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What is the sea that lies between Italy and Yugoslavia? | ITALY ITALY Updated 09 May 2014 SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS) M.Z.N. 5. 1996. LOS of 19 April 1996 : Deposit of various charts and geographical coordinates, as contained in: - Presidential Decree No. 830 of 22 May 1969; - Decree of the President of the Republic No. 816 of 26 April 1977; - Law No. 347 of 3 June 1978; - Law No. 348 of 3 June 1978; - Law 107 of 2 March 1987 (published in Regular Supplement to the G.U. 70 of 25 March 1987); - Law No. 59 of 11 February 1989; - Law No. 147 of 12 April 1995 (published in Regular Supplement to the G.U. 99 of 29 April 1995); - Law 290 of 23 May 1980 (published in Regular Supplement to the G.U. 181 of 3 July 1980); Relevant articles of UNCLOS : 16(2); 84(2) LOSIC No. 3 and No. 9 Charts at DOALOS/OLA; Decree No. 816 of 1977 in The Law of the Sea: Baselines - National Legislation with Illustrative Maps (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.89.V.10)., p. 201 Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points N/A SUBMISSION IN REFERENCE TO DUE PUBLICITY OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS) Laws and regulations applicable to innocent passage through the territorial sea and to transit passage through straits used for international navigation; namely: - Art. 83 of the Navigation Code; - Law 16 June 1912 (in Official Gazette of the Italian Republic of 27 June 1912, No. 151); - Royal Decree 24 August 1933, No. 2423 (in Official Gazette of the Italian Republic of 22 May 1934, No. 130); - Decree of the Minister of Merchant Marine of 8 May 1985 relating to the Strait of Messina (in Official Gazette of the Italian Republic of 11 May 1985, No. 110); - Decree of the Minister of Merchant Marine of 26 February 1993 relating to the Straits of Boniface (in Official Gazette of the Italian Republic of 2 March 1993, No. 50); Relevant article of UNCLOS : 21(3); 42(3); LOSIC s No. 2 and No. 5 Laws and Decrees at DOALOS/OLA; Decree of 26 February 1993 in The Law of the Sea: Current Developments in State Practice IV (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.V.10)., p. 69 Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the submission in reference to due publicity obligations N/A Agreement between Italy and Yugoslavia concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf between the two countries in the Adriatic Sea *, 8 January 1968 >>>Comments and suggestions? Mail to : DOALOS | >>> Oceans and Law of the Sea | >>> Search Oceans and Law of the Sea web site | >>> United Nations web site Version 7, or higher, of Adobe� Acrobat� Reader is recommended to access all of the PDF files on this website. The Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations makes every effort to provide the most up-to-date information available to it at this website. However, it should be understood that information contained therein may not necessarily reflect all information made available to the Division, although it is revised and updated continuously. This material is for information purposes only, and the United Nations assumes no liability whatsoever with regard to the accuracy of the data. Regarding the content of any part of this collection, States and other users are invited to bring to the attention of the Division any omissions or new developments ( DOALOS Email ; | Ligurian Sea - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com Ligurian Sea n an arm of the Mediterranean between northwest Italy and Corsica Example of: a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land Word Family Usage Examples Sign up, it's free! Whether you're a student, an educator, or a life-long learner, Vocabulary.com can put you on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement. |
In trigonometry what is calculated by the adjacent over the hypotenuse? | The Cosine Function: Adjacent over Hypotenuse - dummies The Cosine Function: Adjacent over Hypotenuse The Cosine Function: Adjacent over Hypotenuse The Cosine Function: Adjacent over Hypotenuse By Mary Jane Sterling The trig function cosine, abbreviated cos, works by forming this ratio: adjacent/hypotenuse. In the figure, you see that the cosines of the two angles are as follows: The situation with the ratios is the same as with the sine function — the values are going to be less than or equal to 1 (the latter only when your triangle is a single segment or when dealing with circles), never greater than 1, because the hypotenuse is the denominator. The two ratios for the cosine are the same as those for the sine — except the angles are reversed. This property is true of the sines and cosines of complementary angles in a right triangle (meaning those angles that add up to 90 degrees). If theta and lambda are the two acute angles of a right triangle, then sin theta = cos lambda and cos theta = sin lambda. Now for an example. To find the cosine of angle beta in a right triangle if the two legs are each feet in length: Find the length of the hypotenuse. Using the Pythagorean theorem, a2 + b2 = c2, and replacing both a and b with the given measure, solve for c. The hypotenuse is | History of Mathematics Rutgers, Spring 2000 Throughout the history of mathematics, one of the most enduring challenges has been the calculation of the ratio between a circle's circumference and diameter, which has come to be known by the Greek letter pi. From ancient Babylonia to the Middle Ages in Europe to the present day of supercomputers, mathematicians have been striving to calculate the mysterious number. They have searched for exact fractions, formulas, and, more recently, patterns in the long string of numbers starting with 3.14159 2653..., which is generally shortened to 3.14. William L. Schaaf once said, "Probably no symbol in mathematics has evoked as much mystery, romanticism, misconception and human interest as the number pi" (Blatner, 1). We will probably never know who first discovered that the ratio between a circle's circumference and diameter is constant, nor will we ever know who first tried to calculate this ratio. The people who initiated the hunt for pi were the Babylonians and Egyptians, nearly 4000 years ago. It is not clear how they found their approximation for pi, but one source (Beckman) makes the claim that they simply made a big circle, and then measured the circumference and diameter with a piece of rope. They used this method to find that pi was slightly greater than 3, and came up with the value 3 1/8 or 3.125 (Beckmann, 11). However, this theory is probably a fantasy based on a misinterpretation of the Greek word "Harpedonaptae," which Democritus once mentioned in a letter to a colleague. The word literally means "rope-stretchers" or "rope-fasteners." The misinterpretation is that these men were stretching ropes in order to calculate circles, while they were actually making measurements in order to mark the property limits and areas for temples, according to (Heath, 121). A famous Egyptian piece of papyrus gives us another ancient estimation for pi. Dated around 1650 BC, the Rhind Papyrus was written by a scribe named Ahmes. Ahmes wrote, "Cut off 1/9 of a diameter and construct a square upon the remainder; this has the same area as the circle" (Blatner, 8). In other words, he implied that pi = 4(8/9)2 = 3.16049, which is also fairly accurate. Word of this did not spread to the East, however, as the Chinese used the inaccurate value pi = 3 hundreds of years later. Chronologically, the next approximation of pi is found in the Old Testament. A fairly well known verse, 1 Kings 7:23, says: "Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about" (Blatner, 13). This implies that pi = 3. Debates have raged on for centuries about this verse. According to some it was just a simple approximation, while others say that "... the diameter perhaps was measured from outside, while the circumference was measured from inside" (Tsaban, 76). However, most mathematicians and scientists neglect a far more accurate approximation for pi that lies deep within the mathematical "code" of the Hebrew language. In Hebrew, each letter equals a certain number, and a word's "value" is equal to the sum of its letters. Interestingly enough, in 1 Kings 7:23, the word "line" is written Kuf Vov Heh, but the Heh does not need to be there, and is not pronounced. With the extra letter , the word has a value of 111, but without it, the value is 106. (Kuf=100, Vov=6, Heh=5). The ratio of pi to 3 is very close to the ratio of 111 to 106. In other words, pi/3 = 111/106 approximately; solving for pi, we find pi = 3.1415094... (Tsaban, 78). This figure is far more accurate than any other value that had been calculated up to that point, and would hold the record for the greatest number of correct digits for several hundred years afterwards. Unfortunately, this little mathematical gem is practically a secret, as compared to the better known pi = 3 approximation. When the Greeks took up the problem, they took two revolutionary steps to find pi. Antiphon and Bryson of Heraclea came up with the in |
In Egyptian mythology who was the 'Earth God'? | Egyptian Creation Myths Introduction . . . . . As is the case with most ancient mythologies, the Egyptians created myths to try to explain their place in the cosmos. Their understanding of the cosmic order was from direct observation of nature. Therefore their creation myths concern themselves with gods of nature; the earth, the sky, the sun, the moon, the stars, and of course, the Nile river. . . . . .Since the Nile river, with its annual floods played a critical role in this cosmic order. It should come as no surprise to find water the fundamental element in the Egyptians ideas of creation. For the Egyptians to watch the inundation of their land would have been like watching a earthly model of their ideas of a watery creation. Allow me to explain. . . . . .In the beginning there was only water, a chaos of churning, bubbling water, this the Egyptians called Nu or Nun. It was out of Nu that everything began. As with the Nile, each year the inundation no doubt caused chaos to all creatures living on the land, so this represents Nu. eventually the floods would recede and out of the chaos of water would emerge a hill of dry land, one at first, then more. On this first dry hilltop, on the first day came the first sunrise. So that is how the Egyptians explain the beginning of all things. . . . . .Not surprisingly, the sun was also among the most important elements in the Egyptians lives and therefore had an important role as a creator god. His names and attributes varied greatly. As the rising sun his name was Khepri , the great scarab beetle, or Ra-Harakhte who was seen as a winged solar-disk or as the youthful sun of the eastern horizon. As the sun climbed toward mid-day it was called Ra, great and strong. When the sun set in the west it was known as Atum the old man, or Horus on the horizon. As a solar-disk he was known as Aten . The sun was also said to be an egg laid daily by Geb , the 'Great Cackler' when he took the form of a goose. . . . . .To the Egyptians the moon was any one of a number of gods. As an attribute of the god Horus the moon represented his left eye while his right was the sun. Seth was a lunar god, in his struggles with the solar god Horus, Seth is seen as a god of darkness doing constant battle with the god of light. We often find the ibis-headed god Thoth wearing a lunar creseant on his head. . . . . .To the Egyptians the sky was a goddess called Nut . She was often shown as a cow standing over the earth her eyes being the sun and the moon. She is kept from falling to earth by Shu, who was the god of air and wind, or by a circle of high mountains. As this heavenly cow, she gave birth to the sun daily. The sun would ride in the 'Solar Barque' across Nut's star covered belly, which was a great cosmic ocean. Then as evening fell, Nut would swallow the sun creating darkness. She is also pictured as a giant sow, suckling many piglets. These piglets represented the stars, which she swallowed each morning before dawn.Nut was also represented as an elongated woman bending over the earth and touching the horizons with her toes and finger tips. Beneath her stretched the ocean, in the center of which lay her husband Geb , the earth-god.He is often seen leaning on one elbow, with a knee bent toward the sky, this is representive of the mountains and valleys of the earth. Green vegetation would sprout from Geb's brown or red body. . | Classical Mythology: Surf and Turf: The Brothers of Zeus Though not as powerful as their younger brother, Poseidon and Hades could claim to equal his status. For just as Zeus ruled the sky, Poseidon was lord of the seas and Hades the supreme authority in the dark Underworld. Turf Wars Poseidon, who won the right to rule the seas, was also the god of horses and of earthquakes. Poseidon's domain actually extended beyond the oceans to include freshwater rivers, even though the river gods were the sons of Oceanus and Tethys. Mythmakers often depicted Poseidon as gruff and quick to anger. He sometimes resented the greater dominion of Zeus. Perhaps for this reason, Poseidon lived not in Olympus, but in an underwater palace off the eastern coast of Greece. His subordinate position to Zeus made him sensitive about his other rights. Poseidon argued more over city patronage than any other Olympian. He contested the patronage of Argos with Hera and the patronage of Corinth with Helius. Poseidon lost both disputes and had to settle for the patronage of various islands and seaports. The most famous of these patronage disputes was the fight over Athens. Poseidon claimed the land by plunging his trident into the ground of the Acropolis and creating a salt-water spring. But Athena later planted the first olive tree beside this well and claimed the city as her own. Poseidon challenged her to combat, but Zeus intervened and put the matter before a divine tribunal. Wishing to remain neutral and above the fray, Zeus did not vote. That left four other gods, all of whom voted for Poseidon. (Hades, as was his custom, did not attend the Olympian hearing.) The five goddesses, however, all sided with Athena, giving her the right to the land by virtue of her greater gift to the city. In a fury, Poseidon flooded the Attic plain. The Athenians adopted several measures to appease Poseidon's wrath. The city denied the women of Athens the right to vote. It ended the practice of men carrying on their mothers' names. And all Athenians continued to honor both Poseidon and Athena on the Acropolis. Beastly Couplings, Beastly Children Poseidon courted Amphitrite, one of the Nereids (daughters of Nereus, the Old Man of the Sea). Yet Amphitrite scorned the god's advances and fled to the Atlas Mountains. Poseidon refused to give up, sending messengers after her to plead his case. One of these, Delphinus, argued so persuasively for his master that he broke down Amphitrite's resistance. She agreed to marry Poseidon. (The god later showed his gratitude by placing his messenger's image in the sky as a constellation: the Dolphin.) Like his brother Zeus, Poseidon was not exactly the poster boy for fidelity. He, too, had numerous affairs with goddesses, nymphs, and mortals. Like most sea gods, Poseidon had the power to transform his shape, and often did so in order to complete a seduction: He appeared to the maiden Medusa as a bird. Unfortunately, he chose as the setting for this seduction one of Athena's temples. The enraged goddess punished Medusa by turning her into a Gorgon (see The Model Hero: Perseus ). To mate with Theophane, whom he had changed into a ewe in order to hide her from her many suitors, he transformed himself into a ram. When Demeter, overwhelmed by the loss of her daughter Persephone, attempted to escape her brother's attentions by becoming a mare, Poseidon was not fooled. He changed himself into a stallion and mated with her in an Arcadian pasture. What a Life! Otus and Ephialtes, already 50 feet tall at age nine, literally moved mountains. Just because they could, they heaped Pelion, Ossa, and Olympus on top of one another, nearly reaching heaven itself. The twin giants later killed each other in a hunting “accident” orchestrated by Artemis and Apollo (see The A Team: Olympians All ). Poseidon also mated in the shape of a dolphin and a bull. These many transformations had a powerful influence on his offspring, too: Medusa's children were the winged horse Pegasus and the giant warrior Chrysaor. His union with Theophane produced the famous Golden |
Michel de Montaigne of France is best known for popularizing what kind of writing as a literary genre? | Montaigne, Michel de | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Z Michel de Montaigne (1533—1592) Michel de Montaigne is widely appreciated as one of the most important figures in the late French Renaissance, both for his literary innovations as well as for his contributions to philosophy. As a writer, he is credited with having developed a new form of literary expression, the essay, a brief and admittedly incomplete treatment of a topic germane to human life that blends philosophical insights with historical anecdotes and autobiographical details, all unapologetically presented from the author’s own personal perspective. As a philosopher, he is best known for his skepticism , which profoundly influenced major figures in the history of philosophy such as Descartes and Pascal. All of his literary and philosophical work is contained in his Essays, which he began to write in 1572 and first published in 1580 in the form of two books. Over the next twelve years leading up to his death, he made additions to the first two books and completed a third, bringing the work to a length of about one thousand pages. While Montaigne made numerous additions to the books over the years, he never deleted or removed any material previously published, in an effort to represent accurately the changes that he underwent both as a thinker and as a person over the twenty years during which he wrote. These additions add to the unsystematic character of the books, which Montaigne himself claimed included many contradictions. It is no doubt due to the unsystematic nature of the Essays that Montaigne received relatively little attention from Anglo-American philosophers in the twentieth century. Nonetheless, in recent years he has been held out by many as an important figure in the history of philosophy not only for his skepticism, but also for his treatment of topics such as the self, moral relativism, politics, and the nature of philosophy. Table of Contents Secondary Sources 1. Life Michel Eyquem de Montaigne was born at the Château Montaigne, located thirty miles east of Bordeaux, in 1533. His father, Pierre Eyquem, was a wealthy merchant of wine and fish whose grandfather had purchased in 1477 what was then known as the Montaigne estate. Montaigne’s mother, Antoinette de Loupes de Villeneuve, came from a wealthy marrano family that had settled in Toulouse at the end of the 15th century. Montaigne describes Eyquem as “the best father that ever was,” and mentions him often in the Essays. Montaigne’s mother, on the other hand, is almost totally absent from her son’s book. Amidst the turbulent religious atmosphere of sixteenth century France, Eyquem and his wife raised their children Catholic. Michel, the eldest of eight children, remained a member of the Catholic Church his entire life, though three of his siblings became Protestants. Eyquem, who had become enamored of novel pedagogical methods that he had discovered as a soldier in Italy, directed Montaigne’s unusual education. As an infant, Montaigne was sent to live with a poor family in a nearby village so as to cultivate in him a natural devotion to “that class of men that needs our help.” When Montaigne returned as a young child to live at the château, Eyquem arranged that Michel awake every morning to music. He then hired a German tutor to teach Montaigne to speak Latin as his native tongue. Members of the household were forbidden to speak to the young Michel in any language other than Latin, and, as a result, Montaigne reports that he was six years old before he learned any French. It was at this time that Eyquem sent Montaigne to attend the prestigious Collège de Guyenne, where he studied under the Scottish humanist George Buchanan. The details of Montaigne’s life between his departure from the Collège at age thirteen and his appointment as a Bordeaux magistrate in his early twenties are largely unknown. He is thought to have studied the law, perhaps at Toulouse. In any case, by 1557 he had begun his career as a magistrate, first in the Co | 1600 in European development is known by what term, initially used by Italian scholars to express the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture?... Sign up View the step-by-step solution to: 1600 in European development is known by what term, initially used by Italian scholars to express the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture?... 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Words and language (the theory applies to all media and language, in that the type of words and language read and used affects how people react to the world) What is the female term equating to a phallic symbol? Yonic symbol James Carker is a villain in which Charles Dickens novel? Dombey and Son (serialised 1846-8) What famous 1818 novel had the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus'? Frankenstein (by Mary Shelley) Who wrote the 1947 book The Fountainhead? Ayn Rand By what name is the writer François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) better known? Voltaire Which pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote The Fall of the House of Usher? Edgar Allen Poe (1809-49) According to Matthew 27 in the Bible what prisoner was released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus? Barabbas What was the 1920s arts group centred around Leonard and Virginia Woolf and the district of London which provided the group's name? 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Name the year - Adolf Hitler's beer hall putsch fails; President Warren Harding dies in office and Bolton beat West Ham in the first Wembley FA cup final? | PPT – Hitlers Rise to Power PowerPoint presentation | free to download - id: bbeb3-ZDc1Z PPT – Hitlers Rise to Power PowerPoint presentation | free to download - id: bbeb3-ZDc1Z The Adobe Flash plugin is needed to view this content Hitlers Rise to Power Description: ... take such measures as are necessary to restore public safety and order. ... Part of a photo-card collection used by the Nazis to indoctrinate German children. ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation Number of Views:31 Title: Hitlers Rise to Power 1 Created by The Birmingham Holocaust Education Committee February 2008 Myth or Fact Adolf Hitler was elected to power. Myth or Fact Hitlers rise to power was inevitable. The world is too dangerous to live in not because of the people who do evil, but because of the people who sit and let it happen. Albert Einstein Birth of the Nazi Party The Weimar Republic Beer Hall Putsch (November 8-9, 1923) Nazis Become a Legitimate Party Hitler Appointed Chancellor (January 30, 1933) Reichstag Fire (February 27, 1933) Emergency Decree (February 28, 1933) Enabling Act (March 23, 1933) Night of the Long Knives (June 30, 1934) Hitler Becomes Führer (August 2, 1934) 6 Birth of the Nazi Party In 1919 Hitler joined the fledgling German Workers Party. In 1920 he took control of the group and changed the name to the National Socialist German Workers Party, National Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei, NSDAP, or Nazi for short. It was here that Hitler discovered two remarkable talents public speaking and inspiring personal loyalty. German propaganda postcard showing an early Hitler preaching to the fledgling Nazi Party. Assembly of the Nazi Party, 1922, Coburg, Germany 7 The world is too dangerous to live in not because of the people who do evil, but because of the people who sit and let it happen. Albert Einstein Birth of the Nazi Party The Weimar Republic Beer Hall Putsch (November 8-9, 1923) Nazis Become a Legitimate Party Hitler Appointed Chancellor (January 30, 1933) Reichstag Fire (February 27, 1933) Emergency Decree (February 28, 1933) Enabling Act (March 23, 1933) Night of the Long Knives (June 30, 1934) Hitler Becomes Führer (August 2, 1934) 8 Now we have a Republic, the problem is we have no Republicans. - Walter Rathenau, 1st Foreign Minister of Weimar Republic PRESIDENT Publicly elected to 7-year term. Head of armed forces. Power to dismiss the government and call for new elections. Could rule independently of Reichstag in case of national emergency. REICHSTAG Unlimited number of political parties. Elected to 4-year term by proportional representation. (e.g., 10 of the vote equals 10 of the seats) 421 members (1919) 647 members (1932) CHANCELLOR Appointed by President. Usually leader of largest party in Reichstag. CABINET The Weimar Constitution Article 48 The Reich President may, if the public safety and order in the German Reich are considerably disturbed or endangered, take such measures as are necessary to restore public safety and order. If necessary, he may intervene with the help of the armed forces. For this purpose he may suspend, either partially or wholly, the Fundamental Rights (personal freedom from arrest, sanctity of home, secrecy of telephone and postal communications, free speech and free press, freedom of assembly and association, and protection of private property)On demand of the Reichstag these measures shall be repealed. 11 1847 Aug. 2, 1934 Served German Army 1866-1918 April 9, 1865 Dec. 20, 1937 Served German Army 1883-1918 The Weimar Republic also faced attack from the wartime leaders of the German military, most notably Field Marshals Erich von Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenburg. Both vocalized their belief that the civilian government had taken power in the final days of the war and had betrayed the armed forces by surrendering. This train of thought appealed to many Germans who could not believe their great army was on the verge of collapse in November 1918. In fact, both of these military commanders had pressed for a quick end to the war because of sinking morale among their troops. Probl | David Irving's index to items on Adolf Hitler "Found in northern Austria earlier this year": Hitler's watercolors snapped up by emerging market buyers - Auctioneer Richard Westwood-Brookes, who has sold fakes before, calls him a second-rate painter. Hope the banknotes weren't fake too, Richard | Previously: Caveat emptor. Daily Telegraph hypes its regular scam: Rare Hitler paintings could fetch £150,000 | Daily Mail: Watercolours to go under the hammer | London Daily Telegraph: Adolf Hitler nude sketch for sale - Two sketches by Adolf Hitler of a young nude woman up for auction. Warning: the same expert Westwood-Brookes last year sold to a British sucker a £10,000 "self-portrait of Hitler" sitting on a bridge - it turned out to be in Devon, England! : but Hitler never visited Englland, and never painted the human form | the same expert's other dubious "Hitler" sales coups: a Hitler-signed Mein Kampf | a painting - will the Telegraph never learn? | Adolf Hitler painting up for auction - Another coup by "historical documents expert" Richard Westwood-Brookes ( remember he authenticated and sold that self portrait of Hitler sitting on a Dartmoor, UK, bridge?) | Signed copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf for sale -but wait! It is being sold by "Historical documents expert" Richard Westwood- Brookes from auctioneers Mullock's, who authenticated the fake "self-portrait" of Hitler a few months ago David Irving: Interview with Prof Dr Dr Ernst-Günther Schenck at Klagenfurt, Austria, May 11-12, 1982 Hitler's Table Talk online . The original Weidenfeld English translation by Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens, introduced and with a new Preface by H.R. Trevor-Roper - the accurate contemporary record of Hitler's remarks during lunch and dinner at his headquarters, 1941-1944, as taken down by Bormann's adjutant Heinrich Heim David Irving spoke to his friends in London's West End on Jan 8. Topic: "Personal Saga of a Hitler Biographer: Blundering Across a Toxic Swamp Sown with Deadly Mines" Adolf Hitler and no end: Australian school apologises for awarding child dressed as Hitler costume prize - Toddler threatened to invade Poland? Another ASSHOL - The Western Times (Sharon Springs, Kansas) Aged 3, she was thrown into Dachau for twelve years, tattoo'd with Star of David and number 4 -- "I was the fourth person in the camp") which a nice doctor removed after the war. Oh, and she watched while Adolf Hitler "killed a little boy next to me" (pdf file) World Safe again - Hitler to be removed from Donald Duck cartoon LIFE releases more color photos by Hugo Jäger: Adolf Hitler "at his 1941 Christmas party" [ignore their date: On Dec 18, 1941 Hitler was at the Wolf's Lair, East Prussia, not in Munich, and Hitler never wore the brown uniform after Sept 1, 1939. Our house expert adds: Robert Ley and Gauleiter Wagner are wearing pre-1939 collar tabs and armbands. It was probably just a Party function. The officers are all in SA uniform, not army or SS] | World safe again US Police take Adolf Hitler Campbell, 3, and sisters from parents - Next time try Barack-Hussein-Obama Campbell | ShopRite in New Jersey refuses to bake birthday cake named for Adolf Hitler Campbell, age three. We're missing the Christmas spirit here | Walmart then steps in | Adolf Hitler dad says swastikas out, holocaust happened, names stay s Profile in The Independent (London): David Irving: 'I'm Hitler's biographer' : His take on Nazi Germany has made enemies [viel Feind' viel Ehr'] | Hindu Times | Johann Hari's article gets under a lot of skins - traditional enemies hint that Mr Irving invented the famous quote from Hitler's doctor's diary: Anonymous | Daniel Finkelstein of The Times | Wartime document from the Irving archives: A Doctor's diary quotes Hitler's views on Führer-Biographers, Sept 1944: "only a young Englishman..." Israeli expert considers Hitler a Military Genius | Hitler's 'suicidal urge' prolonged war by three years, German historians say - These craven conformists would say that, wouldn't they: But his heroic armies also kept Stalin's hordes away from western Euro |
Since doctors are meant to 'cure-all', the first line of the Hippocratic oath appropriately mentions what other goddess along with Apollo, Aesculapius, and Hygeia? | TLW's New Age Historyscope TLW's New Age Historyscope By T.L. Winslow (TLW), the Historyscoper� © Copyright by T.L. Winslow. All Rights Reserved. Original Pub. Date: Jan. 31, 2013. Last Update: Apr. 3, 2014. Alternate urls for this page: http://tinyurl.com/newagehistory What Is A Historyscope? "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) Westerners are not only known as history ignoramuses, but double dumbass history ignoramuses when it comes to New Age Movement history. Since I'm the one-and-only Historyscoper (tm), let me quickly bring you up to speed before you dive into my Master Historyscope. The New Age Movement has been gaining lots of steam in the West since the 1960s, spreading the concepts of New Thought , incl. that God or Infinite Intelligence is everywhere, we're really immortal spirit beings, sickness is all in the mind, miracles can be made to happen, etc., white hair helps sell books. The Law of Attraction ("like attracts like") is usually prominently featured. Despite their attraction, New Agers are anything but monolithic, and may be into Astrology , Auras , Black and White Magic , Chakras , Chi Energy , Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) , Crystals , Druidism , Eastern Mysticism , Esotericism , Extraterrestrials and UFOs , Firewalking , Gaia , Gnosticism , Hare Krishna , Hermeticism , Hinduism , the Human Potential Movement , Idealism , Mind Science , Native American Spirituality , Near-Death Experiences , Nirvana , Parapsychology , Psychics , Reincarnation , Shamanism , Spiritism , Tai Chi , Taoism , Tarot , Theosophy , Trance-Channeling (Mediumship) , Transcendental Meditation , Transpersonal Psychology , UFO Religions , Wicca (Witchcraft) , Wisdom Tradition , Yin-Yang , Yoga , and Zen Buddhism . The movement takes its name from the 1804-10 poem Milton by English Romantic poet-artist William Blake (1757-1827) : "... when the New Age is at leisure to pronounce, all will be set right." Blake is also known for the poem Auguries of Innocence , which starts: "To see a world in a grain of sand,/ And a heaven in a wild flower,/ Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,/ And eternity in an hour." and ends: "God appears, and God is light,/ "To those poor souls who dwell in night;/ "But does a human form display/ "To those who dwell in realms of day." The movement often denies the existence of reality and time, but at the same time seems to be grounded on belief in the arrival or coming of the Age of Aquarius . The astronomical signs are Aries, followed by Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces (A tall girl can leap very long since she carries a pussycat :) The astrological ages are each 2,150 years long (the Earth's 25,800-year gyroscopic precession period divided by 12), and proceed backwards, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, etc. Too bad, the exact year when the Age of Aquarius begins is disputed, with some of course claiming a date in the 1960s, esp. after the 1967 debut of the rock musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical , with its opening song Aquarius ("When the Moon is in the Seventh House, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then Peace will guide the Planets, and Love will steer the Stars. This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius... Harmony and understanding, sympathy and trust abounding; no more falsehoods or derision - golden living, dreams of visions, mystic crystal revelation, and the mind's true liberation. Aquarius..."); most place the Great Attunement sometime in the 20th cent., some on Dec. 12, 2012, making 2013 the Year of Prosperity . Duh, the next age will be the Age of Capricorn, meaning people will start butting heads? TLW is a Capricorn :) Too bad, some astrologers think that the Age of Aquarius is actually the Age of Capricorn because the Moon's gravitational pull on the Earth has caused a 1 mo. shift in the Zodiac. Cutting to the chase, according to English writer Nevill Drury (1947-) , the "four key pr | PASIPHAE - Greek Goddess & Witch-Queen of Crete All-Shining (pasi, phainô) Pasiphae nursing the Minotaur, Apulian red-figure kylix C4th B.C., Bibliothèque Nationale de France PASIPHAE was an immortal daughter of the sun-god Helios. Like her siblings, Aeetes and Kirke (Circe) , she was a skilled practitioner of witchcraft (pharmakeia). Pasiphae married King Minos of Krete (Crete) and bore him a number of sons and daughters. As punishment for some offence against the gods--committed either by herself or her husband--she was cursed with lust for the king's finest bull. The queen enlisted the help of the artisan Daidalos (Daedalus) who built her an animate, wooden cow wrapped in bovine-skin. Hidden inside the contraption she coupled with the bull and conceived a hybrid child--the bull-headed Minotauros (Minotaur). Pasiphae's husband King Minos also proved unfaithful. When she learned of his indiscretions she bewitched him, causing him to ejaculate poisoned creatures and destroy his lovers. Pasiphae herself, being an immortal, was alone immune to the spell. Minos was later cured by the Athenian girl Prokris (Procris) who devised a remedy for the strange afflication. Pasiphae was an early Kretan moon-goddess similar to the classical Selene . Both her taurine lover and her Minotaur son--who was also named Asterios (Starry One)--were associated with the constellation Taurus. FAMILY OF PASIPHAE PARENTS [1.1] HELIOS & PERSEIS (Apollodorus 1.80, Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.19) [1.2] HELIOS (Apollonius Rhodius 3.997, Antoninus Liberalis 41, Hyginus Fabulae 40, Ovid Metamorphoses 9.737, Seneca Phaedra 112) [1.3] HELIOS & KRETE (Diodorus Siculus 4.60.4) OFFSPRING [1.1] THE MINOTAUROS (by the Kretan Bull ) (Apollodorus 3.8, Diodorus Siculus 4.77.1, Philostratus the Elder 1.16, Hyginus Fabulae 40, Ovid Metamorphoses 8.132, Seneca Phaedra 112, Nonnus Dionysiaca 47.395, Suidas) [2.1] KATREUS, DEUKALION, GLAUKOS, ANDROGEOS, AKALLE, XENODIKE, ARIADNE , PHAIDRA (by Minos) (Apollodorus 3.7) [2.2] ARIADNE , DEUKALION, KATREUS, ANDROGEUS (by Minos) (Diodorus Siculus 4.60.4) [2.3] ARIADNE (by Minos) (Apollonius Rhodius 3.997) [2.4] IDOMENEUS (by Minos) (Pausanias 5.25.9) [2.5] ASTERIOS (by Minos) (Nonnus Dionysiaca 40.290) [2.6] DEUKALION (by Minos) (Hyginus Fabulae 14) [2.7] PHAEDRA, ARIADNE (by Minos) (Ovid Heroides 4.53 & 157, Seneca Phaedra 112) ENCYCLOPEDIA PAST′PHAE (Pasiphaê). 1. A daughter of Helios and Perseis, and a sister of Circe and Aeetes, was the wife of Minos, by whom she was the mother of Androgeos, Catreus, Deucalion, Glaucus, Minotaurus, Acalle, Xenodice, Ariadne, and Phaedra. (Apollon. Rhod. iii. 999, &c.; Apollod. i. 9. § 1, iii. 1. § 2; Ov. Met. xv. 501 ; Cic. De Nat. Deor. iii. 19; Paus. v. 25. § 9.) 2. An oracular goddess at Thalamae in Laconia, was believed to be a daughter of Atlas, or to be the same as Cassandra or Daphne, the daughter of Amyclas. People used to sleep in her temple for the purpose of receiving revelations in dreams. (Plut. Agis, 9; Cic. De Dir. i. 43.) Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES PARENTAGE & CHILDREN OF PASIPHAE Pasiphae, Daedalus and the wooden cow, Greco-Roman fresco from Pompeii C1st A.D., Naples National Archaeological Museum Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 80 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "The Kholkians (Colchians) who were ruled by Aeetes, the son of Helios and Perseis, and brother of Kirke (Circe) and Minos' wife Pasiphae." Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 7 : "Minos, residing in Krete (Crete), passed laws, and married Pasiphae, daughter of Helios and Perseis . . . He begat sons, to wit, Katreus (Catreus), Deukalion (Deucalion), Glaukos (Glaucus), and Androgeus: and daughters, to wit, Akalle (Acalle), Xenodike (Xenodice), Ariadne, Phaidra (Phaedra)." Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3. 997 ff (trans. Rieu) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.) : "Remember Ariadne, young Ariadne, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, who was a daughter of Helios." Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3. 1074 ff : "[Medea addresses Iason (Jason) :] ‘Tell |
Which actress, while dressed as the queen, left the Guilgud Theatre in London to shout at drummers outside who were disturbing the play? | Helen Mirren on the terrifying headmistress who inspired her rise to fame - and why she almost refused a damehood | Daily Mail Online comments Dame Helen Mirren doesn’t do demure. Indeed, she’s made a very successful career out of playing formidable characters that you wouldn’t mess with. From Queens — including Cleopatra, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth II (twice) — to uncompromising women like Lady Macbeth, Madame Bovary and the ice-cool Detective Chief Superintendent Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect, she can face down even the strongest opponent with an imperious flick of an eyelid. She famously demonstrated her forbidding demeanour only last month, when she stomped off the stage to confront a group of drummers in the street outside who were providing unwelcome musical accompaniment to her performance in The Audience at the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End. Helen Mirren says her terrifying headmistress inspired her rise to fame The fact that she was dressed for the part of Elizabeth II, complete with pearls and tiara, only added regal menace to the angry piece of mind she delivered. According to comedian Chris Dangerfield, who captured the entire incident on video, Oscar-winning Dame Helen, 67, ‘terrified the life out of the conductor, throwing her rattle out of the pram and flailing her arms around’. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share So it is hardly a surprise that in her latest movie, Monsters University — in which she is heard but not seen — she easily digs deep into those natural reserves of unchallengeable authority. Helen plays Dr Abigail Hardscrabble, dean at the School of Scaring in Monsters University, a prequel to the enormously successful 2001 Disney Pixar animated movie Monsters Inc. From pigtails to pin-up: Helen Mirren pictured centre in her school uniform ‘She is easily the most intimidating woman I’ve ever played,’ she assures me when we meet at a London hotel where she was preparing for the film’s release. For extra inspiration, she confides, she drew on her memory of her old school headmistress — ‘who used to terrify me, frighten me to death’. It was at St Bernard’s Convent High School, in her native Southend-On-Sea, Essex, almost 60 years ago that Dame Mother Mary Mildred scared young Helen and inspired her in equal measure. She said: ‘The funny thing is, I didn’t consciously think about her when I was voicing the part of Dean Hardscrabble in a Hollywood studio, even though she made such a big impression on my early life. Helen said her headteacher both scared her and inspired her in equal measure ‘It was only when I came back to England and somebody asked me whether I had anybody in mind when I was playing her that I realised that she’d been in my thoughts. To me, she was really scary, sitting there dressed in black and white and exuding this sort of strict kindness. ‘But — and here’s my really important memory of Dame Mother Mary Mildred — she was very wise, and I like to think I’ve imbued the character of Dean Hardscrabble with a mixture of her scariness and wisdom. ‘At the age of ten, she gave me not only the best piece of advice that anyone has ever given me but advice which I’ve lived by ever since and which has helped me enormously in life — and that advice was to understand fear, to recognise that the worst thing about fear is fear itself. 'Once you recognise that, and can deal with it, even if it’s just by pretending you’re not frightened, life isn’t nearly as frightening. ‘Without those words of wisdom from my old headmistress, I don’t think I would have had the courage to take on some of the really challenging roles in my career.’ Fast forward to 2013 and Helen, now a Dame herself, re-imagines her fear-struck pre-teen schooldays by playing an animated character with a reputation for frightening her students. ‘The dean has 30 legs and rather spectacular wings,’ chuckles Dame Helen, who is married to American film director Taylor Hackford. ‘The filmmakers at Pixar based her looks on this extraordinary actual creature called the Amazonian giant centipede — Scolopendra Gigantea — | BBC News | SHOWBIZ | The Graduate's London term ends Friday, 18 January, 2002, 17:45 GMT The Graduate's London term ends Kathleen Turner was the first Mrs Robinson in the show The London run of The Graduate, the stage show that has seen a string of actresses bare all as a middle-aged seductress, comes to the end of its West End run this weekend. The show, a stage version of the Oscar-winning 1967 film, will now transfer to Broadway after being seen by more than 400,000 people in the UK. The Graduate has become infamous for its nude scenes, featuring high-profile stars including Kathleen Turner, Jerry Hall and Linda Gray. They have all played Mrs Robinson, who woos a younger man, Benjamin Braddock. Jerry Hall: Not a hit with critics Its final performance at London's Gielgud Theatre will be on Saturday. Producers have denied that the show became a casualty of falling visitor numbers after 11 September. When the announcement of its closure was made in November, ticket sales were as high as when Kathleen Turner made headlines as the show's first Mrs Robinson from April 2000, they said. Turner will reprise her role in Toronto, Baltimore and Boston before going to Broadway from 4 April. She will be joined by Clueless star Alicia Silverstone and American Pie actor Jason Biggs, who will play Benjamin, the graduate who becomes the object of Mrs Robinson's affections. The film won an Oscar in 1968 Before the London run opened, ticket sales went through the roof when it was announced that Turner, then aged 45, would appear naked on stage. Her debut was met with a standing ovation from theatregoers, but a mixed reaction from critics. One reviewer said she gave the seduction scene "a comic sexiness, as if Mae West were coming on to a panic-stricken Jerry Lewis". The show was originally scheduled for a short run, but was continually extended to meet demand. After Turner came Jerry Hall, then 43, the former wife of Rolling Stones star Mick Jagger. Linda Gray is London's last Mrs Robinson She fared worse at the hand of the critics, with one saying: "Jerry, I'm afraid, is no actress. But she's got great legs." Hall was replaced by Amanda Donohoe, the youngest of the stars at 39, who was followed by Fatal Attraction star Anne Archer, 53. Then came Linda Gray, 60, who played Sue Ellen in TV soap Dallas, and became London's last Mrs Robinson. The show will have taken �10m by the end of its West End run. The story was originally a novel by Charles Webb, which became the film starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman. Terry Johnson adapted it for the stage. Worldwide When the announcement of the closure was made, producers John Reid and Sacha Brooks said: "The Graduate has been a West End event every night for nearly two years. We have always hoped to go out on a high." The Graduate has also played in Australia, South Africa and Poland. Other high-profile West End shows to close in recent months include Starlight Express, Notre Dame De Paris and The Witches Of Eastwick. The London staging of Cats, the longest-running musical in history, has just announced that it is to come to an end after 21 years. See also: |
Nominated by Bill Clinton, who, in 1993, became the first female Attorney General of the USA? | Bill Clinton - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Google Bill Clinton: Early Life and Education Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas . He was the only child of Virginia Cassidy Blythe (1923-94) and traveling salesman William Jefferson Blythe Jr. (1918-46), who died in a car accident three months before his son’s birth. In 1950, Virginia Blythe married car dealer Roger Clinton Sr. (1908-67) and the family later moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas. As a teen, Bill Clinton officially adopted his stepfather’s surname. His only sibling, Roger Clinton Jr., was born in 1956. Did You Know? In 2001, Clinton became the first president to be married to a U.S. senator. Just days before he left office, first lady Hillary Clinton was sworn in as the freshman senator from New York. In 1964, Clinton graduated from Hot Springs High School, where he was a musician and student leader. (In 1963, as part of the American Legion Boys’ Nation program, he went to Washington , D.C., and shook hands with President John Kennedy at the White House , an event he later said inspired him to pursue a career in public service.) Clinton went on to earn a degree from Georgetown University in 1968. Afterward, he attended Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship. In 1973, he received a degree from Yale Law School. At Yale, Clinton started dating fellow law student Hillary Rodham (1947-). After graduating, the couple moved to Clinton’s home state, where he worked as a law professor at the University of Arkansas. In 1974, Clinton, a Democrat, ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives but lost to his Republican opponent. Bill Clinton: Family, Arkansas Political Career and First Presidential Campaign On October 11, 1975, Clinton and Rodham were married in a small ceremony at their house in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The following year, Bill Clinton was elected attorney general of Arkansas. In 1978, he was elected governor of the state. The Clintons’ only child, Chelsea, was born in February 1980. That fall, Clinton lost his bid for re-election as governor. Afterward, he joined a Little Rock law firm. In 1982, he won the governorship again, and would remain in that office through 1992. While serving as Arkansas’ first lady, Hillary Clinton also worked as an attorney. After winning the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, Clinton, along with vice-presidential nominee Al Gore (1948-), a U.S. senator from Tennessee , went on to defeat the incumbent, President George H.W. Bush (1924-), by a margin of 370-168 electoral votes and with 43 percent of the popular vote to Bush’s 37.5 percent of the vote. A third-party candidate, Ross Perot (1930-), captured almost 19 percent of the popular vote. Bill Clinton: First Presidential Term: 1993-1997 Clinton was inaugurated in January 1993 at age 46, making him the third-youngest president in history up to that time. During his first term, Clinton enacted a variety of pieces of domestic legislation, including the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Violence Against Women Act, along with key bills pertaining to crime and gun violence, education, the environment and welfare reform. He put forth measures to reduce the federal budget deficit and also signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, which eliminated trade barriers between the United States, Canada and Mexico . He attempted to enact universal health insurance for all Americans, and appointed first lady Hillary Clinton to head the committee charged with creating the plan. However, the committee’s plan was opposed by conservatives and the health care industry, among others, and Congress ultimately failed to act on it. Clinton appointed a number of women and minorities to key government posts, including Janet Reno (1938-), who became the first female U.S. attorney general in 1993, and Madeleine Albright (1937-) , who was sworn in as the first female U.S. secretary of state in 1997. He appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-) to the Supreme Court in 1993. She was the second female justice in the court’s history. Clinton’s ot | Barbara Bush Biography :: National First Ladies' Library 63 years old 20 January 1989 - 20 January, 1993 The hallmark of Barbara Bush's tenure as First Lady was her focused campaign to bring national attention to, and help eradicate illiteracy in America. Having been involved in the issue for eight previous years as the Vice President's wife, she was not only able to immediately begin her efforts following the Inauguration, but had already a national network of support in place, consisting of experts, publishers, financial supporters, volunteers, school administrators, and national, state and local civic leaders. Early in the administration, Barbara founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, a private organization that solicited grants from public and private institutions to support literacy programs. "I'm talking about the big, bouncy kind [of family], the single parent, extended families, divorced, homeless and migrant," she clarified. At the time of her tenure, statistics showed that 35 million adults could not read above the eight-grade level and that 23 million were not beyond a fourth-grade level. She appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show addressing the issue, and made regular broadcasts on Mrs. Bush's Story Time, a national radio program that stressed the importance of reading aloud to children. One aspect of adopting literacy as an issue that provided Barbara Bush with an opportunity to address a wide variety of topical issues was, as she pointed out, that a person's inability to read or fully comprehend what they might be able to partially read could have a devastating impact on all elements of their lives: education, employment, housing, safety, health, parenthood, crime, travel. She did go on record as stating that she did not believe there should be a law that established English as the official language of the United States because she felt it had "racial overtones." Thus she was able to address many social problems that were unique to the era of her husband's presidency of the early 1990's like homelessness, AIDS, and teenage pregnancy. During her first week in the White House, Barbara Bush brought national attention to the needs of indigent and homeless families by making a visit to "Martha's Table" an inner-city center providing meals for poor families and daytime and after-school activities for homeless children, and also running a mobile soup-and-sandwich kitchen through the streets of Washington. She donated her family's used clothing to thrift stores which raised money for charitable organizations and also offered low-cost resale to the needy. Often visiting homeless family shelters, Barbara Bush also publicly raised an issue that was rarely considered in coping with the problem - abandoned, single, unmarried mothers, many of them teenagers, who were receiving no help from the fathers of the children. Although she assumed the traditional view of the Republican Party that social programs were best funded and administered by private charities and organizations rather than by the government, she was not averse to claiming government responsibility in some cases, once remarking at a center for homeless children, "forget about government cutbacks." Barbara Bush made the front page of many global newspapers when, during a visit to "Grandma's House," a pediatric AIDS care center, she held a baby infected with the virus and posed for photographers to record what was then an act that was often misunderstood as making one susceptible to contracting it. She then went to hug an adult with AIDS as well. She took the President to the National Institute of Health to meet with male patients who had AIDS, and attended the funeral of the heroic teenager Ryan White who succumbed to AIDS after leading a long public education campaign on the issue. When there was an AIDS memorial vigil where gatherers held candles, she placed candles in all the White House windows and asked several family members of those who had died of the illness to bring to her in the White House parts of a national AIDS quilt that was then |
What started at Fort Sumter in April 1861? | Fort Sumter fired upon - Apr 12, 1861 - HISTORY.com Fort Sumter fired upon Publisher A+E Networks The American Civil War begins when Confederates fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina. The fort had been the source of tension between the Union and Confederacy for several months. After South Carolina seceded on December 20, 1860, the state demanded the fort be turned over but Union officials refused. A supply ship, the “Star of the West,” tried to reach Fort Sumter on January 9, but the shore batteries opened fire and drove it away. For both sides, Sumter was a symbol of sovereignty. The Union could not allow it to fall to the Confederates, although throughout the Deep South other federal installations had been seized. For South Carolinians, secession meant little if the Yankees still held the stronghold. The issue hung in the air when Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office on March 4, stating in his inauguration address: “You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors.” Lincoln did not try to send reinforcements but he did send in food. This way, Lincoln could characterize the operation as a humanitarian mission, bringing, in his words, “food for hungry men.” He sent word to the Confederates in Charleston of his intentions on April 6. The Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Alabama, had decided on February 15 that Sumter and other forts must be acquired “either by negotiation or force.” Negotiation, it seemed, had failed. The Confederates demanded surrender of the fort, but Major Robert Anderson, commander of Fort Sumter, refused. At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, the Confederate guns opened fire. For thirty-three hours, the shore batteries lobbed 4,000 shells in the direction of the fort. Finally, the garrison inside the battered fort raised the white flag. No one on either side had been killed, although two Union soldiers died when the departing soldiers fired a gun salute, and some cartridges exploded prematurely. It was a nearly bloodless beginning to America’s bloodiest war. Related Videos | January 2 - History - On This Day On This Day On This Day in History for January 2 Full Calendar Events 1 - 100 of 146 69 Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, Emperor 366 The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire 533 John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1235 Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names 1492 Muhammad XII. 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Event of Interest 1839 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre ) Photographer and Inventor 1842 1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn 1861 SC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor 1861 Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia 1863 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends 1871 King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25 1879 British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die 1879 Dr Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education 1881 Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres 1882 Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust 1883 Battle of Boschberg takes place in South Africa as part of the Mapoch War 1885 General Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum 1890 Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer 1890 Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny 1893 1st US commemoratives & 1st US stamp to picture a woman issued (Queen Isabella, patron of Columbus) 1893 World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago [or 0501] 1896 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops) 1900 E Verlinger begins manufacturing 7" single-sided records (Montreal) 1900 John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. Event of Interest 1903 US President Theodore Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black 26th US President Theodore Roosevelt 1905 Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine in San Jose, California 1905 Japanese troops capture Port Arthur from Russia, a blow to national morale and causing further discontent within Russia 1905 American anarcho-syndicalist union known as the Industrial Workers of the World forms Event of Interest 1906 Willis Carrier recieves a US patent for the world's first air conditioner Engineer 1908 Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa 1909 1st official Dutch 11 city skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13:50) 1910 1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley California) 1913 National Woman's Party forms Event of Interest 1913 Mahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm in Transvaal, South Africa. Pacifist and Spiritual Leader 1914 Philips installs research dept in Eindhoven 1917 Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank 1919 Anti-British uprising in Irela |
Which god of wisdom in Egyptian mythology is usually portrayed with the head of a Falcon? | Egyptian Mythology Ancient Man and His First Civilizations Egyptian Mythology Religion in ancient Egypt was very much like modern times. Today not everyone worships in the same way, or believes in the same god - Egypt was no different. Individual kings worshipped their own preferred gods, as did the workers, priests, merchants and peasants - but there was always one particular god that was considered preeminent. Pre-dynastic Egypt had formulated the concept and belief of a "greater being", this was originally expressed in pictures, some scholars suggest that "writing" was invented in order to communicate these spiritual thoughts to the masses. Egyptian gods lived, died, hunted, went into battle, gave birth, ate, drank, and had human emotions. The reigns of their gods overlapped, and in some instances merged. The dominance of a particular god depended on the beliefs of the reigning king, and where the king wanted his capital; this because the dominance of particular gods was often regional. Likewise, the myths associated with particular gods changed with the location of the gods, as sometimes did their names. Each god had five names, and each name was associated with an element, such as air, celestial bodies, or was a descriptive statement about the god, such as strong, virile or majestic. The creator god of all things was either Re (Ra), Amun, Ptah, Khnum or Aten, depending on which version of the myth was currently in use. The heavens were represented by Hathor, Bat, and Horus. Osiris was an earth god as was Ptah. The annual flooding of the Nile was Hapi. Storms, evil and confusion were Seth. His counterpart was Ma'at, who represented balance, justice and truth. The moon was Thoth and Khonsu. Re (Ra), the Sun god, took on many forms, and transcended most of the borders that constrained the other gods. The actual shape of the Sun, the disk of light (or, aten), was deified into another god “Aten”, very much like the Holy Trinity of Christianity - God (the father), Jesus (the Son), and the Holy Spirit. Egyptian spirituality was very sophisticated, so it is undoubtedly erroneous to think that they worshipped the actual Sun, or Disk, Cats, Cows or whatever. It is likely that the Sun disk was used as an iconic representation of a God that cannot be seen. Be mindful of modern depictions of Jesus, with the Sun emitting rays from behind his head, (a visualization of God behind him), also Moses visualization of God as a brightly burning bush. The Great Aten The God and Disk of the Sun Aten appears to have represented both the god or spirit of the sun, and the solar disk itself. The origin of this god is wholly obscure, and nearly all that is known about him during the Middle Empire is that he was a small provincial form of the Sun-god which was worshipped in one little town in the neighborhood of Heliopolis, and it is possible that a temple was built in his honor in Heliopolis itself. There is no way to describe the attributes which were originally ascribed to him under the Middle or Early Empire, because the texts which were written before the XXIII Dynasty give us no information on the subject. Before the XVIII Dynasty, and especially during the reigns of the gods, Amen-Ra-Heru-khuti, Horus, etc., it does not follow that they originally related to him. In the Theban Recession of the Book of the Dead, which is based upon Heliopolitan belief, we find Aten mentioned by the deceased thus :--- "Thou, O Ra, shinest from the horizon of heaven, and Aten is adored when he resteth {or setteth} upon this mountain to give life to the two lands. Hunefer says Ra, Hail Aten, thou the lord of beams of light, {when} thou shinest all faces {i.e., everybody} lives. Nekht says Ra, O thou beautiful being, thou doest renew thyself and make thyself young again under the form of Aten; Ani says Ra, Thou turnest thy face towards the Underworld, and thou makest the earth to shine like fine copper. The dead rise up to thee, they breath the air and they look upon thy face when Aten shineth in the horizon;------I have come before thee that I ma | Greek Constellations Aquila The Eagle This is a bird who has the power to bring rain and is the keeper of Zeus' lightning bolts. Ara The Altar It was predicted that Cronus would die at the hand of his own child so he swallowed five of them as they were born. His wife, Rhea, and his mother-in-law, Gaia, protected the sixth child, Zeus, by giving Cronus a stone wrapped in a blanket instead of the baby. When Zeus grew up he poisoned his father which caused him to vomit up the other children. Then Zeus and his brothers fought a war with Cronus and the other Titans. During the war Zeus freed some Titans that Cronus had imprisoned. These allies included the Cyclopes who were expert metal workers. During a battle, the Cyclopes built an altar and burned a sacrifice so that the smoke would hide Zeus and his brothers as they attacked Cronus and the Titans. In gratitude, Zeus placed the altar in the sky at the horizon, under the Milky Way which now appears to be the rising smoke. Argo Navis The Ship (Carina, Puppis, Vela) The Argo is the ship whose captain is Jason, and the crew is the Argonauts. The ship was a gift from Athena. Its maidenhead had the power of speech and advised Jason on occasions during his adventures. Aries The Ram The story of the ram begins with Zeus and Hera. Hera was courted by Ixion. Zeus tricked him into impregnating a cloud named Nephele that had been formed to look like Hera. Then, as punishment, Ixion was strapped to a flaming wheel and rolled around the sky for eternity (the ecliptic). The cloud Nephele had a child which was the first centaur. Nephele later had two children with Athamas, king of B�eotia. Athamas eventually tried to have the children killed. Hera sent a golden ram so the children could escape by riding its back. One of the children, Helle, fell off and died in the sea at a place called Hellespont. The other child, Phrixus, eventually sacrifice the ram to Zeus. The skin of the ram developed special powers and is the same relic the is later sought by Jason and the Argonauts. Auriga The Charioteer Hephaestus impregnated Mother Earth with a child, Erichthonius, who was born with the lower body of a snake. Athena pitied the boy and raised him as her own son in the city of Athens where he eventually became king. He became famous for developing the four horse chariot. Often defending Athena's honor, Erichthonius the charioteer was eventually placed in the sky as a reward. Bo�tes The Bear Chaser Icarius was the first person to cultivate grapes and then make them into wine. After his death he was placed in the sky as the constellation Bo�tes by Dionysus in honor of his discovery. His dog, Maera, became the bright star Procyon in Canis Minor. Cancer The Crab The crab is one that pinched Hercules on the foot while he was fighting the Hydra. This pleased Hera who later placed him in the sky. Canis Major The Greater Dog He is one of two hunting dogs belonging to Orion the hunter. The dogs were placed in the sky along with Orion when he was killed by the scorpion. Cassiopeia The Queen She is the very beautiful and very vain Queen of Ethiopia (Philistia). Gazing at herself in a mirror, she proclaimed to be more beautiful than the Nereids, which were sea nymphs. As punishment Poseiden demanded that the princess Andromeda be sacrificed to the sea monster, Cetus. After her daughter was saved by Perseus, Cassiopeia plotted with her daughter's ex-fianc�e Agenor to kill Perseus. Perseus used the Medusa's head to turn Cassiopeia, Agenor, and his men to stone. The constellations of Queen Cassiopeia and King Cepheus are facing each other's feet so they cannot speak to each other. Because the Queen insulted the sea nymphs, she never sets below the surface of the sea (as seen from northern latitudes. The name "Cassiopeia" is a Phoenician phrase that means the "Rose-Colored Face." Centaurus The Centaur Chiron the centaur studied health and medicne until |
The MS Windows computer operating system version that succeeded Vista? | Which Windows operating system am I running? - Windows Help Which Windows operating system am I running? Check for operating system information in Windows 10 Go to Start , enter About your PC, and then select About your PC. Look under PC for Edition to find out which version and edition of Windows that your PC is running. Look under PC for System type to see if you're running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows. Check for operating system info in Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1 Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings. (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.) Tap or click PC and devices, and then tap or click PC info. Look under Windows for the version and edition of Windows that your PC is running. Look under PC for System type to see if you're running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows. The Start screen can also help you know which operating system you're using. Here's what it might look like in Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1. You might see a search button in the upper-right corner. Check for operating system information in Windows 7 Click the Start button , enter Computer in the search box, right-click Computer, and then click Properties. Look under Windows edition for the version and edition of Windows that your PC is running. The Start menu can also help you know the operating system. Here's what it might look like in Windows 7. Properties | 1. What is the name of the hit show based on the songs of Abba? - Liverpool Echo News 1. What is the name of the hit show based on the songs of Abba? 2. Which “G” is the name of the Italian astronomer who improved the telescope so much as to discover that there were craters on the moon? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Which “G” is the name of the Italian astronomer who improved the telescope so much as to discover that there were craters on the moon? 3. For which series of films were the actors Kenneth Williams and Sid James best known? 4. What is the name given to the largest bee in a hive? 5. Which alternative word for the Devil is a Hebrew word with translates as “Lord Of The Flies”? 6. On which TV island might you have found actor Ricardo Montalban? 7. Mozart’s opera, which was a continuation of The Barber Of Seville, was called The Marriage Of . . . who? 8. What is the nearest planet to the Sun? 9. What was the name of the road sweeper played by Roger Lloyd-Pack in Only Fools And Horses? 10. What connects the answers above? 11. What was the nickname of the first Spice Girl to go solo? 12. Which of the following events did Carl Lewis not win a gold medal for at the 1984 Olympics? Long Jump, 400m or 100m relay? 13. Which two actors were nominated for best actor awards at the Oscars in 1991, both for playing wheelchair-bound characters? 14. How is Eldrick Woods better known? 15. Who did Iain Duncan Smith beat in September, 2001, to become the leader of the Conservative Party? 16. Who was the main villain in the cartoon Wacky Races? 17. When the band Hear‘say formed, who was the oldest member at 24? 18. What is the name of the third book of the Bible? 19. What was advertised with Eva Herzagovia using the slogan “hello boys”? 20. Which model gave birth to her daughter, Lola, in September, 2002? 21. “All children, except one, grow up” is the opening line from which famous story? 22. How are Fizz, Milo, Jake and Bella better known collectively? 23. What number on the Beaufort Scale represents a hurricane? 24. In which film did Jodie Foster play a character called Tallulah? 25. What is pathophobia the fear of? 26. What was the title of the TV show Bonanza changed to? 27. What mountain range is the natural habitat of the llama? 28. What nationality was scientist Marie Curie? 29. Who played the title role in the TV series Worzel Gummidge? 30. Which toy was originally called the Pluto Platter when it was first introduced in 1957? 1. Mama Mia; 2. Galileo; 3. Carry On; 4. Queen; 5. Beelzebub; 6. Fantasy; 7. Figaro; 8. Mercury; 9. Trigger; 10. The song Bohemian Rhapsody; 11. Ginger Spice; 12. 400m; 13. Tom Cruise (for Born On The Fourth Of July) and Daniel Day-Lewis (for My Left Foot); 14. Tiger Woods; 15. Ken Clarke; 16. Dick Dastardly; 17. Kym Marsh; 18. Leviticus; 19. The Wonderbra; 20. Kate Moss; 21. Peter Pan; 22. The Tweenies; 23. 12; 24. Bugsy Malone; 25. Illness; 26. Ponderosa; 27. Andes; 28. Polish; 29. Jon Pertwee; 30. Frisbee Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent |
