They originally had a picture of the Photographer's (Colin Lane) girlfriend as she came out of the shower. It was a picture of her bottom and hip with a leather glove placed on her backside but the album cover was too explicit for the media. They had already released it to the public when they found out it was too explicit so obviously there are some original copies of it. After a while they took them down and made up the new album cover and gave it a picture of particle collisions instead.
Under Cover Of Darkness by The Strokes.
It was introduced as a sport for women, an alternate to basketball, and was created by the inventor of basketball :)
It's an alternate spelling and pronunciation of the female name Laura.
There is no alternate name for Platinum aside from the Spanish origin of its name "platino del Pinto" which means little silver from the Pinto river.
Under Cover of Darkness - The Strokes
The gill casing is called the operculum
Steffi is a girl's name and is an alternate form (of German origin) of the name Stephanie. The name Stephanie is of French origin and means 'crown'.
I use my thumb, or sometimes a matchbook cover.
Kyree is an alternate spelling of Kyrie, which is of Greek origin and means the Lord.
The name Erynn is an alternate spelling of the name Eryn or Erin which is of Irish origin meaning 'Ireland'.
Hoffaker is an alternate spelling of the German name Hofacker. So it is German in origin.
The origin of a stroke typically refers to the location in the brain where the disruption of blood flow occurs, leading to cell damage. There are two main types of strokes: ischemic strokes, which are caused by a blockage in a blood vessel, often due to a blood clot, and hemorrhagic strokes, which result from the rupture of a blood vessel. The specific area of the brain affected depends on which blood vessel is compromised. Identifying the origin is crucial for determining the appropriate treatment and intervention.