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What was the name of the Canadian First WW1 flying ace, officially credited with 72 victories, the highest number for a British Empire pilot | Billy Bishop | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Bishop was born in Owen Sound , Ontario. [2] He was the second of three children born to William A. and Margaret Bishop. His father, a lawyer and graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, was the Registrar of Grey County . [3] Attending Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute , Bishop earned the reputation of a fighter, defending himself and others easily against bullies. [3] He avoided team sports, preferring solitary pursuits such as swimming, horse riding, and shooting. [4] Bishop was less successful at his studies; he would abandon any subject he could not easily master, and was often absent from class. [5] At 15, Bishop had his first experience with aviation; he built an aircraft out of cardboard, wood crates and string, and "flew" off the roof of his three-story house. He was dug, unharmed, out of the wreckage by his sister. [5] In 1911, [1] Billy Bishop entered the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario, where his brother Worth had graduated in 1903. [6] At RMC, Bishop was known as "Bish" and "Bill". Bishop failed his first year at RMC, having been caught cheating. [7] World War I services Edit Bishop as a cadet, c. 1914 When the First World War broke out later in 1914, Bishop left RMC and joined the Mississauga Horse cavalry regiment. [8] He was commissioned as an officer but was ill with pneumonia when the regiment was sent overseas. [9] After recovering, he was transferred to the 8th Canadian Mounted Rifles, a mounted infantry unit, then stationed in London, Ontario. [10] Bishop showed a natural ability with a gun, and excelled on the firing range. His seemingly "super-human" eyesight allowed him to put bullets in a target placed so far away others saw only a dot. [11] They left Canada for England on 6 June 1915 on board the requisitioned cattle ship Caledonia. [12] On 21 June, off the coast of Ireland, the ship's convoy came under attack by U-boats . Two ships were sunk and 300 Canadians died, but Bishop's ship remained unharmed, arriving in Plymouth Harbour on 23 June. [13] As an observer Edit Bishop quickly became frustrated with the mud of the trenches and the lack of action. In July 1915, after watching an RFC aircraft return from a mission, Bishop said "...it's clean up there! I'll bet you don't get any mud or horse shit on you up there. If you die, at least it would be a clean death." [14] While in France in 1915 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps As there were no spots available for pilots in the flight school, he chose to be an observer. [15] On 1 September, he reported to 21 (Training) Squadron at Netheravon for elementary air instruction. [16] The first aircraft he trained in was the Avro 504 , flown by Roger Neville . [17] Bishop was adept at taking aerial photographs, and was soon in charge of training other observers with the camera. [16] The squadron was ordered to France in January 1916, it arrived at Boisdinghem airfield, near Saint-Omer equipped with R.E.7 reconnaissance aircraft. [18] Bishop' first combat mission was as an aerial spotter for British artillery. [19] At first, the aircraft would not get airborne until they had offloaded their bombload and machine guns. [20] Bishop and pilot Neville flew over German lines near Boisdinghem and when the German howitzer was found, they relayed co-ordinates to the British, who then bombarded and destroyed the target. [21] In the following months, Bishop flew on reconnaissance and bombing flights, but never fired his machine guns on an enemy aircraft. [22] During one takeoff in April 1916, Bishop's aircraft experienced an engine failure, and he badly injured his knee. [23] The injury was aggravated while on leave in London in May 1916, and Bishop was admitted to the hospital in Bryanston Square , London. [23] While there he met and befriended socialite Lady St. Helier , who was a friend to both Winston Churchill and Secretary for Air Lord Hugh Cecil . 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What does ‘He’ represent in the Periodic Table? | Helium»the essentials [WebElements Periodic Table] Element News Helium: the essentials Helium is one of the so-called noble gases. Helium gas is an unreactive, colourless, and odourless monoatomic gas. Helium is available in pressurised tanks. Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen. α-particles are doubly ionised helium atoms, He2+. Helium is used in lighter than air balloons and while heavier than hydrogen, is far safer since helium does not burn. Speaking after breathing an atmosphere rich in helium results in a squeaky voice (don't try it!). Helium is present in the atmosphere at about 0.0005% (1 part in 200000) by volume and is an important component within hydrocarbon gases in the USA. Its origin in these gases is traced to the decay of radioactive elements in rocks. Emma's first birthday balloon is filled with helium and so rises in air. Helium: historical information Helium was discovered by Sir William Ramsay and independently by N. A. Langley and P. T. Cleve in 1895 at London, England and Uppsala, Sweden. Origin of name : from the Greek word "helios" meaning "sun". A French astronomer, Pierre-Jules-César Janssen (1824-1907), first obtained evidence for the existence of helium during the solar eclipse of 1868 in India when he detected a new yellow line (587.49 nm) in the solar spectrum very close to the yellow sodium D-line. It was not possible to produce this line in the laboratory. Sir Norman Lockyer (1836-1920), an English astronomer, recognised that no known element at that time gave this line and named the element helium for the sun. For many years helium was regarded as an element that might exist on the sun although it was unknown on the Earth. Spectroscopists at the time doubted the results concerning helium. However the claims initiated a search for the new element on planet earth. In 1895, Sir William Ramsay discovered helium after treating cleveite, a uranium mineral, with mineral acids. Ramsey sent samples of the gas to Sir William Crookes and Sir Norman Lockyer who identified helium. It was discovered independently in clevite by Cleve and Langley at about the same time. Lockyer and Professor Edward Frankland suggested the name helium. Helium around us Read more » Helium has no biological role. Helium is present in the atmosphere at about 0.0005% (1 part in 200000) by volume and is an important component within hydrocarbon gases in the USA. Its origin in these gases is traced to the decay of radioactive elements in rocks. Some minerals contain occluded helium and this can be liberated by heating. Some rocks consist of minerals which contain uranium and potassium. These decay to helium and argon and analysis of these gases can be used to determine the age of the rock. The bulk of the western world's supply is obtained from wells in the USA. Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe. It is very common in the hotter stars. It is an important component in the proton-proton reaction and the carbon cycle in stars. Abundances for helium in a number of different environments. More abundance data » Location Second ionisation energy : 5250.5 kJ mol‑1 Isolation Isolation : there is very little helium on earth as nearly all present during and immediately after the earth's formation has long since been lost as it is so light. Just about all the helium remaining on the planet is the result of radioactive decay. While there is some helium in the atmosphere, currently its isolation from that source by liquefaction and separation of air is not normally economic. This is bacause it is easier, and cheaper, to isolate the gas from certain natural gases. Concentrations of helium in natural gas in the USA are as high as 7% and other good sources include natural gas from some sources in Poland. It is isolable from these gases by liquefaction and separation of from the natural gas. This would not normally be carried out in the laboratory and helium is available commercially in cylinders under pressure. Helium isotopes Read more » Helium has two isotopes but it consists al | BBC Science - The periodic table: how elements get their names The periodic table: how elements get their names By Christopher Brooks BBC Scotland Most people could name many of the elements, but how many of us know how they got those names? Each of the 115 known chemical elements was discovered over the last few thousand years, from before recorded history began to the nuclear laboratories of the 21st century. British scientists and the elements Humphry Davy discovered nine elements using electrolysis - the splitting up of compounds into elements by applying electricity. William Ramsay discovered a new group of unreactive elements using spectroscopy , now called the noble gases. William Crookes identified helium for the first time, and also discovered thallium . Their chosen names were influenced by an ever changing mix of language, culture and our understanding of chemistry. So how did they get these names? And why do they end in -ium? Ancient Elements Several elements' names have Anglo-Saxon language origins, including gold, iron, copper and silver. These metals were known long before they got these names, however. Gold can be found in its pure form in nature and although iron is usually found in ores which require smelting, the earliest known iron artefacts, from 3500 BCE, derive from purer metal from meteorites. The Latin names of these elements are commemorated in their atomic symbols, Au (aurum) for gold and Fe (ferrum) for iron. The Romans began the practise of element names ending in "-um," with Victorian scientists continuing the trend. Meteoric iron was used by humans before smelting of iron ores was invented. Element of uncertainty Since 1947, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ( IUPAC ) has had the responsibility for approving elements' names, and deciding the single internationally recognised symbol for each element. Before this, there were multiple historical occasions of elements being given several names, usually due to simultaneous discovery or uncertainty over a discovery. The name of element 41 was not agreed for 150 years. It was called columbium in America and niobium in Europe until IUPAC finally decided the official name would be niobium in 1949. Dr Fabienne Meyers, Associate Director of IUPAC, explains the current naming process : To start with, "the discoverers are invited to propose a name and a symbol." "For linguistic consistency, the recommended practice is that all new elements should end in '-ium'," she adds. The sake of naming an element is essentially to avoid confusion.” End Quote Dr Fabienne Meyers Associate Direcor, IUPAC "Since the sake of naming an element is essentially to avoid confusion, it is important to ensure that the proposed name is unique and has not been used earlier even unofficially or temporarily for a different element." "After examination and acceptance by the division - which includes a public review period of five months - the name and symbol are then submitted to the IUPAC Council for approval." The name is then published in the scientific journal Pure and Applied Chemistry . Actinium to zirconium A common source of names both now and historically, over a quarter of the elements are named after a place, often where they were discovered or synthesised. These places range in size from continents (europium) and countries (americium, francium, polonium) to the the Scottish village Strontian (strontium). Because of the great wealth of discoveries made there, four elements are named after the Swedish mining village, Ytterby (ytterbium, yttrium, erbium and terbium). There is just one element that wasn't first discovered on Earth, and it too is named after its place of the discovery - helium, from the Greek word for Sun, helios. Myth and legend Dmitri Mendeleev published the periodic table in its modern form. About a dozen elements take their name directly from legends, including titanium, arsenic and tantalum. Nickel and cobalt are named after 'devil' and 'kobold', from the Germanic folk belief that malign creatures snuck into mines to replace valuable |
What is the name of the Japanese mafia-like criminal organisations? | yakuza | Japanese organized crime | Britannica.com Japanese organized crime bōryokudan Yakuza, also called bōryokudan or gokudō, Japanese gangsters, members of what are formally called bōryokudan (“violence groups”), or Mafia -like criminal organizations. In Japan and elsewhere, especially in the West, the term yakuza can be used to refer to individual gangsters or criminals as well as to their organized groups and to Japanese organized crime in general. Yakuza adopt samurai -like rituals and often bear elaborate body tattoos . They engage in extortion, blackmail, smuggling , prostitution , drug trafficking, gambling , loan sharking, day-labour contracting, and other rackets and control many restaurants, bars, trucking companies, talent agencies, taxi fleets, factories, and other businesses in major Japanese cities. They are also involved in criminal activities worldwide. The word yakuza (“good for nothing”) is believed to have derived from a worthless hand in a Japanese card game similar to baccarat or blackjack: the cards ya-ku-sa (“eight-nine-three”), when added up, give the worst possible total. The origin of the yakuza themselves is difficult to determine, but they are thought to have descended either from gangs of rōnin (masterless samurai) who turned to banditry or from bands of do-gooders who defended villages from those same wayward samurai during the early 17th century. Their lineage may also be traced to bands of grifters and gamblers in Japan’s feudal period. According to police estimates, gang membership reached its highest level, of some 184,000, in the early 1960s. However, by the early 21st century their numbers had declined to approximately 80,000, divided roughly evenly between regular members and associates. The members are organized into hundreds of gangs, most of them affiliated under the umbrella of one of some 20 conglomerate gangs. The largest conglomerate is the Yamaguchi-gumi, founded about 1915 by Yamaguchi Harukichi but fully developed and aggrandized only after World War II by Taoka Kazuo . Similar to that of the Italian Mafia, the yakuza hierarchy is reminiscent of a family. The leader of any gang or conglomerate of yakuza is known as the oyabun (“boss”; literally “parent status”), and the followers are known as kobun (“protégés,” or “apprentices”; literally “child status”). The rigid hierarchy and discipline are usually matched by a right-wing ultranationalistic ideology . Kobun traditionally take a blood oath of allegiance , and a member who breaks the yakuza code must show penance—historically through a ritual in which the kobun cuts off his little finger with a sword and presents it to his oyabun, though this practice has declined over time. Similar Topics | Official Tourism Guide for Japan Travel Asia Vacation Package Tokyo's Best Shopping Anyone who loves shopping knows that Tokyo is one of the most renowned shopping cities in the world. It should come as no surprise that Japanese people love style and fashion as designers from around the globe know that Tokyo is a hot spot for their label to be featured. It is here that well-established Japanese shops and famous brand names like Gucci, Chanel, Armani, Louis Vuitton, and others stand side by side on the various blocks that make up the center of the Ginza shopping area. Tokyo also serves as a hub of artistic ingenuity as art galleries and purely Japanese modern architecture are visible throughout the entire city. Ginza While the history of this region dates back to the Edo period, recent modernization efforts have made Ginza an even more desirable shopping destination with its high end stores, boutiques, and cafes. Exclusive, sophisticated brands and restaurants featuring delicacies from all over the world can be seen throughout the area. Several fashion labels have commissioned their own personal restaurants in Ginza, with locales such as the Gucci Café and the Armani restaurant attracting visitors looking for a gourmet break from a day of shopping. During the weekends, Ginza employs the use of hokosha tengoku, or closed-off pedestrian streets, so that weekend shoppers have a chance to browse many stores of the renowned shopping region without having to worry about traffic congestion. Harajuku and Omotesando Harajuku's high fashion boutiques and branded shops make this area a hot spot for pop culture and new, cutting edge styles. On "Omotesando Hills", you'll find about 100 famous-brand shops including "Anniversaire Omotesando" popular for its limited-edition champagne and chocolate, as well as Prada, Louis Vuitton and Dior boutiques competing to express their individuality even through their architecture. Roppongi Roppongi has both aspects as an office town and an entertainment center that never sleeps. Since there are numerous embassies in the vicinity, many of the shops, bars and restaurants have international flavors and cater to people from other countries. Roppongi Hills, one of Japan's newest commercial developments, has over 200 shops and restaurants making it a great place to spend the day exploring local Japanese culture. http://www.roppongihills.com/ Shinjuku This is one of the busiest towns in Japan, with its train station reportedly handling the largest number of passengers in the world. Department stores, electrical appliance megastores and huge book stores fan out around the station and are constantly filled with customers. In the underground mall, there are dozens of shops where you might find an unexpected bargain. The "Don Quixote" discount store is located along Yasukuni Dori (Ave.) at the east exit, and to the north of this store is the Kabuki-cho bright lights district, crowded with restaurants, adult entertainment spots, arcades and theaters. On the west exit side are the Tokyo Metropolitan Government buildings, super-high-rise buildings and first-class hotels. Enjoy the night view from the free observatory at the top of the Metropolitan Government building or from one of the skyscraper restaurants. Shibuya One of Japan's busiest towns, Shibuya is extremely popular with young people. There are department stores, restaurants and specialty shops; casual fashion shops in particular have a high profile as typified by the "SHIBUYA 109" fashion building. Each street has its own characteristic look; for example, Koen Dori (Ave.) has the "Seibu Department Store" and "Parco", Bunkamura Dori (Ave.) has the "Tokyu Department Store", and Spain Zaka (Hill Road) has small clothing boutiques and miscellaneous goods shops. On "Center Gai or Center Street", the street extending from the station, there is a constant stream of young people strolling past the fast food shops, shoe stores, and accessory and cosmetics shops. Fashion shops recently started opening up on Meiji Dori (Ave.), so you can enjoy window shopping wh |
Give a year in the life of the composer, Henry Purcell? | HOASM: Henry Purcell Henry Purcell (ca. 1659 - 1695) English composer. Little is known of his life, and his parentage remains unclear, although it is certain that he had three brothers: Edward, Daniel, and Joseph. As a boy Henry was a chorister in the Chapel Royal, where he presumably studied with Cooke , Humfrey , and Blow ; at the age of eight he contributed a three-part song to Playford's Catch That Catch Can.A second early work, written in 1670 and now lost, was recorded as an "Address of the Children of the Chapel Royal to the King, and their master, Captain Cooke ... composed by Master Purcell, one of the Children of the said Chapel." After his voice broke in 1673 he became assistant to John Hingeston, who was in charge of keeping the royal instruments in repair. Purcell became the organ tuner at Westminster Abbey (1674-78), succeeded Matthew Locke as composer-in-ordinary for the violins in 1677, and was appointed organist of Westminster Abbey in 1679. In 1682 Purcell succeeded Edward Lowe as an organist at the Chapel Royal, and the following year, after Hingeston 's death, was appointed organ maker and keeper of the king's instruments. Purcell's funeral took place in Westminster Abbey on November 26, 1695. Purcell is one of the greatest of all English composers and an outstanding figure of the Baroque period. He first became involved with the theater in 1680, most of his dramatic music consisting of overtures, entr'actes, dances, and songs; five works constitute what have been designated "semi-operas," with more substantial amounts of music. Dido and Aeneas is exceptional in that the libretto is set to music throughout; it was written for a boarding school -- Josias Priest's "School for Young Gentlewomen" -- at Chelsea in 1689. Purcell's first court odes and welcome songs also date from 1680, and continue throughout his career; best described as cantatas for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, they represent some of his finest music. As a chorister he was acquainted with the previous generation of church music, as well as the modem anthem style with extensive solo verses and string accompaniment; he probably was writing anthems for the Chapel Royal as early as 1679, and after his 1682 appointment abandoned the full anthem in favor of the verse form. Purcell's secular vocal output is immense and includes, in addition to the nearly 150 songs from dramatic works, an additional 100 works (many published in contemporary songbooks) as well as numerous duets and catches. His instrumental music includes works for harpsichord and organ, as well as chamber music for viol consort or the more modem combination of two violins, bass viol, and keyboard continuo. Aside from Purcell's contributions to anthologies and some popular songs from stage works, few of his compositions were published during his lifetime. The most notable exception is the Sonnata's of III Parts: Two Viollins and Basse: to the Organ or Harpsecord(London, 1683; 2nd ed., 1684), which includes a portrait of the composer. In 1697 his widow published the Ten Sonata's in Four Parts. Works: Operas and semi-operas: Dido and Aeneas (London, 1689); The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian(London, 1690); King Arthur, or The British Worthy(London, 1691); The Fairy Queen(London, 1692); The Indian Queen(final masque by D. Purcell; London, 1695); The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island(London, ca. 1695). Plays with incidental music and song: Over 40 works, including Theodosius, or The Force of Love(1680); The Double Marriage(1682- 85?); A Fool's Preferment, or The Three Dukes of Dunstable(1688); The Gordian Knot Unty'd(1691); The Wives' Eycusc, or Cuckolds Make Themselves(1691); Oedipus(1692?); Timon of Athens(1694); Bonduca, or The British Heroine(1695); The Rival Sisters, or The Violence of Love(1695). Other secular music includes over 100 solo songs, over 50 songs for two or more voices and continuo, over 50 catches. Anthems and services: Over 60 works, including "Behold, I bring you glad tidings" (1687); "Blessed are they that fear the Lord" (1688); "Hear my prayer, | London Opera listing and tickets: The Pilgrim's Progress | London Coliseum | until 28-Nov | One Stop Arts Times Professional performances of English operas are rare – they always have been – and it is presumably the 60th anniversary of The Pilgrim's Progress specifically that has prompted this 2012 revival. It seems that without a significant anniversary to justify blowing the dust off a score, English operas tend to lie unheeded – the exception of course is Benjamin Britten. Even so, if these seven ENO performances are simply a timely nod to one of England's best loved composers, their arrival is welcome. Premièred in 1951 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Vaughan Williams' Pilgrim has subsequently made several journeys; staged at the Royal Northern College of Music in 1994, and at a number of concert performances. Additionally, at least two complete recordings have been made: one by Adrian Boult and the other by Richard Hickox. The work itself is curious; almost 30 years in the making, it is an opera, but not an opera – Vaughan Williams preferred to call it a "morality", leading us to suggest Parsifal as a possible predecessor. Based on John Bunyan's allegory of the same name, the action and dramatic flow of the work is slow, static, laboured. Filled out with biblical excerpts and verses by Ursula Vaughan Williams, the composer compiled the libretto himself. The crux of the story, at its most basic, revolves around the imprisoned John Bunyan, under sentence of death, finishing his Pilgrim's Progress – a book about his dream in which a Pilgrim (taken by the same singer), sporting a heavy burden on his back, is directed towards the Celestial City by an Evangelist. Facing a number of character-testing obstacles along the way, his burden is relieved, and he arrives safely at his destination. The music, overflowing with RVW's typically rich orchestration, is extraordinarily spacious, presenting the listener with an endless sky and an open road – given that the work is a journey, indoor performances almost seem to inhibit the grand openness of texture found in the orchestral writing; an outdoor performance would create an incredibly vivid perspective unobtainable in the confines of an opera house orchestra pit. RVW's score, however, is undeniably idiosyncratic, bearing all his pastoral trademarks; even a 1951 audience might have considered it old fashioned. Despite the deliberate suggestions of trudging through the great outdoors on a journey to salvation, director Yoshi Oïda chose to focus on the captive element, and the whole opera was laid out inside a fictitious prison. This unfortunately did not wash with me; prison is deliberately suffocating and the vast expanses pictured in the text and score were squashed beneath the iron scaffolding of Tom Schenk's set design, further impeded by video installations of WWII footage whose purpose escaped me. Setting the action in the prison also removes the distinction between Bunyan and his imagined Pilgrim (there should at least be a convincing costume change), whose vivid journey is supposed to be terrifyingly fantastical. The production is bleak from start to finish – even the gaudy, bawdy Vanity Fair where one may purchase all manner of soul-destroying ephemera, from kingdoms to carnal pleasure, seemed underwhelming; men in drag, grinding lewdly with tasteless semi-nudity as a visual representation for a moral-less society is now a cliché. The Pilgrim's final moments are seated in an electric chair as a blast of white light momentarily blinds the audience before they're returned to Bunyan at his cell desk, with the complete manuscript of his dream before him. Ultimately it is an individual's interpretation, but I don't see how such a wild reading of the plot, yielding a restrictive and unsympathetic production, could speak to a wider audience. Musically the orchestra played well; under Martyn Brabbins' direction the score was excellently paced with fine-tuned orchestral balance sustaining infinitely more dramatic weight than the production. The brass and strings in partic |
What is the only animal to have four knees? | QI : Quite Interesting If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life. BILL WATTERSON Knees MAURICE CHEVALIER (1888-1972) When you hit 70 you sleep sounder, you feel more alive than when you were 30. Obviously it's healthier to have women on your mind than on your knees. Elephant Knees What looks like the elephant's front knees are actually its wrists. There's a popular internet factoid which states that the elephant is the only animal which has four knees. But it doesn't; it has two knees at the back, and elbows and wrists at the front, exactly like other quadrupeds. Elephants, horses, dogs and all other quadruped mammals have two knees and two elbows. Almost all mammals have basically the same skeletal structure because we are descended from common ancestors. What you can see in the middle of a horse's front leg gets called the knee but is actually its wrist – a knee joins the femur (thighbone) and the tibia (shinbone) whereas a wrist joins the radius (forearm) and the carpus (the bit the digits are joined to). The bit between its body and the middle of the leg is the forearm. What we think of as the 'lower leg' is analogous to our third metacarpal - the bone linking our wrist to our middle finger. Horses walk around on the equivalent of their middle fingers. There's a misconception that birds' knees bend in the wrong direction but it's just the same as with any other animal. Birds' legs look like they're backwards because we're actually looking at their ankles. Birds' knees are right by their bodies and normally covered by feathers, and their ankles are well off the ground. Their knees bend exactly like ours do. Bees' Knees Bees do have knees. They definitely have joints in their legs, and they have femurs and tibia – the bones which the knee joins in humans. They don't have kneecaps, however – so while the joints in bees' legs aren't quite 'knees' as we know them, they are still knees by our reckoning. In the 18th century, saying something was 'no bigger than a bee's knee' used to mean it was very small. The modern phrase 'the bee's knees' seems just to have been a nonsense phrase. The world's smallest ever advertisement (promoting the Guinness World Records website) was a knee band which was fitted to a bee's knee in November 2000. It was the width of a human hair. CLEMENT FREUD (1924-2009) ON HIS ARTIFICIAL KNEES When propositioned recently by a woman to 'come upstairs and make love', I had to explain that it was one or the other. The hollow behind your knee is called a hough. The adjective 'geniculate' means 'bent like a knee'. Tutankhamun's Knee In 2005, a CAT scan of Tutankhamun's mummy showed that rather than being murdered by his brother, he may have died from an infected knee. Knee Jerk The ‘knee-jerk’ reaction when you’re tapped on the knee with a hammer tests an interaction between the thigh muscle and the spinal cord, and does not involve the brain. As it’s a ‘mono-synaptic response’ (i.e. the impulse only has to jump from one nerve to another, once) there are very few variables in play, which is what makes it such a useful test. It’s not just a matter of seeing if your leg twitches – it’s the relative strength of the twitch which is significant. Too much jerk might indicate a brain tumour, stroke, liver disease, low calcium, low magnesium, hypothermia, multiple sclerosis, pre-eclampsia, spinal chord lesion or tetanus. Too little might mean botulism, a damaged nervous system, Eaton-Lambert syndrome (weakness of arm and leg muscles), Guillain-Barre syndrome (nerve inflammation), polymyositis (severe muscle inflammation) or syringomyelia (spinal cysts). Knobbly Knees In June 1947, Laurel and Hardy did a six-day gig at Butlins in Skegness. Part of the job was to judge the Knobbly Knees competition, in which elderly men with rolled-up trouser-legs were subjected to a series of humiliating tasks. They also joined their wives Ida and Lucille in judging the ‘Holiday Lovelies’ competition. The knobbles on our knees are all different. It has been suggested that | YouTube Undo Close "INDIAN BRAZILIAN LAMB..." The YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement. Sorry about that. |
What acronymic internet alternative to traditional university campus learning was substantially extended in the UK in 2013? | The 100 Best Online Colleges for 2017 | The Best Schools Finding the best school for you The 100 Best Online Colleges for 2017 The Top Ten Online Colleges: What are the best online degrees? Subscribe & Stay Informed Online colleges and online education have grown enormously over the last ten years. In America alone, the number of online students has swelled from 2 million to now over 6 million . With 21 million college and university students currently in the U.S., that means about one in three college students is taking at least one course entirely online! It’s therefore no surprise that online colleges and universities have proliferated. These schools enable students to finish a degree program and graduate with little more than a laptop and internet connection. Online colleges and universities differ widely in quality, with more and more campus-based schools competing for online students and offering online degrees. For this reason, rankings of online colleges and universities need to be regularly updated. Hence this ranking of the top 100 online colleges for 2017. Tweet this! Check out The 100 Best Online Colleges for 2017! Online education gives students unrivaled flexibility in pursuing a degree program, but it is not right for everyone. Pursuing an online degree requires independent drive and study skills that some students who are new to college may lack. Our 2017 ranking of the 100 best online colleges and universities therefore comes with our QuickGuide to Online Colleges and Online Education , which together provide the most comprehensive resource for online students anywhere. These insightful aids will help you make smart, informed choices: Is an online education right for you? If so, which online college or university should you attend? This ranking of the best online colleges and universities is based on extensive research and familiarity with American online education. In formulating this ranking, we looked to such factors as academic excellence, scholarly strength of faculty, online teaching methods, tuition costs, reputation, awards, regional accreditation , financial aid, and range of degree programs offered: Accreditation Regional accreditation: the gold standard of accreditation Regional accreditation is the highest available form of accreditation. There are only seven USDE-recognized regional accreditation agencies, and only six that are both USDE- and CHEA-recognized regional accreditation agencies. CHEA’s endorsement of an accreditation agency has no real bearing on the merit of the agency; it’s an optional extra stamp of approval. USDE-recognition is what really matters. Schools with regional accreditation give you the best hopes for transferability of credits as well as for acceptance into graduate degree programs. Here are the seven regional accreditation agencies: [ Return to the top… ] QuickGuide to Online Colleges and Online Education Online colleges and online education have existed in a technologically less sophisticated form for a surprisingly long time. Indeed, “distance learning,” as it was previously known, is now nearly 300 years old. People have looked to online learning, and its earlier incarnations, to make education possible where otherwise it would be impossible. Students needing to learn “offsite” and go “online” have included pioneers in far flung lands, persecuted minorities barred from conventional instruction for religious and other reasons, and ordinary people like us with full-time responsibilities such as a day job and family. [ Return to the top… ] Online colleges help people learn all kinds of things, from the skills they need to get and advance in a job, to the subjects required for a college degree, to ideas they want to learn more about just for fun. Early distance learning classes were conducted by mail, where interaction between students and teachers took weeks, and sometime months. That started to change when radio was invented—in fact, the first MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) were offered on radio, almost one hundred years ago! Television and telephone add | News expression fall 2014 by Emerson College - issuu issuu The Magazine for Alumni and Friends of EMERSON COLLEGE Faculty are studying digital media, social change, and how they intersect Cover Front Fa14 M2.indd 1 10/23/14 3:24 PM A Letter from the President “That student is without a doubt an Emersonian; I could tell the second we started talking.” “What an Emersonian approach to that problem!” “That’s very Emersonian!” Sometimes a noun, sometimes an adjective, that expressive but also elusive term “Emersonian” is one that I use often and with pride. It doesn’t take long for campus newcomers to learn that to be Emersonian is to be engaged in the world around us, to be able to generate fresh approaches to the challenges of our time, and to act on those ideas. These talents and capacities are visible every day in the work of Emerson alumni/ae around the country and around the world. They also stand out in the work of Emerson faculty who are on the cutting edge of their disciplines, and who—along with their students—are constantly showing us new ways to be Emersonian. In this issue of Expression, you will read about the work of several Emerson College faculty members whose commitment to civic engagement finds powerful form in their development and use of new media. In their classrooms, in the work they do with the Boston community, and in the work that they have done with individuals and communities around the world, they are developing our collective understanding of how we can use digital tools to advance social change. The key to success in this work is knowing what these tools do best. They can bring a community together around a specific issue, educate us about that issue, and even give us the means—the analytical frameworks and data and strategies for action—to help move a community forward. Most of the time, they need follow-up in real time, with real people, and there, too, our faculty and students excel. The example that is foremost in my mind is one that is very close to home. This fall, Emerson faculty, staff, and students are playing Community PlanIt—one of the media platforms you’ll read about in this issue—and the input we are receiving from the hundreds of people who participate will inform our planning for the future. The game was developed by Emerson’s own Engagement Lab. We are proud to be the first college in the country to use Community PlanIt (though it has been used by other kinds of institutions around the world), and expect to learn a great deal about the cares and concerns of our on-campus community. That is just the first step, howeve : after that will come face-to-face conversations that will in turn help shape the continued implementation of our strategic priorities. 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In Greek myth, who was the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who was entombed alive by her uncle for trying to bury her brother Polyneices after the civil war in Thebes? | House of Thebes House of Thebes Cadmus When Zeus abducted his daughter Europa , Agenor (Ἀγηνωρ) send his sons to find her, with the order not to come back, until Europa was returned to him (see Minoan Crete , for her myth). Agenor's favourite child was Europa. Agenor was quite besotted over his daughter, ready to banish his sons if it meant bringing his daughter back to him. His wife, Telephassa (Τηλέφασσα or Argiope), was so angry at the order from her husband, that she accompanied her sons during their search of her daughter. Phoenix (Φοινιξ) did not go very far from home. The land Phoenix settled in was named after him: Phoenicia. CilixΚίλιξ) settled in the land that became Cilicia, while Thasus stayed on the island that was named after him. PhineusΦινεύς migrated to Thrace. Cadmus had also stayed in Thrace, until his mother died. Only Cadmus (Κάδμος) continued his search for his sister. Cadmus and his followers went on to Delphi, to seek help from the oracle in finding his sister. The Pythia (Πυθία, high priestess of Delphi) told him to instead seek a new home. He was told by the oracle to find a heifer and follow it until the cow lay down. He spotted a cow and followed it all way to southern Boeotia, where it lay down. There, Cadmus decided to build a city that he named after himself, Cadmeia. Cadmus killed a dragon that guarded the spring of Dirce, which was sacred to the war god Ares . The goddess Athena told him to sow the dragon teeth into the earth. Armed men sprang out of the earth, and fought one another until only five of them survived. These five men - Echion (Ἐχίων), Chthonius (Χθονίος), Hyperenor, Pelorus and Udaeüs or Udaeus - became known as Sparti (Σπαρτοί – "Sown-Men"). The Sparti were Cadmus most important allies. For killing the dragon, Cadmus was punished, where he has to serve Ares for 8 years. After his time, the gods honoured Cadmus by arranging and attending his wedding with Harmonia (Ἁρμονία), daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. They received many gifts from the gods. Among the wedding presents given to the couple was necklace that was cursed. The necklace of Harmonia brought disaster to owners in later generations. (See Seven Against Thebes ). Cadmus ruled Thebes for many decades. Harmonia bore him Agave (Ἀγαυή), Autonoë (Autonoe), Ino (Ἰνώ), Semele (Σεμέλη), and one son, Polydorus (Πολύδωρος). Unfortunately most of their children and grandchildren were met with tragic ends. Diodorus Siculus, a Greek Sicilian historian of the 1st century BC, had credited Cadmus of bringing the Phoenician alphabets with him from Phoenicia to Greece. The Phoenician alphabets was adapted and transformed by the Greeks; but Diodorus' claim is unsubstantiated fabrication. See the Wrath of Heaven , for a more detailed account of the the confrontation of Pentheus and Dionysus . Apollodorus say that Cadmus and Harmonia left Thebes to their children or grandchildren, and went to Illyria, and helped the Encheleans against the Illyrians in a war. Cadmus was made king of the Illyrians, and they had another son named Illyrius. At the end of their lives, their bodies were transformed into snakes, but Zeus sent their souls to the Elysian Fields. According to Ovid, it was the fate of Ino and her son that made Cadmus leaves his kingdom with his wife (see Athamas , in the Aeolids). Cadmus and Harmonia were upset over the tragedy of their children and grandchildren. They went into self-exile to Illyria, and in their old age, they were transformed into snakes. Amphion & Zethus Polydorus (Πολύδωρος) was king of Thebes and the only son of Cadmus . Polydorus married Nycteïs (Nycteis), who bore him a son, Labdacus (Λάβδακος). His reign was brief. Labdacus was only a child when he became king, so Nycteus (Νυκεύς), son of the Sparti Chthonius and the king's grandfather, ruled Thebes as his regent. Nycteus, however, discovered that his other daughter Antiope (Ἀντιόπη) was seduced and impregnated by Zeus. Zeus had come to Antiope in the guise of a satyr. Antiope ran off to Sicyon, and married the Sicyonian king, Epopeus (Ἐπωπεύς) | Heroes in the Trojan War Achilles Achilles (Άχιλλεύς) was the son of Peleus and the Nereïd Thetis. Ligyron was the name given to Achilles at birth. While still an infant, Thetis tried to make her son immortal. One account says that she anointed Achilles in ambrosia before laying him in a fire, burning away the mortal parts of his body, making him invulnerable from ordinary weapons. When Peleus discovered she held their son over a fire, he cried out in alarm, leaving Achilles invulnerable except for his heels. Annoyed with her husband's interferences, Thetis left her husband and son, and returned home to the sea. A different account says that Thetis dipped him in Styx, the river of the Underworld, holding him by his feet. His heels were the only vulnerable parts of his body, which was covered by Thetis' hands. This is obviously where the term - Achilles' heel - originated. Achilles was brought up and trained by his father and the wise Centaur, Cheiron. His name was changed from Ligyron to Achilles. He learned how to hunt and fight. He was so swift, that he could run down any wild animal. When the Greeks began gathering the leaders, to fight in the war in Troy, Thetis knew from a prophecy that her son has two possible destinies. One was a peaceful and long life, but without the fame and glory. The other was the most glorious - he can become one of the greatest Greek heroes, but only to be fated to die young. Thetis tried to prevent her son from going to Troy, by disguising Achilles as a girl and hiding him in the court of Lycomedes at the island of Scyrus. During his stay in Scyrus, one of the king's daughters, Deïdaemeia (Deidaemeia), fell in love with him, bore him a son, named Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus). The Greeks having been told by the seer that Troy would not fall without the aid of Achilles. One of the Greek captains, Odysseus, penetrated his disguise, by placing spear and shield among the gifts to the king's daughters. When the Greeks blew their trumpets as if the island were been attack, Achilles snatched the weapons, thereby revealing his identity. Once discovered however, Achilles willingly joined the Greeks. In the Trojan War, Achilles was regarded as the handsomest, the swiftest, the strongest and the bravest of the Greeks who fought in the Trojan War . He led the Myrmidons with fifty ships from Phthia, Alus, Alope, and Trachis. Achilles wore immortal armour belonging to his father, a wedding gift from the gods. He was also armed with a spear made by Cheiron, from a tree in Mount Pelion. Peleus also gave his two immortal horses to his son (Xanthus and Batus. Before arriving in Troy, Achilles was warned by his mother, not to kill Tenes, son of Apollo and king of Tenedos. If he were to kill Tenes, the god would surely avenge his son's death. But landing on the island of Tenedos, Achilles had forgotten her warning that resulted in the king's death. Achilles killed many of Trojan leaders (including many of Priam's sons) as well as their allies. The most notable were Cycnus, son of Poseidon in the earlier year of war. In the last year of the war, he killed Hector, the Amazon Penthesileia and the Aethiopian prince Memnon , son of Eos and Tithonus. Achilles became involved in a bitter quarrel with his commander-in-chief, Agamemnon , over the concubines, causing the young hero to withdraw from the fighting. When the Agamemnon send Nestor, Odysseus and Ajax, to entreat him to return the fighting, his pride and bitterness made him to stubbornly refuse. His pride, however, caused him to lose his beloved companion (and lover?), Patroclus. He returned to combat, avenging his friend by killing the Trojan champion, Hector . (See the Iliad .) Achilles' own death came very quickly after killing Memnon. As he pursued the retreating Trojans back to the city gate, Paris shot an arrow at Achilles; the god Apollo had guided the arrow to one of his heel. Dying, Achilles managed to kill with his spear one last Trojan. Fierce fighting erupted around his body. His cousin Ajax managed to carry his body away while Odysseus held the Trojans |
Which country was ruled by Idi Amin? | BBC NEWS | Africa | Obituary: The buffoon tyrant Obituary: The buffoon tyrant Idi Amin: Reigned with terror, ruled by decree Idi Amin presided over a reign of terror in Uganda, during which an estimated 300,000 people died. He seized power in 1971 and condemned his country to a decade of fear. Idi Amin's rule ended only when he was himself ousted by forces from neighbouring Tanzania. Born in 1925 in Uganda's remote West Nile region, the young Amin looked to the military as a source of advancement. Joining the Kings African Rifles in 1948 he enjoyed rapid promotion, becoming, in 1961, one of the first two Ugandans to be given the Queen's Commission. He became army chief of staff four years after Uganda won independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. Amin awarded himself the Victoria Cross Amin grew increasingly frustrated with the government of President Milton Obote, finally seizing power in a bloody coup in January 1971 while Obote was abroad. Initially viewed as being strongly pro-British, Amin's reputation suffered a blow in the summer of 1972 when he expelled the whole of Uganda's Asian population, blaming them for controlling the economy for their own ends. 'King of Scotland' Appropriating British property in Uganda, Amin curtailed business between the two countries and constantly threatened to expel all Britons remaining there. Rule by decree became the order of the day and he purged anyone he considered to be a threat. Idi Amin relaxes Amin was a compelling speaker and this, together with his commanding physical presence, led many people to believe what he said. To others, though, he was simply mad. Amin is reported to have expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and kept the severed heads of political opponents in his refrigerator. The depth of Amin's cruelty was matched only by the eccentricity of his behaviour. He declared himself King of Scotland, banned hippies and mini-skirts, and appeared at a royal Saudi Arabian funeral in 1975 wearing a kilt. He awarded himself the Victoria Cross, offered to visit Northern Ireland as a peace mediator, and said that he, not the Queen, should be head of the Commonwealth. In the summer of 1975, relations between Amin's Uganda and Britain hit a new low when a British university lecturer, Denis Hills, was sentenced to death by a Ugandan court for treason following comments made in a book critical of Amin. Hills' execution was only averted only after the British Foreign Secretary, James Callaghan, visited Amin. The hijacking of an Air France Airbus over the Mediterranean in June 1976 led to a dramatic international crisis with President Amin at its centre. Amin expelled Uganda's Asian population in 1972 The plane, seized by Palestinian and West German terrorists, flew to Entebbe airport. Amin took charge of negotiations. But Israeli special forces made a spectacular, long-range, raid on the airport, freeing the hostages and crew. But one of the hostages, 75-year-old Dora Bloch, who held joint British and Israeli citizenship, disappeared a day after the raid. There were reports that she had been dragged away by Ugandan troops and killed. By the end of the month, Britain had broken off diplomatic relations with Uganda. Tyrant in exile The murder in 1977 of the Anglican Archbishop of Uganda, Dr Janani Luwum, was only one of many instances of political violence perpetrated during Amin's rule. Milton Obote was Amin's bete noire A series of skirmishes between Uganda and Amin's old enemy Tanzania came to a head in January 1979, when Ugandan army exiles, supported by Tanzanian troops, carried out a full-scale invasion. President Amin's reign began to crumble. By February he had evacuated some of his five wives and dozens of children. As his capital fell, he slipped through the net, finally turning up in Libya, his years in power over. Ironically he was replaced by the man he deposed, Milton Obote. Obote's regime possibly tortured and killed even more people than Amin's but he kept a lower profile than his predecessor and never raised such international uproar. In later years, Idi Am | Inside the big picture show. Jan. 31 2007 12:24 PM Based on True Events By Kim Masters Catching up on homework: Well, we finally got around to slipping The Last King of Scotland into the DVD player. For some reason it took a while to bring ourselves to watch the bloody mayhem that must be a part of any movie about Idi Amin—and part of many films angling for Oscar. At the beginning, there was the inevitable "inspired by true events" claim that is also mandatory for many movies angling for Oscar. After that unfolds a preposterous tale—and there are major spoilers to come—that left us wondering, exactly which true events inspired this? At a glance, the only facts in the film are that there was a deranged dictator named Idi Amin in a place called Uganda and, at one time, a hijacked Air France airliner landed there. * The movie, based on an acclaimed novel by Giles Foden, tells the tale of a young Scottish doctor who finds himself a favorite of Idi Amin. The doctor can be rather plucky with Amin but generally ignores the growing evidence of the hideous truth. He busies himself with knocking up one of Amin's wives and then getting her an abortion. Unfortunately the boss is wise to him and has him hung by hooks thrust into his flesh. Far more fortunately, this hanging takes place at the airport at the exact moment when some Entebbe hostages are being released. A noble colleague sacrifices himself to free the bloodied doctor, who slinks off with the Entebbe hostages. His doomed savior admonishes him to tell the world of the outrages perpetrated in Uganda. Advertisement This series of astonishing events made us curious about the truth upon which the story was based. It was late, so we were left with Wikipedia. (In the Internet age, truth is easy to come by—right?) We found that the character of the young doctor was loosely based on a fellow named Bob Astles, who was neither Scottish nor a doctor. Twice married, he was an English adventurer who worked for Amin while running a pineapple farm as well as an aviation service. He later said, "I kept my eyes shut, I said nothing about what I saw, which is what they liked." Astles eventually became the head of Amin's anti-corruption squad. "Until today, what Astles did or did not do during Amin's brutal tenure is conjecture," the Wikipedia article concludes. "He was feared, and considered by many to be a malign influence on the dictator; others thought he was a moderating presence." It's imperative for novelists to invent, of course, but why does the film industry have a compulsion to palm off stories based on "true" events that are not just miles but light-years from the truth? Not that many people will see The Last King of Scotland—although more than might be expected, thanks to Forest Whitaker's almost assured best actor award. And how many of them will walk away thinking they've seen something that is more true than not? The bottom line is that Hollywood has little respect for the truth. When he was making JFK, Oliver Stone became enraged when George Lardner, a Washington Post reporter who had covered the assassination of John Kennedy, got hold of a script and denounced the story as preposterous. It wasn't fair, Stone said, to judge an unfinished movie by a screenplay. Pressed about whether the misrepresentations in the screenplay wouldn't also be in the film, Stone said the movie would represent an "essential truth," and that adherence to actual fact was less important. Advertisement And there you have the Hollywood attitude—the movie version is the one that counts. The only time we can remember that this approach was stuffed up the industry's nose was when the 1999 film The Hurricane was attacked for misrepresenting facts about boxer Rubin Carter. That episode did not teach the industry caution. Instead, a lot of time and expense is devoted to re-creating the look and feel of a period with no regard to what actually occurred. Many will defend the Hollywood way as an exercise of the artist's prerogative. And obviously there are many immortal stories told in historical settings. Bu |
In Egyptian mythology, what type of animal was Apis? | APIS - the Egyptian fabulous creature (Egyptian mythology) APIS Egyptian fabulous creature Also known as HAAP, HAP, HEP, HEPI We don't want to gore you but this is a load of Egyptian bull. A Memphis bull, to be exact. When a black bull was born bearing a white triangle on its forehead, a flock of excited priests would swoop down and whisk it away for a life of luxury. As long as this mortal incarnation of APIS was happy, everyone’s livestock would prosper. After treating the fortunate animal with the utmost holy attention for precisely 25 years, they would then promptly drown it and look for another one. APIS FACTS AND FIGURES Alternative names : HAAP, HAP, HEP, HEPI Location : Ancient Egypt In charge of : Unknown at present God of : Celebration or Feast Day : Unknown at present Good/Evil Rating : Unknown at present Popularity index : 11610 Cite this Link to this page HTML: To link to this page, just copy and paste the text below into your blog, web page or email. <a href="http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/egyptian-mythology.php?deity=APIS">Godchecker entry on APIS, the Egyptian fabulous creature</a> BBCODE: To link to this page in a forum post or comment box, just copy and paste the text below: [url=http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/egyptian-mythology.php?deity=APIS]Godchecker entry on APIS, the Egyptian fabulous creature[/url] Cite this article Here's the info you need to cite this page. Just copy the text in the box below. Saunders, Chas, and Peter J. Allen, eds. "APIS - the Egyptian fabulous creature (Egyptian mythology)." <em>Godchecker</em>. Godchecker.com / CID, 28 Oct. 2003. Web. 15 January 2017. . 28 October 2003 by the Godchecker Team. Editors: Peter J Allen, Chas Saunders References: Coming soon. | Egyptian Goddess-Hathor Lady of heaven. Cult Center: Dendera and throughout Egypt Attributes: .Because her worship stretches back to pre-dynastic times, we find Hathor identified with many local goddesses, and it can be said that all the goddesses were forms of Hathor. At times we find her playing the role of a sky-goddess, a sun-goddess, a moon-goddess, a goddess of the east, a goddess of the west, a goddess of moisture, a goddess of fertility, an agricultural goddess, and a goddess of the underworld. . . . . .Hathor was the goddess of joy, motherhood, and love. She was considered the protectress of pregnant women and a midwife. She was the patron of all women, no matter their station in life. As the goddess of music and dancing her symbol was the sistrum . As a fertility goddess and a goddess of moisture, Hathor was associated with the inundation of the Nile. In this aspect she was associated with the Dog-star Sothis whose rising above the horizon heralded the annual flooding of the Nile. In the legend of Ra and Hathor she is called the "Eye of Ra." . . . . .In later times, when the Osiris cults gained popularity, her role changed. She now welcomed the arrival of the deceased to the underworld, dispensing water to the souls of the dead from the branches of a sycamore and offering them food. Hathor was also represented as a cow suckling the soul of the dead, thus giving them sustenance during their mummification, their journey to the judgement hall , and the weighing of their soul. In the Late Period, dead women identified themselves with Hathor, as men identified with Osiris . . . . . . Representation: Hathor was originally worshipped in the form of a cow, sometimes as a cow with stars on her. Later she is represented as a woman with the head of a cow, and finally with a human head, the face broad and placid, sometimes she is depicted with the ears or horns of a cow. She is also shown with a head-dress resembling a pair of horns with the moon-disk between them. Sometimes she is met with in the form of a cow standing in a boat, surrounded by tall papyrus reeds. As the "Mistress of the Necropolis" she is shown as the head of a cow protruding from a mountainside. In this case she wears a menat necklace, which is a symbol of rebirth. Relations: Daughter of Nut and Ra . Wife of Ra, mother of Ihy. Many legends portray her as the mother of Horus the Elder . Other as the wife of Horus of Edfu , The fruit of this union was Horus the Younger . Other Names: |
In which American city do the Padres play major league baseball? | Padres, Astros to play 2 games in Mexico City | MLB.com Padres, Astros to play in Mexico City Teams to square off for two Spring Training games March 26-27 Padres expanding to Mexico 3:14 The Padres announce their commitment to expand outreach and access to fans in Mexico By Corey Brock / MLB.com | @FollowThePadres | + 0 COMMENTS SAN DIEGO -- For the first time since 2004, Major League Baseball will be played in Mexico City. The Padres and Astros will play two exhibition games at Fray Nano on March 26-27, Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association and Mexico City Mayor Dr. Miguel Mancera announced. The announcement was made in Mexico City, where Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and Padres GM A.J. Preller attended the event with Houston second baseman Jose Altuve and San Diego catcher Austin Hedges . The announcement of the games resonated deeply with Luhnow, who was born and raised in Mexico City. "One of my goals since I've been GM of the Astros has been to bring the team closer to Mexico. To do that, we've got to activate the Mexican fan base," he said. "There are various ways to do that. One of them is to win. "We're going to come here with a good product, and I hope the games in March are the first of many. I want the Astros to play a regular-season game in Mexico." Astros, Padres to play in Mexico Astros, Padres to play in Mexico City on March 26-27 MLB.com's Brian McTaggart discusses the excitement surrounding the Astros & Padres playing the first games in Mexico City since 2004 The "Mexico City Series" is another step in the ongoing collaboration between MLB, MLBPA and the mayor's office to promote the sport in Mexico. The two-game series will be played at Fray Nano, the current home of the Diablos Rojos del Mexico (Mexico City Red Devils). The Red Devils are owned by Alfredo Harp Helu, who is also part of the Padres' ownership group. Fray Nano Stadium has a 4,500-seat capacity, but will undergo a temporary expansion to accommodate roughly 8,000 fans for the Mexico City Series. "We're very excited to be in Mexico City and bring our game to Mexican fans," Preller said during the news conference. Playing in Mexico isn't a foreign concept for either team. This will be the Padres' seventh Spring Training trip to Mexico. They also played regular-season games against the Mets in 1998 in Monterrey and games against the Rockies there in '99. This will be the Astros' first trip to Mexico since the previous games in Mexico City -- a two-game series against the Marlins in 2004. Houston also played Spring Training games in Mexico in 2000 and '01. "Major League Baseball is thrilled to be back in Mexico City, and we are particularly excited to showcase two of our clubs that play in such close proximity to Mexico," said MLB chief operating officer Tony Petitti. "As we further strengthen the relationship between MLB and Mexico, it is our hope that we can continue to present our game and its bright young stars to the fans of our southern neighbor for years to come." San Diego team president and CEO Mike Dee has made Mexico a priority since he was hired in 2013. On Wednesday, following the announcement of the games with the Astros, Dee and Tom Seidler, the senior vice president of community and military affairs for the Padres, were in Tijuana to announce the organization's expanded outreach efforts in the Baja region and beyond. "Players on the Astros and Padres are looking forward to playing a pair of Spring Training games in Mexico City and in front of some of the sport's most passionate fans," said Omar Minaya, MLBPA senior advisor to the executive director. "The players have long been committed to growing the global popularity of the game they love, and they recognize that Mexico has the potential to become one of baseball's hottest international markets." "All citizens of Mexico City are excited to welcome Major League Baseball back to our market," said Mancera. "These games mark the latest step in our positive partnership with Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, | Babe-Ruth.com - The Sultan Of Swat Babe-Ruth.com The Sultan Of Swat Babe Ruth Baseball player. Born George Herman Ruth, Jr., on February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first of eight children born to Kate and George Herman Ruth, Sr. Most of the Ruth children died in infancy and only George Jr. and his sister Mamie survived to maturity. Little George, as he was called, grew up in a poor waterfront neighborhood in Baltimore, where he lived above the family saloon. In 1902, the Ruths sent their son away to St. Marys Industrial School for Boys, which was both a reformatory and an orphanage. Ruth developed a love for sports, particularly baseball, which served as his escape from the strict environment at St Marys. From an early age he showed potential as an athlete, and in his late teens he had developed into a professional candidate. His tough southpaw pitching attracted Jack Dunn, manager of the minor league Baltimore Orioles. In 1914, the Orioles signed Ruth to his first professional baseball contract. He became the teams youngest member, and was befittingly nicknamed Babe. Within five months, 19-year-old Ruth graduated to the major leagues, and signed with the Boston Red Sox. He remained with the team for six seasons, alternating positions as pitcher and outfielder. With his great pitching, powerful bat, and winning personality, he was quickly on his way to greatness, overshadowing players like Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner. After a controversy revealed that the Chicago White Sox conspired to throw the 1919 World Series, the sport of baseball was in need of a hero. The scandal had shaken the publics faith in the game. However, in 1919, while still a part-time pitcher for the Red Sox, Ruth made his home-run assault on the record books. His 25th home run that year shattered the modern major league record held by the now forgotten Gabby Kraveth. By the end of the year, Ruths record was an unprecedented 29 home runs, and he was credited with reviving faith in the game. In December of 1919, the Boston Red Sox sold the invaluable player to New York Yankee owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert. Ruppert bought Ruths contract for over $100,000, which was a staggering price at the time. In 1920, Ruth joined the Yankees, who as yet had never won a pennant. For years they played in the shadow of the New York Giants. Without a baseball park to call their own, the Yankees were forced to hold their games at the Giants Polo Grounds. Ruth started as a full-time outfielder, hitting 54 home runs his first year with the Yankees. Shortly after, he became baseballs preeminent player, and such a drawing card that New York built a new stadium for the crowds he was attracting. Yankee Stadium had its opening day on April 4, 1923, with a total attendance of 74,000. The stadium became known as The House That Ruth Built, and the period became known as the Golden Age of Baseball. On openin |
Which is the most malleable and ductile metal? | Malleable - definition of malleable by The Free Dictionary Malleable - definition of malleable by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/malleable adj. 1. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure: a malleable metal. 2. Easily controlled or influenced: "The British [rulers] ... had favoured the brother who struck them as altogether more amiable, a more malleable, more temperate man" (Paul Scott). 3. a. Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable: a malleable leader unafraid to compromise. b. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs: the malleable rhythms of jazz. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin malleābilis, from malleāre, to hammer, from Latin malleus, hammer; see melə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] mal′le·a·bil′i·ty, mal′le·a·ble·ness n. mal′le·a·bly adv. Synonyms: malleable, ductile, plastic, pliable, pliant These adjectives mean capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out: malleable metals such as gold and silver; ductile copper; a plastic substance such as wax; soaked the leather to make it pliable; pliant molten glass. malleable | Jacques Cartier | Exploration | France Jacques Cartier You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 7 to 102 are not shown in this preview. You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 106 to 110 are not shown in this preview. This action might not be possible to undo. Are you sure you want to continue? CANCEL We've moved you to where you read on your other device. Get the full title to continue Get the full title to continue reading from where you left off, or restart the preview. Restart preview |
Which UK manufacturer produced models such as Trident, Spitfire, Bonneville, Daytona and Dolomite? | 1000+ images about Triumph Motorcycles on Pinterest | Triumph bonneville custom, Triumph cafe racer and Triumph bobber Top 5 Triumph Motorcycles On eBay This Week Motorcycle Marque,Bobber Motorcycle,2008 Bonnieville Ideas,Top 5,Triumph Motorcycles,5 Triumph,British Thunder,Dive,Fly 1 | 1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? 3. If Alpha is 1, and Beta is 2, what is 6? 4. If Tony Blackburn won in 2002, Phil Tuffnell won in 2003, and Kerry Katona won in 2004, who won in 2007? 5. If David Lloyd George is 1, Andrew Bonal Law is 2, and Stanley Baldwin is 3, who is 4? 6. If Liverpool won in 2006, and Chelsea won in 2007, who won in 2008? 7. How many pints does a 10- gallon hat hold? 8. Who was murdered by Fitzurse, de Tracy, de Morville and Le Breton? 9. Who presents Location, Location, Location with Phil Spencer? 10. From what ancient activity does the word ‘crestfallen’ come? 11. What non-mechanical sport achieves the highest speeds? 12. What major city is on an island in the St Lawrence river? 13. Who succeeded Alf Ramsey to become caretaker manger for the English national football team in 1974? 14. What did Britain’s roads first acquire in 1914? 15. Which former Liverpool player held the record for the fastest hat-trick, scoring 3 goals in less than 5 minutes? 16. Myleen Klass (pictured) now presents 10 Years Younger on Channel 4, but what was the name of the pop band that gave her success in 2001? 17. Who was the presenter of Out Of Town in the 1960s who went on to appear on the children’s TV programme How? 18. Whose autobiography is called Dear Fatty? 19. Who were Tom and Barbara’s neighbours in The Good Life? 20. In Cockney rhyming slang what are your ‘Daisy Roots’? 21. What is the surname of the twin brothers who compiled the Guinness Book of Records together between 1955 and 1975? 22. Which actor played Columbo? 23. Does the Bactrian camel have one hump, or two? 24. Where is the world's largest four-faced chiming clock? 25. Concerned about the impact of uncontrolled development and industrialisation, what National Charity was founded in 1895 by three Victorian philanthropists, Miss Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley? 26. What famous make of motorcycle was Lawrence of Arabia riding when he was tragically killed in Dorset in 1936? 27. What colour of flag should a ship fly to show it is in quarantine? 28. Purple Brittlegill, Velvet Shank and Orange Milkcap are three types of what? 29. What is the name of the flats where the Trotters lived in Only Fools And Horses? 30. In computing, what does the abbreviation USB stand for? ANSWERS: 1. Saturn; 2. Tom Baker (Doctor Who actors); 3. Zeta; 4. Christopher Biggins. (I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. Joe Pasquale 04, Carol Thatcher 05, Matt Willis 06, and Joe Swash 08); 5. Ramsay MacDonald (Prime Ministers post WW1); 6. Portsmouth (FA Cup); 7. 6; 8. Thomas Becket; 9. Kirstie Allsopp; 10. Cockfighting; 11. Sky-diving; 12. Montreal; 13. Joe Mercer; 14. White Lines; 15. Robbie Fowler; 16. Hearsay; 17. Jack Hargreaves; 18. Dawn French; 19. Margo and Jerry Leadbetter; 20. Boots; 21. McWhirter (Ross and Norris); 22. Peter Falk; 23. Two; 24. The Clock Tower on the Palace of Westminster in London (Big Ben is the nickname for the bell); 25. The National Trust; 26. Brough Superior; 27. Yellow; 28. Fungi; 29. Nelson Mandela House; 30. Universal Serial Bus Like us on Facebook |