Which British artist painted the series 'A Rake's Progress' in 1735? | A Rake's Progress | artble.com A Rake's Progress A Rake's Progress Story / Theme Plate 3: Cavorting with prostitutes Plate 5: Marrying an old maid In A Rake's Progress Hogarth depicts the story of Tom Rakewell, a young man who inherits money from his late father and squanders it on expensive clothes, prostitutes and gambling. Although Tom is not portrayed as an evil character, he is certainly out of his depth, thrown into a life trying to emulate the aristocracy without the knowledge or the funds to sustain it. Over eight plates Hogarth illustrates the life of Tom Rakewell; after losing his father and his fortune, he indulging in orgies and drunkenly cavorting with prostitutes. Having squandered his fortune Tom is forced to marry an older, wealthy woman in order to pay his debts. However, his attention is directed at the maid rather than his new wife. He then loses his second fortune and is sent to the debtor's jail and eventually ends up in the notorious Bedlam Hospital for the insane which is full of a range of characters. Tom is comforted by the ever present Sarah Young, the maid he so greatly admires. A Rake's Progress Inspirations for the Work Plate 6: A gambling den at Soho's White Club Plate 7: The notorious Fleet debtor's prison Plate 8: Bedlam Debtors' prison: Hogarth's father was detained in Fleet debtor's prison for most of his childhood. Although the artist never talked about this in any of his biographical writings it must have had a profound effect on him. Certainly the conditions which Tom Rakewell found himself in must have been very similar to that of Hogarth's father. Bedlam: Bedlam was an infamous mental hospital in the 18th century and was open for viewing by the public for a small fee. Run by the infamous Baron Henry Brougham, there were many accounts of inmates being badly treated and abused. Hogarth's use of this setting reflects the 18th century view that madness was a result of moral weakness. Local scandals: The social scandals of the day can only have been inspirations for this satirical attack on the upper classes. Wealthy young men were often seen frequenting the drinking holes and brothels of London. Gambling and drinking were so popular that it's very likely Hogarth had read about or knew men in similar positions. It was certainly very common for a poor young man to marry an older woman for her money. Hogarth's Moral Values: In all of Hogarth's paintings his strong moral code is very evident and he uses his work almost as an excuse to preach to society. A Presbyterian upbringing and strong moral standing meant that Hogarth was keen to use art as a way to shock the general public into action, concerning the vices and addictions that he felt were ruining English society. A Rake's Progress Analysis William Hogarth Composition: In A Rake's Progress Hogarth uses his theories on the analysis of beauty by including numerous characters within the scene and using symbolism to create an overcrowded composition in which the narrative is very clear. The artist also uses his serpentine curves and his lighting techniques highlight various characters and aspects, while lesser characters are in the shadowy parts of the painting. Painting style: These works were later made into engravings and became publically available, being displayed in public buildings as well as private houses. Hogarth's style of painting is reminiscent to that of the Rococo fashion where loose lines and free hand movement dominate the work. Color palette: A rich color palette is also used in bright and muted tones as Hogarth makes red his primary color to accentuate the characters in the smoky tavern and dingy buildings. He uses many brown tones in these works and overall warm colors dominate, with numerous chiaroscuro techniques. A Rake's Progress Critical Reception Brian Sewell Industry and Idleness , 1747: Produced later than A Rake's Progress, this series is darker and although still satirical, has a shocking quality to it which is not present in Hogarth's earlier offerings. These plates illustrate the story of two apprentices who | John Crome, Norfolk Landscape Painter, Norwich School Norwich School. John Crome (1768-1821) English landscape painter John Crome was founder of the Norwich School . He trained as a coach painter until 1790. His ambition was to become a landscape painter and he was encouraged by a local collector, Thomas Harvey, who allowed him access to his large collection of British and Dutch paintings. In this way, Crome assimilated the naturalism of artists Meindert Hobbema (1638-1709), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628-82), Jan Wynants (c.1625-84), as well as Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88). By the 1800s he had developed his own style of landscape painting , always based on the rustic East Anglian scenery. In 1803, Crome helped found the Norwich School of Artists, a group of painters which included the watercolourist John Sell Cotman (1782-1842). Crome painted in oils and watercolour and many of his works can be found at the Tate Gallery and the Royal Academy. He is often called 'Old Crome' to distinguish him from his artist son John Bernay Crome (1794-1842). His paintings include View of Mousehold Heath near Norwich (1812, Victoria & Albert Museum, London) and The Poringland Oak (Tate Collection, London). BEST ARTISTS IN ENGLAND For a discussion of the main aesthetic issues concerning Art Definition, Meaning . Early Training Crome was born in Norwich in 1768, the son of a weaver. At the age of 12 he was apprenticed to a coach and sign painter, Francis Whisler, where he learned the use of palette and brushes, and the basics of grinding and mixing colours. Around this period he became friends with the apprentice printer Robert Ladbrooke (1770-1842), who also became a landscape painter. Both would go on drawing trips into the fields and then sell some of their works to a local printmaker. It was also around this time that Crome met the collector Thomas Harvey, who had a large collection of works by artists such as Gainsborough and Hobbema. Through countless studies and drawings, Crome taught himself the skills he needed. Harvey wrote:I was able to give him upon the subject of that particular branch of art which he had made his study. His visits were very frequent, and all his time was spent in my painting-room when I was not particularly engaged. He improved so rapidly that he delighted and astonished me'. Crome also received some instruction from established artists such as portrait and historical painter John Opie (1761-1807) and portrait painter Sir William Beechey (17531839). AMERICAN LANDSCAPE ART Luminism . Crome was also influenced by the work of Welsh artist Richard Wilson (1714-82), a founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. Wilson, one of the first British artists to appreciate the aesthetics of the countryside and is considered the father of landscape art in Britain. In fact Crome was to state in the catalogues of exhibitions for the Norwich School of Art that his drawings were 'after Wilson' and 'in the style of Gainsborough'. Crome's early landscapes were highly detailed; he was one of the first artists of his generation for example to represent specific tree species in his works, as opposed to painting generalised forms. One of his earliest masterpieces was Moonrise on the Marshes of the Yare (c.1808, Tate), where it depends not on colour for effect (mainly he used browns and greys), but on light. It demonstrates what can be achieved with a limited palette. Norwich School of Art In 1803, Crome along with Ladbrooke founded the Norwich Society of Artists, whose members comprised the Norwich School. In fact it was the first provincial art movement in Britain, and became an important contributor to the tradition |
What device, invented by Peter Cooper Hewitt in 1902 and obsolete by 1975 with the introduction of devices such as the silicon diode and thyristor, converts alternating current to direct current by means of putting electricity through vapor? | Technology Technology Thursday, 16 April 2009 Satellite phone A satellite telephone, satellite phone, or satphone is a type of mobile phone that connects to orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites . Depending on the architecture of a particular system, coverage may include the entire Earth , or only specific regions. The mobile equipment, also known as a terminal, varies widely. Early satellite phone handsets had a size and weight comparable to that of a late 1980s or early 1990s mobile phone , but usually with a large retractable antenna . More recent satellite phones are similar in size to a regular mobile phone while some prototype satellite phones have no distinguishable difference from an ordinary smartphone . Satphones are popular on expeditions into remote areas where terrestrial cellular service is unavailable. A fixed installation, such as used shipboard, may include large, rugged, rack-mounted electronics, and a steerable microwave antenna on the mast that automatically tracks the overhead satellites. Satellite phones have notoriously poor reception indoors, though it may be possible to get a consistent signal near a window or in the top floor of a building if the roof is sufficiently thin. The phones have connectors for external antennas that are often installed in vehicles and buildings. Some systems also allow for the use of repeaters, much like terrestrial mobile phone systems. In some countries ruled by oppressive regimes , such as Burma , possession of a satellite phone is illegal as their signals will usually bypass local telecoms systems, hindering censorship and wiretapping attempts. In Australia , residents of remote areas may apply for a government subsidy for a satellite phone. Satellite phone networks Geosynchronous services Some satellite phones use satellites in geosynchronous orbit . These systems can maintain near-continuous global coverage with only three or four satellites, reducing the launch costs. However the satellites used for these systems are very heavy (approx. 5000kg) and therefore very expensive to build and launch. The satellites sit at an altitude of about 22,000 miles (35,000 km); a noticeable delay is present while making a phone call or using data services. The amount of bandwidth available on these systems is substantially higher than that of the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) systems; all three active systems provide portable satellite internet using laptop-sized terminals with speeds ranging from 60 kbits to 512 kbits. Another disadvantage of geostationary satellite systems is that in many areas—even where a large amount of open sky is present—the line-of-sight between the phone and the satellite is broken by obstacles such as steep hills and forest. The user will need to find an area with line-of-sight before being able to use the phone. This is not the case with LEO services: even if the signal is blocked by an obstacle, one can wait a few minutes until another satellite passes overhead. ACeS : This small regional operator provides voice and data services in East Asia using a single satellite. Inmarsat : The oldest satellite phone operator, founded in 1979. It originally provided large fixed installations intended for use on ships , but has only recently started to enter the market of hand-held phones in a joint venture with ACeS. The company operates eleven satellites with another planned for launch in 2008. Coverage is available on most of the earth's surface, notably excepting polar regions. Thuraya : A system based in the UAE which—until recently—operated a single satellite. Three satellites are currently in active service that provide coverage to the most of Eurasia , Africa and Australia . There is some degree of coverage overlap between adjacent satellites within the network. MSAT / Mobile Satellite Ventures : An American satellite phone company which uses equipment similar to INMARSAT , but plans to launch a service using hand-held devices in the Americas similar to Thuraya's . Low Earth orbit LEO telephones utilizes LEO (low Earth orbit ) satellite technology | DON'T TELL PIKE: DAD'S ARMY'S THE FUNNIEST THING EVER /PR Newswire UK/ United States DON'T TELL PIKE: DAD'S ARMY'S THE FUNNIEST THING EVER Captain Mainwaring's encounter with a sneering German submarine commander has been voted the nation's favourite comic moment in a readers' poll for Classic Television magazine. Hundreds of readers voted for the encounter between the portly officer, played by Arthur Lowe, and U-Boat skipper (Philip Madoc). The scene in Walmington-on-Sea church hall developed into a battle of wits with Madoc making a list of those who had offended him. When he demanded the name of the platoon's Tommy Gun wielding private, Mainwaring ordered: 'Don't tell him, Pike.' Second place in the poll went to the scene in Only Fools and Horses where Del Boy (David Jason) fell through the bar while attempting to be a cool yuppie. John Cleese's encounter with German guests in Fawlty Towers was placed third. The Dad's Army scene, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, was taken from an episode called the Deadly Attachment first shown in October 1973. The current issue of Classic Television features 100 of Britain's favourite comedy moments from film, television and radio. Classic Television's editor Martyn Jackson said: "Rather than simply vote for a whole programme or film we thought it would be interesting to see which scenes appealed most to our readers. We were staggered by the variety of suggestions although the popularity of Dad's Army, Only Fools and Horses and Fawlty Towers soon became clear." The complete listing can be found on Classic Television's website: www.classictelevision.com as well as the latest issue. Note to Editors: 1 Classic Television is available direct from the publishers for £3 per copy (including P+P). Subscriptions are £13.20 for 6 issues. Cheques payable to 'Eagle Eye Publications'. Send to PO Box 13325, London, W5 4GE. 2 The Top Ten |
"Which Scottish author wrote ""A Good Man in Africa"", ""The New Confessions"", and his most recent novel ""Ordinary Thunderstorms""?" | William Boyd | Books from Scotland Home > Authors > William Boyd William Boyd William Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana, in 1952, the son of expatriate Scots from Fife. He regards himself as a Scottish writer, saying recently in the Scottish Review of Books, “If someone asks me what nationality I am, I unhesitatingly say I’m Scottish… I’m also aware sometimes I’m included in anthologies of Scottish literature, and sometimes I’m excluded… In Scotland, the net is not being thrown wide enough.” (Here, at BooksfromScotland.com, we’re very happy to include William Boyd.) His writing brought him success almost immediately with his first novel, A Good Man in Africa, winning the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Somerset Maugham Award in 1981. The following year, his next novel An Ice-Cream War was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Since then, he has been a prolific writer and screenwriter with some of his novels and short stories adapting to radio and the small screen. Boyd’s most recent works include Bamboo, an autobiographical selection of non-fiction writings from the past three decades, and the novel Ordinary Thunderstorms. Share this Sign up to receive our fortnightly newsletter. Name* | Robert Louis Stevenson - The Greatest Literature of All Time Robert Louis Stevenson • The Master of Ballantrae (1889) Also great: • The Weir of Hermiston (1896) Die young, leave a good body of work Do people still grow up reading Robert Louis Stevenson? His adventures were staples of my own youth because my parents had some of his old books around the house, but I recall even then that most of my reading friends were into more current books in which long-past British and Scottish customs and expressions did not have to be puzzled out. Now in the era of Harry Potter, I suspect the exploits of tykes from centuries ago are not exactly engrossing for adolescents. Of all Stevenson's once immensely popular novels, only Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde seems poised to remain a classic for eternity, mainly as a horror story. To a lesser degree his Treasure Island still lives as the archetypal pirate story, helped by repeated movie treatments. Too bad really, because Stevenson wrote some wonderful stuff. Not only have previous generations of young and old thrilled to his tales, but he laid down many of the structures that have gone into making great popular fiction ever since. Many of today's "modern classics" are based on elements first popularized by Robert Louis Stevenson. He had an incredibly diverse, prolific and innovative output for a writer who died so young. Stevenson suffered from tuberculosis since his childhood in Edinburgh and spent much of his time in bed as a youth, making up stories before he could read. He studied law at Edinburgh University but instead of practising as a lawyer he went abroad for his health and wrote travel pieces, essays and short stories for magazines. His first two books in 1878-79 were travel accounts. Other non-fiction based on his personal experiences followed, but in 1882 four stories he had written in the 1870s were published under the title New Arabian Nights. These fantastic and macabre tales are considered by many the earliest short stories of note in British literary history. However Treasure Island (1883) was his first big popular success. His first novel began with a map of a "Treasure Island" he drew to amuse his stepson on a rainy day while on holidays. It grew into a serialized story in a youth periodical and then into book form to become the most beloved story of pirates and treasure-seeking adventure of all time, creating the enduring character of Long John Silver. It was followed by the equally popular collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), including many delightful poems that have been set to music and come down to the present day. His second novel, Prince Otto (1885), was a psychological fantasy taking place in the fictional state of Gr�newald. But Stevenson called on his own upbringing in Scotland for his next adventure in Kidnapped (1886). This is a sprawling thriller with a young orphan, David Balfour, battling piratical sailors, fleeing the law across the wild Highlands as a falsely suspected murderer, and maneuvering among scarcely understood political intrigues of the time. A lesser known romantic sequel, Catriona (sometimes called David Balfour), was produced in 1893. The same year as Kidnapped, Stevenson published the famous novella (or long story) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , in which a personality is split by science into two—into the respectable Victorian doctor and the brutish hell-raiser Hyde. (Stevenson pronounced the first name like JEE-kyl, by the way, not JECK-le, who is part of another duo, Heckle and Jeckle.) Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a story susceptible to many psychological interpretations, and perhaps Stevenson's most philosophically sophisticated fiction. Around this time, Stevenson also wrote many shorter stories, often in a macabre vein rec |
What is the star sign for the 1st August ? | August 1 Horoscope | Famous Birthdays August 1 Horoscope August 1st Zodiac As a Leo born on August 1st, you are characterized by your highly extroverted nature. You are energized by new people and use your warm personality to be quite charming. While others are fearful of the spotlight, you actively seek it, as you thrive in situations where you are the center of attention. Similarly, you are a natural leader and rarely hesitate to take control of situations. Although your friends and family may find you a bit overbearing at time, your loving nature easily melts away their frustrations. August 1st Element Fire is the Leo's paired element and you actually have a cardinal relationship with the element. Like a strong flame, your passion and enthusiasm burns with great conviction when taking on a challenge. Fire's influence is one of your greatest assets, as it helps you conquer goals with great determination. Take care to acknowledge the negative influences of fire, which can sometimes cause flashes of impulsiveness, arrogance and impatience. August 1st Planetary Influence The Sun is the ruling planet of the Leo and because you were born on the last day of the first Decan, or part, of the sign, you experience twice the Sun's planetary influence. The Sun is the planet of integration and it powers the individuality, willpower, creativity and ego that are so prevalent in your personality. You are often motivated by your pride and although it allows you to hide your insecurities, you occasionally run the risk of being arrogant. In order to counter this potential flaw, make sure to open up to those closest too you, as this will be key to your personal growth. August 1st Career A variety of careers match well with your natural gifts of confidence, leadership and creativity. Your determination would be well suited for careers in business, sales or law. Your need for the spotlight and creative ability could lead to a successful career in entertainment as well. If you are musically inclined, look to the work of Jerry Garcia, who was also born on August 1st, for inspiration. If acting seems more appealing, you may take a lesson from the warm acting style of Tempestt Bledsoe, another of your birthday twins. August 1st Sabian Symbol The Sabian Symbol for your birthday is early morning dew sprinkled as sunlight hits a field. You may have recently experienced, or will soon be experiencing, a difficult trial or challenge. Although you will experience stress, it is important to keep your inner strength and faith. Remember that once you overcome your obstacles, you will experience inner peace and warmth. Celebrity Relationships Here are a few Leo celebrities born on August 1st and their past or present romantic connections: | 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 |
The territorial area of Canberra is completely surrounded by which Australian State? | Area of Australia - States and Territories - Geoscience Australia Area of Australia - States and Territories Area of Australia - States and Territories Land areas of States and Territories Australia is the world's sixth largest country , after Russia, Canada, China, the USA, and Brazil. In addition to the mainland, Australia is surrounded by many thousands of small fringing islands and numerous larger ones, which, overall, amount to an area half the size of Tasmania. STATE/TERRITORY 7 692 024 *Australian Capital Territory Calculations on Australia’s area are based on data explained in Geoscience Australia’s GEODATA Coast 100K 2004 page. The data is nationally uniform, is sourced primarily from the 1:100 000 scale National Topographic Map Series and is the most authoritative data source currently available to calculate the area of Australia. Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory The Canberra - Yass district was chosen as the site of the new national capital in 1908. An area covering 2358 square kilometres was ceded to the Commonwealth in 1911, forming the Australian Capital Territory. It was considered that the capital should have its own port and consequently the Jervis Bay Territory was formed in 1915 when land was surrendered to the Commonwealth by New South Wales. Marine areas of States and Territories The marine areas of states and territories are referred to as coastal waters. This is a belt of water between the territorial sea baseline, which usually is the low water line along the coast of the states and the Northern Territory, and a line three nautical miles or 5.5 kilometres seaward from the baseline. STATE/TERRITORY | Victoria, state, Australia Encyclopedia > Places > Australia and Oceania > Australian and New Zealand Political Geography Victoria Victoria (vĭktôˈrēə) [ key ], state (1991 pop. 3,770,684), 87,884 sq mi (227,620 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the S and E by the Indian Ocean, Bass Strait, and the Tasman Sea. Melbourne is the capital. Other important cities are Geelong , Ballarat , and Bendigo . Australia's second smallest state, Victoria is the most densely populated. The Australian Alps and other mountains of the Eastern Highlands traverse it; the highest point is Mt. Bogong (6,508 ft/1,984 m). The climate is generally temperate and pleasant. The large, but frequently dry, rivers such as the Campaspe and the Mitta Mitta are important for irrigation; a large portion of the irrigated land in Australia is in Victoria. Hume Reservoir, on the New South Wales border, irrigates an extensive agricultural and pastoral area in the north. Despite its size, Victoria is one of Australia's leading agricultural states. Wheat, grown largely in the northeast, is the most important crop, followed by oats, barley, fruits, and vegetables. Livestock and dairying are also important. Sheep are raised in the southwest and dairy cattle in the south. Victoria was the first state in Australia to develop industry. Major industries include automobile manufacturing, textiles, clothing, food processing, and service industries. Gold mining has declined sharply; however, the mining of brown coal, mainly in the Latrobe Valley E of Melbourne, has increased dramatically. Until the introduction of tariff reforms in the 1980s, much of the labor force worked in retail and wholesale trade. Unsuccessful attempts at settlement were made in 1803 and 1826 on the site of the present Melbourne. Settlement began in the 1830s when sheep ranchers from Tasmania came looking for pasture. Known as the Port Phillip District, the area that is now Victoria became part of the colony of New South Wales in 1836. In 1851, Victoria was made a separate British colony, which was granted full constitutional self-government in 1855. The discovery of gold in 1851 led to a rapid population increase. Victoria was federated as a state of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Executive power rests nominally in the governor, who is appointed by the crown on advice of the cabinet. The premier and the cabinet are responsible to the bicameral state parliament. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. |
What is the name of the Princess Bride? | The Princess Bride (1987) - 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 While home sick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him a story called The Princess Bride. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 27 titles created 03 May 2013 a list of 24 titles created 19 Jan 2014 a list of 40 titles created 15 Aug 2014 a list of 31 titles created 10 months ago a list of 23 titles created 1 month ago Title: The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 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. Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 8 nominations. See more awards » Videos Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, and 3 more credits » Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room. Director: John Lasseter Directors: Pete Docter, David Silverman, and 1 more credit » Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Mary Gibbs Lion cub and future king Simba searches for his identity. His eagerness to please others and penchant for testing his boundaries sometimes gets him into trouble. Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home. Director: Lee Unkrich A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed. Directors: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders Stars: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home. Directors: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich Stars: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind. Director: Andrew Stanton Seventy-eight year old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway. Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson Stars: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger Charlie receives a golden ticket to a factory, his sweet tooth wants going into the lushing candy, it turns out there's an adventure in everything. Director: Mel Stuart A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower. Director: Robert Wise A young woman whose father has been imprisoned by a terrifying beast offers herself in his place, unaware that her captor is actually a prince, physically altered by a magic spell. Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise Stars: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jesse Corti Edit Storyline An elderly man reads the book "The Princess Bride" to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson, the reading of the book which has been passed down within the family for generations. The grandson is sure he won't like the story, with a romance at its core, he preferring something with lots of action and "no kissing". But the grandson is powerless to stop his grandfather, whose feelings he doesn't want to hurt. The story centers on Buttercup, a former farm girl who has been chosen as the princess bride to Prince Humperdinck of Florian. Buttercup does not love him, she who still laments the death of her one true love, Westley, five years ago. Westley was a hired hand on the farm, his stock answer of "as you wish" to any request she made of him which she came to understand was his way of saying that he loved her. But Westley went away to sea, only to be killed by | Penélope Cruz | Biography and Filmography | 1974 Featured in "The Counselor" along with her husband, Javier Bardem 2012 Again directed by Woody Allen in the romantic comedy "To Rome with Love" 2011 Reunited with Johnny Depp to play Jack Sparrow's (Depp) former love interest in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" 2010 Appeared in a bit part in "Sex and the City 2" 2009 Played Daniel Day-Lewis' mistress in Rob Marshall's musical adaptation of the Broadway play "Nine"; earned Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress 2009 Nominated for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role ("Nine") 2009 Nominated for the 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture ("Nine") 2009 Nominated for the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role ("Nine") 2009 Re-teamed with Pedro Almodóvar for "Broken Embraces" 2008 Played Javier Bardem's unstable ex-wife in Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"; earned Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Supporting Actress 2008 Played Ben Kingsley's student in "Elegy" 2007 Cast as the dream embodiment of the perfect woman in Jake Paltrow's directorial debut "The Good Night" 2006 Earned critical acclaim for her performance in Pedro Almodóvar’s "Volver"; premiered at the Cannes Film Festival; received Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nominations for Best Actress 2005 Co-starred with Matthew McConaughey in "Sahara" 2005 Cast as a destitute woman who becomes involved with an upper-crust physician in "Non ti muovere" 2004 Starred with Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend in the 1930's war drama "Head in the Clouds" 2003 Starred with Halle Berry in the thriller "Gothika" 2001 Starred opposite Tom Cruise in Cameron Crowe's "Vanilla Sky"; reprised original role from the Spanish film "Open Your Eyes" 2001 Selected by Ralph Lauren to appear in an advertising campaign for his products 2001 Cast in female lead in the triangular romance "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" opposite Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale 2001 Cast as the drug-addled wife of a cocaine dealer (Johnny Depp) in "Blow" 2000 Starred as a South American chef in the comedy "Woman on Top" 2000 Cast as Matt Damon's love interest in "All the Pretty Horses" 1999 Portrayed a nun in Almodóvar's award-winning "Todo sobre mi madre/All About My Mother" 1998 Played a bookish barmaid in the romantic comedy "Twice Upon a Yesterday/If Only/The Man with Rain in His Shoes" 1998 Reteamed with Trueba for the comedy "La Nina de tus Ojos/The Girl of Your Dreams" 1998 Landed featured role in psychological drama "Open Your Eyes/Abre los ojos" 1998 Appeared as Billy Crudup's Mexican girlfriend in Stephen Frears' "The Hi-Lo Country" 1997 Co-starred as a pregnant prostitute in Pedro Almodóvar's "Live Flesh" 1994 First English-language film role, as the young charge of an Irish governess in "Talk of Angels" (released in U.S. in 1998) 1993 English-language acting debut, the British TV miniseries "Framed" (A&E) 1992 Cast in featured role in Fernando Trueba's Oscar-winning "Belle Epoque" 1992 Feature debut, "El Laberinto Griego/The Greek Labyrinth" 1992 |
At an auction in New York in March 2009, Vijay Mallya made international news by buying personal items belonging to whom? | Govt procured Gandhi's belongings through Mallya: Soni The Indian Government procured the five personal articles of Mahatma Gandhi at a New York auction through the services of industrialist Vijay Mallya as it could not bid directly because of a stay order of the Delhi High Court, Culture Minister Ambika Soni said on Friday. | The Wallace Collection - What's On - Current Exhibitions The Wallace Collection No Love Lost, Blue Paintings by Damien Hirst Wednesday 14th October, 2009 - Sunday 24th January, 2010 Price: Admission Free The Wallace Collection is delighted to be hosting an exhibition of 25 new paintings by Damien Hirst, including two triptychs, showing in the UK for the first time. The paintings created between 2006 and 2008, marks the artist’s return to the solitary practice of painting. Since the start of his career, Hirst has challenged what it means to be an artist. ‘No Love Lost’ bears witness to a bold new direction in his work: a series of paintings that, in the artist’s words are “deeply connected to the past.” Their exhibition at the Wallace Collection, arguably the most intimate national museum in the world, is significant. In contrast to the white walls of a contemporary gallery, Hirst has opted to present these works in a classical environment, in the context of Old Master paintings in the great European tradition. His works engage in a dramatic visual dialogue with the works of art displayed in the adjacent sumptuous rooms. Press clippings and media for this exhibition. The art critics ripped into Damien Hirst’s new show at the Wallace Collection as if his notorious sharks in formaldehyde had escaped their elegant glass prisons and were determined to wreak bloody revenge on their creator. It was, of course, many of these selfsame critics who helped boost Hirst’s reputation to the point where a sale of his work at Sotheby’s last September took almost a hundred million quid even as the world economy was collapsing. Critics, by and large, are far from wealthy. Was it jealousy that goaded them to such loathing, the festering sense that, having backed a maverick, he had now become richer and more famous than they would ever be? Or was it simply the tall poppy syndrome, so much a part of the British character, which insists on cutting down to size anyone who appears to be getting above himself? I thought I’d better go and look at the 25 new paintings, which, unlike Hirst’s earlier output, are all his own work. They turn out to be nothing like as bad as almost everyone has said, and they make a striking contrast with the old masters displayed elsewhere in this sumptuous gallery. No, you can’t compare Hirst’s rather scratchy paintings of skulls, lemons, reptiles, cigarettes and ashtrays with the bravura of Rubens or Frans Hals on show nearby, and it is hard to resist the notion that Hals’s Laughing Cavalier is having a good smirk at Hirst’s technical shortcomings. But the paintings sit well on the walls of the Wallace Collection, and bring in a blast of bracing fresh air. They also confirm that Hirst, like Webster, is a man much possessed by death, who sees the skull beneath the skin. His revival of the memento mori strikes me as healthy in an age when most of us prefer to forget we are going to die. I spoke to one of the attendants and told him that, despite the venomous reviews, I rather liked the paintings. He said he did, too, and added that they were bringing people, many of them young, to the Wallace Collection for the first time, and that, after looking at Hirst’s work, they continued to explore elsewhere. I hope Hirst will keep his nerve and continue to paint. For a conceptual artist to turn to figurative painting strikes me as an act of courage – and, though these paintings are far from perfect, they are full of promise and individuality. Twenty-five years from now I suspect he will be regarded as one of the grand old men of British art, and that this xhibition will be viewed as a significant turning point in his career. Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph, 16 Nov 2009 “His words and works are more honest, there’s no marketing, no spin. He’s still finding his way, doing what jazz musicians call ‘woodshedding’, meaning to hone one’s skills or pay dues through sustained practice [sic] but is starting to hit his painterly stride, or ‘winning the image’, as he calls it, especially in the sentinel-like figures of Guardian I an |
What is likely to be found in the Pantanal? | Pantanal travel guide - Wikitravel 11 Get out The Pantanal is a region in South America lying mostly in Western Brazil but extending into Bolivia as well. It is considered one of the world's largest and most diverse freshwater wetland ecosystems. The Pantanal is also one of Brazil's major tourist draws, for its wildlife. Some of the large cattle farms offer accommodations and organized tours. World's largest and most diverse freshwater wetland ecosystems Regions[ edit ] Impressive Victoria Water Lilies in Mato Grosso The Pantanal is accessible through four major gateways: Campo Grande , Mato Grosso do Sul in the south, Cuiaba, Mato Grosso in the north, Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul in the east and Corumbá , Mato Grosso do Sul in the west. Cuiaba and Campo Grande are the capitols of the their respective states and have major international airports. From Campo Grande you can access Bonito and from Cuiabá Chapada dos Guimarães . Corumbá can be reached by plane, or by train from Bolivia, through the border crossing at Puerto Suarez. The southern Pantanal is more strongly influenced by the Chaco and the Atlantic Rainforest fauna and flora and the northern part of the Pantanal by Amazonia. But this doesn't make one area better than the other. Get in[ edit ] There are daily flights and buses to Campo Grande and Cuiabá which are considered gateway cities for the Pantanal. Campo Grande for the southern Pantanal and Cuiabá for the north. Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá take 30 hours, while the journey to Campo Grande is 22hrs from Rio de Janeiro and serviced by the Andorinha company. From Sao Paulo you can also use Andorinha to travel 16hrs to Campo Grande, and from Foz do Iguacu the trip is 10hrs traveling with the Novo Integração company. To book buses online you need a CPF (Brazilian Tax File Number) to reserve direct with the companies. For those heading into the Southern Pantanal from Campo Grande you can take a taxi from the airport to the rodoviaria (bus terminal). From the bus terminal you take the Andorinha or Expresso Mato Grosso bus to the gateway city of Miranda (Mato Grosso do Sul) . From here almost all ranches, fazendas and lodges will organise a pick-up service to bring you to your accommodation. The journey is approximately 3 hours and prices are in the range of R$ 37 to R$ 43. Beware of unscrupulous operators targeting tourists arriving at the Campo Grande rodoviaria (bus terminal) or airport. Their prices will fluctuate and these operators will tell you what you want to hear in order to get commission on the tour that they sell. They will also show you photographs that may not match where you will end up staying. Your best option is to use the recommendation websites such as trip advisor, search for Pantanal or Miranda and book directly with a ranch or fazenda as they will assist you directly and you can review their website to ensure that you know who you are booking with. It is also possible to get into the Pantanal from the Bolivian side. You can take the train from the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz to Puerto Suarez, cross the border here and use taxi or bus to reach the city of Corumbá - from the cities of Puerto Suarez and Puerto Qujarro there are no organised visits due to nature protection, politics or incapability of infrastructure. From Corumba, you can take a bus directly to Miranda. Prices range from R$ 40 to R$ 50 and it takes approximately 3 hours. Get around[ edit ] From Campo Grande you can catch a bus to go to lodges or fazendas in the Pantanal. Depending on where you plan to go it may take between 4 to 5 hours to get to your accommodation. See[ edit ][ add listing ] Not an uncommon view in Pantanal Depending on the time of year and the guide you hire, you can expect to see a variety of different animals. Unlike many other biologically intense areas, in the Pantanal you are virtually guaranteed to actually SEE the wildlife. There are close to 10 million Yacare Caiman present within the Pantanal and during the Dry Season every bridge crossing on the Transpantaneira is surrounded by hundreds or ev | Location | National Coastwatch Institution Stations Telephone List Location At Gwennap Head we watch over one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the UK. With Wolf Rock Lighthouse and the infamous Runnel Stone Reef close by, this treacherous coastline has seen many shipwrecks and lives lost. On good days we can see as far as the Isles of Scilly, or the peaks of the legendary Lyonesse.This far South West coast of Cornwall from Land's End around to Porthcurno is a wind swept rocky place which bears the brunt of the Atlantic storms as they crash against the towering granite cliffs. It is an area littered with shipwrecks and tales of smugglers and witchcraft. A Traffic Seperation Scheme exists around the Scillies to control the navigation of vessels in this congested area. Together with Cape Cornwall NCI, we are able to provide visual, radar and AIS coverage of this very busy zone. As well as the large commercial vessels we identify and log the many fishing boats, pleasure craft, kayaks and dive boats in the waters around our station. There are three Traffic Seperation Schemes (TSS) off the Scillies - to the east (between the Isles of Scilly and Land's End) to the south, and to the west; these control the navigation of all vessels joining, transiting, crossing and leaving the schemes. In the area between each TSS and the adjacent land there is an inshore Traffic Zone, from which all traffic is prohibited. Traffic is relatively dense in the east TSS, but the tidal stream generally runs parallel to the coast, whereas the south and west TSS's are more exposed to westerly swell, and the tidal stream generally run perpendicular to the Isles Of Scilly. Just below the watchtower, a pile of granite, The Chair Ladder, is considered to be the finest mass of stone in the county; it appears as if built up from large cubical blocks. Numerous caverns and isolated rocks can be found along the shores of these cliffs. The granite of Tol Pedn, Penwith is very porphyritic, and most of it contains pinite. This is intersected by veins of a different kind of granite; in most of these veins the feldspar is red. This, and the surrounding cliffs are a magnet for climbers from all over the world particularly in the summer months. Another thing for the NCI to keep an eye on. We watch out for these climbers and also the many walkers and bird watchers on the coastal path.The lands End Cliff Rescue Team use the cliffs as a training centre. In Porthgwarra, (`-the higher cove`, this is generally now considered a corruption of the original name Porthgorwithou 1302 meaning cove by wooded slopes), a pretty little fishing cove nearby to Gwennap Head, there are tunnels cut through the rock to give access to the beach.Some say these were used to help with the 'freetrade' or smuggling in olden days. The following paragraphs are taken from 'Porthgwarra' by Christine Gendall. Cornwall has a historic reputation fo smuggling. I find it hard to accept that fishermen and farmers would lure ships ashore by false use of lights. Though I do believe that they may have been involved in some illicit trading in spirits and tobacco. If there was a wreck, they did their utmost to help the crew get ashore..... but were then swift to assist in the salvage! I have spoken to Jean Hey (nee Rawlings) and David Williams, both of whom played as children at Porthgwarra. They remember playing in a smugglers' cache, a hiding place on the cliff top, inland from Hella Point some distance behind the marker cones. In recent years they have independently searched to try and find the top entrance of this rock covered cave, but have been unsuccessful due to profusion of the undergrowth. The Runnel Stone Until recently a moaning sound could often be heard over the area of Gwennap head. This emanated from the buoy which Marks the Runnel Stone (previously called Rundle) - a hazardous rock pinnacle about a mile offshore between Hella Point and Gwennap Head The buoy is now topped with a flashing light and a bell, which peals with the movement of the waves. The moaning came from a whistle se |
"Articles described as ""Treen"" are made from which material?" | Creative Theatrical Ideas: Creating Trees for the Stage Creating Trees for the Stage By Brian D. Taylor, Project Editor, Pioneer Drama Service Brian D. Taylor is the project editor for Pioneer Drama Service, a published playwright and a former drama teacher. Working with K-12, college and community theatre groups, he has a wide theatrical background with experience in directing, acting and technical theatre. What’s tall and green and appears in all kinds of plays? If you’ve ever built a set, you know the answer. Trees. Trees appear in practically any show with an exterior set. Some sort of forest? Trees. A park? Trees. A yard or a street? Yep, once again, we use trees to define our set as “outside.” There are easy ways to fill your stage with trees, of course. You can collect fake trees or purchase them from a craft or home décor store. You can have the entire cast bring in their family Christmas trees. Please don’t do this yourself, but I’ve known some designers who’ll even go out and chop down live trees for their stage. But the reality is that most of you will have to build a tree — or several — at some point. Build a tree? Yep. Just break down the process and it’s quite do-able. Every tree onstage will need a base so that it can be self-standing. Then you’ll have to decide if you’re going the cutout route or three-dimensional, which will also need a canopy. Finally, every tree needs embellishments with paint and texture to add authenticity. There are several methods that can be used and not all of them are included here. This is not a step by step, but rather an overview of the various tricks and techniques that you can pick and choose from as you build your forest. The Base Any style of tree you plan to build will need to stand upright on its own, so you’ll need a good base. A very effective base material is heavy plywood. It’s strong and sturdy and adds some weight to the bottom of the tree. At minimum, you need a cutout of a circle large enough to support the tree. If your tree will be made with lumber, you can attach this base directly to the bottom of the tree with screws. Another method is to attach a length of PVC or galvanized steel pipe to the base. The vertical length of pipe is a useful way to hold your tree upright. For either material, there are appropriate pipe fittings with a flat side that can be screwed into the plywood and a space to insert the pipe. Using the same methods, you can also use larger cuts of plywood as the base for several trees. Just cut an irregular or semi-circular shape that’s almost the size of the full sheet of plywood. On top of that, you could add a few trees, a rock, bushes or whatever to create a little forest scene. Another method of building a base for a tree is with lumber boards. 2x4s are best, but 2x2s will work for smaller trees. Cut small pieces and attach them directly to the tree, forming a cross or X shape. The four extensions will keep your tree from tipping in any direction. A T shape will work as well if you want a flat face on the downstage side of the tree, which is nice for cutout trees, but keep in mind the risk that creates. The tree could fall forward on the stage unless the backside extension is weighed down with a sandbag. Boards can also be used as supports, instead of base material. With this method, the boards are attached at the midpoint of the tree or higher and extend angled behind the tree to the floor like a brace. Keep in mind that this sort of construction may also require you to secure it to the stage floor in some way, either by sandbag or screwing into the stage. Cutouts Lots of theatres use cutouts for scenery, and cutout trees are easy to make and can be very visually stunning. Creating the cutout is as simple as outlining the profile of the tree, cutting the shape out with a jigsaw or utility knife, and applying paint. It’s then attached to a length of lumber, either 2x4 or 2x2, which serves as the vertical support that is secured to the base. If using steel pipe for vertical support as describe | TRIVIA - THE BIBLE TRIVIA - THE BIBLE Bible Trivia questions and answers. How much time did Jonah spend in the belly of the whale? A. Three days and three nights. Why did a Bible published in London in 1632 become known as the Wicked Bible? A. Because "not" was missing from the seventh commandment, making it "Thou shalt commit adultery." The name of God is not mentioned in only one book of the Bible. Which one? A. The Book of Esther. What kind of wood was used to make Noah's Ark? A. Gopher wood, according to Genesis 6:14. Who was the only Englishman to become Pope? A. Nicholas Breakspear, who was Adrian IV from 1154 to 1159. For what event in February 1964 did evangelist Billy Graham break his strict rule against watching TV on Sunday? A. The Beatles' first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." According to the Bible, what substance was used to caulk Noah's ark and to seal the basket in which the infant Moses was set adrift on the Nile? A. Pitch, or natural asphalt. How old was Moses when he died? A. He was 120 years old, according to the Bible (Deuteronomy 34:7). How tall was Goliath, the Philistine giant slain by David with a stone hurled from a sling? A. "Six cubits and a span," What biblical Babylonian king cast Daniel into the lion's den for praying to God in defiance of a royal decree? A. Darius the Mede (Book of Daniel, Chapter 6). What is the longest name in the Bible? A. Mahershalalbashbaz, which is also written Maher-shalal-hash-baz. (Isaiah 8:1). In the Bible, which of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse rides a red horse? A. War (Book of Revelation). How many books of the Bible are named for women? A. Ruth and Esther. What language is Jesus believed to have spoken? A. Aramaic -- an ancient language in use on the north Arabian Peninsula at the time of Christ. A modern version of the language is spoken today in Syria and among Assyrians in Azerbaijan. In the Bible, for what "price" did Esau sell his birthright to his younger twin brother, Jacob? A. Pottage of lentils (Genesis 25:29-34). What did the lords of the philistines offer Delilah for revealing the secret of Samson's strength? A. They promised the sum of 1,100 pieces of silver each, according to the Bible (Judges 16:5). In the Old Testament, who was Jezebel's husband? A. Ahab, King of Israel (I Kings 16:28-31). What bird is named for the apostle Peter? A. The petrel, from a diminutive form of Petrus, or "Peter," in Latin. What was the first town in the United States to be given a biblical name? Hint: Its name is the most common biblical place name in the country. A. Salem, Massachusetts. Salem is the shortened form of Jerusalem, which means "the city of peace" in Hebrew. In the Bible, who did the sun and moon stand still before? A. Joshua. |
With which country does Paraguay have its longest land border? | Which Country Shares the Most Borders? What country is bordered by the greatest number of other countries? The Answer: China and Russia each share a common border with 14 other countries. According to the CIA, the countries and length of their borders are: China: Afghanistan 76 km; Bhutan 470 km; India 3,380 km; Kazakhstan 1,533 km; North Korea 1,416 km; Kyrgyzstan 858 km; Laos 423 km; Mongolia 4,673 km; Myanmar (Burma) 2,185 km; Nepal 1,236 km; Pakistan 523 km; Russia 3,645 km; Tajikistan 414 km; and Vietnam 1,281 km. Russia: Azerbaijan 284 km; Belarus 959 km; China 3,645 km; Estonia 294 km; Finland 1,313 km; Georgia 723 km; Kazakhstan 6,846 km; North Korea 19 km; Latvia 217 km; Lithuania 227 km; Mongolia 3,441 km; Norway 167 km; Poland 206 km; and Ukraine 1,576 km. (Note: Lithuania and Poland only border Kaliningrad, a Russian section separated from the rest of the country.) Brazil is next, sharing a border with ten countries, including: Argentina 1,224 km; Bolivia 3,400 km; Colombia 1,643 km; French Guiana 673 km; Guyana 1,119 km; Paraguay 1,290 km; Peru 1,560 km; Suriname 597 km; Uruguay 985 km; and Venezuela 2,200 km. The Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo each share borders with nine countries. To learn more about any of the countries mentioned in this answer be sure to check out our Countries of the World page or the Infoplease Atlas . —The Editors | Franco: “no coup, a change of leadership”; Germany admits new government — MercoPress Full article 7 comments The newly named Franco said all was done “in line with the constitution and the country's laws” “There is no coup here,” assured the new president of Paraguay Federico Franco on Saturday, who acted confidently before the international press following the ousting of Fernando Lugo on Friday. Paraguay's new president said he believes South American leaders will come to see the legitimacy of a fast impeachment trial that ousted his predecessor from office in two days and prompted criticism in the region and beyond. Federico Franco, the former vice president, was sworn in on Friday after Congress voted overwhelmingly to remove Fernando Lugo from office, saying he had failed to fulfil his duties to maintain social harmony. At no time was there a rupture or a coup, there was simply a change of leadership in line with the Constitution and the laws of the country said Franco, a 49-year-old doctor whose Liberal Party broke ranks with Lugo, paving the way for his removal. Franco’s first two appointments were Interior Minister Carmelo Caballero, who will be tasked with maintaining public order and Foreign Minister Jose Felix Fernandez, who will immediately hit the road to try to appease fellow members of the Mercosur and Unasur regional trade blocs. Our foreign minister will go to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay to meet with authorities and explain to them that there was no break with democracy here. The transition of power through political trial is established in the national constitution, Franco said. The three countries are members of Mercosur to which Paraguay belongs and Brazil is a strategic ally of the landlocked country. Lugo decried his impeachment but said on Friday he accepted the decision of Congress and stepped down. The silver-haired former Catholic bishop has been holed up at home ever since. Lugo has received phone calls from presidents in the region expressing their solidarity, according to his close ally, Sen. Jose Alberto Grillon. The Inter-American Human Rights Commission, which is linked to the Organization of American States (OAS), voiced its concern over Lugo's impeachment. It's a travesty of justice and a trampling on the rule of law to remove a president in 24 hours without guarantees of due process, the commission's executive secretary Santiago Canton told reporters in Washington. Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota said on television in Brasilia that Brazil will not respond unilaterally and will seek regional consensus at the UNASUR meeting. About 100,000 Brazilians live in Paraguay - a landlocked, soy-exporting nation of 6 million people - and many of them own companies, large cattle ranches or soybean farms. The two countries jointly run the giant Itaipu hydroelectric dam and Brazil is Paraguay's main trading partner. ”I don't think Brazil should apply any trade sanctions (on Paraguay). The people most affected would undoubtedly be Brazilian business executives, Franco said. Germany's International Development Minister Dirk Niebel met with Franco on Saturday and became the first foreign official to express support for the new government. I'm not a constitutional expert on Paraguay, but as a politician I think the vote in Congress sent a clear political message,” Niebel told reporters in Asuncion. Bundesentwicklungsminister Dirk Niebel said the following…..: ”Paraguay muss einen verfassungskonformen Weg finden, die aktuelle politische Krise beizulegen.............. It totally escapes my German language comprehension how anybody can interpret the above as “Germany admitting the new government” Jun 24th, 2012 - 09:38 am 0 British_Kirchnerist #1 Well thats good to know, Germany accepts the Franco government, coming out of a right wing coup would sound most sinister to those with a sense of history... Jun 24th, 2012 - 01:32 pm 0 Fido Dido ”Paraguay muss einen verfassungskonformen Weg finden, die aktuelle politische Krise beizulegen.............. Meaning: Paraguay must find a way, th |
Which ship was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists in the Mediterranean in 1985? | Achille Lauro hijacking ends - Oct 10, 1985 - HISTORY.com Achille Lauro hijacking ends Publisher A+E Networks The hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro reaches a dramatic climax when U.S. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom and force the jet to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily. American and Italian troops surrounded the plane, and the terrorists were taken into Italian custody. On October 7, four heavily armed Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. Some 320 crewmembers and 80 passengers,were taken hostage. Hundreds of other passengers had disembarked the cruise ship earlier that day to visit Cairo and tour the Egyptian pyramids. Identifying themselves as members of the Palestine Liberation Front–a Palestinian splinter group–the gunmen demanded the release of 50 Palestinian militants imprisoned in Israel. If their demands were not met, they threatened to blow up the ship and kill the 11 Americans on board. The next morning, they also threatened to kill the British passengers. The Achille Lauro traveled to the Syrian port of Tartus, where the terrorists demanded negotiations on October 8. Syria refused to permit the ship to anchor in its waters, which prompted more threats from the hijackers. That afternoon, they shot and killed Leon Klinghoffer, a 69-year-old Jewish-American who was confined to a wheelchair as the result of a stroke. His body was then pushed overboard in the wheelchair. Yasir Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) condemned the hijacking, and PLO officials joined with Egyptian authorities in attempting to resolve the crisis. On the recommendation of the negotiators, the cruise ship traveled to Port Said. On October 9, the hijackers surrendered to Egyptian authorities and freed the hostages in exchange for a pledge of safe passage to an undisclosed destination. The next day–October 10–the four hijackers boarded an EgyptAir Boeing 737 airliner, along with Mohammed Abbas, a member of the Palestine Liberation Front who had participated in the negotiations; a PLO official; and several Egyptians. The 737 took off from Cairo at 4:15 p.m. EST and headed for Tunisia. President Ronald Reagan gave his final order approving the plan to intercept the aircraft, and at 5:30 p.m. EST, F-14 Tomcat fighters located the airliner 80 miles south of Crete. Without announcing themselves, the F-14s trailed the airliner as it sought and was denied permission to land at Tunis. After a request to land at the Athens airport was likewise refused, the F-14s turned on their lights and flew wing-to-wing with the airliner. The aircraft was ordered to land at a NATO air base in Sicily, and the pilot complied, touching down at 6:45 p.m. The hijackers were arrested soon after. Abbas and the other Palestinian were released, prompting criticism from the United States, which wanted to investigate their possible involvement in the hijacking. On July 10, 1986, an Italian court later convicted three of the terrorists and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from 15 to 30 years. Three others, including Mohammed Abbas, were convicted in absentia for masterminding the hijacking and sentenced to life in prison. They received harsher penalties because, unlike the hijackers, who the court found were acting for “patriotic motives,” Abbas and the others conceived the hijacking as a “selfish political act” designed “to weaken the leadership of Yasir Arafat.” The fourth hijacker was a minor who was tried and convicted separately. Related Videos | The Nazi-Instigated National Synarchist Union of Mexico What It Means for Today by William F. Wertz, Jr. When in July 2003, the leaders of the Ibero-American Solidarity Movement (MSIA)founded in 1992 as a Trojan horse within the LaRouche movementresigned from association with LaRouche over the issue of synarchism. Lyndon LaRouche warned that the MSIA's controllers centered around Spain's leading Francoist, Blas Piñar, represent an Hispanic terrorist threat against the United States in behalf of the circles of Vice President Dick Cheney. The fact that Samuel Huntington, who promoted the Clash of Civilizations which has been the operative principle behind Cheney's war in Iraq, has since authored a book, Who Are We?, which promotes a clash of civilizations between what he describes as the "Anglo-Protestant" culture of the United States and the primarily Mexican Hispanization of the U.S. Southwest, underscores the danger of another Sept. 11, under Hispanic cover. The March 11, 2004 train bombing in Madrid, and former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar's warning that he is certain that there will be a terrorist incident in the United States before the U.S. elections, further point to the danger LaRouche identified last year, of a Reichstag Fire-type terrorist attack under Hispanic cover, as part of a desperate effort to keep the besieged Cheney-centered neo-cons in power. The purpose of this article is to document the precedent for such a danger in the history of the Union Nacional Sinarquista (UNSNational Synarchist Union) in Mexico, an organization created in 1937 by the Nazis, operating through the Spanish Falange and in conjunction with the Japanese. Although vastly diminished in numbers today compared to then, this same organization continues to actively organize in Mexico and in the United States. Moreover, although initially created by the Nazis as a fifth column in Mexico directed at the United States, after Pearl Harbor and after the Nazi defeat at Stalingrad, the UNS was taken over by the same anti-Roosevelt, Anglo-American imperialist faction that is behind Dick Cheney and his allies in the Democratic National Committee today. This is the same faction, associated with the Dulles brothers, which after World War II protected the Nazi apparatus, with which they had worked before and, in some cases, during the war. Especially in light of the defeat of the Nazis, the Italian Fascists, and the Axis-allied Imperial Japanese in World War II, the Synarchists and their apologists vociferously lie about their connection to the Axis powers and attempt to portray themselves as a militant Mexican Christian movement based on the social teaching of the Catholic Church, which they misconstrue in such a way as to continue to identify with the fascist Falange of Franco's Spain and the Romanian Legionaires of Cornelio Codreanu. The thesis of Samuel Huntington's sophomoric book is warmed-over Nazi propaganda. Huntington argues that Mexican immigration into the U.S. Southwest is in effect la Reconquista, the reconquest of territory taken from Mexico by military aggression in the 1840s, and that Mexican Catholic Hispanic culture is in a fundamental clash with the underlying Anglo-American Protestant culture which he claims is the basis for the national identity of the United States. As we shall see, this is precisely the ideology of Hispanidad developed by the Nazis at the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin under Gen. Wilhelm von Faupel, to try to sabotage Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy and to drive a wedge between all of Ibero-America and the United States in the period leading up to the outbreak of World War II. Nazi and Japanese propaganda circulated by the UNS at the time, also suggested that an Axis victory over the United States would lead to the return of the U.S. Southwest to the Mexicans. For example, one declassified U.S. intelligence report dated Oct. 31, 1941 states that "Mexicans are told that their country, under Sinarquismo, will be the great nation of the Northern Hemisphere. The United States is doomed, say the |
Who, in 2010, became the first Green Party member of the House of Commons? | About - www.gp.org 2016 Annual National Meeting & Presidential Nominating Convention The 2016 meeting was held in Houston, Texas, August 4-7, 2016. Welcome Welcome to the Green Party of the United States (GPUS), an independent political party that is connected to American social movements, and is part of a global Green movement that shares key values, including our Four Pillars: Peace and Non-Violence, Ecological Wisdom, Grassroots Democracy, and Social Justice, and our Ten Key Values. We are a federation of state parties. We have a presence in most states. Find your state party here. Currently we have more than 100 elected officials around the country, mostly at the municipal level, working to enact Green policies. We run many candidates who put Green issues on the table in elections at every level. We don’t take corporate money. We are working to build clean government that works for all of us – not just the 1%. We are fighting for the future. Learn more about why a third party is necessary , how we need to fix our political system, and the issues we're fighting for. Don't forget to sign up and join the fight. How To Plug In Be sure to check out your state party . Please let our web manager know if you find a broken link. While we have Green groups in many areas, we recognize that you may live a long way from an active group. If you're interested in taking direct action or starting new campaigns,we've developed these Facebook groups to help like-minded people find one another and start organizing. You are our on-the-ground organizers. It is our hope that the plans you devise with one another here become the activities you bring to life In your local community. Perhaps you want to pick a day of action, where the people in your Issue Group all table at the same time in towns and cities across the US. Maybe you’d like to organize letter to the editor campaigns and create templates to share within the group. Or maybe you’ve had a plan burning in the back of your mind but need some help getting it off the ground. That’s what these Issue Groups are for: helping each other develop plans to take action, engage the community, and demand change in the areas that most interest you. These aren’t discussion groups. Everyone there already knows why the issue is important. It’s the next step, the what and the how, that we want you to decide. Green Party Structure GPUS does not have an individual membership structure, though we encourage people to become Sustaining Donors and commit to supporting the party in that way. The Green Party starts at the grassroots level, with local groups, who might represent a neighborhood, town, or county. Depending on the state party’s chosen structure and the laws governing political parties in each state, these local groups may come together into a city, county, and/or regional structure, with local representatives to the state party leadership body. State parties generally have an elected leadership body including a chair or co-chairs. GPUS does not govern state parties. People may become members of their state Green Parties, through whatever process each state party may have. As of 2014, 30 states plus the District of Columbia have partisan party voter registration ; the other states do not. Where a state has partisan registration and voters can register Green, such registered voters may be considered party members. The Green Party is an “established” party in some states, but not others; rules governing third party access to the ballot vary widely from state to state. Each state party that is affiliated with GPUS sends representatives to the GPUS National Committee (NC), which is the highest decision-making body in GPUS. There are 150 seats on the NC. State parties are represented proportionally in the NC, based on a formula that measures each party’s relative size and strength. Affiliated caucuses also have representation on the NC. The GPUS Steering Committee (SC), along with the party’s staff, oversees and helps execute the day-to-day administration and operations of the party. The SC is ma | Migrant crisis: David Cameron's constituency not home to a SINGLE refugee | UK | News | Daily Express Council chiefs warn Cameron: We need more money to take in Syria... Figures seen by Express.co.uk reveal that the Prime Minister's Witney constituency in Oxfordshire has not housed a single asylum seeker since 2008. This is despite 5,000 Syrian refugees having already been welcomed by Britain since their country's bloody civil war began in 2011. Chancellor George Osborne's constituency of Tatton, in Cheshire, is home to just one refugee whilst Windsor and Maidenhead, represented by Home Secretary Theresa May, houses a mere four. Labour MP Simon Danczuk [GETTY] The revelations prompted accusations that senior Cabinet ministers are preaching about a "moral duty" to house desperate refugees, while living in areas that will not be affected by their actions. Labour MP Simon Danczuk, whose Rochdale constituency is having to cope with the strain of more than 1,000 asylum seekers, said: "For years the town has been used as a dumping ground for vulnerable people that other towns don’t want to deal with. "David Cameron talks of honouring our 'moral responsibilities' but even in times of crisis his constituency does not provide shelter to a single asylum seeker. "This unequal distribution is neither fair nor sustainable and needs to be addressed." David Cameron talks of honouring our 'moral responsibilities' but even in times of crisis his constituency does not provide shelter to a single asylum seeker. Labour MP Simon Danczuk Government statistics show that 2,784 people were granted asylum in Britain between January and March this year. Of those, 491 were placed in Cabinet constituencies, with more than two-thirds of that number in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith's Chingford and Woodford Green constituency in north London alone. The remaining 22 members of Cabinet accounted for just 147 asylum seekers between them. Amongst those top-level Government figures whose constituencies are not home to a single refugee are Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, Education Secretary Greg Clarke and Mr Cameron's close friend Oliver Letwin. Mr Fallon has previously described Britain as being "swamped" by asylum seekers. GETTY |
