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2 unusual facts about Aqua-lung


Aqua-lung

The classic Jethro Tull song "Aqualung" and the album of the same name were named after the apparatus.

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry suggests the use of an aqua-lung to assist him with the second task of the Triwizard Tournament.


1,5-Pentanediol

A toy called Bindeez (Aqua Dots in North America) was recalled by the distributor in November 2007 because of the unauthorized substitution of 1,5-pentanediol with 1,4-butanediol.

AIRS

Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, a weather and climate instrument flying on NASA’s Aqua satellite

Ancient Greek medicine

He is given credit for the first purple description of clubbing of the fingers, an important diagnostic sign in chronic suppurative lung disease, lung cancer and cyanotic heart disease.

Beautiful World Tour 2007

However Howard Donald suffered a crack rib and a collapsed lung during this section of the show in Vienna, resulting in him missing a number of European dates and performing a restricted role in others.

Berendo Middle School

Mamie Van Doren - Movie Star and Sex Symbol, Famous for her "Aqua Velva Girl" advertisements

Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae

It is used in Chinese herbology, for example in the Baihe Gujin Wan, to "nourish yin of the lung, resolve phlegm and relieve cough".

Canadian Lung Association

A close connection between The Lung Association and the Governor General of Canada goes back to 1900 when the 8th Governor General of Canada - the Earl of Minto - helped found the Canadian Tuberculosis Association (as The Lung Association was originally known) in a meeting at Rideau Hall.

Chilkoot River

The aqua fauna found in abundance in the Chilkoot River, as one approaches along the Lynn Canal and the outlet stream from the Chilkoot Lake, are Bald eagles, harbor seals, bears feeding on salmon and mountain goats on the hill slopes.

Coalworker's pneumoconiosis

In the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, the U.S. Congress set up standards to reduce dust and created the Black Lung Disability Trust.

Corinna Tsopei

Tsopei was married to Hollywood Super Agent Freddie Fields, brother of band leader Shep Fields, from 1981 until his death from lung cancer in December 2007.

Cow lung

In Malaysian cuisine, cow or goat lung, called paru, coated in turmeric and fried is often served as a side dish to rice, especially in the ever popular nasi lemak.

Crackle

Crackles, an abnormal lung sound heard in a subject with respiratory disease

Danish rock

The following decade saw the rise of pop bands like Michael Learns to Rock, Safri Duo and Aqua, guitar rock bands like Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, Kashmir and Psyched Up Janis.

Delightful Forest

The legendary fighter Wu Sung (Ti Lung) is sent to prison in Meng province after murdering his sister-in-law and her lover.

Diacetyl

In 2012, Wayne Watson, a regular microwavable popcorn consumer for years, was awarded $7.27 million in damages from a federal jury in Denver, which decided his lung disease was caused by the chemicals in microwave popcorn and that the popcorn's manufacturer, Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation, and the grocery store that sold it should have warned him of its dangers.

Earthdance

Earthdance events have supported hundreds of charitable organizations including:Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Sierra Club, Salvation Army, Orphanage in Kijaszkowo, Natural Resources Defense Council, Amnesty International, Aboriginal Health Center, Aqua for All, Circle of Life, Citizens for Peace, Friends of the Mississippi River, Jerusalem Peace Makers, and the Oshkosh Rhythm Institute.

Gladys del Pilar

After the victory in the Melodifestivalen, Afro-dite appeared again in the contest, in 2003 with the song Aqua Playa.

Gunai language

Krauatungalung (Kraut = east, lung = belonging to) located east wards to the Snowy River.

Hang Lung

Hang Lung Group: a Hong Kong listed company in property development, car park management, property management and dry-cleaning businesses, and the parent company of Hang Lung Properties.

Heart–lung transplant

Building on his research at Stanford, Dr. Bruce Reitz performed the first successful heart–lung transplant on Mary Gohlke in 1981 at Stanford Hospital.

Dr. Norman Shumway laid the groundwork for heart lung transplantation with his experiments into heart transplantation at Stanford in the mid 1960s.

Holborn tube station

The disused branch line platform and other parts of the station have been used in the filming of music videos for Howard Jones' "New Song", Leftfield's "Release the Pressure", Suede's "Saturday Night" and Aqua's "Turn Back Time".

Ibom Kingdom

The words Akwa, Aqua, Kwa, Qua are common names for places, rivers, etc., etc., in both Akwa Ibom State and in Cross River State.

Irving Selikoff

Irving J. Selikoff (1915 in New York City – May 20, 1992 in Ridgewood, New Jersey) was a medical researcher who in the 1960s established a link between the inhalation of asbestos particles and lung-related ailments.

Lahaul and Spiti district

Vestiges of the Lung Pe Chhoi religion can be seen in the behaviour of the Lamas, who are believed to possess certain supernatural powers.

Levi LaVallee

On Friday December 17, 2010 Lavallee suffered a broken pelvis, and punctured lung during a practice run for Red Bull New Year No Limits, and was unable to make his record setting attempt during the planned special New Years telecast.