Which seasonal song was written by Robbie Burns? | Robert Burns Country: the official Robert Burns site Order full 12 volume box set Vol. 1 : 23 tracks inc. Sweet Afton and Duncan Gray Vol. 2 : 28 tracks inc. Ye Jacobites By Name and Scots Wha Hae Vol. 3 : 26 tracks inc. Auld Lang Syne and Comin thro' The Rye Vol. 4 : 22 tracks inc. My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose and O Lay Thy Loof Vol. 5 : 22 tracks inc. A Man's A Man For A' That Vol. 6 : 21 tracks inc. Awa, Whigs, Awa! Vol. 7 : 20 tracks inc. Charlie, He's My Darling Vol. 8 : 25 tracks inc. Ae Fond Kiss Vol. 9 : 21 tracks inc. Corn Rigs Are Bonie Vol. 10 : 22 tracks inc. Yon wild mossy mountains 01 When Rosy May Comes In Wi' Flowers (4:12) 02 O, That I Had Ne'er Been Married (2:07) 03 Wee Willie Gray (1:49) 04 O Wha'll Mow Me Now? (2:29) 05 Brose And Butter (1:42) 06 The Wintry West Extends His Blast (2:21 07 Sweet Afton (4:27) 09 The Winter It Is Past (4:01) 10 Gudeen To You Kimmer (2:26) 11 Kellyburn Braes (3:28) 12 The Slave's Lament (3:11) 13 Of A' The Airts The Wind Can Blaw (3:44) 14 What Can A Young Lassie Do Wi An Auld Man (2:09) 15 Ay, Waukin, O (3:05) 16 O, Steer Her Up, An Haud Her Gaun (1:23) 17 The Cooper O Cuddy (2:04) 18 O, Rattlin, Roarin Willie (1:05) 19 To The Weaver's Gin You Go (3:04) 20 Lady Mary Ann (2:28) 21 Montgomerie's Peggy (1:08) 23 Yestreen I Had A Pint O Wine (4:28) Total Running Time 1:02:57 01 The Soldier's Return (5:29) 02 The Reel O'Stumpie (1:42) 03 I Hae A Wife O' My Ain (1:36) 04 My Nanie, O (4:35) 05 Ye Jacobites By Name (3:00) 06 Rantin', Rovin' Robin (3:36) 07 O, Let Me In This Ae Night (3:30) 08 The Auld Man's Mare's Dead (1:22) 09 How Cruel Are The Parents (1:52) 10 Leezie Lindsay (1:35) 11 My Wife's A Wanton, Wee Thing (1:20) 12 To Daunton Me (4:13) 13 Hey Ca' Thro/The Deil's Awa Wi' Th' Exciseman (1:45) 14 The Silver Tassie (3:22) 15 Kissin' My Katie (2:17) 16 Scots Wha Hae (2:12) 17 O, Were I on Parnassus Hill (3:28) 18 O An' Ye Were Dead Gudeman (1:57) 19 Willie Wastle (2:33) 20 Beware O' Bonie Ann (3:28) 21 Willie Brew'd A Peck O' Maut (3:45) 22 A Rose-bud By My Early Walk (3:14) 23 Whistle O'er The Lave O't (1:40) 24 Jumpin' John (2:04) 25 The Dusty Miller (1:34) 26 My Collier Laddie (3:10) 27 The Weary Pund O' Tow (2:50) 28 Now Westlin Winds And Slaught'ring guns (5:01) Total Running Time 1:18:10 01 Where Cart Rins Rowin (2:25) 02 Ca The Yowes (3:56) 03 An O For Ane And Twenty Tam/Wha My Babie Clouts/Blythe, Blythe (4:06) 04 Auld Lang Syne (3:03) 05 Craigieburn-wood (3:29) 06 Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonie Doon (2:31) 07 Cauld Blaws The Wind Frae East To West (2:46) 08 She's Fair And Fause (2:24) 09 O Leave Novels/The Bairns Gat Out (1:45) 10 Lang Hae We Parted Been (1:59) 11 Lassie Wi' The Lintwhite Locks (3:05) 12 Loud Blaw The Frosty Breezes (2:26) 13 It Was A' For Our Rightfu' King (2:53) 14 Whare Are You Gaun, My Bonie Lass? (1:58) 15 Comin Thro' The Rye (1:18) 16 The Birks Of Aberfeldy (2:28) 17 O Tibbie, I Hae Seen The Day (2:40) 18 Logan Braes (3:29) 19 Landlady Count The Lawin (1:27) 20 Tam Glen (2:54) 21 I Am My Mammie's Ain Bairn/O Whistle And I'll Come To You (2:53) 22 O Where Hae You Been, Lord Ronald, My Son? (1:36) 23 The Thames Flows Proudly To The Sea (2:27) 24 Such A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation (2:37) 25 Come Boat Me O'er (1:27) 26 On A Bank Of Flowers (2:21 Total Running Time 1:06:23 01 O Lay The Loof; Altho' My Back; Gude Ale (3:21) Jamie McMenemy 02 Robin Shure In Hairst (2:19) Davy Steele 03 My Harry; A' The Lads; The White Cockade (3:45) Wendy Weatherby 04 O My Luve's Like A Red, Red Rose (2:30) Davy Steele 05 Louis What Reck I By Thee; In Mauchline (2:49) Jamie McMenemy 06 Hey, How My Johnie Lad (1:57) Mick West 07 O, When She Comes Ben, She Bobbed; O Mally's Meek (2:35) Ian Bruce 08 The Ploughman (2:17) Lesley Hale 09 Thou Gloomy December (4:25) Corrina Hewat 10 The Shepherd's Wife (2:47) James Malcolm 11 O, Whar Gat Ye That Hauver-meal Bannock? (2:49) Wendy Weatherby 12 Sir John Cope (2:39) Jamie McMenemy 13 Dost Ask Me, Why I Send Thee Here; O Can Ye Labour Lea (3:15) Corr | Burns Night in United Kingdom Home Calendar Holidays United Kingdom Burns Night Burns Night in United Kingdom Burns Night is annually celebrated in Scotland on or around January 25. It commemorates the life of the bard (poet) Robert Burns, who was born on January 25, 1759. The day also celebrates Burns' contribution to Scottish culture. His best known work is Auld Lang Syne. Haggis, neeps and tatties traditionally eaten in Scotland on Burns Night. Haggis, neeps and tatties traditionally eaten in Scotland on Burns Night. ©iStockphoto.com/StockCube What Do People Do? Many people and organizations hold a Burns supper on or around Burns Night. These may be informal or formal, only for men, only for women, or for both genders. Formal events include toasts and readings of pieces written by Robert Burns. Ceremonies during a Burns Night supper vary according to the group organizing the event and the location. The evening centers on the entrance of the haggis (a type of sausage prepared in a sheep's stomach) on a large platter to the sound of a piper playing bagpipes. When the haggis is on the table, the host reads the "Address to a Haggis". This is an ode that Robert Burns wrote to the Scottish dish. At the end of the reading, the haggis is ceremonially sliced into two pieces and the meal begins. Public Life Burns Night is an observance but it is not a bank holiday in the United Kingdom. Background Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland, on January 25, 1759. He died in Dumfries, Scotland, on July 21, 1796. He was a bard (poet) and wrote many poems, lyrics and other pieces that addressed political and civil issues. Perhaps his best known work is "Auld Lang Syne", which is sung at New Year's Eve celebrations in Scotland, parts of the United Kingdom, and other places around the world. Burns is one of Scotland's important cultural icons and is well known among Scottish expats or descendants around the world. He is also known as: "Rabbie Burns"; the "Bard of Ayrshire"; "Scotland's favorite son"; and in Scotland "The Bard". Robert Burns acquaintances held the first Burns supper on July 21, the anniversary of his death, in Ayrshire, Scotland, in the late 1700s. The date was later changed to January 25, which marks his birthday. Burns suppers are now held by people and organizations with Scottish origins worldwide, particularly in Australia, Canada, England, and the United States. Symbols The Scottish flag is often displayed at Burns Night celebrations. It is known as the Saltire and consists of a rectangular blue background with thick white bars on the diagonals. The diagonals form a cross that represents Saint Andrew , the patron saint of Scotland. At Burns Night events, many men wear kilts and women may wear shawls, skirts or dresses made from their family tartan. A tartan was originally a woolen cloth with a distinctive pattern made by using colors of weft and warp when weaving. Particular patterns and combinations of colors were associated with different areas, clans and families. Tartan patterns are now printed on various materials. Many types of food are associated with Burns Night. These include: cock-a-leekie soup (chicken and leek soup); haggis; neeps (mashed turnips or swedes) and tatties (mashed potatoes); cranachan (whipped cream mixed with raspberries and served with sweet oat wafers); and bannocks (a kind of bread cooked on a griddle). Whisky is the traditional drink. Burns Night Observances |
Who was instrumental in 1996 in bringing world attention to Dunblane Primary School? | Dunblane (Cullen Report) (Hansard, 16 October 1996) The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Michael Forsyth) With permission, Madam Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the publication of the report of Lord Cullen's inquiry and the Government's response. On 21 March, following a resolution of both Houses, I appointed the Hon. Lord Cullen to inquire into the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the events at Dunblane Primary School, to consider the issues arising therefrom, to make such interim and final recommendations as may seem appropriate and to report as soon as practicable. Lord Cullen concluded that he should not make an interim report. He completed his report within the demanding timetable he set himself by the end of September. But I received a letter from the hon. Member for Hamilton (Mr. Robertson) saying that it would be wrong for the Report to be published during any one of the party conferences". I discussed that request with him, and with the hon Members for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Wallace) and for Banff and Buchan (Mr. Salmond), and with their approval I requested Lord Cullen to delay submitting his report to me until Monday 14 October. It is being published today, together with the Government's response, as a Command Paper. I can also tell the House that the report will be available on the Internet, so that there will be access around the world for those who expressed support for the community of Dunblane. I am also grateful to you, Madam Speaker, for your agreement that I should allow the families of the victims to receive copies of the report and the Government's response ahead of its presentation to Parliament. I am enormously grateful to Lord Cullen for the dedicated, prompt and efficient way in which he has carried out the inquiry. I appointed him in the knowledge of the careful way in which he conducted the Piper Alpha inquiry and the rigour and the practicality of his conclusions on that occasion. He approached the present inquiry with sensitivity, courtesy and care. As the inquiry proceeded, he deservedly gained the wide respect of the parties to the inquiry, the media and the public. He has had to consider the most harrowing of circumstances, and to acquaint himself with a number of very complex issues—issues which are of great concern to the people of Dunblane and throughout Scotland. It was right for there to be a full investigation of all the background to the events of that day and of the policy questions raised by them. And it was essential that the House had before it a full analysis and the facts before attempting to reach conclusions about further action. I can tell the House that we are going to accept all Lord Cullen's recommendations, and in some respects intend to go further. Many of the recommendations relate to firearms legislation for which my right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary has lead policy responsibility. He will be making a statement about that immediately after mine. Lord Cullen's report describes in detail the tragic events of Wednesday 13 March. The gunman, Thomas Hamilton, entered Dunblane primary school shortly after 9.30 am and made his way to the gymnasium armed with two 9 mm Browning self-loading pistols and two .357 824 Smith and Wesson revolvers, together with 743 rounds of ammunition—all of which he lawfully held, and which he legally kept at home, together with more than 1,000 further rounds of ammunition. Within three or four minutes, he fired 105 rounds with the 9 mm Browning, resulting in the deaths of Mrs. Gwen Mayor and 16 children, and injuring a further three teaching staff and 14 children. He then used the .357 Smith and Wesson to take his own life. Of the head teacher and his staff, the report says that they did everything that they possibly could to assist, far beyond what might reasonably have been expected of them". Lord Cullen also commends the general quality of the work of Central Scotland police and, in particular, the individual officers involved. He records the gratitude of the relatives and the school authoriti | London 2012: Faster, higher stranger – quirky offcuts of the Olympics | Sport | The Guardian London 2012: Faster, higher stranger – quirky offcuts of the Olympics A sideways look at reaction to the London Olympic Games Kenneth Branagh, top left, starring as Isambard Kingdom Brunel, starring as Abraham Lincoln at the London Olympics opening ceremony. Photo: Paul Gilham/Getty Images Observer Sport staff Saturday 28 July 2012 12.09 EDT First published on Saturday 28 July 2012 12.09 EDT Close THE CEREMONY: BEST INSTANT REACTIONS US viewers reacting on Twitter to Kenneth Branagh's Isambard Kingdom Brunel: "The Olympics lost me ... why is Abraham Lincoln dancing?"; "Is that Abraham Lincoln speaking right now?"; "Why is abraham lincoln at the olympics?" BEST PACE CHANGE NBC – the American broadcaster getting the most out of the ceremony by showing it on delay, chopping it up for ad breaks and replacing the far-too-downbeat segment featuring the "memorial wall" tribute to the dead and Abide with Me with an upbeat Ryan Seacrest interview. BEST COMEBACK Aidan Burley MP, sacked by David Cameron last year for "offensive" behaviour during a Nazi-themed stag party, apologising for his Twitter verdict on the ceremony ("leftie multi-cultural crap"): "Seems my tweet has been misunderstood." THE BIG FIGURES The biggest ever British TV audiences: ■ 32.3m: 1966 World Cup final. ■ 32.1m: Diana's funeral, 1997 ■ 30.69m: Royal Family documentary, 1969 ■ 30.15m: EastEnders (Den v Angie), 1986; ■ 28.6m: Apollo 13, 1970 ■ 28.49m: 1970 FA Cup final replay (Chelsea v Leeds) ■ 28.4m: Wedding of Charles and Diana, 1981 ■ 27.6m: Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, 1973 ■ 27m: Olympic opening ceremony, 2012 PLUS: THE CEREMONY'S UNANSWERED QUESTIONS 1. Just how big is Trevor Nelson's family? 2. Who would have rung the bell at the start if Bradley Wiggins had not won in the Tour? 3. Does Danny Boyle get knighted now or in the New Year? 4. What acting projects does the Queen have lined up next? LAST WEEK'S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS Thursday: Five Live's Nicky Campbell asked listeners: "Do you have the Olympic tingle?", then unwittingly read out a tweet from a spoof account in the name of Twenty Twelve character Siobhan Sharpe: "Like totes, for real." DRIVER OF THE WEEK Wednesday, 6pm: a driver on the Victoria line near Kings Cross provoking groans by telling delay-weary London Underground passengers: "Ladies and gentlemen, some Olympic news." Then he told them: "In women's football, Great Britain have beaten New Zealand 1-0!" GUIDE OF THE WEEK CNN – talking American visitors through how to fit in to life in London. "The secret to blending in with locals lies solely in the use of one word: 'innit' – a colloquial abbreviation of 'isn't it?' Confusingly, although 'innit' implies a query, this uniquely London method of punctuating sentences is a purely rhetorical device. Thus, 'Time for drink, innit?' is wrong but 'I've had four pints and no dinner, innit' is grammatically perfect." Plus: "In some bars you may see something called 'Pork Scratchings' for sale. These are not for you." BEST PUBLICITY MACHINE Boris Johnson: operating in full calculated buffoon mode. Earned some headlines on Thursday with his defence of sponsor McDonald's. "This is bourgeois snobbery … classic liberal hysteria about very nutritious, delicious, food – extremely good for you I'm told. Not that I eat a lot of it myself." APOLOGY OF THE WEEK The Westfield Stratford shopping centre: "sincerely sorry" for creating Arabic welcome banners that were "pretty much unintelligible" to speakers of the language. The error also appeared on staff uniforms. The Council for Advancing Arab-British Relations said the banners were the equivalent of signs supposed to read "WELCOME TO LONDON" being printed: "N O D N O L O T E M O C L E W." NAME OF THE WEEK Australian eventing horse Allofasudden: called up to the team as a surprise last-minute replacement, and withdrawn injured again days before the competition. WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE DRUNKEN SAILOR? The South Korea Sailing Federation apologising on Fri |
What neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning is named after a Japanese city where it was first discovered? | Minamata disease dictionary definition | Minamata disease defined after Minamata, Japanese fishing village where first diagnosed Minamata disease noun A degenerative neurological disorder caused by poisoning with a mercury compound found in seafood obtained from waters contaminated with mercury-containing industrial waste. Origin of Minamata disease After Minamata, a town of western Kyushu, Japan. minamata-disease | Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat Location of death: Paris, France Cause of death: Assassination Remains: Buried, Saint Etienne-du-Mont, Paris, France Gender: Male Nationality: France Executive summary: French revolutionary French revolutionary leader, eldest child of Jean-Paul Marat, a native of Cagliari in Sardinia, and Louise Cabrol of Geneva, was born at Boudry, in the principality of Neuch�tel, on the 24th of May 1743. His father was a designer, who had abandoned his country and his religion, and married a Swiss Protestant. On his mother's death in 1759 Marat set out on his travels, and spent two years at Bordeaux in the study of medicine, after which be moved to Paris, where he made use of his knowledge of his two favorite sciences, optics and electricity, to subdue an obstinate disease of the eyes. After some years in Paris he went to Holland, and then on to London, where he practiced his profession. In 1773 he made his first appearance as an author with a Philosophical Essay on Man. The book shows a wonderful knowledge of English, French, German, Italian and Spanish philosophers, and directly attacks Helvetius , who had in his De l'Esprit declared a knowledge of science unnecessary for a philosopher. Marat declares that physiology alone can solve the problems of the connection between soul and body, and proposes the existence of a nervous fluid as the true solution. In 1774 he published The Chains of Slavery, which was intended to influence constituencies to return popular members, and reject the king's friends. Its author declared later that it procured him an honorary membership of the patriotic societies of Carlisle, Berwick and Newcastle. He remained devoted to his profession, and in 1775 published in London a little Essay on Gleets, and in Amsterdam a French translation of the first two volumes of his Essay on Man. In this year he visited Edinburgh, and on the recommendation of certain Edinburgh physicians was made an M.D. of St. Andrews. On his return to London he published an Enquiry into the Nature, Cause, and Cure of a Singular Disease of the Eyes, with a dedication to the Royal Society. In the same year there appeared the third volume of the French edition of the Essay on Man, which reached Ferney, and exasperated Voltaire , by its onslaught on Helvetius, into a sharp attack which only made the young author more conspicuous. His fame as a clever doctor was now great, and on the 24th of June 1777, the comte d'Artois, afterwards Charles X of France, made him by brevet physician to his guards with 2000 livres a year and allowances. Marat was soon in great request as a court doctor among the aristocracy; and even Brissot, in his M�moires, admits his influence in the scientific world of Paris. The next years were much occupied with scientific work, especially the study of heat, light and electricity, on which he presented memoirs to the Acad�mie des Sciences, but the academicians were horrified at his temerity in differing from Newton , and, though acknowledging his industry, would not receive him among them. His experiments greatly interested Benjamin Franklin , who used to visit him and Goethe always regarded his rejection by the academy as a glaring instance of scientific despotism. In 1780 he had published at Neuch�tel a Plan de l�gislation criminelle, founded on the principles of Beccaria. In April 1786 he resigned his court appointment. The results of his leisure were in 1787 a new translation of Newton's Optics, and in 1788 his M�moires acad�miques, ou nouvelles d�couvertes sur la lumi�re. His scientific life was now over, his political life was to begin in the notoriety of that political life his great scientific and philosophical knowledge was to be forgotten, the high position he had given up denied, and he himself scoffed at as an ignorant charlatan, who had sold quack medicines about the streets of Paris, and been glad to earn a few sous in the stables of the comte d'Artois. In 1788 the notables had met, and advised the assembling of the states-general. The elections were the cause of a flood of pa |
The foundations for which science were laid by Adam Smith in 1776 and followed up by people such as John Stuart Mill and David Ricardo? | liberalism | politics | Britannica.com Liberalism Democratic Party Liberalism, political doctrine that takes protecting and enhancing the freedom of the individual to be the central problem of politics. Liberals typically believe that government is necessary to protect individuals from being harmed by others; but they also recognize that government itself can pose a threat to liberty. As the revolutionary American pamphleteer Thomas Paine expressed it in “ Common Sense ” (1776), government is at best “a necessary evil.” Laws, judges , and police are needed to secure the individual’s life and liberty, but their coercive power may also be turned against him. The problem, then, is to devise a system that gives government the power necessary to protect individual liberty but also prevents those who govern from abusing that power. The problem is compounded when one asks whether this is all that government can or should do on behalf of individual freedom. Some liberals—the so-called neoclassical liberals, or libertarians —answer that it is. Since the late 19th century, however, most liberals have insisted that the powers of government can promote as well as protect the freedom of the individual. According to modern liberalism, the chief task of government is to remove obstacles that prevent individuals from living freely or from fully realizing their potential. Such obstacles include poverty , disease , discrimination , and ignorance. The disagreement among liberals over whether government should promote individual freedom rather than merely protect it is reflected to some extent in the different prevailing conceptions of liberalism in the United States and Europe since the late 20th century. In the United States liberalism is associated with the welfare-state policies of the New Deal program of the Democratic administration of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt , whereas in Europe it is more commonly associated with a commitment to limited government and laissez-faire economic policies (see below Contemporary liberalism ). This article discusses the political foundations and history of liberalism from the 17th century to the present. For coverage of classical and contemporary philosophical liberalism, see political philosophy . For biographies of individual philosophers, see John Locke ; John Stuart Mill ; John Rawls . General characteristics election Liberalism is derived from two related features of Western culture . The first is the West’s preoccupation with individuality, as compared to the emphasis in other civilizations on status , caste , and tradition. Throughout much of history, the individual has been submerged in and subordinate to his clan , tribe , ethnic group , or kingdom. Liberalism is the culmination of developments in Western society that produced a sense of the importance of human individuality, a liberation of the individual from complete subservience to the group, and a relaxation of the tight hold of custom, law , and authority. In this respect, liberalism stands for the emancipation of the individual. See also individualism . Liberalism also derives from the practice of adversariality in European political and economic life, a process in which institutionalized competition—such as the competition between different political parties in electoral contests , between prosecution and defense in adversary procedure , or between different producers in a market economy (see monopoly and competition )—generates a dynamic social order. Adversarial systems have always been precarious, however, and it took a long time for the belief in adversariality to emerge from the more traditional view, traceable at least to Plato , that the state should be an organic structure, like a beehive, in which the different social classes cooperate by performing distinct yet complementary roles. The belief that competition is an essential part of a political system and that good government requires a vigorous opposition was still considered strange in most European countries in the early 19th century. Underlying the liberal belief in advers | JWS Water Engineering What is the popular name for little baked sausages wrapped in rashers of streaky bacon? Pigs in blankets Question 2. The Christmas period of 1813-14 saw the last what in London?Christmas Fair on a frozen River Thames Question 3. In Victorian England which people were popularly called robins because of their red uniforms?Postmen Question 4. From Christmas day 2013 to Christmas Day 2023, over these 10 years what's the potential saving (Euros) of having Steam Steriliastion compared to a conventional heat system?90,000 Euros Question 5. Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Yet to Come, and Jacob Marley Question 6. |
What main religion celebrates festivals including Nuakhai, Yatra (or Zatra/Jatra), Pongal, Holi and Shigmo? | Pongal | Article about Pongal by The Free Dictionary Pongal | Article about Pongal by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Pongal Type of Holiday: Religious (Hindu) Date of Observation: Three days in mid-January Where Celebrated: India Symbols and Customs: Cow, Rice ORIGINS The three-day Pongal festival is part of Hinduism, which many scholars regard as the oldest living religion. The word Hindu is derived from the Sanskrit term Sind- hu (or Indus), which meant river. It referred to people living in the Indus valley in the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism has no founder, one universal reality (or god) known as Brahman, many gods and goddesses (sometimes referred to as devtas), and several scriptures. Hinduism also has no priesthood or hierarchical structure similar to that seen in some other religions, such as Christianity. Hindus acknowledge the authority of a wide variety of writings, but there is no single, uniform canon. The oldest of the Hindu writings are the Vedas. The word "veda" comes from the Sanskrit word for knowledge. The Vedas, which were compiled from ancient oral traditions, contain hymns, instructions, explanations, chants for sacrifices, magical formulas, and philosophy. Another set of sacred books includes the Pongal Great Epics, which illustrate Hindu faith in practice. The Epics include the Rama- yana, the Mahabharata, and the Bhagavad Gita. The Hindu pantheon includes approximately thirty-three million gods. Some of these are held in higher esteem than others. Over all the gods, Hindus believe in one absolute high god or universal concept. This is Brahman. Although he is above all the gods, he is not worshipped in popular ceremonies because he is detached from the day-to-day affairs of the people. Brahman is impersonal. Lesser gods and goddesses (devtas) serve him. Because these are more intimately involved in the affairs of people, they are venerated as gods. The most honored god in Hinduism varies among the different Hindu sects. Although Hindu adherents practice their faith differently and venerate different deities, they share a similar view of reality and look back on a common history. Pongal, one of the most colorful festivals observed in southern India, honors the sun, the earth, and the COW . Believed to be the survival of an ancient harvest festival because it falls around the time of the WINTER SOLSTICE, the three-day festival coincides with the harvest season and with the end of the monsoons. It is called Pongal in the state of Tamil Nadu; in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka; and in Gujarat it is known as Makara Sankranti because it takes place when the sun starts to move south in the zodiac from Cancer to the House of Makara (the Alligator), otherwise known as Capricorn (the Goat). The first day, known as Bhogi Pongal, is observed as a family festival and is usually spent cleaning everything in the house. Shops, offices, and factories are cleaned as well-a symbolic washing-away of material sins. The second day is Surya Pongal, and it is set aside for worship of the Sun God, Surya. The third day, Mattu Pongal, is reserved for worshipping cattle (see COW ). The fourth day, which is not always observed, is spent paying visits, reestablishing old relationships and forgotten connections. Orthodox Hindus make a pilgrimage to Allahabad, the holy city where the Ganges and the Jumna Rivers meet, on Makara Sankranti. Sometimes as many as a million people arrive in this northern city to have their sins washed away by bathing in the Ganges. Because the festival is a time for banishing quarrels, it is common to serve visitors sugared sesamum seed, advising them to "Eat sweetly, speak sweetly." Chewing on raw sugar cane is another favorite pastime during the festival. In some parts of India, women who want to have children take coconuts and secretly leave them in a Brahmin home-or they bring gifts of betel nuts and spices to Brahmin wives. Sometimes they take coconuts to their neighbors and exchange them for fruit, saying, "Take a boy and give a child." In Ahmedabad in the state of Guj | Waitangi Day in New Zealand Home Calendar Holidays New Zealand Waitangi Day Waitangi Day in New Zealand Waitangi Day commemorates the first signing of New Zealand’s founding document – the Treaty at Waitangi in 1840. It is a public holiday in New Zealand on February 6 each year. A haka is performed by Maori warriors as part of a Maori welcome or 'Whakatau'. A haka is performed by Maori warriors as part of a Maori welcome or 'Whakatau'. ©iStockphoto.com/EdStock What Do People Do? Māori cultural performances, speeches from Māori and Pakeha (European) dignitaries, and a naval salute are all part of the official Waitangi Day celebrations at Waitangi, New Zealand. Waitangi Day is also a time when people publicly debate on issues such as national identity and multiculturalism. Various activities and events are held at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. It’s a day that bubbles with ceremonies, music, sports and fun. Waitangi Day itself has always involved performances and parades from the Royal New Zealand Navy and local cultural groups. Public Life Waitangi Day is a statutory public holiday in New Zealand. Schools, government offices and many businesses are closed. Background In 1840, representatives of the British Crown and over 500 Maori chiefs signed what is New Zealand’s founding document. The day was first officially commemorated in 1934, and it has been a public holiday since 1974. Symbols The Waitangi Treaty Grounds are home to 2 national icons: 'Te Whare Runanga', a carved Māori meeting house that commemorates the first signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Carvings in the house were produced by the local Ngapuhi tribe, but the building is represents all Māori tribes. Ngatokimatawhaorua, one of the largest Māori waka (war canoe). It can seat a crew of up to 80 paddlers and 55 passengers. |
Clara Petacci was the mistress of whom? | Benito Mussolini's Mistress Clara Petacci Pictures, Images & Photos | Photobucket benito mussolini's mistress clara petacci benito mussolini's mistress clara petacci Pictures & Images (58,591 results) | The Moving Finger | Agatha Christie Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The book takes its name from verse 51 of Edward FitzGerald's translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. The poem, in turn, refers to Belshazzar's feast as related in the Book of Daniel, where the expression the writing on the wall originated. Plot summary Edit Jerry and Joanna Burton, brother and sister from London society, take a country house in idyllic Lymstock so that Jerry can rest from injuries received in a wartime plane crash. They are just getting to know the town's strange cast of characters when an anonymous letter arrives, rudely accusing the two of being lovers, not siblings. They quickly discover that these letters have been recently circulating around town, indiscriminate and completely inaccurate. Things flare up when Mrs Symmington, the wife of the local solicitor, commits suicide upon receiving a letter stating that her second child was born out of wedlock. Her body is discovered with the letter, a glass containing potassium cyanide and a torn suicide note which reads "I can't go on". An inquest is held and the verdict of suicide is brought in. The police begin to search for the anonymous letter writer. The Burtons' maid, Partridge, receives a call from the Symmington's maidservant, Agnes, who seems distraught over something. Partridge asks Agnes over to tea the next afternoon, but Agnes never arrives, and her body is discovered in the under-stairs cupboard the next day by Mr Symmington's step-daughter, Megan. Scotland Yard sends an investigator, who comes to the conclusion that the letter-writer/murderer is a middle-aged woman who must be one of the prominent citizens of Lymstock. Progress is slow until the vicar's wife calls up an expert of her own, Miss Marple . Jerry Burton gives Miss Marple some vital clues by telling her of the contents of his dreams and his disconnected thoughts. There is a break in the case when the Symmingtons' beautiful young governess, Elsie Holland, receives an anonymous letter typed on the same typewriter, proven to have been used to create envelopes for all the previous letters. The village doctor's sister, Aimée Griffith, is arrested, since she was seen typing the letter and delivering it. SPOILER ALERT! DON'T READ AHEAD IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOKS! On the way to London for a visit to his doctor, Jerry takes Megan along with him to London where he buys her some new clothes to make her look presentable. He begins to realize he has fallen in love with her. When they return to Lymstock, Jerry asks Megan to marry him, and she refuses. As a result, Jerry goes to Mr Symmington to ask for his permission and to inform him of her refusal. Symmington, who is eager to have Megan off his hands, tells Jerry he will speak with her. Later that evening, Megan goes to her step-father's office and tries to blackmail him by implying she has proof of his guilt in the murders. He coolly pays her off, but later, when she is asleep, he tries to murder her by putting her head in the gas oven. He is immediately stopped by Jerry and the police, who were lying in wait. It is revealed that Miss Marple wished to prove Mr Symmington's guilt and that Megan was brave enough to assist her. Symmington had written all the letters as a cover-up for killing his wife. He had used phrases from a similar incident, done by a school-girl, which fooled the police into thinking that a woman had been the letter-writer. Miss Marple notes that it could not have been a woman who wrote the letters because none of the accusations was true and a typical middle-aged woman in a village Lymstock would have known of real scandals, whereas a man, especially a professional man like Symmington, would be uninterested in gossip. He murdered his wife by the use of cyanide and then planted the letter and a fake suicide note to disguise the crime. He committed the murders because he wished to marry Elsie |
What was the nature of the event at which Jesus turned water into wine | The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Water Into Wine (Part One) The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Water Into Wine (Part One) by Martin G. Collins Forerunner, "Bible Study," November 2006 2006-11-01 The Miracles of Jesus Christ series: More... The first miracle Jesus Christ performs during His ministry is changing water into wine at a marriage feast in Cana ( John 2:1-11 ). When we compare what Christ and Moses each did with water, Jesus' miracle shows the contrast between law and grace. Moses changes water to blood, and Christ changes it into wine. Earlier, in John 1:17 , the apostle John writes, "For the law was given through Moses, [and] grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." Moses' turning of water into blood suggests judgment ( Exodus 7:14-17 ), while Jesus' turning of water into wine implies generosity and joy. In John 3:17 , John comments, "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world [what the law does to sinners], but that the world through Him might be saved [what grace does for those who repent]." This miracle demonstrates at the earliest possible time that Christ's ministry would be one of grace and truth, as an extension and complement of the Law and the Prophets ( Matthew 5:17-19 ). Jesus had come to fulfill God's law, that is, to teach it and live it as an example of how to apply it to everyday life ( Luke 24:44-45 ). 1. Why is John's statement that this miracle was the "beginning of signs" by Christ so important? John 2:11 . Comment: That we are told that the miracle in Cana is the first Jesus performed discredits the false traditions that He worked miracles during the thirty years before His public ministry. It invalidates the miraculous accounts in the apocryphal gospels, which have been excluded from the Bible because of their contradictions to Scripture and their counterfeit nature. All stories about Christ's alleged miracles done prior to His public ministry are false. 2. Why does Jesus perform His first miracle at a marriage ceremony? John 2:1 . Comment: Jesus heaps great honor on marriage by using such an event to manifest His glory. The apostle Paul writes, "Marriage is honorable among all" ( Hebrews 13:4 ), but society increasingly scorns marriage, a fact clearly seen in rampant premarital sex and divorce upon demand. Like Christ's coming, a wedding is a joyous celebration. Jesus and at least six of His disciples were invited to the wedding, suggesting that the wedding couple were concerned about the character of their guests. As His blessing and presence are essential to marital happiness, Christ must be involved in our marriages. However, those who desire His involvement must invite Him in. Had Jesus not been invited to this wedding, a serious problem would have marred the marriage feast. We can learn that couples in whose marriage Christ is involved have a great advantage in solving problems that arise later. 3. Why was running out of wine a problem? John 2:3 . Comment: Weddings in the ancient Near East included a strong legal side, especially regarding providing the appropriate wedding gift, of which the wedding feast was a part. When the supply of wine failed at this wedding, more than social embarrassment was at stake. The bridegroom and his family could have become financially liable for inadequate wedding provisions. The seriousness of the lack of wine (symbolizing a lack of joy) helps us to appreciate the blessing contained in the miracle Jesus performed ( Ecclesiastes 9:7-9 ). This situation relates to the common problems couples experience in marriage, even among God's people. We cannot always stop problems from developing, but we can overcome them with the help of Christ who dwells in us and therefore within our marriages ( Romans 8:10 ). 4. Why does Jesus rebuke His mother for her seemingly innocent request? John 2:4 . Comment: When Jesus reprimands Mary, calling her "woman" (gunai) rather than "mother" (meter), He implies that He is not conforming to her authority but acting under His Heavenly Father's authority. This statement establishes that Mary, even as His physica | In vino veritas *** Origin of the Latin phrase "In vino veritas" The famous Latin phrase "In vino veritas" was first coined by Pliny the Elder, a Roman author and philosopher, in his work entitled the Naturalis Historia. This Latin phrase is often continued as, "In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas" meaning "In wine there is truth, in water there is health." In ancient times different people had different views about drinking alcohol. Germanic tribes always drank wine during council meetings, as they believed nobody could lie effectively when they were drunk. Other cultures ensured that any decisions made when drunk should be reconsidered when sober. In ancient Greece it was �considered barbarous to drink wine that was not diluted with water.� Excessive drinking of wine became such a problem in Rome that Emperor Domitius Ulpinus believed that wine would destroy the Roman empire and ordered half the vineyards in the empire to be destroyed. In vino veritas The Latin language spread throughout the western world and was taught in schools and spoken by the greatest scholars. The English composer and teacher Benjamin Cooke wrote a ditty about 'In vino veritas' in the 1770's: "Round with the glass, boys, as fast as you can Since he who don't drink cannot be a true man. For if truth is in wine, then 'tis all but a whim To think a man's true when the wine's not in him. Drink, drink, then, and hold it a maxim divine That there's virtue in truth And there's truth in good wine!" |
Who won the 2014 Men’s US Open Golf Championship? | Caddie Services 2014 U.S. Opens Pinehurst hosted the 2014 U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open Championships in back-to-back weeks June12-22, marking the first time in history that both tournaments were played in the same year, on the same course. Congratulations to Champions Martin Kaymer and Michelle Wie. For a recap and complete results, visit www.usopen.com . For Tournament Information | BBC Sport - Golf - 2010 Open: Oosthuizen cruises to victory at St Andrews 2010 Open: Oosthuizen cruises to victory at St Andrews FINAL ROUND LEADERBOARD (GB & Ire unless stated): -16 L Oosthuizen (SA) -9 L Westwood -8 R McIlroy, H Stenson (Swe), P Casey -7 R Goosen (SA) -6 R Rock, S O'Hair (USA), N Watney (USA), M Kaymer (Ger) The Open 2010: Day four highlights (UK only) By Rob Hodgetts BBC Sport at St Andrews South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen turned the Open Championship into a procession as he romped to a seven-stroke victory over Lee Westwood at St Andrews. The 27-year-old clinched his maiden major title with a composed display of front-running after taking the lead on Friday. Oosthuizen began the final day four strokes clear of Paul Casey and carded a 71 to finish 16 under around the Old Course. Westwood picked up two shots in a round of 70 to edge into second on nine under, with Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy (68), Sweden's Henrik Stenson (71) and England's Casey (75) in a tie for third on eight under. World number one Tiger Woods, who was aiming to win a third successive St Andrews Open, was unable to make up any ground and ended well adrift on three under after a level-par 72 that included double bogeys on the fourth and seventh. Oosthuizen had missed the cut in his previous three Open appearances, but he rarely looked troubled as he cruised to an unexpected victory. Open triumph yet to sink in for Oosthuizen "It's unbelievable," he told BBC Sport. "After the 12th it became a bit difficult to keep such a big lead and to remain calm and focused but I kept cool and calm the whole way. "I'm glad I had eight shots on 18! I think I cramped up a bit with the putter on 18 as well. "It was a battle for me to keep calm round this course. That was the biggest goal for me, to keep calm. It's probably going to hit me tomorrow or the week after what I did." Playing in the last group with Casey, Oosthuizen parred the first seven holes as the Englishman dropped a shot at the second before getting it back at the sixth. When the South African from Mossel Bay dragged his tee shot left on the short eighth and made a bogey, the gap was down to three. 606: DEBATE A great performance from Louis, he performed all week Baggios_Ponytail But Oosthuizen hit back immediately with an eagle at the driveable par-four ninth and with Casey only managing to make a birdie, the lead was back up to four. Oosthuizen forged to 17 under at the 12th as Casey made a triple bogey via the gorse bushes to slide to nine under and from then on the result was virtually a formality. Oosthuizen, ranked 54th in the world at the start of the week, won his first European Tour title at the Andalucia Open in March and had missed the cut in seven of his eight previous major appearances - including the 2009 Masters and US Open this year. He becomes the second South African to win the Open at St Andrews after Bobby Locke in 1957. He also joins Locke, Gary Player, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and Trevor Immelman on the list of South African major winners. Consistency not enough for Westwood Westwood, the world number three, kept plugging away to make it a fourth top-three finish in the last five majors and improve on his third place at Turnberry in 2009. Sir Nick Faldo remains the last Englishman to win the Open - at Muirfield in 1992 - and the last to win any major - at the Masters in 1996. "I keep putting myself into contention in these majors and keep finishing in the top three. It's not to be sniffed at," said Westwood. "Hopefully one of these chances will turn into a trophy." The 21-year-old McIlroy, who led after round one with a stunning 63 before carding 80 in the fierce wind of day two, surged back up the field to demonstrate that St Andrews is a course he could win on in the future. The world number nine from Holywood matched his third place in last year's US PGA, and despite missing the cut at both the Masters and the US Open earlier this year, he has now had three top-10s in his seven major appearances as a professional. McIlroy rues poor second round "I couldn't h |
Benjamin Franklin is usually credited with the creation of the first pair of what items of optical equipment in the early 1760s? | Benjamin Franklin-Father of the Bifocal Benjamin Franklin-Father of the Bifocal + Larger Font | - Smaller Font Adapted from the important key article by Dr. Charles Letocha, also the wonderful book by Dr. John Levene and finally the comprehensive paper (yet unpublished) by Stuart Green. In 1990 the year of the bicentennial celebration of Benjamin Franklin’s death (1706-1790) a comprehensive article was published by Dr. Charles Letocha, “The Invention and Early Manufacture of Bifocalsâ€�. It presented Benjamin Franklin as the inventor of bifocals. It is still considered the definitive paper on this topic because no new information has surfaced to the contrary during the past 15 years. This current year 2006 is the tercentenary of Franklin’s birth and therefore we can again recognize Franklin for his major role in the development of bifocal eyeglasses. No one else deserves this esteemed honor: Ben Franklin-Father of the Bifocal. The invention of bifocals had been reviewed in great detail by Dr. John R. Levene in Chapter 6 of his book Clinical Refraction and Visual Science, Butterworth’s, 1977. Highly regarded as a diplomat and as a scientist, Franklin is generally acknowledged for all his ingenious contributions to many very practical inventions. He had talents and also numerous interests and his natural curiosity led to the search to discover ways to make things work better. One of his greatest innovations was “my double spectaclesâ€� and Franklin has been quite appropriately recognized and universally admired as their inventor. Certainly among the most useful inventions of all time bifocals have serviced billions of people over the past 200 + years. Compound corrective lenses, usually bifocals or trifocals, and with increasing frequency, progressive multifocal length eyeglasses are the modern-day result of the remarkable evolution from Benjamin Franklin’s original simple and practical creation. THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTING FRANKLIN 1). Benjamin Franklin was a hyperope who likely required eyeglasses originally in the 1730s. By the late 1750s he was usually described wearing them and they became an integral part of his face, at least for distance use. Many paintings and contemporary sketches and satirical cartoons show him represented wearing his eyeglasses. He admitted that he could not “distinguish a letter or even of large print without themâ€�. 2). The Library Company of Philadelphia, founded by Franklin and some of his friends, became America’s first lending library. In its print archives there exists a 1764 political cartoon which depicts Franklin wearing an unusual pair of eyeglasses, interpreted by some knowledgeable people as bifocals because the upper portion of each lens appears different from the lower portion. Take a close look and decide for yourself. 3). Von Rohr and several others credit optician Samuel Pierce with making bifocals for Franklin. Pierce described people wearing bifocals in 1775 and he himself may have worn them in the 1760’s. Although this is all noted in the Levene’s chapter no hard evidence is presented. 4). Mr. H. Sykes, an English optician living in Paris, with a business on the Place du Palais-Royale, wrote to Franklin April 24, 1779 and explained the delay in sending Franklin’s order, complained he was having difficulty making the eyeglasses. “I should have sent your spectacles sooner, but in compliance with your favor of the 20th inst., have cut a second pair, in which I have been unfortunate for I broke and spoilt three glasses.â€�Sykes had apparently damaged them while “cuttingâ€� them in half. The word “cutâ€� is emphasized as opposed to the word “grindâ€�. Even Sykes’ charge for this service (18f a pair) was quite excessive when compared to the normal fee of making simple ordinary glasses. 5). During his stay in Passy, outside of Paris, Franklin (serving as the American envoy to the Court of Louis XVI) described in a letter dated August 21, 1784 to his close friend and philanthropist George Whatley: …….â€� | The Glass Armonica - Benjamin Franklin's Magical Musical Invention We've known about the 'wet-finger-around-the-wine-glass' idea since Renaissance times—one of the first people to write about that phenomenon was Galileo. Sets of water-tuned glasses on which you can play tunes were popularized in England by Pockridge and Gluck in the early 1700's. In 1761 Benjamin Franklin was in London representing the Pennsylvania Legislature to Parliament. Franklin was very interested in music: he was a capable amateur musician, attended concerts regularly, and even wrote a string quartet! One of the concerts Franklin attended was by Deleval, a colleague of his in the Royal Academy, who performed on a set of water tuned wineglasses patterned after Pockridge's instrument. Franklin was enchanted, and determined to invent and build 'a more convenient' arrangement. Franklin's new invention premiered in early 1762, played by Marianne Davies—a well known musician in London who learned to play Franklin's new invention. Initially Franklin named it the 'glassychord', but soon settled on 'armonica' as the name for his new invention—after the Italian word for harmony "armonia". Apparently Franklin built a second instrument for Ms. Davies, as she toured Europe with hers, while Franklin returned to Philadelphia with his own. The armonica made quite a hit, particularly in Germany. Mozart was introduced to it by Franz Mesmer, who used his to 'mesmerize' his patients, and later Mozart wrote two works for it (a solo armonica piece, and a larger quintet for armonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello). Beethoven also wrote a little piece for amonica and narrator (!), and many of their colleagues of the day composed for it as well—some 200 pieces for armonica (solo, or with other instruments) survive from that era. But musical fashions changed. Music was moving out of the relatively small aristocratic halls of Mozart's day into the large public concert halls of the 19th century, and without amplification it simply couldn't be heard. During this period, musical instruments in general were significantly redesigned to make them louder to be heard in the larger public concert halls—the piano went through a major transformation from a "quiet little harpsichord with hammers" of Mozart's day to the massive instrument we know today, and instruments of the orchestra—strings, winds, brass—were all modified to increase their volume. But there really wasn't any way to make the armonica louder. Concert reviews from the period bemoan the fact that the armonica sounded wonderful—when it could be heard. So, alas, Franklin's marvelous invention was ultimately abandoned. Amplification is of course no longer a problem, but even today there are only a dozen or so glass armonica performers worldwide. |
Which notorious real-life terrorist figures prominently in Robert Ludlum's Bourne Trilogy? | Carlos The Jackal | The Bourne Directory | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (born October 12, 1949 (1949-10-12) (age 58)) is a Venezuelan-born leftist revolutionary. After several bungled bombings, Ramírez Sánchez achieved notoriety for a 1975 raid on the OPEC headquarters in Vienna, resulting in the deaths of three people. For many years he was among the most wanted international fugitives. He is now serving a life sentence in Clairvaux Prison in northeast France. He was given the nom de guerre Carlos when he became a member of the leftist Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Carlos was given the "Jackal" moniker by the press (The Guardian) when the Frederick Forsyth novel The Day of the Jackal was reportedly found among his belongings. Although the book actually belonged to someone else, the nickname stuck. Bourne's World Edit Carlos the Jackal is the main antagonist in the Bourne Trilogy. Carlos the Jackal figures prominently in Robert Ludlum's Bourne Trilogy. In the Trilogy, Carlos is depicted as the world's most dangerous assassin whose trademark execution is a single well placed bullet in the throat, a man with international contacts that allow him to strike efficiently and anonymously at locations anywhere on the globe. His actual name (Ilich Ramirez Sanchez) is used and details - a mixture of fact and fiction - are given about his upbringing and training, including the fictional account that he trained with Russian intelligence at Novgorod. In the Trilogy he keeps residence in France disguised as a priest, protected by a close network of contacts. In the Bourne Identity a relatively small amount is revealed about him but he factors prominently in the plot of the book because the title character, Jason Bourne , was an American black-ops officer whose mission was to usurp Carlos as the world's preeminent assassin in order to draw him out of hiding so that he could be killed or captured. During this book, it is "revealed" that Carlos in fact orchestrated the Kennedy assassination. In the second book, The Bourne Supremacy , Carlos is not a significant character and is understood to be in hiding. However, in The Bourne Ultimatum , the final book of the trilogy, Carlos and Bourne are pitted against each other again in which their feud finally end when The Jackal drowns in the river bordering the KGB traning facility which he was trying to blow up. Carlos the Jackal is not mentioned in the Bourne film adaptations that star Matt Damon, although The Guardian newspaper, credited with giving Carlos his "Jackal" moniker, is featured in The Bourne Ultimatum film. | Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information. |
What is the MKSA or SI unit of electric charge? | What is the unit of charge in mks system? - Quora Quora Mayur, the Coulomb, according to my search. 561 Views · Answer requested by Written Jan 2, 2015 As a black person reared by black parents, and growing up around black people, I can tell you black children are given very little leeway to talk back or challenge parents or other adults. It's just not done. Respect for parents in a black household means doing what you are told when you are told to do it, a healthy awareness that kids are subordinate to the parents so long as they live under t... | Discovery of the Electron: J. J. Thomson Elements and Atoms: Chapter 16 Discovery of the Electron: J. J. Thomson Joseph John Thomson (J. J. Thomson, 1856-1940; see photo at the Science Museum, London) is widely recognized as the discoverer of the electron. Thomson was the Cavendish professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge University and director of its Cavendish Laboratory from 1884 until 1919. For much of his career, Thomson worked on various aspects of the conduction of electricity through gases. In 1897 he reported that "cathode rays" were actually negatively charged particles in motion; he argued that the charged particles weighed much less than the lightest atom and were in fact constituents of atoms [Thomson 1897a, 1897b ]. In 1899, he measured the charge of the particles, and speculated on how they were assembled into atoms [ Thomson 1899 ]. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1906 for this work, and in 1908 he was knighted. His Nobel lecture is reproduced below. The case of the electron raises several interesting points about the discovery process. Clearly, the characterization of cathode rays was a process begun long before Thomson's work, and several scientists made important contributions. In what sense, then, can Thomson be said to have discovered the electron? After all, he did not invent the vacuum tube or discover cathode rays. Discovery is often a cumulative process. The credited discoverer makes crucial contributions to be sure, but often after fundamental observations have been made and tools invented by others. Thomson was not the only physicist to measure the charge-to-mass ratio of cathode rays in 1897, nor the first to announce his results. (See Pais 1986.) But Thomson did carry out this measurement and (later) the measurement of the particles's charge, and he recognized its importance as a constituent of ordinary matter. Carriers of negative electricity Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1906; in Nobel Lectures: Physics, 1901-1921 (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1967), pp. 145-153 Introductory In this lecture I wish to give an account of some investigations which have led to the conclusion that the carriers of negative electricity are bodies, which I have called corpuscles [1] , having a mass very much smaller than that of the atom of any known element, and are of the same character from whatever source the negative electricity may be derived. [2] The first place in which corpuscles were detected was a highly exhausted tube [3] through which an electric discharge was passing. When an electric discharge is sent through a highly exhausted tube, the sides of the tube glow with a vivid green phosphorescence. That this is due to something proceeding in straight lines from the cathode--the electrode where the negative electricity enters the tube--can be shown in the following way (the experiment is one made many years ago by Sir William Crookes [4] ): A Maltese cross made of thin mica is placed between the cathode and the walls of the tube. [5] When the discharge is past, the green phosphorescence no longer extends all over the end of the tube, as it did when the cross was absent. There is now a well-defined cross in the phosphorescence at the end of the tube; the mica cross has thrown a shadow and the shape of the shadow proves that the phosphorescence is due to something travelling from the cathode in straight lines, which is stopped by a thin plate of mica. The green phosphorescence is caused by cathode rays [6] and at one time there was a keen controversy as to the nature of these rays. Two views were prevalent: one, which was chiefly supported by English physicists, was that the rays are negatively electrified bodies shot off from the cathode with great velocity; the other view, which was held by the great majority of German physicists, was that the rays are some kind of ethereal vibration or waves. [7] The arguments in favour of the rays being negatively charged particles are primarily that they are deflected by a magnet in just the same way as moving, negatively electrifie |
In which country would you find the ruined city of Machu Pichu? | Machu Picchu Machu Picchu The Ruins on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu Brief Notes on the Main Archaeological Sites, with Photographs Part 4 : The Lost City of the Incas View from Intipunku, the Sun Gate. This is the first sight of Machu Picchu that hikers following the Inca Tail get. by Linda Davies "Helen had always feared that it would be an anticlimax, that something dreamed of for a lifetime would inevitably be smaller than the dream. She had lived so much of her life in the imagination that it was for her more powerful than reality. But what towered before her was greater than anything she might have conjured. Photographs were as ashes to a live body. Nothing captured Machu Picchu, a kingdom ruined but alive." "The power was not just in the configurations of stones, but in the awesome setting. A thousand feet below, the Urubamba river churned through the gorge that cut around the base of the mountain. Surrounding them a circle of snow-covered peaks and green ranges towered into a dazzling sky. The Citadel at the centre." The quotations above, describing the goal and fitting climax of the Inca Trail hike are from Into the Fire , the thriller by Linda Davies , who lived in Peru for three years. She used her experiences, and what she learnt there, in the plot of the novel. She travelled extensively in the country and hiked the Inca Trail on various occasions. Into the Fire is now available world-wide in a new paperback edition published by Twenty First Century Publishers and may also be downloaded as an ebook from Diesel eBooks . Of course, Machu Picchu is an amazing spectacle, even if you arrive by train - the easy way! The Classic view showing the ruined city perched on a hill with the mountain Huayna Picchu in the background. | 1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? 2. Lenny Henry will star in which Shakespearean tragedy next year? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Lenny Henry will star in which Shakespearean tragedy next year? 3. Will Young has been invited to take part in which panel show after saying he is a fan? 4. Nasty Nick Cotton is to return to which TV soap? 5. Which author earns £3m a week in royalties, it was revealed this week? 6. Which band release the album Dig Out Your Soul on Monday? 7. In which year was a World Cup final first decided on penalties? 8. What is the tallest and thickest kind of grass? 9. Which TV cast had a hit with Hi-Fidelity? 10. What nationality was the composer Handel? 11. What is most expensive property in the board game Monopoly? 12. Which Scandinavian group had a top 20 hit in 1993 called Dark Is The Night? 13. In which century was King Henry IV of England born? 14. Who directed the film Alien? 15. Who was the only person to win a medal for Ireland at the Sydney Olympics in 2000? 16. What did Nicholas Copernicus argue was at the centre of our universe, and what was the common belief before then? 17. Which three American states begin with the letter O? 18. In what year did Ruth Ellis become the last woman to be hanged in England? 19. Who was the first British monarch to choose Buckingham Palace as their home? 20. How many Jack’s eyes are visible in a standard pack of playing cards? 21. What is Britain’s largest lake? 22. Cameroon gained its independence from which European country in 1960? 23. Who had a number one in 1960 called Only The Lonely? 24. The 1964 film My Fair Lady was based on a play by whom? 25. Which of the Bronte sisters wrote the novels Agnes Gray and The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall? 26. Which American president once famously proclaimed: “Ich bin ein Berliner”? 27. Which element has the chemical symbol Pb? 28. What was the name of the murder victim at the beginning of the TV series Twin Peaks? 29. Who directed the 2001 film Mulholland Drive? 30. In horse racing, which three racecourses stage the five English classics? ANSWERS: 1. Rick Astley; 2. Othello; 3. Question Time; 4. Eastenders; 5. JK Rowling; 6. Oasis; 7. 1994; 8. Bamboo; 9. The Kids From Fame; 10. German; 11. Mayfair; 12. A-Ha; 13. 14th; 14. Ridley Scott; 15. Sonia O’Sullivan; 16. The Sun. Before then people believed it was the Earth; 17. Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon; 18. 1955; 19. Queen Victoria; 20. 12; 21. Loch Lomond; 22. France; 23. Roy Orbison; 24. George Bernard Shaw; 25. Anne; 26. John F. Kennedy; 27. Lead; 28. Laura Palmer; 29. David Lynch; 30. Doncaster, Epsom, Newmarket Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent |
Which month in 1985 saw the Live Aid concert, organised by Bob Geldof? | Live Aid In Photos: July 13 1985 | Crowd cheers during Live Aid famine relief concert at Wembley Stadium in London. PA-2491932 LIVE AID ORGANISER BOB GELDOF PERFORMS ON STAGE. ALISON MOYET AND PAUL YOUNG ON STAGE DURING THE LIVE AID CHARITY CONCERT. Rock star Bono, the 25-year-old lead singer with the Irish group U2, performing at the Live Aid concert in July this year. PA-1597212 Singer Bryan Ferry performing during the 1985 Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium, London. The huge crowd at Wembley Stadium, London for the Live Aid concert. 72, 000 pop and rock fans pack out Wembley Stadium in London for the Live Aid Concert. PA-1252492 George Michael of Wham performing at Live Aid. PA-2236763 The crowd get hosed down with water. PA-2312073 PA-2312185 PA-2312079 The Prince and Princess of Wales in the Royal Box after opening the Live Aid concert. PA-2312215 Thousands of fans begin arriving for what has been described as the biggest event in the history of rock music. PA-2312187 Singer Sade performs on stage. PA-2312224 Elvis Costello performing on stage. Elvis Costello performing on stage. Left to right: Bono of U2, Paul McCartney, and Freddy Mercury of Queen, during the finale. PA-2328106 Pop fan Gail Goulding reflects on the excitement of the Live Aid concert. PA-2320478 Bikinis, cameras, sunny smiles and a friendly wave from two female audience members. PA-2320403 Adam Ant performing. PA-2312668 Roger Daltrey (l) and Pete Townshend reunited on stage as The Who at the Live Aid concert. The Who perform at the Live Aid concert, Wembley Stadium, London. PA-18436052 David Bowie performs on stage. The backing singer on the left is Tessa Niles. David Bowie performs on stage. The backing singer on the left is Tessa Niles. Elton John at the piano during the Live Aid Concert. PA-12157549 British pop singers Phil Collins, left, and Sting are shown on stage during the Live Aid concert held at London’s Wembley Stadium, England, July 13, 1985. Collins will fly on the Concorde to perform at the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia, USA. The rock and roll telethon concert, to raise awareness for famine victims in Ethiopia, was broadcast around the world and raised $100 million dollars. (AP Photo/Joe Schaber) PA-2964368 From left, David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills, performing collectively as Crosby, Stills and Nash, acknowledge the crowd during the Live Aid concert for famine relief at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pa. July 13, 1985.(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) PA-2850715 Ozzy Osbourne, left, and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath perform during the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia, Pa., July 13, 1985. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy) PA-2834172 American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan,left, is joined onstage by Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards during Live Aid famine relief concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.PA-2520859 A huge crowd attends the Live Aid famine relief concert for Africa at Wembley Stadium. PA-2491908 British singer David Bowie performs at Live Aid famine relief concert at Wembley Stadium. PA-2491899 Robert Plant, right, Paul Martinez, left during Live Aid concert on July 13, 1985. Location unknown. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)PA-11599268 The Sting, right, joins the Dire Straits group during the Live Aid famine relief concert at Londons Wembley Stadium on Saturday, July 13, 1985. At left is Dire Straits lead singer Mark K. Knopflen. (AP Photo) PA-11599262 Crowd at Live Aid Music Concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 13, 1985. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) PA-9829671 Princess Diana, left, and Prince Charles attend the Live Aid concert as they acknowledge the crowd with event organizer Bob Geldof, right, at London’s Wembley Stadium, England, July 13, 1985. The rock and roll telethon concert, to raise awareness for famine victims in Ethiopia, was broadcast around the world and raised $100 million dollars. (AP Photo/Joe Schaber) PA-8636492 In a July 13, 1985 file photo singers from left, Valerie Simpson, Teddy Pendergrass and Nicholas Ashford perform at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia Pa. during the Live Aid famine relief conc | Oodles Of Fun: April 2010 Oodles Of Fun Are You Using Your nOodle? Pages Question of the Day - On this day in 1931, what 102-story, 1,046-foot building was dedicated in New York City? Empire State Building Bon Jovi sang "You Give Love a ____ Name". Bad Bing Crosby's real name was: Harry Which is the only Marx Brothers film to feature on the AFI's top 100? Duck Soup The Broadway show Movin' Out featured the songs of: Billy Joel The tagline "Die Harder" comes from which 1990 movie? Die Hard 2 Which film has the line, "I can't have a baby, because I have a 12:30 lunch meeting"? Baby Boom In An Affair to Remember, where did the lovers decide to meet six months later? New York Where do the scientists first find a mysterious monolith, in 2001: A Space Odyssey? The Moon Which actress stars in the film Mean Girls? Lindsay Lohan This horror classic is called: Invasion of the Body ________. Snatchers Whose real name is Eric Bishop? Jamie Foxx Who said: "Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done"? George W. Bush Bruce Springsteen says "Everybody's got ________". A hungry heart Who had the 1976 hit: "Play That Funky Music"? Wild Cherry Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey starred in: Two for the Money In the "Rock DJ" video, what former Take That singer literally sheds layers of clothes and layers of flesh? Robbie Williams Which film is a love story between the King of Siam and a British schoolteacher? Anna and the King What former star of Broadway's Annie married Matthew Broderick, who starred in The Producers? Sarah Jessica Parker What was the last Beatles' album to be recorded before the band's split? Abbey Road Which actress' father is well-known actor Jon Voight? Angelina Jolie What was the name of Herman's wife on The Munsters? Lily On the TV series Heroes, the character Hiro Nakamura is able to: Stop time The music to the U.S. Navy song "Anchors Aweigh" was written by: Charles Zimmerman Talk show host Rosie O'Donnell changed hats to play which narrating character in "Seussical the Musical"? The Cat in the Hat All members of The Monkees have what same color of eyes? Brown The tagline, "Resistance is Futile", comes from which 1996 movie? Star Trek: First Contact One of the longest movie song titles, as sung by Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins, was: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Who played Truman Capote in Capote? Philip Seymour Hoffman Which Scottish actor voiced a dragon called Draco in the movie Dragon Heart? Sean Connery Question of the Day - Willie Nelson turns 77 today. What is NOT one of his songs? Hit the Road, Jack Which character sings "Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz? Dorothy Finish this line from The Godfather: "Leave the gun. Take _________". The cannoli Name the ship commanded by Russell Crowe in Master and Commander. HMS Surprise In which of the Rocky movies was the statue of Rocky unveiled? Rocky III Where was the character Elijah Prince, aka "Mr. Glass", from Unbreakable born? A department store Who sang "When You Wish upon a Star" in the 1940 Walt Disney film Pinocchio? 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"Who directed ""Pulp Fiction"" and ""Kill Bill""?" | Quentin Tarantino - Biography - IMDb Quentin Tarantino Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Trade Mark (48) | Trivia (101) | Personal Quotes (75) Overview (4) 6' 1" (1.85 m) Mini Bio (1) Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino , is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old. In January of 1992, first-time writer-director Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992) appeared at the Sundance Film Festival. The film garnered critical acclaim and the director became a legend immediately. Two years later, he followed up Dogs success with Pulp Fiction (1994) which premiered at the Cannes film festival, winning the coveted Palme D'Or Award. At the 1995 Academy Awards, it was nominated for the best picture, best director and best original screenplay. Tarantino and writing partner Roger Avary came away with the award only for best original screenplay. In 1995, Tarantino directed one fourth of the anthology Four Rooms (1995) with friends and fellow auteurs Alexandre Rockwell , Robert Rodriguez and Allison Anders . The film opened December 25 in the United States to very weak reviews. Tarantino's next film was From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), a vampire/crime story which he wrote and co-starred with George Clooney . The film did fairly well theatrically. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Kale Whorton <nikko11@mind.net> Trade Mark (48) Lead characters usually drive General Motors vehicles, particularly Chevrolet and Cadillac, such as Jules' 1974 Nova and Vincent's 1960s Malibu. Briefcases and suitcases play an important role in Pulp Fiction (1994), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Jackie Brown (1997), True Romance (1993) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004). Makes references to cult movies and television Frequently works with Harvey Keitel , Tim Roth , Michael Madsen , Uma Thurman , Michael Bowen , Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz . His films usually have a shot from inside a car trunk He always has a Dutch element in his films: The opening tune, "Little Green Bag", in Reservoir Dogs (1992) was performed by George Baker Selection and written by Jan Gerbrand Visser and Benjamino Bouwens who are all Dutch. The character Freddy Newandyke, played by Tim Roth is a direct translation to a typical Dutch last name, Nieuwendijk. The code name of Tim Roth is Mr. Orange, the royal color of Holland and the last name of the royal family. The Amsterdam conversation in Pulp Fiction (1994), Vincent Vega smokes from a Dutch tobacco shag (Drum), the mentioning of Rutger Hauer in Jackie Brown (1997), the bride's name is Beatrix, the name of the Royal Dutch Queen. [The Mexican Standoff] All his movies (including True Romance (1993), which he only wrote and did not direct) feature a scene in which three or more characters are pointing guns at each other at the same time. Often uses an unconventional storytelling device in his films, such as retrospect ( Reservoir Dogs (1992)), non-linear ( Pulp Fiction (1994)), or "chapter" format (_Kill Bill: Vol.1 (2003)_). His films will often include one long, unbroken take where a character is followed around somewhere. Often casts comedians in small roles: Steven Wright as the disc jockey in Reservoir Dogs (1992), Kathy Griffin as an accident witness and Julia Sweeney as the junkyard guy's daughter in Pulp Fiction (1994), Chris Tucker as Beaumont in Jackie Brown (1997), Mike Myers as General Ed Fenech in Inglourious Basterds (2009), and Jonah Hill in Django Unchained (2012). Widely imitated quick cuts of character's hands performing actions in extreme closeup, a technique reminiscent of Brian De Palma . Long close-up of a person's face while someone else speaks off-screen (close-up of The Bride while Bill talks, of Butch while Marsellus talks). [Aliases] He uses aliases in nearly all of his movies: Honey Bunny and Pumpkin from Pulp Fiction (1994), Mr White, Blonde, Orange etc. from Reservoir Dogs (1992). Bill's team in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) (Bl | PULP PULP Now screening in selected Mexican & French Cinemas. April 2015. USA - NOW AVAILABLE on VOD & DIGITAL Bright House Networks "I felt that the film was a triumph—moving, funny, sweet, eccentric—and the reaction from the audience, well, it’s the kind of thing that makes you feel like you are smiling with your heart. Two people who I spoke with were moved to tears. How many rock docs can you say that about?" - DANGEROUS MINDS 'The only way to fully understand Pulp is to hang out in the town that birthed the band. "Sing along with the common people" isn't just a lyric - it's a mission statement.' - NOWTORONTO.COM IN US THEATERS 19 NOVEMBER 2014 WORLD PREMIERE SXSW MARCH 2014 90 minutes, UK 2014 IMDB Variety Review Starring Jarvis Cocker, Mark Webber, Candida Doyle, Nick Banks, Steve Mackey and the people of Sheffield. Directed by Florian Habicht . Produced by Alex Boden ( Pistachio Pictures ) Director of photography Maria Ines Manchego. Edited by Peter O'Donoghue UK distribution and festivals Soda Pictures Australia & New Zealand distribution / festivals E One / Hopscotch Thanks for all the love from Saturday 7 June! Here's a slide show of responses from the premiere at Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield Doc Fest Opening Night... An infectious merging of mutually delighted spirits, Florian Habicht’s collaboration with Jarvis Cocker fixes the triumphant 2012 concert billed as UK pop rock band Pulp’s last ever within a loving portrait of the town where it all began. Applying the gregarious curiosity that’s served him so well in the hot pools of Ngawha (Kaikohe Demolition) and on the streets of Manhattan (Love Story), Habicht accosts resolutely down-to-earth Sheffielders with questions about love, life and the meaning of Jarvis. He draws equally arresting testimony from band members, visiting fans, Jarvis’ mum and the man himself. Rousing concert footage is supplemented with unlikely performances from locals who’ve made the Pulp repertoire resoundingly their own. Cocker’s knack for keeping it real, for drawing from regular experience and feeding back into it, is the film’s effortlessly realised QED. If you ever had your head invaded for days on end by Pulp’s ‘Common People’, prepare to have it reoccupied, this time with a portrait gallery for company. If you haven’t, there could hardly be a more irresistible invitation to join the party. — Bill Gosden, New Zealand International Film Festival Mark Webber, Steve Mackey, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Jarvis Cocker Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets is the best film that could be made about Pulp. The majority of British pop bands were eager to be seen as “one of the lads,” with a pint in one hand and a copy of Loaded magazine in the other. Not Pulp, who wholeheartedly embraced an individualistic style of pervy proletariat, outsider chic. Their lyrics are the stuff of fluttering net curtains in run-down terraced houses, chaotic and confused teenage lust and not only not fitting in, but knowing you’ll never be able to. This documentary, centring on the band’s 2012 farewell concert, grasps everything that Pulp is about. It’s less a straightforward band biography and more a sociological study of the swamp of fears, loves and passions that bubbles away under the industrially cratered landscape of Sheffield. -We Got This Covered, UK five stars - full film review here Band history... Most bands hit the big time immediately and fade away, or they build a dedicated following and slowly climb their way to the top. PULP didn't follow either route. For the first 12 years of their existence, PULP languished in near total obscurity, releasing a handful of albums and singles in the '80s to barely any attention. At the turn of the decade, the group began to gain an audience, sparking a remarkable turn of events that made the band one of the most popular British groups of the '90s. By the time PULP became famous, the band had gone through numerous different incarnations and changes in style, covering nearly every indie rock touchstone from post-pun |