What is the main food ingredient of a frittata? | La Frittata: History & Recipe Ideas for The Italian Omelette La Frittata, An Egg Dish with Endless Possibilities History & Recipe Ideas for The Italian Omelette POSTED August 23, 2014 If you imagine the frittata as the homier, less pretentious cousin of the French omelette, you might want to bear in mind just how much more fun your down-to-earth relatives usually are—their casual manners and generosity are just more comforting and enjoyable. In fact, a frittata is often heartier, healthier and more satisfying than its famous cousin. The word “frittata,” which derives from the Italian verb “friggere,” or “to fry,” connotes the simplicity and pleasures of cucina povera—the “humble cuisine” that most of us innately love. Egg is the main ingredient. With its high protein and mineral content, easy availability and low cost, eggs are an essential part of the diet almost everywhere in the world. From China and Southeast Asia to India and Iran, up to the Maghreb, Spain, France, and Italy some kind of frittata-like dish is prepared. Surprisingly, in Italy, it’s rare to find a restaurant that offers frittata on its menu; it’s the quintessential home food. Naturally, the tastiest frittate are made with the best eggs—farm fresh with luscious, orange yolks. But, of course, eggs are just the beginning; the most distinctive aspect of the Italian frittata compared to similar preparations is the creative and imaginative use of all kinds of ingredients. People sometimes wonder what the difference is between a frittata and an omelette. The main distinction is that the ingredients of an omelette are gently placed into the beaten eggs as they are cooking in the pan. In a frittata, the eggs and ingredients are mixed together, then cooked more slowly. Also, the final shapes are different; an omelette is usually semi-circular, where a frittata is round and usually thicker. There’s an Italian expression: “hai fatto una frittata,”which loosely translated means: you’ve made quite a mess—or a sequence of mistakes. That expression no doubt comes from the fact that it often happens that a frittata is made on the spur of the moment: a last-minute decision made when you don’t have the time to go grocery shopping and the refrigerator seems bare. But all those odds and ends and leftovers in your fridge can make for a great frittata. In fact, in Italy, sometimes before serving lunch or dinner, a small portion of the meal is purposely put aside for a frittata the next day. In Italy, mothers—and fathers!—make delicious frittate with leftover pasta(with or without sauce or seasoning). Also, a frittata is a perfect way to entice children into eating vegetables; it can often be a complete meal in itself. It can be tastier hours later, eaten at room temperature, or enjoyed the next day, with a side of arugula. For a quick lunch, frittata can be served along with sautéed greens, salami or various local cheeses. When stored in the fridge, be sure to put your frittata in an airtight plastic container, as water and humidity can ruin the taste. Remember: any greens or veggies you add into the frittata should first be sautéed, in order to eliminate most of their water. As for whether to use butter or extra-virgin olive oil—besides just personal preference, you should also consider which of those tastes marries best with the other ingredients you’re using in the dish. Basic ingredients Use between 6-12 eggs—8 is probably the most common number. Too many eggs can be a bit difficult to handle, especially if the frittata is turned over. If you have a broiler, you won’t have to worry about flipping over your frittata. Just stick the pan under a low flame and remove when the frittata is golden. Use a 10-12” pan with a thick bottom and round borders. A sturdy, nonstick pan makes it easier to detach the frittata without having to add extra butter or oil. Fresh, sautéed or steamed lightly seasoned vegetables: Boiled or roasted potatoes Good-quality cheeses are ideal for frittata: Melting cheeses—such as provolone, mozzarella and emmenthal Parmigiano, grana, and Pecorino | Free Flashcards about LPA Christmas Quiz What is the name of the red nosed Reindeer? Rudolph How many reindeer does Santa have? nine On the 5th day of Christmas my true love sent to me 5 what? Gold rings Along with gold and Frankincense, what gift did the wise men bring? Myrrh According to the song, what are roasting on an open fire? Chestnuts Who dueted with Bing Crosby on the 1977 hit ‘little drummer boy’? David Bowie Who starred as Elf in the hit Christmas film? Will Ferrell What is the name of the period leading up to Christmas? Advent How many reindeer names begin with the letter D? Three How many Lords-a-leaping are there in 'The 12 Days of Christmas'? Ten Which alcoholic ingredient is used in a Snowball cocktail? Advocaat At which of her homes does the Queen traditionally spend Christmas? Sandringham In the Christmas carol, which town is known as Royal David's City? Bethleham Which of Santa's reindeer shares its name with a mythical god of love? Cupid 'Piggies in Blankets' is chipolata sausages wrapped in what? Bacon What Christmas item takes its name from the old French word estincelle, meaning spark? Tinsel What are you eating if you are enjoying 'March Bread’ Marzipan What was the surname of Scrooge's dead business partner in A Christmas Carol? Marley What is the name of Aladdin’s mother? Widow Twanky Which act besides the Beatles is the only other act to have three consecutive Christmas number one singles? Spice Girls Which Christmas plant takes its name from the first US Minister to Mexico? Poinsettia What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant? White |
Which railway, covering 4,607 miles from Chelyabinsk to Vladivostok, was completed in July 1904? | Trans-Siberian Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Trans-Siberian Railway For other uses, see Trans-Siberian (disambiguation) . [ Trans-Siberian line in red; Baikal Amur Mainline in green Line length: 9289 Vladivostok The Trans-Siberian Railway ( Russian : Транссибирская магистраль Transsibirskaya Magistral') is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan . [1] Except for the twice per month regularly served connection between Moscow and Pyongyang , it is the longest railway in the world. There are branch lines to China through Mongolia and Manchuria , with service continuing to North Korea . Contents [ edit ] Route development In March 1890, the future Tsar Nicholas II personally inaugurated and blessed the construction of the Far East segment of the Trans-Siberian Railway during his stop at Vladivostok , after visiting Japan at the end of his journey around the world . Nicholas II made notes in his diary about his anticipation of travelling in the comfort of "The Tsar's Train" across the unspoiled wilderness of Siberia . The Tsar's Train was designed and built in St. Petersburg to serve as the main mobile office of the Tsar and his staff for travelling across Russia . The main route of the Trans-Siberian railroad begins in Moscow at Yaroslavsky Vokzal , runs through Yaroslavl , Chelyabinsk , Omsk , Novosibirsk , Irkutsk , Ulan-Ude , Chita and Khabarovsk to Vladivostok via Southern Siberia . It was built from 1891 to 1916 under the supervision of government ministers of Russia who were personally appointed by the Tsar Alexander III and by his son, Tsar Nicholas II . The additional Chinese Eastern Railway was constructed as the Russo -Chinese part of the Trans-Siberian Railway, connecting Russia with China and providing a shorter route to Vladivostok. A Russian staff and administration based in Harbin operated it. The Trans-Siberian Railway is often associated with the main transcontinental Russian line that connects hundreds of large and small cities of the European and Asian parts of Russia. At 9,259 kilometres (5,753 miles), [2] spanning a record seven time zones and taking eight days to complete the journey, it is the third-longest single continuous service in the world, after the Moscow– Pyongyang (10,267 km, 6,380 mi) [3] and the Kiev –Vladivostok (11,085 km, 6,888 mi) [4] services, both of which also follow the Trans-Siberian for much of their routes. A second primary route is the Trans-Manchurian, which coincides with the Trans-Siberian as far as Tarskaya (a stop 12 km east of Karymskaya, in Zabaykalsky Krai ), about 1,000 km east of Lake Baikal . From Tarskaya the Trans-Manchurian heads southeast, via Harbin and Mudanjiang in China 's Northeastern Provinces (from where a connection to Beijing is used by one of the Moscow–Beijing trains), joining with the main route in Ussuriysk just north of Vladivostok . This is the shortest and the oldest railway route to Vladivostok. Some trains split at Shenyang , China , with a portion of the service continuing to Pyongyang, North Korea . The third primary route is the Trans-Mongolian Railway , which coincides with the Trans-Siberian as far as Ulan-Ude on Lake Baikal 's eastern shore. From Ulan-Ude the Trans-Mongolian heads south to Ulaan-Baatar before making its way southeast to Beijing. In 1991, a fourth route running further to the north was finally completed, after more than five decades of sporadic work. Known as the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM), this recent extension departs from the Trans-Siberian line at Taishet several hundred miles West of Lake Baikal and passes the lake at its northernmost extremity. It crosses the Amur River at Komsomolsk-na-Amure (north of Khabarovsk ), and reaches the Pacific at Sovetskaya Gavan . On October 13, 2011 a train from Khasan made its inaugural run to Rajin in North Korea. [5] [ edit ] War and revolution Start of Trans-Siberian railway in Moscow. In the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5), the Trans-Siberian Railway was seen as one of the reasons why Russia lost the war. The track was a single | The Mutiny on the Potemkin | History Today The Mutiny on the Potemkin Russia Maritime A rebellion erupted on the Russian battleship Potemkin on June 14th, 1905 The Russian navy in the year of the abortive revolution of 1905 still preserved the harsh conditions and brutal punishments of an earlier age. The Potemkin was a new battleship of the Black Sea fleet, commissioned in 1903, with a crew of 800. It was not a happy ship and some of the crew harboured revolutionary sympathies, in particular a forceful young non-commissioned officer named Matyushenko, who took a leading part in what followed. At sea on June 14th (June 27th, Old Style), the cooks complained that the meat for the men’s borscht was riddled with maggots. The ship’s doctor took a look and decided that the maggots were only flies’ eggs and the meat was perfectly fit to eat. Later a deputation went and complained to the captain and his executive officer, Commander Giliarovsky, about worms in their soup. Their spokesman was a seaman named Valenchuk, who expressed himself in such plain language that Giliarovsky flew into a violent rage, pulled out a gun and shot him dead on the spot. The others seized Giliarovsky and threw him overboard. As he floundered in the water he was shot and killed. Others of the crew joined in. The captain, the doctor and several other officers were killed and the rest of the officers were shut away in one of the cabins. The Potemkin hoisted the red flag and a ‘people’s committee’ was chosen to take charge. The chairman was Matyushenko. The ship made for the port of Odessa, where disturbances and strikes had already been going on for two weeks, with clashes between demonstrators, Cossacks and police. The trains and trams had stopped running and most of the shops had closed. People began to gather at the waterfront after the Potemkin arrived in the harbour at 6 am on the 15th. Valenchuk’s body was brought ashore by an honour guard and placed on a bier close to a flight of steps which twenty years afterwards would play an immortal and immensely magnified role in the famous ‘Odessa steps’ sequence of Sergei Eisenstein’s film. A paper pinned on the corpse’s chest said, ‘This is the body of Valenchuk, killed by the commander for having told the truth. Retribution has been meted out to the commander.’ Citizens brought food for the seamen and flowers for the bier. As the day wore on and word spread, the crowd steadily swelled, listening to inflammatory speeches, joining in revolutionary songs and some of them sinking considerable quantities of vodka. People began looting the warehouses and setting fires until much of the harbour area was in flames. Meanwhile, martial law had been declared and the governor had been instructed by telegram from Tsar Nicholas II to take firm action. Troops were sent to the harbour in the evening, took up commanding positions and at about midnight opened fire on the packed crowd, which had no escape route. Some people were shot and some jumped or fell into the water and drowned. The sailors on the Potemkin did nothing. The casualties were put at 2,000 dead and 3,000 seriously wounded. Calm was quickly restored and Valenchuk was allowed a decent burial by the authorities, but the sailors’ demand for an amnesty was turned down and on June 18th the Potemkin set out to sea. The crew were hoping to provoke mutinies in other ships of the Black Sea fleet, but there were only a few minor disturbances, easily put down. The mutineers sailed west to the Romanian port of Constanza for badly needed fresh water and coal, but the Romanians demanded that they surrender the ship. They refused and sailed back eastwards to Feodosia in the Crimea, where a party landed to seize supplies, but was driven off. The Potemkin sailed disconsolately back to Constanza again, and on June 25th surrendered to the Romanian authorities, who handed the ship over to Russian naval officers. The incident had petered out, though it caused the regime serious alarm about the extent of revolutionary feeling in the armed forces. Its most lasting legacy wa |
‘Stone walls do not a ‘what’ make’ is a line from a poem by 17th Century poet Richard Lovelace? | To Althea, from Prison by Richard Lovelace | Poetry Foundation To Althea, from Prison by Richard Lovelace When Love with unconfinèd wings Hovers within my Gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the Grates; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered to her eye, The Gods that wanton in the Air, Know no such Liberty. When flowing Cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with Roses bound, Our hearts with Loyal Flames; When thirsty grief in Wine we steep, When Healths and draughts go free, Fishes that tipple in the Deep Know no such Liberty. When (like committed linnets) I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, Mercy, Majesty, And glories of my King; When I shall voice aloud how good He is, how Great should be, Enlargèd Winds, that curl the Flood, Know no such Liberty. Stone Walls do not a Prison make, Nor Iron bars a Cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an Hermitage. If I have freedom in my Love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such Liberty. | Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 4th November The Questions Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Set by The Lamb Inn ART & ENTERTAINMENT 1. Q. Offenbach’s barcarolle from ‘The Tales of Hoffman’ is a famous piece of music, but what is a barcarolle ? A. A BOATING SONG (Accept any reference to boats). 2. Q. Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta contains the song generally known as ‘A Policeman’s lot is not a happy one’ ? A. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. 3. Q. Which TV presenter is the daughter of Newspaper Editor and Columnist Eve Pollard ? A. CLAUDIA WINKELMAN. 4. Q. Who created the statue of ‘St.Michael’s victory over the Devil’ on Coventry Cathedral ? A. JACOB EPSTEIN. 5. Q. Which artist painted the work entitled ‘Guernica’ ? A. PABLO PICASSO. 6. Q. In the TV series ‘Inspector Morse’, who wrote the theme tune ? A. BARRINGTON PHELOUNG 7. Q. Mark McManus of ‘Taggart’ fame had a famous singing half-brother. Who is he ? A. BRIAN CONNOLLY (Lead singer of The Sweet). 8. Q. Who composed the music for the films ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ and ‘The Mission’ ? A. ENNIO MORRICONE. (a) Q. Which piece of music preceded TV’s ‘The Lone Ranger’ ? A. THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE (Giaochino Rossini) (b) Q. Who is the mother of actress Joely Richardson ? A. VANESSA REDGRAVE. (c) Q. In which play does Mrs. Malaprop appear ? A. THE RIVALS (by Sheridan) 1) What is the capital of Croatia ? (A) Zagreb 2) Which river runs through Leicester ? (A) Soar 3) What is described as : a U-shaped body of water that forms when a wide meander from the main river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water ? (A) Ox Bow Lake 4) What is the largest lake in Europe ? (A) Lake Lagoda (14th largest in the world.) 5) What is a line on a map or chart joining points of equal height or depth called ? (A) Contour 6) Which city is the capital of Canada ? (A) Ottawa 7) Which river runs through Ipswich ? (A) Orwell 8) Yosemite National Park is in which US State ? (A) California SUPPLEMENTARIES (a) Greenland belongs to which country ? (A) Denmark. (b) In which country are the largest waterfalls measured by flow-rate in Europe ? (A) Switzerland (Rhine falls) 1. Q. Which statesman married Miss Clementine Hosier in 1908 ? A. WINSTON CHURCHILL. 2. Q. Who founded The National Viewers & Listeners Association in 1965 ? A. MARY WHITEHOUSE. 3. Q. In which year did the first human heart transplant take place ? A. 1967 (allow 1966-1968). 4. Q. Where was Princess Elizabeth staying when she was given the news of her accession to the throne in 1558 ? A. HATFIELD HOUSE in Hertfordshire. 5. Q. Give a year in the life of Ivan the Terrible. A. 1530 – 1584 6. Q. The Rolls Royce ‘Thrust Measuring Rig’ developed in the 1950’s took off vertically, but what was its nickname ? A. THE FLYING BEDSTEAD. 7. Q. Whose London monument by Edward Bailey is guarded by Edwin Landseer’s lions? A. NELSON 8. Q. What, infamously, happened at Yekaterinburg on July 17th 1918 ? A. THE ASSASINATION OF THE RUSSIAN ROYAL FAMILY (THE ROMANOVS) (a) Q. What was the code-name for planned German invasion of Britain ? A. OPERATION SEA LION. (b) Q. What is the connection between a large fish-eating bird and Drake’s ship ? A. PELICAN (Name of Drakes ship before becoming The Golden Hind). SCIENCE 1. Q. What is the tradename of the Du Pont synthetic fibre of high-tensile strength used mainly in rubber products, notably tyres and bullet-proof vests ? A. KEVLAR. 2. Q. In astronomy, where would you find the ‘Cassini Division’ ? A. SATURNS RINGS. 3. Q. As a percentage, what is the average salinity of sea water ? A. 3.5% (accept 3% to 4%) 4. Q. What name is given to static discharges visible on aircraft wing tips and the tops of ships masts ? A. ST. ELMO’S FIRE. 5. Q. In what device in the home would you find a magnetron ? A. MICROWAVE OVEN. 6. Q. Traditionally, how have teachers always used sticks of calcium sulphate ? A. BLACKBOARD CHALK. 7. Q. Why is sodium carbonate sometimes added to a water supply ? A. TO REDUCE NATURAL HARDNESS. 8. Q. Which element is common to all acids ? A. HYDROGEN. (a) Q. By what name is deuterium oxide also kn |
The film The Madness Of King George tells the story of which King of the United Kingdom? | What was the truth about the madness of George III? - BBC News BBC News What was the truth about the madness of George III? 15 April 2013 Close share panel Image caption Nigel Hawthorne in the National Theatre production of The Madness of George III Modern medicine may help us to discover the real reasons behind King George III's erratic behaviour, writes historian Lucy Worsley. George III is well known in children's history books for being the "mad king who lost America". In recent years, though, it has become fashionable among historians to put his "madness" down to the physical, genetic blood disorder called porphyria. Its symptoms include aches and pains, as well as blue urine. The theory formed the basis of a long-running play by Alan Bennett, The Madness of George III, which was later adapted for film starring Nigel Hawthorne in the title role. However, a new research project based at St George's, University of London, has concluded that George III did actually suffer from mental illness after all. A royal biography George William Frederick born in London 1738, died Windsor Castle 1820 King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 and King of Hanover from 1814 until his death Became heir to the throne at 12 when his father, Frederick Louis, died in 1751 Wed Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1761 - the marriage lasted for 50 years Intermittently mad for the last 11 years of his reign, during which his son - the future George IV - acted as regent And the four Georges Using the evidence of thousands of George III's own handwritten letters, Dr Peter Garrard and Dr Vassiliki Rentoumi have been analysing his use of language. They have discovered that during his episodes of illness, his sentences were much longer than when he was well. A sentence containing 400 words and eight verbs was not unusual. George III, when ill, often repeated himself, and at the same time his vocabulary became much more complex, creative and colourful. These are features that can be seen today in the writing and speech of patients experiencing the manic phase of psychiatric illnesses such as bipolar disorder. Mania, or harmful euphoria, is at one end of a spectrum of mood disorders, with sadness, or depression, at the other. George's being in a manic state would also match contemporary descriptions of his illness by witnesses. They spoke of his "incessant loquacity" and his habit of talking until the foam ran out of his mouth. Sometimes he suffered from convulsions, and his pages had to sit on him to keep him safe on the floor. The researchers have even thrown doubt on one of the key planks in the case for porphyria, the blue urine. George III's medical records show that the king was given medicine based on gentian. This plant, with its deep blue flowers, is still used today as a mild tonic, but may turn the urine blue. So maybe it wasn't the king's "madness" that caused his most famous symptom. It could have simply been his medicine. I interviewed the researchers at St George's for a new documentary series, Fit To Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History. In this series, I re-examine our kings and queens as individual members of the human race, rather than just as impregnable icons of splendour and power. They suffered many of exactly the same biological and psychological weaknesses as the rest of us - only with rather more serious consequences. George III's recurring bouts of illness caused him to withdraw from daily business to recuperate out of the public eye at secluded Kew Palace, near Richmond. Each time he withdrew to Kew, this triggered a crisis - who was to make decisions in his absence? His son, the Prince of Wales, with whom George III had a terrible relationship, wanted to be appointed regent, and to act as the king in everything but name. But the future George IV was very much associated with the political opposition, and the government was determined to keep him out. Find out more Lucy Worsley examines how royal illness changed history in Fit To Rule, 15 April at 21:00 BST on BBC Two Watch Fit To Rule on iPlayer Strikingly | England's Kings and Queens of the 18th Century - 18th Century History -- The Age of Reason and Change England's Kings and Queens of the 18th Century Please Rate The 18th century was the Age of Revolution. Revolutions in thinking especially in the way, people thought about government and who held the power. We see these changes in the movement towards democracy. To be sure not the type of Democracy of the 20th century but the beginnings of this form of government. The Roots of Democracy as we know it today can be found in England during the mid-17th century. Parliamentary Democracy challenged and to a certain extent, replaced Monarchial rule. The Monarchy became a "ceremonial head" of government. Where the government is now in the hands of the Prime Minister , and the monarch only presides at ceremonial and traditional events. The British Monarchy The British Empire at the time of the 18th century was just beginning. Today however, all that is left of this once great empire is the Nation and Commonwealth of Great Britain. Royal Houses The two main houses of rule during the 18th century were: 1. The House of Stuart The Stuarts reigned over Britain during the 17th century to the early 18th century. In fact, the Stuarts were forcefully removed from the throne during the Glorious Revolution. In 1689, William and Mary came to power after they agreed to Parliaments conditions. They continued to rule until 1714, when Queen Anne died. 2. The House of Hanover In 1714, the new house, the Hanoverians of Germany came to the throne of Britain. This House presided over England during the American and French Revolutions. Of all the Kings of this House, George III, actually tried to rule as King of the British Empire. George III was also known as the "Mad King." The Monarchs By looking at each monarch, and a few of their accomplishments, gives you an idea of the state of political affairs in the world at this time. However, by no means complete, it will give you an idea on how the world was beginning to view politics. We will begin with the House of Stuart. House of Stuarts William III and Mary II (until her death in 1694) Parliament was careful to lay down conditions for the new sovereigns. William and Mary accepted its Declaration of Rights , and Parliament speedily enacted it into law as the famous Bill of Rights . The act made the king responsible to Parliament and subject to the law and provided that henceforth no Roman Catholic could wear England's crown. Parliament, and not inheritance or divine right, would determine the succession to the throne. This was the fruit of the so-called Glorious Revolution , a revolution without bloodshed. John Locke published a defense of the Revolution in which he proclaimed the supremacy of the legislative assembly as the voice of the people. During their reign, they had resided over the war of the Spanish Succession. Here is William's address to Parliament on the " French Question ." 1702-14 Queen Anne The most notable event during Anne's reign was The Act of Union (1707), which united England with Scotland into a single kingdom, called Great Britain, and joined their Parliaments. Thereafter the government and the Parliament in London was called British rather than English. Since 1603, the two nations had been loosely associated under the same king. House of Hanover George I George did not speak English, and he was involved in his beloved Hanover that he took little interest in British affairs. He soon began to stay away from meetings of his inner council, or cabinet, and left the government in the hands of Sir Robert Walpole, the able Whig leader. 1727-60 George II, who ruled 1727-60, also stayed away from meetings of his ministers. Walpole, who became the first Prime minister of the government, selected his colleagues, and insisted they work with him or leave the cabinet. 1760-1820 George III Before the Seven Years' War ended, George III began his 60-year reign, 1760-1820. Determined to "be a king" and quite unfit to be one, he got rid of Pitt and put his own Tory friends in po |
What is the Sunday before Easter called | The Days of Holy Week The Days of Holy Week Dennis Bratcher Holy Saturday Holy Week is the last week of Lent , the week immediately preceding Easter or Resurrection Sunday. It is observed in many Christian churches as a time to commemorate and enact the suffering (Passion) and death of Jesus through various observances and services of worship. While some church traditions focus specifically on the events of the last week of Jesus’ life, many of the liturgies symbolize larger themes that marked Jesus’ entire ministry. Observances during this week range from daily liturgical services in churches to informal meetings in homes to participate in a Christian version of the Passover Seder . In Catholic tradition, the conclusion to the week is called the Easter Triduum (a triduum is a space of three days usually accompanying a church festival or holy days that are devoted to special prayer and observance). Some liturgical traditions, such as Lutherans, simply refer to "The Three Days." The Easter Triduum begins Thursday evening of Holy Week with Eucharist and concludes with evening prayers Easter Sunday. Increasingly, evangelical churches that have tended to look with suspicion on traditional "High-Church" observances of Holy Week are now realizing the value of Holy Week services, especially on Good Friday (see Low Church and High Church ). This has a solid theological basis both in Scripture and in the traditions of the Faith. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was executed by the Nazis, wrote of the Cost of Discipleship and warned of "cheap grace" that did not take seriously either the gravity of sin or the radical call to servanthood: "When Jesus bids a man come, he bids him come and die." It is this dimension that is well served by Holy Week observances, as they call us to move behind the joyful celebrations of Palm Sunday and Easter, and focus on the suffering, humiliation, and death that is part of Holy Week. It is important to place the hope of the Resurrection, the promise of newness and life, against the background of death and endings. It is only in walking through the shadows and darkness of Holy Week and Good Friday, only in realizing the horror and magnitude of sin and its consequences in the world incarnated in the dying Jesus on the cross, only in contemplating the ending and despair that the disciples felt on Holy Saturday, that we can truly understand the light and hope of Sunday morning! In observing this truth, that new beginnings come from endings, many people are able to draw a parable of their own lives and faith journey from the observances of Holy Week. In providing people with the opportunity to experience this truth in liturgy and symbol, the services become a powerful proclamation of the transformative power of the Gospel, and God at work in the lives of people. The entire week between Palm Sunday and Holy Saturday is included in Holy Week, and some church traditions have daily services during the week. However, usually only Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday are times of special observance in most churches. Palm Sunday (or Passion Sunday) Holy Week begins with the sixth Sunday in Lent. This Sunday observes the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem that was marked by the crowds who were in Jerusalem for Passover waving palm branches and proclaiming him as the messianic king. The Gospels tell us that Jesus rode into the city on a donkey, enacting the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9, and in so doing emphasized the humility that was to characterize the Kingdom he proclaimed. The irony of his acceptance as the new Davidic King (Mark 11:10) by the crowds who would only five days later cry for his execution should be a sobering reminder of the human tendency to want God on our own terms. Traditionally, worshippers enact the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem by the waving of | The Easter Hymn in Cavalleria Rusticana | Luis Dias The Easter Hymn in Cavalleria Rusticana ≈ Leave a comment Easter Sunday might be the perfect time to take a closer look at an opera that is actually set on that day. A handful of us were fortunate to be able to play the whole operatic score, seated in the pit of the Siri Fort auditorium in an Indo-Italian production of Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry). It is a one-act opera written by Italian composer Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) to a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, and adapted from a play and short story by Giovanni Verga. It was written as a submission for a competition to all young Italian composers who had not yet staged an opera. Mascagni got wind of it barely weeks before the deadline. The librettists sent him the text in snippets, often on the back of a postcard; the complete opera was submitted on the final date of submission. Of the 73 entries, Cavalleria made it to the winning three. Its first performance was a grand success, with Mascagni taking forty curtain calls and it took the world’s major opera houses by storm after that. The synopsis in brief: It is Easter morn in a 19th century Italian village. The main characters are Santuzza, a peasant girl (sung by soprano); Turridu, an army recruit recently returned to his village (tenor); Lucia his mother (contralto); Alfio a cart-driver (baritone); and Lola his wife but formerly Turridu’s fiancée(mezzo-soprano). Turridu has returned to his village and is distraught that Lola has married Alfio. He therefore seduces Santuzza, making Lola jealous enough to start an adulterous affair with her old flame. You have to suspend your disbelief when it comes to operatic plots. Santuzza is viewed as the fallen woman by the village who are even contemplating getting her excommunicated, possibly because she might be pregnant although this is not overtly stated. She considers herself unworthy to enter the church for the Easter service. It is at this point that the famous Easter Hymn is sung, by the villagers and by Santuzza. Spurned one time too many by Turridu, Santuzza blurts out to Alfio that he is being cuckolded by Turridu. Alfio swears vendetta (revenge); Santuzza, horrified, tries unsuccessfully to dissuade Alfio. After the Easter service and a right royal knees-up at Turridu’s mother Lucia’s tavern, Alfio challenges him to a duel. Turridu in acceptance bites Alfio’s ear which apparently is Italian code for ‘fight unto death.’ He seems to have a premonition of his own death as he bids farewell to his mother before rushing out. An off-stage shriek by a woman “Hanno ammazzato compare Turiddu!” (They have murdered Turridu) is followed by onstage swooning of Santuzza and Lucia as the curtain falls. The ending is in fact the beginning of a tit-for-tat blood feud that will play out, perhaps for generations to come. Cavalleria Rusticana was considered the forerunner of a then-new operatic style called ‘verismo’ (realism). In the post-Romantic period, composers, notably in Italy, sought to bring the naturalism of 19th century writers such as Henrik Ibsen and Émile Zola into opera. The style is distinguished by realistic, and often violent (as in this opera) depictions of contemporary everyday life (as opposed to historical, mythical subjects favoured in the Romantic era), especially among the lower echelons of society. Other composers in addition to Mascagni who wrote verismo opera include Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano and Giacomo Puccini. In fact, Cavalleria is often staged alongside another one-act opera by Leoncavallo, I Pagliacci. The double bill is affectionately called Cav & Pag in operatic circles. The backdrop of Cavalleria Rusticana was used to telling effect in the last of the Godfather trilogy written by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is in this opera that Don Michael Corleone’s son Anthony makes his operatic debut as tenor (Turridu) in the film’s finale, in Palermo Sicily. Scenes from the opera are mirrored in the film as well: the Easter Hymn procession is |
Give a year in the life of the artist Anthony van Dyck. | Anthony van Dyck | artble.com Anthony van Dyck Antoon Van Dyck, Anthonis van Dyck Date of Birth: Introduction Anthony van Dyck Anthony van Dyck studied under Peter Paul Rubens and was one of his most accomplished students. Van Dyck's career flourished and he went on to become England's leading court painter. Using his own compositional techniques, van Dyck was soon ranked alongside Titian in terms of style and the relaxed elegance of his portraits helped shape English portraiture for almost two centuries. Anthony van Dyck was particularly well-known for redefining the iconographical style as well as his fresh approach to new color schemes. As well as portraits van Dyck also painted biblical and mythological subjects and was an accomplished etcher and engraver in his own right. He would often sketch his works as practise before executing the final version onto canvas. His etchings in particular show his great ability to define light and shadow contrasts and his dexterity in creating fine lines and detail to ensure a realistic rendering of the sitter. Anthony van Dyck Artistic Context Charles I Anthony van Dyck Flanders' art scene prospered during the 17th century and the country produced many talented artists who were in great demand across Europe. This heralded a new era in Counter-Reformation art as well as art from the Protestant North, as Flanders combined these tastes and styles. Anthony van Dyck was the next big artist after Rubens and one of his former students. He gained international recognition for his works and socialized with the Royal courts and aristocracy of Europe, especially those who supported the Counter-Reformation. Van Dyck's work defined elegance and sophistication and helped establish a new era in English portraiture. Anthony van Dyck Biography James Seventh Earl of Derby His Lady and Child Anthony van Dyck Born Anthonis van Dyck to a wealthy cloth merchant in Antwerp in 1599, this red haired boy went on to become the next big painter in the Western world. From an early age Anthony van Dyck showed a keen interest and promising talent in both painting and drawing and this was noted by his mother. She convinced his father to let him finish his schooling and serve as an apprentice under Hendrick van Balen in order to nurture his talent. His mother's intuition paid off and van Dyck's career soon launched. Together with fellow artist and friend, Jan Brueghel the Younger, he opened a tiny, private studio and accepted various commissions from the local people of Antwerp. Word soon got round of this new, young artist and he was later accepted to the studio of Peter Paul Rubens. From then on, Anthony van Dyck was a recognized artist across Europe. He completed a total of 99 paintings, 72 of which were portraits. It is believed that Rubens encouraged him to focus on portraiture as it was obvious that this is where his talent lay. The artist's portraits were mostly of subjects from Royal and aristocratic circles whom he had met on his pilgrimage to Italy. As well as portraits, van Dyck spent a great deal of time painting religious works in Antwerp and these were in great demand from local churches and royalty and the artist was eventually made England's leading court painter. No other artist has lived such a rich life as Anthony van Dyck and this was most probably due to his extremely sensitive nature and devoted relationship with his mother. Just like his paintings, van Dyck's life is a rich picture full of dramatic events. St Martin dividing his cloak Anthony van Dyck Van Dyck's works are known for their smooth finish and bright, bold color schemes, namely his signature use of reds and browns to define, depth, emotion and shape. The artist became popular for reinventing iconographical aspects in his portrait painting. He depicted his subject's naturally while at the same time ensuring their social status was intact. Through emphasizing natural beauty, van Dyck was able to elevate the status and presence of his sitters. His works were not overly-dramatic and this made him popular among the Protestant courts o | Artists — Windsor Fine Art Jose Basso. (1949-) Josè Basso was born in Chile in 1949 and later graduated with a Fine Arts degree from the University of Chile. He became a professor of art at the same institution, while continuing to develop his skill as artist. He was granted a number of prestigious scholarships through the years, including one in Paris in 1981, Amigos del Arte in 1982, Fundacion Andes in 1991 and Fondart in 2001. Basso’s first professional recognition occurred when he won the Valparaiso International Biennial Exhibition Prize for Painting. In 1999, his work was selected by the Worldwide Millennium Painting exhibition in London. He has represented his country in numerous international exhibitions and his works are included in the collection of Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, as well as the National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile. Basso has also been honored with a commission from Queen Sophia of Spain to create two paintings for the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid. Having fallen in love with his work while on a trip to Santiago, Jean Kennedy Smith, American diplomat, former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, and sister of John F Kennedy, is also among Basso’s admirers. In 2007 he was commissioned to paint an important mural for the Office of Export Administration in Washington, D.C. And in 2011 he was honored with a retrospective of his work in Santiago's National Museum of Fine Arts. Basso’s work is included in a number of prestigious corporate, public and private collections worldwide. With his elegantly simplified forms and fine brushwork, complimented by his signature use of color, and masterful ability to capture light, Basso’s evocative, serenely beautiful creations, the perfect blend of realism and abstraction, are universal in their appeal. "I feel the need to use art as a means to rescue and reflect only what is good. I want to make a kind of art that means something and it means something when it affects and seduces us, when it speaks from within its own silence." - Jose Basso Luna Resplandeciente. 2015. Original oil on canvas. 18 x 27". Isola di San Giorgio Veduta della Basilica. 2015. Original oil on canvas 18 x 27". Firmin Bouissett. Etienne Maurice Firmin Bouisset (September 2, 1859 – 19 March 1925) was a French painter, poster artist and printmaker. He was born to a working-class family in the town of Moissac in the Tarn et Garonnedepartement in southwestern France. As an artist, Firmin Bouisset specialized in painting children subjects and did a number of illustrated books such as La Petite Ménagère (The Little Housekeeper) in 1890. At a time when posters were a popular form of advertising, Bouisset created posters with enduring images for a number of different French food companies such as Maggi and Lefevre-Utile. For the latter company, he used their LU initials as an ad logo as part of an 1897 poster image for a line of butter biscuits featuring "The Little Schoolboy" (French: Petit Ecolier) of which a variation is still being used by the company today. However, Firmin Bouisset is probably most famous for his posters for the French chocolate manufacturer, Menier. Contracted by the company in 1892, Bouisset used his daughter Yvonne as a model to create what became an iconic image of a little girl using a piece of chocolate to write the company's name. The drawing was featured on a great many of the Menier company's advertisements and on its packaged products as well as on promotional items such as creamers, bowls, sugar dishes, plates, canister sets, ashtrays, thermometers, key chains, and even children's exercise books. Bouisset's work was part of the Maitres de L'Affiche as well as L'Estampe Moderne, the leading publisher of original French prints during the late nineteenth century. Today, many of his posters are very popular with collectors and because they are no longer copyright protected are being duplicated and sold on the Internet and in retail outlets in many countries. Firmin Bouisset died in Paris in 1925. Chocolat Menier. 1893. Original gouache maquette on wove pa |
What does the DSM-IV define as: A. Disturbance in the normal fluency and time patterning of speech, characterized by frequent occurrences of one or more of the following: (1) sound and syllable repetitions (2) sound prolongations (3) interjections (4) broken words (5) audible or silent blocking (6) circumlocutions (word substitutions to avoid problematic words) (7) words produced with an excess of physical tension (8) monosyllabic whole-word repetitions B. The disturbance in fluency interferes with academic or occupational achievement or with social communication. C. If a speech-motor or sensory deficit is present, the speech difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with these problems. | Stuttering Symptoms and DSM-IV Diagnosis Stuttering Symptoms and DSM-IV Diagnosis Stuttering Symptoms and Diagnosis Overview: Stuttering symptoms and diagnostic criteria follow below. While some of these stuttering symptoms may be recognized by family, teachers, legal and medical professionals, and others, only properly trained mental health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, professional counselors etc.) can or should even attempt to make a mental health diagnosis. Many additional factors are considered in addition to the stuttering symptoms in making proper diagnosis, including frequently medical and psychological testing considerations. This information on stuttering symptoms and diagnostic criteria are for information purposes only and should never replace the judgment and comprehensive assessment of a trained mental health clinician. Diagnostic criteria for 307.0 Stuttering Disturbance In the normal fluency and time patterning of speech (inappropriate for the individual's age). characterized by frequent occurrences of one or more of the following: (1) sound and syllable repetitions (2) sound prolongations (4) broken words (e.g., pauses within a word) (5) audible or silent blocking (filled or unfilled pauses in speech) (6) circumlocutions (word substitutions to avoid problematic words) (7) words produced with an excess of physical tension (8) monosyllabic whole-word repetitions (e.g., "I-I-I I see him") B. The disturbance in fluency interferes with academic or occupational achievement or with social communication. C. If a speech-motor or sensory deficit is present, the speech difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with these problems. Coding Note: If a speech-motor or sensory deficit or a neurological condition is present, code the condition on Axis III. | Presage / SVN / [r678] /extra/arpa/bnc.vocab Download this file 20027 lines (20024 with data), 155.6 kB ########## # Presage, an extensible predictive text entry system # ------------------------------------------------------ # # Copyright (C) 2008 Matteo Vescovi <matteo.vescovi@yahoo.co.uk> # Copyright (C) 2008 Tiziano D'Albis # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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How many fluid ounces are there in an American gallon? | Convert US fl oz to US gallons, US gallons to US fl oz - Volume Conversions Volume Conversions Advertisement Convert US fl oz to US gallons, US gallons to US fl oz - Volume Conversions Online calculators to convert US fluid ounces to US gallons (US fl oz to US gal) and US gallons to US fluid ounces (US gal to US fl oz) with formulas, examples, and tables. Our conversions provide a quick and easy way to convert between Volume units. Conversion Calculators Enter your value in one of the conversion calculators below: Convert US fl oz to US gallons US fl oz Convert US gallons to US fl oz US gal « More Volume Conversions How to convert US fl oz to US gallons : Use the conversion calculator titled "Convert US fl oz to US gallons". Enter a value in the US fl oz field and click on the "Calculate US gallons" button. Your answer will appear in the US gal field. How to convert US gallons to US fl oz : Use the conversion calculator titled "Convert US gallons to US fl oz". Enter a value in the US gal field and click on the "Calculate US fluid ounces" button. Your answer will appear in the US fl oz field. Conversion Definitions The following is a list of definitions relating to conversions between US fluid ounces and US gallons. What is a US fluid ounce (US fl oz)? A US fluid ounce is a unit of volume in US Customary Units. The symbol for US fluid ounce is US fl oz. There are 128 US fluid ounces in a US gallon. What is a US gallon (US gal)? A US gallon is a unit of volume in US Customary Units. The symbol for US gallon is US gal. There are 0.0078125 US gallons in a US fluid ounce. Conversion Formulas Let's take a closer look at the conversion formulas so that you can do these conversions yourself with a calculator or with an old-fashioned pencil and paper. The formula to convert from US fl oz to US gal is: US gal = US fl oz ÷ 128 The formula to convert from US gal to US fl oz is: US fl oz = US gal x 128 Conversion Examples Next, let's look at some examples showing the work and calculations that are involved in converting from US fluid ounces to US gallons (US fl oz to US gal) or converting from US gallons to US fluid ounces (US gal to US fl oz). US Fluid Ounce to US Gallon Conversion Example Task: Convert 250 US fluid ounces to US gallons (show work) Formula: US fl oz ÷ 128 = US gal Calculations: 250 US fl oz ÷ 128 = 1.953125 US gal Result: 250 US fl oz is equal to 1.953125 US gal US Gallon to US Fluid Ounce Conversion Example Task: Convert 8 US gallons to US fluid ounces (show work) Formula: US gal x 128 = US fl oz Calculations: 8 US gal x 128 = 1,024 US fl oz Result: 8 US gal is equal to 1,024 US fl oz Conversion Tables For quick reference purposes, below are conversion tables that you can use to convert from US fl oz to US gal, and US gal to US fl oz. US Fluid Ounces to US Gallons Conversion Chart US fluid ounces (US fl oz) US gallons (US gal) | Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information. |
What name is given to a male guinea pig? | Guinea Pig Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window Cavia porcellus. Author's pet guinea pigs. Left: Shadow. Right: Chiquita. Both images © 2008 Introduction Humans have kept and used the domestic guinea pig for thousands of years. In Western societies, these social rodents are kept as pets, bred for show, and used in scientific research. In some societies, guinea pigs are a source of food, and the Andean culture uses them in religious ceremonies and traditional medicine. Classification Guinea pigs belong to the family Caviidae, which is a family of South American rodents. This group sometimes is referred to as Caviomorpha, or guinea-pig-like rodents (D'Erchia et al. 1996; Wagner 1976). Rodentia contains three sub-orders: Sciuromorpha, Myomorpha, and Hystricomorpha. Caviidae usually is placed within Hystricomorpha (Graur, Hide and Li 1991; D'Erchia et al. 1996). However, in the early 1990s a debate arose over whether or not guinea pigs and Caviomorpha should be classified in Rodentia. Graur, Hide, and Li (1991) performed phylogenetic analyses of amino acid sequences of various taxa. Their interpretation of the results suggested that Caviomorpha should be considered a separate order from Rodentia. In 1996, D'Erchia et al. analyzed the complete guinea pig mitochondrial genome and concluded that guinea pigs should be classed in an order distinct from Rodentia. In other words, Rodentia is paraphyletic. However, Luckett and Hartenberger (1993), Sullivan and Swofford (1997), and others argued for keeping Caviomorpha in Rodentia based on morphological data and criticisms of the methods used by Graur, Hide, and Li (1991), and D'Erchia et al. (1996). Currently, some data supports the paraphyletic side of the debate, but guinea pigs are generally considered part of Rodentia. Evolution and Domestication Ancestral caviomorphs probably descended from paramyid rodents found in North America, Eurasia, and North Africa. Members of Caviidae first appeared during the Late Miocene period, 26 to seven million years ago, and the family diversified in that period as well (Alderton 1999; Wagner 1976). The domestic guinea pig originates in the mountains and grasslands of the Altiplano region in South America. Domestication may have begun around 5,000 BCE (CFHS; Morales, 1995). Nowak (1999) asserts that Cavia porcellus probably derived from C. aparea, C. tschudii, or C. fulgida, and is now distinct from all of these. According to Alderton (1999), it was once thought that C. aparea (the Brazilian cavy) was the wild ancestor, but it is now thought that C. tschudii (the Peruvian cavy) is probably the ancestral form. Today, guinea pigs live all over the world. They can adapt to a wide range of altitudes, from sea level to higher than 4,000 m (NRC 1991). In South America, where people keep them for food, they are allowed to run free on the floor in kitchens or outdoors (Morales 1995). Sometimes pet guinea pigs are allowed to "free range", too, but oftentimes their caregivers will keep them in cages. Guinea pigs thrive at room temperature; colder weather can be deadly (CFHS). However, guinea pigs can be surprisingly hardy. The BBC reports that a guinea pig was abandoned outdoors in Cornwall, England, and survived there for five years. Names The species name porcellus means "little pig" in Latin (Wagner 1976). Although guinea pigs are not members of the pig family, they do resemble suckling pigs when they are skinned and dressed for cooking. Also, some of their vocalizations sound somewhat like pig vocalizations (Wagner 1976; Alderton 1999). C. porcellus has several common English names, including "guinea pig", "cavy", and "cuy". The origins of "guinea pig" are not clear. The "pig" part of their name probably shares the same origins as their species name. Europeans first encountered the animals in the mid-sixteenth century, after the Spanish Conquest of South America. It is possible that guinea pigs were sold for a guinea (a type of English coin) at that time and were thus named for their price. Or, Europeans might have | General Knowledge #5 - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. General Knowledge #5 What does the legal term �caveat emptor� mean? Let the buyer beware Which Russian author wrote the novel A Month in the Country? Ivan Turgenev What do the initials UNICEF stand for? United Nations International Children�s Emergency Fund. Who was the last king of Rome? Tarquin the Proud. Which opera was composed by Verdi for the opening of the Suez Canal? Aida Which important religious building contains the Kaaba? 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The term 'brogued' technically refers to a shoe with? | Brogues Shoe & Wingtip Guide for Men — Gentleman's Gazette Maftei Full Brogue Oxford in tan with steel tips side view by Claymoorslist Oxford or Derby Many people confuse the term Oxford with Brogue. Of course, we use the term Oxford in the traditional sense, which is characterized by its lacing system or to be specific: by the shoelace eyelets that are attached under the vamp. This is also called ‘closed lacing.’ On the other hand, a Derby has ‘open lacing’ where the eyelets are attached to the top of the vamp. Derby Alfonso full brogue ankle boot in green nubuck leather by Scarosso A detailed description of Oxford and Derby shoe is beyond the scope of this article, however, suffice to say that while initially Oxfords were plain formal shoes, they subsequently evolved into a range of styles both formal and casual. Some of these styles feature broguing or perforations along the edges of the individual leather pieces and thus can be called Brogues. To sum it up: Oxfords are not always Brogues though they sometimes are and Brogues are not always Oxfords though some of them can be. It is the lacing system and the absence or presence of broguing that is the differentiating feature. Wholecut with side gussets by George Cleverly with punched broguing Origins of Brogues The Brogue was originally designed in Scotland and Ireland as a shoe suitable for wearing while working outdoors. The Irish and Scottish countryside is wet and characterized by bogs that made life very difficult for the people who worked there and, as was expected, their feet took a beating. The need of the hour was a pair of shoes that were suitable for this type of work and terrain. The original Brogues were rudimentary shoes made with untanned animal hide; their distinctive feature was a series of perforations and serrations (broguing) of each piece of leather that was used in their construction. The purpose of these perforations was to allow water to drain from the shoes. Another feature of their design was that they were laced by leather tangs and did not have the tongue as in other shoes; they also had high lacing that wrapped above the ankles. This design feature kept the laces free from muck and dirt and prevented the shoes from being sucked off while walking in the mud. This basic design is now known as the ‘ghillie brogue’ and is often considered the standard style for traditional Scottish dress footwear. Brogue Characteristics & Styles Listing the characteristics of the Brogue is a daunting task as it is a very versatile shoe and comes in various shapes. However, for the sake of convenience, the basic characteristics you will find in most brogues are as follows (not all brogues may have all these basic characteristics): Low heels The presence of heel caps. The presence of lace panels. The presence of Broguing or (now) decorative perforations. Various designs have evolved over time, and so subcategories of brogues were created. Full Brogue by Grenson In case you shop at amazon and we refer you, prices are the same as normal, we just get a small commission. 1. Full brogues or Wingtips – these have a pointed toe cap with extensions called wingtip that extends along both sides of the shoe and usually ends near the ball of the foot. When seen from above the cap is shaped like a ‘W’ or ‘M’ depending on the viewpoint. It features broguing along its edges as well as decorative broguing in the center of the toe cap, which is called Medallion. There are a few variations to this style. Wingtip toe cap with broguing only on the edges and without Medallion are called blind brogues. Spectator shoes are full brogues or wingtips in two contrasting colors. Usually, the toe and heel caps and sometimes the lace panels are in a darker color than the main body of the shoe. Typically the main body of the shoe is made of white or off white leather or canvas fabric, but lately, all kinds of materials, colors, and textures have been utilized including tweed . Longwing brogues differ from full brogues or wingtips in that the wings extend along the full length of the shoe an | 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? 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In 1966, in an interview with a London Evening Standard reporter, which Beatle stated that they had become ‘More popular than Jesus’? | John Lennon Interview: London Evening Standard 3/4/1966 - How Does A Beatle Live? Maureen Cleave - "We're More popular than Jesus Now" - Beatles Interviews Database John Lennon Interview: London Evening Standard, "More Popular Than Jesus" 3/4/1966 QUICK MENU ABOUT THIS INTERVIEW: Reporter Maureen Cleave, a good friend of John Lennon's, wrote a personality article about him that would be published in the March 4th 1966 edition of the London Evening Standard. Cleave's piece was intended to present a portrait of the behind-the-scenes Lennon, and was entitled 'How Does A Beatle Live? John Lennon Lives Like This.' The article contained a number of Lennon musings, remarks and random thoughts from a recent conversation she had with him at his home in Weybridge, including John's personal view of the current state of religion: "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me." A separate article with different content, including portions of the Jesus quote out of context from the original article, was published in the American teen fanzine 'Datebook' just before the Beatles' 1966 American tour. Word-of-mouth rumors in America about John Lennon's Jesus quote spread quickly among anti-Beatle factions, even further out of context, as the ridiculous egocentric headline: 'John says Beatles are bigger than Jesus.' The outrage and reaction mostly seemed to be coming from the 'bible belt' in America. John would later remark during a press conference in Chicago on August 12th during the Beatles' 1966 North American tour, "We could've just sort of hidden in England and said, 'We're not going, we're not going!' You know, that occured to me when I heard it all. I couldn't remember saying it. I couldn't remember the article. I was panicking, saying, 'I'm not going at all,' you know. But if they sort of straighten it out, it will be worth it, and good." Lennon continued, "When it came out in England it was a bit of a blab-mouthed saying anyway... A few people wrote into the papers, and a few wrote back saying, 'So what, he said that. Who is he anyway,' or they said, 'So, he can have his own opinion.' And then it just vanished. It was very small. But... you know, when it gets over here and then it's put into a kid's magazine, and just parts of it or whatever was put in, it just loses its meaning or its context immediately... and everybody starts making their own versions of it." John would be asked many times during the 1966 tour to clarify what he had intended to say. Lennon explained in Chicago: "My views are only from what I've read or observed of christianity and what it was, and what it has been, or what it could be. It just seems to me to be shrinking. I'm not knocking it or saying it's bad. I'm just saying it seems to be shrinking and losing contact." In some cities, reporters would ask Lennon to explain the Jesus comment repeatedly -- even multple times within a single press conference -- baiting him to become upset or to say something even further inflammatory. Knowing their game, John kept his cool. The public outcry against Lennon had been coming from a rather small minority of the population, but once the national media fanned the flames as much as they were able, reports of negative public reaction made it appear more widespread than it really was. For the minority of Americans who had been moved from religious outrage to action, the fallout did involve Beatle record burnings arranged by christian radio stations, Ku Klux Klan protests, and anonymous death threats. It also gave the older generation a sense of vindication that the Beatles were somehow bad role models for the youth of America. With some hindsight perspective, John clarified the remark perhaps best during his December 1966 Look magazine interview: "I said we were more popular than Jesus, which is a | 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. |
In 1998 a new breed of mosquito was discovered on which underground system? | London underground source of new insect forms London underground source of new insect forms To: Ban-GEF@lists.txinfinet.com, GENTECH@ping.de Subject: London underground source of new insect forms From: MichaelP <papadop@PEAK.ORG> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 06:51:16 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Resent-Message-ID: <"99waf.A.i_E.NTB51"@data.free.de> Resent-Sender: gentech-request@data.free.de London Times August 26 1998 A NEW species of mosquito is evolving on the London Underground in a development that has astonished scientists. The insects are believed to be the descendants of mosquitoes which colonised the tunnels a hundred years ago when the Tube was being dug. When they went below ground they were bird-biting pests. But over a century, deprived of their normal diet, the mosquitoes have evolved new feeding behaviour, dining on mammals including rats and mice - and human beings. They now plague maintenance workers. Kate Byne and Richard Nichols of Queen Mary and Westfield College in London have carried out tests to see if the Tube's mosquitoes, which have been named molestus, are now different from Culex pipiens, the bird-biting species which entered the Underground last century. To their amazement they found that it was almost impossible to mate those living above ground with those in the subterranean world, indicating that the genetic differences are now so great that the ones underground are well on their way to becoming a separate species. This usually happens only when species are isolated for thousands rather than tens of years. The team, whose findings are reported in BBC Wildlife magazine today, have also found genetic differences between mosquitoes on different Tube lines. They believe this is due to the draughts dispersing the insects along but not between lines. During the Second World War the insects attacked Londoners sheltering from Hitler's bombs. Roz Kidman Cox, the magazine editor, said: "It's a remarkable story of evolution. The scientists say that the differences between the above and below-ground forms are as great as if the species had been separated for thousands of years." The conditions on the Underground are probably ideal for mosquitoes to breed rapidly and frequently throughout the year. Temperatures can be balmy and the network is prone to penetration by water creating pools of stagnant water for breeding. There are more than 1,600 varieties of mosquitoes which live from the Arctic tundra to the tropical rain forests. ** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. ** | Zahn Family Jeopardy Jeopardy Template The brand of underwear Marty McFly wears in Back to the Future 200 What is The Boston Tea Party This took place on Griffin's Wharf in America in 1773. 300 How many of the United States Supreme Court Justices are women? 300 Who is Lord Alfred Tennyson? He wrote the famous 1855 poem The Charge of the Light Brigade 300 What is Pi Math whiz Ferdinand von Lindemann determined this mathematical symbol to be a transcendental number in 1882. 300 Alfred Hitchcock used this to portray blood in the shower scene of Psycho 300 Who is Rosie the Riveter Norman Rockwell's illustration of this US iconic World War II heroine appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in May 1943 400 What is The Wounded Warrior Project? This charity for veterans has recently been under fire for blowing millions of dollars in donation money on spoils for its staff. 400 This famous 1818 novel had the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus' 400 What is a conjunction? The part of speech that the word "but" plays in the following sentence: Sam wants to play Xbox, but he hasn't gotten his reading done yet. 400 The date of Harry Potter's birthday 400 Who is Spiro Agnew In October 1973, he resigned as Vice President of the US, and then pleaded no contest to the charges of income tax evasion in a federal court in Baltimore 500 Both Turkish and NATO radars detected a jet from this country violating Turkish airspace 500 He wrote the 1513 guide to leadership (titled in English) The Prince 500 Light reactions, and the Calvin cycle are the two stages of this. 500 The only non Jedi in the original Star Wars trilogy to use a lightsaber 500 |
