite so popular with composers, the majority of the poems there have been set to music.
Remembering the fathers in heaven (or wherever you may believe they go after they pass) is important all the time—but especially on Father's Day! Some of the Father's Day quotes you'll read here ...
On Dec. 11, 1978, serial killer John Wayne Gacy walked into Nisson Pharmacy in Des Plaines, Ill., to discuss a remodeling job with the store owner. Little did anyone know at the time, he was about ...
"I told u I was hardcore" was one of the last things Vedas typed, a phrase often quoted sarcastically on Internet message boards and discussion sites. [31] "Help me, help me." [32] — Stephen Oake, QGM, Greater Manchester Police counter-terrorism detective (14 January 2003), while being stabbed in the chest by Algerian illegal immigrant Kamel ...