In which modem day African country was Roman Emperor Septimius Severus born? | The Black Emperors of Rome: Roman Emperor Caracalla (Kara-kalla) | Rasta Livewire The Black Emperors of Rome: Roman Emperor Caracalla (Kara-kalla) Ivory Bust of Emperor Caracalla: British Muesum Emperor Caracalla – By Oguejiofo Annu It was Bob Marley who sang that “2000 years of history could not be wiped away so easily.” Lucius Septimius Bassianus (April 4, 188 – April 8, 217), commonly known as Caracalla, was a Black Roman Emperor who ruled from 211 to 217. Caracalla was the eldest son of Septimius Severus, the first black African-born Emperor of Rome. But before Septimius Severus, there had been other Roman-born black Emperors of Rome. This story of the other black emperors of Rome will be explored in another write-up, but for now we focus on Caracalla. Unlike his father Septimius Severus, Caracalla was born and raised in Italy. After the death of his father, he ruled jointly with his younger brother Geta until the latter’s death in 211. Caracalla’s reign was notable for the Constitutio Antoniniana, granting Roman citizenship to freemen throughout the Roman Empire. That act laid a foundation for a peaceful multi-ethnic, multi-cultural Empire that Rome was to become. Caracalla was mean towards the military incursions of the Goths, the Parthians and the Tartars, and he took brutal and extreme steps to suppress those invaders from Turkemenistan that were sorely troubling the cohesion of the Roman state. A modern-day British historian Edward Gibbon, a descendant of the Goths, referred to him as, “the common enemy of mankind” because of the massacres he authorized in various parts of the empire. In AD 213, Caracalla went north to the German frontier and subdued the Alamanni tribesmen who were causing trouble in the Agri Decumates. Due to that feat the Senate conferred upon him the title of “Germanicus Maximus”. In AD 216, Caracalla took on the Parthians, a related tribe of the Goths, (the Parthians are the ancestors of the modern day Farsi-Iranians) who were causing problems on the southernmost flank of the empire. He tricked the Parthians into believing that he accepted a marriage and peace proposal, but then launched a series of blistering attacks on the Parthians when their guards were down. The thereafter ongoing conflict and skirmishes became known as the Parthian war of Caracalla. The baths of Caracalla were the largest public baths ever built in ancient Rome. To put it in historical perspective, the central room of the baths was larger than St. Peter’s Basilica. It could easily accommodate over 2,000 Roman citizens. The bath house opened in 216, complete with libraries, private rooms and outdoor tracks. Caracalla ordered the building of those baths that are named in his honour. Caracalla was assasinated by his body-guard while travelling from Edessa to continue the war against Parthian. He died on April 8, AD 217. It is important that Africans should remember and celebrate Caracalla and his family line, i.e. the Severan Dynasty, because as black Africans, they were us and we are them. By the dint of their heritage, they were part of our legacy, and their attainments represented part of our unfolding tale of greatness, of towering historical achievements, of courage, regency and inimitable genius. The descendants of the Goths who conquered Rome, and now control historical narratives, would want you to believe that they were the real Romans. Through centuries of selective narration and faking of historical artefacts, they have largely succeeded in hiding the central role of the Africans in the defunct Roman empire. They hide the facts that the Goths and the Parthians (the ancestors of the present day Germans, Russians, British, Spanish, Italians, and Iranians…the Aryans!!!) were the mortal enemies of the dark Ibero-Maurisian Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Libyans, and Numidians, Mauritanians, and Saharans, the original owners of western Europe. They promote a fake and false notion that Rome was a so-called white created civilization affiliated with their Gothic ancestry. But this is a lie! Black Roman Emperor Kara | Apuleius - Metamorphoses ("Golden Ass") - Study Guide, Ancient Sexuality and Gender Apuleius' Metamorphoses (aka "Golden Ass") Access Apuleius. The Golden Ass, or, Metamorphoses. Trans. E. J. Kenney. Penguin Classics. London and New York: Penguin Books, 1998. We'll split up the reading thus: Apuleius 1, read pp. 7-76 (books 1-4) Apuleius 2, read pp. 77-146 (books 5-8) Apuleius 3, read pp. 147-214 (books 9-11) Journal Entries Apuleius 1, 2, 3 — Same Question. . . Does the narrative dramatize a value system alien to the Finnis-Nussbaum debate? Does it seem to validate either thinker in any way? Explain. . . . OR, you may, if you like,address this question: We were talking today (19-Nov) about the Salem witch trials (colonial Massachuetts, 1692-1693) as a point of comparison with witchcraft and magic generally in The Golden Ass. The two items that figured prominently in the discussion were: Non-normativity (individuals whose behavior was deemed odd could be vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft), and Satan (deemed the instigator of witchcraft in the community) So, what is non-normative in Apuleius' novel? And is there something like a "Satan"? I suggest that this be approached with particular attention to issues of sexuality and gender — else it's not really relevant to the class. Apuleius Apuleius (full name not known) was born about 123 CE in the North African city of Madaura (present-day M'Daourouch, Algeria). In Apuleius' day, the region's inhabitants included indigenous peoples (forerunners of present-day Berbers), Phoenicians (i.e., Semites originally from present-day Lebanon), and Romans. Punic (Phoenician) was, evidently, commonly spoken; it is not known to what extent Latin was widely known in that part of the Empire in Apuleius' day. Greek will have been largely confined to the educated classes. As for Apuleius himself, dying probably in the latter part of the second century (ca. 170 CE or later), he left us a number of writings in Latin, including, besides the Golden Ass, works of oratory and philosophy. His writings in Greek, including a treatise (one he was quite proud of) on fish, have not survived. Coming from a prominent family, Apuleius received a good education in the neaby city of Carthage (one of the great metropoles of the ancient Mediterranean), Athens, and Rome. It seems virtually assured that he spoke Punic. But fluency and high learning in both Latin and Greek marked him as an unusually well educated man. He was a master orator; his philosophical writings are valued more as a source for Middle Platonic doctrine than for original insights. Two more things are important about him: his evident interest in religious matters, not least (to judge from his novel), the mysteries of the Egyptian goddess Isis , plus his trial on a charge of witchcraft in connection with his marriage to a wealthy widow. It seems he was acquitted; we have the speech he gave. Which is to say, there's something curiously Lucius-like (Lucius being the name of the hero of the Golden Ass) about Apuleius. But there is also much that connects him to a notable Greek writer some seventy-five years his senior: Plutarch. That connection is hinted at in the novel's opening lines, where Lucius, the narrator, tells us he descends from the renowned Greek. Apuleius' Metamorphoses or "Golden Ass" Written in a highly ornate and archaizing Latin probably in the 160s or so, Apuleius' prose novel, the Metamorphoses (known to Saint Augustine as "The Golden Ass"), tells the story of Lucius, a Roman-named Greek youth of means and prominent family. His curiosity about magic gets him changed into a donkey, a transformation that gives him a unique perspective on the foibles, hypocrisies, and misplaced lusts of human beings. Adultery and witchcraft figure prominently; Lucius himself does not escape his asinine shape until he dedicates himself to the worship of the goddess Isis . So on one level, this is a little like Petronius' Satyricon: a comic medley of racy and not so racy episodes with lots of digressions. (Actually, it's a whole lot less racy tha |
In World War 2, in which country was the Mannerheim Line built? | MANNERHEIM - Commander-in-Chief - World War II The Second World War was fought 1939-1945 between the Axis Powers led by Germany, Italy and Japan, and the Allied Powers led by Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States. The Axis Powers suffered a total defeat in the war, which resulted in the so-called Cold War, as the relations between the ideologically divided winner states tightened. It was to be Finlands fate to have to fight two wars with Russia, first the Winter War 1939-1940, in which England and France would have been willing to give their support to Finland, and later the Continuation War 1941-1944, in which Germany was fighting on the side of Finland. The cold relations between the great powers were mainly due to the intentions of Hitlers Germany to regain her lost power and to re-establish the countrys frontiers where they had been before the First World War. There were even more far-reaching plans of expansion: first in the areas of former Austria-Hungary. Italy, with whom Germany made a so-called "steel pact", and Japan had similar plans of expansion. In 1940, these three states entered into the alliance of three powers. For quite a long time, the great western powers, Great Britain and France, did not very actively object to the gradual German expansion, and their attempts to form an allied blockade around it were lacking energy. In August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union managed to conclude a non-aggression pact (the Molotov-Ribbentropp Pact after the names of the Foreign Ministers). These states were totalitarian, even if they were ideologically worlds apart and each others worst enemies, Germany being national-socialistic, Russia communist. The secret additional minutes connected with the agreement, enabled the parties, within the frame of their spheres of interest, to spread into the territories of the states located between them without obstruction. Through this pact, the dictator of the Soviet Union, Stalin, hoped to gain more time to make preparations, in case a great war of "the capitalistic states" should break out, and their weakening give him an opportunity for spreading the ideas of the Soviet system into larger areas. For Germany the pact gave an opportunity to crush Poland. The attack on Poland began on September 9, 1939, which also marked the beginning of the Second World War, as Great Britain and France had guaranteed the independence of Poland. In Europe, Germany defeated Poland in a few weeks time, and the Soviet Union hastened to secure its interests and occupy the Polish territories east of the border of the interest sphere agreed in the pact. Germany and the Soviet Union had to, eventually, make certain adjustments to the pact, and Lithuania, for example, went over to the Soviet sphere of interest. The German attack was rapid. Differing from the strategies of the First World War, tanks and motorized troops penetrated deep into the enemy front, while attacks from air prevented the adversaries to transfer their troops and to organize their maintenance and supply. This strategy was called "Blitzkrieg", "lightning campaign". After the Polish War, the Soviet Union continued to strengthen her sphere of influence. She made security agreements with the Baltic countries in autumn 1939 (29 September 10 October), which gave her the right to position armed troops in bases within their territories. Negotiations with Finland in Moscow failed, as the Finns who were suspicious of Soviet intentions, did not consent to changes of the frontiers, and to the cession of the Hanko Peninsula to be used as a Russian naval base. This failure led to the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union 1939-1940. The war between the western powers and Germany long remained a kind of shadow war. No big operations were undertaken on the western front. The strategic importance of northern Europe became more marked during the Finnish | Do you know...? Do you know...? 1. Over which country did Pan Am flight 103 crash in December 88? 2. Who sang about his Prerogative in the 1980s? 3. Which all-girl group had 80s No 1s with Walk Like An Egyptian and Eternal Flame? 4. Which sitcom, premiered in 1988, featured Dr. Harry Weston? 5. The 1980 Olympics were boycotted because of the USSR's invasion of which country? 6. What kind of Boys had an 80s No 1 with West End Girls? 7. Anwar Sadat was President of which country when he died in 1981? 8. What kind of disaster claimed some 100,000 lives in Armenia in 1988? 9. Where in the Ukraine was there a nuclear explosion in 1986? 10. Which President of the Philippines was deposed in 1986? 11. The increasing scarcity of elephants and rhinos led to a 1989 ban on which substance? I'll post the answers on Friday..... shockhazard Over which country did Pan Am flight 103 crash in December 88? A: Scotland. Who sang about his Prerogative in the 1980s? A: Bobby Brown. Which all-girl group had 80s No 1s with Walk Like An Egyptian and Eternal Flame? A: Bangles. Which sitcom, premiered in 1988, featured Dr. Harry Weston? A: Empty Nest. The 1980 Olympics were boycotted because of the USSR's invasion of which country? A: Afghanistan. What kind of Boys had an 80s No 1 with West End Girls? A: Pet Shop Boys. Anwar Sadat was President of which country when he died in 1981? A: Egypt. What kind of disaster claimed some 100,000 lives in Armenia in 1988? A: Earthquake. Where in the Ukraine was there a nuclear explosion in 1986? A: Chernobyl. Which President of the Philippines was deposed in 1986? A: Marcos. The increasing scarcity of elephants and rhinos led to a 1989 ban on which substance? A: Ivory. Where ever you go, there you are. |
The Kalandula Falls, one of the largest waterfalls by volume in Africa, are in which country? | Kalandula Falls | World Waterfall Database Also Known as: Calandula Falls, Duque de Bragança Falls, Dianzundu Falls Kalandula Falls is the Official name of this waterfall The falls were known as Duque du Bragança Falls during the Angolan civil war between 1975 and 2002. The name was changed back to its original title once the conflict subsided. The falls have also been known as Dianzundu Falls, though less frequently. The spelling of Kalandula (or Calandula) appears to be preferential and either seems to be appropriate since the pronunciation is the same. Our thoughts Kalandula Falls is not a widely known or recognized waterfall, but it is undeniably a major waterfall and very well may end up being the second most powerful waterfall of the African continent. | Africa - 5 | Britannica.com Africa the second largest continent (after Asia), covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of the Earth. Displaying 301 - 400 of 638 results Kufrah, Al- oasis group about 30 miles (48 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide in southeastern Libya, in an elliptical trough near the centre of the Libyan Desert. Astride ancient caravan routes, the oasis was a raiders’ stronghold until 1895, when it became the... Kuiseb River intermittent watercourse in southwestern Africa. It rises in the mountains to the west of Windhoek, Namib., and flows for 300 miles (500 km) in a semicircle (southwestward, westward, and northwestward) into the cool coastal Namib desert, where it normally... Kush the southern portion of the ancient region known as Nubia. Kwahu Plateau plateau, southern Ghana. It comprises the uplifted southern edge of the Volta River basin and extends for 160 miles (260 km) northwest-southeast from Wenchi to Koforidua. It forms the main watershed of Ghana, separating rivers in the western half of... Kwando River river in southern Africa, rising in central Angola and flowing southeast, forming for nearly 140 miles (225 km) the boundary between Angola and Zambia. Near the end of its course the Kwando reaches the northern boundary of the Caprivi Strip, which juts... Kyoga Lake lake located north of Lake Victoria in central Uganda, formed by the Victoria Nile in its middle course. The many-armed lake is shallow, with swampy, papyrus-reeded shores; masses of papyrus are broken loose by strong winds and at times have completely... La Palma island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of the Canary Islands of Spain, in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the northwestern coast of Africa. Its central geographic feature is La Caldera de Taburiente,... Ladysmith Black Mambazo South African music group founded in 1964 by Joseph Shabalala, a young musician who hoped to bring new interpretations to traditional Zulu music. The a cappella group’s compelling performance style was a unique melding of indigenous Zulu songs and dances... Lalībela religious and pilgrimage centre, north-central Ethiopia. Roha, capital of the Zague dynasty for about 300 years, was renamed for its most distinguished monarch, Lalībela (late 12th–early 13th century), who according to tradition built the 11 monolithic... Lanzarote island, Las Palmas provincia (province), in the Canary Islands comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), Spain. It is the easternmost of the Canary Islands, in the North Atlantic Ocean. Although it rises to only 2,198 feet (670 metres) at Peñas del... Lavigerie, Charles cardinal and archbishop of Algiers and Carthage (now Tunis, Tunisia) whose dream to convert Africa to Christianity prompted him to found the Society of Missionaries of Africa, popularly known as the White Fathers. He was ordained a priest in 1849 after... Leakey, Louis Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist whose fossil discoveries in East Africa proved that human being s were far older than had previously been believed and that human evolution was centred in Africa, rather than in Asia, as earlier discoveries had... Lebombo Mountains long, narrow mountain range in South Africa, Swaziland, and Mozambique, southeastern Africa. It is about 500 miles (800 km) long and consists of volcanic rocks. The name is derived from a Zulu word, Ubombo, that means “big nose.” In South Africa the... Leo Africanus traveler whose writings remained for some 400 years one of Europe’s principal sources of information about Islam. Educated at Fès, in Morocco, Leo Africanus traveled widely as a young man on commercial and diplomatic missions through North Africa and... leopard Panthera pardus large cat closely related to the lion, tiger, and jaguar. The name leopard was originally given to the cat now called cheetah —the so-called hunting leopard—which was once thought to be a cross between the lion and the pard. The term... Leptis Magna largest city of the ancient region of Tripolitania. It is located 62 miles |
Muscadet is a white wine from which French wine region? | Muscadet Wine Muscadet Muscadet is produced in 4 wine terroirs around the city of Nantes, in the West of the Loire Valley . The Muscadet Sèvre et Maine is the most important and the best of them. In the Muscadet region, wine makers use to leave the grape juice to rest during winter before putting the wine in bottle. Muscadet is a dry white wine that is a fine companion to shellfish. The quality of Muscadet varies very much from one winery to another. | Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information. |
On which Scottish island was John Smith the Labour Party leader buried | John Smith: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland The Burial Ground of Relig Odhráin, with Iona Abbey in the Background John Smith, QC, lived from 13 September 1938 to 12 May 1994. He was the leader of the British Labour Party at the time of his sudden death. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. John Smith was born in Dalmally in Argyll & Bute, and was the son of a headmaster. He grew up in Adrishaig before being sent to board in Dunoon so he could attend Dunoon Grammar School. In 1956 he became a student at the University of Glasgow, studying history until 1959, and then law. While there he formed a close friendship with his future political ally, Donald Dewar. After leaving university, Smith practiced as a solicitor and subsequently became a member of the Faculty of Advocates, the body of lawyers allowed to act as advocates in Scottish courts. In 1983 he became a Queen's Counsel. In a 1961 by-election and in the 1964 General Election, Smith stood unsuccessfully as the Labour Candidate in the East Fife Constituency. In the 1970 General Election he was elected to be the Member of Parliament for Lanarkshire North. He retained this seat until it disappeared as a result of boundary changes in 1983, and thereafter represented the new and closely geographically related constituency of Monklands East. In 1971, for the only time in his political career, he defied Labour Party whips to vote in favour of UK membership of the European Economic Community (the precursor to the European Union). In October 1974, Smith turned down the post of Solicitor General for Scotland in Harold Wilson's Government and instead became a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Energy. The following year he was promoted to Minister of State. When James Callaghan became Prime Minister in 1976, Smith was appointed Minister of state at the Privy Council Office, and was responsible for driving the Government's controversial plans for devolution in Scotland and Wales through the House of Commons. In November 1978 he became the youngest member of the Cabinet when he was appointed Secretary of State for Trade. Labour lost power to Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party in the 1979 General Election, and Smith became Shadow Energy Secretary. He later served as Shadow Employment Secretary and Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, before being made Shadow Chancellor by Labour Leader Neil Kinnock in June 1987. On 9 October 1988 Smith suffered a heart attack. This resulted in his being out of politics for three months. He responded by dieting and taking up Munro bagging, going on to climb 108 of the 284 Scottish Munros (separate mountains over 3000ft). When Labour suffered its fourth successive defeat in the 1992 General Election, Neil Kinnock resigned, and John Smith was elected to replace him as Leader of the Labour Party. As leader of the opposition to John Major's Government, Smith proved himself an effective operator, and during his tenure the mood of the country began to shift: for the first time in a long time, Labour began to look credible candidates for Government. In 1993 John Smith committed a future Labour Government to establishing a Scottish Parliament. By the beginning of May 1994, the Labour Party were 23% ahead of the Conservatives in opinion polls. On 12 May 1994, John Smith suffered a second heart attack and died. His funeral was held in Edinburgh, and a memorial service in Westminster Abbey was attended by over 2,000 people. John Smith was buried at the ancient burial ground of Relig Odhráin on the Isle of Iona, where he lies alongside 48 Kings of Dalriada and Scotland, 8 Kings of Norway and 4 Kings of Ireland. As perhaps the best Prime Minister that the UK never had, it is tempting to thing he is in fitting company. John Smith was survived by his wife Elizabeth and thei | BBC News - MPs told to repay expense claims MPs told to repay expense claims John Lyons has been told he must repay more than �18,000 Scottish MPs have been ordered to pay back tens of thousands of pounds of Commons expenses following a report by Sir Thomas Legg. Among those who over claimed are former Strathkelvin and Bearsden MP John Lyons who has been told to repay £18,780 in mortgage interest payments. However, the former Labour politician said he did not "owe a penny". Also named in the report is Baroness Irene Adams, the former MP for Paisley North and Falkirk West MP Eric Joyce. Sir Thomas has recommended that 390 MPs should repay a total of £1.3m. His report follows an audit of second homes expenses dating back to 2004. Following the review, he described the system as "deeply flawed", said the rules were "vague" and that it had been up to MPs to "self certify" the propriety of their claims. WHAT MPs MUST REPAY Key points: MP expense repayments MPs had to sign a declaration with each claim saying "that I incurred these costs wholly, exclusively and necessarily to enable me to stay overnight away from my only or main home for the purpose of performing my duties as a Member of Parliament". In his report he pointed out there had been "no audit of any kind" of second homes expenses during the period he covered adding: "Neither internal nor external auditors could 'go behind the member's signature'." In the report Mr Lyons, who is accused of over claiming £18,000, was said to have so far failed to respond to a series of letters on the matter. However, he told BBC Scotland he had not received any correspondence about his expenses. He has also requested an "urgent meeting" with Sir Thomas along with a full written apology. Sir Thomas' report also found Baroness Irene Adams, the former Labour member for Paisley north, should pay back £5,050. It also recommends that the present Labour MP for Falkirk West, Eric Joyce repay £8602.56 for mortgage interest and council tax claims. John Lyon's name was listed on page 161 of the report Alistair Carmichael, the Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland, has been told to pay back £480, while Jimmy Hood, the Labour member for Lanark and Hamilton East, has been asked to repay a total of £5,413.49. John Robertson, the Labour MP for Glasgow North West, will be required to pay back almost £3,000. The former Linlithgow MP Tam Dalyell has paid back more than £8,000 since April last year In total, 390 MPs, more than half of the House of Commons, have been asked to repay a portion of their expense claims. The report said £800,000 had been repaid already - some voluntarily, unconnected to Sir Thomas's demands - since April 2009, the month before the MPs expenses scandal broke. 'Traumatic and painful' MPs were given the option of appealing against Sir Thomas's recommendations and about 70 are known to have done so - 44 were successful in getting the demands either reduced or overturned. Many MPs complained that Sir Thomas had retrospectively applied limits to claims for gardening and cleaning that were not in place at the time - and demanded they pay back the difference. But Sir Thomas rejected that criticism, saying the rules stated the expense could "only be used as reimbursement for specific and proportionate expenditure... needed for the performance of parliamentary duties". He said the fact that the fees office and MPs at the time "acted in apparent ignorance of the rules and standards then in force cannot cure the invalidity of the payments". Many MPs have announced they will retire since the scandal broke He also criticised a "widespread lack of proper evidence on the record from MPs to support substantial payments" - including mortgage claims which were "expressly required by the rules". Sir Thomas criticised the "deeply flawed" expenses system adding: "In particular, the rules were vague, and MPs were themselves self-certifying as to the propriety of their use of the allowance. "Taken with the prevailing lack of transparency and the 'culture of deference', this meant that the [Co |
What nursery rhyme character kept his wife in a pumpkin shell? | Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater - Nursery Rhyme - Mother Goose Club Abigail Dinosaur Stomp Eep the Mouse Liam Live Action Mary Quite Contrary Song Mother Goose Club Theme Song – Nursery Rhyme Baa Baa Sheep Eep the Mouse Jack B. Nimble Liam Little Bo Peep Live Action Mary Quite Contrary Mother Goose Club Theme Song Nursery Rhyme Rachel Song Teddy Bear More "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater" Nursery Rhyme Videos & Downloads Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater – Coloring Page Activity Coloring Pages Nursery Rhyme Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater – Sheet Music Activity Nursery Rhyme Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater Sheet Music Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater – Nursery Rhyme Animated Nursery Rhyme Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater Playhouse Find Nursery Rhymes Discover Nursery Rhymes Videos, Songs, Activities, Coloring Sheets, Sheet Music & More Search for: | Round 3 Jeopardy Template What is the Ford Mustang? This still-popular muscle car was launched late in 1964, what is it? 100 What is the Syndy Opera House? In 1973, which famous building with a roof resembling sails opened after 16 years of construction? 100 What are young urban professionals? The word “yuppie” was popularized in the 80s; what does it represent? 100 Which figure skater was accused of breaking a competitor’s kneecaps before the 1994 Olympics? 100 What is Denver, Co? What city did Barack Obama formally accept the Democratic nomination for the US presidential election in 2008? 200 What is Mister Ed? Picked up by CBS in 1961, what famous TV show had a vocal equine as its star? 200 Who was Jimi Hendrix? What American singer-songwriter, who is considered by many to be the greatest electric guitarist in music history, died in 1970? 200 What Soviet leader replaced Chernenko in 1985? 200 What food chain uses this slogan: “Think outside the bun”? 200 What is Katrina? In 2005, what hurricane devastated the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama coastal regions, and flooded approximately 80% of the city of New Orleans? 300 Name the Organization created to fight for important women’s issues? 300 What was the name of NASA's first space shuttle that was unveiled in 1976? 300 Who is Sally Ride? The Space Shuttle Challenger took the first woman into space in 1983, what was her name? 300 What is the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame? What famous museum opened in 1995 in Cleveland, Ohio? 300 Who is Charles Manson? Wedding plans were announced in 2014 for a 26 year-old Illinois woman and which 80 year-old incarcerated mass murderer? 400 What famous property, purchased in 1965, was once a swamp land in Osceola County, California? 400 What is Three Mile Island? In 1979, a nuclear accident happened at what Pennsylvania power plant? 400 In 1984, which restaurant chain featured this line in their commercial, “Where’s the beef?” 400 Who was the youngest singer to win a Grammy in 1997? 400 What is ALS (Lou Gerhig's Disease)? In 2014, the Ice Water Bucket challenge was established for what charity? 500 Who is Sirhan Sirhan? The 1960s were a decade of high-profile assassinations (President John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.) Name the assassin who is still alive. 500 What is In Vitro Fertilization? In 1978, the first test tube baby was born following what procedure? 500 Who was Jim Thorpe? Which Olympic athlete had his gold medals reinstated in the decathlon and the pentathlon, 30 years after his death? 500 What is Yellow Pages? In the 90s, which company used this phrase for their slogan "Let your fingers do the walking"? 500 Who is Psy? |
"In what year did Enoch Powell make his famous ""rivers of blood"" speech?" | Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech - Telegraph Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech 12:01AM GMT 06 Nov 2007 This is the full text of Enoch Powell's so-called 'Rivers of Blood' speech, which was delivered to a Conservative Association meeting in Birmingham on April 20 1968. The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils. In seeking to do so, it encounters obstacles which are deeply rooted in human nature. One is that by the very order of things such evils are not demonstrable until they have occurred: at each stage in their onset there is room for doubt and for dispute whether they be real or imaginary. By the same token, they attract little attention in comparison with current troubles, which are both indisputable and pressing: whence the besetting temptation of all politics to concern itself with the immediate present at the expense of the future. Above all, people are disposed to mistake predicting troubles for causing troubles and even for desiring troubles: "If only," they love to think, "if only people wouldn't talk about it, it probably wouldn't happen." Perhaps this habit goes back to the primitive belief that the word and the thing, the name and the object, are identical. At all events, the discussion of future grave but, with effort now, avoidable evils is the most unpopular and at the same time the most necessary occupation for the politician. Those who knowingly shirk it deserve, and not infrequently receive, the curses of those who come after. A week or two ago I fell into conversation with a constituent, a middle-aged, quite ordinary working man employed in one of our nationalised industries. After a sentence or two about the weather, he suddenly said: "If I had the money to go, I wouldn't stay in this country." I made some deprecatory reply to the effect that even this government wouldn't last for ever; but he took no notice, and continued: "I have three children, all of them been through grammar school and two of them married now, with family. I shan't be satisfied till I have seen them all settled overseas. In this country in 15 or 20 years' time the black man will have the whip hand over the white man." I can already hear the chorus of execration. How dare I say such a horrible thing? How dare I stir up trouble and inflame feelings by repeating such a conversation? The answer is that I do not have the right not to do so. Here is a decent, ordinary fellow Englishman, who in broad daylight in my own town says to me, his Member of Parliament, that his country will not be worth living in for his children. I simply do not have the right to shrug my shoulders and think about something else. What he is saying, thousands and hundreds of thousands are saying and thinking - not throughout Great Britain, perhaps, but in the areas that are already undergoing the total transformation to which there is no parallel in a thousand years of English history. In 15 or 20 years, on present trends, there will be in this country three and a half million Commonwealth immigrants and their descendants. That is not my figure. That is the official figure given to parliament by the spokesman of the Registrar General's Office. There is no comparable official figure for the year 2000, but it must be in the region of five to seven million, approximately one-tenth of the whole population, and approaching that of Greater London. Of course, it will not be evenly distributed from Margate to Aberystwyth and from Penzance to Aberdeen. Whole areas, towns and parts of towns across England will be occupied by sections of the immigrant and immigrant-descended population. As time goes on, the proportion of this total who are immigrant descendants, those born in England, who arrived here by exactly the same route as the rest of us, will rapidly increase. Already by 1985 the native-born would constitute the majority. It is this fact which creates the extreme urgency of action now, of just that kind of action which is hardest for politicians to take, action where the difficulties lie in the present but the evil | Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: October 2014 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League & Harrington ‘B’ What well-known product was invented in 1886 by John Pemberton, who at that time was addicted to morphine and was looking to find a less harmful substitute? Coca-Cola The entrepreneur Donald F Duncan introduced which toy in 1929, often thought to be based on a weapon used by 16th Century Filipino hunters? Yo-Yo Who was the Greek God of time? Chronos Which English King was the son of Edward, The Black Prince Richard II Who succeeded Richard II as King in 1399? Henry IV What name is given to the notorious tidal current in the Lofoten islands off Norway? Maelstrom Which hit song from July 1979 was inspired by the doings of one Brenda Spencer on 29th January that year? I Don’t Like Mondays (by The Boomtown Rats) Which motor manufacturer produces the model which has the best-selling car name of all time (the model has undergone at least eleven redesigns from 1966 to date)? Toyota (the Corolla is the model in question) What was Fanny Cradock’s real Christian name? Phyllis (Born as Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey) What is the collective name for the handmaidens of Odin who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live? Valkyries Illustrated on its logo, the product Marmite is named after a French word for what? Cooking Pot Which Nintendo game first introduced the character of Mario? Donkey Kong (in 1981…pre-dating Super Mario Bros. by 4 years) Which song was the Labour Party’s theme in its Election campaign of 1997? Things can only get better (by D:Ream) Who is the only woman to have been French Prime Minister? Edith Cresson Who designed the first Blue Peter badge as well as the “Ship” logo used by the programme? Tony Hart Born in Ulverston in 1890, by what name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson better known? Stan Laurel Of which actress did Groucho Marx say “I knew her before she became a virgin”? Doris Day Who wrote and composed the Opera ‘Oedipus Rex’? Stravinsky Who was the first “First Minister of Scotland”? Donald Dewar Who was the first Secretary General of The United Nations? Trygve Lie Against the people of which city did the Romans fight the Punic Wars? Carthage Josip Broz was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980. By what name is he better known? Tito Which famous Independent day and Boarding School in Derbyshire was founded by Sir John Port in 1557? Repton School Buddy Holly had a posthumous hit with the song "It doesn’t matter any more". Which singer / songwriter of the time wrote it? Paul Anka An alibi is a form of defence used in criminal proceedings where the accused attempts to prove their innocence. What does the Latin word alibi literally mean? Elsewhere (The accused attempts to prove they were somewhere else at the time of the offence) Who said in a speech in 1968 “As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood'”? Enoch Powell In a famous 1871 poem, the wedding feast consisted of “mince and quince eaten with a runcible spoon“. Name either of the parties supposedly getting married. Owl or Pussycat (in the Edward Lear poem) Who was the last King of France before the First French Republic was established in 1792? Louis XVI (the Sixteenth) Which modern Japanese martial art is descended from swordsmanship and uses a weapon called a Shinai Kendo Who wrote the book ‘Whisky Galore’? Compton Mackenzie Which fictional pirate captain went to his death murmuring the words ‘Floreat Etona’? Captain Hook In which London restaurant did Boris Becker have his famously brief, but expensive, 'affair' in a broom cupboard with model Angela Ermakova? Nobu Who was the US President throughout the period of World War I? Woodrow Wilson Who was the UK Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War I? Asquith Gruinard Island is an uninhabited Scottish island which was used as the scene for experiments on which bacterium during the 20th century? Anthrax Jihad is an Islamic term referring to a religious duty of Muslims. Wha |
The pseudo-Latin expression 'hax pax max Deus adimax' used in conjuring from the 1600s developed into what modern term referring to 'kidology' or nonsensical explanation? | hocus-pocus - definition of hocus-pocus in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of hocus-pocus in English: hocus-pocus noun 1Meaningless talk or activity, often designed to draw attention away from and disguise what is actually happening. ‘some people still view psychology as a lot of hocus-pocus’ More example sentences ‘His bill not only includes some $400 million a year in direct subsidies, but it also attempts to bamboozle us with linguistic hocus-pocus, simply defining away the industry's environmental ugliness.’ ‘Yet while most mind-reading acts wrap their shows up in a cloak of hocus-pocus, Salem portrays his mind games as science.’ ‘Without these other figures, the rest is hocus-pocus.’ ‘And if the virtual world is broad, it obviously isn't broad enough to enable one to escape from this kind of corporate hocus-pocus.’ ‘In the healing story that Mark tells, things are even more ordinary: a simple question, a brief response, no hocus-pocus.’ ‘By the dawn of the Scientific Revolution, researchers equipped with microscopes founded modern chemistry - and dismissed alchemy as hocus-pocus.’ ‘Of course, after all the reports of financial hocus-pocus, investors are understandably wary of earnings figures being put out by corporations.’ ‘I like the simple, durable types that have manual controls - no electronic hocus-pocuses.’ ‘He never offers specifics; it's all hocus-pocus.’ ‘The operation behind the printing of those statements is a show of such technological hocus-pocus that it is distracting.’ ‘No statistical hocus-pocus can hide this real-life, greed-induced assault on our country's middle class.’ ‘But everything else in this ‘investigation’ is not much more than editorial hocus-pocus.’ ‘As he puts it, ‘There is always a conundrum, a mystery and hocus-pocus in an established religion.’’ ‘More evidence of religious hocus-pocus over substance?’ ‘He recalled that his father suffered greatly because people misunderstood what he did for black magic or some other hocus-pocus.’ ‘And no amount of organic industry hocus-pocus can make that truth disappear.’ ‘For secrets on the technical hocus-pocus, go with the two production commentaries.’ Synonyms | TED Talks | TED.com TED Talks 2300+ talks to stir your curiosity Find just the right one Browse all talks Subscribe to receive email notifications whenever new talks are published. Daily Please enter an email address. Please enter a valid email address. Did you mean ? Please check Daily or Weekly and try again. Please check your details and try again. Please check your details and try again. Sorry, we're currently having trouble processing new newsletter signups. Please try again later. Thanks! Please check your inbox for a confirmation email. If you want to get even more from TED, like the ability to save talks to watch later, sign up for a TED account now . |
What is a filbert nut more commonly called, from the name of the tree bearing it? | Filbert | Define Filbert at Dictionary.com filbert noun 1. the thick-shelled, edible nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, especially of Corylus avellana, of Europe. 2. a tree or shrub bearing such nuts. Origin of filbert Expand 1250-1300 1250-1300; Middle English, short for filbert nut, so called because ripe by Aug. 22 (St. Philbert's day) Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for filbert Expand Historical Examples A lady came to the Consumptive's Home with a cancer in the cheek, which had attained the size of a filbert. British Dictionary definitions for filbert Expand noun 1. any of several N temperate shrubs of the genus Corylus, esp C. maxima, that have edible rounded brown nuts: family Corylaceae 2. Also called hazelnut, cobnut. the nut of any of these shrubs See also hazel (sense 1), hazel (sense 3) Word Origin C14: named after St Philbert, 7th-century Frankish abbot, because the nuts are ripe around his feast day, Aug 22 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for filbert Expand n. "hazelnut," late 14c., from Anglo-French philber (late 13c.), from Norman dialect noix de filbert, in reference to St. Philbert, 7c. Frankish abbot, so called because the hazel nuts ripen near his feast day, Aug. 22 (Old Style). Weekley compares German Lambertsnuss "filbert," associated with St. Lambert (Sept. 17); also German Johannisbeere "red currant," associated with St. John's Day (June 24). The name is Old High German Filu-berht, literally "very bright." 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Just one person likely hadn’t washed their hands properly; that’s how a norovirus-like illness infected more than 75 delegates attending the Canadian University Press national conference at the Harbour Towers Hotel and Suites in Victoria, B.C. “It’s highly likely that a student brought it in,” said Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) spokesperson Shannon Marshall. “There were no reports of illness from the hotel staff at all [before the conference], and our health protection officers have ruled out food poisoning.” Norovirus isn’t a pleasant experience. Sufferers feel like death. Symptoms include nausea, headaches, muscle aches, vomiting and diarrhea. It’s a common cause of gastrointestinal illness — what used to be called simply the “stomach flu” — and spreads very quickly. Anyone can get it because of how easily it’s transmitted. The virus can survive on surfaces, and touching any contaminated surface and then touching your mouth can spread it. Exposure to those who have vomited due to the virus can also contaminate others. The trouble started as Chris Jones, a writer for Esquire and ESPN magazine, gave the final keynote speech on the evening of Jan. 14. He noticed delegates began getting up to leave while he was still speaking. After the speech ended, event organizer Jason Schreurs approached Jones and informed him that people had left due to illness. The severity of the situation didn’t become apparent to Jones until much later. “After the speech, I talked to quite a few people and shook a lot of hands,” said Jones, “and I went to bed because I was pretty tired and jet-lagged. And then Jason called at 11 o’clock to see if my wife and I were okay.” They were. But it didn’t last. “About five minutes later, it was just the most calamitous vomiting of my life, and there was just no holding it back. I was puking out of my eyeballs; I was screaming at the toilet.” Since he was only ill for about 20 minutes before feeling better, Jones thought he had simply been food poisoned. But when his wife returned from the hotel lobby she came back and let him know the situation: that it wasn’t food poisoning at all. The national conference had gone viral. “I gotta tell ya,” Jones recalled. “I have never puked like that — and I went to college.” Delegates left after Jones’ keynote to bus to the gala event at the University of Victoria’s Vertigo nightclub. On one of the buses, unfortunate delegate Brennan Bova from the Fulcrum in Ottawa had someone vomit on his head. Twitter exploded with reports of illness from delegates. There weren’t just a few people sick; there were dozens. Conference organizers quickly cancelled the gala event. Management at the Harbour Towers and B.C. |
Which British rock group had a 1970 No.1 hit with In the Summertime ? | YouTube Undo Close "Mungo Jerry ~ Mungo's Blues..." The YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement. Sorry about that. | Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Bri |
What Nestle candy bar consists of a flaky, orange-colored center with a peanut butter taste, coated in chocolate? | Candy Bars Candy Bars Butter Finger:The bar consists of a flaky, orange-colored center - somewhat similar texture to crisp caramel, with a taste similar to peanut butter, which is also dipped into milk chocolate, And wrapped in a nice yellow coated wrapper. The Creation: The Butterfinger was invented by the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago, Illinois, in 1923. Kit Kat:Kit Kat is a Chocolate-coated wafer, Comes in packs of 2 Sticks, Or Packs Of 4 Sticks. The Creation: The Kit Kat Bar Was Created by Rowntree's of York, England, and is now produced worldwide by Nestlé, The bar launched on 29 August 1935, under the title of "Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp". Milky Way:Milky Way is made of chocolate-malt nougat topped with caramel and covered with milk chocolate. The Creation: The Milky Way bar was created in 1923 by Frank C. Mars and originally manufactured in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was the first commercially distributed filled chocolate bar. The name and taste was taken from a famed malted milk drink. Snickers: Snickers is made up of peanut nougat topped with roasted peanuts and caramel, covered in milk chocolate. The Creation: The Snicker Bar was created in 1930 by Frank C. Mars, The bar was marketed under the name "Marathon" in the UK and Ireland until 1990, when Mars decided to align the UK product with the global Snickers name Baby Ruth:Baby Ruth is an American candy bar made of peanuts, caramel and chocolate-flavored nougat covered in chocolate. The Creation: The Baby Ruth was created in 1921, after taking the place for Kandy Kake (Previous Name), the product was manufactured by Curtis Candy Company, Then was later purchased in 1981 by Nabisco, shortly after purchased by Nestle Oh Henry!:is a chocolate bar containing peanuts, caramel, and fudge coated in chocolate. The Creation: It was first introduced in 1920, by the Williamson Candy Company of Chicago, Illinois. According to legend, Oh Henry! was originally named after a boy who frequented the Williamson company, flirting with the girls who made the candy Twix: Is a chocolate bar made by Mars, Inc., consisting of a biscuit finger, topped with caramel and coated in milk chocolate The Creation: Twix bars are typically packaged in pairs. Twix, which stands for "Twin-Stix," was first produced in the UK in 1967, and introduced in the United States in 1979. Whatchamacallit: Whatchamacallit has included peanut-flavored crisp with a layer of caramel and a layer of milk chocolate coating The Creation: | Parallels: Fizzers, Rockets, and Smarties: idsgn (a design blog) Parallels: Fizzers, Rockets, and Smarties Comments: + October 30 2009 It’s almost Halloween and no trick-or-treat bag is complete without a twisty, colorful roll of (depending where you call home) Smarties, Fizzers, or Rockets. Admittedly not one of my most favorites, the chalky pastel-colored candy could usually be found near the bottom of my treat bag. Weeks after Halloween they would remain next to the yellow lollipops, little boxes of raisins , and—the worst offender—the rock-hard , black-and-orange wrapped molasses candies (an oddity of growing up in Canada). Whatever name you know them by, they are essentially the same rolled-up tablets which originated as Fizzers. The candy was first created in the 1930’s by British confectioners Swizzels Matlow (made famous for their Love Hearts ) and are still sold in the United Kingdom and Australia under that name. L-R: Smarties (Photo: J. Smith, Wikipedia), Fizzers (Photo: Retro Tuck Shop), Rockets (Photo: Danielle Scott, Flickr) The fizzy candy first arrived in the North America in 1949 when the brother of a Swizzles Matlow partner came to the United States and started the Ce De Candy company. Smarties, as they became known in the U.S., are also manufactured and sold in Canada by the same company. But not as Smarties… Where Smarties are not Smarties To the rest of the world Smarties means chocolate (and depending who you ask, a more favorable Halloween treat). Similar to plain M&M ’s, Nestlé Smarties were first sold in England as “Chocolate Beans” in the 1880’s before adopting the “Smarties” name in 1937. The equally colorful candy is popular in the UK, Germany, Australia, South Africa and Canada—where it’s common to eat the red ones last . Above: Canadian Smarties packaging (Photo: pollyalida, Flickr); Below: Comparing M&Ms (left) with British Smarties (Photo: fritish, Flickr) So, to avoid confusion (and lawsuits) Canadians have the nearly identically packaged Rockets instead—and Americans, unfortunately, miss out on the chocolate variety. Timeless fizz 60 years after its introduction in North America, Smarties and Rockets are still instantly recognizable. With its timeless packaging and Tuscan-style slab serif type, it has gone mostly unchanged for decades… except as designer Rob Giampietro points out: Today’s Smarties differ in one unfortunate respect: they depict the package on the package itself. Maybe it’s a symptom of our meta-obsessed times, or maybe it’s a fear of pure abstraction, but this minor graphic revision leaves the prospective Smarties consumer feeling a bit of the Dröste Effect … In North America, Ce De Candy currently sells an astonishing 2.5 billion rolls of the candy per year—proving that kids today are still addicted . Also see: |
Actor and comedian, and half of a famous double-act, Arthur Stanley Jefferson was better known by which name? | Los Angeles Morgue Files: Celebrity Grave: Comic Actor Stan Laurel 1965 Wednesday, February 23, 2011 Celebrity Grave: Comic Actor Stan Laurel 1965 Arthur Stanley Jefferson (16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965), better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy double-act Laurel and Hardy. His career stretched from the silent films of the early 20th century until after World War II. Death Laurel was a heavy smoker until suddenly giving up when he was about seventy years of age. He died on February 23, 1965, several days after suffering a heart attack. Just minutes away from death, Laurel told his nurse he would not mind going skiing right at that very moment. Somewhat taken aback, the nurse replied that she was not aware that he was a skier. "I'm not," said Laurel, "I'd rather be doing that than have all these needles stuck into me!" A few minutes later the nurse looked in on him again and found that he had died quietly. Dick Van Dyke, a friend, protege and occasional impressionist of Laurel's during his later years, gave the eulogy at his funeral. Silent screen comedian Buster Keaton was overheard at Laurel's funeral giving his assessment of the comedian's considerable talents: "Chaplin wasn't the funniest, I wasn't the funniest, this man was the funniest." Laurel wrote his own epitaph; "If anyone at my funeral has a long face, I'll never speak to him again." Another statement was later found written down, which said: "If anyone cries at my funeral, I will never speak to him again." He was buried at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. at | The Entertainer in London starring Kenneth Branagh on stage through to 12 November 2016 - information and ticket details �? to �? Premium Seating also available (plus booking fees if applicable) The Entertainer A major revival of John Osborne's The Entertainer in London starring Kenneth Branagh as Archie Rice and directed by Rob Ashford. Archie Rice is a struggling comedian, a music-hall performer in an age when music halls had all but disappeared. Driven by dreams of stardom and a desperation to equal his father's success, Archie finds himself a man out of his time - a selfish, deceitful has-been, headlining a tacky revue in a rundown seaside town. Family tensions rise to a boil as he shamelessly cheats on his wife and tricks his dying father into financing one last revue. But throughout it all, Archie jigs and jabbers before his ever-diminishing audience and does whatever it takes to keep the show going. Set against the backdrop of post-war Britain, John Osborne's modern classic conjures the seedy glamour of the old music halls for an explosive examination of public masks and private torment. The cast features Kenneth Branagh as 'Archie Rice' with Gawn Grainger as 'Billy Rice', Greta Scacchi as 'Phoebe Rice', Jonah Hauer-King as 'Frank Rice', Sophie McShera as 'Jean Rice', Phil Dunster as 'Graham' and Crispin Letts as 'Brother Bill'. Please note casting subject to change without notice. Unfortunately, John Hurt, who was originally scheduled to co-star, had to withdraw prior to the first preview performance following medical advice. Directed by Rob Ashford with choreography by Chris Bailey, designs by Christopher Oram, lighting by Neil Austin, sound by Christopher Shutt and and music by Patrick Doyle. When this production opened here at the Garrick Theatre in August 2016, Paul Taylor in The i Newspaper thought that "Kenneth Branagh rises to the occasion with a performance that is never less than thoroughly arresting, while Rob Ashford�s revival rounds off the company�s year-long residency at the Garrick with panache, " adding that "Branagh�s performance, which is a bit too fundamentally genial at the moment, is bound to deepen and darken during the run." Quentin Letts in The Daily Mail wrote that "Sir Ken Branagh, so palpably healthy, wearing a natty haircut and spitting out his lines with artistry, has cast himself as ageing desperado Archie Rice... It is unconvincing, and not just because, in Archie's eyeliner and stage lipstick, Sir Ken looks worryingly like Eddie Izzard... The Entertainer tends to be hailed as a 'state of the nation play'. The trouble with state of the nation plays is that the state of the nation can change, sometimes for the better. Then the play feels glum and negative and a bit so-what-ish." Michael Billington in The Guardian commented that "while Kenneth Branagh is never less than fascinating to watch and the play makes a fitting climax to his year-long tenure at the Garrick Theatre, there is something seriously amiss about Rob Ashford�s production... It remains a fine play. But Ashford captures neither the glorified tat of 1950s music hall nor the way Suez split families much as Brexit does today. He gives us a razzle-dazzle show but, for all Branagh�s skill, it is not quite the one Osborne intended." Dominic Cavendish in The Daily Telegraph held that "Laurence Olivier's - to judge by the 1960 film - is the superior performance, blessed with a mercurial vitality and dangerous mischief that the benign Branagh can't match. Yet Sir Ken goes some considerable and impressive way to stamping his own authority and personality on the part... But Ashford's production could do with a more spirited tempo to compensate for the dialogue's dated, often schematic quality, while there's no getting around the abundant (to many ears today, offensive) prejudice." Ian Shuttleworth in The Financial Times highlighted that "the central role of no-hope music-hall man Archie Rice was the cornerstone of Laurence Olivier's reinvention of himself for a new generation; Kenneth Branagh does not pull off the sa |
"""We may not know, we cannot tell, what pains he had to bear"" are words from the second verse of which Easter hymn?" | Hymn of the Month There is a Green Hill Hymn of the Month There is a Green Hill There is a green hill by Cecil Francis Alexander 1818-1895 There is a green hill far away, Without a city wall, Where the dear Lord was crucified, Who died to save us all We may not know, we cannot tell, What pains He had to bear; But we believe it was for us He hung and suffered there. He died that we might be forgiven, He died to make us good, That we might go at last to heaven, Saved by His precious blood. There was no other good enough To pay the price of sin; He only could unlock the gate Of heaven and let us in. O dearly, dearly has He loved, And we must love Him, too, And trust in His redeeming blood, And try His works to do. Cecil Frances Alexander was born at Redcross, County Wicklow, the second daughter of a British Army Major. She was a devout Christian who came under the influence of the Oxford [high Church] Movement. From an early age she showed a great aptitude for writing. When she was just twenty five she published her Hymns for Little Children [1848] with an introductory note by the celebrated Revd. John Keble. Dedicated to her ‘little godsons’ the book was written to illustrate and explain the Church Catechism. The hymnal also contained other well known hymns, among them, All things bright and beautiful and Once in Royal David’s City, written to celebrate the credal statements, Creator of heaven and earth and born of the Virgin Mary. Two years after the publication she married the Revd. William Alexander. He was six years her junior and the marriage caused quite a stir within her own family. It is said that her father arranged, for the sake of propriety, for her birth date to be altered in the registers. [In some old hymn books her year of birth is given as 1823]. The two enjoyed a blissfully happy marriage and her husband later became Bishop of Derry and Archbishop of Armagh. Her poetical works were much admired and came to the attention of Alfred Lord Tennyson. The composer Charles Gounod once remarked that There is a green hill was ‘the most perfect hymn in the English language because of its charming simplicity.... the lyrics seemed to set themselves to music.’ She is rightly regarded as one of the greatest of British women hymn writers. There is a green hill was written to illustrate the words of the creed, ‘Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried.’ Mrs Alexander begins the first verse by painting a picture. As a skilled teacher she knew that her first task was to capture a child’s imagination. In the second line she originally wrote ‘without’ a city wall, but changed it to ‘outside’ to remove any ambiguity. The second verse celebrates the mystery of the cross, ‘We may not know, we cannot tell....’ The passion of Jesus, though difficult to comprehend, is something he endured for us and for our salvation. This is celebrated in the next two verses, ‘He died that we might be forgiven, he died to make us good... There was no other good enough to pay the price of sin.’ The noted New Testament scholar, Professor A. H. Hunter, once wrote, ‘It was given to an Irish woman, in a hymn she wrote for little children, to express better than many a learned tome the purpose, the necessity and the challenge of that sacrifice which has in principle redeemed our prodigal race.’ The hymn ends with a call for us to ‘love as he has loved us.’ Though written for children this is a classic hymn for young and old. It sets the scene of our Lord’s passion and celebrates the mystery, the purpose, the necessity and the challenge of the cross. It is usually sung to the tune Horsley, written by Willam Horsley [1774-1858]. Mrs. Alexander devoted her life to Christian education, to the care of the young and the poor. All the profits from the sale of her writings were donated to a home for deaf children. She was widely respected as a writer and many of her poems were published posthumously by her husband who survived her by sixteen years. She was buried in her beloved Derry, outside the city walls. | ANNIVERSARIES: Benjamin Britten's War Requiem premieres at reopening of Coventry Cathedral on May 30, 1962 | Dusty Wright's Culture Catch ANNIVERSARIES: Benjamin Britten's War Requiem premieres at reopening of Coventry Cathedral on May 30, 1962 May 29, 2006 - 02:24 — SteveHoltje If you'd like to listen to some appropriate music on Memorial Day (which, before we made most of our holidays fall on Mondays or Fridays because corporations like that better, always came on May 30), try this masterpiece. Sir Benjamin Britten wrote it for the consecration of St. Michael's Cathedral in Coventry and dedicated it to the memories of four servicemen who had been friends of his or of his longtime partner, the tenor Peter Pears, for whom one of the solo parts was written. The original Coventry Cathedral, dating from the 14th century, had been destroyed by a German air raid in 1940. When, over two decades later, a new cathedral was built, the ruined walls of the old one were left standing, a reminder of both its architectural glory and its sad destruction. Britten's War Requiem, Op. 66, offers a complex, multi-layered response to the circumstances. There's no patriotism or "hurrah for our boys" here; instead, we are faced with not only religious texts but also the war poetry of Wilfred Owen (1893-1918), which emphasizes our shared humanity regardless of nationality and decries the cataclysmic loss of life that took place in World War I. It was supposed to be "the war to end all wars"; it didn't, though it did end Owen's life (one week before the Armistice). Britten, an avowed pacifist, weaves starkly emotional settings (for the male soloists) of Owens's poems among the Latin text of the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass for the Dead (sung by an adult choir augmented by a soprano soloist) and selected Latin anthems (sung by a children's choir, usually all boys), sometimes alternately, sometimes within a movement. Accompanying the singers is a massive orchestra (actually two, one a chamber orchestra) and organ. Any performance of this genuinely monumental piece is a major undertaking and a big event. On a personal note, I have sung the War Requiem in the chorus, but my response to it is largely emotional rather than professional. It is a deeply powerful work; exhilarating in its achievement, fascinating in its artistry, but most of all capable of inspiring genuine tears. Tears of sadness at the senseless loss Owen depicts, and tears of rage that we still, even after so many examples of the wastefulness of war, let demagogues promulgate conflict. In some ways, the most unsettling movement is the shortest, Agnus Dei (Lamb of God), a plea for rest/peace after death that Britten juxtaposes with an Owen poem criticizing organized religion for having abandoned Christ, gone over to the dark side so to speak, and having switched allegiance to the State. And when this conflicts with the extreme pacifism that Christ preached, it's the pacifism that's abandoned: "The scribes on all the people shove / And bawl allegiance to the state / But they who love the greater love / Lay down their life; they do not hate." When Owen then adds "Dona nobis pacem" (Grant us peace) from the Ordinary Mass version of the Agnus Dei, there are multiple levels of meaning and perhaps even sarcasm; Britten places it up against the chorus's "Dona eis requiem sempiternam" (Grant them eternal rest) from the Requiem text. All of this is accentuated by Britten's restless music, which moves with a steady tread through an unsettling scale that grants neither rest nor peace. It is followed by the closing movement, Libera me, which mixes the Latin text -- including such fraught lines as the Mass's "Deliver me, O Lord, from death eternal" and "May they rest in peace" and the boys' choir singing "In paradisum deducant te Angeli" (Into Paradise may the Angels lead thee) -- with Owen's "Strange Meeting," which is the crux of the War Requiem's meaning: two soldiers, one English, one German, meet on another plane of existence. The English soldier had killed the German soldier the day |
