In late 2007, George performed with his own band at a Detroit-Festival, including a persona called Sir Nose.

" Sir Nose D ’ Voidoffunk " is a character with a Pinocchio-like nose, whose moniker is a play on the name " Cyrano de Bergerac ".

Sir Nose is an antagonist within P-Funk mythology, and first appears on the album Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome by Parliament.

Starchild ’ s nemesis is Sir Nose D ’ Voidoffunk (" Sir Nose Devoid of Funk " from Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome, 1977 ).

Inspired by the single " The Pinocchio Theory " by Bootsy's Rubber Band, Sir Nose attempts to end the Funk because he is too cool to dance.

), Starchild causes Sir Nose to reach Funkentelechy, and find his Funky soul.

Sir Nose ’ s return ( along with ally Rumpofsteelskin ) is detailed on the Motor Booty Affair ( 1978 ).

Here, Sir Nose is too cool to dance or swim, but Mr. Wiggles and the good citizens of Atlantis ( a place where one can swim underwater without getting wet ) cause Sir Nose to dance the Aqua Boogie.

On Gloryhallastoopid ( 1979 ), Clinton flips the script on " Theme From The Black Hole " ( later sampled by Digital Underground for " Same Song ") and allows Sir Nose to win one battle by turning Starchild into a mule.

While gloating over his victory, Sir Nose alludes to multiple songs from Funkentelechy and Clones, mockingly referencing the scat singing from " Sir Nose " (" humdrum, twiddly-dee-dum Starchild!

Sir Nose ’ s last appearance is on Trombipulation ( 1979 ), where he traces his ancestry back to the Cro-Nasal Sapiens, who were especially Funky, leading Sir Nose to reclaim his Funky heritage, along with his son, Sir Nose Jr.

Punch had a poem containing the words “ When Ivo comes back with the urn ” and when Ivo Bligh wiped out the defeat Lady Clarke, wife of Sir W. J. Clarke, who entertained the English so lavishly, found a little wooden urn, burnt a bail, put the ashes in the urn, and wrapping it in a red velvet bag, put it into her husband ’ s ( Ivo Bligh ’ s ) hands.

As well as stories from the Old Testament, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, she grew up with Aesop ’ s Fables, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies, the folk tales and mythology of Scotland, the German Romantics, Shakespeare, and the romances of Sir Walter Scott.

Her Journal reveals her growing sophistication as a critic as well as the influence of her father ’ s friend the artist Sir John Everett Millais who recognised Beatrix ’ s talent of observation.

The museum ’ s first notable addition towards its collection of antiquities, since its foundation, was by Sir William Hamilton ( 1730 – 1803 ), British Ambassador to Naples, who sold his collection of Greek and Roman artefacts to the museum in 1784 together with a number of other antiquities and natural history specimens.

During the Anglo-French War ( 1627 – 1629 ), under Charles I, by 1629 the Kirkes took Quebec City, Sir James Stewart of Killeith, Lord Ochiltree planted a colony on Cape Breton Island at Baleine, Nova Scotia and Alexander ’ s son, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling established the first incarnation of “ New Scotland ” at Port Royal.

Medieval sources referred to armour of this type simply as “ mail ”, however “ chain-mail ” has become a commonly-used, if incorrect neologism first attested in Sir Walter Scott ’ s 1822 novel The Fortunes of Nigel.

Later critics of the Baroque, such as Francesco Milizia and the English architect Sir John Soane, were particularly critical of Borromini ’ s work.

Sir John Tenniel ( Bayswater, London, 28 February 1820 – 25 February 1914 ) was a British illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoonist whose work was prominent during the second half of England ’ s 19th century.

As British public opinion was turned against Germany, Admiral Sir John Fisher twice – in 1904 and 1908 – proposed using Britain ’ s current naval superiority to ' Copenhagen ' the German fleet, that is, to launch preemptive strikes against the Kiel and Wilhelmshaven naval bases as the Royal Navy had done against the Danish navy in 1801 and 1807.

At the next elections in 2000, Sir Anerood Jugnauth ’ s MSM, in coalition with Paul Bérenger ’ s MMM was returned to power, with Sir Anerood Jugnauth appointed as Prime Minister.

The proposal written by James Matra under the supervision of Sir Joseph Banks for establishing a settlement in New South Wales, stated that Botany Bay was: “ no further than a fortnight from New Zealand, which is covered with timber even to the water ’ s edge.

Oxford's illicit congress with Anne Vavasour resulted in an intermittent series of street battles between the Knyvet clan, led by Anne's uncle, Sir Thomas Knyvet, and Oxford ’ s men.

Oates is reported as saying to Scott, " Sir, I ’ m afraid you ’ ll come to regret not taking my advice.

Many of his government ’ s reforms were due to his Minister for Justice, John Maddison, and Attorney-General Sir Kenneth McCaw, who initiated the establishment of the Law Reform Commission of New South Wales, the introduction of consumer laws, an ombudsman, legal aid, health labels on cigarette packs, breath-testing of drivers, limits on vehicle emissions, the liberalisation of liquor laws, and compensation for victims of violent crime.

In 1531, William Tyndale published An Answer unto Sir Thomas More ’ s Dialogue in response to More ’ s Dialogue Concerning Heresies.