Lo Wai

Lo Wai (老圍), a walled village in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, Hong Kong

Lung cancer screening

Clinical practice guidelines previously issued by the American College of Chest Physicians in 2007 recommended against routine screening for lung cancer because of a lack of evidence that such screening was effective.

Lung cancer vaccine

CimaVax-EGF, the first therapeutic cancer vaccine developed to target lung cancer.

Michel Coiffard

While downing his 34th victim (a Fokker D.VII) he was critically wounded by two bullets; one hit him in the thigh and the other pierced his chest back to front passing through a lung.

Mustafa al'Absi

Dr. al'Absi's research programs have been funded by grants from the National Institute of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Cancer Institute, the National Health, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the American Heart Association.

Peverell

Peverell borders Central Park, often known as "the green lung" of Plymouth which is a very popular recreational area for Plymothians.

Positive pressure

Amphibians use this process to respire, whereby they use positive pressure to inflate their lungs.

Prince Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Mathilde of Bavaria died of lung disease in 1906 in Davos, leaving her husband with two small children.

René Dif

René Dif (born 17 October 1967 in Frederiksberg, Denmark) is a Danish singer and actor, best known as the male vocalist in the Danish pop-dance group Aqua.

Sabine Bergmann-Pohl

From 1980 to 1985, she was medical director of the polyclinic department for lung diseases, and tuberculosis in Berlin-Friedrichshain.

Sihung Lung

Sihung Lung (Chinese: 郎雄, Pinyin: Láng Xíong, Wade–Giles: Lang Hsiung; c. 1930 – May 2, 2002) was an actor in the cinema of Taiwan who appeared in over 100 films and was best known for playing paternal roles in films including Eat Drink Man Woman and The Wedding Banquet.

Skrappys

As a music venue, Skrappy's saw the rise of many Tucson native bands such as The Bled, Versus the Mirror, Blues, The American Black Lung, Line of Fire, The Mean Reds, Beyond the Citadel of Coup de Grace and many others.

Sophie Cohen

During a Passover Seder visit, the family's negative views about her change as she informs them that she has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

Spin Aqua

The band debuted with the single Unchained, which was followed up with Spin Aqua's first concert was held in December at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall at the Devilock '02 concert. This single was followed up five months later with Mermaid and then three months after, the single PAPER MOON.

Starship Children's Health

Each of its five levels is painted a different colour, with a symbolic meaning: Aqua for the Pacific Ocean; Orange for land; Blue for sky; Yellow for sunshine; and Pink for health.

Terry Mercer

Mercer has been an administrator and fundraiser for numerous charitable organizations such as the Kidney Foundation of Canada, St. John Ambulance, the Nova Scotia Lung Association, the YMCA and the Canadian Diabetes Association and is currently Past Chair of the Association of Fundraising Professionals' Foundation for Philanthropy in Canada.

The Buddhism Palm Strikes Back

Lung Kim-sang meets Kung-suen Ling-fung, a maiden from the Omei Sect, and she falls in love with him and follows him on his adventures.

Tung Hsiang-lung

In early October 2013 during a legislative session, Tung said the VAC will stop issuing subsidies to ROC veterans that are found to hold PRC citizenship, citing the amendment to article 27 of the Act Governing the Relations Between Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area that was passed in March 2004.

Understanding Lung Sounds

Understanding Lung Sounds 3rd edition (2002) by Steven Lehrer is a book and audio CD that guides the student through the skills of lung auscultation.

Vincent Siew

Siew had 2 cancerous lung tumors removed on his left lung on 20 May 2009 at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital.

Wildsurf

Ash said of the video: "Howard took us to the Natural History Museum in London. There we shot performance against giant video screens and metallic globes. We also headed to East London for more performance shots in the Docklands area. The video follows a sci-fi looking chick obsessed with water. She has some kinda weird aqua car and then ends up surfing a tsunami which destroys the city. The final special effect shot is so tacky and crap it's laughable!"

Wong Yuk-long

Wong Jan-lung (born 1950), better known by his pseudonym Wong Yuk-long or Tony Wong, is a Hong Kong manhua artist, publisher and actor, who wrote and created Little Rascals (later re-titled Oriental Heroes) and Weapons of the Gods.

WU LYF

WU LYF formed in the summer of 2008 in Rusholme, Manchester and comprises "Jeau" (Joe Manning), "Lung" (Tom McClung), "Elle Jaie" (Ellery Roberts) and "Evnse" (Evans Kati).


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Scuba set

To sell his regulator in English-speaking countries Cousteau coined the Aqua-Lung label, which was first licensed to the U.S. Divers company (the American division of Air Liquide in the USA) and later sold alongside with La Spirotechnique and U.S. Divers to finally constitute the name of the company itself, Aqua-Lung/La Spirotechnique, nowadays sited in Carros, near Nice.