In which country was late actor and comedian Sid James born? | Sidney James - Biography - IMDb Sidney James Biography Showing all 54 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (3) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (24) | Salary (18) Overview (5) 5' 8" (1.73 m) Mini Bio (1) The star of the Carry On series of films, Sid James originally came to prominence as sidekick to the ground breaking British comedy actor Tony Hancock, on both radio and then television. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and named Solomon Joel Cohen, James arrived in England in 1946, second wife in tow, having served with the South African Army during World War 2. By now an aspiring actor, James claimed to have boxed in his youth, perhaps to explain his craggy features, but was certainly a well respected hairdresser in his native country. Known in the trade as "one take James", he became a very talented and professional actor, constantly in demand for small parts in British post-war cinema. In 1960 James debuted in the fourth of the Carry On films, taking the lead role in Carry on Constable (1960) and went on to appear in a further 18 Carry On films as well as various stage and television spin-offs. Reputed not to have got on with Carry On co-star Kenneth Williams , the two often played adversaries on-screen, notably in the historical parodies Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968) and Carry on Pimpernel (1967). James however was respected and revered by almost everyone he worked with and contrary to popular myth, a true gentleman. An addiction to gambling played a large part in James' workaholic schedule and subsequent heart attack in 1967. He was soon back in action however, playing a hospital patient in Carry on Doctor (1967), able to spend most of the film in bed. He suffered a second and fatal heart attack on stage in Sunderland, England on April 26 1976, leaving behind 3 children and his third wife Valerie who had stuck by him despite his affair with Carry On co-star Barbara Windsor , saying, "He always came home to me". - IMDb Mini Biography By: lyndseychris Spouse (3) ( 12 August 1936 - 1940) (divorced) (1 child) Trade Mark (3) The dirtiest laugh in film Playing lecherous comedy characters The adulterous characters he portrayed were inspired by events in his life. Trivia (24) Arrived in Britain on Dec 25th 1946, spending his army demob money on one-way tickets. Once described as "The man with a face like an unmade bed!". Voted (some time ago) to have the world's dirtiest laugh. Career prior to acting was as a top ladies' hairdresser in South Africa. Sid and Meg had a daughter Reine (named after Sid's mother) Frequently remembered as a former boxer, but he never actually was! People got that impression that he had been a boxer from his craggy features and bulbous nose. He is the father of Stephen James, a musician and sound technician who appeared on Fortran 5's debut album "Blues", in October 1991. The song "Bike" heavily sampled Sid's voice and distinctive laugh. Also, Sidney James' portrait appears on the album cover. Collapsed and died on-stage of a heart attack while appearing in "The Mating Game" at the Empire Theatre, Sunderland. Was the regular sidekick-cum-bête noir of Tony Hancock throughout the six series of the radio series "Hancock's Half Hour". Likewise, became Hancock's regular pal in the TV series Hancock's Half Hour (1956), until the final series when Hancock decided it was getting too much like a double act. Sid was nicknamed "One take James" because he nearly always did it right first time. He was also earning the highest daily rate of any British character actor. In late 1960s, he attended a showbusiness houseparty near the Thames and, according to a TV news bulletin, was the hero of the hour because fire broke out and Sid kept dashing back indoors to help others to safety. Apparently, the emergency services had to eventually restrain him from re-entering the fire. Was infamous for using branded products in the Carry On films and advertising them. In one particular film he opened a cupboard to reveal a cupboard full of Johnny Walker Red Label Scotch Whisky. 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"In the poem, ""The Owl and the Pussycat"", by Edward Lear, how much was paid to the pig for the ring at the end of its nose?" | The Owl And The Pussy-Cat Poem by Edward Lear - Poem Hunter The Owl And The Pussy-Cat Poem by Edward Lear - Poem Hunter The Owl And The Pussy-Cat - Poem by Edward Lear Your browser does not support the audio element. Autoplay next poem The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, 'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, What a beautiful Pussy you are!' Pussy said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl! How charmingly sweet you sing! O let us be married! too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?' They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the Bong-tree grows And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood With a ring at the end of his nose, His nose, With a ring at the end of his nose. 'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.' So they took it away, and were married next day By the Turkey who lives on the hill. They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon, The moon, | Index-a What does the workplace flexi-hours acronym TOIL stand for? Waterloo, the location of Napoleon's 1815 defeat, is in modern-day: France; Belgium; Spain; or Russia? G-BOAG, G-BOAC, and F-BVFC and the tragic F-BTSC designated what iconic 20thC invention? 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The male is a cob, the female a pen, & the young a cygnet: which bird are we talking about? | Cobs and Pens, or Young Adults? - Wildlife questions - Wildlife - The RSPB Community Cobs and Pens, or Young Adults? Wildlife Cobs and Pens, or Young Adults? This question is answered on 9 Apr 2011 2:11 AM I was feeding the swans today in my local park (which I think is technically against the byelaws, but hey ho...) and I got to wondering about the difference between males and females. I know that males have a bigger "nobble" (possibly not the technical term) on their beaks, but I noticed that the ones with the smaller nobble also had less bright beaks and some of them were also more brownish or tan coloured, more like a cygnet. Would they have been females, or younger adults? I've posted a photo so you can see what I mean (though please ignore my nobbly knees...). The second swan head from the right has a much duller beak than some of the others, though (s)he is white. The swan standing next to the bike handlebars has both a dull beak and brownish feathers. BB You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Verified Answer Verified by Badgerbread Hi Badgerbread, The mute swans with brownish, mixed plumage and dull beaks are immature birds - they won't pair off and breed for some time yet. Even with full white plumage and a dull beak, it's still an immature. The "nobble" on top of the bill is often known as the "berry". Sometimes the berry on a mature female can look almost as big as one on a male, and I find it very hard to tell mature females from young un-paired-off mature males like that. With a pair, it's a bit easier. The cob is a bit larger than the pen, but you have to study hard and see them in a position where you can compare their bodies. If they're out of the water, the cob will have noticeably bigger feet than his mate - much easier to tell. He also stands taller at the "shoulder". If you hear them calling (snorts etc), the cob has a deeper voice. Perhaps you're breaking a byelaw by feeding them, but if you must feed them, give them grain instead of bread - wheat, barley, millet, which one doesn't matter. As well as their own health, a poor diet affects their ability to produce eggs - not enough calcium for the shells, etc etc. :-) Andy You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. All Replies Verified by Badgerbread Hi Badgerbread, The mute swans with brownish, mixed plumage and dull beaks are immature birds - they won't pair off and breed for some time yet. Even with full white plumage and a dull beak, it's still an immature. The "nobble" on top of the bill is often known as the "berry". Sometimes the berry on a mature female can look almost as big as one on a male, and I find it very hard to tell mature females from young un-paired-off mature males like that. With a pair, it's a bit easier. The cob is a bit larger than the pen, but you have to study hard and see them in a position where you can compare their bodies. If they're out of the water, the cob will have noticeably bigger feet than his mate - much easier to tell. He also stands taller at the "shoulder". If you hear them calling (snorts etc), the cob has a deeper voice. Perhaps you're breaking a byelaw by feeding them, but if you must feed them, give them grain instead of bread - wheat, barley, millet, which one doesn't matter. As well as their own health, a poor diet affects their ability to produce eggs - not enough calcium for the shells, etc etc. :-) Andy You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Posted by Anonymous You were brave!!!!! Pip x You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Posted by Anonymous on 9 Apr 2011 8:36 PM Hi Badgerbread There are some immature birds ie cygnets they take a good couple of years to mature....noted in your photo. Others are mature birds - The adult Male Mute Swans have a more prominent orange bill when it is breeding time. You are right in saying that the nobble on the | Cockney Rhyming Slang Cockney Rhyming Slang Close this window Cockney rhyming slang is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London . Many of its expressions have passed into common language, and the creation of new ones is no longer restricted to Cockneys. Up until the late 20th Century, rhyming slang was also common in Australian slang, probably due to the formative influence of cockney on Australian English. It developed as a way of obscuring the meaning of sentences to those who did not understand the slang , though it remains a matter of speculation whether this was a linguistic accident, or whether it was developed intentionally to assist criminals or to maintain a particular community. Rhyming slang works by replacing the word to be obscured with the first word of a phrase that rhymes with that word. For instance, "face" would be replaced by "boat," because face rhymes with "boat race." Similarly "feet" becomes "plates" ("plates of meat"), and "money" is "bread" (a very common usage, from "bread and honey"). Sometimes the full phrase is used, for example "Currant Bun" to mean "The Sun" (often referring to the British tabloid newspaper of that name). There is no hard and fast rule for this, and you just have to know whether a particular expression is always shortened, never shortened, or can be used either way. Other examples of Cockney Rhyming Slang, or phrases inspired by it, are: Adam and Eve = believe = as in "would you Adam and Eve it?" Almond Rocks = socks Aris = Aristotle = bottle & glass = arse (a two-stage rhyme) [see Plaster below] Artful Dodger = lodger Berk or Burk = Berkshire Hunt = cunt (used as an insult, never as an anatomical reference) Boat = boat race = face Bob Hope = soap Boracic (freq. contracted to brassic) = boracic lint = skint (i.e. penniless) Bottle = bottle and glass = arse (i. e. courage; Courage also happens to be the name of a brewery) Brahms = Brahms and Liszt (classical composers) = pissed (i.e. drunk) Brass Tacks = facts Bristol = Bristol City = titty (i.e. breast) Brown bread = dead Chalfonts = Chalfont St Giles = piles (i.e. haemorrhoids) Chalk Farm = arm China = china plate = mate Cobblers = cobblers' awls = balls or 'bollocks' (i.e. testicles , but usually meant in the sense of 'rubbish' as in "You're talking a load of cobblers") Cock and Hen = ten Creamed = cream crackered = knackered (i.e. exhausted or beaten) Currant bun = sun or The Sun newspaper Daisies = daisy roots = boots Darby and Joan = moan Dicky = dicky dirt = shirt Dicky or Dickie = dickie bird = word = as in "not a dickie", or even "not a dickie bird" Dog = dog and bone = phone Duck and Dive = skive Ducks and Geese = F--k-in' Police Duke of Kent = rent Dukes = Duke[s] of York = fork, i.e. hand, now chiefly when balled into a fist Dustbin Lid = kid Emmas = Emma Freud (English author and columnist) = haemorrhoids Farmers = Farmer Giles = piles (slang for haemorrhoids ) Flowery Dell = ( prison ) cell Gregory = Gregory Peck = neck, or cheque Gypsy's = Gypsy's kiss = piss Hampton Wick = prick (i.e. penis) Half-inch = pinch (i.e. steal) Jack = Jack Jones = alone ("On my Jack" = "On my own") Jam jar = car Jam tart = heart J. Arthur = J. Arthur Rank (1930s UK flour magnate and film producer) = wank (i.e. masturbate) Jimmy = Jimmy Riddle (unknown person, not the character killed during the Waco siege)= piddle or widdle (urinate) Jugs = jugs of beer = ears Khyber = Khyber Pass = arse Lady Godiva = fiver (i.e. five- pound note) Lionels = Lionel Blairs (English variety performer) = flares (as in flared trousers) Loaf = loaf of bread = head ("use your loaf") Lucy Lockett = pocket Mickey Bliss = piss (as in "take the Mickey" = "take the piss" = satirise) Minces (or mincers) = mince pies = eyes Mutton = Mutt and Jeff = deaf = named after Mutt and Jeff , two early 20th century comic strip characters Nobbies = Nobby Stiles (English footballer) = piles (haemorrhoids) North and South = mouth Oily rag = fag (i.e. cigarette) Ones and twos = shoes Orchestras = orchestra stalls = balls (Orchestra stalls = part o |
Who was the first US President to speak in Westminster Hall in London? | Obama .. Full Speech .. Westminster Hall .. London - YouTube Obama .. Full Speech .. Westminster Hall .. London Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Dec 6, 2012 President Obama's historical address to the British Parliament in London's Westminster Hall. Obama is the first American President to be invited to speak in this historiallly important British building Category | Mansion House, London, England Mansion House, London, England history Mansion House, London, England Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. It is used for some of the City of London's official functions, including an annual dinner, hosted by the Lord Mayor, at which the Chancellor of the Exchequer customarily gives a speech – his "Mansion House Speech" – about the state of the British economy. The Guildhall is another venue used for important City functions. It is a Grade I Listed Building.[1] History Mansion House was built between 1739 and 1752, in the then fashionable Palladian style by the City of London surveyor and architect George Dance the Elder. The site, at the east end of Poultry, had previously been occupied by the "Stocks Market", which by the time of its closure was mostly used for the sale of herbs.[2] The construction was prompted by a wish to put an end to the inconvenient practice of lodging the Lord Mayor in one of the City Halls. Dance won a design competition over solicited designs from James Gibbs and Giacomo Leoni, and uninvited submissions by Batty Langley and Isaac Ware.[3] Construction was slowed by the discovery of springs on the site, which meant piles had to be sunk to form the foundations.[2] The original building had two clerestory roof extensions, nicknamed the "Mayor's Nest" and "Noah's Ark". In 1795 George Dance the Younger re-roofed the central courtyard, and had the "Noah's Ark" demolished. In the same year, the original Grand Staircase was removed to make way for a further two rooms. In 1835 the entrance steps were reduced to one flight; and in 1842 the "Mayor's Nest" was demolished after the Ball Room was reconstructed. The Lord Mayor's private entrance in Walbrook was created in 1845; and in 1849 the former Swordbearer's Room was converted into the Justice Room, effectively the Magistrates Court of the City until 1999 when the court removed to a building on the opposite side of Walbrook.[4] Architecture Mansion House has three main storeys over a rusticated basement. The entrance facade has a portico with six Corinthian columns, supporting a pediment with a tympanum sculpture by Sir Robert Taylor, in the centre of which is a symbolic figure of the City of London trampling on her enemies.[5] The building originally had two prominent and unusual attic structures at either end,[2] which were removed in 1794 and 1843. The building is on a confined site. Sir John Summerson wrote that "it leaves an impression of uneasily constricted bulk", adding that "on the whole, the building is a striking reminder that good taste was not a universal attribute in the eighteenth century".[3] The main reception room, the columned "Egyptian Hall", was so named because Dance used an arrangement of columns deemed to be "Egyptian" by Vitruvius. No Egyptian motifs were employed.[3] It has twenty niches for sculpture.[5] There was originally an open courtyard, later occupied by a saloon.[5] The residence used to have its own court of law, since the Lord Mayor is the chief magistrate of the City while in office. There were eleven holding cells (ten for men and one, nicknamed "the birdcage", for women). A famous prisoner here was the early 20th century suffragette women's rights campaigner Emmeline Pankhurst. Art collection Mansion House is home to The Harold Samuel Collection of Dutch and Flemish Seventeenth Century Paintings, described as "the finest collection of such works to be formed in Britain this century" (Sutton 1992). It consists of 84 paintings and includes some outstanding works by artists including Hendrick Avercamp, Gerard Ter Borch, Pieter Claesz, Aelbert Cuyp, Frans Hals, Pieter de Hooch, Jacob van Ruisdael, Jan Steen, David Teniers the Younger and Willem van de Velde. Public access Mansion House is not generally open to the public. However, tours can be arranged through the diary office, and there are public tours most Tuesdays. Literature In A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain recounted a story about the construction of the building: It reminde |
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe were better known as what when they hit #1 in 1984 in the UK, Canada and the USA? | Pet Shop Boys Discography at Discogs Report The Pet Shop Boys survived one-hit wonder status after the mega success of "West End Girls" by bringing elegant melancholy, ironic humor and cinematic orchestrations to electronic Euro-Dance. While Chris Lowe handles the BPMs and all the electronic gadgets, much of their success is due to Neil Tennant, who has a detached, John Lennon-esque vocal style and a love of such downbeat troubadours as Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. While the excellent Behavior (1990) got them as far away from the dancefloor as they are ever likely to go, Nightlife sounds unimaginatively like the modern disco their critics believe them to hack out. Report edited 3 months ago I think a lot of old fans are very hard on the Pet Shop Boys. YES "Please", "Disco", "Actually" and even "Introspective" were flawless, then came "Behavio(u)r" : I had a hard time with this one, I must admit, but still, some hits and very good songs were still there, remember "So Hard", "The End Of The World" and "...Seriously" : album version of course, I'll never forgive Brothers In Rhythms for their suicidal single remix. Do you know how to kill a powerful hit ? Ask BIR, they have the recipe for sure. After "Behavio(u)r" and the "Discography" singles compilation, I thought they were done. "Was It Worth It" was just a pale Stock/Aitken/Waterman soundalike. It was the end of Phase One. Then came "Very" and they proved for the first time that they were capable of geniously re-invent themselves. It was so dance, so joyful again, I really thought they were like reborn. Even the United States who seemed to bury them after the so-called so gay music video of "Domino Dancing" couldn't escape the wave of the massive hit single "Go West" : their masterful cover of the Village People song. Personally I think there are good songs on each and every one of their albums, it's just a matter of taste. Yes even on "Bilingual" that a lot of fans hate, I still loved "Up Against It" or "A Red Letter Day". But I agree that their darkest hour has been 1996-2006 with "Bilingual" : meh, "Nightlife" : too cluby even though I still love tracks there "For Your Own Good", "Happiness Is An Option", "Vampires" and of course "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give it Anymore" : which I love very much even though this one has probably the longest single title in music's history along with Bonnie Tyler's "Loving You Is A Dirty Job (But Somebody's Got To Do It) lol. And the dreadful "Release" was well, released : it's the one album where they thought they were like "The Beatles" : I only like "Home And Dry" there. I'm not much of a Lennon fan, so... As for "Fundamental", it's a very very dark release, very political, controversial. "Minimal" is very nice but the only very good song there "Integral" has been ruined by an awful single remix vocodered to death (a powerful hit ruined by a truly horrid single remix, it's "How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously" all over again !). But with "Yes" they were back in good shape again (it was almost like "Very" volume 2, cheerful songs all over again (finally!), then came "Elysium" and then again I thought they were done, even though I loved "Leaving" and "Memory Of The Future" but this release was bleak, bleak, bleak... And with "Electric" and "Super" they proved us once again that they were still a dance music force to be reckoned with : "Thursday" was back from where "West End Girls" came from, "Love Is A Bourgeois Construct" reminded us of "Left To My Own Devices" : classical music to a disco beat again, yeah !, "Axis" and "Burn" brought back their techno roots... ...and finally "Twenty-Something" is the best song they have ever made since their Imperial Phase (1985-1988). Even my sister who buried them since "Being Boring" yelled "Yeah the Pet Shop Boys are finally back !" when she heard this one ! They are today as good as they were before, the thing is, I think, they don't want to be successful again (for a reason that eludes me). Because to be fair, one must admit that since "Fundamental" some very good songs a | NUMBER ONE'S OF THE EIGHTIES: 1984 Stevie Wonder: I Just Called To Say I Love You Friday, 1 May 2009 1984 Stevie Wonder: I Just Called To Say I Love You Spare a thought for poor Stevie Wonder: despite a run of copper bottomed, classic five star singles stretching back to 1966, his first taste of a UK number one came through hitching a ride on the back of a wretched Paul McCartney ballad. And if that wasn't ignomy enough, he then has to rely on 'I Just Called To Say I Love You' to mark his first solo appearance at the top. I say ignomy, for although I would dearly love to be able to report that the success of this song was due to it trumping all his previous singles (such as, lest we forget, 'Uptight (Everything's Alright)', 'I Was Made To Love Her', 'Superstition', 'Higher Ground' and 'Living For The City' etc) and being the best thing he'd ever released, I can't. And I can't because it's not; Wonder had always utilised the most up to date technology in his output, but by the time of the mid eighties his growing obsession with synthesisers and all things electronic had ceased to compliment his music and instead became all consuming and detrimental to it. And this detriment is nowhere more evident than on this song. With a rhythm set down by an electronic drum beat and percussion straight out of the pre-set options of the nastiest, tackiest home organ money can buy, 'I Just Called To Say I Love You' plods along a narrow, four and a half minute road in virtually the same key and time signature from end to end. Gone was the rootsy feel, intricate chord structures and sharp, jazz like key changes of old and in their place comes a woozy synthesiser hum that oozes out of the speakers like treacle poured slowly from a tin where it settles like a gooey shroud, smothering any excitement or unpredictability that may have dared to show its face. And when something different does finally come along, it only extends to Wonder singing backing vocals through a vocoder. Rather than revitalising the song, it's the gimmicky headshot that kills it stone dead. Not since Chuck Berry hit number one with 'My Ding A Ling' in 1972 has an artist of stature scored their biggest hit with such a totally unrepresentative song. 'I Just Called To Say I Love You' is the sort of effort the Wonder of old could have dashed off in his bed before he even woke up and then rejected as being too boring. Simplistic, trite, repetitive, saccharine sickly and overly sentimental; it's tempting to think that his experience with McCartney had shown him that maybe he'd been trying too hard in the past and that success would follow a radical dumbing down: "I just called to say I love you I just called to say how much I care I just called to say I love you And I mean it from the bottom of my heart" Maybe that's a cynical view, but though the Hallmark greeting card verse may be direct and to the point, Wonder has proved himself capable of far better than this. Hell, a ten year old child would be capable of better. And at least with a ten year old child the result wouldn't be accompanied by the crushing sense of disappointment coupled with the faint gurgling sound of a talent being pissed down the drain. 1 comment: |
Which British explorer travelled disguised as a Muslim to Mecca and Medina in 1853? | Entering the Forbidden City of Mecca, 1853 Printer Friendly Version >>> It was a dangerous journey; any misstep could have cost him his life. In 1853 intrepid British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton disguised himself as an Islamic pilgrim and made the trek into the heart of Arabia visiting the holy cities of Medina and Mecca. If his true identity as a European Christian had been exposed, the penalty for his indiscretion would have been death. Richard Francis Burton Mecca was the birthplace of the prophet Mohammed and is the home of the Kaaba, a small cube-shaped building enclosed within a mosque that is revered as the holiest site in Islam. In the year 630, Mohammed conquered Mecca and declared the Kaaba as the center of Islam, requiring that the faithful make a pilgrimage (the Hajj) to the site at least once in their lifetime. Because of its sacredness, Mecca became, and remains, a "forbidden city" - off limits to non-Muslims. It was Burton's plan to disguise himself as a Muslim pilgrim, join the Hajj and enter the holy city. Burton had been preparing for his adventure for years. As a British soldier stationed in India, He had immersed himself in Islam and learned Arabic. In the early 1850s he gained permission to take a leave from the British Army and traveled to Egypt to prepare for his adventure. He immediately took on the disguise of a Muslim, his success prompting him to begin his journey into Arabia in July 1853. He traveled by caravan first to Medina and from there to Mecca. Within a few months he returned to Egypt. Burton published his description of his journey in a three-volume book that became an immediate sensation in England. The adventurer was elevated to the status of folk hero and later enhanced his reputation by beginning an unsuccessful quest to find the source of the Nile River. "...a splendid camel in front of me was shot through the heart." We join Burton's journey as the caravan he is part of leaves the holy city of Medina on its way to Mecca. ADVERTISMENT "We dismounted to gaze at the venerable minarets and the green dome which covers the tomb of the Prophet. The heat was dreadful, the climate dangerous, and the beasts died in numbers. Fresh carcasses strewed our way, and were covered by foul vultures. The Caravan was most picturesque. We traveled principally at night, but the camels had to perform the work of goats, and step from block to block of basalt like mountaineers, which being unnatural to them, they kept up a continual piteous moan. The simoom and pillars of sand continually threw them over. Water is the great trouble of a Caravan journey, and the only remedy is to be patient and not to talk. The first two hours gives you the mastery, but if you drink you cannot stop. Forty-seven miles before we reached Mecca, at EI Zaribah, we had to perform the ceremony of EI Ihram, meaning 'to assume the pilgrim garb'. A barber shaved us, trimmed our moustaches; we bathed and perfumed, and then we put on two new cotton cloths, each six feet long by three and a half broad. It is white, with narrow red strips and fringe, and worn something as you wear it in the baths. Our heads and feet, right shoulder and arm, are exposed. We had another fight before we got to Mecca, and a splendid camel in front of me was shot through the heart. Our Sherif Zayd was an Arab Chieftain of the purest blood, and very brave. He took two or three hundred men, and charged our attackers. However, they shot many of our dromedaries and camels, and boxes and baggage strewed the place; and whence we were gone the Bedawi would come back, loot the baggage; and eat the camels. On Saturday, the 10th of September, at one in the morning, there was great excitement in the Caravan, and loud cries of 'Mecca! Mecca! Oh, the Sanctuary, the Sanctuary!' All burst into loud praises and many wept. We reached it next morning, after ten days and nights from EI Medinah. I became the guest of the boy Mohammed, in the house of his mother. First I did the circumambulation of the Haram. Early next morning I was admitted to the house of our Lo | The Five Pillars of Faith: Major Religions of the World The Five Pillars of Faith In Islam, to be a Muslim, one must believe in, and follow, the Five Pillars of Faith. That there is one God, and Muhammad was his messenger The most important duty of every Muslim in Islamic tradition is the recitation of the creed, or profession of faith, in one version or another: "There is no god but ALLAH, and Muhammad is his prophet." Muslims will also preface the profession with the words, "I bear witness that...," and replace the word "prophet" favoring the word "messenger" over the more westernized and Judeo-Christian idea of a prophet. You must pray 5 times a day. Prayer towards Mecca (facing Mecca from any earthly point to guide the directions of prayer) five times per day, knelling with the forehead touching the ground. They are warned to be constant in prayer to keep their lives in perspective. Public prayer is encouraged.. You must give to the poor on Alms day for ALLAH. Alms giving to the poor and needy of approximately 2.5% annually. (For those that cannot afford money, families give various food stuff with a popular alm being to butcher sheep, giving pieces of the meat to poor people on the streets.) You must fast during the month of Ramadan. Fasting (neither food nor drink nor smoke passes their lips) from sunrise to sunset during the ninth month, Ramadan. The Muslim calendar is lunar, so it rotates around the year. This is Islam's holy month when Muhammad received his initial revelation. Its purpose is to make one think, and teaches self-discipline. Further, fasting sensitizes compassion -- only those who have been hungry can know what hunger means. You must go to Mecca at least once in your life, and this applies to men and women. Pilgrimage to Mecca for all who can afford it, at least once in a Muslim's lifetime. The purpose is to heighten the person's devotion to God. Further, it is a remainder of human equality -- remove their normal attire, and dons two sheet-like garments (neither status nor distinctions of rank and hierarchy is important). Finally, it brings people together to share a loyalty that transcends loyalty to their nations, or ethnic group. Following these Five Pillars of Faith is critical to being a good Muslim. The Five Pillars of Faith Video Top ^ ARTICLES OF FAITH The Five Pillars of Faith are supplemented by the Articles of Faith. The Islam faith has six main articles of faith, which outline their beliefs in God, prophets, books of revelation, angels, the hereafter, and destiny. Faith in ALLAH Faith in the Day of Judgment Faith in Destiny (Divine Decree) So, Islam's doctrine is often summarized in these Six Articles of Faith. According to this list, to be a Muslim, one must believe in: 1. One God, ALLAH Islam's fundamental theological concept is tawlid - the doctrine of one God. The Arabic term for God is ALLAH (always shown in capital letters to show respect); most scholars believe it was derived from a contraction of the words al- (the) and il_h (deity, masculine form), meaning "the god" (al-il_h). The first of the Five Pillars of Islam, tawhid is expressed in the Shahadah, which declares that there is no god but God, and that Muhammad is God's messenger. God is described in a sura (meaning, chapter) of the Qur'an as "...ALLAH, the One and Only; ALLAH, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him." (Qur'an 112:1-4). In traditional Islamic theology, ALLAH is beyond all comprehension; Muslims are not expected to visualize ALLAH, but to worship, and adore him as a protector. However, ALLAH is to feared and strictly obeyed, but his attributes cannot be personally experienced in a person's heart -- there is no personal relationship with ALLAH. Adhering to Islam's all encompassing way of life and good works are very important part of receiving salvation, and gaining entrance into Paradise (Heaven). It is worth noting that while Jesus is a prophet in Islamic theology, he was just a man, and not the son of God. 2. The Angels of ALLAH Belief i |
George Cornell was shot by Ronnie Kray in which East End pub in 1966? | George Cornell (1928 - 1966) - Find A Grave Memorial London Borough of Tower Hamlets Greater London, England Villain of London's East End during the 1960's and former associate from childhood of the legendary Kray twins. His birth name was George Myers. Cornell moved to South London, and joined the gang of "Mad" Frankie Fraser and Eddie Richardson, arch enemy of the Kray's. Cornell would often talk down to the Krays whenever they tried to muscle in on any dealings with Fraser and Richardson. This displeased the Kray's, particularly Ronnie. Rumour was spreading that Cornell had been calling Ronnie Kray terrible names and mocking him. When Ronnie got word of this it finally made his mind-up that Cornell was to be killed. On the night of the 9th March, 1966, Ronnie got word that Cornell was drinking in the Blind Beggar pub, in the heart of the East End. Ronnie summoned one of his drivers, John 'Scotch Jack' Dickson to take him there along with Ian Barrie his right-hand man. When they arrived at The Blind Beggar, Dickson waited outside while Ronnie and Ian Barrie went inside. Cornell and Albie Woods (fellow Richardson gang member) were seated at the bar. When Cornell saw Ronnie he calmly said, "Well look who's here" in a sneering sort of way. Ronnie did not say a word. He took a 9mm Mauser pistol from his pocket and shot Cornell. Ian Barrie fired some shots into the ceiling. They both turned around and walked out as calmly as they had walked in.There was a record playing on the juke box that had been hit by one of the ricocheting bullets. It was 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore' by the Walker Brothers and it kept repeating, "the sun ain't gonna shine any more...any more...any more..." It wasn't long before Ronnie was arrested and put on an identification parade. The witnesses couldn't (more likely wouldn't) identify Ronnie and he was released, a sign of the hold and respect East Ender's had for the Kray Twins. Kray was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder three years later and remained in prison until his death in 1995. (bio by: Kieran Smith) Cause of death: Shot by Ronnie Kray | Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: November 2014 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League 25th November Cup Round 2 and Plate The Nag’s Head and Cock Inn 1. By what name is the post war “European Recovery Program” better known? MARSHALL PLAN 2. Who directed Marilyn Monroe in “The Seven Year Itch and “Some Like It Hot”? BILLY WILDER 3. Which is the only non-English UK city to host The Eurovision Song Contest? EDINBURGH (1972) 4. Who wrote the opera Madame Butterfly? PUCCINI 5. The cholesterol lowering Product Benecol, was first produced in 1995, in which country? FINLAND 6. Eric Arthur Blair was the real name of which author? GEORGE ORWELL 7. Volubilis is a partly excavated Roman city in which African country? MOROCCO 8. Who was the youngest goalkeeper to play in the England football team? JACK BUTLAND 9. What are wrapped in bacon to make angels on horseback? OYSTERS 10. When she saw her lover captain Vronsky with another woman, which literary heroine threw herself under his parting train? ANNA KARENINA 11. Who has the most international football caps for Wales? NEVILLE SOUTHALL 12. Which king of England abdicated in 1399, and died whilst a prisoner at Pontefract castle in 1400? RICHARD II 13. In which country would you find the Negev Desert? ISRAEL 14. What is the name of Hagar the Horrible’s dog in the famous cartoon strip? SNERT 15. Who ran through the streets naked crying, “Eureka”? ARCHIMEDES 16. Which author writes about the exploits of Dirk Pitt? CLIVE CUSSLER 17. Where did the game of Bridge originate? TURKEY 18. Which country singer who died in 1995, Was known as The Silver Fox? CHARLIE RICH 19. In which city was Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin killed in 1995? TEL AVIV 20. To which saint is Chester Cathedral dedicated? ST. WERBURGH 21. Which London bridge, under construction, was painted by Caneletto? WESTMINSTER 22. Oscar winning actress Geena Davis narrowly missed out on a place in the US women’s team for the 2000 summer Olympics. At which sport? ARCHERY 23. In the artwork by Andy Warhol, how many tins of Campbells soup were there? 32 24. Which US President officially opened the Panama Canal? WOODROW WILSON 25. Which English king was known as “Old Rowley”? CHARLES II 26. What is the name of the village Bard in the ‘Asterix’ stories? CACOFONIX 27. Who is the Artistic Director of the National Theatre? SIR NICHOLAS HYTNER 28. What is the name for a rural villa in Russia? A DACHA 29. Which Elvis Presley film is based on the Harold Robbins novel ‘A Stone For Danny Fisher’? KING CREOLE 30. Who piloted the first airplane flight across the English Channel? LOUIS BLERIOT 31. Who wrote Catch 22? JOSEPH HELLER 32. Who, in 1985, murdered his parents, sister and nephews, at White House Farm in Essex? JEREMY BAMBER 33. Since such ceremonies were established as a matter of course, which King of England was the first not to have a coronation? EDWARD V 34. “But love is blind, and lovers cannot see” is a quotation from which Shakespeare play? THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 35. Which 2011 film starred Matt Damon, Scarlett Johannson and a cast of animals? WE BOUGHT A ZOO 36. In which year did the NHS come into operation? 1948 37. Damien Thorn is the central character in which horror film, originally made in 1976? THE OMEN 38. Which D.H. Lawrence novel is set in Mexico? THE PLUMED SERPENT 39. Which US state has the longest official name? THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS 40. Who was leader of the Labour Party prior to Clement Atlee? GEORGE LANSBURY 41. Which author writes the ‘Outlander’ series of books, (now a US TV series)? DIANA GABALDON 42. On which London street is the famous Palladium theatre? ARGYLL STREET 43. Who was the commander of the fleet in opposition to Nelson, at the Battle of Trafalgar? PIERRE VILLENEUVE 44. What is unique about the class of mammals known as ‘Monotremes’? EGG LAYING (e.g. Platypus or Spiny Anteater) 45. Winter Banana is variety of which fruit? APPLE 46. Which UK rock band had a UK number 1 hit single in 1994 with a song called ‘Inside’, on the back of a hugely popular Livis TV ad? STILTSKIN 47. Fr |
In which US city did the Beatles perform their last live concert, in August 1966? | 29 August 1966: The Beatles' final concert in Candlestick Park, San Francisco | The Beatles Bible Ringo Starr Anthology The Park's capacity was 42,500, but only 25,000 tickets were sold, leaving large sections of unsold seats. Fans paid between $4.50 and $6.50 for tickets, and The Beatles' fee was around $90,000. The show's promoter was local company Tempo Productions. The Beatles took 65% of the gross, the city of San Francisco took 15% of paid admissions and were given 50 free tickets. This arrangement, coupled with low ticket sales and other unexpected expenses resulted in a financial loss for Tempo Productions. Candlestick Park was the home of the baseball team the San Francisco Giants. The stage was located just behind second base on the field, and was five feet high and surrounded by a six-foot high wire fence. The compère was 'Emperor' Gene Nelson of KYA 1260 AM, and the support acts were, in order of appearance, The Remains, Bobby Hebb, The Cyrkle and The Ronettes. The show began at 8pm. I was the MC, and, as any Giants fans will know, Candlestick Park in August, at night, was cold, foggy and windy. The funniest thing this night was one of the warm-up acts, Bobby Hebb. He stood up on the stage at Candlestick Park, with the fog, and the wind blowing, and he was singing 'Sunny'! It was tough anyway to work a ballpark as an MC, especially as The Beatles were taking their time to get out. I was trying to entertain a crowd that was shouting, 'Beatles, Beatles, Beatles.' The dressing room was chaos. There were loads of people there. The press tried to get passes for their kids and the singer Joan Baez was in there. Any local celebrity, who was in town, was in the dressing room. They were having a party in there. They were having a perfectly wonderful time, while I was freezing my buns off on second base! 'Emperor' Gene Nelson The Beatles Off The Record, Keith Badman The Beatles took to the stage at 9.27pm, and performed 11 songs: Rock And Roll Music , She's A Woman , If I Needed Someone , Day Tripper , Baby's In Black , I Feel Fine , Yesterday , I Wanna Be Your Man , Nowhere Man , Paperback Writer and Long Tall Sally . The group knew it was to be their final concert. Recognising its significance, John Lennon and Paul McCartney took a camera onto the stage, with which they took pictures of the crowd, the rest of the group, and themselves at arm's length. Before one of the last numbers, we actually set up this camera, I think it had a fisheye, a wide-angle lens. We set it up on the amplifier and Ringo came off the drums, and we stood with our backs to the audience and posed for a photograph, because we knew that was the last show. George Harrison The Beatles Off The Record, Keith Badman As The Beatles made their way to Candlestick Park, Paul McCartney asked their press officer Tony Barrow to make a recording of the concert on audio cassette, using a hand-held recorder. The cassette lasted 30 minutes on each side, and, as Barrow didn't flip it during the show, the recording cut off during final song Long Tall Sally . There was a sort of end of term spirit thing going on, and there was also this kind of feeling amongst all of us around The Beatles, that this might just be the last concert that they will ever do. I remember Paul, casually, at the very last minute, saying, 'Have you got your cassette recorder with you?' and I said, 'Yes, of course.' Paul then said, 'Tape it will you? Tape the show,' which I did, literally just holding the microphone up in the middle of the field. As a personal souvenir of the occasion, it was a very nice thing to have and the only difference was that it wasn't a spectacular occasion. It was nothing like Shea Stadium, there was nothing special about it at all, except that The Beatles did put in extra ad-libs and link material which they hadn't put in before on any other occasion. Tony Barrow The Beatles Off The Record, Keith Badman Barrow gave the original tape of the Candlestick Park concert to McCartney. He also made a single copy, which was kept in a locked drawer in Barrow's office desk. | Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Bri |
Which word is used to describe egg laying mammals? | Mammal | Define Mammal at Dictionary.com mammal noun 1. any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg-laying monotremes, giving birth to live young. Origin of mammal Late Latin 1820-1830 1820-30; as singular of New Latin Mammalia neuter plural of Late Latin mammālis of the breast. See mamma 2, -al 1 Related forms Examples from the Web for mammal Expand Contemporary Examples But along with whales, their mammal cousins, dolphins may face more danger over the long term below the surface of the sea. The Artificial Womb Will Change Feminism Forever Samantha Allen August 11, 2014 Historical Examples It is as though one were to wish a fish to live out of water, or a mammal in an atmosphere containing no oxygen. Socialism: Positive and Negative Robert Rives La Monte Spotty isn't a mammal, as are all of you and all those we have been learning about, but is a reptile. Socialism: Positive and Negative Robert Rives La Monte British Dictionary definitions for mammal Expand noun 1. any animal of the Mammalia, a large class of warm-blooded vertebrates having mammary glands in the female, a thoracic diaphragm, and a four-chambered heart. The class includes the whales, carnivores, rodents, bats, primates, etc Derived Forms C19: via New Latin from Latin mamma breast Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for mammal Expand n. 1826, anglicized form of Modern Latin Mammalia (1773), coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from neuter plural of Late Latin mammalis "of the breast," from Latin mamma "breast," perhaps cognate with mamma . Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper mammal (mām'əl) Any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals of the class Mammalia, whose young feed on milk that is produced by the mother's mammary glands. Unlike other vertebrates, mammals have a diaphragm that separates the heart and lungs from the other internal organs, red blood cells that lack a nucleus, and usually hair or fur. All mammals but the monotremes bear live young. Mammals include rodents, cats, dogs, ungulates, cetaceans, and apes. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved. | Mammals of Australia Australian Aboriginals had been accustomed to them for millennia, but early white explorers were amazed by what they found in Australia, and even today we are uncovering more and more remarkable facts about our mammals What is so odd about Australian mammals? Australia is the only continent (and one of the only two countries - the other being New Guinea) in the world to still have all three of the major groups of mammals : monotremes, marsupials and placentals Half of Australia's mammal species are marsupials (South America has a few dozen species - all in the opossum family - and a couple of species have found their way into North America, but Australia is the only continent to have such a diverse range or to have marsupials as their most common and conspicuous land mammals) It is the only country in the world to have platypus, kangaroos (although New Guinea and some neighbouring islands do have wallabies), koalas, wombats, marsupial "moles" and numbats It is the only continent other than Antarctica to not have native hoofed animals, or terrestrial native Carnivora (dogs, bears, cats, weasels etc., but we do have seals and sea lions) - the dingo appears to have arrived from Southeast Asia only about 4,000 years ago, probably with Indonesian traders. It is also the only continent to have rainforests but no monkeys Not only do we have mobs of great, two-legged hopping herbivores taking the place of deer and cattle, but we have a strange little furry creature that swims, lays eggs, give milk to its young, has a venomous |
What is produced by the Chorleywood Process? | The History of Bread - The Chorleywood Bread Process | Doves Farm The History of Bread You are here: Home > About > The History of Bread > The History of Bread - The Chorleywood Bread Process The History of Bread - The Chorleywood Bread Process The Chorleywood Bread Process In 1961 the Chorleywood Bread Process was developed, and revolutionised the way bread was made and produced. Now used to produce 80% of the bread in the UK it made an important impact on the domestic population. The Chorleywood process is able to use lower protein wheats to produce bread, this development has enabled more bread to be produced in the UK where our wheats don’t normally have a high protein content. The process uses intensive high speed mixers to combine the flour, improvers, vegetable fat, yeast and water to make the dough. The whole process from flour to a ready loaf can be done in about 3 ½ hours. This is able to happen because introducing a number of high speed mixes the fermentation period quickens it up, making each loaf much faster. It is also important the solid fats are used, this is because its used to provide structure to the loaf during baking otherwise it would collapse. This process can’t be done in a normal kitchen because of the equipment required. The dough then needs to be shaken violently for around 3 minutes, this requires a lot of energy and the heat given off helps the dough to rise. The air pressure in the mixer headspace is maintained at a partial vacuum to prevent the gas bubbles in the dough from getting too large and creating an unwanted "open" structure in the finished crumb. Once finished the dough is sliced and left to ‘recover’ for about 8 minutes. After being placed in its tins it sits for about an hour, at this time it’s very important to regulate the humidity and temperature of its local environment. After the time is up the bread is baked for around 20 minutes at 400 degrees F and then moved to cool down. After about 2 hours it’s ready to be sliced, packaged and sent out. A typical recipe using CBP Bread Recipe would be: Flour 100.0kg | Steve Harley | Vintagerock's Weblog Posted by vintagerock in Cockney Rebel , Steve Harley . Tagged: classic rock , concert , concerts , gig , gigs , pop , rock , rock n roll . 2 comments Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel with Orchestra & Choir Sage Gateshead 21st June 2014 It was a truly amazing experience to see Steve Harley perform the first two classic Cockney Rebel albums “The Human Menagerie” and “The Psychomodo”, accompanied by full band, the Orchestra of the Swan and Choir, conducted by Andrew Powell, last night. This concert was first performed at the Birmingham Symphony Hall in 2012, and is now available on DVD. Steve Harley said at the time “ It’s been a long time coming – something like 39 years. Now we’re here, at last, with an orchestra and a choir and a big rock band, to play those first two albums pretty well the way they appeared on the original vinyl. Maybe some things should never change, in spite of progress. Welcome, my old friends.” First Half; The Human Menagerie: Hideaway; What Ruthy Said; Loretta’s Tale; Crazy Raver; Sebastian; Mirror Freak; My Only Vice; Muriel the Actor; Spaced Out; Judy Teen; Chameleon; Death Trip. Second Half; The Psychomodo: Sweet Dreams; Psychomodo; Mr. Soft; Singular Band; Ritz; Cavaliers; Bed in the Corner; Sling It!; Big Big Deal; Black or White; Tumbling Down. Encore: Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me). A great concert. Stand-outs (although there were many, with standing ovations for several songs) were: “Sebastian”, “”Tumbling Down”, and “Make Me Smile”. Steve Harley put his heart and soul into the performance last night. His voice just gets better with time, and the songs found a new life when played with the full band and orchestra. Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet) was star number two of the show, playing great sax and clearly enjoying every minute of it. Steve had some great craic with us all, telling us stories about his days with the band in the 70s, and bringing back memories for me of classic gigs at Newcastle City Hall and Reading 1974, all of which he referred to. He related a memory from the City Hall of a guy jumping off the balcony and climbing down the light tower. He introduced “Tumbling Down” by reminding us all how we would leave the hall still singing the closing line “Oh dear!….look what they’ve done to the blues, blues, blues…”. Steve quoted Hammersmith Odeon as an example, with the Cockney Rebel crowds entering the tube still singing, but I recall the very same thing happening at Newcastle City Hall, and Reading in 74 and at a gig at Redcar Coatham Bowl. But for me the high point has to be “Sebastian”, Steve shrouded in dark gothic lighting, wringing every drop of emotion out of the epic, haunting, enigmatic ballad. Stunning and beautiful. And the mass singalong, including the full orchestra singing the “ooh la la la”s, for “Make Me Smile” took us all back to our youth. Me, I was back in the City Hall, Steve was No 1 in the charts and the atmosphere was simply electric; I thought the roof would come off. Thanks for another great night, Steve. Rate this: Posted by vintagerock in 10cc , Alex Harvey , Barclay James Harvest , Beckett , Camel , Chilli Willi , Cockney Rebel , Esparanto , Focus , Fumble , G T Moore , Gary Farr , George Melly , Georgie Fame , Greenslade , Harvey Andrews , Heavy Metal Kids , Jack The Lad , JSD Band , Kevin Coyne , Long John Baldry , Procol Harum , Steve Harley , Streetwalkers , Strider , Sutherland Brothers , Thin Lizzy , Traffic , Trapeze , Winkies . Tagged: blues , classic rock , concert , concerts , folk , gig , gigs , jazz , music , pop , R&B , rock , rock n roll . 1 comment The Reading Festival 23rd – 25th August 1974 This was my third visit to the Reading Festival; I felt I was a seasoned festival goer 🙂 . By now a large crew of local people were going to the festival, so there were lots of mates there, and we spent much of the weekend in the pubs in town, and down near the Caversham Bridge; particularly The Griffin. We would nip back to the festival site to catch the bands we wanted to see. The line-up in 1974 wasn’t parti |
Which legendary music festival took place in 1969? | Woodstock: Photos From the Legendary 1969 Rock Festival SHARE LIFE.com presents photographs -- many of which never ran in LIFE magazine -- from the rain-soaked days and nights at Woodstock in 1969. The original plan was for an outdoor rock festival, “three days of peace and music” in the Catskill village of Woodstock. What the young promoters got was the third largest city in New York state, population 400,000 (give or take 100,000), location Max Yasgur’s dairy farm near the town of White Lake. So began LIFE magazine’s description, in its August 29, 1969 issue, of what has come to be seen as one of the defining events of the 1960s. Forty-four years later, LIFE.com presents a gallery of pictures—many of which never ran in the magazine—from those heady, rain-soaked days and nights. Lured by music [the story in LIFE continued] and some strange kind of magic (“Woodstock? Doesn’t Bob Dylan live in Woodstock?”), young people from all over the U.S. descended on the rented 600-acre farm. It was a real city, with life and death and babies—two were born during the gathering—and all the urban problems of water supply, food, sanitation and health. Drugs, too, certainly, because so many of its inhabitants belong to the drug culture. Counting on only 50,000 customers a day, the organizer had set up a fragile, unauthoritarian system to deal with them. Overrun, strained to its limits, the system somehow, amazingly, didn’t break. For three days nearly half a million people lived elbow to elbow in the most exposed, crowded, rain-drenched, uncomfortable kind of community and there wasn’t so much as a fist fight. For those who passed through it, Woodstock was less a music festival than a total experience, a phenomenon, a happening, high adventure, a near disaster and, in s a small way, a struggle for survival. Casting an apprehensive eye over the huge throng on opening day, Friday afternoon, a festival official announced, “There are a hell of a lot of us here. If we are going to make it, you had better remember that the guy next to you is your brother.” Everybody remembered. Woodstock made it. One of the LIFE photographers on scene during the festival, John Dominis, summed up his own recollections of Woodstock this way: “I really had a great time.,” Dominis told LIFE.com, decades after the fact. “I was much older than those kids, but I felt like I was their age. They smiled at me, offered me pot. . . . You didn’t expect to see a bunch of kids so nice; you’d think they’d be uninviting to an older person. But no—they were just great! “I worked at LIFE for 25 years,” Dominis said, “and worked everywhere and saw everything, and I’ve told people every year since Woodstock happened that it was one of the greatest events I ever covered.” Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter @lizabethronk . | 1965 From “Here come the sixties” - Dave allen (October 2009) 1965 The year opened with the impressively “relaxed” Ken Colyer but “few people were there to hear it”. By contrast, former ‘modernist’ Graham Bond set a new attendance record at the Rendezvous while the Savoy continued to feature Palais Dancing on Saturday nights. Spinner, celebrating the successes of Manfred Mann and the Brothers Scarlett was sure “things are looking up on the Portsmouth group scene”. While the Talismen embarked on the new “All England Beat Contest”, the Cherokees and the Brothers Scarlett played the Savoy, Gary Farr & the T-Bones and the Challengers at the Rendezvous, and the Pretty Things and Dave Dee midweek at South Parade Pier but with a poor attendance. Karl & the Rapiers played Lee Tower, the Moonrakers Thorngate, the Bipeds the Cellar Club and the Strangers at Hillside Youth Club, Paulsgrove. Malcolm Price was a regular visitor to local folk clubs and Jack & Margaret King were at the Folkways Club but the main fare locally was rhythm & blues including Tony Colton’s Crawdaddies at the Rendezvous and the Mark Leeman Five at Kimbells. San Jacinto Jazzband were one of the few traditional jazz acts now playing regularly. A German promoter auditioned local groups the Memphis Four, the Storms, the Bipeds and the “impressive” Shades of Blue. The Evening News increased its price to 4d. Paulsgrove’s Grove Club announced new activities including wrestling, drama, badminton, a folk club and dances on Sundays with local groups. Spinner predicted that a folk boom was “on the way” although “not for the hit parade” as Dave Smith and Dick Richardson appeared at the Folkways Club, followed by Martin Winsor and Dorris Henderson (later of Eclection). The Hollies appeared at Thorngate in late January with the Rockin’ Berries due in April but Gosport fans were warned that good attendances were necessary if similar acts were to follow. London’s Missing Links headlined the Rendezvous but Spinner preferred their support the Challengers. The Fenmen played the Savoy, and the Sheiks of R&B at the Cellar Club. The Guildhall had been rather quiet until in early March, Adam Faith topped the bill with Sandie Shaw, the Barron Knights and the Paramounts. The big story however was the on-off saga of PJ Proby’s appearance. He caused a scandal by splitting his trousers on stage elsewhere, after which promoters began cancelling his bookings. The Guildhall followed suit, resulting in many letters to the newspaper. The concert was re-confirmed on 1 February, cancelled three days later, reinstated on the 11th, cancelled on 15th until the city’s Entertainment Committee were advised on the 25th they must go ahead for legal reasons. But Proby never came. In early February, a young man described as a ‘beat group vocalist” was fined £30 for the possession of cannabis while youth clubs in the Petersfield and Midhurst area were suffering serious problems from hooliganism. Some of those venues stopped all dances. The Moody Blues were a big draw at the Rendezvous on 6 February 1965 but drummer Graeme Edge was poorly and they failed to show, leaving the Sons of Man and Roadrunners to cover, as police with loud hailers dealt with the disappointed crowds. Rhythm & blues fans could see the Mark Leeman Five at Kimbells on the following night while the Brothers Scarlett, Barry & the Strollers, Sherlock & the Saints, the Strangers and the Talismen played local gigs – the latter also enjoying success in a national talent competition, winning through to the final in Wimbledon. The Tea-Pots began playing regularly at the Savoy and the Hunters appeared at Thorngate. Mid-February saw a number of national rhythm & blues acts in the city including Ronnie Jones & the Nightimers, Cops & Robbers and a Thursday night Rendezvous with Georgie Flame & the Blue Flames. On 18 February Spinner announced that a “new raving R&B club is to open in Portsmouth next week with the T-Bones as the semi resident group”. It was the Birdcage, operating initially from Kimbells Ballroom as one of “several Birdcage clu |
Which British singer's real name is Thomas Woodward? | Thomas Woodward (born June 7, 1940), British singer, panelist | Prabook singer, panelist Sir Thomas John Woodward, known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer. He became one of the most popular vocalists to emerge from the mid-1960s. Since then he has sung nearly every form of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records. Background Tom Jones was born Thomas John Woodward, at 57 Kingsland Terrace, Treforest, Pontypridd in Glamorgan, South Wales. His parents were Thomas Woodward (died 5 October 1981), a coal miner, and Freda Jones (died 7 February 2003). His paternal grandfather, James Woodward, was an ironmonger's haulier from Gloucestershire, and his paternal grandmother was from Wiltshire. His maternal grandfather was Welsh, and his maternal grandmother, Ada Jones, was born in Pontypridd, to parents from Somerset and Wiltshire. Education Jones began singing at an early age: he would regularly sing at family gatherings, weddings and in his school choir. Jones did not like school or sports but gained confidence through his singing talent. At 12 he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Many years later he said: "I spent two years in bed recovering. It was the worst time of my life." During convalescence he could do little else but listen to music and draw. Career Jones, whose voice has been described as a "full-throated, robust baritone", became the frontman for Tommy Scott and the Senators, a Welsh beat group, in 1963. They soon gained a local following and reputation in South Wales. In 1964 the group recorded several solo tracks with producer Joe Meek, who took them to various labels, but they had little success. The group continued to play gigs at dance halls and working men's clubs in South Wales and one night, at the Top Hat in Cwmtillery, Wales, Jones was spotted by Gordon Mills, a London-based manager who originally hailed from South Wales himself. Mills became Jones' manager and took the young singer to London, and also renamed him Tom Jones, to exploit the popularity of the Academy Award winning 1963 film. Eventually Mills got Jones a recording contract with Decca. His first single, "Chills and Fever", was released in late 1964. It did not chart, but the follow-up, "It's Not Unusual" became an international hit after offshore pirate radio station Radio Caroline promoted it. The following year would be the most prominent of Jones's career, making him one of the most popular vocalists of the British Invasion. In early 1965 "It's Not Unusual" reached number one in the United Kingdom and the top ten in the United States. During 1965 Mills secured a number of film themes for Jones to record including the themes for the film What's New Pussycat? (written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David) and for the James Bond film Thunderball. Jones was also awarded the Grammy Award for Best New Artist for 1966. In Hollywood, Jones met Elvis Presley for the first time who he recalls singing his song as he walked towards him on set. In 1966 Jones' popularity began to slip somewhat, causing Mills to redesign the singer's image into that of a crooner. Jones also began to sing material that appealed to a wider audience such as the big country hit "Green, Green Grass of Home". The strategy worked and Jones returned to the top of the charts in the United Kingdom and began hitting the Top 40 again in the United States. For the remainder of the decade he scored a string of hits on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1967 Jones performed in Las Vegas for the first time, at the Flamingo. His performances and style of dress (increasingly featuring his open, half-unbuttoned shirts and tight trousers) became part of his stage act. He soon chose to record less, instead concentrating on his lucrative club performances. At Caesars Palace his shows were a knicker-hurling frenzy of sexually charged adulation and good-time entertainment. Women started throwing hotel room keys onto the stage. Jones and his idol Elvis Presley met in 1965 at the Paramount film stage, when Elvis was filming Pa | "Masterminds" - Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), December 27, 2014 | Online Research Library: Questia Read preview Article excerpt 1. Which actor starred as detective Magnum PI? 2. Which town in Cornwall has become famous for the number of artists who are based there because of its light? 3. Which Manx rider won five stages in the 2010 tour de France? 4. Which comedian created the characters Stavros, Tory Boy and Loadsamoney? 5. 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Dec 6, 1850 saw the invention of the Ophthalmoscope, a device that allows doctors to examine what part of the body? | The Arclight Ophthalmoscope: A Reliable Low-Cost Alternative to the Standard Direct Ophthalmoscope "However, it also has a potential application to training and education globally by providing a more affordable direct ophthalmoscope for students. In contrast to other low-cost direct ophthalmo- scopes [13, 15], the Arclight has an adjustable lens power with three settings (+4, −3, and −6 dioptres). This simple adjustment will compensate for most patient and examiner refractive error. " [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Background. The Arclight ophthalmoscope is a low-cost alternative to standard direct ophthalmoscopes. This study compared the Arclight ophthalmoscope with the Heine K180 direct ophthalmoscope to evaluate its reliability in assessing the vertical cup disc ratio (VCDR) and its ease of use (EOU). Methods. Eight medical students used both the Arclight and the Heine ophthalmoscopes to examine the optic disc in 9 subjects. An EOU score was provided after every examination (a higher score indicating that the ophthalmoscope is easier to use). A consultant ophthalmologist provided the reference standard VCDR. Results. 288 examinations were performed. The number of examinations that yielded an estimation of the VCDR was significantly higher for the Arclight ophthalmoscope (125/144, 85%) compared to the Heine ophthalmoscope (88/144, 61%) (p < 0.001). The mean difference from the reference standard VCDR was similar for both instruments, with a mean of -0.078 (95% CI: -0.10 to -0.056) for the Arclight and -0.072 (95% CI: -0.097 to -0.046) for Heine (p = 0.69). The overall EOU score was significantly higher for the Arclight ophthalmoscope (p < 0.001). Conclusion. The Arclight ophthalmoscope performs as well as, and is easier to use than, a standard direct ophthalmoscope, suggesting it is a reliable, low-cost alternative. Full-text · Article · Oct 2015 Technical Note: A comparison of a novel direct ophthalmoscope, the Optyse TM , to conventional direct ophthalmoscopes "Its simplicity of design and use allows for a comparatively inexpensive manufacture and supply (Table 1) and subsequent low maintenance. It has been claimed that such a design makes ophthalmoscopy easier for junior doctors or non-medical staff who find the conventional system of direct ophthalmoscopy complicated (Armour, 2000) but would additionally allow access to direct ophthalmoscopy in areas where cost would preclude the use of a standard direct ophthalmoscope. We sought to investigate the clinical usefulness of the Optyse TM . " [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Despite the current popularity of binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy, direct ophthalmoscopes are still commonly used by clinicians for fundus examination. They are considered to be expensive, however, and it has been suggested that this cost can prevent their use by healthcare professionals in developing countries. The Optyse Lens Free Ophthalmoscope is a novel direct ophthalmoscope, without a lens focus system, that allows for comparatively inexpensive manufacture and supply. We compared the clarity of view with the Optyse to that with standard direct ophthalmoscopes, over a sequential cohort of patients with a variety of refractive errors and ocular conditions. The grade of clarity of view with the Optyse Lens Free Ophthalmoscope was less than conventional ophthalmoscopes (Wilcoxon signed rank test, p < 0.0001). This grade of clarity of view was not associated with the ametropia of the ophthalmoscopic observation (Spearman r < or = 0.03, p > or = 0.28) but was with the presence of cataracts (chi2 test, p < 0.0001) with both the Optyse and the conventional ophthalmoscopes. Despite its limitations, the retinal view with Optyse was often within acceptable clinical limits suggesting that this relatively inexpensive ophthalmoscope may have a place when cost prohibits any other type of ophthalmoscope use. Full-text · Article · Feb 2007 | What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was th - Pastebin.com In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs? A: Madagascar. RAW Paste Data What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was the first motor race held that was classed as Formula 1? 1950 In the wild west, how was Henry McCarty better known? Billy The Kid How many stories did each of the World Trade Towers have? 110 What is the name of the cafe in Coronation Street? Roy's Rolls According to the BBC how many rooms are there in Buckingham Palace? 775 What is the busiest single-runway airport in the world? London Gatwick By number of films made, which country has the largest film industry? India Who lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics? Muhammad Ali On what day of the year is St George's day held? 23rd of April The scientific unit lumen is used in the measurement of what? Light Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover vehicle? Apollo 15 Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? Stephenie Meyer What is the capital of India? New Delhi Who wrote the poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat'? Edward Lear Which country had a secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute? Haiti In which city is the European Parliament based? Strasbourg Gala, Jonagold and Pink Lady are varieties of which fruit? Apple Which organ of the body is affected by Bright's Disease? Kidney What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin? 373 K What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier? The whip What name was given to the Samurai code of honour? Bushido What colour is the bullseye on a standard dartboard? Red What song does the main character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day? I Got You Babe What is the only Central American country in which baseball, not soccer, is the people's favourite sport? Nicaragua What is the largest fresh water lake in North America? Lake Superior Which South American country was named after the Italian city of Venice? Venezuela How many rounds are there in an olympic boxing match? 4 The highest temperature ever recorded outside in the shade was recorded in Azizah, in Africa. In which country is this city located? Libya Which Hasbro `action figure` got its name from a Robert Mitchum film? G.I. Joe In which country is the highest mountain in South America? Argentina How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates? 7 If you were putting numbers on new changing room lockers to be numbered from 1 to 100, how many times would you use the number 9? 20 Which famous group performed the first ever song on Top Of The Pops in 1964? The Rolling Stones Who wrote the novel Revolutionary Road, which was made into a successful feature film? Richard Yates Which supermodel is seen pole dancing in the White Stripes video for the song `I Just Don`t Know What To Do With Myself`? Kate Moss Which band has released albums titled `Word Gets Around`, `Just Enough Education To Perform` and `Pull The Pin`? Stereophonics In the Adrian Mole Diaries, what is the surname of his girlfriend? Braiwaithe Charlotte Edwards led England`s women to World Cup glory in which sport in March 2009? Cricket What is sake made from? Rice Affenpinscher, Keeshond and Leonberger are all types of what? Dog Who won the 2009 Rugby World Sevens Cup? Wales Who is the only player to win a Champion`s League medal, the Premiership and the FA Cup, and to be relegated from the Premiership without going on to play in the Championship? Kanu With which club did David Beckham make his football league debut? Preston North End Who is the host of the TV show Q.I.? Stephen Fry Anyone Can Fall In Love was a chart hit set to the theme tune of which TV show? EastEnders Who is the only character to appear in the first ever Coronation Street who is still in the show at 2009? Ken Barlow The film `Black Hawk Down` was loosely based on a true incident that took place in 1993 in which country? Somalia What word does the bird constantly repeat in Edgar Allan Poe`s classic poem `The Raven`? Nevermore In the board game `Risk`, what c |