What is the highest mountain on the Isle of Man? | Snaefell Summit Snaefell Summit Off with yon cloud, old Snafell ! that thine eye Over three Realms may take its widest range Wordsworth 1833 Snaefell is the highest mountain on the Island, its nominal height is generally given as 2034 ft above sea level - the name derives from the Norse for Snow Mountain. The Isle of Man lies close to the geographic centre of the British Isles and thus the top of its highest mountain can (weather permitting) offer some unrivalled views. The comment made by Earl James in letters to his son When I go on the mount you call Baroull, and, but turning me round, can see England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, I think shame so fruitlessly to see so many kingdoms at once (which no place, I think, in any nation, that we know, under heaven can afford such a prospect), and to have so little profit by them. has subsequently been more usually applied to the higher Snaefell (South Barrule is considerably more convenient to Castletown and was a 'watch and ward' lookout). It is the answer to the often posed question as to where can one see seven kingdoms at the same time ? The seven Kingdoms being the four mentioned by Earl James, the Kingdom of Man, of Earth (in some answers that of Neptune) and of Heaven. Wordsworth was obviously familiar with the unpredictable weather by which Snaefell can suddenly be enveloped in mist out of a clear blue sky! He also quotes Cowley's setting on this mountain of a visionary debate with an angel on the subject of Cromwell's governance - presumably being set here because it was at the centre of Cromwell's territorial ambitions. Height Probably the first to determine the height of the mountain was Bishop Wilson who in his notebook records Barometer at every 2 ft. (ascending) , falls 10th of an inch, and at 164 2/10ths. July 10th, 1702, at Bishop's Court, 29 4/10ths. On the mountain above the house, it fell 1 inch 1/10th. On Snaefield, 2 in., acc. tis therefore 564 yards." [I'm not sure I fully understand Bishop Wilson's calculation (or possibly Keble's transcription ]. As his biographer, Keble, notes this process was then comparatively new, having been made known first by Halley, the Bishop's contemporary. Fannin in his map of 1789 quotes a height of 580 yards (1740 ft) above the sea level - this he probably arrived at by personal observation. Berger in his geological map of 1814 gives a height of 2000 ft (which was copied by Smythe in his 1826 and thus further copied by many others) - it is possible that this value was that determined by the original triangulation of the Ordnance Survey which used Snaefell. Cary in 1816 quotes 2004 ft, though on what authority I have not yet determined, which value found its way into several guidebooks. In 1838 the retriangulation of Great Britain by the Ordnance Survey took place and although they used South Barrule they would have redetermined the heights of the major mountains. In 1861 Stanford uses a value of 2024 ft which was then replaced by the 2034 determined by the Ordnance survey of 1868. Pilgrimages to the top of Snaefell obviously have a long history judging from the Lonan presentments quoted by Moore . Tourism Possibly the first luxorious 'picnic' on top was that organised by Mr Dixon of the British Hotel, Douglas , to celebrate the end of the Napoleonic Wars - another such visit was described by John Welch in 1836 - Leech's 1861 guide gives a good account of pre-railway visiting. The opening of the Snaefell Mountain railway in 1896 made it one of the standard tourist resorts. The castellated building shown on this card replaced a plain wooden building in 1906 - it burnt down in 1982 and was replaced by a much plainer building. All food etc. for the public house had to be taken up by trailer cars on the railway. The rustic seat was visible on an earlier view and may have been part of a job lot as the Laxey terminus had several huts in this style. Naturally at the summit the tourist could buy special cards - this is the one for the 1907 season "Sold excl | Argyll & Isles - Things To Do & Accommodation | VisitScotland Isle of Tiree Islands The Isle of Tiree is the most westerly island of the Inner Hebrides, with a mild climate and white sand beaches. Jura Islands The long and narrow island of Jura is one of the wildest and most mountainous of the Inner Hebrides. Lochgilphead Towns & Villages Lochgilphead is situated at the apex of a short loch called Loch Gilp, an offshoot on the western shore of the much larger Loch Fyne. Lochgoilhead Towns & Villages Lochgoilhead is a small village situated at the northern end of Loch Goil, a sea loch running into Loch Long. Mull Islands Mull is the largest of the islands of Argyll and the third largest in Scotland, with 300 miles of coastline. Oban Towns & Villages The largest town in Argyll & The Isles, Oban is known as the ‘Gateway to the Isles’ and the 'Seafood Capital of Scotland'. Rothesay Towns & Villages Rothesay is a smart Victorian seaside resort and the main town on the east side of Isle of Bute. Tarbert Towns & Villages Tarbert on Loch Fyne is an attractive village which for many visitors acts as the gateway to the beautiful peninsula of Kintyre. Tobermory & North Mull Towns & Villages Tobermory is the main town on the island of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides. The picture-postcard port with its brightly coloured harbour-front buildings was the setting of children's TV show Balamory. Bowmore iCentre VisitScotland iCentres Bowmore's iCentre is located in the Square in the centre of the Island of Islay. Information is available to make your stay on the Island the best it can be. Campbeltown iCentre VisitScotland iCentres Ideally located at the bottom of the Main Street/Head of the Pier. We can offer a wide selection of information on the local area and Scotland in general. Craignure iCentre VisitScotland iCentres We are perfectly located directly opposite the ferry terminal from Oban and can therefore provide you with tailor-made information to help you make the most of your holiday right from the start. Dunoon iCentre VisitScotland iCentres Dunoon iCentre is situated in Dunoon's east bay, a quarter of a mile from our iconic Victorian pier. Inveraray iCentre VisitScotland iCentres Inveraray VIC is situated on the A83 and faces on to Loch Shira, an arm of Loch Fyne. The VIC is located on Front street, next door to the Argyll Hotel. |
"Which Greek word meaning ""curdling"" is used in medicine for the formation of a blood clot?" | Thrombosis | Define Thrombosis at Dictionary.com thrombosis noun, Pathology. 1. intravascular coagulation of the blood in any part of the circulatory system, as in the heart, arteries, veins, or capillaries. Origin of thrombosis 1700-10; < New Latin < Greek thrómbōsis. See thromb(o)- , -osis Related forms [throm-bot-ik] /θrɒmˈbɒt ɪk/ (Show IPA), adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for thrombosis Expand Contemporary Examples Should thrombosis occur in this anatomic area, a patient might have headaches, dizziness, or even stroke-like symptoms. How Serious Is Hillary Clinton’s Blood Clot and Hospitalization? Kent Sepkowitz December 30, 2012 Historical Examples The best results have been attained in the chronic forms of the disease where the thrombosis was limited. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: Louis Marshall Warfield If the thrombosis takes place in the brain, consciousness will be lost, and the patient will often die without recovering it. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: Louis Marshall Warfield Of the circulatory system:—Myocarditis, Endocarditis, thrombosis. British Dictionary definitions for thrombosis Expand the formation or presence of a thrombus 2. (informal) short for coronary thrombosis Derived Forms C18: from New Latin, from Greek: curdling, from thrombousthai to clot, from thrombosthrombus 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 thrombosis Expand n. 1706, Modern Latin, from Greek thrombosis "a clumping or curdling" (from thrombousthai "become curdled or clotted," from thrombos "clot, curd, lump;" see thrombus ) + -osis . Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper | Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information. |
"What brand's slogan is ""when it rains, it pours""?" | Business Slogan 43: When It Rains, It Pours | Versa Creations Marketing & Advertising Blog Business Slogan 43: When It Rains, It Pours Posted on January 29, 2008 by Vivienne Quek Some of you might not have seen or heard of this slogan but it is well known within the salt industry and the advertising world. Number 9 in AdAge’s Top 10 Slogan of the 20th Century , this slogan lives on since 1914. That’s 93 years! The only slogan I knew that reigns longer than Morton Salt’s slogan is Maxwell’s “Good to the Last Drop” . The famous Morton Umbrella Girl and slogan, “When it rains, it pours”� first appear on the blue package of table salt and in a series of Good Housekeeping magazine advertisements. The slogan is adapted from an old proverb, “It never rains but it pours”. The official website of Morton Salt said: In 1911, Morton’s first advertising campaign for a series of ads in Good Housekeeping created the idea for the girl and her slogan, “When it Rains it Pours.” One of the concepts presented to Morton was an image of a little girl holding an umbrella in one hand to ward off falling rain and a package of salt in the other hand that was tilted back with the spout open and salt running out. Morton loved the picture that expressed the Morton message — that salt would run even in damp weather. But the copy that went with it, “Even in rainy weather, it flows freely,” was too long. Morton felt it needed to be shorter and snappier. So the advertising agency came up with: “Flows Freely,” “Runs Freely,” “Pours” and finally, an old proverb, “It never rains, but it pours.” The adage was rejected for being too negative. A more positive spin on it resulted in the now famous slogan, “When it Rains it Pours.” The rest as they said is history. Morton Salt became a household name and sales rocket. Morton Salt is the number one brand of salt in the US. For every two cans of salt sold in the US, one is a Morton Salt can. It can easily sells at a $0.20 price premium over other brands and private labels. | Reviews and expert advice from Which? MSA statement Which? works for you © Which? 2017 Cookies at Which? We use cookies to help improve our sites. If you continue, we'll assume that you're happy to accept our cookies. Find out more about cookies OK |
"The phrase ""The Dashing White Sergeant"" refers to ...?" | Ceilidh Dance instructions Content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons License . Ceilidh Dance instructions This is a collection of ceilidh dances I know, saying how to dance them and what music they need. This is by no means exhaustive yet, but I welcome suggestions, comments and further tips. Just drop me a mail at ian@scottishdance.net . I explain some of the terminology below . At the moment I have the following dances: The Packhorse Rant Musicians Notes for musicians wanting guidance on what to play. I have tried to give an indication of suitable tunes along with each dance, together with number of bars and number of repetitions where this matters. In general, the dancers continue until the band take pity, but if not specified, a good length for the 16-bar dances is probably 4-6 times 32 bars (i.e. 8-12 times through the dance); for 32-bar dances like The Dashing White Sergeant, Pride of Erin, Circassian Circle, Lucky Seven it would be 6-8 times through; for set dances like Strip the Willow, continue until the original couple is back to the top (should be roughly 8x32 for a 4-couple set). There is a tradition at ceilidhs of repeating each dance; if you do this, err on the side of fewer repetitions in each set, so maybe 8 times through the 16-bar dances (4x32), 6 times through the 32-bar dances, etc. A good source for suitable tunes is Taigh na Teud's Scottish Ceilidh Collections - these are available from Amazon , Scotland's Music and good Scottish music stores around the country. The Britannia Twostep Formation: in threes around the room facing anti-clockwise, man between two ladies. Music: 6/8 pipe march. Description 1: Nearer hands joined, touch the left heel then the left toe to the floor, bouncing on the right foot with each touch. 2: All skip to the left for one step. 3-4: Repeat 1-2 with the opposite feet. 5-8: Skip forward for two steps, then backwards for two steps. 9-10: Set on the spot facing forwards. 11-12: Still setting, the man raises his arms and the ladies turn underneath. 13-16: Skip forward for two steps, then backwards for two steps. Repeat ad lib. The Canadian or Highland Barn Dance Formation: couples around the room facing anti-clockwise, ladies on the right. Music: 2/4 or 4/4 pipe march (not 6/8) or scottische. Bars: Starting with the outside foot, walk forward for three steps and hop (or kick). 3-4: Walk backwards for three steps and hop. 5-6: Skip sideways away from your partner (men towards the centre of the room, ladies towards the edge) for two steps and clap. 7-8: Return to partner and join in ballroom (waltz) hold. 9-12: In ballroom hold, skip sideways to the man's left, lady's right for two steps then back again. 13-16: Use four step-hops to polka anti-clockwise round the room. Repeat ad lib. Formation: Large circle round the room, ladies on the right of their partner. Music: 32 bar Reels. Hands joined in a circle, all advance for four steps, retire for four steps. 5-8: Drop hands, ladies advance and retire. 13-16: Men advance, turn round and walk out to the next lady CW (the one who was on their left; the one who is now to the right of their partner as they view). 17-24: All spin with new partners 25-32: Hands crossed in front (right to right and left to left), ladies on the outside, promenade ACW around the room. Repeat ad lib. The Cumberland Square Eight Formation: four couples arranged around a square, lady on the right of the man. Couple with their backs to the music are couple number 1, couple on their left number 2, couple opposite number 3 and couple on the right number 4 (ie numbering clockwise). Music: This is normally danced to tunes in common time (32 bar and the dance is 64 bars long) but can be and is sometimes done to jigs (6/8 tempo). Bars: Description 1-8: End couples (1 and 3) take ballroom (waltz) hold and dance across the set, men passing back to back, then dance back again, ladies passing back to back. 9-16: | List of Dickensian characters : definition of List of Dickensian characters and synonyms of List of Dickensian characters (English) Ayresleigh, Mr is a prisoner in The Pickwick Papers . Avenger, The is a servant boy who was hired by Pip in Great Expectations . Pip has such a hard time finding things to keep him busy "that I sometimes sent him to Hyde Park Corner to see what o'clock it was." B Bachelor, The, is friend to the parson in the village church where Nell and her grandfather end their journey. He turns out to be the brother of Mr Garland and is instrumental in helping the Single Gentleman find his brother, Nell's grandfather, in The Old Curiosity Shop . Badger, Bayham, is a doctor, cousin of Kenge, to whom Richard Carstone is apprenticed. Badger's wife Laura talks incessantly about her two former husbands, Captain Swosser and Professor Dingo, in Bleak House . Bagman, The One-eyed, is a middle-aged story-teller in The Pickwick Papers . Bagnet Family, is a musical and military family headed by Matthew, an old army friend of George Rouncewell. Bagnet's wife, the old girl, knows Matthew so well that he always calls upon her to supply his opinion. The Bagnet children Quebec, Malta, and Woolwich are named after the military bases where the family has been stationed. Matthew is guarantor to George's loan from Smallweed, when Smallweed calls in the debt George is forced to deliver a document Smallweed needs to help lawyer Tulkinghorn learn Lady Dedlock's secret in Bleak House . Bagstock, Major Joseph Neighbour of Miss Tox and friend of Paul Dombey who introduces Paul to Edith Granger and Mrs Skewton. The Major describes himself as "tough, Sir, tough, and de-vilish sly!" in Dombey and Son Bamber, Jack is an old man whom Mr Pickwick meets in The Pickwick Papers . Bates, Charley is one of Fagin 's boy pickpockets in Oliver Twist . Browdie, John Son of a small corn-factor. He gives money to Nicholas Nickleby on his escape from Dotheboys Hall. John marries Matilda Price. Later assists in Smike's escape from Squeers in London in Nicholas Nickleby . Brown, Good Mrs An ugly old rag and bone vendor and mother of Alice Marwood (Brown). She kidnaps Florence Dombey and steals her clothes. Later she helps Dombey find Carker and Edith after their elopement. Dickens describes Good Mrs Brown as a "very ugly old woman, with red rims round her eyes, and a mouth that mumbled and chattered of itself when she was not speaking" in Dombey and Son . Brown, Alice (alias Marwood) Daughter of Good Mrs Brown and cousin of Edith Granger in Dombey and Son . Brownlow, Mr Befriends Oliver after he is charged with pickpocketing. He later establishes Oliver's true identity and adopts him in Oliver Twist . Bucket, Inspector is a policeman in Bleak House . He undertakes several investigations in the course of the novel, most notably the investigation of Mr Tulkinghorn's murder, which he brings to a successful conclusion. Bud, Rosa Betrothed to Edwin Drood in childhood, they later agree that they cannot marry. Edwin disappears and John Jasper declares his love for Rosa. In terror she flees to London to her guardian, Grewgious. "The pet pupil of the Nuns' House is Miss Rosa Bud, of course called Rosebud; wonderfully pretty, wonderfully childish, wonderfully whimsical. An awkward interest (awkward because romantic) attaches to Miss Bud in the minds of the young ladies, on account of its being known to them that a husband has been chosen for her by will and bequest, and that her guardian is bound down to bestow her on that husband when he comes of age" in The Mystery of Edwin Drood . Bumble is the beadle of the parish that operates the workhouse depicted in Oliver Twist . Bunsby, Jack Seafaring friend of Captain Cuttle who is always called in times of crisis for advise. The advise given confounds everyone listening except his friend Cuttle, who values it immensely. Bunsby is later trapped into marriage by Mrs MacStinger. Bunsby's ship is the Cautious Clara. Bunsby is described by Dickens as having "one stationary eye in the mahogany face, and one revolving o |
What is the name of the cafe/tea room, founded by Frederick Belmont in 1919 in Harrogate, and now a tourist attraction? | Harrogate - a guide to the town Harrogate Hedge-blog Harrogate Harrogate is a town in North Yorkshire, with a population of 73,576 (2011 census). Its mineral waters were discovered in the 1500s, and it grew as a spa town in the 1600s and 1700s. The town's motto is arx celebris fontibus, meaning city famous for its springs. Present-day attractions include the original Bettys tearooms , and RHS Harlow Carr gardens. It was the happiest town in the UK in 2013 , and again in 2014 . Many people who live in Harrogate work in Leeds or Bradford. It is relatively prosperous, with an average household income of £41,833 in the Harrogate district, and an average house price of £265,207. (Source: 'A Profile of the Harrogate District 2011/12' . It also notes that tourism accounts for 25% of the district's economy, and that the conference centre generates £150m in Harrogate). Name and history of Harrogate The name Harrogate comes from the Anglo-Norse Here-gatte, gatte being the way to, and Here or Herelaw the soldier's hill (now Harlow). So Harrogate could mean 'the way to the soldier's hill.' Another idea is that it means 'the way to the cairn, or heap of stones.' Harrogate is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, but it is likely that it existed as a name for many centuries before there was a settlement here. It was part of the Royal Forest of Knaresborough, although it was probably actually a heath, with gorse, bracken, heather, and patches of trees. The first reference to Harrogate in a document, was in 1332, on the roll of the Knaresborough Court. The town was created from two hamlets, High Harrogate and Low Harrogate. High Harrogate had the first important building, the chantry chapel, built in 1400, and Low Harrogate probably developed later. It was the discovery of the first mineral spring in 1571 that was the catalyst for Harrogate's development as a spa town. The waters continued to attract visitors until the early years of the 1900s. See our section on Harrogate as a spa town . During World War II, Harrogate's large hotels accommodated government offices evacuated from London. This helped lead to the town's function as a conference and exhibition centre in the post-war years, and up to the present day. There was also industry in Harrogate - ICI had a plant at Hornbeam Park. Crimplene was invented there in the 1950s, and named after Crimple Beck. Harrogate hosted the Eurovision song contest in 1982, the year the International Centre opened. It has won various floral competitions, including Britain in Bloom in 2003, and European floral competitions in 1977 and 2004. The cauldron for the London 2012 Olympics was designed and built by Thomas Heatherwick in Harrogate. Harrogate: shopping Harrogate is centred on the War Memorial at Prospect Crescent. The main shopping area is east from there, on James St, Cambridge St, Oxford St, and Beulah St. There's a WH Smith and a TK Maxx in the Victoria Shopping Centre at the top of Cambridge St. Parliament St and the Montpellier Quarter have a number of interesting and expensive stores. There are quite a few independent and less expensive shops on Cheltenham Parade and the streets off it, such as the lower part of Station Parade, and Commercial Street. Harrogate: Bettys Also in this area, at no.1 Parliament St, is Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms . Founded in Harrogate in 1919 by Frederick Belmont, an orphan from Switzerland, Bettys quickly became very popular, and there are now six Bettys, including in York and Ilkley. As well as the tea rooms, they have a shop selling bread, cakes, biscuits, and chocolates, all made by hand in the Bettys craft bakery. Tea and coffee is by Taylors of Harrogate - bought by Bettys in the 1960s. There are various possible explanations for the name Bettys, but no-one knows for sure who she was. Could it be that the company's first Board Meeting was interrupted by a little girl called Betty, just as the directors were discussing what to call the business? Harrogate: the Harrogate International Centre Harrogate Internation Centre is a convention and conference | J. Lyons and Co - Graces Guide Grace's Guide British Industrial History Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 121,941 pages of information and 183,433 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them. J. Lyons and Co Advertising sign for Lyons Cakes. Advertising sign. Advertising sign for Lyons Cakes. Advertising sign. November 1922. December 1954. Lyons Ready-Mix Pudding. Joseph Lyons and Co was a British company which controlled the largest food empire in the 1930s. of Cadby Hall, Hammersmith, London 1894 a public company, J. Lyons and Co was formed; the first teashop was opened in Piccadilly, London, and others followed. The company was founded by Isidore and Samuel Montague Gluckstein , Barnett Salmon (formerly Solomons) and Joseph Lyons . The niece and nephew of the Gluckstein brothers were Hannah Gluckstein, a painter; and Louis Gluckstein, a Conservative politician. Joseph Lyons and Co were best known for their chain of tea shops and for the Lyons Corner Houses in the West End of London. The tea shops were slightly more up-market than their ABC ( Aerated Bread Co ) counterparts. They were notable for their interior design, from the 1920s Oliver P. Bernard being consultant artistic director. Until the 1940s they had a certain working-class chic, but by the 1950s and 60s they were quick stops for busy shoppers where one could get a cup of tea and a snack or a cheap and filling meal. The tea shops always had a bakery counter at the front, and their signs, art nouveau gold lettering on white, were a familiar landmark. Before the Second World War service was to the table by uniformed waitresses, known as 'Nippies', but after the War the tea shops converted to cafeteria service. It had a large central Checking Department at its headquarters in Cadby Hall, Hammersmith, London with hundreds of clerks and mechanical Burroughs adding machines to run this empire. 1909 The first of the Corner Houses appeared in 1909; these restaurants were noted for their art deco style. Situated on or near the corner of Coventry Street, the Strand and Tottenham Court Road, they and the Maison Lyons at Marble Arch and in Shaftesbury Avenue were large buildings on four or five floors, the ground floor of which was a food hall with counters for delicatessen, sweets and chocolates, cakes, fruit, flowers and more. As well as this they had hairdressing salons, telephone booths, theatre booking agencies and at one period a twice-a-day food delivery service. On the other floors were several restaurants, each with a different theme and all with their own musicians. For a time the Corner Houses were open 24 hours a day, and in their heyday each one employed in the region of 400 staff. They were colourful and bustling, with bright lights and ingenious window displays. In the post-war gloom, the Corner Houses, smarter and grander than the local tea shops, provided a degree of escapist relaxation. Between 1896 and 1965 Lyons also owned the Trocadero, which was similar in size and style to the Corner Houses. As well as the tea shops and Corner Houses, Lyons ran other large restaurants such as the Throgmorton in Throgmorton Street. Their chains have included Steak Houses (1961-1988), Wimpy Bars (1953-1976) and Dunkin' Donuts (1989-). The Regent Palace Hotel , Glasshouse Street, London was operated by Strand Hotels Limited, a subsidiary of J. Lyons and Company and opened on 16th May, 1915. 1938 Lyons purchased the Bee Bee Biscuit Co , which manufactured biscuits at its factories in Blackpool. Six years later, Lyons changed Bee Bee Biscuit's name to Symbol Biscuits and began selling biscuits under the Symbol and Lyons brand names. They introduced Maryland Cookies in 1956. The rearmament period just before World War II saw a big expansion in the number of Royal Ordnance Factories , (ROFs), which were UK government-owned. However, due to shortages of management resources some ROFs were run as Agency Factori |
In which country was the World War 2 'Battle of El Alamein' fought? | Battle of El Alamein - World War II - HISTORY.com Battle of El Alamein A+E Networks Introduction The Battle of El Alamein marked the culmination of the World War II North African campaign between the British Empire and the German-Italian army. Deploying a far larger contingent of soldiers and tanks than the opposition, British commander Bernard Law Montgomery launched an infantry attack at El Alamein on Oct. 23, 1942. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel returned to battle from illness and tried to halt the tide, but the British advantage in personnel and artillery proved too overwhelming. After Hitler blocked an initial retreat in early November, Rommel managed to escape annihilation by withdrawing his men to Tunisia. Google The Battle of El Alamein marked the culmination of the North African campaign between the forces of the British Empire and the German-Italian army commanded in the field by Erwin Rommel in World War II . Having taken Tobruk in June 1942, Rommel advanced into Egypt but had been checked and beaten at Alam Halfa in September; thereafter the initiative had passed. Rommel mined and fortified a forty-mile line in considerable depth and strength–unusually, in a desert war, both flanks were sealed, by the Mediterranean in the north and by the Qattara Depression in the south. To break this line and destroy the Axis forces was the task of Bernard Montgomery, commanding the British imperial forces. The battle would be a set-piece affair–there could be little opportunity for maneuver. Rommel (on sick leave when the battle began but having personally planned the defense) commanded thirteen divisions and five hundred tanks, totaling about 100,000 men. Montgomery disposed of approximately double the number of tanks and men–an army of British, Australians, New Zealanders, Indians, and South Africans, together with some French and Greek units; Allied air superiority stood at about the same proportion. Battle began on October 23, and the result, after ten days of ferocious pounding, was complete Allied victory, although Rommel’s army escaped annihilation and slipped away from an unenterprising pursuit. El Alamein was a battle of World War I character–methodical, using massed artillery, with limited advances made good and counterattacks defeated until breakout. Its significance was great. The Panzerarmee withdrew, ultimately to Tunisia; within days of El Alamein, Anglo-American forces landed in Morocco. By May 1943 the campaign was over and the Mediterranean dominated by the Allies. Meanwhile, in Russia the Germans were suffering disaster at Stalingrad : the two battles–Stalingrad and El Alamein–proved to be the watershed of the war against Germany. GENERAL SIR DAVID FRASER The Reader’s Companion to Military History. Edited by Robert Cowley and Geoffrey Parker. Copyright © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Tags | TRIVIA - HISTORICAL TRIVIA - HISTORICAL ` History Trivia What was a ship called the Ancon the first to travel through, on August 15, 1914? The Panama Canal. What fighter pilot flew World War I missions with his Great Dane "Moritz" next to him in the cockpit? Monfred von Richthofen, or " The Red Baron". What country lost 17.2 percent of its population in World War II? Poland. What deranged Roman emperor had a name that meant "little boot"? Caligula. What Pakistani was the first head of state in the 20th century to give birth in office? Benazir Bhutto. What two-word term describes the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning f the Renaissance? Middle Ages. What newspaper won a Pulitzer for its Watergate coverage? The Washington Post. Who described the impending Persian Gulf ground war as "the mother of all battles"? Saddam Hussein. What ship's lookout was miffed when his request for binoculars was denied in 1912? The Titanic's. What big-league baseball prospect was jailed in Cuba from 1953 to 1955 before going on to bigger things? Fidel Castro. Who saw the turtleneck he wore at cease-fire talks in Bosnia fetch $5,000 at auction? Jimmy Carter. What brave-hearted Scottish patriot led soldiers to a defeat of the English at the Battle of Cambuskenneth in 1297? William Wallace. What nation issued the five-dollar bill found in Abraham Lincoln's pocket when he was shot? The Confederate States of America. What Argentinean was buried in a Milan cemetery under the pseudonym Maria Maggi? Eva Peron. What Polish political movement got the support of Pope John Paul II in the 1980s? Solidarity. What war lasted from June 5, 1967 to June 10, 1967? The Six-Day War. Who was the longest-reigning Arab ruler, through 1995? King Hussein of Jordan. What famous Swiss citizen said of nuclear bombs: "If I had known, I would have become a watchmaker"? Albert Einstein. What nation was bounced from the Organization of American States in 1962? Cuba. What's the Islamic Resistance Movement better known as to Palestinians? Hamas. Who was the first president of the National Organization for Women, in 1966? Betty Freidan. Who tooled around Chicago during Prohibition in a car bearing the license plate "EN-1"? Eliot Ness. Who cross-examined the victims in the trial against Long Island Railroad shooter Colin Ferguson? Colin Ferguson. What beating victim's 23-lawyer defense team handed the city of Los Angeles a bill for $4.4 million? Rodney King's. What can Germans publicly deny the existence of to earn five years in prison? The Holocaust. What French explorer was murdered by his crew after he spent two years failing to locate the mouth of the Mississippi? Robert La Salle. Who's believed by many to be buried in Downpatrick under a tombstone marked with the letter "P"? St. Patrick. What controversial crime fighter did Elvis Presley call "the greatest living American"? J. Edgar Hoover. What cavalryman's bonehead moves included leaving four Gatling guns behind, in 1876? George Armstrong Custer's. Who wrote in 1774 that "no thinking man" in America wanted independence from England? George Washington. What country was Adolf Hitler born in? Austria. What Ohio city was the 1995 Bosnian peace accord signed in? Dayton. What Persian Gulf warrior called his young majors in charge of combat operations "Jedi Knights"? Norman Schwarzkopf. What horse-loving future president cheated on an eye exam to join the cavalry reserves in the 1930s? 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Who did Val Kilmer portray in the film The Doors? | The Doors (1991) - 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 | Biography , Drama , Music | 1 March 1991 (USA) The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison , from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. Director: Randall Jahnson (as J. Randal Johnson), Oliver Stone Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 36 titles created 26 Nov 2010 a list of 49 titles created 14 Jun 2012 a list of 45 titles created 24 Jan 2013 a list of 33 titles created 13 Mar 2015 a list of 40 titles created 30 Apr 2015 Search for " The Doors " 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. The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for. Director: Oliver Stone Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. Director: Oliver Stone A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story. Director: Oliver Stone A biographical story of former U.S. president Richard Milhous Nixon, from his days as a young boy to his eventual presidency which ended in shame. Director: Oliver Stone A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing. Director: Oliver Stone The final movie in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy follows the true story of a Vietnamese village girl who survives a life of suffering and hardship during and after the Vietnam war. As a ... See full summary » Director: Oliver Stone A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him, is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. Director: Oliver Stone An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980. Director: Oliver Stone Edit Storyline Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals. Written by Denise P. Meyer <dpm1@cornell.edu> Taglines: "There are things known and things unknown and in between are The Doors." -- Jim Morrison See more » Genres: Rated R for heavy drug content, and for strong sexuality and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 1 March 1991 (USA) See more » Also Known As: 140 min Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track (analog 70 mm prints)| CDS (digital 35 mm and 70 mm prints)| Dolby SR (analog 35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia In the film, the band is signed after being fired from Whiskey-a-Go-Go. In real life, they were signed by Elektra Records on August 18, 1966. Whiskey-a-Go-Go fired the band on August 21, after Morrison used acid induced, profane, Oedipus Rex lyrics. See more » Goofs In the film, a female photographer sexily encourages Morrison to take his shirt off, resulting in the iconic "Young Lion" photo first seen in the Village Voice, and later used as the cover photo for the Doors 1985 "Best Of" album. The photographer was actually a man, Joel Brodsky. See more » Quotes Andy Warhol : Som | General Knowledge Questions and Answers - Quiz General Knowledge Questions and Answers What was Mohammad Ali`s birth name? Cassius Clay Who is the presenter of the Weakest Link? Anne Robinson How many dots are there in total on a pair of dice? 42 Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? John Cleese In a game of chess, what is the only piece able to jump over other pieces? Knight At which racecourse is the Derby and the Oaks traditionally run? Epsom Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? Elton John A.A. 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What was Jimmy Durante's nickname | Jimmy Durante - Biography - IMDb Jimmy Durante Biography Showing all 37 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (1) | Trivia (18) | Personal Quotes (9) Overview (5) 5' 7" (1.7 m) Mini Bio (2) First wife Jeanne died in 1943. Wed second wife, Marjorie Little after 16 year courtship when she was 39 and he 67 Marjorie Little had been the hatcheck girl at the Copacabana. Durante and his second wife adopted a baby girl, Cecelia Alicia on Christmas day 1961. Durante doted on "CeCe" until his death. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Comedian, composer, actor, singer and songwriter ("Inka Dinka Doo") Jimmy Durante was educated in New York public schools. He began his career as a Coney Island pianist, and organized a five-piece band in 1916. He opened the Club Durant with Eddie Jackson and Lou Clayton , with whom he later formed a comedy trio for vaudeville and on television. He appeared in the Broadway musicals "Show Girl", "The New Yorkers", "Strike Me Pink", "Jumbo", "Red Hot and Blue", and "Stars in Your Eyes". By 1936, he had appeared at the Palladium in London. Later he had his own radio and television shows, and was a featured headliner in night clubs. Biographer Gene Fowler wrote his biography, "Schnozzola". Joining ASCAP in 1941, he collaborated musically with Jackie Barnett and Ben Ryan , and his other popular song compositions include "I'm Jimmy That Well-Dressed Man", "I Know Darn Well I Can Do Without Broadway", "I Ups to Him and He Ups to Me", "Daddy Your Mamma Is Lonesome For You", "Umbriago", "Any State In the Forty-Eight", "Chidabee Chidabee Chidabee", and "I'm Jimmy's Girl". - IMDb Mini Biography By: Hup234! Spouse (2) Rumpled hat, patter songs ("Inka Dinka Doo") and, of course, his huge proboscis. Trivia (18) Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA. Specific Interment Location: F, T96, 6. Daughter Cecilia is a horseback-riding instructor, is married to a computer designer, lives near San Diego, and has two sons and a daughter. For years, he signed off his radio and television shows with "Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are", but he would never divulge who she was. Some speculated it was a "code name" for a current or former lover, some doubted she ever existed. It was not until after his death in 1980 that it was revealed she was, indeed, a real person. According to the book, "Hollywood Trivia", (Greenwich House, 1984), by David P. Strauss, Jimmy Durante's famous "Mrs. Calabash" sign-off referred to his first wife, Jeanne Olson. Calabash was the name of a Chicago suburb they both liked. However, there is no known Chicago suburb named Calabash. Comic Sonny King , who worked with Durante during his career, stated in an interview that the mysterious "Mrs. Calabash" was indeed Jimmy's late wife Jeanne Olson, but "Calabash" was a reference to Calabasas, California, where she was hospitalized in her later years. She had difficulty in pronouncing the city name, often calling it "Calabash", and it became an inside joke for the Durantes. Dropped out of school in the eighth grade and a couple of years later played ragtime piano for a living, taking jobs wherever he could, including bars, cabarets and whorehouses. He became known for a time as "Ragtime Jimmy". Also made a living as a bandleader and talent booker. Famous for a number of other beloved catchphrases besides the "Mrs. Calabash" routine, including: "It's a castastrostroke!", "I'm mortified!", "Surrounded by assassins!", "Everybody wants ta get inta da act!" and "Hotch-cha-cha-cha-cha!". Sang the famous song "Frosty the Snowman". Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 146-148. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387 A legal challenge to his adoption of daughter CeCe late in life, on the grounds that he was too old to care for such a young child, was dismissed by a judge, who said, "I've heard this man sing 'Young at Heart.'". His voice was the inspiration for that of the dog in the Tom and Jerry cartoons. Has a street named after him on the east side of Las Vegas, Nevada | The Ugly Duckling | Mike Reid Lyrics, Song Meanings, Videos, Full Albums & Bios The Ugly Duckling / Mike Reid Video Mike Reid There appears to be two artists with this name. 1/ Michael Reid (19 January 1940 – 29 July 2007) was an English comedian and character actor, from Hackney in east London, who is best remembered for playing the role of Frank Butcher in EastEnders and hosting the popular children's TV show Runaround. He was also noted for his gravelly voice and strong Cockney accent. He capitalised on his initial success with a one-off hit record, a novelty version of The Ugly Duckling recorded on PYE records. In 1975 it reached number 10 in the BBC Top 50 Singles Chart. In 1975 he also became the host of the ITV children's TV quiz show Runaround, fondly remembered for its incomprehensible rules and the incongruity of Reid as presenter. Runaround ended in 1981. He also recorded a duet with EastEnders co-star Barbara Windsor which was released as a single in 1992, and from Barbara Windsor's album You've Got A Friend. 2/ Michael Barry (Mike) Reid (born May 24, 1947 in Altoona, Pennsylvania) is a retired professional American football defensive lineman and Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter. After several years playing for the Cincinnati Bengals, Reid retired from football and began his work as a singer-songwriter, penning several hit singles for country music artists, including Ronnie Milsap's "Stranger in My House", which won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1984. Reid later embarked on a solo recording career, releasing two studio albums for Columbia Records (then known as CBS Records). He charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts as a singer. Between football seasons, Reid would perform as a pianist for the Utah Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. During this time, he met Larry Gatlin, who helped Reid start his songwriting career. In 1984, he won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song with "Stranger in My House", which was recorded by Ronnie Milsap. Reid would also work with Marie Osmond, Tanya Tucker, Collin Raye, Alabama and Conway Twitty. In the 1980s and 1990s, Reid wrote twelve number one hits. [2] He was also featured as a guest vocalist on Milsap's "Old Folks", a #2 hit from 1986. In 1990, Reid started his own singing career, recording two albums for Columbia Records (then known as CBS Records) and charting six more singles, including the Number One hit "Walk on Faith". He also wrote Bonnie Raitt's pop standard "I Can't Make You Love Me". Reid was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005. [3] By 1991, Reid tried his hand in a new field by composing the music for the Civil War musical, "A House Divided". After that he wrote six more musicals/operas. The titles include "Quilts", "Different Fields", "Eye of the Blackbird", "Tales of Appalachia", "In This House" and "The Ballad of Little Jo" (Richard Rodgers Award winner). Credit: wikipedia https://sonichits.com/video/Mike_Reid/The_Ugly_Duckling Length: PT3M37S Lyrics: The Ugly Duckling |
Which sportsman did tennis,player Chris Evert marry in 2008? | Chris Evert - Biography - IMDb Chris Evert Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (3) | Trivia (21) | Personal Quotes (4) Overview (4) 5' 6¼" (1.68 m) Mini Bio (1) Chris Evert was born on December 21, 1954 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA as Christine Marie Evert. She is an actress, known for Celebration (1981), Wimbledon '85 (1985) and Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La (1973). She was previously married to Greg Norman , Andy Mill and John Lloyd . Spouse (3) ( 17 April 1979 - 17 April 1987) (divorced) Trivia (21) Sons with Andy Mill : Alexander James (b. October 12, 1991), Nicholas Joseph (b. June 8, 1994), and Colton Jack (b. June 14, 1996). She is a vegetarian. Fourth player elected unanimously to the Tennis Hall of Fame (1995). Appeared in 52 semi-finals of the 56 grand slam event (1974-1986). Tennis commentator for NBC. Won the French Open (1974, 75, 79, 80, 83, 85 and 86). Won the US Open (1975, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82). Won Wimbledon (1974, 76 and 81). Won the Australian Open (1982 and 84). Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year 1974, 1975, 1977 & 1980 Named by PEOPLE magazine in 1980 as the "Sexiest Female Athlete" Reader poll in Penthouse's FORUM magazine awarded her the "loveliest legs in the world". Was reputed among the players to have had the best repertoire of dirty jokes at the time on the WTA tour. Graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Class of 1973 where she was voted "Most Likely to Succeed." Owns the highest winning percentage in pro tennis history (.900; 1304-144) Once engaged to Jimmy Connors . Is mentioned as the leading character's dream woman on The Barbarian Invasions (2003). Inadvertantly made headlines when Jim Everett assaulted Jim Rome during an interview when Rome, who had been mocking the quarterback by calling him "Chris Everett" on his radio show, called him "Chris Everett" to his face. (6 April 1994). (December 14) Confirmed at a news conference that she and Greg Norman are engaged. [2007] Release of her autobiography, "Chrissie: My Own Story". [1982] Release of the book, "The Rivals: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova - Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendships" by Johnette Howard. [2005] Personal Quotes (4) When informed that British tabloid The Daily Mirror had proclaimed she "has the best boobs in the business"; It's high time the press finally got one thing right about me. I love hiking in the mountains in Aspen. Breathing the clean, fresh air is great. Plus, it gives me a cardiovascular workout and firms my legs. On asked to select a favorite workout. Let's not get carried away here. In fact, feel free to tell your readers that I still have all my teeth. [on tennis champion, Li Na] Li Na is a maverick. Who else would stand up to the centralized Chinese sports system as Li did, back in 2008, when she pushed for more control over her career? Tennis has exploded in China. 116 million people watched Li win the French Open. That kind of exposure is crucial to our sport, and it never would have happened without Li. She's such a breath of fresh air. And like Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova before her, Li Na has transcended her sport. See also | Martina Navratilova in Palimony Suit Martina Navratilova in Palimony Suit by Kilian Melloy SMALL The ex-wife of champion tennis player Martina Navratilova, 52, has dragged the sporting star to court in a palimony suit for a share of assets acquired while the two were still together. Claiming that she was "kicked out on the streets with only the clothes on my back," Toni Layton, 56, who celebrated a wedding ceremony with Navratilova in 2000, seeks to enforce an alleged promise between the two that they would share their property. A June 24 article in the UK newspaper The Daily Mail reports that the property in question includes several homes that the couple purchased, to the tune of millions. Though the marriage was not a legally binding civil ceremony, Layton's suit claims that Layton is owed a portion of those assets. The article said that relationship ended in 2008. The suit seeks damages for the 'emotional, mental and physical trauma' that Layton says she was subjected to. The article quoted Layton as saying, "Martina has got a fight on her hands. "Without any warning, my life came crashing down around me," the quote continued. "I was kicked out on the streets with only the clothes on my back." The suit regards the promise to "evenly share" property that the couple acquired during their years together as a verbal contract, including several homes, a number of vehicles, and a number of gifts Layton claims to have made to Navratilova. The article specified a monetary sum of $500,000 being sought in the suit. The article included Layton's recollections about the early days of her romance with the tennis star. The two met in New Hampshire, the article reported. Said Layton, "Our first kiss was outside a 7/11 store. "She offered me an orange, then began crying as she reminisced about the first time she had ever done that to anyone, for her beloved grandmother. "I leaned over to kiss her on the cheek in comfort and it just happened," Layton continued. "Everything fell into place for both of us." The following month the two celebrated their wedding at New Hampshire's Mount Washington State Park, the article said. Eight years later, the relationship that had begun so romantically came to an end. Said Layton, "I was left an emotional wreck, with nothing to show for eight years of my life. "I still suffer nightmares today. It's something I don't think I will ever properly recover from." Added Layton, "But what I want now is justice. Justice for all those lost, wasted years." Layton also wants a portion of four properties the couple purchased in Florida, although that state's voters recently approved a constitutional amendment to bar marriage rights for gay and lesbian families. The enshrinement of anti-gay language in the state's bedrock law casts the success of Layton's suit into doubt. Layton gave voice to criticism of Navratilova and her GLBT equality activism in light of these factors. Said Layton, "Marti makes out she's a champion of gay rights and sees herself as an icon for the gay and lesbian community. "She has publicly urged people who are gay to 'come out' and stand up for their homosexuality. "Yet here she is, hiding behind Florida's antiquated anti same-sex laws, trying not to give me a fair deal for those eight years I was there for her at every minute of the day and night," added Layton. "If I was a man, married or not, I'd be entitled to half of everything that she earned during those years together," Layton continued. "But because I'm a woman, it seems, rather conveniently, she believes I'm entitled to next to nothing." Said Layton, "Marti knew that when she decided it was time to get rid of me and move on with her life. And that is why I am having to sue for a breach of our partnership." Also at issue is an animal sanctuary established by the two. The 20-acre preserve is located near Nokomis, Florida; Layton says that Navratilova has put the preserve up for sale even though it gives a home to a hundred animals. The Daily Mail reported on the parallels between Layton's suit and that brought against Navratilova |
What was the name given to actions by Timothy McVeigh on 19 April 1995 at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building? | The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Trial of Timothy J. McVeigh: An Account The Oklahoma City Bombing & The Trial of Timothy McVeigh by Douglas O. Linder (2006) Prosecutor Joseph Hartzler began his opening statement in the Timothy McVeigh trial by reminding the jury of the terror and the heartbreak: "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, April 19th, 1995, was a beautiful day in Oklahoma City -- at least it started out as a beautiful day. The sun was shining. Flowers were blooming. It was springtime in Oklahoma City. Sometime after six o'clock that morning, Tevin Garrett's mother woke him up to get him ready for the day. He was only 16 months old. He was a toddler; and as some of you know that have experience with toddlers, he had a keen eye for mischief. He would often pull on the cord of her curling iron in the morning, pull it off the counter top until it fell down, often till it fell down on him. That morning, she picked him up and wrestled with him on her bed before she got him dressed. She remembers this morning because that was the last morning of his life...." A bomb carried in a Ryder truck exploded in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City at 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995. The bomb claimed 168 innocent lives. That a homegrown, war-decorated American terrorist named Timothy McVeigh drove and parked the Ryder truck in the handicap zone in front of the Murrah Building there is little doubt. In 1997, a jury convicted McVeigh and sentenced him to death. The federal government, after an investigation involving 2,000 agents, also charged two of McVeigh's army buddies, Michael Fortier and Terry Nichols , with advance knowledge of the bombing and participation in the plot. Despite considerable evidence linking various militant white supremacists to the tragedy in Oklahoma City, no other persons faced prosecution for what was--until September 11, 2001--the worst act of terrorism ever on American soil. The Oklahoma City bombing trials raise questions more interesting than the answers they provide. How, in four years, can an army sergeant and Green Beret aspirant turn so violently against the government he served? If there had been no Waco, would there have been no Oklahoma City? Did McVeigh want to be captured? Why did the government only bring charges against three men in connection with the bombing, when compelling evidence suggests that others played significant roles in the crime? We do not have clear answers to any of these questions--but some possible answers to these and other intriguing questions have come into better focus in the years since the McVeigh and Nichols trials. The Making of an American Terrorist The childhood of Timothy McVeigh in Lockport, New York was far from idyllic. His parents divorced in 1978, when Tim was ten, and for the remainder of his school years he lived mainly with his father, Bill McVeigh. Scrawny and unathletic, "Noodle" McVeigh became a target for neighborhood bullies. He attributes a lifelong hatred for bullies of all kinds (a class which, in his view, included an overreaching federal government) to early beatings on softball diamonds and head spinning "swirlies" in flushing toilets. It is possible that McVeigh's fascination with guns, dating to pre-teen years spent admiring his grandfather's .22-caliber rifle, might have something to do with his view of weapons as the great equalizer. He dedicated himself to developing his marksmanship skills, spending hours shooting holes in soft-drink cans in a ravine. By age 14, Tim McVeigh's interests included survivalism. He began stockpiling food and camping equipment in preparation for possible nuclear attack or a communist overthrow of the United States government. Although McVeigh performed well on standardized tests in high school, school and its social life had considerably less appeal for him than his world of guns, fringe movements, and science fiction books. He struck classmates as somewhat introverted and disengaged, and his only extracurricular activity was track. Under the entry "future plans" in his hig | March 9, 1997: Notorious B.I.G. Killed Video - ABC News ABC News East Coast rapper Biggie Smalls is gunned down in a drive-by shooting in L.A. 3:00 | 09/08/14 Coming up in the next {{countdown}} {{countdownlbl}} Coming up next: More information on this video Enhanced full screen Transcript for 3/9/97: Notorious B.I.G. Killed This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. 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Who wrote the 1891 book Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)? | Thus Spoke Zarathustra - 必应 Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. https://www.amazon.com/Thus-Spoke-Zarathustra-Everyone-Classics/dp/... From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes Thus Spoke Zarathustra Study Guide has everything you need to ace … www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/zarathustra | SparkNotes: Dubliners: Context SparkNotes Table of Contents Plot Overview James Joyce was born into a middle-class, Catholic family in Rathgar, a suburb of Dublin, on February 2, 1882. The family’s prosperity dwindled soon after Joyce’s birth, forcing them to move from their comfortable home to the unfashionable and impoverished area of North Dublin. Nonetheless, Joyce attended a prestigious Jesuit school and went on to study philosophy and languages at University College, Dublin. He moved to Paris after graduation in 1902 to pursue medical school, but instead he turned his attention to writing. In 1903 he returned to Dublin, where he met his future wife, Nora Barnacle, the following year. From then on, Joyce made his home in other countries. From 1905 to 1915 he and Nora lived in Rome and Trieste, Italy, and from 1915 to 1919 they lived in Zurich, Switzerland. Between World War I and World War II, they lived in Paris. They returned to Zurich in 1940, where Joyce died in 1941. In 1907, at the age of twenty-five, Joyce published Chamber Music, a collection of poetry. Previously, he’d also written a short-story collection, Dubliners, which was published in 1914. Though Joyce had written the book years earlier, the stories contained characters and events that were alarmingly similar to real people and places, raising concerns about libel. Joyce indeed based many of the characters in Dubliners on real people, and such suggestive details, coupled with the book’s historical and geographical precision and piercing examination of relationships, flustered anxious publishers. Joyce’s autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man followed Dubliners in 1916, and a play, Exiles, followed in 1918. Joyce is most famous for his later experimental novels, Ulysses (1922), which maps the Dublin wanderings of its protagonist in a single day, and Finnegans Wake (1939). These two works emblematize his signature stream-of-consciousness prose style, which mirrors characters’ thoughts without the limitations of traditional narrative, a style he didn’t use in Dubliners. Ireland permeates all of Joyce’s writing, especially Ireland during the tumultuous early twentieth century. The political scene at that time was uncertain but hopeful, as Ireland sought independence from Great Britain. The nationalist Charles Stewart Parnell, who became active in the 1870s, had reinvigorated Irish politics with his proposed Home Rule Bill, which aimed to give Ireland a greater voice in British government. Parnell, dubbed the “Uncrowned King of Ireland,” was hugely popular in Ireland, both for his anti-English views and his support of land ownership for farmers. In 1889, however, his political career collapsed when his adulterous affair with the married Kitty O’Shea was made public. Kitty’s husband had known for years about the affair, but instead of making it public, he attempted to use it to his political and financial advantage. He waited until he filed for divorce to expose the affair. Both Ireland and England were scandalized, Parnell refused to resign, and his career never recovered. Parnell died in 1891, when Joyce was nine years old. In the last part of the nineteenth century, after Parnell’s death, Ireland underwent a dramatic cultural revival. Irish citizens struggled to define what it meant to be Irish, and a movement began to reinvigorate Irish language and culture. The movement celebrated Irish literature and encouraged people to learn the Irish language, which many people were forgoing in favor of the more modern English language. Ultimately, the cultural revival of the late nineteenth century gave the Irish a greater sense of pride in their identity. Despite the cultural revival, the bitter publicity surrounding Parnell’s affair, and later his death, dashed all hopes of Irish independence and unity. Ireland splintered into factions of Protestants and Catholics, Conservatives and Nationalists. Such social forces form a complex context for Joyce’s writing, which repeatedly taps into political and religious matters. Since Joyce spent l |
Which town is the administrative HQ of Flintshire? | Flintshire Genealogy Resources & Parish Registers Historical Description Direct link to this description Flintshire is the smallest in the principality, and is bounded on the north by the Irish Sea, on the north-east by the river Dee, on the east by Cheshire, and on the south-west by Denbighshire. It consists of a narrow slip of land, running southeast, about twenty-seven miles in length, and only ten broad, being in many places much less. A detached part belongs to it, at some miles distance from the rest, separated by the interposition of Denbighshire, and almost encircled by Shropshire and Cheshire; this part is about eight miles long, and ten broad; and the whole of the county comprises 160, 000 acres of land, of which 110, 000 acres are pasturage, and only 20, 000 acres arable. The county, including the detached part, is divided into five hundreds, viz. Coleshill, Maelor, Mold, Prestatyn, and Rhyddlan; and contains one city, St. Asaph; four market-towns, viz. Caerwys, Flint, Holywell, and Mold; and 28 parishes, which are partly in the diocese of St. Asaph and partly in that of Chester. It consists of 8816 houses, and 46, 500 inhabitants. The air is cold, yet generally healthful; but, like other parts of the Cambrian territories, Flintshire is full of hills, particularly near the shore of the Dee, where the land rises rapidly, forming a ridge of hills, running a considerable way parallel to that river, intermixed with a few vallies, generally fruitful, producing great plenty of wheat and rye, while the low parts, though of a clayey soil, produce sufficient grass for numerous cattle. Here is likewise an abundance of honey, from which a pleasant liquor is made, called Medd, or mead. The mountains contain coal, lead, freestone, and a vast strata of limestone. The commercial importance of Flintshire is almost solely derived from its mineral productions, particularly the lead ore, which is smelted upon the spot, and the metal exported from Chester. Some kinds of the ore contain silver enough to repay, with profit, the expence of separating it from the lead; and several ounces of silver have been annually extracted in this county, which is chiefly used by the manufacturers of Birmingham and Sheffield. The calamine is partly exported, and some used in a brass foundry at Holywell. From the coalpits, in the south part of the county, the city of Chester is chiefly supplied. To these may be added some considerable potteries, established near Northop, from whence large quantities of coarse earthenware are exported to the Welsh coast and Ireland. The most remarkable river in this county is the Alun, which near Mold sinks under ground, and is lost for a considerable space. The rivers of the vale of Clwyd have likewise their exit in Flintshire, including the Elwy and Wheeler, which supply the epicure with delicious fish. This county returns two representatives to the British Senate, viz. one for the county, and one for the town of Flint. — Topography of Great Britain, written: 1802-29 by George Alexander Cooke Direct link to this description FLINTSHIRE is a maritime county of North Wales, bounded on the south and west by Denbighshire, on the north by the Irish Sea, on the north-east by the estuary of the Dee, except that portion called Sealand, on the opposite side of the river, which is bounded by Cheshire, which county is also the boundary of the eastern side; the detached portion of the shire is about 8 miles to the south-east and is placed amidst the counties of Denbigh, Salop, and Cheshire. The county of Flint has always been regarded as an appendage of the County Palatine of Chester, and has in consequence formed part of that earldom, and several of the princes of Wales, from Edward of Carnarvon (afterwards Edward II.) downwards, were styled “Earls of Chester and Flint”; but it does not appear that any were so created, or that they were summoned to Parliament under these titles, nor was there ever any earldom of Flint as distinct from that of Chester; the title seems to have been assumed simply because the princes using it ha | 2001 KO Final February, which ex-PM was awarded an earldom on his 90th birthday ? Harold Macmillan B1 A member of the House of Lords and an ex-MP, who celebrated his 100th birthday in November 1984 ? Mannie Shinwell Which government department banned trades unions causing a national outcry ? GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) Outside which foreign government building was policewoman Yvonne Fletcher shot and fatally wounded ? Libyan People's Bureau or Libyan Embassy A3 In the course of a violent argument in April, which recording artist was shot and killed by his father ? Marvin Gaye In October, who was killed by members of her own bodyguard ? Indira Ghandi A4 In March the British government announced its approval of the sale of which shipyard on the lower Clyde to Trafalgar House ? Scott Lithgow B4 In October which bank, a bullion dealer, was rescued from debts of around �250 million by a Bank of England buy-out ? Johnson Matthey Subject: �One Word Cinema� Answers A1 A 1992 Oscar winning Clint Eastwood film in which a former hired killer turned unsuccessful farmer returns to his old ways in pursuit of a $1,000 reward ? Unforgiven B1 A 1972 John Boorman film in which a leading character, played by Ned Beatty, is raped by a �Hillbilly� ? Deliverance A2 A 1929 film, Hitchcock�s first talkie, in which a Scotland Yard Inspector is placed in a difficult position when he discovers his girlfriend has committed a murder ? Blackmail B2 Set in Rio, a 1946 Hitchcock film with Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman in which a woman marries a Nazi renegade to help the US Government ? Notorious A3 A 1916 film by D.W. Griffith starring Lillian Gish in one of four intercut stories including Balshazzar�s Feast and the St Bartholomew�s Day Massacre ? Intolerance B3 A 1967 camped-up version of Faust in which a short order cook is saved from suicide by Mr Spiggott - who offers him 7 wishes in exchange for his soul ? Bedazzled A4 A 1924 Erich von Stroheim film in which an ex-miner turned dentist kills his avaricious wife and her lover ? Greed B4 Set in the mid 19th century, a 1999 film starring Guy Pearce & Robert Carlyle in which a cannibalistic officer commands an isolated army outpost ? Ravenous Answers A1 The liqueur Cura�ao (say �Koor-a-sow�) is traditionally flavoured with sugar & which fruit ? Orange B1 Which spirit takes its name from a place near Guadalajara (say �Gwadlahara�) where the conquistadors first developed it from a variety of Aztec drink ? Tequila A2 With a peculiar but agreeable taste, which coarse & potent liquor is made in the East Indies from a variety of sources, including fermented rice & coconut juice ? Arrack B2 Used to season food & fruit as well as alcoholic drinks, which flavouring is prepared with oil distilled from the aromatic bark of two S. American trees blended with herbs, and bears the former name of a port in Venezuela ? Angostura (now called Cuidad Bolivar) A3 Derived from a town in north east Hungary, what name is shared by a grape variety and a golden-yellow coloured, sweet, aromatic wine ? Tokay (from Tokaj) Subject: Wordgame �No� as in �Note� Answers � a spout on a hose etc. from which a jet issues ? 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I am too young to remember the original on radio but Neddy Seagoon, The Famous Eccles ('Ello dere) and Bluebottle's attempts to foil the dastardly schemes of Grytpype-Thynne and Moriarty led on through 'Do Not Adjust Your Set' and others to Monty Python and beyond. God bless you Milligan, Sellers, Secombe and Bentine. Was the above review useful to you? 2 out of 2 people found the following review useful: fear not for we are many from london 16 September 2002 just think i and i thought i was the only one to see them, over the last couple of years ihave been talking to people here in the UK and the States of the truly great telegoons and i can tell you that there are a great many of us who remember this amazing show that unbeleivably, did not dissappoint in the animation of the characters and the look and feel, i have it on good authority that in fact the shows were re scripted and reperformed for TV by all the originals. I had no idea, but the person who gave me this info is a total and die hard fan and collector. i say come out of the woodword all others that have seen and remember and liked the show let us be counted. Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 1 people found the following review useful: Even funnier and better than I remember from 45 years ago from Australia 11 July 2008 There is no need to be nostalgic about the Telegoons. All 26 episodes can be found in DVD sets advertised on a 'well known Internet auction site'. Someone in the UK sells them, legally I hope, for about £5. This is fantastic value for six and a half hours of wonderful entertainment. Nothing like this will ever be made again. The show is in black and white. Some of the film quality is poor and there are occasional sound hisses, but it doesn't matter. Plenty of information about the Telegoons is easily found by anyone who can type nine letters into a reputable search engine. Each episode is 15 minutes. Original radio Goon Show scripts were edited and re-voiced by Messrs Milligan, Sellers and Secombe. There are fewer sound effects and none of the musical interludes of the radio programmes. Shows begin with introductions of about two minutes, usually unrelated to the story that follows. The makers have introduced some excellent visual gags. You see Eccles felling and whittling trees to become the world's worst pole-vaulter. Henry Crun totters downstairs in a lighthouse to answer a phone that stops ringing just as he arrives. And so on. After the warm up, the main theme starts, be it Scradge, The Hastings Flyer, Napoleon's Piano, Fort Knight or whatever. The puppets are marvellous characterisations of Seagoon, Gritpype-Thynne, Moriarty, Eccles, Bluebottle, Bloodnok, Henry Crun, Minnie Bannister, etc. The radio Goon Shows were classics but the Telegoons were and are even better. I haven't laughed so much for ages, partly in remembrance of times past but largely because of the surreal humour that remains fresh after almost half a century. Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 1 people found the following review useful: Check his pockets Min! from Canada 4 September 2006 The Goons came to TV in the form of absurd and lovable puppets. I will never forget the sight of Eccles wearing a patched potato sack, it was just as I had pictured him... As a youngster I never missed an episode of this wonderful show, it was madly funny and was one for the few shows that made everyone laugh, with few dissenters. There was no social commentary, barely a plot, yet the cast was so strong that the interaction between them and the humor that was generated was endless. I wish that some of these episodes (any) were available |