Traité de legislation civile et pénale was published in 1802 and then later retranslated back into English by Hildreth as The Theory of Legislation, although by this time significant portions of Dumont ’ s work had already been retranslated and incorporated into Sir John Bowring's edition of Bentham's works, which was issued in parts between 1838 and 1843.

Nevile ’ s Court was completed in the late 17th century when the Wren Library, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, was built.

Lacerda died within a few weeks of arriving at Kazembe ’ s but left a valuable journal which was carried back to Tete by his priest and which was later translated into English by the explorer Sir Richard Burton.

He had an unsuccessful love suit with Williamina Belsches of Fettercairn, who married Scott ´ s friend Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet.

Around the time of the marriage, Sir Michael ’ s nephew, barrister Robert Audley, welcomes back to England his old friend, George Talboys, who has returned after three years of gold prospecting in Australia.

On December 21, the day that the Irish House of Commons petitioned for removal of Sir Constantine Phipps, their Tory Lord Chancellor, Molesworth reportedly made this remark on the defense of Phipps by Convocation: `` They that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also ''.

In the main stream of historical thinking is a group of scholars, H.M. Chadwick, R.H. Hodgkin, Sir Frank Stenton et al. who are in varying degrees sceptical of the native traditions of the conquest but who defend the catastrophic type of invasion suggested by them.

Sir -- We are writing in reference to a recent `` suggestion '' made to the staff of the Public Health Nursing Service of Jersey City ( registered professional nurses with college background and varying experiences ).

The Jubilees of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, are well remembered.

He wrote a number of books and papers two of which are of immense importance namely ( 1 ). India in Transition, about the prepartition politics of India and ( 2 ). World Enough & Time-The Memoirs of Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah, Aga Khan III, his autobiography.

With the battle still not won, Marlborough had to rebuke one of his cavalry officers who was attempting to leave the field – " Sir, you are under a mistake, the enemy lies that way ..." Now, at the Duke's command, the second Allied line under von Bulow and the Count of Ost-Friese was ordered forward, and, driving through the centre, the Allies finally put Tallard's tired horse to rout, not without cost.

Sir Edmund Blackadder and his servant, Baldrick, are the last two men loyal to the defeated King Charles I of England ( played by Stephen Fry, portrayed as a soft-spoken, ineffective, slightly dim character, with the voice and mannerisms of Charles I's namesake, the current Prince of Wales ).

Then there was a great press to take the king, and such as knew him cried, ' Sir, yield you, or else ye are but dead.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jeremy Bentham, Florence Nightingale and even Queen Victoria are reputed to have stayed there, although there is no real evidence for this.

Among her portraits which followed from that association are those of Georges Clemenceau ; First Lady Edith Roosevelt and her daughter ; and Admiral Sir David Beatty.

There are several theatres within the city centre, and various world famous actors have emerged from the Dublin theatrical scene, including Noel Purcell, Sir Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Rea, Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney and Gabriel Byrne.

Sir Robert Garran noted as early as 1901 that the governor-general was distinguished from other Empire governors-general by the fact that " the principal and most important of his powers and functions, legislative as well as executive, are expressly conferred on him by the terms of the Constitution itself.

They are legislative and executive powers and functions conferred on the Governor-General, not by Royal authority, but by statutory authority ," a view held also by Andrew Inglis Clark, who assisted Sir Samuel Griffith with drafts of the constitution and later became Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.

In support of Iowa Department of Natural Resources efforts to re-establish the trumpeter swans in Iowa, university officials avoided bringing breeding pairs of male and female mute swans to Iowa State which means the current Sir Lancelot and Elaine are both female.

Steel is often cited as the first of several new areas for industrial mass-production, which are said to characterise a " Second Industrial Revolution ", beginning around 1850, although a method for mass manufacture of steel was not invented until the 1860s, when Sir Henry Bessemer invented a new furnace which could convert wrought iron into steel in large quantities.

and proliferation of hyphenated entities such as " thing-in-itself " ( Immanuel Kant ), " things-as-interacted-by-us " ( Arthur Fine ), " table-of-commonsense " and " table-of-physics " ( Sir Arthur Eddington ) which are " warning signs " for conceptual idealism according to Musgrave because they allegedly do not exist but only highlight the numerous ways in which people come to know the world.

The former Bailiff, Sir Philip Bailhache has called for changes to the Channel Islands ' relationship with the United Kingdom government, arguing that ' at the very least, we should be ready for independence if we are placed in a position where that course was the only sensible option '.

* 1982 – Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by Argentine air attack on two landing ships: RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.

The 5th generation of Keswicks are also active within the organisation, Ben Keswick, son of Simon, is group managing director of Jardine, Cycle & Carriage in Singapore and Adam Keswick, son of Sir Chips Keswick is in charge of Jardine Pacific and Jardine Motors Group in Hong Kong.

The present Dukes are descended from his fourth son, Sir George, the issue of the three elder being extinct.

But Sir Karl Popper and I are interactionists, and what is more, trialist interactionists!

:" Sir ," quoth the soldier, " my orders are to bring you.

Like knights, baronets are accorded the title Sir.

Lord Stafford had told the King, " Sir, you have done your duty, and your subjects have failed in theirs ; and therefore you are absolved from the rules of government, and may supply yourself by extraordinary ways ; you have an army in Ireland, with which you may reduce the kingdom.