Which natural facial feature does the ‘Mona Lisa’ not have? | 25 Secrets of Mona Lisa Revealed 25 Secrets of Mona Lisa Revealed By Jeanna Bryner, Managing Editor | October 18, 2007 12:23pm ET MORE Images of the Mona Lisa reveal hidden details in infrared and visible light. Credit: PRNewsFoto/RYP Australia. New images uncover 25 secrets about the Mona Lisa, including proof that Leonardo da Vinci gave her eyebrows, solving a long-held mystery. The images are part of an exhibition, "Mona Lisa Secrets Revealed," which features new research by French engineer Pascal Cotte and debuts in the United States at the Metreon Center in San Francisco, where it will remain through the end of this year. The Mona Lisa showcase is part of a larger exhibition called "Da Vinci: An Exhibition of Genius." Cotte, founder of Lumiere Technology, scanned the painting with a 240-megapixel Multi-spectral Imaging Camera he invented, which uses 13 wavelengths from ultraviolet light to infrared. The resulting images peel away centuries of varnish and other alterations, shedding light on how the artist brought the painted figure to life and how she appeared to da Vinci and his contemporaries. "The face of Mona Lisa appears slightly wider and the smile is different and the eyes are different," Cotte said. "The smile is more accentuated I would say." [ Why Does Mona Lisa's Smile Change? ] Mona Lisa mysteries A zoomed-in image of Mona Lisa's left eye revealed a single brush stroke in the eyebrow region, Cotte said. "I am an engineer and scientist, so for me all has to be logical. It was not logical that Mona Lisa does not have any eyebrows or eyelashes," Cotte told LiveScience. "I discovered one hair of the eyebrow." Another conundrum had been the position of the subject's right arm, which lies across her stomach. This was the first time, Cotte said, that a painter had rendered a subject's arm and wrist in such a position. While other artists had never understood da Vinci's reasoning, they copied it nonetheless. [ Photos: Anatomy Meets Art in Da Vinci's Drawings ] Cotte discovered the pigment just behind the right wrist matched up perfectly with that of the painted cover that drapes across Mona Lisa 's knee. So it did make sense: The forearm and wrist held up one side of a blanket. "The wrist of the right hand is up high on the stomach. But if you look deeply in the infrared you understand that she holds a cover with her wrist," Cotte said. Behind a painting The infrared images also revealed da Vinci's preparatory drawings that lie behind layers of varnish and paint, showing that the Renaissance man was also human. "If you look at the left hand you see the first position of the finger, and he changed his mind for another position," Cotte said. "Even Leonardo da Vinci had hesitation." Other revelations include: Lace on Mona Lisa's dress The transparency of the veil shows da Vinci first painted a landscape and then used transparency techniques to paint the veil atop it. A change in the position of the left index and middle finger. The elbow was repaired from damage due to a rock thrown at the painting in 1956. The blanket covering Mona Lisa's knees also covers her stomach. The left finger was not completely finished. A blotch mark on the corner of the eye and chin are varnish accidents, countering claims that Mona Lisa was sick. And the Mona Lisa was painted on uncut poplar board, contrary to speculations. In the larger picture, Cotte said when he stands back and looks up at the enlarged infrared image of Mona Lisa, her beauty and mystique are apparent. "If you are in front of this huge enlargement of Mona Lisa, you understand instantly why Mona Lisa is so famous," Cotte said. He added, it's something you have to see with your own eyes. | 'NOTFILM' chronicles Samuel Beckett's fascinating 'FILM' project - KDHX 'NOTFILM' chronicles Samuel Beckett's fascinating 'FILM' project Details Published: 14 July 2016 Writer/director Ross Lipman calls his documentary titled NOTFILM "a Kino-essay," from the Russian word for cinema, a cinema essay. It's an apt label. As he traces from preproduction through production of Samuel Beckett's only film venture, Lipman inserts a wealth of examples following associative connections sometimes as elusive as Beckett's concept for his 1964 project simply titled FILM. Experimental and abstract, the film has a central character fleeing an all-seeing eye. Themes involve a pursuit of identity, doppelgängers, and the shock of self-recognition. The only spoken line is, "Shhh!" Running two hours and 10 minutes, NOTFILM offers an intriguing exploration of Beckett's wrestling with the cinematic medium. Most famous for Waiting for Godot, Beckett insisted on visualizing his ideas despite admitting to fighting his own impulse to flee the camera because of his lack of technical expertise. Famous individuals worked on the project, as much as Beckett allowed. In voiceover narration, Lipman provides background information and illustrates with helpful excerpts the talent involved. Cinematographer Boris Kaufman, who won the 1954 Academy Award for On the Waterfront, shot the film. Alan Schneider directed it (his first directorial effort), Barney Rosset produced it, and Sidney Meyers edited it. Buster Keaton starred, though Beckett insisted on shooting his back, that famous face obscured from view. Keaton took the job because he needed the work and the money, but said, upon the film's release, that he was confused during the shooting of the film and "am still confused." Interviews lend insight, including those with Oscar winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler, Beckett's greatest actress Billie Whitelaw, knowledgeable film historian/archivist Kevin Brownlow, veteran actor James Karen, Barney Rosset, and Leonard Maltin. Archival recordings of Beckett add further context to this unusual interrogation of both cinema and self. Beckett's 22 minute FILM that NOTFILM carefully details will screen at 8:00 p.m. Friday, July 29 through Tuesday, August 2 along with Keaton's feature The Cameraman. The documentary NOTFILM screens at Webster University's Winifred Moore auditorium Friday, July 22 through Tuesday, July 26 at 8:00 each evening. For more information, call 314-968-7487 or visit the Film Series' website . |
If you had your vas deferens cut, what operation would you have had? | Vasectomy Procedure, Effects, Risks, Effectiveness, and More A vasectomy is considered a permanent method of birth control . A vasectomy prevents the release of sperm when a man ejaculates. During a vasectomy, the vas deferens from each testicle is clamped, cut, or otherwise sealed. This prevents sperm from mixing with the semen that is ejaculated from the penis . An egg cannot be fertilized when there are no sperm in the semen. The testicles continue to produce sperm, but the sperm are reabsorbed by the body. (This also happens to sperm that are not ejaculated after a while, regardless of whether you have had a vasectomy.) Because the tubes are blocked before the seminal vesicles and prostate , you still ejaculate about the same amount of fluid. It usually takes several months after a vasectomy for all remaining sperm to be ejaculated or reabsorbed. You must use another method of birth control until you have a semen sample tested and it shows a zero sperm count . Otherwise, you can still get your partner pregnant . What happens During a vasectomy: Your testicles and scrotum are cleaned with an antiseptic and possibly shaved. You may be given an oral or intravenous (IV) medicine to reduce anxiety and make you sleepy. If you do take this medicine, you may not remember much about the procedure. Each vas deferens is located by touch. A local anesthetic is injected into the area. Your doctor makes one or two small openings in your scrotum. Through an opening, the two vas deferens tubes are cut. The two ends of the vas deferens are tied, stitched, or sealed. Electrocautery may be used to seal the ends with heat. Scar tissue from the surgery helps block the tubes. The vas deferens is then replaced inside the scrotum and the skin is closed with stitches that dissolve and do not have to be removed. The procedure takes about 20 to 30 minutes and can be done in an office or clinic. It may be done by a family medicine doctor , a urologist , or a general surgeon . No-scalpel vasectomy is a technique that uses a small clamp with pointed ends. Instead of using a scalpel to cut the skin, the clamp is poked through the skin of the scrotum and then opened. The benefits of this procedure include less bleeding, a smaller hole in the skin, and fewer complications. No-scalpel vasectomy is as effective as traditional vasectomy. 1 In the Vasclip implant procedure, the vas deferens is locked closed with a device called a Vasclip. The vas deferens is not cut, sutured, or cauterized (sealed by burning), which possibly reduces the potential for pain and complications. Some studies show that clipping is not as effective as other methods of sealing off the vas deferens. 1 What To Expect After Surgery Your scrotum will be numb for 1 to 2 hours after a vasectomy. Apply cold packs to the area and lie on your back as much as possible for the rest of the day. Wearing snug underwear or a jockstrap will help ease discomfort and protect the area. You may have some swelling and minor pain in your scrotum for several days after the surgery. Unless your work is strenuous, you will be able to return to work in 1 or 2 days. Avoid heavy lifting for a week. You can resume sexual intercourse as soon as you are comfortable, usually in about a week. But you can still get your partner pregnant until your sperm count is zero. You must use another method of birth control until you have a follow-up sperm count test 2 months after the vasectomy (or after 10 to 20 ejaculations over a shorter period of time). Once your sperm count is zero, no other birth control method is necessary. Most men go back to the doctor's office to have their sperm count checked. But there is also a home test available. A vasectomy will not interfere with your sex drive , ability to have erections, sensation of orgasm, or ability to ejaculate. You may have occasional mild aching in your testicles during sexual arousal for a few months after the surgery. Why It Is Done A vasectomy is a permanent method of birth control. Only consider this method when you are sure that you do not want to have a chil | Round One Jeopardy Template The name of Dr. Sieuss's egg-hatching elephant 100 Well-known Tasmanian-born leading lady who launched her entertainment career under the name of Queenie O'Brien. 100 What is the kitchen? Room in the average American home that is the scene of the greatest number of arguments. 100 The distance between bases on a little league baseball field. 100 The part of the brain that regulates physiological stability. 200 Clark Kent's high school sweetheart 200 Yves Montand was born in this country. 200 What is Truth or Consequences? Current name of the town that was formerly Hot Springs, New Mexico, that was re-named in 1960 by its citizens in honor of a popular radio show. 200 First sport in which women were invited to compete at the Olympics. 200 What is Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, with 823 words Novel containing the longest sentence in literature 300 What are George and Michael? Brummel was George Geste was Michael The real names of Beau Brummel and Beau Geste. 300 What are Patience and Fortitude? (Names were given by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.) Names of the two landmark stone lions sitting in front of the New York Public Libaray at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in New York City. 300 What is bicycle moto x (cross)? In cross-country bike racing, what the initials BMX stand for. 300 What are hiccups? DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! Term for a series of uncontrollable intakes of air caused by sudden spasms of the diaphragm. 400 What is The Little Engine That Could? Famous book that begins: "Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff." 400 Who is Peter Lorre? Famous actor who prepared for a career in psychiatry - studying and working with pioneer psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler - before he turned to performing. 400 What are six months? Time - in months - the average American motorist spends during his lifetime waiting for red lights to turn green. 400 Who is Jackie Robinson? (He later gained national fame playing professional baseball.) In 1939, the famous American athlete who starred on UCLA's undefeated football team and was the top scorer in the Pacific Coast Conference for basketball. 400 What is the retina? |
Who would use a mashie niblick? | From Mashies to Niblicks: Names of Old Golf Clubs By Brent Kelley Updated December 04, 2016. Back in the early days of golf history , and even into the 20th century, golf clubs in a set were not identified by number (e.g., 5-iron), but by name. There were clubs called mashies and niblicks (and mashie-niblicks); cleeks and jiggers; baffies and spoons, among others. Today, we call such clubs "antique golf clubs" or "historical golf clubs," or obsolete or archaic clubs. Perhaps the better name, though, would be "pre-modern clubs." You can think of modern golf club sets as those containing (mostly) clubs identified by number rather than name, and with steel (and later graphite) shafts rather than wood (most commonly hickory) shafts. The transition to such modern sets was completed in the late 1930s, early 1940s. In the earliest days of golf, and up into the mid-1800s, there was very little uniformity from one clubmaker's clubs to another's, and sometimes little conformity even within different sets made by the same clubmaker. Not much was standardized, from set to set, about those old golf clubs. continue reading below our video How to Throw a Perfect Spiral in Football Over time, however, such uniformity and conformity did begin to emerge. By the turn of the 20th century, the old names of golf clubs did imply certain common characteristics. One clubmaker's mashie, in other words, was roughly the same as another's (but not necessarily identical in playing characteristics) by the early 1900s, and companies began making sets with the following names and relationships. The Old Names of (Old) Golf Clubs So let's run down the names of the most commonly used historical golf clubs. We'll also put them into some context - how they related to one another within a set of clubs - by relating their usage to the ways golfers use modern equivalents. In other words, which of the antique clubs would have been used the way a current golfer uses, say, a 9-iron? These equivalencies are based on information from the British Golf Museum. (Clubs are listed as if we are working our way through the bag, from longest club to putter.) Some alternate names (or names of clubs with very similar functions) are also listed next to the primary name. Play Club (grass club, long club): The historical equivalent of the driver. Golfers used the "play club" to "play away" from the teeing ground . Brassie: The closest equivalent in use to modern 2- or 3-woods. It had that name because of a brass plate on the sole. Wooden Cleek: Used in the manner of a modern 4-wood. Spoon : Used as one would use a modern 5-wood. When spoons first appeared (going back to the 18th century, perhaps earlier), some had concave faces. Shaped like a spoon, in other words, giving them their name. Baffie (baffing spoon): Equivalent to a higher-lofted wood (such as a 7-wood) or even a hybrid. In fact, some modern golf manufacturers have used the "baffie" name on hybrid clubs. It's sometimes spelled "baffy." The preceding clubs all had wood clubheads ; the following antique clubs had iron clubheads. Cleek (driving iron): With blade-like iron heads, it is most closely associated to modern 1-irons and 2-irons in use. Could also be used for putting, but see the last club listed below. Mid Iron: Equivalent in use to a modern 2-iron. Mid Mashie: Used in a manner of a modern 3-iron, and occupying that space in the golfer's bag. One of the several lower- lofted irons. Mashie Iron: Used like a 4-iron. Mashie: One of the better-known of the old golf club names, the mashie most closely resembled today's 5-iron in its function. Spade Mashie: Equivalent in use to a 6-iron. Mashie Niblick: Had the role of the 7-iron among antique golf clubs. Pitching Niblick (lofting iron): Comparable to an 8-iron in use. Niblick: Along with the mashie (and mashie-niblick), the best-known among the old clubs because of its distinctive name. It was a higher-lofted iron such as a modern 9-iron. Some golf manufacturers still break out the "niblick" name for wedges and chippers, when they want to try to capitalize on clu | Literary Norfolk Literary Norfolk Stiffkey Stiffkey lies on the North Norfolk coast between Wells and Morston : its name derives from 'tree-stump island'. It is a beautiful village consisting largely of flint and brick cottages - built on the banks of the charming River Stiffkey. The main street of the village is narrow and winding and is bordered on both sides by high walls - making it a dangerous place for pedestrians - especially in the busy summer months. High above the village sit Stiffkey Old Hall and the church of St. John the Baptist. Henry Williamson In 1937 Henry Williamson - the author of Tarka the Otter - purchased Old Hall Farm in Stiffkey for �2250. He was anxious to contribute to Sir Oswald Mosley's new vision of Britain - but he had no previous experience of farming and after eight years he abandoned the farm and returned to his beloved Devon. He recorded his experiences in The Story of a Norfolk Farm (1941). The book contains some memorable descriptions of the north Norfolk coast: 'The sea was half a mile from the village, and the field ended in a plantation or land-fringe of stunted trees, and then steeply down to a pebbly shore and a creek where a fisherman's boat was moored. We sat down on the grass, gazing out over the marshes, one vast gut-channered prairie of pale blue sea-lavender. Afar was the sea merging in summer mist and the palest azure sky. There was no sound: the air was still: not a bird stirring. This was the sun I remembered from boyhood days, the ancient harvest sunshine of that perished time when the earth was fresh...' For some of the time, Williamson lived in a small cottage off the village street. (It lies next to the antique shop.) A commemorative plaque has now been erected by the Henry Williamson Society. Williamson also collaborated with Lilias Rider Haggard on Norfolk Life (1943). Williamson Plaque Alan Savory - the Norfolk wildfowler - wrote vividly about duck shooting on the North Norfolk marshes including Stiffkey. The Stiffkey marshes are famous for the 'stewkey blues' - a type of cockle with a distinctive blue colour. Here is an extract from Savory's Norfolk Fowler (1953): 'There is a place far out on the sands somewhere between High Sand Creek and Stone Mell Creek that is called Blacknock. It is a patch of mud covered with zos grass and full of blue shelled cockles known as "Stewkey Blues". It is a famous place for widgeon, but very dangerous to get on to and off, if one is not too certain of the way on a dark night. The women cockle gatherers from Stiffkey (or Stewkey, as it is sometimes called) who have double the strength of a normal man, go right out there between the tides and get a peck of these cockles and carry them back to the village, miles across the sea and saltings.' Stiffkey is also famous for the Revd Harold Davidson who was rector in the village during the 1920s and 1930s. Davidson launched a one-man crusade to save fallen women in London which caused scandal and controversy and eventually led to the loss of his living. He may well have provided the inspiration for Michael Palin's film The Missionary. Bizarrely, Davidson died after he was mauled to death by a lion in a sideshow on Skegness seafront; however his body was brought back to Stiffkey. Davidson's funeral, which took place in 1937, was witnessed b |
What is the name for the hair that surrounds a lion's neck? | Lions: Facts & Information Lions: Facts & Information By Alina Bradford, Live Science Contributor | October 2, 2014 09:20pm ET MORE Credit: Lion image via Shutterstock Lions are large felines that are traditionally depicted as the "king of the jungle." These big cats once roamed Africa, Asia and Europe. However, now they are found in only two areas of the world and are classified into two subspecies. Asiatic lions live in India's Gir Forest; African lions live in central and southern Africa. Though they look similar, these two subspecies are very different in size, habitat, diet and more. Size & characteristics The African lion is 4.5 to 6.5 feet (1.4 to 2 meters) long from its head to its rump, and its tail measures from 26.25 to 39.5 inches (67 to 100 centimeters) long. African lions typically weigh 265 to 420 lbs. (120 to 191 kilograms). Asiatic lions tend to be much bigger, according to the World Wildlife Federation (WWF). They weigh 300 to 500 lbs. (120 to 226 kg) and are 6.56 to 9.18 feet (200 to 280 cm) long. Their tails measure 23.62 to 35.43 inches (60 to 90 cm). Male lions are generally larger than females and have a distinctive mane of hair around their heads. The mane's function is to make the male look more impressive to females and more intimidating to other males, according to the San Diego Zoo . The mane also protects the male's neck during fights over territory or mating rights. An African Lioness takes a swipe at remote camera in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. Credit: © naturepl.com / Anup Shah / WWF-Canon Habitat African lions live in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, the Central African Republic, South Sudan and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa. They wander a territory of 100 square miles (259 square kilometers), according to National Geographic . This territory consists of scrub, grasslands or open woodlands. Asiatic lions are found only in the Gir Forest National Park in India. This park is a wildlife sanctuary on 877.37 square miles (1,412 square km) of land. The land includes a deciduous forest, grasslands, scrub jungle and rocky hills. Diet African lions eat large animals that they find in the grasslands, including antelopes, zebras and wildebeest. Asiatic lions eat large animals as well, such as goats, nilgai, chital, sambhar and buffaloes. They are also known to eat smaller animals. Habits Lions are very social cats and live in groups called prides. Asiatic and African lion prides are very different, though. African lion prides consist of up to three males, around a dozen females, and their young, according to National Geographic. There are prides that have as many as 40 members, though. Asian lions divide themselves into two prides. The females have a pride and the males have a pride. They only come together during mating season. With both types of lion prides, the females stay put. All of the females in a pride are usually related to each other because females tend to stay with the pride in which they are born. Males, on the other hand, wander off to create their own pride when they are old enough. Offspring Woodland Park Zoo Credit: Ryan/Woodland Park Zoo At 3 to 4 years old, males and females are ready to mate. The female has a gestation period of around four months. She will give birth to her young away from others and hide the cubs for the first six weeks of their lives. At birth, the cubs are only around 3 lbs. (1.5 kg). They are also completely dependent on their mother. All of the females in a group of lions mate at the same time. After the first six weeks, the cubs are taken care of by all of the females and will often nurse from females other than their mother, according to the San Diego Zoo . Classification/taxonomy The taxonomy of lions recognized by most experts is: Kingdom: Animalia Genus & species: Panthera leo Subspecies: Panthera leo leo (African lion), Panthera leo persica (Asiatic lion) The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) only recognizes these two subspecies, while the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), maintained b | The Labors of Hercules Home The Labors of Hercules The most famous feats of Hercules, are collectively known as "The Labors of Hercules". Here is a little background on the story: At a time of his life, Hercules became insane and as a result he killed his children. When his sanity returned,he received instructions from Pythia ,the priestess of the oracle in Delphi,to go to Tiryns and perform any ten labors devised from him by king Eurystheus . As we will later see, the ten labors were increased to twelve, since Eurystheus at some time challenged the fact whether Hercules had truly completed two of the labors assigned to him. By successfully completing these labors, Hercules would not only pay for his crime, but also achieve immortality and take his rightful place among the gods. Reluctantly, Hercules agreed to submit to the will of the hated Eurystheus, to whom Hera had given the throne that Zeus had intended for Hercules. Labors of Hercules Nr. 1: The Nemean Lion greek vase In the first of the labors of Hercules, Eurystheus commanded the hero to bring him the hide of the Nemean Lion. The lion that had been terrorizing the valley of Nemea, was one of the monstrous children of Echidna and either Orthus or Typhoeus, or had fallen to earth from Selene (Moon). At first, Hercules tried to shoot it with his arrows, but seeing that the lion's pelt could not be pierced, he attacked it with his clubs. The lion ran away and hid in a cave with two entrances. Hercules blocked the one entrance, then wrestled with the lion and strangled it.He then skinned it and wrapped himself in its skin, after first offering a sacrifice to Zeus the Savior.He then returned to Mycanae with the lion thrown over his shoulder. Seeing Hercules dressed in the lion's pelt, Eurystheus was so frightened that he ordered him to leave all his future trophies outside the city's gates. He then had a large, bronze jar forged and buried in the earth. Thereafter, whenever Hercules approached, the cowardly Eurystheus hid in this jar and had a messenger relay his next orders to the hero. Labors of Hercules Nr. 2: The Lerna Hydra Hercules's second task was to kill the Lerna Hydra (water snake), daughter of Typhoeus and Echidna, and sister of Orthus and Cerberus. The Hydra, who lived in the marshes of Lerna, devoured people and animals. She was a horrifying monster with huge dog-like body and many serpentine heads (some say as few as seven, others claim 10,000), one of which was immortal. She had foul, poisonous breath that killed anyone who inhaled it. Hercules's aide on this labor was his nephew and charioteer Iolaus, the son of his brother Iphicles and Automedusa. They arrived together at the Amynone Spring, which was the monster's hideaway. Hercules forced the beast out by shooting flaming arrows into the lair. Much to his surprise, Hercules saw that for every head he shot off, two more sprung in its place. A giant crab also helped the Hydra by biting on Hercules's leg. Hercules killed the crab. He then sought Iolaus's help, instructing him to sear each new wound with burning branches. This checked the flow of blood and prevented the growing of new heads. After he killed the Hydra, Hercules dipped his arrows in its poisonous blood. Thereafter, anyone wounded with these arrows would die. He then buried the monster's head in the road between Lerna and Elaeus and placed a rock over it. Although Hercules completed this labor, Eurystheus refused to give him credit for it, because he claimed Hercules had received assistance (from Iolaus) to accomplish the feat. Labors of Hercules Nr. 3: The Cerynitian Hind The third of the labors of Hercules was to capture alive the Cerynitian hind, which the nymph Taygette had dedicated to the goddess Artemis and which lived in the Sanctuary of Artemis on mount Cerynea. A wonderful deer with golden antlers and brass hoofs, this hind roamed the hills of Cerynea between Arcadia and Achaea, in central Peloponnesus. Because the hind was sacred, Hercules hoped to capture it unharmed. After pursuing it for almost a year, the hero finally mana |
What book by John Steinbeck was about poor Okies looking for work in California? | Steinbeck's myth of the Okies (Another archtypical liberal myth debunked) Steinbeck's myth of the Okies (Another archtypical liberal myth debunked) The New Criterion ^ | June 2002 | Keith Windschuttle Posted on 07/02/2002 7:39:01 AM PDT by robowombat Steinbeck's myth of the Okies by Keith Windschuttle John Steinbeck performed a rare feat for a writer of fiction. He created a literary portrait that defined an era. His account of the Okie Exodus in The Grapes of Wrath became the principal story through which America defined the experience of the Great Depression. Even today, one of the enduring images for anyone with even a passing familiarity with the 1930s is that of Steinbecks fictional characters the Joads, an American farming family uprooted from its home by the twin disasters of dust storms and financial crisis to become refugees in a hostile world. Not since Dickenss portrayal of the slums of Victorian England has a novelist produced such an enduring definition of his age. According to Penguin Books, which produced a very handsome series of paperbacks to mark the centenary of his birth this February, Steinbecks novels still generate a combined sale of around two million books a year. Originally published in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath remains a widely studied text in both high schools and universities, and the 1940 John Ford film of the book still enjoys healthy sales on videotape and frequent reruns on classic movie shows on cable television. The story that these various audiences hear goes like this: Dust storms and bank foreclosures during the Great Depression forced a mass migration of hundreds of thousands of small landowners and sharecroppers from the American southwest, especially Oklahoma, Arkansas, and east Texas. Enticed by false advertising, impoverished farming families loaded their possessions onto ramshackle automobiles and pickup trucks to brave the thousand-mile journey westward to California where they hoped to revive their fortunes and regain their livelihood on the land. This American version of Exodus faced its own Sinai crossing in the Arizona desert, where many vehicles broke down or ran out of gas. Those who survived the hazardous passage to the promised land, however, found the large corporations that controlled Californian agriculture used the rapidly growing number of migrants to continually beat down harvest wages. Police and vigilantes set upon those who complained or resisted, especially if they were suspected of being reds or Communist agitators. The Okies ended up landless, homeless, and impoverished, forced to watch their children starve in a land of plenty. Folk singers like Woody Guthrie, in his Dust Bowl Ballads, expressed their bitterness and anger: Im goin down the road feelin bad. Lawd. Lawd. And I aint gonna be treated this-a-way. Although it is about the experiences of the fictional Joad family, The Grapes of Wrath was always meant to be taken literally. Borrowing from John Dos Passoss U.S.A. trilogy and other works in the realist or documentary genre of the time, Steinbeck interspersed his fictional chapters with passages that gave a running account of the prevailing social, climatic, economic, and political conditions. Steinbeck himself had researched the living conditions of the Okies for a series of newspaper articles he wrote for a San Francisco newspaper, and, soon after his novel appeared, its tale was confirmed by the publication of Americas most famous work of photographic essays, Dorothea Lange and Paul S. Taylors American Exodus, which traced every step of the Okies tragic journey across the country. In other words, Steinbecks book was presented at the time as a work of history as well as fiction, and it has been accepted as such ever since. Unfortunately for the reputation of the author, however, there is now an accumulation of sufficient historical, demographic, and climatic data about the 1930s to show that almost everything about the elaborate picture created in the novel is either outright false or exaggerated beyond belief. For a start, dust s | Literary Norfolk Literary Norfolk Stiffkey Stiffkey lies on the North Norfolk coast between Wells and Morston : its name derives from 'tree-stump island'. It is a beautiful village consisting largely of flint and brick cottages - built on the banks of the charming River Stiffkey. The main street of the village is narrow and winding and is bordered on both sides by high walls - making it a dangerous place for pedestrians - especially in the busy summer months. High above the village sit Stiffkey Old Hall and the church of St. John the Baptist. Henry Williamson In 1937 Henry Williamson - the author of Tarka the Otter - purchased Old Hall Farm in Stiffkey for �2250. He was anxious to contribute to Sir Oswald Mosley's new vision of Britain - but he had no previous experience of farming and after eight years he abandoned the farm and returned to his beloved Devon. He recorded his experiences in The Story of a Norfolk Farm (1941). The book contains some memorable descriptions of the north Norfolk coast: 'The sea was half a mile from the village, and the field ended in a plantation or land-fringe of stunted trees, and then steeply down to a pebbly shore and a creek where a fisherman's boat was moored. We sat down on the grass, gazing out over the marshes, one vast gut-channered prairie of pale blue sea-lavender. Afar was the sea merging in summer mist and the palest azure sky. There was no sound: the air was still: not a bird stirring. This was the sun I remembered from boyhood days, the ancient harvest sunshine of that perished time when the earth was fresh...' For some of the time, Williamson lived in a small cottage off the village street. (It lies next to the antique shop.) A commemorative plaque has now been erected by the Henry Williamson Society. Williamson also collaborated with Lilias Rider Haggard on Norfolk Life (1943). Williamson Plaque Alan Savory - the Norfolk wildfowler - wrote vividly about duck shooting on the North Norfolk marshes including Stiffkey. The Stiffkey marshes are famous for the 'stewkey blues' - a type of cockle with a distinctive blue colour. Here is an extract from Savory's Norfolk Fowler (1953): 'There is a place far out on the sands somewhere between High Sand Creek and Stone Mell Creek that is called Blacknock. It is a patch of mud covered with zos grass and full of blue shelled cockles known as "Stewkey Blues". It is a famous place for widgeon, but very dangerous to get on to and off, if one is not too certain of the way on a dark night. The women cockle gatherers from Stiffkey (or Stewkey, as it is sometimes called) who have double the strength of a normal man, go right out there between the tides and get a peck of these cockles and carry them back to the village, miles across the sea and saltings.' Stiffkey is also famous for the Revd Harold Davidson who was rector in the village during the 1920s and 1930s. Davidson launched a one-man crusade to save fallen women in London which caused scandal and controversy and eventually led to the loss of his living. He may well have provided the inspiration for Michael Palin's film The Missionary. Bizarrely, Davidson died after he was mauled to death by a lion in a sideshow on Skegness seafront; however his body was brought back to Stiffkey. Davidson's funeral, which took place in 1937, was witnessed b |
What day of the year is celebrated as Yorkshire Day | Yorkshire Day - The Yorkshire Ridings Society The Yorkshire Ridings Society Actively working to preserve the integrity of Yorkshire News and more Special offers Did You Know..? The number of acres covered by Yorkshire is more than the number of letters in the King James Bible. Yorkshire Day The society invites you or your organisation to Celebrate Yorkshire Day on August 1st each year. Yorkshire Day, a day to celebrate everything Yorkshire, but especially the integrity of the county, has been promoted by the society for nearly forty years. Each year, on that day, members of the society read a declaration of the integrity of Yorkshire at four of the Bars of York. A reading is held facing into each of the three ridings and into the city. In recent years a reading has been held in the city centre, too. "I, (name), being a resident of the [West/North/East] Riding of Yorkshire [or City of York] declare: That Yorkshire is three Ridings and the City of York, with these Boundaries of 1134 years standing; That the address of all places in these Ridings is Yorkshire; That all persons born therein or resident therein and loyal to the Ridings are Yorkshiremen and women; That any person or corporate body which deliberately ignores or denies the aforementioned shall forfeit all claim to Yorkshire status. These declarations made this Yorkshire Day [year]. God Save the Queen!” Many celebrations of Yorkshire Day now take place all over the county, and indeed, around the world. Yorkshire Day Celebrations range from gatherings of family and friends to civic ceremonies, or can be as simple as reminding each other what's great about Yorkshire. Some heartfelt comments have already been left by visitors to the site and you can add your thoughts on Yorkshire and tell us about your Yorkshire Day by leaving a comment on one of our posts , or by dropping us an email to admin@yorkshireridings.org For latest news about Yorkshire Day and all things YRS, go to our blog page. | Home Home This article was prompted by the gift of two 4mm scale Great Northern Railway Single Driver locomotive models from Ron Brooks, my completion and painting of them and visits to Gloucestershire in 2010 by two full sized replicas of locomotives that could be considered their ancestors: George and Robert Stephenson's Rainhill Prize winning "Rocket" at Norchard on the Dean Forest Railway and Daniel Gooch's Broad Gauge "Iron Duke" at Toddington on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway. Given that the steam locomotive evolved from the stationary beam engine, it would be natural to assume that the reciprocating pistons of a railway train's motive power would be applied to wheels on just one axle. However, the railways on which the earliest British locomotives worked were designed to carry coal and other heavy freight steadily rather than passengers at high speed. As a result, designers such as Richard Trevithick (Pen-Y-Darren 1804) John Blenkinsop and Matthew Murray (Middleton Railway 1812) and William Hedley (Wylam on Tyne 1814) maximised torque applied to the rails via systems of reducing gears and relatively small flanged locomotive wheels. George Stephenson's four wheeled Killingworth Colliery locomotives of 1814 onwards had vertical cylinders acting on each axle, as did "Locomotion No 1" of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825 ( pictured above) although in the latter case the two independently powered pairs of wheels were linked by coupling rods rather than a chain drive. Despite being designed for a railway intended to move freight however, on the opening day of the Stockton and Darlington on 25 September 1825 "Locomotion" hauled twelve wagon loads of coal and twenty one wagons of passengers at speeds of up to 12 mph, prompting George Stephenson to remark: "You will live to see the day when railways will supersede almost all other methods of conveyance, when it will be cheaper for a working man to travel on a railway than walk on foot. I know there are great and almost unsurmountable difficulties to be encountered; but what I have said will come to pass as sure as you live." Indeed, the success of the Stockton and Darlington Railway inspired the construction of the World's first inter-city line between Liverpool and Manchester. Before this opened in 1830 however, the directors - still uncertain of whether to use locomotive or stationary engine haulage - announced competitive trials to be held at Rainhill, near Liverpool, in 1829. Apart from John Brandreth's "Cyclopede" - powered by a horse on a treadmill - the steam locomotives "Rocket" - promoted by George and Robert Stephenson - William Braithwaite and John Ericsson's "Novelty", Timothy Hackworth's "Sans Pareil", and Timothy Burstall's late arriving "Perserverance" competing for the � 500 prize all had to comply with Condition II which stated: The engine, if it weighs Six Tons, must be capable of drawing after it, day by day, on a well constructed Railway, on a level plane, a Train of Carriages of the gross weight of Twenty Tons, including the Tender and Water Tank, at a rate of Ten Miles per Hour, with a pressure of steam in the boiler not exceeding Fifty Pounds on the square inch. Beginning with a fairly modest 13 1/2 mph on the first day, "Rocket" covered the two mile track twenty times with a load 13 tons at an average speed of 15 mph on the second day of the Trials before reaching a maximum light-engine speed of 35mph once its victory had been confirmed. Like "Sans Pareil", "Rocket" applied the power of its pistons direct to cranks attached to one pair of its four wheels. However, while Timothy Hackworth's machine had all four wheels made the same size and coupled by eccentric rods the pistons on "Rocket" applied to just one axle whose wheels were considerably larger than the other free-turning pair. Famously too, "Rocket" featured the new multi-tu |
Where did Panama hats originate? | History of the Panama Hat — Brent Black Panama Hats The Panama Hat—Fashion Phenomenon The Fall from Fashion Favor Myths, Legends, and Lore of the Panama Hat 1. Why Is a Hat from Ecuador Called a “Panama” Hat? You’ve probably heard the old saying that the three most important factors in retail success are location, location, and location. Now imagine your location is Ecuador in the mid-1800’s. You have straw hats you want to sell. It doesn’t take long to notice that Ecuador is not a very busy corner. Not much walk-by traffic. Even today, Ecuador is not a major tourist or commercial destination. Nor does it have a lot of people passing through on their way to somewhere else. So you scratch your head and try to figure out how you’re going to find customers for your hats. You look at a map and notice that just a few hundred miles north, a relatively short boat trip away, is Panama. In the 1800’s Panama was part of what is now Colombia. Then, Colombia was called New Granada. Unlike Ecuador, Panama is a very busy corner, with lots of walk-by traffic. Panama is the narrowest point of land separating the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans anywhere from the Arctic Circle to the southern tip of South America. Before air travel, anyone on the East Coast of Canada or the U.S. who wanted to go to the West Coast (or vice versa) had three choices: (1) travel overland, (2) take a ship around the tip of South America, (3) take a ship to Panama, cut across the isthmus, and get another ship on the other side. Option number three was the fastest, and probably the least hazardous, of the choices. So, clever businessperson that you are, you take your hats to Panama to sell them. People like your hats. There is a reasonable amount of traffic. Business is good. Then gold is discovered in California and the number of people passing through Panama explodes exponentially. You say the 1849 equivalent of “Woo-hoo!” Business is very good. Your strong, lightweight, attractive, straw hats are much in demand. They are perfect for deflecting the tropical sun of Panama, just the thing for those long days many are about to spend outdoors in sunny California getting rich panning for gold, and they’re even nice to have on a summer day in Philadelphia or Boston. People on their way to the gold fields buy your hats. People returning home from the gold fields buy your hats. And when your customers arrive at their destinations, an oft-heard comment is “Nice hat. Where’d you get it?” The response is, of course, “Panama.” You neglected to put Made in Ecuador stickers inside all the hats, so the inevitable result is that the hats are called “Panama” hats. Great. Ecuador’s most famous export is called a “Panama” hat. People in Ecuador hate that. A second major contributor to the misnomer was the Panama Canal. Canal workers often wore the hats, which showed up pretty well in black-and-white news photos of the day. One photo, made on November 16, 1906, is often credited as the origin of both the name and the fashion. The photograph showed President Theodore Roosevelt wearing a black-banded straw hat as he sat at the controls of a ninety-five-ton Bucyrus steam shovel during a three-day inspection tour of the Panama Canal excavation. The picture was widely published in the U.S., and around the world, prompting much comment on the President’s “Panama” hat. Other accounts give part of the credit to ship passengers going through the canal, a love affair, and a revolution. Which is the “true” explanation? They are all true. And no doubt each is at least partly why a hat from Ecuador is called a Panama hat. 2. Panama Hat Weaving in Ecuador—A Tale of Two Cities The Tomebamba River runs through the lovely colonial city of Cuenca. On most days local women do the family laundry along the river banks. © B. Brent Black Montecristi and Cuenca (kwayn-ka) are the two cities. They are the two primary centers of Panama hat production and export in Ecuador. Montecristi is on the coast. Cuenca is in the Andes Mountains. Better hats come from Montecristi. More hats come from Cuenca. When Fra | SuperKids Humor pages. The world's easiest quiz. humor > > > Subject: the world's easiest quiz ----- Begin Included Message ----- THE WORLD'S EASIEST QUIZ Worlds' Easiest Quiz?? This just takes 1/2 minute... (Passing requires 8 correct answers) 1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 2) Which country makes Panama hats? 3) From which animal do we get catgut? 4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? 5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? 6) The Canary Islands in the Atlantic are named after what animal? 7) What was King George VI's first name? 8) What color is a purple finch? 9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? 10) How long did the Thirty Years War last? All done? Before you dash off with a big smile on your face, better check your answers below! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ 1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? ........116 years 2) Which country makes Panama hats?........................Ecuador 3) From which animal do we get catgut?........ Sheep or Horses 4) In which month do Russians celebrate their October Revolution? ......November 5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? ..........Squirrel fur 6) The Canary Islands in the Atlantic are named after what animal?......Dogs 7) What was King George VI's first name?...............Albert 8) What color is a purple finch?............Crimson 9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?.......... New Zealand 10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?......Thirty years. What do you mean you flunked??? ----- End Included Message ----- |
In literature, which paradox is first explained by Doc Daneeka? | The symbol of Catch-22 in Catch-22 from LitCharts | The creators of SparkNotes Rome A Catch-22 is a particular kind of paradox first described to Yossarian by Doc Daneeka. This catch is described as follows: any soldier sane enough to hate warfare is sane enough to have to participate in the war, whereas any soldier crazy enough to like war is too crazy to fight it. Yossarian recognizes this catch as a particularly inescapable case of logical paradox. The Catch-22 recurs throughout the book, both in comic and in tragic form. Many of Yossarian’s interactions with military higher-ups, and with his tent-mate Orr and the officers Aarfy and Milo, are dictated by exactly this kind of impossibility. Catch-22s can lead to instances of humor, as in chains of miscommunication among military bureaucrats. But Cathcart’s desire to increase the number of required missions, a part of Catch-22, also results in the death of nearly all of Yossarian’s closest comrades. Catch-22 Quotes in Catch-22 The Catch-22 quotes below all refer to the symbol of Catch-22. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ). Note: all page and citation info for the quotes below refers to the Simon & Schuster edition of Catch-22 published in 1996. Chapter 1 Quotes Insanity is contagious. This is the only sane ward in the whole hospital. Everybody is crazy but us. This is probably the only sane ward in the whole world, for that matter. Related Characters: John “Yo-Yo” Yossarian (speaker) Related Symbols: Catch-22 Download it! Catch-22 Symbol Timeline in Catch-22 The timeline below shows where the symbol Catch-22 appears in Catch-22. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Chapter 5: Chief White Halfoat ...is not crazy. Daneeka explains that this is a catch in the system—he calls it “Catch-22.” (full context) ...behaving rationally, thus he’d be sane and forced to fly more missions. Yossarian remarks that “Catch-22” is a “powerful” catch, and Daneeka agrees. (full context) Chapter 6: Hungry Joe ...missions (55, at time point) than the 27th Squadron requires (only 40). Wintergreen answers that Catch-22 is to blame. Yossarian must obey all orders—whatever Cathcart commands—regardless of what Cathcart himself is... (full context) Chapter 10: Wintergreen ...duty by breaking the rules and serving his punishment. Wintergreen identifies this situation as a Catch-22. (full context) Chapter 25: The Chaplain ...He is told he may wait for the Major, and does—but then feels that the Catch-22 (the Major will only take guests when he is out) is a practical joke aimed... (full context) Chapter 39: The Eternal City ...apartment that used to be inhabited by the prostitutes, and the woman claims that a “catch-22” is to blame. (full context) ...who busted up the apartment argued that their having to leave the flat was a catch-22, but they did not explain the phrase’s meaning. The woman asks Yossarian who will take... (full context) Chapter 40: Catch-22 But there’s is a catch, of course—a catch-22. Cathcart and Korn tell Yossarian that he will be sent home only if he pretends... (full context) Chapter 42: Yossarian ...closer to settling on running away, which he considers a path out of this last catch-22—whether or not to accept Cathcart’s deal. (full context) ...cowardly move, but Yossarian argues it is a way of taking an active step—refusing the catch-22 presented by Korn and Cathcart, breaking the cycle of military control of his life, and... (full context) Cite This Page | Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information. |
What is the atomic number of the element ununpentium? | Moscovium / Ununpentium Heavy elements 113 and 115 have been made by combining calcium-48 and amercium-243. Image: LLNL Discovery of Moscovium / Ununpentium Dr. Doug Stewart Research scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), California first made element 115, moscovium, in Dubna, Russia in 2003. The work was a collaboration between science teams led by Yuri Oganessian and Ken Moody. The discovery was formally accepted on December 30, 2015 by The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), and a new superheavy element took its place in the seventh row of the periodic table. The reaction was a fusion of element 20 with element 95: calcium-48 with americium-243 . The experiment began on July 14, 2003 and ended on August 10, 2003. Calcium ions were formed into a beam in a cyclotron (a particle accelerator) and fired at a target layer of americium deposited on titanium foil. Four atoms of element 115 (moscovium) were produced, which alpha decayed producing element 113, ( nihonium ). (1) The researchers stated that one atom of moscovium-287 was made, and three atoms of moscovium-288 were made. Further experiments and analysis later confirmed this result. The element is named after Moscow in recognition of the contribution The JLNR played in the discovery of the element. Moscovium is expected to officially replace its temporary name, ununpentuim, later this year. As a result of its position in the periodic table moscovium / ununpentium is expected to be classed as one of the “other metals” and to have similar properties to the metal bismuth . IUPAC reviewed the evidence for the discovery of moscovium and in 2016 they said, ‘The 2010 jointly with the 2013 collaborations of Oganessian et al. have met the Criteria for discovery of the element with atomic number Z=115 in as much as the reproducibility of alpha chain energies and lifetimes of 289115 in a cross reaction comparison is very convincing.’ IUPAC has accepted the discoveries of element 113 (nihonium/ununtrium), element 114 (flerovium/ununquadium), element 115 (moscovium/ununpentium), element 116 (livermorium/ununhexium), element 117 (tennessine/ununseptium) and element 118 (oganesson/ununoctium), thus completing the seventh row of the periodic table. Appearance and Characteristics Moscovium / Ununpentium is harmful due to its radioactivity. Characteristics: Moscovium / Ununpentium is a synthetic radioactive metal and has only been produced in minute amounts. Uses of Moscovium Moscovium / Ununpentium is of research interest only. Abundance and Isotopes Abundance earth’s crust: nil Abundance solar system: parts per trillion by weight, parts per trillion by moles Cost, pure: $ per 100g Cost, bulk: $ per 100g Source: Moscovium / Ununpentium can be produced by bombarding 243Am with 48Ca ions in a heavy ion accelerator. Isotopes: Moscovium / Ununpentium has 4 isotopes, with mass numbers from 287 to 290. None are stable. References | Free Flashcards about GK 6 Which horse was involved in the 1913 incident that killed Emily Davison? Anmer What is the meaning of "discursive"? digressing from subject to subject What was the German 'Jugendstil' known as in Britain and the USA? Art Nouveau The artists Odilon Redon and Fernand Khnopff were most closely associated with which artistic movement? Symbolism What nationality was artist Fernand Khnopff? Belgian What is the meaning of 'post hoc, ergo propter hoc'? "After which, therefore because of which" In which year did BBC Radio 2, in the guise of the BBC Light Programme, start broadcasting? 1945 What radio programme used the signature tune "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by Bryan Fahey? Pick of The Pops Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was which Roman writer's father-in-law? Tacitus Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was recalled in disgrace by which Emperor? Domitian Which Iron Age tribe had a capital at Emain Macha in Ulster? Ulaid Who had a 1955 Number 1 with "Softly, Softly"? Ruby Murray Who had UK hits with "Be My Love" and "Because You're Mine"? Mario Lanza Who took "Rose Marie" to No 1 spot in the UK IN 1954? Slim Whitman In 1955 Jimmy Young had a No 1 single with "The Man From..." - where? Laramie Which singer was the indirect cause of 1944's Columbus Day Riot? Frank Sinatra In which year did "Rock Around The Clock" hit No 1 in both the UK and the US? 1955 Both "boogie-woogie" and "rock and roll" supposedly got their names from what? Euphemisms for sex Who coined the term "Rhythm and Blues"? Jerry Wexler Which Cleveland DJ is usually credited with coining the term "rock n roll" to apply to the music of that style? Alan Freed Which band were originally called "The Rambling Yodeller And The Sandmen"? Bill Haley & The Comets Who had a 1950s hit with "Be-Bop-A Lula"? Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps Which chemical elements occupy positions 89-103 on the Periodic Table? Actinides What name is given to a 3D co-ordinate system with three planes, x, y, and Z? Cartesian What are the names given to the three sides of a right-angled triangle? Hypotenuse, Base, Altitude If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is sinθ equal to? a/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is cosθ equal to? b/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is tanθ equal to? a/b (or sinθ/cosθ) What is the meaning of sin(squared)θ? sinθsinθ An object that has both magnitude and direction in space Which letters are traditionally used for the three base vectors? i, j, k Who had a 1962 Number 1 with "Wonderful Land"? The Shadows Which artistic group was founded in 1911 by Kandinsky and Marc? Der Blaue Reiter Artist Franz Marc was born in wRhich country? Germany Who painted "Luxe, Calme et Volupte"? Matisse Who is generally held to be the originator of the Suprematist art movement? Malevich The artists Boccioni, Carra and Severeni, all Italians, belonged to which movement? Futurism What was the real name of The Big Bopper, who died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly? JP Richardson What was the stage name of the singer Rosemary Brown? Dana Which country singer got to No. 1 in the UK with "Coward Of The County"? Kenny Rogers Who composed "The Stars And Stripes Forever"? John Phillip Sousa Who composed the waltz "Tales From The Vienna Woods"? Johann Strauss Robert-Francois Damiens attempted to assassinate (and failed, although he did wound) which king? Louis XV of France When was the Seven Years' War? 1756-63 Whose final work was 1804's "Opus Postumum"? Kant The Pregolya River, which features in Euler's 'Seven Bridges'problem, runs through which city? Kaliningrad Who wrote 1848's "The Principles Of Political Economy"? 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In the Barry Manilow song “Copacabana”, who was the show girl? | BARRY MANILOW LYRICS - Copacabana (At The Copa) "Copacabana (At The Copa)" lyrics BARRY MANILOW LYRICS Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there She would merengue and do the cha-cha And while she tried to be a star Tony always tended bar Across the crowded floor, they worked from 8 til 4 They were young and they had each other Who could ask for more? [Chorus:] At the copa (CO!) Copacabana (Copacabana) The hottest spot north of Havana (here) At the copa (CO!) Copacabana Music and passion were always the fashion At the copa.... they fell in love His name was Rico He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancing there And when she finished, he called her over But Rico went a bit to far Tony sailed across the bar And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two There was blood and a single gun shot But just who shot who? [Chorus] At the copa... she lost her love Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl But that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show Now it's a disco, but not for Lola Still in dress she used to wear Faded feathers in her hair She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind She lost her youth and she lost her Tony Now she's lost her mind [Chorus] At the copa... don't fall in love Don't fall in love Visit www.azlyrics.com for these lyrics. Thanks to Sdpaiad for correcting these lyrics. | Madonna-Another suitcase in another hall - YouTube Madonna-Another suitcase in another hall Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Dec 7, 2008 "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" is a song from the musical Evita with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The song was first a hit for in the UK for Barbara Dickson in 1977. The B-side was the "Requiem for Evita", which had a slightly strange ending as it did not have "Oh What a Circus" to segue into. "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" was rerecorded by Madonna for the 1996 soundtrack Evita. The song was released as the soundtrack's third and final commercial single in March 1997. One notable part of Madonna's version is that the arrangement was altered quite a bit. The instrumental break was taken from the original Julie Covington Buenos Aires recording, played slower and varied slightly to fit in with the tune. This was done by proper orchestration and not sampling. The original Barbara Dickson version had no instrumental break at all. The lyrics describe the singer's familiarity with the unhappiness of having to move on after a failed romance. In the musical, the song is sung by Juan Perón's mistress after she is pushed out of Perón's life by his future wife, Eva. In the film adaptation of Evita, the song is adapted for Eva to sing after the end of her relationship with Agustín Magaldi, adding a more vulnerable dimension to the character and another potential Madonna hit to aid the film's promotion. The single, which was only released in the United Kingdom, Australia and a few European countries, was not a big hit on the charts, entering at UK number seven (selling 75,233 copies) but free-falling thereafter. The single was withdrawn from sale in Australia almost as soon as it was released, and as such became the only Madonna single to not chart on the ARIA Australian Top 100. Category |
How many pieces are on the board at the start of a game of chess? | How many pieces are in a chess set? | Reference.com How many pieces are in a chess set? A: Quick Answer A chess set contains 32 pieces, 16 pieces for each player. Each player has one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and eight pawns. In a Staunton chess set, half of the pieces are white and the other half are black. Full Answer The goal of chess is to checkmate the opposing player's king by trapping it so that it cannot escape. The Staunton game set that many people use today was created in 1849 by Nathan Cook and made popular by famous chess player Howard Staunton. To set up a board, seat each player face-to-face with the board in the middle. Each player should have a white square in the bottom right square. Each player should choose a color, either by agreement or toss of the coin, bearing in mind that the white player always goes first. Each player should then place their pawns on the second row away from them. On the row closest, the rooks are placed on each corner of the board, the knights in the next two squares, the bishops in the next squares and then the king and queen go in the two center squares. The queen must be in the same color square as her suit, so the white queen always goes on the white square and the black queen always goes on the black square. The king sits on the remaining square. | Answer to Puzzle #27: Number of Squares on a Chessboard total 204 In total there are 204 squares on a chessboard. This is the sum of the number of possible positions for all the squares of size 1x1 to 8x8. Formula For n x n Chessboard? It's clear from the analysis above that the solution in the case of n x n is the sum of the squares from n2 to 12 that is to say n2 + (n-1)2 + (n-2)2 ... ... 22 + 12 Mathematically that is written as follows: The proof of the explicit solution is beyond the scope of this site, but if you want to look it up a mathematician would refer to it as 'the sum of the squares of the first n natural numbers.' The final answer is given by n3/3 + n2/2 + n/6 Can you extend your technique to calculate the number of rectangles on a chessboard? Below are some examples of possible rectangles... All of the above examples would be vailid rectanges... There is more than one way of solving this. But it makes sense to extend our technique from the squares problem first. The key to this is to think of each rectangle individually and consider the number of positions it can be located. For example a 3x7 rectangle can be located in 6 positions horizontally and 2 vertically. From this we can build a matrix of all the possible rectangles and sum. Dimensions In total then there are 1296 possible rectangles. Elegant approach to rectangles, consider the vertices and diagonals. I've been sent an innovative solution to the problem of the number of rectangles on a chessboard by Kalpit Dixit. This solution tackles the issue from a different approach. Rather than looking at specific sizes of rectangles and working out where they can be located we start at the other end and look at locations first. The vertices are the intersections. For our chessboard there are 81 (9 x 9). A diagonal starting at one vertex and ending at another will uniquely describe a rectangle. In order to be a diagonal and not a vertical or horizontal line we may start anywhere but the end point must not have the same vertical or horizontal coordinate. As such there are 64 (8 x 8) possible end points. There are therefore 81 x 64 = 5184 acceptable diagonals. However, whilst each diagonal describes a unique rectangle, each rectangle does not describe a unique diagonal. We see trivially that each rectangle can be represented by 4 diagonals. So our number of rectangles is given by 81 x 64 /4 = 1296 n x n or n x m? The n x n (eg. 9x9,) or n x m (eg 10x15,) problems can now be calculated. The number of vertices being given by (n + 1)2 and (n + 1).(m + 1) respectively. Hence the final solutions are as follows. n x n: (n + 1)2 x n2 / 4 n x m: (n + 1) x (m + 1) x (n x m) / 4 Which can obviously be arranged into something more complicated. Rectangles in Maths Nomenclature It's always my intention to explain the problems without formal maths nomenclature, with reasoning and common sense. But there is quite a neat solution here if you do know about combinations, as in permutations and combinations. Horizontally we are selecting 2 vertices from the 9 available. The order does not matter so it's combinations rather than permutations. And the same vertically. So the answer to the rectangle problem can be answered by: 9C2•9C2 = 362 = 1296 |
In what year did the Battle of Evesham take place in Britain? | Home | Battle of Evesham ABOUT THE BATTLE OF EVESHAM In August 2015 Evesham commemorated the 750th anniversary of the historic Battle of Evesham with a fortnight of special events, tours, special guest speakers and a medieval festival featuring one of the largest mid-13th century re-enactments in the country. The town welcomed visitors from all over the country and beyond to enjoy a range of specialist and family friendly events and attractions. The fortnight was opened by John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons and its included a parade of over 200 horses and soldiers and it even had it’s own “Battle Beer”. The Battle itself was fought on 4 August 1265, 50 years after the Magna Carta between Prince Edward and Simon de Montfort. It was political, personal and bloody! The Prince wanted to free his father King Henry III and take revenge on a man who is credited with starting the first Parliament. | Timeline of the Kings & Queens of England There have been 66 monarchs of England and Britain spread over a period of 1500 years. SAXON KINGS EGBERT 827 - 839 Egbert (Ecgherht) was the first monarch to establish a stable and extensive rule over all of Anglo-Saxon England. After returning from exile at the court of Charlemagne in 802, he regained his kingdom of Wessex. Following his conquest of Mercia in 827, he controlled all of England south of the Humber. After further victories in Northumberland and North Wales, he is recognised by the title Bretwalda ( Anglo-Saxon , "ruler of the British". A year before he died aged almost 70, he defeated a combined force of Danes and Cornish at Hingston Down in Cornwall. He is buried at Winchester in Hampshire. AETHELWULF 839-856 King of Wessex , son of Egbert and father of Alfred the Great. In 851 Aethelwulf defeated a Danish army at the battle of Oakley while his eldest son Althelstan fought and beat the Danes at sea off the coast of Kent , in what is believed to be the first naval battle. A highly religous man, Athelwulf travelled to Rome with his son Alfred to see the Pope in 855. AETHELBALD 856 - 860 The eldest son of Aethelwulf, Æthelbald was born around 834. He was crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames in southwest London, after forcing his father to abdicate upon his return from pilgrimage to Rome. Following his fathers death in 858, he married his widowed stepmother Judith, but under pressure from the church the marriage was annulled after only a year. He is buried at Sherbourne Abbey in Dorset . AETHELBERT 860 - 866 Became king following the death of his brother Æthelbald. Like his brother and his father, Aethelbert (pictured to the right) was crowned at Kingston-Upon-Thames. Shortly after his succession a Danish army landed and sacked Winchester before being defeated by the Saxons. In 865 the Viking Great Heathen Army landed in East Anglia and swept across England. He is buried at Sherborne Abbey. AETHELRED I 866 - 871 Aethelred succeeded his brother Aethelbert. His reign was one long struggle with the Danes who had occupied York in 866, establishing the Viking kingdom of Yorvik . When the Danish Army moved south Wessex itself was threatened, and so together with his brother Alfred, they fought several battles with the Vikings at Reading, Ashdown and Basing. Aethelred suffered serious injuries during the next major battle at Meretun in Hampshire; he died of his wounds shortly after at Witchampton in Dorset, where he was buried. ALFRED THE GREAT 871 - 899 - son of AETHELWULF Born at Wantage in Berkshire around 849, Alfred was well educated and is said to have visited Rome on two occasions. He had proven himself to be a strong leader in many battles, and as a wise ruler managed to secure five uneasy years of peace with the Danes, before they attacked Wessex again in 877. Alfred was forced to retreat to a small island in the Somerset Levels and it was from here that he masterminded his comeback, perhaps ' burning the cakes ' as a consequence. With major victories at Edington, Rochester and London, Alfred established Saxon Christian rule over first Wessex, and then on to most of England. To secure his hard won boundaries Alfred founded a permanent army and an embryonic Royal Navy. To secure his place in history, he began the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. EDWARD (The Elder) 899 - 924 Succeeded his father Alfred the Great. Edward retook southeast England and the Midlands from the Danes. Following the the death of his sister Aethelflaed of Mercia , Edward unites the kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia. In 923, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles record that the Scottish King Constantine II recognises Edward as "father and lord". The following year, Edward is killed in a battle against the Welsh near Chester . His body is returned to Winchester for burial. ATHELSTAN 924 - 939 Son of Edward the Elder, Athelstan extended the boundaries of his kingdom at the Battle of Brunanburh in 937. In what is said to be one of the bloodiest battles ever fought on British soil, Athelstan defeated a combined army of Scots |