"What is an ""indigent"" person?" | Indigent | Define Indigent at Dictionary.com indigent [in-di-juh nt] /ˈɪn dɪ dʒənt/ Spell lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished. 2. deficient in what is requisite. destitute (usually followed by of). noun a person who is indigent. Origin of indigent Latin 1350-1400 1350-1400; Middle English < Latin indigent- (stem of indigēns) present participle of indigēre to need, lack, be poor, equivalent to ind- by-form of in- in- 2 (cf. indagate ) + -ig- (combining form of egēre to need, lack) + -ent- -ent Related forms Examples from the Web for indigent Expand Contemporary Examples In New York, state law has authorized courts to appoint lawyers on behalf of indigent criminal defendants since 1881. Ferguson Feeds Off the Poor: Three Warrants a Year Per Household Michael Daly August 21, 2014 Historical Examples Abernethy was very careful not to take fees from patients if he suspected them to be in indigent circumstances. British Dictionary definitions for indigent Expand so poor as to lack even necessities; very needy 2. (usually foll by of) (archaic) lacking (in) or destitute (of) noun C14: from Latin indigēre to need, from egēre to lack 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 indigent Expand adj. c.1400, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigentem (see indigence ). As a noun, "poor person," from early 15c. 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Who won the men's World Ice Hockey Championship in 2015? | 2015 World Championships 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship In Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic, 1-17 May 2015 Group A: 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A In Krakow, Poland, 19-25 April 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B In Eindhoven, Netherlands, 13-19 April 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group A In Reykjavik, Iceland, 13-19 April 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B In Cape Town, South Africa, 13-19 April 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III In Izmir, Turkey, 3-12 April 2015 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship In Toronto and Montreal, Canada, 26 December 2014 to 5 January 2015 Group A: 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group A In Asiago, Italy, 14-20 December 2014 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group B In Dunaujvaros, Hungary, 14-20 December 2014 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group A In Tallinn, Estonia, 7-13 December 2014 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B In Jaca, Spain, 13-19 December 2014 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III In Dunedin, New Zealand, 19-25 January 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship In Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland, 16-26 April 2015 Group A: 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group A In Debrecen, Hungary, 12-18 April 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group B In Maribor, Slovenia, 12-18 April 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group A In Tallinn, Estonia, 22-28 March 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group B In Novi Sad, Serbia, 16-22 March 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group A In Taipei City, Chinese Taipei, 22-28 March 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group B In Auckland, New Zealand, 17-19 March 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship In Malmo, Sweden, 28 March to 4 April 2015 Group A: 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group A In Rouen, France, 12-18 April 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group B In Beijing, China, 6-12 April 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group A In Dumfries, Great Britain, 30 March to 5 April 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group B In Jaca, Spain, 7-13 March 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group B Qualification In Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 18-21 February 2015 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Qualification Series Yokohama, Japan, 8-11 November 2014 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship In Buffalo, USA, 5-12 January 2015 Group A: | Video: Watch: Highlights of the Eurovision Song Contest final 2015 in Vienna - Telegraph Sweden's Mans Zelmerlow won the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna on Sunday, beating Russia and Italy in the world's biggest international music show. The 28-year-old singer and TV presenter, who had been a bookmakers' favourite, performed the winning electro-pop ballad "Heroes," dancing in front of a black screen with animated gnomes. Mans Zelmerloew representing Sweden celebrates winning the final of the 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna (Reuters) Sweden has won the 60-year-old competition six times, more than any other nation apart from Ireland. Sweden won most recently in 2012 with "Euphoria" by Loreen and now gets to host the contest again next year. This year's theme was Building Bridges, which many artists interpreted as an appeal for tolerance in performances that included a gay kiss scene by Lithuania. "We are all heroes no matter who we love, who we are or what we believe in," Zelmerlow told the crowd in Vienna after getting a hug from last year's victor, bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst of Austria. He beat Russia's Polina Gagarina, whose song "A Million Voices" reaped top scores from most former Soviet satellite states that earned angry jeers from the crowd in Austria. Mans Zelmerlow representing Sweden performs the song 'Heroes' (AP) "Please remember that our motto is building bridges and that music should stand over politics tonight," presenter Alice Tumler told the audience. The annual kitsch-fest was watched last year by more than 195 million people in 45 countries, or more viewers than the Super Bowl. This year China broadcast the world's longest running music competition, a fixture in the gay calendar, live for the first time. While viewers are often puzzled by the inclusion of countries outside Europe such as Israel, which qualifies thanks to membership of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), this year the net was cast even wider. To mark 60 years since the first Eurovision in 1955, Australia was given a wild card entry and singer Guy Sebastian and his up-tempo song "Tonight Again," a big hit with the crowds in Austria, finished fifth. Singer Guy Sebastian (R) representing Australia performs the song "Tonight Again" (Reuters) Eurovision is hugely popular in Australia, where about 3 million people watched it last year, and broadcaster SBS is an associate member of the EBU. Recent hosts have spent an average of 25 million euros on staging the event. But EBU media director Jean Philip de Tender said it was possible to host it for 11 million euros, allowing the host nation to breakeven, meaning even small or cash-strapped countries have a chance. |
When Burgess Meredith was the special guest villain in Batman, which character did he play? | The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) | Batman Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) The Waddling Master of Foul Play Maestro of Criminal Umbrellas The Black Bird of Prey P.N. Gwynne K.G. Bird, umbrella factory owner Knott. A. Fish ―The Penguin [src] The Penguin was an arch-nemesis of Batman . As one of Batman's greatest enemies (besides The Joker), he is known for his love of birds and his specialized high-tech umbrellas. One of Gotham City's top criminals, Penguin almost always tries to cover up his criminal activities with some other false enterprise. He often pretends to be going straight, and usually wins the hearts of all Gothamites before revealing his true motives. He also loves discrediting Batman and Robin. But Batman always wins out because he doesn't concern himself with popular opinion, his dedication to solving the crime at hand allows him to cut right to the heart of Penguin's schemes. Penguin also fancies himself to be quite the ladies' man. He carries himself with an aristocratic air, and is always formally attired. A cigarette is always on hand, and since he is one of refined tastes, Penguin uses a cigarette holder. In one of the 1966 episodes when Penguin thought he was rich (before being outfoxed by Batman) he tried to buy a unnamed country but declined to do so-because he is allergic to Zodka! In another classic Batman episode Penguin claims that he once was a actor. (In the comedy series he is always refered to as Penguin but not by his real name of Oswald Cobblepot). In the state Prison his jail cell is P.G.1 along with Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, King Tut and Egghead in the exclusive Supervillians section! At times a genius of crime-he once tricked Batman into unknowningly planning crimes for him and Brainwashed Alfred Pennyworth into working for him-he has a working knowledge of electronics that when he and Joker tried to take over the Batcave, both Criminals were x-rayed with a Bat beam that noted their physical bone structure. He also suffers from a short term memory loss-he failed to recognize Bruce Wayne (thinking he was a umbrella factory spy!) and had trouble recognizing Alfred Pennyworth twice -once when Alfred portrayed a forger and another time when Alfred took the place of a minister (although Penguin had brainwashed Alfred!) Contents Burgess Meredith as the Penguin. The purple top hat and bow tie are departures from the black top hat and black bow tie of the comics. The Penguin uses his many umbrellas as a weapon. In the 1966 Batman movie, the Penguin teams up with Batman's other three greatest foes: The Joker , the Riddler , and Catwoman . Kidnapping Commodore Schmidlapp , the Penguin lures Batman into a trap, in the form of an exploding shark. This ultimately fails, but then the Riddler devises a combination trap, with the Penguin's role involving an exploding octopus. Their plan fails, because the millionaire they kidnapped (to make Batman come to the rescue) was Bruce Wayne, and instead one of the villains' henchmen falls victim to the exploding octopus (triggered by the Joker's jack in the box). Penguin in his lair. With five of their henchmen (guinea pigs) dehydrated and turned to dust, the Penguin disguises himself at Commodore Schmidlapp and gets Batman and Robin to take him into the Batcave (thus making the Riddler the only one of the four to never enter the Batcave) where he sets the guinea pigs on Batman and Robin, however he accidentally rehydrates them with heavy water instead of light water, thus they vanish at the slightest impact. After they exit the Batcave, he uses the Penguin Gas umbrella on them and steals the Batmobile (but they are unaffected due to taking a special pill). Eventually, Batman and Robin fight all the villains in the ultimate showdown at the submarine. Near the end, Batman fights the Penguin and hits him with the telescope, knocking him into the water and defeating him. He is captured along with the rest of the criminals when Robin chains them to the side of the submarine and Batman calls the coast guard. In the 1960s series Pengui | - Matt Monro - The singers singer - Anthony Newley Anthony George Newley, who died at age 67, was an actor, singer, songwriter and director of unusual versatility; his career spanned more than 50 years and embraced film, repertory theatre, rock and roll, comedy revues, music hall and television. Born Sept. 24, 1931, in Oswald Street, Hackney, east London, his education, at the Mandeville School for Boys, Clapton, was interrupted by the Blitz and he was evacuated to Morecambe, Lancashire, where he was fostered by George Pesckett, a former music hall performer who first introduced the boy to the theatre. After the war ended, Newley worked briefly in an insurance office until he saw an advertisement for the Italia Conti stage school, where - aged 14 - he was accepted as a pupil and tea boy. He had only been at the school for a few weeks when the film director Geoffrey de Barkus came to look for a boy to play the title role in The Adventures of Dusty Bates. Newley got the part at the age of 14. He also trained for the stage with the Dewsbury Repertory Co. He was the original East End boy made good, born illegitimately in Hackney and leaving school at 14. He then found success as a child actor, most notably as the Artful Dodger in David Lean's 1948 film Oliver Twist. Propelled by his role in Oliver Twist at the age of 17, Newley made his U.S. debut in 1956, appearing in six films that year. In the 1950s and 1960s, Newley was everywhere - on the screen, on television and, seven times, in the top ten. His singing career came about almost by accident. In 1959, he took the part of rock and roll star Jeep Jackson - a spoof on Elvis Presley - in the film Idle on Parade. A ballad from the film, I've Waited So Long, took Newley to the top of the British charts and started a three year run of hits which included Personality, If She Should Come to You, And The Heavens Cried and the novelty numbers Pop Goes the Weasel and Strawberry Fair. He also had two No 1’s, with Why and Lionel Bart's Do You Mind? "So overnight I had this incredible power," he said years later. "I was a rock and roll singer and it lasted for ten wonderful years." His film appearances included Doctor Dolittle and The Cockleshell Heroes. But he is likely to be best known for co-writing and starring in the hit musicals Stop the World I Want to Get Off and The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd, as well as a number of best-selling hit singles, including What Kind Of Fool Am I?, The Candy Man and Goldfinger. In 1987 he and frequent collaborator Leslie Bricusse were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Stop the World was a landmark in the history of the British musical, notable for its freedom of form and cynicism of content as it charted the bitter-sweet rise of its central character, played by Newley, from teaboy to millionaire. For Newley, its lasting legacy was its songs. They included Gonna Build a Mountain (a hit for Matt Monro in the UK) and What Kind of Fool Am I? which sold more than a million records and became his signature tune. Stop the World for which he was the director, star and co-author (with his long-time collaborator, Leslie Bricusse), was his greatest showcase. The show was conceived as "a simple, light-hearted satirical life cycle of the seven ages of man." (Namely, youth-and-adolescence, decision, sophistication, maturity, sagacity, retirement and senility.) In the UK, it played to packed houses for 15 months before transferring to Broadway in 1962, where it ran for 555 performances. An allegory about acquiring fame and power but ending up disillusioned, Stop the World was a tour de force for the star, who portrayed a symbolic Everyman named Littlechap. In the States he became one of the very few British crooners to make it big on the US cabaret circuit (In Las Vegas he commanded the same attention as Tony Bennett, Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra) and his Cockney rags-to-riches story made him a chat show favourite. In 1977 he was voted the Male Musical Star of t |
With which group did Melanie Blatt achieve fame? | Melanie Blatt defends fellow X Factor judge following tirade - Entertainment - NZ Herald News Russell Blackstock is a senior reporter at the Weekend Herald and Herald on Sunday. Melanie Blatt defends fellow X Factor judge following tirade 1:09 PM Sunday Dec 7, 2014 SHARE: Television Willy Moon and Natalia Kills. Photo / Getty Melanie Blatt has defended fellow X Factor judge Natalia Kills after she yelled and swore at shocked young audience members. Kills turned the air blue with a foul-mouthed rant at filmed auditions in Auckland on Tuesday night. Some, including children, walked out of the SkyCity auditorium when the English pop star "lost it" following a performance by X Factor NZ hopeful Hamiora Tuari. Some later took to Twitter to vent their disgust at the "f-bomb" rant. Kills - also known as "Verbalicious" - is a newcomer to the judging panel, as is her Kiwi chart-topping husband Willy Moon. Blatt, who found fame with girl group All Saints, said she understood how Kills could lose the plot after a long day in front of the cameras. "It can be hard. The auditions are such a weird world to step into," Blatt told the Herald on Sunday. "It takes some time to get used to that environment and headaches can start from early in the morning." TV3 representatives and Kills later apologised for the incident, which disgusted several parents who had taken their kids along. Blatt insisted despite the gaffe, the addition of Kills and Moon as judges would prove positive for the popular reality series. "They are great for the show and have a new perspective on things," she said. "I am really enjoying getting to know them and the different experience it has been since they have joined the panel." Blatt said she hoped her second stint as a judge on the show would not be her last. She has fallen for New Zealand and plans to split her time between here and Ibiza, Spain, where she shares a home with her teenage daughter Lilyella. "I love it in New Zealand and I was so exited to come back. I do love my house in Ibiza, so I would be pretty happy to do half the year in both." | Honey Lantree | The Ultimate Rock and Pop Music History Website - ROKPOOL CLICK HERE FOR EVEN MORE UNIQUE THE HONEYCOMBS VIDEOS The group's founder Martin Murray had worked as a hairdresser, Honey Lantree being his assistant. They decided to combine his profession with the name of the drummer, and changed their name to The Honeycombs. They were signed to the Pyre record label. After proving a 'sleeper' for seven weeks the record took off in the summer of 1964 reaching the number one spot around the world and selling over 2 million records. It was Meek's final hit in the United States, where it was issued on the Interphon label. Howard and Blaikley who went on to write more successes for them managed The Honeycombs. The Honeycombs' first recording "Have I The Right?" hit number one in the UK and number five in the U.S. in the autumn of 1964 shortly after the start of the British Invasion. Honey Lantree was an accomplished drummer and the star attraction of the group as she was one of very few female drummers at the time. The unique and heavily compressed bass drum sound on "Have I The Right?", which many other drummers of the period tried to replicate, was augmented by the group stamping on the stairs of Meek's studio. Meek achieved this by placing four microphones attached with bicycle clips under the stairs. The Honeycombs also recorded the song in German. The Honeycombs line-up changed in 1966 and the group became known as The New Honeycombs. The New Honeycombs were the original drummer and vocalist Honey Lantree plus bassist John Lantree and included in the new line-up were Rod Butler on lead guitar and vocals, Colin Boyd on vocals and guitar, and Eddie Spence on keyboards and vocals. In 1999 Cult Record producer Russell C. Writer tempted the oiginal line up of The Honeycombs out of retirement to do a track 'Live and Let Die' on the Future Legend compilation “Cult Themes from the 70's Vol.2”. Not only did The Honeycombs appear on the album but so did 'Glenda Collins' another popular Joe Meek artist. This was last recording by the original Honeycombs line up before Denis died but Denis considered it one of his best recordings. More information and track listing of this album can be found at Future Legend Records Website. There is currently a version of The Honeycombs touring, however this line up has only been together for a few years and contains no members from the 60's line up. Mathew Jones A COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY CAN BE FOUND HERE This information is provided as a brief overview and not as a definitive guide, there are other sources on the net for that. If however you have a story or information that is not generally known we would love to hear from you. Content@rokpool.com |
The United States launched Operation Desert Shield in 1990 to prevent Iraq from invading what country? | Operation Desert Storm Available from Chadwyck-Healey Washington, D.C., January 17, 2001 – On the morning of August 2, 1990 the mechanized infantry, armor, and tank units of the Iraqi Republican Guard invaded Kuwait and seized control of that country. The invasion triggered a United States response, Operation DESERT SHIELD, to deter any invasion of Kuwait's oil rich neighbor, Saudi Arabia. On August 7, deployment of U.S. forces began. United Nations Security Council Resolutions 660 and 662 condemned Iraq's invasion and annexation and called for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi forces. On August 20 President Bush signed National Security Directive 45, "U.S. Policy in Response to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait," outlining U.S. objectives - which included the "immediate, complete, and unconditional withdrawal of all Iraqi forces from Kuwait," and the "restoration of Kuwait's legitimate government to replace the puppet regime installed by Iraq." 1 A U.N. ultimatum, Security Council Resolution 678, followed on November 29, 1990. It stipulated that if Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein did not remove his troops from Kuwait by January 15, 1991 a U.S.-led coalition was authorized to drive them out. Early in the morning of January 17, Baghdad time, the U.S.-led coalition launched air attacks against Iraqi targets. On February 24, coalition ground forces begin their attack. On February 27, Kuwait City was declared liberated, and with allied forces having driven well into Iraq, President Bush and his advisers decided to halt the war. A cease-fire took effect at 8:00 the following morning. 2 The history of the Gulf War has a multitude of components - including internal decisionmaking as well as diplomatic, economic, and conventional military activities. This briefing book primarily focuses on the intelligence, space operations, and Scud-hunting aspects of the war. It also includes a report describing how Desert Storm affected China's view of future warfare, a document that raises questions as to what lessons other nations have drawn from U.S. military engagements in the Middle East and the Balkans. THE DOCUMENTS Document 1 : Defense Intelligence Agency, Scud B Study, August 1974. Secret, 18 pp. A crucial element of the Persian Gulf war was the Iraqi launch of its modified Scud missiles. Iraq originally obtained Scud missiles, along with much of the rest of its military equipment, from their producer--the Soviet Union. This 1970s study provides basic data on various aspects of the Scud B--including, among others, its range, payload, warhead type, and accuracy. It also provides information on the background of the missile and conclusions based on U.S. materiel exploitation of one or more Scuds. 3 Document 2 : George Bush, National Security Directive 45, U.S. Policy in Response to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, August 20, 1990. Secret, 5 pp. This NSD was the first of two key Presidential directives that guided U.S. policy and actions in response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. The directive articulated U.S. interests in the region and the four principles that would guide U.S. policy during the crisis--including the "immediate, complete, and unconditional withdrawal of all Iraqi forces from Kuwait" and "a commitment to the security and stability of the Persian Gulf." The directive went on to specify diplomatic, economic, energy, and military measures the U.S. would take to achieve its objectives. Document 3 : DIA Iraq Regional Intelligence Task Force, Iraq Launches Multiple SRBM's Dec 2, December 3, 1990. Secret/Noforn, 1 p. On December 2, 1990, six weeks before the United States and its allies initiated Operation Desert Storm, Iraq test launched three Scud missiles from sites in easter | YouTube Undo Close "Deep Purple Highway Star..." The YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement. Sorry about that. |
In the film Avatar, what is the name of the paradise-like planet on which most of the action takes place? | Avatar FAQ 1. WHEN AND WHERE DOES THE MOVIE TAKE PLACE ? James Cameron: The story takes place in 22nd century (2154). Most of the action takes place on Pandora, which is not actually a planet, it�s a large moon of a gas giant planet called Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri A star system. Pandora is Earth-like, has lush rain forest environment and they�re filled with incredible life forms like a thousand foot tall trees, and a myriad of creatures, some of which are quite beautiful and some of which are quite terrifying which you�ll definitely see in the game. Pandora is also home to Na�vi. Dr. Grace Augustine (Avatar Featurette): From Earth�s southern hemisphere, you can see the solar system where Pandora is located, Alpha Centauri. At a distance of 4.4 light years from Earth, the Alpha Centauri system is our nearest stellar neighbor. The largest of its two sun like stars, Alpha Centauri A or ACA to astronomers is Pandora's sun. Pandora is one of many moons orbiting the planet Polyphemus, the gas giant of the size of Saturn. Pandora's toxic atmosphere makes it uninhabitable by humans. Tropic rainforest covers the large part of each of the continents. These rainforests are similar to those that once covered the Amazon basin, but on the scale several times of anything on earth. From what scientists can tell, the Pandora ecology works and communicates like a nervous system, suggesting a symbiotic relationship between all things Pandora. Perhaps the best symbols of this relationship are small luminescent Wood sprites, which are the seeds of the d�Utraya Mokri, the tree of souls. The tree is sacred to the Na'vi and believed to be the heart of the deep connection of all life. Everything on Pandora -- including the 10-foot, blue-skinned Na'vi -- is big because the gravity is 80 percent of what it is on Earth. Cameron has put Pandora and Polyphemus in the real Alpha Centauri star system, the closest star system to Earth. The system is actually three stars all revolving around one another. The biggest is 20 percent larger than the Sun, the second is 15 percent smaller than the Sun, and the third is a red dwarf 80 percent smaller than the Sun. Polyphemus is named for the one-eyed Cyclops in Homer's "Odyssey." In the film, a gigantic storm similar to Jupiter's Great Red Spot is visible. 2. WHAT IS THE SONG PLAYED IN THE BAR ? The song is called "Bless the Plague" by Discovery Zone. Discovery Zone is the band of Jon Landau's son, Jamie Landau 3. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY ? RDA. The largest single non-governmental organization in the human universe. Massive corporation involved in interests ranging from mining, transportation, medicines, weapons and communications. More powerful than most Earth governments The Resources Development Administration (RDA) has monopoly rights to all products shipped, derived or developed from Pandora and any other off-Earth location. These rights were granted to RDA in perpetuity by the Interplanetary Commerce Administration (ICA), with the stipulation that they abide by a treaty that prohibits weapons of mass destruction and limits military power in space. With millions of shareholders, RDA is the oldest and largest of the quasi-governmental administrative entities (QGAEs). But its origins are far more modest. The entity that would become RDA was little more than a Silicon Valley garage startup in the early 21st century, when its two founders borrowed money from family members to begin the company. Within a few decades, the company had the stature to propose the construction of a world-spanning rapid transit system that would allow entire population groups to conveniently commute hundreds or even thousands of miles to perform work where it was needed, without impinging on the cultural values of host populations. This led to the current global network of maglev trains that require the superconductor unobtanium for their continued operation. The company's early expeditions to Pandora were seen as a colossal risk; the construction of the first in | On this day...: October - Learning English Online Learning English Online October 1 331 BC – Alexander the Great of Macedon defeated Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela, and was subsequently crowned "King of Asia" in a ceremony in Arbela. 1850 – The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, was established. 1890 – At the urging of preservationist John Muir and writer Robert Underwood Johnson, the United States Congress established Yosemite National Park in California. 1891 – Stanford University, founded by railroad magnate and California Governor Leland Stanford and his wife Jane Stanford on their former farm lands in Palo Alto, California, officially opened with 559 students and free tuition. 1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, currently the largest university focusing on business and economics in Europe, was founded as k.u.k. Exportakademie. 1910 – A large bomb destroyed the Los Angeles Times building in Los Angeles, killing 21 people. 1936 – Francisco Franco was declared Generalísimo and head of state during the Spanish Civil War. 1949 – Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China. 1958 – NASA began operations, replacing the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). 1964 – Tokaido Shinkansen, the first Shinkansen line of high-speed railways in Japan, opened for service. 1965 – A coup d'état in Indonesia by the self-proclaimed Thirtieth of September Movement was crushed by forces of General Suharto and sparked an anti-Communist purge. 1971 – Walt Disney World, the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world, opened near Orlando, Florida. 1991 – The Resource Management Act commenced in New Zealand, regulating access to natural and physical resources such as land, air and water, with sustainable use of these resources being the overriding goal. 2005 – Terrorist suicide bombs exploded at two sites in Bali, Indonesia, killing twenty people and injuring over 120 others. 2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, which acquired the judicial functions of the House of Lords, began work. October 2 1187 – The Siege of Jerusalem: Ayyubid forces led by Saladin captured Jerusalem, prompting the Third Crusade. 1263 – The armies of Norway and Scotland fought at the Battle of Largs, an inconclusive engagement near the present-day town of Largs in North Ayrshire. 1535 – French explorer Jacques Cartier sailed along the St. Lawrence River and reached the Iroquois fortified village Hochelaga on the island now known as Montreal. 1835 – Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales, Texas, encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia in the Battle of Gonzales, the first armed engagement of the Texas Revolution. 1851 – The Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass, a contraption built to prove the belief that snails create a permanent telepathic link when they touch, was demonstrated but proved to be a fake. 1928 – Saint Josemaría Escrivá founded Opus Dei, a worldwide organisation of lay members of the Roman Catholic Church. 1941 – World War II: Nazi German forces began Operation Typhoon, an all-out offensive against Moscow, starting the three-month long Battle of Moscow. 1950 – Peanuts, the syndicated comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, featuring Charlie Brown and his pet Snoopy, was first published in major newspapers. 1967 – Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. 1968 – A peaceful student demonstration in the Tlatelolco area of Mexico City ended when army and police forces began firing into the crowd. 1992 – In response to a prison riot, military police stormed the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil, killing at least 100 prisoners. 2005 – In American football, 103,467 paid fans at Mexico City's Estadio Azteca watched the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers, 31–14, the first-ever National Football League regular season game ever held outside the United States. 2006 – A gun |
How many viewing capsules are there on the London Eye? | The London Eye: The Official Website - London Eye London Eye Visit more than just the London Eye Explore 32 attractions from just £109pp The Coca-Cola London Eye will be closed for annual maintenance from Monday 9th January – Tuesday 24th January 2017 inclusive. The London Eye River Cruise will remain open during this time. Our London Eye Ticket Kiosk will be open most days for the purchase of Merlin Annual Passes and other London attraction tickets. | 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 |
What is the largest, by area, province in Canada? | What is the biggest province in Canada? | Reference.com What is the biggest province in Canada? A: Quick Answer As of 2014, the largest province in terms of size in Canada is Quebec, which has an area of 643,819 square miles. Canada has 10 provinces: Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta and British Columbia. The country has three territories, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon; Nunavut is the largest in size of all the provinces and territories. Full Answer Quebec is located in the eastern region of Canada. It borders the provinces of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador to its east and Ontario to its west. Quebec covers an area extending 1,242 miles from the border with the United States to the Arctic Ocean, with the Saint Lawrence River linking the province to the Atlantic Ocean. It is a French-speaking province, with the majority of the population speaking French. The capital is Quebec City. | Newfoundland and Labrador - The Canadian Encyclopedia Provinces & Territories Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland, the youngest of the Canadian provinces, joined Confederation in 1949. Some portion of its coast was undoubtedly one of the first parts of the continent seen by Europeans. Its total area is 405, 720 km2, of which Labrador makes up almost three-quarters (294,330 km2). Newfoundland, the youngest of the Canadian provinces, joined Confederation in 1949. Some portion of its coast was undoubtedly one of the first parts of the continent seen by Europeans. Its total area is 405, 720 km2, of which Labrador makes up almost three-quarters (294,330 km2). The island of Newfoundland is the easternmost region of Canada, while Labrador is located on the mainland to the northwest. Since John Cabot 's arrival on the “new isle” the island has been referred to as Terra Nova, or in English, Newfoundland. Labrador probably received its name from the Portuguese designation, "Terra del Lavradors." Land and Resources The province is physically divided into two major units of unequal area: the much larger mainland territory of Labrador to the north; and the smaller island of Newfoundland to the south. Within each there are distinct variations in the physical characteristics of the environment, in the occurrence and availability of natural resources, and corresponding variations in the pattern of human settlement. In Labrador there are three such sub-regions: a northern coastal region, which is ruggedly mountainous, deeply fjorded , grows only ground-level subarctic vegetation and has very little settlement; a southern coastal region that has a rugged, barren foreshore and a forested hinterland, with light to moderate settlement; and the bulk of the vast interior, which comprises a well-forested, dissected plateau, and where settlement is concentrated in a few large towns. On the island of Newfoundland there are four distinct regions: the west coast, the interior, the northeast coast and the south coast. The west coast is dominated by the table-topped Long Range Mountains , which rise to 814 m. They are bordered in places by narrow, well-forested coastal plains and are frequently penetrated by glacially-deepened valleys and by several large fjord-like bays, the largest of which are the Bay of Islands and Bonne Bay. There is almost continuous settlement in the bays and coves along the west coast. There is also some interior settlement in the Codroy Valley to the south and around Deer Lake , which lies on a small plain within the mountain range. The interior is a plateau-like region with frequent undulations in the terrain representing the ridges and slopes of the watersheds carved out by the major stream systems. Four large rivers — Exploits , Gander , Humber and Terra Nova — drain most of the area. The west coast supports extensive forest stands, particularly on the gentle slopes of the major watersheds. Settlements are widely separated and most of the population is concentrated in a few large towns associated with forest or mineral resource use and with transportation services. The northeast coast, with its numerous bays, islands and headlands, fronts on the Atlantic Ocean from the Great Northern Peninsula to the Avalon Peninsula . Inland sections of this region are generally well forested, but exposed headlands and offshore islands have low, scrubby vegetation. The region has a shoreline typical of land that was submerged by glaciation and, in places, rebounded after the ice caps melted. Thus, there are innumerable bays, coves, islands and fjords which often provide excellent harbours. It is also an area that can annually expect to be blocked by arctic drift ice throughout the winter and early spring. Settlement has developed along the shores of most of the bays and on some offshore islands. The south coast region coincides with the whole southern portion of the Island of Newfoundland. This coast also has the deeply embayed characteristics of a submerged shoreline. It is not blocked by arctic drift ice, although in some years par |
Which racecourse hosts the Scottish Grand National in April each year? | Scottish National Hunt Racing - Scottish National Betting Grand National 2014 Tips Scottish National Hunt Racing England and Ireland tend to dominate the headlines in terms of National Hunt racing. However, Scottish National Hunt racing has a long and rich history with events like the Scottish Grand National dating all the way back to 1867. National Hunt racing in Scotland is also hugely popular, with as many as 17,000 spectators attending a single race meeting such as the Scottish Grand National Festival Saturday. Two racecourses in Scotland Ayr Racecourse and the Kelso Racecourse currently host graded National Hunt races. Each year in February, the Kelso Racecourse hosts the Premier Kelso Novices Hurdle a Grade 2 race over 2 miles, 2 furlongs, for horses four years and older. In April, Ayr Racecourse hosts two Grade 2 races the Future Champion Novices Chase and the Scottish Champion Hurdle as part of the Scottish Grand National Festival. The Future Champion Novices Chase is run over 2 miles, 4 furlongs, by horses five years and older. The Scottish Champion Hurdle is run over 2 miles, by horses four years and older. The Scottish Grand National itself a chase run over 4 miles, 1 furlong is a National Hunt Grade 3 race. Format of National Hunt Races National Hunt races as opposed to flat races include fence or hurdle jumps. Chase races are run over distances between 2 and 4½ miles, with fences at a minimum height of 4½ feet. Hurdling races occur over distances between 2 and 3½ miles, and include hurdles at a minimum height of 3½ feet. With these obstacles taken on at high speed, events like the Scottish Grand National offer unparalleled excitement and spectacle. Another characteristic of Scottish National Hunt racing is that many events are limited to horses older than four or five years. In the early days of National Hunt racing, most races were contested only by thoroughbreds. In modern times, many National Hunt racing champions have mixed ancestry. Visit our Scottish Grand National odds page for tips before placing your bets for the 2009 Scottish National Hunt racing season. [ts_sports] | Course and Fences It is illegal for anyone aged under 18 to gamble Grand National Course and Fences The Grand National is the ultimate test of horse and jockey. The race comprises two full circuits of a unique 2� mile (3,600 metres) course, where challengers will face 30 of the most testing fences in the world of jump racing. It was originally designed as a cross-country steeplechase when it was first officially run in 1839. The runners started at a lane on the edge of the racecourse and raced away from the course out over open countryside towards the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The gates, hedges and ditches that they met along the way were flagged to provide them with the obstacles to be jumped along the way with posts and rails erected at the two points where the runners jumped a brook. The runners returned towards the racecourse by running along the edge of the canal before re-entering the course at the opposite end. The runners then ran the length of the racecourse before embarking on a second circuit before finishing in front of the stands. The majority of the race therefore took place not on the actual Aintree Racecourse but instead in the adjoining countryside. That countryside was incorporated into the modern course but commentators still often refer to it as "the country", much to the confusion of millions of once-a-year racing viewers. Nowadays, around 150 tonnes of spruce branches, sourced and transported from forests in the Lake District, are used to dress the Liverpool course's jump fences. Each fence used to be made from a wooden frame and covered with the distinctive green spruce. However, a radical change for the 2013 renewal saw that frame replaced by a softer, more forgiving material known as "plastic birch", for safety reasons. Each of the 16 fences on the course are jumped twice, with the exception of The Chair and the Water Jump, which are jumped on the first circuit only. You can take a jockey's eye view of the Grand National course via the video below: Safety Changes Following safety reviews after both the 2011 and 2012 renewals, a number of changes were made to the course with some reductions in fences or the drop after fences, plus the levelling of landing zones. Since 2013, the start of the race is now 90 yards closer to the first fence, reducing the race to four miles and three-and-a-half furlongs, from four-and-a-half miles, while measures were introduced to stop horses getting caught up in the starting tape. In particular, the start now includes the 'no-go' zone, which is defined by a line on the track, being extended from 15 yards to around 30 yards from the starting tape. The starter's rostrum has been moved to a position between the starting tape and the 'no-go' zone to reduce the potential for horses to go through the starting tape prematurely. The tapes themselves are also more user-friendly, with increased visibility, while there is now a specific briefing between the starters' team and the jockeys on Grand National day. The changes to the start are aimed at slowing the speed the first fence is approached at, while moving the start further away from the crowd reduces noise that can distract the horses. The makeup of all of the fences changed significantly in 2013. The new fences are still covered in spruce, but wooden posts have been replaced by a softer material known as "plastic birch", and on top of that birch there's a minimum of fourteen to sixteen inches of spruce that the horses can knock off. The outward appearance of the fences remains the same. Other measures included �100,000 being invested in irrigation to produce the safest jumping ground possible and a new bypass and pen around fence four to catch riderless horses. The Start There is a hazard to overcome even before the race starts - the build up, parade and re-girthing prior to the off lasts for around 25 minutes, over double the time it takes for any other race. With 40 starters, riders naturally want a good sight of the first fence and after the long build-up their nerves are stretched to breaking point, which means |
Machu Picchu is a famous ruin in which South American county? | Photos of Top 10 Inca Ruins to See -- National Geographic 1. Sacsahuaman Photograph by Gonzalez, Laif/Redux Not long ago, Machu Picchu was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, a result that will surprise none of the millions of people who’ve visited the spectacular stone citadel in the sky. What most visitors to Peru don’t know, however, is that the country is thick with ancient Inca wonders. Here are ten others worth checking out. Many are within a day’s journey of Cusco and can be combined with a visit to Machu Picchu. The first is Sacsahuaman (pictured above). Arguably the greatest Inca ruin outside of Machu Picchu, this gargantuan complex overlooks the city of Cusco. (You can take a taxi or hike up in less than an hour.) Sacsahuaman is believed to have once been a royal retreat, a fortress, or both. Its zigzag walls are built with some of the largest stones to be found in Inca masonry; some are estimated to weigh as much as 300 tons, yet are fit together as tightly as the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. — Mark Adams , author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu 2. Vitcos/Yurak Rumi Photograph by Mark Adams When Hiram Bingham came to Peru in 1911 to search for the Lost City of the Inca, one of his top priorities was finding this former Inca settlement. The main palace here is enormous—its front wall measures more than 200 feet across—and its doorways feature some of the finest Inca stonework in existence. The real draw, though, is Yurak Rumi (pictured above)—“White Rock” in Quechua—an intricately carved granite boulder the size of a city bus, which was once one of the holiest shrines in the Inca Empire. 3. Pisac Photograph by Raach, laif/Redux These ruins, overlooking the Urubamba River less than an hour northeast of Cusco, are notable for their Inca waterworks and beautiful, curving agricultural terraces, which offer excellent vistas of the Sacred Valley. The religious buildings in particular are as finely made as those at Machu Picchu, and the site features one of Peru’s only remaining intihuatanas, enigmatic carved rocks that were used for astronomical observation. The town of Pisac, located beneath the ruins, also hosts a popular local crafts market. 4. Ollantaytambo Photograph by Paul Spierenburg, Laif/Redux In 1536, this settlement was the site of the Inca's greatest military victory over the invading Spaniards. Today, it is one of the only towns in Peru that retains its original Inca walls and street grid, dominated by long, ancient stone walls that once divided groups of homes around communal courtyards. An imposing set of stone terraces (from which the Inca assaulted their Spanish invaders with slingshots and arrows), capped by six enigmatic slabs of pink granite, looms above the town. Most trains to and from Machu Picchu stop at Ollantaytambo, making it an ideal overnight stop. 5. Cusco and the Koricancha Photograph by Vassil Donev, EPA/Corbis The name Cusco can be translated as “navel of the world,” and this holy city was once the nexus of the Inca Empire; four roads led out from its central plaza in the cardinal directions, toward the empire’s four quarters. Cusco was also home to the palaces of its rulers. Most of the original Inca buildings were destroyed by the conquistadors, but some walls—famous for masonry so precise that a knife blade cannot be wedged between stones—were incorporated into new structures. The walls were so well made that they’ve withstood major earthquakes and can still be seen in Cusco’s tight alleyways. The holiest site of all was the Koricancha, or sun temple, which at the time of the Spanish invasion was covered in sheets of gold. The precious metals have long since departed, but much of the original temple still stands beneath the veneer of a Spanish monastery. 6. Moray Photograph by Ian Wood, Alamy This unique archaeological site is one of the best examples—along with Machu Picchu—of what might be called extreme Inca landscaping. Three enormous pits, each with beautifully curved sides that staircase down like the interiors of titanic flowerpots, have been carved out of the eart | Origin and history of the Word Dollar and Dollar Sign Gonzalo: "Dolour comes to him, indeed: you have spoken truer than you purpos'd." The last remark by Gonzalo was, of course, a pun since "dolour" is an old-fashioned word for pain or grief, like the modern Spanish word dolor, which also means pain. Shakespeare's use of the word "dollar" in Macbeth was anachronistic since the real Macbeth probably died in the middle of the 11th century, nearly 500 years before the first thalers were minted. Nevertheless the use of the word in Macbeth and the Tempest, both of which were first performed in about 1611, is a clear indication that the term dollar was already in use in English before the the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for America in 1620. The Aztecs, Incas and the Spanish Empire The reasons for the adoption of the dollar as the official currency of the US are bound up with events in Mexico, Peru and Bolivia. Small bands of Spanish adventurers had overthrown the empires of the Aztecs and Incas, plundering their temples and razing them to the ground or converting them to cathedrals - Machu Picchu was the outstanding exception, not being "discovered" until the 20th century. In addition to the treasures they melted down, the Spanish conquerors soon began to produce large quantities of silver from mines in Mexico and Peru. Most important of all were the enormous reserves they discovered at Potosi in what is now Bolivia. Ships laden with silver regularly crossed the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Those crossing the Atlantic were naturally bound for Spain. Others sailed west across the Pacific to China to trade silver for Chinese goods. As the Spaniards controlled the sources of most of the world's silver their coins were widely accepted, especially in places like Britain's American colonies where silver was in short supply. The United States Dollar During colonial times the official British coinage was in short supply and as a result the a variety of substitutes was used in Britain's American colonies , including wampum, in some of the northern colonies, and tobacco, or more conveniently, certificates for tobacco deposited in public warehouses, in Virginia. The colonists also used whatever foreign coins they could obtain. At various times in different colonies paper money was issued and disputes with the British government over this were one of the causes of the American Revolution. The rebels financed their war of independence largely by printing paper money notes that were called Continentals. By the end of the war, these had been rendered practically worthless by hyperinflation but financial prudence is a luxury in wartime. The notes had served their purpose and, with the help of their French allies, the Americans won the war. As Spanish pesos or dollars had long been in wide circulation in North America, some of the paper money issued in some of the colonies before the war had been denominated in dollars. Other notes used British monetary units. During the war too, some Continentals were denominated in British units, others in dollars. In 1792 the newly independent United States chose the dollar , subdivided into 100 cents, as the unit of American currency in preference to the British pound. Foreign coins were supposed to lose their status as legal tender within 3 years of the US coins coming into circulation. A new mint was established in Philadelphia and started its operations in 1794. The mint was the first purpose-built structure authorized by the United States government. However, because of a shortage of both gold and silver, in 1797 the government extended legal tender status to Spanish dollars for an indefinite period. The discoveries in California, which sparked off the Gold Rush in 1848, led to a massive increase in the production of gold coins by the mint, and in 1857 the United States finally removed legal tender status from all foreign coins. By then, although as necessary to the retail trade as ever, developments in banking mea |
Which Prime Minister was once the MP for Bootle from 1911 until 1918? | Andrew Bonar Law | History Today Andrew Bonar Law Britain Andrew Bonar Law Political Robert Pearce argues that we should get better acquainted with the 'unknown prime minister'. At the funeral of Andrew Bonar Law, in Westminster Abbey on 5 November 1923, Herbert Asquith stated, with a certain satisfaction, that 'the unknown Prime Minister' was being buried by the side of the Unknown Soldier. The phrase has served as epitaph to the man who was prime minister for only 211 days, the shortest tenure in the twentieth century. Yet this dismissive remark should not lead us to underestimate the political importance of Bonar Law or to misunderstand the man. There were some who believed him to be entirely colourless. Lloyd George once relayed a conversation he had with Law, while the two men motored along the Mediterranean coast. When the Welshman praised Mozart, he replied, 'I don't care for music'. When he extolled the beauty of the sea on one side of them and the snow-capped Alpine mountains on the other, the reply came: 'I don't care for scenery'. When he pointed to a group of beautiful women, Law responded that he did not care for women. Finally, when the exasperated Lloyd George asked, 'Then what the hell do you care for?', Bonar Law replied, 'I like bridge'. Yet this conversation is an example not of Law's dullness but of his dry sense of humour. Certainly he cared for many other things besides bridge. There was chess, and he was also inordinately fond of smoking. In addition, he was a devoted family man. If he often seemed pessimistic, this was an entirely appropriate response to the vicissitudes of life. Born in New Brunswick, in Canada, in September 1858, his mother died when he was only two. At the age of 12, his father remarried and he was taken to live with an aunt in Glasgow. He had escaped the influence of a depressive father, an Ulsterman who was employed as a Presbyterian minister in Canada, and he became happily married in 1891, to Annie Robley. But his wife died in 1909 and during the Great War two of his sons died, within six months of each other. The losses hit him hard. He soon admitted to being at the end of his tether, and it was probably only a hard regime of work and more work that enabled him to survive. 'Melancholy' became the adjective universally applied to him, but even so he was capable of winning friends, influencing people and even giving witty after-dinner speeches. No one found Bonar Law charismatic - he was too reserved for that - but he was anything but dull. A junior minister, Lord Winterton, soon decided that he was 'a most lovable man in whom one could place complete trust'. A civil servant, J.C.C. Davidson, who was amazed by his powers of industry, judged that he 'misled many people into the belief that he was weak because his manner and voice were so gentle, and his heart so kind'. Conservative colleague Stanley Baldwin described him, publicly, as 'a most lovable, elusive and wistful personality', while privately declaring 'I loved the man'. Clearly Bonar Law had more impressive personal qualities than his political enemies were prepared to admit. But what of his achievements? Tory Leader Bonar Law succeeded Arthur Balfour as leader of the Conservative party in November 1911. He was not just a new leader but a new type of leader, and his election at the Carlton Club marks a new chapter in the history of the Conservatives. Balfour, the aristocratic representative of 'Hotel Cecil', who had succeeded his uncle, Lord Salisbury, back in 1903, was replaced by a member of the middle classes (a man, noted a disgruntled Tory grandee, who would not even recognise a pheasant, let alone know how to shoot one). It was remarkable, as Robert Blake has written, that such a man - a 'Presbyterian of Canadian origin, who had spent most of his life in business in Glasgow' - was to lead 'the Party of Old England, the Party of the Anglican Church and the country squire, the party of broad acres and hereditary titles'. Bonar Law had attended neither public school nor ancient university. He left Glasgow high sch | Downing Street | DigiLondon Totteridge and Whetstone tube station Totteridge and Whetstone tube station is a London Underground station in north London. The station is the penultimate one on the High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, between Woodside Park and High Barnet stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4. It is on the northern side of Totteridge Lane (A5109), somewhat to the east of the Dollis Brook (the traditional boundary between Totteridge and Whetstone) hence is in Whetstone. Totteridge and Whetstone station was planned by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway (EH&LR) and was originally opened as Whetstone and Totteridge in 1872 by the read more Downing Street Category: Government Downing Street is the street in Westminster, London, which has been the official residence for 200 years of two of the most senior British Cabinet Ministers, the First Lord of the Treasury, an office held by the Prime Minister, and the Second Lord of the Treasury, an office held by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Downing Street is located in Whitehall in central London, a few minutes’ walk from the Houses of Parliament and on the edge of Horse Guards Parade and St. James’s Park. The most famous address in Downing Street is 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury – and thus, in modern times, the residence of the Prime Minister, since the two roles have been filled by the same person. As a result of this, “Downing Street” or “Number 10” is often used as a metonym for the Prime Ministers or their office, whilst “Number 11” is likewise a term for the Chancellors of the Exchequer or their office. The street was built by and named after Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet (1632–1689). Downing was a soldier and diplomat who served under Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II. In the service of the King he was rewarded with the plot of land adjoining St. James’s Park upon which Downing Street now stands. The Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Chief Whip all officially live in houses on one side of the street. According to the Downing Street official website, the last private resident in the street was a Mr Chicken, about whom very little is known except that he left Downing Street some time in the 1730s. The houses on the other side were all replaced by the massive Foreign Office in the nineteenth century. In the 1950s and 1960s, plans were considered to demolish both the Foreign Office and the rest of Downing Street and build “something more modern”. However the plans were never implemented and have long since been abandoned. |
Used by ancient Greeks and Romans what is a pelta? | A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), PA´CTIO, PELTA Current location in this text. Enter a Perseus citation to go to another section or work. Full search options are on the right side and top of the page. PELTA PELTA ( πέλτη ), a small shield. Iphicrates, observing that the ancient CLIPEUS was cumbrous and inconvenient, introduced among the Greeks a much smaller and lighter shield, from which those who bore it took the name of peltastae [ EXERCITUS Vol. I. p. 776]. It consisted principally of a frame of wood or wickerwork ( Xen. Anab. 2.1 , § 6), covered with skin or leather, without the metallic rim. [ ANTYX ]. (Timaeus, Lex. Plat. s. v.) Light and small shields of a great variety of shapes were used by numerous nations before the adoption of them by the Greeks. The round target or cetra was a species of the pelta, and was used especially by the people of Spain and Mauretania. [ CETRA ] The pelta is also said to have been quadrangular (Schol. in Thuc. 2.29 ). A light shield of similar construction was part of the national armour of Thrace ( Thuc. 2.29 ; Eurip. Aloes . 498, Rhes. 410; Max. Tyr. Diss. 19.1, 23.2) and of various parts of Asia, and was on this account attributed to the Amazons, in whose hands it appears on the works of ancient art sometimes elliptic, as in the bronzes of Siris (woodcut, p. 79), and at other times variously sinuated on the margin, but most commonly [p. 2.364]with a semicircular indentation on one side ( “lunatis peltis,” Verg. A. 1.490 , 11.663 ). Varro, L. L. 7.43, compares this to the ancile . [ SALII ] A vase fragment in the Peltae, from a vase in the British Museum. British Museum (No. E 793) shows clearly the form and construction of the lunata pelta ; two Persians exhibit the two sides of the shield. | American Ferret Association: Frequently Asked Questions Mustela nigripes 3. What is the proper terminology for ferrets by gender and age? Male ferrets are known as "hobs." Female ferrets are referred to as "jills." Baby ferrets are "kits," and a group of ferrets is known as a "business." 4. Where did the ferret originate? Although the European polecat (Mustela putorius) is thought to be its primary ancestor, other species likely contributed to the lineage of the modern pet ferret, including the Steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii) of Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Ferret - human interactions are documented throughout world history. Ferrets were mentioned as early as 450 BCE by the Greek playwright, Aristophanes, who drew similarities between the Achaeans (one classical name for the Greeks) to ferrets in their abilities as thieves. Some historians also believe ferrets were being kept by ancient Egyptians as pets before cats became popular. There is also a possible mention of ferrets in an older version of the King James Bible. However, since the word for ferret has historically been difficult to translate, it is not conclusive that this mention is truly a ferret as some have deciphered the reference as weasel or even lizard! The first universally accepted reference to the ferret was in 63 BCE by a Greek historian named Strabo. Strabo stated that the ferret was bred in captivity in Libya and used for hunting rabbits. "It [Libya] also produces ferrets, equal in size to cats, and like them, except that their noses project further..." (The Geography of Strabo, 17. 3. 4-5) By 600 AD the ferret had made it to Spain to hunt rabbits. As cultures spread throughout the Mediterranean and into Europe, they adopted the rabbit as a protein source, and so the ferret accompanied them as the hunter. Multiple references to use of ferrets in hunting and for rodent control are noted after the 13th century throughout Europe. Their arrival in the New World occurred when explorers and colonists brought them along as mousers in their ships. Women Hunting Rabbits with a Ferret From the Queen Mary Psalter, 1316-1321 (British Library, MS Royal 2. B. VII) 5. Do ferrets make good pets? Yes! Ferrets combine the best features of dogs and cats with some unique features of their own. Like cats, ferrets are small and quiet. Like dogs, they are affectionate, playful, and enjoy human interaction. They are independent, yet enjoy being with people. Their mischievous and playful nature, retained well into old age, makes them entertaining companions. 6. How intelligent is a ferret? Ferrets will surprise and delight you with what they can do and learn. They recognize their name, respond to verbal and visual commands, and can even learn to do tricks. Ferrets can also be litter-box trained. The behaviors you want to see in your ferret can best be achieved by training using praise or appropriate treats (see below). 7. Do ferrets bite? A healthy, well-trained ferret should not bite. Like all pets, ferrets need to be taught what acceptable behavior is. Ferrets have a lower bite rate than other household pets - you are less likely to be bit by a ferret than by the family dog. 8. What should a ferret eat? A balanced diet and proper nutrition will lead your ferret to a long, active, and healthy life. Ferrets are strict carnivores; they require diets based on highly digestible animal (meat) protein with little to no carbohydrates. If you choose to feed dry food, choose high quality ferret or cat/kitten foods sold by pet shops, feed stores, and veterinarians with at least 36% protein, that is moderate in fats (approximately 20%) and low in carbohydrates. If feeding a dry food, ferrets must have access to food at all times. Because ferrets generally eat only to caloric need, this means that they will not gorge themselves simply because food is available. Ferrets have short digesti |
In which English town will you find the headquarters of McCain foods? | About Us | McCain About Us FAQs About Us At McCain, we’re passionate about potatoes. And with our potato products, we aim to bring joy to everyday meal times. As a family-owned company, we care both about using simple ingredients in our products and about our people who make them. Here you’ll find out everything you need to know about who we are, how we create simple food that tastes good, our sustainability projects and where we – and our potatoes – come from, as well as getting to know the farmers we support and who grow the potatoes we use. If you’re looking for more information on McCain as a global business, head over to mccain.com . In 1957, the McCain brothers founded our company in their hometown of Florenceville, Canada. McCain created the first ever frozen chip and went on to become the world’s largest manufacturer of frozen potato products. 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Our expertise goes into every stage of making our products – right up until they’re served on your plate. That’s how we make the delicious food that so many people love and enjoy today. At our potato business in Montrose, Scotland, we grow seed potatoes. To get the best quality and taste, we use 12 different varieties from over 50 specialist seed growers in the North and East of Scotland. As the UK’s largest purchaser of British potatoes, McCain buys approximately 15% of the annual potato crop. We’ve also built close links with over 300 potato growers across the UK, so we can ensure quality even further back in the chain. ALWAYS THE BEST Since day one, we’ve always used the best potatoes, sourced from our trusted partners. We have a thorough quality control process – from checking our potatoes, all the way through to the final taste test. We have traceability right back to each supplier – like our potatoes, which come with their own ‘passport’. This way, we can see the exact field where our potatoes came from. It’s this attention to detail that’s helped us make the nation’s favourite chip. Our potatoes wouldn’t be what they are without our farmers. They’re a natural extension of our business, with some partnerships going back three farming generations. We’re committed to using British p | Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 12th February–the questions Macclesfield Pub Quiz League SET BY THE LAMB SHANKS Vetted by the Plough Horntails and Ox-Fford ART AND LITERATURE 1 Which poet versified about a “dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smokestack” in the poem Cargoes? (John Masefield) 2 Which modern Poet Laureate was commemorated with a memorial stone in Westminster Abbey in December 2011? (Ted Hughes) 3 Octarine (the colour of magic) is the eighth colour of the spectrum on which world? (The Discworld – as written about by Terry Pratchett) 4 Who (or what) complained “Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to take you to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction, 'cause I don't”? (Marvin, the paranoid android, in Douglas Adam’s Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) 5 What musical instrument of the woodwind family is an aerophone , or reedless wind instrument producing its sound from the flow of air across an opening? (Flute, or piccolo) 6 Who sculpted the version of the Three Graces statue commissioned by John Russell, the 6th Duke of Bedford that is now on display alternately in the National Gallery of Scotland and the Victoria and Albert Museum? (Antonio Canova) 7 Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are two of the main works of which poet? (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) 8 Pablo Picasso created which painting in response to the bombing of a Basque town by warplanes from Germany and Italy in 1937. What is the name of the painting? (Guernica) 9 Who are the Samuel Becket characters Vladimir and Estragon waiting for? (Godot – in the play waiting for Godot) 10 The ‘trio’ to March No. 1 in D of the Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches is better known as the music to which song? (Land of Hope and Glory) ‘ELF N’SAFETY (Most questions are taken from the health and safety test labourers on a construction site have to pass. They are mostly Health and Safety related, but the odd one does mention “Elf” as well) 1 Fire extinguishers can contain one of four substances – water, powder, foam and what? (Carbon dioxide – CO2 – accept also Halon or wet chemicals) 2 Which part of your body is most likely to be injured if you lift heavy loads? (Your back) 3 Name one of the two animals that carry Weil’s Disease, also known as Leptospirosis, in their urine? (Rats or Cows) 4 The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act is the primary piece of legislation regulating workplace health, safety and welfare within the United Kingdom. In which decade was it passed into law? (1970s - 1974 ) 5 What is sort of creature is Dobbie in the Harry Potter books and films? (A House Elf – full name required) 6 If someone is injured at work who should record it in the accident book? (The injured person or someone acting for them) 7 Which colour identifies the ‘live’ wire in a modern (new) 240 volt electricity supply? (Brown) 8 Which 1960s car (sister to the Wolseley Hornet) was also a ‘mini with a boot’? (Riley Elf - full make and model required) 9 How are legionella bacteria passed on to humans? (Through fine water droplets such as sprays or mists) 10 What is the early sign of noise damaging your hearing? (Temporary deafness) GEOGRAPHY 1 What is the name of the village near Dorchester, built at the instigation of Prince Charles as a response against “modernist” architectural design? (Poundbury) 2 Which member of the Commonwealth is formed of ten Provinces and three Territories? (Canada) 3 In which range of Irish mountains does the River Liffey rise? (Wicklow Mountains) 4 What is the capital of Burkina Faso? (Ouagadougou) 5 In which English county is most of the Forest of Dean? (Gloucestershire) 6 What colour is a Geography pie in Trivial Pursuits? (Blue) 7 Cape York is the northernmost point of which Commonwealth country? (Australia) 8 Which African country was called Nyasaland until 1964? (Malawi) 9 What country is Budejowice in (pronounced boo day yo vit ze)? (The Czech Republic – it is also known as Budweis) 10 The River Hafren flows out of Wales near Crew Green in Shropshire. What is it called in English? (River Severn) HISTORY 1 What |
