At 8pm EST on Friday 14 January 2011 the latest attempt at the longest hand-shake commenced in New York Times Square and the existing record was smashed by semi-professional world record-breaker Alastair Galpin and Don Purdon from New Zealand and Nepalese brothers Rohit and Santosh Timilsina who agreed to share the new record after 33 hours and 3 minutes.

Around 1560 Adam was quietly married to Jane ( c1540 – 1595 ), daughter of James Purdon Born 1516 in Kirklington, Cumberland, England.

The poet and folk singer Jock Purdon was born and grew up in Nitshill.

George " Jock " Purdon ( 16 November 1925 – 1998 ) was a British poet and songwriter

Purdon was 14 years old when World War II began and he saw his older brother, Robert, enlist in the Royal Scots regiment and serve as a Commando for several years.

Robert Purdon was killed in France after the Normandy Landings in 1944.

Because of the labour shortage in 1943, 1 man in 10 was conscripted to make up the manpower needs of the coal mining industry and Purdon was one of the very first contingent designated for the mines on 14 December 1943, becoming a so-called " Bevin Boy ".

In 2004, the Cotia banner ( subject of one of Purdon's songs ) was remade and carried to the Durham Miners ' Gala with pictures of Purdon and fellow miner and folksinger Jack Elliot of Birtley on the back.

Purdon Street, which runs parallel with Keith Street, was named after John Purdon, a prominent Quaker who lived in Partick in the 17th century.

The impact on rural women and Medicaid patients is most acute ," said Dr. Purdon.

Five dams have been constructed for recreation and tourist water supply: Rhodes Dam and Mare Dam on the Mare River, Lake Gulliver and Purdon Dams on tributaries of the Mare River and Udu Dam on a tributary of the Nyangombe River.

In 1943, J. Purdon Martin and Julia Bell described a pedigree of X-linked mental disability, without considering the macroorchidism ( larger testicles ).

Of particular note are the Lancaster Building designed by E. B. Blaisdell and built in 1895, Trinity Episcopal Church designed by H. J. Hardenbergh and built in 1908, and the York Harbor Reading Room designed by James Purdon and built in 1910.

Having buried his wife Jane ( Purdon ) and two sons ( of their 20 children ) in the family vault at St. Patrick ’ s, Adam Loftus died at his Episcopal Palace in Kevin Street “ worn out with age ” and joined his family in the same vault.

Born in the village of Nitshill near Glasgow, a former coal mining village whose mine had closed before Purdon grew up.

Purdon married, stayed in Chester-le-Street after the war and worked in the pits digging coal in three foot seams with water up to his knees at times.

* Jock Purdon, the folk singer and poet, lived here for most of his life although born in Scotland.

One well-known example is the Purdon Conservation Area, which supports Canada's largest native colony of showy lady slipper orchids, some 16, 000 plants.

" Across the country, liability insurance for obstetrician-gynecologists is becoming unaffordable or even unavailable ," said ACOG President Thomas Purdon, MD.

* Lady Jennifer Murray ( born 8 February 1958 ), who married firstly Iain Purdon in 1979 ( divorced 1985 ) and secondly Martin Glodek.

State Party Chairman James W. Dorsey added that enthusiasm was picking up for a state rally to be held Sept. 8 in Savannah at which newly elected Texas Sen. John Tower will be the featured speaker.

Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, featured many tunes of Gershwin, and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance sequence built around the An American in Paris symphonic poem ( arranged for the film by Johnny Green ), costing $ 500, 000.

The Atari 7800 version was a launch title and featured co-operative play, it was the built in game on the European Atari 7800 release.

Aztlan Underground appeared on television on Culture Clash on Fox in 1993, was part of Breaking Out, a concert on pay per view in 1998, and was featured in the independent films Algun Dia and Frontierlandia.

The song " The Raven " featured lead vocals by the actor Leonard Whiting, and, according to the 2007 remastered album liner notes, was the first rock song to use a digital vocoder, with Alan Parsons speaking lyrics through it.

Although the studio version of Freudiana was produced by Parsons ( and featured the regular Project backing musicians, making it an ' unofficial ' Project album ), it was primarily Woolfson's idea to turn it into a musical.

The opening instrumental was largely done away with by 1980 ; no later Project album except Eye in the Sky featured one ( although every album includes at least one instrumental somewhere in the running order ).

" The Abadan oil refinery was featured on the reverse side of Iran's 100-rial banknotes printed in 1965 and from 1971 to 1973.

In PAL countries the OpalVision card was popular, although less featured and supported than the Video Toaster.

The logo was redesigned with red and silver accents to depict a more powerful, aggressive falcon, which now more closely resembles the capital letter F. Although the Falcons still wore black helmets, the new uniforms featured jerseys and pants with red trim down the sides.

The 5200 also featured the innovation of the first automatic TV switchbox, allowing it to automatically switch from regular TV viewing to the game system signal when the system was activated.

Blue Lightning, a game with After Burner-like graphics, was especially notable and featured in TV advertising for the console.

The song was later featured in the film The Birdcage ( 1996 ) and performed by Robin Williams and Christine Baranski.

Compared to the modern versions, the Sparrow I was more streamlined and featured a bullet-shaped airframe with a long pointed nose.

He was especially impressed by the flip side " Treat Me Nice " as this featured a piano.

Bardot was featured in many other films along with notable actors such as Alain Delon ( Famous Love Affairs ; Spirits of the Dead ); Jean Gabin ( In Case of Adversity ); Sean Connery ( Shalako ); Jean Marais ( Royal Affairs in Versailles ; School for Love ); Lino Ventura ( Rum Runners ); Annie Girardot ( The Novices ); Claudia Cardinale ( The Legend of Frenchie King ); Jeanne Moreau ( Viva Maria!

His lengthiest interview was featured as the cover story in The Comics Journal # 127 in the late 1980s.

It repeated this success in the Australian charts and was also featured in the film, Letter to Brezhnev.

The film was admired by Jean-Luc Godard, who featured a clip in his mammoth Histoire ( s ) du cinéma, and Pauline Kael who championed both The Fury and De Palma.

For his last game, the theme from Pearl Harbor, " There You'll Be " by Faith Hill, was featured.

He was followed in the role by Glenn Causey, who portrayed the rugged frontiersman for 41 years, and whose image is still seen in many of the depictions of Boone featured in the area today.

The new designs also featured a dynamic set of titles for the channel ; the globe would begin spinning from where the main story was taking place, while the headline scrolled around in a ribbon ; this was occasionally replaced by the BBC News logo.