What was the name of Adolph Hitler’s German Shepherd dog? | Blondi | Hitler Parody Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia “Woof! Woof!” ―Blondi Blondi (1941 — 29 April 1945) was Adolf Hitler's pet German Shepherd dog. She was given to him as a gift in 1941 by Martin Bormann . Blondi stayed with Hitler even after his move into the Führerbunker located underneath the garden of the Reich Chancellery on January 16, 1945. In March or in early April (likely 4 April) 1945, she had a litter of five puppies with Gerdy Troost's German Shepherd, Harras. Hitler named one of the puppies "Wolf", his favorite nickname and the meaning of his own first name, Adolf (Noble wolf) and he began to train her. One of Blondi's puppies was reserved for Eva Braun 's sister Gretl , and Eva sent Gretl a letter containing a photo of Blondi and three of her puppies, Gretl's being indicated with an arrow. Hitler was reportedly very fond of Blondi, keeping her by his side and allowing her to sleep in his bedroom in the bunker. This affection was not shared by Eva Braun, Hitler's mistress (and later his wife), who preferred her two Scottish Terrier dogs named Negus and Stasi (or Katuschka). According to Hitler's secretary Traudl Junge , Eva hated Blondi and was known to kick her under the dining table. In May 1942 Hitler bought another young German Shepherd "from a minor official in the post office in Ingolstadt" to keep Blondi company. He called her Bella. Blondi played a role in Nazi propaganda, of which portraying Hitler as an animal lover was an important aspect. Dogs like Blondi were coveted as "germanischer Urhund", being close to the wolf, and grew very fashionable during the Third Reich. She was killed when Hitler ordered Dr. Werner Haase to test the efficiency of some cyanide capsules on his dog Blondi, as there had been cases where cyanide tablets were sabotaged and therefore not deadly. However, Hitler's batch was good and the dog died as a result. Hitler became completely inconsolable. Contents [ show ] In Downfall parodies When Hitler realised that finding Fegelein was a task none of his Bunker mates could accomplish, he tried to give the responsibility to the dog but to no avail. On another occasion , Fegelein kidnapped Blondi. She was eventually found, but only after Hitler's generals had attempted a search and brought the 1970s rock band coincidentially named Blondie, much to Hitler's frustration and causing him to throw the Pencil of Doom at the soldiers bringing her. When Dolfy had Fegelein bump off Dr. Skeletor , he gave him as food to Blondi.[citation needed] In another parody, after asking how to fry an egg, Gunsche ran over her by accident. Trivia Hitler's nurse, Erna Flegel , said in 2005 that Blondi's death had affected the people in the bunker more than Eva Braun's suicide. Before Blondi, Hitler had another dog, named Blonda. Hitler remarked early in the movie that "Blondi was smarter than most people." Gallery | SparkNotes: Animal Farm: Plot Overview Plot Overview Context Character List Old Major, a prize-winning boar, gathers the animals of the Manor Farm for a meeting in the big barn. He tells them of a dream he has had in which all animals live together with no human beings to oppress or control them. He tells the animals that they must work toward such a paradise and teaches them a song called “Beasts of England,” in which his dream vision is lyrically described. The animals greet Major’s vision with great enthusiasm. When he dies only three nights after the meeting, three younger pigs—Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer—formulate his main principles into a philosophy called Animalism. Late one night, the animals manage to defeat the farmer Mr. Jones in a battle, running him off the land. They rename the property Animal Farm and dedicate themselves to achieving Major’s dream. The cart-horse Boxer devotes himself to the cause with particular zeal, committing his great strength to the prosperity of the farm and adopting as a personal maxim the affirmation “I will work harder.” At first, Animal Farm prospers. Snowball works at teaching the animals to read, and Napoleon takes a group of young puppies to educate them in the principles of Animalism. When Mr. Jones reappears to take back his farm, the animals defeat him again, in what comes to be known as the Battle of the Cowshed, and take the farmer’s abandoned gun as a token of their victory. As time passes, however, Napoleon and Snowball increasingly quibble over the future of the farm, and they begin to struggle with each other for power and influence among the other animals. Snowball concocts a scheme to build an electricity-generating windmill, but Napoleon solidly opposes the plan. At the meeting to vote on whether to take up the project, Snowball gives a passionate speech. Although Napoleon gives only a brief retort, he then makes a strange noise, and nine attack dogs—the puppies that Napoleon had confiscated in order to “educate”—burst into the barn and chase Snowball from the farm. Napoleon assumes leadership of Animal Farm and declares that there will be no more meetings. From that point on, he asserts, the pigs alone will make all of the decisions—for the good of every animal. Napoleon now quickly changes his mind about the windmill, and the animals, especially Boxer, devote their efforts to completing it. One day, after a storm, the animals find the windmill toppled. The human farmers in the area declare smugly that the animals made the walls too thin, but Napoleon claims that Snowball returned to the farm to sabotage the windmill. He stages a great purge, during which various animals who have allegedly participated in Snowball’s great conspiracy—meaning any animal who opposes Napoleon’s uncontested leadership—meet instant death at the teeth of the attack dogs. With his leadership unquestioned (Boxer has taken up a second maxim, “Napoleon is always right”), Napoleon begins expanding his powers, rewriting history to make Snowball a villain. Napoleon also begins to act more and more like a human being—sleeping in a bed, drinking whisky, and engaging in trade with neighboring farmers. The original Animalist principles strictly forbade such activities, but Squealer, Napoleon’s propagandist, justifies every action to the other animals, convincing them that Napoleon is a great leader and is making things better for everyone—despite the fact that the common animals are cold, hungry, and overworked. Mr. Frederick, a neighboring farmer, cheats Napoleon in the purchase of some timber and then attacks the farm and dynamites the windmill, which had been rebuilt at great expense. After the demolition of the windmill, a pitched battle ensues, during which Boxer receives major wounds. The animals rout the farmers, but Boxer’s injuries weaken him. When he later falls while working on the windmill, he senses that his time has nearly come. One day, Boxer is nowhere to be found. According to Squealer, Boxer has died in peace after having been taken to the hospital, praising the Rebellion w |
Who was the creator of the TV comedy series Last of the Summer Wine? | Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series 1973– ) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Last of the Summer Wine TV-PG | Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly. Creator: The village prepares for Compo's funeral; even Auntie Wainwright closes her shop (her mobile phone is on for emergency purchases). Compo's "Thursday Lady" arrives to pay her respects. 9.1 A depressed Howard tries to build himself up but, under Foggy's instruction, ends up breaking his leg. Auntie Wainwright has Smiler testing a Triumph Motorcycle, after she rents him the riding gear. ... 8.8 Nora Batty finally decides to give Compo a taste of what he's been asking for and it sends him to the hospital. Clegg, Nora, and friends need to deal with the loss of their friend. 8.8 a list of 30 titles created 27 Mar 2011 a list of 30 titles created 24 Jun 2012 a list of 45 titles created 30 Jan 2014 a list of 22 titles created 03 Jul 2014 a list of 33 titles created 15 Oct 2014 Title: Last of the Summer Wine (1973– ) 7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 8 nominations. See more awards » Photos The misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store. 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All three of them cause headaches for the hospital staff. Stars: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli The misadventures of a ragtag group of elderly Home Guard local defense volunteers at the onset of WW2. Director: Norman Cohen Long running BBC comedy show consisting of sketches and humourous musical routines involving the large Ronnie Barker and the small Ronnie Corbett. Most sketches involved both men, but ... See full summary » Stars: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, The Fred Tomlinson Singers Edit Storyline Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up fac | 1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? 2. Lenny Henry will star in which Shakespearean tragedy next year? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. 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What trade union was deplored by Gordon Brown for its actions in the 2010 British Airways cabin staff dispute? | British Airways 'trying to break Unite union' in cabin crew dispute | Business | The Guardian British Airways British Airways 'trying to break Unite union' in cabin crew dispute Joint letter to Guardian from 95 leading academics says BA's radical agenda could erode workers' rights across UK Thursday 25 March 2010 09.47 EDT First published on Thursday 25 March 2010 09.47 EDT Close This article is 6 years old British Airways is attempting to "break" the Unite trade union in a battle with cabin crew that could erode workers' rights across the UK, according to a joint declaration by more than 100 leading industrial relations academics. In a letter to the Guardian , professors from the London School of Economics and other universities accused BA of having a radical agenda in a dispute that is set to enter its second weekend of strikes with no peace talks on the horizon. Unite had pledged to suspend a three-day strike last Saturday if the BA chief executive, Willie Walsh, reinstated a peace offer that had been withdrawn days before. His refusal to put the document back on the table, in apparent exasperation at the union's tactics, was highlighted in the academics' letter, with 116 signatories. "It is clear to us that the actions of the chief executive of British Airways, notwithstanding his protestations to the contrary, are explicable only by the desire to break the union which represents the cabin crew," they wrote in the letter. "What other possible interpretation can there be for Willie Walsh tabling an inferior offer to BA's previous one or indeed of his marshalling of resources, including those of bitter industry rival Ryanair, to undermine the action of his staff?" Unite's cabin crew branch, Bassa, represents 11,000 BA flight attendants and has called a further four-day strike starting on Saturday in what is now a prolonged industrial dispute with embarrassing political consequences for the Labour party, which relies on Unite as a major donor. BA is claiming success in facing down the strike. It mustered an effective auxiliary schedule during a three-day strike last weekend, including 1,000 cabin crew and 22 chartered jets from carriers including Ryanair. This weekend, BA claims it will do even better by running seven out of 10 long-haul services from Heathrow. A BA spokesperson said the airline had gone to extraordinary lengths to secure a peace deal, including talks at the TUC and Acas, the mediation service. He added: "We reject any suggestion that BA's objective is to break the union. We have been in talks with the union for over a year, we have worked with the TUC and Acas and the company's chief executive has appeared at talks in person to try to reach a negotiated settlement. We have also been able to reach deals with the trade unions representing our engineers and pilots." According to sources close to the talks, BA would need to secure a compromise agreement by around 2pm on Saturday in order to have a chance of reinstating its normal flight schedule. The general secretary of the TUC, Brendan Barber, has been attempting to find common ground between both sides this week but so far there is no sign of a renewal of talks. BA's confirmation this week that it will strip all striking cabin crew of discounted travel perks has caused further friction between the airline and Unite, which now wants the move reversed as part of any deal. "Any agreement to end this dispute must and will include a framework for the full restoration of those travel concessions," said Unite's joint general secretaries, Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley. With no sign of a breakthrough, the academics warned about wider consequences if BA faced down Unite: "The wider significance of a triumph of unilateral management prerogative would be a widening of the representation gap in UK employment relations, and a further erosion of worker rights and of that most precious of commodities – democracy. For all these reasons, BA's cabin crew and their union, Unite, deserve our support rather than knee-jerk vilification." Trade union sources have said the mas | General Knowledge Quiz - By Zarbo84 The fictional character John Clayton is better known by what name? La Paz is the administrative capital of which South American country? Actor Charles Buchinsky was better known by what name? The medical condition ‘aphonia’ is the inability to do what? 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Which insect gives off the froth known as cuckoo spit | Beetle Boy's BioBlog: Incredible Invertebrates #01: the steampunk insect with gears in its legs The thoughts and experiences of a young Naturalist! Tuesday, 2 August 2016 Incredible Invertebrates #01: the steampunk insect with gears in its legs This is the first of my series of blog posts which will be focused on, yes, you guessed it, incredible invertebrates. While rare, magnificent, or cute animals get a lot of attention, the tiny miracles that are happening everyday amongst the little creatures, are just as remarkable. A case in my point: I challenge you to find a species of elephant or rhinoceros with gears in its legs! An impossible, crazy thing for a real animal, right? Well, not exactly . . . Issus coleoptratus is a species of true bug in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, more commonly known as planthoppers. These insects can be found across the world, and over 12,500 species have been discovered. In the UK, most planthoppers are rather small, and are most well-known to the public by their nymphs, which produce a frothy substance around them commonly known as 'cuckoo spit'. This foam is common on vegetation during the summer, and often I have been using my sweep net in a meadow, when I find a blob of cuckoo spit on my hand. The froghopper nymph produces this substance to deter predators, as they hide amongst the foam until they are an adults. An example of a particularly colourful British froghopper, Cercopis vulnerata. Another rather colourful species, Evacanthus interruptus I am sure that most people who are interested in natural history, will have heard of these insects, or the cuckoo spit that they produce. What they may not know, however, is that these creatures have gears in their legs! Which leads us back to I. coleoptratus. This species is fairly common and does not stand out as particularly special. It grows up to 7 millimetres long, and is usually a dull shade of brown or olive. It feeds on a substance found in trees called phloem, and it cannot fly. The nymphs of this species were being studied by Gregory Sutton of the University of Cambridge, and in particular he was interested in how they jumped. He noticed that when they pushed themselves off, their hind legs moved within 30 microseconds of each other, every single time. Pretty impressive coordination, but essential for an animal that relies on jumping to escape predators. After all, if the legs were out of time when they pushed off, it could send the insect spiralling off on a slant. Of course, the real question is not why it needs such fine precision, but how it manages it - there wouldn't be time for the nervous system to control such things. This baffling discovery was followed by some experiments on the insects, which came to an incredible conclusion. On the base of an insect's leg is a segment called the trochanter. In the froghopper, the trochanters of both hind legs have fine ridges (each tooth is around the fraction of the width of a hair!), and as the bases of the hindlegs touch, the ridges interlock - just like gears. As the legs pushed off, the ridges rolled against each other, keeping both limbs in time with the other. These gears in I. coleoptratus are only present in the nymphs. Once they become adults, they shed their skin, and the ridges on their trochanters with it. So are the adults doomed to go spinning off in an uncontrolled jump every time they try and leap away from danger? Well, actually they're even better at jumping than the nymphs are! Instead, the adults probably use friction to help synchronize their legs, though this is not yet fully understood and definitely not for certain. But why don't the adults keep the neat gear system that works so well for the nymphs? Well, the thing about adult froghoppers is that they never moult, so if part of their cogs broke, they wouldn't be able to grow it back when they shed their skin, as the nymphs would do. If they lost a single tooth on the cog, then the damage would remain there, and it would always spin off to the side when it tried to escape from a predator, making it much more vu | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ( 1975 ) R | A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients. 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Director: David Fincher In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans. Director: Steven Spielberg A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend. Director: Sam Mendes Mathilda, a 12-year-old girl, is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. Léon and Mathilda form an unusual relationship, as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade. Director: Luc Besson The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate. Director: Francis Ford Coppola Edit Storyline McMurphy has a criminal past and has once again gotten himself into trouble and is sentenced by the court. To escape labor duties in prison, McMurphy pleads insanity and is sent to a ward for the mentally unstable. Once here, McMurphy both endures and stands witness to the abuse and degradation of the oppressive Nurse Ratched, who gains superiority and power through the flaws of the other inmates. McMurphy and the other inmates band together to make a rebellious stance against the atrocious Nurse. Written by Jacob Oberfrank If he's crazy, what does that make you? Genres: 19 November 1975 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Atrapado sin salida See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia In 1993, the movie was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. See more » Goofs After McMurphy hijacks the bus and is drivin |
"What was the name of the evil wizard that appeared in the TV series ""The Smurfs""?" | Gargamel (character) | Smurfs Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia German Gurgelhals (only in the old comic books!) "I'll get you, I'll get all of you if that's the last thing I ever do!" Gargamel (A.K.A. "Gargy") is one of the main characters of the Smurfs comic books and the Smurfs cartoon show. In the comic books, he has first appeared in "The Smurfnapper", one of the stories of The Black Smurfs comic book album. In the cartoon show, he has appeared up to Season 8, being the show's main villain, although several similar villains appear in Season 9. He is strongly hated by Grouchy Smurf . Contents [ show ] Character He is the main antagonist who, along with his cat Azrael , and later with a young apprentice named Scruple , continued to plot against the Smurfs in order to capture and/or destroy them. He was responsible for the creation of Smurfette , who was changed into a real Smurf by Papa Smurf . Gargamel is a hateful individual who is willing to commit many sinister and cruel acts to achieve his goals and he can be downright ruthless on occasion, such as enjoying tormenting the Smurfs, threatening to burn Puppy alive, and even attempt to harm the defenseless Baby Smurf . He has even gone out of his way to simply make sure to ruin the happiness of others. However, despite his dark and evil heart, there have been a few occasions where Gargamel has shown a small amount of genuine emotion, most notably with Azrael, who Gargamel has shown real care for on rare occasions despite mistreating him and even goes against Lord Balthazar to defend his cat, claiming that Azrael is all he really has and is quite possibly his only real friend. Also, when he was once forced by Balthazar to behead Puppy with a guillotine, he pleaded with his godfather to find another way before submitting to Balthazar's intimidation. Gargamel's cruelty and evil nature seems to stem from a harsh life and upbringing. One example being that Gargamel hates having his Birthday on Halloween because every year nobody wishes him a Happy Birthday or gives him a present, and all Gargamel really wants is for somebody to remember his Birthday. His mother often mistreats him and tries to make him more evil, while also resenting him for flunking Wizard's School. Deep down Gargamel is lonely and insecure due to being ugly and even admits that no one has ever genuinely said they loved him. In the cartoon show episode "They're Smurfing Our Song", Gargamel is revealed to indeed posses a small amount of goodness somewhere in his heart, as shown when he was moved to tears by Sassette 's kind and loving words as even the force of evil within him could not withstand Sassette's love as she was the first person to ever say they loved him. When affected by Woody 's magic pan flute, Gargamel's inner goodness was brought out due to finally feeling happiness after so long and he revealed to Papa Smurf that he had not been his true self in a long time due to his many years of hate and even apologized to him, and Papa Smurf accepted his apology, knowing full well that everyone had good in their hearts somewhere. The spell of happiness that brought out his goodness was only temporary, but according to Papa Smurf the memory of the event would remain with Gargamel forever. What Does He Need the Smurfs For? Gargamel's motive for capturing all the Smurfs varies, depending on the episode or the media he is presented in. His motives are: To turn them into gold To eat them To destroy them However the cartoon show clearly indicates in some episodes that he wishes to do all three, as noted in his song : Oh, I'll fry a few and pickle a few and serve a few real cold, Then I'll toast a few and roast a few and use the rest for gold. But regardless of his intentions, Gargamel just plain hates the Smurfs. In the original comic book stories, Gargamel kidnapped one of the Smurfs during their first initial encounter with him, and intended to use the Smurf for making gold when the other Smurfs ambushed the wizard in his castle and rescued the abducted Smurf. When trying to use one of his formulas on himse | TV and Movies A Penny For Your Thoughts TV and Movies No one probably reads this page.....except for you and the last person.....lol Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, was home to Rocky and Bullwinkle. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), the first film featuring the character Indiana Jones, was crawling with four-, eight-, and no-legged creatures: - Number of boas, cobras and pythons used in the film: 7,500 - Number of tarantulas: 50 - Source of the name "Indiana Jones": it was the name of producer George Lucas' pet Malamute. The first ever televised murder case appeared on TV in 1955, Dec. 5-9. The accused was Harry Washburn. Twentieth Century-Fox studio cut all scenes showing physical contact between America's curly-haired darling Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in "The Little Colonel" in 1934 to avoid social offense and to assure wide U.S. distribution. Pre-release showings of the film, particularly in the southern U.S., shocked audiences when the two actors touched fingers during their famous staircase dance sequence. Beaver Cleaver graduated in 1953. On Beaver Cleaver's US tour, he visited Albuquerque on a Tuesday. Muppets creator Jim Henson first created Kermit in 1955 - as a lizard. He was made from Henson's mother's coat and two halves of a Ping-Pong ball (no flipper feet or eleven-point collar). The person who performs the Muppets - Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Animal, and Grover is Frank Oz. Oz is also the voice of Star Wars Yoda. By the way, his real name is Frank Oznowicz. The 1997 Jack Nicholson film - "As Good As It Gets", is known in China as "Mr. Cat Poop". 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Who sang the theme for the Jams Bond film ‘The Living Daylights? | The Living Daylights (song) | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The Living Daylights (song) The Living Daylights is the theme song of the Bond film of the same name. The song was composed by John Barry and Pål Waaktaar. It was performed by the Norwegian pop band a-ha . Lyrics Hey driver, where we're going? I swear my nerves are showing, set your hopes up way too high, the living's in the way we die. Comes the morning and the headlights fade away, hundred thousand people, I'm the one they blame, I've been waiting long for one of us to say, save the darkness, let it never fade away. Ah, ah, the living daylights, ah, ah, the living daylights. All right, hold on tight now, It's down, down to the wire, set your hopes way too high, the living's in the way we die. Comes the morning and the headlights fade away, hundred thousand changes, everything's the same, I've been waiting long for one of us to say, save the darkness, let it never fade away. Ah, ah, the living daylights, ah, ah, the living daylights, ah, ah, the living daylights. Comes the morning and the headlights fade away, hundred thousand people, I'm the one they frame. Ah, ah, the living daylights, ah, ah, the living daylights, ah, ah, the living daylights. Set your hopes up way too high, the living's in the way we die. | James Bond James Bond 2007 Schools Wikipedia Selection . Related subjects: Films James Bond 007 is a fictional British agent (the Bond character is usually referred to as a spy, but was actually a counter-agent and a professional assassin) created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952. Fleming wrote numerous novels and short stories based upon the character and, after his death in 1964, further literary adventures were written by Kingsley Amis (pseudonym Robert Markham), John Pearson, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, and Charlie Higson. In addition, Christopher Wood wrote two screenplay novelisations and other authors have also written various unofficial permutations of the character. Although initially made famous through the novels and books, James Bond is now best known from the EON Productions film series. Twenty-one films have been made (as of 2006) as well as two that were independently produced and one American television adaptation of Fleming's first novel under legal licence. The EON films are generally referred to as the 'official' films (although its origin is unclear, this terminology is used throughout this article). Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli and Harry Saltzman produced most of these up until 1975, when Broccoli became the sole producer. From 1995, his daughter, Barbara Broccoli, and his stepson, Michael G. Wilson, jointly continued production duties. To date, six actors have portrayed James Bond in the official series. They are: Pierce Brosnan (1995–2002), Daniel Craig (2006–present). In addition and generally considered "unofficial", Barry Nelson portrayed Bond in an Americanised television episode adaptation of Casino Royale in 1954. Bob Holness portrayed James Bond in a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker in 1956. Roger Moore acted the role in an episode of a TV comedy show called Mainly Millicent (starring Millicent Martin and guest stars) in summer 1964. This episode is included as a special feature (named Roger Moore as James Bond, Circa 1964) in the newly published Live and Let Die Ultimate Edition DVD. David Niven played the role of James Bond in a non-EON production of Casino Royale in 1967, and Connery reprised the character in another non-EON film, Never Say Never Again in 1983, an update of 1965's Thunderball, in which he also starred. The 1973 BBC documentary Omnibus: The British Hero featured Christopher Cazenove playing Bond in selected scenes from the original novels. The twenty-first official film, Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig as James Bond, premiered on 14 November 2006, with the film going on general release in Asia and the Middle East the following day. Broccoli and Saltzman's family company, Danjaq, LLC, has owned the James Bond film series, through EON, since the start. It became co-owner with United Artists Corporation since the mid-1970s, when Saltzman sold UA his share of Danjaq. Currently, Columbia Pictures and MGM (United Artists' parent) co-distribute the franchise. In addition to novels and films, Bond is a prominent character in many computer and video games, comic strips and comic books, and has been the subject of many parodies. Overview Ian Fleming's creation and inspiration Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is an agent of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) (more commonly known as MI6). He was created in February 1952 by Ian Fleming while on holiday at his Jamaican estate called Goldeneye. The hero of Fleming's tale, James Bond, was named after an American ornithologist of the same name who was an expert on Caribbean birds and had written a definitive book on the subject: Birds of the West Indies. Fleming, a keen birdwatcher, owned a copy of Bond's field guide at Goldeneye. Of the name, Fleming once said, "I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could find, James Bond was much better than something more interesting like 'Peregrine Maltravers.' Exotic things would happen to and around him but he would be a neutral figure – an anonymous blunt instrument wielded by a Government Department." Bond's parents are named as Andrew Bond, a Scotsman, and Mon |
Which 1924 Sigmund Romberg operetta features the Drinking Song? | Songwriters Hall of Fame - Sigmund Romberg Biography Hal Leonard Biography Sigmund Romberg was born on July 29,1887 in Nagykanizsa, Hungary. He showed musical ability at an early age, but his parents wanted him to go into something more sensible. They sent him to Vienna to study engineering, but he immersed himself in the world of Viennese music. In 1909, he moved to the United States and settled in New York. His first job was in a pencil factory for seven dollars a week. He soon found work as a pianist in cafes, and formed his own European salon and light music orchestra in 1912. Some of his early compositions attracted the attention of Broadway producers J. J. and Lee Shubert, who employed him as their house composer. His first work for them was The Whirl of the World, written with lyricist Harold Atteridge, in 1914. Other shows Romberg wrote with Atteridge were The Midnight Girl (1914), The Passing Show (1914), Dancing Around (1914), and Maid in America (1915). By 1917, Romberg had composed 275 numbers for seventeen musicals and revues. His first great success came in 1917 with Maytime, book and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young. The operetta was an adaptation of the Viennese operetta Wie einst im Mai. Another adaptation of a Viennese operetta, Das Dreimaederlhaus, book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly, was the major success Blossom Time in 1921. It was a fictionalized version of Franz Schubert's youth for which Romberg re-arranged several pieces of Schubert's music. He followed that with one of his greatest successes, The Student Prince, in 1924. With book and lyrics by Donnelly, it was an adaptation of a German play, Old Heidelberg. It included the traditional "Gaudeamus Igitur," " The Drinking Song" and "Serenade." In 1926, Romberg teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach for The Desert Song, and with Hammerstein for New Moon in 1928, which featured the standard "Lover Come Back to Me." Rosalie, co-written with George Gershwin, and with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and P.G. Wodehouse, was another hit show in 1928. Romberg continued to compose music for operettas after 1930, however none met with favor, for the vogue for operettas or Broadway had been eclipsed by musical comedy. Throughout the 1930s, he wrote the scores for several movies, including two with Hammerstein, Viennese Nights (1930) and The Night is Young (1934), which featured the song "When I Grow Too Old to Dream." In the 1940s he toured America with his own orchestra, and regularly appeared on radio. His final Broadway show, written with Victor Herbert and Dorothy Fields, was Up in Central Park in 1945. Romberg died in New York on November 9, 1951. At the time of his death, he was working with lyricist Leo Robin on a musical The Girl in Pink Tights, which was produced posthumously on Broadway in 1954. Also in 1954, Jose Ferrer portrayed Romberg in the movie Deep in My Heart. "SONG OF LOVE" | BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Singing Postman dies Saturday, 23 December, 2000, 17:00 GMT Singing Postman dies Allan Smethurst recorded more than 80 songs Sixties music act the Singing Postman, Allan Smethurst, has died aged 73. Mr Smethurst broke his hip in a fall three months ago and his health deteriorated before his death on Thursday. He had success in the 60s as a novelty pop star with songs like the 1965 hit Hev Yew Gotta Loight Boy?, which won an Ivor Novello award for best novelty song in 1966. But due to stage fright he descended into alcoholism and spent the last 20 years of his life in a Salvation Army hostel in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Rolf Harris visited him at his hostel He recorded some 80 songs, all in Norfolk dialect, including I Miss My Miss from Diss and Oi Can't Get A Noice Loaf of Bread. He always performed in his Royal Mail uniform. But he suffered from stage fright and could not cope with fame, becoming an alcoholic and appearing regularly in court. At the height of his fame Mr Smethurst appeared on the same edition of Top of the Pops as the Rolling Stones. By 1970 he was on the dole and said of his showbiz earnings: "I've been foolish and spent the lot. It's gone on hotel bills, travelling, entertaining and a few pints here and there." There were several promises of a comeback but the closest he came to the limelight was when Hev Yew Gorra Loight Boy? was used as on a TV commercial for Ovaltine in 1994. He wrote exceptional lyrics which had depth yet made people laugh too Tony Palmer Recording manager The manager at Bighowgate Hostel, where Mr Smethurst had lived since 1980, said he was going to be missed. "He was well liked by everyone who stayed at the hostel," said Mike Hardy. "Earlier this year Rolf Harris popped in to visit Allan because he knew him years ago and had a hit with one of his songs. "That gave you an indication of just how famous Allan was." Recording manager Tony Palmer, who has re-released Mr Smethurst's ditties on a series of CDs on the Anglian Music label, said: "I think there will be a revival of Allan's songs - they are too good to be forgotten. "He wrote exceptional lyrics which had depth yet made people laugh too, which is a very difficult thing to achieve. "Unfortunately there was this hint of tragedy in his life. He was one of the great 'might-have-beens' who ended up a bit of a recluse. Mr Smethurst was once on the same show as the Rolling Stones "Allan could have gone on to write many more songs to be recorded by other artists but he just clammed up. He just couldn't handle the publicity. "I shall miss him greatly." The woman who was the inspiration behind one of the Singing Postman's most famous characters said she was saddened by news of his death. Mollie Bayfield, 67, was immortalised in the Hev Yew Gorra Loight Boy? as a chain-smoking Norfolk girl. "I'm very sad about Allan's death and I think he deserved better," she said on Saturday. "His songs gave a lot to us and to the people of Norfolk in particular, and received very little in return." Search BBC News Online |
Which Union leader of the American Civil War gave his name to a tree in California's 'Sequoia National Park'? | William Tecumseh Sherman | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Other work Bank manager, lawyer, college superintendent, streetcar executive William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the " scorched earth " policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States . [1] Military historian B. H. Liddell Hart famously declared that Sherman was "the first modern general". [2] Sherman served under General Ulysses S. Grant in 1862 and 1863 during the campaigns that led to the fall of the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River and culminated with the routing of the Confederate armies in the state of Tennessee. In 1864, Sherman succeeded Grant as the Union commander in the western theater of the war. He proceeded to lead his troops to the capture of the city of Atlanta, a military success that contributed to the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln . Sherman's subsequent march through Georgia and the Carolinas further undermined the Confederacy's ability to continue fighting. He accepted the surrender of all the Confederate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida in April 1865. When Grant assumed the U.S. presidency in 1869, Sherman succeeded him as Commanding General of the Army (1869–83). As such, he was responsible for the U.S. Army's engagement in the Indian Wars over the next 15 years, in the western United States. He steadfastly refused to be drawn into politics and in 1875 published his Memoirs, one of the best-known first-hand accounts of the Civil War. Contents Edit Sherman's childhood home in Lancaster Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father Charles Robert Sherman , a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing , a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first Secretary of the Interior. Sherman was distantly related to American founding father Roger Sherman and grew to admire him. [3] Sherman's older brother Charles Taylor Sherman became a federal judge. One of his younger brothers, John Sherman, served as a U.S. senator and Cabinet secretary. Another younger brother, Hoyt Sherman , was a successful banker. Two of his foster brothers served as major generals in the Union Army during the Civil War: Hugh Boyle Ewing , later an ambassador and author, and Thomas Ewing, Jr. , who would serve as defense attorney in the military trials against the Lincoln conspirators . Sherman's given names Edit Sherman's unusual given name has always attracted considerable attention. [4] Sherman reported that his middle name came from his father having "caught a fancy for the great chief of the Shawnees, ' Tecumseh .'" [5] Since an account in a 1932 biography about Sherman, it has often been reported that, as an infant, Sherman was named simply Tecumseh. According to these accounts, Sherman only acquired the name "William" at age nine or ten, after being taken into the Ewing household. His foster mother, Maria Ewing, who was of Irish ancestry, was a devout Catholic. In the Ewing home, Sherman was baptized by a Dominican priest, who named him William for the saint's day: possibly June 25, the feast day of Saint William of Montevergine . [6] But, scholars believe this colorful account may be myth. Sherman wrote in his Memoirs that his father named him William Tecumseh; Sherman was baptized by a Presbyterian minister as an infant and given the name William at that time. [7] As an adult, Sherman signed all his correspondence – including to his wife – "W.T. Sherman." [8] His | The State of North Dakota - An Introduction to the Peace Garden State from NETSTATE.COM The State of North Dakota The Badlands: Theodore Roosevelt National Park Welcome to North Dakota. "Nothing could be more lonely and nothing more beautiful than the view at nightfall across the prairies to these huge hill masses, when the lengthening shadows had at last merged into one and the faint after-glow of the red sunset filled the west." Theodore Roosevelt From the fertile Red River Valley of the east, abundant with oceans of wheat, to the vast plains and rolling hills, to the Missouri plateau and Badlands of the west, there is majesty in the open land of North Dakota. There is majesty in the skies of the day, and there is majesty in the stars of the night. THE STATE NICKNAMES: The Peace Garden State (Official) This name commemorates the International Peace Garden on North Dakota's border with Manitoba, Canada. The International Peace Garden was dedicated on July 14, 1932. The nickname was made official by the North Dakota legislature in 1957. Land of the Dakotas This nickname recognizes the Dakota tribes of North Dakota. The Dakota are also referred to as Sioux. See below. The Sioux State Similar to "The Land of the Dakotas," this name recognizes the Sioux or Dakota people of North Dakota. Theodore Roosevelt National Park The Roughrider State This nickname was used to promote tourism in the state in the 1960s and the 1970s. It references Theodore Roosevelt's short-live excursion into the cattle ranching business in North Dakota. On a buffalo hunting trip to the North Dakota Badlands in 1883, he was moved to purchase an interest in the Chimney Butte Ranch, also known as the Maltese Cross Ranch . After the tragic deaths of his mother and wife on the same day in 1894 and after the 1894 Republican convention in June, Roosevelt headed back to North Dakota to seek some peace and solitude. He purchased another parcel of land, located about 35 miles north of Medora, and named it the Elkhorn Ranch . Roosevelt's ranches were run by others as he spent most of his time in the east. His last visit to the Elkhorn Ranch was in 1892 and by 1898 he had sold all his holdings. The Flickertail State This nickname references the Richardson Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) of North Dakota. This squirrel flicks, or jerks, its tail while running and just before entering its borrow. The Flickertail March, by James D. Ployhar is North Dakota's official state march . The Great Central State North Dakota is sometimes called "The Great Central State" because it of its location in the center of the great western Wheat Belt. |
Which county will host the 2016 European Football Championships? | France names host cities 2016 European Championships | Daily Mail Online France names nine cities to host the European Championship finals in 2016 By Sportsmail Reporter Updated: 13:06 EST, 20 May 2011 comments The French Football Federation have designated the nine host cities for the 2016 European Championships. Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nancy, Nice, Paris and St Denis have been selected by the federal council, with St Etienne and Toulouse named 'reserve cities'. Lens and Nancy edged the final two places ahead of Toulouse and St Etienne. FFF president Fernand Duchaussoy said: 'Lens has been selected for Euro '84, World Cup '98 and the Rugby World Cup, so there is a history and that record is quite advanced. Vive la France: The Stade de France in Saint Denis will be used in the finals 'For Nancy, it was important that there was a city in the east. We know that [UEFA president] Michel Platini is very attached to his native region. 'All dossiers were very, very high quality, but the choice was very clear and was made in the first round.' France were named hosts of Euro 2016 by UEFA's executive committee ahead of Turkey and Italy last May. Les Bleus emerged triumphant the last time they staged a major football event, winning the World Cup on home soil 13 years ago. | UEFA European Championship Top 10 Midfielders UEFA European Championship Top 10 Midfielders Published on Country: Portugal Years Active: 1990 to 2008 Rui Costa represented Portugal in three UEFA European Championships . He was a good provider for other players to score goals but still scored a good number himself. At his time, the national side had a steady performance making it to the quarter finals in 1996, then the semifinals at the Euro 2000 and eventually the Euro 2004 final. On the progress to the final, he helped the Portugal team to eliminate England at the quarter finals through a remarkable strike which secured a 2-1 win. 9.) Lothar Matthaus Country: Germany Years Active: 1979 to 2000 Lothar Matthaus played for Germany in four European Football Championships, winning the tournament in 1980. He was captain of the team at the Euro 1988 and he scored in the semifinal to give his team a lead, before Netherlands equalized through Ronald Koeman and snatched the victory in the final minutes by a Marco van Basten goal. His efforts were recognized as he appeared on the 1988 team of the tournament. That would be the last time Matthaus played at the tournament after an injury ruled him out of the 1992 European Championship. 8.) Luis Figo Country: Portugal Years Active: 1989 to 2009 Luis Figo was an exceptional winger with a successful career at club and international level. He is remembered in La Liga for being the second highest player in the number of assists, next to Lionel Messi. He played for Portugal in three European Football Championships, from 1996 to 2004. The 2000 Ballon d’Or winner helped Portugal to the 2004 Euro final against Greece, who pulled off a shocking win. Figo failed to win any European Championship trophy with his team but he certainly led them to their best ever performance in the European competition. His efforts saw him feature in the UEFA Team of the Tournament twice, in 2000 and 2004. 7.) Michael Ballack Country: Germany Years Active: 1995 to 2012 Michael Ballack was in the German squad at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 European Championships. He captained the team in the last two tournaments, helping them reach the 2008 Euro final. He scored an incredible free kick against Austria to seal a 1-0 win for Germany helping them progress to the quarter finals. Germany faired on well past Portugal in the quarter final and Turkey in the semi final before losing to Spain in the final. Despite the loss, Ballack did prove to be a world-class player and was among the best performers at the tournaments. 6.) Michel Platini Country: France Years Active: 1972 to 1988 Michel Platini was captain of the France national team that won the European Championship in 1984. His admirable abilities in taking free kicks and scoring goals immensely helped the team win the tournament. He contributed nine goals to the 14 goals recorded by the whole team. Platini booked a spot in the final after scoring the decisive goal at the end of extra time to defeat Portugal 3-2 at the semifinal. He then scored the opener in the final against Spain as his team won 2-0 to become Champions of Europe. He was the best player of the tournament and the eventual top scorer. 5.) Andres Iniesta Country: Spain Years Active: 2001 to Current Andres Iniesta was influential during Spain’s two consecutive title wins, in Euro 2008 and Euro 2012. He is the kind of midfielder who provides quality crosses and key passes, which have proven essential in steering Spain forward in international competitions. His achievements with the senior team are a perfect follow up to his successful career with the Spain youth teams, which won European Championships in 2001 and 2002. Iniesta was at his best in 2012 where he was man of the match thrice and featured in the UEFA Team of the Tournament in both editions. 4.) Valentin Kozmich Ivanov Country: The Soviet Union Years Active: 1952 to 1966 Valentin Ivanov played for the Soviet Union national football team. He was a joint top scorer in the inaugural tournament in 1960 and his contribution helped the team to win the first |
Which saint is associated with the emblem of three golden balls | St. Nicholas Center ::: St. Nicholas Symbols St. Nicholas Symbols in Haarlem, NL! St. Nicholas Symbols A number of symbols help us recognize St. Nicholas. They developed from his most popular stories and customs. Crozier A hooked staff carried by a bishop; represents a shepherd's staff as the bishop is to be the shepherd of the people, as Jesus is the Good Shepherd. Again, a crozier is a general symbol for bishops, but unique to Nicholas among gift-givers. (also crosier) Three Gold Balls Represent the gold given to provide dowries for the impoverished maidens. Nicholas' gold balls became the pawnbroker's symbol. Sometimes oranges or apples are used to represent the gold. Gold Coins Another way of representing the gold given as dowries. Money Bags Usually three, but sometimes one, represent the gold thrown into the house to provide dowry money. Three Maidens The three young women who received the gold dowry money. Children In Tub Show Nicholas as the protector of children, from the story rescuing young children or students from the evil butcher or innkeeper. Usually three children are in the tub, but sometimes only two are present. Children Often shown with St. Nicholas because he is their patron saint . Ship Symbolizes the close association St. Nicholas has with sailors, ships, and the sea. Anchor | The footballs during the FIFA World Cup™ 2014 Brazil The brazuca, which means 'Brazilian' and refers to the Brazilian way of life, is the most-tested adidas ball in history. It was, over a two-and-a-half-year period, tried out by over 600 of the world’s top players or former players including Iker Casillas, Dani Alves, Lionel Messi, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Zinedine Zidane, and 30 teams in ten countries across three continents. The brazuca was also used at a selection of international football matches, albeit with a different design, including a friendly between Sweden and Argentina last February. The brazuca’s colours and ribbon design of the ball panels symbolise the traditional multi-coloured wish bracelets worn in the country, in addition to reflecting the vibrancy and fun associated with football in the South American country. It has a new structural innovation, with a unique symmetry of six identical panels alongside a different surface structure will provide improved grip, touch, stability and aerodynamics on the pitch. 2010 South Africa The adidas Jabulani, which means ‘to celebrate’ in isiZulu, was the official match ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ and is already the 11th edition of adidas's FIFA World Cup balls. The 11 colours that are present on the Jabulani pay tribute to both football and the country in which Africa’s first-ever FIFA World Cup will be held. Grip 'n' groove Jabulani ushers in some major advances in football technology. The grip ’n’ groove’s profile circles twist around round the entire ball in an optimal aerodynamic way and the integrated grooves provide unmatched flight characteristics, making this the most stable and most accurate adidas ball ever. Minimal seam, more perfection As opposed to the flat-paneled molding of previous adidas footballs, Jabulani comprises eight thermally bonded 3D panels that have been, for the first time ever, spherically molded to make this ball a perfectly round football that is more accurate than ever before. 2006 Germany More than three years of extensive research and development were needed to present the adidas +Teamgeist™, the company’s best performing ball ever. Thanks to a revolutionary 14-panel ball configuration, players were able to show their true skills, as the quality and performance characteristics were identical every time they kicked the ball. The adidas Innovation Team (a.i.t) rigorously tested the new ball for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, first under the toughest laboratory conditions possible, later also with professional players and clubs on the field of play. Scientific tests were conducted together with the Sports Technology Research Group of the University of Loughborough, one of the leading institutions of its kind worldwide. These tests confirmed that the adidas +Teamgeist™ was more round, precise and consistent than any top competitor’s match ball. Italy won their fourth world crown in Germany, beating France on penalties in Berlin. If Zinedine Zidane's red card was the final's defining image, Italy's triumph will be remembered as a team effort, with ten different Azzurri players finding the net during the course of the tournament. 2002 Korea/Japan The ball for the FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™ was known as the “Fevernova”. It was the result of three years of improvement on the “Tricolore” at the adidas research centre in Scheinfeld in southern Germany. The material consisted of six layers or coatings starting with a natural latex bladder inside, then a three-ply Raschel knitted fabric, syntactic foam, a polyurethane layer, a protected iriodine print and finally transparent polyurethane abrasion-resistant coating. The adidas triad design had now become two single, enlarged triads with the points turning into clockwise arrows in the colours of grey, red and gold. The background was no longer a traditional pure white but more of a champagne colour. Over 2,500 balls were supplied for the finals and an estimated six million of the high-quality match balls and replica-quality balls were sold worldwide. The final was between the two mos |
Who was acting leader of the Lib Dems after the resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell? | Menzies Campbell resigns as Lib Dem leader - Telegraph Liberal Democrats Menzies Campbell resigns as Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell has been forced to resign as leader of the Liberal Democrats after a brutal coup by his own MPs. Sir Menzies was a key figure in the removal of Charles Kennedy in 2006 Photo: GEOFF PUGH By Andrew Porter, Political Editor 6:30PM BST 15 Oct 2007 After a string of desperate poll showings - the worst put his party on just 10 per cent - MPs moved to oust their leader. His removal shocked Westminster for its savage and swift nature. At a meeting of MPs Mr Campbell tried to rally support but found there were too few colleagues willing to back him. He then took the decision to stand down. Sir Menzies, 66, who would be approaching 70 at the time of the next election, was a key figure in the removal of Charles Kennedy in 2006. Ironically Mr Kennedy, who remains hugely popular with the party’s grassroots, could be a front-runner to replace him. Sir Menzies, who lasted only 18 months, had to go or face a bruising leadership contest, after one opinion poll showed the Lib Dems could end up with no seats at an election. Events moved quickly after Vince Cable, his deputy, gave a lunchtime interview admitting that Sir Menzies’ position was "under discussion", with senior party figures privately admitting he could be gone by the end of the week. Related Articles When next leader will be chosen the rules 16 Oct 2007 Sir Menzies met senior colleagues one-to-one in an attempt to rally support but found few willing to back him. He then decided to stand down but was criticised for being absent when the announcement was made by Simon Hughes, the party president, and Mr Cable shortly after 6.30pm. In his resignation letter, Sir Menzies said: "It has become clear that following the Prime Minister’s decision not to hold an election, questions about leadership are getting in the way of further progress by the party. Accordingly, I now submit my resignation as leader with immediate effect." Vince Cable, the deputy leader, has taken over as caretaker leader until a contest is held. Outside the party's headquarters Mr Cable said: "Ming has earned the gratitude, respect and affection of the party." Nick Clegg, the party's home affairs spokesman, is the favourite to take over. He will face a tough challenge from Chris Huhne, environment spokesman. Party president Simon Hughes said in a statement: "Over the past two years, Ming has given stability and purpose to our party. "He has hugely professionalised the working of our party and led its very successful preparations for the next general election. "Ming has made this decision - as all his political decisions - in the interest of his party and liberal democracy throughout Britain. "Every Liberal Democrat owes Ming a huge debt of gratitude." One Lib Dem source said: "This was an absolutely brutal and cold-blooded hit. "They had learned the lessons from the knifing of Kennedy, you have to be clinical and swift." Last Friday the Daily Telegraph reported that the knives were out for Sir Menzies. A senior figure told the paper: "We will get him. There is no support for him in the grassroots." A turning point for the Liberal Democrats was Gordon Brown calling off the election 10 days ago and announcing that it was highly unlikely that there would be a general election next year either. MPs decided that 66-year-old Sir Menzies would not present a youthful face to the electorate in 2009 or 2010 and in particular in comparison to David Cameron and a resurgent Conservative party. But most MPs had accepted that any coup would have to be "bloodless" unlike the tortuous attempts to unseat former leader Charles Kennedy, who eventually admitted his alcohol problems. Gordon Brown said: "Sir Menzies Campbell is a man of great stature and integrity who has served his party and country with distinction. "His contribution on foreign policy and international affairs is valued throughout the world. I am sure he will continue to make a major contribution to public life." David Cameron, Co | 15 prominent MPs who have lost their seat in the parliament - BT 15 prominent MPs who have lost their seat in the parliament Will Ed Balls, Charles Kennedy and Esther McVey bid goodbye to politics after shocking defeat? Print this story It was one of the most unpredictable elections in the UK’s history with dramatic victories and overwhelming defeats. This year’s General Election delivered a crushing blow to prominent faces and political heavyweights like Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and the Lib Dem’s Charles Kennedy. Here are a few famous MPs who won’t be returning to parliament this year. 1. Ed Balls (Lynne Cameron/PA) Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has been a prominent fixture on Labour’s campaign trail but unfortunately his hard work didn’t pay off after losing his Morley and Outwood constituency to Conservative MP Andrea Jenkins by a mere 422 votes. 2. Douglas Alexander (Chris Radburn/PA) Labour’s General Election campaign chief and shadow foreign secretary was swept aside by the SNP’s Mhairi Black – a 20-year-old politics student at Glasgow University, with a 26.92% swing from Labour to the SNP in Paisley and Renfrewshire South. 3. Jo Swinson (Andrew Milligan/PA) UK business minister Jo Swinson lost the East Dunbartonshire seat she had held for the Liberal Democrats since 2005 due to a 16.05% swing to the SNP. 4. Jim Murphy (Jane Barlow/PA) The Scottish Labour leader lost the East Renfrewshire seat he had held since 1997 to the SNP’s Kirsten Oswald. 5. Ed Davey (Dan Kitwood/PA) The Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary lost the Kingston and Surbiton seat he had held since 1997 to Conservative James Berry. Davey won 20,415 votes, almost 3,000 less than the Tory tally of 23,249. 6. Simon Hughes (Danny Lawson/PA) The Liberal Democrat lost the Bermondsey and Old Southwark seat he had held for 32 years to Labour by around 5,000 votes. 7. Vince Cable (Dominic Lipinski/PA) The Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable lost the Twickenham seat he has held since 1997 to the Conservatives, defeated by Tania Mathias by 25,580 votes to 23,563. He blamed a campaign of “fear” by the Tories for a “terrible night” for the Liberal Democrats. 8. Esther McVey (Ben Birchall/PA) The Conservative Employment minister was beaten in Wirral West, after Labour’s Margaret Greenwood won the tight marginal – a mere 417 votes. 9. George Galloway (Gareth Fuller/PA) The Respect leader stormed to victory in a by-election in Bradford West three years ago but has now lost out to Labour’s Naseem Shah, who won by nearly 20,000 votes. The Scot vowed he will return to politics. 10. Danny Alexander (Steve Parsons/PA) Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander became the highest-ranking politician in Scotland to lose his seat in the general election. He was elected as the MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey back in 2005, but has now lost that title to nationalist Drew Hendry. 11. David Laws (Dominic Lipinski/PA) The Liberal Democrat minister lost his Yeovil seat to the Conservatives’ Marcus Fysh by 5,313 votes. 12. Lynne Featherstone (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA) The Lib Dems MP lost to Labour in the key target seat of Hornsey and Wood Green. Rival Catherine West won by a majority of 11,058 votes. 13. Margaret Curran (Danny Lawson/PA) Scottish Labour candidate Margaret Curran lost the Glasgow East Constituency at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. She was beaten by SNP’s Natalie McGarry by 10,387 votes. 14. Charles Kennedy (Andrew Milligan/PA) Former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy lost his Highland seat to the SNP after 32 years. He has been an MP since the age of 23 but was defeated by Ian Blackford, who won by 5,124 votes in Ross, Skye and Lochaber. 15. Mark Reckless (John Stillwell/PA) Ukip’s Mark Reckless lost to Tory candidate Kelly Tolhurst in Rochester and Strood by 16,009 votes. The former Conservative MP who defected to Ukip last year, said: “I always knew what I was doing was a risk but nobody should under-estimate Ukip’s achievement. “I am proud to have been a part of that and to have represented the peop |
Which former English referee was President of FIFA from 1961-1974? | FIFA President - FIFA.com FIFA President All News Photos All Videos About the President Before being elected FIFA President, Gianni Infantino was the UEFA General Secretary since October 2009, having joined the organisation in 2000. Gianni led the fight against social ills and threats to the integrity of football in Europe, including all forms of discrimination, violence and hooliganism, and match-fixing. 1904 - 1906 Born 1876, Died 1952 Frenchman Robert Guerin was the dynamic figure behind the founding of FIFA in 1904. A journalist with Le Matin newspaper, Guerin was actively involved in football through his role as secretary of the Football Department of the Union des Societes Françaises de Sports Athletiques. He brought together representatives of the first seven member countries in Paris for the signing of FIFA's foundation act and agreement of the first FIFA statutes. On 22 May 1904, Guerin - then just 28 - was elected president at the inaugural FIFA Congress and remained in his post for two years, during which time another eight associations came on board, including the English Football Association. 1906 - 1918 Born 1852, Died 1918 An English FA administrator from Blackburn, Daniel Burley Woolfall was elected as President on 4 June 1906. A key aim during his presidency was to achieve uniform football rules on an international level and he played a prominent role in the drafting of FIFA's new constitution. Under Woolfall, the application of the Laws of the Game, established under the English model, became compulsory and a clear definition was made of international matches. Two years after assuming the presidency, he helped organise the first noteworthy international football competition, the 1908 Olympic Games in London. His reign as president brought the arrival of FIFA's first non-European members in South Africa, Argentina, Chile and the United States but was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. Woolfall's presidency ended with his death in August 1918. Born 1873, Died 1956 (named Honorary FIFA President on 21 June 1954) When the FIFA World Cup trophy was renamed in honour of Jules Rimet in 1946, it was rightful recognition of the role played by the Frenchman, then celebrating his 25 th anniversary as President, in establishing what fast became the sport's foremost competition. Rimet, inspired by the success of the Olympic Football Tournament, was the driving force behind the FIFA World Cup's inception in 1930. His overriding aim was a rapprochement of nations through sport and the First World War only reinforced his determination. He oversaw the first five tournaments before handing 'his' trophy over for the final time to West Germany captain Fritz Walter in June 1954. That same month, the then 80-year-old ended his long reign - during which FIFA membership grew from 20 to 85 countries - and became the federation's first Honorary President. 1954 - 1955 Born 1876, Died 1955 A lawyer from Brussels, Rodolphe William Seeldrayers was an accomplished sportsman in his youth, winning a Belgian championship with Racing Club Brussels - a club he later served as president. As a sports administrator, he helped found the Belgian Football Association and served on the International Olympic Committee. At FIFA he performed the duties of Vice-President for 27 years prior to succeeding Jules Rimet, his great comrade-in-arms. Seeldrayers was President for the 1954 FIFA World Cup and also oversaw the world governing body's 50 th anniversary celebrations that same year. He died in office on 7 October 1955. 1955 - 1961 Born 1891, Died 1961 Arthur Drewry served as interim head of FIFA for six months following the death of Rodolphe William Seeldrayers and then became President in his own right in June 1956. Together with Stanley Rous, he had keenly supported Jules Rimet's efforts to bring the British associations back into FIFA in 1946 and he also served as president of the Football League and chairman of the Football Association in England. The near five years that Drewry spent as President - from his election in 1956 | Index-a This Week's Puzzles So You Think You Know Soccer A soccer goal is what dimensions, yards wide and feet high: 8x7; 7x8; 8x8 or 9x8? According to FIFA World Cup rules which flag must be displayed inside each match stadium besides those of FIFA/Fair Play, and the two competing nations? Approximately how many million people play regular organized football in the world (at the early 2000s): 5; 25; 65; or 250? The word soccer derives from: Sock; Association; Kosher; or Socrates? What is not required by the rules of soccer: Goal net; Penalty spot; Specified ball pressure; or Shin guards? The 2014 World Cup Finals allocated European and African teams respectively how many places: 3 and 9; 4 and 10; 5 and 13; or 6 and 15? What city/club football rules, which spread widely in the late 1800s, introduced heading, corners, throw-ins, changing ends, and the goal crossbar: Sheffield; Paris; Milan; or Berlin? FIFA's 2014 World Cup Finals/Qualifying rules dictate a match squad of how many players: 18; 23; 26; or 30? In the 2010 World Cup Final, Jo'bulani was the: Winner's national anthem; Winning goalscorer; Ball; or Trumpet-like horn blown by fans? The minimum rest-period between two games for any team at the 2014 World Cup is how many hours: 24; 36; 48; or 72? Soccer rules award what after an 'own goal' directly from a throw-in: Goal; Penalty; Corner; or Drop-ball? The headquarters of FIFA are in Brussels; London; Zurich, or Oslo? Who has made the World Cup footballs since 1970: Adidas; Puma; Umbro; or Nike? The World Cup Qualifiying matches between El Salvador v Honduras in 1969 coincided with what mutual event: Independence; Earthquake; Drought; or War? The first ever �100,000 (or above) football transfer, in 1961, was: Bobby Moore; Pele; Dennis Law; or Eusebio? A white ball was first used in a World Cup in: 1930; 1950; 1966; or 1982? The centre circle of a soccer pitch is used only at kick-offs/re-starts, and in which other game feature? Matthias Sammer, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Rivaldo, and Luis Figo won what between 1990-2002: European Cup; World Cup; Golden Boot; or European Footballer of the Year? The first, second and third placed teams at the 2014 World Cup receive how many medals: 20; 30; 40 or 50? Soccer has been an Olympic event since: 1900; 1964; 1992; or 2002? PAGE 6 |
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This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | Poll system, 2 new trivia lists · Twentysix26/Red-DiscordBot@9ce74b6 · GitHub 75 trivia/2015.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +In China in 2015 the record for the longest mating session between two giant pandas was broken at?`18 minutes`18 mins +Ford claimed to launch the first 'e-(What?)' at the 2015 Mobile World Congress Show?`Bike +A 2015 intensive listening study discovered that giraffes actually?`Hum +Name the last US president to meet the leader of Cuba before Barack Obama did in 2015?`Eisenhower +Jay Z and Beyonce launched a music streaming service in 2015 called? `Tidal +At auction in 2015, $1.2m was paid for Don McLean's original handrwitten lyrics for which 1971 big hit song? `American Pie +In 2015 what global contest ruled against the use of swimsuits for its 114 competitors, for the first time since 1951 inception? `Miss World +Which vast tech corporation opened its first 'Nest' branded intelligent home store in Palo Alto California in 2015?`Google +In 2015 Japan lowered its voting age to what?`18`eighteen +The abbreviation MERS, significantly impacting South Korea 2015, is otherwise known as?`Camel Flu +Christian is the lead character in the film 2015 adaptation of what extraordinarily successful book?`Fifty Shades of Grey`50 shades of grey +Who stepped down as chief of 21st Century Fox in 2015?`Rupert Murdoch`murdoch +In 2015 a new North Korean schools curriculum reportedly included that leader Kim Jong-un learnt to drive at age?`3`three +Which car company launched the Avensis model in 2015?`Toyota +In 2015 evidence of water was found on which planet?`Mars +Which 'BRIC' country launched the Astrosat space lab in 2015?`India +Who won the 2015 men's tennis French Open?`Stan Warwinka`warwinka +What company launched the S6 Edge smartphone?`Samsung +Which leading professional networking tech corporation, whose main revenue is selling user access/details to recruiters, bought the Lynda learning company for $1.5bn in 2015?`Linkedin`linked in +'Dismaland' was the temporary theme park/exhibition of which famous 'anonymous' artist?`Banksy +Matthais Muller was made chief of which troubled car company in 2015?`Volkswagen`vw +In 2015 the World Anti-Doping Agency suggested banning which nation from the 2016 Olympics?`Russia +The game of Monopoly celebrated what anniversary in 2015?`eighty`80`80th +Name the Princess born 4th in succession to the British throne in 2015, to Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?`Charlotte +The 2015 Mad Max movie is sub-titled?`Fury Road`mad max: fury road`mad max fury road +The Magna Carta, signed in London, and inspiring constitutional rights globally thereafter, was how many years old in 2015?`eight hundred`800 +In 2015 the Sinabug volcano erupted in what country?`Indonesia +Olav Bjortmont became 2015 world champion in?`Quizzing`quiz +Lars Lokke led his centre-right party to 2015 government election victory in what country?`Denmark +Blackberry's new phone for 2015 was called the...?`Priv +Facebook's new music sharing/streaming feature launched in 2015 was called "Music... "?`Stories +Eddie Jones was appointed head coach of which English sporting team in 2015?`Rugby Union`rugby +According to 2015 survey what fruit was most popular among USA children?`Apples`apple +Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey celebrated what birthday in 2015?`49`fourty-nine`fourty nine`49th +Jon Snow was killed off in what TV series in 2015, adapted from GRR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire'?`Game of Thrones +Finance minister Yanis Yaroufakis caused comment for not wearing a tie in February 2015 when negotiating the debts for which nation?`Greece +What nation hosted the 2015 Women's World (soccer) Cup?`Canada +What iconic equine-alluding company, in countless books/films/cowboy holsters, filed for bankruptcy in 2015?`Colt +Due to a 2015 contamination scandal in India/Afica, which corporation destroyed 400 million packets of Maggi noodles?`Nestle +How many years old was the McDonalds fast food company in 2015?`60`sixty +It was announced in 2015 that Alexander Hamilton would be replaced on?`$10 bill`$10`tendollars`ten dollar bill`ten |