Which Simon & Garfunkel song was used as the theme for the 1967 film The Graduate? | The Graduate - Simon & Garfunkel | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic Simon & Garfunkel google+ AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder The soundtrack to Mike Nichols' The Graduate remains a key musical document of the late '60s, although truth be told, its impact was much less artistic than commercial (and, for that matter, more negative than positive). With the exception of its centerpiece track, the elegiac and oft-quoted "Mrs. Robinson" -- which only appears here as a pair of fragments -- the Simon & Garfunkel songs that comprise much of the record (a series of Dave Grusin instrumentals round it out) appeared on the duo's two preceding LPs; Nichols' masterstroke was to transplant those songs into his film, where they not only meshed perfectly with the story's themes of youthful rebellion and alienation (and the inner life of the central character, Dustin Hoffman's Benjamin Braddock) but also heralded a new era in movie music centered around the appropriation of past pop hits, a marketing gimmick that grew exponentially in the years to follow. The Graduate soundtrack, then, merits the dubious honor of being the earliest and one of the most successful Hollywood repackagings of "found" pop songs, a formula essentially based around coercing fans to purchase soundtrack albums filled with material they already own in order to acquire the occasional new track or two. The album began its life because of Nichols' enthusiasm for the duo's music, and Columbia Records chief Clive Davis' ability to persuade the pair of the importance of a soundtrack LP. Davis turned the actual making of the album over to producer Teo Macero , who approached it with skepticism -- Paul Simon and Mike Nichols had discovered that they really weren't on the same page, with Nichols rejecting "Overs" and "Punky's Dilemma," songs that ended up as highlights of the Bookends album, issued two months after The Graduate soundtrack. Thus, there wasn't enough Simon & Garfunkel material to fill even one LP side, and only about eight minutes of that were "new" recordings, and barely a quarter of that (the "Mrs. Robinson" fragments) new song material. And there also wasn't enough of David Grusin' s instrumental music (none of which meshed with the duo's work) for an album. Macero combined this material into a musically awkward LP that somehow did its job -- which, in Davis' eyes, was to introduce Simon & Garfunkel' s music to the parents of their existing audience (topping the charts in the bargain, and turning Grusin' s "Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha" into a favorite of easy listening stations). Fans of Simon & Garfunkel likely felt cheated by the presence of the "Mrs. Robinson" fragments, as well as repeats of the 1966-vintage "The Sound of Silence" and "April Come She Will," and an edited extension of "Scarborough Fair/Canticle." But there were two curiosities for the completist -- a high-wattage, edited rendition of "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" (in a style seemingly parodying the sound of Bob Dylan' s Highway 61 Revisited ); and a gentle, subdued acoustic reprise of "The Sound of Silence," which was possibly the best studio rendition the duo ever gave of the song. Track Listing | TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES What TV show lost Jim Carrey when he stepped into the movies? In Living Color. Who plays a paleontologist on Friends? David Schwimmer. What aging pop icon forgot the lyrics to We Can Work It Out on MTV Unplugged? Paul McCartney. What segment of the TV industry receives ACE Awards? Paul McCartney. What classic quiz show was originally titled Occupation Unknown? What's My Line? What 1966 TV show theme by Lalo Schifrin made a comeback in a 1996 blockbuster move? Mission: Impossible. Consumer News and Business Channel. How many fingers does Homer Simpson have? Eight. What sitcom character moved from a Boston barstool to a Seattle radio station? Dr. Frasier Crane. What Saturday Night Live cast member played Kap'n Karl on Pee-wee's Playhouse? Phil Hartman. What M*A*S*H principal won Emmys for acting, writing and directing? Alan Alda. What cable network drew twice its usual audience for a show called The Wonderful World of Dung? The Discovery Channel. What TV host went gold with the CD Romantic Christmas? John Tesh. What sitcom spawned the hit song I'll Be There For You? Friends. What MTV twosome are known as "The Bad Boys" in Mexico? Beavis and Butt head. What Indianapolis weatherman of the 1970s once forecast hail "the size of canned hams"? David Letterman. What kid's show's interracial cast needed riot police protection during a 1969 trip to Mississippi? Sesame Street's. What gritty 1990's TV drama series is subtitled Life on the Street? Homicide. What entertainer's wedding prompted NBC to order 10,000 tulips from Holland? Tiny Tim's. What sitcom helped John Larroquette earn three straight supporting actor Emmy Awards? Night Court. Who once observed: "This is America. You can't make a horse testify against himself"? Mr. Ed. What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a daytime talk show host? Harpo's. Who began his radio shows with: "Good evening, Mr. ad Mrs. America and all the ships at sea, let's go to press"? Walter Winchell. What TV star said of his worldwide fame: "I didn't know I could top Knight Rider"? David Hasselhoff. What sitcom was among the top 20 most watched shows every season during its entire run, form 1984 to 1992? The Cosby Show. Who inherited Tom Snyder's CNBC talk-show slot in 1995? Charles Grodin. What was the fist sitcom to be broadcast from videotape, in 1971? All in the Family. What blond bombshell had a hankerin' for NYPD Blue detective Gegory Medavoy? Donna Abandando. What animated characters are known as Smolf in Stockholm? The Smurfs. What 1980s sitcom was credited with pulling NBC from third to first in overall ratings? The Cosby Show. What Muppet advised: "Never eat anything at one sitting that you can't lift"? Miss Piggy. What former TV anchorman made headlines by attending two Grateful Dead concerts? Walter Cronkite. What animated kitty was the first cartoon character licensed for use on merchandise? Felix the Cat. What's the "dimension of imagination, "according to the host of a classic TV series? The Twilight Zone. Who appeared in Return of the Killer Tomatoes before he landed a role on ER? George Clooney. What 250-pound star of Hairspray shed half her weight to host a TV talk show? Ricki Lake. What Mayberry resident once hijacked a bull when he'd had too much to drink? Otis Campbell. What four-word TV slogan did Sting add to the Dire Straits hit Money for Nothing? "I want my MTV". What Mary Tyler Moore Show character's blue blazer made it into the Smithsonian? Ted Baxter's. Who was a cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers before she became TV's Lois Lane? Teri Hatcher. What was Redd Foxx's last name before show business beckoned? Sanford. Who's been Saturday Night Live's most frequent host? Steve Martin. What town did Howdy Doody live in? Doodyville. What sitcom star advised: "It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it"? Roseanne. What Richard Chamberlain vehicle is second only to Roots in total viewers for a miniseries? The Thorn Birds. What media award was derived from the slang term for the 1 |
Which record did Scott McKenzie take to UK No.1 in July 1967? | Scott McKenzie - Telegraph Music Obituaries Scott McKenzie Scott McKenzie, who has died aged 73, had a huge hit in 1967 with San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair), which became a counterculture anthem during California’s “Summer of Love”. Scott McKenzie Photo: REX 7:14PM BST 20 Aug 2012 Written by McKenzie’s friend John Phillips, leader of the 1960s vocal group The Mamas and the Papas, the song remains emblematic of the hippie movement, of which the fashionably mustachioed, kaftan-wearing McKenzie was a prominent devotee. McKenzie was also a songwriter, and co-wrote Kokomo, a chart-topping hit for The Beach Boys in 1988. San Francisco was no less catchy . In McKenzie’s light tenor, the lyric — “If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair” — perfectly captured the freewheeling spirit of the age, with its love-ins, sexual liberation, drug use, psychedelic music and the long-awaited end of the war in Vietnam. It was composed for the first pop festival at Monterey, a Californian fishing village. Phillips wrote the song in an afternoon, hired the musicians the following morning and finished recording in an all-night session. McKenzie, whom Phillips had known since both were teenagers, had the “perfect” voice for it. “My heart was in that song,” McKenzie agreed, “and I didn’t have to change my image. I already had a pretty loose life. I was wearing flower shirts, weird flowing robes and kaftans, and we picked flowers the day we recorded the song. One girl gave me a garland of flowers and my friends were sitting in the lotus position, meditating, while I was recording it.” McKenzie was born Philip Wallach Blondheim on January 10 1939 at Jacksonville Beach, Florida, but was still an infant when his family moved to Asheville, North Carolina. After the death of his father in 1941, his mother moved to Washington, DC, to join the civil service, working as a personal assistant in the office of the Secretary of Defense General George C Marshall, author of the Marshall Plan. Phil Blondheim became friends with John Phillips, with whom he formed a doo-wop band, The Abstracts. Joined by Mike Boran and Bill Cleary, they later renamed themselves The Smoothies, specialising in songbook standards, and recorded two singles . During a residency at a Canadian nightclub , Blondheim, too, decided on a name change, having been told by a comedian that he looked like a Scottie dog. Phillips suggested the surname McKenzie, after his own daughter Mackenzie , hence Scott McKenzie. In 1961, with Dick Weissman, McKenzie and Phillips moved into the folk genre with another group, The Journeymen. Although they recorded three albums and seven singles , they disbanded following the British pop “invasion” led by The Beatles in 1964. While Phillips formed The Mamas and the Papas with Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot and Michelle Phillips and moved to California, McKenzie declined Phillips’s offer of a place in the group. “I was trying to see if I could do something by myself,” he explained . “And I didn’t think I could take that much pressure.” San Francisco became an overnight hit, reaching No 4 in the American Billboard Hot 100 in June 1967. By early August it was also a No 1 in Britain . It sold more than seven million copies around the world. Finding a follow-up single, however, did not prove easy for McKenzie, and with another Phillips song, Like An Old Time Movie, he enjoyed only a minor hit. His first album, The Voice of Scott McKenzie, was followed by one featuring all his own songs, Stained Glass Morning. Success eluded him, and in 1970 he moved to Joshua Tree, a California desert town near Palm Springs, where he was often observed wandering barefoot, talking to plants. In 1973 he moved back to Virginia, where he lived for 10 years. In 1986 McKenzie started singing with The Mamas and the Papas in a reconstituted line-up. Scott McKenzie, born January 10 1939, died August 18 2012 | 1962 #2. Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk - YouTube 1962 #2. Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk 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. Published on Jun 5, 2015 "Stranger on the Shore" is a piece for clarinet written by Acker Bilk for his young daughter and originally named "Jenny" after her. It was subsequently used as the theme tune of a BBC TV drama serial for young people, Stranger on the Shore. It was first released in 1961 in the UK, and then in the US, and reached number 1 in the US and number 2 in the UK. In May 1969, the crew of Apollo 10 took "Stranger on the Shore" on their mission to the moon. Gene Cernan, a member of the crew, included the tune on a cassette tape used in the command module of the Apollo spacecraft. The track, performed by Bilk (as "Mr. Acker Bilk") with backing by the Leon Young String Chorale, was released as a single on Columbia Records in October 1961, with the label of the single openly proclaiming "Theme from the BBC TV. Series". The B-side was "Take My Lips". The single became a phenomenal success, topping the NME singles chart and spending nearly a year on the Record Retailer Top 50. It was the UK's biggest-selling single of 1962, the biggest-selling instrumental single of all time, and appears fifty-eighth in the official UK list of best-selling singles issued in 2002. it has sold 1.16 million copies as of November 2012. One of songwriter and music publisher Robert Mellin's major songwriting successes came in 1962, when he wrote lyrics for Acker Bilk's instrumental smash "Stranger on the Shore," allowing it to be covered by vocal acts like Andy Williams and the Drifters. On 26 May 1962, "Stranger on the Shore" became the first British recording to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 where it was issued by Atlantic Records on the Atco label, but it was quickly followed, on 22 December, by the Tornados' "Telstar", another instrumental. In the pre-rock era, Vera Lynn's "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" had reached #1 in 1952, on the shorter "Best Sellers In Stores" survey. After "Telstar", the next British performers to top the U.S. charts were the Beatles, with their first Capitol Records single "I Want to Hold Your Hand". "Stranger on the Shore" was Billboard's #1 single of 1962, and it spent seven weeks atop the "Easy Listening" chart, which later became known as the Adult Contemporary chart. The tune became the second of three "one-hit wonders" named "pop single of the year" by Billboard (the others being 1958's "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)" by Domenico Modugno and 2006's "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter. The song is certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Category |
Born in Geneva in 1936, Karim Al-Husayn Shah holds which hereditary title? | Who is the Aga Khan? Who is the Aga Khan? SHARE TWEET PIN IT Many of us have heard of the man, but remain in the dark over who he is and what role he plays. Theresa Corbin has the lo-down on the history of this title. A young Aga Khan IV at Orly airport in Paris ahead of a visit to London, February 1958. (Photo: AFP) To many Shi’as, specifically Nizari Ismailis, the answer is obvious: the Aga Khan is a person whose title means “chief commander”. But the Aga Khan does not head any state, nor does he rule over any land. He is the imam or spiritual leader of over 15 million Nizari Ismailis across 25 countries. Shi’as believe he is a descendant of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The Ismaili Shi’as trace their origins to the 8th century, when they broke away from the main body of Shi’as over a disagreement about who would be the seventh imam. They chose to follow Imam Ismail, who they believed was a descendent of the Prophet’s (pbuh) grandson Hussein. The Nizari Ismaili branch then broke away in the 11th century and established itself in Persia where, in 1818, the Shah of Persia granted the title of Aga Khan to the Nizari Ismailis’ 46th Imam. In all the years since the Shah of Persia named the first Aga Khan, only four people have held this title – all descendants of the first Aga Khan. Aga Khan I (1818–1881) Hasan Ali Shah, 46th Imam Aga Khan II. (Photo: Simerg) Hasan Ali Shah inherited the title of Imam at the age of 13 when his father was attacked and murdered at the hands of a gang. When the family fell on hard times after his father’s death, his mother petitioned the court in Tehran for justice in her husband’s wrongful death and the loss of property that resulted. Justice was granted when the Persian Shah Fateh Ali ordered that the gang be arrested. But the Shah didn’t stop there. Feeling that the family’s honour had been taken away, the Shah also gave one of his daughters in marriage to Hasan Ali Shah, granted him governorship of the cities of Mahallat and Qumm, and bestowed upon him the title of Aga Khan. Although the title Aga Khan was to be passed down to future generations, the governorship was a source of dispute once the Shah passed away. Hasan Ali Shah first fought against the Shah’s heir for his governorship, but eventually he realised his defeat and went into exile in Afghanistan. There, Hasan Ali Shah established a friendship with the British and used his influence to help them during the Anglo-Afghan war. From there, he followed British forces when they departed from Afghanistan to India. Hasan Ali Shah spent a short time in Calcutta to avoid extradition to Persia, and eventually settled and spent his final years in Bombay, India. Aga Khan II (1881–1885) Ali Shah, 47th Imam Aga Khan II. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Ali Shah, the son of Hasan Ali Shah, was born in Mahallat in Iran but also, like his father, settled in Bombay. He continued his father’s tradition of cooperation and friendship with the British. Like his father, he was also granted the title of “His Highness” by the British government. In 1880 he was appointed to the Bombay Imperial Legislative Council until his untimely death in 1885 of pneumonia. Aga Khan III (1885–1957) Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah, 48th Imam Born in Karachi, then part of British India, Mohammed Shah assumed the hereditary role of Imam and title of Aga Khan at the age of seven. Despite his important role at such a young age, he continued his education until the age of 18. LEFT: Muhammed Shah and his wife, French-born Yvette Labrousse, in the 1940s. Yvette Labrousse was elected Miss France in 1930. After converting to Islam, she married Aga Khan III in October 1944. (Photo: AFP) RIGHT: Aga Khan III and his wife visit Hyderabad in 1951. Also pictured are the Nizam of Hyderabad (left) and the leader of the Ismaili community, Nawab Ashmed Nawaz Jung. (Photo: AFP) In his work as Aga Khan, Mohammed Shah pushed for Aligarh, a civil servant training institute at the time, to become a university. He was successful when Aligarh Muslim University was granted its official charter in 1920. | Abd al-Karim Qasim | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Independent, supported by the National Democratic Party Religion Sunni Islam Abd al-Karim Qasim (Arabic language: عبد الكريم قاسم `Abd al-Karīm Qāsim) (21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963), was a nationalist Iraqi Army general who seized power in a 1958 coup d'état , wherein the Iraqi monarchy was eliminated. He ruled the country as Prime Minister until his downfall and death during the 1963 Ramadan Revolution . His name can be transliterated from the Arabic in a number of ways, e.g. Abdel Karim Kassem, Abdul Karim Kassem, Abdulkarim Kasem, Abdel-Karim Qaasim, `Abdul Karim Qasem, Qassem. During his rule, he was popularly known as al-za‘īm (الزعيم) or, "The Leader". [2] Contents Edit Qasim in 1937. Abd al-Karim Qasim's father was a Sunni Muslim [3] of Arabic and Kurdish descent who died shortly after his son's birth during World War I as a soldier for the Ottoman Empire . Qasim's mother was a Shiite and the daughter of a Feyli Kurd This article does not contain any citations or references. Please improve this article by adding a reference. For information about how to add references, see Template:Citation . farmer from Baghdad. When Qasim was six years of age his family moved to Suwayra, a small town near the Tigris, then to Baghdad in 1926. Qasim was an excellent student; he entered secondary school on a government scholarship.[ citation needed ] After graduation in 1931, he taught at Shamiyya Elementary School from Oct 22 of that year until Sept 3 1932, when he was accepted into Military College. In 1934, he graduated as a second lieutenant. Qasim then attended al-Arkan (Iraqi Staff) College and graduated with honor (grade A) in December 1941. In 1951, he completed a senior officers’ course in Devizes , southwestern Britain. Although shy and lacking in "the rabble-rousing skills on which most successful Arab politicians rely", he was nonetheless nicknamed "the snake charmer" by his classmates in Devizes, because of his gift in convincing them to undertake improbable courses of action during military exercises. [4] Militarily, he participated in the suppression of the tribal disturbances in the Middle Euphrates region in 1935, during the Anglo-Iraqi War in May 1941 and in the Kurdistan War in 1945. Qassim also served during the Iraqi military involvement in the Arab-Israeli War from May 1948 to June 1949. Toward the latter part of the mission, he commanded a battalion of the First Brigade, which was situated in the Kafr Qasem area south of Qilqilya. In 1956-57, he served with his brigade at Mafraq in Jordan in the wake of the Suez Crisis . By 1957 Qasim had assumed leadership of several opposition groups that had formed in the army.[ citation needed ] 14 July Revolution Main article: 14 July Revolution Qasim (back row, centre) and other leaders of the revolution, including Abdul Salam Arif (back row, second from left) and Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (back row, fifth from left). Also included is Ba'athist ideologue Michel Aflaq (front row, first from right). On 14 July 1958, Qasim and his followers used troop movements planned by the government as an opportunity to seize military control of Baghdad and overthrow the monarchy. This resulted in the killing of several members of the royal family and their close associates, including Nuri as-Said . The coup was discussed and planned by the Free Officers , but was mainly executed by Qasim and Col. Abdul Salam Arif . It was triggered when King Hussein of Jordan, fearing that an anti-Western revolt in Lebanon might spread to Jordan, requested Iraqi assistance. Instead of moving towards Jordan, however, Colonel Arif led a battalion into Baghdad and immediately proclaimed a new republic and the end of the old regime. Put in its historical context, the 14 July Revolution was the culmination of a series of uprisings and coup attempts that began with the 1936 Bakr Sidqi coup and included the 1941 Rashid Ali military movement , the 1948 Wathbah Uprising, and the 1952 and 1956 protests. The July 14 Revolution met virtually no op |
Which motor manufacturer produces the 7-seater MPV known as the Orlando? | 7seater | MPVs – People Carriers – Cars with 7+ Seats MPVs – People Carriers – Cars with 7+ Seats Menu Feb15 It’s already a good-looking SUV crossover in the upper end of the market, but now the Lexus RX is about to get another facelift. Scanned images of the Japanese automaker’s brochure for 2013 show this sporty SUV, which also comes in a 7-seater option, is about to get a makeover as well as an all-new F Sport trim. The images from the Lexus’ Japanese-language brochure were leaked on the internet, and there has not been any official announcement as yet, although one is expected in the coming weeks. The changes appear to be purely cosmetic at this stage – mid-way through the product cycle of the third generation of this award-winning SUV, first produced in 1998. New additions include revised headlights and tail lights, all new alloy wheels and a new corporate grille. The leaked pictures also point to a new entertainment system added to the rear of the vehicle. Lexus RX MPV is also available with 7 seats The F Sport trim looks set to be made available for the RX 350 and the 450h, the more powerful of the two crossovers in this range. This version will feature larger five-spoke alloy wheels, a sports steering wheel, an aerodynamics kit, leather sports seats and alloy pedals. So when will the all-new Lexus RX and the Sport F trim make their debuts? That remains to be seen, but the auto press is expecting some kind of announcement at the Geneva motor show which kicks off next month. The original third generation version of the RX 350 and 450h were first displayed at the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2008, so it has now been nearly three-and-a-half years since Lexus revamped these crossover SUVs. The current RX 350 comes with a 3.5-litre V6 engine that generates an impressive 275 horsepower. The main change in this version was the addition of the double-wishbone suspension, which represented a departure from the MacPherson strut design seen on older models – a feature which aimed to improve handling and add greater cargo space to the rear of the vehicle. The MPV comes in both standard petrol and petrol hybrid versions in both, with all-wheel and front-wheel drive configurations. The more powerful Lexus RX 450h comes with the same volume petrol engine but, by incorporating a higher power inverter plus electric motors, power is boosted to 295hp. Other major drive features included the exhaust-heat recovery system, which helps to reduce engine warm-up periods with an exhaust gas recirculation system, water-cooled to reduce engine pumping loss. Plus, the new ECO mode saves fuel by controlling the throttle inputs and air conditioning. The other major improvement to the latest version of the Lexus RX was the increase in cargo space by some five per cent on the previous generation. This was despite the switch away from the MacPherson strut suspension, which was originally intended to increase the amount of space available inside. However, the new Lexus RX is at the top of its class, as shown by a number of awards from the likes of Top Gear and Money magazine over the years. Dec18 VW Crossover 7-Seater SUV It’s an obvious gap in Volkswagen’s product range when you really think about it. The German automaker offers the Tiguan, a compact crossover SUV that seats 5 people, and the Touareg which is bigger but does a similar job. Then there’s the popular Sharan which is more like a people carrier in the strict sense of the term, a vehicle that looks like a sleek little minivan with plenty of room, a decent drive performance but a distinct lack of sport. Of course, Volkswagen has always made its name by producing reliable, simple but stylish vehicles with a focus on utility. But so far that means there hasn’t been a proper crossover 7-seater SUV. Sporty MPV on the way Well, that may be about to change given the noises that people at Volkswagen have been making over recent months. The latest indication that a sporty, 7-seater SUV may be on the way came at the start of December at the Tokyo Motor Show by the head of design at V | $.Muscle Cars.$ $.Muscle Cars.$ Chevrolet Camaro. The Chevrolet Camaro is an automobile manufactured by the Chevrolet division of General Motors, classified as a pony car or muscle car.It went on sale on September 29, 1966 for the 1967 model year and was designed as a competing model to the Ford Mustang. The car shared its platform and major components with the Pontiac Firebird, also introduced for 1967. Four distinct generations of the car were developed before production ended in 2002. The nameplate was revived again on a concept vehicle that evolved into the fifth-generation Camaro, production started on March 16, 2009. Origin. Before any official announcement, reports began running in April 1965 within the automotive press that Chevrolet was preparing a competitor to the Ford Mustang, code-named Panther.On June 21, 1966, around 200 automotive journalists received a telegram from General Motors stating, "...Please save noon of June 28 for important SEPAW meeting. Hope you can be on hand to help scratch a cat. Details will follow...(signed) John L. Cutter – Chevrolet Public Relations – SEPAW Secretary." The following day, the same journalists received another General Motors telegram stating, "Society for the Eradication of Panthers from the Automotive World will hold first and last meeting on June 28...(signed) John L. Cutter – Chevrolet Public Relations SEPAW Secretary." These telegrams puzzled the industry. On June 28, 1966, General Motors held a live press conference in Detroit’s Statler-Hilton Hotel. It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines. Chevrolet General Manager Pete Estes started the news conference stating that all attendees of the conference were charter members of the Society for the Elimination of Panthers from the Automotive World and that this would be the first and last meeting of SEPAW. Estes then announced a new car line, project designation XP-836, with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair, Chevelle, Chevy II, and Corvette. He claimed the name, "suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner" and that "to us, the name means just what we think the car will do... Go!" The new Camaro name was then unveiled. Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers, "What is a Camaro?" and were told it was "a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs." The Camaro was first shown at a press preview in Detroit, Michigan on September 12, 1966 and then later in Los Angeles, California on September 19, 1966. The Camaro officially went on sale in dealerships on September 29, 1966 for the 1967 model year. First generation. The first-generation Camaro debuted in September 1966, for the 1967 model year, up to 1969 on a new rear-wheel drive GM F-body platform and would be available as a 2-door, 2+2 seating, coupe or convertible with a choice of 250 cu in (4.1 L) inline-6 and 302 cu in (4.9 L), 307 cu in (5.0 L), 327 cu in (5.4 L), 350 cu in (5.7 L), or 396 cu in (6.5 L) V8 powerplants. Concerned with the runaway success of the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet executives realized that their compact sporty car, the Corvair, would not be able to generate the sales volume of the Mustang due to its rear-engine design, as well as declining sales, partly due to bad publicity from Ralph Nader's book, Unsafe at Any Speed. Therefore, the Camaro was touted as having the same conventional rear-drive, front-engine configuration as Mustang and Chevy II Nova. In addition, the Camaro was designed to fit a variety of power plants in the engine bay. The first-generation Camaro would last until the 1969 model year and would eventually inspire the design of the new retro fifth-generation Camaro. Second generation. Introduced in February 1970, the second generation Camaro would remain in production through 1981. The car was somewhat larger and wider with the new styling, thus resulting in a heavier car.Still based on the F-body platform, the new Camaro was similar t |
In Japan, what are Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun? | Asahi shimbun | Japanese newspaper | Britannica.com Japanese newspaper Alternative Titles: “Morning Sun Newspaper”, “Ōsaka Asahi” Similar Topics Asahi shimbun, ( Japanese: “Morning Sun Newspaper”) nationwide Japanese daily newspaper , one of the “big three” in influence and circulation, printed in Tokyo , Ōsaka , and several other regional centres and also as an English-language-edition daily in Tokyo. Screenshot of the online home page of Asahi shimbun. © 2011 The Asahi Shimbun Company. All rights reserved. The headquarters of Asahi shimbun, Tokyo. Lover of Romance Asahi was founded in Ōsaka in 1879 and has been in the hands of the Murayama and Ueno families since 1881. It is particularly noted for its political coverage and its foreign news. The paper is known for its liberal and progressive views. It has correspondents in major cities in Europe, Asia, and the United States and subscribes to more than 20 international news services. Like the other two major Japanese newspapers, Yomiuri and Mainichi, Asahi publishes a much greater proportion of foreign news than is usual in the West. Its daily circulation of morning and evening editions is one of the largest in the world, with more than 12 million subscribers by the turn of the 21st century. The readership of Asahi is drawn mainly from the upper and middle classes. Learn More in these related articles: in history of publishing: Continental Europe and other countries ...Nippō (1876) and the Ōsaka Asahi (1879)—were to become, respectively, the Ōsaka Mainichi and the Asahi shimbun (created in the early 1940s by a merger with the Tokyo Asahi, founded in 1888). They are associated with two of the fathers of... 1 Reference found in Britannica Articles Assorted Reference Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! 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Who played 'James Bond' in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill? | Timothy Dalton - Bio, Facts, Family | Famous Birthdays Timothy Dalton Actor Born In Wales#10 About He played James Bond in the 1987 film, The Living Daylights, and in the 1989 film, Licence to Kill. His other major role took place in The Tourist, a film that grossed over $270 million. Before Fame He committed his life to acting at the age of 16, joining the U.K. National Theater. In 1968, he played Phillip II of France in The Lion in Winter. Trivia His Bond character was the last one to smoke cigarettes, though they have continued to drink martinis. Family Life His father served in WWII as a Special Operations Executive and later worked as an advertising executive. He dated actress Vanessa Redgrave from 1971 to 1986 after co-starring with her in the film, Mary, Queen of Scots. He welcomed a son Alexander with singer and former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva . | 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 |
What colour ribbon was ‘tied around the Ole Oak Tree’ in a 1973 hit single by Tony Orlando and Dawn? | Tony Orlando | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny In conjunction with his backing duo Dawn , singer Tony Orlando was one of the biggest pop stars of the early '70s, best remembered for the mammoth hit "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree." Born Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis in New York City on April 3, 1944, he entered the music business at the age of 16 following a successful audition for producer Don Kirshner . Orlando 's first hit, 1961's "Halfway to Paradise," was written for him by Carole King , who also authored the Top 20 follow-up, "Bless You." However, after scoring a minor chart entry with "Happy Times (Are Here to Stay)," his career ground to a halt when Kirshner sold his company to Screen Gems, which showed considerably more interest in publishing music than recording it. Orlando was given a job with the company's promotional department, and in 1967 he was tapped by Columbia Records to head their own publishing division, April-Blackwood Music . In early 1970, Orlando received a call from Bell Records producer Hank Medress requesting that he lay down a lead vocal over a demo recorded by a Detroit-based act called Dawn . The duo, consisting of vocalists Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent , had previously backed up singers including Edwin Starr , Johnnie Taylor , Freda Payne , and others; according to legend, Orlando never even met either singer until well after the record, "Candida," became a massive hit, rising to number three on the singles charts. Orlando quickly agreed to cut another record with Dawn , nonetheless adamantly insisting on keeping his day job; titled "Knock Three Times"; the single topped the charts in early 1971, and finally Orlando returned to music full-time, signing with Bell and going on tour with Hopkins and Vincent under the banner of Dawn, Featuring Tony Orlando. Released in 1973, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" became Orlando 's biggest hit yet, and was named the top-selling single of the year. Long after its original success, the song re-entered the public consciousness with renewed force in 1981, becoming something of anthem during the Iranian hostage crisis as American citizens regularly tied yellow ribbons around trees as a symbol of their hopes and prayers for the hostages' safe return. By that time, Tony Orlando & Dawn had long since dissolved: after scoring subsequent Top Ten hits with 1973's "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?," 1974's "Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight)," and 1975's chart-topping "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)," the group's popularity began to slip, although they enjoyed considerable success with their CBS television variety series. However, in July 1977, Orlando -- reeling from the recent deaths of his sister and his close friend Freddie Prinze , as well as mounting drug problems -- announced his retirement, giving up show biz in the name of Christianity. Orlando 's retirement proved short-lived, and just four months later, he made a solo comeback in Las Vegas; Dawn attempted to forge on without him, but enjoyed little success on their own and eventually disbanded. In the meantime, Orlando signed to the Casablanca label, but as a solo performer he fared poorly, scoring only one charting single, 1979's "Sweets for My Sweet." The following year, he joined the cast of Broadway's Barnum; Hopkins mounted an acting career as well, to significant success. After appearing regularly on the sitcom Bosom Buddies, she joined the cast of Gimme a Break and, later, the long-running Family Matters. In 1988, Tony Orlando and Dawn briefly re-formed, and two years later -- already a staple of the Las Vegas club circuit -- he became the latest in a long line of celebrities to open a theater in the tourist community of Branson, Missouri, founding the Tony Orlando Yellow Ribbon Music Theater with the promise to play some 200 dates there annually. | Bring It All Back, S Club 7’s debut single released all the way back in 1999 – The Sun Kim Woodburn removed from Celebrity Big Brother after epic row with Jamie O’Hara 00:45 Chloe Ferry reprimanded by Big Brother for putting her bum on John Grimes 03:52 Outgoing President Obama will not stay silent if ‘core values’ are threatened 01:51 Moment traffic warden is bundled to the ground in ‘citizens’ arrest’ 01:08 Pointless contestant gives Alexander Armstrong as answer to album question 01:17 Amazing footage Wild orangutan uses a saw to cut tree branches on BBC’s Spy in the Wild 01:38 'GET YOUR CAR OFF ME VAN!' Bizarre moment woman parks millimetres from white van and refuses to move 00:43 Disturbing video of young girl being treated for sinus infection 01:46 "I will always love her" Kidnapped teen Alexis Manigo gives first TV interview 01:06 British tourists begin evacuation from Gambia during state of emergency 00:38 World’s worst Kung Fu ‘master’ threatens cop with some awful martial arts moves 02:04 Video appears to show attorney trying to hypnotise woman for sex 03:52 Outgoing President Obama will not stay silent if ‘core values’ are threatened 00:32 Driver nearly hits cyclist after fitting his car with a siren to avoid traffic 01:18 Man arrested for threats to kill Trump with high powered rifle inauguration 01:59 US President Barack Obama gives his final news briefing at the White House 00:31 Looters rifle through belongings of car crash victims before stealing cash 00:30 Appeal for donors Tottenham’s Heung-Min Son makes a plea for a stem cell donor for young Ally Kim 00:31 Blizzard conditions Snowballs are thrown on Spain’s Costa Blanca as snow falls for the first time in 35yrs 00:31 German inventor creates rape-proof knickers in the wake of sex attacks 01:46 "I will always love her" Kidnapped teen Alexis Manigo gives first TV interview 01:38 FC Basel captain Matias Delgado trains with GoPro strapped to him 01:57 Plymouth 0-1 Liverpool : Lucas Leiva scores his first goal in seven years 00:51 Tottenham’s new stadium looks to be taking shape in this new video 02:04 Newcastle 3-1 Birmingham : Matt Ritchie brace puts The Magpies through 02:04 Southampton 1-0 Norwich : Late winner by Shane Long in his 100th game 00:32 Real Madrid in training ahead of their Copa Del Rey game against Celta Vigo 00:33 Joe Cole and Juan Sebastian Veron meet Mickey Mouse at Disney Land 01:53 Messi! It seems clear who Pep Guardiola thinks is the best player in the world…Lionel Messi! 00:52 Xabi Alsono set to retire from football after glittering Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern career 02:00 Barnsley 1-2 Blackpool : Bright Osayi-Samuel with the dramatic 120th-minute winner 01:55 Lincoln 1-0 Ipswich : Nathan Arnold sees Lincoln through for the first time in 41 years 01:49 Jeremy Kyle guest admits to driving without a licence on the show 03:56 Spencer Pratt winds up Kim Woodburn by opening the door on Celebrity Big Brother 00:36 James C refuses superhero costume and it costs Celebrity Big Brother house hot water 00:37 Katie Price shocks fans as she posts Instagram of a litter of rabbits 00:49 NHS PRESSURE Patient stuck in surgical bed for six hours after operation as Intensive Care Unit is full 00:25 Scarlett Moffatt reveals her nerves on The One Show ahead of hosting the NTAs 00:31 Holly Hagan posts naked Snapchat video while on holiday in Thailand 00:45 Chloe Ferry reprimanded by Big Brother for putting her bum on John Grimes 00:50 Chloe Ferry asks the question all the girls want to know in Celebrity Big Brother 01:09 Frustrating Cute capuchin monkey gets mad after failing to open a nut on BBC’s Spy in the Wild 01:17 Amazing footage Wild orangutan uses a saw to cut tree branches on BBC’s Spy in the Wild 04:57 Woman left blind after dermal filler injections caused face to swell 01:30 'WE HOPE THEY'LL BE FRIENDS' Kevin the baby emu from eBay meets a chick for the first time 00:37 Mum’s £25 egg ‘bought on eBay’ hatches into Kevin the baby emu 00:51 Video of daredevil teen risking his life on roof of Croydon’s Nestlé Tower 00:59 Happy |
In 1991, Warner Bros was picketed by a major national organisation over the use of which cartoon character? | Stuttering | Psychology Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia {{{MeshNumber}}} Stuttering, also known as stammering in the United Kingdom, is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases; and involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds. The term stuttering is most commonly associated with involuntary sound repetition, but it also encompasses the abnormal hesitation or pausing before speech, referred to by stutterers as blocks, and the prolongation of certain sounds, usually vowels . Much of what constitutes "stuttering" cannot be observed by the listener; this includes such things as sound and word fears, situational fears, anxiety, tension, self-pity, stress, shame, and a feeling of "loss of control" during speech. The emotional state of the individual who stutters in response to the stuttering often constitutes the most difficult aspect of the disorder. The term "stuttering", as popularly used, covers a wide spectrum of severity: it may encompass individuals with barely perceptible impediments, for whom the disorder is largely cosmetic, as well as others with extremely severe symptoms, for whom the problem can effectively prevent most oral communication. Stuttering is generally not a problem with the physical production of speech sounds (see Voice disorders ) or putting thoughts into words (see Dyslexia , Cluttering ). Despite popular perceptions to the contrary, stuttering does not affect and has no bearing on intelligence. Apart from their speech impairment, people who stutter are generally normal. Anxiety, low confidence, nervousness, and stress therefore do not cause stuttering, although they are very often the result of living with a highly stigmatized disability. The disorder is also variable, which means that in certain situations, such as talking on the telephone, the stuttering might be more severe or less, depending on the anxiety level connected with that activity. In other situations, such as singing (as with country music star Mel Tillis or pop singer Gareth Gates) or speaking alone (or reading from a script, as with actor James Earl Jones), fluency improves. (It is thought that speech production in these situations, as opposed to normal spontaneous speech, may involve a different neurological function.) Some very mild stutterers, have used the disorder to their advantage, although more severe stutterers very often face serious hurdles in their social and professional lives. Although the exact etiology of stuttering is unknown, both genetics and neurophysiology are thought to contribute. Although there are many treatments and speech therapy techniques available that may help increase fluency in some stutterers, there is essentially no "cure" for the disorder at present. Speech and language disorders Edit The prevalence of stuttering in preschool children is about 2.5%, that is, about 1 young child in 40 now stutters. The incidence is about 5%, or 1 in 20 children stutter at some point in childhood. 26 About 1% of adults stutter. The figure found in a recent study was 0.73%, or about one in 135 adults. 27 About 80% of adult stutterers are men and about 20% are women. 28 Studies in years past claimed that some countries had higher or lower rates of stuttering, or that some cultures had no stutterers at all. These studies are generally discounted now, although there are likely more adult stutterers in countries with less speech therapy. Other fluency disorders Social anxiety Head injuries and strokes can cause repetitions, prolongations, and blocks. Rarer still are stutters induced by specific medications . Medications such as antidepressants , antihistamines , tranquilizers and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have been known to affect speech in this way. While these afflictions create stutter-like conditions they do not create a stutter in the traditional sense. However, these neurogenic stutterers lack the struggle behavior and fears and anxieties of developmental | 1991 Academy Awards® Winners and History The Prince of Tides (1991) Actor: ANTHONY HOPKINS in "The Silence of the Lambs" , Warren Beatty in "Bugsy", Robert De Niro in "Cape Fear", Nick Nolte in "The Prince of Tides", Robin Williams in "The Fisher King" Actress: JODIE FOSTER in "The Silence of the Lambs" , Geena Davis in "Thelma & Louise", Laura Dern in "Rambling Rose", Bette Midler in "For the Boys", Susan Sarandon in "Thelma & Louise" Supporting Actor: JACK PALANCE in "City Slickers", Tommy Lee Jones in "JFK", Harvey Keitel in "Bugsy", Ben Kingsley in "Bugsy", Michael Lerner in "Barton Fink" Supporting Actress: MERCEDES RUEHL in "The Fisher King", Diane Ladd in "Rambling Rose", Juliette Lewis in "Cape Fear", Kate Nelligan in "The Prince of Tides", Jessica Tandy in "Fried Green Tomatoes" Director: JONATHAN DEMME for "The Silence of the Lambs" , Barry Levinson for "Bugsy", Ridley Scott for "Thelma & Louise", John Singleton for "Boyz N the Hood", Oliver Stone for "JFK" The five films nominated for Best Picture for 1991 were a very distinctive mix of different types of films: a musical animation, a horror/thriller, a gangster bio, a political conspiracy thriller, and a romantic melodrama. The big winner was director Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs (with seven nominations and five wins). Its surprise win came for many reasons: it was a 'horror' film - the first of its genre to be named Best Picture it was the first Best Picture nominee to have been commercially-available on videotape before its win it was released in late January of 1991, many months before most Best Picture nominees were released (to keep them fresh in Academy voters' minds) and most importantly, it was the third film to win the top five awards (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Writer/Screenplay - Ted Tally) since two other films had accomplished the same feat: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and It Happened One Night (1934) - it was the last Best Picture winner, to date, to win both Best Actor and Best Actress The top-notch film, a shocking psychological horror picture about a cannibalistic killer and his strange relationship with a newbie FBI agent, was based on Thomas Harris's 1988 best-selling novel of the same name. It was a sequel to an earlier film Manhunter (1986) (aka Red Dragon: The Pursuit of Hannibal Lecter), also based on a Thomas Harris novel titled Red Dragon published in 1981. The two nominations without wins were for Best Sound and Best Film Editing. Jonathan Demme (with his first directorial nomination) won the Best Director award for The Silence of the Lambs , a film with uncharacteristic subject matter that was not usually the recipient of so many Oscar awards. The other four Best Picture nominees that spread the nominations fairly evenly were: Walt Disney's feature-length animated musical cartoon Beauty and the Beast (with six nominations and two wins - Best Song "Beauty and the Beast" and Best Original Score) - it was the first hand-drawn animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture. [It would be another ten years before a special Oscar category for an |
"Which plant has the botanical name ""Saintpaulia""?" | African Violet Plants - Saintpaulia - Picture, Care Tips African Violet Plants Botanical Name: Saintpaulia hybrids Dependable bloomers, African violet plants top any list of favorite flowering house plants. Dainty African violets form a low-growing rosette of dark-green, rounded leaves. Flowers rise above the leaves on fleshy stems and are available in a range of colors from white, pink or red, to all shades of violet-blue and purple, as well as bicolors. African violets glow like jewels when displayed together in a terrarium . Terrariums are making a comeback in a big way. Nestled in the ideal micro-climate, your flowering plants will thrive with the extra humidity, making them easier than ever to grow. Find a spot for them that provides bright, indirect light and you'll enjoy living bouquets for months on end. Given enough light, you can expect African violet plants to bloom almost year-round. Thousands of cultivars have been introduced, providing us with some spectacular new choices. Flowers may be single, double, edged with white, or have large, frilly petals. There are also trailing, miniature and micro varieties. Caring for African Violets They can be damaged by overwatering, cold drafts, or harsh summer sun, but otherwise caring for African violets is easy. Keeping the soil moist, giving it plenty of bright, indirect light, and regular feedings will help it to stay healthy and blooming. Older leaves will shrivel and turn brown. This is normal. Cut them off because they can attract fungus. African violet plants prefer to be slightly pot-bound, so repotting is usually needed only to refresh the soil. As a rule of thumb, African violet pots should be about half as wide as the plant. Careful with that water! Avoid getting the velvety leaves of African violets wet. Cold water, especially, will leave spots on the leaves and they won't come off. If the leaves need to be cleaned, brush them gently with a soft, dry brush, such as a small paintbrush. Remember to always use room-temperature water when watering your plants. African Violet Care Tips Origin: Eastern Africa Height: Up to 6 in (15 cm) Light: Needs bright light to bloom. Some direct sun in winter is fine, but strong summer sun will scorch African violet leaves. It grows well under fluorescent light . Leggy stems and no blooms indicate that it's not getting enough light. African violets may also fail to bloom if they don't get 8 hours of darkness each night. (These beauties need their rest, too.) Water: Keep soil evenly moist, but not soggy. It's best to water plant from the bottom to avoid stem rot. Humidity: High humidity. Set plant on a tray of wet pebbles to raise the humidity around it. Temperature: Average room temperatures 65-75°F/18-24°C or peat-moss based potting mix. Fertilizer: Feed every 2 weeks with African violet fertilizer. Propagation: Take 1-2 in (2.5-5 cm) leaf stem cuttings in spring or summer. Dip the cut end in water, then dip it in rooting hormone powder . Poke the stem into moist potting mix. Use your fingers to firm the mix around the stem so that it stands up. Enclose the whole pot in plastic to hold in moisture. Keep the cutting out of direct sunlight. Leaves should develop roots in about a month, and you should see plantlets form from the base of the cutting in about another month after that. | 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 |
Omophagy is the eating of what? | omophagy - definition of omophagy in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of omophagy in English: omophagy [mass noun] The eating of raw food, especially raw meat. Example sentences ‘He has become the victim of sparagmos (also called omophagia), in which the maenads tear animals limb from limb and eat their flesh raw.’ ‘The point is the ongoing devouring, the act of perfect love expressed through omophagy.’ Origin Early 18th century: from Greek ōmophagia, from ōmos raw + -phagia (from phagein eat). Pronunciation: Which of the following is correct? The police took him away The police brought him away Which of the following is correct? My name was taken off the list My name was brought off the list Which of the following is correct? These pills should bring the pain away These pills should take the pain away Which of the following is correct? He brought her coat away from her He took her coat away from her Which of the following is correct? They brought money from us They took money from us Which of the following is correct? I brought down every word he said I took down every word he said Which of the following is correct? She took a deep breath She brought a deep breath Which of the following is correct? I took the ball away from him I brought the ball away from him Which of the following is correct? Wealth doesn't bring happiness Which of the following is correct? The injury took his career to an end The injury brought his career to an end You scored /10 practise again? Retry | Jeopardy Night -- BYOJeopardy Jeopardy Night What is the tallest mountain in Africa? Geography Which Indian festival is celebrated once every twelve years? RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY Falafal Which is the longest running film in indian cinema so far? Movies Largest Footwear Retail Chain in India About India This island is also considered a continent. Geography KRISHNA & RAMA ARE BOTH CONSIDERED AVATAR OF THIS HINDU GOD RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY Tarzan Which Walt Disney Movie Is It? (1999) He was raised by gorillas in the jungle, and didn't even know that he was a human being until he stumbled upon a party of explorers. Now he's torn between loyalty to his gorilla family and his new found friends, and he must decide which group he belongs with. Movies Oldest Stock Exchange in India About India Alaska Which american states has more active volcanoes than all other states combined? Which American state has more active volcanoes than all other states combined? - See more at: http://www.readersdigest.com.au/geography-trivia#sthash.kbZvbw5G.dpuf Name the smallest island shared by two countries. Name the smallest island shared by two countries Name the smallest island shared by two countries Name the smallest island shared by two countries Geography 3 pt Mahashivarathri One of the Hindu festivals is celebrated by fasting throughout the day and staying awake at night in prayer. Which is this festival? RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY |
What is the average of 1, 2, 2, 5, 9 and 17? | Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean Unit 8 > Lesson 2 of 8 Problem: Scott took 7 math tests in one marking period. What is the mean test score? 89, 73, 84, 91, 87, 77, 94 Solution: The sum of these numbers is 595. Dividing the sum by the number of test scores we get: The mean test score is 85. Definition: The arithmetic mean of a set of data is found by taking the sum of the data, and then dividing the sum by the total number of values in the set. A mean is commonly referred to as an average. In the problem above, the mean was a whole number. This is not always the case. Let's look at some more examples. Example 1: Find the mean driving speed for 6 different cars on the same highway. 66 mph, 57 mph, 71 mph, 54 mph, 69 mph, 58 mph Solution: 66 + 57 + 71 + 54 + 69 + 58 = 375 Answer: The mean driving speed is 62.5 mph. Example 2: The Scheuern family drove through 4 midwestern states on their summer vacation. Gasoline prices varied from state to state. What is the mean gasoline price? $1.79 + $1.61 + $1.96 + $2.08 = $7.44 The mean gasoline price is $1.86. Example 3: A marathon race was completed by 5 participants in the times given below. What is the mean race time for this marathon? 2.7 hr, 8.3 hr, 3.5 hr, 5.1 hr, 4.9 hr Solution: 2.7 + 8.3 + 3.5 + 5.1 + 4.9 = 24.5 The mean race time is 4.9 hr Example 4: Find the mean swimming time rounded to the nearest tenth: 2.6 min, 7.2 min, 3.5 min, 9.8 min, 2.5 min Solution: 2.6 + 7.2 + 3.5 + 9.8 + 2.5 = 25.6 The mean swimming time to the nearest tenth is 5.1 min. Summary: The arithmetic mean of a set of n numbers is the sum of the n numbers divided by n. The mean is commonly referred to as an average. Exercises Directions: Find the mean of each set of data. Click once in an ANSWER BOX and type in your answer; then click ENTER. After you click ENTER, a message will appear in the RESULTS BOX to indicate whether your answer is correct or incorrect. To start over, click CLEAR. 1. | 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 |
Who designed the Mount Rushmore monument in the U.S.A. to four presidents? | Mount Rushmore - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Google The Birth of Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore, located just north of Custer State Park in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest, was named for the New York lawyer Charles E. Rushmore, who traveled to the Black Hills in 1884 to inspect mining claims in the region. When Rushmore asked a local man the name of a nearby mountain, he reportedly replied that it never had a name before, but from now on would be known as Rushmore Peak (later Rushmore Mountain or Mount Rushmore). Did You Know? A bill introduced in Congress in 1937 proposed that a carving of Susan B. Anthony's head be included among the luminaries at Mount Rushmore, but fell through due to a rider on the existing appropriations bill mandating that federal funds be spent only on those carvings already begun. Seeking to attract tourism to the Black Hills in the early 1920s, South Dakota’s state historian Doane Robinson came up with the idea to sculpt “the Needles” (several giant natural granite pillars) into the shape of historic heroes of the West. He suggested Red Cloud, a Sioux chief, as a potential subject. In August 1924, Robinson contacted Gutzon Borglum, an American sculptor of Danish descent who was then working on carving an image of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee into the face of Georgia’s Stone Mountain. Luckily for Robinson, the headstrong Borglum was on the outs with the group that had commissioned the Lee sculpture, and would soon abandon the project. Borglum suggested that the subjects of the South Dakota work be George Washington and Abraham Lincoln , as that would attract more national interest. He would later add Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt to the list, in recognition of their contributions to the birth of democracy and the growth of the United States. Sculpting the Presidents at Mount Rushmore During a second visit to the Black Hills in August 1925, Borglum identified Mount Rushmore as the desired site of the sculpture. Even as local Native Americans and environmentalists voiced their opposition to the project, deeming it a desecration of the natural landscape, Robinson worked tirelessly to raise funding for the project, aided by Rapid City Mayor John Boland and Senator Peter Norbeck, among others. After President Calvin Coolidge traveled to the Black Hills for his summer vacation, the sculptor convinced the president to deliver an official dedication speech at Mount Rushmore on August 10, 1927; carving began that October. In 1929, during the last days of his presidency, Coolidge signed legislation appropriating $250,000 in federal funds for the Rushmore project and creating the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission to oversee its completion. Boland was made the president of the commission’s executive committee, though Robinson (to his immense disappointment) was excluded. To carve the four presidential heads into the face of Mount Rushmore, Borglum utilized new methods involving dynamite and pneumatic hammers to blast through a large amount of rock quickly, in addition to the more traditional tools of drills and chisels. Some 400 workers removed around 450,000 tons of rock from Mount Rushmore, which still remains in a heap near the base of the mountain. Though it was arduous and dangerous work, no lives were lost during the completion of the carved heads. Mount Rushmore as a “Shrine of Democracy” On July 4, 1930, a dedication ceremony was held for the head of Washington . After workers found the stone in the original site to be too week, they moved Jefferson’s head from the right of Washington’s to the left; the head was dedicated in August 1936, in a ceremony attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In September 1937, Lincoln’s head was dedicated, while the fourth and final head–that of FDR’s fifth cousin, Theodore Roosevelt–was dedicated in July 1939. Gutzon Borglum died in March 1941, and it was left to his son Lincoln to complete the final details of Mount Rushmore in time for its dedication ceremony on October 31 of that year. Mount Rushmore National Memoria | Mount Rushmore And Crazy Horse: Discovering The Spirit Of The Black Hills Mount Rushmore And Crazy Horse: Discovering The Spirit Of The Black Hills Ellen Von Weigand Resting among the awe-inspiring Black Hills of South Dakota , Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse tell the complex story of the founding of American democracy. Their co-existence within these mountains, the sacred lands of the Great Sioux Nation, is highly symbolic of the controversy surrounding European settlers’ brutal conquering of Native American land. © United States Government Officer/WikiCommons Carved out of the side of a granite mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota , Mount Rushmore was built as a memorial to the story of democracy in America . The country’s most famous monument is visited by nearly two million people each year; many come for its impressive scale and astounding beauty and leave with a new understanding of the spiritual significance of this land. What is often lost when one considers Mount Rushmore outside of the context of the Black Hills, is the sculpture’s symbolic ties to the Native American tribes who once lived within this stunning expanse of country. The idea to build a memorial dedicated to four of the greatest American presidents was conceived of by Doane Robinson of the South Dakota Historical Society in order to attract tourism to the state. He approached the artist Gutzon Borglum to craft the design for the project, who subsequently selected as a site the piece of mountain known to the Native American Indians as the Six Grandfathers. During a 14-year period workers buldozed, blazed and chiselled the towering 60-ft tall heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln into the fabric of the earth’s surface. Started in October of 1927, Borglum spent the remaining years of his life dedicated to his masterpiece, until his death in 1941. Gutzon Borglum. © Unidentified Photographer/WikiCommons The artist, son of Mormon Danish immigrants who practiced religious polygamy, selected the four figures for their symbolic significance. George Washington was chosen for his commitment to the independence of the country, Thomas Jefferson for his struggle to create a government for and by the people, Abraham Lincoln for his ideas on equality and dedication to the union, and Theodore Roosevelt for his active role in United States foreign affairs. The monument is truly American in its ardor, immensity and chosen subject matter. Yet this iconic mountain has a complex history and is seen by many as a looming reminder of the white man’s betrayal of the Native American people. Conflict between the American government and the Lakota tribes of the Great Sioux Nation, long time occupiers of the Paha Sapa, or the Black Hills, lasted longer than any other of the American Westward conquest. An 1864 treaty made these sacred hills part of the Great Sioux Reservation, but the presence of gold in the area lead to the complete disregard of this agreement, as General Custer brought in the gold rush in 1874. In 1948 Lakota chief Standing Bear commissioned an alternative sculpture just a few miles from the site of Mount Rushmore. He did so stating his desire to let the “white man know, that the red man has great heroes too.” The sculpture, depicting revered Lakota chief Crazy Horse , will stand at 563 ft high and 641 long once completed, and will exist as the largest monument in the world. Choosing Polish -American sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski for the task, Standing Bear requested that the endeavor be a non-profit, educational and cultural humanitarian project, financed by donations of the public rather than through government funding. Although the US government twice offered sums of 10 million dollars’ worth of federal aid, Ziolkowski kept his word to the Lakota chief, and denied the gift. In addition to the sculpture itself, the humanitarian vision for the site includes the Indian Museum of North America , as well as the University and medical training centre for the North American Indian. Ziolkowski initia |
Mount Vinson Massif is the highest peak in which continent? | Mount Vinson: Antarctica's Highest Mountain Mount Vinson: Antarctica's Highest Mountain By Kim Ann Zimmermann, Live Science Contributor | November 11, 2013 05:40pm ET MORE Mount Vinson is the highest peak in Antarctica, with an elevation of 16,066 feet (4,897 meters). Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger With an elevation of 16,066 feet (4,897 meters), Mount Vinson is the highest mountain in Antarctica. It is located on the southern part of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. Also called Vinson Massif, Mount Vinson is more than 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) from the South Pole, making it the most remote of the Seven Summits. It was also the last discovered, last climbed and last named of the Seven Summits. Antarctica's highest peak has a prominence of 16,066 feet (4,897 meters), making it the eighth most prominent mountain in the world. Where is Mount Vinson? Situated near the Ronne Ice Shelf south of the Antarctic Peninsula, Mount Vinson is in the Ellsworth Mountains, which comprises two sub-ranges — the Sentinel Range in the north and the Heritage Range in the south. This is not only the home of Antarctica's highest point, but also the next five highest summits on the continent. Naming Mount Vinson Mount Vinson is named for U.S. Rep. Carl Vinson of Georgia, who served in Congress from 1935 to 1961 and was the former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He was a champion of government funding for American exploration of Antarctica. For many years, there was no specific name given to the highest peak and it was part of a group of mountains was known as Vinson Massif. The name encompassed the area's numerous summits, as "massif" is defined as a dense group of connected mountains forming a distinct section of a range. As a result of several climbing and GPS mapping expeditions to the Sentinel Range, it was suggested in 2006 to the Antarctic Place Names Committee of the U.S. Geological Survey that the name Mount Vinson be used to signify the highest summit of the Vinson Massif. This suggestion was accepted, and the name of the highest peak was officially changed. Climbing Mount Vinson Temperatures in the Ellsworth Mountains average around minus 20 degrees F (minus 30 C), making it the coldest of the Seven Summits. The best period for climbing is December through February during Antarctic summer, when temperatures rise to minus 29 F (minus 20 C) and the sun is out 24 hours a day. Most climbers ascend up the Branscomb Glacier, known as the Normal Route, and make it in about 10 days. About 1,000 climbers have summited Mt. Vinson, much fewer than the other Seven Summits. While other summits are more challenging from a technical climbing perspective, the cold, windy conditions and the short window of opportunity to climb keep many climbers from making it to the top. There is also the cost involved, which can be $30,000 or more because of the summit's remoteness. Milestones in Mount Vinson's history 1935: U.S. aviator Lincoln Ellsworth spies a small part of the northern end of the Ellsworth Mountains from the air. 1957: A U.S. Navy reconnaissance flight led to the discovery of Mount Vinson in December 1957. Several ground aerial surveys performed between 1958 and 1961 originally put Mount Vinson at 16,864 feet high (5,140 meters). 1961: U.S. scientists Tom Bastien and John Splettstoesser climb Mount Wyatt Earp on the far northern end of the Sentinel Range. 1966-1967: The American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition is the first to summit. The team was led by Nicholas Clinch and included Barry Corbet, John Evans, Eiichi Fukushima, Charles Hollister, William Long, Brian Marts, Pete Schoening, Samuel Silverstein and Richard Wahlstrom. Corbet, Evans, Long and Schoening reached the summit on Dec. 18, 1966. The rest of the team made the summit over the following few days. 1979: Following the route the Americans had established a decade earlier, Werner Buggisch and Peter von Gizycki from West Germany and Victor Samsonov from the Soviet Union were the second group to summit on Dec. 22, 1979. Their expedi | Rio Rio You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 3 to 24 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 |
In Norse mythology, who was the goddess of the underworld? | Death and the Afterlife - Norse Mythology for Smart People Norse Mythology for Smart People Death and the Afterlife “Ophelia” by John Everett Millais (c. 1852) Norse/Germanic mythology and religion contain no formal doctrines concerning what happens to a human, or, for that matter, a member of any other species, when he or she dies. What happens to the body and the other, less tangible parts of the self varies widely from case to case, and depends on a staggering array of factors that, unfortunately, are only dimly understood nowadays due to the fragmentary character of the sources we possess concerning Norse mythology and pre-Christian Germanic religion more broadly. Still, some general – although not necessarily universal – patterns can be discerned. The resting place of the dead is located beneath the ground – a literal “underworld” that comprises a spiritual counterpart to the physical grave. The dead can interact with the living and vice versa, and oftentimes a part of the dead person is reborn. Finally, unlike in, say, Christian or Muslim perspectives on the afterlife, there’s little to no moral dimension to the indigenous northern European perspective; there’s no eternal bliss or eternal torment, just a transition to another stage in the endless cycle of being. The Land of the Dead The pre-Christian spiritual traditions of the Germanic peoples, like those of animistic and pantheistic peoples the world over, view spirit and matter as being intimately intertwined rather than separable into an exclusively corporeal realm and an exclusively “incorporeal” realm. Thus it should come as no surprise that the heathen land of the dead is a literal underworld that closely corresponds to the grave, located within the ground and especially concentrated around burial sites. The Norse mythological texts record three primary places where the dead were perceived to go: Helheim ( Old Norse Helheimr, “the home of the goddess Hel “), Valhalla (Old Norse Valhöll, “the hall of the fallen”), and Folkvang (Old Norse Fólkvangr, “the field of the people” or “the field of warriors”). Countless theories have been proposed regarding exactly what the differences between these places are, but a closer look at the primary sources reveals that they’re practically indistinguishable from one another and are all slightly different conceptions of – one could even say that they’re merely different names for – the underworld. Helheim (or simply “Hel,” as it is also sometimes called) is the vaguest and most general term for the underworld. In Old Norse colloquial usage, it means “the grave” or something to that effect.[1] Valhalla is presided over by Odin , and to gain entrance to it, one must be chosen by him and his valkyries , the “choosers of the fallen.” Similarly, entrance to Folkvang is dependent upon being selected by Freya . The distinction between Valhalla and Folkvang isn’t altogether clear, because the principal Old Norse source that describes the two halls depicts Freya in terms that suggest she’s a valkyrie herself.[2] Valhalla is often depicted as a realm where distinguished warriors engage in a continuous battle, and just such a place is described, in important early sources, as being located beneath the ground – and, intriguingly, without the name “Valhalla” or a cognate anywhere in the account.[3] Furthermore, the very name Valhöll, “the hall of the fallen,” is a late development that seems to have arisen out of the name Valhallr, “the rock of the fallen,” a title given to certain rocks and hills where the dead were perceived to dwell in southern Sweden, one of the greatest historical centers of Odin-worship.[4][5] The only Old Norse text that makes a sure distinction between Valhalla and Helheim is the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson. Snorri, a thirteenth-century Christian scholar, claims that those who die in battle are taken to Valhalla, while those who die of sickness or old age are taken to Helheim. Yet he blatantly contradicts this statement in the one extensive account of Helheim he provides – namely the tale of the death of Bald | Underworld Gods & Goddesses | Theoi Greek Mythology HADES AEACUS (Aiakos) One of the three judges of the dead in the Underworld. He was originally a king of the island of Aegina who obtained his position as a reward from the gods. ACHERON (Akheron) The god of the underworld river of pain whose brackish stream guarded the borders of Hades. Charon ferried the souls of the dead across his waters. AMPHIARAUS The prophetic Daemon of a subterranean oracle at Oropus in Boeotia. ARAE (Arai) The underworld Daemones of curses. ASCALAPHUS (Askalaphos) An underworld Daemon who tended the orchards of Hades. He was transformed into a screech owl by Demeter as punishment for reporting that Persephone had tasted the pomegranate seed. CACODAEMONES (Kakodaimones) Evil spirits which issued forth from the underworld to cause harm. CERBERUS (Kerberos) The mighty, three-headed, serpent-maned hound of Hades who guarded the entrance to underworld. CEUTHONYMUS (Keuthonymos) A mysterious underworld Daemon. He was the father of Hades cattleman Menoetes. CHARON (Kharon) An underworld Daemon who ferried the souls of the dead across the streams of Acheron into Hades. His fee was a single coin which was placed beneath the tongue of the dead. COCYTUS (Kokytos) The god of the underworld river of tears and wailing. CORE (Kore) "The maiden," another name for Persephone. CRONUS (Kronos) The old king of the Titans. He was appointed king of the islands of the blessed, the home of the favoured dead, by Zeus after his release him from the prison-house of Tartarus. DAEIRA An underworld Nymph and companion of the goddess Persephone. She was connected with the Eleusinian Mysteries. EMPUSA (Empousa) A monstrous underworld Daemon with flaming hair, the leg of a goat and a leg of bronze. She was the bogey-monster in Greek fable. EPIALES The underworld Daemon of nightmares. He was related to the Oneiri or dream-spirits. EREBUS (Erebos) The primeval god of darkness. Like the other protogenoi he was elemental, being the substance of darkness, rather than a man-shaped god. His mists encircled the underworld and filled the hollows of the earth. ERINYES The three goddesses of vengeance and retribution. They were called forth from the underworld to inflict suffering and madness upon the evil-doer, to bring drought and famine to nations, and punish the souls of the damned in Hades. EURYNOMUS (Eurynomos) An underworld Daemon who stripped the flesh from the corpses of the dead. He was described with blue-black skin and was possibly imagined with a vulture's head. GORGYRA An underworld Nymph. She was the wife of the River-God Acheron. HADES (Haides, Aidoneus) The grim King of the Underworld, the ruler of the dead. He received his dark domain when the three sons of Cronus drew lots for the division of the universe. HECATE (Hekate) The goddess of magic, necromancy and the haunting ghosts of the dead. She who issued forth from the underworld with a train of torch-bearing Lampades, demonic Lamiae, ghosts and hell-hounds. Hecate was the minister of Persephone. HERMES CHTHONIUS (Khthonios) The guide of the dead who led the ghosts to their final resting place in Hades. HYPNUS (Hypnos) The god of sleep who dwelt in a silent realm on the borders of Hades. He issued forth from the underworld with his mother Nyx the Night. KERES Monstrous she-Daemones of violent death and disease. They presided over the battlefield carnage, driving the weapons of death and tearing free the souls from the dying. LAMIAE (Lamiai) Underworld Daimones in the train of the goddess Hekate. They were vampiric monsters who assumed the forms of beautiful women to seduce and devour young men. LAMPADES Torch-bearing underworld nymphs in the train of the goddess Hecate. They may have guided the spirits of the blessed dead (initiates of the Eleusinian Mysteries) to their final resting place in Elysium. LETHE The goddess of the underworld river of oblivion. The souls of the dead tasted her waters to forget their former lives. LEUCE (Leuke) A Nymph abducted by teh god Hades to the Eleusinian fields where she was transfor |
In which English county is the town of St. Neots? | ST. NEOTS - St. Neots in Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire Welcome to St. Neots Including Eynesbury, Eaton Ford and Eaton Socon St Neots is the largest town in Cambridgeshire, and since 1113 when the Priory of St Neots came into being has been an important bridge-head over the River Great Ouse . It is this bridge, and the convergence of the main roads from Huntingdon, Kimbolton and Bedford, around, which the prosperity of the town of St Neots has developed. St Neot's Market Place St Neots today has thrown off the dismal overcoat of the 20th Century and in recent years transformed itself into a "town in a garden" . St Neots is one of the five principal towns in the District of Huntingdonshire , the others being Huntingdon , St Ives and Ramsey site of the former Abbey and the Roman town of Godmanchester . St Neot's High Street Realising that it has some of the best assets any town could wish for; the huge Riverside Park with the River Great Ouse running through it, the old industrial and commercial buildings of the 19th Century most of which have now been tastefully transformed into vibrant modern shops, offices or apartments to die for, an enormous Market Place that provides not only parking in the middle of town - now there's a rare novelty - but also still fulfils its role as a proper market place but best of all on a couple of occasions each year it can all be cleared for a fun fair or other special public event. REFRESHING your screen will display different member banners The box below displays a random selection from the great deals, special offers and/or SALE items that are available from the site members but you may follow this link to view all the current what's HOT in the district . | Newport | Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom | Britannica.com Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom Written By: London Newport, town (parish), Isle of Wight , historic county of Hampshire , southern England . It lies near the centre of the diamond-shaped island at the head of the River Medina ’s estuary, 5 miles (8 km) from its mouth at Cowes . Newport was probably the Roman settlement of Medina, but there is no trace of Saxon or Jute settlement. The first charter was granted between 1177 and 1184, and the borough was incorporated in 1608. Newport early superseded nearby Carisbrooke (now a suburb) as the island’s capital because of its facilities for trade. It remains the island’s agricultural and administrative centre. Parkhurst, a major British maximum-security prison, stands on the outskirts. Pop. (2001) 23,558; (2011) 25,496. Learn More in these related articles: Isle of Wight island, unitary authority, and geographic country, part of the historic county of Hampshire. It lies off the south coast of England, in the English Channel. The island is separated from the mainland by a deep strait known as The Solent. The Isle of Wight is diamond-shaped and extends 22.5 miles (36... Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom Tips for Editing Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: August 29, 2013 URL: https://www.britannica.com/place/Newport-Isle-of-Wight-England Access Date: January 18, 2017 Share |
How many of Henry V111’s wives were beheaded | Henry VIII's Wife Catherine Howard Beheaded - Business Insider Henry Blodget / Business Insider It was hazardous being married to King Henry VIII, who ruled England from 1509 to 1547. Of Henry's six wives, two were divorced, one died, and two were beheaded. Only the sixth survived him. You hear a lot about Henry's wives if you visit his palace at Hampton Court, about a half an hour outside London. And when you enter the corridor below, in the royal "apartments," you hear the story about Henry's fifth queen, Kathryn Howard (often spelled "Catherine"). Henry married Kathryn when she was 19 and he was 49 . Henry had just discarded his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, reportedly because he found her unattractive. Henry developed a crush on the "vivacious" young Kathryn and soon married her. Kathryn's family, the Howards, were thrilled by the engagement, as they had been on the outs at the King's court and they assumed the marriage would restore their family to greatness. Henry was over the moon about Kathryn, referring to her as his "rose without a thorn" and "the very jewel of womanhood." Alas... Kathryn Howard Tudorhistory.org And a year after the marriage, the Archbishop of Canterbury informed the King that Kathryn had not only not been a virgin when he married her but might even now be carrying on behind his back. Henry was reportedly heartbroken and refused to believe this. But he ordered an investigation. And the news that came back was not good. So Henry ordered that Kathryn be imprisoned in the palace until she could be executed. One day, the story goes, Kathryn escaped from her guards and rushed down the corridor below in search of Henry. She thought he was praying in the royal chapel, which was at the end of the hall. And as she ran, she screamed and begged for his mercy. The guards caught her before she reached the chapel, and returned her to her cell. (And Henry may actually have been out hunting.) Shortly thereafter, Henry had her head chopped off. The story is that the ghost of Kathryn Howard still haunts the corridor at Hampton Court, where she reenacts her desperate attempt to see the king. Several visitors and staff over the years have reportedly seen her. Others have reported feeling "chills" in the corridor. (Perhaps because, in the winter and early spring, the place is freezing.) According to the Hampton Court guides, fully one-half of the visitor faintings that have occurred at the palace over the years have happened in that corridor. So maybe, even 500 years later, the ghost of flirtatious young queen still runs down this corridor to beg the king not to chop her head off. | King Henry I Beauclerc (1100 - 1135) The House of Normandy - ArtiFact :: Free Encyclopedia of Everything Art, Antiques & Collectibles Born: September, 1068 at Selby, Yorkshire Parents: William I and Matilda of Flanders Relation to Elizabeth II: 24th great-grandfather House of: Normandy Ascended to the throne: August 3, 1100 aged 31 years Crowned: August 6, 1100 at Westminster Abbey Married: (1) Edith (Matilda), Daughter of Malcolm III (2) Adelicia, Daughter of Geoffrey VII, count of Louvain Children: Daughter Matilda, son William, and reputedly around 20 illegitimate children Died: December 2, 1135 at St Denis le Fermont, Normandy, aged 67 years, 2 months, and 29 days Buried at: Reading Reigned for: 35 years, 3 months, and 28 days Succeeded by: his nephew Stephen Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to 1135. Henry was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William’s death in 1087, Henry’s older brothers William Rufus and Robert Curthose inherited England and Normandy respectively, but Henry was left landless. Henry purchased the County of Cotentin in western Normandy from Robert, but was deposed by William and Robert in 1091. Henry gradually rebuilt his power base in the Cotentin and allied himself with William against Robert. Henry was on hand when William died in a hunting accident in 1100, and he seized the English throne, promising at his coronation to correct many of William’s less popular policies. Henry married Matilda of Scotland, but continued to have a large number of mistresses, by whom he had many illegitimate children. Life King of England from 1100. Youngest son of William the Conqueror, he succeeded his brother William II. He won the support of the Saxons by granting them a charter and marrying a Saxon princess, Edith, daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland. She was known as Matilda after her marriage, a name more acceptable to the Norman Barons than her Saxon name Edith. Henry’s daughter was also called Matilda. He was an able administrator, and established a professional bureaucracy and a system of travelling judges. He was called Beauclerc because of his scholarly interests. In 1101 his elder brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, attempted to seize the crown by invading England. However, after the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to recognise his brother Henry as King and returned to Normandy. They fought again in 1106 at Battle of Tinchebrai at which Robert was captured and Henry became Duke of Normandy as well as King of England. Henry’s only legitimate son and heir, William, was drowned in 1120 in wreck of the White Ship and Henry tried to settle the succession on his daughter Matilda and her son Henry (later Henry II). However, Matilda widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, was unpopular when she re-married into the House of Anjou rival of the House of Normandy. The throne was taken by Henry’s nephew Stephen, who, towards the end of his reign, agreed to adopt Matilda’s son as his heir. Henry died in Normandy in 1135 of food poisoning according to legend from eating a ‘surfeit of Lampreys’ (an eel type fish). Henry I was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders and was born between May, 1068 and May, 1069 probably at Selby in Yorkshire. He was named Henry after his mother’s maternal uncle, King Henry I of France. On the death of his father, Normandy was bequeathed to his eldest son, Robert Curthose , England was left to the third son, William Rufus (a second son, Richard, had been killed whilst hunting in the New Forest) and to the youngest, Henry, he left a large sum of money. Henry I of England The Seal of Edith or Matilda of Scotland Henry seized England’s crown on the death of his brother, William Rufus. He had been present on the hunting expedition in the New Forest which resulted in Rufus’ death, either by accident or design and left abruptly and in indecent haste to seize the treasury at Winchester. The finger of suspicion has been pointed at Henry of complicity in his |
‘Ebony and ‘what’ is the title of a 1982 hit single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder? | Ebony & Ivory-Stevie Wonder & Sir Paul McCartney - YouTube Ebony & Ivory-Stevie Wonder & Sir Paul McCartney 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 Feb 27, 2008 A good video with a good message from the early 80s.I remember having the 45RPM single of this.(Disclaimer:To YouTube,the record company,and to all viewers,I do not claim copyrights to this,I'm simply posting it because I love the video) Category | 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 |
To whom was David Rizzio the secretary, when he was stabbed to death by her husband, Lord Darnley in 1566 at Holyrood House, Edinburgh? | Henry STUART (E. Darnley) Henry STUART Born: 7 Dec 1545, Temple Newsham, Yorkshire, England Acceded: 1565 Died: 10 Feb 1567, Provost's House, Kirk o'the Field, Edinburgh, Scotland Buried: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland Notes: Duke of Albany 1565, Earl of Ross, Lord Ardmannoch. The Complete Peerage vol.VII,p.600. Married: MARY STUART (Queen of Scotland) 29 Jul 1565, Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland Children: 1. JAMES I STUART (King of Great Britain) Darnley, painted by an unknown artist Scottish National Portrait Gallery Husband of Mary, Queen of Scots , was the son of Matthew Stuart, 4� Earl of Lennox , and lady Margaret Douglas , daughter of Margaret Tudor , Queen of James IV of Scotland, by her second husband, Archibald, Earl of Angus; this made Darnley a candidate for succession to the English throne after Elizabeth I . He was born in England in 1546, and brought up there, where his father was in exile. In 1565, at the age of 19, he was allowed by Queen Elizabeth to follow his father to Scotland, and within a short time he was married to Mary , at Holyrood House, on 29 Jul 1565. The motives of the Scottish Queen were predominantly political; Darnley was a Catholic and his right of succession to the English throne reinforced Mary 's own. However, the handsome appearance and courtly manners of the dissolute, spoiled and arrogant young man must also have impressed Mary because at first she was infatuated with him. Historians have speculated that Darnley was allowed by Elizabeth to go to Mary 's court because she foresaw Mary 's infatuation, and did not doubt her ability to control Mary and Scotland through the weak-willed Darnley. But Elizabeth reckoned without the stubborn royal character of her Scottish cousin. The alliance was offensive both to Elizabeth and to the Scottish reformers. Within a short time Darnley had shown himself to be a vicious and dissipated man. Most nights he roamed the streets of Edinburgh with low-life companions in search of sexual adventures. He failed to participate in the business of the royal court. Mary refused to ask Parliament to grant him the crown matrimonial, making him a king in title but not in influence. Darnley was soon after induced to side with the reformers, and sharing their dislike and jealousy of David Rizzio, the Queen 's secretary. The more outraged Mary became over her husband's stupidity and lewd behaviour, the more she looked to Rizzio for consolation. Some of the nobles claimed that Rizzio was a secret agent of the Pope and had usurped their proper places beside the Queen . They easily cajoled the gullible Darnley into believing that Mary and Rizzio were lovers. Wounded in pride and suspicious of Mary 's relationship with Rizzio, Darnley joined a conspiracy against him. On 9 Mar 1566, Darnley and a group of nobles seized Rizzio in the Queen 's presence and stabbed him some 56 times. It is unclear whether Darnley himself did the dragging or the stabbing or whether one of his henchmen performed the actual slaughter. They may have hoped simultaneously to shock the six months pregnant Queen into fatal illness. She was then taken prisoner by the lairds, but managed to convince Darnley that he was only tolerated by them as an expedient to their plans, and would be done away with in his turn. Mary and Darnley managed to escape, and rode off through the darkness to safety. Darnley soon found himself without a friend in either camp. Between the Queen and Darnley thenceforth there was nothing but, irreconcilable aversion and disgust. A divorce was proposed, but Mary would not agree to it. Meanwhile the Earl of Bothwell had won the favour or the Queen . Possibly with Mary 's knowledge, there was then formed a plot to murder Darnley, one of whose leaders was Bothwell. The Earl of Morton was later executed for his part in i | SparkNotes: Northanger Abbey: Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Themes Gothic novels Most literary critics refer to Northanger Abbey as Jane Austen's "Gothic parody" because it satirizes the form and conventions of the Gothic novels that were popular during the time when Austen wrote Northanger Abbey. In particular, Austen is said to have targeted Anne Radcliffe, the author of gothic novels such as A Sicilian Romance (1790), The Romance of the Forest (1791), and The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794). Catherine reads Udolpho during her time at Bath, and it is implied that she has read similar novels before, and Isabella has a library of other Gothic novels that the women plan to read once Catherine has finished Udolpho. Gothic novels and their conventions occur throughout the novel. On the ride from Bath to Northanger Abbey, Henry invents a humorous hypothetical story about Catherine's first night in Bath, making subtle references to several different Gothic novels, most of which were well-known at the time (consult an annotated edition of Northanger Abbey for a list of the references and the works they come from). Aside from Henry's parody of gothic novels on the way to Northanger Abbey, two other sequences poke fun at the genre. In once, Catherine unlocks the mysterious cabinet, expecting it to contain something horrible, and finds only laundry bills. In another, Catherine imagines that the General is a wife-murderer and goes to investigate the late Mrs. Tilney's bedroom. When Henry catches her at this task and scolds her, it is not amusing, as is Catherine's discovery of the laundry bills. We feel sympathy for Catherine, who is terribly embarrassed in front of Henry. In the scenes leading up to the confrontation with Henry, it is almost disturbing to read of Catherine's paranoid assumptions that everything the General does stems from a guilty conscience. Catherine becomes almost unhinged by her own imagination. Although the actual crime turns out to be nonexistent, Austen captures some of the psychological tension typical of Gothic novels by chronicling Catherine's delusions. So although she parodies the gothic genre, Austen also makes use of some of its techniques. Some of the novel has nothing to do with Gothic novels and conventions. The first half of Northanger Abbey takes place entirely at the resort town of Bath, and has nothing to do with Gothic novels. This first half resembles Emma or Mansfield Park more than it does The Mysteries of Udolpho. Youth Northanger Abbey is concerned with young people and their feelings. Heroines in other Austen novels—Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice and Emma Woodhouse in Emma, for example—are a little older than Catherine, and are not as naïveté as she. Northanger Abbey portrays Catherine in situations common to teenagers: she faces peer pressure when James, Isabella and John urge her to join them on their carriage trips, for example, and must contend with the bullying John Thorpe. Austen plays the youthful Catherine against the older, more experienced Henry Tilney. There are several instances in which the adults comment on the young people, either chuckling at their behavior or criticizing it. Many readers can sympathize with Catherine once she returns home and immediately becomes sulky and obstinate with her parents—particularly her mother, who starts gently nagging her daughter right away. Motifs Reading There are two kinds of reading in Northanger Abbey: reading books and letters, and reading people. Catherine Morland is young and naïve, and she has a hard time distinguishing between the two types of reading. Before Catherine can really enter the world of adulthood, she needs to improve her ability to read people as well as novels. Throughout Northanger Abbey, Catherine finds herself unable to "read between the lines." She does not notice the obvious romance developing between James and Isabella, she does not understand why Frederick Tilney gets involved, she has no idea why the General is so kind to her. All of these behaviors and motivations are clear |
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What is the Roman Numeral for 1000? | Roman Numerals Roman Numerals Ancient Romans used a special method of showing numbers Examples: They wrote V instead of 5 And wrote IX instead of 9 Read on to learn about Roman Numerals or go straight to the Roman Numeral Conversion Tool . The Roman Symbols Romans Numerals are based on the following symbols: 1 Which can be combined like this: 1 When a symbol appears after a larger symbol it is added Example: VI = V + I = 5 + 1 = 6 But if the symbol appears before a larger symbol it is subtracted Example: IX = X - I = 10 - 1 = 9 To Remember: After Larger is Added Don't use the same symbol more than three times in a row (but IIII is sometimes used for 4, particularly on clocks) Really Big Numbers Numbers greater than 1,000 are formed by placing a dash over the symbol, meaning "times 1,000", but these are not commonly used: 5,000 | Names for Large Numbers Using the Dictionary Names for Large Numbers The English names for large numbers are coined from the Latin names for small numbers n by adding the ending -illion suggested by the name "million." Thus billion and trillion are coined from the Latin prefixes bi- (n = 2) and tri- (n = 3), respectively. In the American system for naming large numbers, the name coined from the Latin number n applies to the number 103n+3. In a system traditional in many European countries, the same name applies to the number 106n. In particular, a billion is 109 = 1 000 000 000 in the American system and 1012 = 1 000 000 000 000 in the European system. For 109, Europeans say "thousand million" or "milliard." Although we describe the two systems today as American or European, both systems are actually of French origin. The French physician and mathematician Nicolas Chuquet (1445-1488) apparently coined the words byllion and tryllion and used them to represent 1012 and 1018, respectively, thus establishing what we now think of as the "European" system. However, it was also French mathematicians of the 1600's who used billion and trillion for 109 and 1012, respectively. This usage became common in France and in America, while the original Chuquet nomenclature remained in use in Britain and Germany. The French decided in 1948 to revert to the Chuquet ("European") system, leaving the U.S. as the chief standard bearer for what then became clearly an American system. In recent years, American usage has eroded the European system, particularly in Britain and to a lesser extent in other countries. This is primarily due to American finance, because Americans insist that $1 000 000 000 be called a billion dollars. In 1974, the government of Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced that henceforth "billion" would mean 109 and not 1012 in official British reports and statistics. The Times of London style guide now defines "billion" as "one thousand million, not a million million." The result of all this is widespread confusion. Anyone who uses the words "billion" and "trillion" internationally should make clear which meaning of those words is intended. On the Internet, some sites outside the U.S. use the compound designation "milliard/billion" to designate the number 1 000 000 000. In science, the names of large numbers are usually avoided completely by using the appropriate SI prefixes . Thus 109 watts is a gigawatt and 1012 joules is a terajoule. Such terms cannot be mistaken. There is no real hope of resolving the controversy in favor of either system. Americans are not likely to adopt the European nomenclature, and Europeans will always regard the American system as an imposition. However, it is possible to imagine a solution: junk both Latin-based systems and move to a Greek-based system in which, for n > 3, the Greek number n is used to generate a name for 103n. (The traditional names thousand and million are retained for n = 1 and 2 and the special name gillion, suggested by the SI prefix giga-, is proposed for n = 3.) n = triacontatrillion This process can be continued indefinitely, but one has to stop somewhere. The name centillion (n = 100) has appeared in many dictionaries. A centillion is 10303 (1 followed by 303 zeroes) in the American system and a whopping 10600 (1 followed by 600 zeroes) in the European system. Finally, there is the googol , the number 10100 (1 followed by 100 zeroes). Invented more for fun than for use, the googol lies outside the regular naming systems. The googol equals 10 duotrigintillion in the American system, 10 sexdecilliard in the European system, and 10 triacontatrillion in the proposed Greek-based system. The googolplex (1 followed by a googol of zeroes) is far larger than any of the numbers discussed here. Return to the Dictionary Contents page . You are welcome to email the author (rowlett@email.unc.edu) with comments and suggestions. All material in this folder is copyright © 2001 by Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Per |
"In what city did the movie ""Lost in Translation"" take place?" | Lost in Translation (2003) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS 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 A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 41 titles created 22 Aug 2012 a list of 31 titles created 13 Oct 2014 a list of 39 titles created 24 Aug 2015 a list of 40 titles created 11 months ago a list of 33 titles created 9 months ago Title: Lost in Translation (2003) 7.8/10 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. Won 1 Oscar. Another 93 wins & 118 nominations. See more awards » Videos A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus. Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them. Director: Wes Anderson An estranged family of former child prodigies reunites when their father announces he is terminally ill. Director: Wes Anderson A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid-1970s. Director: Sofia Coppola Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child. Director: Jason Reitman A year after their father's funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with each other. Director: Wes Anderson 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen and ultimately the fall of Versailles. Director: Sofia Coppola While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s everyday at midnight. Director: Woody Allen A committed dancer wins the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" only to find herself struggling to maintain her sanity. Director: Darren Aronofsky Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture. Director: Woody Allen A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need. Director: Spike Jonze With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son. Director: Wes Anderson Edit Storyline Middle-aged American movie star Bob Harris is in Tokyo to film a personal endorsement Suntory whiskey ad solely for the Japanese market. He is past his movie star prime, but his name and image still have enough cachet for him to have gotten this lucrative $2 million job. He has an unsatisfying home life where his wife Lydia follows him wherever he goes - in the form of messages and faxes - for him to deal with the minutiae of their everyday lives, while she stays at home to look after their kids. Staying at the same upscale hotel is fellow American, twenty-something recent Yale Philosophy graduate Charlotte, her husband John, an entertainment still photographer, who is on assignment in Japan. As such, she is largely left to her own devices in the city, especially when his job takes him out of Tokyo. Both Bob and Charlotte are feeling lost by their current situations, which are not helped by the cultural barriers they feel in Tokyo, those cultural barriers extending far beyond just not... Written by Huggo Everyone w | Translations Translations Search facility Nevil Shute Norway The Foundation is trying to build up a profile of the availability of Nevil Shute titles in languages other than English. Devoted Shutists have provided the foundation with details of books translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese Russian & Spanish. However, if you know of any translations not listed below or translations in other languages, please send details by e-mail to the Webmaster Swedish Translations English translation of Swedish title Stephen Morris and Pilotage As Far As Wings Carry Lonely Road The Town That Came Alive What Happened To The Corbetts Tills vi ses igen The Man With The Sallow Pipes Most Secret Vinland The Good is probably not translated The Chequer Board The Seafarers is probably not translated No Highway To The Memory Of Janet Beyond The Black Stump The Rainbow And The Rose Regnbågen och rosen The Rainbow And The Rose Trustee From The Toolroom "English translation of Danish title" Danish publisher So Disdained/The Mysterious Aviator - Ukendt Fly = "Unknown Plane" Ruined City - Mr. Warren kommer til byen = "Mr. Warren comes to town" Lademann An Old Captivity - Drømmen om Hekja = "The dream of Hekja" Pied Piper - Manden med pilefløjterne = "The man with the Willow flutes" (Don't know the right word, but pilefløjterne = flute made of willow branch) Lademann/ A Town Like Alice - Arven = "The legacy" Round the Bend - Hvilket Menneske = "What a man" The Far Country - Det fjerne land = "The far country" Slide rule - En Mand med Regnestok = "A man with a slide rule" Vintens Requiem for a Wren/The Breaking Wave - Janet = "Janet" Beyond the Black Stump - Det forjættede land = "The promised land" On the Beach - På stranden - Ventetid = "On the beach - Waiting time" Vinten The Rainbow and the Rose - Regnbuen og rosen = "The rainbow and the rose" Trustee From the Toolroom - Formynderen = "The Trustee" Norwegian Translations (Thanks to Anne-Lise Gilje) Original title Kontakt (Contact) = "Stephen Morris" og "Kjentmann" ("Stephen Morris" and "The local guide") 1963 Byen som våknet (The town that came alive) 1966 Mannen med seljefløytene (The man with the willow flutes) 1945 Livet og leken (The life and the game) 1946 Den som intet våger (Nothing ventured....) 1949 En by som Alice (A town like Alice) 1950 Der veien slutter (Where the road ends) 1954 Lykkens land (Land of fortune) 1953 Til minne om Janet (In memory of Janet) 1955 Fordi du sviktet (Because you failed) 1956 Den siste bredd (The last shore) 1958 The Rainbow and the Rose Regnbuen og rosen (The rainbow and the rose) 1959 En troskyldig mann (An ingenuous man) 1960 Ergens waar de wereld ophoudt (Somewhere where the world ends) 1956 s Mensen schaakspel (Humans Chess Game) 1947 Land in de verte (Far-away Country) 1952 Spel met de dood (Game with the Death) 1948 De droom van Ross (Ross' Dream) 1940 De laatste oever (The last Shore) 1957 Kruistocht der liefde (Crusade of Love) 1942 The Rainbow and the Rose Geen leven zonder droom (No life without a Dream) 1958 Gebed voor een vrouw (Prayer for a woman) 1955 Onder de sterren der woestijn (Under the Stars of the Desert) 1951 Finale als voorspel (Final as Overture) 1950 Diamanten voor Janice (Diamonds for Janice) 1960 trad. par Jean de Lafforest; McCorquadale, London Beyond the Black Stump trad. par Pierre SINGER, Paris, Librairie Stock 1957 The Far Country trad. par Pierre SINGER, Paris, éd. Stock 1955 In the Wet trad. par Pierre SINGER, Paris, Librairie Stock 1955 No Highway trad. Geneviève MEKER, Paris, René Julliard 1950 An Old Captivity trad. de Jacqueline DUPLAIN , Genève, Paris, Ed. Jeheber 1946 On the Beach trad. par Pierre SINGER, Paris, éd. Stock1968 Pied Piper trad. Denise van MOPPES, Genève, éd. S:A:R:I:, Casterman, cop. 1959 The Rainbow and the Rose L'arc-en-ciel et la rose trad. par Pierre SINGER, Paris, Librairie Stock 1958 Requiem for a Wren trad. par Pierre SINGER, Paris, Librairie Stock 1956 Round the Bend trad. de l'américain par Pierre SINGER, Paris, Librairie Stock 1952 A Town Like Alice |
"The musical ""West Side Story"" was a modern retelling of what classic play?" | West Side Story, musical | Details | AllMusic West Side Story, musical google+ Description by Rovi Staff On January 9, 1949, Leonard Bernstein entered this into his log: "Jerry R. [Robbins] called today with a noble idea: a modern version of Romeo and Juliet set in slums at the coincidence of Easter-Passover celebrations. Feelings run high between Jews and Catholics. Former: Capulets; latter: Montagues. Juliet is Jewish." The newly formed State of Israel and the resultant war made the idea topical, and Bernstein , of Jewish descent, was familiar with Catholicism. From the beginning, Robbins suggested that Arthur Laurents write the book, which was to be called East Side Story. However, other projects forced them to put off work until 1955. In the late summer of that year, while in Los Angeles with Laurents, Bernstein saw a newspaper article about fights between Mexican and Anglo gangs on Olivera Street. The two decided that recently arrived Puerto Ricans and first-generation Americans born of European immigrants would be a more accessible alternative to the Capulets and Montagues than would Jews and Catholics, and Latin American rhythms began to take shape in Bernstein 's head. Neither Laurents nor Bernstein wanted to compose the lyrics for the songs, and they enlisted the 26-year-old Stephen Sondheim in October 1955. The title was changed to West Side Story when the creators realized that gang warfare in New York had moved from the East Side to the West. West Side Story opened at New York's Winter Garden Theater on September 26, 1957, and has remained in the repertory ever since. The film version of 1961 was a smashing success, earning 10 Oscars, including Best Picture. West Side Story is one of Bernstein 's most impressive achievements in any style of composition. Its mixture of Latin American rhythms, big band jazz harmonies and instrumentation, contrapuntal writing, and colloquial language is handled with such skill and sensitivity that the result makes it seem as though these elements had always coexisted. Arthur Laurents ' book for West Side Story is not really a retelling or paraphrase of Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet, but rather uses the play as a point of departure. Feuding families become rival gangs of different ethnic backgrounds, and Tony (Romeo) kills Maria's (Juliet) brother, but the "star-crossed" lovers do not have the chance to commit suicide. The most powerful and musically complex moment in the show occurs at about the midpoint, as Tony and Maria sing of their love in a reprise of "Tonight," Anita anticipates her upcoming date with Bernardo, and Riff and Bernardo, with their respective gangs, prepare for the rumble that evening. The result is a quintet with moments of dense rhythmic and melodic polyphony, conveying musically the meaning of the simultaneous but unrelated lines of text. Other highlights include the energetic "America," with its alternating 6/8 and 3/4 time signatures, while "Tonight" and "Maria" boast some of the most memorable melodies from the American stage. "Somewhere," in its opening phrase, features a melodic line borrowed from the slow movement of Beethoven 's Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73. Another factor contributing to the musical's success was its strong dance element, evident in songs such as "America" as well as in confrontations between the rival gangs. The setting for the gangs' "neutral turf" negotiations, for example, is a gymnasium dance at which a distinctive mambo serves as the musical backdrop. Bernstein , even as he broke new ground, drew on a tradition of Broadway choreography that was reaching its high point as the work took shape, and the result was a work that combined rhythmic energy, kinetic appeal, romance, and compositional sophistication. The action on-stage may seem a bit dated in this day of the modern gangster, but the work's virtues are undimmed. It may well be a strong candidate for an innovatively updated production. Parts/Movements The Dance at the Gym (Blues, Promenade, Mambo, Cha-Cha, Meeting Scene, Jump) Maria Ballet Se | Love Never Dies (2012 film sequel to the 2004 film) | Phantom of the Opera | Fandom powered by Wikia Phantom of the Opera Love Never Dies (2012 film sequel to the 2004 film) 74pages on Share Love Never Dies is a romantic musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater with additional lyrics by Charles Hart, and book by Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton, with additional material by Slater and Frederick Forsyth. It is a sequel to Lloyd Webber's long-running musical The Phantom of the Opera.[1] The musical is set in 1907,[2] which Lloyd Webber states is, "ten years roughly after the end of the originalPhantom,"[3] although the events of the original actually took place in 1881.[4] Christine Daaé is invited to perform at Phantasma, a new attraction in Coney Island, by an anonymous impresario and, with her husband Raoul and son Gustave in tow, journeys to Brooklyn, unaware that it is the Phantom who has arranged her appearance in the popular beach resort. Although Lloyd Webber began working on Love Never Dies in 1990, it was not until 2007 that he began writing the music. The musical opened at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End on 9 March 2010 with previews from 22 February 2010. It was originally directed by Jack O'Brien and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, however the show closed for four days in November 2010 for substantial re-writes, which were overseen by Lloyd Webber, and it opened with new direction from Bill Kenwright. Set and costume designs were by Bob Crowley.[5] The original London production received mostly negative reviews,[6][7] however, the subsequent Australian production featuring an entirely new design team and heavy revisions was generally better received. The planned Broadway production, which was to have opened simultaneously with the West End run, was delayed and then indefinitely postponed.[8] Contents Edit Andrew Lloyd Webber first began plans for a sequel to his 1986 hit musical, The Phantom of the Opera, in 1990.[10] Following a conversation with Maria Björnson, the designer of The Phantom of the Opera, Lloyd Webber decided that, were a sequel to come about, it would be set in New York City at the turn of the 20th century. One of his ideas was to have Phantom live above ground in Manhattan's first penthouse, but he rejected this when he saw a TV documentary about the Coney Island fairground.[10] Lloyd Webber began collaborating with author Frederick Forsyth on the project, but it soon fell apart as Lloyd Webber felt the ideas they were developing would be difficult to adapt for a stage musical. Forsyth went on to publish some of the ideas he had worked on with Lloyd Webber in 1999 as a novel entitled The Phantom of Manhattan.[11] Lloyd Webber returned to the project in 2006, collaborating with a number of writers and directors. However, he still did not feel the ideas he had were adaptable into a piece of musical theatre.[12] Finally, in early 2007, Lloyd Webber approached Ben Elton (who had served as the librettist for Lloyd Webber's The Beautiful Game) to help shape a synopsis for a sequel, based on Lloyd Webber's initial ideas. Elton's treatment of the story focused more on the original characters of The Phantom of the Opera and omitted new characters that Lloyd Webber and Forsyth had developed.[12] Lloyd Webber was pleased with Elton's treatment and began work on the sequel.[11] In March 2007, he announced he would be moving forward with the project.[13] The Daily Mail announced in May 2007 that the sequel would be delayed, because Lloyd Webber's six-month-old kitten Otto, a rare-breed Turkish Van, climbed onto Lloyd Webber'sClavinova digital piano and managed to delete the entire score. Lloyd Webber was unable to recover any of it from the instrument, but was eventually able to reconstruct the score.[14][15] In 2008, Lloyd Webber first announced that the sequel would likely be called Phantom: Once Upon Another Time,[16] and the first act was performed at Lloyd Webber's annual Sydmonton Festival. The Phantom was played by Ramin Karimloo and Raoul was played by Alistair Robbins.[17] |
Who wrote the Hornblower novels? | NLS/BPH: Minibibliographies, The Horatio Hornblower Series by C.S. Forester Home > Bibliographies > Minibibliographies > The Horatio Hornblower Series by C.S. Forester NLS Minibibliographies The Horatio Hornblower Series by C.S. Forester Content last modified December 2014 Introduction In 1927, C.S. Forester purchased three volumes of The Naval Chronicle from 1790 to 1820. For the Chronicle, officers of the Royal Navy wrote articles on strategy, seamanship, gunnery, and other professional topics of interest to their colleagues. The Chronicle for those years covered the wars with Napoleon. Reading these volumes and traveling by freighter from California to Central America allowed the germination of the character Horatio Hornblower as a member of the Royal Navy in the late eighteenth century. By the time Forester's journey brought him home to England, the former medical student-turned-writer had plotted Beat to Quarters, and it was published in 1937. A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were published soon after, and in 1939 all three appeared as Captain Horatio Hornblower. Forester's interest in the Romantic period and the political and military maneuvers of the early 1800s continued, and the Hornblower saga was produced. Subsequent volumes in the series were sequels to the original trilogy or filled in its gaps. The episodic quality of the novels is due partly to their having appeared serially in magazines, primarily the Saturday Evening Post. Most of the books were written around the time of World War II, which influenced Forester to concentrate on strong military leaders and heroic deeds in the earlier world war he described. Hornblower's complexity has endeared him to readers. He is cynical but compassionate, courageous but not without fear. Self-conscious and socially unconfident, his marriage is a mismatch, and he finds himself in love with the Duke of Wellington's sister. Above all he is a consummate seaman, deserving of the loyalty of his men. The achievement of Forester, who led a quiet, contemplative life and suffered from serious illness, was that in conjuring up person, period, and place--rousing sea battles, eventual shore life, England, France, Central America--he made it easy for readers to believe they were there. In England, Beat to Quarters was published as The Happy Return. Captain Horatio Hornblower appeared as a motion picture in 1951. Following are the books of the Horatio Hornblower series in the order in which they should be read according to the Fiction Catalog, Twelfth Edition, 1991. Dates are the original dates of publication. All of the books listed are available from NLS network library collections. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower The early career of Horatio Hornblower of the British Royal Navy is traced in a series of adventurous episodes. They illustrate the quick thinking, brilliant intuition, and decisiveness characteristic of our hero and leave him with the rank of lieutenant. 1950 DB 26915 Commander Hornblower marries Maria in England and soon afterward sails for duty off the French coast. War breaks out with France, involving Hornblower in a land raid and in several sea battles. 1962 DB 46118 Hornblower during the Crisis, and Two Stories: "Hornblower's Temptation" and "The Last Encounter" Hornblower receives a promotion to captain and is relieved of his command of the Hotspur in this last-to-be-written and incomplete novel. When the new captain is court-martialed, Horatio is asked to testify. In "Hornblower's Temptation," which takes place before the events in Lieutenant Hornblower, an Irishman condemned to die wants Hornblower to undertake an apparently innocuous assignment. "The Last Encounter," truly the end of the saga, concerns a meeting with Napoleon in 1848. 1967 DB 41649 | Patrick O'Brian | W. W. Norton & Company DONE Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series of historical novels has been described as "a masterpiece" (David Mamet, New York Times), "addictively readable" (Patrick T. Reardon, Chicago Tribune), and "the best historical novels ever written" (Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review), which "should have been on those lists of the greatest novels of the 20th century" (George Will). Set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, O'Brian's twenty-volume series centers on the enduring friendship between naval officer Jack Aubrey and physician (and spy) Stephen Maturin. The Far Side of the World, the tenth book in the series, was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. The film was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture. The books are now available in hardcover, paperback, and e-book format. In addition to the Aubrey/Maturin novels, Patrick O'Brian wrote several books including the novels Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, and The Unknown Shore, as well as biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso. He translated many works from French into English, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir, the first volume of Jean Lacouture's biography of Charles de Gaulle, and famed fugitive Henri Cherriere's memoir Papillon. O'Brian died in January 2000. Books by Patrick O'Brian |
In the Bible, what is the fourth book of the Old Testament? | Facts about the Bible Facts about the Bible Facts about the Bible Facts about the Bible The following list is not designed to discuss doctrine, or provide in-depth teaching. It is merely a resource center for factual information on the Bible. Many of these questions have been addressed in various locations throughout our website; however, as many people do not have the time to comb through the entire website to find the answers they are looking for, we have compiled the following list. How many books are in the Bible? The Bible contains 66 books, divided among the Old and New Testaments. How many books are in the Old Testament? There are 39 books in the Old Testament. How many books are in the New Testament? There are 27 books in the New Testament. What does "testament" mean? Testament means "covenant" or "contract." Who wrote the Bible? The Bible was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit by over 40 different authors from all walks of life: shepherds, farmers, tent-makers, physicians, fishermen, priests, philosophers and kings. Despite these differences in occupation and the span of years it took to write it, the Bible is an extremely cohesive and unified book. Which single author contributed the most books to the Old Testament? Moses. He wrote the first five books of the Bible, referred to as the Pentateuch; the foundation of the Bible. Which single author contributed the most books to the New Testament? The Apostle Paul, who wrote 14 books (over half) of the New Testament. When was the Bible written? It was written over a period of some 1,500 years, from around 1450 B.C. (the time of Moses) to about 100 A.D. (following the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ). What is the oldest book in the Old Testament? Many scholars agree that Job is the oldest book in the Bible, written by an unknown Israelite about 1500 B.C. Others hold that the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) are the oldest books in the Bible, written between 1446 and 1406 B.C. What is the youngest book in the Old Testament? The book of Malachi, written about 400 B.C. What is the oldest book of the New Testament? Probably the book of James, written as early as A.D. 45. What is the youngest book in the New Testament? The Book of Revelation is the youngest book of the New Testament, written about 95 A.D. What languages was the Bible written in? The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. When was the Bible canonized? The entire New Testament as we know it today, was canonized before the year 375 A.D. The Old Testament had previously been canonized long before the advent of Christ. What does "canon" mean? "Canon" is derived front the Greek word "Kanon," signifying a measuring rod. Thus, to have the Bible "canonized" meant that it had been measured by the standard or test of divine inspiration and authority. It became the collection of books or writings accepted by the apostles and leadership of the early Christian church as a basis for Christian belief. It is the standard by which all Christians throughout the ages live and worship. When was the first translation of the Bible made into English? 1382 A.D., by John Wycliffe. When was the Bible printed? The Bible was printed in 1454 A.D. by Johannes Gutenberg who invented the "type mold" for the printing press. It was the first book ever printed. What is the oldest almost-complete manuscript of the Bible now in existence? The Codex Vaticanus, which dates from the first half of the fourth Century. It is located in the library of the Vatican in Rome. There are older fragments of the Bible that are still preserved however-- the oldest being a tiny scrap of the Gospel of John was found in Egypt, dating back to the beginning of the second century. (It is currently in the Rayland's Library in Manchester, England). What is the longest book in the Bible? The book of Psalms. What is the shortest book in the Bible? 2 John. What is the longest chapter in the Bible? Psalm 119 What is the shortest chapter in the Bible? Psalm 117 What is the longest verse in the Bible? Est | BOOKS OF THE TIMES - NYTimes.com BOOKS OF THE TIMES THE FOURTH PROTOCOL. By Frederick Forsyth. 389 pages. Viking Press. $17.95. FIRST AMONG EQUALS. By Jeffrey Archer. 415 pages. Linden Press/ Simon & Schuster. $16.95. ''THEY would not really try it, would they?'' thinks a senior British Intelligence officer. ''Not breach the Fourth Protocol? Or would they? Desperate men sometimes take desperate measures.'' Well, of course they'd try - this is a Frederick Forsyth novel, after all. And besides, who cares about probability, anyway? In ''The Day of the Jackal,'' Mr. Forsyth wrote about a plot to assassinate Charles de Gaulle - even though de Gaulle had died peacefully a year before the book was published. And in ''The Odessa File,'' he wrote about a Nazi plan to liquidate Israel by using rockets filled with bubonic plague. What, though, is the ''Fourth Protocol,'' and why do the Russians want to breach it? To begin with, the year is 1987, and technology has progressed to the point at which it's possible to build a tiny atomic bomb - ''small enough to go in a suitcase and simple enough to be assembled from a dozen prefabricated, milled and threaded components, like a child's construction kit.'' Apparently these things are just as bad as big atomic bombs, and in a way more dangerous, because you can destroy your enemy by planting one of them in a locker or an abandoned house - no need to use missiles that might trigger radar or a counterstrike. Mr. Forsyth's Russians, however, don't simply want to bomb Britain. They are far more subtle than that: their plan is to set off a small nuclear explosion that will give credibility to the British antinuclear movement; that, in turn, will bring the Labor Party to power; that, in turn, will enable hard-core leftists to seize power; that, in turn, will make Britain a Marxist state. Sound complicated? Most of ''The Fourth Protocol'' is pure unadulterated plot - unsullied by well-developed characters, moral insights or interesting prose. When the main story bogs down, Mr. Forsyth simply throws in a subplot about office politics inside British Intelligence, or summons an allusion to a real-life event such as the Falkland crisis, or a previous spy scandal. He even gives the traitor Kim Philby a supporting role in the novel - though his role, like that of many others, ends up being little more than a red herring. The problem with ''The Fourth Protocol'' is not that its premise seems silly: Mr. Forsyth has such a knack for describing technical matters like cracking safes and building bombs, and such a deft ability to juggle the sort of little details spies specialize in, that his novel has a strong documentary sense. The problem with ''The Fourth Protocol'' is that - unlike some of the author's earlier books - it becomes predictable, and so lacking in suspense. Halfway through, the reader knows exactly where it's headed. In the end, in fact, the novel resembles one of Mr. Forsyth's little atomic bombs - a kit ''assembled from a dozen prefabricated, milled and threaded components.'' Britain in the near future is also the backdrop for Jeffrey Archer's latest novel, ''First Among Equals.'' As in ''The Fourth Protocol,'' there are ample references to real events and real people - among them, Margaret Thatcher, Harold Wilson and even Prince Charles (who, in the course of the novel, becomes King Charles) - and as in ''The Fourth Protocol,'' there are few attempts by the author to indulge in thoughtful characterization or literary prose. If ''The Fourth Protocol'' suffers from a surfeit of plot, however, ''First Among Equals'' suffers from having almost none. The book is propelled by a single question - which of three men will become Prime Minister - and its 400-odd pages are mainly concerned with giving us random anecdotes and details about its heroes and their women. Whatever amusing tidbits the book contains about British parliamentary politics will doubtless be lost on the majority of American readers. Described in only the most cliched of terms, the three heroes of ''First Among Equals'' come acr |
What popular assessment that is based on the theories of Carl Jung was created during WWII to help women identify the type of war-time jobs where they would be 'most comfortable and effective'? | Myers-Briggs Type Indicator | Psychology Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia File:Jung 1910-cropped.jpg The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is a psychometric questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. [1] :1 These preferences were extrapolated from the typological theories proposed by Carl Gustav Jung and first published in his 1921 book Psychological Types (English edition, 1923 [2] ). Jung theorized that there are four principal psychological functions by which we experience the world: sensation, intuition, feeling, and thinking. [3] One of these four functions is dominant most of the time. The original developers of the personality inventory were Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers ; these two, having studied extensively the work of Jung, turned their interest of human behavior into a devotion of turning the theory of psychological types to practical use. [4] They began creating the indicator during World War II , believing that a knowledge of personality preferences would help women who were entering the industrial workforce for the first time to identify the sort of war-time jobs where they would be "most comfortable and effective". [1] :xiii The initial questionnaire grew into the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which was first published in 1962. The MBTI focuses on normal populations and emphasizes the value of naturally occurring differences. [5] Robert Kaplan and Dennis Saccuzzo believe "the underlying assumption of the MBTI is that we all have specific preferences in the way we construe our experiences, and these preferences underlie our interests, needs, values, and motivation" (p. 499). [6] Contents Edit As the MBTI Manual states, the indicator "is designed to implement a theory; therefore the theory must be understood to understand the MBTI". [7] :1 Fundamental to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the theory of psychological type as originally developed by Carl Jung. [1] :xiii Jung proposed the existence of two dichotomous pairs of cognitive functions: The "rational" (judging) functions: thinking and feeling The "irrational" (perceiving) functions: sensing and intuition Jung believed that for every person each of the functions are expressed primarily in either an introverted or extraverted form. [1] :17 From Jung's original concepts, Briggs and Myers developed their own theory of psychological type, described below, on which the MBTI is based. Type Edit Jung's typological model regards psychological type as similar to left or right handedness: individuals are either born with, or develop, certain preferred ways of perceiving and deciding. The MBTI sorts some of these psychological differences into four opposite pairs, or dichotomies , with a resulting 16 possible psychological types. None of these types are better or worse; however, Briggs and Myers theorized that individuals naturally prefer one overall combination of type differences. [1] :9 In the same way that writing with the left hand is hard work for a right-hander, so people tend to find using their opposite psychological preferences more difficult, even if they can become more proficient (and therefore behaviorally flexible) with practice and development. The 16 types are typically referred to by an abbreviation of four letters—the initial letters of each of their four type preferences (except in the case of intuition, which uses the abbreviation N to distinguish it from Introversion). For instance: ESTJ : extraversion (E), sensing (S), thinking (T), judgment (J) INFP : introversion (I), intuition (N), feeling (F), perception (P) And so on for all 16 possible type combinations. A related personality type model is the Personality Assessment System developed by John Gittinger. Like the MBTI, PAS identifies people's inherited tendencies, and it goes on to describe how people either accept and foster them, or compensate and modify them as functioning adults. With compensation and modification, Gittinger's PAS gives 512 types. [8] Four dichotomies (P) Pe | Snowy Afternoon quiz [Archive] - CPFC BBS 1. As at 2008 which corporation owns the brands Duracell, Braun and Gillette? 2. Who was the first artist to appear at the new Wembley Stadium? 3. In which year did the first Mersey road tunnel open? 4. In which country was Imry Nagy twice Prime Minister, executed for treason in 1958 and reburied as a hero in 1989? 5. Which English artist and engraver is famed for his paintings of horses? 6. American jazz musician Art Tatum excelled on which instrument? 7. What is the technical term for a solid figure with five plane (flat) faces? 8. A boomslang is what type of creature? 9. What is grandpa's name in the TV show The Munsters? 10. In which country was Greenpeace founded? 11. Who succeeded James Callaghan as leader of Britain's Labour Party? 12. Which student of Socrates, and teacher of Aristole, wrote Republic? 13. What is the name of the assembly of cardinals for the election of a pope? 14. Chiromancy is the technical name for what pseudoscience (claimed but not proven to be scientific)? 15. The Karnak Temple complex, dating back to the ancient city of Thebes, is in which country? 16. As at 2008 what is the most popularly attended concert venue in the world (highest audience numbers per year)? 17. Nanga Parbat, meaning 'naked mountain', the 9th highest in the world, is part of which mountain range? 18. In which year was the United Nations founded? 19. Which American singer's real name was Eunice Wayman? 20. The ghost of great Dane dog Kabur, said to haunt Los Angeles Pet Cemetery, belonged to which 1920s screen idol? 21. Who wrote Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance? 22. What country hosts the World Wife-Carrying Championships? 23. What country temporarily renamed its currency Bolivar Fuerte (meaning strong Bolivar) while phasing out the use of the previous Bolivar alongside it? 24. What vital mechanism did Elisha Otis invent in 1852? 25. What is Earl's band called in the TV series My Name is Earl? 26. Which British MP claims responsibility for introducing speed bumps ('sleeping policemen') to UK roads? 27. Who holds the record for the longest televised successful golf putt (as at 2008)? 28. Harrisburg is the capital of which US state? 29. What are the Italian cheese balls whose name translates as 'small mouthfuls? 30. What did Colonel Thomas Blood attempt to steal in 1671? Psychokiller 02-02-2009, 03:06 PM 1. As at 2008 which corporation owns the brands Duracell, Braun and Gillette? P&G 4. In which country was Imry Nagy twice Prime Minister, executed for treason in 1958 and reburied as a hero in 1989? Hungary 5. Which English artist and engraver is famed for his paintings of horses? Stubbs 11. Who succeeded James Callaghan as leader of Britain's Labour Party? Foot 12. Which student of Socrates, and teacher of Aristole, wrote Republic? Plato 15. The Karnak Temple complex, dating back to the ancient city of Thebes, is in which country? Egypt 18. In which year was the United Nations founded? 1949? 23. What country temporarily renamed its currency Bolivar Fuerte (meaning strong Bolivar) while phasing out the use of the previous Bolivar alongside it? Venezuala (sp) 30. What did Colonel Thomas Blood attempt to steal in 1671? Crown Jewels brighton_eagle 02-02-2009, 03:09 PM The answer I have is elevator brake. Which allowed him to build the safety elevator which is commonly known as the elevator today. So whilst correct, your answer is not the only answer. Sorry. Carry on. |
What brand of gum is named after a type of rocket launcher? | bazooka | weapon | Britannica.com Bazooka Alternative Title: M9A1 Rocket Launcher Related Topics blowgun Bazooka, shoulder-type rocket launcher adopted by the U.S. Army in World War II . The weapon consisted of a smooth-bore steel tube, originally about 5 feet (1.5 metres) long, open at both ends and equipped with a hand grip, a shoulder rest, a trigger mechanism, and sights. Officially titled the M9A1 Rocket Launcher, it was called bazooka after a crude horn of that name used by radio comedian Bob Burns. Bazooka U.S. Signal Corps/National Archives, Washington, D.C. The bazooka was developed chiefly for attacking tanks and fortified positions at short range. It launched a 3.5-pound (1.6-kg) rocket with a diameter of 2.36 inches (60 mm) and a length of 19 inches (483 mm). The rocket carried 8 ounces (225 grams) of pentolite, a powerful explosive that could penetrate as much as 5 inches (127 mm) of armour plate. To escape backblast, the operator held the bazooka on his shoulder with about half the tube protruding behind him. During the Korean War the M20 “Super Bazooka” was used. This was an aluminum tube that launched a 3.5-inch (89-mm), 9-pound (4-kg) rocket carrying 2 pounds (0.9 kg) of combined RDX/TNT explosive. The chief defects of both bazookas were their cumbersome weight and length and their short effective range (about 120 yards [110 metres]). For this reason, beginning in the Vietnam War the U.S. Army abandoned bazookas in favour of light antitank weapons, or LAWs, such as the M72, a one-shot disposable weapon that weighed 5 pounds (2.3 kg) fully loaded yet could launch its rocket with reasonable accuracy out to 350 yards (320 metres). The bazooka was the first weapon of its kind—that is, the first infantry weapon capable of reliably destroying a tank—and it inspired the German Panzerschreck and Panzerfaust . The latter was the first rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) and thus the progenitor of the most common infantry antitank weapon from the 1960s on. Learn More in these related articles: | YouTube Undo Close "Deep Purple Highway Star..." The YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement. Sorry about that. |