In which 1997 Ridley Scott film was Demi Moore forced to shave her head? | View All Critic Reviews (31) Audience Reviews for G.I. Jane Failure is not an option. Good Movie! Demi Moore gave a good performance to a role that suited her really well. Viggo Mortensen was excellent as Master Chief. I found myself still liking his character after he beat the crap out of Demi Moore's in a training game gone wrong. That scene was brutal but very necessary. In this case, the social message was that equality in the military does not just mean that men and women get an equal share of the pie but also that they both get an equal share of the pain. This movie makes you think, but in a way where you don't even realize it. So many movies now shout their message loud and clear, but this one is more subtle about it, and you can watch as just another action movie about becoming a soldier, but you'll come out wiser or at least more prone to looking at sexism and feminism in a new way. When a crusading chairperson of the military budget committee pressures the would be Navy secretary to begin full gender integration of the service, he offers the chance for a test case for a female trainee in the US Navy's elite SEAL/C.R.T. selection program. LT. Jordan O'Neill is given the assignment, but no one expects her to succeed in an inhumanly punishing regime that has a standard 60% dropout rate for men. However, O'Neill is determined to prove everyone wrong. Manu Gino Super Reviewer Ridley Scott does a pretty good job at combining a women's lib tale about a woman breaking into the uber-male ranks of Navy Seals with a little soft porn (can you do that??? He did it already) as Demi Moore"s nipples star as a important supporting cast members, and are given lotsa screen time. Viggo Mortensen and Anne Bancroft also do well bringing this orchestrated serio-carnival to a nigh opus crescendo, but its still only a circus. Weeeee! Kevin M. Williams Super Reviewer G.I Jane is an pretty interesting film to watch. Directed by Ridley Scott, G.I Jane tells the fictional story of the recruitment and training of the first woman Navy Seals. I don't understand why this film has gotten so many bad reviews. Granted it's not the best Ridley Scott film, but it's as hell ain't his worst. People seem to hate this film because it's a different type of film for Scott. Obviously the big thing surrounding the film is the fact that Demi Moore had to shave her head for the part. Though not a perfect film, this is still a pretty good one. Viggo Mortensen is obviously the best actor here. G.I. Jane is a very interesting look at the Navy Seals, though flawed due to Hollywood dramatization. The film does give you an idea of the hard as hell training of the elite Navy Seals. G.I. Jane is a very entertaining film with political overtones due to the fact that the story revolves around a senator trying to further her career by having Demi Moore fail the Seals selection course. Not perfect in any way, G.I Jane however is very entertaining and has some cool scenes of boot camp training. Obviously cliched, the Seals are portrayed as dumb Jarjheads, which is an aspect of the film that doesn't work, because most people in the military are very intelligent and are University graduates. Unfortunately with yet another film like this, the soldiers are seen as dumb sexists, which for the most part isn't true in the military. That would be my only beef with the film. Other than that, G.I Jane is a good film, though not excellent by any means, and definitely isn't Ridley Scott's best. However it's far from his worst. Expect from G.I. Jane an innacurrate but entertaining look at the Seals program, and you may not be disappointed. And as far as I'm concerned, after her dreadful film, Striptease, this is a far better film for Demi Moore, and actually this is her only good performance. Alex roy | Poll system, 2 new trivia lists · Twentysix26/Red-DiscordBot@9ce74b6 · GitHub 75 trivia/2015.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +In China in 2015 the record for the longest mating session between two giant pandas was broken at?`18 minutes`18 mins +Ford claimed to launch the first 'e-(What?)' at the 2015 Mobile World Congress Show?`Bike +A 2015 intensive listening study discovered that giraffes actually?`Hum +Name the last US president to meet the leader of Cuba before Barack Obama did in 2015?`Eisenhower +Jay Z and Beyonce launched a music streaming service in 2015 called? `Tidal +At auction in 2015, $1.2m was paid for Don McLean's original handrwitten lyrics for which 1971 big hit song? `American Pie +In 2015 what global contest ruled against the use of swimsuits for its 114 competitors, for the first time since 1951 inception? `Miss World +Which vast tech corporation opened its first 'Nest' branded intelligent home store in Palo Alto California in 2015?`Google +In 2015 Japan lowered its voting age to what?`18`eighteen +The abbreviation MERS, significantly impacting South Korea 2015, is otherwise known as?`Camel Flu +Christian is the lead character in the film 2015 adaptation of what extraordinarily successful book?`Fifty Shades of Grey`50 shades of grey +Who stepped down as chief of 21st Century Fox in 2015?`Rupert Murdoch`murdoch +In 2015 a new North Korean schools curriculum reportedly included that leader Kim Jong-un learnt to drive at age?`3`three +Which car company launched the Avensis model in 2015?`Toyota +In 2015 evidence of water was found on which planet?`Mars +Which 'BRIC' country launched the Astrosat space lab in 2015?`India +Who won the 2015 men's tennis French Open?`Stan Warwinka`warwinka +What company launched the S6 Edge smartphone?`Samsung +Which leading professional networking tech corporation, whose main revenue is selling user access/details to recruiters, bought the Lynda learning company for $1.5bn in 2015?`Linkedin`linked in +'Dismaland' was the temporary theme park/exhibition of which famous 'anonymous' artist?`Banksy +Matthais Muller was made chief of which troubled car company in 2015?`Volkswagen`vw +In 2015 the World Anti-Doping Agency suggested banning which nation from the 2016 Olympics?`Russia +The game of Monopoly celebrated what anniversary in 2015?`eighty`80`80th +Name the Princess born 4th in succession to the British throne in 2015, to Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?`Charlotte +The 2015 Mad Max movie is sub-titled?`Fury Road`mad max: fury road`mad max fury road +The Magna Carta, signed in London, and inspiring constitutional rights globally thereafter, was how many years old in 2015?`eight hundred`800 +In 2015 the Sinabug volcano erupted in what country?`Indonesia +Olav Bjortmont became 2015 world champion in?`Quizzing`quiz +Lars Lokke led his centre-right party to 2015 government election victory in what country?`Denmark +Blackberry's new phone for 2015 was called the...?`Priv +Facebook's new music sharing/streaming feature launched in 2015 was called "Music... "?`Stories +Eddie Jones was appointed head coach of which English sporting team in 2015?`Rugby Union`rugby +According to 2015 survey what fruit was most popular among USA children?`Apples`apple +Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey celebrated what birthday in 2015?`49`fourty-nine`fourty nine`49th +Jon Snow was killed off in what TV series in 2015, adapted from GRR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire'?`Game of Thrones +Finance minister Yanis Yaroufakis caused comment for not wearing a tie in February 2015 when negotiating the debts for which nation?`Greece +What nation hosted the 2015 Women's World (soccer) Cup?`Canada +What iconic equine-alluding company, in countless books/films/cowboy holsters, filed for bankruptcy in 2015?`Colt +Due to a 2015 contamination scandal in India/Afica, which corporation destroyed 400 million packets of Maggi noodles?`Nestle +How many years old was the McDonalds fast food company in 2015?`60`sixty +It was announced in 2015 that Alexander Hamilton would be replaced on?`$10 bill`$10`tendollars`ten dollar bill`ten |
"In which T.V. Detective series did ""Charlie Hungerford"" appear ?" | Terence Alexander - Telegraph TV & Radio Obituaries Terence Alexander Terence Alexander, the actor, who died on May 28 aged 86, played gentlemen and rogues, combining the two in his most famous role, Charlie Hungerford in the television detective series Bergerac. 12:02PM BST 02 Jun 2009 With John Nettles in the title role, Alexander brought humour and suavity to Bergerac as the detective’s millionaire ex-father-in-law. His lightness of touch was perfect for the slim, silver-haired Charlie, constantly puffing a cigar and often in a flap. Launched in 1981, Bergerac was shown in more than 35 countries, and Charlie Hungerford became easily the best-known and most successful role in Alexander’s 50-year career. He only landed the part by chance, however, having been spotted in the street by a producer who was driving through Fulham. The actor’s contract stipulated that he appear in every Bergerac episode. “Over the years I’ve done a lot of rubbish,” he admitted in 1989, “but I’ve kept working. And Charlie is the best part I have ever had.” He had previously made numerous appearances on stage, screen and radio (although as a supporting rather than a leading player). With his long, straight face, faintly bumptious air, toothy grin and jovial personality, Alexander built a line in beguiling rogues, upper-class charmers, and, occasionally, twits. “Some directors see me as an idiot,” he reflected, “some as a villain, so I’ve always had a range of some sort to fall back on.” He performed in many West End comedies and farces, including Fringe Benefits (Whitehall, 1976) and Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus (Nottingham Playhouse, 1980). Alexander’s numerous films included the comedies The Square Peg (1958), with Norman Wisdom, and Carry On Regardless (1961). He also appeared in the epic Waterloo (1970) and the thriller The Day Of The Jackal (1974). But probably his best film role was as an ex-officer turned bank robber in the comedy adventure The League Of Gentlemen (1960). Related Articles Juno Alexander 01 Aug 2014 An only child, Terence Joseph Alexander was born in London on March 11 1923, but brought up in Yorkshire, where his parents were the master and matron of Knaresborough hospital, formerly the town’s workhouse. Educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, he entered the theatre at 16 as an assistant stage manager on 10 shillings a week with the White Rose Players, Harrogate. His first professional appearance, as a young journalist in JB Priestley’s The Good Companions (Opera House, Harrogate, 1939), ignited a lifelong passion for the stage. “I was absolutely hooked,” he confessed. “When I was up to £2 a week, I left home.” Wartime service from 1942 as a lieutenant with the 27th Lancers interrupted his career. He was seriously wounded by artillery fire in Italy and on leaving the army in 1947 was awarded a 50 per cent disability pension. As late as the mid-1970s Alexander had to undergo surgery to remove a piece of shrapnel from his foot, and the war left him with a constant whistling in his ears. But he continued his acting career and made his first film appearance in Comin’ Thro’ The Rye in 1947. Widespread experience in repertory led to his first London stage appearance, as Tom Williams in Val Gielgud’s comedy Party Manners (Princes, now Shaftesbury, 1950). He also began his successful television career in the 1950s and subsequently appeared in many series, including The Forsyte Saga, the Les Dawson and Dick Emery shows, Terry and June, and The New Statesman. His radio work included several plays as well as the series Law and Disorder and The Toff. A shy and sensitive man in private life, Alexander was reputedly superstitious, and required his wife to say: “I love you, good luck” three times whenever he left the house. His great loves were golf and wine. Asked to name his favourite hobby, he replied: “Searching for drinkable wine at a reasonable price.” Questioned further about the one person in the world he would like to meet, he declared: “The owner of Chateau Mouton Rothschild — to help him drink some of it.” Alexan | Inspector Morse Inspector Morse Last Bus to Woodstock (1975) Created by Edit Block Morse (left) as played by John Thaw in the television adaptation, with Lewis (right) as played by Kevin Whately. Inspector Morse is a fictional character in the eponymous series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, as well as the 33-episode 1987–2000 television adaptation of the same name, in which the character was portrayed by John Thaw. Morse is a senior CID (Criminal Investigation Department) officer with the Thames Valley Police in Oxford, UK. With a Jaguar car (originally a Lancia), a thirst for British real ale and a penchant for music (especially opera and Wagner), poetry, art, classics, classic cars, and cryptic crossword puzzles, Morse presents a likeable persona, despite his sullen temperament. Name and family Edit Block Morse's first name, "Endeavour", was kept a secret until the end of Death is Now My Neighbour (traditionally Morse claimed that he should be called "Morse" or joked that his first name was "Inspector"). In the series it is noted that his reticence about his Christian name led to a public school (Stamford School, where Colin Dexter and his brother were both pupils) nickname of "Pagan". The origin of his name is the vessel HMS Endeavour, as Morse's mother was a Quaker (Quakers have a tradition of "virtue names") and his father was a fan of Captain James Cook. The author of the Morse novels, Colin Dexter, is a fan of cryptic crosswords, and Morse is named after champion solver Jeremy Morse, one of Dexter's arch-rivals as a clue-writer in the crossword world. During the episode "Cherubim and Seraphim", it is learned that Morse's parents divorced when he was 12. He remained with his mother until her death three years later, when he had to return to his father. He had a dreadful relationship with his stepmother, Gwen, and claimed he only read poetry to annoy her and that her petty bullying almost drove him to suicide. He has a half-sister, Joyce, with whom he is on better terms, and was devastated when Joyce's daughter, Marilyn, took her own life. Habits and personality Edit Block Morse is ostensibly the embodiment of white, male, upper-middle-class Britishness, with a set of prejudices and assumptions to match. He may thus be considered a late example of the gentleman detective, a staple of British detective fiction. This background is in sharp juxtaposition to the working class origins of his assistant, Lewis (named for another rival clue-writer, Mrs. B. Lewis); in the novels, Lewis is Welsh, but this was altered to a northern English (Geordie) background in the TV series. He is also middle-aged in the books. Morse's relationships with authority, the establishment, bastions of power and the status quo are markedly ambiguous, as sometimes are his relations with women. Morse is frequently portrayed in the act of patronising women characters, to the extent that some feminist critics have argued that Morse is a misogynist. Fundamentally, however, he is portrayed as a compassionate and egalitarian figure. Morse is an extremely intelligent individual. He dislikes spelling errors and grammatical mistakes, demonstrated by the fact that in every personal or private document written to him he manages to point out at least one spelling mistake. He claims his approach to crime-solving is deductive and one of his key tenets is that "there is a 50 per cent chance that the last person to see the victim alive was the murderer". In reality, it is the pathologists who deduce; Morse uses immense intuition and his fantastic memory to get to the killer. Career Edit Block Although details of Morse's career are deliberately kept vague, it is hinted that as a schoolboy he won a scholarship to study at St John's College, Oxford. He lost the scholarship as the result of poor academic performance, which in turn resulted from a failed love affair (mentioned in the series at the end of "The Last Enemy" and in the novel The Riddle of the Third Mile). Forced to leave the University, he entered the Army, and on leaving it, joined th |
What colour is LaLa of Teletubbies? | Laa-Laa | Teletubbies Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia "Laa Laa likey looking at her reflection in mirror." ―Laa Laa herself Laa-Laa is the third Teletubby and is played by Nikky Smedley in the original series and Rebecca Hyland in the new series. She is sunflower yellow and has a curly antenna on her head and she has a giant orange ball. Laa-Laa is known as the best singer of all the Teletubbies, a total girly-girl, "Drama queen", party-girl, and motherly type. She likes playing with her ball and enjoys watching Magical Events. She likes playing smart and is a great friend to the Teletubbies. Her ball is almost as big as she is. She likes singing and dancing and doing ballet in the skirt and goes "Laa-Laa-Li-Laa-Li-Laa-Li-Laa" to herself, hence the name Laa-Laa. When Laa Laa gets frustrated she sometimes shouts a rather strange word "BIBBALYCHEESE" . She is often seen to look out for the other Teletubbies. She is a silly and cute tubby, and most of the times she has a cheerful personality. She is as intelligent as Tinky Winky and Dipsy and Po . She knows where places are and likes playing with the other Teletubbies. She also enjoys dancing in her free time. Laa-Laa often hangs out with Po and Dipsy and even occasionally Tinky Winky. She once saved Dipsy's Hat from being blown away by the wind. Laa-Laa is 8 feet and 6 inches tall. She is the second smallest after Po. Laa Laa making Tubby Custard. | 1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? 3. If Alpha is 1, and Beta is 2, what is 6? 4. If Tony Blackburn won in 2002, Phil Tuffnell won in 2003, and Kerry Katona won in 2004, who won in 2007? 5. If David Lloyd George is 1, Andrew Bonal Law is 2, and Stanley Baldwin is 3, who is 4? 6. If Liverpool won in 2006, and Chelsea won in 2007, who won in 2008? 7. How many pints does a 10- gallon hat hold? 8. Who was murdered by Fitzurse, de Tracy, de Morville and Le Breton? 9. Who presents Location, Location, Location with Phil Spencer? 10. From what ancient activity does the word ‘crestfallen’ come? 11. What non-mechanical sport achieves the highest speeds? 12. What major city is on an island in the St Lawrence river? 13. Who succeeded Alf Ramsey to become caretaker manger for the English national football team in 1974? 14. What did Britain’s roads first acquire in 1914? 15. Which former Liverpool player held the record for the fastest hat-trick, scoring 3 goals in less than 5 minutes? 16. Myleen Klass (pictured) now presents 10 Years Younger on Channel 4, but what was the name of the pop band that gave her success in 2001? 17. Who was the presenter of Out Of Town in the 1960s who went on to appear on the children’s TV programme How? 18. Whose autobiography is called Dear Fatty? 19. Who were Tom and Barbara’s neighbours in The Good Life? 20. In Cockney rhyming slang what are your ‘Daisy Roots’? 21. What is the surname of the twin brothers who compiled the Guinness Book of Records together between 1955 and 1975? 22. Which actor played Columbo? 23. Does the Bactrian camel have one hump, or two? 24. Where is the world's largest four-faced chiming clock? 25. Concerned about the impact of uncontrolled development and industrialisation, what National Charity was founded in 1895 by three Victorian philanthropists, Miss Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley? 26. What famous make of motorcycle was Lawrence of Arabia riding when he was tragically killed in Dorset in 1936? 27. What colour of flag should a ship fly to show it is in quarantine? 28. Purple Brittlegill, Velvet Shank and Orange Milkcap are three types of what? 29. What is the name of the flats where the Trotters lived in Only Fools And Horses? 30. In computing, what does the abbreviation USB stand for? ANSWERS: 1. Saturn; 2. Tom Baker (Doctor Who actors); 3. Zeta; 4. Christopher Biggins. (I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. Joe Pasquale 04, Carol Thatcher 05, Matt Willis 06, and Joe Swash 08); 5. Ramsay MacDonald (Prime Ministers post WW1); 6. Portsmouth (FA Cup); 7. 6; 8. Thomas Becket; 9. Kirstie Allsopp; 10. Cockfighting; 11. Sky-diving; 12. Montreal; 13. Joe Mercer; 14. White Lines; 15. Robbie Fowler; 16. Hearsay; 17. Jack Hargreaves; 18. Dawn French; 19. Margo and Jerry Leadbetter; 20. Boots; 21. McWhirter (Ross and Norris); 22. Peter Falk; 23. Two; 24. The Clock Tower on the Palace of Westminster in London (Big Ben is the nickname for the bell); 25. The National Trust; 26. Brough Superior; 27. Yellow; 28. Fungi; 29. Nelson Mandela House; 30. Universal Serial Bus Like us on Facebook |
Which James Bond villain was played by Christopher Lee? | Top 10 James Bond Villains Top 10 James Bond Villains Summary With over twenty Bond movies released through five decades, the James Bond series has had more than its fair share of great villains. Many have been parodied and copied over the years, and their influence can't be overstated. But which ones really stand out, as the most memorable and iconic villains of the series? Here is our list of the top 10. Enjoy! #10 Le Chiffre No list of villains would be complete without including Le Chiffre from Casino Royale . He brought a much needed freshness to the reboot of the series, and was one of the better villains of the post-80s era. The intense battle on and off the poker table was reminiscent of some of the climactic gambling scenes in the Ian Fleming novels. With his creepy eye, sly demeanour, and--as if anyone could forget--his comical torture scene , Le Chiffre is the perfect place to start this article, and well deserving of 10th place. Le Chiffre was played by Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, who reprised the role in the 2008 first-person shooter Quantum of Solace, providing his voice and likeliness for the character. #9 Francisco Scaramanga Christopher Lee had originally been put forward for the role of Dr. No by his step cousin, Ian Fleming. Unfortunately for him, the producers had already cast Joseph Wiseman , but Lee got his chance again twelve years later. He accepted the role of Fransisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun . Lee was perfect for the role of Scaramanga. He was the spitting image of Fleming's original character, and was received very well by fans and critics alike. His effortless charm, million dollar contracts, golden gun, and third nipple are all memorable parts of the film. Scaramanga has also proved to be a popular character in the 007 video games. #8 Nick Nack And of course, you can't list Scaramanga without immediately thinking of his small butler and sidekick. He may only have two nipples, but he's still a hell of a guy. His cheeky attitude added a lot of humour to the film, and he worked surprisingly well alongside Christopher Lee. From a mini-gun and peanuts, to suitcases and bottles of wine, there is no shortage of entertainment with Nick Nack around. It is also to his credit that he was the inspiration behind Mini-Me in the Austin Powers films. Nick Nack was played by French actor Herve Villechaize, who would go on to play the role of Tattoo in the American series Fantasy Island. #7 Mr. Big/Kananga American actor Yaphet Kotto joined the Bond series in 1973, playing politician Dr. Kananga and big time gangster Mr. Big in Live and Let Die . Dr. Kananga was a calm Prime Minister of San Monique, an island used to grow drugs that were to be smuggled into America. He would don a rubber face mask to become his alter ego Mr. Big, the ruthless gangster who controls most of Harlem. He played the two characters well, and brought a unique contribution to the series. Kananga, alongside his taro reading mistress Solitaire, remains a popular and well known villain amongst fans. His death by a co2 filled bullet was a little cheesy though. #6 Jaws Jaws is the quintessential bigger than life bad guy, and without doubt the most well known of the Bond villains. Introduced in The Spy who Loved Me , 7 foot tall Richard Kiel brought to life the steel giant, lending the film a unique charm. He proved so popular that the producers brought him back for the next film, Moonraker . His second appearance came with a rather cheesy love affair, but Jaws remains a favourite among fans, and has gone down in history as one of the best villains in cinema history. He has appeared in many of the James Bond video games, as both playable characters and as part of the story. | Amazon.com: James Bond Ultimate Edition Boxed Sets Bundle: Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, MGM: Movies & TV James Bond Ultimate Edition Boxed Sets Bundle Unlimited Streaming with Amazon Prime Start your 30-day free trial to stream thousands of movies & TV shows included with Prime. Start your free trial See all buying options Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. 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Ad feedback Special Offers and Product Promotions Editorial Reviews Product Description Vol. 1 (The Man with the Golden Gun / Goldfinger / The World Is Not Enough / Diamonds Are Forever / The Living Daylights) Vol. 2 (A View to a Kill / Thunderball / Die Another Day / The Spy Who Loved Me / Licence to Kill) Vol. 3 (GoldenEye / Live and Let Die / For Your Eyes Only / From Russia With Love / On Her Majesty's Secret Service) Vol. 4 (Dr. No / You Only Live Twice / Octopussy / Tomorrow Never Dies / Moonraker) Amazon.com The Man with the Golden Gun: The British superspy with a license to kill takes on his dark underworld double, a classy assassin who kills with golden bullets at $1 million a hit. Roger Moore, in his second outing as James Bond, meets Christopher Lee's Scaramanga, one of the most magnetic villains in the entire series, in this entertaining but rather wan entry in the 007 sweepstakes. Moore balances the overplayed humor of the film with a steely performance and Lee's charm and enthusiasm makes Scaramanga a cool, deadly, and thoroughly enchanting adversary. --Sean Axmaker Goldfinger: To own Goldfinger (1964) on DVD is to have at your fingertips the proof that Sean Connery is the definitive James Bond. No one but Connery can believably seduce women so effortlessly, kill with almost as much ease, and then pull another bottle of Dom Perignon '53 out of the fridge. Goldfinger contains many of the most memorable scenes in the Bond series: gorgeous Shirley Eaton (as Jill Masterson) coated in gold paint by evil Auric Goldfinger and deposited in Bond's bed; silent Oddjob, flipping a razor-sharp derby like a Frisbee to sever heads; our hero spread-eagle on a table while a laser beam moves threateningly toward his crotch. Goldfinger's two climaxes, inside Fort Knox and aboard a private plane, have to be seen to be believed. --Raphael Shargel The World Is Not Enough:Bond 5.0, Pierce Brosnan, undercuts his usually suave persona with a darker, more brutal edge largely absent since Sean Connery departed. Equally tantalizing are our initial glimpses of Bond's nemesis du jour, Renard (Robert Carlyle), and imminent love interest, Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), both atypically complex characters cast with seemingly shrewd choices, and directed by the capable Michael Apted. The story's focus on post-Soviet geopolitics likewise starts off on a savvy note, before being overtaken by increasingly Byzantine plot twists, hidden motives, and reversals of loyalty superheated by relentless (if intermittently perfunctory) action sequences.--Sam Sutherland Diamonds Are Forever: Sean Connery retired from the 007 franchise after You Only Live Twice but was lured back for one last official appearance as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever. Goldfinger director Guy Hamilton keeps the film zipping along gamely from one entertaining set piece to another, including a terrific car chase in a parking lot, a battle with a pair of bikini-clad killer gymnasts named Bambi and Thumper, and a deadly game with a bizarre pair of fey, sardonic killers who dispatch their victims with elaborate invention. Connery retired again after this one but |
What is the home ground of Walsall F.C. called | Banks's Stadium | Walsall FC | Football Ground Guide Football Ground Guide Address: Bescot Crescent, Walsall, WS1 4SA Telephone: 01922 622 791 Ticket Office: 01922 651 414/416 Pitch Size: 110 x 73 yards Club Nickname: The Saddlers Home Kit: Red and Black Away Kit: Blue and White Main Stand External View Looking Towards The Tile Choice Stand Main Stand Looking Towards The KIA Stand Tile Choice Stand External View WHAT IS THE BANKS'S STADIUM LIKE? The Saddlers moved to then called Bescot Stadium in 1990 from Fellows Park, which had been their home for 104 years. A fairly simple affair, somewhat similar to Glanford Park in Scunthorpe, which was opened two years earlier, the stadium received a boost in 2003 with the opening of a huge stand at one end. This is a large two tiered affair that completely dwarfs the rest of the ground. It is smart looking, with a glassed area running across its middle, which houses the concourse. Unusually, it has a slightly larger upper than lower tier. This end before it was re-developed was previously called the Gilbert Alsop (a former Walsall playing great) Stand, but in a commercial sponsorship deal, it is now currently called the Tile Choice Stand. The rest of the stadium is totally enclosed with three of the stands being roughly the same height, giving it a 'box-like' feel. These stands are not particularly big, around 15 rows high. The corners are filled, but only for advertising hoardings. The Homeserve Main Stand on one side has a small television camera gantry perched on its roof, as well as the players tunnel and team dug outs at its front. At the back of the stand is a glassed area, which I presume is used for corporate hospitality. Opposite is the WFC Community Stand which is a simple seated stand that has dedicated areas for wheelchair users at its front. The main disappointment is the large number of supporting pillars in each of the older stands (the newer Tile Choice Stand is pillar free). As Walsall unfortunately very rarely fill the stadium, this is not a huge problem. However, for big games this can be very annoying if you are unlucky enough to get seated behind one. There are four floodlight pylons mounted on the roof of each side stand. In one corner of the stadium between the away end and the Family Stand is a large video screen that was installed in 2014. In a corporate sponsorship deal with Marstons Brewery, the stadium has been renamed the Banks's Stadium. FUTURE STADIUM DEVELOPMENTS The Club have announced that they have been granted planning permission to redevelop the KIA (William Sharp) Stand at one end of the ground. The new stand would look similar to the Tile Choice Stand and add 2,300 seats to the stadium, raising the overall capacity to 13,500. It would also mean that up to 4,000 away supporters could be accommodated at that end. The back of the stand will also feature a giant advertising hoarding, clearly visible from the M6. However there are no firm time scales as to when this might actually happen. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR AWAY SUPPORTERS? Away supporters are housed in the KIA Stand at one end of the ground, where around 2,000 away supporters can be accommodated. There are a few supporting pillars at the front which could impede your view. The good news though, is that even a small amount of away fans can really make some noise and make a good atmosphere. A trip to Walsall can be disappointing in terms of trying to get there and the stadium itself, but is more than countered by the relaxed atmosphere around the ground and the friendliness of the Walsall fans themselves. Neil Harding a visiting Hull City fan provides his thoughts on the stadium; 'In my opinion The Bescot has to be one of the poorest grounds in the country. It has a strange look to it with three covered stands all the same size, but one large stand that towers over the rest of the ground, giving it a somewhat lopsided feel. I found the away end to be rather cramped and the view distorted by one of the four pillars that run across the front. The only good thing is that it the stand is covered, wh | KryssTal : Football (FA Cup) FA Cup founded as knockout tournament for amateur clubs 1883 First FA Cup win by professional club (Blackburn Olympic) 1884 First club from outside England to reach the final (Queen's Park) 1889 League began - First FA Cup / League double (Preston North End) 1897 Second FA Cup / League double (Aston Villa) 1901 Only FA Cup win by non-league club since League began (Tottenham Hotspur) 1923 FA Cup final moved to Wembley 1927 Only FA Cup win by a club from outside England (Cardiff City) 1946 Two-legged ties for one season after the end of World War 2 1961 Third FA Cup / League double (Tottenham Hotspur) 1971 Fourth FA Cup / League double (Arsenal) 1986 Fifth FA Cup / League double (Liverpool) 1993 First FA Cup / League Cup double (Arsenal) 1994 Sixth FA Cup / League double (Manchester United) 1996 7th FA Cup / League double (Manchester United) 1998 8th FA Cup / League double (Arsenal) 1999 Unique FA Cup / League / European Cup treble (Manchester United) 2001 FA Cup final moved to Cardiff while Wembley rebuilt Unique treble of FA Cup / League Cup / UEFA Cup (and Second FA Cup / League Cup double) (Liverpool) 2002 10th FA Cup / League double (Arsenal) 2005 First FA Cup final decided on penalties (Arsenal) 2006 Second consecutive FA Cup final decided on penalties (Liverpool) 2007 FA Cup final returned to Wembley The third FA Cup / League Cup double (Chelsea) |
Who composed the opera 'The Cunning Little Vixen'? | OPERA NEWS - The Cunning Little Vixen The Cunning Little Vixen Animal magnetism: Vuong and Bullock in Juilliard's Vixen © Nan Melville 2013 The recent Juilliard production of Janáček's ravishing opera The Cunning Little Vixen (seen Apr. 28) didn't try to compete with the elaborate woodland costumes and pastoral backdrops featured in the New York Philharmonic's concert staging of the same work just two years ago, across the street at Avery Fisher Hall. Juilliard's version, under the direction of Emma Griffin, took place entirely inside one large room of a sleek contemporary house (designed by Laura Jellinek), with splotches of color seen through the windows indicating the changing of the seasons. The denizens of the forest were clearly exuberant young people, not animals, playing games; they wore only animal ears, or, in some cases, masks on the backs of their heads. Thus freed from the constraints of depicting wildlife, the cast was liberated to emphasize the humanistic qualities of the relationships in Janáček's opera (the composer wrote his own libretto), as well as his resonant themes of unity and renewal. Also helpful in emphasizing this realism was the English translation, by Yveta Synek Graff (a pioneer in bringing Czech opera to English-speaking audiences) and Robert T. Jones. Janáček famously tried to capture the distinctive contours and rhythms of the Czech language in his music, making credible singing translations even harder to create than usual, but these English phrases seemed perfectly natural and well set. This authentic quality was enhanced by generally excellent diction from the exceptionally talented student cast. Julia Bullock, as Sharp-Ears, the titular vixen, led the way in terms of clarity of delivery and beauty of sound. Her broad range of expression allowed her to be impetuous and demonstrative in her early scenes, then appealingly self-dramatizing later when relating the story of her life to the Fox. In this beautiful courtship scene, Bullock's sound was especially opulent and glorious in her upper register. Later, when she sang "Can it be that I am beautiful?" her voice and face both lit up vibrantly. Her bold, seemingly invulnerable defiance of Harasta, the menacing poacher, was such that her death by gunfire came as a complete shock, even to those who already knew the plot. Soprano Karen Vuong, as the Fox, deployed a slightly weightier voice than Bullock's but sang with similar beauty of tone, if slightly less precise consonants. Aubrey Allicock, as the Forester who attempts to domesticate the Vixen, was a welcome presence both vocally and dramatically. The steel-edged confidence of his bass-baritone was perfect for delivering the message of rejuvenation in the Forester's big aria near the end. Martin Bakari was vocally charismatic as the Schoolmaster, who mistakes the Vixen for Terynka, the local girl he is in love with (and who is engaged to Harasta); the same could be said for Önay Köse as the Priest, whose booming baritone gave way to tenderness when he sang of a lost childhood love. As Harasta, John Brancy brought to bear a strong baritone and a bad-boy swagger, projecting his sound effortlessly even in a quiet, reflective section. Mezzo Laura Mixter sang with appealing immediacy as the Poacher's captive dog. The decidedly non-feminst chorus of Hens, in blonde wigs and white nightgowns, proved amusingly uninterested in being liberated from subjugation by the Rooster (a domineering Raquel Gonzáles), much to the progressive-minded Vixen's annoyance. Anne Manson led the Juilliard Orchestra with firm, decisive command. The strings sounded a tad scrappy at the start, but they achieved much better integration of sound as the afternoon progressed. Jeanne Slater provided the joyful choreography, which verged on the balletic during the Act I dream sequence. Some adorable young members of the Juilliard Pre-College Division struck a very moving tableau after the death of Sharp-Ears, more wonderstruck at the falling snow than grief-ridden over their mother's demise. This, as much as anything, cryst | Shakespeare on Music Let there be no noise made, my gentle friends; Unless some dull and favourable hand Will whisper music to my weary spirit. (2 Henry IV, 4.5.1-3), Henry IV Play, music! And you, brides and bridegrooms all, With measure heap'd in joy, to the measures fall. (As You Like It, 5.4.174), Duke Senior Give me some music; music, moody food Of us that trade in love. (Antony and Cleopatra, 2.5.1-2) Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me! You would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass: and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ; yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me. Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing: To his music plants and flowers Ever sprung; as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Every thing that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing, die. (Henry VIII, 3.1.4-15) If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again! it had a dying fall: O! it came oer my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. Music oft hath such a charm To make bad good, and good provoke to harm. (Measure for Measure, 4.1.14) Let music sound while he doth make his choice; Then, if he lose, he makes a swan-like end, Fading in music. (The Merchant of Venice, 3.2.46), Portia How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. (The Merchant of Venice, 5.1.63-66) The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music. (The Merchant of Venice, 5.1.91-7) Thou rememberst Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphins back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maids music. (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2.1.153-9) I have a reasonable good ear in music. (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 4.1.28) DON PEDRO: Come, Balthasar, we'll hear that song again. BALTHASAR: O, good my lord, tax not so bad a voice To slander music any more than once. (Much Ado About Nothing, 2.3.37-9) Mark how one string, sweet husband to another, Strikes each in each by mutual ordering; Resembling sire and child and happy mother, Who, all in one, one pleasing note do sing. Sonnet 8 What did thy song bode, lady? Hark, canst thou hear me? I will play the swan, And die in music: Ha, ha! keep time: how sour sweet music is, When time is broke and no proportion kept! So is it in the music of men's lives. And here have I the daintiness of ear To cheque time broke in a disorder'd string; But for the concord of my state and time Had not an ear to hear my true time broke. (Richard II, 5.5.42-9) It is the lark that sings so out of tune, Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps. (Romeo and Juliet, 3.5.28-29), Juliet It is 'music with her silver sound,' because musicians have no gold for sounding: 'Then music with her silver sound With speedy help doth lend redress.' (Romeo and Juliet, 4.5.137-40), Peter Preposterous ass, that never read so far To know the cause why music was ordain'd! Was it not to refresh the mind of man After his studies or his usual pain? (The Taming of the Shrew, 3.1.10-13), Lucentio Where should this music be? i' the air or the earth? It sounds no more: and sure, it waits upon Some god o' the island |
"""Silverside"" is a cut of what?" | Landtasia Organic Farms Landtasia Organic Farms Know Your Cuts Know Your Cuts Below you will find a brief orientation to the characteristics of each of the prime sections of beef and the typical cuts and uses that come from those sections. While the explanation describes multiple uses for each prime section, such as roast, steaks and mince, generally you should only expect one or perhaps two such choices coming from one prime section. For example, if you want the Rib section to be cut into Scotch Fillet steaks, then the butcher would not be able to get any standing roasts from that section, and vica versa. This is because the steaks and the roast come from the same meat. One simple way to remember this is to keep in mind that steaks are just slices of roasts that are cooked separately. Mince and sausage meat utilise the small cuts of meat from all sections that are trimmed off to make a steak or roast take on their familiar shapes. In addition, customers generally prefer for the butcher to mince some of the tougher portions of meat, such as the flank, as their families would prefer meatloaves, rissoles, and tasty sausages to chewy meat. Rolled Brisket & Diced Brisket is traditionally used for corned beef, pastrami or rolled Brisket and is best prepared with moist heat. Brisket’s suitable preparation methods include stewing, braising and pot-roasting. Flank is lean and very flavorful meat located below the Sirloin section. Flank is used to make the classic London Broil and is also primarily used for minute steaks and rolled flank steaks. It can also be used well for kebabs. Often it is minced for lean and tasty sausage meat. Mince & Sausage Meat – the Brisket and Chuck prime sections generally contribute the majority of Landtasia’s mince and sausage meats. Unless requested otherwise, we include some of the natural Chuck collagen in the lean mince so that it retains some of the juiciness and flavour that people expect in a great hamburger or meatloaf, even if they are cutting down on fat in their diet. Oyster Blade Steak and Chuck Steak Both Blade and Chuck come from the forequarter and are strong muscle groups. Blade is the tenderer of the two, but happily for Chuck, it favourably contains collagen connective tissues, which melts during cooking, making the meat intensely flavourful. Cuts from these sections benefit from slow, wet cooking methods like stewing, braising or pot-roasting, although both can also make a good steak if marinated or wet-aged and then barbequed. • Blade Bolar Roast — a cut which lies next to the ribs; tenderer than most Blade; makes an excellent roast. Alternatively, the roast can be cut into cross-cut Blade steaks, or strips for stir-fry dishes. • Chuck Steak and Diced — as well as a good slow roaster, Chuck is a good choice diced for kebabs, casseroles, and pot pie dishes. As a steak it can be tender enough to grill or broil, provided that you marinate it overnight first. • Mince & Sausage Meat – the Chuck and Brisket prime sections generally contribute the majority of Landtasia’s mince and sausage meats. Eye Fillet and Eye Fillet Centre Cut The loin yields the most tender and valued cuts of beef. Cuts from the loin require very little work to taste great. Indeed, steak lovers consider it almost a sacrilege to marinate them or to cook them beyond medium rare. The average young steer or heifer provides no more than 1.2-1.6 kg of fillet. Because the muscle is non-weight bearing, it receives very little exercise, which makes it very tender. The tenderloin runs along either side of the spine and is usually harvested as a long cut of beef. The short choicest portion is exquisitely tender and lean. The top loin and Sirloin are less buttery, but they're a bit more flavourful. The tenderloin is sometimes ordered whole. If the short end of the tenderloin is cut into portions before cooking, that portion is known as Fillet Mignon, or fillet, from the French boneless meat (mignon meaning "small"). The fillet can be cut into 1.5 - 2.5 cm thick portions, then grilled and served as-is. H | What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was th - Pastebin.com In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs? A: Madagascar. RAW Paste Data What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was the first motor race held that was classed as Formula 1? 1950 In the wild west, how was Henry McCarty better known? 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Apple Which organ of the body is affected by Bright's Disease? Kidney What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin? 373 K What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier? The whip What name was given to the Samurai code of honour? Bushido What colour is the bullseye on a standard dartboard? Red What song does the main character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day? I Got You Babe What is the only Central American country in which baseball, not soccer, is the people's favourite sport? Nicaragua What is the largest fresh water lake in North America? Lake Superior Which South American country was named after the Italian city of Venice? Venezuela How many rounds are there in an olympic boxing match? 4 The highest temperature ever recorded outside in the shade was recorded in Azizah, in Africa. In which country is this city located? Libya Which Hasbro `action figure` got its name from a Robert Mitchum film? G.I. Joe In which country is the highest mountain in South America? Argentina How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates? 7 If you were putting numbers on new changing room lockers to be numbered from 1 to 100, how many times would you use the number 9? 20 Which famous group performed the first ever song on Top Of The Pops in 1964? The Rolling Stones Who wrote the novel Revolutionary Road, which was made into a successful feature film? Richard Yates Which supermodel is seen pole dancing in the White Stripes video for the song `I Just Don`t Know What To Do With Myself`? Kate Moss Which band has released albums titled `Word Gets Around`, `Just Enough Education To Perform` and `Pull The Pin`? Stereophonics In the Adrian Mole Diaries, what is the surname of his girlfriend? Braiwaithe Charlotte Edwards led England`s women to World Cup glory in which sport in March 2009? Cricket What is sake made from? Rice Affenpinscher, Keeshond and Leonberger are all types of what? Dog Who won the 2009 Rugby World Sevens Cup? Wales Who is the only player to win a Champion`s League medal, the Premiership and the FA Cup, and to be relegated from the Premiership without going on to play in the Championship? Kanu With which club did David Beckham make his football league debut? Preston North End Who is the host of the TV show Q.I.? Stephen Fry Anyone Can Fall In Love was a chart hit set to the theme tune of which TV show? EastEnders Who is the only character to appear in the first ever Coronation Street who is still in the show at 2009? Ken Barlow The film `Black Hawk Down` was loosely based on a true incident that took place in 1993 in which country? Somalia What word does the bird constantly repeat in Edgar Allan Poe`s classic poem `The Raven`? Nevermore In the board game `Risk`, what c |
What 'rank' is used to denote the iconic video game hero featured in the Halo series? | Halo (Franchise) - TV Tropes Abnormal Ammo : The Needler, Needle rifle, and related weapons shoot pink/purple crystals (made of a material called "blamite") that detonate a few seconds after impact. Additionally, the Covenant Carbine fires ammo made from a poisonous and radioactive compound. The weaponry wielded by Promethean constructs utilize hard-light ammunition. Some of it can completely disintegrate even MJOLNIR armor. Adaptational Attractiveness : Captain Keyes looks much younger in Halo: Reach and Anniversary than he did in the original Combat Evolved, where he's 57. Inversely, his daughter Miranda looks much more age-appropriate for a veteran commander in the HD remake of Halo 2, compared to the original game where she could easily be mistaken for a teenager. Advanced Ancient Acropolis : Forerunner structures are all several aeons old, with many being constructed out of a mix of crystal glass and Hard Light that looks like silver. Advanced Ancient Humans : As revealed in The Forerunner Saga and Halo 4, humanity used to be nearly on par with the Forerunners themselves. The Forerunners themselves were originally tended to be this trope, but that was later retconned away. Aerith and Bob : Not so much for any human characters, but for UNSC ship names. The ones featured the games tend to be poetic and/or even just a little bit weird : Pillar of Autumn, Spirit of Fire, Aegis Fate, In Amber Clad, Forward Unto Dawn, and Say My Name. But ships from the novels tend to have more normal names like Leviathan, Fairweather, Gettysburg, and Texas. The odd ship names are very likely a nod to the ones in Iain M. Banks 's Culture universe, a setting which also has giant ringworlds. That said, this trope's prevalence in Halo really depends on the writer . For example, the Halo: Evolutions story Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian (written by former Bungie staffer and current 343i Franchise Development Director Frankie O'Connor) takes place in a ship called The Heart of Midlothian. Even the later novels that aren't written by Bungie/343i staffers have indulged in this trope a little more, with names like Do You Feel Lucky? and All Under Heaven. You also have the funny variations for civilian freighters: This End Up, Contents Under Pressure, Bulk Discount, Horn of Plenty, or Wholesale Price. Aggressive Negotiations : The first battle of the Human-Covenant War begins after a nervous Grunt disobeys orders and kills a human during a peace negotiation. A.I. is a Crapshoot : There is an actual, In-Universe term for this - Rampancy. Man-made "Smart" AIs generally have this happen about seven years into their lifetime, at which point they are usually destroyed. Forerunner AIs can stay sane for much longer, but aren't immune to rampancy either. 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With what instrument would you associate the classical performer Murray Perahia? | Bach: Goldberg Variations / Murray Perahia - Sony: SK89243 | Buy from ArkivMusic Bach: Goldberg Variations / Murray Perahia Release Date: 10/03/2000 Recorded in: Stereo Length: 1 Hours 13 Mins. Low Stock: Currently 3 or fewer in stock. Usually ships in 24 hours, unless stock becomes depleted. SEE, HEAR & LEARN MORE! Notes & Editorial Reviews Works on This Recording Customer Reviews Notes and Editorial Reviews I have no hesitation at all in acclaiming Murray Perahia's recording of the Goldberg Variations as the finest on piano since Glenn Gould's pioneering version of the 1950s. Both in its broad conception and individual details, it offers incontestable evidence of Perahia's penetrating musical intellect, sensitivity to emotional nuance, and exceptional technical gifts. A performance this rich and varied in expression deserves to be considered at much greater length than that of a simple record review, but perhaps a few general observations will suffice to indicate what an extraordinary listening experience this release represents. First, the big picture: Perahia observes all the Read more repeats, and his crisply detailed ornamentation the second time around is just one of many delights. The entire work takes a bit more than 73 minutes, which means that tempos run on the swift side. Indeed, if I had to choose one word to characterize this interpretation, it would be: "joyous". It swings. Unlike Rosalyn Tureck, for example, Perahia doesn't agonize over every note in a way that imposes on the work a portentous sameness from moment to moment, however fascinatingly considered the details. He's extremely careful to shape groups of variations to form expressive arches. The most impressive of these explores the gradual increase in tension from Variations 26 through 30. Note how Perahia uses the piano's dynamic range to give the 28th variation, with its long ornamental trills, an unusually quiet delicacy (on harpsichord this can sound like the sewing machine from hell), followed by a natural intensification through his bold treatment of the rapidly alternating chords of Variation 29, and culminating, with an effortless sense of climax, in the contrapuntal fullness of the ensuing Quodlibet. You might think this sort of thing obvious, but it's amazing how in many performances the final variation comes as an anti-climax after the devastating brilliance of the two previous ones. Not here! The finer details fit naturally into this larger scheme. Perahia's isn't as obsessively linear a performance as Gould's, and even though he isn't quite as firmly focused on the bass line, he never sacrifices clarity for the sake of pianistic effect. On the other hand, he's perfectly willing to employ pianistic effect for the sake of enhancing clarity, both expressively and contrapuntally. The 23rd variation, for example, seems to foreshadow Prokofiev, its witty scales running up and down the keyboard, tossed off as a humorous series of hiccups and parentheses. In the following canon at the octave--difficult to project clearly owing to the sameness of the parts--Perahia magically conveys not just the identity of the variation as a canon, but also its pastoral character and lilting rhythm. The melody, too, has never before sounded so similar to Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". Here's one of those rare moments that, when you hear it, sounds exactly right, and the softer volume at the repeats only enhances the music's intimacy and grace. Finally, when we reach the great 25th variation, one of the saddest pieces in all of Bach, the right hand takes center stage, singing this harmonically anguished, florid lament with a touchingly fluid legato. The left hand, in contrast, offers the most sensitive harmonic support, clearly subordinate in a manner all but impossible on the harpsichord. Any random selection of variations will reveal similar interpretive insights, though you should not get the impression from this paean of pianistic praise (excuse the alliteration: too many Batman reruns lately) that I dislike the sound of this music on the harp | Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Bri |
What was the title of the first ever 'Carry On' film? | Carry on Sergeant (1958) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Sergeant Grimshaw wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But what a motley bunch they ... See full summary » Director: a list of 30 titles created 05 Nov 2011 a list of 31 titles created 26 Jan 2015 a list of 28 titles created 25 May 2015 a list of 31 titles created 16 Jul 2015 a list of 30 titles created 09 Dec 2015 Title: Carry on Sergeant (1958) 6.3/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the patients a chill every time she walks ... See full summary » Director: Gerald Thomas The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs! Even the simplest of tasks get bungled by the incompetent but lovable staff, as they get given ... See full summary » Directors: Gerald Thomas, Ralph Thomas Stars: Kenneth Connor, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck the ... See full summary » Director: Gerald Thomas Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him. They concoct a ... See full summary » Director: Gerald Thomas Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the ... See full summary » Directors: Gerald Thomas, Ralph Thomas Stars: Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Kenneth Connor Speedee Taxis is a great success, which means its workaholic owner Charlie starts neglecting Peggy, his wife. Suddenly a fleet of rival taxis appears from nowhere and start pinching all the... See full summary » Director: Gerald Thomas This is the tale of Albert Poop-Decker, a newly commissioned Midshipman (although he took 8 1/2 years to qualify). He joins the frigate Venus, and adventures through Spanish waters, mutinee... See full summary » Director: Gerald Thomas A bogus legionnaire proves his mettle during an Arab attack. Director: Gerald Thomas A top secret chemical formula has been stolen by STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans), and so Agent Simpkins and his three trainees are hot on the trail, ... See full summary » Director: Gerald Thomas The Carry On team send up the Tarzan tradition in great style. Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby. Bill Boosey is the fearless hunter and guide. Prof. Tinkle... See full summary » Director: Gerald Thomas The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but ... See full summary » Director: Gerald Thomas The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy take it upon ... See full summary » Director: Gerald Thomas Edit Storyline Sergeant Grimshaw wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But what a motley bunch they turn out to be, and it's up to Grimshaw to put the no-hopers through their paces. Written by Simon N. McIntosh-Smith <Simon.N.Smith@cs.cf.ac.uk> See All (20) » Taglines: Un-Ready, Un-Willing and Un-Able! Meet the riotous recruits who rule | 1965 Academy Awards® Winners and History A Thousand Clowns (1965) Actor: LEE MARVIN in "Cat Ballou", Richard Burton in "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold", Laurence Olivier in "Othello", Rod Steiger in "The Pawnbroker", Oskar Werner in "Ship of Fools" Actress: JULIE CHRISTIE in "Darling", Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music" , Samantha Eggar in "The Collector", Elizabeth Hartman in "A Patch of Blue", Simone Signoret in "Ship of Fools" Supporting Actor: MARTIN BALSAM in "A Thousand Clowns", Ian Bannen in "The Flight of the Phoenix", Tom Courtenay in "Doctor Zhivago", Michael Dunn in "Ship of Fools", Frank Finlay in "Othello" Supporting Actress: SHELLEY WINTERS in "A Patch of Blue", Ruth Gordon in "Inside Daisy Clover", Joyce Redman in "Othello", Maggie Smith in "Othello", Peggy Wood in "The Sound of Music" Director: ROBERT WISE for "The Sound of Music" , David Lean for "Doctor Zhivago", John Schlesinger for "Darling", Hiroshi Teshigahara for "Woman in the Dunes", William Wyler for "The Collector" This would be the first year that the awards ceremony (on April 18, 1966) would be broadcast in color on television. The two top films in the Best Picture Oscars race in 1965, The Sound of Music and Doctor Zhivago, each had the same number of nominations (ten), and equally divided the same number of Oscars (five): The top winner was 20th Century Fox's and Robert Wise's The Sound of Music , Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical of the same name brought to the screen. It was the real-life story of unsuited postulant Maria (Julie Andrews) who left Austria's Nonnberg Abbey, became governess to seven motherless Von Trapp children, and helped lead the singing family out of Nazi-occupied Austria to Switzerland (and then to America). The Sound of Music won Best Picture, Best Director (Robert Wise), Best Musical Score, Best Editing, and Best Sound. [This win gave the musical genre consecutive Best Picture wins - My Fair Lady (1964) had won the previous year.] The Sound of Music also topped Gone With The Wind (1939) as the most commercially-successful, money-grossing film to date - thereby saving its studio 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy. Best Director and Best Picture winner Robert Wise had won the same two awards four years earlier (for West Side Story (1961) ), but now he didn't have to share his Best Director award with Jerome Robbins. The swoon-inducing romantic epic and spectacle, Doctor Zhivago, was British director David Lean's follow-up to Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - a Russian epic and a colorful film adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel. Doctor Zhivago won five Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay (Robert Bolt), Best Color Cinematography (Freddie Young), Best Art Direction, Best Original Musical Score (Maurice Jarre), and Best Costume Design (Phyllis Dalton). The other three Best Picture nominees included: Stanley Kramer's direction of Katherine Anne Porter's adapted novel, Ship of Fools (with eight nominations and two wins - Best B/W Cinematography and Best B/W Art Direction/Set Decoration) - it featured a star-studded cast as a group of passengers sailing to Germany in the 1930s (with Vivien Leigh in her final film role). the satirical British film about the shallowness of the fashion model scene and the empty life of an amoral model in director John Schlesinger's film, Darling (with five nominations and three wins - Best Actress, Best Story and Screenplay, and Best B/W Costume Design) the low-budget comedy/drama by director Fred Coe (wi |
Mérida and Cancún are located on what peninsula? | Yucatan Travel Guide - DoCancun!com HOME > TRAVEL GUIDES > YUCATAN TRAVEL GUIDE Yucatan Travel Guide Yucatan Hotels Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is full of wonderful things to explore, from beautiful colonial cities to amazing Mayan ruins to stunning natural beauty. Stay in beautiful hotels from Mexico's colonial era, or restored Yucatan haciendas. Yucatan Hotels Yucatan Tours You will run out of vacation days before you run out of things to do on your vacation. Visits to the numerous Mayan archaeological sites in the Yucatan are some of the most popular tours. Yucatan Tours Car Rentals Get your vacation in gear with our Car Rental Service in Merida, Cancun, Playa del Carmen and the Riviera Maya. Choose your car from our great variety of brands and models that best fits your budget. Car Rentals Introduction to the Yucatan Peninsula "I can only imagine how the Indians felt when they were first confronted with the Spanish. Their first difficulty was deciding whether the Spanish were mortals or gods. The French structuralist Tzvetan Todorov makes the interesting argument that this confusion varied in direct proportion to literacy. The Incas, who could not write at all, were convinced the Spanish were gods. The Aztecs, who had pictograms, initially thought that the Spanish were gods but soon changed their minds. The Maya, who could read and write, knew from the beginning that the Spanish were men. The Maya, therefore, were the most difficult to conquer." --Peter Canby, The Heart of the Sky: Travels Among the Maya From beautiful colonial cities to modern day Mayan villages, the Yucatan Peninsula has a multitude of cities and towns to explore along the way. The Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico includes the Mexican states of Yucatan, Campeche, and Quintana Roo. The capital city of the state of Yucatan is Merida. The capital city of the state of Campeche is Campeche. And the capital city of the state of Quintana Roo (where Cancun and the Riviera Maya are located) is Chetumal. Chetumal, Mahahual and Bacalar are part of an area known as the Costa Maya, and more information can be found on our Costa Maya page. Colonial cities such as Merida and Valladolid have beautiful architecture and will bring you back in time to the Spanish colonial days of this area. Merida is the capital of the state of Yucatán, and a good base for exploring the region. Even coastal ports such as Progreso to the north and Celestun to the west hold treasures of flocks of vibrant pink flamingos or piers that seem to extend endlessly. Rustic haciendas and convents from the 1600s and 1700s dot the outlying areas to the east. So do caverns of stalactites and stalagmites and cenotes which are underground sinkholes formed from the porous limestone of the region. Look for timeless villages in the small Yucatecan towns along the Convent Route of l7th century churches south of Mérida or the Ruta de Puuc near Uxmal, about 90 minutes south of Merida . Yucatan Peninsula Map Archaeological Sites in the Yucatan UXMAL The world of the ancient Maya encompassed the Central American countries of Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras as well as Mexico's southeastern states of Chiapas, Tabasco and the three states of the Yucatan Peninsula: Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatan. This region, now known as the Mundo Maya (Maya World), contains more than 3,000 architectural sites of this ancient and powerful culture, whose incredible legacy and ritual secrets await almost daily discovery. The most visited Mayan ruins in the Yucatan are Chichen Itza, Tulum, Coba and Uxmal, but dozens of others can be found in the Yucatan. Unlike the Aztecs of central Mexico or the Incas of Peru, the Mayans are a living culture, speaking Mayan among themselves and following centuries-old customs. As you explore the villages of the area, you can see women embroider elaborate floral borders on huipile blouses. You will pass clutches of sleepy towns lined with rectangular homes that have scant furniture and no beds -- only hammocks hung between the narrow walls. Visit our Mayan Ruins page for more d | Round 3 Jeopardy Template What is the Ford Mustang? This still-popular muscle car was launched late in 1964, what is it? 100 What is the Syndy Opera House? In 1973, which famous building with a roof resembling sails opened after 16 years of construction? 100 What are young urban professionals? The word “yuppie” was popularized in the 80s; what does it represent? 100 Which figure skater was accused of breaking a competitor’s kneecaps before the 1994 Olympics? 100 What is Denver, Co? What city did Barack Obama formally accept the Democratic nomination for the US presidential election in 2008? 200 What is Mister Ed? Picked up by CBS in 1961, what famous TV show had a vocal equine as its star? 200 Who was Jimi Hendrix? What American singer-songwriter, who is considered by many to be the greatest electric guitarist in music history, died in 1970? 200 What Soviet leader replaced Chernenko in 1985? 200 What food chain uses this slogan: “Think outside the bun”? 200 What is Katrina? In 2005, what hurricane devastated the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama coastal regions, and flooded approximately 80% of the city of New Orleans? 300 Name the Organization created to fight for important women’s issues? 300 What was the name of NASA's first space shuttle that was unveiled in 1976? 300 Who is Sally Ride? The Space Shuttle Challenger took the first woman into space in 1983, what was her name? 300 What is the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame? What famous museum opened in 1995 in Cleveland, Ohio? 300 Who is Charles Manson? Wedding plans were announced in 2014 for a 26 year-old Illinois woman and which 80 year-old incarcerated mass murderer? 400 What famous property, purchased in 1965, was once a swamp land in Osceola County, California? 400 What is Three Mile Island? In 1979, a nuclear accident happened at what Pennsylvania power plant? 400 In 1984, which restaurant chain featured this line in their commercial, “Where’s the beef?” 400 Who was the youngest singer to win a Grammy in 1997? 400 What is ALS (Lou Gerhig's Disease)? In 2014, the Ice Water Bucket challenge was established for what charity? 500 Who is Sirhan Sirhan? The 1960s were a decade of high-profile assassinations (President John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.) Name the assassin who is still alive. 500 What is In Vitro Fertilization? In 1978, the first test tube baby was born following what procedure? 500 Who was Jim Thorpe? Which Olympic athlete had his gold medals reinstated in the decathlon and the pentathlon, 30 years after his death? 500 What is Yellow Pages? In the 90s, which company used this phrase for their slogan "Let your fingers do the walking"? 500 Who is Psy? |
In Greek myth, who was the wife of Odysseus who remained faithful during his long absence? | Penelope | Define Penelope at Dictionary.com Penelope noun 1. Classical Mythology. the wife of Odysseus, who remained faithful to him during his long absence at Troy. 2. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “weaver.”. Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for Penelope Expand Homer's Odyssey Denton J. Snider Then for the second time he astonished Penelope by laughing. Still Jim Honor Willsie Morrow Then Penelope asked him straightly, "Who art thou, stranger, and whence hast thou come?" Museum of Antiquity L. W. Yaggy Penelope, consumed with curiosity, joined the touring party one day. Still Jim Honor Willsie Morrow And he wrote a book in which he took away the palm of beauty from Argive Helen and handed it to poor Penelope. British Dictionary definitions for Penelope Expand noun 1. (Greek myth) the wife of Odysseus, who remained true to him during his long absence despite the importunities of many suitors Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for Penelope Expand fem. proper name, name of the faithful wife in the "Odyssey," from Greek Penelopeia, probably related to pene "thread on the bobbin," from penos "web," cognate with Latin pannus "cloth garment" (see pane (n.)). Used in English as the type of the virtuous wife (1580) as it was in Latin. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper Expand Penelope [(puh-nel-uh-pee)] The wife of Odysseus in classical mythology . Penelope remained true to her husband for the ten years he spent fighting in the Trojan War and for the ten years it took him to return from Troy , even though she was harassed by men who wanted to marry her. She promised to choose a suitor after she had finished weaving a shroud for her father-in-law, but every night she unraveled what she had woven during the day. After three years, her trick was discovered, but she still managed to put her suitors off until Odysseus returned and killed them. Note: Penelope is an image of fidelity and devotion. The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | Orpheus in the Underworld Orpheus in the Underworld Orpheus in the Underworld (DVD) Orpheus in the Underworld (in French: 'Orphée aux enfers') is an operetta in two acts by Jacques Offenbach. The original French text was by Meilhac and Halévy, and the first production took place in Paris in 1858. It is famous for the good plot and the far more famous music. Outside classical circles, the Infernal Galop from Act II, Scene 2 is widely recognized as the music for the "Can-can". Synopsis Note: Orpheus in the Underworld exists in several forms: Offenbach originally wrote it in a two-act form, then expanded it to four acts with a great deal of filler material, ballets, and such like when it proved popular. The English translations are in a far more confusing state, as several add numbers from other operas, a major translation replaces Public Opinion with Orpheus' mother, and so on. This article lists only songs in the original two-act version (the four-act version is performed rarely and has the same plot), using the names given to them by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's 1994 CD. An additional song included on that CD from the four-act version ("A skip, a hop") is ignored for consistency. Act I, Scene 1: Near Thebes We open with a melodrama (Introduction and Melodrame) in which Public Opinion explains who she is, setting herself up as the guardian of morality. She seeks to rework Orpheus and Eurydice - who hate each other - into a moral tale for the ages. However, she has her work cut out for her: Eurydice is in love with the shepherd, Aristaeus, who lives next door ("Ah when a woman's heart is yearning"), and Orpheus is in love with Chloë, a shepherdess. When Orpheus mistakes Eurydice for her, everything comes out, and Eurydice insists they break the marriage off ("So you confess?"). However Orpheus, fearing Public Opinion's reaction, torments her into keeping the scandal quiet using violin music, which she hates. We now meet Aristaeus (who is, in fact, Pluto) keeping up his disguise by singing a pastoral song about those awful sheep ("Hail! My name's Aristaeus"). Since Pluto was originally played by a famous female impersonator, this song contains numerous falsetto notes. Eurydice, however, has discovered what she thinks is a plot by Orpheus to kill Aristaeus, but is in fact a conspiracy between him and Pluto to kill her, so Pluto may have her. Pluto tricks her into walking into the trap by showing immunity to it, and, as she dies, transforms into his true form (Transformation Scene) Eurydice finds that death is not so bad when the God of Death is in love with you ("I thought that death would be more painful"), and so keeps coming back for one more verse. They descend into the Underworld as soon as Eurydice has left a note telling her husband she has been unavoidably detained (Descent to the Underworld). All seems to be going well for Orpheus until Public Opinion catches up with him, and threatens to ruin his violin teaching career unless he goes to rescue his wife. Orpheus reluctantly agrees ("Come, come, come"). Act I, Scene 2: Olympus The scene changes to Olympus, where the Gods sleep out of boredom ("We're fast asleep"). Things look a bit more interesting for them when Diana returns and begins gossiping about Actaeon , her current love ("When I go riding"). However, Jupiter , shocked at the behaviour of the supposedly virgin goddess, has turned Actaeon into a stag. Pluto then arrives, and reveals to the other gods the pleasures of Hell (Entrance of Pluto), leading them to revolt against horrid ambrosia, hideous nectar, and the sheer boredom of Olympus ("To arms, you gods and demi-gods"). Jupiter's demands to know what is going on lead them to point out his hypocrisy at great length, describing - and poking fun of - all his mythological affairs ("When you seduced the fair Alcmena"). However, little further progress can be made before news of Orpheus' arrival forces the gods to get onto their best behaviour (Finale, Act I). Pluto is worried he will be forced to give Eurydice back, and, after a quotation from Gluck's Orfeo |