What kind of pastry is used to make chocolate eclairs? | Chocolate Eclairs Recipe : Food Network Panna Cotta Recipes 4.7 81 Loved this recipe. Made it for my husband for his birthday. So delectable. I sprinkled some crushed walnuts to decorate. So yumm. Would make this again for sure. lynda.chan16 2016-07-27T13:22:15Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Not hard to make and they always turn out as good as what uou buy in a bakery! 5 star recipie# Anonymous 2016-06-22T10:51:19Z item not reviewed by moderator and published EXCELLENT! Can't wait to make these again! senorita peggy 2016-03-29T05:09:25Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Can I use store bought custard? centishemg 2015-11-29T14:06:50Z item not reviewed by moderator and published First time making these and they are awesome! Forgot to add butter to filling but didn't matter at all. And if you make big ones you barely have enough chocolate glaze for all of them. Excellent recipe! Anonymous 2015-11-12T05:16:00Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Great recipe. I used 4 large eggs and it came out perfect. I added little vanilla extract.; 2 tablespoons of light corn syrup and 1 tablespoon of butter to the chocolate glaze and it came out perfect. Adam J. 2015-04-13T03:56:29Z item not reviewed by moderator and published So easy, yummy and impressive. Excellent tips! Louise Landowski 2015-01-05T21:28:10Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Id do with a simple Condensed milk buttercream filling. By simple i mean 80% butter condense milk and a bit of strong blended whiskey,brandy or cognac into the cream and it will taste good and why no sugar well the cond.milk already has the needed sugar. It will be an expensiv cream but the taste is just so good. Careful its still a lot of fat and it can be addictive. (200g butter,150 (or 1:1 ratio if want) condense milk, mix the butter untill the butter taste is gone and its white, add the milk and mix it untill there are no clumps finish it with the spirit of your choice). The importan part is that when your going to use it let it cool down and harden a bit otherwhise it will be to soft to use it normaly. muti2006 . 2014-11-12T01:50:08Z item not reviewed by moderator and published For any METRIC USERS who want a decent eclair recipe: 480ml milk 1/2 vanilla bean 6 egg yolks 135g sugar 30g cornstarch 2g butter 240ml water 16g butter 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar 140g flour 3 eggs + 1 1 egg 1 1/2 teaspoons water 250ml heavy cream 115g chocolate "whisk in 60ml of the hot milk mixture" "Preheat to 220 degrees celsius" "leaving 5cm of space between them" "then reduce heat to 190 degrees" Hopefully I didn't mess anything up :) Cosmo Scepanovic 2014-08-26T09:33:17Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Love making these, how can I keep my shell from getting soft? dwenz10394 2014-04-17T13:40:16Z item not reviewed by moderator and published The pastry turned out PERFECT! I was about to give up on eclairs, as I've tried a different recipe about 3 times, only to have it work once. This recipe was much easier and turned out great. Don't open the oven before they're finished baking. Followed the directions to a T. As for the filling, I used the other recipe and messed it up, so I ended up using instant vanilla pudding. I had to mix whipping cream and skim milk (sounds strange) so I would have enough milk to make the pudding. It turned out great, and is a lot less fattening. The glaze turned out good too. I will definitely use this recipe again!! Tammy H. 2014-04-03T20:34:36Z item not reviewed by moderator and published can u substitute vanilla extract instead of vanilla bean? Hailey Trimbur 2013-11-17T21:52:03Z item not reviewed by moderator and published EASY and very YUMMY thanks F.N. sharyl m. 2013-11-09T14:39:10Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I have made something like this recipe for years but used Instant Vanilla Pudding as the base and added other things to it. I can't find the recipe. It was very easy and you made a huge round ring and cut the pastry in half and filled it. It was very simple. Any suggest | Turkish Delight - CHARACTER EDUCATION CHARACTER EDUCATION Turkish Delight, lokum or loukoum Turkish Delight, lokum or loukoum is a confection made from starch and sugar. It is often flavored with rosewater and lemon, the former giving it a characteristic pale pink color. It has a soft, jelly-like and sometimes sticky consistency, and is often packaged and eaten in small cubes that are dusted with sugar or copra to prevent sticking. Some types contain small nut pieces, usually pistachio, hazelnut or walnuts. Other common types include flavors such as cinnamon or mint. Origin Reay Tannahill suggests that the Persian confection ahbisa (jelly) was the ancestor of Turkish rahat lokum, the long name for the sweet. According to the Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir Company of Istanbul, founded in 1777, lokum was popularized by them during the 19th century. Lokum was introduced to the west in the 19th century. During his travels to Istanbul, an unknown Briton became very fond of the delicacy, purchased cases of lokum, and shipped them to Britain under the name Turkish Delight. It became a major delicacy not only in Britain, but throughout continental Europe. Name The Turkish word lokum may come from lokma in Turkish or لقومlukuum, the Arabic plural of لقمة luqma(t) 'morsel' or 'mouthful'. However, there is no other word used for morsel in Turkish either. Alternatively, it may have derived from Ottoman rahat hulkum or Arabic راحة الحلقم rahat al-hulkum 'contentment of the throat'. In Libya, for example, it is known as ḥalgūm. In English, it was formerly called "lumps of delight". Around the world In North America, Turkish Delight is not especially common, but it forms the basic foundation of the Big Turk and Fry's Turkish Delight chocolate bars. It is also the basis for most of Liberty Orchards' line of confectionery, including Aplets & Cotlets. It is known in Brazil (called rahat) due to Lebanese immigration. Armenian, Cypriot, Greek (called "λουκούμι", loukoumi), Albanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian (Albanian: "llokum", Bulgarian and Macedonian: "локум", lokum), Romanian (called "rahat"), former Yugoslav states like Bosnia and Herzegovina (called "rahat lokum"), or Serbia ("ратлук", ratluk), Iranian and other Middle Eastern cuisines also have sweets similar to Turkish delight. Jelly desserts are also common in Asia, but they are entirely different from the composition of Turkish Delight and that of other Middle Eastern cuisines: Korean chapssaeltteok, similar to Japanese mochi, is a sweet cake made from sticky rice and usually filled with sweet red bean paste. China has a similar cake too, usually using sesame paste as well as red beans. In popular culture Turkish Delight is the addictive confection to which Edmund Pevensie succumbs in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Sales of the confection periodically rose after the theatrical release ofThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
Who was the youngest player (as at 2009) to win the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final? | Wimbledon Top 10: Youngest Champions - The Championships, Wimbledon 2017 - Official Site by IBM Wimbledon Top 10: Youngest Champions By Mark Hodgkinson Does it seem as if players are getting younger? Wimbledon.com looks at the top 10 youngest champions. 1. Boris Becker was 17 years old when he won the 1985 Championships, becoming the youngest ever winner of the gentlemen's singles title. "What I remember most from winning Wimbledon at 17 was that people suddenly looked at me differently – they thought I was from planet Mars. They thought I had done something I wasn't supposed to do, something that shouldn't have been possible. But I did it. And then I did it at 18, just to make the point." 2. Before Becker, the youngest men's champion was Wilfred Baddeley, who was 19 when he won the title in 1881 (the Englishman won a couple more titles, in 1892 and 1895). 3. Martina Hingis was just 13 years old when she won the junior Wimbledon title at the 1994 Championships, so becoming the youngest champion of that competition (her first Grand Slam victory had come the season before when, at the age of 12, she won the junior French Open to become the youngest player to ever win a junior Grand Slam title). 4. Dennis Ralston, an American, is the youngest ever men's doubles champion – he was 17 when he won in 1960, alongside Mexico's Rafael Osuna. In 1966, he would reach a Wimbledon singles final, losing to Manuel Santana. 5. Lottie Dod, who was known as 'The Little Wonder', and who dressed in a long white dress and black woolen stockings, was 15 years and 285 days old when she won the ladies' singles title in 1887. She remains the youngest ladies’ singles champion. 6. Martina Hingis is the youngest ever women's doubles champion – she was 15 years and 282 days old when she won in 1996, with Helena Sukova as her partner. She is also the youngest winner of any senior title at the All England Club – Lottie Dod was three days older when she won the ladies' singles title in 1887. 7. Martina Hingis is the youngest women's singles champion of the modern era, winning the 1997 title when she was just 16. As the New York Times observed on the day that the Little Swiss Miss beat Jana Novotna: "With the smile of a cheerleader and the appetite of a shark, Hingis is the epitome of a new wave of tennis teenagers with no qualms about preying on the older generation". 8. Australia’s Rod Laver is the youngest ever man to win the mixed doubles title – he was 20 in 1959. He played with American Darlene Hard. 9. Serena Williams was 16 when she won the 1998 mixed tournament, making her the youngest ever woman to hold the title. Her partner, Max Mirnyi, had apparently been too shy to approach her himself, so it had been his father who had set up the partnership. 10. When a 20-year-old Bjorn Borg won the 1976 Wimbledon Championships, he became the youngest men's champion of the 20th century (but he didn't hold that record for long, as it was just nine years later that Boris Becker won the tournament at the age of just 17). Follow the latest news and scores from Wimbledon 2013 on Wimbledon.com or download the official iPad, iPhone and Android apps | Wimbledon Mens Players | Mens Singles Champions | Andy Murray | Roger Federer Mens Players Wimbledon Mens Singles We take a look at the mens singles competition, providing background and chances of the players for the 2011 tournament at the All England Club. Many Tennis fans would argue that Wimbledon is the toughest of the four majors to win as it is the only one played on a grass surface. The winner must therefore be versatile in handling the different challenges that playing on grass poses. Please check here for details of the 2010 Wimbledon mens seedings . The 2011 Men’s singles at Wimbledon promises yet again to be as exciting as ever with Roger Federer favourite in the Wimbledon mens singles betting to win the crown once again afre beating Andy Roddick last year. Nadal’s victory in 2008 prevented Federer from becoming the first man in Wimbledon history to record six straight wins, he will be back at SW19 for the first time since and desperate to regain his crown. In some media circles Federer was being written off last year, but he came back to the top when he won the US Open Tennis for the fifth straight year, defeating Britain's Andy Murray in the final. He then lost to Nadal in the Australian Open final in another five set epic, before achieving his greatest moment in tennis, when he won the French Open title for the first time. That win gave him a record equalling fourteen Grand Slams a record he shares with, Sampras and he also became the first man since Andre Agassi to win all four Grand Slam titles. We think that Federer should win once more this year but the following players all have chances Robin Soderling Fred Perry - The last British Mens Single Champion Fred Perry was the last British mens single champion at Wimbledon when he won the title for the third and final time in 1936. Perry, had won the previous two mens singles titles at the 1934 and 1935 Championship and despite being some years ago reports suggest that he was one of the greatest ever Wimbledon champions. Can Scot, Andy Murray emulate the great man this year? Murray has been in outstanding form this year and won the the title at Queens Club last week. He has shot up to number three in the world rankings and is third favourite to win in the mens singles betting. He reached the quarter finals last year where he was beaten by Rafa Nadal. Tim Henman remains the only British player to get to the semi finals in recent years, he achieved this four times in total. Modern Era Mens Wimbledon Champions In recent years, some of the biggest names in mens Tennis have lifted the famous Mens Singles trophy. Four times champion Rod Laver was the first male to claim the title in the open era in 1968 and 1969. Fellow Australian John Newcombe won back to back championships in 1970 and 1971 before Bjorn Borg won four consecutive titles between 1976 - 79. During the 80s, the Wimbledon mens singles title was won by great names such as John McEnroe, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg, all who won the title on more than one occasion during the decade. American great Pete Sampras dominated the title in the 90s winning the mens singles crown a total of seven times between 1993 and 2000, only Richard Krajicek stopped him from winning a Wimbledon record eight straight titles. In recent years, the mens singles game has been all about Roger Federer who has won the last four Wimbledon mens singles championships and the Swiss star shows no signs of slowing down his dominance of the mens game. Past Wimbledon Mens Singles Winners 1980 B. Borg (Sweeden) |
Pearl and Moonstone are traditional modern birthstones for which month of the year? | Alexandrite is the Traditional Birthstone for June and both Pearl and Moonstone are the Modern Birthstones for the Month. Birthstones Alexandrite is the Traditional Birthstone for June and both Pearl and Moonstone are the Modern Birthstones for the Month. Alexandrite is a very rare stone that changes in color from browns to red to lavender, the gem is often simulated with a lavender crystal or cubic zirconia. Alexandrite can assist one in centering the self, reinforcing self-esteem, and augmenting ones ability to experience joy. Unless otherwise noted, all of our stones are simulated Alexandrite. | Christmas 2015 Jeopardy Template In which state is Santa is called Kanakaloka? 100 How do many people spend Boxing Day? A) Working. B) Shopping C) Wrapping presents. 100 What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant? 100 Just like the ones I used to know What's the second line of "I'm dreaming of a white christmas"? 100 True or false: Joseph married Mary immediately after the angel appeared to him? 200 Arizona and Florida Which two states in the US have towns called Christmas? A)Arizona and Florida B)Maine and South Dakota C)Washington and Utah D)Louisiana and Alabama 200 Norway London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which country? A) Canada B) Norway C) Denmark D) Scotland 200 How many points does a snowflake have? 200 I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus Child star Jimmy Boyd sang which hugely popular 1950's Christmas song, which was initially banned by the Catholic Church in Boston because it supposedly mixed sex and Christmas? 200 Canada In which country does Santa have his own personal postcode: HOH OHO? A) The U.S. B) Canada C) New Zealand 300 Snowflake, Texas Which of the following places is NOT a real U.S. city or town? A) Snowflake, Texas B) Noel, Missouri C) St. Nicholas, Florida D) Santa Claus, Georgia 300 A six pence (a coin) What's lucky to find in your Christmas Pudding? 300 What country did Christmas Trees originate from? 300 White Christmas (by Bing Crosby) What is the title of biggest selling Christmas single, globally? 300 Charles Dickens One of the most loved Christmas books is A Christmas Carol. Who wrote it? A) Mark Twain B) Charles Dickens C) Hans Christian Andersen D) Thomas M. Sawyer 400 The French drink 'Lait de Poule' What drink was adapted to become the American Christmas drink 'Egg Nog'? A) The Scandinavian drink 'Gløgg' B) The Austrian drink 'Gluhwein' C) The German drink 'Biersuppe' B) The French drink 'Lait de Poule' 400 In the U.S., he's called "Santa Claus" - what's his British name? 400 Rudolph Which of the following names is NOT a name of one of Santa's original reindeers? A) Comet B) Cupid C) Dasher D) Dancer E) Prancer F) Vixen G) Donner H) Rudolph Blitzen 400 1984 (bonus points - Band Aid II was 1989, Band Aid 20 was 2004) In what year was Band-Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas the UK Christmas chart-topping record (bonus point each for the years of reissue success by Band Aid II and Band Aid 20)? Bonus points (100 each): years of band Aid II + Band Aid 20 400 B: A lump of coal Santa keeps close track of who’s been naughty and who’s been nice! Nice children often receive toys and candy in their stockings, but naughty children may receive: A) A book B) A lump of coal C) An old shoe D) An orange 500 North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) What major U.S. facility provides up-to-date information every Christmas Eve on the flight path of Santa Claus? A) The U.S. National Weather Service B) North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) C) The U.S. Geological Survey D) International Arctic Research Center 500 Sandringham House Where does the British Queen traditionally spend Christmas? A) Windsor Castle B) Buckingham Palace C) Sandringham House D) Balmoral castle 500 Ten (Latin, decem - it was the tenth month of the early Roman calendar) From what does the month of December take its name? 500 Silent Night What is the English title of the carol written in 1818 by Austrian priest Josef Mohr originally called "Stille Nacht"? 500 Matheus Which of the following names does NOT belong one of the Three Kings? A) Caspar B) Balthazar C) Matheus D) Melchior |
In 2015 Nasa discovered on the surface of Mars? | Nasa scientists find evidence of flowing water on Mars | Science | The Guardian Mars Nasa scientists find evidence of flowing water on Mars Researchers say discovery of stains from summertime flows down cliffs and crater walls increases chance of finding life on red planet Monday 28 September 2015 11.00 EDT Last modified on Thursday 15 December 2016 11.28 EST Close This article is 1 year old Liquid water runs down canyons and crater walls over the summer months on Mars , according to researchers who say the discovery raises the chances of being home to some form of life. The trickles leave long, dark stains on the Martian terrain that can reach hundreds of metres downhill in the warmer months, before they dry up in the autumn as surface temperatures drop. Images taken from the Mars orbit show cliffs, and the steep walls of valleys and craters, streaked with summertime flows that in the most active spots combine to form intricate fan-like patterns. Scientists are unsure where the water comes from, but it may rise up from underground ice or salty aquifers, or condense out of the thin Martian atmosphere. Mars find suggests our solar system is awash with life | Letters Read more “There is liquid water today on the surface of Mars,” Michael Meyer , the lead scientist on Nasa’s Mars exploration programme, told the Guardian. “Because of this, we suspect that it is at least possible to have a habitable environment today.” A visual guide to water on Mars Read more The water flows could point Nasa and other space agencies towards the most promising sites to find life on Mars, and to landing spots for future human missions where water can be collected from a natural supply. “Mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of in the past,” said Nasa’s Jim Green. “Liquid water has been found on Mars.” Some of the earliest missions to Mars revealed a planet with a watery past. Pictures beamed back to Earth in the 1970s showed a surface crossed by dried-up rivers and plains once submerged beneath vast ancient lakes. Earlier this year , Nasa unveiled evidence of an ocean that might have covered half of the planet’s northern hemisphere in the distant past. Pinterest Dark narrow streaks called recurring slope lineae emanate out of the walls of Garni crater on Mars. Photograph: Nasa/AFP/Getty Images But occasionally, Mars probes have found hints that the planet might still be wet. Nearly a decade ago, Nasa’s Mars Global Surveyor took pictures of what appeared to be water bursting through a gully wall and flowing around boulders and other rocky debris. In 2011, the high-resolution camera on Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured what looked like little streams flowing down crater walls from late spring to early autumn. Not wanting to assume too much, mission scientists named the flows “recurring slope lineae” or RSL. Researchers have now turned to another instrument on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to analyse the chemistry of the mysterious RSL flows. Lujendra Ojha , of Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, and his colleagues used a spectrometer on the MRO to look at infrared light reflected off steep rocky walls when the dark streaks had just begun to appear, and when they had grown to full length at the end of the Martian summer. Water on the red planet: Nasa reveals major discovery – in pictures Read more Writing in the journal Nature Geosciences , the team describes how it found infra-red signatures for hydrated salts when the dark flows were present, but none before they had grown. The hydrated salts – a mix of chlorates and perchlorates – are a smoking gun for the presence of water at all four sites inspected: the Hale, Palikir and Horowitz craters, and a large canyon called Coprates Chasma. “These may be the best places to search for extant life near the surface of Mars,” said Alfred McEwen, a planetary geologist at the University of Arizona and senior author on the study. “While it would be very important to find evidence of ancient life, it would be difficult to understand the biology. Current life would be much | CityPages May 2015 by CityPages Kuwait (page 128) - issuu issuu Issuu on Google+ HOMEWORK FOR GROWN UPS EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED AT SCHOOL... BUT CAN YOU REMEMBER? General Knowledge Quiz 1.Teriyaki is a Japanese: Martial art; Intelligence service; Cooking method; or Cartoon hero? 2. In 2015 artist Oscar Santillan controversially removed and exhibited the top inch of: Buckingham Palace; Scafell Pike; The Eiffel Tower; or Donald Trump's hair? Test Your Vocabulary Once again the main problem was killing time. In this sentence, problem means: 1. trouble 3. What dance/music/style name is thought derived from the Spanish word ('with the colour of flame') for the wading bird Phoenicopterus? 2. effect 4. A cairn, a traditional trail marker for walkers/explorers, of simple or grand design, is basically a: Shack; Pile of stones; Wooden cross; or Hanging lantern? 4. purpose 3. judgment 5. Prince Charles' private letters to government ministers, made public by the UK Supreme Court in 2015, are known as the '(What?) memos', due to his handwriting style: Black spider; Blue tooth; Purple haze; or Green onions? The meaning of the Greek word pr贸blema meant "to put forth," which is different from the meaning of problem today, but it reminds you that any problem becomes easier to solve once you have defined it. A math problem is easier once you have the numbers in front of you: that's why word problems can be so difficult. Problem can also be an adjective in rare cases. Once you were a problem child, but now you spend your time listening to everyone else's problems. 6. Contralto refers to a singing voice/range equating to: Highest Male; Lowest Male; Highest Female; or Lowest Female? If you are facing something that will be difficult to handle, you have a problem on your hands. A problem is a roadblock in a situation, something that sets up a conflict and forces you to find a resolution. 8. The areca nut (often with betel leaf), a popular stimulant in Asia, is traditionally prepared for: Chewing; Smoking; Drinking; or Sniffing? 9.'Ol' Blue Eyes' is the nickname of: Lord Byron; Frank Sinatra; Al Capone; or Napoleon Bonaparte? 10. The Italian word 'scuderia' typically referring to a motor racing team, eg Scuderia Ferrari, means: Stable; Able; Fable; or Label? 11. The ball-shaped roots of a more popular salad vegetable, Bergers White Ball, Ibis, Kojak, and Snow White are what? 12. Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Chad, Niger, Mali and Ethiopia are the largest nations in the world without a: Railway system; Coastline; Poisonous snake; or National currency? 13. What is the correct order of this essential rule for aircraft pilots: Communicate, Aviate, Navigate? ANSWER: 1.In this question, problem is a noun that means a source of difficulty. 7. Name Warren Buffett's investment corporation, which he bought in 1964, ostensibly to sack its boss who had made him angry? 10-digit Number 10 1. Find a 10-digit number where the first digit is how many zeros in the number, the second digit is how many 1s in the number etc. until the tenth digit which is how many 9s in the number. 14. The eponymous cannabis brand launched in 2015 by a famous country music singer is: Willie's Reserve; Garth's Ganja; Dollydope; or Shaniah's Shtash? 15. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, who first appeared in Detective Comics No27 in May 1939? 18. Susy, a portmanteau abbreviation for a fundamental yet increasingly elusive particle physics theory is in full 'Super (What?)': System; Symmetry; Sympathy; or Syllabub? 19. The Ryman Auditorium (also called the Union Gospel Tabernacle) is the home of what major music institution? 20. The position of the Arctic Circle was/is determined by: Sea ice; Sun visibility; Temperature; or Unclaimed territory? ANSWERS:1.Cooking method (grilled fish/meat with sweetened soy sauce glaze), 2. Scafell Pike (England's highest mountain), 3. Flamenco (based on 'flamengo', Spanish for flamingo - the other suggested meaning, 'Flemish', is a somewhat less appealing origin), 4. Pile of stones, 5. Black spider, 6. Lowest Female, 7. Berkshire Hathaway (Buffett tells th |
Which Gloria co-founded Ms magazine? | An Oral History of �Ms.’ Magazine -- New York Magazine Ms. staff meeting in June 1972. From left: Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Gloria Steinem, Margaret Sloan-Hunter, Suzanne Levine, Mary Thom, Harriet Lyons, Patricia Carbine, and Ruth Sullivan. (Photo: Nancy Crampton) In the years leading up to the birth of Ms., women had trouble getting a credit card without a man’s signature, had few legal rights when it came to divorce or reproduction, and were expected to aspire solely to marriage and motherhood. Job listings were segregated (�Help wanted, male�). There was no Title IX (banning sex discrimination in federally funded athletic programs); no battered-women’s shelters, rape-crisis centers, and no terms such as sexual harassment and domestic violence. Few women ran magazines, even when the readership was entirely female, and they weren’t permitted to write the stories they felt were important; the focus had to be on fashion, recipes, cosmetics, or how to lure a man and keep him interested. �When I suggested political stories to The New York Times Sunday Magazine, my editor just said something like, �I don’t think of you that way,’ � recalls Gloria Steinem. �It was all pale male faces in, on, and running media,� says Robin Morgan, who was Ms.’s editor in the late eighties and early nineties. But in the mid-sixties, feminist organizations such as New York Radical Women,Redstockings, and NOW began to emerge. On March 18, 1970, about a hundred women stormed into the male editor’s office of Ladies’ Home Journal and staged a sit-in for eleven hours, demanding that the magazine hire a female editor-in-chief. Says feminist activist-writer Vivian Gornick, �It was a watershed moment. It showed us, the activists in the women’s movement, that we did, indeed, have a movement.� See Also: • Emily Nussbaum on the Rise of the Feminist Blogosphere By age 29, Gloria Steinem had forged a reputation as a smart, pithy writer with her 1963 exposé in Show magazine about going undercover as a Playboy Bunny. She was a staff writer at New York Magazine when it debuted in 1968, along with Jimmy Breslin and Tom Wolfe. Radicalized by an abortion speak-out, which she covered for New York in 1969, Steinem started spending more time thinking, writing, and giving talks about feminism. She testified in the Senate in 1970 on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment, and co-founded the Women’s Action Alliance and the National Women’s Political Caucus in 1971. That same year, she helped launchMs. magazine,which became the first periodical ever to be created, owned, and operated entirely by women. A forty-page excerpt of its preview issue was published in the December 20, 1971, issue of this magazine. Here are the stories of the women who were there. Gloria’s Living Room In early 1971, Gloria Steinem and attorney/activist Brenda Feigen hosted a crowd of female journalists at two meetings in their respective apartments�Steinem’s in the East Seventies, Feigen’s in Tudor City�to brainstorm ideas for a possible publication for women. Brenda Feigen (co-founder, with Steinem, of the Women’s Action Alliance, 1971): It was amazing: jammed with well-known women writers, journalists, and activists. All of them said, �We can’t get real stories about women published.� Jane O’Reilly (contributor, 1971�90s): People were sitting on the floor, on chairs, hanging from rafters. When it came to all the topics proposed, it struck me as being like your first trip to Europe: You think you have to go to every single country because you might never get to go back. Article Ideas From a Confidential Memo Some Notes on a New Magazine (4/71): *THE POLITICS OF SEX *DON’T BELIEVE HIM WHEN HE SAYS POLITICS BEGIN IN WASHINGTON. POLITICS BEGIN AT HOME. *HOW NOT TO GO THROUGH MENOPAUSE *A SECRETARY IS AN OFFICE WIFE *SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE LIBERATED PAT NIXON *�OF COURSE, I’M ALL FOR EQUAL PAY, BUT � � *HOW MARRIAGE KILLS LOVE Susan Braudy (co-editor/writer, 1973�78): After one�meeting, Gloria said, �I’ve been thinking about a�newsletter.� Letty Cottin Pogrebi | Trying to find the real Lady Day: Those who try to tell Billie Holiday's story often discover an unknowable life -- by Robert Fulford Trying to find the real Lady Day: Those who try to tell Billie Holiday's story often discover an unknowable life by Robert Fulford ( The National Post , 17 May 2005) The sign on the bus, "Lady Day Orchestra," announced in 1950 that Billie Holiday had organized a big band to go on the road. Eighteen musicians left New York for a four-week tour of one-nighters, to end in New Orleans. They would play dances and Billie would sing. It sounded promising. But this was not a shrewd project. It was run by Billie's boyfriend-manager, John Levy, who acquired his business knowledge as a pimp. Promotion was handled by Dewey Shewey, a part-time burglar, new to the music business. He was wanted by the police, who arrested him during the tour. It turned out he hadn't done much promoting. Levy didn't know what to do. Lady Day's Orchestra was dying. Tempers flared. Billie broke a Coke bottle over Levy's head and he knifed her, both of them requiring hospital attention. The musicians were unpaid. Somewhere in the Carolinas the bus driver, also unpaid, walked off. Billie and Levy also disappeared. The musicians, all of them black, had to find their way home through the hostile, segregated South. Those who knew Billie's history were not astonished. Her professional life was a series of calamities, as Julia Blackburn, a British novelist who has also written books about Napoleon and Goya, demonstrates in the latest Holiday biography, With Billie (Random House). Blackburn leans on research prepared in the 1970s by a writer named Linda Kuehl. Planning a book about Billie, Kuehl interviewed everyone from the woman trombonist on that southern tour to a nun at the Home of the Good Shepherd, the Baltimore reform school where the 10-year-old Billie was incarcerated for truancy. Kuehl tried to write a biography but failed; she committed suicide in 1979. Donald Clarke used some of her interviews in his account of Billie's life, Wishing on the Moon, in 1994. Blackburn makes them the core of her book. There will never be an authoritative Life of Billie Holiday. The documents don't exist, and the witnesses have often lied, many of them because they were crooks. Even honest witnesses have faulty memories, inflected by narcotics; Billie herself would tell the same story several ways. So Blackburn acknowledges that the anecdotes are often contradictory, calls her book an oral history and tries to catch her subject in a web of interviews. She provides a cheerless glimpse at black show business, a place that was exciting and illuminating for those who took pleasure in its music yet perilous and frantic for those, like Billie, who lived within it. Billie was a teenage prostitute who began singing because she felt like it and kept at it because a few night clubs paid her a little money. An untrained amateur, she turned out to be much better than any of the professionals. She impressed the world's toughest critics, the jazz musicians of New York -- among them Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Lester Young. Today most vocalists of the 1930s are all but entirely forgotten, but we still admire records she made more than 70 years ago. Blackburn has no idea how this happened. Her knowledge of narcotics law far exceeds her knowledge of jazz history. She mentions only a few specific records, and the great players Billie worked with are discussed mostly for their place in her personal odyssey. Male companions dominate. A pianist friend said that Billie was a fool for men: "She went through the whole zoo until she got to the leopard," which was where she remained. All her life she lived with abusive men who were also pimps. She goaded them to violence, then fought back ferociously. Her men, without exception, stole her money. A couple of them seem to have betrayed her to narcotics agents. There's no record that any were interested in her music or her health. Possibly the most sinister was her last husband, Louis McKay, who talked about her |
Name the American 'godfather of rap' who died in May 2011, noted especially for his 1970 poem-song 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised',? | Gil Scott-Heron | Wiki | Everipedia You can edit something on the page right now! Register today, it's fast and free. Gil Scott-Heron May 27, 2011(2011-05-27) (aged 62) New York City, U.S. [4] Poet, singer-songwriter, author, musician, bluesologist Instruments RCA , Flying Dutchman , Strata East , Arista , TVT , XL Associated acts "Johannesburg", a single in 1975 and again in 1983. Profiles Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American soul and jazz poet , [5] [6] musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues, and soul, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. His own term for himself was "bluesologist", [7] which he defined as "a scientist who's concerned with the origin of the blues". His music, most notably on Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul . Scott-Heron remained active until his death, and in 2010 released his first new album in 16 years, entitled I'm New Here . A memoir he had been working on for years up to the time of his death, The Last Holiday, was published posthumously in January 2012. [8] [9] His recording work received much critical acclaim, especially one of his best-known compositions " The Revolution Will Not Be Televised ". [10] Early years Gil Scott-Heron was born in Chicago , Illinois. [7] His mother, Bobbie Scott-Heron, was an opera singer who performed with the New York Oratorio Society. Scott-Heron's father, Gil Heron , nicknamed "The Black Arrow", was a Jamaican football player in the 1950s who became the first black man to play for Celtic Football Club in Glasgow . Gil's parents separated in his early childhood [11] and he was sent to live with his maternal grandmother, Lillie Scott, in Jackson, Tennessee . [12] [13] When Scott-Heron was 12 years old, his grandmother died and he returned to live with his mother in the Bronx , New York City. He enrolled at DeWitt Clinton High School , [11] but later transferred to The Fieldston School [7] after impressing the head of the English department with one of his writings and earning a full scholarship. [11] As one of five black students at the prestigious school, Scott-Heron was faced with alienation and a significant socioeconomic gap. During his admissions interview at Fieldston, an administrator asked him, "'How would you feel if you see one of your classmates go by in a limousine while you're walking up the hill from the subway?' And [he] said, 'Same way as you. Y'all can't afford no limousine. How do you feel?'" [14] This type of intractable boldness would become a hallmark of Scott-Heron's later recordings. Scott-Heron attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania , as it was the college chosen by his biggest influence Langston Hughes . It was here that Scott-Heron met Brian Jackson with whom he formed the band Black & Blues. After about two years at Lincoln, Scott-Heron took a year off to write the novels The Vulture and The Nigger Factory. [15] The Last Poets performed at Lincoln in 1969 and Abiodun Oyewole of that Harlem group said Scott-Heron asked him after the performance, "Listen, can I start a group like you guys?" [11] Scott-Heron returned to New York City, settling in Chelsea, Manhattan . The Vulture was published in 1970 and well received. Although Scott-Heron never received his undergraduate degree, he received a master's degree in Creative Writing in 1972 from Johns Hopkins University . His 1972 masters thesis was titled Circle of Stone. [16] Recording career The early live recording from Scott-Heron's debut album features spoken word vocal delivery and African-style congas. One of his best-known compositions contains hip-hop elements such as rapping, cultural and political references, heavy drumbeats, and minimalist production. Winter i | 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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Talaq is a form of what under Islamic (sharia) law? | TALAQ | Islamic Sharia Contact Us TALAQ Due to the financial responsibilities which he has to bear, the right to divorce in Islam is primarily given to the husband. A Muslim who wishes to divorce his wife is therefore advised – in the first instance – to ask for an arbitration meeting, arranged by elders of the couple so that a reconciliation may be reached. If such efforts fail and the man sincerely thinks he cannot live a harmonious life with his wife, he may divorce her either verbally or in writing. In both cases, it is recommended for there to be two witnesses present on the occasion of the pronouncement of such a divorce. A man should (a) divorce only once and (b) only during the time when his wife is not on her menses and (c) there has been no sexual contact with her since the time of her last menses. After a divorce is pronounced by a husband, his wife must wait for a given period (‘iddat’). During this period, the wife is allowed to stay in the same house, but they can not have sexual relation amongst them.The man is allowed to take her back either verbally saying “I TAKE YOU BACK“, or physically, by having intimate relation with her. if, after this waiting period, the husband fails to take his wife back, then the wife is completely divorced, and must leave the matrimonial home immediately. It is also recommended to have two witnesses present in the case, where the husband decides to take back (‘ruju’) his wife, before the end of the iddat. Where a man has pronounced three divorces, on three different occasions, he can neither take back his former wife, nor remarry her. The Council issues a divorce certificate on the basis of “talaq nama”, signed by the applicant in the presence of two witnesses. The man is required to pay the dower amount in full to the woman. PROCEDURE FOR TALAQ 1. All new and prospective clients, must download the Talaq Form, fill it in and post or E-Mail to the Islamic Shari’a Council, detailing the main reasons for their (the applicant) seeking a divorce. 2. Upon obtaining a fully completed application form with the relevant details from the applicant – amongst which is included a contact address for the wife, and a copy of the client’s passport, nikkah nama / civil marriage certificate, decree nisi / absolute – the Council will register the application. An application will not be registered if any details or documents requested on the application form are not included on or with a submitted application form. 3. The Council will then send a talaq nama to the husband. He must sign this in front of two witnesses and return it to the Council. 4. The Council keeps the wife of the proceedings by letter. The letter notifies the wife that she has a period of thirty days in which to respond. If the Council receives no response from the wife within this period, the Council will then ask the husband to (a) verify the address of his wife, and (b) ensure that the full amount of dower – agreed at time of marriage – has been paid in full: the Council will only consider the full amount of dower to have been paid by the husband, where this amount is indentical to the full dower amount, as originally specified at the time of marriage. 5. After all of the above stages have been reached, the Council will issue two original copies of Islamic divorce; one will be sent, with the dower amount, by post to the woman, and one copy will be forwarded to the applicant. The Council conducts Islamic divorces only It does not conduct cases as part of the UK legal or judicial systems For advice regarding a civil divorce, please consult a qualified, legal representative. | History of Divorce History of Divorce Around The World By Molly Kalafut Just as marriage creates a family relationship, divorce ends that marriage. Most of the Western Hemisphere and some countries in the Eastern Hemisphere allow divorce under certain circumstances. The legal issues surrounding eligibility for divorce are often very complicated and include everything from alimony and child support to whether the divorced wife must return to her maiden name. Remarriage is is a surprisingly sticky issue, and throughout history many regions regulated if or when a divorced husband or wife could remarry. Babylonia Divorce regulation was first introduced by the Code of Hammurabi in ancient Babylonia. Brazil In 1978 the country of Brazil made divorce legal. Canada In the 1960s Canada legalized divorce. Previously the only option was to get a marriage dissolved by an Act of Parliament with an investigation by a special committee of the Canadian Senate. In July 2004, a lesbian couple in Ontario, Canada became the first same-sex couple in Canada to seek a divorce...complicated by divorce laws that define spouses as "either of a man or a woman who are married to each other." The couple had been together for nearly 10 years, married on June 18, 2003 about a week after it was legalized and then separated only 5 days later. The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled the Divorce Act unconstitutional on September 13, 2004 and ordered same-sex marriages added. Chile In March 2004 the Congress of Chile approved legislation to legalize divorce after 9 years of debate and a 120 year divorce ban. The legalized divorce was signed into law during May 2004 by President Ricardo Lagos of Chile. The first divorces took place on November 18 2004 when the law first went into effect. Couples that want to divorce are required to undergo 2 months of counseling and separation of 1 year if both parties agree, or 3 years separation if the couples don't agree. The separation period can be waived by a judge for "violations of marital duties" that include violence, drugs, criminal acts, prostitution or homosexuality. Despite the Catholic Church's heated opposition to the law, Lagos was quoted as saying "We cannot impose the positions of one sector of our society on all Chileans". Until the legalization, couples had to find creative ways to secure annulments - such as saying a false address had been given when they married. Despite the excessive cost (3+ months salary) involved in the nearly-sham annulments, more than 6,000 couples sought it each year. The new legal divorces cost less by about half. China In 1980 China legalized the no-fault divorce. Even if the divorce is wanted by both parties, it requires a mediation process by local committees beforehand to prove the marriage is irreparably damaged. Committees may be reluctant to approve the divorce if the wife can't find separate housing, which is complicated and difficult because housing is scarce and apartments are allocated by the husband's "work unit". Since the apartment and property are awarded to the spouse that stays in the residence, the husband usually receives all the property from a divorce. France In 1792 divorce was legalized in France then later made illegal in 1816. German States In the Personal Status Act 1875 German states allowed divorce if the couple was previously entitled to a religious "perpetual separation order". Ireland On February 27, 1997 the country of Ireland joined the rest of Europe in making divorce legal when it passed an amendment ending the country's constitutional divorce ban. Italy Rome in classical times before Christianization had an informal, private divorce process. Divorces could be carried out mutually by the partners. Husbands could unilaterally decide on divorce for little or no reason, announced by a letter "repudium". In 449 the emperors Theodosius and Valentinian of Rome changed the divorce law to allow penalty-free divorces to men and woman if their spouse committed certain acts (homicide, poisoning, robbery, etc). In addi |
Who wrote the children's classic 'Charlotte's Web'? | E.B. White Biography | Charlotte's Web | Stuart Little | Author Profile | Photo | Children's Books | Classics | Quotes E.B. White Biography Birthdate: July 11, 1899 Birthplace: Mount Vernon, NY E.B. White has warmed your hearts with his classic children's tales. His most famous book, Charlotte's Web , has been made into a movie and is set to hit the silver screen in December 2006. Read more about this wonderful author! E.B. White - Early Beginnings Elwyn Brooks White was the youngest child of a large family . His parents loved kids - that's probably where his passion for writing children's books came from! He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and worked as a reporter at various publications including The New Yorker, where he fell in love with his editor, Katharine Sergeant Angell, who he later married. E.B. White - From Stuart to Charlotte E.B. White went on to become the most important contributor to The New Yorker during the '30s. Though he was best known for his articles and essays, he tried his hand at writing children's books at the suggestion of his niece. He wrote his first story in 1945, about a boy named Stuart Little who was the size of a mouse ! In 1952, he wrote one of the most beloved children's books of all time, Charlotte's Web. Both books won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, which is a major award in children's literature. His third and final children's book was The Trumpet of the Swan, which is about a trumpeter swan that's born without a voice . So what does he do? He learns to play the trumpet! After a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, E.B. White passed away on October 1, 1985 - but his classic tales will live on forever. E.B. White - Did U Know? E.B. White lived on a farm , and on that farm there was a barn that inspired many of the characters in his stories. E.B. White had severe stage fright. E.B. White suffered from hypochondria, which is the fear of imaginary illnesses. All three of E.B. White's children's books have been made into movies. Michael J. Fox was the man behind the voice of Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan featured Reese Witherspoon , and Julia Roberts will be the voice of Charlotte the spider in the upcoming flick! E.B. White Says... "We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry." Related Stories: | Captain Marvel Adventures : Free Texts : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive Captain Marvel Adventures Warren Captain Marvel is a fictional superhero created in 1939 by artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker. Originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics, he first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940) with a premise that taps adolescent fantasy. Shazam is the alter ego of Billy Batson, who works as a radio news reporter and was chosen to be a champion of good by an ancient wizard (also named Shazam). Whenever Billy speaks the word "Shazam!", he is struck by a magic lightning bolt that transforms him into an adult superhero empowered with the abilities of six archetypal, historical figures. Several friends and family members, most notably Marvel Family cohorts Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. can share Billy's power and become "Marvels" themselves. Hailed as "the world's mightiest mortal" in his adventures, Captain Marvel was nicknamed "The Big Red Cheese" by arch-villain Doctor Sivana, an epithet later adopted by Captain Marvel's fans. Based on sales, Captain Marvel was the most popular superhero of the 1940s. His Captain Marvel Adventures comic book series sold more copies than Superman and other competing books of the time. Captain Marvel was also the first comic book superhero to be adapted into film, in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial titled Adventures of Captain Marvel. Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953, partly because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics, alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman. In 1972, DC licensed the Marvel Family characters and returned them to publication, acquiring all rights to the characters by 1991. DC has since integrated Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family into their DC Universe, and have attempted to revive the property several times with mixed success. Fetching more results DESCRIPTION Captain Marvel is a fictional superhero created in 1939 by artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker. Originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics, he first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940) with a premise that taps adolescent fantasy. Shazam is the alter ego of Billy Batson, who works as a radio news reporter and was chosen to be a champion of good by an ancient wizard (also named Shazam). Whenever Billy speaks the word "Shazam!", he is struck by a magic lightning bolt that transforms him into an adult superhero empowered with the abilities of six archetypal, historical figures. Several friends and family members, most notably Marvel Family cohorts Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. can share Billy's power and become "Marvels" themselves. Hailed as "the world's mightiest mortal" in his adventures, Captain Marvel was nicknamed "The Big Red Cheese" by arch-villain Doctor Sivana, an epithet later adopted by Captain Marvel's fans. Based on sales, Captain Marvel was the most popular superhero of the 1940s. His Captain Marvel Adventures comic book series sold more copies than Superman and other competing books of the time. Captain Marvel was also the first comic book superhero to be adapted into film, in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial titled Adventures of Captain Marvel. Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953, partly because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics, alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman. In 1972, DC licensed the Marvel Family characters and returned them to publication, acquiring all rights to the characters by 1991. DC has since integrated Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family into their DC Universe, and have attempted to revive the property several times with mixed success. ACTIVITY |
What is the name of the rock from which traitors were hurled to their death in Ancient Rome? | Tarpeian Rock - Ancient Roman Execution By Rae Bryant Updated February 19, 2016. Definition: The Tarpeian Rock was a place of execution of ancient origin reserved for murderers and traitors who were hurled from its sharp cliffs. Scholars place its location on the Capitoline Hill . Some place the Tarpeian Rock close to the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus , while others believe it to be above the Roman Forum , on the south-east corner of the hill. According to Roman founding legends, the Tarpeian Rock derives its name from the Vestal Virgin (see Varro L. L. V.41 ) Tarpeia, a Roman heroine and daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, who was commander of the Capitoline fortress under Rome's first king, Romulus. Tarpeia's death resulted from a war between the Romans and Sabines . Romulus abducted Sabine women for the purposes of providing Romans with wives and heirs. There are several strains of Tarpeia's story, but the most common tells of Tarpeia letting the enemy Sabines enter Rome by unlocking the gate only after making the Sabines swear to hand over their shields (bracelets, as told in some strains of the story). continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge Though Tarpeia let the Sabines into the gate, her purpose was to trick them into surrender or defeat. The Sabines, upon the realization, threw their shields at Tarpeia, thereby killing her. In another version, the Sabines killed Tarpeia for her treachery, as they could not trust a Roman who betrayed her own people. Either way, the Romans, unsure as to Tarpeia's motive, used the Tarpeian Rock as a place of execution for traitors. Sources: | Appian Way, Rome Appian Way 5 171 votes Via Appia Antica (Old Appian Way) was once one of the world's most important roads and the most famous of all the roads that radiated from Rome towards the far ends of the Roman Empire. Building the Road The Via Appia, originally built in 312 BC, was the brainchild of Appius Claudius Caecus, the then-censor of Rome, who was known for organizing bold public works that helped make life easier for the people of Rome. Appian Way Appius Claudius' most famous project was this road, which would eventually run all the way from Rome to the port city of Brindisi. The road began as a level dirt surface upon which mortar and small stones were laid. On top of that, gravel was placed, topped with interlocking stones that would provide a flat surface for those traveling the road. Historians say the stones fit together so well that it was nearly impossible to stick a knife between them. Ditches were dug on either side of the road and were protected by retaining walls. A 560 km long road Via Appia began at the Circus Maximus , passing along the Baths of Caracalla , and later, the Aurelian Wall . Near Rome the road was lined with tombs. When the road left the city, it traveled through wealthy suburbs on its way straight through the Appian Mountains and over the former Pontine Marshes to Terracina, a coastal town 56 km south of Rome. From there the Appian Way followed the western coast, eventually ending at Capua, making the original road about 210 km long. Ancient Roman Pavement This road achieved its goals by helping the Roman army move military supplies where they were needed in a quick manner, resulting in several victories for the army. Sometime around 295 BC, the road was extended to Benevenutum and then, within the next five years, to Venusia and Tarentum. Eventually, the Appian Way made it all the way to the port city of Brindisi on Italy's southeast coast, 560 km from Rome (about 350 miles). Monuments Along the Appian Way Relief on a tomb Since it was forbidden to bury the dead in the city proper, many were buried along the roads leading out of Rome. Important people built tombs for themselves or for their whole family. Sometimes these tombs were as large as a house. Their shapes varied from a tumulus or a pyramid to a small temple. The Via Appia was lined with such monuments and many of them are still visible today. The most impressive is the well-preserved tomb of Cecilia Metella - the wife of one of Julius Caesar's generals, which looks almost like a fortress. Other notable tombs include the tomb of Marcus Servilius, the tomb of Tomb of Cecilia Metella Tomb of Sextus Pompeius Justus Romulus (son of Emperor Maxentius), the tomb of Seneca (a Roman philosopher) and the tomb of the family of Sextus Pompeius Justus; The inscription on the tomb tells of the grief of a father burying his young children. There's also an emperor buried along the Via Appia, Gallienus, who was murdered in 268 AD. Other Sights Besides the numerous tombs along the road, there are some other monuments that line the Via Appia: the Temple of Hercules, the church Quo Vadis (where Saint Peter is said to have met Christ) and the remains of the Gothic church of San Nicola. The Villa dei Quintili, with its ancient baths and beautiful friezes and sculptures is located nearby at the Via Appia Nuova. And nearby the tomb of Romulus is the Circus Maxentius, a large arena where chariot races were held. Adjacent to the circus was a palace built by Emperor Maxentius. The circus, which was second in size only to the Circus Maximus , is the best preserved of all Roman circuses. Underneath While the Via Appia is lined with monuments and tombs of ancient Roman patrician families, many find what's under the Appian Way to be more interesting. Below the street are miles of tunnels - known as catacombs - where the early Christians buried their dead and, when necessary, held secret church services. Several of the catacombs are open to the public and on a guided tour led by local priests and monks, visitors can view ancient burial niches and a |
Which future British monarch ‘married’ Maria Fitzherbert in 1785? | The Royal House Of Hanover - British Monarchy Family History British Monarchy Family History The Royal House Of Hanover The Royal House of Hanover was the ruling royal house of Great Britain and Ireland for one hundred and eighty seven years from 1714 - 1901, by way of six monarchs. King George I came to the throne upon the death of the Royal House of Stuart monarch Queen Anne in 1714 as he was the late queen's closest Protestant relative through his mother Queen Sophie, who was the grand daughter of King James I of England by way of her mother Elisabeth of Bohemia. GEORGE I George was born on the 28th of May 1660 in Hanover in Germany, which at that time was part of the Holy Roman Empire. He was the oldest child of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover and his wife Countess Sophie of Rhineland - Palatine. He came to the British throne after the death of his cousin, the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne. King George was crowned at Westminster Abbey on the 20th of October 1714 at the age of fifty and was not particularly liked or welcomed by the British people, probably for no other reason than he was a foreigner. It was believed that he did not speak very good English, although records show that he did have a good understanding of the language. However, his lack of English did go on to see a diminishing of the monarchy and more power and control given to the government, which, by the time of his death in 1727, had left full power of the running of the country to Robert Walpole, Great Britain's very first Prime Minister. King George's reign also brought about the Jacobite Rebellions (1715 - 1746) - a series of uprisings and rebellions aimed at restoring the Royal House of Stuart to the throne of Britain - an act designed to replace him with the former Queen Anne's half brother James Francis Edward Stuart, an act that failed mainly due to the Stuart's Catholicism. On a personal level George is best remembered for his long running feud with his only son, the future King George II. King George died whilst on a visit to his native Germany on the 11th of June 1727 at Osnabruck. He is buried at the Herrenhausen in Hanover, Germany. SOPHIA DOROTHEA OF CELLE In 1682, by way of an arranged marriage of state, George married Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666 - 1726) on the 22nd of November 1682 in Celle, Germany. Sophia Dorothea was born on the 15th of September 1666 in Celle, Germany and was the daughter of George William, Duke of Brunswick - Luneburg and his long term mistress, Eleonore d'Esmier d'Olbreuse. Sophia Dorothea is best remembered for her affair with Philip Christoph von Konigsmarck, which when found out, resulted in her spending the last thirty years of her life incarcerated in the Castle of Ahlden in her native Celle, where she was denied any contact with her children ever again. She died from liver failure brought on by gall stones on the 13th of November 1726 and was later interred at the Stadtkirche in Celle, Germany. Her lover was apparently murdered by order of the King, but this has never been verified. Before her affair and subsequent divorce and incarceration, their union had produced two heirs one of which would become the King of England and the other would become the Queen of Prussia. George II of Great Britain - (1683 - 1760) - Married Caroline of Brandenburg - Ansbach, a union which produced nine children, one of which would become the future Queen of Denmark and another would become the future Princess of Orange. Sophia - (1687 - 1757) - Sophia married Fredrick William I of Prussia, making her Queen of Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg. Their union produced ten children, including the future King Fredrick II of Prussia and the future Queen Louise Ulrika of Sweden. 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What is the chief ingredient of a ‘dhansak’ curry? | Chicken Dhansak Recipe - Indian.Food.com Cut chicken breasts in two and sever the legs at the joint. With the salt mash the ginger and garlic to a pulp. In a grinder mix together the coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, cardamoms, cinnamon stick, dried chillies, peppercorns, bay leaves, fenugreek seeds, and the mustard seed. Mix in 6 tbsp water to make a past, add the garlic and ginger pulp mix well and add to the chicken, making sure that the meat is well coated. Refrigerate overnight. In a large pan melt the ghee over medium heat and fry the chicken with any juices for about 10 minutes. Add the water, bring to the boil and simmer covered for 20 minutes. Turn off the heat. Mix the split peas and lentils together and wash them till the water runs clear. Drain them. Heat the oil in another pan and fry the onions till just golden. Add the turmeric and garam masala, cook for 1 min, add the lentils and cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Add the water and salt bring to the boil, reduce the heat and cook for 30 minutes. Mash the dhal to make a smooth sloppy mixture and add this to the pan with the chicken inches. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and cook for 30 mins,stirring to make sure that it does not stick or burn. Dissolve the tamarind in a little hot water and add this to the pan cook for 3 minutes. Serve with boiled rice and a good chutney. | Graham Kerr Biographies Graham Kerr Almost forgotten by the turn of the 2000s, Graham Kerr was the celebrity chef of the 1970s. He became famous for his one show, the "Galloping Gourmet." 455 episodes were filmed in all. There was butter, cream, wine and laughter. During the run of "The Galloping Gourmet", Weight Watchers named him "public enemy number one" and sent him a broken spoon. He was considered outrageous for the times. While making a chicken dish, he'd say "All right, ladies! Throw your breasts into the pan." He joked, played camp and laughed with his viewers, and never minded making himself the object of laughs. His episodes went so fast that no one was ever really able to write the recipes down. Then, it all changed. He had a car accident, and found Jesus and low-fat. He became a member of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel and an honorary life member of the American Dietetic Association. He has become (as of 2007) a public speaker at hospitals and for organizations, health programmes and rehab centres, and has set up his own corporation called "Kerr Corporation." He partners with American Dietetic Association for projects, and does radio / TV spots for the American National Cancer Institute on healthy fruit and vegetables. A naturalized American citizen, he lives in Mount Vernon, Washington. His favourite spices are garlic, ginger, lemongrass and lemon. Chronology 1934 -- Graham was born 22 January 1934 in Brondesbury London, England. His Scottish Presbyterian parents had a hotel in Sussex; previously, his father John Douglas Kerr had worked for Claridge's in London. He went to a primary school called "Kidbrooke Park" in Forest Row, East Sussex. The first thing he made in the kitchen was puff pastry, when he was 6, reaching the work-surface in his parent's hotel's kitchen by standing on a box. The puff pastry didn't turn out. 1948 -- At the age of 14, Graham dropped out of school. 1949 -- At the age of 15, he started training at the Roebuck Hotel in Ware, East Sussex, England, then studied hotel management at colleges in Brighton (Brighton Technical College) and Devon. 1952 -- At the age of 18, he started several years in the British army in the kitchens at a garrison in Wales, then at the Army Emergency Reserve in Bedford, Bedfordshire. Part of his stint at one point was washing pans when he was demoted from Corporal to Private for not doing as he was told, and for pranks such as sending a Yorkshire pudding to the Ministry of Health to be analysed, 1955 -- On 22 September 1955, he married Treena Van Doom, an English actress (born 18 May 1934.) They had first met when they were both eleven. They would have three children. 1955 -- Graham and Treena joined Graham's parents as business partners in owning and running an inn dating back to the 1400s, but it went bankrupt. To pay off their debts, he had to get a job as a waiter; she had to get a job as a barmaid. They paid off the debt with their tips. 1956 -- Their daughter Tessa was born. 1957 -- Aged twenty-three, he became general manager of the Royal Ascot Hotel in Berkshire (demolished 1964), where his parents were now working as well. He found it a lot of work for very little money. 1958 -- Graham and Treena emigrated to New Zealand, where Graham worked as a food advisor for the New Zealand Air Force. They arrived with $1.25 to their name; and got an advance of $200 on his salary. 1959 -- Graham appeared on the air in New Zealand to demonstrate cooking. In his very first cooking show ever on television, he was dressed in military uniform, and showed how to cook an omelet. He was a hit. He went on to do 60 shows more in this series, called "Entertaining with Kerr." He also became an advisor to various government produce marketing boards in New Zealand. 1960 -- His son Andrew was born. 1963 and 1965 -- Graham won New Zealand Television's "Personality of the Year" award. 1964 -- Graham was transferred by the military to Sydney, Australia, where he did a show called "Eggs with Flight Lieutenant Kerr" on Saturday nights. In Australia, he lived in |
What is a bird AND a fruit? | Bird Nutrition: Feeding Pet Birds, Parrot Diets, and Nutrition Recommendations Bird Nutrition: Feeding Pet Birds, Parrot Diets, and Nutrition Recommendations Veterinary & Aquatic Services Department, Drs. Foster & Smith Email Article Feeding pet birds the right foods is important for their health. A balanced diet based on sound bird nutrition recommendations is the key. Balancing a parrot's diet from the beginning may prevent many health and behavior problems. But it's never too late to get your pet bird on a firm nutritional footing. It is something you will want to do since an unbalanced diet is a main cause of disease and early death in pet birds. Malnutrition is a human-made disease. Fortunately, it is also preventable. Dietary differences among birds When feeding pet birds, we must realize that the species of birds we have as companion pets do not all have the same dietary needs. Just as our North American wild birds such as chickadees, woodpeckers, and hummingbirds do not eat the same foods, neither do our companion birds. In general, parrots can be classified according to their normal diets. Most psittacines (members of the parrot family) are florivores, meaning the main portion of their diet is obtained from plants. Among florivores, there are granivores (birds that eat grain and/or seeds, including nuts), and frugivores (birds with diets based on fruits). Some pet birds are omnivores, whose diet can consist of both plant and animal components. There is a special class of florivores called nectarivores, who eat mostly nectar. Pet Bird Dietary Classification Seeds, fruits, nuts, bark, roots, berries Military macaw, Blue and gold macaw, Red-faced parrot Granivore Mostly fruit and flowers; some nuts and seeds Blue-throated macaw, Green-winged macaw Nectar, pollen; some insects and seeds Lorikeet, lory From the above table you can see that even among related birds, such as macaws, primary diets differ. A wild Hyacinth Macaw eats mostly grains (nuts, actually), while a Blue-throated Macaw eats mostly fruits. Additionally, in each bird classification there will be different nutrition recommendations. For instance, even though both are considered granivores, in the wild, Hyacinth macaws eat mostly palm nuts, while budgies eat mostly seeds. Seed-eating birds Even for seed-eating birds, seeds alone are not a proper diet. There are several reasons for this: The seeds we offer our companion birds are not the same seeds they would find in their native habitats. We tend to offer seeds that are lower in protein and other nutrients, such as vitamins. The amount of energy used by wild birds in foraging for food is far greater than that used by our companion birds. Since our pet birds use less energy, they need to eat fewer calories or they will become overweight. Eating less, however, could result in vitamin, mineral, and other nutrient deficiencies. When offered seeds, our companion birds tend to pick out their favorites, and leave the rest. Limiting the diet to only several types of seeds can lead to certain nutrient deficiencies. Even when multiple types of seed are offered, the seed-only diet will not supply the necessary array of vitamins and minerals that is needed for optimal health. Birds love seeds, like children (and adults) love candy. They will eat a favorite seed over what is healthy for them. The best diet for most seed-eating birds consists of formulated diets (such as pelleted foods), vegetables, small amounts of fruit, and an occasional treat. Formulated diets: Formulated foods are readily available from many reputable manufacturers, pet stores, and veterinarians, and include Harrison's, ZuPreem, and Roudybush. The food is a blend of grains, seeds, vegetables, fruits, and various types of proteins, as well as additional vitamins and minerals. The ingredients are mixed and then baked. This formulated diet may be in the form of pellets, crumbles, or nuggets. Unlike a seed mixture, the bird cannot select particular components out of a formulated diet, so nutritional imbalances are much less likely to occur. There | 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? 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