The common word for the human body part known as the omphalus gives which citrus fruit its name? | Orange fruit nutrition facts and health benefits Custom Search Orange fruit nutrition facts Delicious and juicy orange fruit contains an impressive list of essential nutrients, vitamins, minerals for normal growth and development and overall well-being. Botanically; orange is the citrus fruit belonging in the Rutaceae family, of the genus; Citrus. The genus citrus also includes other related species of oranges such as pomelo, tangerine (mandarin orange), yuzu, lemon , and grapefruit . Scientific name: Citrus sinensis. Oranges-Citrus sinenesis. Orange is a tropical to semitropical, evergreen, small flowering tree, growing to about 5 to 8 m tall, and bears seasonal fruits that measure about 3 inches in diameter and weigh about 100-150 g. Oranges are classified into two general categories, sweet and bitter, with the former being the type most commonly consumed type. Popular sweet-varieties include Valencia, Navel, Persian variety, and blood orange. Tangerine. Photo courtesy: orphanjones Nagpur (India) orange. Tangerines are related varieties of oranges distinguished by loose, easily peeled shin (pericarp) and sweet juicy flesh (arils). They are also known as mandarin oranges in Europe and Satsumas in Japan. Just as oranges, they too belong to the Rutaceae (citrus Family) and known scientifically as Citrus reticulata. Fruits belonging to the citrus group are described as “hesperidium,” (A hesperidium is a scientific term to describe the fruit structure belonging to the citrus group. In fact, the fruit is a modified berry with tough, leathery rind. Orange peel contains many volatile oil glands in pits. Interior flesh is composed of segments, called carpels, made up of numerous fluid-filled vesicles that are actually specialized hair cells). Health benefits of oranges Nutrients in oranges are plentiful and diverse. The fruit is low in calories, contains no saturated fats or cholesterol, but is rich in dietary fiber, pectin.Pectin, by its virtue as a bulk laxative, helps protect the mucous membrane of colon by decreasing its exposure time to toxic substances as well as by binding to cancer-causing chemicals in the colon. Pectin has also been shown to reduce blood cholesterol levels by decreasing its re-absorption in the colon by binding to bile acids in the colon. Oranges, like other citrus fruits, are an excellent source of vitaminC (provides 48.5 mg per 100 g, about 81% of DRI); Vitamin C is a powerful natural antioxidant. Consumption of foods rich in vitamin C helps the body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals from the blood. Orange fruit contains a variety of phytochemicals. Hesperetin, naringin, and naringenin are flavonoids found in citrus fruits. Naringenin is found to have a bio-active effect on human health as antioxidant, free radical scavenger, anti-inflammatory, and immune system modulator. This substance has also been shown to reduce oxidant injury to DNA in-vitro studies. Total antioxidant strength (ORAC) of oranges (navel variety) is 1819 µmol TE/100 g. Oranges also contain very good levels of vitamin A, and other flavonoid antioxidants such as alpha and beta-carotenes, beta-cryptoxanthin, zea-xanthin and lutein. These compounds have been known to have antioxidant properties. Vitamin A is also required for maintaining healthy mucus membranes and skin and essential for healthy vision. Consumption of natural fruits rich in flavonoids help human body protect from lung and oral cavity cancers. It is also a very good source of B-complex vitamins such as thiamin, pyridoxine, and folates. These vitamins are essential in the sense that the human body requires them from external sources to replenish. Orange fruit also contains a very good amount of minerals like potassium and calcium. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps control heart rate and blood pressure through countering pressing effects of sodium. Citrus fruits, as such have long been valued for their wholesome nutritious and antioxidant properties. It is scientifically | Overspill Overspill 5A: Vanilla, Strawberry and Chocolate 6A: Tea 18A: The white of an egg 19A: Tomato 33A. Kings cross and Charing cross 34A. Pennsylvania 35A. KLM or Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) 36A. Caracus 41A. New Guinea (Greenland is the largest) 42A. Eros 64A: The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip 65A: Captain James Cook! 66A: Bones in the Hand 67A: John D. Rockefeller 69A: The eye (inflammation of the cornea) 70A: Mormons 72A: Princess Diana was killed in a car crash. 73A: Leprosy 79A: Schutzstaffel or ‘Protection Squad 80A: The 16th 83A: Fractures of the bone 84A: Leg 108A. New Guinea (Greenland is the largest) 109A. A monkey 110A. The Merchant Of Venice 111A. Teeth 115A. A fish (of the herring family found off North America's Atlantic coast) 116A. the umbrella 118A. Rhinoceros (up to 5 tons, then hippo up to 3.2 tons) 119A. Water buffalo 133A. 8 ft (2.44 metres) 134A. Anna Kournikova 140A. Preston North End - 1888-89 141A. Motor Racing (nickname for Indianapolis) 142A. Beijing 143A. Mercedes Benz 144A. Alec Stewart 145A. 20 (8 pawns can move 1 or 2 squares and 2 knights can move in 2 directions) 146A. Marcellus. 154A: Leondaro, Raphael, Michaelangelo, Donatello 155A: Thing 158A: Mrs Hudson 159A: British Academy of Film and Television Arts 160A: Colonel John 'Hannibal' Smith, played by George Peppard, from the 1980's US TV action series The A-Team. 161A: The Three Wise Men (or the Three Kings) 162A: A Few Good Men 163A: Rudolph Valentino 164A: The Coronation of Elizabeth II 165A: Cameron Diaz 171A: The Artful Dodger 172A: 15 173A: Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia With Love, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again 174A: Dr. Who 184A. Bootlegger 185A. Australia 186A. English - founded in 1701 as a collegiate school it was renamed Yale college in his honour in 1718 and renamed Yale University in 1887. 187A. His bayonet 190A. KLM or Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) 191A. McDonalds 193A. Jesper Parnevik 194A. Idi Amin Dada 195A. It took place in 1889. John L(awrence) Sullivan –1858 to 1918 knocked out Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds. 196A. They fathered children 197A. John Ronald Reuel - 1892 to 1973 198A. Harriet Beecher Stowe 205A. Gardens (a.k.a. Capability Brown) 206A. the umbrella 209A. Gold, Juno, Sword, Omaha, Utah. 210A. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour 211A. Criminal 217A. Fork in (the) road 218A. Dominoes 223A. Its a small world after all 224A. A bad spell of weather 225A. Tale of two cities 226A. Postman 229A. All in a days work 230A. Clean underwear 232A. The good the bad and the ugly 233A. Frank Sinatra 235A. What goes up must come down 236A. One step forwards two steps back 237A. Glance backwards 238A. Long time no see 239A. Gross injustice BIG BLOG QUIZ 2011 Thank you those of you that have pointed out the repeats, the questions are compiled from various web sources, just go with it, cheers x For everyone who loves a quiz but cant take part in the live twitter quizzes i thought i would do an 'at home' quiz If you want your efforts scored email your answers to me at scaryeye@hotmail.com Id rather people didnt cheat and google all the answers but hey....its your karma Closing date is Noon on January 1st 2012 2011 Big Quiz – Qs 1 Q: Kulfi is a type of which Indian food? 2 Q: In the Wild West, what did the Red Indians call whisky? 3 Q: It means Aunt Mary in English, but by what name do we usually know this drink? 4 Q: What is the name of the baked, light, sweet or savoury, dish whose name derives from the French 'to puff up'? 5 Q: Which three flavours make up a Neapolitan ice cream? 6 Q: Which beverage may be black or green? 7 Q: What does a ‘Sommelier’ Do? 8 Q: A bottle equivalent to 20 Bottles of wine is called what? 9 Q: Which part of a cow is used to make tripe? 10 Q: What type of fruit is a cantaloupe? 11 Q: Which vegetable is also known as an egg plant? 12 Q: What is a baby oyster called? 13 Q: Arctic King, Saladin and Tom Thumb are which types of vegetable? 14 Q: What ty |
Which English author, who died in 1998, published Katie Hannigan in 1950 and The Bill Bailey Trilogy between 1986 and 1997? | Catherine Cookson : definition of Catherine Cookson and synonyms of Catherine Cookson (English) 12 External links Early life Born as Catherine Ann McMullen at 5 Leam Lane in Tyne Dock , South Shields , County Durham , she was known as "Kate" as a child. She moved to East Jarrow , County Durham which would become the setting for one of her best-known novels, The Fifteen Streets. The illegitimate child of an alcoholic named Kate Fawcett, she grew up thinking her unmarried mother was her sister, as she was brought up by her grandparents, Rose and John McMullen. Biographer Kathleen Jones tracked down her father, whose name was Alexander Davies, a bigamist and gambler from Lancashire .[ citation needed ] She left school at 13 and, after a period of domestic service, took a laundry job at Harton Workhouse in South Shields . In 1929, she moved south to run the laundry at Hastings Workhouse, saving every penny to buy a large Victorian house, and then taking in lodgers to supplement her income. In June 1940, at the age of 34, she married Tom Cookson, a teacher at Hastings Grammar School . After experiencing four miscarriages late in pregnancy, it was discovered she was suffering from a rare vascular disease, telangiectasia , which causes bleeding from the nose, fingers and stomach and results in anemia . A mental breakdown followed the miscarriages, from which it took her a decade to recover. Writing career She took up writing as a form of therapy to tackle her depression , and joined Hastings Writers' Group . Her first novel, Kate Hannigan, was published in 1950. Though it was labelled a romance , she expressed discontent with the stereotype. Her books were, she said, historical novels about people and conditions she knew. Cookson had little connection with the London literary circus. She was always more interested in practising the art of writing. Her research could be uncomfortable — going down a mine , for instance, because her heroine came from a mining area. Having in her youth wanted to write about 'above stairs' in grand houses, she later and successfully concentrated on people ground down by circumstances, taking care to know them well. Cookson wrote almost 100 books, which sold more than 123 million copies, her novels being translated into at least 20 languages. She also wrote books under the pseudonyms Catherine Marchant and a name derived from her childhood name, Katie McMullen. She remained the most borrowed author from public libraries in the UK for 17 years, losing the title only in 2002, four years after her death. [1] Books in film and television Many of Cookson's novels have been transferred to stage, film and radio. The first film from her work was Jacqueline (1956) Directed by Roy Ward Baker , based on her book A Grand Man. [2] It was followed by Rooney (1958), directed by George Pollock , based on her book Rooney. Both starred John Gregson . For commercial reasons, the action of both films was transferred from South Shields to Ireland. [3] It was on television, however, that she achieved her greatest media success, with a series of dramas on ITV lasting over a decade and achieving huge ratings. Eighteen books were adapted for television between 1990 and 2001. They were all produced by Ray Marshall from Festival Film & TV who was given permission by Cookson in 1988 to bring her works to the screen. The first film to be made, The Fifteen Streets [4] starring Sean Bean & Owen Teale , was nominated for an Emmy award in 1990. The second production, The Black Velvet Gown , [5] won an International Emmy for Best Drama in 1991. The mini series regularly attracted audiences over 10 million and are still showing in the UK on the Yesterday Channel. Philanthropy Although she became a multi-millionaire from her books, Cookson was frugal with her spending. She did, however, indulge in discreet philanthropy , supporting causes in North East England and medical research in areas that were close to her heart. When public lending rights were introduced for authors, she became immediately eligible for the maximum £5,000 | Bell, Book and Candle (1958) Remind Me Bell, Book and Candle (1959) New York City has played host to a lot of esoteric fringe groups over the years so it's not hard to believe that witchcraft covens could thrive in that metropolis. And Bell, Book and Candle (1958), Richard Quine's film version of John Van Druten's popular play, has great fun with the idea that witches could blend in quite easily with the other kooks and weirdos living in the "Big Apple." Kim Novak plays an art shop owner named Gillian who takes a fancy to publisher Shepard Henderson (James Stewart) when he visits her store on Christmas Eve. Shepard quickly finds himself falling under Gillian's spell even though he is engaged to be married to Merle (Janice Rule). Romantic complications ensue before arriving at a happy ending without the aid of sorcery. Along the way we're treated to a picturesque tour of Manhattan, a beguiling music score by George Duning, James Wong Howe's atmospheric Technicolor cinematography and an assortment of oddball characters including Gillian's brother, Mickey (Jack Lemmon), a jazz-loving warlock who agrees to help an alcoholic author (Ernie Kovacs) write a book on witchcraft. Kim Novak was at the peak of her stardom in 1958. Not only was she the most popular box office star in America, thanks to her roles in Picnic (1955), The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) and Pal Joey (1957), but she was finally being treated seriously by film critics after her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). As part of the complicated negotiations over Vertigo, Novak's co-star James Stewart had agreed to team with the actress again on Bell, Book and Candle but he wasn't happy with the choice of Richard Quine for director. Novak eventually convinced Stewart to accept him but she obviously had ulterior motives - Novak and Quine had been having a secret affair for four years! Gossip columnist Hedda Hopper even printed the allegations just two days prior to the first day of shooting on Bell, Book and Candle which eventually laid to rest previous rumors that had been circulating about a torrid romance between Novak and Sammy Davis, Jr. Bell, Book and Candle was first made famous on the stage by the married acting team of Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer. Although the film version didn't quite match the popularity of the original play, it did offer moviegoers a sparkling romantic comedy with supernatural overtones and is probably more memorable for its supporting cast than its pairing of Stewart and Novak in their second film together. Jack Lemmon (who would become a major star that same year for Some Like It Hot) practically steals the movie as Novak's bongo-playing hipster brother and Ernie Kovacs, Hermione Gingold, and Elsa Lanchester contribute to the film's quirky comic charm. During the 1959 Oscar® race, Bell, Book and Candle was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Art Direction/Set Design and Best Costume Design but lost in both categories. Producer: Julian Blaustein Screenplay: Daniel Taradash, based on the play by John Van Druten Art Direction: Cary ODell Editing: Charles Nelson Music: George Duning Cast: James Stewart (Shepard Henderson), Kim Novak (Gillian Holroyd), Jack Lemmon (Mickey Holroyd), Ernie Kovacs (Sidney Redlitch), Hermione Gingold (Mrs. De Pass), Elsa Lanchester (Queenie), Janice Rule (Merle Kittridge). C-103m. Letterboxed. Closed captioning. |
Who is credited with the design of the 'New Look' in 1947? | The New Look revolution / The story of Dior / The House of Dior / Dior official website The Bar jacket, an icon of the New Look 12 February 1947, an international success This is the story of a quip, which thanks to a magical moment, forged a legend. On 12 February 1947 at 10.30 a.m. Christian Dior, aged 42, presented his first collection at 30 Avenue Montaigne, which was strewn with flowers by Lachaume. The Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar, Carmel Snow, strongly believed in the couturier's talent, which she had already noted in 1937 with the Café Anglais model that he designed for Robert Piguet. At the end of the fashion show, having seen those unique silhouettes, those lengths, those volumes, those tiny waists and devilishly sexy busts, she exclaimed, "It's quite a revolution, dear Christian! Your dresses have such a new look!" A correspondent from Reuters seized upon the slogan and quickly wrote it on a note that he threw from the balcony to a courier posted on Avenue Montaigne. The news reached the United States even before the rest of France, where the press had been on strike for a month. The American journalist, who cabled the brilliant slogan to her editor, did not know how right she was. The newness of which she spoke caused shock waves on both sides of the Atlantic. Just two years after the war, Dior, with this collection in his own image, definitively turned the page of restriction, gloom, rationing, gravity and uniforms. With the utmost seriousness, he wanted to give women back their taste for light-heartedness, the art of seduction: he had known since his childhood that they always kept it hidden somewhere within them, even in the most dramatic of circumstances. He learnt this in Granville during the Second World War, by observing women looking at the Parisian magazines that it was so difficult to get hold of: surprised and excited by the fashionable dresses, they raced to have them made as soon as they closed the magazine. The Bar jacket, an icon of the New Look With his revolutionary New Look, Christian Dior wrote a new chapter in the history of fashion. Furthermore, in order to write it, he literally constructed it with his own hands. The would-be architect had to hammer away at a Stockman mannequin that was too tough and unyielding to bear the preparatory canvases of his visionary wardrobe, says his friend Suzanne Luling: "And so, with big, nervous blows of the hammer, he gave the mannequin the same form of the ideal woman for the fashion that he was to launch." His aim was clear; his hand did not tremble. "I wanted my dresses to be 'constructed', moulded on the curves of the female body whose contours they would stylise. I accentuated the waist, the volume of the hips, I emphasised the bust. In order to give my designs more hold, I had nearly all the fabrics lined with percale or taffeta, renewing a tradition that had long been abandoned." Thus, on 12 February 1947 at 10.30 a.m., the announcer introduced "numéro un, number one". The first outfit was worn by Marie-Thérèse and opened the show during which the astounded audience saw 90 different creations file past, belonging to two principal lines: En Huit and Corolle. Bettina Ballard, Fashion Editor at Vogue, had returned to New York a few months earlier after 15 years spent covering French fashion from Paris, believing European fashion was heading for a dead end. But she was a good sport and even she had to bow to the innovative genius of Dior: "We have witnessed a revolution in fashion at the same time as a revolution in the way of showing fashion." The Bar jacket immortalised in the famous photo by Willy Maywald, was a signature piece from this collection with its cream shantung morning coat with rounded tails that closely followed the curves of the bust and its large black pleated skirt that flared out, giving the gait an elegant swing that had never been seen before. It was all cleverly completed by a little black pillar-box hat perched cheekily on the head, gloves and fine slender shoes in complete contrast to the square-toed shoes with wedged | Raf Simons' biography | British Vogue By Jessica Bumpus Monday 25 July 2011 RAF SIMONS was born in Belgium in 1968 and, aside from his sub-culturally-inspired and independent aesthetic, is a designer best-known for his dramatic career change - from the world of industrial and furniture design to the world of menswear. Simons launched his label in 1995 and, ten years later, in 2005 was appointed creative director of Jil Sander - a role in which he flourished, even though it was one he had to take on without having met the label's eponymous founder first. "So I approached it in the way I thought of the brand - I loved and respected the brand, it was one of my favourites," he said. The first time he did meet Sander was at a hotdog stand. Simons graduated in Industrial Design and Furniture Design in 1991 and went on to start working as a furniture designer for various galleries, having previously interned at the design studio of Walter Van Beirendonck. Encouraged by Linda Loppa, head of the fashion department at the Antwerp Royal Academy, Simons - self-trained - became a menswear designer and launched his Raf Simons label. He designed the menswear outfits for Ruffo Research for spring/summer 1999 and autumn/winter 1999-2000. In March 2000, Simons shut down his company to take a sabbatical. Following a new deal with Belgian manufacturer, Gysemans Clothing Industry, the company was started back up again in 2001. Simons was appointed head professor of the fashion department of the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria in October 2000 - a position he held until June 2005. He won the Swiss Textiles Award in November 2003. In June 2005, the new Raf by Raf Simons line launched. To coincide with the label's 10th anniversary,Raf Simons Redux, a book by Peter De Potter and Simons,was published. Simons was named creative director of Jil Sander - menswear and womenswear - in July 2005. He developed a seasonal special edition collection for Fred Perry in 2008 - a collaboration which is ongoing. Simons is inspired by the world around him, fuelled by his love for both rebellious youth cultures and traditional menswear. His look is all about modern proportions, pure construction and new shapes. He lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. On December 13 2011, Simons was said to be finalising contracts which would see him replace John Galliano as creative director of Dior following Galliano's dismissal earlier in the year. On February 23 2012, it was announced that Simons would leave Jil Sander following the presentation of the label's autumn/winter 2012-13 women's collection. Shortly after, it was revealed that Simons would be replaced by the label's founder Jil Sander, who would return to the label having previously left in 2004. On April 9 2012, it was confirmed that Simons had taken over as the new creative director of Dior and would show his first collection during the Couture collections in July. A spokesperson for Simons confirmed following his appointment at Dior that his eponymous menswear line would continue as before, with Simons at the creative helm. "The Raf Simons brand continues with no changes," the spokesperson told us. "The spring/summer 2013 show will be presented in Paris next June." Following his appointment, Simons lauded Christian Dior forproducing such an impressive "body of work" in such a short timespan. "The shape evolution was constant, it was veryrevolutionary," he told WWD. "The impact wasimmediate." Raf Simons's Dior In Vogue By Lucy Hutchings Raf Simons To Depart Dior By Lauren Milligan |
What is the signature tune of the Archers radio programme? | BBC Signature Tunes Home Page Signature Tunes Housewives' Choice was a record request programme broadcast on the Light Programme every weekday morning from 1946 until the arrival of Radios 1 and 2 in 1967. It had a different presenter each week, and the signature tune was In Party Mood by Jack Strachey. A programme called Children's Choice ran from 1952, following the Housewive's Choice format. Children's Favourites replaced it two years later. Until 1965 it was presented by Derek McCulloch, known from Children's Hour as Uncle Mac. The Reithian spirit prevailed and the programme included not just records made for children, or pop, but light classical pieces and even hymns. The signature tune was Puffin' Billy. The launch of Radios 1 & 2 saw the programme, now called Junior Choice, broadcast on both channels with a new sig tune and more pop content. The programme ran until 1982. Family Favourites was a record request programme which linked families in the UK with members of the armed forces serving in Germany and elsewhere. As Two-Way Family Favourites it brought together London and Cologne but later it included more distant (and non-military) links including Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Hong Kong. The signature tune was With a Song in My Heart. Related page Trevor Hill recalls the origins of Family Favourites and the choice of the signature tune. Down Your Way ran from 1946 to 1992, introduced by Horse Guards, Whitehall from the London Lankmarks Suite by Haydn Wood. The programme visited a different location each week, interviewing residents and playing their choice of music. It was hosted by Stewart MacPherson (1946-1950), Richard Dimbleby (1950-1955), Franklin Engelmann (1955-1972), Brian Johnston (1955-1987) and then by a different host each week. The music of Eric Coates was often used. By the Sleepy Lagoon still is, with added seagulls. Desert Island Discs began in 1942 and can claim to be the longest running factual programme on radio. It was devised by Roy Plomley, who presented the programme for 43 years. Michael Parkinson took over in 1985 following Plomley's death. Sue Lawley followed in 1988 and Kirsty Young in 2006. Plomley himself was the castaway on two occasions, the interviewers being Leslie Perowne and Eamonn Andrews. Another Coates piece, Calling All Workers, introduced Music While You Work which began in June 1940. It was intended to improve morale in wartime factories and thus increase productivity. It continued after the war up until 1967 when the Light Programme ended. With two editions a day, the programme was usually live, though some were recorded in later years. It featured dance orchestras, brass and military bands, light orchestras and small instumental groups. Music Magazine was co-edited by Julian Herbage and his wife Anna Instone. Presented by him (from 1952) and produced by her, the programme ran from 1944 to 1973. Julian had joined the BBC in 1927 and Anna became head of gramophone programmes. The tune used was Schubert's An die musik ("To music"). Originally broadcast from the 1930s to the 1960s Paul Temple was a detective series. The signature tune was Coronation Scot by Vivian Ellis. Paul and his wife Steve were played by several actors over the years but probably the best known voices were those of Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury. Some of the stories have been remade in the 21st century with Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson in the lead roles. Devil's Galop by Charles Williams was the sig of Dick Barton - Special Agent which began in 1946 at 1845 on the Light Programme. The serial followed the adventures of ex-Commando Captain Richard Barton MC and his sidekicks Jock Anderson and Snowy White. They solved various crimes, escaped from all sorts of scrapes and often saved the nation from disaster, each evening | Filthy, Rich and Catflap - YouTube Filthy, Rich and Catflap 3,122 views Last updated on Oct 7, 2012 Filthy Rich & Catflap was a BBC sitcom produced in 1986 and broadcast early the next year. The series featured former The Young Ones stars Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as its three title characters respectively. It was written by Ben Elton (with additional material credited to Mayall), and produced and directed by Paul Jackson (who also directed The Young Ones), with film sequences directed by Ed Bye. The show's music was written by Peter Brewis. One series of six half-hour episodes was produced (although the notion of a second series is played upon in the final episode, and the continuity announcer on the last instalment says "...and Filthy Rich and Catflap will return next year"). The series enjoyed a resurgence of interest in 2004 when it was officially released on DVD by independent DVD production company Playback. The VHS and DVD versions were cut for musical rights. These included Richie singing "Where Is Love", "Morning Has Broken" and "Consider Yourself"; and Eddie singing "Roxanne", "You've Got To Pick a Pocket or Two" and "Message in a Bottle". Characters Ralph Filthy (Planer): Richie's showbiz agent. He is sleazy and sickly and has, to quote writer Elton, "the morals of a dog caught short on a croquet lawn" (a line he would re-use as the tag line for his 1989 novel Stark). Quote: "Boys. It's not often I get excited but right now I feel like I've been locked in an off-licence". His speech is peppered with Polari and he refers to Richie as "Daughter"; his lapel also features a blue rose, a symbol of a quest for the impossible. Gertrude "Richie" Rich (Mayall): a perennially "resting" (out of work) actor whose most prominent work to date includes links on TVS. Despite this, he considers himself a "veritable superstar" and has paranoid delusions about everyone he meets wanting to either cash in on his fame or assassinate him. Hence, he hires a bodyguard. Edward Didgeridoo Catflap (Edmondson): Richie's faithless minder; permanently drunk, disloyal, and violent. Occasionally, Catflap holds up the pretence of being the best friend of Richie, although this is usually for personal gain (Edmondson's character in Bottom, Eddie Hitler, is similar, but not identical). Cast |
What sort of creature was Lonesome George who died on Pinta Island in the Galapagos in 2012? | Lonesome George: Galapagos tortoise 'was not the last of his kind' - Telegraph Wildlife Lonesome George: Galapagos tortoise 'was not the last of his kind' When Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island giant tortoise, died in June in the Galapagos, the world mourned the demise of a species - but a new report says the reptile was not so lonely after all. Lonesome George, seen in the Galapagos Islands in 2008, may not have been the last of his kind after all, a new study shows. Photo: EPA/JAN RONNEBURGER 4:58AM GMT 22 Nov 2012 There are at least 17 tortoises on the Galapagos Islands that have similar genetic traits to George, including some that may be from his same genus, the Galapagos National Park said in a statement - meaning that George's death "does not represent the end of the Chelonoidis abingdonii species of Pinta Island giant tortoises". The Galapagos, located some 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) off Ecuador's coast, is an archipelago of 13 islands and more than 100 rocks and micro-islands. The islands were uninhabited when Europeans first visited in the 16th century, and today has a population of around 25,000. Lonesome George, who was believed to be 100 years old when he died, was discovered on Pinta Island in 1972 at a time when tortoises of his type were believed to be extinct. Research conducted with Yale University experts "identified nine females, three males and five youths with genes of the Pinta Island giant tortoise species," the statement read. Researchers analysed more than 1,600 DNA samples taken in 2008 from tortoises living on the Wolf Volcano, on Isabella Island, to George's DNA and samples taken from the Pinta tortoise museum. Related Articles | Passable Literature Trivia Quiz In which book would you find a Heffalump? Which detective had a landlady called Mrs. Hudson? Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel The Life of Pi? Which of Alexandre Dumas' 'Three Musketeers' real identity is Comte de la Fère? In which language did Vladimir Nabokov write Lolita? Which 1949 novel begins 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen?' How many lines are there in a sonnet? Don Diego de la Vega is the secret identity of which hero? In which novel does an alien invasion commence in Woking, England? In the title of a Shakespeare play, who are Valentine and Proteus? In which George Bernard Shaw play are Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle central characters? Which fictional Count's real name is Edmond Dantès? What was the name of Captain Nemo's submarine in Jules Verne's novel? Which poet wrote the Canterbury Tales? Who was Ebenezer Scrooge's deceased partner in 'A Christmas Carol?' Question Who created the fictional town of Middlemarch? In which novel would you find the exceedingly strong drink called the 'Pan-galactic Gargle Blaster?' In which Jane Austen novel do the Bennet family appear? Who is the title hobbit in 'The Hobbit?' Which author used the pseudonyms Isaac Bickerstaffe and Lemuel Gulliver among others? What is the name of the sequel to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost?' In which novel does the character Major Major Major Major appear? Who went on a circumnavigation of the world from the Reform Club as the result of a bet? Which Ray Bradbury novel opens 'It was a pleasure to burn?' Which novel was subtitled 'The Modern Prometheus?' Who wrote the short story 'I, Robot' in 1950? In the Harry Potter novels, as whom did Tom Riddle become infamous? Which novel takes place in the Year of Our Ford 632? Who taught children to fly using 'lovely thoughts' and fairy dust? Which John Steinbeck novel centers on the characters George and Lennie? Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? How are the sisters Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy collectively known? Which mythological figure 'Shrugged' in the title of an Ayn Rand novel? How many syllables are there in a haiku? 'Workers of the world, unite!' is the last line of which work? What real-life Soviet organisation is James Bond's nemesis in the early novels? In which fictional country is the castle of Zenda to be found? Who is the chief protagonist in John Buchan's The 39 Steps? How is David John Cornwell better known? What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot? At what age do Adrian Mole's diaries start? Who lived the last few years of his life in Paris under the pseudonym 'Sebastian Melmoth'? Who created Noddy? |
A fewterer is a keeper of which animals? | Fewterer's Guild Fewterers Guild Being a Faire Fewterer This section is for the individual participant in a group. We hope to provide information for both newly converted "mundanes" and die-hard Rennies. What is a Fewterer? The fewterer was the keeper and handler of the greyhounds in medieval and Renaissance society. They took the hounds in "couples" into the fields for the hunt, and released them at the appointed time. While being a fewterer was a peasant's position, it was a well-respected one. Who Had Hounds in Renaissance Society? While the laws governing ownership of greyhounds were relaxed during the Renaissance to allow non-nobility to own greyhounds, it would not have been normal for a peasant to own one. In general, the owner of a sighthound was of the nobility, or was a wealthy merchant. These people, however, generally delegated the care of their hounds to hired help (peasants). Hunting with hounds was still reserved strictly to the nobility, though greyhounds were also favored by poachers. If you are playing the part of a peasant in a Renaissance Faire, you should refer to the hounds as "your lord's" hounds. A noble character with a hound would refer to it as his/her "favored" hound, as a nobleman might have many dozens of hounds, and would only personally handle his most favored hounds. Highly favored hounds might live in the lord's home. Were Renaissance Greyhounds Different from Modern Greyhounds? Yes and no. Certainly, a modern greyhound would look right at home in the Renaissance. However, the curly or wire-haired greyhound which existed at the time was bred out during later times. This variety was eradicated in English, Irish and American bloodlines. It does still exist, however, in the Spanish greyhounds, also known as Galgos. One must also keep in mind that the concept of breeds as we know them today did not exist at the time. Hounds such as the Deerhound and Wolfhound may often have been referred to as greyhounds. Written records of the time usually refer to hunting hounds as running hounds (scent-hounds), lymers (a specially-trained running hound), greyhounds, and alaunts (a cross between a greyhound and a heavier hound like a mastiff). With the exception of greyhounds, most of these names referred to types of hounds rather than actual breeds. Is My Hound Right for Faire? This is a question every Faire fewterer should ask of each of his or her hounds. All hounds at Faire must absolutely be good around all ages of people, including small children. Faire is a very crowded and chaotic environment, there is no way you can reliably keep your hound away from small children. And patrons have a reasonable right to assume that any animal brought by a participant is safe. If you think your hound might have any kind of aggression problems toward any kind of person, it is best to leave that hound at home. If you have a good permanent base of operations, like a booth or pavilion, dogs that are shy or do not like to walk in crowds may not be a problem. Just don't force them out into the crowd, and keep a close watch on them to make sure they don't get stressed or upset. Remember to always keep a close eye on your hound's mood. Even the best, most experienced Faire hound can get stressed from over-stimulation and/or exhaustion. When stressed or tired, your hound may get a very short temper. Always remember to rest and water your hound sufficiently. Remember also to reward your hound with praise when they behave well in a stressful situation. What About Me? What Do I Need to Do? First, you must decide what class of person you are going to be. Peasants are rather easy, since they do not require complex and expensive costumes, nor do they require complex character histories. 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Oscar is the first name of which of the famous songwriting duo Rogers and Hammerstein? 24 Bamboo Von Trappe Ireland Nitrogen Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney Green Only Fools And Horses The Archers David Coleman Larry Grayson Taggart The Royle Family Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy True (there is no gravity, so tears cannot flow) The Simpsons Teddy Bear Alabama Minotaur The Netherlands The Bismark The Mafia Cherbourg Ben Nevis The Net Toy Story 2 Paul Nicholas "The Lion King" The Adder 28 Martin Luther King's York Manager of the Spice Girls Cupid Using chopsticks to do it Jaws (in two James Bond films) Dixon - the others are Santa's reindeer Mercury Diet Coke Karaoke October 31st Hammerstein On 11th February 1990, which fam |
Which German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area has the world’s biggest inland harbour? | Duisburg, Germany | Greenwich Mean Time City of Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Duisburg Time Germany Time: Central European Time (CET) Clock showing current time now in Central European Time Zone Duisburg Map View Larger Map City of Duisburg, Germany Duisburg is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the Lowland Rhine area at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers and near the outskirts of the Bergisches Land. The city spreads along both sides of these rivers. With the world's biggest inland harbour and its proximity to Düsseldorf International Airport, Duisburg has become an important venue for commerce and steel production. It is officially regarded as a "seaport" because sea-going river vessels go to ports in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Numerous docks are mostly located at the mouth of Ruhr river where it joins the Rhine. Duisburg hosts a comprehensive range of cultural facilities and events. A highlight is the annual "Duisburger Akzente", a festival focusing on modern social, political and cultural topics. The city also offers a variety of architectural places of interest, ranging from old churches such as "St Johann Baptist", built in 900, to modern age buildings like Micro-Electronic-Centrum, built in 1995. Another subject of interest is the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, an abandoned industrial complex open to the public and an Anchor Point of The European Route of Industrial Heritage. The city also contains two botanical gardens, the Botanischer Garten Duisburg-Hamborn and the Botanischer Garten Kaiserberg. City of Duisburg, Germany official website: www.duisburg.de Rate this page | Sea Areas of the Shipping Forecast - Part 3 | TheYachtMarket Sea Areas Of The Shipping Forecast - Part 3 Sea Areas of the Shipping Forecast - Part 3 Post by: TheYachtMarket News The “hows, whys and wheres” behind the names. Part 3. The Western Area – Lundy to South East Iceland “Shannon, Rockall. Gale warning. North westerly gale force 8 expected later. Sea State moderate, becoming rough or very rough”.< Lundy– the area named after an island in the Bristol Channel. In Norse the name is spelt “Lunde”. In 1924 the island was bought by an Englishman Martin Coles Harman who named himself king. Although the island had its own coinage it was never recognised as a sovereignty. A generation later his son lost the island in a wager of cards. The north and south lighthouses were built in 1897 and both were automated in 1991 and 1994. Fastnet – the Fastnet rock is a rock island 6.5 miles to the south west of Cape Clear in SW Ireland – the most southerly point of the republic of Ireland. Its name comes from Old Norse meaning sharp tooth isle and in Irish it is called Carraign Aonair meaning solitary rock. It is used as the mid-point of one of the world’s classic offshore yachting races, the Fastnet Race, a 976k (608mile) round trip from Cowes to Plymouth. In the infamous race of 1979 severe storms wreaked havoc on the yachts taking part and resulted in the largest rescue operation in peace time. The current lighthouse is the 2nd to be built on the rock and is the highest in Ireland. Irish Sea – obviously named after the area of sea between England and Ireland from St David’s Head to the Mull of Galloway. The majority of heavy goods trade from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland uses this area and there are many ferry connections across the Irish Sea. During World War 1 the Irish Sea became known as U-boat Alley when U-boats moved from the Atlantic to the Irish Sea after the United States entered the war in 1917. It has been described as the most radioactively contaminated sea in the world due to the proximity of the nuclear instillation at Sellafield, although the Japanese seas may now take that accolade. Shannon – takes its name from the river estuary of the longest river in Britain and Ireland. The River Shannon runs through 11 of Ireland’s counties and includes lakes such as Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg. In the estuary is a historic lump of rock named Scattery Island. Though now uninhabited it has always been a holy place and according to legend was the home of a fearsome monster called Cathach. At one time there were seven monastic orders on the island until the Vikings arrived and killed most of the monks. Rockall – an islet or rock stack in the North Atlantic Ocean thought to be the eroded core of an extinct volcano. It rises sheer to a height of approximately 21.4 metres and is regularly washed over by large waves in stormy weather. In January 1993 a record North Atlantic low pressure of 914 mb was recorded: “Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey. Southwest hurricane force 12 or more”. The area is an extremely fertile fishing ground and in the 1860’s became popular with trawlers. As the volume of shipping increased so did the risks. One of the worst accidents was when the three-thousand-ton liner Norge struck the reef en route from Copenhagen to New York. The seas were so rough that nearly half of the Norge’s lifeboats were smashed and 600 people drowned. Malin – named after Malin Head on the Inishowen Peninsula, the most northerly headland on the mainland of Ireland and covering half of what used to be the area Hebrides. The existing lighthouse began service in 1958. It is 23 metres tall to the balcony and has a lantern of 19 feet tall. It was converted to solar power in 2000. Hebrides - the area around the beautiful islands of the Hebrides, off the northwest coast of Scotland. There are two main groups: the Inner and the Outer Hebrides separated by the strait known as The Minch in the north and the Sea of the Hebrides in the south. The Isle of Barra was the filming location of the classic comedy “Whisky Galore” |
Which company has supplied all of the balls for FIFA World Cup Finals since 1970? | Official World Cup Match Balls Telstar : Mexico, 1970 Adidas started to make soccer balls in 1963 but made the first official FIFA World Cup ball in 1970. This is the first ball used in the World Cup to use the Buckminster type of design. Also, the first ball with 32 black and white panels. The TELSTAR was more visible on black and white televisions (1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico� was the first to be broadcast live on television). Telstar Durlast R : West Germany, 1974 Two match balls were used in 1974 � adidas Telstar was updated with new black branding replacing the gold branding and a new all-white version of Telstar named adidas Chile was introduced. 1974 was also the first time World Cup match balls could carry names and logos. Tango Durlast : Argentina, 1978 The ball design represented elegance, dynamism and passion. The 1978 match ball included 20 panels with triads that created an optical impression of 12 identical circles. The Tango inspired the match ball design for the following five World Cup tournaments. Tango Espana : Spain, 1982 Adidas introduced a new ball which had rubber inlaid over the seams to prevent water from seeping through. The first ball with water-resistant qualities. General wear from kicking however meant the rubber began to wear after a short time and needed to be replaced during the game. The last genuine leather world cup ball. Azteca : M�xico, 1986 The FIFA World Cup Mexico, saw the introduction of the first polyurethane coated ball which was rain-resistant. The first synthetic match ball, with good qualities on hard and wet surfaces. The ball was the first to include designs inspired by the host nation. The Azteca was elegantly decorated with designs inspired by Mexico�s Aztec architecture and murals. Etrusco : Italy, 1990 The first ball with an internal layer of black polyurethane foam. The name and design paid homage to Italy�s history and the fine art of the Etruscans. Questra : USA, 1994 FIFA World Cup USA, 1994, official ball which was enveloped in a layer of polystyrene foam. This not only made it more waterproof but allowed the ball greater acceleration when kicked. The new game ball felt softer to the touch. Improved ball control and higher velocity during play. The ball�s design represents space technology, high velocity rockets and America�s �quest for the stars.� | Zakumi continues mascot tradition - FIFA.com 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Zakumi continues mascot tradition Listen A ball has yet to be kicked at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, but it already has its first star. Zakumi has been a huge hit since being unveiled as the tournament's Official Mascot in September 2008 and, whatever happens on the field, he is sure to add to the occasion with his effervescent personality. This lively leopard is also continuing a colourful tradition of FIFA World Cup mascots that began 44 years ago and has yielded some memorable characters in the decades since. FIFA.com looks back. England 1966: World Cup Willie The original and, for many, still the best FIFA World Cup mascot, England’s lion – wearing a Union Jack jersey with ‘WORLD CUP’ emblazoned on the front - provided a traditional symbol of the 1966 hosts. World Cup Willie’s success ensured that he became a pioneer for mascots at major sporting events, setting the standard for his many successors. Mexico 1970: Juanito Following in Willie’s footsteps was Juanito, a boy decked out in a ‘Mexico 1970’ sombrero and the hosts’ famous green shirt. He provided a fittingly vibrant mascot for the first FIFA World Cup broadcast in colour. West Germany 1974: Tip and Tap The 1974 hosts followed a similar theme, kitting out two boys in the hosts’ white shirts, one emblazoned with the letters WM (Weltmeisterschaft, German for World Cup) and the other with the number 74. Tip and Tap offered an image of togetherness and friendship that was to be repeated 32 years later. Argentina 1978: Gauchito For the third tournament in succession, organisers opted for the image of an enthusiastic young boy, with Gauchito again sporting the hosts’ iconic kit. His hat carried the words ‘ARGENTINA 78’ and he also wore a hankerchief and carried a whip, typical guacho symbols. Spain 1982: Naranjito There was a fruity them to Spain’s 1982 mascot, with Naranjito taking the form of an orange. Again, he was resplendent in his national team’s kit and also wore an especially wide grin. Mexico 1986: Pique Mexico’s return as hosts also brought about a comeback for the sombrero, although this time it was not worn by a boy, but a giant chili pepper. Pique, who also sported a stereotypically Mexican moustache, also continued the theme of fruit and vegetables started by Naranjito. Italy 1990: Ciao The 1990 edition heralded a significant departure from tradition as Italy ditched the mascot’s traditionally ‘cuddly’ form for a more modern structure. Ciao – named, of course, after the Italian greeting – was also the first and, to date, only mascot without a face, with designers opting instead for a stick figure in the colours of the Italian tricolour with a football for a head. USA 1994: Stryker There was another revolutionary development in 1994, when the US public voted for their tournament’s mascot. Their choice was Stryker, a dog kitted out in the hosts’ red white and blue with the competition logo displayed on his shirt. France 1998: Footix In 1998, France returned to World Cup Willie’s by opting for a recognised national emblem in the shape of a traditional Gallic rooster. One of the more colourful mascots to date, Footix’s bold blue body, red head and bright yellow beak made him a colourful addition to a memorable tournament. Korea/Japan 2002: Ant, Kaz and Nik The first FIFA World Cup of the new millennium brought the first trio of mascots in a predictably futuristic effort from the famously innovative co-hosts. Orange, purple and blue, these animated creations participated in ‘Atomball’, a fictional football-like sport, with Ato the coach and Kaz and Nik his players. The three names were voted for by internet users and customers at McDonald's outlets in the host nations. Germany 2006: Goleo VI & Pille FIFA.com users recently voted Goleo VI and Pille as their favourite mascots of the past five FIFA World Cups, showing the affection in which the 2006 duo are still held. After the high-tech imagery of 2002, this represented a return to a more traditional form of mascot, a |
Which part did Michael Jackson play in The Wiz? | The Wiz (1978) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error An adaptation of 'The Wizard of Oz' that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC "No Small Parts" IMDb Exclusive: 'Edge of Seventeen' Star Hailee Steinfeld Hailee Steinfeld has received critical acclaim for her role in the coming-of-age comedy The Edge of Seventeen . What other roles has she played over the years? Don't miss our live coverage of the Golden Globes beginning at 4 p.m. PST on Jan. 8 in our Golden Globes section. a list of 24 titles created 27 May 2012 a list of 30 titles created 14 Jan 2014 a list of 31 titles created 9 months ago a list of 45 titles created 6 months ago a list of 38 titles created 3 months ago Search for " The Wiz " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win & 7 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline Dorothy, a twenty-four-year-old kindergarten teacher, born; raised; and still working in Harlem, is celebrating Thanksgiving with her extended family, but she doesn't seem to be thankful for much in life. She lives a self-imposed sheltered life; she is shy and unfulfilled. Things change for her when she is caught in a snowstorm while chasing after her dog, Toto. They are transported to the mysterious Land of Oz, where she is informed that the only possible way to find her way back home is through the assistance of the powerful wizard in Emerald City. As she goes searching for him, she befriends some creatures who are facing problems in life just as she is. In their quest to find and get help from the wizard, they also face Evillene, the equally evil sister of Evermean, the wicked witch, whom Dorothy inadvertently killed when she arrived in Oz, and who may be their biggest obstacle in achieving their goals. Written by Huggo The Wiz! The Stars! The Music! Wow! See more » Genres: 24 October 1978 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Dolby (35 mm prints)| 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Simultaneously with the release of the film, Congoleum, the flooring company that designed the look of the Yellow Brick Road for the film, also marketed the same design (also called Yellow Brick Road) for home use. See more » Goofs The scarecrow is still learning how to walk after he got down from the pole. When Dorothy runs to the taxis, the scarecrow walks perfectly to another place behind Dorothy. When they sing "Ease on down the road," the scarecrow is sill trying to walk to the Yellow Brick Road. See more » Quotes Scarecrow : Now I'll never get my brain! Tinman : Nor my heart. Lion : Or my courage Dorothy : But you don't need them now because you've had them all the time. Scarecrow, you're the one who figured out how to find the yellow brick road and how to destroy Evillene, and every smart move we've made, didn't you? Lion, you wouldn't even give up when Evillene strung you up by your tail. And, Tin Man, you have more heart than anyone I've ever known. Fitzstephens, Jack ... Music Editor & Guru See more » Connections Featured in Tarnation (2003) See more » Soundtracks Just Like a Broadway Show--from the Cheap Seats 28 August 2004 | by IconsofFright – See all my reviews I just watched this for the first time, I've was expecting a true spectacle of "bad" cinema. I was surprised to find there is a decent movie here. Some people have remarked Diana Ross was too old to play Dorothy, OK, well, so was Judy Garland. True. There's really nothing wrong with this musical--The songs are excellent, performed by some great talents. The production design is spectacular (maybe a little dated, but still something to look at). The sets are a little nightmarish looking, true, but I liked that. I re | Dennis Waterman - TV Celebrities - ShareTV Dennis Waterman Dennis Waterman's Main TV Roles Show BIOGRAPHY: Early life Waterman was born in Clapham, London, and his career began in childhood. In 1961, at the age of 13, he played the part of Winthrop Paroo in the Adelphi Theatre production of The Music Man. A year later, he starred as William Brown in the BBC TV series William based on the Just William books of Richmal Crompton. He trained at the Corona Theatre School in Kew. West London and training productions included playing Sandy in Noel Coward's Hay Fever. Career 1960s Waterman was a series regular in the 1962 CBS comedy Fair Exchange, playing teenage son Neville Finch. He had a major role in the 1968 film Up The Junction and appeared in the BBC television series Colditz as a young Gestapo officer. 1970s In the early 1970s, he played the brother of a victim of Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) in the Hammer film production Scars of Dracula (1970), and the boyfriend of Susan George in Fright (1971).He started to build a name for himself with regular appearances on the BBC's Play for Today series, most notably in the Dennis Potter dramas Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972) and Joe's Ark (1974).Both were directed by Alan Bridges. He became well known and something of a pin-up as DS George Carter in The Sweeney, during the 1970s. As well as starring in Minder, he sang the theme song, "I Could Be So Good For You", which was a top three UK hit in 1980 and a top 10 hit in Australia,and was written by his then-wife Patricia Waterman with Gerard Kenny. Waterman also recorded a song with George Cole "What Are We Gonna Get For 'Er Indoors". In 1976, Waterman released his first album titled "Downwind of Angels", arranged and produced by Brian Bennett. 1980s In 1981, Waterman starred in a television film made by Tyne Tees Television entitled The World Cup: A Captain's Tale. It was the true story of West Auckland F.C., a part-time side who won the 'first' World Cup, known as the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy. Waterman played the part of Bob Jones , the Club Captain. It cost £1.5 million to make and shooting took place in the North East and in Turin in Italy. Scenes were shot in Durham pit villages and in Ashington where goal posts and a grandstand were erected in a public park with a colliery headframe in the background. Local players took part, donning long pants and high sided boots of the day, and even suffering "short back and sides" haircuts. The production has several comedy sequences, including a meeting of the club committee and a meeting of the Football Association Council when the suggestion of an English team participating in the new competition received a luke-warm and cynical response from the members. In 1982, Waterman starred in an often overlooked musical, Windy City. A relatively short lived production, it also featured such names as Anton Rodgers, Diane Langton, Victor Spinetti and Amanda Redman, with whom Waterman also had an 18 month affair during the lifetime of the musical and later went on to star with in the TV series New Tricks. 1990s onwards Waterman also sang the theme tunes to three more programmes in which he appeared: the comedy drama Stay Lucky with Jan Francis (Yorkshire Television/ITV 1989), sitcom On the Up (BBC 1990) and crime drama New Tricks (Wall to Wall television for BBC, 2003). Waterman recited excerpts from the journal of Walter H. Thompson for the UK history series Churchill's Bodyguard. He appeared on stage as Alfred P. Doolittle in the 2001 London revival of My Fair Lady and narrated the reality-format television programme, Bad Lads Army. Personal life He was married to Penny Dixon (1967–1976); actress Patricia Maynard (1977–1987), and finally to the actress Rula Lenska (1987–1998).He had two daughters by his second wife,one of whom, Hannah Waterman,is now an actor and played Laura Beale in the BBC1 soap opera EastEnders from 2000 until 2004. Hannah also has appeared in New Tricks. She appears as the character Emily, a young policewoman who believes Gerry Standing (played by Dennis Waterman) t |
The element cobalt gets its name from the German word for what? | How did cobalt get its name? | Reference.com How did cobalt get its name? A: Quick Answer The word "cobalt" comes from the German words "kobalt" and "kobold," meaning "goblin." Miners, who mined this metal, associated the element with this German word because there were superstitions concerning this particular material. In 1735, George Brandt discovered this element when he isolated it. Full Answer Although cobalt is not present in nature in pure form, there are some ores that contain it, including cobaltite and erythrite. The refining process of other metals, such as copper and silver, also produce cobalt as a byproduct. Some applications of cobalt are in electroplating, as an alloying agent and a coloring dye used in glass and paint. Cobalt has the atomic number 27, and its atomic weight is 58.93 grams per mole. Cobalt-60 is a radioactive isotope of cobalt that is useful as a medical treatment for some types of cancer. | List of the Chemical Elements Sodium is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive "alkali metal" element. 12 Magnesium 24 Magnesium is found naturally only combined with other elements as it is highly reactive. The free metal burns with a distinctive brilliant white light. 13 Aluminium 27 Aluminium is found naturally only combined with other elements as it is highly reactive. It is a soft, durable, lightweight, ductile and malleable metal whose appearance ranges from silvery to dull gray. It is non-magnetic, non-sparking and insoluble in alcohol. The free metal burns with a distinctive brilliant white light. 14 Silicon 28 Silicon rarely occurs in free element form in nature. It is found in dusts, sands, and forms of silicon dioxide (silica) or silicates. 15 Phosphorus 31 Phosphorus occurs in phosphate rocks. Elemental phosphorus exists in two forms, white phosphorus and red phosphorus but - due to its high reactivity, phosphorus is never found as a free element in nature. 16 Sulphur 32 Sulphur is a bright yellow crystalline solid. In nature, it can be found as the pure element and as sulfide and sulfate minerals. 17 Vanadium is a soft, silvery gray, ductile transition metal. 24 Chromium 52 Chromium is a steely-grey, lustrous, hard metal with a high melting point. It is odourless, tasteless, and malleable. 25 Manganese 55 Manganese is a silvery-grey hard metal, very brittle and difficult to fuse but easy to oxidize. Manganese metal and its common ions are paramagnetic. 26 Iron 56 Iron and iron alloys (steels) are the most common metals and ferromagnetic materials in everyday use. 27 Cobalt 59 Cobalt is a hard, lustrous, grey metal that occurs in metallic-lustered ores, e.g. cobaltite (CoAsS). Cobalt-based colours and pigments have been used for jewellry and paints for 1000s years. 28 Zinc is a bluish-white, lustrous, diamagnetic, hard, brittle, transition metal. 31 Gallium 70 Gallium is a soft silvery-coloured brittle solid at low temperatures. It is a poor metal and does not occur in elemental form in nature, but as the gallium(III) salt in very small amounts in bauxite and zinc ores. 32 Germanium 73 Germanium is a lustrous, hard, greyish-white metalloid that has five naturally occurring isotopes ranging in atomic mass number from 70 to 76. It is an important semiconductor material used in transistors, electronics,fiber-optic systems, infrared optics and solar cells. 33 Arsenic 75 Arsenic is a poisonous metalloid that has many forms incl. a yellow (molecular non-metallic) and several black and grey forms. 34 Selenium 79 Selenium occurs in various forms, the most stable of which is a dense purplish-grey semiconductor. Non-conductive forms of selenium include a black glass-like allotrope and several red crystalline forms. 35 Bromine 80 Bromine is a halogen that is a brown liquid at room temperature. Its vapour is toxic and corrosive. 36 Krypton 84 Krypton is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, noble gas that occurs in trace amounts in the atmosphere. 37 Rubidium is a soft, silvery-white "alkali metal" element. 38 Strontium 88 Strontium is a grey, silvery metal that is softer than calcium and highly reactive with water. It occurs naturally only in compounds with other elements, such as in the minerals strontianite and celestite . 39 Yttrium 89 Yttrium is a silvery-metallic transition metal that is nearly always found combined with the lanthanoids in rare earth minerals - as a free element. 40 Zirconium 91 Zirconium is a lustrous, grey-white, strong transition metal. It is not found in nature as a free element but may be obtained from the mineral zircon. 41 Cadmium is a soft bluish-white toxic metal. 49 Indium 115 Indium is a rare and very soft, malleable post-transition metal. It is named for the indigo blue line in its spectrum that was the first indication of its existence as a new and unknown element (in metal ores). 50 Tin 119 Tin is a malleable, ductile, and highly crystalline silvery-white metal of low-toxicity. It was used widely during the "Bronze Age" to form bronze, an alloy of tin and copper. 51 Antimony |
Paul Tortlellier and Mistislav Rostropovich are associated with which musical instrument? | Mstislav Rostropovich Obituary | Mstislav Rostropovich Funeral | Legacy.com Mstislav Rostropovich Obituary Visit Guest Book MOSCOW (AP) - Mstislav Rostropovich played the cello with grace and verve - and lived his life offstage the same way. His death at age 80 takes away one of modern Russia's most compelling figures, admired both for his musical mastery and his defiance of Soviet repression. Rostropovich stirred souls with playing that was both intense and seemingly effortless. He fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and later triumphantly played Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall. In his last public appearance, at his birthday celebration in the Kremlin on March 27, Rostropovich was frail but still able to show his capacity for joy and generosity. "I feel myself the happiest man in the world," he said. "I will be even more happy if this evening will be pleasant for you." Spokeswoman Natalia Dollezhal confirmed Rostropovich's death, but would not immediately give details. The composer, who returned to Russia last month after years of living in Paris, had suffered from intestinal cancer. After a funeral in Christ the Savior Cathedral on Sunday, he is to be buried in Novodevichy Cemetery, where the graves of his teachers Dmitry Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev also lie. The arrangements echo the prestigious farewell this week that Russia accorded Boris Yeltsin, the first leader of post-Soviet Russia. President Vladimir Putin called Rostropovich's death "a huge loss for Russian culture" and expressed condolences to his loved ones. Rostropovich, who was known by his friends as "Slava," was considered by many to be the successor to Pablo Casals as the world's greatest cellist. A bear of a man who hugged practically anyone in sight, he was an effusive rather than an intimidating maestro, a teacher who nurtured Jacqueline du Pre among many other great cellists. "He was the most inspiring musician that I have ever known," said David Finckel, the Emerson String Quartet's cellist who studied with Rostropovich for nine years. "He had a way to channel his energy through other people, and it was magical." Rostropovich's sympathies against the Communist Party leaders of his homeland started with the Stalin-era denunciations of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Under Leonid Brezhnev's regime, Rostropovich and his wife, the Bolshoi Opera soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, sheltered the dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn in their country house in the early 1970s. "The passing of Mstislav Rostropovich is a bitter blow to our culture," Solzhenitsyn said Friday, according to his wife, Natalya. "He gave Russian culture worldwide fame. Farewell, beloved friend," Solzhenitsyn said. After Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970, Rostropovich wrote an open letter protesting the official Soviet vilification of the author. "Explain to me please, why in our literature and art (that) so often, people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word?" Rostropovich asserted in the letter that went unpublished. The by the cellist and his wife for cultural freedom resulted in the cancellation of concerts, foreign tours and recording projects. Finally, in 1974, they fled to Paris with their two daughters. Four years later, their Soviet citizenship was revoked. After arriving in the West, "he was like a little boy, laughing, shouting, pinching himself to make sure these really were the streets in Paris," the late violinist Yehudi Menuhin recalled in the 1996 book "Unfinished Journey: Twenty Years Later." Still, exile took its toll on Rostropovich. "When Leonid Brezhnev stripped us of our citizenship in 1978, we were obliterated," Rostropovich recalled in a 1997 interview in Strad magazine. "Russia was in my heart - in my mind. I suffered because I knew that until the day I died, I would never see Russia or my friends again." Indeed, he was unable to attend Shostakovich's funeral in 1975. But in 1989, as the Berlin Wall was being torn down, Rostropovich showed up with his cello and played Bach cello suites amid the ru | The Maestro's Choice - Mahler's 2nd Symphony (Resurrection) La Scena Musicale - Vol. 8, No. 3 The Maestro's Choice - Mahler's 2nd Symphony (Resurrection) by Yoav Talmi / November 2, 2002 Version française... When asked by La Scena Musicale to share my view with readers about a work of my choice, I chose Mahler's Second Symphony almost instinctively. My forthcoming performances of this giant work in November with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra makes this choice all the more relevant. I "lived" intimately with this work for the past 25 years--but I'm still totally obsessed with the music every time I conduct it. When I conducted this symphony with the Munich Philharmonic in 1980, there were moments in the Finale where--during the softest passages--I was afraid to move a finger, for fear I might disturb the inspiration of the moment. Mahler himself had a special love for his Second Symphony and conducted it thirteen times! He chose it for his memorable farewell concert in Vienna to mark the end of his ten-year reign as director of the Vienna Opera. This was also the first of his symphonies that he performed in America (in New York in 1908) and the first of his own works that he conducted in Paris in 1910 (saying he could never be accepted in that city until there was a performance of the Second Symphony). Mahler � the Composer versus the Conductor How ironic it is that Mahler, who today enjoys unprecedented popularity all over the world, found such little critical support during his lifetime. He was considered one of the greatest conductors of his time, but as a composer, however, he was regarded mostly as a pretentious failure--not only during his lifetime but also for many years after his death. Yet, like Bruckner, he remained convinced that his "time would come." For almost 50 years after his death, his music seemed to go nowhere and was seldom performed. Now, thanks to the unwavering support of such conductors as Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer, Jascha Horenstein, John Barbirolli, and later Leonard Bernstein, Mahler's music is recognized as the height of the Austro-German symphonic tradition and the great summation of the late Romantic epoch. At the same time, Mahler undoubtedly opened the gates for the music of the twentieth century. He had a profound influence on composers such as Schoenberg, Shostakovich and Bernstein, who found in his music powerful expression of hope and faith along with doubts, fears and anguish. There is no question, also, that many of the great film composers of the past 30 years were strongly influenced and inspired by the sounds Mahler created in the Second Symphony's Finale. Why the early rejection? Musicologists explained the early rejection of the Second Symphony as a result of Mahler's new harmonies. Never before had these been found in music. He overstepped the boundaries of what was considered "beautiful." Music critics and concertgoers found his music too long, too complicated, too bombastic, too neurotic, overly melancholy, and so on. Leonard Bernstein, who led the Mahler revival of the 1960s, claimed that "There was something much deeper in the rejection of Mahler's music." He suggested that "Mahler's music simply hit too close to home, touched too deeply on people's concerns and their fears about life and death. It simply was too true--telling something too dreadful to hear." Fortunately, the above elements, which were so strongly rejected by the musical establishment of Mahler's day, are now passionately embraced by new generations of listeners. His genius lies in his unique ability to draw together such wildly contrasting elements as intense post-Wagner/Strauss/Bruckner harmonies, Austrian peasant music, Jewish childhood motifs, children's innocence, and a distressing fascination with death. He moulds all of them into a convincing and compelling musical structure. A fascinating historical background The story of how Mahler created the Resurrection Symphony (as it is also known) is one of the most fascinating in the history of music, and i |
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